[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS BEAUTIFUL SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2025. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER BURTON HERE.
BARELY. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUSHMAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
KRAMER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PETRANOFF HERE. VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON HERE. MAYOR.
[2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTMAN.PLEASE STAND. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU.
PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD AS I LEAD US IN PRAYER. GRACIOUS AND SOVEREIGN GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE, FOR THE FREEDOM OF TO GATHER IN PEACE AND FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD.
YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF WISDOM, JUSTICE AND TRUTH.
I ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THIS COUNCIL, ON THE MAYOR AND EACH MEMBER HERE.
GRANT THEM DISCERNMENT TO LEAD WELL INTEGRITY IN THEIR DECISIONS, AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT EASY OR POPULAR. MAY THEIR WORK REFLECT COMPASSION FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF THIS CITY WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. BRING UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE IS WEARINESS.
BRING STRENGTH WHERE THERE IS CONFLICT, BRING PEACE.
LET HUMILITY GUIDE EVERY CONVERSATION AND UNITY.
SHAPE EVERY GOAL. PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED TODAY, NOT ONLY IN RESOURCES, BUT IN GRACE, PATIENCE, AND WISDOM FOR THOSE IN THIS ROOM CARRYING UNSEEN BURDENS.
LEAD THEM INSTEAD IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE, MERCY, AND HUMILITY.
SHAPE THIS COMMUNITY INTO ONE MARKED BY MUTUAL RESPECT AND SHARED PURPOSE.
HELP US NOT ONLY TO SPEAK, BUT TO LISTEN. NOT ONLY TO SEEK CHANGE, BUT TO BE CHANGED.
FATHER, I PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
[3. SET AGENDA (add or remove items)]
JUST A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, ITEM 12 A, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VALET LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND THE OLD NAPLES HOTEL. HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE CONTINUED AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT TO SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025.
ANOTHER ITEM IS AGENDA 13, AGENDA ITEM 13 H, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ITEM RELATED TO CLARIFYING THE PROCESS OF CITY COUNCIL'S REVIEW OF THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THE C4 AIRPORT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BY IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTION 202515651 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS MOVE THIS ITEM TO BE HEARD AFTER 4D, BECAUSE 4D HAS THE AIRPORT HERE, AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY CHOSE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE THEM COME BACK.
SO THAT IS THE PROPOSAL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, PLEASE NOTE ALSO THAT A RED LINE AND STRIKETHROUGH VERSION OF THE WORKING DRAFT FOR THE SITE PLAN AND UTILIZATION PLAN WERE EMAILED AND PRINTED.
COPIES WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITY CLERK FOR INCLUSION INCLUSION IN THE MEETING AGENDA.
AND THAT IS AT 1230 TIME CERTAIN. AND THAT'LL BE ALL, MA'AM.
ALSO, COUNCIL, THERE WAS A HANDOUT. DID YOU MENTION THAT? I'M SORRY. WELL, THAT'S THE RED LINE VERSION THAT WE SENT OUT.
EVERYBODY HAS HANDED OUT AND GIVEN TO THE CLERK AS WELL.
YEP. OKAY. PERFECT. COUNCIL. ANY CHANGES TO THE.
AGENDA? THERE ARE NO CHANGES. MAYOR I DO HAVE AN.
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YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO PULL SEVEN J.AND. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER. I'M SORRY, I DO.
I WANT TO PULL THE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH ARE HEY.
ITEMS SEVEN J PULLED, EIGHT A PULLED.
ITEM 13. EXCUSE ME. 12 A PULLED AND CONTINUED TO OUR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AND MOVING ITEM.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTMANN.
SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF.
ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNED BY I, I AND NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND WE HAVE NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE DO THE RIGHT THING.
MR. OFFICER SHAWN PHILLIPS. DA DA DA. OH. I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU. CHRISTMAS GOT ME AN ORDER HERE. I'M GOING TO DO FOR A.
AND I HAVE THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
WE'RE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU CAN SEE. RIGHT.
JUST STAND RIGHT BEHIND ME. OKAY, GREAT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
[4.A. Proclamation for The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Week. (Teresa Heitmann, Mayor)]
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MARKS THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT AND ITS MORE MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY, AS WELL AS TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL COMMENCE TO THIS OCCASION.WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 915 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF NAPLES RECOGNIZES THE ENDURING IMPORTANCE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS THE GUARDIANS OF THE LIBERTIES AND FOUNDATIONS OF OUR NATION'S LAWS, WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS ENVISIONED BY THE FRAMERS IN 1787 BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US.
REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TERESA LEE HEITMANN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NAPLES, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
PRESENT THIS TO YOU. DO YOU HAVE A FEW REMARKS? THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A FEW REMARKS? SURE. YES WE WILL.
WE'LL COME OVER HERE. YES. THANK YOU.
TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. WE NEEDED THAT THIS
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WEEKEND. YEAH. FOR REAL? OH, WOW. I KEPT FALLING OVER.NOW THAT TAKES US TO ITEM FOUR FEET. DO THE RIGHT THING.
OFFICER TOM PHILLIPS AND CHIEF DAVIS. GOOD MORNING.
[4.B. Do the Right Thing. (Ciro Dominguez, Police Chief)]
WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK FROM OUR SUMMER BREAK, AND WE HAVE SOME AMAZING STORIES TO TELL YOU ABOUT TWO YOUNG LADIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY HONORING OUR SPONSOR.
IF I COULD HAVE MR. RADU NIKOLOVA FROM VALAIS PROSE.
SO RADU CONTACTED ME OVER THE SUMMER AND HE SAID, I HEARD ABOUT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING PROGRAM, AND I'M LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED. WHAT CAN WE DO? SO WE WORKED LONG AND HARD, AND WHAT RADU CAME UP WITH FOR OUR RECIPIENTS TODAY IS THEY HAVE A A GOLD MEMBERSHIP TO VIP PARKING TO ALL OF HIS LOCATIONS, WHICH ARE ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE.
BUT THEN HE CALLED ME UP. HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST DON'T THINK THAT GOLD MEMBERSHIP FOR THE FAMILY IS ENOUGH. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ROUND TRIP TRANSPORTATION, LIMO SERVICE BACK AND FORTH TO RSA FOR THE FAMILIES FOR THE NEXT TIME THEY GO ON VACATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION TO THE PROGRAM.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU HERE FROM THE CITY OF NAPLES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
FIRST UP TODAY FROM NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE LIZZIE FROLOV.
LIZZIE FOUNDED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED LIZZIE'S TREES FOR NEEDS.
THE MISSION IS SIMPLE. EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS.
LIZZIE'S DREAM OF HELPING IN HER COMMUNITY BECAME A REALITY IN JUST SECOND GRADE.
BY SEEKING DONATIONS FROM GENEROUS DONORS AND IDENTIFYING FAMILIES IN NEED.
LIZZIE LIZZIE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY LIZZIE'S TREES FOR NEEDS BELIEVES THAT EVERY FAMILY SHOULD BE BLESSED WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, NO CHILD SHOULD EVER MISS OUT ON THE TRADITION OF HAVING A BRIGHT, NICELY LIT CHRISTMAS TREE WITH A STAR ON TOP.
SHE DECIDED TO START DOING THIS SO WE CAN HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE FEEL THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. AS OF 2024, LIZZIE IS OFFICIALLY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH WALMART AND ANY FURTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT.
LIZZIE. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. SO WE HAVE A DO THE RIGHT THING BACKPACK HERE FOR YOU. WE DOESN'T MATTER. YEAH.
EITHER ONE IS FINE. WE ALSO HAVE A TROPHY FROM THE CITY OF NAPLES DO THE RIGHT THING PROGRAM.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CAROL MILES.
CAROL MILES IS ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT WHEN SHE ENTERS THE ROOM, THAT THAT SMILE JUST FILLS IT.
SHE NOW CONTINUES HER JOURNEY AS A STUDENT AT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES.
ON FRIDAYS, CAROL MILES EATS LUNCH WITH THE CLASS AND ASSIST THEM WITH ANYTHING THEY NEED HELP WITH.
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER, CAROL MILES HAS ASKED OTHER STUDENTS TO JOIN IN AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY ADDING AT A TIME FOR CRAFTS AND GAMES PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL DAY.
EVERY MONTH'S ACTIVITIES ARE A DIFFERENT THEME, AND SHE EVEN ENLISTED THE HELP OF HER DAD, TONY, TO FUND A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GROUP TRIP TO CHUCK E CHEESE.
THAT IS AWESOME. CAROL MILES, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SENATOR A LETTER FROM SENATOR RICK SCOTT, YOUR TROPHY, YOUR BACKPACK, AS WELL AS THAT TRIP TO RSU ON YOU FOR MOM AND DAD.
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AWESOME JOB. CAROL MILES. AND FOR OUR CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR. PATRICK O'CONNOR.THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU KNOW THIS STARTS OUT 13TH YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM.
WE RECOGNIZED OVER 250 YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALL MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THIS MORNING WE HAD LIZZIE AND AND CAROL. BOTH STORIES ARE SO DIFFERENT, BUT THEY HAVE THAT SAME COMMON THREAD THAT GOES THROUGH THEM OF KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND CARING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THESE UPLIFTING STORIES WHICH SHOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE WE CAN ALL MAKE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE DO THE RIGHT THING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. CAN WE BRING OUR RECIPIENTS UP FOR SOME PHOTOS? WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. PROUD PARENTS.
THANK YOU. A FEW MORE. OKAY. OKAY.
OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM FOUR C. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
[4.C. Update from Commissioner Kowal.]
GOOD MORNING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF NAPLES.HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT SUMMER. GOT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO DO.
RELAX. NOW THE BATTERIES ARE RECHARGED, AND LET'S GET IT ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I FOR THE RECORD, I'M COMMISSIONER DAN KOWAL.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS THE CITY OF NAPLES, LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF MY DISTRICT.
I REPRESENT FOR COLLIER COUNTY. SO I KNOW WE HAD SOME CORRESPONDENCE AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS.
IT'S NOT ON THE MONITOR UP THERE, BUT NOW IT IS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME UPDATE TO THEM.
THIS IS THE THE TRIANGLE OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR.
AND ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW LOT ON THE ON THE FAR LEFT, THE ELLINGTON OH, THERE IT IS. THAT ONE THERE IS BASICALLY RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR SOME TIME, BUT SINCE 2020.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR AREA HERE, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
THE ASCENT. THE ASCENT ITSELF IS IT'S MADE UP OF 270 RENTAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THERE'S A RESTAURANT, A 6200 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, AS OF DECEMBER OF 2024, THEY GOT THERE AT TCO OR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
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FOR ALL 16 FLOORS. SINCE THEN AND BUT THE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE RESTAURANT AND THAT STILL HAS SOME INSPECTIONS AND THINGS TO GO THROUGH BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECOMES OPEN, SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY OPEN YET.RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU CAN SEE THE AURORA IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT HAS BEEN SOME FOR SOME TIME NOW FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
PROBABLY LOOKING AT COMPLETION LATE 20, 26. SO IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S AT THAT POINT AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE LOT THREE, THIS IS THAT AREA THAT HAS A COUPLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT EXIST, THE U-HAUL AREA, THE U-HAUL BUSINESS. IF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THERE THAT THAT U-HAUL PROPERTY IS GOING TO VACATE IT'S MOVING TO THE EAST. IT'S GOING OUT TOWARDS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR NAPLES MANOR AREA OF 41, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 41 AS YOU'RE TRAVELING EAST, AS THEY BOUGHT UP ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF PROPERTY OUT THERE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE RELOCATED OUT THERE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, ZERO APPLICATION FOR ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING COME FORWARD FOR LOT THREE YET.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT IN A NUTSHELL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS AS OF RIGHT NOW, OR WE CAN JUST TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER ARE THE DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE RENTAL UNITS ARE AT THE ASCENT? I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM OCCUPIED. YES. THERE ARE SOME OCCUPIED ALREADY.
BUT OFFHAND, I DO NOT KNOW THE AMOUNT OF OCCUPANCY OR WHAT'S LEFT OR NOT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL PETRANOFF.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THIS PD PLAN? NO. NO. OKAY. THIS WAS THIS WAS MOST OF THESE WERE APPROVED LATE 2019.
EARLY 2020. OKAY. YEAH. THESE ARE ALL. AND THERE WASN'T A BIG PUSH.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS COVID TIME, IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO THIS PUD WAS PUT TOGETHER TO BASICALLY GET A GREATER FOOTPRINT OF UNITS PER PER SIZE OR SMALLER OR GREATER NUMBER OF UNITS ON A SMALLER FOOTPRINT WAS TO TO MAKE IT MORE, I GUESS, VALUABLE TO THE DEVELOPERS BECAUSE IT WAS THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY THE COUNTY. THE CRA AT ONE POINT WENT IN AND BOUGHT THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS THERE WAS AN OLD CAR LOT.
THERE WAS A BODY SHOP, THERE WAS A GAS STATION.
THERE WAS AN OLD FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, AND A LOT OF THEM WERE VACANT.
AND SO THE COUNTY, THE CRA SAID, WE CAN'T HAVE THIS.
THIS IS NOT THE IMAGE WE WANT. SO THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT.
SO THAT HAS A SPECIAL PUD JUST FOR THAT TRIANGLE AREA.
OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T EXTEND OUTSIDE OF THOSE BORDERS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR. I KNOW YOU GUYS ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT THE MARRIOTT.
I CAN GO RIGHT INTO THAT. JUST ONE MORE ON THIS.
HOW MANY TOTAL HOUSING UNITS ARE IN THIS PD? WELL, THE THE AURORA IS THAT'S FOR PURCHASE CONDOS. THAT ONE IS I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE.
LET ME SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. SO WE HAD 220 WITH THE ASCENT.
YEAH. THOSE ARE RENTAL RENTAL APARTMENTS THE AURORA HAS.
WHERE'S IT AT? 56 RESIDENTIAL CONDOS IN THERE AND IF THEY EVER DO SUBMIT DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANS HAVE BEEN LAID OUT FOR THE ONE ON THE END IN THIS AREA HERE.
NOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE 25 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THEN SOME HOTEL.
IT'S BASICALLY THE REST OF IT'S GOING TO BE A HOTEL. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED.
OKAY. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING YET FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHAT ABOUT LOT THREE? ZERO. ZERO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR LOT THREE YET. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN IS THIS 100% IN OUR WATER DISTRICT? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES. IT IS. OKAY. I THINK FOR I THINK IT IS.
YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I CAN MOVE ON TO THE. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS REFERENCED TO THE J.W.
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MARRIOTT PROJECT, WHICH IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAP HERE, IT PRETTY MUCH SITS JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT BOTTOM, RIGHT HAND SIDE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 41. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THERE USED TO BE OLD LITTLE ITALY RESTAURANT THERE AT THE CORNER OF PALM.THEY PURCHASED THAT IN AN EMPTY COMMERCIAL LOT, WHICH EQUALS ABOUT FIVE ACRES.
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT THE DEVELOPERS AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WENT AROUND AND AROUND FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, SUBMITTING DIFFERENT PLANS. AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH NEGOTIATION, THROUGH ME AND THEIR ATTORNEYS AND THE AND THE DESIGNERS WE GOT IT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY BASICALLY LET THEIR APPLICATION EXPIRE. AND THEN THEY WENT AND FILED PLANS TO FIT WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT'S ALLOWABLE FOR C4 LOT HOTEL.
SO BASICALLY, THE DIMENSIONS FALL RIGHT WITHIN BY.
RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A FEW PERMITS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET.
THE FDOT PERMIT FOR THE THERE'S STILL ABOUT FOR ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR WITH THE DEVELOPER. AND BETWEEN FDOT THEY DID GET STORM SOUTHWEST WATER STORM MANAGEMENT DID GIVE THEM A PERMIT FOR THEIR STORM WATER PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM A FEW WEEKS BACK.
SO I DON'T HAVE A TIME OR DATE WHEN THEY WILL BREAK GROUND YET FOR THAT PROJECT.
BUT OTHER THAN SECURING THE PERMITS AND STAYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A DONE DEAL. SO I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION PERTAINING TO, I THINK.
HOW DO I MOVE THIS SLIDE? SO THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS. WE HAD A MEETING.
IT WAS BACK. WELL, IT WAS THIS LAST MEETING IN AUGUST.
ON THE 24TH, WE REVISIT OUR LDC FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES FOR OUR URBAN AREAS.
AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS BROUGHT FORTH. THERE WAS LIKE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US.
ONE WAS THIS WHERE WE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS PARTICULAR CHART THAT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT GIVES THEM A BONUS DEPENDING ON THE PERCENTAGE OF.
AND WHERE WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE MEDIAN INCOME.
A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY CAN ADD TO LIKE ADDITIONAL UNITS PER ACRE.
AND IF YOU SEE IN THIS CHART THAT'S UP HERE NOW THEY HAVE YOU SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS WERE LINED OUT IN, SOME NUMBERS WERE CHANGED AND SOME WERE ADDED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT THEY CALLED A MODERATE A RIGHT MIDDLE.
SO BASICALLY THIS BLUE SECTION HERE WAS ADDED TO THE CHART.
AND WE FOUND THROUGH THE STUDIES AND DIFFERENT GROUP STUDIES WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT STUDIES, THAT THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE THE MISSING PERCENTAGE OF INCOME.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL HELP. WHEN DEVELOPERS DO SEEK A BONUS, IT'LL GIVE THEM A GUIDELINE, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S AUTOMATIC. THIS IS NOT BY RIGHT.
AND BUT THIS JUST GIVES THEM A GUIDE OF WHERE THEY CAN START OR END UP IF THEY GET APPROVED, IF THEY IF THEY CHOOSE TO USE THESE TYPE OF INCOME RATES FOR THEIR AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR BONUSES.
NOW THIS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS FOR THE URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT THAT WE'RE TARGETING BECAUSE OF THE ONE OF THE PART THE PHASES IN THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE.
SO YOU SEE THIS AREA HERE WITH THESE RED. THESE ARE ALL CONSIDERED RECREATIONAL. CHANNEL. SO OR THEY HAVE TRANSIT LINES.
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SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO STAY MORE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE NOT USING VEHICLE TRAFFIC.BUT THE BONUSES WILL GO TOWARDS IF THEY'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET TO TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THROUGH BUS STOPS MAJOR BUS BUS STATIONS LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT WAS ADDED IN. NOW, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WAS NOT PASSED, AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE THEM BY RIGHT TO CONVERT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO RESIDENTIAL. WE DID NOT WE DID NOT VOTE THAT IN AS ONE OF THE CHANGES.
AND WE FELT THAT WITH LIVE LOCAL, IT'S ALREADY EXISTS THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REAL SUCCESS STORIES OF PEOPLE USING IT YET.
THERE'S A COUPLE THAT THE COUNTY PARTNERED WITH FURTHER OUT EAST WITH PROPERTY THE COUNTY ALREADY OWNED WITH THE MCDOWELL GROUP, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY COME FORWARD IN THE URBAN AREAS TO CONVERT ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO RESIDENTIAL USING THE LIVE LOCAL.
SO I FELT WHY WOULD WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION THAT'S EVEN MORE STRINGENT? SO WE KIND OF VOTED THAT PORTION OF IT DOWN. AND THAT WAS THE THIRD WAS THE TRANSIT.
AND I JUST BROUGHT UP. SO THE TRANSIT GIVES THEM A BONUS AS AN AREA TO, TO BUILD.
AND BASICALLY THAT JUST SO BY COUNTY ORDINANCE FOR PARKING PER PERSON, PER UNIT, IT GIVES THEM A BREAK ON THE PARKING SPOTS IF THEY HAVE THE TRANSIT ABILITY TO USE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM FROM THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT THE CAT BUS STOPS.
THAT'S IT. SO LET ME SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LDC CHANGES THAT WE DID.
I'LL BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. YES. COUNCILWOMAN.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COUNCIL. THE THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE DENSITY BONUSES AND WHERE THE DENSITY BONUSES APPLY, AS WELL AS THE CONVERTING.
AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID RESIDENTIAL. WAS IT COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL? YEAH. THAT DIDN'T PASS. SO THAT DIDN'T PASS LDC.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T PASS, CAN THE STATE PREEMPT YOU AND MAKE YOU WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT LIVE LOCAL IS IN FORCE. LIVE LOCAL HAS PROBABLY BEEN IN THREE YEARS, AT LEAST THREE YEARS NOW.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN UPDATED AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE THEN.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THE CITIZENS AREN'T AWARE.
AT ONE POINT THEY COULDN'T AFFECT UNITS AT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO THAT WAS THE NEWEST UPDATE TO THE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T SEEN OR I THINK THERE'S MAYBE ONE REQUEST COMING DOWN THE PIKE, BUT IT DOES. IT DOES TAKES THE ABILITY FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A DECISION ON IF IT WORKS OR NOT, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THEIR LITMUS TEST OF THE LIVE LOCAL STATUTE.
AND THEN IT BECOMES A BUY. RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO STILL FOLLOW THE BUILDING CODES, THE THE SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S STILL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STILL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THOSE THINGS. SO OKAY.
SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT? REGARDING THE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL OR THE DENSITY BONUSES, HOW THOSE NUMBERS APPLY AND WHERE THEY APPLY.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE STATE, THE UP IN TALLAHASSEE WOULD PREEMPT YOU AND MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR YOU? WELL, NO, THE LIVE LOCAL IS STATUTE THAT'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
YEAH, THAT'S BEEN EVOLVING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
YEAH. BUT EVEN AS IT'S BEEN EVOLVING AND IT'S BEEN MAKING LIVE LOCAL, THE EASIEST WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT, IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST, EASIEST WAY. IF SOMEBODY HAS THE ABILITY AND FINDS A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO USE THE FULL EFFECT OF LIVE LOCAL. BUT THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF OUR PROPERTIES IN OUR URBAN AREAS, IF YOU TAKE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THERE'S SMALL STRIP MALLS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE A DEEP FOOTPRINT. SO FOR THE LIVE LOCAL TO ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE AND HAVE THE OFFSETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO HAVE THE SITE PLAN WORK, THEY'RE RESTRICTED.
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AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE AT A LOWER LEVEL, LIKE A 60 OR 80, WHICH THE MARKET LIKE YOU SAW, OUR STUDY SHOWED THE MARKETS 80 TO 100 IS THE GREATEST NEED FOR COLLIER COUNTY.BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT THE REALITY IS, WHEN THEY PUT THEIR SALARIES TOGETHER, THEY CAN'T EVEN RENT THE APARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S SET AT A 50 TO 60 PERCENTILE OR WHATEVER THEY PRICE OUT. SO THAT THAT'S THE BIG THING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE MORE IN AROUND THE 80% OUT OF 100.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SAW THAT TARGET AREA AS BEING A GREATER NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
MAYBE NOT THE REST OF FLORIDA, BUT OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT FITS. BUT YEAH, IF SOMEBODY HAS THAT AND EVERYTHING ALIGNS, THERE'S NOTHING THE CITY, NOTHING THE COUNTY CAN DO TO STOP IT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE THE YOU KNOW, THE SITE PLAN ITSELF DOESN'T WORK.
YEAH. BECAUSE I'D HEARD LAST TIME THAT YOU HAD EXCLUDED THEM.
BUT NOW I GUESS YOU'RE PREEMPTED. YES. TOO BAD.
IT'S A. YEAH. YEAH. THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO PROTECT OURSELVES MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE WASN'T IN THERE THE FIRST TWO TIMES THEY VISITED IT AFTER THEY PASSED IT INITIALLY. BUT THIS THIRD GO AROUND THIS LAST SESSION, THEY ADDED PUDS.
CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN'T CONVERT A PUD POD NOW USING LIVE LOCAL.
SO OKAY. AND THEN THIS CHART. JUST SO CAN YOU TAKE ME THROUGH WHAT THIS MEANS, WHERE IT SAYS, SAY, MEDIAN AND THEN THE FIRST COLUMN OF THREE.
WHAT IS THAT? WHAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT THEY GET 3% MORE.
NO. SO IF YOU IF YOU TAKE SO YOU GOT YOUR, YOUR LEFT SIDE OF THE CHART.
SO THAT GIVES YOU YOUR INCOME VALUES. THEN THE TOP SHOWS PERCENTILES.
SO LET'S SAY I'M GONNA BUILD 100 UNITS. BUT I'M GOING TO ONLY HAVE 10% AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.
SO IF I MAKE LET'S JUST TAKE THE NEW CATEGORY.
SO LET'S SAY I HAVE ONE ACRE, I HAVE 100 UNITS OR WHATEVER.
I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE 100 UNITS IF I'M GOING TO BUILD 10% OF THOSE UNITS, AND I'M GOING TO RENT THEM TO PEOPLE BETWEEN 80 AND 100 PERCENTILE, I GET AN EXTRA THREE UNITS ADDED ON TO THAT 100.
SO IT'S LIKE A BONUS TO OR TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.
SO LET'S SAY UP LIKE LET'S SAY LIVE LOCAL FOR INSTANCE ONE ACRE OF PROPERTY, LIVE LOCAL.
AS LONG AS 40% OF THEM MEET THE A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL.
BUT OUR CHART NOW BASICALLY SAYS IF THIS IS OUTSIDE OF A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT, IF SOMEBODY'S COMING IN JUST ASKING TO CONVERT PROPERTY TO, YOU KNOW, TO RESIDENTIAL, THEN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE PASSED THIS CHART SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE YOU'RE AT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, LET'S SAY YOU'RE ALLOWED 16 OR 15 UNITS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE ACREAGE YOU'RE USING, JUST IT MEETS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE 80 TO 100 INSTEAD OF 16.
NOW YOU'RE ALLOWED 19 PER ACRE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO WHICH YOU'RE BY.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S BASICALLY HOW HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN.
SO THESE ARE ADDITIONAL UNITS TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IF YOU INCLUDE THESE.
SO YOU HAVE 10% 20%, 30%. SO AS IT GOES UP YOU CAN SEE.
AND WHICH IS WHICH IS UNIQUE IS THAT 50 TO 82.
YOU NOTICE THAT WE INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT 40% OF THE UNITS SO THEY CAN GET TEN BONUS UNITS, IF THEY DO 40 AT AT 50%. OKAY. SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SLIDING.
YOU GOTTA GO OVER AND DOWN AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD.
THEN YOU CAN ADD THOSE UNITS PER ACRE. YEAH. NO THAT'S A PERCENTAGE OF UNITS AT THAT PRICE POINT.
OH, I KNOW THIS QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME ABOUT CLAM PASS DREDGING CLAM PASS, THEIR BOARD
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THAT GOVERNS THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE WATERS OVER THERE THROUGH PELICAN BAY.THEY ARE IN A PROCESS OF PREPARING TO REAPPLY, TO RENEW THE PERMIT, TO BE CONTINUED.
SO WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST A HARD DATE TO GET EVERYTHING IN A LINE TO GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND GET THAT REQUEST FOR A NEW PERMIT TO KEEP THAT PERMIT IN FORCE. I KNOW THAT, AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OVER THERE AND, AND THE REASON I GOT PRETTY INVOLVED IN IT IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SEVEN MONTHS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR AND YOU GUYS REPRESENT THE CITY OF NAPLES, AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE RIGHT ON THE SOUTH BORDER OF CLAM BAY.
AND IN THE PAST THERE, AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AND I, I FELT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, I CAN DO WHAT I CAN FOR THEM. SO I'M TRYING TO BE THAT MOUTHPIECE BETWEEN.
AND I'M, I'M ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, MR. YOUNG HERE, ABOUT HAVING EITHER A CITY REPRESENTATIVE SITS IN ON THE MEETINGS AND PROBABLY 1 OR 2 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THE WATER THAT ACTUALLY. AND I HAD TO TALK WITH MR. FOGG, WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE UP THERE, AND HE AGREED TO IT.
SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD, WE GET MORE EXPOSURE TO WHAT THE DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT WATERWAY BECAUSE I FEEL IT INTERMINGLES WITH OUR CANALS IN THE CITY THAT ARE CONNECTED THROUGH THE OUTFALLS.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S A BENEFIT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE EYES ON IT, MAYBE SOME MORE VOICES IN THE ROOM, NOT NECESSARILY HAVING SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD, BUT AT LEAST BEING ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING ITSELF.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MR. YOUNG. WE HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY, REFERENCE TO IT, AND JUST FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON TO REPRESENT THE CITY THAT HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE, WORKING KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN MOVING ON FROM THERE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON CAMPUS. YES, IT'S KIND OF A LONG.
WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLAM PASS DREDGING.
ONE OF THE THINGS. AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AND WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY DOES AS WELL.
WE HAVE STORMWATER PIPES, OUTFALL PIPES AND PIPES USED FOR TRANSITING WATER FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER. AND THESE PIPES GET CONTAMINATED. THE EFFICIENCY THEY GET CLOSED OFF WITH CRUSTACEANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE EFFICIENCY OF MOVING WATER.
IT CAN CAUSE WATER TO BACK UP, CAUSE FLOODING ISSUES AND SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
WELL, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MARSHALL WHO HEADS UP ALL OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WITH A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT GO OUT AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ON 24 OVER SEVEN, YOU KNOW, OPERATION OF GETTING AHEAD OF THESE PIPES, JETTING THESE PIPES, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY THAT THERE WAS SOME PROBABLY TEN, 15 YEARS AGO, THEY WEREN'T AS AGGRESSIVE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING THESE THINGS.
BUT WE HAD TIMES THAT WERE THE INTERSECTION OF US 41 AND AIRPORT ROAD AT TWO FOOT OF WATER.
AND THEN COME TO FIND OUT THAT OVER YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, YEARS OF THIS, THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T TAKING THE PRECAUTIONS TO PUT UP SILT, FENCING, THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS, LOOSE DIRT AFTER STORMS, RUNNING INTO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEMS. AND THOSE PIPES ARE DIMINISHED, THE CAPACITY OF THOSE PIPES ARE REALLY DIMINISHED UNTIL THEY WENT IN AND JETTED.
ALL ALL OF THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON AFTER THEY REALIZED THIS WAS GOING ON.
BUT THEY HAD A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON IT. I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE BIG RAINS THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, YOU KNOW, AND ANYTIME WE HAVE THESE BIG RAINS, I FREAK OUT BECAUSE MY DISTRICT IS AGED, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GET DOWN TO THE LOWER ENDS OF BAYSHORE, YOU GUYS KNOW AS YOU MOVE CLOSER WEST.
THOSE OLDER STREETS HAVE BEEN THERE 60 SOME YEARS.
THE CREST OF THE STREETS AREN'T THERE ANYMORE.
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YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY FARED PRETTY WELL. I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE USUALLY WE DO SEE A LOT OF STANDING WATER AND THESE LAST COUPLE STORMS FROM THEIR MAINTENANCE AND THEIR WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'RE ENTERING INTO A FEW PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS HERE WITH THE CITY IN THAT GENERAL AREA TO TO GET SOME STORMWATER PROJECTS UNDERWAY. SO JUST A GOOD MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. YEAH, YEAH.
BUT LISTEN, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO WORK. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINED, IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU DON'T CHANGE THE OIL IN YOUR CAR. GUESS WHAT? YOUR ENGINE IS GOING TO QUIT RUNNING AT SOME POINT. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO. THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF STEADY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON ANYTHING INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PENMAN, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT MICRO TRANSIT.
MOST OF THE MICRO TRANSIT THAT I SEE, AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO REFER TO GOODLETTE-FRANK BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO USE THAT QUITE A BIT, AS WELL AS PINE RIDGE. MOST OF MICRO TRANSIT IS ON OUR, ON THE SIDEWALKS.
DOES THAT COMPORT WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WROTE? YOU TALKING ABOUT BICYCLE PEDAL CYCLE AND ELECTRIC BIKE? YES, YES IT DOES. SO YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YOU CAN.
WELL, IF IT'S A CLASS TO READ INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED.
YEAH. IF IT'S A CLASS THREE OR HIGHER. THEY ARE NOT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON A SIDEWALK. AND IF YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'S THE THING, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CLASSES THAT ELECTRIC BIKES, YOU HAVE A ONE AND A TWO. OKAY? A TWO WON'T GO OVER LIKE 20MPH. BUT A THREE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO GO OVER UP TO 28MPH ONLY.
AND COLLIER COUNTY IS IF YOU'RE ACCOMPANYING MINOR CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH YOU THAT ARE ON BIKES WITH TRAINING WHEELS AND THAT AND YOU WANT TO RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU CAN BE ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THEM BECAUSE JUST BEING A RESPONSIBLE ADULT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU'RE USING FOR TRANSIT, IF THERE'S A DESIGNATED BIKE LANE, YOU MUST USE A DESIGNATED BIKE LANE FOR CLASS THREE OR ABOVE IF YOU'RE 16 YEARS OR OLDER. I'LL PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT AND KEEP YOU APPRIZED.
YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, THERE WAS A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO A PROJECT, A NEW PROJECT BEING APPROVED IN THE ER ON OFF DAYS OF DAVIS BOULEVARD AREA OR 41 AREA THAT WAS.
IT'S JUST BEING REDEVELOPED, BUT WITH CAUTION.
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT WHOLE ENTIRE AREA FROM THE TRIANGLE ON DAVIS TO AIRPORT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW. YES, WE HAVE WATER.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. AND WE'RE REALLY ANALYZING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THIS PROJECT REFERRING TO IS GOING TO SIT ON THAT FOOTPRINT AND AND ACTUALLY IT'S A BY RIGHT PROJECT OTHER THAN THEY NEED A VARIANCE FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE ON THEIR PATIOS OR THEIR, THEIR PORCHES ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE ARE GOING TO EXTEND.
SO THERE'S AN IMAGINARY LINE ON THE WATER LINE OVER THE CANAL.
SO IN REALITY, IN BUILDING CODE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVERYTHING EXTEND OUT INTO THE WATER.
IT'S NOT LIKE A DOCK OR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY SO THEIR FOOTPRINT OF THEIR PORCH OR BALCONY, LET'S SAY. WOULD IT BE ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO FOOT OVER THAT IMAGINARY LINE? SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE.
IS THAT A DEVELOPMENT AREA THAT'S LOT LINE TO LOT LINE OR WHAT ARE THE SETBACKS.
DO YOU KNOW? NO, IT'S JUST PRETTY. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE ON IT, BUT IT'S JUST TO BE LIKE AN L SHAPE AND IT'S JUST GOING TO FOLLOW THE WATERLINE.
AND PRETTY MUCH THE FOOTPRINT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE WITH THE BUILDINGS.
IT'LL COME FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS DAVIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO MORE OR LESS LIE RIGHT ON THE WATER LINE FOLLOWING THAT ORIGINAL OLD MARINA. RIGHT. WHICH THAT IS, THAT IS BASICALLY THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT WATER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
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IN 1960S SOMEBODY TOOK IT ON THEIR OWN THAT DREDGED THAT FROM ROCK CREEK.THEY BUILT THAT CANAL THAT WAS NEVER AN EXISTING CANAL.
THAT WAS NOT THAT'S NOT A NATURAL CANAL THAT WAS ADDED.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BECAUSE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE DOCKS THERE BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS, IT WAS BASICALLY WHEN THEY BUILT THE NEW DOCK FOR THE FOR THE BOAT RENTAL PLACE WHEN THEY WENT BACK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S BEEN A MARINA AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
ONE OF THE DOCKS WAS SITTING ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT UNDERWATER, SO IT STILL EXISTED UNDERWATER, THE RESIDENTIAL LOT. THEY HAD TO COME TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE HAD TO TURN THAT LOT TO COMMERCIAL FROM RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNDERWATER INSIDE THE MAN MADE CANAL.
BUT THERE WAS JUST NOBODY CAUGHT IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. BUT SO THAT'S JUST BASICALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, THESE YOU GUYS KNOW, THESE THINGS POP UP AND YOU JUST SCRATCH YOUR HEAD SOMETIMES.
YES. I'M GLAD YOU SAID, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A MAN MADE CANAL.
SO IF ANYTHING IT MIGHT HELP FORCE THEM TO MAINTAIN IT.
BETTER TEST IT. I KNOW ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THEY TESTED IT FOR MERCURY AND SOME OTHER THINGS WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE OUTFALL PROJECT FROM THE NEW FROM THE SAID POND ON LINWOOD. SO SINCE WE'RE ON THAT, JUST BRIEFLY JUST SO THAT YOU'RE INFORMED ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMONS THEY ARE DEVELOPING A CONDOS WITH A MARINA OR WITH BOAT DOCKS, I SHOULD SAY, NOT A MARINA.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD INQUIRIES BY THE EAST NAPLES OR RIVER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD TO DREDGE THEIR BEHIND THEIR HOMES AND THAT CANAL I BELIEVE THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT INTO THE RIVER. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT IN THE GORDON.
RIGHT. SO JUST HEADS UP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S.
ARE THEY DO YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, DO YOU KNOW, ARE THEY REQUESTING IT THROUGH A NAVIGATIONAL DREDGE OR ECOLOGICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL? WE CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR AND WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH IT.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST GO AHEAD AND SHOOT.
RAPID FIRE. THE COURAGE YOU HAVE. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER KOWAL? THERE WE GO. ON ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE DAVIS TRIANGLE AND THE MARRIOTT.
IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ARE EXPANDING THE LAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO TAKE MORE STORMWATER? YEAH, ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WE APPROVED THE PURCHASE.
WELL, WE HAD THERE WAS TWO EMPTY LOTS ON LINWOOD, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE LIKE A DUPLEX.
AND WE APPROACHED THE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PURCHASE THEM, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT LINWOOD AND WHERE THE LAKE SITS, WE ALREADY OWN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES ON THE ON THE.
I GUESS IT'D BE THE SOUTH SIDE OF LINWOOD, BUT WE DIDN'T OWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AREA ABOVE IT, SO WE PURCHASED THOSE. IN THE PROCESS OF THAT HAPPENING, PRETTY MUCH A DONE DEAL.
WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE THE DUPLEX ARE GOING TO RELOCATE.
THEY FOUND A PLACE TO RELOCATE, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THAT. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHEN THEY PUT THE PUMPING SYSTEM IN AND ALL THE PIPES IN THAT IT WAS OVER DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BIGGER FOOTPRINT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE JUST BUILDING A BIGGER POND, NOT SO MUCH.
AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND IT IS TO TAKE MORE OF THAT WATER IN EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THESE 30 YEAR STORMS, THESE 100 YEAR STORMS, STUFF LIKE THAT, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DO OCCUR AND TO HAVE A MORE CAPACITY IN THAT POND TO RETAIN THE WATER.
GREAT. AND IS IT TAKING THE WATER FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN? THE THE THE DAVIS TRIANGLE. DOES THAT WATER FLOW? BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. ONCE THIS IS BUILT OUT, THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE THAT THAT WATER GOES.
YEAH. THAT PARTICULAR THE PROJECTS THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, THOSE WHEN THEY GOT THEIR PERMITTING FROM STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND THEY GOT THEIR APPROVALS, THEY WERE PUT IN DESIGN. THEY HAD TO HAVE A RETENTION ON PROPERTY.
SO UNDERGROUND YOU DON'T SEE IT. BUT THEY HAVE GIANT, YOU KNOW, MULTI-MILLION GALLON RETENTION CONTAINERS UNDERGROUND THAT HOLDS THEIR WATER TO A CERTAIN CAPACITY WHEN IT REACHES A CERTAIN CAPACITY AFTER THE SILT IS SETTLED AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEN IT'S PUMPED OUT THROUGH A PIPE UNDERGROUND INTO THAT POND.
YES. SO YOU'VE GOT PUMPS THAT IT'S NOT JUST GRAVITY FED.
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NO, IT'S PUMPED OVER THERE. GREAT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. KOWAL. I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS QUESTION HAD REACHED YOU, BUT PERHAPS NOT.
BUT IN LIGHT OF THIS ONE, I WANT TO JUST SAY A FEW THINGS HERE FROM 2020 THROUGH 2025.
SIMILAR TO COLLIER COUNTY IN THE WAY IN WHICH PROPERTY TAXES ARE USED TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, THE CITY OF NAPLES MIRRORS MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING MANY OF THE SAME ESSENTIAL SERVICES WITH THE PORTION OF PROPERTY TAXES WE RECEIVE. THE GOVERNOR HAS MENTIONED PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ELIMINATION OF PROPERTY TAXES. SIMILARLY, DURING THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A PROPOSED TAX PACKAGE, A PROPOSED TAX PACKAGE, AND MAJOR PROPERTY TAX REFORMS DID NOT PASS. REGARDLESS, EFFORTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE USE OF PROPERTY TAXES TO FUND POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES WILL BE BACK BEFORE REPRESENTATIVES IN TALLAHASSEE.
NOW THE QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS RELATED TO THE RISK OF REDUCED PROPERTY TAX FUNDING FOR COLLIER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NAPLES, AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES? DO YOU HAVE A THE CONCERN IF THESE PROPERTY TAXES ARE REDUCED OR GO AWAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH FUNDING THINGS LIKE POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, OR DO YOU HAVE A FIX FOR THAT? WELL, THERE'S NO MAGIC PILL TO FIX ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT REALITY IS, I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A FEW TIMES WHEN THIS CAME UP, AND EVEN IN TALLAHASSEE WHEN I WAS UP THERE THIS PAST JANUARY YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT HISTORY AND I LOOK AT THE WAY HOW OUR FOUNDERS DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, AND HOW EVEN FLORIDA, WITH THE CONSTITUTION, THE WAY IT'S SET UP AND ESPECIALLY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT YOU HAVE TO PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WE GAVE THE CITIZENS OF COLLIER COUNTY A BREAK.
WE LOWERED THEIR TAXES TWO YEARS IN A ROW. WE ROLLED IT BACK.
BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT WE GAINED 8% IN VALUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT GAVE US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. BUT ONE THING IS A CONSTANT IS PROPERTY.
WE KNOW THE FOOTPRINT OF PLANET EARTH IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN LIVE ON HIGH GROUND IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE MUCH.
WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT OF COLLIER COUNTY EXISTS.
THAT'S HIGH GROUND, AND THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROJECT FORWARD IN THE FUTURE BY TAXING.
AND THAT'S THE WAY YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE SET UP.
SO IT GIVES YOU A ROUNDABOUT FIGURE WHERE YOU'RE AT MOVING FORWARD.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, EVEN WITH THE TAXES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN COLLIER COUNTY, THE AVERAGE TAX, THE PROPERTY TAX, WE BRING IN ABOUT 700 MILLION PLUS, MAYBE.
AND I KNOW WE THE SHERIFF ITSELF IS CLOSE TO 300 MILLION.
SO THINK ABOUT THAT. WE YOU KNOW, WE THAT'S JUST PUBLIC SAFETY ITSELF HAS COME OUT OF THAT FUNDING.
BUT REALITY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS SHOW UP YOUR HOUSE WITH A CHARGE CARD MACHINE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, WRAP OUR HEAD AROUND. YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS ARE BROUGHT IN BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE A SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, WE CHARGE SERVICE FOR GARBAGE PICKUP, YOU KNOW, WATER BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE BACKED BY SERVICE, YOU KNOW, BILLING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SERVICES.
AND THOSE PAY FOR THEMSELVES THAT WAY. BUT REALITY IS AND THIS IS YOU CAN SAY TOURISM.
WE CAN JUST KEEP RAISING MONEY ON THE TOURISTS THAT COME HERE AND BED TAX.
BUT THIS IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT. WE HAVE 67 COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT AREN'T VERY WELL OFF.THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TOURISM. THEY DON'T HAVE BEACHES. THEY DON'T HAVE DISNEY WORLD. THEY DON'T HAVE THEY BARELY MAKE JUST THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TAX, THE AMOUNT THEY PAY, THEIR SHERIFFS, THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
THEY SCRAPE THE NUMBERS TO GET IT DONE. WHAT I'M SCARED OF IS THAT THE STATE WOULD THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOLE OUT, DIVVY OUT THESE PROCEEDS BECAUSE THEY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CHARGE OR CAN'T CHARGE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO CERTAIN THINGS.
SO A COMMUNITY LIKE US THAT HAS THAT LUXURY TO MAKE A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY THROUGH TOURISM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD THEN THE STATE SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ALL IN ONE POT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE IT UP NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER COUNTY CAN'T PAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE IN REALITY IS IF YOU TAKE WHAT WE PAY TAXES IN COLLIER COUNTY, COMPARED TO THE OTHER 67 COUNTIES, THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE IS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER. LOOK AT THE PARKS, THE STREETS, THE LANDSCAPING, THE SERVICE YOU GET THROUGH FIRE, POLICE, EMS. IT'S TOP NOTCH. SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST TAXES TOO. SO WHY IS THAT? MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. AND REALITY IS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BAIL OUT OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB.
AND THAT'S THE SAD PART. SO THAT'S MY OPINION.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I HOPE THAT I HOPE THAT TALLAHASSEE RETHINKS THEIR APPROACH TO THIS, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK YOU SAID THE SAME THING THAT HAVING A REDUCTION IN TAXES IS IS KIND OF HOW I'M WIRED.
I LIKE THAT, RIGHT? REDUCING TAXES BUT NOT HAVING A CLEAR PATH TO IF WE'RE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I THINK COLLIER COUNTY AS WELL, WHEN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WAS TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE, RIGHT? WE WENT TO WE WENT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
SO I HOPE THAT IF THIS MOMENTUM PICKS UP, THAT THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL WORK WITH US IN LOBBYING AND TALKING TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE GOVERNOR TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN.
SO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO IN CONCLUSION I'LL JUST TAG ON TO WHAT VICE MAYOR SAID ABOUT TAXES. YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT MY TAX BILL AND I PAID 10,000 ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY, BUT I ONLY PAY 3000 TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY PAYS FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE WITHOUT HAVING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND DISTRICTS.
BECAUSE THAT WAS NEEDED. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF TOURISTS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BEACHES AND OUR ROADS, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR LOW MILLAGE RATE AND STILL BE ABLE TO PAVE OUR STREETS AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THE IMPACT OF TOURISTS.
THE TDC. THIS IS A QUESTION. DID THEY DECIDE OR DID THE COMMISSIONERS DECIDE TO INCREASE THE TDC, THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S ADVERTISING BUDGET? WE WELL, BY STATUTE, WE CAN'T JUST INCREASE IT THAT PERCENTAGE.
IT'S I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $0.01 INCREASE OVERALL FOR THE BED TAX FOR THE TDC.
ALL WE DID WAS APPROVE IT TO GO TO A BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
THE PEOPLE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. THE CITIZENS WILL VOTE ON IF THEY WANT TO INCREASE IT TO $0.01, WHICH PUT US IN LINE PRETTY MUCH WITH SARASOTA COUNTY OR SARASOTA COUNTY, WEST PALM HILLSBOROUGH.
THEY'RE ALL RIGHT AROUND SEVEN $0.07 PER DOLLAR ON THEIR BED TAX.
WE'RE WE'RE A PENNY LESS. WE'RE AT SIX, I BELIEVE.
SO IT'S IT WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO THE CITIZENS.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO CHANGE IT.
BUT IF IT THEY VOTE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
THEN WE'LL ADD THAT $0.01 AND IT WILL GO BASICALLY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS IT WAS BROUGHT ON BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY STILL WANT TO COMPLETE, LIKE THE PARADISE SPORTS PARK, SOME CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES THAT HAVE A TOURISM ATTRACTION TO IT,
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THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TOURNAMENTS FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I WENT TO THE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, THE ONE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO. WE HAD TEAMS FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON PLAYING.I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY THAT'S ONE POINT TO THE OTHER COMING HERE TO PLAY BALL, YOU KNOW, IN OUR FACILITY. SO IT DOES BRING SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THESE THESE PROJECTS OR THESE GROUPS COME TO PARTICIPATE HERE IN OUR PARK. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ONLY 75% OF THAT RAISED OUT OF THAT $0.01 CAN GO TO ACTUAL STRUCTURAL THINGS AND THE OTHER 25 TO DIVVIED UP THROUGH ADVERTISING AND OTHER MEANS, I BELIEVE, THE POOR TOURISM. SO IF IT PASSES, THERE'S OUR NEXT CONVERSATION AS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO COME AND SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.
I THINK INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE KEY.
YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOWED THE SHERIFF AND WENT WITH MOTOROLA, AND NOW WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS GOING WITH A DIFFERENT I THINK IT'S HARRIS OR SOMETHING. THAT'S. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS MEET AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE BUDGET AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING OR CAUSING ANY KIND OF CONFLICTS WITHIN OUR EQUIPMENT. SO YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK BREAKDOWN IF I'VE GOT A MINUTE.
DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? RIGHT. I'M GOOD. MY NEXT MEETING UNTIL 11, I THINK.
SO IT IS THE HARRIS SYSTEM. IT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON.
I WANT TO SAY THERE'S LIKE, 37 CHANNELS BETWEEN FIRE, EMS, POLICE, SHERIFF.
THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BUSSES, YOU KNOW, AND THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR OWN COMM.
SO WE'VE BEEN SHARING THAT FOR SOME TIME NOW.
SO THE HARRIS IS IN PLACE. SO THE SCHOOLS WENT ON THEIR OWN ABOUT A YEAR AGO, VOTED TO SPEND ANOTHER $14 MILLION TO UPGRADE THEIR SYSTEM WITHIN THE SCHOOL IN THE HARRIS SYSTEM, WHICH WHICH USES THOSE CHANNELS THAT ARE COUNTY WIDE.
SO WHAT CAME DOWN WAS WE STARTED LOOKING FOR TO EXPAND SOMETHING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE WHEN WE DO HAVE A HURRICANE, BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUES WITH THE HARRIS DURING THE LAST HURRICANE WHERE SOME OF THE TOWERS LOST POWER, THE GENERATORS DIDN'T KICK ON AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A REDUNDANT SYSTEM.
SO THERE WAS A BREAK. SO PEOPLE HAD TO GO TO DIRECT TALK, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS NOT AS EFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY DURING A STORM. THEN, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ITSELF DIDN'T BACK OR BYPASS THAT PARTICULAR TOWER, JUST THE WAY IT WAS SET UP. SO STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS.
DID A STUDY. WELL, MOTOROLA CAME IN WITH THE SYSTEM THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I THINK WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE, BUT WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE IS THAT THE 37 CHANNELS THAT HARRIS IN THE SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE ALREADY WILL BE DESIGNATED TO NON-ESSENTIAL PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE SCHOOLS.
THEY'LL KEEP THAT SYSTEM. THEY'LL KEEP THEIR UPGRADES. THEY DID. THEY SPENT THE MONEY ON. AND THEN ALL PUBLIC SAFETY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ON A DAILY BASIS WILL OPERATE OFF OF MOTOROLA SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE MORE REDUNDANT SYSTEM WHICH HAS A THREE WAY COMM SYSTEM, WHICH MOST OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ALREADY WENT TO THE MOTOROLA MOBILES AND HANDHELDS, THEY'RE ALREADY UP.
AND WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE SYSTEM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IS, LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WHEN THEY GO INTO SCHOOLS, LET'S SAY THERE'S AN INCIDENT IN THE SCHOOL, LIKE A SHOOTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMES IN.
THE SCHOOLS WERE TOUGH. WHERE WE'RE AT, A MOTOROLA SYSTEM SAYS THEY USE THREE WAYS THEY CAN USE WI-FI MICROWAVE AND DIRECT TALK OR CALM THROUGH REGULAR CHANNEL. SO WHICH IS A FLIP OF A SWITCH.
SO THESE TYPE OF THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN WE DO HAVE A HURRICANE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT GUYS, OUR ROAD GUYS, YOU KNOW, OUR TRAFFIC PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE ESSENTIAL AT THAT POINT.
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IT'S A FLIP OF A SWITCH. THEY GO OVER. NOW THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.SO IT'S A LOT TO IT. BUT IN REALITY, IF THE SCHOOLS PROBABLY DIDN'T SEND THE $14 MILLION ALREADY WE MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY. BUT I THINK SINCE THEY DID THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM OUT BY GIVING THEM A BUNCH OF FREE NEW CHANNELS, HAVING A SYSTEM DEDICATED HERSELF WITH NON-ESSENTIAL COUNTY WORKERS SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEM, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE ON THEIR OWN SYSTEM NOW INSTEAD OF SHARING THE 37 CHANNELS.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF LETTERS FROM MARCO PD.
MARCO, FIRE. YOUR OWN CHIEF FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS IN SUPPORT.
OFFICIALLY INVITED WITH HIS CALM PEOPLE TO GIVE US THEIR OPINION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I THINK AFTER THAT'S DONE, THEN WE'LL WE'LL MAKE A DECISION.
GREAT. THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND LISTEN TO US, MOST IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE YOU SAY IT CLEARLY, THEY ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THEY'RE OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND SO I RESPECT THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT. WE ALL DO.
AND YOU'RE VERY GRACIOUS WITH YOUR TIME, SO THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY.
THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, FOR YOUR UPDATE.
WHAT TAKES US TO 4D? AND THAT'S THE MR. ROZANSKI, IT'S THE
[4.D. City of Naples Airport Authority Fiscal Year 2026 Draft Operating and Capital Expenditures Budget Presentation.]
ANNUAL BUDGET PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING MAYOR.THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US EARLY ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
WE HAVE COME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AND CAPITAL PLAN.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE NAPLES AIRPORT IS USER FUNDED.
WE DO NOT TAKE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND WE HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED ON AVERAGE ABOUT 2 TO 3 MILLION IN AVIATION GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE.
NAPLES IS A TOP DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
I DO WANT TO NOTE ONE THING. IN OUR BUDGET FOR 2026, WE HAVE NOT FACTORED IN MANY OF THE NEW LUXURY AND ULTRA LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO NAPLES, GOING TO BE OPENING.
SOME MAY HAVE ALREADY OPENED, SOME ARE GOING TO BE OPENED. WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT ON THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE. BUT WE DID NOT PUT ANY OF THOSE IN OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND SOME OF THE NEXT SLIDES, THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, I HAD MENTIONED HOW THE PROPERTY VALUES GO UP.
SO FOR OUR OPERATING REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAD FUEL LEASING AND FBO SERVICES.
THAT'S HOW WE MAKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUES FOR 26.
WE HAVE ESTIMATED WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT DOWN 1% IN OUR FUEL GALLONS.
AND THAT'S DUE TO ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT A 7% PRICE INCREASE FOR OUR FUEL, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR SEASONAL PRICING MODEL.
IN THE AUGUST MEETING FOR OUR BOARD DIRECTION.
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF GRANTS, WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A LANDING FEE PROGRAM SOMETIME DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. WE ALSO HAVE HANGAR BUILDING AND LAND RENTS.
THOSE ON AVERAGE ARE INCREASING ABOUT 8%, AND THAT'S DUE TO PHASE AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND CPI.
SO FAR OPERATING EXPENSES, WE DO A ZERO BASED BUDGET METHODOLOGY.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS WE BUDGET OUR EXPENSES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
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A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS FOR OUR PERSONNEL, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BUDGETED HEADCOUNT INCREASES.WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FLIGHT PROCEDURES.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A RESILIENCY STUDY, AND THE BOARD VOTED FOR US TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR A PART 61 NOISE AND NOISE AND ACCESS STUDY. SO WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL.
AND TO GIVE YOU A WHOLE SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE ESTIMATING OUR INCOME FROM OPERATIONS FOR FY 26 TO BE ABOUT 3.7 MILLION.
WE HAVE NON-OPERATING REVENUE AT ABOUT 11.8. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN THAT 11.8, THERE IS 9 MILLION IN PROCEEDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FROM OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THAT'S MOSTLY FOR OUR AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND OUR VAULTS THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE IAN. NOW, FOR OUR CAPITAL, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $45 MILLION IN CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AND INCLUDED IN THAT IS POTENTIAL OF A 4.6 POSSIBLE GRANT FUNDING, PRIMARILY AGAIN FOR THE AIRFIELD LIGHTING IN THE VAULT.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS MOUSE GOING.
28 POINT. 28.5 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT 63% OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
THAT'S GOING FOR AIRFIELD CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THE BULK OF OUR SPEND IS GOING TO BE ON THE AIRFIELD.
SO TO WRAP UP OUR RESERVES THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, SURE. SO AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESERVES OF ABOUT 67 MILLION AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26. THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO DROP TO ABOUT 40.4 MILLION.
WE SET ASIDE ABOUT 17 MILLION FOR OPERATING RESERVES.
THAT WILL LEAVE US ABOUT 23.4 MILLION EXCESS RESERVES TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO LEAD OFF.
YOU MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS, AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.
CORRECT. WHAT IS LUXURY DEVELOPMENT MEAN? WHERE? WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR LUXURY DEVELOPMENT? WE'VE LISTED SOME OF THOSE IN THERE. THE FOUR SEASONS HAS 222 ROOMS, 157 RESIDENTS.
ROSEWOOD. HAS THEY'RE THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 12 TO 35 MILLION.
ALANA. ABOUT 30 MILLION. HUXLEY 8 MILLION PLUS.
PARK PLACE AND GULF SHORE, 7 MILLION PLUS PER UNITS.
SO LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS OFF AIRPORT PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OKAY. AND WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING.
YEAH. AND THEN COULD YOU THROUGH THROUGH THE BUDGET HERE YOU SAID NO NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
COULD YOU JUST GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT? WE'RE NOT DOING ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
ARE THERE OTHER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. REDEVELOPMENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS? WE HAVE ITEMS THAT ARE JUST REFRESHING OUR FACILITIES.
OKAY. SO AND THEN I THINK MY FINAL QUESTION, COULD YOU IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS ANY PROJECTS SUCH AS HANGAR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR AND OR INCREMENTAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY? DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THIS IN THE BUDGET OR WHAT YOU'VE PROJECTED TO BE FORTHCOMING?
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CURRENTLY, NO, WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANY NEW HANGARS AND WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS.NO NEW HANGARS AND NO REDEVELOPED HANGARS. NO REDEVELOPED HANGARS.
I MEAN, REDOING A ROOF IS NOT A REDEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU'RE REPAIRING A ROOF. THAT WOULD BE UNDER MAINTENANCE.
YEAH. SO THE ROOF IS JUST REPAIRING THE ROOF, BUT NOT ACCOMMODATING MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTMANN.
THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION ON THE ON ON THE RESERVES.
MISS WIGGINS SLIDE ON THAT. YOU INDICATED THAT AS OF 930 OF THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $67 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED CASH AND INVESTMENTS.
WHAT DOES WHAT DOES THAT WHEN YOU SAY INVESTMENTS WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE.
THAT INCLUDES THE UNRESTRICTED. SO UNRESTRICTED IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE SET ASIDE.
FOR EXAMPLE THINGS THAT WOULD BE FOR THE CAR WASH FOR THE RENTAL FACILITIES.
SO UNRESTRICTED IS IS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE THROUGH CASH INVESTMENTS.
BUT INVESTMENTS MEANING INVESTMENTS IN, IN IN, IN VARIOUS KINDS OF FINANCIAL MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS OR, OR FUNDS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER. THAT'S CORRECT.
SUCH AS TREASURY BILLS. SO IT'S CASH WHEN YOU USE THE, WHEN YOU'RE JUST THE NOMENCLATURE I FIND A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNRESTRICTED CASH AND INVESTMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY YOUR CASH. YOU'RE ALSO INVESTING. CORRECT.
SO IS THERE A IS THERE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CASH THAT YOU'RE INVESTING AND OTHER TYPES OF HOLDINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER, SUCH AS LAND VALUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE OUR CASH. WE USUALLY HAVE SHORT TERM CASH AND LONG TERM CASH.
LONG TERM CASH IS MORE OF OUR. HOLDINGS THAT ARE LIKE 3 TO 5 YEARS.
SO IT'S STILL REALLY SHORT TERM IN NATURE. SO THAT YOU WOULD YOU CONSIDER THEN THE 67 MILLION AS BEING ENTIRELY LIQUID INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.
CORRECT. OKAY. AND DOES THE DOES THE AIRPORT HAVE A POLICY ON ON WHAT THE REGARDING RESERVE LEVELS AND WHAT YOU TRY TO SET THEM AT RELATIVE TO OTHER METRICS? YES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR 17 MILLION. GENERALLY, WE LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF CASH ON HAND.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE OPERATING RESERVES DOWN HERE AT 17 MILLION.
SO THE OPERATING RESERVES OF 17 MILLION ARE OUR RESERVES THAT ARE IN THE MOST LIQUID SORTS OF INVESTMENTS AND THEREFORE AVAILABLE. OR I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES THEY ARE. AND THE OTHER 50 MILLION WOULD BE IN LONGER TERM INSTRUMENTS.
CORRECT. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. CORRECT.
OKAY. BUT BUT MY MY QUESTION ALSO WAS REALLY AT SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A POLICY RELATING TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT OPERATING RESERVES SHOULD BE AND THEN RELATIVE TO TOTAL RESERVES.
CORRECT. IS IT A PERCENTAGE. IT'S A FLOATING PERCENTAGE OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 6% AND 8%. ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. WE GENERALLY JUST LIKE TO KEEP SIX MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS. SO THAT'S IT'S BASED ON ON PROJECTION OF ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
YEP. AND THEN THE NUMBER OF EXCESS OF RESERVES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL CARRY THAT FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR STARTING BASE FOR FY 27.
AND THAT WILL SET THE TONE FOR WHAT DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND ON CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN.
YOU KNOW THAT ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED OPERATING REVENUE.
AND WHAT IS THAT THAT NUMBER AS YOU START 25 AS OF NINE, 30, 25, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK I BELIEVE IT WAS 44. IS THAT BUDGETED CIP?
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NO, THAT THAT'S OUR JUST AGAIN FOR THE 45. THE 45 IS OUR BUDGETED CIP.BUT I'M SAYING THE EXCESS RESERVE. YOU'RE ASKING THIS 23.4.
WE'RE ESTIMATING AT THE END OF FY 26. I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 25? IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE STARTING THE YEAR WITH 67 MILLION IN LIQUID ASSETS AVAILABLE, AND THEN GIVEN OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGETED IN THE COMING YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, A YEAR FROM NOW, ROUGHLY YOU WOULD BE YOU WOULD HAVE $40 MILLION IN, IN IN, IN UNRESTRICTED CASH AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP 17 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR OPERATING RESERVES. I WOULD CHOOSE THE TERM AN EMERGENCY RESERVE, AND THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU 23 MILLION AS YOU START THE NEXT YEAR.
CORRECT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? PERFECTLY. GOOD.
OKAY. I DO NOW. THANK YOU. GREAT. APPRECIATE YOUR.
YES. THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE YOU. YOU SAID IT.
WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF HANGAR DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE INCREMENTAL VOLUME ON YOUR CAN YOU KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THE 3.5 MILLION IS ON THE NORTH ROAD TERMINAL? IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES AN ASTERISK AND THEN IT SAYS APPROVED OR PARTIALLY APPROVED PROJECTS.
CORRECT. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IMPROVING THE EXTERIOR OF THE NORTH ROAD TERMINAL.
THAT WAS PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO IS IMPROVING THE INTERIOR OF IT.
OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC? IS THAT DOES DOES THAT TERMINAL HAVE ANY HANGARS IN IT OR THE TERMINAL? THAT TERMINAL HOUSE IS MOSTLY OUR CAR RENTAL FACILITIES.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT OR. NO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE HANGAR NUMBER FOUR UPGRADE? THE. I THINK IT'S 250,000 IN THE BUDGET HERE.
AND THAT WAS JUST DOING SKYLIGHTS AND UPGRADING SOME OF THE LIGHTING IN THERE.
OKAY. I SEE. EXECUTIVE ONE HANGAR, SKYLIGHT REPLACEMENT.
THEY'RE ALL SKYLIGHTS. EXECUTIVE HANGAR FOUR IMPROVEMENT 250,000 ARE JUST SKYLIGHTS.
YES, CORRECT. AND THEN EXECUTIVE ONE HANGAR SKYLIGHTS.
MORE SKYLIGHTS? YES. LIGHTING IN IN THERE. LIGHTING CAN GET VERY EXPENSIVE.
OKAY. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH, THE SORT OF THE MISSION THAT GOES USUALLY WITH THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, NOT YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS REMOVED WAS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CITY.
ARE YOU THINKING MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. ROZANSKI? OF ADDING IT BACK? YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT REALLY, THIS IS NOT A COST FREE.
AMENITY FOR THE CITY? YES, THERE ARE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT USE IT.
HOWEVER, IT IS, IT IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL IN TOWN AND THAT IT'S 20% OF OUR LANDMASS.
AND THIS WAS WAY BACK IN 69 SORT OF AS AN OFFSET TO NOISE AND POLLUTION.
AND A FEW YEARS AGO, SUDDENLY THE COMPATIBILITY PIECE SORT OF DISAPPEARED.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER ADDING THAT BACK INTO YOUR MISSION? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHRIS ROZANSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE NEA.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN PETRANOFF, YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
NOT NECESSARILY THE BUDGET. YES, I AM, YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM AS HAND IN HAND, YOU KNOW.
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AND SO THE MONEY IS THE FUEL FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN.THERE WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND AN OLDER VERSION OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND BACK AT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2021. AND THE WHAT WE WERE TASKED TO DO BY THE BOARD AT THAT TIME WAS TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS AND THE MEASURES IN THAT PLAN MORE TANGIBLE, MORE MORE CONCRETE, HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
AND I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE. QUALITY OF LIFE.
QUALITY OF LIFE IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE TERM FOR THE 200,000 PLUS PASSENGERS A YEAR WHO USE THE AIRPORT, AND THEY WOULD EVALUATE QUALITY OF LIFE VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THE FOLKS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY AIRCRAFT NOISE.
AND SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE THERE WAS, HOW DO YOU TANGIBLY MEASURE THAT? NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE UPDATING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE'VE TAKEN SOME STATEMENTS VERBATIM OUT OF THE CITY'S VISION AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCORPORATE INTO THE AIRPORT'S STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES OF QUALITY OF LIFE. AND AMONGST OTHER PRIORITIES, THE CITY IS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THERE'LL BE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN OR IS THAT FINISHED OR YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON IT? NO. THE FINAL ITERATION WILL GO TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THEY GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK AT OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH A WEEK OR TWO AGO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, CAN I ASK? YES. SORRY. MR. YOUNG. IS HANGAR FOR THE HERTZ ONE? THAT'S THE FORMER HERTZ HANGAR. OKAY. YEAH. THEY VACATED.
THEY'RE NO LONGER ON THE AIRPORT. OKAY. AND FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, I DIDN'T SEE ANY.
DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO TAKE? NOR IS THERE ANY PROJECTED REVENUE THAT I COULD SEE FROM THAT.
SO TWOFOLD IS IF IT IS SOLD, IS IT RESTRICTED IN ANY WAY FROM A RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OR WOULD IT GO TO THE UNRESTRICTED? I JUST DON'T KNOW YOUR PROCESS. I WAS CURIOUS. NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR CAPITAL RESERVE.
OKAY. SO IT COULD BE USED FOR AIRPORT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
PLUS PUT IT OUT OR YEAH, THAT'LL THAT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND WE HAVEN'T YET MADE ANY PROJECTIONS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BRING IN ON A, ON THE MARKET.
AND THEN THERE'S THE INITIAL UPFRONT PAYMENT THAT A TENANT WOULD OFFER.
THEN THEY HAVE AN ONGOING LAND LEASE PAYMENT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT'S NOT INCLUDED. I BEG YOUR PARDON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG. WHERE ARE YOUR CAPITAL RESERVES LISTED.
IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF SLIDE NINE.
MAYOR GOT IT RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE 23 JUST BELOW THE OPERATING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR HAD A FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
YEAH. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CONVERSATION THERE REGARDING THE FORMER HERTZ HANGER.
YOU HAD SOME CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THIS HANGER.
AND IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET NOT PLANNED FOR. BUT COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN THAT WOULD, WOULD WOULD WE BE SEEING SOME ACTIVITY RELATED TO THAT FORMER HERTZ HANGER IN 2026 OR BEYOND? WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS HAVE YOU HAD RELATED TO THAT HANGER? YEAH. SO WHAT CITY MANAGER IS INQUIRING ABOUT? AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ASKED THE BOARD FOR DIRECTION ON NOW THAT HERTZ HAS VACATED IT, WE JUST SPENT $1 MILLION ON REPLACING THE ROOF.
THERE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF SOME ADDITIONAL REPAIRS NEED TO BE COMPLETED.
WHAT NEXT? SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEASE IT ON A SHORT TERM, MONTH TO MONTH BASIS? THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN MANAGING IT. OR WE COULD PUT IT UP FOR SALE BASICALLY ON A 30 YEAR LAND LEASE WHERE A TENANT WOULD HAVE SOME, SOME SECURITY OF A LONG TERM LEASE. AND IT'S IT'S A VERY NICE FACILITY, VERY DESIRABLE.
AND THE BOARD VOTED TO PUT IT UP FOR, FOR SALE.
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THAT FACILITY. IS THERE ROOM TO EXPAND THE FACILITY ON THAT FOOTPRINT? NO, IT'S IT'S AN EXISTING FACILITY. IT'S IN A CONFINED FOOTPRINT.SO IT WOULDN'T BE EXPANDED AT ALL? NO, THAT'S NOT PART OF ANY DISCUSSION OR PLANS.
NO, I KNOW IT'S NOT PART OF ANY DISCUSSION AND PLANS OR PLANS.
MY QUESTION, THOUGH, IS, IS THERE ROOM TO EXPAND IT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
IS THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL? I GUESS THAT'S OUR ATTORNEY.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DO WE HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER THIS BUDGET, HOW THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE AIRPORT? NO, THIS BUDGET, I THINK, IS PROVIDED TO YOU AS A COURTESY, RIGHT? AS JUST A INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THEN ALONG WITH SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOARD THAT THEY REALLY REPORT TO, AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, WHY ON EARTH WOULD A CITY GIVE A LEASE FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR TO WHOEVER TO RUN THEIR AIRPORT? AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WE WERE BLEEDING CASH, AND WE KNEW THAT CITY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING AIRPORTS. AND SO WE BEGGED SOMEONE TO PLEASE HELP US LEGISLATURE, HELP US GET RID OF THIS BURDEN.
AND NOW AFTER DOING THAT, IT'S TURNED TO THIS INCREDIBLE SUCCESS WHICH WE SHOULD CELEBRATE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THIS COURTESY CALL AND SHARING WITH US.
THANKS. IT'S OUR PLEASURE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. KRAMER. MR. ROZANSKI, THANK YOU.
I WANT TO JUST MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY MY KEY CONCERN.
YOUR BUDGET, SHOWING YOUR PRIORITIES. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES OF THE BUDGET, I.
I DON'T SEE AREAS OF CONCERN THAT I HAVE FOR FROM THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT IS STORM DRAINAGE. WE JUST HAD A SLIGHT PRESENTATION TO THE CRA ABOUT OUR RESILIENCY.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO FILL IN SOME WATER AREAS FOR THE EXPANSION OF SOME TAXIWAYS.
WHERE ARE YOU WITH? AS FAR AS STORM DRAIN? ACTUALLY, I THINK IT REALLY IS ADDRESSED IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE AND WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH IS ONGOING, IS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A $2 MILLION STORMWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOME WATER QUALITY MONITORING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'LL BE IN PLACE FOR I BELIEVE, ABOUT A YEAR.
THE INNOVATIVE STORMWATER TREATMENT IMPROVES THAT WATER QUALITY.
AND BEFORE IT'S DISCHARGED IN NAPLES BAY IS IN A NEAR NATURAL CLEAN STATE.
SO WE'RE EAGER TO SEE THOSE RESULTS FROM THAT ADDITIONAL MONITORING.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR STORMWATER AND CLEAN AND TREATING STORMWATER A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US WITH WILDLIFE HAZARDS. AND YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP THOSE PONDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T ATTRACT BIRDS, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, BIRDS AND AIRCRAFT PRESENT A STATE, A SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THEN IN THE YEAR AHEAD WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A MORE LONG TERM, IN-DEPTH STUDY ON RESILIENCY, AND I HOPE WE'VE HAD SOME DIALOG WITH CITY STAFF ON THAT.
BY THE WAY, WE USE THOSE MOTOROLA RADIOS AS WELL.
THE FIRST STEP OF THAT IS THIS PROJECT TO REPLACE THE AIRFIELD LIGHTING AND BUILD A NEW AIRFIELD LIGHTING VAULT, WHICH IS GOING TO COST MAGNITUDE OF $25 MILLION.
THAT'S REALLY DRIVING THAT CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, IT JUST SHOWS 600,000.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT $2 MILLION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THAT.AND IT WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING TOGETHER.
DIDN'T MEAN TO EXCLUDE YOU FROM THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RADIOS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I'LL INCLUDE THAT THE AIRPORT SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH YOU JUST CLARIFIED. WE ARE. BUT I THINK ONCE A YEAR AS I SPOKE TO MR. YOUNG ABOUT THIS, SO IT'S A GOOD MEETING BETWEEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THOSE PRINCIPLES WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
THE TAXIWAY IMPROVEMENTS? ONLY 50,000. CAN YOU.
IS THERE A GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? LET'S SEE WHERE.
SORRY. WHERE WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT? UNDER THE AIRFIELD.
MAYBE I'M READING IT WRONG. OH, YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT? YES. THAT MIGHT BE A DISCOVERY PHASE OR DESIGN PHASE PROJECT.
I'M NOT CERTAIN. OKAY. BECAUSE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU REPAVED THE RUNWAYS? WELL THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST RUNWAY WAS REHABILITATED IN 2014, AND THAT'S THE CROSSWIND RUNWAY.
PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS 2010 OR 11. SO WE ARE APPROACHING REHABILITATION OF BOTH RUNWAYS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT JUST OF MAINTAINING THOSE EXISTING FACILITIES.
SO IS THAT WHERE YOUR INTENTION IS TO SEEK GRANTS? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD. IT'S WE THERE IS A AT OUR JUNE MEETING, WE HAD AN APPLICATION FOR NEARLY $9 MILLION IN GRANTS. AND THE LARGE BULK OF THAT WAS TO FUND APRON REHABILITATION, PARKING APRON REHABILITATION.
AND THERE IS OUR CHAIR WAS ABSENT FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
SO YOU HAD A TWO, TWO VOTE OF THE BOARD ON THAT MOTION.
SO THE ITEM FAILED. SO WE NOTIFIED BOTH THE FAA AND THE STATE THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR THOSE GRANTS BY THEIR DEADLINE. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, THIS CONCEPT OF LANDING FEES IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO MAKE UP THE GAP. SHOULD THERE THE BOARD NOT WANT TO PURSUE LANDING FEES IN THE FUTURE? WE JUST IT'S A BIT UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THERE'S APPOINTMENTS COMING UP THIS FALL, SO WE'RE JUST PLANNING AHEAD FOR THOSE POTENTIAL FUTURE OUTCOMES.
WELL I WOULD SAY THAT AS FAR AS YOUR OPERATING RESERVES, SIX MONTHS TO ME AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AT LEAST A YEAR IN YOUR OPERATING RESERVES.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PAST RESERVES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN.
DO YOU HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF. OF WHAT THE RESERVES HAVE BEEN? WE DO YOU KNOW, I THINK I BRIEFLY LOOKED AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, AND THIS PROJECTED RESERVE IS SLIGHTLY LOWER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PREDOMINANTLY, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND MORE THAN HALF OF THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO LANDING FEES IS ONE WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE MIGHT GENERATE OFF OF PARKING REVENUES IN THE LONG TERM. THE THE OLD COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TERMINAL PARKING LOT AT WHICH WE NOW CALL THE NORTH ROAD TERMINAL.
THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE, BUT THERE CERTAINLY ARE SOME FOLKS THAT LEAVE THEIR CARS THERE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED WHERE THAT FUTURE CAPITAL NEED REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME TO HELP MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN A SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIRPORT. WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT AT LOOKING AT CHARGING FOR PARKING.
PERSONALLY, I THINK PARKING AND NOT CHARGING FOR.
IT'S A NICE PLUS. AND ADDING THE LANDING FEES, YOU KNOW, IS IS A SOURCE OF INCOME.
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THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANYWAY. I THINK WELL, IF YOU JUST ADD TO THAT.SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT WE WE ALWAYS HAVE CHARGED THOSE FEES.
JUST WE'VE DONE IT THROUGH THE GALLON OF FUEL.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS COLLECTED THOSE REVENUES, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO COLLECT SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AIRPORT'S GREATEST ASSET BESIDES ITS LOCATION IS ARE THOSE RUNWAYS.
SO YOU HAVE TO LEVERAGE THE ASSETS. YOU HAVE TO, TO KEEP UP WITH MAINTAINING THE AIRPORT.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CAPITAL THAT'S FOR WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
SUNROOFS OR I THINK WHAT NOT SUNROOFS SKYLIGHTS.
SKYLIGHTS. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, THOUGH. SKYLIGHTS AND THE ROOF.
THAT WOULD BE BASIC MAINTENANCE OR ADDITIONS TO YOUR HANGARS.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE HAS A LEASE OR AN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ARE THERE IMPROVEMENTS PART OF THEIR COST OR YOUR EXPENSE? YEAH, THEY ARE THE TENANTS ON LONG TERM LAND.
THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST A FUEL FARM, I KNOW IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? WELL, CONTRACTORS ON SITE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REPLACING PIPING.
THAT'S SOME OLD STEEL PIPING THAT'S DETERIORATED, REPLACING THE PUMPS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ELEVATING ALL THE ELECTRICAL PANELS.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER RESILIENCY INITIATIVE. AND WE'RE ACCOMMODATING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
REALLY PROUD THAT THE NAPLES AIRPORT WAS THE FIRST AIRPORT ON THE ENTIRE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE A REGULAR SUPPLY OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. AND I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO NETJETS BECAUSE THEY ARE 99%, PROBABLY EVEN A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT 99 POINT SOME DECIMAL POINT PURCHASER OF THAT SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL, MAKING UP ABOUT 20% OF ALL JET FUEL SALES THIS YEAR.
THAT COMES AT SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL COST TO THEM BECAUSE THAT IS A MORE EXPENSIVE.
IT'S A NICHE PRODUCT. IT'S FAIRLY NEW IN THE MARKET.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT HAS MUCH LOWER EMISSIONS, LOWER LIFE CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
AND IT'S DERIVED FROM THINGS LIKE FRYER GREASE ALGAE, WOOD PULP, ALL THESE THEY, THEY CALL THEM FEEDSTOCKS, BUT IT MEETS THE SAME SPECIFICATION AS TRADITIONAL JET FUEL.
IT'S A DROP IN REPLACEMENT. IT'S A FANTASTIC PRODUCT.
SIMILAR CHALLENGE HERE THAT THERE'S THERE'S SIMPLY WITHOUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMING ABOUT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO 100% REPLACEMENT OF THOSE TRADITIONAL FUELS. BUT THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL DOES BLEND WITH TRADITIONAL FUELS. SO SAF, AS WE CALL IT FOR SHORT. WHEN YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT SAF, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IS A 30% BLEND.
SO IT'S A 30% BLEND OF THE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCT BLENDED WITH 70% TRADITIONAL FUELS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP 20% OF OUR FUEL SALES THIS YEAR.
WELL, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO NETJETS FOR TAKING ON THAT INITIATIVE.
WHAT PART OF THE FUEL FARMS ARE GOING TO BE WITH THIS SAF VERSUS OUR TRADITIONAL FUEL? YOU KNOW, IT. IT'S GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SEGREGATED FROM THE TRADITIONAL FUELS.
HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE ACCOUNTING AND BILLING PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE, IT DOES NEED TO BE SEGREGATED.
SO IT'LL BE PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IT'LL BE IN.
IT'S A STANDALONE 40,000 GALLON TANK. AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER TANKS? THEY WELL, TRADITIONAL, MORE TRADITIONAL JET FUELS.
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WHICH GIVES US IN SEASON TWO, THREE DAYS OF SUPPLY.WOW. BUT IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT. I'M SORRY.
JUST ANOTHER. SO YOU SAID YOU'RE WORKING ON THE STORMWATER.
SO WHAT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVES RESILIENCY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IN THE BUDGET JUST FROM THE NA POINT OF VIEW AND YOUR POINT OF VIEW REALLY SHOWS THAT WE'RE YOUR BUDGET IS FOSTERING A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT THE CITY AND THE AIRPORT HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOOD RELATIONS IN BEING PARTNERS TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET POINTS BACK TO OPERATING A SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIRPORT.
THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE FAA EXISTS. REALLY? YES.
THERE WAS THE FINANCIAL ASPECT. I ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN KRAMER, YOU'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR.
I STUMBLED ACROSS SOME AN OLD HISTORICAL PIECE THAT SAID THAT THE CITY WAS LOSING, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, ABOUT 200,000 A YEAR ON THE AIRPORT. SO OBVIOUSLY MUCH DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES NOW, BUT OUR CORE MISSION IS TO OPERATE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIRPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SUCH AS NOISE, THERE'S RESILIENCY, THERE'S STORMWATER, BUT THERE'S ALSO NOISE.
CONCLUDED THE EXPLORATORY STUDY, WHICH IS AT THE EXPENSE OF ABOUT $400,000.
WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE YEAR AHEAD TO INITIATE A PART ONE 60 ONE ACCESS RESTRICTION STUDY.
YOU RECALL THAT NAPLES WAS THE ONLY AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY SUCCESSFUL AT ENACTING A RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF THE AIRPORT MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. OF COURSE, THE THRESHOLD IS IS MUCH HIGHER TODAY BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, THE STAGE THREE JETS CONGRESS HAS GIVEN NO PROCESS FOR AN AIRPORT OR COMMUNITY TO RESTRICT THOSE AIRCRAFT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE NOW THE OLDER AIRCRAFT LEFT IN THE FLEET.
SO THE BAD NEWS IS IT MAKES A PART ONE 60 ONE STUDY, WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY OTHER TOOL THAT CONGRESS AND THE FAA OFFERS A COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO TO REDUCE THOSE IMPACTS.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE THE BOARD YOU MAY RECALL, WE PRESENTED BACK IN JUNE A MATRIX ABOUT LOOKING FOR COMMON GOALS OR PRIORITIES THE FAA AND THE CITY COULD WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, LOBBYING EFFORTS IS CERTAINLY ANOTHER ANOTHER AVENUE THAT I KNOW THE BOARD IS, IS OPEN TO WE'D BE HAPPY AT SOME POINT TO TO COME PRESENT BACK THAT PRIORITIES MATRIX.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME YOU KNOW, WE'VE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION BACK IN JUNE, WE ADDED THE REQUEST BY COUNCILWOMAN PENNIMAN TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT EXTENSION OF 1432. SO WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT. IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT EXERCISE.
BUT YOU KNOW, AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE HAS IMPROVED AS WELL.
AIRCRAFT DON'T THEY DON'T GENERALLY NEED QUITE AS MUCH RUNWAY AS THEY NEEDED EVEN TEN YEARS AGO.
BUT WE HAVE REACHED, I THINK, IN TERMS OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND NOISE, A BIT OF A PLATEAU, AND I THINK NOT ONLY HERE IN NAPLES BUT IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S AN URGING THAT IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT NOISE POLICY AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE, THE FAA, HAVE COMMENTED ON FAA WENT OUT FOR COMMENT ON NOISE POLICY.
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YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOVES ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTIONS.THAT DOESN'T WORK IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AT THE REGULATORY LEVEL IS, IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. SO ADVOCATING FOR REGULATORY CHANGE, LEGISLATIVE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING ON FLIGHT PROCEDURES.
WELL, I THINK SHOW THAT COMMITMENT TO THAT QUALITY OF LIFE PIECE THAT'S COME UP TODAY.
SO I DON'T SEE IT YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.
SO IF WE WERE TO PARTNER IN LOBBYING, LOBBYING, WHAT WOULD BE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT IF COUNCIL WERE TO. ENOUGH. I THINK NOT CLEAR TO I GOT IT. I BELIEVE IN OUR LEGAL BUDGET. WHAT DO WE INCLUDE, LYNN? WAS IT ABOUT HALF A MILLION. YEAH. SO I'LL SAY WE'VE BUDGETED FOR ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION IN LEGAL FEES, WHICH I'VE. DOES THAT INCLUDE GENERAL COUNSEL OR WAS THAT A SET ASIDE? I DON'T RECALL. WE COULD LEAVE IT. YEAH. YEAH.
SO I THINK BALLPARK DISCUSS DETAILS WITH MR. YOUNG POSSIBLY ON THAT IS CERTAINLY IS EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND NO DOUBT MY OPINION WOULD TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS OF EFFORT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S EASILY DONE. AND 1 OR 2 YEARS.
I JUST I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PENNIMAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CHRIS. OTHER THAN GRANTS, WHAT OTHER REVENUE SOURCES WOULD YOU LOOK TO? AND WOULD YOU LOOK TO OTHER REVENUE SOURCES BEFORE YOU WENT TO GRANTS, AND WHAT WOULD THEY BE IF YOU NEEDED TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM NOW. I MEAN, WE HAVE FINITE REAL ESTATE.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE USE OF THE AIRFIELD, THE RUNWAYS, THE PARKING, THE TENANTS AND WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE AIRPORT. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THE OTHER THING WE COULD LOOK AT IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF SMALL PARCELS THAT COULD BE REDEVELOPED FOR NON-AERONAUTICAL PARCEL NON-AERONAUTICAL USE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS ADMITTEDLY CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN 40 YEARS LEFT ON THE LEASE AND USUALLY IN THE ON THE NON-AERONAUTICAL COMMERCIAL SIDE, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORTS OF INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS LOOK FOR A LONGER LEASE TERM, WHICH WE CAN'T OFFER THEM. INTERESTING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRISPIN. YEAH. SINCE THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM AROUND A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION ON THE AIRPORT RELATING TO THE BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME FURTHER DETAIL ON THE COMMENT THAT BOTH COUNCILMAN KRAMER MADE AND MR. ROZANSKI MADE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AIRPORT.
OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN HERE IN NAPLES, LEILA ZUK, WROTE A LONG AND REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE PIECE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AIRPORT THAT I THINK WAS SENT TO US ALL AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
WE WERE LOSING MONEY. I REMEMBER THE NUMBER I READ AS BEING EVEN MORE THAN 200,000 A YEAR, BUT LET'S CALL IT 200,000. BUT THE THING TO REMEMBER, TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT $200,000 IN $1,969 IS $1,760,000 IN $2,025. SO THINK OF IT AS THAT WAY.
THE AIRPORT WAS LOSING THE CITY IN TODAY'S TERMS, ALMOST $2 MILLION A YEAR.
AND AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THE CITY WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY THAT COULD HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY AND LEADERSHIP TO MANAGE THE AIRPORT. SUCCESSFUL FROM A FINANCIAL SUCCESSFULLY FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT IN ANY EVENT.
SO THAT'S THE HISTORY AND THE CONTEXT THAT WE ALL SHOULD KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET.
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AND THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS GET A GOOD CITY MANAGER, CFO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.THAT TWO. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK. WRAPPING IT UP.
VICE MAYOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY, THE NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENT. WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CHOOSE TO PRESENT ON YOUR OWN BEHALF, OR YOU'RE COMPELLED TO COME AND PRESENT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? WELL WE GIVE AN A COURTESY ANNUAL BUDGET PRESENTATION.
BUT SINCE THE CITY IS THE ZONING AND PERMITTING AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW WHETHER ITS UTILIZATION PLAN, PETITIONS FOR PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CODES.
SO THE UTILIZATION PLAN, A MASTER PLAN, IS THAT REQUIRED OR NO.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I DISCUSSED. CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
BUT THE NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AS THE AIRPORT SPONSOR, ADOPTS SAID MASTER PLAN.
OKAY. THE. SO THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU DO IN ADMINISTRATING AND RUNNING AN AIRPORT THAT YOU COME BEFORE THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CITY OF NAPLES. YOU CALL IT A COURTESY.
SO AT ANY TIME YOU COULD STOP COMING TO US WITH THE DRAFT BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES.
I KNOW I DON'T. WE COME ONCE A YEAR, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NOT DO THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. WELL, HERE'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, BECAUSE STATEMENTS ARE BEING MADE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IMPLY THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS NO ROLE IN TALKING, DISCUSSING THE BUDGET AND THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES.
YOU'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF A COURTESY AS A COURTESY TO CITY COUNCIL AND REVEAL THE BUDGET, THE DRAFT AND THE THE BUDGET AND THE EXPENDITURES.
IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. WE COME ONCE A YEAR. HAVE EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE ALL DO.
BUT AS REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CITY OF NAPLES AND THE RESIDENTS.
THIS IS THE NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. REGARDLESS OF IF THE NAME HAD BEEN CHANGED OR WHATEVER'S OUT THERE ON THE ON THE MONUMENT SIGN. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OF US HERE ON THIS DAIS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SURE. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH COMING TO PRESENT THE PLANNED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I THINK IT'S A HEALTHY PROCESS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE.
I THINK I THINK SO AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. ROZANSKI AND MISS WIGGINS.
YEAH. THANK YOU. TO THAT POINT, IT'S IN THE CODE THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT YOUR BUDGET TO US.
SO I'M GLAD IT'S A COURTESY ALSO. AND IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY WHO WE OWN THE PROPERTY TO SHARE IN HOW YOU'RE DEVELOPING THAT PROPERTY AND SPENDING THE MONEY. I THINK IT SPEAKS AGAIN TO YOUR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITY'S PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPMENT.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AIRPORT AND SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.
SO ONE LAST QUESTION. AND THAT FOR ME IS WHERE ARE THE LEASES OR AGREEMENTS AS FAR AS INCOME IN THIS BUDGET? THERE'S A LINE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILED BUDGET DOCUMENT, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED LEASES AND HANGAR RENTS. THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S ITEMIZED OUT IN THOSE.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY.
I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO DO THAT HERE AT THE AIRPORT.
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IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WHEN WHEN IAN HIT US, THE AIRPORT WAS UNDERWATER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.ULTIMATELY, THE WATER DID CLEAR, AND THAT AIRPORT AND THE LOCATION OF THAT AIRPORT BECAME A HUGE AMENITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY FROM A STANDPOINT OF STAGING EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO KEEP THAT DRY BECAUSE WHAT'S HITTING US YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE SHINS, EVERY CHANCE HE GETS, IT SEEMS, IS, IS WE END UP UNDERWATER.
SO, AGAIN, I IMPLORE YOU TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY AS WE ARE DOING THE SAME UP HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR CITY AND UPGRADING OUR RESILIENCY AND STORMWATER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WE RECENTLY TOOK DELIVERY OF SOME TIGER DAMS AND THE WATER FILLED BARRICADES YOU DEPLOY BEFORE STORMS. SO WE WENT THROUGH RFP PROCESS. I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY VENDORS THERE ARE OUT THERE OFFERING THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT, AND THEY'RE ALL A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT FOR US, THE TIGER DAMS WERE THE BEST SOLUTION.
SO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT, I THINK, 3000 PLUS LINEAR FEET TO DEPLOY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF CRITICAL FACILITIES LEADING UP TO A STORM, AND WE HAVE THEM. SO I'M COUNTING ON THE FACT THAT WE WON'T NEED THEM THIS YEAR NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM.
ALTHOUGH HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY. SO WE DID HAVE TO GO OUT.
WE FEEL A LOT MORE BETTER ABOUT THAT. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE AIRFIELD LIGHTING REPLACEMENT, SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE INDUSTRY LEADING APPROACHES TO THINGS.
ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FAA, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE THEIR AIRFIELD DESIGN STANDARDS AS A RESULT OF THE WAY WE'RE DESIGNING THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
IT'S IT'S REALLY SOMETHING SO SIMPLE, BUT THAT THEY WOULD NEVER PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZE FOR SOUTHERN COASTAL AIRPORTS THAT IN NORTHERN CLIMATES, THE EDGE LIGHTS ALONG RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS ARE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION BECAUSE OF SNOW AND ICE.
WE ASKED THEM, CAN'T WE DO THE SAME THING BUT FOR STORM SURGE? AND IT TOOK A LOT OF PRODDING, BUT I GOTTA GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION.
AND THEY THEY IN TURN ARE GOING TO END UP CHANGING THEIR NATIONAL STANDARD AS A RESULT.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT WORK. AND ABSOLUTELY THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
CONCLUSION. ONE MORE THING ON THE BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE WE CAN'T PENALIZE PEOPLE FOR FOR IN A LOT OF CASES, THE, THE OPERATIONS THERE WE CAN'T CONTROL VOLUME IS IS MORE DIFFICULT.
WE CAN'T SAY YOU CAN ONLY FLY IN X NUMBER OF TIMES, ETC., BECAUSE WE'RE OVERRIDDEN.
BUT WHEN IN LOOKING AT THE NOISE THAT WE DO MONITOR OUTSIDE OF CURFEW, NAPLES AIR CENTER AND REX AIR ARE TWO CHRONIC. I GUESS ABUSERS OF GOING OUTSIDE OF THE CURFEW.
IS THERE A WAY IN YOUR PNL THAT YOU CAN, INSTEAD OF USING A STICK FOR THESE GUYS, USE A CARROT FOR THOSE THAT ARE REALLY COMPLYING WITH THE WITH THE OPERATING WITHIN THE NOISE.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION, THE VOLUNTARY HOURS OF OPERATION.
COULD YOU DO A DIFFERENTIAL ON THAT WITHOUT OR COULD YOU LOOK AT IT PERHAPS TO SORT OF INCENT THESE NAPLES ER CENTER AND REX ER TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND VERY CREATIVE. SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
SO WE COULD BRUSH IT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DISCRIMINATE.
THE ONE COMMENT FROM THE NAPLES AIR WAS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT NAPLES.
YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, I'M GOING TO FLY WHEN I FLY.
SORRY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT QUOTE. WAS THAT IN A AT A MEETING OR.
I AM, I AM SUMMARIZING IT WAS IT WAS IN THE LAST MEETING.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE YOUR NOISE PERSON WHO CALLS THEM SEEMED TO BE A BIT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DEFINE THEIR CUSTOMER OR EVEN A SECONDARY CUSTOMER AS ANY CITIZEN WITHIN THE CITY OF NAPLES.
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IT'S REALLY WHO IS FLYING. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T REALLY CARE.SO WE ARE SCRUTINIZING SOME OF THOSE OTHER, ARE EXPENDITURES AND OTHER REVENUES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY THAN PERHAPS MAYBE WE DID IN THE PAST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD OFFER SORRY.
ON THAT NOTE WE DID SEPARATELY HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE AUGUST MEETING ABOUT SOME AMPLIFIED CURFEW VIOLATOR OUTREACH. AND ONE OF IF THERE WAS A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE OPEN TO SPENDING TIME TO MEET WITH THOSE TENANTS TO DISCUSS THOSE TOPICS. WE WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE YOU.
SO WE'LL TRY TO COORDINATE WITH YOU AS WELL AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING YOU ALONG.
I THINK THAT BRINGS A GREATER VOICE TO THE DISCUSSION.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL ASK, CAN YOU RECEIVE? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF. OKAY. WELL AGAIN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOSTERING GOOD COMMUNICATION AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY AND THE AIRPORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON YOUR BUDGET.
ANY CLOSING REMARKS? NO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT TAKES US TO A TIME FOR A BREAK.
BUT WE ALSO HAD 13 H THAT IS MOVED UP CORRECTLY TO FOLLOW 4D.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ITEM 13 H AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT FIVE AND THEN EACH ITEM WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK WITH 13 H.
OKAY. WE'RE BACK IN FROM OUR SHORT BREAK AND WE'RE CONTINUING ON WITH ITEM 13 H.
[13.H. Discussion Item related to Clarifying the Process of City Council’s Review of the Airport Utilization Plan and Site Plan Approval Process for the C4 Airport Commercial District by Implementing Resolution 2025-15651 Pursuant to its Section 6, Administration. (Gary Young, City Manager)]
MR. YOUNG THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ITEM HERE, AS YOU KNOW SINCE I TOOK OVER THAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN SITE PLAN AT THE AIRPORT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION.AND THEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHILE OUR WE, OUR RESOLUTIONS HAD UTILIZATION IN SITE PLAN IN THE DOCUMENT A SECOND REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES, AND THE COMP PLAN REVEALED THAT IT WAS IN STRICT COMPLIANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN AS WRITTEN. SO THAT PUTS PUT A MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR CODE AND THE COMP PLAN.
AND SO IT WAS SET OUT AT THAT TIME TO SAY OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO.
AND AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU YOU IN MAY THIS COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT TRIED TO SET THE TABLE FOR THAT TO HAVE A MORE DEFINED OR ROBUST UTILIZATION PLAN THAT COMPLIED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THAT THE SITE PLAN REVIEW WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE THE THE COMP PLAN AS WELL. AND TO THAT END, IT DIRECTED STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER TO WORK TOWARDS ALIGNING THOSE TWO ITEMS, THE CODE AND THE COMP PLAN. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ATTEMPTING TO DO.
SO IT WAS IT WAS A GIVE AND TAKE. WHICH VERSION DO WE GIVE THEM BUT HAVE IT READY? SO WE SENT THAT OUT LAST NIGHT. I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE A LITTLE WONKY WALKING THROUGH THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KIND OF CONTEXTUALLY, I GOT YOU TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
NOW FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HOW DID WE GET HERE? OBVIOUSLY IT WAS ME AND MATTHEW WORKING WITH BRUCE, BRUCE AND ERICA.
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AND THEN ME AND MATTHEW CAME IN, WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS.AND AS THE AGM SAID, WE THEN MET WITH THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THE INTENT IS NOT TO IS TO GET SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS, THAT WE CAN HAVE A UTILIZATION PLAN THAT GIVES YOU MORE SPECIFICITY, THAT YOU CAN HAVE COMFORT ADOPTING, AND THAT SITE PLANS COME BACK TO YOU ON INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS OR REDEVELOPMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS. SO WE GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE HEARD BACK FROM THEM.
WE HEARD SOME BACK. AND ANYONE HERE WHO CAN CORRECT ME, BUT WE HEARD SOME IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK.
THAT DOESN'T WORK. YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND WE HAVE FAA REGULATIONS.
AND SO THERE WERE SOME CONCESSIONS WE MADE AT THAT POINT EARLY ON.
AND THEN WE ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WELL, GET BACK TO US IN WRITING TO CONFIRM IT.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? DO WE AGREE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE MANY, YOU KNOW, WON'T SAY MANY MORE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS WITH THE AIRPORT TO FINALIZE THESE THINGS AND WITH YOU. BUT TO GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN GET THE PROCESS ALIGNED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THESE THINGS WITH THE SURETY THAT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS. SO WITH THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE UTILIZATION PLAN FIRST AND GO THROUGH A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT.
AND THEN AND THEN KIND OF TAKE A PAUSE THERE AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE, WHY WE LANDED, WHERE WE DID ON IT, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE. SO FIRST THING IS 58 681.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CLEAR IS THERE WASN'T DEFINITIONS DIDN'T ALWAYS ALIGN.
EVEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S MEMO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE REFERRED TO AS AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS. SO WE TRIED TO GET THAT NOMENCLATURE DOWN BUT ALSO DEFINE IT.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY IN THIS, THE VERSION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, THE, THE N.R REQUESTED THAT WE UTILIZE KIND OF THE FAA AND THE STATE VERSION OF THE DEFINITION SO THAT IT DIDN'T GET CO-MINGLED WITH OTHER THINGS.
SO WE THOUGHT HAVING A DEFINITION SECTION WAS IMPORTANT.
AND FOR PURPOSES OF OF DISCUSSION, THERE WAS NO REASON TO ARGUE OVER OVER WHAT DEFINITION, JUST AS LONG AS WE KNEW GOING IN. SO WE ADOPTED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NAR AS TO THOSE DEFINITIONS ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. AND THEN THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN IS REALLY IT'S THE CITY'S ITEM.
SO WE WORKED ON THAT DEFINITION. AND THEY, THEY, THEY OPPOSE CERTAIN PARTS OF IT.
AND ONE IS THE WHERE IT SAYS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.
AND YOU'LL HEAR THAT THEME A LITTLE BIT THROUGHOUT.
THIS IS WHEN WE USE THE PHRASE IT WAS ALREADY IN OUR UTILIZATION PLAN.
WE USED THE SAME PHRASE AND SAID, IT'S TOUGH TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE AND SOMETHING THAT'S A TEN YEAR OUT WINDOW, AND THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER ONE WAS IT'S A NUANCED IN SOME REGARDS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT.
BUT THE LANGUAGE HASN'T CHANGED FROM WHAT IT PRESENTLY SAYS IN OUR CODE.
SO IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT HAD TO BE THE FIRST DRAFT.
WE SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR YOU LET US KNOW WHAT A UTILIZATION.
THEN WE WE AGREED KIND OF IN THE MEETING. WELL WE'LL DO IT EVERY TWO.
BUT THE LANGUAGE IT REALLY IT CAME DOWN TO TWO OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS MAY BE NEEDED.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE SPECIFICITY IN TWO YEARS IS SOMETIMES A SHORT WINDOW TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
AS LONG AS THE BACK END WAS THERE OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS MAY BE REQUIRED.
OKAY. SO THAT IS A CHANGE IN THAT WAS 58 682.
AND THEN AGAIN, 58 682 SAYS REQUIRES ALL FUTURE BE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE UTILIZATION RATHER THAN STRICT COMPLIANCE. AND SO IT'S A PLAY ON WORDS.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT THEY SAID. IT'S JUST THERE'S A NUANCE TO THEM THAT THEY BELIEVE BASED ON THE I GUESS THE EXACTNESS OF THE UTILIZATION AND JUST WANTED TO PLAY WITH THOSE WORDS STILL.
SO WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
58 682 WHERE IT SAYS REQUIRES ALL FUTURE PROJECTS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIANT.
IT IS ACTUALLY. 4D IT SAID THAT THERE'S A COUPLE PLACES WHERE BUT THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THEM WHERE IT SAYS SUBSTANTIALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND APPROVED.
SO IT'S THAT NUANCE LANGUAGE. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ON 58 682 FIVE OR
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C5H WHERE WE ADDED DECKS AND ASSOCIATED CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD ONE THERE, YOU KNOW, TO THE OUT TO THE FLIGHT DECK. AND THEN THEY HAD A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE, AND IT WAS NEVER REALLY THERE. SO IT WAS THEY HAVE AN AIRPORT THEME TO IT, AND IT SEEMED RELATIVELY BENIGN TO THE, THE, THE AVIATION DECK. SO WE BELIEVED AND WE WANT WE ADDED THAT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THEM AT THEIR REQUEST AS WELL.AND THEN LET'S SEE. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE MODIFIED TO ENSURE THEIR PROJECTS COMPLETE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECTS WITH CITY APPROVAL, BUT NOT YET UNDERWAY. OR PROJECTS NOT IN THE CITY PIPELINE ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN.
AND CLARIFYING THAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT UNDER WHERE IT SAYS AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN.
THIS IS ALL NEW LANGUAGE SAYS WE'LL BE PRESENTED USING SCALE DRAWINGS WITH DIMENSIONS AND SHOWN AND CONFIRMED GEOSPATIAL POSITIONING TOOLS WITH ACCOMPANYING NARRATIVE AND CLEARLY CLEAR IDENTIFIERS. SO THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GET THE CRITERIA THERE.
IT'S NOT SUBJECTIVE ANYMORE, BUT THAT THEY AGREED WITH WITH SOME OF AND IT WAS US IN THAT ROOM AND, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR OF US AND THREE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES SAYING, WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE TO PUT HERE SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE US ENOUGH VALID INFORMATION THAT OUR COUNCIL FEELS THEY HAVE WHAT YOU'RE INTENDING TO TO TO BUILD ON THE UTILIZATION PLAN BEFORE YOU EVER GET TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO THEY, THEY WERE SOMEWHAT IN FAVOR OF THAT AND HAD NO OBJECTIONS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS CLARIFY THAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN PETITIONS WILL BE PLACED ON THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA, BUT NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS AFTER THE CITY MANAGER FINDS THE UTILIZATION PLAN INSUFFICIENT.
WE ORIGINALLY WROTE IT THAT IT'D BE 120 DAYS.
THEY ASKED FOR IT TO BE 90 DAYS, WHICH WAS FINE.
AND THAT WAS THE THEORY BEHIND THE DISCUSSION.
SO WITH THAT, I'D RATHER STOP THERE. BEFORE WE GET TO THE SITE PLAN, I WOULD ASK ANY OF THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT SAT IN ON THE MEETING WITH ANY TO ADD ANYTHING FIRST, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT I MISSED AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE? THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FIRST? YOUR TALK FOR STAFF.
EITHER WAY, IT WAS. YEAH. GO AHEAD. MATTHEW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED? NO, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY. I MEAN, THE ONLY AND I THINK MR. YOUNG PREFACED THIS CONVERSATION VERY WELL AND ACCURATELY.
AND JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE APPROVAL PROCESS, THIS IS AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, BASED ON THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER FROM MR. ROZANSKI AND HIS TEAM SOME CONSENSUS AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE NAR REVIEW THE ORDINANCES FIRST TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD DOES. BECAUSE IF WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WE IT WOULD JUST REALLY HELP THE PROCESS TO HAVE THEM, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE ONES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE LEASES AND TENANTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE FINAL FORM BEFORE THE CITY DOES.
WE NEED TO HAVE MANY MORE. SO I'LL TAKE A AT THE END OF THIS.
I'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT REFLECTS THAT.
THE AIRPORT WILL REVIEW IT AND FEEDBACK ON EXACTLY WHAT THE ATTORNEY HAS JUST SAID, THAT THEY'RE IN AGREEANCE WITH THIS. I HAVE I KNOW SOMEBODY OVER HERE. CHRISMAN.
SO. SO STEPPING BACK FROM THIS BIG PICTURE THE WHAT YOU JUST REVIEWED MR.
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YOUNG REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING THE UTILIZATION PLAN.YES, SIR. AND MY INTENT WAS TO STOP HERE AND THEN GO TO THE SITE PLAN NEXT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD AHEAD OF YOU, BUT I JUST JUST ONE QUESTION IS THAT IS THE IS THE OBJECTIVE HERE TO HAVE, IN EFFECT, A GOING FORWARD A TWO PART PROCESS WHEREBY EACH TIME THE AIRPORT DEVELOPS A NEW UTILIZATION PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY A COLLECTION AND AGGREGATION, A COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, RIGHT, THAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN WOULD BE APPROVED THROUGH THE PROCESS SUGGESTED HERE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO IT. BUT THEN WHAT WE WILL BE GETTING TO WITH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW WOULD BE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WITHIN THE UTILIZATION PLAN WOULD THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, AS IT'S READY FOR DEVELOPMENT, HAVE TO COME THROUGH FOR A SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS, APPROVAL PROCESS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WITHIN THE UTILIZATION PLAN THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED OR IS SOMETHING ELSE ENVISIONED? NO, IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCE AND WITH WHAT THE THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION WAS, WHICH IS THAT THAT THE SITE PLANS SHOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS ACHIEVING THAT. NOW, THE, THE THE REASON THAT WE WANT TO CODIFY IT IS BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOWHERE IT'S PRESENTLY SAYS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. SO SO I'M SORRY I SOMETIMES DO THIS MR..
SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. AND WHEN WE GET TO THE SITE PLAN PART, IT'S TO PUT CERTAIN CRITERIA.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S ENVISIONED WITH THE SITE PLAN.
YES, SIR. TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR COUNCIL REVIEW OF SOME, BUT PERHAPS NOT ALL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE UTILIZATION PLAN. THAT IS CORRECT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.
THE OTHER COMMENT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, IS THAT I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT. THAT WE, WHATEVER WE END UP APPROVING, BE SOMETHING. ALTHOUGH THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A CITY APPROVAL.
RIGHT. WE'RE APPROVING PROVING ORDINANCES ULTIMATELY THAT APPLY TO US, BUT THAT THE, THE, THE THAT THAT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY WOULD ALSO BE IN SOME SORT OF A FORMAL ACTION SUPPORTING AND ENDORSING THIS NEW PROCESS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT OCCUR, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS GOING FORWARD FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TOGETHER.
I MEAN, THE THE OTHER YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE MANY CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE NAPLES JET CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, CONCLUDED WHAT WE CONCLUDED AND AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD IN TERMS OF IMPROVING THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT IT WAS, IT WAS AS MUCH TO THE BENEFIT OF THE AIRPORT THAT THIS OCCUR AS IT WAS TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM MORE CLARITY AND CERTAINTY IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROCESS WORKED.
AND AND, AND SO YOU KNOW, HOPE THEY THEY CONTINUE TO AGREE AND ULTIMATELY NOT JUST STAFF, BUT THEIR BOARD WOULD YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR INPUT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE END UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT'S COMFORTABLE ON ALL SIDES FOR PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES. FINAL THING I'LL ASK NOW, AND YOU CAN ANSWER IT NOW, MR. MCCONNELL, OR YOU CAN ANSWER IT LATER IN THE DISCUSSION.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE DEALING WITH A PIECE.
AND WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE THAT BE PART OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY.
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SO I AGREE ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AND, YOU KNOW, THE LATER DISCUSSION RELATED TO POTENTIALLY JOINING A LAWSUIT ON SB 180. SO WHEN I INITIALLY SAID THAT THESE WILL LOOK SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, I THINK THE RECITALS MATTER.I THINK THE PURPOSE AND POLICY BEHIND THIS MATTER.
BUT EVEN WHEN WE WERE PREPARING OUR OPINION LETTER AND WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THE RESOLUTION, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPLICABILITY OF OF BOTH 250 AND 180.
BUT THERE WAS NO SITUATION IN WHICH I COULD SIT HERE AND GUARANTEE THAT WE WON'T BE SUED, AND THAT THESE ARGUMENTS WILL WORK IN COURT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT WILL BE UP TO HOW GOOD WE ADVOCATE AND WHATEVER THE JUDGE DECIDES IS APPLICABLE OR NOT APPLICABLE.
AND WITH THE LACK OF CASE LAW ON SB 250 AND ESPECIALLY SB 180 SINCE IT WAS JUST IN ENABLED THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD OR NOT. IF WE GET SUED, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE JUDGE AND THE COURT OF LAW TO MAKE A RULING ON WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE MORE BURDENSOME OR RESTRICTIVE. BUT I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'M INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND I'LL BE INVOLVED IN DRAFTING THE ORDINANCES TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS UNIQUE WITH IT BEING OUR PROPERTY AND THEM BEING A TENANT WITH OUR OPINION LETTER ESSENTIALLY STATING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN INTERPRETED THIS WAY THE ENTIRE TIME, WE WERE SIMPLY CLARIFYING THAT.
I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID A MOMENT AGO ABOUT GETTING ENGENDERING THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, BECAUSE WHO IS LIKELY TO SUE US IF.
AND THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO IS A TENANT OR A CUSTOMER OF THE AIRPORT, SOMEBODY WHO HAS OPERATIONS THERE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FEELS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OBJECTS TO THIS ON LEGAL GROUNDS OR JUST IN TERMS OF HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT THEIR OPERATION IN THE FUTURE. IF IF YOU HAVE AN AIRPORT AUTHORITY THAT HAS COLLABORATED IN THE FULLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ORDINANCES AND EMBRACED IT AS A BOARD IN APPROPRIATE FASHION FASHION THROUGH THROUGH BOARD ACTION. AS AS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT JUST CREATES DOESN'T, DOESN'T PROTECT YOU ENTIRELY, BUT IT IT SENDS A MESSAGE.
IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THIS PROCESS, MAKE IT BETTER, AND AND MAKE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING BEING FORCED ON THE AIRPORT.
IT'S SOMETHING THE AIRPORT WELCOMES AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FROM MY STANDPOINT.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE. MAYOR IS IT POSSIBLE I COULD JUST RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT MR. CRISP? YES. MR.. SABLAN, JUST ONE POINT. THE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDES FOR A SITE PLAN REVIEW AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S NO BRIDGE TO GET THERE.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE UTILIZATION PLAN.
THE DOCUMENTS FROM MR. ROZANSKI REFERRED TO THE MASTER PLAN, AND THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN ARE FAA GENERATED DOCUMENTS THAT SERVE THE FAA'S PURPOSES FOR SAFETY. OUR GOAL HERE WAS TO CREATE FOR YOU AN AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN THAT MEETS THE CITY'S NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A BRIDGE TO GET TO THE SITE, PLAN, REVIEW, AND THE WAY WE STRUCTURED IT AT THIS MOMENT, SUBJECT TO YOUR GUIDANCE, IS AS A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT UTILIZATION PLAN WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD REVIEW, BUT THE SITE PLANS WOULD BECAUSE THOSE WOULD BE LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS.
SO THE WAY WE'VE SET IT UP IS THRESHOLD WITH THE CITY STAFF TO CERTIFY THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL SITE PLANS WILL GO THROUGH THE PAB. SO I JUST WANT TO AMPLIFY THE THE OVERALL CONCEPT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.
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DOING. SO I, A LAWSUIT ON 250 OR 180 THAT THIS IS MORE BURDENSOME OR RESTRICTIVE IS NON NEGOTIABLE IN MY OPINION. ANYBODY CAN SUE SOMEBODY FOR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S FRIVOLOUS AS FAR AS AND I'M CONCERNED.YEAH. I, YOU KNOW ANYBODY CAN SUE ANYBODY. THAT'S THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT HAVING, HAVING SOMETHING APPRECIATED WITH MR. CELL PHONE, SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED.
YOU KNOW TO ENSURE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY WITH OUR PLANS AND CODES, BUT ALSO HAS THE ENGAGEMENT, INVOLVEMENT AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE NA.
I THINK JUST PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF NOT JUST INSPIRES CONFIDENCE AND CREDIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF PROTECTION SHOULD ANYONE SUE US.
AND THAT WAS REALLY THE POINT I WAS MAKING. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF. MR. SULLIVAN, CAN YOU GO THROUGH THAT APPROVAL PROCESS ONE MORE TIME? WHAT WHAT DOES PBC AND WHAT DO THEY DO? ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT THEY DO NOT SEE BECAUSE THEY'VE CAUGHT A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEN GO THROUGH STAFF AND GET APPROVED. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE ON PAB ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY LIVE IN OUR CITY. AND THEY YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT GREAT BACKGROUND.
OBVIOUSLY, I WANT, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE PAB TO SEE AS OUR ADVISORY BOARD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO WHAT WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT DO NOT GO THROUGH THERE? JUST. I TRIED TO GET MISS MARTIN TO ANSWER, BUT SHE DECLINED.
SO THE THE THE THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN, WHICH IS NOW BEING PLACED IN THE CODE, AS MR. YOUNG SAID, IS NOT CURRENTLY MENTIONED IN THE CODE.
IT'S MENTIONED IN THE COMP PLAN. IS THE BRIDGE TO GET TO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THE SITE PLAN REVIEW IS THE LEGAL ENTITLEMENT DOCTRINE DOCUMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL PETITIONERS TO APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND GET THEM APPROVED. THE SITE PLAN REVIEW WOULD BE A SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE AIRPORT PROPERTIES THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD.
THE VERSION OF THE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW HAVE THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN, WHICH IS SPECIFIED HERE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF COUNCIL SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE A CONTEXT WHEN YOU SEE THE SITE PLANS IS INTENDED TO BE REVIEWED INITIALLY BY STAFF, THE CITY MANAGER, FOR CONFORMITY WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ULTIMATELY AGREED TO THAT MATTHEW PUTS TOGETHER. AND THEN THAT COMES DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL OR MODIFICATION, AND THAT BECOMES THE APPROVED UTILIZATION PLAN.
AS MR. YOUNG WILL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE. ALL THE SITE PLANS HAVE TO CONFORM TO THE UTILIZATION PLAN, BUT BECAUSE THE UTILIZATION PLAN COMES FROM A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, TO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THE COUNCIL, IN THIS VERSION, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD'S OPINION ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN SINCE THIS WAS BEING CREATED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS AS AS THE MAYOR SAID, SO THAT WE ARE CLARIFYING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE COMP PLAN ARE ACTUALLY CODIFIED INTO A SITE PLAN. SO THE UTILIZATION PLAN IS A BRIDGE DOCUMENT.
AND TO TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT IS THAT UTILIZATION PLAN WILL ACCOMPANY THE SITE PLAN THAT THE PAB WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS TO HAVE OPINED BOTH AT THE UTILIZATION PLAN, THE SITE PLAN IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN COMPLIANCE OR WHATEVER THE EXACT WORDING WE COME UP WITH, BUT THEY'LL STILL SEE IT BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE ON IT.
THEY JUST WON'T SEE IT TWICE AND THEY DON'T SEE IT TWICE.
NOW THEY'LL SEE IT AT THE SITE LEVEL TO SAY WAS IT APPROPRIATELY DEPICTED AND IS IT APPROPRIATELY? SHOULD IT BE REFERRED TO COUNSEL FOR THE SITE PLAN FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL, BUT TO HAVE PAB ON BOTH LEVELS WHEN THEY SAW IT ONE TIME BEFORE, THE MOST MEANINGFUL TIME FOR PAB WAS, AT LEAST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WAS AT THE SITE PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE NORMAL SITE PLAN, WHICH IS, SAY, PAB AND THEN COUNCIL. THAT WAS WHY WE LEFT IT ON THE THE THAT ONE AND HAD THE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT WITH PUTTING IN THE CRITERIA OF THE NEW EXPANDED, YOU KNOW, GEOSPATIAL POSITIONING AND ALL THE OTHER ATTRIBUTES TO IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
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COUNCIL TO OPINE ON THAT PART OF IT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR THOUGHT.I'LL DEFER THAT TO YOU. BUT WE WERE TRYING TO NOT MAKE IT MORE BURDENSOME ON, ON THE AIRPORT, BUT ALSO BUT A FINER POINT ON IT. BRING PAB IN.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNEW IT WAS A PROJECT.
NOW YOU SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL. SO THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
OKAY. WHEN WHEN YOU KNOW, THIS RASH OF OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, IS CURRENTLY GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT THAT WE DISCUSSED A FEW MEETINGS AGO, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU WHEN YOU WERE ON PAB MR. CELLPHONE, AS WELL AS MR. CROSS WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT UP, SOME VERY GOOD POINTS THAT THAT WERE FLAGGED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HANGARS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANGARS.
AND THERE WAS SPECIFICITY SAYING NO NEW HANGARS, AND THERE WAS SOME FOIA REQUESTS WITH PEOPLE SAYING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WERE ON IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT HANGARS. AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE ADDING HANGARS.
SO WOULD IT BE CAUGHT IN WITH ONE LOOK WITHIN PAB? I WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, WOULD YOU. WELL, I THINK IF I CAN COUNCILMAN PETRA, I THINK WHAT, WHAT I'D RATHER DO IS LET'S HAVE. MR. YOUNG HASN'T PRESENTED FORMALLY THE SITE PLAN CHANGES YET.
I WOULD JUST SAY TO YOU, I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE ABBEY.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE ON IT. IF I WAS LOOKING AT A UTILIZATION PLAN, I WOULD BE LOATH TO SAY MUCH ABOUT RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL WHAT I THOUGHT THE AIRPORT WAS SAYING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU WANTED, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE.
AND THAT WAS MY THINKING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ABBEY WOULD ADD TO THE UTILIZATION PLAN.
AS MR. YOUNG SAID, WHEN THE PARK IS A SITE PLAN FOR A NEW HANGAR DEVELOPMENT OR A NEW HANGAR REDEVELOPMENT THAT TRIPS THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL HAVE THE UTILIZATION PLAN. BECAUSE WE'RE NOW REQUIRING THE AIRPORT PETITIONERS TO INDICATE SPECIFICALLY WHICH UTILIZATION PLAN THIS PROJECT WAS COMES UNDER. SO THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND MEASURE WHETHER THE SITE PLAN MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THE UTILIZATION PLAN BEFORE THEY GET TO THE SITE PLAN. AND I'M SORRY THAT, I MEAN, WE DECIDED TO DO IT SEQUENTIALLY, BUT THE SITE PLAN IS WHERE THE MEAT IS.
THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. ALL RIGHT. I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL.
YES. THANK YOU. I NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE CODE, BUT IT IS MENTIONED IN THE CODE UNDER 4633 A.
IT MENTIONS A UTILIZATION PLAN. BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT IT IS.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T DEFINE IT. OKAY. I JUST. OKAY.
I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. MAYOR THE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEARCH.
WHEN YOU SEARCH THE CODE FOR AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN, NOTHING COMES UP.
THEY MENTION THE UTILIZATION PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN IS.
AND ON THAT BASIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO CAST ASPERSIONS ON THAT BASIS.
BUT YES, THERE WAS A MENTION OF A UTILIZATION PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY. I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES SAY THAT.
NAPLES CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 4633 A ESTABLISHES THE INTENT OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS TO REVIEW NEW MULTIPLE FAMILY NONRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AND CITY BUILDING CODES.
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBMISSION FOR ZONING PETITIONS.
AND IT INCLUDES THE C FOR ZONING. CORRECT.
ERICA. YES, BUT THE SITE PLAN REVIEW. YES IT DOES.
I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS THEY HADN'T PREVIOUSLY BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IN THAT SITE PLAN SECTION, WHICH IS WHERE THIS IS ADDRESSED, WHICH IS THE PROCESS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED, THE ONLY SITE PLANS THAT GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL ARE IN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY. I JUST THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY FOR YOU TODAY.
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IS DOES 4633 A IN OUR CODE CURRENTLY LIST C4 OR UTILIZATION PLAN? IT DOESN'T LIST THAT SPECIFICALLY. NO. CORRECT.I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. MAYOR, IS IT IN APPENDIX A OR BECAUSE IT SAYS WHEN I JUST GOOGLED IT THAT THE CITY OF NAPLES CODE OF ORDINANCES OUTLINES THE UTILIZATION PLAN FOR THE C4 TO C4 AIRPORT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS THE NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE REGULATIONS MANDATE AN OVERALL MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT.
SO IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN 4633, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN SECTION OF YOUR CODE, BUT IT'S LISTED IT'S MENTIONED IN THE SIF IN CHAPTER 58, WHICH IS ZONING AND PROVIDES REGULATIONS FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
IT'S LISTED IN THE C4 SECTION. SO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE IT IS IN THE CODE, BUT IT IS PROVIDED IN THE C4 DISTRICTS. THAT BUT IT AGAIN IS NOT DEFINED.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE STRIVING FOR. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YES. VICE MAYOR. YEAH. JUST FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND PROBABLY MR. YOUNG AS WELL. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M LEVEL SET, WE'VE GOT THE DEFINITIONS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE HAVE SECTION 4633 A THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.
HAVE WE TOUCHED ON THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR DISCUSSION YET? NO, NOT TO COME. YES. RIGHT. SO I'M RESTRICTING MY COMMENTS TO THE DEFINITIONS.
AND FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT IN MANY UP HERE WHO'VE DEALT WITH THESE MATTERS THEY PROBABLY SEE, LIKE I DO, THAT THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT JUST THROUGH THE DEFINITION.
MAN, THAT'S IT'S SUCH A BIG A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S AND IT SHOWS FOR ME IT SHOWS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND THE NA.
BUT THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NAPLES RESIDENTS AND THE NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING IS GOING ON HERE.
AND AGAIN, I SAID IT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO WHAT THE CITY WAS USING AS OFFICIAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN. NOW, THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL MAKE, AND THIS IS OVERREACHING, BUT IT INCLUDES THESE DEFINITIONS. AND MY ASK IS THAT THE FIRST TIME A UTILIZATION PLAN IS BROUGHT FORWARD ADHERING TO THESE DEFINITIONS? RIGHT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN A DOCUMENT COMES FORWARD AND IT ADHERES TO WHAT WE READ IN THESE DEFINITIONS.
BUT THE FIRST TIME THAT HAPPENS, THAT INCLUDES THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T COVERED YET, COMPLYING THE ADHERING TO THE DEFINITIONS AND COMPLYING WITH A SUBSEQUENT ORDINANCE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME COMING WHEN THAT FIRST UTILIZATION PLAN WE NEED TO IT'LL BE, IN MY OPINION, IT WILL BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO VERIFY THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS I JUST DESCRIBED.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE CASTING NOW. WE'RE BEING VERY DEFINITIVE IN THROWING OUT THIS NET TO WITH VERY CLEAR DEFINITIONS. SO WHATEVER MAKES IT ON TO THE UTILIZATION PLAN, ADHERING TO ALL THIS, WE MUST BE APPROPRIATE. AND I WANT TO. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS UNDER THE DEFINITIONS OF THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN ITEM TWO, ALL PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITY OF NAPLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BEGUN CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE FINALLY, THROUGH A UTILIZATION PLAN, WILL HAVE, I THINK, ONE PLACE TO IDENTIFY ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND EVEN GOES.
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NEW AND IMPROVED DEFINITIONS. AND I JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT.AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT NOT JUST THE CITY OF NAPLES, BUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH SB 250 AND I THINK 180 AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I COME FROM OKLAHOMA ORIGINALLY, AND THERE WAS A GUY NAMED WILL ROGERS WHO CAME FROM OKLAHOMA, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MAKE JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT THE FACTS.
AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
YOU JUST YOU LIVE AMONG IT AND YOU'RE LIVING WHILE IT'S HAPPENING.
BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE ON IN DEVELOPING THIS.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KRAMER, JUST REAL QUICK, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS AND THAT AND AMPLIFY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, THAT ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION, THAT UTILIZATION PLAN, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS GOOFY AND LOOKED LIKE CLIP ART AND ALL THAT, THAT WE NEED TO AMPLIFY THAT, THAT FRAMEWORK, THAT SCAFFOLDING WAS PROVIDED BY THE FAA AND THAT WAS BETWEEN THE FAA AND THE AIRPORT.
AND SO I THINK THAT. HOPEFULLY AMELIORATES SOME OF THE HARD FEELINGS, TENSION WHATEVER TOWARDS THE AIRPORT WHEN THAT. THE WHOLE INTENT WAS THAT WAS NEVER TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS BODY, BUT IT WAS BETWEEN THEM AND THE FAA. AND I THINK THAT'S.
ERICA AND THE CITY MANAGERS SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING THIS THROUGH.
HE'S. AS SOMEONE SAID, HE'S A CLEAR THINKER. HE SAW THIS PRETTY CLEARLY.
YEAH, WELL, THANKS FOR DOING THE TALKING. YES.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEFINITIONS THAT ARE CODE AND THAT THE COMP PLAN MENTIONED MENTIONED A MASTER, AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.
AND WE'RE CHANGING SOME OF THIS TO BE CONSISTENT SO THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND AS A COUNCIL AND THE UTILIZATION PLAN, THAT THOSE ARE OUR DOCUMENTS THAT THE CODE CURRENTLY SAYS WE APPROVE.
AND THEN THERE'S A. MR.. MCCONNELL AND THEN THAT THERE IS A AIRPORT MASTER PLAN DEFINITION, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT THAT GOES TO THE FAA.
CORRECT? CORRECT. THE LATTER PART IS CORRECT.
AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IS AN FAA DOCUMENT ALONG WITH FDOT.
AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS STRICTLY AN FAA DOCUMENT.
AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN IS STRICTLY A CITY DOCUMENT.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO YOUR FIRST POINT, MAYOR, I DON'T THINK THIS IS DRAFTED TO WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THE MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED BY FDOT AND FAA. I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT BECAUSE TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE APPROVE A MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THAT IS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IN THE CODE SAYS SHOULD ONLY BE 40% LOT COVERAGE.
AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE MASTER PLAN, AIRPORT MASTER PLAN THAT GOES TO THE FAA.
MR. YOUNG, I'M SORRY. I THINK. SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING OF WHERE IT'S REFERRED TO IN THE COMP PLAN AS MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET.
YEAH, RIGHT. BUT AS WAS ARTICULATED IN THE EARLIER PRESENTATION, IS THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF IS PRESENTED TO YOU, BUT NOT ADOPTED BY YOU. THERE WAS THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITHIN THE COMP PLAN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUT THE DEFINITIONS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH WERE THE FAA TITLED OR LABELED PLANS, AND THEN WHERE OURS OVERLAPPED. AND THERE WAS A, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE MASTER AIRPORT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND UTILIZATION PLAN BEING SYNONYMOUS AT TIMES, BUT BEING VOID AT TIMES IN CLARITY AS TO WHAT THEY WERE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT BEING VOIDED BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING THEY'RE THE SAME.
NOW THAT THERE STILL IS A MASTER PLAN. I'LL LET ERICA.
SHE KNOWS THERE IS. SO THERE THEY ARE, TWO SEPARATE THINGS, I THINGS.
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I THINK WHERE THIS IS, THE CONFUSION COMES IN AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY.SO THE WAY IT'S WORDED IN THAT 58 682, WHICH IS THE C-4 DISTRICT WHERE IT LAYS OUT THIS PROCESS, SAYS, PROVIDED THAT AN OVERALL MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR ALL AIRPORT PROPERTIES IS FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION AND IS THEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT IT REFERS TO CHAPTER 46.
THAT'S THE UTILIZATION PLAN. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT TERM MASTER PLAN IS USED THROUGHOUT THE COMP PLAN AND THE CODE TO BE APPLIED INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS IS THE UTILIZATION PLAN.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE ZONING MAP FOR THE AIRPORT.
I WAS JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS.
THEY PROVIDED A DRAFT OF A MASTER PLAN UPDATE IN 2021.
NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. THEY PROVIDED THE DRAFT.
AND SO THEY WANTED TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT AND COME BACK LATER.
SO THAT MASTER PLAN UPDATE IN 2021 WAS NEVER ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE LAST TIME CITY COUNCIL LOOKED AT A MASTER PLAN.
I CAN FIND OUT THE DATE, BUT THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE DOCUMENTS.
SO THE MASTER PLAN LOOKS AT AND I WOULD LEAVE THIS UP TO THE AIRPORT EXPERTS TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THAT'S LOOKING AT STUFF WAY BEYOND ESSENTIALLY THE ZONING.
AND THAT IS THAT THAT IS THROUGH THE FAA. RIGHT.
SO WE THERE WILL STILL BE A MASTER PLAN AT THE AIRPORT, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE DOCUMENT THAT IS BROUGHT TO YOU EVERY FIVE YEARS TO REFLECT WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT, WHAT MAY BE BUILT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE MY CLARIFICATION IS.
I JUST DON'T WANT THESE TERMINOLOGIES TO GO AWAY BECAUSE AND IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THE LAST TIME THAT A MASTER PLAN WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW UNLESS.
OKAY, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO RELY ON DEFINITIONS, RIGHT? SO THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR. AND JUST IN THIS DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND AND ERICA, THE TERMS USED WERE UTILIZATION PLAN, AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
OKAY. SO NOW I GO TO THE DEFINITIONS AND IT HAS AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.
IT HAS AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND IT HAS AN AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN.
I DON'T SEE A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHO HAS AUTHORITY ON IT.
BUT WHAT I DO SEE IS THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN A DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE NAA IN WHICH IT CONFIRMS IT, IN WHICH IT CONFIRMS, I THINK WE MEANT CONFORMS OR IS IT CONFIRMED? EXCUSE ME. I INTEND TO CONFIRM. IT'S CONFIRMS. YEAH, BUT. OKAY. PLEASE FINISH. YEAH. AND WHICH IT CONFIRMS IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ARE WE ACCURATE WITH THAT? NOW THEN THAT'S IF THAT WASN'T THE INTENTION OF THE DRAFTING THE.
I'M GOING TO BACK UP FOR A SECOND. ONE OF THE POINTS WE HAVEN'T AGREED TO WITH THE AIRPORT IS THE AIRPORT SAID THEY WOULD PREFER THAT WE NOT ASK THAT THE UTILIZATION PLAN THAT YOU'LL SEE CORRELATES BACK TO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE FAA DOCUMENTS IN THE DRAFT IN FRONT OF YOU SO FAR AS THE DRAFTER HERE. I DECLINED TO AGREE WITH THEM.
I FELT THAT THEY SHOULD ATTEST, AT LEAST, THAT WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IN THEIR UTILIZATION PLAN CONFORMS TO THE FAA DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE COMPETENT TO SAY THAT THE MASTER PLAN, AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, OR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN CONFORM TO THE FAA AND IS, AS THE COUNCIL SAID, THE FDOT REQUIREMENTS.
BUT I FELT IT WAS PERTINENT FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT ASSURANCE, AT LEAST FROM THE FAA.
IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT THAT THAT THE THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN WERE IN FACT SOURCE DOCUMENTS THAT THE FAA WAS RELYING ON WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THEIR AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN.
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AND I APOLOGIZE IF THE DRAFTING IS NOT CLEAR.AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, IT WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE NEXT VERSION.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SILFEN. THAT THAT CLEARS THAT UP.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT I SEE IN FRONT OF US, UNLESS IT CHANGES BOTH THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN ARE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IS THAT ARE WE SAYING THAT'S CHANGED? YEAH, IT'S IT'S A RESOURCE, RIGHT? GOT IT. EVERY ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAS A DIFFERENT PURPOSE AND A DIFFERENT BODY TO SUBMIT IT TO.
RIGHT? BUT IT'S AMENDMENTS TO IT. IT'S NOT SO.
SO THE REALITY IS IS THESE TO MR. CELLPHONES POINT THESE SHOULD BE UTILIZED AS RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PULL INFORMATION FROM THESE THROUGH THE UTILIZATION PLAN PROCESS. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE BURDEN OF SAYING THIS COMPLIES OR NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FDOT AND WE'RE NOT FAA.
AND TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT OVERALL MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE REASON IT'S NOT HERE IS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE CODE, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY MEANS UTILIZATION PLAN.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY THE CITY'S BEEN INTERPRETING IT. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN THERE IS NOTHING IN 58, SIX, 82 THAT EVEN REFERENCES UTILIZATION PLAN.
SUPER CLEAR. NO CONFUSION. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THE ENTITIES THAT WE DEAL WITH ARE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE FAA, I GUESS WILL THEY CONTINUE TO USE ALL THREE TERMS UTILIZATION PLAN, MASTER PLAN, MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
NO NO, NO. NOT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. MASTER PLAN.
OKAY. WILL BE THE TERMS. ALL RIGHT. I JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE GO BACK TO THERE WERE MANY SECTIONS OF THE CODE CHANGED, AND I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT IN 98, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT SAID GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLAN PETITIONS.
SO WHAT DID THAT MEAN? AND ARE WE NOT? IS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT VERSUS MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE WHEN THAT CODE CHANGED, IT SAID CONSIDER GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF THE NAPLES AIRPORT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO THIS GOES WAY BACK.
OKAY. SO IT IS AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IS MUCH MORE THAN A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN REVIEWS. AND I CAN AGAIN, I'M NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO AN EXPERT ON ANY OF THIS STUFF, BUT I HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE THAT THE FAA PROVIDED ME IN 2019 WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.
THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHAT A MASTER PLAN IS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT IS JUST A SMALL PART OF THAT.
THAT IS WHAT YOUR AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN PROVIDES TO YOU.
DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT. CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALL INTENDED TO BE CAPTURED ON YOUR UTILIZATION PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE TERM UTILIZATION PLAN WAS NOT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE C4 DISTRICT, OR I CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU. I WASN'T I WASN'T HERE WHEN THOSE WERE WRITTEN.
BUT THAT IS THE DOCUMENT. THE WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE UTILIZATION PLAN IS, IS THAT GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT? OKAY. AND THE EMPHASIS. MADAM MAYOR. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IS TO NOT DISCOUNT WHAT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE, BUT TO SAY IF IT WAS WRITTEN AND IT LED YOU TO TWO WORDS BEING USED, SYNONYMOUS WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT THEY DO NOT EXIST ANY LONGER, AND THAT THE CLARITY IN THE DEFINITIONS TELLS YOU WHAT IT WAS REPLACED WITH.
AND SO TO YOUR POINT, AND I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS, IS MAKE SURE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE IN THE CODE THAT IT REFERS TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOW NO LONGER GOING TO BE USED IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE IF IT WAS USED, IF WE FOUND WHERE ONE WORD WOULD USE SYNONYMOUS WITH ANOTHER, THAT SAME WORD COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT MISALIGNS THAT BY THAT DEFINITION GOING AWAY.
THAT'S EXACTLY IT. I'M GLAD THAT AFTER 56 YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN CLARITY.
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OKAY. SO ARE WE GOOD TO GO ON TO SITE PLAN? IS THERE ANY OTHER THINGS? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FROM THE SITE PLAN PERSPECTIVE, WE ALREADY DID TOUCH ON THIS PART, WHICH IS THAT THAT THE SITE PLAN PETITIONS GO TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.BUT THAT THE AIRPORT UTILIZATION WOULD NOT GO TO PAB FIRST.
THAT WAS THE ONE ITEM 46. I NEVER USED THE WORD BUT I DID THAT TWICE NOW.
4633 C3 ELIMINATES RESTRIPING PROJECTS FROM THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM NAR NA, AND THAT THE RESTRIPING TYPICALLY IS MORE RELEVANT TO CITY SITE PLANS TO WATCH FOR PETITIONERS, RESTRIPING, PARKING LOTS AND CREATING SPACES.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THEIR REQUEST. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE AGREED WITH THAT.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT STRIPING HAD TO DO WITH THE RUNWAY.
WELL, THERE'S THERE'S A SEPARATE COMPONENT TO THAT, ADDING A SENTENCE CONFIRMING THAT THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED FOR REOCCURRING MAINTENANCE PROJECTS MANDATED BY THE FAA. SO BOTH CAN HAPPEN.
YOU CAN HAVE MANDATED STRIPING AND SIGNAGE AND VARIOUS THINGS.
IT'S JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT GOES. BUT WE JUST BELIEVED AT LEAST AT DRAFT, THAT THERE WAS NO REASON NOT TO CONCUR WITH NA ON THOSE ITEMS. THEN MADAM MAYOR, IN IN BEFORE WE'VE LEFT IN THE.
THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF OF PAINT ON THE ON THE PAVEMENT.
HOW WHERE IS THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.
IT'S IN C4 4633 A C4. ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF ANY RUNWAY OR TAXIWAY.
THAT'S STILL WOULD COME TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. NO, NO, IT'S ALL RELEVANT.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION 4633 E IT JUST CLARIFIES THAT NO DESIGN REVIEW, BOARD FINAL APPROVAL OR BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED BEFORE THE SITE PLAN PETITION IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
THAT'S JUST CONFIRMING THAT. AND THEN 4633 AGE ELIMINATE CLAUSE.
ENCOURAGING LOGIC AND IMAGINATION, INNOVATION AND VARIETY IN THE DESIGN.
AND THEN ADDED THE WORD EXPECTED TO THE CERTAIN CRITERIA RECOGNIZING THESE FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE NA. AND THEN ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING LANGUAGE.
COMP PLAN SIMPLY STATED, SAYS SITE PLANS FOR AIRPORT WILL GO BACK TO TO COUNCIL.
SO THIS ATTEMPTS TO TAKE THAT SITE PLAN THINGS THAT WERE THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS THERE, MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT CERTAIN CRITERIA. REDEVELOPMENT UNDER 1000FT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME SO THAT IT WAS REASONABLE, BECAUSE IF YOU GO ON THE STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE COMP PLAN MANDATES AND WE DON'T DEFINE ANYTHING, WHAT AM I SENDING BACK? EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS A WAY TO SAY THERE HAS TO BE A REASONABLENESS TEST.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE WHILE PROVIDING A PATH FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT WE THINK ARE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH OR MEET NORMAL BUILDING CRITERIA SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT. SO THAT'S THE ATTEMPT OF THIS, AND I'LL DEFER TO ANYBODY ELSE TO MAKE ANY OTHER STATEMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. YES. NO. I JUST AGAIN COMMEND EVERYONE FOR THE WORK ON THIS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.
RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PRIMARILY.
AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS A ROLE IN THIS. BUT ITEM D TWO.
NO I'M SORRY. THREE. AND I THINK IT'S D. YEAH.
D A B C D. AND THAT ONE READS. EXPECTED IMPACT BY AIR TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE
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PROJECT ON FLIGHT PATTERNS AND OR NOISE. IMPACT OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS. SO WHAT I'M MY POINT HERE IS THIS.THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT ITEM D THE EXPECTED IMPACT I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GET THAT INFORMATION.
IS THAT COMING. IS THAT A COLLABORATION WITH THE AIRPORT.
THEY'RE GOING TO ATTEST. SO THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE THE CRITERIA.
THEY'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY IN THEIR APPLICATION.
YEAH. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO STIPULATE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THE CRITERIA.
SO THEY WILL PROVIDE WHAT THE EXPECTED IMPACT WILL BE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND WHATEVER THEY PROVIDE. IS THAT THEN CRITICALLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OR IS THAT FOR US TO DIGEST WITH MY EXPERTISE IN AIR TRAFFIC NOISE? YES WE WILL. I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL FOR YOU TO DETERMINE. THAT'S GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. YEAH.
VICE CHAIR. IF IF IF VICE MAYOR. EXCUSE ME IF I IF I COULD WHAT? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO HERE IS A DIFFICULT POINT, BUT WHAT WE THOUGHT COUNCIL WAS LOOKING FOR, WHICH IS SOMEONE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY USE THE HANGAR AND WHETHER IT'S A FLIGHT SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S AN EXECUTIVE USER OR WHETHER IT'S A DESTINATION AIR TAXI OPERATOR, WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE FROM THE PARTICULAR USER OF THE FACILITY SO YOU COULD EVALUATE IT.
NOT SAYING ONE'S BETTER OR WORSE THAN THE OTHER, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO TO CULL HERE, WHICH I UNDERSTOOD WAS WHAT YOU ALL WANTED WHEN YOU WERE REVIEWING SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S SQUARE I THINK THAT'S SPOT ON.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AIRPORT STRUCTURES AND STUFF, BUT RUNWAYS TOO, RIGHT. RIGHT. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE A RUNWAY.
WELL WHAT'S THE IMPACT GOING TO BE ON NOISE AND, AND ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE THAN WE'RE ABLE TO LEARN IN POLLUTION.
IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF EVERYTHING, THERE YOU GO. BUT AND THEY ADDED THE WORD, THEY ASKED US TO ADD THE WORD EXPECTED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GIVE THEMSELVES SOME WIGGLE ROOM. AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THESE ARE PROJECTIONS COMING FROM THEM.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A REASONABLE REQUEST. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO MAKE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I WELL, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
YES. GO AHEAD. SO POINT OF OF INFORMATION ON ON THIS FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T MAKE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CRITERIA THAT WAS JUST REFERRED TO, BUT I'M ASSUMING THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE AT SOME POINT, WE'LL STAFF WILL BE GETTING BACK TO US WITH A DRAFT SET OF DRAFT ORDINANCES AND CODE CHANGES THAT WOULD INCORPORATE YOUR BEST THINKING.
WHAT'S HERE AND ADDITIONAL THINKING THAT WILL GO ON BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE TIME IN WHICH WE WOULD OFFER UP OUR REACTIONS TO SPECIFICS.
I THINK THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, YOU WANT TO CONVEY, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, WRITE AN EMAIL, OF COURSE, TO, TO CORRESPOND SOMETHING TO US.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECONVENE ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH NA AND THEN ALLOW FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, EITHER, IF NOT THE FINAL VERSION, ONE VERSION AWAY FROM THE FINAL VERSION TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD BY ALL PARTIES.
YEAH, I CERTAINLY THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO GET INTO MINUTIA.
SO YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY SUPPORT. MADAM MAYOR.
FIRST, AS WE'VE ALL SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EFFORTS HERE.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OF THE DETAILS AND NUANCES AND, AND LANGUAGE AND LEGALESE AND,
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AND FRANKLY, THE MINUTIA THAT, THAT IT GOES IN TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WAS A RELATIVE GENERAL OBJECTIVE ON OUR BEHALF, TO TRY TO GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.PLAN REVIEW WHAT YOU GUYS DID REALLY WELL FROM A LANGUAGE STANDPOINT AND ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WANTED TO TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED AS A, AS A COUNCIL. AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY SECTION 46 33A AND IF YOU READ THAT TO JUMP TO BE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HAVE FINAL REVIEW OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE C4 AIRPORT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING CODE, FIRE SAFETY CODE, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF PLANS FOR BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW, PETITIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION PRIOR TO BEING PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
LET'S REALLY LOOK AT THAT LAST THOSE LAST TWO WORDS, FINAL APPROVAL, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AS A COUNCIL TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY, BENEFIT OUR CITY. IN REFERENCE TO HOW THE THE THE AIRPORT IS THE FACILITY OVER THERE IS RUN.
AND IF WE IF WE JUMP DOWN JUST A BIT FURTHER IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IF YOU JUMP TO NUMBER ONE THERE, UNDERNEATH IT SAYS A NEW PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, PERIOD.
WE WERE GOING TO PUT A SQUARE FOOTAGE THERE, BUT WE DIDN'T. A NEW PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. SO ANY STRUCTURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A FINAL APPROVAL WITH US. THE NEXT ONE SAYS AN ADDITIONAL, AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE IS GREATER THAN 1000FT².
SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING, THAT'S THAT'S THE VICE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT. THAT'S REDEVELOPMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE ADDING TO. AND IF WE'RE ADDING TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, IT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED NEW CONSTRUCTION OR NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND WE MAY LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GIVE OUR APPROVAL FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOWS WHAT THE GRAVITAS OF THE SITUATION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HAVING TO GO BACK INTO OUR, OUR CITY CODES AND, AND MAKING ALL SORTS OF CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE POINT OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND THIS IS THIS IS AT LEAST I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE SAY SO AS FAR AS WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THERE, AND, AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH FROM WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN CUSHMAN HAD HAD ALREADY STATED, AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE NA.
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE THAT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CULTURE HERE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE AIRPORT, THE CITY AND THE NA, SO THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO CREATE A BETTER COMMUNITY THAT UTILIZES A VERY VALUABLE ASSET.
SO AGAIN, I YOU GUYS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN JUMP INTO THE MINUTIA. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES, AND I HAVE A FEELING THE FRIENDLY THE MAYOR MIGHT EVEN WANT TO DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT NOW. BUT NONETHELESS, YOU GUYS, IN MY OPINION, ARE PULLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU.
NO, I'M WITH YOU. I THINK THERE'S GREAT DOCUMENTS.
DON'T FORGET THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START.
I DO THINK THIS IS WHAT WE WERE AFTER. THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK IT MIGHT BE A A POSSIBLE HOLE THAT YOU COULD DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH WOULD BE ON 58, 680 WHERE IT SAYS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE VERSUS COMPLIANCE.
YEAH. CRACK ON THE OTHER. I DON'T SEE THAT. 58. 680 AIRPORT UTILIZATION PLAN, A DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE NAIA, WHICH IT CONFIRMS IT IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT DEFINED. IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SUBSTANTIAL? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VAGUE LANGUAGE. THE INTENT OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND LAYOUT PLAN.
MY, MY SORT OF MY CONCERN IS JUST USING THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT CAPITALIZED.
SO IT'S NOT DEFINED. JUST A LITTLE REASONING AND WE ABSOLUTELY WILL REVISIT THAT IS THOSE DOCUMENTS MAY CHANGE QUICKER THAN THE UTILIZATION PLAN OR AFTER THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE ON A DIFFERENT TIME FRAME AND A DIFFERENT APPROVAL PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
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SO THAT'S WHY WE USE THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE IS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE THE UTILIZATION PLAN DEPICTS FIX ONE THING, BUT THE LAYOUT PLAN HAS BEEN CHANGED, OR THE MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE IT'S AN FDOT OR FAA DOCUMENT.OKAY. TO SAY SUBSTANTIAL SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIANCE OPENS UP THE TIME FRAME OR OPENS UP A, YOU KNOW, A HOLE THAT I THINK IS WIDER THAN JUST TIMING.
HAPPY TO REVISIT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. NO, YOU GO AHEAD. SO JUST TO RECALL THE NAR OBJECTIVE HAVING IT COMPLY AT ALL.
SO IN THAT SPIRIT OF COLLEGIALITY, WE TRIED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REVISIT IT.
I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S DEFINED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A DEFINED TERM BECAUSE SUBSTANTIAL TO ME IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT THAN SUBSTANTIAL TO YOU. WELL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REVISIT IT, BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE REASON IF IT SOUNDS WEASELLY, THAT WAS PROBABLY WHERE I WAS. THANK YOU. I IF THAT'S IT, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. MR.. AND MISS MARTIN AND MR. YOUNG AND MR. MCCONNELL AND THE TIME THAT THE NA CAME OR THE EXECUTIVES CAME AND WORKED WITH YOU ON CLARIFYING THIS UNCLEAR PROCESS, ACCORDING TO SOME BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION THAT WE TAKE THIS TO THE AIRPORT AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND ANY THEIR ACTUALLY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER.
AND IF THERE ARE CONCERNS, THEN THEY'LL SHARE THAT WITH US.
YEAH. MAYOR, IF I COULD, MAY I? YES. JUST FOR, JUST FOR.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH.
BUT BASED ON WHAT MR. YOUNG JUST SAID AND THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER KRISEMAN SUGGESTED IS THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK PROBABLY IN A WORKSHOP WORKSHOP SETTING, NOT IN ORDINANCE FORM. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE CAN'T APPEAR TO HAVE FIRST READING YET, JUST BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR ANY COMMENTS AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN I THINK AT THAT POINT WE WOULD MAKE THE MOTION, BECAUSE WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCES THEMSELVES, WITH THE TITLES AND EVERYTHING BEING PRESENTED TO THE NA FOR COMMENTS AND FINAL FORM PRIOR TO PLANNING BOARD, PRIOR TO ADOPTION AT CITY COUNCIL. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL OF THAT TAKES TIME. MEANWHILE, THEY'RE SELLING A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS THE LARGEST, SECOND TO THE LARGEST, IF NOT LARGER PROPERTY THAT WILL THAT BE COMING BACK TO US? I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY WELL AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
REGARDLESS, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD BE HONORING, AND THIS IS HONORING THE LAST PARAGRAPH, WHICH IS TO BEGIN TO ALIGN THE COMP PLAN AND THE CODE.
AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS I'VE SAID STATED, IS THE MOMENT THAT THE AS YOUR CITY MANAGER, THE MOMENT THAT IT WAS STATED THAT THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR PROCEDURES, I WOULD BE FORCED TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE, AGAIN, I WOULDN'T GO AGAINST OUR COMP PLAN AND NOT DEMAND IT BACK NO MATTER WHAT.
SO FROM MY STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT WE'RE COVERED WHILE WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. STRONG WORK. THANK YOU.
I TRULY APPRECIATE. AND THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES.
AND I'M SURE THE NEA AND STAFF THERE APPRECIATE THIS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY STAFF.
SO THANK YOU. AND NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE ARE.
THAT CONCLUDES 13 H. WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK. I HAVE NONE. OKAY. THAT WAS ITEM FIVE.
WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THERE WERE ITEMS.
[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
MADAM. MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM SEVEN J AND ITEM EIGHT A.
OKAY, SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISMAN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
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ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNED BY. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU.I'M WATCHING THE TIME THAT IT TAKES US TO. TOO MANY PAGES ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. END OF CONSENT AGENDA TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THERE AREN'T ANY REGULAR AGENDA. WOULD BE ITEM TEN ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MCCONNELL? YES, MAYOR. IF IF THE CLERK OR SOMEONE COULD JUST REMIND ME WHAT WAS PULLED FROM THE ITEM SEVEN J AND ITEM EIGHT A. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION FOR SEVEN J.
[10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA (If Needed)]
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. RESOLUTION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT COMBINING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY SERVICE WITHIN COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY TACTICAL MEDICAL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES, THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NORTH COLLIER FIRE CONTROL AND RESCUE DISTRICT, AND INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OPERATING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2015191 LAWS OF FLORIDA, CITY OF MARCO ISLAND AND MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, GREATER NAPLES FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT, AND INDEPENDENT FIRE CONTROL AND RESCUE DISTRICT OPERATING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2014240 LAWS OF FLORIDA, AS AMENDED. IMMOKALEE FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT AND INDEPENDENT FIRE CONTROL AND RESCUE DISTRICT, OPERATING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2000-393 LAWS OF FLORIDA, AS AMENDED IN THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE PARTNERSHIP PARTNERING AGENCIES, THE COUNTY, AND THE SHERIFF ARE KNOWN COLLECTIVELY COLLECTIVELY AS THE PARTIES, AND EACH A PARTY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER'S ERRORS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I.I. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS WILL JUST TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE I THINK I GOT MY I GOT MY QUESTION ANSWERED.
BUT WHEN I READ THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THE WHEREAS CLAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT DEFINED A PHYSICIAN AS IN THE STATUTES AND IT COULD BE AN OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. IT COULD BE IT WAS VERY BROAD. IT COULD BE A GYNECOLOGIST, IT COULD BE AN ALLERGY SPECIALIST, ETC.. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A TIER ONE OR TIER TWO HOSPITAL IN COLLIER COUNTY FOR THINGS LIKE, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AUTOMOBILE CRASH, I THOUGHT IT WAS IF WE COULD PUT MORE SPECIFICITY AROUND AROUND WHAT KIND OF A DOCTOR WE WANT TO HAVE OVERLAYING ON TOP OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MAYBE AN ER DOCTOR OR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DESIGNATION OF THAT SPECIALTY VERSUS JUST A BROAD DEFINITION OF A DOCTOR, ANY OLD DOCTOR. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK I GOT MY QUESTION ANSWERED THAT HE, THAT THIS PERSON THAT IS YOU KNOW, SERVES AS OUR MEDICAL TRAINER OVERSEER THAT WE HIRED, WHAT, THREE YEARS AGO IS A CERTIFIED ER DOCTOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND ALL THE ALL THE TRAINING HE PROVIDES IS, YOU KNOW, IS ADEQUATE WITHIN THE ER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
YES. HE'S ACTUALLY A FELLOWSHIP. OKAY. PHYSICIAN FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS BUTTONED UP, BECAUSE I'D PREFER THAT KIND OF A DOCTOR VERSUS ANY, ANY OLD DOCTOR THAT WOULD SERVE OVER THIS. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT YES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT TAKES US TO EIGHT A. WE NEED A MOTION. OH, SORRY.
YES. THANK YOU. SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ITEM SIX J OR SEVEN J. IF IF WE COULD MAYOR FOR THE MOTION, IT'D BE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE.
YES. THE HEADING OF THE SEVEN J. MOTION TO TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT COMBINING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY SERVICES WITHIN COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL TACTICAL MEDICAL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. NAPLES. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, ETCETERA. YEAH. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. COUNCIL TAKES US TO EIGHT A.
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MR. MCCONNELL. IT WAS. OH, I GUESS NOT. SORRY, SIR.YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO RESOLUTION. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO READ WHAT THE CONSIDERATION IS. YES. CHAD MERRITT, PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR.
THIS IS CONSIDERATION FOR NEW EVENT APPLICATIONS AS YOU LISTED BELOW, WHICH IS CITY OF NAPLES.
HALLOWEEN HUSTLE, FIVE K, THE OPERATION, RETURN TO BASE, WALK, RUN AND RUCK.
THE PORT ROYAL. LAST CALL BEFORE THE FALL. THE WALK FOR LIFE.
THE WEDNESDAY. LIVE. MUSIC ON THE BEACH. A NIGHT IN PARIS FUNDRAISER.
GALA. HOMERS FOR HEROES AND HYATT HOUSE. BONGOS AND SINGER PERFORMANCE.
AND I GUESS. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR EVENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DISCUSS? AND I JUST IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE EVENTS NUMBER TWO, UNDER THE SUBJECT THE CITY OF OF NAPLES HALLOWEEN EVENT AT FLESHMAN. AND THEN I THOUGHT THERE WAS A POLICE HALLOWEEN EVENT IN THE PAST.
TRICK OR TRUNK OR WAS THAT THE ONE THAT WAS AT FLESHMAN, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE? THE NUMBER TWO? I DON'T I DON'T SEE IT. NUMBER TWO, IT'S ON YOUR NUMBER TWO.
FOR THIS IS OPERATION RETURN TO BASE. WALK, RUN AND RUCK.
ARE YOU. YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO HB. ARE YOU READING FROM THE AGENDA? YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE MEMO. YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE MEMO.
A A A B. YEAH. OH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT A A AND A B ARE ARE DIFFERENT.
SO, SO WELL IF IT'S A REPEAT THEN IF YOU GO DOWN TO REPEAT OF CITY OF NAPLES EVENT FLESHMAN, THOSE ARE THE SAME. YES. SO HB IS A IS A DIFFERENT ITEM.
SO AA IS WAS THE ONE THAT YOU HAD PULLED. BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT AP.
OKAY. SO MAYOR REAL QUICK. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.
WE APPROVED A B ALREADY ON THE CONSENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T REMOVED.
SO THE ONLY THING UP FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS ADA.
YOU WANT TO DISCUSS EIGHT B. GOT IT. SO WE HAVE TO MATTHEW I THINK SHE'S JUST ASKING THE DIFFERENCE.
SO I MEAN, IF I CAN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEW AND A REPEAT RIGHT HERE, THEN WE CAN.
WHEN YOU KEEP SAYING WHEN YOU REFERENCE NUMBER TWO, BUT IT IS NUMBER ONE ON THAT NEW EVENTS IS THE THE FIVE K THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. I THOUGHT WHAT YOU ASKED, WASN'T THERE ALREADY AN EVENT? I THOUGHT, BUT MAYBE I'M PARAPHRASING. VICE MAYOR? YEAH. SO I THINK TRYING TO SORT THAT OUT IS ONGOING, BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE A A POOLED AND UP FOR DISCUSSION YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND AS PART OF THE DIRECTOR, WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BRINGING THIS STUFF TO US, THESE EVENTS FOR APPROVAL OR DISCUSSION. IF THESE ITEMS UNDER EIGHT A, THERE'S EIGHT BRAND NEW ITEMS NOT NOT REPEAT BRAND NEW NEXT YEAR, THEY COULD BE REPEATS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT WE KEEP BRINGING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE MAYBE OF THESE EIGHT ITEMS, HOW MANY OF THESE ARE IMPACTING PUBLIC FACILITIES VERSUS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A PASS THROUGH. AND IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TYING UP OUR ROADS ONGOING.
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THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY. COULD YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF SPEAK ON ON BEHALF OF EVENTS THAT ARE COMING FOR RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PROCESS THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN.NOW THEY HAVE TO AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA WITHIN THE MANUAL, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY YOU ALL, WE PASS IT THROUGH AND IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO ADD THIS NEW SPECIAL EVENT, NEW SPECIAL EVENT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE IT CATEGORIZED AS NEW VERSUS REPEAT.
BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE NEW EVENTS ARE.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO ADD, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW.
BUT AS IN REGARDS TO THESE SPECIAL EVENTS ON HERE A LOT OF THESE THAT I LOOK AT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HALLOWEEN FIVE K, THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITHIN BAKER PARK.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF IMPACT ON ANYTHING.
IT'LL BE WITHIN THE PARK. YOU WON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES.
WE'LL HAVE SOME PARKING THAT HAS TO OCCUR WITHIN THAT.
THE AREA AROUND RIVERSIDE THE OPERATION RETURNED TO BASS ROCK, AND THAT ONE'S AT BAKER PARK, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY MINIMAL. PORT ROYAL, THEY'RE KEEPING THAT WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.
WE'VE TRIED TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE A LOT OF THESE NEW EVENTS TO TRY TO CONTAIN THEMSELVES WITHIN A PARK, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCES THAT GO TOWARDS IT.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
HYATT HOUSE, THEIR EVENT IS GOING TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.
SO ON THIS LIST, I WOULD SAY THAT I COULD COMFORTABLY SAY THAT NONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE ANY HIGH TRAFFIC ISSUES OR CREATE ANY ISSUES FROM TRAFFIC. SO TO MY POINT WE ALREADY HAVE A HALLOWEEN EVENT AT FLESHMAN AND CITY. IF I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATION, THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO HAVE ANOTHER SPONSORED EVENT AT BAKER PARK.
AND THIS IS TRYING TO BUT IT'S A NEW EVENT. IT IS A NEW THAT THE CITY IS INITIATING.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S THAT WAS MY EXACT POINT.
AND THEN PET PARADE, THERE'S ALREADY A PET PARADE IN THE FUNDRAISING PROCEEDS GO TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY, AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE PROPOSED.
MADAM MAYOR. NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO EIGHT B.
YEAH. I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE. OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS UNDER.
OKAY. SO I'LL GO BACK TO THEN. SO THE HALLOWEEN HUSTLE IS A NEW EVENT.
THE OPERATION RETURN YOU'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED FOR THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE ABOUT THESE EVENTS IS IT SAYS THAT WE DON'T NEED SECURITY FOR THE NEW EVENTS SUCH AS? I THINK IT WAS AN OLD EVENT. JUST A RENAMED EVENT.
I CAN ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE EXPERTS ON SECURITY.
SO IF I DON'T KNOW IF. SORRY, CHIEF, LIEUTENANT OR CHIEF.
GOOD AFTERNOON. SIR. DOMINGUEZ. CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND I APOLOGIZE. I WAS READING SOMETHING WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING.
OF COURSE YOU WERE. AND SO IF YOU CAN REFRESH ME ON WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
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MY QUESTION IS ON ON THE APPLICATIONS AND WHERE IT SAYS THAT THERE ARE THERE'S A REPORT BACK SAYING THERE'S NO SECURITY PLAN. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT HELD AT A HANGAR, WE DON'T NEED SECURITY OR THERE'S NOT A POLICE PRESENCE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS? IT DEPENDS ON THE EVENT. AND WE CLEARED IT THROUGH OUR FOLKS.SO DEPENDING ON THE SITE ITSELF. SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT EVENT.
IT'S ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
CORRECT. AND IT IS A CLOSED EVENT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. AND AND SO THROUGH A SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND THE TENANT CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS BECAUSE YOU REVIEWED IT, I BELIEVE. BUT WE LOOK AT EVERY PARTICULAR EVENT AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE MACRO ON IT.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING. WHAT IS THE PUBLIC ACCESS OF IT? WHAT IS THE THREAT POTENTIAL AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO ONCE WE PUT IT THROUGH OUR MATRIX, IF YOU WILL OR A RUBRIC, RUBRIC OF SORTS, WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS NEEDED.
BUT HE REVIEWED THE ORIGINAL PLAN, SO I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH IT.
GOOD MORNING, LIEUTENANT MICHAEL O'REILLY, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT. ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THE CHIEF SAID IS HOW WE LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS. THE AIRPORT IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY.
IT'S A SEMI SECURE FACILITY. IT'S A RESTRICTED ACCESS FACILITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE EVENTS, WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE ATTENDEES FOR THE EVENT AND THE PROPENSITY FOR ISSUES, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE VULNERABILITIES. AND DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT, WE DETERMINE IF THEY NEED OFFICERS BASED ON THAT SCALE.
FOR THE EVENTS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE SAID THERE'S NO POLICE PRESENCE NEEDED, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPENSITY FOR PROBLEMS INTERNALLY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE VULNERABILITIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ASSIGN AN OFFICER.
EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED. OKAY. AND JUST FOR FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THE BIGGEST DETERMINANT FOR US IS OPEN AIR EVENT AND ACCESSIBILITY VERSUS A CLOSED, CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT. SO IF SOMEONE WAS TO HAVE, LET'S SAY, A, A SPECIAL EVENT AT THE HYATT AND IT'S SECURED, THAT WOULD TAKE LESS PEOPLE. ACCESS WISE, AS HE MENTIONED, THE AIRPORT HAS CONTROLLED ACCESS.
CONVERSELY, A PLACE LIKE CAMBRIA PARK IS OPEN ACCESS AND WIDE OPEN AND MUCH MORE VULNERABLE.
SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU.
OKAY. VICE MAYOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, CHAD AND CHIEF FOR EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS ON THIS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NEW SPECIAL EVENTS MY ASK IS THAT AGAIN? FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY EVENTS WE BEFORE THESE NEW EIGHT EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE ADDED? HOW MANY SPECIAL EVENTS WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING? WE USED TO TRACK THAT. WE TRACK IT. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER RIGHT OFF HAND, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE STILL TALKING A COUPLE HUNDRED AT LEAST THAT WERE PERMITTED.
YEAH. NOW WE'VE GOT VENUES. THREE OF THESE AT LEAST, WERE AT BAKER PARK.
AND WE'VE GOT A NEW PLAYHOUSE THERE THAT HAS FUNCTIONS, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.
I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T SEE COMMENTS ON HERE THAT IT WAS THAT THESE ALL THESE EVENTS ARE BEING COMPARED TO DATES OF SIGNIFICANCE AT THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE, BUT JUST ADDING A LAYER OF, OF CONSIDERATION, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING BY ADDING CONTINUING TO ADD EVENTS THAT WERE NOT SNARLING TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT BAKER PARK AREA. SO MY ASK IS THAT YOU JUST GIVE IT SOME CRITICAL THINKING BEFORE WE JUST KEEP ADDING THESE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. WHEN I, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS MATERIAL PREPARING FOR THE MEETING. WHAT WHAT WAS REASSURING TO ME WAS THAT NONE OF THESE EVENTS IN ADA WERE DOWNTOWN OR IN CAMBIER PARK, AND NONE OF THEM WERE IN SEASON.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS I DON'T THINK IT'S IT MAY BE TECHNICALLY ACCURATE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S REALISTIC, IF YOU
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WILL, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED EVENTS A YEAR.I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO COUNT THE. DO YOU WANT TO COUNT THE FARMER'S MARKET AS ONE EVENT OR 52 EVENTS? IF YOU WANT TO COUNT IT AS 52 AND AND THEN THAT HELPS YOU GET TO 200, RIGHT? AND AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AGAIN, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO AN ITEM LATER IN OUR AGENDA, THE ISSUE WE HAVE IS BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND EASTER IN DOWNTOWN AND CAMBIER PARK.
SO I'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE OTHERS MAY TOO.
WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. BUT AS FAR AS THESE EVENTS ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, LOCATION, AND THE DATE THEY'RE BEING HELD, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM.
THANK YOU. AND I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID THAT THAT YOU CONTAIN THEM WITHIN A PARK.
SO WE'RE SLOWLY MOVING PEOPLE TO BAKER PARK AND FLESHMAN PARK OUT OF CAMBIER PARK.
JUST CAN YOU CLARIFY? WELL, CONTAINING THEM IN THE PARK MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING OUTSIDE.
WE'RE NOT CLOSING ROADS. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, IMPACTING OUTSIDE OF THE PARK.
SO WHEN IT'S CONTAINED WE WE HAVE THEM IN BAKER PARK IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE BAKER PARK, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THESE LOW IMPACT EVENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IN PARTICULAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EVENT THAT WE DID THAT IS YOU KNOW, WE ALMOST LOOK AT THAT AS MORE OF A PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE 150 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE, BUT IT'S MORE OF A HALLOWEEN TYPE EVENT. AND AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE STAFF FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PARKS WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO KIND OF SCALE BACK ON, HAVING 5000 PEOPLE IN A PARK IS DIFFERENT THAN HAVING 2 OR 300 PEOPLE IN THE PARK. THE PARKS CAN HANDLE THOSE. SO CONTAINING THOSE WITHIN THE PARK IS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND AND ALLOWING THE PARK IS STILL FUNCTION AS A PARK.
SO IF AN EVENT COMES TO US AND SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE ANY PARTS OF THE PARK, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT SOMEBODY. IF A CHILD WANTS TO GO OUT TO USE THE SPLASH PAD AT BAKER, THEY CAN STILL USE THE SPLASH PAD AT BAKER. IF THEY WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT AT GOMEZ CENTER, THEY CAN STILL HAVE AN EVENT AT GOMEZ CENTER. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN WE CONTAIN THINGS WITHIN PARKS.
THANK YOU. I AGREE. I JUST HAVING STAFF ADDING UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IS JUST THAT'S WHAT I NOTICED, KRAMER. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PUSHED BACK ON EVENTS SINCE COMING ON BOARD, AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR PARKS AND OUR FACILITIES. I HAVE TO SAY THAT, LIKE RAY COUNCILMAN KRISEMAN, THE TIME FRAME AND WHERE THEY WERE MAKES IT PALATABLE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THIS STUFF.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS GOING TO BE, BUT NOBODY'S WATCHING EXCEPT OUR FAMILIES.
SO. HI, EVERYBODY. IT WOULD BEHOOVE THEM TO KNOW THE THE FIVES, THE NONPROFITS.
FIVE, FIVE, OK THREE FOLKS THAT YOU CAN USE THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES AS WELL.
SO, LIKE, I WOULD HAVE A MUCH IT'D BE MUCH MORE PALATABLE FOR ME TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO USE GULFVIEW MIDDLE ON A SATURDAY MORNING THAN, SAY, USE ANY OF OUR PARKS. AND THAT'S DOABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR WHAT? SEE? AT THE POLE. FIELDS OF FAITH.
SO? SO THIS IS DOABLE, AND IT'S VERY AFFORDABLE.
I WILL TELL YOU. AND SO I'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING. NOW THEY HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF IT. THERE'S TIME FRAMES FOR ALL THAT STUFF TO BE TURNED IN TO THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT PARKING, IT'S THE LOGISTICS WORK BETTER FOR MOST EVENTS.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S VERY DOABLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE THAT COULD BE PART OF OUR HOW WE DO THINGS TO, TO LET OUR CITIZENS USE OUR PARKS IN SEASON IS TO FUNNEL SOME OF THIS STUFF ONTO THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
THAT'S ALL. THANKS. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION?
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I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT, A CONSIDERATION OF NEW SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATIONS.OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR EIGHT, A APPROVAL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISMAN AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNED BY I. OPPOSED.
THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO TIME. CERTAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STAFF. TO TIME. CERTAIN. 1230. ALMOST ON TIME.
[13.E. Executive Session – Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Strategy (12:30pm Time Certain). (Charlotte Loewel, Director of Human Resources)]
13 E MR. YOUNG ANY. I THINK IT'S AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.MAYOR TO FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THERE'S NOT A RESOLUTION OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PURSUANT TO 286 .011.
IT'S PURSUANT TO, I BELIEVE, 447 6.605. SO THERE IS NO ANNOUNCEMENT OR OKAY, I'LL JUST MAKE IT THEN. IT'S ITEM 13. E IS EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LABOR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STRATEGIES.
WE WILL HAVE THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION UP IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR OR AN HOUR.
MR. YOUNG. YES, MA'AM. THAT SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME.
OKAY, WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONTINUING ON WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[12.A. A Resolution Approving a Valet Licensing Agreement Between the City of Naples and Old Naples Hotel; Approving Right-of-Way Permit Application PRRW2502489 with Standard Permit Conditions and the Right-of-Way Operational Plan for the Old Naples Hotel to Allow Valet Services at the Old Naples Hotel Located at 200 Broad Avenue South; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Valet License Agreement; and Providing an Effective Date. (Alison Bickett, Deputy City Engineer)]
OLD BUSINESS 12 A MR. MCCONNELL. YEAH, I CAN GO AHEAD.I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VALET LICENSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND OLD NAPLES HOTEL APPROVING RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT APPLICATION PRR 2502489 WITH STANDARD PERMIT CONDITIONS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE OLD NAPLES HOTEL TO ALLOW VALET SERVICES AT THE OLD NAPLES HOTEL, LOCATED AT 200 BROAD AVENUE SOUTH, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE VALET LICENSE AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG. OH, YES. MAYOR. THIS WAS ASKED, AS I HAD MENTIONED, ON THE WE SET THE AGENDA, THAT THE APPLICANT HAD ASKED THAT THIS BE CONTINUED UNTIL, EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 24TH AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MOTION. MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TILL SEPTEMBER 24TH.
SECOND. IS THAT SUFFICIENT, MR. MCCONNELL? THANK YOU.
ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRISMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BARTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PETRANOFF. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES.
VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON. YES. MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES.
THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO 12. BE BEFORE WE MOVE REAL QUICK.
MAYOR FROM 12 A BECAUSE I DID READ THE TITLE THAT WAS IN THE AGENDA, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SUPPLEMENT THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED. SO THAT RESOLUTION WAS ACTUALLY NOT INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS, JUST IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IT, BUT WILL BE FOR THE 24TH. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM.
12 B IS NO TITLE. YES. MR. YOUNG? YES, MAYOR.
[12.B. Approval of the City-Wide Pavement Management Plan by Johnson Engineering and Consensus of Annual Review of the Priority List. (Bob Middleton, Director of Public Works)]
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE CITY PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TO BOB AND ALLISON.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. BOB MIDDLETON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
A LITTLE HISTORY ON JUNE 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH JOHNSON ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE A CITYWIDE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN. IN APRIL OF 25, JOHNSON ENGINEERING PROVIDED A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE DATA COLLECTED AND THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE PLAN.
INITIAL FINDINGS INCLUDED THAT THE CITY HAS 0.23 MILES OF ROADWAYS IN POOR CONDITION.
10.17 MILES IN FAIR CONDITION, 68.9 MILES IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION AND 33.8 MILES CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PLAN INCLUDES A MULTIYEAR.
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PLANS OPTIONS BASED ON THE PAVEMENT SERVICES CYCLES FROM 1 TO 25 YEARS.SIMILAR, SIMILAR WAY THAT WE DO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU EVERY YEAR WITH THAT YEAR'S PLAN TO SPEND $1 MILLION A YEAR AS PART OF THE EITHER THE CAPITAL BUDGET, PROBABLY THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND O&M BUDGET FOR THE STREETS DEPARTMENT STAFF IS REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE CITYWIDE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN BY JOHNSON ENGINEERING BY PROVIDING CONSENSUS TO THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE PAVEMENT PRIORITY LIST. WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE JOSH HILDEBRAND WITH JOHNSON ENGINEERING.
YOU RECOGNIZE HIM FROM APRIL WHEN HE PRESENTED THE FIRST INITIAL PLAN.
HE WILL GO OVER THIS PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE DAVID RIVERA, OUR STREETS MANAGER, WHO OVERSEES THE PAVING PROJECTS, AND ALLISON BICKETT OUR DEPUTY CITY ENGINEER.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOSH. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JOSH HILDEBRAND WITH JOHNSON ENGINEERING.
I'LL BE GOING OVER THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS, I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH AN OUTLINE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THE PROJECT BACKGROUND SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO WHAT BOB PROVIDED.
GO THROUGH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THE TIMELINE.
A QUICK RECAP OF HOW WE PERFORMED THE FIELD ASSESSMENT AND THE THE RATINGS, THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT THE 20, THE FIVE YEAR AND THE 25 YEAR PLAN. AND THEN A SUMMARY, OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, THE PROJECT BACKGROUND. SO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN? IT IS THE CITY OWNED MAINTAINED STREETS, THE ADJACENT ON STREET PARKING BIKE LANES.
WHAT THE PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE ARE FDOT MAINTAINED CORRIDORS AND COUNTY MAINTAINED CORRIDORS.
THIS INCLUDES US 41 GOODLETTE-FRANK ROAD, GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY AND IT ALSO EXCLUDES CITY OWNED PARKS, GREENWAYS, BRICK PAVER AREAS AND THEN ALSO ANY BRIDGES THAT HAVE A CONCRETE DECK.
WE DID DO 120 PAVEMENT COURSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR SUBCONSULTANTS TIERRA'S TRUCKS OUT THERE CORING LOOKED LIKE A DRILL, LAST FALL, THIS WAS PERFORMED DURING THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER TIME FRAME.
FROM THERE, WE LOOKED AT POTENTIAL REHABILITATION STRATEGIES, OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE RESILIENCY, AND THEN ALSO COST ESTIMATES TO REHABILITATE THESE CORRIDORS.
AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE BOB MENTIONED, WE WERE HERE IN APRIL.
WE'RE BACK HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE FINAL FINDINGS AND THEN HOPEFULLY BEGIN THE 2025 IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME SPECIFIC STREETS, HOPEFULLY BEGINNING NEXT MONTH OR LATER THIS MONTH.
OUR AREA STUDY INCLUDED THE CITY, THE CITY OF NAPLES LIMITS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
INCLUDED IN THAT WERE 113 MILES OF TWO TWO WAY PAVED STREETS, WHICH WE SUBDIVIDED INTO 300 309 SEGMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. AND THEN THOSE THOSE ALLEYWAYS THAT I MENTIONED, WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IN LENGTH.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX RATING? I COULD TELL YOU, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE SIMPLER TO SHOW YOU WITH WITH A VISUALIZATION.
AS PAVEMENT AGES, IT DOES CRACK, IT BECOMES BRITTLE, IT OXIDIZES, AND YOU CAN EXPECT DETERIORATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AT DIFFERENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT ROADS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHAT WE LABELED AS THE THE POOR CONDITION THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.
THOSE RESULTS THAT RESULTED IN ON THE CITY STREETS, 96 OF THE 309 SEGMENTS BEING IN GOOD CONDITION.
THESE WERE PREDOMINANTLY THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN PAVED WITHIN THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS.
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179 THIS WAS A MAJORITY WERE IN THAT SATISFACTORY CONDITION 32 AND FAIR.AND THEN THERE WERE TWO SEGMENTS THAT SHOWED EXCESSIVE DETERIORATION IN A, IN A POOR CONDITION.
THE RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN GIS.
THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT SHOWS WHAT WILL BE LOADED INTO THE CITY'S GIS SYSTEM.
AND THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
A LITTLE OVER 12 WERE IN FAIR CONDITION. 67 WERE IN THAT SATISFACTORY, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 34.5 WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH AN OVERALL AVERAGE OF OF SATISFACTORY. AS WE MOVED IN TO LOOKING AT A RANKING, A A SUGGESTION FOR, FOR FOR RANKING THE CORRIDORS, WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TRUCK, THE PREFERRED TRUCK ROUTES AS PART OF THAT SCORING EVALUATION, A SMALL COMPONENT OF THE THE TOTAL SCORE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PREFERRED TRUCK ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY.
SO ONCE THE TRUCK ROUTES, THE PCI WERE PUT TOGETHER WE DEVELOPED A, A PROGRAM WITH STAFF.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE 25, 26, 27 AND 28 AND 29 FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WITH YOU.
I DID PRESENT THIS SLIDE IN APRIL. I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE UPDATE SINCE APRIL.
DAVE HAS SUCCESSFULLY GONE THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS OF THE INITIAL 2025 PROGRAM, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THEY DID COME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET, WHICH PRESENTS SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A STORMWATER PROJECT ON SECOND STREET FROM BROAD AVENUE SOUTH TO FIFTH AVENUE THAT THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED INCLUDED INTO THE 2025 YEAR PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVE TO TOUCH UPON THE 2025 PROGRAM.
COUNCIL DAVE RIVERA'S TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT.
YES, I, LIKE JOSH, MENTIONED, I TOOK THE LIST AND PROVIDED IT TO BOTH OF OUR VENDORS, AND IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE BID THIS YEAR. BUT PMI ENDED UP COMING OUT AHEAD OVER.
AND I MEAN, WHEN I MEAN COMPETITIVE, IT WAS LIKE $4,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING TWO OF THE ROADS FROM NEXT YEAR, THE 2026, INCORPORATING THEM INTO THIS YEAR TO GET AT THAT 1.5. AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO ADJUST THE 20, 26 YEAR BRINGING SOME FROM THE 27 YEAR UP.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THANKS TO MR. YOUNG AND STEPHANE. WE HAVE SOME FUND THROUGH THE THE IAN FUND, AND WE PLAN ON RESTORING 15 16TH AND THIRD AVENUE SOUTH BEACH ENDS THIS YEAR AS PART OF THIS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S OKAY. JOSH. THANK YOU. DAVE. I DID QUICKLY WANT TO GO OVER THE, THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM STARTING WITH 2026.
AND AS DAVE MENTIONED THE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY DUE TO THE, THE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED BIDS THIS WILL THE REQUEST IS THIS FOR THIS TO BE SHIFTED THROUGH THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
SO SOME FROM 2026 WILL MOVE INTO 2025 AND SO ON.
BUT THE 2026 PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY FUNDED FOR FOR $1 MILLION.
THESE ARE THE SEGMENTS AGAIN, ALL THESE SEGMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO TO STAFF TO THE CITY AND GIS SIMILAR TO THE GRAPHIC YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THE 2027 PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE FIVE CORRIDORS.
THE 2028 WILL HAVE SIX CORRIDORS. AND THEN FINALLY THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER SEGMENTS.
THE 2029 PROGRAM, THE WAY THE RECOMMENDATION ORDER WAS FOR PARK SHORE DRIVE AND FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.
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OF THE PROGRAM. WITHIN THAT, APPROXIMATELY $5.5 MILLION PROGRAM.PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COST PER PER LANE MILE FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE TOTAL LANE COST.
BUT IN GENERAL 29 MILES IS WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED WITHIN THE SEGMENTS HERE SHOWN SHOWN ON THE RIGHT, WITH THAT. TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR CONSENSUS OF THE 2025 RESURFACING PROGRAM TO BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH.
AND THEN ALSO PROCEED GENERALLY WITH BOTH THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I RECEIVED THIS, AND I DROVE AROUND SOME OF THE STREETS AND SOME OF THE STREETS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE UNSATISFACTORY IN A CERTAIN AREA, BUT THEY'RE NO MORE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE NOWHERE ON THIS REPORT. DID YOU HOW DID YOU SAMPLE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE AS WE GO, AS WE GO TO THE BEACH FROM HEADING FROM EAST TO, TO GOING WEST THE ROADS DETERIORATE, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE AND SOME OF THE FLOODING. DID WE EQUALLY SAMPLE ALONG THE WHOLE STREETS? WE DID. SO IN EVERY STREET. EVERY STREET. SO OF THE 113 TOTAL MILES, THOSE WERE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO 309 SEGMENTS. WE DID VIDEO, WE DID MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING OF EVERY SEGMENT, AND THEN WE DID.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE I, I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE A COPY OF OF THE ASSESSMENT REPORT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WERE DEDUCTIONS BASED OFF OF THE FREQUENCY OF WHETHER IT WAS A CERTAIN TYPE OF CRACKING OR RUTTING OR THERE WERE DIFFERENT PAVEMENT FAILURES. AND THEN THE SEVERITY AND THEN THAT WAS DEDUCTED FROM A 100%, 100% SCORE. SO THAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR HOW THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE CONDUCTED.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME LONGER STRETCHES WHERE THERE MAY BE A SMALL ISOLATED PATCH OR TWO OF SOME MORE EXCESSIVE CRACKING. WE DO GENERALLY LOOK AT THE WHOLE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS HAVE SOME, SOME DIFFERENCES.
THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH I TRIED TO, TO BREAK THOSE UP WHERE WHERE WE COULD BUT THERE MAY STILL BE SOME ISOLATED POCKETS, WHICH I BELIEVE DAVE HAS HISTORICALLY HANDLED WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
IF THERE'S A POTHOLE OR SOME SMALLER, ISOLATED TYPE FAILURE.
AND THAT'S TAKEN OUT OF A DIFFERENT POOL. I HAVE AN OPERATION ACCOUNT THAT I ADDRESS.
ANY POTHOLES, ANY BROKEN SIDEWALKS, VALLEY GUTTERS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LET ME ALSO SAY THAT PMI IS ACTUALLY STARTING TODAY REPLACING ALL THE MANHOLES OUT THERE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER COLLECTION.
AND THEN WE'LL BE STARTING PAVING THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH.
THEN THE SECOND THING IS MORE OF AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, LIKE I THOUGHT I SAW IN THE OUTER YEARS, FIFTH AVENUE WAS ONE OF THEM.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS NOT FROM CITY RESIDENTS YET THE THE PRICE OF THESE ARE BORNE BY TAXPAYERS THAT ARE CITY RESIDENTS. TO GET, YOU KNOW, OTHER FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OR TDC FUNDING FOR, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE BRINGING TOURISTS INTO TOURIST AREAS LIKE FIFTH AVENUE THAT COULD SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF THESE.
IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU DON'T GET. THAT'S THAT'S YEAH, HE'S COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, THE TDC, I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING FOR, FOR DOING MORE OF OUR STREETS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CORRECT ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.
THAT'S. YEAH. AND THE LOOKY LOOS ON GULF SHORES, YOU KNOW, LOOKY LOOS ON GORDON.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IT JUST SEEMS THINGS IN FRONT OF HOTELS JUST SCREAMED TO ME TDC FUNDING.
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I THINK I WROTE DOWN 20, 29 MILES OF ROAD OUT OF 113.OKAY. AND THIS PAVING DOES IT. DOES IT NOT INCLUDE THE THAT BYPRODUCT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO FROM THE STATE, FROM THE WAS IT PUT THOSE THAT MINING OPERATION WHERE THEY SAID THEY COULD ADD IT TO OUR, TO OUR PAVING HIGHWAYS? OH, IT'S JUST FOR HIGH PHOSPHATE. PHOSPHATE? THEY'RE THE EXPERTS.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I RECALL. THAT WAS A TEST.
THAT WAS A PILOT TEST WITH THAT. AND FROM THEN.
NOW, SINCE THEN, I THINK THE STATE HAS SAID IT DIDN'T WASN'T SUCCESSFUL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CUSHMAN. GREAT JOB, STAFF AND CONSULTANT ON ON THIS. AND VERY WELL LAID OUT AND YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE AND WORKING WITHIN OUR FUNDING LIMITATIONS. I THINK YOU LAID OUT A GOOD SET OF PRIORITIES AS FAR AS I CAN.
SEE AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK ON IT. I HAVE A RELATED ISSUE I WANT TO RAISE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOMENT TO DO IT. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH SPEED LIMITS.
AND ON THE, ON THE CHART OF ALL STREETS, THEY LIST THE SPEED LIMITS.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE AROUND NAPLES YOU'LL SEE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS THAT YOU COME ACROSS THAT SAY SPEED LIMIT 25 MILES AN HOUR, AND THEN RIGHT BELOW IT, IT SAYS ALL STREETS. AND THAT'S TRUE UNTIL YOU GET ON THE NEXT STREET.
I WAS ON FIRST AVENUE SOUTH THE OTHER DAY, AND I TURNED OFF A GULF SHORE ONTO FIRST AVENUE SOUTH.
AND AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT ARE 30 IN THE CITY.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT I'M EXCLUDING GOLDEN GATE AND AND 41 AND SO ON.
BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STREETS CREIGHTON, GULF SHORE CENTRAL THAT ARE 30 OR SOMETIMES OCCASIONALLY, MAYBE 35. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HOA'S THAT HAVE APPROACHED ME ANYWAY WITH CONCERNS ABOUT SPEED LIMITS IN THE TOWN. AND ALSO THERE'S A RELATED ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BUBBLING UP AROUND ENFORCEMENT OF AROUND SPEEDERS.
AND THERE'S A VIEW THAT ALL OF OUR LOCAL STREETS SHOULD BE 25 MILES AN HOUR MAX.
AND I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ABOUT ABOUT THIS AND IS AWARE OF IT, AND THE DEPARTMENT'S AWARE OF IT. AND THERE'S CONVERSATIONS GOING ON AROUND WHETHER AND HOW THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RULES AROUND WHICH YOU CAN ADJUST SPEED LIMITS BECAUSE THERE ARE RULES AND PROCESSES, AS MISS PICKETT KNOWS. AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, MR. RIVERA, HOW YOU DO THIS, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE TABLE BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO TO TO LOOK AT THIS. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION YET WHETHER, IN FACT, ALL OF OUR LOCAL STREETS SHOULD BE 25 MILES AN HOUR, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE ANSWER.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, OUR SIGNAGE IS WRONG, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
AND, AND AND AND I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD MOMENT TO DO SO AND GET A REACTION FROM STAFF, AND SUGGEST THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IN AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO BRING BACK TO US WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF I MAY, I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THAT. I'M PROBABLY GUESSING ON A DATE, BUT I THINK IT WAS 2007 WHEN COUNCIL DECIDED TO CONVERT THE CITY TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6 TO 7 ROADS.
AND THE REASON WE DID THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN CORRIDORS.
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SO WE PUT THEM ON THE OUTLINE OF THAT CORRIDOR.SO IT SAYS ALL STREETS. SO WITHIN THAT AREA IT'S 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ONCE YOU COME OUT OF IT, YOU GOT THE 30 MILE AN HOUR.
SO THAT'S HOW THE ALL STREETS CAME ABOUT. THANK YOU.
AND AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF DEDUCED WHEN I, WHEN I REALLY DUG INTO THE DATA THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DECISION MADE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, SHALL WE SAY, MORE ARTERIAL STREETS? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE THROUGH TRAFFIC AND SO ON GULF SHORE BOULEVARD AND SO ON TO MAKE THE SPEED LIMIT A LITTLE HIGHER THERE. I CAN TELL YOU THOSE ARE THE VERY, VERY STREETS, THOUGH.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, WHATEVER THE SPEED LIMIT IS, THE REALITY IS IT'S PLUS TEN, RIGHT? IT'S ALWAYS PLUS TEN PLUS NINE PLUS NINE PLUS NINE.
OKAY. CALL IT NINE. SO SO AGAIN MAYBE YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S MULTIPLE CONSIDERATIONS HERE I RECOGNIZE ABOUT YOU KNOW I MEAN SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT OBVIOUSLY. BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW AND AND SO ON.
AND I'M NOT I'M NOT PREJUDGING WHAT THE ACTION SHOULD BE.
I'M MERELY SAYING THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S TIME FOR US TO REVISIT THAT 2007 ACTION.
AND PERHAPS WE WANT TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE. MAYBE WE WANT TO MODIFY IT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK BASED ON ON WHERE WHAT I'M HEARING IN TERMS OF CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW TO REVISIT IT.
WELL, AND THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS OUR COLLECTOR STREETS WITHIN THERE.
AND THOSE WERE SET TYPICALLY I BELIEVE I DID I ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY LIMITS A WHILE BACK, AND PARTICULARLY GLOUCESTER BOULEVARD. I THINK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT AND SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
I THINK AT THE TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT MODIFYING THAT FROM 30 TO 25.
I CHECKED WITH THE STATE, AND BECAUSE TYPICALLY I THINK THAT FOR LOCAL ROADS THERE TO BE SET AT 30MPH, UNLESS WE ELECT TO OTHERWISE THEN THERE TO BE, THEY CAN BE DROPPED ACCORDINGLY.
WHEN WE DID A STUDY, AT LEAST ON GLOUCESTER BOULEVARD PRESENTED THAT AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME TO, TO STAY WITH THE 30MPH IN THAT SECTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE HAD VISITED THAT DISCUSSION, AND I HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS. I THINK SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SPEEDERS ALONG THE SECTION, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT. YOU KNOW, WE EVALUATE BASED ON THE 85TH PERCENTILE AND CHECK THE SPEED LIMIT.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING.
THESE CAN OFTEN BE RANDOM KINDS OF INCIDENTS THAT ARE VERY NOTICEABLE, AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE IN FEW CITIES DO A POLICE FORCE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE STATIONED EVERYWHERE AT ONCE TO, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE THESE LAWS.
BUT THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT IF YOU HAVE, SHALL WE SAY, A MORE MODEST UNIFORM SPEED LIMIT, IT IT IT HAS SOME DETERRENT EFFECT IN TERMS OF HOW FAST PEOPLE DRIVE.
THAT WOULD BE THE ARGUMENT. BUT ANYWAY, MOST OF THE SPEEDERS ARE VOCALS DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS TRAFFIC, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GO FASTER. SO THAT'S ONE THAT'S TRUE TOO.
YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE IT IN SEASON WHEN THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC.
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FEWER PEOPLE CAN SPEED. ANYWAY. I WOULD JUST MR. MIDDLETON, MR. PICKETT, MR. RIVERA, MR. YOUNG, JUST AS I, AS I SAID, I KNOW THE CHIEF AND HIS PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM THE FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS AS WE GET BACK. PEOPLE GET BACK INTO TOWN. SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I SUSPECT IS GOING TO BE RISING UP IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL.THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. I'M LOOKING COUNSELOR. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 27 AND I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 38 FROM THE REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US. AND I THINK I'VE COUNTED THERE ARE OVER 20 STREETS.
READS THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO BE SATISFACTORY AND A FEW THAT ARE FAIR.
WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS WE DO THAT AS WE PROGRESS ALONG THIS TRAJECTORY OF CALENDAR YEARS THAT MANY OF THE STREETS THAT ARE LISTED AS SATISFACTORY ARE GOING TO BE PRONE TO SALTWATER INVASION.
IF IT ISN'T FROM THE GULF, IT'S GOING TO BE FROM UNDERNEATH.
TELL ME WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A SHELF LIFE FOR A SATISFACTORY STREET.
SO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC TIME FRAME WHERE A ROAD IS GOOD AND THEN JUST JUST BAD BY A FUNCTION OF TIME.
THEY THEY DETERIORATE AT DIFFERENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
THERE COULD BE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. THERE COULD BE OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC.
WHAT I HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN IS THE AS FAR AS THE PCI RATING THE SATISFACTORY ROADS WILL STILL HAVE SOME SPORADIC STARTING TO CRACK AREAS OR MAYBE SOME EARLY SIGNS OF SETTLEMENT.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AS AS PAVEMENT AGES IT WILL EVENTUALLY DETERIORATE.
NOW, WHETHER THAT I'VE SEEN ROADS WHERE THEY START TO HAVE CRACKING WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE SEEN ROADS THAT ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD THAT THAT STILL LOOK IN A FAIRLY DECENT CONDITION.
YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE OLDER, BUT AS FAR AS THE, EXCUSE ME, THE STREETS WITHIN THE CITY, I DO EXPECT THE ONES THAT ARE IN THIS SATISFACTORY AND WE FOLLOWED THE NATIONAL SCALE FOR THAT. SO THERE IS STILL SATISFACTORY.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF ENOUGH TIME PASSES EVENTUALLY IN A POOR CONDITION.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE OVER TIME THAT THE CRACKS SETTLEMENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING THE ROAD DETERIORATION WILL INCREASE OVER TIME. AND THAT'S WHY THE PROGRAM SET UP OVER A 25 YEAR PERIOD.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE MONITORING IS IMPORTANT.
AND HAVING AND WE DO HAVE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LAST FALL AND HOPEFULLY HAVE VIDEOTAPE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION TO COMPARE IT TO. WHATEVER THAT THAT FUTURE CONDITION IS. SO YOU CAN MONITOR SOME OF THOSE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWING EARLY SIGNS.
SO DO I UNDERSTAND OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT SALTWATER WILL OR WILL NOT HAVE AN APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON? PARTICULARLY? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SATISFACTORY WORK ROADS WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOME CRACKING.
SALTWATER WILL OR WILL NOT HAVE AN APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON THAT.
IT WILL IF THERE IS CRACKING. NOT JUST SALTWATER, BUT ANY WATER AS IT INFILTRATES THROUGH THAT TOP LAYER OF ASPHALT INTO WHAT'S TYPICALLY A LIME ROCK BASE. AS TRAFFIC RUNS OVER THOSE CRACKS, THEY WILL START TO, TO EXPAND.
AND, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SATURATED BASE BE IT SALT WATER OR FRESH WATER, IT DOES CAUSE LONG TERM DETERIORATION OF OF THE ASPHALT. JUST TAKE US THROUGH. SORRY, DAVE.
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YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 25 YEAR PROGRAM. WELL, THAT'S BASED ON THE PCI RIGHT NOW FOR THE STREETS OUT IN 25 YEARS.TAKE US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS FAR AS REEVALUATING THE PCI ON THOSE STREETS THAT MAY CHANGE THEIR ORDER.
CORRECT. SO WITHIN THE REPORT THERE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED PAGES THAT DO HAVE THE EVALUATION.
THESE EVALUATION OCCURRED LAST FALL. A FEW OF THEM DID OCCUR IN JANUARY AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE ALSO HAVE THAT VIDEO DOCUMENTATION SO WE CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT AN ISOLATED LOCATION.
AND THAT'S WHY ON IN THE PROGRAM STREETS THAT LOOK THAT WERE JUST PAVED A YEAR OR TWO AGO ARE STILL IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS OVER TIME, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL DETERIORATION OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS OF SOME OF THOSE THOSE CORRIDORS.
COUNCILWOMAN. JOSH DID A LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WE GENERALLY IN THE CITY, WE ALWAYS USED TO MILL JUST ONE INCH AND PUT BACK AN INCH. OKAY. BUT BASED ON HIS REPORT, WE ARE NOW GOING INCH AND A HALF, TWO INCHES TO ADDRESS THE THE CRACKING AND EVERYTHING. SO A LOT OF THESE ROADS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, THERE ARE A LOT THICKER.
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS, IS THAT WITH A TWO INCH OVERLAY, THAT THE THAT THE LONGEVITY OF THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION SHOULD LAST THAT MUCH LONGER BASED ON HIS EVALUATION OF THE ROADS WE'RE DOING FROM INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES THIS YEAR.
AND WHAT WE DID, AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE PAVEMENT COINS.
OKAY. AND WHERE YOU'VE DONE EVALUATIONS IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE IS SALT WATER INTRUSION, DO YOU NOTICE THE ATTRITION RATE AS ACCELERATING BECAUSE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF SALT WATER.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SALT WATER, BUT WATER ITSELF DOES.
DOES CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH THE CRACKS. WHETHER IT'S FRESH OR SALT.
SO I THINK. GETTING THOSE CRACKS, THOSE THOSE CRACKS WILL REFLECT BACK THROUGH OVER TIME.
I THINK YOU'LL YOU'LL DEFINITELY HAVE BETTER LONG TERM PERFORMANCE ON, ON YOUR ROAD FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT AND LONG TERM, IN YOUR TERMINOLOGY, MEANS 20 TO 25 YEARS IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.
AGAIN, IT IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD ANSWERS.
THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS. WELL, I I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THIS, BUT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD STREETS BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF OUR STREETS AFTER JUST DRIVING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE ALL ALLIGATOR, AND IF NOT WORSE. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD.
SO HEAR ME THAT I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE PAVEMENT PROGRAM, BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF UPGRADING OUR WATER AND SEWER AND HOW THESE STREETS ARE AFFECTED. CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO REPAVE A STREET.
AND THEN HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO GO AND BE UPGRADED AND THEN HAVE TO REPAVE AGAIN.
AND WHAT I SEE IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT ARE WE INCLUDING ANY TYPE OF YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BUILDERS OR ANYBODY ELSE WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING A WHOLE STREET AND THEN THE WHOLE STREET BECOMES
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DETERIORATED? AND EVEN I MEAN, I SEE GULF SHORE BOULEVARD.I MEAN, THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE. LIKE, ARE WE THINKING AHEAD WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THESE PROJECTS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPAVE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, ANY LANGUAGE BUILT INTO OUR CODE, PARTICULARLY TO ENFORCE THAT.
BUT WE HAVE WHEN WE'VE HAD SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL UNITS BUILT ALONG A CERTAIN SECTION OF ROAD IT THE ALLEYWAYS TYPICALLY GET A LOT OF CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHERE THEY SET UP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE TYPICALLY DO REQUEST OR I REQUEST AS PART OF THE RESTORATION WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETE TO MILL AND RESURFACE UPON COMPLETION, IT SHOULD BE IN BETTER AT LEAST BETTER CONDITION THAN WHEN THEY STARTED.
SO WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE, AT LEAST ON THE ALLEYWAYS AND THE DAMAGE THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN PLACE FROM THIS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
THE ROADS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT STORY. AND I ALSO I WORK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
I PROVIDE THE LIST THAT WE'RE DOING. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO REACH OUT TO THEM, TO ALL THE CONTRACTORS, BECAUSE SOME CONTRACTORS WILL REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU PAVING THIS? WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT? I SAID, BECAUSE NEXT WEEK THAT HOUSE WILL BE GONE AND I'LL NEVER GET THE ROADS DONE.
SO BUT WE WE ASK THEM TO PLEASE PROVIDE PLYWOOD TO PUT ON THE BRAND NEW ROADS FOR ANY ROLL OFFS OR ANY DUMP TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TURNING HARD ON THEIR IF NOT, THEN THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.
SO. I SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. ALSO, I DON'T SEE FOREST ON HERE. HAS ANYBODY SEEN FOREST LANE? I SAW FOREST ROAD AND I. AND IF IT GETS PAVED, I'M GOING TO BE UPSET.
BUT I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 33 YEARS, AND THE ROADS NEVER BEEN PAVED.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN A GOOD OR A FAIR OR ANYTHING.
AND I'M SERIOUS. I'M NOT ASKING. DO NOT COME AND PAY MY RENT.
SO SOMEHOW ALONG THE WAY, WE NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE PROGRAM AND HOW WE ANALYZE IT.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S THE SQUEAKY WHEEL THAT GETS FIXED.
BUT WE REALLY HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES ON. I MEAN, I EVEN THINK WE SHOULD BUY ONE PAVER OURSELVES AND ADD IT INTO OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE JUST WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT.
IT'S A MESS. AND THEN I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE ON MAYOR.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAVE YOUR ROAD, COULD THEY PAVE MINE? YEAH. YES.
WE DO, DO WE DECLARE WHETHER WE HAD A POLICY ON ALLEYS BEING PAVED VERSUS SHELL? WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT POLICY YET. I THINK WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT.
COUNCIL. SO CAN WE BRING THAT BACK? AND AND YOU LOOKING AT THE CODES, CAN YOU ANALYZE THOSE WITH, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING OUR CODES UP SO THAT WE ARE FOCUSED IN ON NOT BEING HAND TIED TO MAKING THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DECISION MADE.
I GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS GRAVEL? WHY IS THAT CRUSHED ROCK? WHY IS THIS ASPHALT AND WHY CAN'T I HAVE IT DONE? AND I TOLD THEM AT ONE TIME COUNCIL TOLD US, DO NOTHING AND JUST PATCH ROADS OR ADD ADDITIONAL GRAVEL OR ADDITIONAL SHELL.
THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. SO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SINCE THAT DIRECTION.
WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED ANY EXTENSION OF OUR ALLEYWAYS.
I THINK THAT THEY'VE WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP THEM GREEN AND PERMEABLE.
I THINK FOR THAT DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT AND NOT EXTENDING.
WE'VE ALLOWED THERE'S BEEN SOME INDIVIDUALS, I THINK THAT ALONG AN ALLEYWAY SECTION THAT HAVE DECIDED TO CHIP IN AND COMPLETE AND RE RESTORE AN ALLEYWAY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PAVED, BUT OR WE'VE TAKEN ON SOME PROJECTS, BUT WE'VE DONE LIKE FOR LIKE.
YEAH. AND I UNDERSTAND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CHIP IN AND HAVE THEIR ALLEY PAVED.
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BUT THIS IS A POLICY OF WHETHER IT'S PERMEABLE OR NOT.THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO COME FROM. AND I THINK WE JUST WE'RE DOING THREE AND SHELL ALLEY WAS COQUINA AND THIRD IS NOW BEING REPAVED. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS COQUINA OR NOT.
THE ALLEY OFF OF THIRD. IT'S ON THIS KIND OF MADE IT TO THE TOP.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT COME BACK. AND SO WITH THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER.
BUT I WOULD LIKE THE SOME HISTORY ABOUT WE'RE TAKING AS A TELECOM.
WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE HAVE TO. SO YEAH. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS INVOLVED.
YOU'RE DOUBLING AND 29 OVER FIVE YEARS BECOMES 60 OVER ONE OR SOMETHING.
YES, WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED ALL OF OUR TELECOM TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND FOREGONE IT IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH BECOMES PART OF AN EVER BIGGER CONVERSATION.
SO WE'VE PLEDGED MONEY TO INCREASE PAVING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
NOW, LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN 1,000,005 FOR EACH ONE OF THESE YEARS.
AND WE HAD NO ALLEYS. IF YOU I'LL REMIND YOU, IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, WE HAVE POTENTIALLY.
EVENTUALLY WE HAVE $1 MILLION BUDGETED, 350 MORE.
IT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FOR AN ALLEY IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS FOR ANOTHER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.
AND THIS ALSO IDENTIFIES CERTAIN AREAS THAT NEED WORK.
SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SEVERAL THINGS TO HAPPEN.
ONE IS DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A MINIMAL EFFORT OF 1,000,002 AND LEAVE IT AT THAT UNTIL YOU PICK OFF WHAT ALLEYS YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THEM? OR DO YOU WANT IT TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,000,005 AND 1,000,002 AND SUPPLEMENT THE ALLEYS? SO THAT'S THE CONVERSATION. SO I'M TRYING TO ANSWER EVERYBODY AND BRING IT BACK TO A CONCLUSION.
DO WE LIKE THE MILLION NUMBER? DO WE THINK WE NEED TO BE CLOSER TO 1,000,005? BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DIRECTING ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION TAGS TO KEEP UP WITH THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO DO PAY THE SALARIES, DO NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAVING. SO I THINK YOUR SWEET SPOT, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING, IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,000,002 AND 1,000,006 IN AGGREGATE FOR ALLEYS AND REPAVING. UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO DIRECT OTHER RESOURCES FROM PUBLIC SERVICE TAX.
AND SO I HOPE. I KNOW YOU DID. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ASK YOU. OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO AND I CAN BE YOUR BEST CHEERLEADER.
AND BUT IT'S VERY DOABLE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY ON FIFTH IS A REMINDER THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO DESIGN SERVICES FOR COMPLETE FIFTH. SO WE JUST NEED TO BE COGNIZANT, AS WAS ALREADY STATED BY SOMEBODY ELSE, ON EVERY COMPLETE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND THEN THE REPAVING SO THAT WE'RE WHETHER IT'S OUR MONEY OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S, WE WANT TO USE IT WISELY BECAUSE WE AREN'T GOING TO GET IT TWICE.
SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. WELL THANK YOU.
KRAMER, I FOR TAKING THAT BUCKET AND RUNNING WITH IT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE ARE STREETS THAT WE CAN AS MR. MIDDLETON SAID ASK FOR FOR TDC. BEING THAT THEY ARE BEING IMPACTED.
BUT COUNCIL MEMBER PENMAN RELATIVE TO YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT PAY TO PLAY WE HAVE DANCED AROUND THE ISSUE OF PAYING FOR PARKING, AND THERE COULD BE SOME CONSIDERABLE REVENUE FROM THAT.
LET THE LET THE TOURISTS PAY FOR THE ROADS THROUGH PARKING, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT.
SO WE WON'T GO BACK. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD. AND I THINK INCREASING IT.
BUT WE DO NEED TO COME BACK WITH POLICIES, AND WE HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH SECOND, AND I DON'T I REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD BETWEEN CENTRAL ON SECOND AVENUE SOUTH BETWEEN CENTRAL AND THE NEW
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HOTEL. THE ROAD IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING WORSE. IT IS DIPPING.IT'S I MEAN, NOW I SEE CARS COMING. THEY USED TO DO THIS, NOW THEY DO THIS.
WE ARE ADDRESSING SECOND FROM FIFTH AVENUE BECAUSE NORTH OF THAT IS NOT THAT BAD.
OH. IT IS. I TOOK THE CITY MANAGER, AND I'D LOVE TO RIDE IT WITH YOU.
WELL, THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, AND WE ARE. PLANNING ON DOING IT THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON STORM WATER. THEY HAVE LINED ALL THE PIPES.
NOW THEY JUST NEED TO DO SOME CATCH BASIN REPAIRS.
AND THEY'RE WAITING ON MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY DO IT IN-HOUSE.
ONCE THEY GET THE MATERIAL AND THEY DO IT IN-HOUSE, THEN I CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED.
OKAY. AND ONE LAST THING FOR ME, AND THAT IS THE TRUCK ROUTES.
THE MASTER BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN IS COMING, AND I SEE IT'S IN ONE OF THE SLIDES.
IT SAYS TRUCK ROUTES, BUT IT SAYS PREFERRED AND PROHIBITED.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER ACTION? WELL, I.
FROM THE STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE FLUID.
I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU WERE, WHAT YOU RECEIVED.
AND I JUST HAVE TWO. ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE I GET TO WRAPPING UP, AS FAR AS THE PCI AND THE RE ANALYSIS, WAS YOU SAYING THAT WAS EVERY EVERY YEAR OR WOULD YOU.
WHAT WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD TO REEVALUATE? BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BUDGET. BUDGETS ARE FLUID AND FLUID OVER TIME.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SHOULD EXPECT TO REEVALUATE THOSE ROADS.
I THINK WHAT BOB WAS ALLUDING TO ON THE, THE ANNUAL WERE FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS BROUGHT UP IF THERE'S A UTILITY PROJECT OR STORMWATER PROJECT, WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON SECOND STREET FOR THE 2025 PROGRAM.
SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PAST THAT, THERE MAY BE A SIDEWALK, A STREETSCAPE, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER REASON TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
I DO THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY FIVE YEARS TO COMPARE SOME OF THOSE SEGMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WERE NEXT IN THE LIST, TO SEE IF WE'VE HAD ANY MORE EXCESSIVE DETERIORATION OF THE ROADS SINCE THEN, AND WE'LL HAVE A BASELINE TO COMPARE IT TO WITH THE THE VIDEOS THAT WE CREATED FIVE YEARS PRIOR.
AND THEN WE CAN COMPARE IT TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGES OR ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.
OKAY. SO SO FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION.
BUT DO WE WANT TO REMEMBER THIS? THIS GOES TO THE LENGTHS OF SAYING, SHOULD WE DEDICATE $1 MILLION FOR, FOR THE 25 YEARS, $2 MILLION? WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDED.
AND I WANTED TO AT LEAST GET TO THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE THAN 750. WE'VE BEEN SPENDING WE KNOW WE CAN REPLACE.
IT WAS THE FOR 1,000,005. IT WAS. WAS IT OVER 25 YEARS? WHAT WAS THE. JUST REMIND ME IF YOU COULD BASED OFF OF THE $2,025, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THAT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED IT WAS IT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO, 2 MILLION A YEAR ON A 25 YEAR PROGRAM.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE ROADS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PAVED FOR 30.
AND I THINK BUDGETARILY YOU CAN HANDLE THAT. AND SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THIS MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS, BUT ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I THINK WHEN NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO HAVE A TRUE ALLEY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE FINALIZE WHAT WE THINK THAT FINAL
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NUMBER SHOULD BE. NOW, AGAIN, IT WILL ALWAYS BE SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, YOU WERE THIS YEAR'S BID PROVED YOU CAN MOVE SOME THINGS UP AND AND THAT KIND OF THING.I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T LEAVE HERE AND NOT AT LEAST GET THAT CONSENSUS IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE THE MILLION TO 1,000,005 OR 1,000,006 WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING.
I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I HAD CONCERNS.
YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW MY OPINION, BECAUSE MY OPINION IT SHOULD BE 2 MILLION UNTIL WE CAN HAVE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO NEGLECTED. BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU LIKE MY OPINION. SEE, STAFF AGREES.
AND THAT'S I JUST WANT TO SAY IF WE COULD ASK TDC, TDC FOR A MATCHING GRANT FOR WHATEVER WE'RE PUTTING IN, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD PUSH BACK HARD ON THAT.
BUT YOU CAN'T BUDGET THAT, OBVIOUSLY. BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE I THINK IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING LIFT TO GET.
AND I WOULD SAY COMMITTING TO SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF 1,000,005 AND COMBINED AND MAKE THE APPLICATIONS AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS, AND THEN COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT ENABLES US TO DO.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE YOU CAN PICK A YEAR AND DO AN EXTRA IF YOU HAVE AN EVALUATION OF ROADS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HARD PRESSED TO KEEP THE SCHEDULE OF INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS AT THIS STAGE, WITHOUT REDIRECTING PUBLIC ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE TAX DOLLARS, WHICH TAKES IT DIRECTLY OUT OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR FACILITIES AND OTHER THINGS. AND SO SO I'M FINE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH, WHAT IT WOULD END UP BEING IS. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AN HONEST TRANSFER, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY MOVED EVERYTHING IN COMMUNICATION TAX TO YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE TAX AND YOUR STREET DEPARTMENT. YOU WOULD BASICALLY BE RELINQUISHING THE GENERAL TAX DOLLARS, WHICH IS FINE, BUT THAT SETS IN MOTION SOMETHING YOU HADN'T DONE BEFORE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A LARGER FINANCIAL DISCUSSION TO DO THAT, AND I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FROM OTHER PROJECTS WITHOUT US KNOWING THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU CAN DO A ONE YEAR, AND IT'S FINE, BUT IT'S SETTING SOMETHING PERPETUAL AND SAY, I WANT TO GET A JUMP ON THESE. YOU CAN DO. AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
I'M JUST SAYING TO SET IT AS A PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
I THINK YOU'RE IN DIFFICULT TERRITORY TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING IT PART OF THE CIP DISCUSSION, CORRECT? YES. COUNCILMAN KRISTEN. YEAH, I WOULD JUST IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, MY DIRECTION WOULD BE THAT I MEAN, WE'RE ABOUT TO PASS IN A COUPLE OF HOURS A BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT I ASSUME IS A DISCUSSION FOR THE YEAR BEYOND THAT AND, AND YEARS BEYOND THAT, STARTING IN 26, 27. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WIDESPREAD VIEW IN TOWN, IN MY OPINION, THAT OUR ROADS NEED UPGRADING.
WHETHER IT'S A PERCEPTION OR A REALITY RELATIVE TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE EVALUATIONS ARE, IT'S THERE.
AND SO I THINK I THINK THE NEXT STEP, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE, WOULD BE TO HAVE WHAT I THINK IS REALLY A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION THAT THAT SAYS, OKAY, IF WE WANT TO GET TO 2 MILLION A YEAR, WHAT WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DO WE HAVE TO MAKE? I MEAN, ROADS ARE QUALITY OF LIFE. IT'S YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
ROADS ARE PART OF THAT, IN MY OPINION. ANYWAY.
AND SO GIVEN WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN TERMS OF CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY REMAINED TAXABLE, VALUES CONTINUE TO GROW AND AND OTHER THINGS.
CAN WE GET TO A MILLION AND A HALF, 2 MILLION.
AND WHAT WHAT OTHER ADJUSTMENTS DO WE HAVE TO MAKE? AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE THINK WE WANT TO DO THAT.
GREAT. I THINK WE KNOW I KNOW WE HAVE A CONSENSUS.
I AT LEAST HAVE FOUR PEOPLE UP HERE THAT ARE SAYING, LET'S LOOK AT THAT.
SO, YES, MR. YOUNG, MADAM MAYOR, CAN I CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? BECAUSE I THINK I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT I CAN GET YOU ANOTHER HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND I COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT AFTER THE YEAR OPENS, WHICH GETS YOU TO REPRIORITIZE SUMS IN THE 25, 26, 27. THAT BUYS US TIME TO HAVE THE LENGTHIER DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE IN A VERY SHORT WINDOW HERE THAT IF EVERYONE BY CONSENSUS BELIEVES, LOOK, THERE'S MORE ON THIS LIST I WANT TO GET TO SOONER AND MORE ROADS I WANT TO GET TO SOONER.
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NOW TELL ME THE FINANCIAL AND WE CAN DO IT IN THE SAME MEETING.LET'S KEEP IT AT 1.5 PLUS ALLEYS AND THEN MAKE A DECISION AFTER THIS FIRST YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S A ONE OFF, IT'S DEDICATED TO THOSE, AND IT GIVES US TIME TO HAVE THE BROADER CONVERSATION.
WHEN I COME AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON THE ALLEYS AT THAT TIME IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU. PENMAN. I THINK THAT'S FINE. BUT I ALSO THINK WITHIN, YOU KNOW, IF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS PERHAPS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, I HONESTLY THINK WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT RAISING ROADS, PROBABLY ALONG GULF SHORE BOULEVARD. SO THE ROADS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COST US A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY I MONEY, I THINK SO. WELL, AND AND WE'RE DOING THINGS TO UNCLOG OUR DRAINS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE CIRCLE OF THINGS THAT.
RIGHT. YES. THAT WE ARE. SO MY ANSWER IS YES.
AND BARTON. YES. YES. VICE MAYOR. YES. OKAY. SO.
YES, SIR. AND JUST ONE OTHER ONE IS THE 11TH.
NOW, THAT 10TH STREET NORTH IS BECOME THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
EVERYONE IS GOING DOWN EIGHTH OVER TO 11TH THROUGH TEN CITY.
SO IF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE REDONE, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T PATCH THAT THAT ROAD.
SO IF WE COULD GET BACK TO US ON THAT ONE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU JUST GAVE YOURSELF MORE WORK, MR. RIVERA. ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 12 C.
[12.C. A Resolution for the Purpose of Approving a First Amendment to the Contractor Services Agreement Between the City of Naples and Energy Resources, Inc., a Missouri Corporation Authorized to do Business in the State of Florida, Increasing the Cost of the Lake Restoration and Improvement Project for North Lake and South Lake (Lakes 8 and 9) in the Amount of $290,580.00 for a Total of $2,987,129.62; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the First Amendment to the Contractor Services Agreement; and Providing an Effective Date. (Bob Middleton, Director of Public Works)]
THANK YOU, MISS PICKETT. THANK YOU, MR. MIDDLETON. YES, MR. MCCONNELL. THANK YOU. MAYOR. RESOLUTION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.. MISSOURI CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.INCREASING THE COST OF THE LAKE. RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR NORTH LAKE AND SOUTH LAKES. LAKES EIGHT AND NINE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $290,580, FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2,987,129.62. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES AGREEMENT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MR. MIDDLETON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. BOB MIDDLETON, PUBLIC WORKS. THIS ITEM IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT ONE TO THE CONTRACTOR'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
FOR THE DISPOSAL, LOCATION AND TRUCK QUANTITIES FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL IN THE AMOUNT OF 290,800 AND $580. IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OVERHEAD.
JUST FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE THREE LAKES SYSTEM, NORTH LAKE. IF YOU SEE MY CURSOR.
SOUTH LAKE, THE TWO THAT ARE BEING DREDGED WITH WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SLIDE UP AND REFER TO IT QUITE OFTEN.
THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED BY OUR CONSULTANT, WSP, GREG CORNING WITH WSP, WHO IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PERMITTED DESIGN WAS TO REMOVE 4822YD³ OF MATERIAL FROM NORTH LAKE, AS SEEN BY THE CURSOR HERE.
AND 12,457YD³ OF MATERIAL OUT OF SOUTH LAKE, WHICH IS THE LARGER LAKE FOR A TOTAL OF 17,279YD³. AND THIS IS PERMITTED THROUGH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THE DESIGN INCLUDED NOT ONLY A DREDGING OF REMOVING THE ORGANIC MATERIAL OUT OF THE LAKES, BUT IT INCLUDED A OUTFALL STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT IN SOUTH LAKE, AND THAT STRUCTURE IS LOCATED, IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR RIGHT HERE, THAT OUTFALL STRUCTURE IS THERE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ALSO IN NORTH LAKE, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE.
THOSE STRUCTURES WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADJUSTED.
IT'S MORE OF AN ADJUSTABLE WEIR THAT WE CAN CONTROL LAKE LEVELS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT PASS HEADWALL WITH THE PASS THROUGH PIPE.
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THE WATER QUALITY CONTRACT WITH THE ENERGY RESOURCES WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2024 TO DREDGE NORTH AND SOUTH LAKE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, AND MOBILIZATION BEGAN.DUE TO DREDGING EQUIPMENT ISSUES, THE DREDGING DIDN'T START UNTIL JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
25 TO DATE, SOUTH LAKE HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH A TOTAL OF 12,107YD³ REMOVED.
NORTH LAKE RIGHT HERE. WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT, AND I BELIEVE THIS WEEK WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER SURVEY TO DETERMINE IF THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL REMOVED HAS BEEN ACCEPTABLE.
THE OUTFALL STRUCTURES FOR NORTH LAKE AND SOUTH LAKE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
ENERGY RESOURCES TO LET YOU KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHY WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR AN INCREASE ENERGY RESOURCES CONTRACT INCLUDED THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF THE SAND AND MUCK MATERIAL THAT WAS REMOVED FROM BOTH LAKES.
WHEN WE BID THIS, OR WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE BID, THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR.
THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR FOR FOR HAULING AND DISPOSING.
BUT THE DISPOSAL SITE CHANGED THE ORIGINAL DISPOSAL SITE.
SO THE CONTRACTOR WENT OUT AND FOUND ANOTHER DISPOSAL SITE, HOWEVER, THAT LOAD PRICE THEN INCREASED FROM $100 TO $150 A LOAD AND THE TRUCK ROUTE WAS TEN MILES LONGER. IT WAS 40 MILES.
SO THAT THAT WAS THE. THAT IS THE REASON FOR OUR REQUEST TO COME TO YOU FOR AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR WHAT HE'S PAYING TO HAUL AND DISPOSE OF THE MATERIAL. ANYWAY BASED ON THE DESIGN REMOVAL AMOUNTS OF 17,000. WHATEVER. I TOLD YOU, 17,000 2270 NINE CUBIC YARDS.
LOOKING AT THE HAULING RATES AND THE DISPOSAL RATES, THAT EQUATES TO $290,580 WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE CONTRACTOR COST TO $2,000,987, 100 AND $187,129.62. WHAT I WILL REMIND YOU IS THAT WE DID GET A LEGISLATIVE GRANT FOR THIS LAKE DREDGING PROJECT OF $3 MILLION. SO THE THE LARGE PORTION OF OUR COST TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY, PLANT LATERAL SHELVES, DOING THE STORMWATER OUTFALLS ON BOTH OF THOSE LAKES.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS COVERED BY THIS $3 MILLION GRANT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GREG CORNING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME OR HIM OR ALEX, WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING. PROJECT MANAGER, SENIOR ENGINEER WITH WSP.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO MR. MIDDLETON'S COMMENTS? NO, I THINK BOB SUMMARIZED IT WELL.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLEAR IT UP IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING THE PLANS FOR THESE PROJECTS, WE DO A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND WE HAD TO GO OUT AND DO SEDIMENT CORES.
WE ALSO DID A BATHYMETRIC SURVEY DURING ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS.
WE TAKE THOSE CORES, WE SEND THEM OUT TO SEDIMENT LABS TO DO CONSTITUENT TESTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION LEVELS ARE IN THOSE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING TO SHOW THE IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THESE STORMWATER LAKES.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH ANY SORT OF FLOODING.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THESE LAKE RESTORATION PROJECTS.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR UPTAKE OF THOSE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE RUNNING OFF OF THE ROAD AND GETTING INTO THESE LAKES. SO BY REMOVING THAT ORGANIC SEDIMENT, WE'RE NOW CREATING A BETTER HABITAT AND AREA TO IMPROVE THE STORMWATER THAT IS ULTIMATELY
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GOING TO GET OUT INTO THOSE SENSITIVE WATERS THAT SURROUND NAPLES THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, GULF OF AMERICA. WE GOT THE NAPLES BAY IN THE MORNINGS BAY SO THAT THAT'S OVERALL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THESE PROJECTS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DESIGNING THEM.AS FAR AS YOUR HAULING HOW DO YOU I THINK I SAW YOUR TRUCK AND IT HOW DO YOU HAUL THAT AND MAINTAIN THAT MUCK POISON INSIDE THAT TRUCK TO THAT LONG DISTANCE? THERE WASN'T ANOTHER AREA FOR DEWATERING THESE MATERIALS? YES. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT WITH ENERGY RESOURCES.
I'M WITH WSP, THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS. SO ENERGY RESOURCES IS THEIR TRUCK.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT THE ONES OUT THERE DOING THE TRUCKING. SO YES.
AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU SAY THAT ORGANIC SEDIMENT.
YEAH. AND THAT'S ANOTHER. THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT, I THINK, IN REGARDS TO THE SEPARATION AND THE VALUE OF THE QUANTITIES BETWEEN ORGANIC SEDIMENTS AND SAND AND HOW WE SEPARATE THAT PROCESS.
SO WHEN WE DESIGN THE PROCESS, WE LOOK AT IT AND WE SET UP A DEWATERING SCHEME THAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST IN TERMS OF EXECUTING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE SAND AND THE ORGANICS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HYDRAULICALLY DREDGE, YOU HAVE A SLURRY OF MATERIAL, AND YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE THAT HEAVIER SANDS FROM THOSE ORGANICS TO ENSURE YOU'RE NOT FILLING UP THOSE BAGS WITH JUST SAND.
WE WANT TO CAPTURE THAT ORGANICS AND REALLY GET RID OF THAT MATERIAL.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DESIGNED THE SYSTEM IS THAT WE DESIGNED IT SO THAT YOU HAVE A HEAVIER, SOLID ROLL OFF CONTAINER THAT CAPTURES AND IT LETS THAT WATER SETTLE.
AND AS THAT WATER SETTLES, THE SAND SEPARATES FROM THE ORGANICS.
WELL, THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY HAS ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT THEY DEPLOYED FOR THE DEWATERING SYSTEM, WHICH IS THEIR MEANS AND METHODS ON HOW THEY WOULD PRODUCE IT.
AND THEY USE WHAT THEY CALL A HYDRAULIC CYCLONE SEPARATOR.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN IT. IF YOU'VE GONE OUT, THERE'S THAT BIG BLUE MACHINE. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT PUMPS THE MATERIAL UP AND IT SEPARATES OUT THE SAND, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN JUST PUMPING IT INTO A ROLL OFF CONTAINER.
AND SO WHILE YOU DO THAT, YOU GET A BETTER SEPARATION OF THE SAND.
SO YOU MAY GET MORE SAND OUT OF THAT MATERIAL, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OVERALL BRINGING OUT THAT MUCK MATERIAL AND NOT FILLING UP THE BAGS FASTER. SO WHEN THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT, HEY, WE HAD A WHAT WE HAD ASSUMED AS BEING A 3060 OR 3040 SPLIT IN TERMS OF SEDIMENT QUALITY, IN TERMS OF THE ORGANICS. WELL, NOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO A 5050 SPLIT.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTMAN.
SO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MID THE END SEPTEMBER OF THIS MONTH.
I THINK THE CONTRACTOR HAS ASKED THE CITY FOR AN EXTENSION ON THAT TIME FRAME AND NOT FOR THE DREDGING PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE WRAPPED UP WITH THE DREDGING, AS BOB MENTIONED THIS WEEK.
SO THE HEAVY BIG PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE KIND OF THE ANNOYANCES TO THE TO THE RESIDENCES, THAT'S THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE OUT. WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING NOW IS GOING TO BE DOING THE LITTLE SHELVES UP ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF NORTH LAKE.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING THOSE WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES, AS BOB MENTIONED, ON NORTH AND SOUTH LAKE. SO THAT WILL START THIS MONTH.
SO LET ME PLAY THIS BACK AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.
THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WILL BE REMOVED. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? THE DREDGE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
RIGHT. AND WHAT IS THAT, A COUPLE MONTH PROCESS? YEAH. A COUPLE MONTHS. IT'S REALLY THE LEAD TIME FOR THE WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES THAT JUST GOT APPROVED.
SO THOSE WILL BE PROBABLY ABOUT A FOUR WEEK LEAD TIME IN TERMS OF THOSE REINFORCED CONCRETE BOXES.
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SO THE WORK ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH LAKES SHOULD BE ENTIRELY COMPLETED BY OR SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
YES. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR AND THEN PENMAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. THAT HELPS A LOT.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. IN REVIEWING THE MATERIAL AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WHEN A DREDGE GOES DOWN, IT PICKS UP SAND AND NUTRIENTS.
RIGHT? RIGHT. ORGANICS. YEAH. ORGANICS. AND IT HAS TO FIND ITS WAY TO SEPARATE.
THAT'S RIGHT. DOES ANY OF THAT GO BACK IN? SO THE PURPOSES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL DISCHARGE POINT, WHICH IS THE END OF THE GEOTEXTILE, AFTER IT GOES THROUGH THOSE BAGS, IT'S MOSTLY CLEAR.
THE SEDIMENT THAT'S COMING BACK INTO THE LAKES IS, IS NEGLIGIBLE, I WOULD SAY.
SO IT IS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT'S 100% EFFECTIVE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE CONTROLLING THE POLYMER ON HOW THOSE BAGS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DECANTED DURING THE DEWATERING PROCESS. SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE IF YOUR POLYMER IS NOT AT ITS RIGHT CONCENTRATION, YOU'LL BASICALLY GET SO THAT THE, THE ORGANICS DON'T CONSOLIDATE ENOUGH.
AND SO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH OF A SEPARATION OF THOSE ORGANICS WITHIN THE GEOTEXTILE.
AND YOU START SEEING SOME SHEDDING WITHIN THAT GEOTEXTILE BAG.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, THING THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE OVERSEEING WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DISCHARGE PIPE GOING BACK INTO THE LAKES, ENSURING THAT FIRST, WE DON'T HAVE SEDIMENTS WITHIN THAT LINE, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO OVER POLYMER IN THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE THEN IS YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, FISH DIE OFF AND OTHER THINGS IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION.
IS THAT WHAT THAT POLYMER IS BEING USED FOR. WELL THIS IS THE ACTUAL OPPOSITE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE MATERIAL. SO THE POLYMER IS ACTUALLY A COAGULANT.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE SYSTEM, YOU SHAKE IT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT IN A WATER BOTTLE AND IT'LL CONDENSE RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND REALLY TRY TO BRING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.
OKAY. REAL QUICKLY. AND I TOOK NOTES. SO I TRY TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PRIMARY INTENT OF THIS DREDGING PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE POLLUTANT UPTAKE. RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS TO PROTECT THE GULF, MOORINGS BAY AND NAPLES BAY.
THE PURPOSE, THOUGH, OF THE DREDGING PROJECT IS TO REMOVE THOSE ORGANIC SEDIMENTS, NOT THE SAND, AND TO PROMOTE BETTER EFFICIENCY OF CLEANING FOR THE LAKES, WHICH IS TO RETAIN WATER AND ALLOW FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTION PRIOR TO DISCHARGE TO THE SURROUNDING PROTECTED WATERS. THE ORIGINAL IN THE MEMO, IT SAID THAT THE ORIGINAL CALCULATED ASSUMED PERCENT SOLIDS. SO THAT'S COMING OFF THE CORES I GUESS, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO YOU DID THE CORING, BUT YOUR CALCULATIONS FOR THE MATERIAL FROM THE CORES WERE FOUND TO BE INACCURATE ONCE OPERATIONS COMMENCED. WHY? WHY WAS IT INACCURATE? YEAH. SO WHAT WE TRY TO SIMULATE WHEN WE DESIGN A DEEPWATER DREDGING SYSTEM IS WE TRY TO SIMULATE A DREDGING SYSTEM, BUT YOU CAN'T GET IT TO A DEGREE THAT YOU WOULD SEE ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY PUT THAT DREDGE SYSTEM IN THE GROUND AND YOU START MAKING THAT SLURRY.
BUT WHEN THE ACTUAL DREDGE GOES IN THE SYSTEM IT MAY BE PICKING UP MORE SAND.
RIGHT? OR MAY BE PICKING UP MORE MUCK IN THAT LINE, WHICH THEN CREATES A HEAVIER PERCENT SOLIDS WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS TO THE DEWATERING SECTION OF THE SYSTEM. AND SO IF WE'RE IF WE'RE INACCURATE ON OUR HYPOTHESIS, OUR ASSESSMENTS BASED ON THOSE CAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS.
THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS COMPROMISING THE MIX. 5050 VERSUS 6040 VERSUS 7030 OF OF BIOMASS OR VERSUS SAND. AND THAT'S WHERE IT COMES IN.
RIGHT. AND IF AND IF IT CHANGES THAT MIX IT CHANGES.
I MADE A NOTE HERE. IT CHANGES THE THE TRUCKS USED.
YEAH. THE VOLUME OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT.
VERSUS SO YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT HAULING VALUES.
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YOU HAVE A GEOTEXTILE BAGS WHICH IS THE ORGANICS.AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CYCLONE WHICH IS TAKING THE SAND OUT.
SO AND THAT'S RIGHT, IT SAID GEOTEXTILE TRUCKS.
SO TRUCKS HAUL THE BAGS. RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S JUST SAND TRUCKS.
EXACTLY. JUST FILLING UP SAND TRUCKS AND MOVING IT OUT.
I'M JUST I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M CLEAR ON WHAT WHAT THIS SAID.
RIGHT. AND THEN THE CHANGE ORDERS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THIS REVISED DISPOSAL FEE.
100 BUCKS A TRUCK VERSUS 150 BUCKS A TRUCK, RIGHT? AN UPDATED HAULING DISTANCE. EXTRA MILES BECAUSE THE GUY RENEGED.
RIGHT. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN REVISED TRUCK DISTRIBUTION.
THE 5050 VERSUS 7030 VERSUS 6040. RIGHT. ALL OF THAT HAS PLAYED INTO A CHANGE ORDER.
SO I'M GETTING TO THE END OF IT. COUNCIL. THE HEART OF IT.
THE HEART OF IT. THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMIT THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW, AN OVERSIGHT ON THE VOLUME OF MATERIAL THE MUCK NEEDED TO BE REMOVED BASED ON THE ENGINEER OF RECORD.
ARE YOU THE ENGINEER OF RECORD? YES. SO YOU'VE YOU CAME UP WITH SOME NUMBERS.
THAT'S THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. AND THEN YOU'RE THE PERSON TO CERTIFY THAT THE DREDGE VOLUME, THE ACTUAL DREDGE VOLUME COMING OUT OF THE LAKES MEETS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S CORRECT. DO YOU AND BEFORE I ASK THIS QUESTION THE TWO LAKES, NORTH LAKE AND SOUTH LAKES, NORTH LAKE HAD 4827YD³ ESTIMATED. RIGHT. BASED ON WHAT? BASED ON THE VOLUME THAT WE CALCULATED BASED ON THE BATHYMETRIC SURVEY AND OUR CAUSE.
4827 SOUTH LAKE. 12,452 SOUTH LAKE IS COMPLETE.
SOUTH LAKE IS COMPLETE WITH DREDGING. YES. AND IT HAD 12,107 REMOVED.
SO WE 345YD³ LESS. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT WE DID IT.
DID WE CLEAN SOUTH LAKE AS MUCH AS IT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND DREDGED.
YES, BECAUSE. AND THE REASON WHY IT IS, IS BECAUSE WE REMOVE THE ORGANICS THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR.
YOU KNOW, ALL ENGINEERING. WE PUT A LITTLE FACTOR THERE TO GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BUFFER.
BUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE EVALUATED AND WHAT WE SAW, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID WAS WE CALCULATED THE BAGS THAT WERE REMOVED SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THAT ORGANICS WAS REMOVED FROM THE LAKE TO SEE THE SUCCESS.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DID WE DID BETTER THAN WHAT WE CALCULATED.
WE WERE CONSERVATIVE AND AND CAME OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
NORTH LAKE 4827. THAT'S THE HYPOTHESIS ON THE CAUSE.
AND WE'RE INTO THAT PROJECT NOW. YOUR ORIGINAL HAD 17,000.
THE TWO LAKES COMBINED, 17,000. TWO, 79. YOU SAID 4827 ON NORTH LAKE.
REALLY? YOU COULD DO 5172 AND MEET THE ENTIRE CONTRACT SPECS, RIGHT? DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BEAT THE NORTH LAKE HYPOTHESIS AS WELL? I THINK WE'LL BE BASED ON WHAT OUR THE CONTRACTORS RECENT SURVEY WAS ABOUT 38, 22.
AND SO THEY SHOULD BE PRODUCING THAT FINAL AS BUILT THIS WEEK.
AND ONCE WE SEE THAT, THEN WE'LL DO THAT COMPARISON LIKE WE DID FOR SOUTH LAKE.
AND JUST CONFIRM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THAT VALUE THAT WE SHOULD BE AT.
WELL THIS MY QUESTIONS I KNOW I'M SORRY GUYS, I HAD TO GET INTO SUCH DETAIL.
BUT YOU'RE IN THE MEMO AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAD A BIG SAY IN THE MEMO ON THIS.
THE SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION, THE ORGANICS IN THE SAND, HAS CAUSED A DEGRADATION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCES THE ABILITY OF THE LAKES TO PROVIDE RETENTION AND NUTRIENT REDUCTION. I'M ONE OF SEVEN, BUT MY ONLY ASK IN THE RESIDENCE I KEEP HEARING FROM THE ASK IS JUST TO GET. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT BEFORE WE PULL EQUIPMENT OFF, AND WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FEES TO GET THE EQUIPMENT BACK AND GET IT RIGHT.
AND I'M NOT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT YOU ARE. BUT MY ASK IS PLEASE JUST GET THE WORD NOW.
NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE CLEANING THESE AND IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE.
MY ASK IS, PLEASE ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE OUR RETENTION AND NUTRIENT REDUCTION BY WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR THE CONTRACTORS DOING ON THESE WATER RETENTION LAKES.
THAT'S ALL I HAD, MADAM MAYOR. SO I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
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BUT LOOKING FORWARD MISTAKES LEARNED OR WHAT CAN WE DO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEXT LAKES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DREDGE.SO WE'RE NOT COMING UP WITH A LARGE CHANGE ORDER.
IS THIS. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, AS AS WE CONTINUE AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, DREDGING IS NOT A PRECISE ART WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING THESE PROJECTS. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE AVAILABLE DATA THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A DESIGN PROJECT FOR TWO OTHER LAKES RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE SOLIDS THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THE LAKES.
SO IF WE ASSUME YOU KNOW, A 40, 60 SPLIT, LET'S JUST BUMP THAT UP TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, 8020 OR EVEN A 730. AND THAT WAY WE'RE AT LEAST OVERSHOOTING THE VALUES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE CAN GET TO.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY OR THE CITY CAN HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. AND, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, AGAIN, THIS IS STAFF, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO HAUL MATERIAL TO, TO FRED DOWN THE STREET AND FRED BACKS OUT, CAN WE NOT FIRM THINGS UP? SO WE'RE NOT PAYING 50% MORE PER TRUCKLOAD? ISN'T THERE A BETTER WAY? I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS ON THIS, GUYS, BUT MY ASK IS JUST LET'S FIRM SOME STUFF UP.
EXACTLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? FURTHER DISCUSSION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM IN THE CHANGE ORDER, AND I BELIEVE THE CHANGE ORDERS FOR 290,580. THANK YOU.
SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL, BY VICE MAYOR, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
KRAMER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL.
VICE MAYOR HUTCHINSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PETRANOFF.
YES. MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO EXPLAIN THAT.
[12.D. Review and Approval of Legislative Priorities and Appropriation Requests for the 2026 Florida State Legislative Session. (Gary Young, City Manager)]
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 12 D MR. YOUNG. THANK YOU.MAYOR. WITH THIS ITEM, THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL. MONIQUE BARNHART.
TIBERIO, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, PIO ON AUGUST 20TH, WE WENT OVER THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND APPROPRIATION REQUESTS AND ATTACHED IN TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM IS THE PACKET WE PUT TOGETHER.
I WORKED WITH GARY AND STAFF TO FINALIZE THE PRIORITIES AND APPROPRIATIONS BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS.
AND WE ALSO CREATED THE BUDGET AT A GLANCE DOCUMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR EDITS. OH, YEAH.
THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO THAT JUST ON THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST ONES, SO YOU UNDERSTAND MY LOGIC AS I WENT FOR THE DESIGN IN THE THREE AREAS WHERE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NOT GOING FORWARD ALL AT ONCE, I DID LEAVE THE WELLS IN, AND I LEFT THE WELLS IN, AND I TALKED ABOUT DEBATING WHETHER I WANTED TO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WANTED EVERYTHING STORMWATER, BUT EVERYTHING IN STORMWATER.
REMINDER WE'RE PLEDGING $6.5 MILLION FOR DESIGN THIS YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
WHAT I CONSIDER I SOMETIMES DON'T LIKE THE PHRASE, BUT THEY USE IT ALL THE TIME IS SHOVEL READY.
BUT LEAVING A PROJECT THAT'S DESIGNED AND READY FOR CONSTRUCTION IN I THOUGHT WAS WAS PRUDENT.
WE KEPT HOME RULE PROTECTING HOME RULE AUTHORITY.
WE DID ADD THE AD VALOREM TAXES. IN REGARDS TO WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT WE WHAT ARE WE REQUESTING FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO PRESERVE AD VALOREM TAXING AUTHORITY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? WE KEPT THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS, AND WE ADDED THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AREAS.
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AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE REGULATIONS REFLECTING SB 180.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN KRISEMAN.
THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY IS JUST EXCELLENT WORK.
VERY QUICKLY GARY, MONIQUE, WHOEVER ELSE WORKED ON THIS? JUST REALLY EXCELLENT. AND I THINK IT TELLS THE STORY VERY WELL.
I HAD ONE. I ONLY SAW ONE THING THAT WAS A RED FLAG FOR ME.
AND THAT'S ON PAGE SIX UNDER RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE REGULATIONS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 180 IN A MINUTE, BUT AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE PHRASE IT HERE, I THINK THE SECOND SENTENCE NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.
THE ONE THAT STARTS BY PROHIBITING MORATORIUMS. TALKING ABOUT MORATORIUMS IS LIKE WAVING A RED FLAG WITH A RED CAPE IN FRONT OF A BULL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE LEGISLATURE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE HAVE 250 AND 180 AND SO FORTH, IN PART IS BECAUSE OF ILL ADVISED EFFORTS TO PROPOSE MORATORIUMS IN THE PAST HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND ALSO IN OTHER LOCALITIES AROUND THE STATE.
SO I THINK REWRITING THAT SENTENCE WITHOUT USING THE WORD MORATORIUMS OR JUST REFERENCING THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, SAYING IT MORE POSITIVELY IN A WAY.
SO I JUST GAVE YOU SOME LANGUAGE TO THINK ABOUT.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE OF THAT, SAY, THE LEGISLATION CAN AND WILL UNDERMINE COMMON SENSE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SOUND LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATION, AND UPDATED BUILDING CODES.
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU WANT ANYBODY THINKS ABOUT MENTIONING THE WORD MORATORIUM, THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BITE THEIR TONGUE AND NOT DO IT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES. KRAMER. I, I MISSED THAT, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG DEAL. WHEN SB 250 WAS COMING DOWN AND EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WRITING IT DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE PAINTED INTO THAT CORNER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MORATORIUMS, EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MORATORIUMS WILL DIE ON THAT HILL, SAYING THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT MORATORIUMS. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MORATORIUMS AND THAT.
IS WHY IT EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND 180 FOR THAT MATTER.
I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH. FANTASTIC JOB. TALK ABOUT UNDER PRESSURE OVER A WEEKEND.
TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO BESIDES YOU. BESIDES YOU, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT GET DONE THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT BESIDES YOU? HOW MANY ARE THERE? NONE. NONE, RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NEXT TIME WE HAVE ANY BUDGET COME AROUND.
COME ON MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. VICE MAYOR.
WELL, THANK YOU, MONIQUE, FOR A LOT OF HARD WORK.
THE THE AGENDA MEMORANDUM ON THIS WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND ALLOWS US TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE 20 OUR LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP WITH OUR SESSION BEGINNING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 13TH. AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE ARE SIX MEETINGS THAT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, I GUESS IS, IS THAT THAT SCHEDULE, SIX WEEKS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS, SIX WEEKS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR, YES, SIX WEEKS. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.
AND WHAT WHAT I, WHAT I THINK THAT WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE DISCUSSED IN THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATURE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT.
WE REALLY DON'T. BUT HERE'S HERE'S FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU KNOW THIS, I SURE I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING I THINK OUR RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING THIS AS WELL. IF THINGS GO SOUTH IN TERMS OF AD VALOREM AND WHEN I SAY SOUTH, I MEAN POORLY FOR THE
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CITY. IF IT GOES POORLY, WHEN DO YOU KNOW YET? WHAT AMOUNT OF TIME DO WE HAVE? IF IT'S A BALLOT INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM, DO YOU YET KNOW WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE OTHERS IN IN REGARD TO THAT BALLOT REFERENDUM OR A FINAL VOTE BY THE LEGISLATURE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF IF WE'RE AT RISK OF LOSING WHAT'S WHAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACT? WELL, I THINK ACTUALLY, I DID SPEAK WITH LISA HURLEY, OUR LOBBYIST, REGARDING THIS AND YOUR CONCERNS, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT REPRESENTATIVE BENARROSH ROACH IS ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR THE AD VALOREM TAXES AND WELCOMES A MEETING OR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL. SO I THINK NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.THANK YOU. AND YEAH, GO AHEAD. MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE COMMENT ALSO THAT THE DELEGATION IS MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. SO THAT DELEGATION MEETING IS IMPORTANT.
AND ANNETTE REPRESENTATIVE DE LA ROCHE. ROCHE IS COMING TO SPEAK WITH CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF. IF YOU'LL GET WITH SANDRA ON THAT DATE AND SEE IF YOU CAN.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HER OR HER INFORMATION SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. AND I'LL END WITH THIS.
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT A MORATORIUM AND THE USE OF THE WORD MORATORIUM.
AND I JUST MY TAKE ON MORATORIUMS ARE THIS WHEN IT COMES THE OTHER DIRECTION, WHEN IT COMES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FROM TALLAHASSEE, AND THEN THEY START TO IMPOSE ON HOME RULE PREEMPTING DECISIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING HERE ON IN THESE CHAMBERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT IS THEIR MORATORIUM. SO MORATORIUMS EXIST AND SADLY THEY'RE ALL ONE WAY AND AND THEY, THEY COME DOWN THE PIKE CHARGING HARD. SO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL? WELL SAID. WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
OR WHAT'S BAD FOR THE GOOSE IS BAD FOR THE GANDER.
IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. YES, SIR. YEAH. IT DOES. AND THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THOSE PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO LISA HURLEY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND YOU'LL SPEAK TO HER MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OF US.
IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT SHE KNOWS THAT WE KNOW.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LEGISLATION THAT COMES UP ABOUT NAPLES THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME RUMORS AND SOME LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT BE GIVEN THAT YOU LET US KNOW THAT YOU INFORM HER OF THOSE THINGS.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE LAST LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ACTUALLY DATES BACK TWO YEARS, AND I THINK IN TWO MONTHS WAS WE WANTED TO. WE WERE SEEKING THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A MORE BURDENSOME AND RESTRICTIVE ON SB 250, WHICH NOW HAS MORPHED INTO 180? HAVE WE DID WE EVER RECEIVE A RESPONSE DEFINING THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. SO I ASSUME THAT MISS HURLEY DISCUSSED THAT WITH.
SENATOR PASSIDOMO AND COMPANY? I BELIEVE SHE DID.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? PERFECT, MR. YOUNG.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT COMPLETES OUR LEGISLATIVE.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO. IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME KNOW IF FOR THAT EDIT.
I ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THIS OVER TO THE DELEGATION TODAY.
SO IF I MAKE THE EDIT FROM COUNCILMAN KRISEMAN, WILL YOU APPROVE THIS BY MR. YOUNG? THE THE MORATORIUM LANGUAGE UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE REGULATIONS.
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IF I AMEND THAT SENTENCE AND THEN THIS WILL BE GOOD TO GO.I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL APPROVE IT VERBALLY.
SAY THE THINGS THAT CONCERN US. IS EVERYONE. EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
I THINK I THINK WHAT THE LANGUAGE I SUGGESTED.
YEAH. YES. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE. CORRECT.
AND THEN I CAN SUBMIT THIS TO THE DELEGATION.
OKAY. AND WE DIDN'T REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE, JUST A CONSENSUS VOTE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH, RIGHT? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
I HAD A CONSENSUS. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL I NEED THE SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THANK YOU. MONIQUE TO ITEM 12 E, WE HAVE SOME A PETITION IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE. AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THEM FORWARD SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME HOUSE BUSINESS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. SO I SEE, I THINK ITEM 13 C IN THE ROOM.
92. OKAY. WELL LET'S START WITH 13. A IF WE HAVE STAFF HERE.
YEAH, I KIND OF. AND THEN WE'LL GO 13 WHILE WE, WHILE WE WAIT FOR STAFF.
[13.F. Announcement of an Executive Session in reference to Lamonda, Joseph v. City of Naples, Case No. 2024-CA-001301, 20th Judicial Circuit, in and for Collier County, Florida. (Matthew McConnell, City Attorney)]
MAYOR MAY I AT LEAST JUST TAKE CARE OF 13 AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER. THAT'S FINE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL READ REALLY QUICK. SO PURSUANT TO 286 .011, SUBPARAGRAPH A, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ANNOUNCING HIS REQUEST FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING ADVICE CONCERNING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH LITIGATION. STYLED LAMANDA JOSEPH VERSUS CITY OF NAPLES CASE NUMBER 2024CA001301, AND AN FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230, IN THE CITY'S CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL, EXECUTIVE SESSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR.
THE ENTIRE SESSION SHALL BE RECORDED BY A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER.
NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
ANY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT A MEETING. ONCE WE'VE RECONVENED, FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL BE PRESENT DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MAYOR TERESA HEITMANN, COUNCIL MEMBERS TERRY HUTCHISON, RICK KRISEMAN, BETH PETRANOFF, BILL KRAMER, LINDA PENNIMAN, VERN BARTON, CITY MANAGER GARY YOUNG, CITY ATTORNEY MATTHEW MCCONNELL, ATTORNEY JEFFREY HURCOMB, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DYNES COURT.
REPORTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO. READ SO ANNOUNCED.
THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR BEING FLEXIBLE. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP THE PETITIONERS HERE.
WE'LL START WITH 13 A. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAD MERRITT, PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR.
[13.A. Consideration and Discussion of the new Special Event Application for Grow Church Worship Night at Cambier Park and the Repeat Special Event Application for the City of Naples Christmas Parade in Downtown Naples. (Chad Merritt, Director of Parks, Recreation & Facilities)]
LUCKY FOR YOU, MAYOR, I WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER.SO I CAN HIT A CURVEBALL ANYTIME YOU THROW. THANK YOU.
SIR. I KNEW YOU'D BE PREPARED. SO WE'LL START WITH.
WE'LL GO ONE BY ONE. SINCE THERE'S TWO EVENTS HERE THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THE NEW SPECIAL EVENT, WHICH IS THE GROW CHURCH WORSHIP NIGHT AT CAMBIER PARK.
THIS EVENT IS EVENT DATE IS JANUARY 30TH, 2026.
WOULD. THE EVENT LOCATION IS IN CAMBIER PARK.
THIS IS A NONPROFIT. ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE 1000.
THE TIME SET UP TIME FOR THIS EVENT WOULD BE 8 A.M.
AND WE DO HAVE STAFF CONCERNS HERE THAT ARE DERIVED FROM THE NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DO HAVE LIEUTENANT MIKE O'REILLY HERE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, THE OVERALL SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE EVENT AND IT TAKING PLACE IN THE PARK. GOOD AFTERNOON, LIEUTENANT MICHAEL O'REILLY, NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
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LOCATION IN THE CITY OF NAPLES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NEVER ENGINEERED TO BE AN EVENTS LOCATION.THERE IS NO CROWD CONTROL MECHANICS IN PLACE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO MITIGATE VEHICLE INCURSIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO MANAGE CROWD MOVEMENTS INSIDE.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 100 SPECIAL EVENTS IN CAMBIER PARK ALONE.
100. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM CHURCH SERVICES TO BAND CONCERTS, TO ART FEST LAST YEAR.
ACTUALLY, LET'S GO BACK TO JUST THIS SUMMER. WE HAD A LARGE SCALE EVENT IN JUNE IN THE PARK WHERE WE HAD NOT ONLY A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE ALSO HAD SOME OVERT THREATS TO THE SAFETY OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WE NEEDED SOLID BARRIERS OR BOLLARDS AROUND THE PARK, WHICH WAS NOT FEASIBLE GIVEN THE TIME FRAME, OR WE NEEDED TO BLOCK ACCESS TO THE PARK, MEANING BLOCK ALL THE ROADWAYS AROUND IT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE ENDED UP HAVING TO DO.
THE THING TO CONSIDER IS IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
SO WITH THIS IN MIND, AFTER THAT LARGE SCALE EVENT THIS SUMMER, WE APPROACHED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND ASKED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN DOING AN ASSESSMENT. A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE PARK REACHED OUT TO THEM, WORKED WITH THEM, AND DEVELOPED AN ASSESSMENT REPORT WITH WHICH I BELIEVE THE CHIEF SENT TO COUNCIL WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT OUTLINED THE VULNERABILITIES OF THE PARK.
AND THEY PUT IT ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 100, ONE BEING THE SAFEST PARK, 100 BEING HIGHEST.
CONCERNS FOR THE VULNERABILITIES, THE PARK SCORED A 94.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WALKING THE PARK, MAPPING EVERYTHING OUT, SHOWING THE DISTANCES, SHOWING THE LOCATION, SHOWING THE SECURITY CAPABILITIES OR THE LACK THEREOF.
NOW, I CAN TELL YOU PROBABLY THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF VEHICLE INCURSION MITIGATION, WHICH MEANS BOLLARDS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT AREA, THE BANDSHELL, THE PLAYGROUND AREA CERTAINLY MAYBE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE SOFTBALL AREA. WITH THAT IN MIND, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ONE OF TWO THINGS DENY PERMITS FOR LARGER EVENTS IN THE PARK, ANYTHING MORE THAN THE NORMAL PASSIVE CAPACITY OF THE PARK, OR REQUIRE THAT ANY EVENTS OR ANY ORGANIZERS THAT WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT IN THE PARK PROVIDE FOR THAT VEHICLE INCURSION MITIGATION.
OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, WE CANNOT DO THE BOLLARDS ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PARK.
MOVING FORWARD, ANYTIME WE RECEIVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS WHICH REQUESTS AN EVENT IN THE PARK IN THIS UNPROTECTED AREA, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE PERMIT BASED ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS EVENT. THIS IS ABOUT THE EVENT LOCATION.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT QUESTION, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
FROM ABOVE. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE THE APPLICANT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. THE ORGANIZERS ARE NOT HERE. THEY'RE THERE.
OKAY. ALL DAY. OKAY. IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOSE TETERS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT GROW CHURCH.
SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SAFETY CONCERNS BEHIND THIS AND THEY'RE VERY WARRANTED.
WE REALIZE WE GOT A LITTLE OVERZEALOUS IN OUR APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, REALISTICALLY, EVERY SINGLE MONTH WHEN WE HAVE THESE WORSHIP SERVICES AT OUR CHURCH, THE ATTENDANCE ON AVERAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE EVENT HERE PUTTING 300, AND THEN, SINCE IT'S BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
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HAVE 500 PEOPLE SHOW UP, AND THEN NOW WE'VE DISHONORED YOUR SYSTEM.WITH THAT BEING SAID, REALISTICALLY, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 300.
WE ARE ALSO MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP WORK TOGETHER TO PUT UP BARRICADES, TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY, WHETHER THAT'S FINANCIALLY CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE PLAN THAT'S IN MOTION, OR US RENTING BARRICADES, WHATEVER THAT'S NECESSARY TO DO. SO WE'RE VERY OPEN TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
DID I READ CORRECTLY THAT THIS YOU'VE HAD THIS EVENT NORTH NAPLES PRIOR? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE IT EVERY SINGLE MONTH AT OUR NORTH LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE THREE CAMPUSES AS A CHURCH, ONE IN SOUTH NAPLES AT LORENZO WALKER THAT WE RENT OUT EVERY SINGLE WEEK, AS WELL AS BIG REGIONAL ISLAND PARK OUT IN THE GOLDEN GATE ESTATES AREA OFF BY THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PERMANENT LOCATION IN NORTH NAPLES JUST BEFORE THE BONITA BEACH LINE PERIMETER.
AND THAT'S INDOORS OR OUTDOORS. IT IS INDOORS.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. INDOORS. YES, MA'AM. AND SO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE EVENTS OR YOU'RE JUST ADDING, WE WANTED TO DO THIS IN LIEU OF THAT JANUARY EVENT.
IT'S A TIME WHERE WE CAN BRING ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TOGETHER.
WE HAVE OUR SNOWBIRDS IN TOWN. THE LOCATION OUTSIDE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND QUITE HONESTLY, OUR GOAL IS TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT WITHIN NAPLES.
AND WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
AND DID YOU LOOK AT ANOTHER VENUE IN THE CITY, SUCH AS BAKER PARK OR.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER AREAS, THE SCHOOLS I KNOW TAKE LEASES AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I HAVE BARTON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? LIEUTENANT O'REILLY, YOU SAID THAT THAT IF AN EVENT LIKE THIS WERE TO TAKE PLACE, THAT YOU WOULD NEED COOPERATION FROM THE PETITIONER.
WHAT TYPE OF COOPERATION SPECIFICALLY WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? IS IT A MATTER OF FINANCES, OR IS IT A MATTER OF THEM SETTING UP THEIR OWN SECURITY OR THEIR OWN BLOCKING OF ROADWAYS? WHAT EXACTLY? WHAT WOULD THAT COOPERATION LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WOULD IT COST? SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACETS TO PLANNING FOR THE SECURITY OF THOSE EVENTS.
ONE OF THEM WOULD BE THE INTERNAL SECURITY, AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR A GROUP OF 300.
WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT INTERNAL SECURITY THERE.
SO THERE IS SOME VULNERABILITY HERE FROM OUTSIDE BAD ACTORS COMING IN.
USUALLY THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CHURCH HAVING THEIR OWN PERSONAL SECURITY.
IF THEY WANTED TO HIRE AN OFFICER, WE WOULD ALLOW THAT. IT ALSO IS DEPENDENT ON THE SIZE 300.
I'LL DEFER TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, PROBABLY CLOSE TO THE PASSIVE CAPACITY OF THE PARK ANYWAY, SO WE WOULDN'T PROBABLY REQUIRE OFFICERS FOR THAT.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY RELY ON THE ORGANIZERS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPER BARRIERS OR BARRICADES WERE SET UP, EITHER THROUGH PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL TO CLOSE THE ROADWAYS, AND THEN WE AFFECT THE CLOSURES.
BUT THE I'M SORRY, THE ORGANIZER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BARRIERS, OR THE ORGANIZER COULD ARRANGE WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY TO HAVE THEIR OWN BARRIERS DELIVERED AND SET UP. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S COOPERATIVE IN THAT WE KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT ON THE ORGANIZER TO ENSURE IT'S DONE.
AND CHAD, IN REFERENCE TO THIS APPLICATION HAVING A THOUSAND POSSIBLE ATTENDEES, BUT MAYBE THAT BEING AN OVERESTIMATE WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FROM A STANDPOINT OF AMENDING THE APPLICATION? IS THAT EVEN A IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO INTERNALLY, OR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE APPLICATION AND IT'S BEEN RUBBER STAMPED AS A FORMAL APPLICATION, AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THOSE NUMBERS AS IS.
NO. THESE SO ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE THERE WORKING DOCUMENTS.
WHEN WE EVEN WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU ALL IT'S IT'S GETTING THE ITEMS THAT REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL.
WE WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE TENTS AND AND NOT IN THIS CASE, BUT IF THERE'S ALCOHOL INVOLVED, WE WORK THROUGH WITH WE WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THAT.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS IN HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, THEN WE WOULD JUST GO BACK. WE WOULD MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.
IF IT'S APPROVED BY YOU ALL, WE WOULD SAY PENDING THIS IS AMENDED.
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AND IF AS LONG AS IT'S OKAY, IF IT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE'S GOOD ON YOUR BEHALF OR IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK HERE, WE CAN BRING IT BACK. WE'VE WE'VE DONE IT. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE WE PUT IN THERE AS A GROUP TO HAVE THAT 120 DAYS.SO AMENDING AN APPLICATION IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
WE JUST NEED THE DIRECTION OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO STATE.
OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'VE KRAMER.
AND THEN CHRISTMAN, ANY CONSIDERATION OF DOING IT A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY AT GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL? WE HAD NOT YET CONSIDERED THAT. NOW HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED THAT.
WE WOULD WE COULD DO A RISK ASSESSMENT THERE.
HOWEVER IT'S THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PROPERTY. SO WE'D HAVE TO DEFER TO THEM IF THEY WOULD ASK US TO STEP IN AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE INFORMATION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT. GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL DOES HAVE SOME BETTER VENUES.
YEAH, SAME WITH NAPLES. I MEAN, WE DO, YOU KNOW, FIELDS OF FAITH AND SEE AT THE POLE AND ALL THAT THERE AND AND TONS OF EVENTS AT BOTH PLACES, OBVIOUSLY. BUT I WAS JUST THINKING, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I HATE IT THAT I'VE BEEN BEATING THE DRUM, THAT WE NEED TO STOP HAVING EVENTS IN THE CITY OF NAPLES AND QUIT USING OUR PARKS, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE. I AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT THIS IS A SUPER AWESOME THING THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE WORK.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. KRISTEN. YEAH. I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
NOTHING AGAINST THE APPLICANT. AND AND AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT JUST SOME, SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WILL BE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD MINIMALLY 300 PEOPLE.
IT COULD BE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, COULD BE 500, COULD BE 700, COULD BE 1000.
WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE AND I MADE THIS POINT EARLIER ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS THAT OCCURS BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND EASTER AND CAMBIER PARK AND FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH, AND THAT IS WHERE THE KIND OF CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMAN CRAMER JUST MENTIONED FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S DRIVEN BY WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SEASON.
AND, AND WE HAVE SAID ON THIS DAIS, I'VE HEARD US SAY, I'VE SAID IT, I'M SURE, AND OTHERS HAVE SAID IT. WE WE NEED TO LOOK TO MANAGE AND RATION THE NUMBER OF EVENTS ON FIFTH AND PERHAPS EVEN, PERHAPS EVEN CUT BACK. WE RECENTLY HAD AN APPLICANT FROM CARS ON FIFTH WHO CAME IN TO HAVE THEIR EVENT AGAIN. THERE WERE ISSUES THAT STAFF PRESENTED TO US FROM THE LAST EVENT. THERE WAS A TRANSITION IN TERMS OF THE SPONSORSHIP BENEFICIARY OF IT.
THERE THERE WERE ANY NUMBER OF REASONS FOR US TO SAY TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON ON THAT, BUT WE SAID, NO, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH IT AGAIN. I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER QUICK STORY.
ABOUT A MONTH OR SIX WEEKS OR SO OR SO AGO, I GUESS IT WAS.
MAYBE IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER RECESS PERIOD.
A NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND OF MINE CALLED ME UP ON BEHALF OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WANTED TO SCHEDULE A ROAD RACE THAT WOULD COMMENCE HERE IN NAPLES AND GO UP TO TAMPA, OVER TO THE EAST COAST, DOWN TO MIAMI AND INTERNATIONAL ROAD RACE.
I ENDED UP SETTING UP A MEETING WITH CHIEF DOMINGUEZ.
LIEUTENANT O'REILLY, MR. MERRITT, OTHER STAFF FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I LEARNED EVEN BEFORE WE HAD THE MEETING THAT THEY ALREADY HAD THE DATE FOR THIS EVENT, AND THEY WANTED TO START IT FROM THE TOP OF FIFTH AVENUE OUT 41. ON FEBRUARY 22ND, A SATURDAY, THEY'D ACTUALLY BE HERE THREE DAYS WITH THE SETUP.
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SHOW, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO TRACK, WHAT, 10,000 PEOPLE? MR. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MAYBE IT WAS 20,000, SO I KNEW IT WAS A NONSTARTER.THEY DID NOT FILE AN APPLICATION. THE POLICE AND PARKS DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR WITH ANOTHER APPLICATION.
OCCASIONALLY YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY NO. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY NO.
NO MATTER HOW WONDERFUL THE GROUP IS AND HOW HOW IMPORTANT THEIR EVENT IS TO THEM AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP OR CONGREGATION IN THIS CASE OR CONSTITUENCY. AND, AND I'M JUST REMINDING US OF THAT.
AND TO ADD ANOTHER POTENTIALLY THOUSAND PERSON EVENT ON JANUARY 30TH TO CAMBIER PARK.
BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SAID, WE WE BELIEVE AND THINK ARE THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE'RE FACING, JUST SEEMS TO ME TO BE COUNTERINTUITIVE, THE NICEST WAY I CAN SAY IT. SO I'VE SAID MY PIECE YOU KNOW I WELL, WHILE THIS ITEM WAS COMING BEFORE US AND AS WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK ON THE PETITIONER, THE APPLICANT. YOU GUYS DO SOME PHENOMENAL STUFF.
YOU DO GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ANY EVENT, ANY EVENT WE COULD LOOK.
AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE A POSITION. THAT.
BOY, THESE PEOPLE REALLY DO SOME WONDERFUL STUFF, WHETHER I AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT.
THE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT WHO IS TASKED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE PEOPLE ELECTED HERE ARE CHARGED AND COMMIT TO DOING IS, IS PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. OKAY. THE GUY WHO'S WEARING THIS UNIFORM, HE'S I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT ENGAGED, AND THEY'RE HEAVILY ENGAGED. RIGHT? COUNCILMAN. CHRISTMAN HAD SOME GREAT COMMENTS, BUT I LOOKED UP UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. WHAT ARE THOSE? AND THOSE ARE BELIEFS OR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ONESELF OR OTHERS THAT ARE NOT GROUNDED IN REALITY AND ARE UNLIKELY TO BE FULFILLED. SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE AND WE TRY TO MANAGE ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS, CAMBIER PARK IS ONE OF THEM.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ITEM, WE HEARD FROM OUR POLICE FORCE THAT OUT OF ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 100.
I'M USING THOSE WORDS, THE RISK INVOLVED AT THIS PARK FOR AN EVENT OF THE SIZE THAT YOU PUT ON PAPER THAT THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS TELLING US THAT RISK IS ALMOST TO THE END OF THE SCALE.
IT'S 94. AND WE IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS ON THE RISK VERSUS THE REWARD.
AND WE ALL HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT HOPE ISN'T.
WHAT DID WE HEAR TODAY ABOUT A STRATEGY? HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, OFFICER. I, I I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDIDNESS AND WHERE I BELIEVE THE ADVICE TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THAT ADVICE IS LEADING US.
AND SADLY SO, BECAUSE WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME AND IT'S NOT ABOUT IT HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS ANYWHERE, RIGHT? SO I APPRECIATE THAT I'M CONCERNED.
COUNCIL. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. AND THAT'S BASED WITH A HEAVY, HEAVY WEIGHTING ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH ADVISING US.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. PETRINA. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
BUT AS IMPORTANTLY, WE OFTEN FORGET THAT CAMBIER PARK IS A PARK.
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WE. SO WE CAN'T REALLY GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL BE SAFE.I JUST THINK IT'S THE WRONG VENUE FOR THE WRONG TIME.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF GOLFVIEW, BUT IS IT GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL? I LIKE THAT BIG FENCE THAT THEY HAVE. THAT. BUT THAT WOULD BE ENTIRELY UP TO UP TO THIS CHURCH.
AND JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THE CHURCH IS, IT'S ALMOST IN BONITA AND THEN IT'S ON THE EAST TRAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A THIRD LOCATION, BUT PARDON. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS I DO NOT WANT TO USE THE PARK IN THIS WAY, AND I DON'T THINK OUR RESIDENTS WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. MERRITT HAD SOMETHING TO ADD.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THIS. THIS IS PROBABLY JUST HEARING FROM A COUPLE OF YOU.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN WHAT WE'RE.
THAT'S TYPICALLY FOR EVENTS ON THE SAME DAY OR AT SAME TIME, BUT I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT A WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR EVENT WOULD BE ON A FRIDAY, BUT ON THE NEXT DAY IS AN ART SHOW IN CAMBIER PARK, AND THE NEXT DAY IS THE JAZZ CONCERT IN CAMBIER PARK.
SO AND WE'VE HAD CHURCH AS WELL ON SUNDAY, SO I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND, BECAUSE ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND.
I MEAN, WE'RE FINDING SPACES FOR THESE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS TO POTENTIALLY TAKE PLACE.
AND IF IF IT COMES TO YOU ALL AND YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SEE THIS AND IT SAYS NO CONFLICTS, WE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT. THERE'S STILL OTHER EVENTS.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE CLOSING REMARKS AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IN A MOTION.
YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU MAYOR. IN REGARDS TO MANY OF YOUR CONCERNS THAT ARE VERY VALID AND EVEN THE SCORE ON THE HIGH 90 90 PERCENTILE OF THAT, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED.
AND IF WE WERE DOING THIS FOR US, WE WOULDN'T COME TO THE PARK.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO IT AT OUR CHURCH. BUT WE'RE COMING HERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH SEVERAL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY THAT TRAVEL TO OUR CAMPUSES.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE MULTIPLE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN REGARDS TO THE 300 ATTENDANTS AND YES, THAT IS A TECHNICALITY ON MY PART AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR WANTING TO NOT DISHONOR UNINTENTIONALLY THE SYSTEM.
SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS THAT IS COMPLETELY MY FAULT.
BUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT HE SHARED IN THE SIZE OF THE EVENT, ESPECIALLY WHAT'S FOLLOWING THAT SAME VERY WEEKEND, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY. WE HAVE AN INTERNAL SAFETY TEAM.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, I'M EXCITED. IF NOTHING ELSE, GROW CHURCH IS A PART OF BEING A CATALYST TO MAKING CAMBIER PARK SAFER MOVING FORWARD NOW WITH THIS HOMELAND SECURITY ASSESSMENT. SO I LOVE THAT IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, WE GET TO BE A PART OF THAT.
BUT I FEEL WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY EVEN IN JANUARY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EAGERNESS. I THINK THE BIG KEY HERE IS ALSO LOOKING AT MOVING OUT THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AT CAMBIER, AND THAT REALLY IS THE, I THINK, DETERMINING FACTOR, MAJOR DETERMINING FACTOR FOR THIS.
SO WE'VE DELIBERATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I RECOMMEND DENYING THIS MOTION.
FOR A SECOND. CAN I ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES, SIR. MR. MERRITT, IS THIS TWOFOLD? IS THIS A NEW EVENT AND THEN A REPEAT FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE? NO. THERE'LL BE TWO SEPARATE EVENTS SO THAT IT WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE COULD, TO HAVE THEM APPROVE, DENY ONE AND THEN APPROVE.
DENY. OH, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING. THAT'S WHAT I WAS.
THANK YOU SIR. NO PROBLEM. IF WE COULD, I JUST DIDN'T. IF YOU JUST SAY THE ITEM, THEN BOTH. YEAH, I GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE WILL NOW HEAR THE COMPANION ITEM WITHIN THIS SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
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GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THAT MOTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DON'T JUST SAY 13 A, BE SPECIFIC TO THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.OKAY. SORRY I MISREAD YOU. WELL, I'M HERE, LIKE I SAID, COUNCIL DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I, I RECOMMEND DENIAL OF AGENDA ITEM 13 A NO, NO.
I RUN MOTION TO DENY THE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION FOR THE WORSHIP NIGHT AT CAMBIER PARK.
OKAY, I SEPARATELY. RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. RECOMMEND DENIAL OF 13 A THE PIECE THAT IS THE SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHURCH WORSHIP NIGHT AT CAMBIER PARK.
MINUS THE 13. MINUS THE 13 A. OKAY. SECOND, I ALREADY HAD A SECOND.
OKAY. WHO SECONDED IT BEFORE? I DON'T THINK NOBODY.
OH, NO. OKAY, SO SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER.
CHRISTMAS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
MARTIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. NO. VICE MAYOR.
HUTCHINSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES.
MAYOR. HARTMAN. NO. I HOPE THAT MEANS SO THE APPLICATION IS DENIED.
I HOPE THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH OKAY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. MR. MERRITT.
MOVING ON TO NUMBER TWO ON THIS ITEM. YES, MADAM.
MAYOR. AGAIN, CHAD MERRITT, PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR.
THIS IS THE CITY OF NAPLES CHRISTMAS PARADE. THIS IS A REPEAT EVENT.
THIS THE DATE PROPOSED IS DECEMBER 9TH, 2025.
THE EVENT TIME 630 TO 930. ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE APPROXIMATELY 20,000.
PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES AND THE SPACES AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THIS WILL HAVE AMPLIFIED SOUND. NO ALCOHOL, NO TENTS.
AND WE DID TURN OUR APPLICATION IN ON TIME. SO STAFF FEEDBACK.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. AND THE REASON WE BROUGHT IT, BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW THE CHANGES IN THERE AND THEN PUT IT ON CONSENT AND EVERYBODY GOES ON THEIR MERRY WAY, NO PUN INTENDED. SO THE FIRST THING IS WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO MOVE THIS TO THE SECOND TUESDAY OF DECEMBER MOVING FORWARD.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING.
IF YOU AND I'LL KIND OF LUMP THIS TOGETHER. MOVING TO BROADCAST THAT TAKES PLACE HERE AT THE CITY TO SUGDEN PLAZA SO THAT WE HAVE MORE OF A FEEL. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY TUNING IN CAN REALLY FEEL THE ENERGY THAT TAKES PLACE ON FIFTH AVENUE.
THAT ALSO OUTSIDE OF THAT HELPS US AT THE END OF THE PARADE.
BY THE TIME EVERYBODY GETS HERE AND THEY STOP FOR THE BROADCAST TO DO INTERVIEWS AND SUCH.
IT COMPLETELY JAMS UP THE REST OF THE PARADE.
SO THEN THAT KIND OF CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A BOTTLENECK.
IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR PD TO HAVE TO DEAL, ESPECIALLY AT THIS INTERSECTION AT THE STOP SIGN, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY WATCHED THE REST OF THE PARADE THAT ARE OVER ON THIRD.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE TUNING IN AS WELL AS IF FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO GO BACK AND WATCH IT AND AS WELL AS TO TRY TO THE FLOW OF THE PARADE TO KIND OF KEEP THAT GOING. SO THERE'S KIND OF TWOFOLD.
SO WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. AND THEN THEN HAVING STAFF MANAGE THAT.
DAVID DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB GETTING THAT DONE, AND HE'S GOT A BUNCH OF IDEAS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH IT AND EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT STREAMED.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IT WAS HERE BEFORE WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE DIRECT CONNECTION, BUT NOW WE HAVE THAT OPTION TO BE ABLE TO GO OFF SITE SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THE SECOND THING, THAT OR NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS CONSIDERATION FOR ADDING BARRICADES ALONG THE
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PARADE ROUTE. AND I'M GOING TO TIE THIS INTO TWO ITEMS AS WELL.AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET LIEUTENANT O'RILEY TALK.
HE'S GOT A, YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN A PRESENTATION THAT HE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, BUT ADDING THE BARRICADES ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE TO KIND OF KEEP THE PATRONS AND SOME OF THE KIDS AND SUCH FROM ENTERING INTO THE PARADE ITSELF.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PICTURES HERE IN A SECOND, AND I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.
I HEARD IT THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE. I HEARD THE CONCERN.
I SAW IT FIRSTHAND. ACTUALLY SAW IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL ONE YEAR.
WELL, THE NEXT FLOAT COMES THROUGH A KID SEE'S CANDIES RIGHT THERE.
THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO RUN OUT INTO THE STREET TO GRAB THE CANDY.
THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST.
THEY WANT TO GET CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER.
AND THAT CAUSES THEM TO KIND OF SLOW UP BECAUSE THE CROWD HAS KIND OF PINCHED THEM.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THROW IT FROM THE FLOAT. THAT IF THEY WANT TO HAND OUT CANDY, THEY WANT TO HAND OUT SWAG, THAT THEY'RE TO WALK BEHIND THEIR FLOAT AS WALKERS ON THE EDGE OF THE PARADE ROUTE WHERE THE CROWD'S AT AND HAND THE CANDY OUT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT SAY, SORRY, YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES.
SO NEXT YEAR, GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T BE IN THE PARADE.
WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WE CAN ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER, OR WE CAN LOOK AT THE BARRICADES AS A IS A SOLUTION AND HOPE THAT THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE THROWING OF THE CANDY. BUT I DO WANT LIEUTENANT O'REILLY TO KIND OF GO THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE ENTER INTO CONVERSATION.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT O'REILLY. COULD I I MAKE IT BRIEF.
I'M SORRY. I JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THIS, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHERE COUNCIL IS STANDING ON THIS BEFORE WE HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT, DON'T WANT TO DO. I BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL FOR WHAT EXACTLY YOU SAID, BUT I DON'T KNOW. AS FAR AS SAFETY. AND I KNOW LIEUTENANT O'REILLY AND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
I DO WANT TO SEE THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF IT'S OKAY CAN I JUST FEEL COUNCIL WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE THROWING OF CANDY AND THE SIZE OR THE BARRICADES AND. I AM VERY BIASED. I'VE BEEN THE GRAND MARSHAL TWICE WITH MY FOOTBALL TEAMS AND WE'RE THROWING CANDY OUT AND I'M JUST BEING REAL.
I'M JUST BEING REALISTIC. BUT MAYBE OTHERS DON'T FEEL THAT WAY.
I DON'T KNOW. I WILL ALWAYS DEFER TO WHATEVER OUR NAPLES.
I SHOULD HAVE LET HIM GO FIRST. PETRANOFF. I I WOULD WOULD COMPLY WITH THAT AND HAVE WALKER COMPLY AND HAVE WALKERS. I OF COURSE, I'M NOT A RADICAL LIKE THE GUY TO MY RIGHT.
SO I WOULD HAVE WALKERS DELIVER THAT CANDY. IT IS TEMPTING BECAUSE IT IS FUN TO THROW IT OUT.
YOU SEE THE LITTLE KIDS SMILING AND WHATNOT, BUT BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY COMPLY. VICE MAYOR. I HOPE YOU WOULD.
SO ASHAMED. NO. I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE ADVICE OF HER.
WELL, YOU MET ME. I I THINK THAT I WILL BE IN A CAR IN THE PARADE THIS YEAR, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO THROW CANDY. I HAVE LOST THIS BATTLE. I HAVE, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE EXCELLENT.
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MOVING THE, YOU KNOW, THE FROM THE FRONT OF CITY HALL TO SIXTH AVENUE AND THE BARRICADES AND SO ON.BUT ON THE CANDY, I THINK IT'S A I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMETHING, EVEN IF.
I'M SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CANDY, PRIMARILY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S ENFORCEABLE.
THE FLOATS AND THE VEHICLES. AND AND I THINK HAVING WALKERS IS, I DON'T KNOW, FEELS STILTED TO ME.
IT KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM THE FLAVOR AND FUN OF THE PARADE.
AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE THE BARRICADES, YOU'VE YOU'VE DEALT WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE.
AND I THINK YOU JUST LET PEOPLE THROW CANDY. AND IF THEY FALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE BARRICADES, THE KIDS CAN'T GET TO IT ANYWAY, RIGHT? SO AND THERE IS A LITTER CLEANUP JOB FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S IT'S SORT OF PART OF WHAT THE PARADE IS ABOUT.
SO I'M FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT JUST LETTING THE CANDY GO AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY.
WELL, I DON'T THINK I NEED ANOTHER PERSON TO WEIGH IN.
I WAS GOING TO AGREE WITH HIM. OKAY, SO WE CAN.
THAT THE PARENTS CAN'T GET TO THE FRONT. COME ON.
IT IS DEEP, BUT I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS SLIDE UP.
YEAH. MY. MIKE, CAN YOU GO TO THE PICTURE RIGHT BEFORE THIS WITH THE HAD YOU COULD SEE IT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A BARRICADE. OH YEAH. OR THAT ONE AGAIN.
GO BACK TO THE COMPUTER, SHOW ME A COUPLE OF THOSE BARRICADES I JUST SAW.
LET'S SEE THE SCARY PICTURES. YEAH. RIGHT THERE. YEAH.
SO THIS WORKS BECAUSE NOT ONLY CAN THE KIDS SEE THROUGH IT, BUT THEY CAN ALSO REACH THROUGH IT TO GRAB A PIECE OF CANDY THAT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE STREET. SO IF WE CAN MAKE THE BARRICADES, THIS TYPE OF BARRICADE IS NOT LIKE THE BIG UGLY ORANGE ONES. THEN I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A SOLUTION THAT MIGHT WORK. YEAH, AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT WAS THE OPTIONS.
THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT PATHS THAT WE CAN GO DOWN HERE.
AND I DO THINK THAT IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE CANDY, THE BARRICADES COULD BE A SOLUTION.
BUT UNDERSTAND THE BARRICADES, THEY DON'T COME FREE.
THEY COME WITH THE COST. AND THERE'S TWO. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ENTRY FEE.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN ENTRY FEE FOR THIS PARADE. OKAY, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, WE CAN. I DON'T WANT TO START A HORNET'S NEST.
I. I WILL OPINE ON THAT. JUST NOBODY'S ASKED ME, BUT I'LL SAY THAT I THINK IT'S A IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD, AT LEAST AT THIS LATE STAGE IN THE GAME, ENTERTAIN ANYTHING TO DO WITH OFFSETTING THOSE COSTS THAT SHOULD JUST BE COVERED.
THANK YOU. SO THE OTHER PART IS THAT YOU WANT TO LIMIT IT FROM 80 PARTICIPANTS.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS, AND EVERY ALL THREE YEARS IT'S BEEN THE MOST EVER, THE MOST EVER, THE MOST EVER. WE HAD IT AT IT WAS ALMOST APPROACHING THREE HOURS LONG LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS, IS HAVE AN ACTUAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WE SAY THIS IS OUR NUMBER FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND THAT'S IT. BUT WE WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND SAY, OH, I FORGOT. AND I WAS GOING TO I MEANT TO DO IT, AND I FORGOT TO SUBMIT IT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO A WHERE WE, WE PICK THEM OUT.
I DON'T CALL IT A DRAFT, BUT TO YOU, YOU CAN KIND OF RANDOMLY PICK THEM.
I IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A FOUR HOUR, FIVE HOUR LONG PARADE.
BEFORE LONG. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO STAGE IT BECAUSE WE'RE STAGING IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T MEAN TO RUSH THIS, BUT WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A BREAK.
NO DISRESPECT TO YOU, LIEUTENANT O'REILLY. WE HAVE A 505 BUDGET HEARING, AND WE STILL HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THESE HEARINGS. MR. YOUNG.
YEAH, I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION IS, DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANY CAPACITY OF LIMITING IT, OR IS IT A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE UP TO THE OTHER? BECAUSE I THINK THAT HOW WE DO IT AND HOW WE ADMINISTER IS NOT REALLY I DON'T NEED TO YOU THAT TO BE YOUR CHARGE.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MAGIC NUMBER THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LIMIT TO.
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AND I KNOW, CHAD, YOU HAD SAID 80. I GUESS I JUST WOULD ASK THAT ONE ITEM SO WE CAN DISPOSE OF THIS, AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.THEN I'LL JUST GIVE YOU MY OPINION. YOU HAVE A.
HAVING A CAP IS A VERY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO.
THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO HAVE A CAP. WE HAD 100 LAST YEAR.
I MEAN 120, 120. I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT 124 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU ASSUME EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE LAST YEAR IS GOING TO WANT TO COME BACK, POSSIBLY, OR 80 OR 90% OF THEM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF YOU HAVE A CAP, YOU MIGHT PICK A NUMBER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT 80 WHICH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, 100 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST A MORE, A MORE REALISTIC NUMBER LIKE THAT.
OKAY. THAT'S MY VICE MAYOR. AND THEN I'M GOING TO YEAH.
I WON'T BE A PART OF A VOTE WHICH PROHIBITS SANTA FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
AND SO IF SANTA IS IN THE FLOAT, I'M VOTING FOR HAVING SANTA BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THE GRINCH FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YES, A BUNCH OF GRINCHES UP HERE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MR. YOUNG HAS GRACIOUSLY TAKEN UP THE HEAVY LIFT ON HOW WE WILL LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS PARADE.
I WE HAVE CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT WE NEED SAFETY.
MR.. LIEUTENANT O'REILLY. SO, BARRICADES. UNLESS I'M WRONG, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
WE ARE GOING TO THROW CANDY. AND WHAT'S THE OTHER THING? OH, I THINK THE SWEEPER SHOULD BE AT NIGHT. I'VE WATCHED IT.
PEOPLE CLEAR OUT LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS. THEY'RE GONE.
SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT BECAUSE I WANTED ON BEHALF OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TO WAIT FOR THE CROWD TO KIND OF CLEAR OUT. I THINK THEY WANT. AND THIS GOES FOR ALL OF THE PARADES MOVING FORWARD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO ENTER IN RIGHT BEHIND THE CROWD, PUSHING THE CROWD OUT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE NEAR THE THE SWEEPER OR THE BLOWERS, AND THEY'RE CLEANING UP RIGHT AWAY.
I'M FOR CLEANING UP RIGHT AWAY, SO. BUT I'M SORRY, STORMWATER DEPARTMENT.
AND IF IT SPITS SOMETHING OUT AND THE THE PROXIMITY OF OUR PARADE GOERS AND PEOPLE STILL ON THE SIDEWALK AREA JUST CAUSED CONCERN. AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IS IT BETTER TO LET IT CLEAR OUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME? GO ONCE WE KNOW IT'S VACANT, INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE SWEEPERS THAT CAN CATAPULT ANYTHING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT? AGAIN, SOMEBODY WE'VE BEEN BLESSED, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COUNTERARGUMENT THAT THAT'S THE RATIONALE.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY CARED ABOUT WORKING AT NIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND ON THAT ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF.
YES, I WOULD BE FOR HAVING THE SWEEPERS LATER.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THROWING THE LIGHT SWITCH IN A BAR.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THEN MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND SORT OF GET SOME BUSINESS OUT OF IT AS WELL AFTER THE, AFTER THE PARADE.
SO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT HAVE IT LATER.
OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION. WE DO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO THAT WE APPROVE THE REPEAT SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF NAPLES FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IN DOWNTOWN NAPLES.
WITH THE IMPLEMENTING THE SUGGESTIONS PROPOSED BY STAFF, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE CANDY THROWN AT THE EVENT. IS THAT SPECIFIC ENOUGH? THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOTIONS TODAY. SO THANK YOU.
YES. WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTING THE PARADE.
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I WOULD ADD THAT TO MY MOTION IN THE SECOND REMAINS.BUT PLEASE GIVE DEFERENCE TO SANTA CLAUS. YES, SIR.
I HAVE I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISMAN, A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PENNIMAN. YES. VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PETRANOFF. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
CHRISMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. YES. MAYOR.
HEITMAN. YES. LIEUTENANT O'REILLY I'M SORRY, BUT THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY I CUT YOU SHORT. THAT WAS OKAY WITH THAT COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES YEAH. NO, THAT'S WE'RE ON 13 B. NO. 13. THAT WAS 13. THAT WAS 13. A. NOW WE ARE GOING TO 13 B.
[13.B. A Resolution Determining Petition PRMR2400887 to Approve Filling of a Lake on Private Property Located at 655 3rd Street North Owned by Donald & Phillis Campbell; and Providing an Effective Date. (Bob Middleton, Director of Public Works)]
CAN THE CLERK. CAN WE GO TO 13 B. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.SO I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE, BUT THIS IS THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL.
TO APPROVE FILLING OF A LAKE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 655 THIRD STREET NORTH, OWNED BY DONALD AND PHYLLIS CAMPBELL, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, INTENDING TO OFFER TESTIMONY.
PLEASE RISE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE DISCLOSURES, I'VE HAD NO CONTACT.
MARTIN VISITED THE SITE, HAD COMMUNICATION WITH PETITIONER.
AND THAT'S IT. WALKED BY THE SITE. NO CONTACT.
KRAMER, FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, TALKED WITH STAFF AT THE SITE.
NO CONTACT. FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE. NO CONTACT FROM FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.
VISITED THE SITE AND SPOKE WITH STAFF. ABOUT THE PETITION.
WITH THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KEVIN DOWDY, PROJECT MANAGER ENGINEER WITH BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE LAKE BANK RESTORATION PETITION FOR 655 THIRD STREET NORTH.
AS I MENTIONED, THE PROJECT IS 605 THIRD STREET NORTH.
IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME ALONG ALLIGATOR LAKE.
PERFECT ALONG ALLIGATOR LAKE SHOWN HERE. GULF OF MEXICO IS OVER HERE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO. THE GOAL OF TODAY'S POSITION IS FOR STABILIZATION OF THE REAR YARD ALONG THE PROPERTY AND TO PREVENT FURTHER EROSION WITH RIPRAP AND SECURE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE POOL DECK AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THIS SHOWS A CLOSE UP OF ALLIGATOR LAKE. THE RESIDENCE IS OVER HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE REPEATED HURRICANES, OR THE WINTER WHEN WE GET THE HEAVY WIND EVENTS, LARGE WAVE ACTION TRAVELS ACROSS THE LAKE AND CRASHES INTO THE INTO THIS EDGE.
AND THIS PICTURE IS HARD TO GET A GOOD PICTURE TO SHOW TO JUSTIFY THE LEVEL OF ESCARPMENT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS RECEIVED, BUT THIS PICTURE IS SHOWING ROUGHLY ABOUT A 1 TO 1 SLOPE ON A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
CAN I ZOOM IN? PERFECT. WE'VE ALSO GOT. YOU CAN SEE AN EXISTING FENCE THAT HAS SUNK INTO THE WATER.
OUR GOAL. LET ME GO BACK TO THIS, I APOLOGIZE.
OUR GOAL IS TO AGAIN SECURE THE LAKE BANK WITH RIPRAP.
THAT'S VITAL FOR STORMWATER TREATMENT, BUT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO TAKE THE SLOPE THAT'S THERE AND FORTIFY IT AS, AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN TO THE EXISTING SLOPE. SO OUR GOAL IS TO PUT RIPRAP ALONG THE EDGE AT A 4 TO 1 SLOPE PER THIS CROSS SECTION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO ALONG THE ENTIRE REAR YARD PROPERTY.
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WE'LL HAVE TURBIDITY BARRIERS INSTALLED TO PREVENT MITIGATION OF SOIL AND EROSION INTO THE LAKE DURING CONSTRUCTION.A COUPLE OF OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE SAME AREA HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS SOLUTION THAT WE ARE ASKING TODAY, SHOWN HERE. THEY'VE GOT RIPRAP ALONG THEIR ENTIRE PROPERTY LINE, AND WE'RE REALLY JUST ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME, JUST TO FORTIFY MR. CAMPBELL'S LAKE AT BANK EDGE.
I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
BUT AGAIN, IN SUMMARY, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR RIPRAP TO GO ALONG THE LAKE BANK EDGE TO PREVENT FURTHER EROSION AND REALLY SECURE HIS POOL DECK AND PREVENT ANY STRUCTURAL FAILURES TO HIS HOUSE IN THE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.
THESE REPEATED HURRICANES THAT WE'VE HAD, THEY'VE REALLY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT EROSION.
HE'S LOST ABOUT TWO FEET OF HIS PROPERTY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
SO WITH THAT THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONERS AGENT.
YES. COUNCILMAN KRAMER, HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS PROCESS? WHICH PROCESS EXACTLY GETTING THIS DONE? I STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
OH, I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU'D HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
OUR ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH HIM WAS FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024.
THAT WAS THE VERY START OF WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE, GAVE HIM A PROPOSAL AND GOT IT SIGNED AND BEGAN THE PROCESS. SO A YEAR AND A HALF, FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? SORRY. NICOLE BAKER WITH SEABREEZE EROSION. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF REPORT.
OKAY. THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND A SITE VISIT WAS CONDUCTED.
DURING THAT PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS.
AND I'M NATALIE HARTMAN, A NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER.
AND IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE THAT, BUT IT IS FAIRLY STEEP.
PAST THE POOL DECK AND AREA. THE PROJECT PROPOSES A SMALL AMOUNT OF FILL TO STABILIZE THE BANK TOWARDS THE WATER'S EDGE AND COVER WITH RIPRAP FOR STABILIZATION PURPOSES. THE PROJECT MEETS CODE REQUIREMENTS, AND STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE PROJECT.
AND IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND PROJECT.
SO DO YOU. DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY OR THE LAKE AND THE FILL IN THE AMOUNT OF FILL INS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE STRUCTURES PUT ON THIS LAKE. NOT PRIOR TO ME STARTING WITH THE CITY THREE YEARS AGO.
OKAY. BUT JUST I MEAN, THE HISTORY WE DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY ON, ON THIS LAKE AND THE PROPERTIES AND AND THIS ISSUE WITH THE EROSION NOT I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. WELL, YES. KRAMER. JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT WERE WE WAITING ON, ARMY CORPS OR WHOEVER? FISH AND WILDLIFE, I DON'T KNOW WHO. LIKE, WHY WOULD IT TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF FOR THIS THING TO GET THIS FAR DOWN THE ROAD OR THEIR CONTRACTOR, I DON'T KNOW. JUST WONDERING.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE SUBMITTALS FOR THE REVIEW PROCESS.
ONCE KEVIN DOWDY AND I STARTED CONFERRING DIRECTLY, WE IRONED OUT THE ISSUES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS WENT MUCH SMOOTHER AFTER THAT.
PERFECT. THANKS. SO COULD YOU JUST TELL US THE DETAILS OF HOW MUCH HOW FAR YOU'LL BE ENCROACHING OR INTO TO PUT THE BARRIER? HOW HIGH WILL THE WILL IT BE ROCK? IT WILL BE ROCK, APPROXIMATELY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PICTURE WHICH IS ON THERE RIGHT NOW IT'LL COME UP ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT SLOPE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS OH I HAVEN'T, I HAVE A, I HAVE A MOUSE.
YEAH. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. SO IT'LL COME UP TO APPROXIMATELY HERE.
THAT'S ABOUT 20FT OF RIPRAP WIDTH WISE, ALONG ABOUT A 65 TO 70 FOOT PROPERTY LINE EDGE.
MAYOR. SO QUESTION FOR STAFF. MY CONCLUSION FROM THE MATERIAL WE
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WERE GIVEN AND THE PRESENTATION IS THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, IT WILL BENEFIT THE PROPERTY OWNER.YES, IT WILL BENEFIT THE LAKE AND IT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANY NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YES. THANK YOU.
OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. COULD YOU JUST MAKE YOUR CLOSING REMARKS? OH, THAT WAS IT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FILLING OF A LAKE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 655 THIRD STREET NORTH. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CRISMON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. PAUL. COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETRANOFF. YES. VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRISEMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
MARTIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PENNIMAN. YES. MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES. THANK YOU.
GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 12.
13 C OH, SORRY. 13 C I'M GOING BACKWARDS, AREN'T I?
[13.C. A Resolution Determining Petition PRMR2407155 to Approve Filling of a Lake on Private Property Located at 809 Wedge Drive, Owned by LT Project Management Inc; and Providing Effective Date. (Bob Middleton, Director of Public Works)]
THANK YOU SIR. NO WORRIES. A RESOLUTION DETERMINING PETITION PRMR2407155 TO APPROVE FILLING OF A LAKE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 809 WEDGE DRIVE, OWNED BY LIGHT PROJECT MANAGEMENT, INC.AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL.
SO THE CLERK, MADAM CLERK, ALL THOSE INTENDING TO OFFER TESTIMONY WHO WERE NOT SWORN IN.
PLEASE RISE, PLEASE. RIGHT HERE. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. DISCLOSURES. COUNSEL FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.
HAVE SPOKEN WITH NO ONE. TRIED. TRIED TO MEET WITH MR. LOVATO. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. PARDON? VISITED THE SITE AND SPOKE WITH PETITIONER.
NO CONTACT. MR. LOMBARDO REACHED OUT TO ME, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO TO MEET WITH HIM.
THANK YOU. KRAMER MET WITH THE PETITIONER AND THEIR AGENT.
AND I DON'T THINK I TALKED WITH STAFF ABOUT IT.
THAT'S ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE. NO CONTACT.
FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE? NO CONTACT. FAMILIAR? I VISITED THE SITE. AND NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR COUNCIL ZACH LOMBARDO.
FOR THE RECORD, AN ATTORNEY AT WOODWARD. PIERCE LOMBARDO, 3200 TAMIAMI TRAIL, NORTH CITY OF NAPLES.
I'M ALSO JOINED BY NICK WILDER, THE BUILDER ON THE PROJECT.
AND TODAY I PRESENT TO YOU A SECOND AND A LIMITED SERIES ON LAKE STABILIZATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IS THE PROPERTY AND THE LAKE IS BEHIND IT.
THIS IS A LAKE ON THE MOORINGS GOLF COURSE. AND WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS LAKE WHEN IT COMES TO GOLF COURSE LAKES, IS MOST GOLF COURSE LAKES ARE PART OF SOME SORT OF STORMWATER PERMITTING SYSTEM, USUALLY A SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT.
WE DID A LOT OF DIGGING HERE, AND THERE IS NO PERMIT HERE FOR THESE LAKES IN THIS LAKE SYSTEM, PROBABLY DUE TO THE AGE OF THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH MOORINGS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PACKET, THEY WROTE A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
BUT ON THIS AERIAL I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ONE THING BECAUSE IT WILL HELP WITH THE WHOLE ANALYSIS.
AS YOU SEE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THIS PROPERTY AREN'T ACTUALLY ON THIS LAKE.
BUT THE LAKE IS ERODING IN SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU JUST SAW.
AND HERE IS OUR PICTURE OF THE LAKE BANK. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A I'M NOT AN ENGINEER.
AND SO WE'VE APPLIED FOR LAKE BANK MODIFICATION HERE THROUGH THE LAKE PHIL PROCESS.
THIS IS THE ENGINEERED DRAWING SLB. SANDY BOETTCHER P IS THE ENGINEER ON THIS PROJECT.
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THEY'VE REVIEWED THIS. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US TO GO FURTHER OUT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE ON THAT SIDE OF THE LAKE TO, TO WORK ON THE LAKE. BUT WE COULDN'T COME TO TERMS AS TO WHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THAT EXTRA FILL.YOUR APPLICATION CRITERIA FIRST ASKS ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF LAWS, AND I THINK WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO CAPTURE USUALLY IS MOST LAKES THAT I WOULD ASSUME COME BEFORE YOU WOULD HAVE A SOUTH FLORIDA PERMIT AND WE WOULD NEED TO SHOW UP WITH A PERMIT MOD, BUT THAT'S NOT APPLICABLE HERE. THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. IT'S IT'S A LAKE. IT DOES HOLD STORMWATER. AND BUT WE DON'T KNOW VOLUMETRICALLY WHAT IT'S DOING FOR WHAT SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PART OF ANY PERMIT CLASSIFICATION.
AND I THINK, AS NOTED, WHEN I WAS REFLECTING ON SOME OF THE EMAILS, I WAS GOING OVER HERE, THERE MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GOLF BALLS IN THE LAKE THAT ARE IMPACTING THE VOLUME OF THIS, THIS LAKE. ANYWAY THE WE WE HAD ATWELL, YOUR YOUR YOUR RULES REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
SO WE HAD ATWELL GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THAT. AND THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE LAKE OFFERS MINIMAL, IF ANY, BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL VALUE AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, IT EFFECTIVELY HAS NO LITERAL PLANTINGS.
AND SO WE WERE ASKED BY STAFF TO PUT IN PLANTINGS WHICH WE WE WILL BE DOING.
THE THIS WAS THESE WERE THE PICTURES AGAIN FROM THE ATWELL MEMORANDUM.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHETHER IT INCREASES EROSION AND SHOALING.
WE'RE TRYING TO COMBAT EROSION AND SHOALING. SO WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT DOESN'T. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR ENGINEER'S OPINION AS YOU SEE IN THE MATERIALS. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS, THE THE PRIMARY PROPERTY OWNER HERE, THAT SHOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND WENT TO THEIR BOARD MEETING, AND WE ACTUALLY MODIFIED ALL OF OUR DRAWINGS BASED ON OUR MEETINGS WITH THE GOLF COURSE.
SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY MATERIAL INJURY. AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE'S A SMALL PIECE OF ACTUAL GOLF COURSE BETWEEN THEM AND THE LAKE, WHEREAS WE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, OVER TIME, DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WE WOULD REQUEST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL OR AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND IN MANY WAYS, I THINK THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR APPLICATION.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL VICE MAYOR. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO I COMMEND THE THE PETITIONERS FOR COMING FORWARD.
AND I HOPE WHATEVER ACTION THIS THIS FILL PROCESS WILL INFLUENCE THE OTHER HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME, TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION AND, AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SERVICE. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. STAFF. SORRY.
LET'S GO TO STAFF REPORT. OKAY. THIS ONE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF POINT OUT WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT.
IT WAS A VERY LONG PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF RECAP THAT.
AND I'LL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT IF WE DIDN'T MEET CODE, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END RESULT IS THAT WE MET CODE AND, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND.
WELL, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT, BUT SO A SITE VISIT WAS CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RECEIPT.
AND THIS PROPERTY, THE PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE.
LAKE DOES TAKE STORMWATER FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH PASSES THROUGH A SERIES OF THREE LAKES BEFORE DISCHARGING OFF OF THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. THE PROJECT PROPOSES PLACING FILL TO STABILIZE THE BANK.
EXTENDING THE TOP OF BANK WATER WORD INTO THE ADJACENT GOLF COURSE PROPERTY BEFORE THE START OF THE SLOPE, WHICH MEANS RIPRAP AND THE LITTORAL PLANTINGS.
SO FROM THE START OF THE PROJECT, STAFF WAS CONCERNED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS. A GREATER PORTION OF THE AREA WAS LOCATED IN THE MOORINGS COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY AND INITIAL STAFF CONCERNS RELATED TO THIS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. THESE CONCERNS WERE RESOLVED WHEN THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT BECAME INVOLVED IN A PATHWAY FORWARD WAS DEVELOPED WITH A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION, A LOW NO AND A CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE MOORINGS COUNTRY CLUB TO THE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNER.
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THERE ARE SEVERAL LAKES IN THE GOLF COURSE THAT RECEIVE STORMWATER FROM THE CITY STORMWATER SYSTEM FOR STORAGE AND WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS.THE PLANS DO SHOW SOME DISCREPANCY WITH THE TIE IN, AND THERE WAS A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL BY THE STORMWATER SECTION TO PROVIDE AN AS BUILT SURVEY AND ENGINEERING CERTIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION THAT THE TOP OF BANK ALONG THAT NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY TIED IN TO THE NEIGHBORS.
AND WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. YEAH. YEAH.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT ALL THOSE ITEMS IN HIS PRESENTATION.
SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO IN A SENSE IF IT DOES MEET CODE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST THIS WAS AN INVOLVED PROCESS AND IT TOOK A WHILE, SO.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION WHY IT TOOK SO LONG SO WE CAN MAKE THIS PROCESS EASIER.
BUT LET ME AND IT'S PARTIALLY BECAUSE IT STARTED BEFORE THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROJECT PRIOR TO AN APPLICATION BEING RECEIVED.
AND IT'S IT'S IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. I MEAN, IN THE END WE WORKED TOGETHER AND GOT AN APPROVABLE PROJECT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. YEAH.
NATALIE. THANK YOU. NATALIE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES ON THIS, WE CAN CLEARLY SEE A FAILURE, A COLLAPSING OF THE SHORELINE AROUND THERE. IS THIS DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE LAKE ITSELF? DID IT GET TOO DEEP RIGHT AWAY. WHAT CAUSES THIS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF FAILURE? IT COULD BE ANY OF THE ABOVE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, OR IT COULD EVEN BE MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED OVER THE YEARS.
IT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY. YEAH. OKAY.
WELL, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TO GET BETTER. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. AND THIS QUESTION FOR EITHER FOR STAFF OR MR. LOMBARDO. SO THE OTHER TWO HOUSES ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY THAT ARE ALSO ON THE LAKE, ON ON THE FRONT, THE LAKE, THE ONE SIGNIFICANTLY SO, ONE LESS SO ARE THOSE YOU MENTIONED SOME INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, BUT I'M NOT SURE I REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT. BUT ARE THOSE TWO ARE THOSE TWO HOMES? IN A IN A POSITIVE POSITION IN TERMS OF THE SHORELINE BEING STABILIZED.
THERE ARE NO THEY HAVE NO ISSUES. IS THAT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS HOUSE HERE WITH THE WHITE ROOF AND THEN THE ONE AND THEN THIS ONE.
YES. THIS ONE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES.
AND IF WE LOOKED AT THE SURVEY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN YOUR PACKET AND PERHAPS HERE THE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE CLUTTER HERE, BUT BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY RECONNECTS BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THIS PROPERTY OWNER'S HOUSE.
AND SO WE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE WILL BE SOLELY BEHIND THIS PROPERTY OWNER'S HOUSE.
AND TO KIND OF GET TO THIS QUESTION OF HOW DO WE NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN? A THE SOUTH FLORIDA PERMITTING STANDARDS ON THESE LAKES WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A MAINTENANCE EASEMENT FOR THEM TO TRAVEL ALONG SO THAT THEY COULD GET ON THIS SIDE OF IT.
AND HAD THAT BEEN DONE HERE, THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A TEN FOOT BUFFER RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
AND THEN SO THAT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE TEN FOOT BUFFER AND THEN A 4 TO 1 SLOPE.
SO THERE WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO THE CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENING IN THAT SCENARIO WOULD BE NEXT TO NONE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THEM HAVING SIMILAR CONCERNS JUST FROM VISUALLY LOOKING AT IT THAT DO THEY HAVE RIPRAP? THIS PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT. THIS PROPERTY OWNER APPEARS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STABILIZATION OF SORTS, BUT I'M UNCLEAR. WE WE TALKED WITH STAFF ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING MORE LIKE A SEAWALL STYLE APPROACH BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE'S ONE BASICALLY HERE AND THERE'S SOME OVER HERE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
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IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT ON THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT FOR THE FILL AND THE LATERAL PLANTINGS, BECAUSE BASICALLY, THE ONLY PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE WATER ON THIS LAKE RIGHT NOW ARE SORT OF OVER HERE, BUT I WOULDN'T CALL THEM LATERAL PLANTINGS. THEY'RE BASICALLY LIKE PLANTS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY FALLING INTO THE LAKE. YEAH.SO YOU'RE LATERAL PLANNING. SO OBVIOUSLY BE ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT FOR THAT.
YES. FOR THE LAKE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M COMPARING THIS WITH LIKE SWAN LAKE. AND BECAUSE THAT'S ONE I'M MORE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND I SAW PIPES GOING INTO THERE. IS IT A IT IS IT A NET RECEIVER OF WATER FROM LIKE THE MALL.
THAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF THAT PICTURE THAT'S SHOWN.
THERE'S ALL THIS WATER FLOW INTO THIS LAKE. THERE ARE THERE IS A STORMWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
THIS IS A SWALE AREA, AND THERE ARE INLETS AND PIPES THAT ARE ON.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AN OUTFALL PIPE ON THIS LAKE TO OUR SYSTEM.
OKAY. SO IT DOES IT DOES FUNCTION AS HOLDING STORMWATER DURING HURRICANES OR DURING RAINFALL EVENTS.
RAINFALL. RIGHT. SO DID WAS BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE.
IS THAT WHEN THE EROSION TOOK PLACE OR WAS IT JUST OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME? OUR UNDERSTANDING IT WAS JUST A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE SHORE HAS NO STABILIZATION WHATSOEVER.
AND SO WOULD THIS BE ONE OF THESE LAKES THAT WE WOULD DREDGE OR IS IT.
IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YES. THERE ARE SOME VERY INTERESTING PROPERTY RIGHTS QUESTIONS HERE THAT I THINK WILL BE ADDRESSED AS THE GOLF COURSE GETS REDEVELOPED, BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY INTERESTING THAT YOU'RE PUTTING PUBLIC WATER INTO A PRIVATE LAKE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE VOLUMETRIC INFORMATION ON THIS LAKE.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST MORE OF A, MORE OF A QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THE RECORD THAT THIS IS NOT A LAKE.
IT IS A STORMWATER POND. STAFF. IT'S A STORMWATER POND ON A GOLF COURSE.
RECEIVING WATER FROM ANOTHER? YES. IT'S A STORMWATER PUMP.
YES. THANK YOU. AREN'T THEY ALL STORMWATER PONDS? I THINK LIKE WE JUST CALL THEM LAKES, BUT THEY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE RECORD BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M CALLING IT A LAKE BECAUSE YOUR CODE CALLS IT A LAKEFILL PERMIT, SO I'M CALLING IT A LAKE. AND IF IT WERE, IF IT WERE A PERMITTED SOUTH FLORIDA STORMWATER FACILITY, WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE REFERRED TO IT AS SUCH. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE USING IT AS PART OF YOUR SYSTEM, BUT THERE'S NO DOCUMENTED PERMIT EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU WERE USING IT AS PART OF YOUR SYSTEM.
THIS IS KIND OF IN THAT GRAY SPACE. CAN I ASK THE QUESTION, DID YOU, ZACH, DID YOU SAY THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE GOLF COURSE? AND WOULD WOULD OBTAIN AN ERP FROM THE. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY CONVERSATION, BUT I CERTAINLY AM NOT HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GOLF COURSE.
I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. BUT WHEN WE TALK TO THEM, THEY PLANNED ON DOING THAT. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DETAIL? IT SAYS LAKE FILL. SO YOU'RE FILLING THE LAKE, AND YOU'RE NOT JUST SECURING THE EMBANKMENT WITH ROCK? THERE'S A LAKE FILL. HOW HOW FAR ARE YOU GOING OUT INTO THE LAKE OR TO THE STORMWATER POND? HE'S HE'S PUT THE FIGURE UP ON THE. SO IT'S IT VARIES.
LET ME SEE IF THE DETAIL HAS THE DISTANCE. ARE YOU ON THE SURVEY? THE BOUNDARY. THIS IS THE ENGINEERED. BUT LET'S SEE HERE ON THE SURVEY ITSELF, WHICH YOU HAVE, THE SURVEY DOESN'T SHOW WHERE WE'RE FILLING TO. IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT'S A IT'S A CURRENT SURVEY OF WHAT THE EXISTING STATE OF THE PROPERTY.
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BUT 12 ROUNDING UP BUT THE ACTUAL DISTANCE OUT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.I DON'T SEE THAT DIMENSIONED ON HERE. AND I WISH WE HAD SANDY HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DIMENSION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAD WE WANTED TO GO MORE OF AN ARMORING ROUTE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PHIL IS EXPENSIVE AND WE'RE ENCOURAGED TO GO A ROUTE THAT INVOLVED CREATING THE SLOPE AND THE LITERAL LITERAL PLANTING.
SO IF IF THE CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TOO FAR INTO THE LAKE WE WANTED TO GO THE ARMORING ROUTE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LESS PHIL, IT'D BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO. BUT THIS WAS THE ROUTE THAT WAS THAT WAS AGREED UPON IN OUR WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH STAFF.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE FILLED. YES, BUT NOT PROTECTED WITHIN.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE RIPRAP ON IT ALSO. AND A LITERAL SHELF PLANTING AT THE BASE OF THE RIPRAP.
SO IT'S GOING 1000FT INTO THE LAKE. NO NO, NO.
I MEAN, TO THE STORMWATER POND APPROXIMATELY 13FT INTO THE STORMWATER POND FROM EXISTING TAPAS BANK TO PROPOSE TAPAS BANK AND EXISTING TAPAS BANK IS ON OUR PROPERTY. SO WE'RE SO FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WE'RE PROBABLY ONLY I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING OUT SOMETHING LIKE 7 OR 8FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AT THE MOST EXTREME POINT, THERE'S OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'RE BARELY GOING OFF THE LINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CORRECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE DOING THAT BEYOND BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE IS BECAUSE YOU CODE TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE 4 TO 1 RATIO FOR THE BANK.
WE'RE YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET CITY STANDARDS FOR THE SLOPE SO THAT WE DON'T END UP BACK HERE.
THE OTHER OPTION, IF WE IF WE COULD DO, FOR EXAMPLE, A SEAWALL, WE COULD JUST DROP IT RIGHT ON THE EDGE THERE, BUT THEN YOU WOULD GET NONE OF THE LATERAL PLANTINGS. AND THAT WAS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAFF.
BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE CAN HAVE A SEAWALL, I THINK THEY'D BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THE DIRT, AS YOU JUST SAID, YOU HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT DIRT EARLIER, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO MOVE DIRT AROUND. SO BUT, BUT BUT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE WE WERE PUSHED ON.
AND TO COMPARE THIS TO THE LAKEFILL THAT YOU JUST HEARD BEFORE, THIS ONE AND THAT ONE, THEY WERE PUTTING THE SLOPE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN GOING INTO THE LAKE, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME FILL THERE. IT WAS NOT AS MUCH, BUT I THINK THE APPLICATION SHOWED SOMETHING LIKE 400 TO 500FT² OF FILL IN THEIR APPLICATION. HERE WE'RE TRYING TO RECAPTURE THE PROPERTY AS IT WAS, WHICH WAS THERE WAS NO LAKE ON IT AT ALL, NOR WAS THERE SLOPE. AND WE'RE PUTTING THE SLOPE BACK WHERE IT WAS, WHICH IS ON THE GOLF COURSE. AND I THINK THE BEST INDICATION THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS INTENDED IS THAT THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF REVIEWED THIS AND SAID, YES, THIS MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE LAKE IN FRONT OF OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY WITHOUT TRESPASSING OR NEEDING AN EASEMENT TO GET TO THEIR LAKE.
OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? NO. I HAVE DO I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU, MR. LOMBARDO. CLOSING REMARKS. JUST APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR PATIENCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THEIR REVIEW. OKAY.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER KRAMER.
I'D LIKE TO. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO FILL THAT SMALL SEGMENT OF THE LAKE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 809 WELLS DRIVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KRAMER AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BARTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
KRISEMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PETRANOFF. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. YES. VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON.
YES. MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES. PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE NEED TO TAKE AT LEAST A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
IT'S 430. SORRY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, MADAM MAYOR.
OKAY. YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ONE QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES DAVID TO CHANGE OVER.
WE DO HAVE THE 505 HEARING, AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT ON TIMELY, SO I JUST THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE'RE BACK FROM OUR SHORT BREAK. GOING TO ITEM 12.
[12.E. A Resolution of the City Council of Naples, Florida, Authorizing Participation in a Lawsuit Seeking, Among Other Things, to Declare that Senate Bill 180's Imposition of a Blanket Statewide Prohibition on the Exercise of Home Rule Authority Over Land Use and Zoning Regulations, is Unconstitutional and Should be Enjoined, Retaining Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, PL to Prosecute the Lawsuit; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Necessary Documents; Providing for Scrivener's Errors; and Providing for an Effective Date. (Matthew McConnell, City Attorney)]
YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NAPLES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A LAWSUIT SEEKING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO DECLARE[06:55:04]
THAT SENATE BILL 180 IS IMPOSITION OF A BLANKET STATEWIDE PROHIBITION ON THE EXERCISE OF HOME RULE.AUTHORITY OVER LAND USE AND ZONING REGULATIONS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND SHOULD BE ENJOINED RETAINING VICE CHAIR, HUFFMAN, COLE AND BEHRMAN, PL TO PROSECUTE THE LAWSUIT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER'S ERRORS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO, AS YOU RECALL, AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WE CONTINUED FROM THAT MEETING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I DID CALL YOU ALL IN THE INTERIM PRIOR TO THIS AND KIND OF PROVIDED THE INFORMATION.
I KNEW AS OF THIS MORNING, I RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL.
THE TEN GOVERNMENTS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO INITIATE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN MET.
THEY OFFICIALLY HAVE TEN. I WAS ASKED RESPECTFULLY TO NOT DISCLOSE WHO THE TEN ARE IN PUBLIC, SO I WON'T DO THAT. BUT IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO KNOW, THEN I CAN DISCLOSE IT AFTER THE FACT.
HOWEVER, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY ANTICIPATE FILING THE LAWSUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 24TH. I WILL SAY THERE ARE A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT STILL ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD IT. I HIGHLY DOUBT ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THIS.
I AM ANTICIPATING, BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IF ENOUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WANT TO JOIN AFTER THE LAWSUIT, THAT WE WOULD RETAIN THEM AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD US AS ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS.
AND MOTION TO INCLUDE US IN THE LAWSUIT. HOWEVER, WHILE I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT, I CAN'T BE 100% SURE THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ONGOING.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEETING ON THE 15TH.
I KNOW I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN REACHING OUT TO SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
I HAVE A COUPLE LUNCHES AND PHONE CALLS SET. I'M PERSONALLY WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AS WELL AND DRAFTING SOME UPDATES THAT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE TO THE LEGISLATOR. BUT WITH THAT SAID, IT'S REALLY A CHOICE THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO JOIN THIS.
I WILL SAY, JUST TO REMIND YOU, IT'S 10,000 TO JOIN THE INITIAL CASE AND THEN 5000 FOR APPEAL AND 5000 FOR IF IT GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT. THOSE ARE ALL FLAT FEES. SO THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF THE FEES THAT WE WOULD THAT WE WOULD PAY DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL IT GOES.
AND WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID AND CLEARLY I HEARD THE DETAILS IF WE DON'T MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY, YOU ARE UNCLEAR ON WHETHER WE IF WE WERE TO JOIN LATER ON, WHETHER THAT WE COULD DO THAT OR NOT. I WAS TOLD THAT IF ENOUGH WANT TO JOIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO ADD PARTIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD JUST ADD IT. IF ONLY THE CITY OF NAPLES JOINED.
BUT IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS IS THE SAME FIRM THAT HANDLED THE LITIGATION FOR FORM SIX.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WE FOR SURE CAN JOIN LATER, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I FEEL LIKE THE POSSIBILITY OF US JOINING AT A LATER TIME, AS LONG AS THERE'S OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE MADE THAT CHOICE, IT'S PRETTY HIGH. OKAY. COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? KRISEMAN. WELL, I'LL START AND MAKE SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS I MADE LAST TIME AND ADD A FEW MORE.
FIRST OF ALL, I COULD NEVER SUPPORT SIGNING ON TO A LAWSUIT THAT I HAVE EVEN READ.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN A COPY OF IT.
THAT'S JUST SORT OF ONE BASIC POINT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS.
AND BUT MORE BEYOND THAT. AND I'VE TAKEN THE TIME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO.
TALK TO MEMBERS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND, AND TALK TO PEOPLE IN IN THE WORLD OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND LOBBYING AND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLY GOOD NEWS ABOUT SENATE BILL 180 IS THAT IS IT STATEWIDE? UNLIKE SENATE BILL 250, WHICH MEANS EVERY COUNTY AND CITY IN THIS STATE IS AFFECTED, AND EVERY COUNTY AND CITY HAS PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE UPSET ABOUT THIS.
SO AND NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR IN FLORIDA.
EVERY HOUSE MEMBER WILL BE UP FOR REELECTION AND HALF THE SENATE WILL BE UP FOR REELECTION.
AND THEY'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE A MUCH MORE PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION
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AND ONE THAT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR US AND FOR OTHERS WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO DEFINE WHAT THE REPAIRS TO THE BILL WOULD BE, PARTICULARLY WITH SECTION 18 AND 28, WHICH ARE THE TWO SECTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED, THE PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAND USE AUTHORITY AND TRY TO DEVELOP, AND THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS ALREADY WORKING ON THIS. REBECCA. O'HARE HAS IS DEVELOPING A DOCUMENT ALONG THESE LINES, AND I KNOW MR. MCCONNELL HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER, PERHAPS OTHERS, AND AND PUT IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE THE CONCERNS ON SOME SORT OF A I THINK THERE'LL BE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE THAT WILL BE DOING THIS AND AND TRY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, A COHERENT AND DECENT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PASS LEGISLATION TO REPAIR THIS BILL IN THE NEXT SESSION.AND EVEN IN THE SIX WEEKS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, BEGIN TO GET THAT WORK LINED UP.
I THINK FOR US, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE FOCUS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT MEETING WITH A MEMORANDUM, A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, HERE'S OUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THIS BILL SHOULD BE REPAIRED SPECIFICALLY.
AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION ALSO, AND IDEAS FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES TO WALK INTO THAT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND SAY TO OUR DELEGATION HERE IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DOCUMENT, WHICH WE JUST APPROVED.
AND, OH, BY THE WAY, WE SIGNED ON TO THIS LAWSUIT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO BE A GOOD COMBINATION AND VERY SMART POLITICALLY.
THEY'RE EAGER TO TALK ABOUT THIS, TO HEAR OUR IDEAS AND TO TRY TO WORK TO FIX THIS.
THE, THE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS LEGISLATION WAS, WAS ORIGINALLY AND PRIMARILY DEVELOPED AS A BILL TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND SECTION 18 AND 28 WERE ADDED ON TO IT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PEEL OFF THE BAD PARTS AND AND EVERY THERE WAS ONLY ONE OPPOSING VOTE IN THE HOUSE AND ONE OPPOSING VOTE IN THE SENATE TO THIS BILL. SO THAT MEANS IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AND VIRTUALLY EVERY COMMUNITY AND COUNTY AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED ON TO THIS LAWSUIT, THEIR OWN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR IT.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE SITUATION WE'RE FACING. AND I THINK THAT IF WE PURSUE THIS IN A EFFECTIVE LOBBYING FASHION TO TRY TO POINT OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO CHANGE THE THE OFFENSIVE PARTS OF IT, IT'S A MUCH BETTER STRATEGY AND A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF OF HAVING SUCCESS.
AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, LITIGATION LAWSUITS ARE ALWAYS A MATTER OF LAST RESORT, NOT FIRST RESORT.
AND IF WE ENTER INTO THIS LAWSUIT NOW, WE'RE DOING IT AS A MATTER OF FIRST RESORT.
AND I THINK WE'RE JUST CUTTING OFF CONVERSATION AND CUTTING OFF A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE GENERALLY AND WITH OUR AND WITH OUR OUR LOCAL DELEGATION SPECIFICALLY.
WELL ANYONE? ANYONE ELSE? KRAMER. I'LL SAY. WELL, BEGINNING WITH I'M NOT SIGNING A LAWSUIT THAT I HAVEN'T READ. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
THAT'S JUST ENOUGH. IT COULD BE THE BEST WRITTEN LAWSUIT EVER.
AND AND EVERY BIT OF PRINCIPLE THAT I STAND FOR.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN ANYTHING I HAVEN'T READ.
THEY WANT OUR INPUT. THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT DELINEATED WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT THE WHAT WE'D LIKE FIXED A BUNCH OF FOLKS IN THE HOUSE TO ACTUALLY HELD THEIR NOSE AND VOTED FOR IT.
THE SENATE EVEN MORE SO. AND FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, I, I WOULD SUPPORT EVERYTHING.
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RAY JUST SAID AND AND I REALLY THINK IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE READY FOR THAT MEETING WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE GROUP LATER IN SEPTEMBER.THAT'S ALL. VICE MAYOR. YEAH. THANK YOU. SOME GOOD COMMENTS.
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT PREEMPTIVE MEASURES, AND THIS COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A PREEMPTIVE MEASURE.
THAT WAS TAKING PLACE AND THAT THEY'RE EAGER TO TALK.
WHERE WAS THAT EAGERNESS BEFORE THEY TOOK THESE ACTIONS? WHY DIDN'T THEY REALLY STEP OUT, COME SEE US AND TALK TO US BEFORE THEY PREEMPTED US? PREEMPT HOME RULE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH OR ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE THEIR EAGERNESS TO TALK PREEMPTING HOME RULE SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN LESS FREQUENTLY.
AND SO AND THEN MR. MCCONNELL TALKING ABOUT JOINING THE LAWSUIT BEFORE WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, IS THAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN MASS TO FUND IT, YOU KNOW, FUND THE LEGAL ACTION.
BUT BY SUPPORTING ITEM 12 E WHAT ARE WE GETTING WITH THAT? ARE WE ABLE TO. ARE WE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING BEFORE IT MOVES FORWARD? WELL, LIKE I DO WITH ALL LITIGATION, I WOULD SEND YOU A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT ONCE IT'S FILED.
BUT, I MEAN. YOU ALL DON'T REALLY REVIEW ANYTHING BEFORE IT'S FILED.
I MEAN, RESPECTFULLY, OF COURSE, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S RISK MANAGEMENT FILINGS EVERY DAY.
THERE'S STUFF IN CASES ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY READ.
IT'S TRUSTING THE ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY'S HIRED TO PREPARE IT AND FILE IT.
BUT OKAY. THE DIFFERENCE IS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO READ SOMETHING IF WE WAITED AND IT WAS FILED BECAUSE THEN I COULD GET ACCESS TO IT AND READ IT. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE I WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY READ IT, SHARE IT, DIGEST IT. AT THAT POINT. OKAY. I'M SORRY, MR. MCCONNELL. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US RELYING ON OUR OWN CITY ATTORNEY TO READ SOMETHING, AND A LAW FIRM THAT WE HAVE NO ASSOCIATION OR RELATIONSHIP WITH IN FORT LAUDERDALE FROM DOING THE SAME.
AND US SIMPLY TURNING THE KEYS TO NAPLES OVER TO THAT LAW FIRM.
THAT'S A FAIR POINT. I TOTALLY AGREE. AND, BARTON I MUST I'VE GOT TO SAY, I, I AGREE WITH AND CONCUR WITH WITH MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMAN, KRAMER AND CHRISTMAN.
BUT IN THE SAME BREATH, I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY THAT VICE MAYOR IS CORRECT AS WELL, FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT, YES, THEY DID START THIS FIGHT. THEY ARE EGREGIOUSLY ATTACKING OUR HOME RULE AND AND IT AND IT IT MAKES OUR JOB A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT THAN IT SHOULD BE. AND IT IMPEDES OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR JOB WELL.
NOW, WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THOUGH, IS WE WANT TO TRY TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.
SO NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DETERMINE IS WHAT IS WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE IN BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IS THAT JOINING A LAWSUIT AND GETTING IN A ROCK FIGHT, OR IS THAT AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THIS.
I'M SAYING THIS AS AND I'M GOING TO BITE MY TONGUE AS I DO.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO TO SAY THIS AS A POLITICIAN, BUT TO TAKE OUR POLITICIANS AT FACE VALUE AND ACCEPT THEIR THEIR WORD TO BE TRUE, THAT THEY REALLY DO WANT TO WORK WITH US. AND THEY THEY WERE NOT.
THEY AGREED THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS BILL AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
MY INCLINATION IS TO. NOT GET INTO A INTO A FISTFIGHT IN THE ALLEY.
BUT LET'S TRY TO FIX THIS A MORE AGREEABLE FASHION.
HOWEVER, THE ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THAT SHOULD NOT BE A LAWSUIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THAT IS, IT IS NOT WRITTEN WELL AND IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
ANYONE ELSE? PETRANOFF. I SPOKE WITH SENATOR PASSIDOMO AS WELL AND EXPRESSED MY
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RESERVE ABOUT WE DID THEY DID PASS SB 250 AND WE ASKED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS AGO FOR SOME DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE US, AND WE WERE BLOWN OFF. IT WAS UTTER SILENCE UNLESS SOMEBODY GOT GOT AN EMAIL.SO I ALWAYS THINK PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE LIKE CREDIT BUREAUS.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS A SIGN OF FUTURE PREDICTABILITY.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, GETS PUSHED FOREVER.
IT COULD ALSO BE THAT JUST THOSE TEN CITIES THAT ARE JOINING IN THAT LAWSUIT ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT GET RELIEF, GIVEN THE MOST RECENT COURT ACTIONS. SO IT COULD BE THAT THE TEN PEOPLE DELTONA AND WHATEVER THE WHOEVER IS ENJOINED IN THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET RELIEF. AND WE ARE STUCK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS THING WAS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE ATTORNEYS THAT READ THINGS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THINGS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE LAND USE ATTORNEYS. AND SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY PASSED THIS.
AND I THINK THERE IS A FEELING IN TALLAHASSEE TO GET RID OF HOME RULE.
AND THIS IS A HUGE STRIKE. I YOU KNOW, THE UNSAID THING IS, IS WE ARE WE WANT TO ASK FOR 6.7 MILLION NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S THE LAST YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR SENATOR LIVES IN OUR CITY, AND WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SESSION TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THEY COULD RETALIATE ON THAT WAY.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FEELING THEY'RE AFRAID OF RETALIATORY ACTIONS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, A MOVE TO TRY TO REMOVE THEM FROM OFFICE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN THREATS MADE ON, YOU KNOW, TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT EFFECT AND FEAR TO THAT EFFECT.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M MORE OF A FIGHTING TYPE OF PERSON THAT SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, YOU KNOW? TWO, TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OUR ANSWER, AND OUR ANSWER IS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER IT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE THUMB ON YOU.
AND NOW THERE'S MORE STUFF IN HERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A THUMB ON.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO RAISE PERMITTING FEES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M BUILDING A HOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY, I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR SUBSIDIZING MY PERMITTING COSTS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO LIQUIDATE THEM IF THEY HAVEN'T GONE TO CURRENT YOU KNOW DONE A CURRENT ANALYSIS ON WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEING COST BECAUSE THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING PERMITTING, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING INSPECTIONS, AND THOSE COSTS ARE REAL, AND THEY'LL JUST BE SHIFTED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
IF WE GET A IF WE GET A HURRICANE. THE OTHER PIECE IS WE STILL NEED BURDENSOME AND RESTRICTIVE.
DEFINED. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THERE IS AN OVER APPLICATION ON THIS AND IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO DAMAGED AND DESTROYED PROPERTY. THIS IS THIS IS A HURRICANE RELIEF BILL VERSUS THE ENTIRE JURISDICTION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL WORK WITH IT WITH US ON ON THAT.
I DON'T GET A GOOD SENSE GIVEN THE PAST PERFORMANCE.
AND CONSIDERING WE COULD BE LEFT OUT OF IT IF WE GET A GOOD SENSE THAT WE CAN JOIN AFTER THE FACT AND WE DON'T GET REAL, REAL, MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN I THINK THAT BEING ABLE TO JOIN IT IS REALLY OUR ONLY MEASURE TO DO OUR JOBS. WE CAN'T REALLY DO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO INCREASE RESILIENCY.
AND SO BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, HEY, IT'S GOING TO COST ME $150,000 MORE.
THAT IS MORE BURDENSOME THAN YOU FLOOD THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE'S THERE'S INSTANCE AFTER INSTANCE THAT IT HURTS THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT, AND IT HURTS.
I THINK THAT ONE REFERRED TO AS FLORIDA COMMERCE, BUT YEAH.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. OKAY. I THINK THEY YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME OF THEM.
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AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE IT'LL BE AN EXERCISE IN NOTHING.CONSIDERING THE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, I THINK, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ARE GOING TO BE RESILIENCY MEASURES.
AND THEY ALL COME WITH PRICE TAGS. CORRECT. AND SO YEAH, SO SO I WOULD BE ONE TO EITHER PSEUDO JOIN THE SUIT OR IF YOU GET A GOOD IF YOU HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THAT PERHAPS YOU KNOW WE COULD JOIN LATER AND WE DO WE DO NOT.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND EVEN ANSWERING A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT WASN'T ANSWERED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS AGO, THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND BY THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, THE LAWSUIT WILL HAVE BEEN FILED.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I MEAN, I HAVE A GOOD FEELING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO, BUT IF IF WE CAN, I DON'T WANT ANYONE LOOKING AT ME SAYING, I MADE THIS DECISION BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME WE COULD.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THOUSAND FRIENDS HAVE JOINED THIS, YOU KNOW, OPINED ON THIS AND JOINED THIS, BUT LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS NOT.
THEY, THEY I GUESS THEY DON'T. THEY NEED TO HAVE STANDING.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY HAVEN'T, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THEY ARE THEY REALLY WORKING ON IT? IS IT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY DO THEY REALLY REPRESENT CITIES? I KNOW A LOT OF THE BIGGER CITIES, YES. LEAGUE OF CITIES IS A GREAT RESOURCE.
AND PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WAS EVEN THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
I HAVE IT TOO. I MEAN, I HAVE WHAT THEY DID TOO.
YOU KNOW, GIVEN GIVEN THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO DATE FROM OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET GOOSE EGGS. THANK YOU.
SO COUNCILWOMAN PETRANOFF. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID WITH SENATE BILL 250 APPROPRIATIONS AND TAKING AWAY HOME RULE, SENATE BILL 180 NOW EXPANDING INTO DEEPER AREAS.
LIVE LOCAL. TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHTS TO PROTECT OUR OWN CITIES AND OUR OWN PLANNING AND LONG RANGE PLANNING, PERMITTING FEES, ALLOWING PRIVATE PROVIDERS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN EXPERIENCE ON OUR OWN WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS.
AND THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS LED US DOWN AND I, I AM I HAVE BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THEM, BUT THEY HAVE LED US DOWN. I HAVE SEEN NOTHING COME OUT OF THEM FROM THIS PROTECTING HOME RULE, AND IT'S EGREGIOUS. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MY HOME RULE FOR MY COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IT'S AN EGREGIOUS FOR THE STATE TO TAKE AWAY HOME RULE.
IT'S UNETHICAL. AND I WON'T FIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO PURSUE WELL, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S WRONG, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROTECT IT. AND I'LL JUST PERSEVERE, JUST LIKE I HAVE IN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS COME OUR WAY.
BUT THIS IS NOT OKAY. THEY'RE NOT CHANGING. I WENT TO THE DELEGATION HEARING LAST YEAR AND SAID TO KATHLEEN AND THE OTHER THREE, PLEASE RELOOK AT 250 AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN REMOVING LOCAL HOME RULE. NOTHING. AND THAT WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANOTHER WORD. WE CAN DO A CONSENSUS.
OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE. OH I'M SORRY.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO. WELL, AGAIN, I'M COMING LATE TO THIS PARTY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE REMARKS ARE RATHER COMPELLING ON THIS DAIS TODAY. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT JOINING THE SUIT.
I AGREE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING I HAVEN'T READ.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. I WOULD DEPEND ON YOU, I THINK, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, YOUR INSTINCTS. BEFORE I SAY YAY OR NAY ON THAT, I THINK IT'S.
YEAH, I AGREE, BUT FOR US TO SAY, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT, WE MIGHT GET MONEY.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE BRIBERY TO ME. OH, YEAH.
I'M NOT PLAYING AND KOWTOWING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I DON'T THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE TO ME. MAYOR LET'S TAKE A VOTE BECAUSE WE CAN DEBATE THIS FOREVER.
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I KNOW WE CAN, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT AND PERHAPS OTHERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON I KNOW. THERE'S NOT A PERSON ON THIS DAIS WHO DOESN'T THINK THAT SENATE BILL 180 IS THE MOST DRAMATIC EXAMPLE YET OF OVERREACH ON THE PART OF STATE GOVERNMENT REGARDING HOME RULE.IT'S EGREGIOUS. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. IT'S TERRIBLE.
THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR REVERSING THIS? YOU MAY REMEMBER AT A MEETING OF THIS COUNCIL BEFORE SUMMER RECESS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOME RULE, MAYBE IT WAS WHEN SENATE BILL 180, I TOLD YOU THAT I HAD WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ASSISTANCE, HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH INTO HOW MANY PREEMPTIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN FLORIDA SINCE 2010 AND THE NUMBER AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED. THE NUMBER WAS OVER 150 PREEMPTIONS 150.
AND THAT NUMBER IS HIGHER NOW OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER.
AND, AND YOU KNOW SO MY, MY CONCERN, I MEAN, THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
NOW 180 GOES TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL AND IS AND IS GETTING MUCH MORE ATTENTION, WHICH IS GOOD.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE STATE IT'S NOT EVEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LAWSUIT THAT WE'VE NEVER NOT SEEN, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARGUMENTS ARE BEING MADE, BUT AS EGREGIOUS AS THIS IS.
THESE PREEMPTIONS ARE THE QUESTION BECOMES, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR OVERTURNING IT WHEN THEY'VE DONE IT OVER 150 TIMES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS ALREADY? WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR OVERTURNING THE STATE? YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN SOME PEOPLE'S EYES AND SOMEBODY ELSE SAYING, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH, BUT THAT'S A POLICY DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU.
SO A LAWSUIT ALSO, I DON'T REALLY CARE EITHER, ABOUT $6.7 MILLION IN THE LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS.
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M SUGGESTING THIS. I'M SUGGESTING THAT IT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER ADVISED TO TRY TO HAVE A DIALOG AND SEE IF THERE'S PROGRESS THAT CAN BE MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM LEGISLATIVELY.
WHEN A LAWSUIT IS GOING TO BE UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER WE WILL PREVAIL.
NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO. AND WE'LL CERTAINLY GO THROUGH YEARS OF APPEALS AND ALL THE REST AND, AND AND SECONDLY, HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN TALLAHASSEE.
OKAY. I'M SORRY TO END THAT CONVERSATION. WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A.
DECISION ON WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, KRAMER, YES OR NO FOR THE LAWSUIT? NO. YES.
WELL, HOLD ON, I GOT TO START TAKING. YES. PROBABLY SHOULD BE A MOTION A MOTION.
OKAY. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ON ITEM 12 E. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL BY VICE MAYOR.
SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. PETRANOFF.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR.
HUTCHINSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRISMAN. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BARTON. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PETRANOFF. YES. MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES. PASSES. RIGHT.
4 TO 3. YEAH. YEAH. I'M SORRY. APPROVED. 4 TO 3.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, MAYOR, FOR THE REST OF THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD UNLESS CITY MANAGER DISAGREES, I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST CONTINUE EVERYTHING TO THE NEXT MEETING. OH, NO, MR. MANAGER AND I, I MEAN, MR. YOUNG AND I DISCUSSED.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY CAN SWITCH IT IN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS IN ONE MINUTE OR TWO.
SO I WOULD SINCE WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF STAFF THAT WE PROCEED TO THE HEARING.
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AND IF YOU WANT TO RECONVENE THAT WE COULD RECONVENE BACK TO THE OTHER AND HOPEFULLY DO IT IN ANOTHER 15 MINUTES.I MEAN, THE THOUGHT OF CARRYING OVER THESE THREE ITEMS, WHICH ARE VERY MATERIAL.
THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. THE ONLY THING IS IF, FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR NEW SYSTEM WOULD DO TO THE VIDEO IF WE STOPPED THIS, START A NEW MEETING, AND THEN STARTED. I DON'T THINK WE CAN, ACCORDING TO DAVID.
I HAD IT. YEAH. WOW. OH, THE MAN SPOKE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, MR. YOUNG WE HAVE 13 G AND 13 G AND 15 A. THAT'S CORRECT MA'AM. JUST THOSE TWO.
NO, THERE'S THREE ITEMS YOU HAVE 13, 13, 13 G AND 15 A, MA'AM.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE A RECESS AS A RECESS AS A RECESS.
OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK IN. OKAY. SO COUNCIL.
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS AT 516 AND RECONVENE AFTER OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
[13.D. Consideration and Approval of the 2026 Workshop and Meeting Schedule for the City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). (Gary Young, City Manager)]
MR. MCCONNELL. OH, THAT'S YOU, MR. YOUNG. SORRY, MA'AM.SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED 2026 CITY COUNCIL AND CRA MEETING SCHEDULE.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START IN REVERSE ORDER.
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FEBRUARY, WHICH IS THE ELECTION MONTH.
YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE ONE MEETING AND YOU CAN'T.
THERE'S NO POINT. AND THEY'RE NOT SWORN IN UNTIL THE 18TH.
SO HERE'S THE THING THAT I WAS THINKING. YOU ALSO NEED A LAND USE MEETING.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER AS YOUR TIME WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN TO COUNSEL, IT'S YOUR SWEARING IN.
IT MADE SENSE TO ME TO SAY, LOOK, MAYBE IF WE CAN JUST HAVE TWO MEETINGS, SINCE YOU'RE ONLY DOWN TO ONE MEETING IN THAT ENTIRE MONTH, HAVE THEM BACK TO BACK AND HAVE THE LAND USE ON THE SECOND DAY.
IT CHANGES ALL OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WAITING TO DO THAT.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S PROPOSED IN THAT WAY. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A FULL DAY BOTH DAYS, BUT AT LEAST IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNCTIONAL AND CELEBRATORY WHEN THE NEW COUNCIL IS SWORN IN AS WELL. SO THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN AS IT PERTAINS TO JANUARY, AS YOU KNOW, WE COME BACK AFTER THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY, BUT BECAUSE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, THE QUESTION IS, IS DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO STILL HAVE A WORKSHOP IN THAT MONTH? AND IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE HAD THIS SAME SITUATION, YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM BACK TO BACK.
AND YOU SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY AND THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY.
SO WE WROTE IT UP THAT WAY, BUT CERTAINLY RESPECT COUNCIL'S OPINION.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I'LL COMMENT ON AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE IS, WE DIDN'T BOOK A CRA IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 2026, AND I DID THIS FOR A COUPLE REASONS. ONE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, AND I WANT YOU TO REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FACE THIS DECEMBER IS WE HAVE A MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD, WHICH IS A CRA, WHICH PUTS ME PUBLISHING THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WOULD BE THURSDAY, WHICH IS THANKSGIVING DAY, WOULD BE SEVEN DAYS BEFORE I'M GOING TO PUBLISH THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THE CRA BECAUSE IT'S THE FOURTH.
DECEMBER 3RD. YES. AND THAT WE HAD A CRA MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD.
FOURTH. IT'S SCHEDULED NOW IS THE FOURTH, I BELIEVE.
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GET THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING IF WE DON'T MOVE UP THE PUBLICATION FOR YOU.SO WHAT I SAID WAS, LOOK, LET'S JUST LEAVE DECEMBER ALONE.
IF THE COUNCIL AND CRA SAYS WE NEED ANOTHER ONE, IT COULD ALWAYS BE IN NOVEMBER OR IN DECEMBER.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS. I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF THOSE IN DECEMBER, IN THAT FIRST WEEK WHEN YOU MOVED IT UP, AND I WAS JUST HESITANT TO PUT IT ON, I CERTAINLY DON'T MIND AMENDING IT AND ADDING WHATEVER YOU WANTED.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW OUR THOUGHT PROCESS AS WE WERE LOOKING AT A CALENDAR.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. COUNCIL ANY KRAMER.
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME. YES, SIR.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT ALL THAT STUFF WAS FINE AND DANDY, BY THE WAY. JUNE 20TH.
AND I LOVE CRA AND OUR CHAIR. I MEAN LOVE. HAVING SAID THAT, JUNE 17TH IS OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN WE WOULD WAIT A WEEK AND A DAY FOR OUR JUNE 25TH CRA BEFORE GOING ON BREAK.
I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE THAT CRA MEETING ON JUNE 18TH.
I WAS GOING TO TO, TO RAISE THIS MYSELF, AND I WAS GOING TO RAISE THIS IN SOME OTHER CRA MEETINGS SCHEDULE MYSELF. SO CAN I CAN I WORK BACKWARDS? COUNCILMAN. KRAMER. AND AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL GET AND THEN COME BACK TO JUNE.
SO MR. YOUNG. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY PHONE TO TRY TO REMIND MYSELF THE CALENDAR FOR REMAINING CRA MEETINGS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ONE IN OCTOBER. IN LATE OCTOBER.
AND THEN IS THERE DID YOU SAY THERE'S ONE SCHEDULED IN EARLY DECEMBER OR NOT? ACCORDING TO THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE, THERE SAID DECEMBER 4TH, WHICH WOULD BE THE I THINK IT'S THE THURSDAY AFTER.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN EARLY DECEMBER. YES, SIR. OKAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR THAT WE CANCEL THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING. THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING OCCURS FIVE DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
AND I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT MEETING THEN.
AND AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AHEAD, WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE ON COUNCIL.
YEAH. YOU WANT TO, DON'T YOU? AND AND AND WE ALSO WON'T KNOW WHO THE CRA CHAIR WILL BE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ELECTION FOR THAT POSITION AND OTHER POSITIONS AFTER THE NEW COUNCIL IS SWORN IN.
SO SO I THINK HAVING THE MEETING ON JANUARY 29TH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT THAT MEETING BE SHIFTED TO TO THE LAST WEEK IN FEBRUARY OR THE LAST WEEK IN MARCH.
AND WE COULD ALSO IF WE MOVED IT TO THE LAST MEETING WEEK IN MARCH.
OKAY, SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YES, SIR. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
AND BY THE WAY AS I LOOK AT THE CRA AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PERIOD OF MONTHS, NEXT 4 OR 5 MONTHS, THE THE PRIMARY AND PERHAPS ONLY IMPORTANT ACTION ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE I HOPE COMING TO US WILL BE THE 60% DESIGN APPROVAL ON THE 10TH STREET FIRST AVENUE SOUTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, AND PERHAPS SOME SOME OTHER APPROVALS ON AMENDMENTS TO THAT CONTRACT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GO TO CITY COUNCIL OR CRA.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR IN TANDEM WITH THE WITH THE 60% DESIGN.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSION ITEMS AND SO ON.
BUT YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I'M NOT EVEN. DEPENDING ON WHEN THAT 60% DESIGN LANDS THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE NEED FOR BOTH AN OCTOBER MEETING AND A DECEMBER MEETING THIS YEAR.
YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? OKAY. BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THEM ON THE CALENDAR FOR NOW,
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OBVIOUSLY. BUT LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR, I GUESS I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT A, AT A CRA MEETING IN MARCH AND MAY AND AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, AUGUST AND OCTOBER.OKAY. I'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES. OKAY. NOT FEBRUARY, THE END OF THE MONTH.
I'D SAY MARCH. I'D. I'D SAY I'D SAY MARCH. BECAUSE EVEN EVEN FEBRUARY.
YOU'RE IT. THAT WOULD BE A WEEK OR TEN DAYS AFTER THE NEW COUNCIL WAS SWORN IN.
I THINK GIVEN A LITTLE MORE TIME WOULD BE GOOD.
OKAY. AND RAY, CAN I YOU SAID WE HAD. I HAD THE NEXT ONE ON OCTOBER 9TH.
WAS THAT WRONG? AM I WRONG ON THAT? THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. I MISSPOKE. SO? SO WE HAVE ONE ON OCTOBER 9TH AND ONE ON DECEMBER 4TH.
AND YOU KNOW, FIRST THING I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT DO WE HAVE PROSPECTIVELY FOR AN AGENDA IN OCTOBER. IS THERE ENOUGH THERE TO WARRANT A MEETING? AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND ESPECIALLY THE DECEMBER MEETING, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN, IS HOW MUCH WAS GOING TO BE IN THAT. THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD WAS PRETTY HEAVY.
SO I REALLY PUSHING. SORRY TO DIGRESS ON THIS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET THIS 60% DESIGN.
LAID OUT FOR US AND HOPEFULLY APPROVED. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND YOU KNOW SO IF, IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER. WELL, I WON'T EVEN GET INTO THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE CAN BE IN A POSITION TO TO APPROVE THAT, EVEN IF IT IF IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S NOT READY FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED CRA MEETING, WE COULD EVEN HAVE A SPECIAL CRA MEETING ATTACHED TO A COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE WITH A ONE ITEM AGENDA.
YOU FOLLOW ME? YEAH. YEAH. SO? SO IF YOU CANCEL THE MEETING DECEMBER 4TH IN ORLANDO, THERE'S THE POLICY COMMITTEES. FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT STARTS THE FOURTH.
SO JUST FYI, THESE ARE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
YES. YEAH. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. THAT BEING SAID.
WAS IT ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT THAT SHOULD BE JULY 2026.
THANKS. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS NEXT JULY WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO SHOW YOUR COMMITMENT AND FILL THAT UP WITH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND IF YOU DON'T, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THE TWO OF YOU THAT WON'T KNOW.
BUT. BUT IF YOU DON'T, JULY 11TH IS 7-ELEVEN DAY, AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME FILL UP YOUR TRASH CAN OR WHATEVER IN A FEW MONTHS, YOU COULD YOU COULD COME ON OVER AND SPEAK TO US DURING PUBLIC SPEAKING.
OH, YEAH. COMMENT TO MAKE THOSE TYPE OF SUGGESTIONS TO BE THAT GUY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED, MR. YOUNG. YES, MA'AM, I DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THAT TAKES US TO 13 G. G. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.
[13.G. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Naples, Florida, Designating the Planning Department as the Administrative Authority for Receiving, Reviewing, and Processing Plat and Replat Submittals; Designating the City Manager as the Administrative Official Authorized to Approve, Conditionally Approve, or Deny such Submittals Pursuant to Section 177.071, Florida Statutes; Authorizing the City Manager to Delegate Review and Processing Duties to Appropriate Staff within the Planning Department, including the City Engineer or other Relevant Departments; Providing for Scrivener’s Errors; Providing for Conflicts, Severability, and an Effective Date. (Matthew McConnell, City Attorney)]
MAYOR. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPLES, FLORIDA. DESIGNATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY FOR RECEIVING, REVIEWING, AND PROCESSING PLAT AND REPLAT SUBMITTALS.DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY SUCH SUBMITTALS PURSUANT TO SECTION 177 .071 FLORIDA STATUTES AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DELEGATE, DELEGATE, REVIEW AND PROCESSING DUTIES TO APPROPRIATE STAFF WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE CITY ENGINEER OR OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER'S, ERRORS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MR. MCCONNELL, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE PROCESS THAT EXISTS? OR MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE. MR. MARTIN IN THE RECEIVING, REVIEWING, AND PROCESSING OF PLAT AND PLAT SUBMITTALS WHILE SHE WALKS UP. MAY I JUST PROVIDE JUST TWO SENTENCE INTRODUCTION.
IT'S RELATED TO A NEW SENATE BILL THAT WAS ADOPTED AND CAME INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.
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THERE'S A FEW APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN OVER SUMMER THAT WE'VE KIND OF TOLD THEM, HEY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE IN RECESS.SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WHERE WE STAND AND WHY THIS IS HERE.
DID YOU SAY THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TOOK AWAY HOME RULE AGAIN? NOT EXACTLY, BUT YES. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. THIS JUST COMPLETELY REMOVES CITY COUNCIL FROM THE PROCESS.
SURE. SO GOOD EVENING. HI. ERIKA MARTIN, PLANNING DIRECTOR.
YOU HAVE TWO, ESSENTIALLY TWO TYPES OF SUBDIVISIONS DEFINED IN YOUR CODE MINOR SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN IF IT'S NOT A MINOR SUBDIVISION, IT'S CONSIDERED A MAJOR SUBDIVISION. ALL MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS GO TO CITY COUNCIL. THERE ARE FOUR INSTANCES OUTLINED IN YOUR CODE WHERE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MINOR SUBDIVISION. IF YOU'RE SPLITTING A LOT TO RETURN IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINALLY PLATTED LOTS, LIKE RECREATING ORIGINALLY PLATTED LOTS. THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
THOSE CURRENTLY DO NOT COME TO CITY COUNCIL. ANY LARGER SUBDIVISION.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION CURRENTLY GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN SO A LOT COMBINATION CURRENTLY COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT A LOT SPLIT TO RECREATE EXISTING PLATTED DOES NOT.
BUT NOW THIS NEW LEGISLATION, NONE OF THEM WOULD COME TO CITY COUNCIL.
YES, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. ERICA. COULD YOU GIVE US A MAYBE SOME EXAMPLES OF MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE COME TO CITY COUNCIL THAT NO LONGER IF WE LOOKED BACK, THEY WOULD NO LONGER COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
SO YOU'VE SEEN LOT COMBINATIONS HAVE COME BEFORE YOU RECENTLY? WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST THAT WE PROCESSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO TAKE ONE LARGE PLATTED LOT AND CREATE TWO LOTS.
YOU SAW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW THE AVENUE PROJECT THAT CAME THROUGH TO REPLAT ALL OF THOSE LOTS TO CREATE THE BUILDING PARCELS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING.
WHAT OTHER ANY OTHER THAT COME TO MIND? MAJOR.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION? YEAH. SO NAPLES SQUARE CAME THROUGH AS A SUBDIVISION.
NAPLES BEACH HOTEL CAME THROUGH AS A MAJOR SUBDIVISION.
SO LARGER PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THEY WERE NOT RECREATING ORIGINALLY PLATTED LOTS.
THEY WERE CREATING ENTIRELY NEW LOTS. SO I WANT TO RECAP M DEVELOPMENT NAPLES SQUARE, NAPLES BEACH HOTEL UNDER THIS NEW PLAN BY THE BY, THE STATE WOULD NO LONGER COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
CORRECT. ALL PLATTING MATTERS WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE.
THOSE DEVELOPMENTS STILL COME IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL FOR OTHER APPROVAL PROCESSES.
DEVELOPMENTS? YES. SO ANY CONDITIONAL USES, REZONING, ANY OF THOSE SITE PLANS.
THOSE WOULD STILL COME BEFORE YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
JUST THE PLATTING. AND WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF PLATTING? I MEAN, I THINK THE PLATTING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THE PLATTING IS WHERE YOU CREATE THE BUILDABLE PARCELS IS PART OF THE PLATTING, FIGURING OUT WHERE STRUCTURES GO. RIGHT. SO A BUILDABLE PARCEL PROVIDES YOUR LOT LINES FROM WHICH YOUR SETBACKS ARE MEASURED.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES DOES IT ALSO ALLOW SOMETHING TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO THEN GO INTO A PD. WELL, SO YES, WE HAVE A MINIMUM FIVE ACRE PARCEL TO REZONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLOT THEM AS ONE BUILDABLE LOT, BUT THEY'RE CONTIGUOUS.
CONTIGUOUS? YEAH. WHAT PROTECTION MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE? THE COMP PLAN, WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT US? AND SO THIS REALLY JUST ADDRESSES THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATTING.
SO NO FLEW THROUGH LOTS. I'M SORRY. THROUGH LOTS.
NO FLAG. LOTS. YOU HAVE TO ABUT A CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
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SO THERE ARE STILL CRITERIA FOR WHICH WE WILL REVIEW THESE REQUESTS AGAINST.IT'S NOT A FREE FOR ALL, IF YOU WILL. SO WE STILL ARE ABLE TO REVIEW THEM, BUT THE PROCEDURAL MECHANISM IS NOW TAKEN AWAY FROM CITY COUNCIL. WHAT OTHER IN THE COMP PLAN? YOU WERE CORRECT WHEN YOU SAID THE COMP PLAN.
SORRY TO CONFIRM. SO WHAT OTHER MECHANISMS DO YOU HAVE TO YOU, WHICH YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND YOUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S ONE MORE WHAT ELSE WILL YOU BE BASING THAT ON BESIDES THE COMP PLAN, COMP PLAN AND THE CODE? THOSE ARE THE TWO MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, THERE'S STATUTES THAT ADDRESS PLANNING AS WELL.
AND R IS WHERE IS IT STATE IN THE COMP PLAN. SO IT'S NOT THAT THE COMP PLAN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES PLOTTING, BUT THERE ARE ALL THOSE ALL OF THE ALL OF THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES WITHIN THE COMP PLAN WILL GUIDE THE DECISION MAKING, PROTECTING STABLE RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES.
JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, VICE MAYOR. YEP. ERICA, SINCE THIS IS A CHANGE AND YOU JUST OUTLINED THE CHANGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE INSTEAD OF CITY COUNCIL REVIEWING AND DISCUSSING UP HERE ON THESE SPECIFIC AND IT SAYS RECEIVING, REVIEWING AND PROCESSING PLAT AND REPLAT SUBMITTALS, ETC.
AS PART OF THAT, DO YOU STILL HAVE ANY ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'RE INTERPRETING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INTERPRET? LANGUAGE OR TERMS. BECAUSE ONCE IT COMES TO YOU, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND.
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE MAKING INTERPRETATIONS THAT ARE NOT VERY CLEAR? I MEAN, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU CAN NEVER WRITE A CODE THAT 100% CONCRETELY ADDRESSES EVERY SCENARIO THAT WILL EVER BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. SO CAN I TELL YOU THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE AN INSTANCE WHERE SOMETHING IS INTERESTING AND WE HAVE TO INTERPRET IT? NO, YOU HAD AN APPEAL BEFORE YOU RELATED TO A MINOR SUBDIVISION OF A FLAG LOT? YES. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUR INTERPRETATION, WAS THAT IT APPLIED TO THIS APPLICATION AND THE PETITIONER DISAGREED WITH US.
SO, NO, THIS WILL NOT PREVENT US FROM INTERPRETING THE CODE.
DO YOU RECALL SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO INTERPRET THEM ALL THE TIME? I MEAN, OUR CHAPTER 54 SUBDIVISION STANDARDS ARE NOT GREAT.
AND I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREES WITH ME.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN A LONG TIME AND COULD BE UPDATED.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. MADAM MAYOR, WHAT STANDARDS? SUBDIVISION STANDARDS. IT'S VERY CONFUSING. WELL.
AND THE WHAT THE SENATE BILL DID IS IT CHANGES THE STATUTE, REQUIRES US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT WE COULD DO IT BY RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.
MY THOUGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE APPLICATIONS PENDING AND THEY'VE BEEN PATIENT AND THERE'S CERTAIN TIME FRAMES THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS AND MOSTLY I BELIEVE ARE RESIDENTIAL IS GET THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED. BUT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY I BELIEVE, TO UPDATE THE CODE AS WELL.
POTENTIALLY DEVELOP SOME STANDARDS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE STAFF TO REVIEW, RIGHT? I MEAN, I WOULDN'T GO AS FAR AS SAYING BEEF IT UP, BUT ADD THINGS IN THERE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS BEING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. BUT ORDINANCES TAKE TIME.
THEY TAKE, YOU KNOW, CRAFTING WORDING. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S TWO READINGS. BUT THE IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY CHANGE THE CODE.
I HAD ASKED YOU MR. MCCONNELL, OR MAYBE I ASKED YOU MISS MARTIN, ABOUT A CITIZENS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
FOR PLATS, WOULD THAT BE A PUBLIC HEARING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ALLOWED. NO. WOULD IT HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU HAD A CITIZENS REVIEW COMMITTEE? I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST MEET IN PRIVATE AND MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE LAW.
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THEY'D HAVE TO MEET IN PUBLIC. IT'D HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING. OR STAFF COULD HAVE A COMMITTEE.SO I WOULD I WOULD ADD TO THAT WE ARE DESIGNATED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS DESIGNATED BY THIS RESOLUTION AS THE DEPARTMENT THAT PROCESSES THESE, AS WITH ALL OTHER PETITIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU OR DON'T COME BEFORE YOU, WE SEND THIS OUT TO ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST IN OUR LITTLE VACUUM OF PLANNING, MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
YOUR CITY ENGINEERS INVOLVED THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, YOUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE DO SEND THIS OUT FOR REVIEW TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, THAT MAKES THE STAFF REPORTS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY YOU WON'T RECEIVE.
RIGHT. BUT YES. AGREE. YEAH. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ALL THE STAFF REPORTS WE GIVE YOU.
SO I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
I'LL LET YOU GO COUNCILMAN AND THEN I'LL SHARE MY POINTS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, ASK A QUESTION FOR CLARITY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND. AND PERHAPS OTHERS, PARTICULARLY ANYBODY WATCHING.
RIGHT NOW WITH A WITH ANY KIND OF A PLANT OR REPLANT APPLICATION, THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW THAT YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL. FOR MAJOR. YES. PLANNING. ALWAYS. PLANNING? YES, ALWAYS. YEAH. AND WHAT I, I ASSUME YOU WOULD, WOULD HAPPEN HERE WITH THIS CHANGE. IS THAT THAT SAME ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH NOW AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL, YOU WILL GO THROUGH, BUT THAT WILL IT WILL END THERE WITH A DECISION RENDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
CORRECT. YEAH. SO AND I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GOOD.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS THAT'S WHAT THE.
AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT.
AND AND THEN, AS WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD I CAN THINK OF A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PLATS BROUGHT FORWARD AND BECAUSE OF THE. ISSUES IN OUR, IN OUR, IN, IN OUR CODE, IT'S IT'S RESULTED IN DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS. RIGHT.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THAT WE ALL UNDERSTOOD HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. I, I DO THINK IT PUTS STAFF IN A POLITICAL POSITION, AND IT'S UNFAIR.
HOWEVER THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOW DEVELOPERS OR PROSPECTORS CAN GO AND BUY A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH WE'VE ALL SEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING THESE LARGE PIECES OF PROPERTY AND ON GULF SHORE BOULEVARD. AND TO ME, THE ONE THING THAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT NAPLES IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PORT ROYAL AND THE LARGE LOTS AND MAKING THEM.
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MAKING THEM SMALLER. LIKE WE HAVE IN THE REST OF THE CITY WHERE IT'S SEVEN FEET SETBACKS OR ZERO SETBACKS REALLY IS DIMINISHING TO THE PROPERTY VALUES.
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE'S AIR CONDITIONER, POOL EQUIPMENT RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE GENERATORS IN YOUR SIDE YARD SETBACKS. SO I THINK IT'S DETRIMENTAL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. AND I KNOW IT'S BEST INTEREST OF THE STAFF TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND OUR TAXABLE VALUES AND WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND WHO WE LOVE. SO DESPITE THE TAKING FROM THE STATE, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
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CORRECT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MCCONNELL? I WOULDN'T BRING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS A A PREEMPTION REQUIREMENT, AND IT DOES AT LEAST GIVE DIRECTION TO APPLICANTS AND STAFF ON HOW TO PROCESS THESE.SO OKAY, I HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE US. I NEED A MOTION.
YES, SIR. MAKE A MOTION. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPLES, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY FOR RECEIVING, REVIEWING, PROCESSING PLANT AND REPLAT SUBMITTALS, AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY SUCH SUBMITTALS PURSUANT TO SECTION 177 .071. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISMAN. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
KRAMER. YES. VICE MAYOR. HUTCHINSON. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
CHRISMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PETRANOFF. NO. MAYOR. HARTMAN. NO. SO IT PASSES 4 TO 3.
THANK YOU, MISS MARTIN. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU.
THAT TAKES US TO 13 G. OH, THAT WAS 13 G. TAKES US TO 15 A.
[15.A. An Ordinance Related to Floodplain Management; Amending Chapter 16, Construction, Rehabilitation and Property Maintenance Regulations, Adding Paragraph (C)(1)c. To Section 16-112, Florida Building Code Adopted; Amendments; Amending the Definition of Non-conversion Agreement in Section 16-144, Definitions; and Adding Paragraph 4(H) to Section 16-147, Permits, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Naples, for the Purpose of Requiring a Declaration of Land Restriction (Non-conversion Agreement) for Proposed Development, Including Enclosures Below Elevated Buildings, Crawl/underfloor Spaces That Are More Than Five Feet in Height and Attached Garages; Providing for Codification; Conflicts; Severability; Correction of Scrivener’s Error; Construction; Publication; and an Effective Date. (Stephen Beckman, Director of Building Services)]
WE MADE IT. MAY I MAYOR. NIGHTMARE. YES, SIR.ADDING PARAGRAPH C1C TO SECTION 16 112. FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF NON CONVERSION AGREEMENT IN SECTION 16 144 DEFINITIONS AND ADDING PARAGRAPH FORCE H TO SECTION 164716147.
NON CONVERSION AGREEMENT FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ENCLOSURES BELOW ELEVATED BUILDINGS.
CONFLICT. SEVERABILITY. CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR. CONSTRUCTION, PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MR. BECKMAN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL.
SO I'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRST FLOOR. CAN YOU JUST. THE FIRST FLOOR THAT IS NON HABITABLE IS DECLARED CORRECT.
ANY ENCLOSURES TO AREAS BELOW THE MINIMUM BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FOR RENOVATIONS, REMODELS, NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT IS ONLY ALLOWED FOR PARKING STORAGE, BUILDING ACCESS REMAINS THAT WAY.
AND THAT IT'S RECORDED WITH THE DEED THAT THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT IS FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
SO THAT WAY WHEN, YOU KNOW, HOMES SELL THAT THAT INFORMATION IS COMMUNICATED ALONG TO THE BUYER.
THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 15 A THIS ORDINANCE RELATED TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
BARTON. MADAM. CLERK. COUNCIL MEMBER. KRAMER.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRISMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PERRY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BARTON. YES. VICE MAYOR.
HUTCHINSON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENNIMAN. YES.
AND MAYOR. HARTMAN. YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THOSE ARE LEFT IN THE ROOM.
CAN GO. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. THAT BEING SAID, I DO KNOW GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK. NO CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
[17. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF]
COUNCIL MEMBER PITTMAN. NOTHING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.BARTON. NONE FOR ME. CHRISMAN. JUST ONE ITEM I WANTED TO RAISE.
AND I SPOKE TO MR. YOUNG ABOUT THIS OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THE TOPIC IS HURRICANES AND HURRICANE PREPARATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE THE EARLY HURRICANE SEASON THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MILD.
GOOD NEWS. WE'RE NOW INTO THE MOST ACTIVE PART, AND NONE OF US KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
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OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE ENVIRONMENT. AND I DON'T MEAN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.I MEAN THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THE WORRIES THAT ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD HAVE ABOUT OUR ABILITY AS A NATION TO FORECAST HURRICANES PROPERLY.
REALLY, AND WORRIES THAT ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD HAVE REGARDING THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO HURRICANES GIVEN BUDGET CUTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN WASHINGTON.
AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING FOR THREE WEEKS OR SO, I THINK, TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY OR, YOU KNOW, DAN SUMMERS COME IN AND OR SOMEONE ELSE AND WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT FEMA'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN FLORIDA ARE. AND NOAA AND JUST AND FRANKLY I'M GOING TO BE BLUNT HERE. I THINK THIS IS FROM MY STANDPOINT, AS MUCH OF A OF A CYA ACTION ON OUR PART AS ANYTHING.
I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR OR IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT AS A COUNCIL, I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE AT LEAST NOTHING. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO INFLUENCE WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.
BUT ON THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. BUT WE OUGHT TO BE AT LEAST SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND VOICING AND TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND VOICING CONCERNS TO THE DEGREE OF THE CONCERN SHOULD BE VOICED AND AND RAISING ISSUES.
THERE MAY BE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT I DOUBT THAT'S THE CASE.
YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO KEY IN AS IT RELATES TO BOTH THE FORECASTING SIDE AND THE BOTH THE FRONT END AND THE BACK END OF HURRICANES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AS A AS ONE COMMUNITY AND ONE COUNTY HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THAT'S EXPERIENCED FIVE HURRICANES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT I HAD.
AND, YOU KNOW I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, EXECUTING ON THAT THOUGHT AND FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COME WHO COULD HAVE ANYTHING MEANINGFUL TO SAY TO US MAY OR MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. BUT I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE AS AN IDEA TO BE CONSIDERED.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE IF COUNCIL WANTS THAT. CERTAINLY.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MR. SUMMERS AND, AND HE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE, AS YOU INDICATED, A LITTLE MORE INFORMED THAN ME ON THE SUBJECT MATTER.
TIMING OF IT IS WHERE I'M CONCERNED AS FAR AS WHAT MEETING.
SO I WOULD WHAT IF IT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST KIND OF CIRCLE BACK BY EMAIL AFTER I'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON IT, BECAUSE I REALLY HADN'T CONTEMPLATED IT ANYWHERE ON THE SCHEDULE AS OF TODAY.
WELL, AND IF WE WERE TO DO IT, THE ONLY AND EVEN THAT IS LATE IN THE SEASON, HURRICANE SEASON, THAT IS. BUT IF WE DIDN'T DO IT THE 22ND OR 24TH, THERE'D BE NO POINT.
YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO TWO THINGS I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA.
I NEED TO REACH OUT AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD MEETING TO HAVE IN THERE, BUT RESILIENCY, IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. YEAH.
FOR THE REST OF THAT AGENDA. SO I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT IF WE CAN'T GET IT DONE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE THICK OF HURRICANE SEASON, THEN PERHAPS HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE TO ADDRESS THOSE TOPICS DURING REGULAR SEASON WHEN WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE IN CASE PEOPLE WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THAT AND BE INFORMED, HAVE GET INFORMATION THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO WITHOUT JUMPING ONLINE AND VIEWING A MEETING FROM, YOU KNOW, MAY OR WHATEVER OR MARCH.
WELL GREAT. I'M GLAD YOU'RE THINKING AHEAD. THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU SAID NOAH, BUT IS SOMEONE IN STAFF REVIEWING, AND I PARDON ME FOR HAVING A MIND BLANK ON THE PROGRAM THAT WE
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PURCHASED. KUHN. KUHN. KUHN. KUHN. KUHN. IS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITHIN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT KUHN IS IS IS REALLY IS. AND THIS IS THE POINT THEY MADE VERY CLEARLY EVERY TIME THE ARCHITECTS OF IT PRESENTED.NOAA HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HAS PARTICULARLY SUFFERED FROM STAFF CUTBACKS AND BUDGET CUTS AND SO ON. AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL READ IT, READ ABOUT THIS. AND THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH? HAS, HAS. TO WHAT DEGREE IS, IS COLLIER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NAPLES ABILITY TO TO HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ON HURRICANES BEEN DIMINISHED BY BUDGET AND STAFFING CUTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED NATIONALLY.
THAT'S THE QUESTION. COUNCILWOMAN. YEAH. AND JUST RELATIVE TO THE MAYOR'S REMARKS, THE SYSTEM, THOUGH, YOU CAN MANIPULATE IT. SO IF THE PROGNOSTICATION IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE USING WHAT IFS, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IT DOES NOT PROGNOSTICATE IF THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION.
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS, JUST SOMETHING I KNOW THAT WE WERE USING AS A TOOL.
WE BOUGHT IT AS A TOOL FOR MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO UTILIZE IT.
I THINK THE ONE THING IS MR. YOUNG SAID HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO GET A DEBRIEFING FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACILITY IN THE COUNTY, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
IF WE CAN INCORPORATE ANYTHING THAT IS PERTINENT TO US ABOUT FEMA, WHICH I DON'T.
THEN HE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO US. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, MR. YOUNG? YEAH. I'LL REACH OUT TO TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO AMY AND DAN AND SEE WHAT I CAN GET ARRANGED.
I DO, I DO THINK IT FITS IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KRAMER. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT TO RAISE POINT.
I LIKE YOUR FORWARD THINKING AND STRATEGIC THINKING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME. AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING REALLY VALUABLE FOR US, WE DON'T NEED TO COME HERE AND COMMISERATE OVER HOW WE DON'T LIKE BUDGET CUTS.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS ONLY IF THERE'S SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE FOR PREPAREDNESS, THEN THAT'S WORTHWHILE. ANYTHING ELSE IS NOT.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THANKS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE THEY'RE PLAYING A KEY ROLE AS WE, AS THEY GO THROUGH SECTION BY SECTION, UPDATING THIS VERY IMPORTANT 20 PLUS YEAR DOCUMENT.
THEY HAVE TO REVIEW YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEY WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL WHO ULTIMATELY HAS THE POWER AND DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ADOPT ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONSULTANTS I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO THE PAB TO NEXT WEEK.
YEAH. TERRIFIC. THE ONLY UPDATES, I THINK THEY'RE FEELING A LITTLE.
SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE FEELING A LITTLE LEFT OUT. AND I WANT THEM.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU WAS THE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PART TO, TO, TO WHERE WE ARTICULATED HOW MANY MEETINGS IT WAS PLANNING TO GO TO OUR PAB, HOW MANY WILL COME BACK, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE INTENT IS TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN OPEN THE THIS IS THE OPENING SALVO BETWEEN YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HIRED, OUR STAFF AND THE PAB.
OKAY. SORRY. AND I SEE WE HAVE DOCTOR GEORGE IN THE ROOM.
HE I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE WORK THAT HE DID ON 17TH ON THE PILOT,
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AND THEN I UNDERSTAND HE MIGHT BE DOING SOME DAISY CHAIN OTHER PUMPS THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE THE SIERRA AREA RIVER PARK EAST SPECIFICALLY. AND I THINK YOU HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WHICH I BELIEVE WAS SUCCESSFUL.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON IT, BUT I THINK THE, THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU TAKING A STAND ONE WEEK BEFORE PEAK HURRICANE SEASON.
SO HEARTFELT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND BRUCE CELLPHONE FOR CONTACTING HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY NOEM. WHO CLEARED THE MULTIPLE PENDING ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS FOR US HOLDING UP THE PIER. AND YOU KNOW, THANK HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY NOEM FOR FOR DOING THAT SO QUICKLY. SO WE WE HAVE WE GOT OUR PERMIT. DO YOU WANT ME TO.
OKAY, I'LL ADDRESS THAT NOW. SO WHAT WHAT WHAT BASICALLY THE THE LAST 72 HOURS OF LAST WEEK WAS A FLURRY IN THE PORTHOLE RELATED TO OBLIGATING FUNDS. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE TWO STEPS THAT WILL BE REMAINING IS.
AND I GOT A CALL FROM BOTH FEMA AND THE STATE FLORIDA DEM AND SAID THAT THE OBLIGATION IS IMMINENT.
NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO THERE'S A CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURE, AND THEN IT'LL LAND ON SECRETARY NOAH'S DESK, AND THEN THE FUNDS WILL BE OBLIGATED. SO I WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY. YOU GET READY TO BUY A HOUSE, YOU TAKE TWO PATHS. ONE IS TO GO TO YOUR BANK, MAKE SURE YOU CAN HAVE THE MONEY AND YOU CAN GET PREQUALIFIED.
BUT NOW THEY ALREADY SAID, HERE'S YOUR LINE OF CREDIT. THAT'S WHAT OBLIGATED MEANS.
WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW IS A CLEAR, SIGNIFICANT PATH WITH APE WHEN THEIR FINAL REVIEW COMES BACK AROUND FOR FEMA, THAT WAS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STEP. SO ONCE THE FISH AND WILDLIFE FINISHES, AN ARMY CORPS THEN TAKES THAT AND GIVES US OUR PERMIT.
NOW, AM I STILL HOPEFUL IT'S BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, MID OCTOBER.
SO WE CAN START BY NOVEMBER 1ST AND AND HAVE IT TORE DOWN DURING SEASON.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 12 MILLION PART. SO THOSE ARE ALL FAVORABLE THINGS.
AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT IN THE LAST 72 HOURS OF LAST WEEK.
YEAH. WELL, I WHEN I SAW YOUR YOUR MEMO LAST FRIDAY, MR. YOUNG, CLEARLY THE FEMA NEWS WAS WONDERFUL AND AND AND MEANINGFUL FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.
BUT I DIDN'T THINK SECRETARY NOEM CAME WITH ANY PERMITS.
NO NO NO, NO NO, SIR. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STILL WHERE WE WERE.
YES, SIR. LAST THURSDAY. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S TERRIFIC NEWS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS, BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. VICE MAYOR? YEAH. IT'S A GOOD MEETING. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE TODAY.
I'M CIRCLING BACK ON ITEM 12 C THAT WE HANDLED TODAY.
AND AS A REMINDER, ON 12 C, THIS WAS A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND THIS DEALT WITH NORTH LAKE AND SOUTH LAKE, AND WE AUTHORIZED THROUGH OUR VOTE A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $290,580. AND THEN THAT THAT RAISED THE TOTAL EXPENSE ON THOSE TWO LAKES TO JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF 2.987 MILLION, JUST RIGHT AT THAT NUMBER AND SOME CHANGE.
SO HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT QUICKLY.
THE THERE ARE THOSE THAT LIVE AROUND THAT LAKE THAT BELIEVE THAT.
AND AS I READ, WE MADE SOME ERRORS IN SOME OF OUR DATA ASSUMPTIONS.
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ERRORS. MY ASK IS THAT AND I'M GOING TO. I HAVE 2.2 OR 3 POINTS HERE.MY ASK IS FOR A CONSENSUS WHICH WOULD DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON STAFF TO ENSURE WE HAVE NOT MADE ADDITIONAL ERRORS IN OUR CALCULATIONS RELATED TO DREDGING OF SOUTH LAKE AND NORTH LAKE.
THE ESTIMATES PROVIDED BY SOME AND ANYBODY CAN COME UP WITH A NUMBER.
BUT THESE FOLKS HAVE A HISTORY IN CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING.
OKAY. NOW, I'M NOT SITTING HERE PUTTING MY STAMP ON THAT AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE NUMBER, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
IF WE HAVE MADE AN ERROR THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURSUE A MODIFICATION OF THAT SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMIT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS, RIGHT? IF AN ERROR IS MADE, YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MODIFY IT, PERHAPS.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, IF IF THAT MUCH MUCK IS STILL LEFT IN THOSE LAKES AND WE'RE SHORT OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION RELATED TO BUDGETS, RIGHT.
AND IF WE WALK AWAY FROM IT, I DON'T I THINK IT'S PROBLEMATIC TO GET BACK ON THE JOB.
SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY. MAY I ADD TO THAT, PLEASE? FIRST OF ALL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AGREE. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING DURING THE THE AGENDA ITEM.
I DIDN'T BECAUSE THE MESSAGE THAT I GOT FROM OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, THE ENGINEER, SUGGESTED THAT THE WATER QUALITY, WHICH THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BETWEEN CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL TO BE REMOVED AND WATER QUALITY.
AND WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR STAFF AND OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WAS THAT THE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE AFFECTED THE WATER QUALITY, AS WE HAD INTENDED IT TO BE AFFECTED. THAT'S THAT'S THE MESSAGE I RECEIVED.
THEREFORE I DIDN'T DELVE INTO IT. HOWEVER, WITH THAT SAID, I AGREE WITH YOU FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT THE ESTIMATE IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROJECT SAID X AMOUNT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. THERE WAS AN ADMISSION TO AN ERROR ON THAT AMOUNT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DID NOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED.
INSTEAD, WE'VE CHANGED OUR FOCUS TO THE WATER QUALITY, WHICH APPARENTLY WAS WAS THE THE PURPOSE.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU. IF IF THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE MORE SET OF EYES ON THIS THING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DID, IN FACT DO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND IF WE DIDN'T. LET'S LET'S BUCK UP AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE. LET'S, LET'S ADDRESS IT AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND COUNCILMAN.
BARTON, YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT IN LINE. NOBODY'S POINTING FINGERS HERE.
THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. MY ASK IS JUST A CONSENSUS.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT BEFORE WE PULL OFF.
WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU COULD HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD FOR CLARITY.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED 50, 50, 60, 40, 70, 30, I MEAN, SO IF WE'RE MEETING THE STANDARD THAT WE SET, THEN THAT'S KIND OF A DONE DEAL, I THINK. BUT NONETHELESS, I'M I'M WITH YOU ON CHECK IT ONE MORE TIME.
SO I THINK THAT TWO THINGS TO THIS GOOD DISCUSSION.
SORRY IT DIDN'T COME OUT EARLIER, BUT WE NEEDED TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT, SO WE MOVED ON.
I WANT MR. YOUNG'S TO GIVE US HIS OPINION OR WHAT HE THINKS.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMITTING, IS SOMETHING WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR CRITERIA IS, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT THAT WE BRING THEM FORWARD TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. LISA, FROM SHE'S THE DIRECTOR TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT?
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WHAT ARE THEIR STANDARDS CRITERIA WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS PERMITTING AND SEE IF WE NEED TO PUT IN OUR CODE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS IT IN. DREDGING AND IN DEWATERING.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ADDED ON A LITTLE BIT.
MR. YOUNG, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS OR COMMENTS? NO. I GUESS I JUST WISH WE'D HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION WHILE THE EXPERTS WERE HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS BENEFICIAL THAN STARTING OVER AFTER THEY'RE GONE.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THAT BECAUSE I ALMOST SPOKE UP AND I THOUGHT, WELL, HE WAS GOING TO SAY, OKAY, WAS IT ENOUGH AND WHAT WAS IT DESIGNED AS? I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD, BUT I DID THAT ON A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AND PROLONGED A FEW ITEMS. SO YEAH, I, I'VE READ THE EMAILS AND I READ THE AGM AND IT COMPLIES WITH WHAT WE DESIGNED.
DOES THAT MEAN IT SHOULD OR SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN WHAT WE DESIGNED? YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I'LL SIT AT THE TABLE WITH STAFF AGAIN.
AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TWO WEEKS OUT AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION NOW BECAUSE AS WAS ALREADY STATED TODAY, THE DISMANTLING OR TAKING THE DREDGING EQUIPMENT OUT, WELL, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET BACK TOGETHER NOW FOR, FOR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. AND THAT SETS IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
IF WE WERE GOING TO GO THERE. SO THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THING. I MEAN, I'M OBVIOUSLY I IT SEEMS IT SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH CONSENSUS FOR ME TO GO BACK AND CIRCLE BACK WITH OUR PROFESSIONALS AND MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT FROM A TIMETABLE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY WE'RE GOING TO SAVE ANYTHING, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'LL THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE THERE. SO BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CIRCLE BACK AND SEE WHAT I CAN GET OF THESE QUESTIONS AND POSE THEM SPECIFICALLY TO OUR PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG.
MADAM MAYOR. FOR ME ANYWAY, AND I THINK IF SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT FOR ME, SAVING THE MONEY, BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY IS ONE THING.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE DO IT RIGHT? RIGHT.
THAT'S REALLY IT. BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A KEY PART.
YEAH, I GET THAT. OF OUR OUTFALL PROJECT. SO I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE MESSAGE, BUT THANK YOU.
AND I THINK IT GOES BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE WATER QUALITY.
I THINK THAT SORT OF THE GIST WE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALL GOT THOSE EMAILS.
WAS IT WAS THERE ENOUGH STUFF TAKEN OUT THAT IT CAN HOLD WATER DURING STORMS? AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROMISE MADE AT A CERTAIN DEPTH AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MATERIAL. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO THE WATER QUALITY IS ONE PIECE OF IT.
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE LAKES FUNCTION TO FOR STORM RUNOFF.
AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MOVE THE EQUIPMENT.
I THINK THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SAYING WAS THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO DISMANTLE THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN SET IT BACK UP IF WE HAVEN'T DREDGED ENOUGH STUFF OUT OF THERE. SO DO YOU AGREE? COUNCILMAN. KRISTEN. YEAH, I DO.
AND OF COURSE, WE SHOULD MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE AS WE CAN THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WITH WITH THIS PROJECT IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH LAKE PROJECTS.
I WILL JUST BRING UP TWO OTHER POINTS THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH.
NUMBER ONE, THE AT LEAST THE EMAILS I'VE RECEIVED ON THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EMAILS FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL.
YEAH. A LOT OF EMAILS, BUT FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS TO MAKE THE TO ME, THESE ARE ASSERTIONS AND THEY MAY BE CORRECT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
MR. YOUNG, WHEN YOU TALK TO STAFF AND I KNOW I'M JUST ADDING TO YOUR LIST, THE OTHER THING IS WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS NOT A REASON NOT TO DO THIS. WE HAVE TO THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANOTHER REVIEW OF THIS AND SEE WHAT WE FIND.
BUT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED MATTER. THIS IS PULLING A THREAD, AND YOU PULL THIS THREAD AND WE HAVE TO PULL THIS THREAD BECAUSE THIS, THIS, THIS IS INTEGRALLY INTEGRATED IN A VERY IMPORTANT WAY WITH THE ENTIRE BEACH HOUSE PROJECT AND THE THREE LAKES ARE, ARE PART OF THAT PROJECT IN TERMS OF THEM CLEANSING THE WATER THAT
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WILL EVENTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE NEW OUTFALL PIPES, AND YOU START CONTEMPLATING A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR A NEW PERMIT FROM THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU TURN AROUND IN THREE WEEKS OR EVEN THREE MONTHS.SO AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT THIS IS NOT A YOU KNOW, REVISITING THIS COULD HAVE ANY NUMBER OF OTHER CONSEQUENCES. AND WE JUST NEED TO HAVE EYES WIDE OPEN AS WE GO INTO IT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, NONE OF IT. WE'RE ALL SPECULATING AS TO WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, RIGHT? WE NEED TO FIND OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S AS I SAY, BE EYES WIDE OPEN ABOUT WHAT THE HOW ALL THE PARTS FIT TOGETHER. AND TO JUST TO ECHO ON VICE MAYOR, WE TRUST OUR STAFF.
OH, YEAH. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. THEY'VE SEEN ALL THE EMAILS.
THEY'VE BEEN FUSSED AT PLENTY ABOUT THIS FROM ALL OF US, I THINK.
AND I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER HAS I KNOW THAT BOB HAS HIS CREW.
WELL, SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT.
AND WHEN I WAS TALKING, WHEN I SAID FRUSTRATION WAS JUST THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I CAN HELP WITH AND HIS ANALYSIS OF THAT, WHATEVER GOING IN THAT MEMBRANE AND WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF HIM AND EVERY OTHER THING THAT THAT IS JUST NOT MY FORTE. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THAT, I'M JUST NOT IN POSITION TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I WAS GETTING AT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH.
AND WE FOCUSED IN ON WATER QUALITY AS IT WAS STATED, NOT THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF OF THE PROJECT OR.
YEAH. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. YOUNG OR. WAIT.
I'M SORRY. MR.. MCCONNELL, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. MR. YOUNG TWO ITEMS. FIRST ONE YOU'VE PROBABLY READ ABOUT IT. WE GOT A LETTER LAST WEEK ABOUT THE EMBLEM, WHICH OR WHATEVER.
THE EMBLEM CROSSWALK ON FIFTH AVENUE FROM FDOT TELLING US THAT IT NO LONGER COULD REMAIN THERE AND THAT IF IT WASN'T PAINTED OVER BY SEPTEMBER 4TH, THEY WOULD BE TAKING OVER AND DOING THAT OR WITHHOLDING FUNDS.
THEY DID LEAVE, RIGHT FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL.
ALLISON, I IMMEDIATELY REPLIED BACK AND SAID, YES, APPEAL.
SO ALLISON AND MR. MCCONNELL WORKED ON A LETTER.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE THE APPEAL. BUT I DID WANT TO FORESHADOW THAT.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF IT IF IT IF IT HAPPENS AND IT'S DENIED, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THE NEWS ON IT AND WE WOULD BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
SO I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN EMAIL BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS COMING BEFORE YOU ON THIS DAY TO TELL YOU, HEY, THEY MAY DO THIS. WE TOOK THE STEPS NECESSARY TO FILE THE APPEAL AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO IT. AND I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US WE CAN'T HAVE OUR CITY EMBLEM ON OUR STREET.
I MEAN, ONE MORE THING, PLEASE. THAT'S JUST. IT'S ABSURD.
AND WAS THIS A CROSSWALK OR AN INTERSECTION? WELL, IT'S THE MEDALLION THAT WE HAVE ON FIFTH, AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING ANYTHING PAINTED ON THE STREET THAT'S NONCONFORMITY OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY'RE ALL BEING PAINTED WITH THE SAME BRUSH, NO PUN INTENDED. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM. ON A HAPPIER NOTE I JUST WANT TO THANK LISA DOUGLAS AND ERICA AND MITEI. AND WHEN WE LEFT EACH OTHER, THEY.
THIS FRIDAY WILL BE THE FIRST MAILER THAT WE COORDINATED WITH OUR PRESORT COMPANY.
SO JUST ON POSTAGE ALONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LABELING, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GET THE BARCODES ON IT, IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY AND IT'LL BEGIN ON FRIDAY AS THE FIRST MAILING.
SO I JUST TOLD THEM THE FIRST TWO MAILINGS I WANTED, YOU KNOW, DIRECT RESPONSE BACK. BUT IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
SO THANK YOU. AND ACTION. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S AWESOME. I AM GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG. BECAUSE I DON'T I THINK THIS COUNCIL REALIZES IT.
AND IF THEY DON'T, OR FOR THE PUBLIC THIS IS LIKE WHACK A MOLE THESE DAYS.
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YOU KNOW, YOU JUST YOU GET SOMETHING, AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE POPS UP AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MULTITASKING.SO THANK YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THAT YOU YOU ALSO HAVE TO REST.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'VE YOU'VE TACKLED A LOT IN THE SIX MONTHS.
THE DEWATERING POLICY AND CODES. I DON'T SEE IT ON THE LOOK AHEAD.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
IN THE TESTING OF IT WAS IN A CONTRACT RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR TESTING OUR WATERS.
ARE WE TESTING IMPORTANT OUTFALLS? I DON'T KNOW THAT.
AND ARE WE COORDINATING WITH WHAT THE COUNTY IS TESTING? AND ARE WE COLLABORATING ON THOSE TESTS? AND EAST LAKE SELF ON LAKE THERE WERE SEVERAL EMAILS FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN SURROUNDING THE LAKE THAT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN UPDATE TO THAT PROJECT.
I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO THAT IT CAME TO US JUST I KNOW, ADD IT TO YOUR LIST.
AND THEN EDDIE FROM THE BAKER ART SCHOOL. I MENTIONED IT TO YOU, MR. YOUNG, BUT I THOUGHT IF THERE'S SOMEONE IN STAFF THAT I GUESS IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT DIDN'T COME IN AT THE 120.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST SHY OF 120 DAYS. AND THIS EVENT FOR THE PRESCHOOL AND CAMBIER PARK? YES. THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LOGIC.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS. SO AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS.
WE SAID NO TODAY. AND A LOT OF STRONG WORK. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24TH OR 22ND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.