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>> Welcome to the city of St. Petersburg City Council meeting and your elected officials our mayor Ken Welch district one hopefully Curtis. District 2 Council chair Randy Gabbert district 3 at not marry. He's worked for with that kind of way. 5 and Council vice chair Debra big spenders. Gina Driscoll. John Muhammad. And district day Richie Floyd. >> Good morning, everyone. We will call to order the Feb. Second 2023 St. Petersburg City Council meeting beginning with a roll call Havard you're an airy air and what's air. Sanders just go here on the air Lloyd here Curtis. We will begin our morning with an indication given today by Bishop Manuel Sykes pastor of Bethel community Baptist Church. This will be followed by a moment of silence to honor fallen officer and then I would to stay standing for the pledge of allegiance. Well everyone please stand. >> Lord we thank you first of all for this day an opportunity to live. To do you will. We come in Nashua presidents to be in this place today as decisions are made that affect. All of those from the richest to the pores we know GOD that it is the design of our government that a few represent the many and that got the hope. On the decisions that are made in this Council chamber. We asked now that you give each and every one of these officials wisdom understanding compassion and vision that GOD, we MAY all see how hopes come to fruition. We asked now have any father that this day will be a day that will bring glory to your name. We thank you GOD even for this month, we celebrate the achievements past present of the african-american community because we know much of what this country is enriched by came through the hands and the labor of those one since late. We asked Kevin the father that all of us would come to appreciate each of us. And the contribution that we have made and continue to make. Yes you're blessed. This committee low this Council to remember how children. Those that are least those whose voices have yet to be heard. And that got their vision will include every mouth. We asked the state is now in your precious name. >> Please join me in a moment of silence as we honor a fallen officer officer David s Crawford. End of watch Feb. 21th 31. I pledge allegiance. Which it stands one nation. With Liberty. Thank you Bishop sites, beautiful indication we appreciate you being here with us today. Alright council members we have an agenda before us and I will entertain a motion for approval. Move approval. Thank you. >> We have a motion and second to approve the agenda. I think there are no requests for discussion with the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please enter your votes. Seeing that all present council members had voted but the clerk tally announce the vote. Adam. One at that these really are both conservative and I. Okay place, MADAM Chair, the motion to approve the agenda passes unions. >> And before you we also have a consent agenda. Do we have any public comment on the consent agenda. No it didn't matter. With that I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. For the second. We have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Seeing that there are no request for discussion with the cleat clerk please a punishing for voting. Council members please enter your votes saying that all council members have voted by the clerk please tallying announced the votes. Amgen motion to approve the consent agenda has unanimously. All right very good. We will now move on to open forum clerk we please announce the rules. You wish to address the Council on subjects other than public quasi judicial items listed on the agenda. Please sign up with the clerk. 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Race teams will be lowered after each agenda item regardless of the method of participation used normal rules apply, including the 3 minute time limit on comments. The requirement that any presentation materials must be submitted in advance of the meeting and the rules of decorum. The 5 public comment is repped about violations of the rules of the the chairs authorized to accept public comment by alternate means including by We do have a couple speakers. When the clerk has your name if you come to both podiums place. >> Gina foti and Kerry mow mow your money. Mother please go up to the podium after MISTER Just City Council please leave your name and address for the rest. >> We love. Hi, I'm Gina the warehouse arts district and Jeanne is warehouse, it is so good to see everyone here. I came here not today, come get your full name. Yes, yes, sure, Gina Marie foti my business is 2, 3, 3, 8, Anderson Avenue South. And the warehouse arts district and Palmetto Association neighborhood Association. I come to you today to report some great the meadow Park Association. Residents and board members as well as the warehouse arts district business owners as well as residents there have come together to beautify the area public art and that we have in the last 2 months created for murals. 1, 8, foot sculpture 2 houses have been donated and painted for paint they could not provide we provided the paint. I agree, but that's really I'm taking too much credit. This has been a a group of people in the community that are coming together to donate even their And as well as businesses who have funded. Place projects funded the school sure the 8 foot sculpture by David flora which is absolutely astounding its a wood sculpture which promotes walk ability. And then we have another artist Alexander. He came in and he helped with doing a couple meals in our area and it is also teaching local residents and children while he's doing the mural to be participants in it. Another thing we've manage to have a house that was previously a house that I think they did a drug bust for drug trafficking I mean drugs drug related items which is now housed by. Now which is now has a gallery or about to be with 3 artists. And so there's a lot of excitement and energy there and I think it's because all of you are making us feel so included in this process and I'm just really grateful. And that's really I want to say thank you. >> Good morning. My name is Kerry Miller and I live in Campbell Park neighborhood, 1147 James Avenue, South. And I'm just here to speak in support of the Campbell Park neighborhood plan that we've been involved with your neighborhood Association for about one to one and a half years. And I originally found out about the camel Park neighborhood when I had a friend from the dog Park who had purchased a home in Campbell Park and she was moving to Ohio for a job. So I wanted to find out more about the neighborhood and I rode my bike Campbell Park and I saw sign that announced the neighborhood plan meeting so before I lived in the neighborhood actually attended the neighborhood plan. He had a chance to get to know some of the neighborhoods neighbors that lived in the area. At the time there's about 20 people from the city if the recreation center there is someone representing every single Department of the city and I have a background in public works is a civil engineer, so that's always interesting for me to talk to people who work in those roles but I ended up spending all my time at the meeting talking to pearly who's lived in the neighborhood since the 1960's and I just really enjoyed getting to know more about what the neighborhood history was and who lived in the neighborhood and I didn't even get a chance to talk to the people of the city because I spent my whole time at the meeting talking fairly and went back a second time and you got to meet other residents who lived in the neighborhood. For most of their life and I found out that as I got to know more and more people who live in Campbell Park. I really got to know that there's so many special people that have been in that neighborhood for decades. We have a lot of homeowners that live in a neighborhood in have been there for a long time and now we have a lot of new homeowners that are moving in that are new to the area and I felt like it is very important that we get to know each other and we build those relationships and that camaraderie because we're going to be moving forward with this neighborhood plan and we want to be able to be engaged as unified neighborhood. So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's worked on the neighborhood plan because I know it's been a very long in intensive process with timing work for everyone in the city and I think it's going to be a really positive thing. And we just want to continue to engage our neighbors and work on this as we move towards thank you very much. Any more speakers clerk we have one speaker consumer care. His name is Bryce Springfield. Bryce once you enter into the meeting space. Please unmute yourself state your name and address for the record and you have 3 minutes to address City Council. Can you hear me. Yes. All My name is for I'm not a 1, 1, 8, 5, 0 mlk Street North's apartment 16 to 9. MISTER Not Prince amend the ordinance or the portable safety coalition. And I just want to comment on how the City Council helps my family recently with tenant Bill of Rights. My my mother and I were homeless just a few years ago we stayed at the at a Saint Vincent depaul homeless shelter downtown and another church spots church shelter, primarily. My mother's disabled. She suffers from ptsd other mental She was a strong but a low wage worker for a long time and only recently found to this just not possible to working we're considering her conditions. She was in the hospital a couple last month's she's luckily got and could care for our friends and my But she's now in a low fixed income on Social Security and shows a section 8 benefits. So because of her financial situation and or health conditions. She's relied on section 8 to afford housing for a few years. The place she before this month which was covered by section it was 2 loud and disturbing for her too close to emergency vehicles. It's isolating was really close to parks or anything like that. So you know recently came to breaking point for her which meant we needed to move somewhere else. You know believe it or not section 8 tenant cover pretty decent high quality housing. But much of the limit is you know Lambert's discriminate based on source of income and have that discrimination against us for many years. You know one of the protections and the tenant Bill of Rights is a. Protections source of income. Watch really helped us recently when I was you know try to help moved to new place. Much higher quality it's she has all the amenities she needs. So I want to thank you Council because I believe that your protections based on source of discrimination up to my mother alongside them. You know recent increases in rent coverage by section 8 helped her get into a quality spacious apartment with the amenities up she needs with quality meat and so on. Because of your protection, she's now able to live a better life than she MAY have otherwise have So I really thank you for that. But you know going forward I hope that you will also consider you know keep I hope you'll keep doing the work necessary preventing tenants rights. >> We will close up and farm and moved to our Council committee reports we will first take up h one bfmtv resolution from Jan. 12th meeting council member guard us. Thank you MADAM Chair. Respectfully requesting City Council approval of an appropriation of a 150,000 from the downtown open-space fund to the Williams Park bandshell improvements project before I move for approval again just want to thank council member Gina Driscoll from moving this forward excited to be part of this work and excited to use this for exactly that purpose we intended and certainly something that's needed right now so move for approval. We have a motion and second. Seeing no discussion clerk we place to punish him for voting. Council members please enter your votes. All right seeing that are present council members voted clerk we tell of that Talley and announce the vote. And sure the motion to approve the agenda item. H one passes unanimously. H for bfm tv from Jan. 26 councilmember Curtis, thank you MADAM Respectfully requesting City Council approval of the planning and development services Department management evaluation and scope of services just quickly. I think most of us were part of the original that we're looking at 2. Management evaluations be a fun in its last meeting decided. Both from scope of services perspective and frankly, a cost perspective. It would be better to just focus on one of the 2 departments we had originally discussed so this is the scope of services for the planning department services the cost summary which is using 2 years of cost. And then the proposed resolution attached on move approval. And we have a motion and a second. Seeing no request or discussion with the clerk please open the machine for voting for revise won't confirm that there isn't much not yes. Alright council members please and your vote. Things all council members have voted clerk please telling announce the vote. >> And I'm sure the motion to approve it in item h 4 passes unanimous. Thank you MADAM Chair. Thank you. All right moving to h 3 from the housing land use and transportation from Jan. 12th, we have council member flight. >> Yes, thank you >> I where we are actually as he is respectfully requesting City Council approval of the camel Park neighborhood plan we've heard a neighborhood resident we heard from a lot during a committee meeting and I people are eager and excited to get this done so move approval, second. We have a motion in a second. Council member Curtis, thank you MADAM Chair I just want to thank us up a hawk and her team for all the work, she's put on this plan, I know it's been a long time coming just wanted to publicly say thank you to her and her team, thank you MADAM Chair. Thank you. Seeing no other requests for discussion clerk please open the machine for voting. We did have one card MADAM Chair Bush on sorry he spoke at open okay very good. Thank you. >> The council members please enter your votes. Sayings all council members have voted clerk please telling announce the vote. We have a motion to approve the item h 3 passes unions. Right and we will move now to h 2 from our co sponsored events Committee on Jan. 12th council member hand let's take you We at the co sponsored events committee we have late fee waivers and nonprofit requirements waived maker requests approved and I move respectfully move for resolutions a through l be approved. >> Me and I see Steph is with us today MS. Lin anything that you would like to add. >> And Council chair I and she summed it up quite But I do believe she does have another point of discussion to carry forward for the committee. Okay very and I also see we're joined by MISTER Jeffries this morning are legion. These are services administrator, thank you both for being here with us. Alright Council so we have a motion and a second it seeing Requests for discussion will the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members under your votes. It's saying that all present council members voted clerk please tallying announce the vote. I'm sure the motion to approve agenda item h 2 a through l passes unanimous. Thank you. I thank you Lynn, thank you do we want to get conversation now okay. Thank you care and so in preparation for the co sponsored events committee I was my first time reviewing the materials for the committee. And upon reviewing the materials I was I'm wondering why we even had a The materials that I would be used for items basically that involve new normal and routine business which is likely be approved by motion as required for consent agenda, so it's something I thought could go on consent agenda. Then we go to the meeting I was footage chair. Front of the issue afterwards. I don't think anyone was expecting that. But for me it was something that you know. I don't want to staff's time illegals time and have a committee meeting. Matters I think that could be handled. Administratively. I also think that in terms of the history of the co sponsored events committee. It started out for a different purpose, there used to be monies that were patched events in I believe City Council would spend like literally using calculators to kind of in this is if people remember to actually figure out amounts that will go to certain events and so things change and this was back I think in the 80's when it started and somehow we still have this committee going on and it really has evolved into Weaver's of late fees and nonprofit requirements that I think if we had any we can ask staff about and just hand on that as a consent agenda item so Lin is here Mike Jeffries is here. I would love to hear feedback from other City Council members on this. So that's what I want to discuss thank you. A council Council vice chair fig Sanders. >> Thank you and good morning, everybody I see this is Jeff is Because this is a deja vu or I brought the same issue to our attention was it last year year before. We MAY have been a year before it was a very rational reason why you still want to hold those those meetings but I thought and said the same about putting it on consent and so I'm going to ask you to please give your rationale as to why we continued to have those meetings with thank you councilmember Hannah with but we've been Let's see if anything is going to change this time. Good morning, everyone, I'm Mike Jeffries leisure services administrator, it's a pleasure to be before you today. We certainly are looking for efficiencies and for your time for our time and as you said this program has evolved. We did have many When you brought this Counselor fix Sanders and we appreciate the opportunity to discuss it. Our position when you first brought up was that we would pilot it see how it worked out and you know we're really kind of afraid of the unintended consequences that that's what we're worried about. I'm here to tell you and this might be biased now that we have wind Gordon who is at the helm of co sponsored events things have been very very smooth. I shouldn't say that I should knock on wood but. She keeps things very orderly and very organized staff fully vets all the events before they come before the subcommittee councilor Hanna which is absolutely right. The the. Committee was really designed to distribute the city's seed money for events that's the longer the case. I'm here to report this morning that that administration is neutral on on the form in which we bring these items forward we're happy to do whatever the body would like we can bring it as an actionable item only to a subcommittee which as we kind of landed on last time we spoke about this it was on as needed basis. So that's what we've been doing. But we're more than happy to bring actionable items before you for consent. Some of the items that you have not This will surprise you being city Council the public and some of the organizers are always happy with staff and and they don't always think we make the right decisions, sometimes they like to come to the elected body too share their concerns. I think that still could happen at a council meeting, candidly it happens very very infrequently again I think the professionalism that wind brings this operation is second to none a lot of the issues that we saw even prior to her coming on have just faded away so. We're comfortable with whatever the body is is I'm comfortable with. We thank you anything else. >> I do not mean to have a question of So with the requests being put out there do we need a formal motion to cease and desist 7 those committee meetings and 2. Council member said couple parts to this if you've got the ball rolling today, you'd make a motion to really just do away with that committee. The end request legal draft are to gas traffic appropriate resolutions to bring back to you so those would be 2 different resolutions want to be very similar to the resolution that you recently passed the stab wishing a new committee it that same process but saying this committee would no longer exist and we knew that from the manual and then in addition, there's a substantive resolution that just governs the co-sponsorship process has a lot of details and there there's a couple references to this committee in that resolution so we need to remove that. So you bet 2 resolutions coming to you should you vote today to move forward. Okay, so I'm going to ask with that be the desire of the committee chair. I I I was one that brought it up even before I was chair and I agree with the I'm glad that you have brought it up a couple years ago and the fact that we allowed it to go forward and see if there were any issues and kind of narrowed the focus but now given what they've said I mean it's clear that it's something we can do in consent agenda and save staff and everyone time so with that being said I make a motion that we. >> Again proper word is a hit because all it is all muddy The co-sponsor the Vince committing so that will be the first motion. You can make it all in one if you want okay and then to also ask legal to draft. The the PRESIDENT Has an appropriate resolution for it to me consent approval does that work with you with that. We're fast or accept that I second have seen if this sounds so much better when she He will try to take this personally we've been kicked out of haha. Haha. Okay so we do have a motion a council member guard us thank you MADAM Chair. I respectfully have a different opinion. >> Having chair this committee last year the resolution to change this was last year MAY of 2022 where we went to as needed. I I thought that worked well frankly I think we only met 4 maybe 5 times last year. All 4 of which I had questions which turned into discussion which I think we've all we're all in agreement on which we've had tried to have those discussions in committee rather than the council Dyess and now having the mayor's appointee to the capping committee. Frankly, I've got even more speaking with Lindell bright. There are some things I want to make sure we're holding our co sponsored event partners accountable for when it comes to ada compliance and again personally I would rather have those discussions in committee that on dies. And so I just I like where we landed last year on this which was as needed frankly things last year were things like a map because of a race that race had not thought about traffic on the trail post-covid that was significantly higher traffic on the trail when they moved part of the race to the trail. They hadn't thought about signage and things like that. We talked about the Martin Luther King junior Day or the event I think we change the the word from parade to event. And so there there were there were a few things that I think we're work the discussion in committee and not on the ice. And and especially now with communication with Wendell bright. And he's and he wants this committee to stay and so. I would prefer their that it stay so. I'm going to vote against this motion. If if that's how it certainly that's how it is but I would prefer to have these discussions in committee rather than on dies. >> Seeing as how council member Floyd hasn't spoken yet I'm going to go to him councilmember foot. Thank you all keep it brief In committee was not sure about sends feel similar to a council member does something he had more questions than I did. But it's we only met 4 times last year. Excuse me and I did enjoy the clarifying questions we've got to us during I know we can still ask those. Outside of the committee meeting. But I think the formal process pretty important for me to have a time when I go and sit down and look at these things. And we have a lot of events in the city that I think it could use just a little bit of Council oversight and I think that's a great opportunity to do it. And word. We've got a lot of questions about our parks and our decisions that we make and I know those conversations come up in other committees. But it's nice to have a placed it's focused on and so. >> totally on board for us having this conversation but I'm not quite sure I'm ready get today to dissolve the committee so thank you chair. Thank you. If I move go ahead and take my turns so I'm I'm going to stand with council member guard us on this. I've served on this committee in the It has evolved quite a bit since that time. I feel like where we landed last year with it was a good spot. I do agree after you know going back and watching the committee and a lot of the conversation that takes place I do think that oversight is important. I don't want us to be having men to pull a bunch of stuff off of consent and have it here because we have those individual questions. I want us to maintain the integrity of our committee structure. I you know challenge to who would sit on the committee, whenever it came time to do committee appointments this year because quite frankly no one wanted to sit on the committee. All of our committees are important I continue to talk about this all of our committee work is vital to the work that we ultimately do here on this tie us and I don't want to degrade that in any way shape or form 4 meetings a year to make sure that such a vibrant part of what happens in our city continues to have the oversight of Council and the checks and balances of the administration and the body. I think means more than just going on to consent and quite frankly I like seeing both of you and working with both of you a few times of year and having that spotlight on the work that you all do. So I'm going to stand with council member Curtis and council member Floyd on this particular issue councilmember animates thank you and so I agree everything we do here is important but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to have a committee for it. We have lots of consent items that are extremely important million multimillion dollar contracts that we approve at every City Council meeting things that actually really affect for city go on consent agenda agenda. Every day and we have oversight on those items every they we're here. So I'm not going to minimize anything that goes on consent agenda, whether it's a or b everything has to be reviewed by City Council. The difference is this is having a committee to review items that or normal routine by definition by definition it's normal routine items. The minority you MAY have a question just like the minority of items on consent agenda. You MAY have questions that doesn't necessarily mean you have to have a committee. When you look at the reason we made the committee there are specific reasons and had to do with funding. Is the reason we had the committee and if those reasons are not there anymore just because people have questions doesn't mean you have a committee it doesn't minimize the items that come before us if they're not on committee we have tons of items every City Council meeting. So I don't understand why we're making that the difference on these items. So I still feel the same way when I looked at it I was wondering why we had the committee. I think staff and the reason why City Council members didn't want to be on the committee is because it is routine, normal ordinary course items that could be handled a different way you can still ask your questions you could still have oversight you can do all the things that we have discussed, but you just have to have a committee. So that's my thought that if the majority wants to continue having the committee that's fine I'm sure this question will come up again. Thank you I want to thank my gun, especially Lynn, 4. The work that you have done to get. This a specific part of our operations to a point where we are discussing whether or not we need to have this level. >> all right have an actual a separate committee just for that. My Mike is right. We we can trust you when you do a phenomenal job with all kinds of people doing all kinds of events. I just really appreciate all that you've done to bring it to this point where some of don't feel that it's necessary. I also think it's quite telling that we have not one but 2 council members who have brought this up over time. And asked you know do is this something that we really need to. Spend our time on separately I like the idea of having this on consent. We get it 2 weeks out everyone has an opportunity to look at it and ask for items to be. Pulled to reports or. Go ahead in and make that phone call and ask the questions on your own. We have options here and as council member Hannah what's has stated. There are many many items that we go particularly particularly on consent that much higher stakes. Then this. But I do appreciate what you do I appreciate the council members hand with and fix. Sanders I have spoken up about this in the past and all support the motion. Thank you. Council vice chair fix Anderson. Thank you thank you. The 2 you are like super fantabulous awesome people and and. I wasn't the only council member that brought this up there was a former council member in that city on this guy is. Said the same thing and that is carried it over said there are several of us. That have said on that committee and have gotten not only in the comfort level that you all provide in the co sponsored events. Yes is good to know what's going on in sitting. Yes is good to know who's bringing events. Yeah says no to make sure that you all are being held accountable. But you do that and we do have a form for that. Those of us that have sat on that committee I've been on it the whole time I was here and only reason why didn't ask for this time is because that that actually share the love right to let others actually have that experience. But a part of my experiences, I've been on the dies. Again has been routine and I hate to say routine. But it has been routine in my opinion it is been routine. I like no one was going on, but I still have access to looking at those documents to see what's going on. In the new issue due to a great job. You know any time I've called you've answered any questions at hand. You've been there to to clarify that for me so I love having the conversation look how low we spend just having this conversation rather that we wanted to show it. So Council is where we have that open dialogue and if there's a question or 2 and if it's necessary to have then we have to spin that I'm having a conversation we can pick and choose how much that we want to spend on this dies when we're doing the service to our community. So my reasoning for bringing it carrying it over from a previous council member who we have that same discussions that have been every year we've had this discussion and there has to be some relevance as to why in this particular committee. So not to minimize the word of anything that we do not to minimize that quality that we know that you bring to this and I know that you should not write policy or procedures based on persons because who say right but the comfort level that I have which is why I'm still going to support this motion. Now we'll ask a question. There was a comment that you made the last time MISTER Jeffries as to why you wanted to keep the committee is because there MAY be something that you didn't want to have to make the final decision on and you prefer to have the comfort of Council discussion I do remember that which is why we did that as needed bases. We met 4 times. None of those times actually has some of those really sensitive issues dealing with that. So I'm looking for a happy median with. Those you think could there be a and a staff request. For something like that if you get to that and readiness or because I'm just asking but I haha I mean the same position. So before legal jumps and all say real fast that I think the last time we talked about this again we're happy to present information any form that you all decide whatever the body would like so, but but I think the last time we talked about it was holy smokes we want to get rid as you know the committee and that felt fell odd to us and so I think we wanted to kind of have that insurance policy and and phase it in and so when I made those comments last time it was really just letting you know that there are circumstances that MAY not have happened recently but in the past we've You know sort input from Council to let us know which path to take. Again we've gone through a year now that has not come up. We feel very comfortable with access to counsel. You know we we tax and talked regularly. So again we're comfortable keeping the committee were comfortable doing it here. The council meeting on consent, whatever works for the body were were on board with. >> Flexibility here my understanding of what council member it was looking for is just to get rid of the committee and remove the need for committee in either of these resolutions that being said it is long as we drafted that we don't mandate that these items go on consent but that that could be an understanding with staff that's their typical process and that if they feel like something once more discussion. They simply place an honest report item we weren't planning when we did this to prescribe to them. How they put it on the agenda. I think that the fall would be that its consent agenda that routine and that if it's not they place an honest report I am so based on how we anticipated rafting it unless you tell us you want to require consent agenda. We weren't going to include that. >> And a change my motion to say what you just Good love yeah, sure. >> Yes, I mean you could eat them. If you want to clarify your motion that you're you're not looking for the resolutions to include prescribed method to administration and you don't have to include this from a team and your resolution but just that the understanding is that it's up to administration where to place it on the agenda that the resolutions will simply dissolve the committee change the procedures accordingly and then the items will just come forward typically is in the station that's when they decide whether to play something on consent reports. Council still have the flexibility if it is placed on consent and you prefer particular report you can pull in as you normally could. And so that's why we love and the department pointed effort council member had once. If you want to amend your motion a second it. I would like to amend my motion to So we have an amended motion. I'd say the the amended motion would be clarifying that it will be the administration can use their discretion whether to place these types of items on consent was reported missing, is and emotions and yeah, ok so we have an amended motion with the second. Council member Mary thank you MADAM Chair in support the amendment ended the motion as somebody that served for years on on this committee. I you know I I know how most of the things that came came up through this committee were. Extremely routine. And. Putting them on either consent or as a report. To me is a good way to go. And most of the Consent items they very rarely get pulled 2 reports. But they do every now and then I I have something that I pulled for this meeting and I made earlier this week on consent items. So I think this is a this is a good way to go with this committee and I'll be supporting it. Thank you. Sheriff what men make a quick comment. Yes, Sir. I. One of the commitments we made last time this came up were willing to continue. I'm Lynn is available any time there's an actual item on consent so even if it's not polled at a gender reviewer sage and reviews canceled. Lynn is chambers ready to answer questions should you have a question that comes up on the fly or something that you know. Hit you late in the in the game so we just want you to know that she's she will be available any time there's an actual item on consent. Very good. Thank you councilmember Curtis. Thank you MADAM Chair. I just wanted to bring Just a couple of things and then I'll sit back and be quiet. Last year when we when we look at this. In in the new resolution we talked about how Lynn as the coordinator and the committee chair have the ability to consult and to decide whether a meeting is necessary or not it's item In the resolution. And if it's not necessary that those items can be placed directly on the City Council agenda for approval or denial. So we have the ability to do what we're talking about without dissolving this committee and I I have found things important enough. Over the last year and and a month into this year that are that are important enough that I believe mayor in the discussion in committee rather than on Council. I'll give you an example of one. Every co sponsored event has a checklist for ada compliance. My guess is is not a lot of us knew that 20% of the people that we do co sponsored events with don't turn that checklist back in so we have no idea whether they and they complied or not with ada compliance during the event. They get a checklist that they have to do. But then they don't turn it back in like they're supposed to that's a far want to talk to those event coordinators about and I want to hold them accountable to do it because having spent a year listening to cap the meetings and now on the cap, the committee, those are those are things we need to be talking about and I would again I would rather have that discussion in committee on Council dies, but if the if that's not the will of the body then. As as I get made aware of those events that are coming back that did not turn in there. All the necessary paperwork all pulled from consent so. I'm I'm ok either way my preference would be to have the committee because that's where I'd prefer to have the discussion. Thank you Council chair. Thank councilmember Muhammad. I thought that when we got here just will be a lot more difficult issue this is tough this is overly one that has been going back and forth just listening to my colleagues and hearing the different being that the first committee meeting that I attended that's when the motion was made to dissolve it haha being a as a student you know instill in that student phase. I'm sure we all continue to roll. I was looking forward to participating in the committee really learning and understanding more about how co sponsored events you know from start to finish how they happened the process for him events that I thought might should be on here that we're not just having a space to be able to have those conversations and learn more about just the whole overall process for how we engage in you know facilitate a co-sponsor ships. A few of them were asked early on in the conversation that we had. But I didn't have like a lot of questions again because of my first first meeting and then. Hearing now that that space will still be available and not having. You know just like scheduling go to actual committee meeting has me willing to support the amended motion knowing that we can have those conversations knowing that we can still pull info percentage I do agree that the process being able to review the information, especially this routine is consistent. So we'll have you know that in the consent agenda package. Hearing one of the things this about consent agenda. The process for pulling them when I was understand what I understand I should say is that it happens during agenda review, and I know the gender reviews are canceled and so that gave me pause. Because if we do have an item that we want to pull in the agenda review is canceled being able to navigate that and work around that. How does how do how do we do that. Council and you can let Cindy Shepard know if you want to have an item regardless if we ok you're not sometimes a council member will see it right away even before they get to agenda review and we'll go ahead and pull out with Sun. Before we even get there. Obviously you can do it out agenda review when they happen it is my intention to have as many of those as we possibly can as long as we can keep and a robust agenda moving forward. So you can do either one. Got it got it. Yeah nafta attended my first agenda review. That's the for the routine as well so. So with that in mind in knowing that we still have the ability review the items that will be coming for us. We have access to I will be willing to support the amended motion to this topic. Thank you MADAM Chair. Council member Mary thank you Mike and councilmember Curtis brought up the 80 a checklist that being. Accomplish can can you all talk about that. Yes I have to be off to that catches us both off Sesame that we will Lindell actually sits on the review Committee for all the events. We bring in all of the departments together police fire sanitation ada permitting zoning parks and rec police on everybody sits around our table. We've been celebrated. In the state is having one of the robust and kind of seamless most cities make you go to each individual's departments and have those side conversations we do it all the same table. So we were both caught off guard by that comment. I'm happy to research that. I think timing MAY be an issue there because the ad a checklist is not required until the the day before the event if you will because their components that they're still working on so as we're going through the process and as we bring events to the subcommittee there MAY be some events that haven't turned in yet, but candidly they they they can't or or couldn't until they figure out do we have the ada. Portal that's in place do we have a contract in place for >> I would I would I would like an opportunity to investigate that that's that is surprising to us. I will tell you that we have a very 88 population here in the city. I can tell you that I know when something hasn't been Get a call typically that Mon. Morning and that happens very very infrequently. >> That you have the same. I I We some 80 pack it either with the cause not yet okay shun during our mail out process Lindell makes it available to them. Now keep in mind we are approving events 6 months to a year out. So that packet goes out to them early and then Lindell when we have committee meeting if you will which is all of our different city departments that are players in the event that's happening. A month 6 weeks in advance of the event but Lindell is there he's present he works with them so we certainly will reach out to him. Once we make that package available it's availabe I believe on our website and then through Lindell as well. He takes it from there and so we've I'm not aware of any concerns in lindale about not receiving them, but I will certainly follow up on that. Thank you, thank you, MADAM Chair. Ok let's go again. We're going to run out of time here in a minute. Alright council member Curtis thank you MADAM Chair, but quickly this. >> Our ada work that. Parks and rec leisure services Lindell and his team is so above board it's ridiculous I'm my concern is not about. And anything like that it's about making sure that our partners are doing I just want to make that very clear I'm not concerned about either a viewer Linda that's not my concern at all so I just wanted to make that crystal clear so thank you chair, thank you. And council member Mohamed thank you. But I'm just a question about the. The process remember during the committee meeting we talked about how. Having the quarterly meetings as a calendar. So that we actually have enough items to philae meeting. Accurate to say that like because they don't all come in at one time it is not like a particular point in time so there MAY be. >> Different application. That's correct. We a bit of an schedule for which we do a male out for a group of applications. So that's why we only meet 4 times a year. So The JANUARY meeting that we just had that a lot was done in DECEMBER they have roughly 5 weeks to get the applications back to us. Then have all the mayor meeting scheduled for the entire year. So some depending on when what season we're looking at a summer. Meeting maybe pretty light because those events might be looking at the summer of next year. That's how far in advance we get applications 6 months to a year in advance. So it kind of depends on when the event is taking place as to how many applications. You all MAY see in one of those 4 meetings you could see 20 you could see 35 it just really depends additionally there late fee waiver requests which is really what drives most the need for most of these meetings if we've got late fee waiver requests are coming in because your application has been received less than 6 months in advance of that event one of the reasons we had I think at least 2 of our meetings last year was because the pier with still trying to get there. You can calendar on track and we've been working with them closely to make sure they do that. So I don't anticipate that we'll have as many of those requests come through and the staff does a really good job at trying to kind of dissuade someone from saying hey I went to an event 3 months we'll see you know what will your subject to a $1200 late fee. Why didn't you consider pushing this out Hatcher 6 months so that we can avoid having to bring that to you off because that is why I believe the first reason under the new resolution that we would need to convene, I'm a co-sponsor committee meeting. So we do everything we can to get in to avoid having these as much as possible there you see Bill Belichick leash or thank goodness but we do value your time as well and we're happy to continue for 15 minutes if that's what it takes we're happy to PRESIDENT Consent agenda and Council meetings just whatever the pleasure of the group is fine with us. Thank you for that and then the other part of it so when we take we say at this question of the administration to bring them forward what with that schedule still be followed for the consent agenda. And so they'll be months will be 20 or 30 of these cold fronts that events are on the consent agenda. So the wind change the schedule I guess that would be the other were not to change any of our to do away with this committee will will stay true to the process. And I wanted to double click on one of the components that Lynn just spoke about one of the things that makes Saint Pete unique is that we do require that you. Start the process and get approval 6 months out and and that's unique and I want especially the new council members to to know that the reason for that is. Everybody every promoter promises you an amazing event that will bring You know activity or waterfront candidly we're in a position now where our waterfront hold its own. Our venue speaks for itself. We really want the top quality we don't want kind of the the second thoughts the leftover events if you will if there's something does come to us that's inside of that 6 month window, something primarily focused on a cause that we really want to partner education something like that something unique that gives us that opportunity so that's the reason that we have that that fee and that waiver so just as important you all have that context. Thank you. Thank you, MADAM Chair. All right so we have a motion in second. And I see no further request for discussions so Kirk clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please enter your votes saying that all council members have voted clerk please tally and announce the vote. >> MADAM Chair, the motion to clarify that administration place t co sponsored event on the consent agenda or bring your report back to Council. If needed passes. 62 with councilmembers Floyd and go to school to Notre school Sandvik Sanders gabbard and what's my name Muhammad voting, yes. Again thank you. Thank you. All right, we will move on now to our public hearings are running a little behind so clerk if you could please read the title but no we have no public comment. This is a resolution that and it is a resolutions you don't need to read the title. Okay all right. Good morning. MISTER Johnson. We're all right we're joined MISTER Johnson from housing and community development You have a rip. A report of the year now all right so council members to approve all for it. All right so we have a motion and a second. Clark was there anything for discussion now all right seeing none please open the machine for voting. Seeing PRESIDENT Council members have voted clerk please telling announce the vote. The motion to approve agenda item e one passes unanimously. We thank you thank you. MISTER Johnson. I we will now go to reports item f. One. MISTER Prime in with us today. >> Okay welcome. >> Weigh-in structures throughout the city. And again our precept to talk about this project which is the 62th Avenue northeast of full death reclamation project engineering project number 22 1, 0, 4, dash 1, 1, 0, Larger this project consists reconstruction of 60's 62th Avenue North all 5 from the On this West Side to first Street. All the way to the east side of the project which is 16th Street Northeast which is just west of water reclamation facility there. It's an interesting project in this project that that's definitely necessary because of the condition of the roadway. But what complicates it is that the number of projects going on in that area. And so we really wanted to mindful of the sequence and the schedule how we approach this project. If you look at the map you can see the red squares represent current projects that are under construction. Blue the blue dots represent projects that are either in planning or very design. You can see the blue line, the middle which represents limits of our project and so as we laying out these projects over the years we've kind of feel like it's raging an orchestra of sorts again all these projects have impacts to the roadway network. So that kind of combine in that they share. So we want to be mindful of how we approach them to come with that orchestra analogy. You don't want to have you know some introns playing at some time some playing together but you want in terms playing over each other and again we didn't want the impacts of these different competing projects. Burning a roadway system that they shared between them as an example that the 40th Avenue is currently under reconstruction during that project we've had to close the bridge a few times to do demolition said beans, what have you. And when we divert the traffic some goes down the snow while sun goes up to 6 that 62th Avenue Northeast so again. We knew when looking at 62th Avenue we could not perform full depth construction on that roadway while it served as an alternative route for 40th Avenue that would be again not only inconvenienced or traveling public, but it would be you know a burden to a level of service for emergency responders and other essential services so again that's something we couldn't we couldn't allow want to be very proactive in premeditated about how we approach that also during times of year we have severe storms 62th Avenue also acts as an evacuation route. So we want to make sure that we're mindful and that that that route is accessible should it be necessary. We're going to bring it all into into conclusion here that the condition of the roadway we've been monitoring for years, we know it's in need to be reconstructed begin with the amount of projects in that area we want to be responsible for how it impacts the community and we don't want to put undue burden on the roadway network and all the communities that are combined by it. And finally want to be fiscally responsible actually you know ask for this funding when we needed because again again with competing projects with competing times with this funding is available at this time we feel is the time to move forward so that we can. Received funding and move forward and start spending it down. So with that I will thank you for your time and ask for proof its test were. Very good. Thank you council member might mariupol would you like to. Yes so dust off. Thank you and Evan thank you for coming in cloud. Thank you for being here also. I'm fully supportive of this but this one For years I've been getting a lot import from from people when one 62th Avenue repaved and I've been explaining about the sequencing of events just like you just did with the 40th Avenue bridge in some of these others the the new middle school ymca a lot of lot of people just don't put it all together and I've been putting it out on news letters and e-mails and phone calls too. Residents that are that are back here. So thank you for coming in kind of explaining to the to the public what's what's going on here and how this this is a this project is going to get done. I see in the I had just a couple of questions. In the memo, it talks about like this. The study is going to go from first Street Fox Street and and the map. It goes from first Street to 16th Street. So it's the study. A smaller part of the street. But the repaving project is going to go all the way to 16th Street, the limits of the full repaving we go to construction Bushnell blue all the way to buy okay, but the reclamation of the reconstruction, the road based itself will be will be short real and west of the reclamation facility. And again that's going to be dependent upon the gtech an investigation that we do to where we have good and bad soils and good and bad Substructure so as we get into sign we'll figure out the exactly the part where we go. Okay. And then from a timeline point of view I I see schedule a take a little over a year 390 days as what's in the report. Can you give us any sort of sense of after the study is done when will the work. When when we talk about doing the work are we about 2 years out. So after 390 days after notice to proceed we we go through our cca processes like the contractor and so again that you're looking at 60 to 90 days after the conclusion of the project. So you're probably is priced 18 months to 2 years out before we can okay all right. Thank Thank you for coming in and What what's going on here and giving us an update and I move approval. Second. Okay so I'm just a couple of questions before we go ahead and so first question. Please refresh my did we not have funding originally for this project that we then moved to I think projects in the West Side at one point in time maybe last year. You feel like there was a little bit of meeting just because we weren't quite ready. 4 this project. Right now we had the council member might marry shaking his head as well so because at that point in time this expanse of road is what divided our districts and so now that redistricting has happened. I don't have those residents as mine anymore, but they do still reach out. I do still get a lot you know questions about you know what's happening with everything in there as it relates to the redevelopment of the spear ymca middle school site all of that kind of how that's going to come together so I just want to understand if this is kind of. We're now coming back to where we were with some funding that we have months last year. We originally had been. Approach is this a normal military service like we do with our annual program okay, so when we did some initial investigation. The road bases in such bad shape had we just do normal resurfacing it would fail pride within 2 or 3 years ago when you know we don't like to chase the bad that was good. Especially with all the construction traffic that's going through there and we thank you and so again so that's what we post we took those dollars to put them into designed to do. Provide a better more complete solution to the problem. Okay very good. Well very much in support of us moving this recognizing that that road definitely needs to help to say the least and I think will get even more so as that traffic from that redevelopment picks up a little concerned about the timing of that opening with all of the extra traffic there and that's doing this project so the good news is I have faith in all of your ability to be able to orchestrate that and keep that moving forward in that area. So thank you all very much. All right we do have a motion and a second correct clerk and I don't see any further discussion so clerk please up in the machine for voting. Council members please and your votes saying as all Council has voted clerk please tell me and announce the vote. Covid's in item f one passes unanimously. Thank you thank you MISTER Berg thank you. MISTER Tankers Lee. >> Right moving on. We will recess as City Council and convene as the cra and take at cra item 2. We are joined MISTER Clery my zoning official manager but development review services, hello Corey low, thank you good after good morning. And we have a presentation. >> The property before you today is located at 6 a 5, 6, 9, 9, 1st Avenue North and 6.94 Arlington Avenue North and is currently developed with to one story office buildings. A 2 story try Plex in the surface parking lot. An existing 20 foot wide. Ali traverses the subject property. The alley will be vacated to accommodate the proposed they'll be going before the drc and DECEMBER and will subsequently come back to Council. The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing prove muntz on the site now to construct a 21 story building with 2 are dwelling units 10,000 her 40 square feet of commercial space to our 64 space parking garage. The value the project is estimated at $63.5 million. The project is located within the entire redevelopment area. The irp was established in 19 82 and the community Redevelopment agency was established to implement the plan. The site plan before you today. Again includes a 21 story building the ground floor of the building will be cited towards the West side of the property leaving a large open space at the northeast corner of the subject property. Located in this area. This will also be a large covered arcade Plaza area. The building they it's large covered area like I said on the south side of the building as well as along first Avenue North the covered open spaces approximately 22 feet high. This ground level clearance will help create an open feeling and reduce the overall mass of the building at ground level the covered open space in the East Side the subject property will also permit a mid-block connection between first Avenue to Arlington. The ground floor the proposed tower will consist of the residential lobby, as well as some commercial space which will be oriented here towards first as well as outdoor Plaza access to the parking garage is occurring from 7th Street here and some cities will be along Arlington. Forced to through 7 will consist of parking. They floral consist of amenity space and residential units and the remaining levels above the ifour will consist solely of residential units. Again pedestri