City Commission Workshop

Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement, and Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement -1- 09/30/24 MINUTES OF THE SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 PRESENT: Mayor Liz Alpert, presiding, Vice Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch, Commissioners Erik Arroyo, Kyle Scott Battie (arrived at 9:08 A.M.), and Debbie Trice, City Manager Marlon Brown (arrived at 10:00 A.M.), City Attorney Robert Fournier, and Deputy City Auditor and Clerk Lori Rivers (via Zoom/Hybrid) ABSENT: City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs 9:02:44 A.M. The Workshop was called to order by Mayor Alpert at 9:02 A.M. 9:02:52 A.M. Mayor Alpert requested an update on the impact of Hurricane Helene which was addressed by Deputy City Manager Patrick “Pat” Robinson, City Manager’s Office, and the Mayor provided input. 9:11:21 A.M. Commissioner Battie thanked the Deputy City Manager, Staff, and emergency units and posed a question which was addressed by the Deputy City Manager. 9:14:44 A.M. Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch commended the Deputy City Manager, Staff, the Public Works Department, and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and posed questions which were addressed by the Deputy City Manager. 9:18:29 A.M. Commissioner Trice commended Staff and spoke to the impact of Hurricane Helene. 9:19:42 A.M. 1. CONTINUED DISCUSSION RE: CITY MANAGER TRANSITION AND INTERIM PLACEMENT (AGENDA ITEM I-1) 9:20:23 A.M. Human Resources Director Stacie Mason, Human Resources Department, came before the Commission, and presented. 9:21:19 A.M. Questions posed by the Mayor were addressed by Ms. Mason. 9:21:46 A.M. Deputy City Manager Robinson presented and stated that each of the Commissioners have been spoken to and the Vice Mayor requested a Change to the Order of the Day for the October 07, 2024, Regular Sarasota City Commission Meeting regarding the option for an Internal or External candidate for the Interim City Manager position only and the actual search for a permanent City Manager will commence after the Commission decision is made for the Interim City Manager.

Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement, and Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement -2- 09/30/24 9:22:42 A.M. Question posed by the Vice Mayor was addressed by the Deputy City Manager. 9:23:17 A.M. Question posed by Commissioner Trice was addressed by Ms. Mason, and the Deputy City Manager provided input. 9:25:13 A.M. Deputy City Manager Robinson requested and Governmental Affairs Director Jennifer Jorgensen, City Manager’s Office, came before the Commission, and the Deputy City Manager stated that the City Manager desires to be present for the next presentation and will be present in approximately 30 minutes and the request is to recess until approximately 10:00 A.M. The Commission recessed at 9:25 A.M. and reconvened at 10:00 A.M. 10:00:47 A.M. 2. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION RE: SARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CONCEPT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN/AGREEMENT (AGENDA ITEM I-2) 10:01:50 A.M. Commissioner Trice requested since the presentation is long with many topics to have Commission questions and discussion at the end of each topic rather than waiting until the very end of the presentation which was addressed by the Mayor. 10:02:55 A.M. Governmental Affairs Director Jennifer Jorgensen, City Manager’s Office, came before the Commission, provided to the Deputy City Auditor and Clerk a revised table from the draft Sarasota Performing Arts Center (SPAC) Implementation Plan entitled “Projected Operating Financials” for distribution to the Commission and the record, requested the presenters from the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation (SPAF), Paratus Group, and Sweet Sparkman Architects (Sweet Sparkman), to come to the Dais, and stated that present via Zoom are architects from Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), and Professional Facilities Management (PFM) is present as well. 10:03:11 A.M. Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SPAF, Jerry Sparkman, Partner, Sweet Sparkman, Cortez Crosby, Project Director, Paratus Group, came before the Commission and Bill Waddill, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Kerry Joyce, Associate, Project Director, Ronan Dunphy, Architect, RPBW, James L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Alan Chile, Vice President, PFM, were present via Zoom. 10:03:30 A.M. Ms. Jorgensen provided a brief introduction.

Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement, and Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement -3- 09/30/24 10:06:51 A.M. Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko presented and referred to a PowerPoint presentation displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Sarasota Performing Arts Center Implementation Plan Draft - 9/23/24.” 10:16:14 A.M. Messrs. Joyce and Dunphy presented and referred to slides displayed on the Chambers monitors of the proposed SPAC Concept Design entitled “Architecture.” 10:33:23 A.M. Commissioner Trice voiced concerns and posed questions which were addressed by Mr. Joyce, and the City Manager provided input. Deputy City Auditor and Clerk Rivers left and returned to her seat at 10:41 A.M. 10:42:58 A.M. The Vice Mayor spoke to the topic, voiced concerns, and posed questions which were addressed by Ms. Jorgensen, Messrs. Crosby and Joyce, Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko, the City Manager, Emily Harney, Senior Associate, AEA Consulting, who came before the Commission and left the Dais, and Philip DiMaria, Planning Project Manager, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., representing The Bay Park Conservancy (BPC) who came before the Commission, and various slides were referenced and displayed on the Chambers monitors. 11:06:01 A.M. Mr. DiMaria left the Dais and Ms. Harney returned to the Dais. 11:06:01 A.M. Commissioner Battie spoke to the topic. Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch left the Chambers at 11:06 A.M. 11:10:29 A.M. The Mayor spoke to the topic. 11:11:09 A.M. Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko continued presenting, referred to a slide displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Community Engagement,” and sought Commission questions and feedback. Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch returned to the Chambers at 11:12 A.M. 11:13:49 A.M. Commissioner Trice spoke to the topic.

Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement, and Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement -4- 09/30/24 11:14:50 A.M. Questions posed by the Vice Mayor were addressed by Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko, and the Vice Mayor requested the Commission receives a copy of the 2024 before and after community surveys completed. 11:16:08 A.M. Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko continued presenting, referred to a slide displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Economic & Social Impacts.” 11:16:49 A.M. Commissioner Trice spoke to the topic and requested the assumptions are included in the next report released, such as is the VWPAH still operating? or is the VWPAH gone? 11:17:32 A.M. Questions posed by the Vice Mayor were addressed by Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko and Mr. Crosby, and the Vice Mayor requested a copy of the financial and fiscal impacts of the SPAC be provided to the Commission. 11:19:05 A.M. Ms. Harney presented, referred to various slides displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Social Impacts,” “Business Plan,” “Market Research & Analysis,” “Programs & Activities,” “Projected Operating Financials,” and “Earned Revenue,” and sought Commission questions. 11:28:34 A.M. Questions posed by the Vice Mayor were addressed by Ms. Harney, Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko, the City Manager, Ms. Harney left the Dais and Executive Director Mary Bensel, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (VWPAH), came before the Commission, and the Vice Mayor requested the Commission be provided the VWPAH Sales Report. 11:38:21 A.M. Ms. Bensel left the Dais, and Ms. Harney returned to the Dais. 11:38:59 A.M. Commissioner Trice voiced concerns and posed questions which were addressed by Ms. Bensel who returned to the Dais, the City Manager, and Ms. Harney left the Dais, and the slide “Programs & Activities” was displayed on the Chambers monitors and referenced. 11:45:40 A.M. Ms. Bensel left the Dais and Ms. Harney returned to the Dais to continue addressing questions posed by Commissioner Trice which were also addressed by Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko, and the slide entitled “Earned Revenue” was displayed on the Chambers monitors and referenced. City Manager Brown left the Chambers at 11:46 A.M. and returned at 11:51 A.M.

Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement, and Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement -5- 09/30/24 11:52:21 A.M. Questions posed by Commissioner Battie were addressed by Ms. Castroverde Moskalenko and Ms. Harney. City Manager Brown left and returned to the Dais at 11:52 A.M. 11:53:49 A.M. Mr. Crosby concluded and referred to various slides displayed on the Chambers monitors entitled “Budget & Funding,” “Development Plan,” “Implement Plan,” “Implementation,” “Construction- Ready to Site,” “Construction Logistics,” “Anticipated Expertise,” and “Acknowledgements.” 11:56:14 A.M. Question posed by the Mayor was addressed by Ms. Harney. 11:58:08 A.M. Question posed by Commissioner Trice was addressed by Mr. Crosby. 11:58:43 A.M. City Manager Brown stated that the Commission still has many questions, and he will work with the team and to determine how to accommodate. 11:59:35 A.M. City Manager Brown thanked the Deputy City Manager for the great job done with Staff during Hurricane Helene, and also thanked the Mayor, Commissioners, and Commissioner Arroyo who represented the face of the City with the media. 12:00:58 P.M. 3. ADJOURN (AGENDA ITEM II) Mayor Alpert adjourned the Sarasota City Commission Workshop of September 30, 2024, at 12:00 P.M.

WORKSHOP CITY COMMISSION MEETING CITY HALL 1565 First Street Sarasota, Florida September 30, 2024 City Commission Chambers 9:00 AM I. AGENDA ITEMS: I.1 Continued Discussion Re: City Manager Transition and Interim Placement I.1 Agenda Request Form.pdf I.2 Presentation and Discussion Re: Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Plan/Agreement I.2 Agenda Request Form.pdf Cover Letter Sarasota Performing Arts Center Concept Design and Implementation Agreement Workshop 9.30.24.pdf Item I.2 Revised Pg 19.pdf II. ADJOURN Meeting Notice 9-30-24 City Commission Workshop Notice.pdf City Commission Rules of Procedure CC.RulesofProcedure.AdoptedApril15-2024.pdf AGENDA CALL MEETING TO ORDER MEETING NOTICE CITY COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE 1

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file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, 9:00 A.M. DISCLAIMER: THIS FILE REPRESENTS AN UNEDITED VERSION OF REALTIME CAPTIONING WHICH SHOULD NEITHER BE RELIED UPON FOR COMPLETE ACCURACY NOR USED AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT. ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER. 09:02:40AM >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. 09:02:41AM [GAVEL SOUNDING] 09:02:44AM GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 09:02:48AM TODAY IS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30, AND WE ARE CONVENING A CITY 09:02:51AM COMMISSION WORKSHOP. 09:02:52AM AND I THINK BEFORE WE GO INTO THE AGENDA ON THE WORKSHOP, I 09:03:00AM AM SURE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE 09:03:03AM HURRICANE. 09:03:04AM MR. ROBINSON. 09:03:07AM >>Pat Robinson: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 09:03:09AM THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT. 09:03:11AM I APPRECIATE THAT. 09:03:12AM A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT OCCURRED. 09:03:15AM OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. 09:03:18AM OUR BARRIER ISLANDS WERE IMPACTED BETWEEN -- FROM THE 09:03:22AM REPORTS I HEARD THREE FEET TO EIGHT FEET DEPENDING ON THE 09:03:25AM ISLAND. 09:03:25AM I KNOW THE AREAS NORTH OF US GOT HARDER HIT. 09:03:28AM I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO NORTH LONGBOAT KEY YESTERDAY 09:03:32AM AND THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. 09:03:35AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAD -- OUR RESPONSE WAS VERY SWIFT 09:03:39AM AND I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAMS. 09:03:41AM THEY WORKED FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 09:03:42AM THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE THIS MORNING CLEARING THE SAND OFF 09:03:45AM OF BEN FRANKLIN AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. 09:03:48AM SO WE DID BRING DOWN OUR WATER AND SEWER WHICH KEPT US AT A 09:03:53AM LEVEL AT THE PLANTS THAT WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SPILLS. 09:03:56AM NO LINE BREAKS. 09:03:57AM NO ARBITRARY ACTION RELATED TO THE ACTIVITY. 09:04:01AM FP&L HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. 09:04:04AM I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. 09:04:05AM THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE GETTING POWER RESTORED. 09:04:08AM 95 TO 97% COMPLETE AS OF YESTERDAY AND A COUPLE LITTLE 09:04:12AM POCKETS WHERE FP&L, THE HOUSE CONNECTIONS FROM THE LINE TO 09:04:17AM THE WIRE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY GO BACK AND 09:04:20AM REDO THOSE NOW. 09:04:21AM NO REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF SARASOTA WHICH IS A 09:04:25AM FANTASTIC THING. 09:04:26AM I KNOW THAT OUR WATER AND SEWER BROUGHT BACK ON LINE OVER 09:04:29AM THE WEEKEND, AND WE ARE PROVIDING WATER TO LONGBOAT KEY WITH 09:04:35AM A MOU. 09:04:37AM GENERALLY LONGBOAT KEY GETS THEIR WATER FROM MANATEE COUNTY.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:04:41AM WE HAVE A CONNECTION THAT CAN BE CONNECTED THROUGH THE 09:04:44AM SOUTHERN PORTION OF LONGBOAT KEY, AND WE STARTED THAT, I 09:04:47AM BELIEVE, ON SATURDAY AROUND NOON. 09:04:49AM WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING THE SOUTH END OF THE WATER WITH 09:04:52AM WATER AND WILL DO SO UNTIL THEY DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE. 09:04:56AM TALKING TO OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR 09:05:01AM ABILITY TO PROVIDE WATER TO OUR CITIZENS. 09:05:02AM A BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE 09:05:04AM THAT TO ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY. 09:05:06AM I CAN TELL YOU THE CONVERSATION AND THE COMMUNICATION 09:05:09AM BETWEEN OUR STAFF HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY. 09:05:11AM HOPEFULLY YOU FOUND THOSE UPDATES I WAS SENDING TO YOU AS 09:05:16AM OFTEN AS I COULD. 09:05:16AM I TRIED NOT TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH LITTLE THINGS BUT WHAT WE 09:05:20AM ARE DOING ON THE DAY TO DAY A COUPLE TIMES A DAY. 09:05:23AM COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY BETWEEN STAFF WAS EXCELLENT AND 09:05:26AM ONGOING AND ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT. 09:05:28AM OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT DONE. 09:05:30AM IN THE RECOVERY PHASE. 09:05:31AM A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF PARKING. 09:05:33AM A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF SOLID WASTE REMOVAL. 09:05:35AM THOSE THINGS ARE BEING WORKED OUT WITH BROXTON AND STEVE AND 09:05:38AM DOUG JEFFCOAT AND TODD KUCHARSKI COMING UP WITH MESSAGING. 09:05:44AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR US THAT THE 09:05:46AM FOOTPRINT FROM THE STORM WAS MASSIVE ALL THE WAY FROM THE 09:05:50AM WEST COAST INTO THE BIG BEND AREA AND BEING STRETCHED THIN 09:05:53AM AS FAR AS CONTRACTORS ARE CONCERNED THAT DO OUR STORM DEBRIS 09:05:56AM HAULING BUT MR. JEFFCOAT AND MR. KUCHARSKI ARE WORKING TO 09:06:02AM GET THAT SET UP AND HOPING TO PROVIDE HARD DATES AND TIMES 09:06:05AM BY MIDWEEK OR TOMORROW ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHAT ELSE CAN I GIVE 09:06:13AM YOU AN UPDATE. 09:06:14AM NO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. 09:06:16AM NO LOOTING. 09:06:17AM CLOSING THE BRIDGE DOWN AND HOLDING IT THE WAY WE DID WAS 09:06:20AM HELPFUL TO MITIGATE ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR PEOPLE 09:06:23AM TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SITUATION. 09:06:24AM AS FAR AS I KNOW, LONGBOAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY EITHER. 09:06:27AM I TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FIRE CHIEF A NUMBER 09:06:31AM OF TIMES AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING PROBLEMATIC. 09:06:33AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC POST STORM 09:06:37AM WINS WATER WAS TWO OR THREE FEET HIGH. 09:06:41AM I WAS THERE WITH MR. COCRAN AND SAW STORMWATER CREWS GETTING 09:06:46AM PUMPS BACK ON LINE. 09:06:48AM A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND I WAS OUT THERE A DAY OR DAY OR 09:06:53AM TWO AGO WITH THE MAY I DON'T REMEMBER AND THEY WERE TALKING 09:06:55AM OF THE PUMP, THE PUMPS, THE PUMPS. 09:06:58AM AS SOON AS THE WATER GOES OVER THE SEAWALL, THE PUMPS ARE 09:07:03AM NOT AN ISSUE. 09:07:04AM PUMPING THE WATER AND GOES BACK ON THE CIRCLE. 09:07:07AM WHEN IT GOES BELOW THE SEAWALL, THAT IS WHEN IT TAKES 09:07:12AM EFFECT. 09:07:12AM I SPOKE WITH MR. LEWIS, JONATHAN LEWIS, TO RAISE THOSE 09:07:16AM PANELS SO THEY DON'T LOSE THOSE. 09:07:19AM RAISED THEM UP TO THREE FEET JUST IN TIME FOR A FOUR-FOOT

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:07:22AM SURGE. 09:07:22AM TO INCREASE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO AFRAID THIS SITUATION AS 09:07:25AM MUCH AS POSSIBLE MOVING FORWARD. 09:07:26AM THE BUMP SYSTEM IS BRINGING THE WATER DOWN. 09:07:29AM WHILE I WAS OUT THERE, THEY ACTIVATED THREE OF THE FIVE 09:07:33AM PUMPS. 09:07:33AM I WAS OUT THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN THEY WERE TURNING 09:07:36AM THEM ON. 09:07:37AM AN HOUR AFTER I GOT OUT THERE AND STARTED TO LEAVE, IT HAD 09:07:41AM COME DOWN ABOUT A FOOT. 09:07:42AM THAT DOESN'T MITIGATE THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE OUT 09:07:45AM THERE, SO MANY SHOP OWNERS AND RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT, 09:07:48AM SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. 09:07:49AM I WOULD SAY ONE TO TWO MONTHS FOR A RECOVERY TYPE PERIOD FOR 09:07:53AM THE CONTRACTORS. 09:07:54AM AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED, 09:07:58AM WOULD SAY ROUGHLY 2,000 HOMES GIVE OR TAKE IN OUR AREA. 09:08:01AM LIKE I SAID BEFORE NOT US WITH THE DEBRIS CONTRACTORS. 09:08:06AM DRYWALL FOLKS, PAINTERS AND PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS. 09:08:11AM I THINK THAT WILL BE AN EXTENDED PROCESS FOR RECOVERY 09:08:14AM WHEREAS, THE LAST STORM 180 HOMES, 80 HIT SIGNIFICANTLY. 09:08:22AM WE ARE TALKING 1,000 TO IF NOT 2,000 HOMES. 09:08:25AM A LONG PROCESS AND UNFORTUNATELY IN LOOKING AT OUR INTEL ON 09:08:29AM THE WEATHER, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM 09:08:32AM FORMING EXACTLY WHERE THIS STORM FORMED, SO, YOU KNOW, BE 09:08:36AM MINDFUL OF THAT. 09:08:36AM TIME TO RECOVER, RELOAD AND GET READY FOR ANOTHER STORM 09:08:41AM CYCLE. 09:08:41AM OUR STAFF IS ALREADY PREPARING JUST IN CASE IN TWO WEEKS WE 09:08:44AM ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. 09:08:46AM WATCH THE WEATHER. 09:08:46AM KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE GULF, AND WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO 09:08:50AM DO THIS A SECOND TIME IN A MONTH IF WE HAVE TO. 09:08:54AM >>Mayor Alpert: LET'S HOPE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 09:08:56AM IN GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE BUSINESSES ON SATURDAY. 09:09:05AM IT WAS -- THERE WAS NOT ONE BUSINESS THAT WASN'T DAMAGED AND 09:09:14AM JUST DEVASTATINGLY SO. 09:09:16AM EVEN THOSE WHO HAD PUT UP HURRICANE SHUTTERS, THE WATER GETS 09:09:22AM UNDER AND IN ANYWAY. 09:09:24AM SO IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING TO SEE. 09:09:27AM AND YESTERDAY, I WENT OUT AND DROVE AROUND THE -- THE AREAS 09:09:33AM WHERE THE HOMES ARE AND TALKED TO PEOPLE AS THEY WERE 09:09:40AM CLEANING UP AND THE STORIES ARE JUST HEARTBREAKING. 09:09:43AM I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS HERE WHO ALSO GOT 09:09:47AM WATER IN THEIR HOMES. 09:09:48AM AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT -- I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 09:09:51AM IT IS SO WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. 09:09:55AM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 09:09:56AM GETTING CONTRACTORS, GETTING SUPPLIES, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE 09:10:04AM YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. 09:10:08AM >>Pat Robinson: YES, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE OF THE 09:10:11AM CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WILL HAVE UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS TRYING TO 09:10:14AM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SITUATIONS. 09:10:16AM WE WILL BE PUTTING UP INFORMATION HOW TO YOU VERIFY

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:10:18AM CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS -- I SPOKE WITH THE VICE-MAYOR THIS 09:10:21AM MORNING OF PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE LINKS FOR THE FEDERAL 09:10:24AM AND STATE AID PACKAGES FOR SMALL BUSINESS AS WELL AS 09:10:27AM RESIDENTIAL. 09:10:27AM THEY WERE DECLARED A FEMA DISASTER AREA LATE SUNDAY. 09:10:31AM THAT WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES GET FEDERAL 09:10:34AM ASSISTANCE. 09:10:34AM WE WILL BE PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER TODAY, HOPEFULLY TO GET 09:10:38AM THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEB SITES TO EVERYONE. 09:10:40AM I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING, THE CITY OF 09:10:44AM SARASOTA, COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, CITY POLICE 09:10:48AM DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, 09:10:50AM INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK PRIMARILY AND X NOW OR TWITTER. 09:10:53AM I DON'T DO THAT ONE. 09:10:55AM BUT THOSE ARE WHERE WE PUT UP THE UPDATES QUICKLY. 09:10:59AM WE ARE COMMUNICATING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS 09:11:01AM ASSOCIATIONS SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE ON ALL THE TOPICS AS 09:11:05AM WELL. 09:11:05AM MOST OF THE UPDATES I SEND YOU, I SEND TO CCNA AND THE 09:11:09AM CHAMBERS. 09:11:09AM WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT AS QUICKLY AS 09:11:12AM POSSIBLE. 09:11:12AM IN IS AN EVOLVING SITUATION AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE 09:11:16AM ANOTHER STORM IMPACT BUT WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT AS WELL. 09:11:19AM >>Mayor Alpert: WONDERFUL. 09:11:20AM THANK YOU SO MUCH. 09:11:21AM >>Kyle Battie: YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 09:11:24AM I APOLOGIZE. 09:11:25AM I WANTED TO ASK. 09:11:27AM WHAT CAN WE TO DO ASSIST RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS IN 09:11:33AM TERMS OF PICK-UP, YOU KNOW. 09:11:37AM >>Pat Robinson: WHEN YOU SAY PICK-UP? 09:11:41AM >>Kyle Battie: THE DEBRIS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUTTING 09:11:43AM TRASH OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR YARDS UNFORTUNATELY. 09:11:46AM YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT VIDEOS OF PEOPLE THAT JUST 09:11:53AM LOST EVERYTHING. 09:11:54AM AND IT IS -- IT IS SAD TO SEE. 09:11:57AM AND ALSO EXPEDITING THE PERMIT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT 09:12:01AM OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND HELPING 09:12:05AM THEM GET UP AND RUNNING WITHOUT HAVING THE BURDEN OF -- OF 09:12:09AM GOING THROUGH A LONG LENGTHY PROCESS WITH PERMITTING TO GET 09:12:14AM THEMSELVES BACK IN ORDER. 09:12:15AM SO SOME TYPE OF RELIEF TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS OF 09:12:23AM THE CITY THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS? 09:12:24AM >>Pat Robinson: GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 09:12:26AM SO TWO ITEMS. 09:12:27AM ONE, THE SOLID WASTE PICKUP. 09:12:29AM WE PUT UP INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD 09:12:32AM WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 09:12:35AM YARD WASTE, GREEN VEGETATIVE DEBRIS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM 09:12:41AM STORM DEBRIS, DAMAGED FURNITURE, WHITE GOODS, ELECTRONICS 09:12:45AM AND TABLES. 09:12:45AM GENERALLY WITH THE WHITE GOODS, THE SCRAPPERS COME AND PICK 09:12:48AM IT UP.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:12:48AM IT REFUSES OUR WORKLOAD. 09:12:50AM IF YOU GO ON OUR FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE ARE 09:12:53AM INSTRUCTIONS. 09:12:54AM WE WILL BE REITERATING THEM TODAY. 09:12:56AM LIKE I SAID MORE THAN LIKELY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WHEN WE 09:12:59AM ACTIVATE OUR CONTRACTORS FOR THE BULK PICK-UPS. 09:13:03AM THAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 09:13:05AM WE ARE ACTIVATING OUR CONTRACTORS. 09:13:07AM GETTING THEM OUT ON THE ROAD TO GET THE STUFF OUT AND GET 09:13:12AM THE STORM DEBRIS REMOVED. 09:13:13AM LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT WILL BE A LONGER ROAD MAN IN IT 09:13:16AM NORMALLY WOULD JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, NOT A LOT OF CONTRACTORS 09:13:19AM THAT DO THAT AND DO THE LONG HAUL TRANSFER TO THE DUMP. 09:13:23AM SOME WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AGGRESSIVELY. 09:13:25AM I KNOW MR. JEFFCOAT AND MR. KUCHARSKI IS WORKING ON THAT BE 09:13:34AM NOW. 09:13:34AM ANOTHER IS PERMITTING. 09:13:36AM WE SUSPEND THE PERMIT FEES AND TO HAVE EVERYBODY HAVE AN 09:13:40AM OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THEIR BUSINESSES AND HOMES. 09:13:41AM THE QUICKER WE CAN GET EVERYBODY BACK TO NORMAL, THE BETTER 09:13:46AM FOR EVERYONE. 09:13:46AM I WILL FOLLOW-UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE 09:13:50AM RESOURCES IN PLACE TO MAKE IT GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 09:13:54AM >>Kyle Battie: EXCELLENT. 09:13:54AM I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE 09:13:59AM STAFF AND EMERGENCY UNITS. 09:14:01AM THEY WERE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING IN THE WORK TO 09:14:07AM -- TO HELP PEOPLE. 09:14:10AM I HAD TO KAYAK MY NEIGHBOR OUT OF HER HOUSE. 09:14:15AM AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL GUARD THAT WERE 09:14:17AM THERE, MAN, I CAN'T -- CAN'T THANKS THEM ENOUGH AND CAN'T 09:14:24AM YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR HELPING ME WITH THAT. 09:14:27AM TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE 09:14:30AM RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE HERE IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT, YOU 09:14:34AM KNOW, THIS STORM WHEREVER IT TOUCHED. 09:14:36AM >>Pat Robinson: THANK YOU, SIR. 09:14:39AM >>Mayor Alpert: VICE-MAYOR. 09:14:43AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. 09:14:44AM YOU AND THE STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH YOU AND STAFF AND 09:14:50AM PUBLIC WORKS AND FP&L. 09:14:52AM IT HAS BEEN TOUGH. 09:14:53AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN JUST EXCELLENT. 09:14:56AM SO, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 09:14:58AM AS FAR AS CITIZENS THEMSELVES. 09:15:01AM I KNOW THAT THERE IS PICK-UP THAT YOU SAID MAY START ON 09:15:05AM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 09:15:06AM IS THERE SOMETHING CITIZENS CAN DO THEMSELVES TO GET THESE 09:15:10AM THINGS OUT OF THERE? 09:15:13AM OFF THE YARDS? 09:15:14AM OFF THE STREETS? 09:15:15AM OFF THE SIDES OF THE ROADS? 09:15:19AM POTENTIALLY ANOTHER STORM COMING AND YOU DON'T CHANT TO 09:15:22AM FLOAT AND BLOCK. 09:15:23AM INSTEAD OF -- CAN WE, AS CITIZENS, DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:15:27AM THIS EFFORT? 09:15:28AM >>Pat Robinson: IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO 09:15:30AM MAKE A TRANSFER TO THE LANDFILL, YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. 09:15:33AM IF YOU HAVE A TRAILER OR TRUCK, YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE STUFF 09:15:36AM DOWN THERE ON YOUR OWN. 09:15:37AM I WOULD TRY TO SEPARATE IT OUT JUST LIKE I SAID. 09:15:40AM THEY WON'T TAKE CO-MINGLED VEGETATIVE WITH STORM WASTE. 09:15:45AM THAT IS AN OPTION WE WILL PUT ON THERE. 09:15:47AM IN THE INFANCY PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM. 09:15:50AM NOT WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US FEBRUARY RALEIGH -- GENERALLY 09:15:57AM SPEAKING. 09:15:57AM SAND IS A BIG ISSUE. 09:15:59AM THEY DON'T WANT SAND MIXED. 09:16:01AM IF YOU HAVE SAND INTRUSION INTO YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS, 09:16:05AM ASKING THE COMMERCIAL AREAS TO PUT IT IN THE ALLEYWAYS TO BE 09:16:08AM REMOVED. 09:16:09AM IF YOU HAVE SAND TO PUT IT ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND NOT BLOCK 09:16:12AM THE ROADWAY. 09:16:12AM MOST OF THE AREAS WITH THE SAND INTRUSION BECAUSE OF THE 09:16:15AM WATER, PUTTING OUT IN THE PARKING AREAS IN FRONT OF -- BUT 09:16:19AM NOT IN BEN FRANKLIN THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO DO 09:16:22AM SO OUR CREWS CAN PICK IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE STAGING A 09:16:26AM AREA. 09:16:26AM CURRENTLY STAND, I HAVE QUESTIONS ASKED, I WILL TAKE IT AND 09:16:31AM PUT IT BACK ON THE BEACH. 09:16:33AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: ASK YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT. 09:16:35AM >>Pat Robinson: A PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS LENGTHY AND IT IS 09:16:38AM CONSIDERED CONTAMINATING. 09:16:40AM PER OUR CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, VICE-MAYOR, IT IS MIXED 09:16:43AM WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS BEACH WATER, WE ARE LOOKING AT 09:16:47AM THAT AS A POTENTIAL OPTION, BUT A LONGER PROCESS. 09:16:50AM RIGHT NOW WE ARE SETTING UP A HOLDING AREA FOR ALL OF THE 09:16:53AM SAND WE ARE TAKING OFF OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS AT LIDO. 09:16:58AM RUNNING INTO A PROBLEM WITH RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO GO BACK TO 09:17:01AM THE BEACH TODAY. 09:17:01AM CLOSE OFF A PORTION OF THE LIDO. 09:17:05AM BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE PARKING IN BETWEEN GIANT SAND DUNES. 09:17:09AM BLESS THEIR HEART, THEY WANT TO GET OUT THERE. 09:17:11AM BUT PARKING BETWEEN TWO TEMPORARY SAND DUNES NOT THE WISEST 09:17:16AM COURSE OF ACTION. 09:17:17AM MITIGATION EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS, BUT A LOT OF 09:17:20AM THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN TOTALITY AND PUT UP ON 09:17:24AM SOCIAL MEDIA SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE PROCESS. 09:17:26AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: OKAY. 09:17:27AM FOR THE LANDFILL. 09:17:28AM YOU JUST DRIVE OUT THERE AND YOU DON'T MAKE A RESERVATION? 09:17:32AM YOU DON'T CALL AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMING? 09:17:35AM YOU JUST SHOW UP? 09:17:36AM >>Pat Robinson: THE TWO TIMES THAT I HAVE COME. 09:17:38AM YOU DRIVE OUT AND THEY WEIGH YOUR TRUCK AND OFFLOAD IT AND 09:17:42AM THEN GIVE YOU A BILL AT THE ENDS. 09:17:44AM USUALLY PRETTY DIMINIMUS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU PUT OUT 09:17:48AM THERE. 09:17:48AM WHAT I DO IS MAKE SURE WE SHARE WHATEVER COUNTY WASTE IS

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:17:52AM PUTTING OUT ABOUT THAT PROCESS SO FOLKS KNOW BEFORE THEY GO, 09:17:55AM BEFORE THEY MAKE THAT TRIP. 09:17:56AM NOT A SHORT DRIVE. 09:17:57AM SO WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT UP THERE. 09:17:59AM I WILL TELL YOU THE TWO TIMES I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE THEIR 09:18:03AM STAFF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND VERY HELPFUL. 09:18:06AM LIKE DOCKING A BOAT. 09:18:07AM YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO WHEN YOU GET THERE 09:18:09AM AND A LOT OF TRUCKS DRIVING AROUND AND BE PATIENT. 09:18:11AM AND I AM SURE THEY ARE WORKING HARD WITH THE WASTE. 09:18:14AM THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND WE ARE DEALING 09:18:16AM WITH OUR LITTLE GEM HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTY. 09:18:20AM BUT I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT IS 09:18:24AM INCLUDED WITH ALL OF OUR INFORMATION. 09:18:25AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 09:18:27AM >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER TRICE. 09:18:29AM >>Debbie Trice: I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE MIRACLE WORKERS 09:18:33AM THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT. 09:18:34AM I MEAN, IT IS AMAZING WHAT -- WHAT CITY STAFF HAS 09:18:39AM ACCOMPLISHED. 09:18:39AM I DID WANT TO MENTION TO -- EXCUSE ME -- THE VICE-MAYOR. 09:18:45AM THEY HAVE DIFFERENT -- AT THE LANDFILL, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT 09:18:49AM LINES FOR THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEBRIS THAT YOU WANT TO 09:18:52AM DISCARD. 09:18:53AM SO IT IS A GOOD IDEA JUST TO HAVE ONE TYPE WITH YOU PER 09:18:57AM TRIP. 09:18:57AM >>Pat Robinson: RIGHT. 09:18:59AM >>Debbie Trice: BUT THE OTHER THING, I HAVE HEARD FROM 09:19:04AM INDIVIDUALS NEEDING HELP PARCELLING UP THEIR YARD DEBRIS AND 09:19:10AM SAY, OH, CAN THE CITY HELP WITH THIS? 09:19:12AM WELL, I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR NEIGHBOR HELPING 09:19:16AM NEIGHBORS. 09:19:17AM SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BUNDLE UP THE YARD DEBRIS AND SOMEBODY 09:19:25AM WHO LIVES NEAR YOU, A NEIGHBOR LORE HAVEN'T PUT IT OUT AND 09:19:28AM HAVEN'T BUNDLED IT UP, IF YOU OFFER TO HELP, I AM SURE THEY 09:19:32AM WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 09:19:33AM >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 09:19:36AM >>Pat Robinson: THANK YOU. 09:19:40AM >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. 09:19:42AM NOW WE WILL GET INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. 09:19:44AM ITEM 1, CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF THE CITY MANAGER SUGGESTION. 09:19:48AM >>Clerk: MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER ARROYO. 09:19:55AM I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS ONLINE OR ON ZOOM? 09:20:01AM >>Mayor Alpert: I GUESS NOT. 09:20:03AM OUR CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF CITY MANAGER TRANSITION AND 09:20:08AM INTERIM PLACEMENT. 09:20:09AM WE HAVE -- 09:20:12AM >>Stacie Mason: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. 09:20:17AM >>Mayor Alpert: OUR HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTOR HERE, STACIE 09:20:22AM MASON TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. 09:20:23AM >>Stacie Mason: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 09:20:24AM I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE. 09:20:27AM THE LAST TIME WE TALKED WAS THE LAST WORKSHOP ON SEPTEMBER 09:20:30AM 9.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:20:31AM WE DISCUSSED OUR TRANSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER POSITION. 09:20:33AM AT THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION, WE HAD TWO ACTION ITEMS. 09:20:37AM ONE WAS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OPTIONS. 09:20:39AM AND THE SECOND WAS THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM OPTIONS TO 09:20:43AM ENGAGE FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH. 09:20:45AM SO DURING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER DISCUSSION, WE DID 09:20:51AM DISCUSS INTERNAL PLACEMENT. 09:20:52AM WE DO HAVE A SENIOR LEVEL DIRECTOR, AND THAT WILL BE WILLING 09:20:58AM TO TAKE AN INTERIM POSITION FOR THAT. 09:21:00AM SO THAT IS OUR LATEST UPDATE. 09:21:03AM I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF M.I.T.s. 09:21:08AM INTERESTING THEIR TRANSITIONS. 09:21:09AM SOME HAVE BEEN PLACED IN POSITIONS AND OTHERS ARE WILLING TO 09:21:11AM ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS WITH US. 09:21:13AM BUT DURING THAT, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED -- 09:21:19AM >>Mayor Alpert: TELL US WHAT M.I.T. MEANS. 09:21:21AM >>Stacie Mason: YES, A MEMBER IN TRANSITION. 09:21:25AM >>Mayor Alpert: FOR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES? 09:21:27AM >>Stacie Mason: YES, EXACTLY. 09:21:28AM THANK YOU, MAYOR. 09:21:30AM SINCE WE LAST TALKED, SOME DISCUSSION AND WILLINGNESS FOR 09:21:33AM THE INTERNAL DIRECTOR TO BE WILLING TO TAKE AN INTERIM ROLE 09:21:37AM FOR THE CITY MANAGER. 09:21:38AM SO TODAY, WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE 09:21:42AM WERE IN THE DISCUSSION POINTS AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY 09:21:44AM FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION. 09:21:46AM >> MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND-EXPANDING TO THAN A 09:21:52AM LITTLE BIT. 09:21:52AM I SPOKE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU, THE VICE-MAYOR ASKED ME TO 09:21:56AM PLACE THIS ON THE OCTOBER 7 MEETING UNDER "CHANGES TO THE 09:22:00AM ORDER OF THE DAY." 09:22:02AM WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THOSE OPTIONS FOR YOU INTERNAL, 09:22:05AM EXTERNAL FOR THE INTERIM POSITION ONLY, UNDERSTANDING THAT 09:22:08AM WE WILL START THE ACTUAL SEARCH AFTER THAT DECISION IS MADE. 09:22:10AM I LOOK AT THIS AS START OF AN A, B CONVERSATION. 09:22:15AM A, DECISION MADE AND MOVE ON TO THE B, DECISION THAT GIVES 09:22:19AM US TIME. 09:22:20AM WE WILL BE BRING BACK ON THE 7th THE INTERM. 09:22:25AM AND THEN LEAVE IT UP TO THE WISDOM OF THE COMMISSION TO SEE 09:22:28AM WHERE WE GO FROM THAT. 09:22:29AM THAT IS REALLY THE UPDATE WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 09:22:32AM IF ANY QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 09:22:35AM >>Mayor Alpert: OKAY, I DON'T SEE -- 09:22:38AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: I HAVE A QUESTION. 09:22:40AM >>Mayor Alpert: VICE-MAYOR. 09:22:42AM >>Vice Mayor Ahearn-Koch: SHOULD WE ALL HAVE A MEETING WITH 09:22:43AM THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE BEFORE HAND? 09:22:46AM >>Stacie Mason: VICE-MAYOR, THAT IS A FANTASTIC QUESTION. 09:22:49AM I TALKED TO THE CANDIDATE, AND WE WILL BE SCHEDULING A 09:22:53AM DISCUSSION WITH EACH ONE OF YOU THIS COMING WEEK. 09:22:55AM WE WILL MAKE IT A PRIORITY THAT BEFORE WE COME BACK ON THE 09:22:59AM 7th THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPTION TO DISCUSS AND CHAT WITH 09:23:03AM HIM. 09:23:03AM YOU KNOW HIM VERY WELL ALREADY BUT PRUDENT BEFORE WE HAVE

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/24-09-30-CommissionWorkshop.txt[10/1/2024 8:17:07 AM] 09:23:06AM THAT DISCUSSION AND HE COMES AND SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF