City Council Meeting: Setting of Tentative Millage Rate

>> Welcome to the city of St. Petersburg City Council meeting your elected officials are mayor Rick kriseman. District one Council chair turn eager days this trick too. Randy Gabbert. Council vice chair Edmonton married. Gina grace call. This just 7 Lisa Wheeler Bowman. And district date posture. >> Welcome home. You have to there's David ly 20,019 will call to order. The City Council meeting of the city of Petersburg for that date. Mister Clerk if we can have a roll call please but nary air Rice. We'll Bowman here Foster. This year. Here. Thank you Madam Clerk create that we're going to start off today with an indication by pastor Bobby missing girl in my favor, favorite faith leaders in the city of St. Petersburg will follow the indication with the pledge of allegiance so if you all please rise after good to see you. >> Thank you for your amazing Grace for all your creation. Give us the courage to be graceful in loving to a fellow brothers insistence. Grant has the wisdom to work together for the common good of all people. Help us to overcome our fears and witnesses. So that will be filled with love for many of us as we love ourselves. Strengthen city leaders here today. So there will approach to work with the serious mind and a thoughtful spirit. Shut them that question says so they will be sensitive to the needs of the least of these. So that they will discern their work through the land so for love. Justice and peace for all of fuel children and your creation. This we pray in your holy name, a man, a man. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you pastor, God bless you thank you. >> I have an agenda and there's a couple of additions a will there's one edition. In one consent item is been So we're adding a report by city a City Hall student interns that were here this summer so that will be report item eat and in c b 6 which is the. Property adjacent to the the knock Davis center has been pulled to report says the 11 those are the only 2 changes that I know about if there are any other or emotion please. Chair when you know, yes. And after each to land use and transportation there was not a meeting to report on so we need to remember that ok so will delete the 2. >> Councilmember Driscoll thank I have not yet received the. Minutes from the end. Recent public arts Commission meeting so will defer to I'd like to differ that, ok so will delete before. Council member get ready. As I go down the list I see a same with the Tampa Bay, regional planning Council the 5 minutes have not been received from that so we would need to differ. Any other changes colleagues. All right let me just go over them we're going to add heat hand that's a report from our a City Hall summer and turns. We're going to add 11 which was formally cb 6 that will now be under reports as 11. We're going to differ the to land use and. Land use and transportation we're going to dip or eat for public arts Commission we're going to dip for the 5 that can't be regional planning Council report, ok. And entertain a motion with those amendment that if approved a second. So we've got a motion a second to approve the amended agenda. Yes. Council members if you please double voting on. That happeve a will Foster yes. >> We have the consent agenda >> so you want to call the card Madam Clerk and the more. Deputy Joshua. Again it brought 11 for legal team one for each member Council and 1, 4, Remember the administration. So this is a item cb 8. Richard guinn this and just civil forfeiture business know pretty an article true you from the Web site in forfeiture dot com. And questions that I want to ask whose property was this. Why wasn't forfeit it. Who was the victim of the crime that supposedly justified this forfeiture. Has that victim been compensated for his or her suffering before the Police Department decides to buy more guns to shoot it members of this community. Why would the feds involved in all this is where that deceitful attorney from the Police Department got overheads a few months ago. One state law prohibits a forfeiture the local police and this is an epidemic over the country, it's not unique to St. Petersburg that doesn't make it any better. The local police try to find a way to give the feds jurisdiction over the case. Since so many state laws mirror federal lawsuit isn't that hard to do. In the fence. The case use a corrupt federal forfeiture process that makes it harder to keep your money and harder to get it back. Then they only keep a small portion of the forfeiture per seats given the lion's share to the corrupt police Department that handled the case in the first place and thereby rendering state oversight ineffective. But there is one way to hold them accountable. You have the authority. Stop the Police Department from spending this money. The question is what you do it. The pastor was talking about making decisions that look out for the interests of the least of these the port. People with police privilege in our community. Those are the victims of this corrupt police practice. The question is will you stand up for them. Until the Police Department that they can no longer use these funds. Thou shalt not steal does not have an exemption for police. Even if the law man does when the law allows what is immoral. It is the job of government officials to prohibit it anyway. As real as 13 tells us who are all servants of God first and foremost and your job is to punish evildoers not to reward them with other people's money. The new cards which clerk, no Sir. Entertaining motion on the consent agenda Mister Cook we have a motion second to approve the consent agenda. To do. 3 initializing. Council members of the youth vote on the consent agenda. The circular thing that will present council members have voted with the police telling announce the vote. >> This general motion to approve the consent agenda passed unanimously the council member Rice being asked. >> Last week you all heard from Terry shorter men and actually never met say that because I've heard stories like his without hearing that from him on multiple occasions, this began back when I first ran for office when I was the taxi driver back in 34. When asked the people who wrote in my cabin, he thought about the government to many of them told me that they couldn't vote because they were felons we're talking about people from all walks of life all but Prince when asked them how they became regarded by the government as felons they told to Qantas stories. The government made an just rules that they broke or the government agents lied about them in ruin their lives. Back then I was alone order conservative who generally supported police. But the fall I was calling for the head of Darren Wilson from the murder, Michael Brown back in my home state of Missouri. Because by then I had learned the real character of that in the blue line. Late last year that was quite a show in Council chambers in City Hall as members of the community challenge members of the council to confront the St. Petersburg police chief over his refusal to implement body cameras for his department. During the public comment for that Gen item a representative from the police union made some rather disparaging remarks about the people who have suffered watch other innocent people suffer at the hands of bad apples in the Police Department and who were demanding its system of accountability. Unfortunately his disgusting attitude is not rare among the police to fit on Mon., a pro police profession. If you. Now most of you will disagree with that and you're wrong. Experience the injustices because of your positions you don't get pulled over under false pretenses by narcotics officers looking for an easy bus like I did it. You don't get pulled over for driving with your high beams up and stretch of road that is not well lit in the middle of the night but are shorter didn't have 4 cops around your car be rudely to you hoping they can find something to lock you in jail for. You don't get the cops pull you over and forcing the 2 sides road to wait for the feds to get there so he can run you to the courts to make it harder for you to regain or who retained her personal possessions. Like so many others. These things still happen to you or to many of the people you know personally so you don't think that they happen that often. And you have the power to stop it. Do you have the courage to stand up to the police. There is that police union endorsement for reelection to important. Good afternoon Council chaired our time members of Council core given 7, 7, 7, 38 Avenue South. I say before you today because I recognize that there was on the agenda to place a referendum. On the upcoming November ballot. And to me it seems that as elected officials as your priority should be increasing voter turnout in voter engagement as I'm sure that's the reason each of you ran because you care about representing your constituents. To me with this being an election year. I find that a great opportunity for us to educate to inform our electorate to let skews more constituents know about the upcoming census that's going to be coming up in 2020. And I think it's important that we have an accurate count. I think it's important that those who have been under County historically I now counted. And I'm happy to be a part of that committee that's making sure that we get that done and with that being said I think we should look But this making revisions to the city charter we should look at making those revisions as it relates to our electorate and what I'm saying is the minute for it passed last November, a good thing ex-felons returning citizens. The right to vote. Those who have paid their debt to society. Now have an opportunity to vote at the polls. So what I'm asking you St. Petersburg city officials is to do what our leaders in Tallahassee are not doing and give those returning citizens, a voice, give them a vote. I'm asking you as you consider making changes to the city charter consider making changes when it comes to including those eligible voters. What is an eligible voter what defines an eligible voter who is an eligible voter in the city of Saint Pete is that those snowbirds who come here 6 months out of the year is it anyone's 18 and up or just those who just so happened to register when they turn 18 or when they turned 81, whatever that might be is an eligible voter. We have a lot of kinks in our city charter that needs revising and this is just one of them that we have on the agenda today. So what I ask you to do is to go back 2 offices and consider your voters consider the want to place you in the seats and also consider those who are now back into society and they're trying to get jobs are trying to find decent housing. They're trying to become reinvigorated citizens in this society give him a chance give them an opportunity to give them a vote. Thank you. >> They're probably shouldn't but I And this May happen more frequently in the next 5 months because I don't have to run for reelection. And I'm not looking for the pba to support me. And in I'm going to give dignity your voice Joshua because you participate you're engaged you come here and because of that. I'm I'm going to respond to some of what you said. My 7 and a half Being deeply involved in in watching in understanding and learning about the St. Petersburg police. Police Department has led me to believe in and see first-hand that the integrity the professionalism and the passion for the city of St. Petersburg is deeply institutionalized in the St. Petersburg Police Department. It received a huge boost or shot. When chief Anthony Holloway was appointed by Rick kriseman to be our police chief and I think it is a generalization to say that our Police Department is corrupt and uh that uh all of our officers are undertaking intentional wrongdoing. I will recognize that there are police officers as there are members of any profession, my own attorneys. Preece any profession has among it persons who engage in wrongdoing, negligent intentional or otherwise. And we've had those and we May still have some in our Police Department. I will tell you it's been my experience that the first ones to turn those in. Are the police officers themselves. They turned more of their own in than anyone else. And cheap Holloway and the command staff do not abide by that kind of conduct. So the first chance is there going to get turned in by their own. The second chances as we as we shared with Mister Foster last week there is a citizen's complaint board who anyone is free to make a complaint that will be investigated looked into and dealt with one way or another. Ok I respect that you participate I respect that you're paying attention and you can stand up there and say that I'm wrong. But it doesn't change the facts and what I just told you are the facts. First we're going to go to a report. Norton says I guess we're going to do first reading on new ordinances. So if you leave the ordinance is it be one to start. Thank you. Importance concerning her from our midst related Seconds grants and heart, our property. They can find really 2 sections to the referendum requirement. They see a referendum on the ballot. The municipal general election scheduled for Nov., the 5th. 2019 2 men section 1.0 2 see fight. The city charter to clarify that the exceptions. He created a new section with a grant from the 2 agencies for preservation and preservation purposes, Holly and referendum to amend the city charter for that purpose we find the text with the proposed charter amendment provided a ballot title and summary where they were from and provided for detected. >> In motion too. Proof first reading or a discussion about her Street. The approval. Mister Clinton motion a second to approve first reading of the one has to do. It will punish him for voting please. Your votes please on the one. One. With I spent at. >> Next we'll go to reports the 6 the Firestone Grand Prix of Petersburg live in the resolution. Consider me. >> a good afternoon. I don't you know as we get to red shirts bodyguards I interrupt Mister Chair members of Council deputy mayor thank you. For taking this item today, the action item. Today's a 9th amendment to the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg of guests with us today, the owners and promoters of the event Kim green and Kevin say every and they thumb a particularly. Kevin is going to f a great trouble to be here today because it is that of the subject matter. The very couple of quick uh I can go on for a long time on a vent in the accolades and I'm happy to do including if you'd like to see a pulled off and that the that you May have seen before, but the main thing about this item is the success of the partnership in my opinion. We just completed a very successful. 15th year. The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg this is a a major media event and a major economic impact event for the city of St. Petersburg tickets sold in 14 countries broadcast over 200 countries around the world. This has been a season opening race for Indy car for 9 years. That's very important that brings even more people to our city. Heads in beds again everybody comes away with a smile which is the most important thing all of the parameters of our main agreement remain intact. A primary agreement this is a four-year extension. Stepping back to the relationship in the I think it's very important to make sure we recognize the connections that green severy have made to the community with outreach. Financial donations commitments offense and they can speak to them. In a minute, again a substantial raise a fund raising for Johns Hopkins hospital. A fund raising as for the police athletic League and again St. Petersburg is on the world stage for this weekend once a year. So we're very appreciative that year over year. Every metric of the event improves and it's really due to a a Tony Leno Paul sturrock in the audience, Kim green and Kevin severy behind me on the contract specifics. We currently have one race left in the agreement we normally say a year left in agreement that we really look at him as races. There's one year one race left on the current agreement and the agreement before you today is the 9th extension for a four-year agreement 5 years is the most that we can do anything on the waterfront. So we stay compliant. The arguably the most important part of this subject is the fact that. It will continue to be the second weekend of March for the next 5 years. The importance of the commitment by in the car to have a multi-day event cannot be overemphasized it's afforded only to long-term partners such as cure Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Indianapolis 500. And again being in our 15th year. I certainly think that St. Petersburg as. Are not right and I'm glad that the indycar has recognized that so this is the first time ever that we've had such a long set amount of dates what that does for the community is it allows us to plan. It allows our partners to plan for the event plan around the event if necessary. And again it it makes it a better from sponsorship. Again to to city management of the event so that that cannot be overstated and I'm I'm very thankful to Kim and Kevin and in the car. For Mark miles on down for their commitment. Again the basic tenants of the agreement to remain in place. There's a city services credit $150,000 there's not a cash outlay to the event it's a services credit and by the way that amount has remained the same since 2006. Even if we had done a cpi increase that would have jumped up uh $70,000 over the a 12 year so again we're we're happy we've maintained that part of the relationship. We stay very close with Albert whitted airport. The team provides over a $100,000 of substantial dedicated media and a prime marketing placement that the airport would simply not receive otherwise. As a part of the event and arguably most importantly we have a good relationship with the f a a and I've been communicating with them we have their permission to move forward with this and so again the track record of the team. From a our safety plan at the all the way to the green and then checkered flags has proven. Successful I think and I don't need to overstate that. Finally the city has a revenue participation component. I don't want you all to forget that for every ticket that is sold over a 140,000 guests assist the city gets a dollar for tickets sold. So I'm I think our attendance was over a 160,000 people. This March. So that's a very important component. So again we look for continual improvement. A deputy mayors led the embrace the race campaign. That working with the chamber to reach out Locals and businesses. Again. Revenues derived a and then delivered to local charities. I forget if it's 3,000 tickets that we get every year better than we then distribute and we try to distribute the majority of those to the lesser served throughout the community. Again at the stability of the event uh I don't think it's question. The international recognition very important for the city. And all of that under we tend to forget that all of the risk 100% of the risk for the event lies with green severy if it rains. Not the city's problem so. Any risk goes with the promoter that's very important so I would like to recommend a moving approval on this would the Mike to a camera Kevin if you have a couple of forced to say the council. Thank you, thanks and thank you very I've got a thing. The city of St. Petersburg and all the various departments that work with us for the last 15 years and helping execute this race. A it's a it's a relationship that works so smoothly. So many people are champions analyst apartments and helping us to execute the race. And I think we seem St. Petersburg grows in the 15 years, we've been putting on the right side fell in love with think it has been coming down here in the first years and now they live here. Raise a family here. It's a wonderful city. I'm glad that we can do a little bit to help expose this great city to the rest of the world I don't think it's a secret We do want to think City Council in the chamber food for the majority of you as we get wonderful with a sieve. Please keep that up for you very much and will continue to for a good event for you. Thank you. Colleagues in comments. Mister Chair s. Tottenham on air and I want to thank for him. Getting us to this it's hard to believe it's been 15 years since we've we've had a the Grand Prix here in St. Petersburg and uh I didn't want to start by thanking you Kim and Kevin for for your leadership in bringing this city and putting on a great event for for all of us not just here in St. Petersburg but around the world. Some of us on City Council got to meet with some young people just before a meeting started and I talked to a little bit about my other job as a as an airline pilot that I get to fly around the world. Fled to South America quite a bit tonight. i I know down and personal there's a lot of fans that watch the St. Petersburg Grand Prix and I been there myself and seen it on the tv. I I'd be remiss if I didn't think Our our people the mayor to deputy mayor. Chris. Paul and Tony for all the work that you've done to bring bring this to to our city. Having an event like the Grand Prix here in St. Petersburg is a very special thing and it takes a lot of coordination and I know and I've been a part of the coordination with the f a a over the years to win. As somebody that has that works with the f a a a all the time I know sometimes it could be a difficult Government entity deported work with we've we've done it well and I'm happy that we're going to be able to continue doing this Grand Prix come into the future. It's exciting thing. And I'm a proud to Support this thanks for bringing it forward. >> I agree this and an event that we've become so proud of and we're grateful for your partnership. This is no longer an event that comes in from the outside it's too early part of our community and it's part of St. Petersburg and it just keeps getting better every year because of your dedication. 2. Executing a successful event and also Chris and Tony and Paul the rest of city staff. You work so hard to make this go so smoothly. Every single year. As the City Council member who represents the district that includes downtown. There are many downtown residents who. Have to make some some adjustments. When everything is happening. But I have seen how you and our city staff have listened to residents concerns listen to their ideas for making it better and and really. Done everything that you can too. Calm a day and they a fun thing and at the very minimizing any inconveniences that are bound to happen. But actually. Making is something that that most of our downtown residents can really look forward to now say thank you for that. >> Well I'm looking I'm looking forward to voting for the last time you to extend this race for 4 more I'm very appreciative as as a. As upon supporter of pow your decision to get back in that way. Just incredibly grateful for your decision to team up with them in. Raise money for Pao they do they do really good work and you've you've really given them. A tremendous a boost in the arm your fund raising for them so I appreciate that and I I agree with council member just going counselor Martin the race gets better every year smoother easier. Uh I I believe that the majority of the business owners you know voiced concerns, I'm not going to say wind or complain, but voiced concerns about how long their businesses were affected in. 50 days 45 days and now you've got to like 28 days up and I mean it's a tremendous. The point is you listen you pay attention and you react and you and you take care of business earned that 33 days. I you know that that it's very much appreciated you just don't say. Well we're bringing all this money and we're bringing out all this you know forget about it you actually listen and do things to make things the best that they can be so I appreciate that. I do want to ask you about one and so I sit on the ttc I was at the tpc Esther day. The capital request that the Dalai has put in for the expansion of their facility and the addition of 270 parking spaces has been reviewed by the consultants the independent consultants hired by the tce and is now on its way to the capital committee of the t v c 4 consideration and recommendation and so I if you could spend 2 or 3 minutes telling us. What coordination you've had with the Dalai. How you feel about that is is it are they talking the uaa are they keeping you up to speed on what's going on there doesn't affect the race. >> So that's a that's a great Yes, it would affect the race you know we're we're a weekend residents so to speak of of of of the Grand Prix and so I think it's incumbent upon us to work with the Dalai. Through mayor kriseman and his staff and so on. He actually organized a meeting the Dalai. We've actually received cad drawings from them so we're beginning to work through those areas can actually be used by us. Doctor Heine has assured us that. They're going to make it work for us for the grand agree you can't ask for more than that. There locally with with our team Stephen Timms is working with them about literally the jigsaw puzzle of how to lay out transporters and so on within that area in a a you know actually I just received an email from doctor and I think we received that yesterday or the day before that to keep that moving so on were we're in communication and it's been positive in a don't do what I can to make sure that I remind them to keep you up to speed in. And have you part of the conversations thank you lastly I'll tell you and you May know this you pay way more attention to the sport than I do, but I do pay particular attention to 4 specific drivers. Sebastian and Oliver are doing well and I will tell you that since the last time we saw each other in chambers. Oliver has really stepped up his game and he's podium and a lot. Since since we last presented a month after his mother yeah, so and see that is doing well too. >> the Johnson Last week took first in the southern regionals at Ocala. And I'm there in Quito Ecuador right now for the Southern American championships. So all for those appointees. I truly truly believe are going to be in your race one day. God bless them and uh and thank you for the energy and thank you for the support of the wheldon family and. You know you could you've given young people a not just boys. Girls a you know say hey I'm I'm I like to try to sow I think that's very cool. But I want to give you an update on them maybe maybe you know him better than I do what they're up to but so thank you very much in case you share. And entertain a motion on the of approval. All right Mister Cook we have a motion in a second to approve the resolution for a four-year extension of the and Prix of St. Petersburg council member Cornell likes that name. The bank you've actually thank you for that thank you for being proud of the city that that you're in the tear that you believe in the to invest and thank you. Thankfully, fat low based on our joys you is that it. Having the name within the event named generated $2 million of exposure in 39. So they think it's important. Yeah usually. And I you not all of the negative at all, but it odd to say, thank you that's a very positive thing for city and I hope that others well in the late that very positive. Advertisement a tool that you have done that you get >> this a voted to police. Motion to approve and deny them the 6 passes unanimously that council member. Thank thank thank you. Thank you. 237 days. A It is. >> Next is our report from the student interns at City Hall the summer iy 10. Hello I am loading the presentation for them and they are going to come up and present their final projects to you all. >> Well hundreds doing that do you want to and I think that are recognized 100 for shepherding the lawyers to gather you want to talk about how the absolute absolutely. So a few years ago. I was approached by a few just a few parents and students who wanted to have some experience and one more about City Hall. So I did a little bit of that for them at that point we did not legislative aides. So then the next year I got were a cause, but I wasn't really able to do it because working a job and doing Council these takes a lot of time so we got a win keondre came on board I thought you know is this something you'd be interested in doing and I have to everything that needed to happen happened. It's well done now it's organized it's a you know not none of Woods. Happened a little program that idea because I didn't have time to organize an implanted and schedule was going to live in and we did it, but it certainly was fine. And there was a question of whether we continue and everything Council made a commitment now want to say thank you to continuing the program it's not a a it's no longer an individual program because a few kids asked a few parents asked asked a couple of us to to do something like this. It's an instituted program and key on her It's organized its scheduled. She spent time with these young people. It's incredible to have such a dynamic young leader. To spend time with other dining even younger definitely return leaders and teach them and develop them. And I think the whole city is very proud of what's happened and certainly without a key under the guidance, it's very safe to say this program would not happen. And and it was it and it's impressive to see these young people in auction because there's a brilliant. There's is brilliant everywhere including with the person running it which is is is keondre and and it's very very impressive and very important and I think it serves overall I think everybody gets that having young people coming in is a good thing I think everybody gets that I'm not sure that the entire It's that word in a battle have an e-mail my e-mail from the chamber talking about the talent Saif in and that we want to make sure we're fighting for top talent. Well this is it you're going to see it shortly here. This is our top talent and we need the states and not stay in St. Petersburg necessarily could you go to college a lot of different places that we need to we come back when they're done with college and they're they're they're inventing something in their garage that's going make a billion dollars. We want them back in St. Petersburg and this program also helps with with a without part as well that that retention of our our young talent and so with that I just want to say again thank you to key andra for the incredible work also think you to all the city department everybody I mean everybody from the mayor and deputy mayor by the way have just a little bit. They're skipping Sitting around with sort of fun thing to do. Made a gracious leamy time for these young people and that's because our city believes our entire city organization I believe that our young people so deputy mayor there are cries and thank you. A city Attorney's Office voting in development. All these leaders and employees it was an amazing experience and these are young people that now have much broader and and more in-depth understanding of how the city operates. Why we do what we do and and so I want to say thank you marketing. Thank you to all of those departments who so nobody, not a single person said well, I don't know if I can do to a c everybody said an enthusiastically yesterday's news. Brilliant young leaders and and so again I just want to say your city appreciate you. We want you back when you go to college. We want you to come back when you're ready to open a business all your brilliant ideas. We will listen we will implement. And you're going to be up here one day or in some of these officers one day running things and we want to that's what we hope for that's what we want to with that I'll turn it back over to keondre again a huge thank you. A way that will for clapping for key on. >> Before we start I just wanted to take a minute to thank Council for allowing us to speak this afternoon and in turn taking into consideration. The voice of the next generation of Saint Pete. For the past 5 my peers and I have worked to come up with a proposal to ensure that the Trump site be used to its full potential and to help better the city for years to come. So my name is project and I was tasked with the question of how do we get local residents living nearby the site to come on to the newly developed Tropicana area and I started to think about and when I was researching, I thought the best way is a neighborhood Park. I propose that this park to be built on the South edge of the site and near the pedestrian bridge that we seize it easily accessible. 2 residents that don't live on the site while still being located to the The site would consist of open greenery with an eco-friendly play structure in the middle that is also wheelchair accessible. I strongly recommend that the play structure be made out of. What are some other environmentally conscious material other than the typical plastic similar to what's being done on the pier site the park could be laid out like Crescent Lake Park. So let me just like a sleek Park on 22th Avenue or hair askew want to spark on 38th Avenue that idea of the greenery surrounding a central place structure. This here is the existing layout for scenario too which consist of as you guys know, I'm no having not having the stadium is the existing plan. Ideally I would like the part to play some around here that way it's close it's within walking distance from on-site residents but close enough to the pedestrian bridge to the nearby neighborhoods can access it. By doing this we promote local residents to enter the site and enjoy some outdoor time with their kids or simply to relax and enjoy nature. So the real question is why do we need this park. Well it's important to note that this park would be different from other parks downtown because of its eco-friendly play structure. We have parks like Williams Park straw Park. But it simply just open greenery which doesn't appeal to younger families with younger kids looking safe and fun place to play complementary to this. The on that open greenery there would be benches of course which make the park appealing to a variety of age groups from teens looking for a place to hang out after school. 2 senior citizens wishing to enjoy and the scenery and nature. This is also beneficial to tourists coming here because it gives them a place to rest or let their kids run around while they're on the site. Atlanta has already employed a similar idea with Centennial Olympic Park which is located within a 5 minute walking distance of some of its most active sites like Coca Cola factory it's big aquarium that it has. Also the park will be used will be useful for young families brought in by the new businesses that really that low key to the sites. So that workers can take their kids and to the playground. We all know that cp prides itself on family friendly fun. Since over half of our city roughly like 54% our families with children in an age where media and technology engulfs the youth it's refreshing for young families to have a safe and clean place to play especially downtown. And as I said before it's an engaging way to bring in local residents from nearby neighborhoods on to the site. Here are some of the stats statistics. Neighborhoods like Melrose mercy Campbell Park 13th Street Heights, which all have relatively around 30% of the residents being families with children and 30% of there population being kids and teens looking for something to do. These would be the neighborhoods that that are closest to the park, but regardless either side anybody and safety has access to this. In all with either scenario that you guys end pushing forward and voting on. We're choosing to urban eyes. An area of very rapidly we have to be careful because that can come at the expense of the residents. And it's important we have a place that promotes a connection with nature and keeps a pizza at its roots supporting families our community and our environment. Thank you. Bindings are not a senior at Saint Pete I v so to continue on with the environmental streak. I it into state ability. And in Milan there's this building called boss covert a cow and that's going to be seen on this a presentation. It is equivalent to 20,000 square meters of forest. The architects built this building. Because of the incredible pollution. Air pollution in Milan. They added 10,000 types of Trump's. Flowers and trees into this building. And it ended up bringing back wildlife. The clean the air and insulated the building so it better for residents. I think that would be an incredible opportunity and have in Saint Pete. I'm not only because it's better for the environment and we are very vulnerable and within climate Areas because it's beautiful and I we're looking those insurmountable shots. Those signature moments, and these are very rare the close ones are in Mexico City and in Chicago I think that the incredible. Safety to continue on that. Just tell you it's just statistics. So I wonder what's another lens absorbs 5.40 5400 kilograms of this year to and fine particles. Per year and it's the home to 10,000 plants of different species. And it could be both residential office spaces so this could be our solution affordable housing. So we could split up between affordable housing and Qantas luxury condos. That May be some officers in the back. To go along with affordable housing. Something that keondre we've got to us was that everyone support for housing, but no one supports in their backyard. In order to incorporate and melt the communities. Ice I propose that are never garden so a Johns Hopkins to the study on urban gardening and community gardens and they said that the food that Prince produce was the least impactful part of it. So when you have an urban garden, a community garden you bring it together community. Chafee like to be very beneficial in this case because it was home to a fracture community and so but still everyone is trying to move together this chop site. Improve neighborhoods that expert is crime and community cohesion. Also increase poverty value and bridges dax reduces in existing tensions and fosters social integration treat other I segregated groups. Also a Vegetables are not always very affordable and I feel it could be very awesome opportunity you have downtown tough community garden there. So shifted a little bit is local art. Saint Pete is known for its art and I would love to see seem keep coming our destination. Like like other cities I think Saint Pete us very unique. With what we have here. And so I decided to take upon myself to instagram poll and so I about 70 people take this call and I said would you like to continue with just murals or checked into great statues along with the girls and about 70% of people so that they would like to see statues in the community. So what you see It is Prada Marfa this is an installation that will start in 2005 in the middle of Texas. Basically 10 miles from the border. And I went there which I found on instagram believe it or not to see I'm an artist a nation, it's an arts colony, the military system and that of course the Chicago p and the fearless girl and love statue. So what I thought about every our destination is you have to have a signature spot. You have to have instagram pool. That you want to share to act so I take I tease, yes, my school and we learned g attacking and how that bring significant business to your communities through instagram social media and so when we had our meeting with marketing. I never realized how passionate I was about social media because I had a lot to say. I post on the site we invest in both new roles sculpture and have a courtyard where we could have community markets May be exhibit some of those awesome vegetables from our community garden. Shaw for local artists have a really Tourist attraction. Thank you. Thank you. My name is Max and I'll be talking about Booker t. So to speak is the ideal green centerpiece for this new development that we're working on. It's a place where people can bike people can walk people can eat it's a place for the communique community can hang out and it's just it will be a fun place if we develop in the right way that should be transformed into green space ideal you critique or we don't waterway of some sort could now be fined by Russia must be claimed by you know affordable shopping different local businesses and we'll track tourists locals it And help bringing more businesses. The area. People don't usually go to us the tracks the minute place like that would attract many residents tourists from the beaches. High schoolers to come to the area and buy stuff from the shops. Examples to follow of what to do. In San Antonio a day at the river walk. And it's become a massive tourist attraction that has businesses lining the streets. Brought light to downtown it also has a funding for you know green features in South Korea, a the city 5 to different River that and run through the city. It increased tourism. It brought a species that are not that not that in the city for a 100 years back into the city and it became a popular gathering place. The city should follow this example in creating new center piece for the city. Make it a better place to live to work. >> You need to a Max. Make a recommendation to you. Between now and the time to go back to school. James Kennedy. He's an attorney here in town. And he used to be on City Council. And Booker Creek. Is favorite navigable And I'm I'm serious I I. Just suggesting that you call Jim Kennedy and tell him. Charlie Curtis said I should have lunch with you. And and because he will he will help you develop this idea. I don't know if you know this or not the Florida actually has a statute. That allows people to walk freely with alcohol. As long as you're adjacent to a navigable body of water. And you know it makes sense when you think about River walks and peers and things like that right. That was the basis for Mister Kennedy making sure that Booker Creek was identified as a navigable by what ok. I'm and I'm I'm being a little bit funny, but my suggestion that you have lunch with counsel Patrick Kennedy is a serious one because I think you would enjoy it, ok. All right. >> Good afternoon, I'm a news can see things I'm arise an 11th grader. On my part of this power point and that was affordable houses. And what this affordable housing. Like to Beirut get people chances that loss. What he had. Before the Interstate came in trucking. It was a historical black community the people's forced up the community. So what affordable House, you know give them a chance to regain location the lowest in the city. The brain but the peace to the home St. Petersburg that was lost and affordable housing to own contributes significant economic impacts and a general rule that out so as. You want to spend the more than 30% of you are mostly gross income or how soon. Our affiliate that supported for this. Hello hello. My name is for my portion of the project I'm talking about shopping and entertainment. At the new Trump say there should be other attractions such as stopping store should be affordable to the majority of people. Like small businesses they would do well. We prioritize. It has over corporations. The money in Saint Pete also keep like the original feel. Also for entertainment. Downtown around the area of sun dial. High schoolers if you don't buy something they're going kick you out and I feel like if entertainment what's What's for all ages. More people would be interactive with around the area and it would make more money as well. >> Council member just go where they have this morning. It was the show has this morning with annual sunrise Fla has Good afternoon. Good idea. Good afternoon. I'm an image of a few out on to something at sunrise in. I love the I have my proportion of this pitch is education and technology. So what I was thinking about was. We have another and I was technology I technical education center ice downtown because we don't have one in St. Petersburg right now which is clearly. The torch off the area. If we have one and accounts for Probably of live the community and so for have jobs come in and have careers more careers available for people who need to take a career I that choice. This that sand. All types of wages that you get after going out that career which would and the salaries of the va and. Get on to say that. It was that was that photograph was at Florida Gulf Coast University was that. The first photograph. The advanced technology center where was not this and less light a slight slight before this one yet present. That is I'm not sure. I'm really not I can read Gulf Coast. I was thinking what an odd part of a relative says. The focus to college debt. That's going to be an opinion a >> And we just want to say thank you for listening us to us today says really important to us because we thought to think that really unique perspective. As the young people of Saint Pete. So we just want to say thank you want former speaks truly grateful on this opportunity. The pink you very much and thank you. Condit's colleagues in comments. So impressive. Councilmember Cornell has a presentation to make. >> So we're going to say a quick thank you to all the all the food we have to and if the Petersburg to go away. You're that. And it is St. Petersburg of all of the lead. Probably think years for that or Max be it. David Martin. >> Remember don't be strangers don't these majors come back and see us with a promise I want to see this going on at up. I think Mister Care, yes, Mister Martin Erick I I I just wanted to weigh in and thank councilmember Cornell for bringing this idea our city and for being the champion. Of it. It makes our our city better. It In that Council chair go to said this earlier at a at a lunch meeting that would that we had. Engaging young people is energizing for us on City Council. And it also energizes all of our staff. So I want to thank you all for participate to sup aiding. He and a thank you for your leadership also. It's very special all the city departments that participated for the public that is watching our meeting. You will never know how hard everybody works around here in the city. And for our city employees to take time of their out of their busy days to spend time with the youth is is very important and we everything you do. And then finally I want to say thank you to your parents. Because parents. That's where it all starts with the family. And thank you all. Thank you for thank you for the parents out there for having kids like you want to make our city better. Thank you thank you. Mister Chair, thank you will to. >> So we'll move on to the next item which is a the 11 which was formerly consent agenda to be 6 property adjacent to the naacp to the center. That the council thanks for being here. Thank Today they have to present items, 86. It is a partnership project between the neighbor neighbors economic development as well as engineering. Face when assessment was done the stm and the Beast and the peak guidelines which outlined a requirements. The testing protocol which is peace too which will now specialized within those testing criteria outlined his face at which point wants any remediation if identified and has a tough fight taken care of that will move on and we'll start installation of the commit to use that apos for approval. Can you just can you just explain. We understand fully there's some level of the issues that arose and so we're we're checking. And nobody's nobody has even started. The area or anything. >> Not at phase. One assessment was done on the site I do have Carlos If I can if I need to get into any more detail questions but that is one assessment actually looks at the functional classification the use of the property historical records takes that information based on the stm ppa guidelines but pop reduces to first round of testing the fees to be a storm Dade nfi criteria that was no one for the functional use does a broad spectrum testing based on on titan fights is not just testing for one. It's not testing foot broad spectrum. Ok and is it is it accurate. My understanding is and I just wanted to confirm this because obviously for for for reasons that we thought we August. It's my understanding that if there was a certain level of contamination found on the site that there's ways to do the garden that don't involve just like to be like that picture that even so it was in bed. That would even be in the ground if need be and they have ended and that will be determined based on on what the report what the results are of the testing and. Right now we are if we're going to do anything to appear in mitigation that's the intention to so last to be if identified, yes will be removed. So the site will be clean. But the items that were identified loop similar and consistent with the need John functional use of the property meaning they will houses before. So the material that was determined that identified on site was what you would find in a general household Annie Le. So it's not okay, yes, it the functional use that met the criteria for what we're testing for. So if somebody asked me. Because you just read the description, him you know what you could reasonably be and likely be wrong. So I just want to clarify is there was contamination on the top side. And for some parts of that they said that you can we put concrete over it and has to be protected some slight. Some parts of it the soil had to be removed. But that was more than houses that was a contamination from an industrial use all right to defer level of contamination is happening over talking about here is 6 houses were on the site it was an industry user wasn't a gas plant there. So so even though you could say the public the general public might here. This site was contaminated this site was contaminated. Likely very different levels of contamination and we're doing all that s-t and all the required of through all the required agency the epa and and so forth to make sure that that we do theirs is willing guidelines, correct. Ok that's the that's all I had and they thank you for sharing that I just wanted to make sure that I was understanding that correctly so if anybody ever asked me a question. That that I can answer adequately and fully and I appreciate appreciate that. But I also appreciate staff diligence in making sure that the site is is appropriate and and and well taken care of for the purpose that we're going to use it for so thank you for that. Thank you thank you Mr. That's member s York. Thank you. Some of the older homes in the 20's, maybe it to the 50's used a material called Korea as part of their foundations to if we make sure that that material is not in the and this woman in that. So. Pass it on to Carlos I'm we can probably meet with you in any specifics, but if he has that information available. Thank you British union, yes to answer that question the the other wasn't the didn't specify what type those are the maiden race didn't say, but yes like the testing was done would pick up anything like that so his position just as a broad spectrum, so the picked up both care from a hydrocarbon standpoint something you might associated with the Korea so that picked up the both the a heavier I did carbons which would pick that up in the lighter ones as well, so yes, what to and that some of that would get picked up his neck. Ok thank's and it was an apparent attempt. The motion a second Mister Clerk to prove. You can prepare the machine for voting. >> Mister Clerk seen that all present council members of the. Checking the guy. The police telling announce the vote. To secure the motion to approve a cad and the 11th pass yet great. Next is the one the airport 2020 budget setting the millage rate. Good afternoon. Good afternoon Chairman And members of City Council. >> Today we take the first official step in the process to dot the I 20 budget for the city of St. Petersburg after this brief presentation Council will be asked to take action on 2 resolutions. The first full set of proposed military and the second will set the dates and times for the 2 public hearings. The first of which is scheduled on Sept. 5th and the second on Sept. 19th both at 06:00pm for Florida statutes 200.0 6, 5, The city's hearing dates cannot conflict at the school. I'm bored or Board of County commissioners hearing dates and the school board is scheduled for Sept. 10th and Pinellas County on Sept. 12th and Sept. 24. By Fri. Aug. Second the city is required to provide that information to the county's property appraisers office. This provides them with the time needed to mail the trend notices on Aug. 19 and the proposed millage rate is the rate that will appear on that red notices. If the military increases between today and the first public hearing the city is required to notify each property owner of the change in our cost and we can reduce the military cannot increase it without incurring these additional costs. The proposed military frat-boy 20 is 6.7 5, 5, 0, Mills. This rate we'll bring in 135.1 4 9 million in Adler revenue which is an increase of 9.5 1% or 11.7 33 million over the adopted efi 19 budget and the general fund operating budget increased by 15.0 7 5 million or 5.7 2%. The proposed military calculations the property values received from the property appraisers office on 7/1/2019 word 20.8 for 1 billion and we use 96% of the total values per city pot fiscal policies which is just over 20 billion to count for uncollectable and discounts. We then look at fight 20 general fund operating budget requirements. The total recommended general fund budget is 278.8 9 3 million. Less other. Other revenues. That are not at the Lauren which is a 143.7 for for many. And if you subtract this it or let me just their Adler need which is a 135.1 4 9 million. We then take the Adler Mead, which has side and the letter b the 135.1 for 8 million and divided by 96% of the gross value which is the 20.0 0 7 billion our letter and the slide to get the 6.7 5, 5, 0, Mel's. This slide contains a chart with the history of the operating millage rate during the last 16 years, the military peaked in 2005 at 7.0 Mills and the proposed rate for roughly 20 points the 6.7 5, 5, 0, is the same as the prior 3 0.17 through f y 19. That tree trimmer the truth and really millage legislation requires the calculation announcement of the rollback rate at public hearings and a newspaper publications. The rollback rate is the military that would bring in the same tax dollars as the prior year with an allowance for that new tax bill values that are added to the city's tax base. Bfi 20 rollback rate is calculated at 6.3 9, 8, 2, Mills and the generate a 128.0 1 0 million or about 4.5 9 4 million more than f y 19. The rollback rate would be 7.1 3 9 million below what is currently budget in the f I 20 recommended budget and the proposed millage rate of 6.7 5, 5, 0, result in an increase of 5.5 a percent over the rollback rate overall property values increased by 9.6 per percent nfi 20. Included in this in this increase so that if districts which grow by alleged much larger percentage than the rest of the city as a whole and the f I 20 contribution to our 3 tips districts is estimated to increase by about 824,000 or the f y 19 adopted budget. The increase is smaller than in prior years due to the change in percentage in the downtown redevelopment district which is a pretty good to last September and the net result is that the ad valorem revenues and the general fund will increase 11.7 3 3 million. In over the f y 19 budget. Stay statues were amended nfi a to provide for a maximum military that May be adopted by a simple majority. The majority vote maximum rate for a fight 20 is 9.3 2 0, 6, Mills and 10 Mills is the maximum military and they require a two-thirds vote to pass. The mayor submitted bfi 20 budget to the City Council in 7/15/2019. A few the budget highlights include police 13 additional police officers for approximately million. At fire rescue. There is a one 0.6 million for at the self-contained breathing apparatus replacement. A new fire engine for station to at just under 700,000. 2 replacement engines e 10 and the 3. Air at 670,000 and a clean cap component they're all replacement vehicles which is about 40,000 per vehicle. On the ems side we added 3 additional sworn personnel which is 3 captains and metal star halfway through a fly 20 and to replacement rescue deals vehicles for 480,000. We also the affordable housing funding one 0.75 million and penny funding for land acquisition and 250,000 for affordable work for the workforce, housing initiatives. For sustainability resiliency we have 4.7 8 8 million in new investments. 3.6 million on the operating side and 1.1 to 5 on rca p budget. We also have increased funding for the Arts grant program to a record level of 405,000 which was 50,000 more than f y 19. There's 350,000 for vision 20 5250,000 for the grow smarter initiative. And we've also maintained investments in our key strategic initiatives such as apps at Rick at-risk youth. Youth you're around these employment programs, social action funding. Storefront Conservation neighborhood commercial fund economic Development corporation Main Street sandri has for residential rebates are residential rehab we also continue our transfer to the economic stability fund and we have salary increases for city employees. The mayor's efi 20 recommended budget is also located on the city's website and that completes my presentation for this afternoon. Thank you. Discussion colleagues are there any cards. No cars could. This question is anyone. We have a couple of questions. To go back to the slide. The talks about the rollback rate. The should have written these things down so the increase from the rollback rate. The 5.5 a percent. >> Does that percentage relate to because if I if we if I and I think you said this already the increase in ad valorem revenue that we will obtain by keeping the military the same is 11.7 3 3 million. If I the law if I divide I could talk if I divide 11.7 3 3 million by the 2018 at the Laura number a 123,000,416 that's a 9 and a half percent increase. I think you said that you acknowledged. It's a 9 and a half percent increase from f y. >> 18 at Right it's a 5.5 a percent over the rollback rate. Yeah, I get that I'm trying to understand why the rollback rate percentage is different than the actual dollar increase percent it includes an allowance the new tax bill value that's added to the city's tax base that wasn't there in 18 threat. >> Mr. Cornell this um I just wanted to put something to keep something on everybody's radar it's not ready quite yet, but it will be. Shortly. There's the referral in May of last year in regards to a top of homelessness that sitting in new services and I've been working the diligently to put together the proposal and it's not it's not ready yet so I'm not going to going to go into details of it before it's ready but but the ask will be for either. 250,000 or $500,000 of additional funding and I'm hoping to find matching funding to come with that and I've done it I've been in a in a very close touch with our staff, multiple organizations and what I can tell you is we've already found some resources. That were previously unavaila