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>> I >> Welcome to the city of St. Petersburg City Council meeting you're elected officials are Rick kriseman district one Wofford black money. District 2 Brandi Gabbert this trick, 3 and Council chair and might marry. Deborah big Sanders. Council vice chair Gina Driscoll the district 7 Lisa Wheeler Bowman. And district date Foster. >> 6/10/2021 City Council meeting. And will the clerk please call the roll to get us started Briscoe here are Lebron here Foster air like one. They're never out here. Legendary Rice, 6 Sanders here. Thank you very much. We will begin next we'll begin with our invocation which will be given today by associate minister Grant Brown of community Baptist Church. And if I were a if you will please join me to stand and remain standing afterward for the pro the pledge of allegiance. >> Let us pray most gracious, an eternal got a father. We come today, giving you thanks. You have protected us all year long from this pandemic now GOD we pray that you will have your way over this proceeding. The sun in order. Let every heart come together. Bless him represent Taishan of everyone and every family that's here. But every City Council member got touched their families. Touch every resident here everyone that has an issue and we've got with thanking you for this Lauch that has represented the south side of Saint Pete, the African American man. We take good man making better man. Now GOD we thank you for coming together. Bless this nation. And all that out over the leadership of this city and this state and Jesus the Christ name the preacher from Galilee we give you thanks in glory. And we say thank you. A man. >> Thank you Sir for that beautiful invocation. Council members. We have an agenda for us today with a couple of changes. I'm requesting to delete item e 7 and to add Adam item g one, which is a resolution from the budget finance and taxation committee, I'll entertain a motion for approval Heuvel we have a motion a second. If there are no further questions or discussion will the clerk please open machine for voting. Council members please cast your votes. Saying that all PRESIDENT Council members have voted by the clerk please tally and announced the votes. >> MADAM Chair, the motion to approve the agenda passes unanimously with councilmember lots near being absent. Thank you. The next item is the approval of our consent agenda, I'll entertain a motion for approval. We have a motion a second to approve the consent agenda. If there are no questions or further discussion whether click please open the machine for voting. Council members please cast your votes. Seeing none all PRESIDENT Council members have voted with the clerk please tallying announced the votes. And I'm sure the motion to approve the consent agenda passes unanimously councilmember months and they're being absent. Thank you. We'll now move to open for him. And do we have any speakers today the go ahead and read the script and then. >> If you wish to address City Council and subjects are than public hearing quasi judicial eyes items listed on the agenda. Please sign up with the clerk. Only the individual wishing to speak MAY signed the open form sheet only city residents owners of property. Business owners in the city or their employees MAY speak. Always use discussed under open for must be limited to issues related to the city of St. Petersburg government. If you're speaking to an item on the agenda. You MAY only speak once during the open form or when the item comes up on the agenda in order to provide an opportunity for all citizens to address Council. Each individual will be given 3 minutes to speak and after which the microphone will be muted. If you wish to address City Council through the zoom meeting. Isn't it. You must use the raise hand feature button in the zoom app or interest or 9 on your phone at the time the agenda item is addressed. When it is your turn to speak, you will be a new state your name and address. At the conclusion of your comments or when you reached a 3 minute time limit. You will be muted. All raise hands will be lowered after each agenda item regardless of the method of participation used normal rules apply, including the 3 minute time limit on comments the requirement that any presentation materials must be submitted in advance of the meeting and the rules of decorum if live public comment is disrupted by Valley shuns of rules of decorum the chairs authorized to accept public comment. My art and it means including by email only. >> Here we have speakers both in zoom and here in the chamber, one car alternate them when it comes speak to first. First speakers name is Corey Givens junior. Was it was once you enter into the meeting space please unmute yourself state your name and address for the record and you have 3 minutes to address. Excuse me City Council. >> Thank you Corey Givens junior 38 a one minute you drive Southeast. Good afternoon. Deputy mayor Karl Malone by Sturgis going Council. Last summer many of you stood with us in support of black lives. If you truly believe that black lives matter you should also agree that all black lives matter from contraception cupboard which is why we should dedicate funding that will support and advance the mission of the pregnancy center. I know firsthand how dedicated and committed enough Alexander's staff are to offering support of services on pregnancy education, parenting and relationships with family think Petersburg next up offers live from pollution medical service to that well as there's going Mosul and spiritual support for any and everyone in need charge. This is a very serious matter. And this is about much more an issue of funding but rather an issue of principle we ask that those who support right. For all continue to stand not only with next up before the family. The individuals in the communities that is their equity and we'll stop are due to the city's Council actions or lack thereof I urge each of you to support an organization that has supported so many throughout the years. Thank you. >> the next speaker, if you are here today speaking in person I do ask at this time the e use the podium to your left. When you address Council, thank you. >> The next speaker MADAME Chair is Louise Christian. >> After a how y'all doing. My name is captain Christian open chain, I'm the owner operator captain first mate and voice of peer Dolphin cruises down on the Saint Pete Maria for generations Saint the date of my great grandmother was actually the first graduating class of Santa high. In 1912 and the son of Paige and Leo been chain who have been business owners in the marina since 1978 and for 29 years they leased the same the rate of point ship store from the city of St. Petersburg. And for those of you don't know peer Dolphin cruises actually been located at the old pier on the on the existing or not the preexisting pier. It's been around since 1995 and I purchased it. And this fall, so what better time to purchase a sightseeing tourism business than during a worldwide pandemic speaks to how smart I am right. Been or MISS. Sacrifice finances. Time away from family kids to to to build the stream and within a few days after I purchased the business I found out the Tampa Bay watch. I was going to have business which I consider a commercial business out at the end of the dock for docs an expansion of what they have currently on the end of the Saint Pete pier. Fwc I stay of looked at the Granite state of the bill docks for recreational boater no commercial operations an overnight docking. The Army Corps of Engineers states. They're allowed to park one vessel, a new transit dock to serve as a floating wildlife education center. Know where does the state have restrictions or clarity on what the fines. A floating wildlife education center what it can provide. But there's commercial docks are separate from the all the other docs I'm ready for a reason safety accessibility visibility. Tampa Bay watches a 5 oh one c 3. And however, they're acting as a commercial entity. And some of those facts are there. The men became my business model sunset tours. Dolphin tours eco tours, a private events weddings. And they'll be competing for the same customers that I have so I don't see how that definition can can alleviate that. And they're also providing catering options and recruiting walk up traffic for tours on the vessel. But was not as what is not commercial about them. One they have no overhead you guys are providing them free rent free dock space. Number 2 they pay no taxes and it's going to make a significant decrease in my ability to do business and keep this business open. That's been icon in St. Petersburg so I'd like for you guys to consider your thoughts on that. I have some solutions that we can e-mail later I pay the city for my Maria slip. I pay the city from my diesel and other services and part of what I pay is helping fund. I'm not for profit to commit up have basically have new over it. >> Thank you MISTER Every chain. Next speaker MISTER Clerk you have someone on zoom. We do the next Adams here is made to Laura's Fletcher MISS Fletcher once you enter into the meeting space please unmute yourself state your name and address for the record and you have 3 minutes to address City Council. This letter please unmute yourself. >> I'm not sure I love speaking, loudly. Yes, ma'am. Yes, hello met and the last letter of the citizen of life that looks like the despair and I'm at 1251 20 better Street South. Part I'm calling kasota regarding the funding whether saying the privacy said. I saw on that I don't love this year. The pregnancy said a way to. When I was a struggling and by the same job the help of take care of the election on and the pregnancy occurred on wipes and diapers and clothing and counseling support. They never asked me anything about abortion one way on the other and then never as we get them that we live here but what did Abbe Lowell to or anything like that they just said what can we do to help the couple would think that it was helpful but they would less passes the test that they should work and they have little they too want to be able to the city is safe because they thought they'd be able any like that. I was still encouraged to see the day to come down to the south side of safety. We have well let me about a disease that already a bit. One day not located in the area where the services of the that this evening they gave money has won both areas. They are the people that they this one. It we don't spend that stated the gate money down you with these kids they're going to be the problems of the future. We want to build that better like Lucius a p we want to make sure that agencies that ascended out the speak up to global m we want to keep those people plan d so as the City Council please vote well in the community. >> MADAM Chair, the next speaker who was in the chambers Janet, the veto. Good afternoon is to veto. >> My name is Janet a veto I live at 101st Avenue North. I saw a story on the Now it was last week that MAY be very concerned. I'm concerned about the next step center and I'm concerned about how this Council can take away. The cre grants based on what Amy Weintraub and the progress Florida organization had to say. I would first like to thank missus Wheeler Bowman, and MISTER Blackmun for bringing this issue back up which is is wonderful. This is an issue about choice. The choice that you will on this town Council will make as to whether you will support an organization that supports women who make a choice to keep their babies. Progress Florida thinks that this is a legitimate next step. And some of you agree with that obviously first and foremost I would like to say that next step is an amazing organization based on love family and support that has been successful and helping mothers and families face pregnancy and parenting for over 30 years in this community. MISS When Trump also stated that next step is it based on science. Well what could be more scientific then an altar sound to fully inform a woman that is actually a baby inside of her. Only then could she make that with that knowledge can she make an informed choice as to what to do. Should she leave next step and decide to get an abortion she's free to do that and she knows exactly where she can go. Next step is the place that truly allows choice not keeping anybody there they're allowing choice. And finally when MISS One Trump characterize next step as conducting extreme radical practices. Oh my GOD like seriously. What could be more extreme and radical than a baby being ripped from its mother's womb. Yet some of you agreed with her enough to cancel the cre grants. I don't agree with progress, Florida and MISS When Trump. But I do think they know the facts and the facts are not sure if any of you know them that out of every 100 and out of every 1000 live births to black moms, 454 or aborted babies did you know that because they do know that yet they do everything to promote this genocide who on this town Council has taking campaign money from progress Florida. There's 5 of you apparently who won the group's list, including missus Jordan. I don't know if you've taken money or not but I have to wonder to myself is that influencing your vote to vote to take away to see our great cre grants. This all comes back to choice the probability abortion movement isn't about choice or they would embrace and fund next step and the choice they offer. >> MISTER Clerk do we have any other speakers on zoom more speakers at on here. Do we have any speakers in person. All right, thank you very much. >> Councilmember Blackmon thanks. I just want to quickly address something bench and said about the his boat slip. Very briefly just because we are in the sunshine. I don't want to relitigate the past or anything in Tampa Bay. Watch does do great works. But I think we should look into making sure the lease requirements we set forward in that were mandated. They are followed and that doesn't become a commercial enterprise because there was some. Debate at least internally for a while as to what they would actually be offering like alcohol options and food didn't follow through with the educational stipulated mission eye. I just we want everybody to know about that and make sure we are pay attention because you know councilmember rice and said a while back, you know we've given already Tampa Bay watch a lot of leeway out there the pier and they do have a great mission. I fully support them, but we need to make sure that agreements were made or followed that was it. Thank you vice chair. Thank you since this is an issue in my district I made a note to follow up with MISTER Rove and Cheney as well as city staff to review the agreement with Tampa Bay just see what's going on there. So thank you. We will go ahead and close open farm and we'll move on to awards and presentations good afternoon mayor kriseman thank you for joining us for this segment of our meeting today. Good afternoon, MADAM Vice members of Council, it's nice to be with you all this afternoon. The first matter we're going to address is the St. Petersburg Masonic lodge number one oh 9. I see several a gentleman here worshipful master Brent, a Brown is here senior warden Alvin Walker. Junior she barred Rahman treasure district deputy grandmaster mackford. Past master Louis Louis Cortez Eddie Pringle. Past master Tommy Johnson. Brother Jimmy Woods with us today, ok district deputy grandmaster Robert Johnson. Wonderful nice to have you all with us Council members, you know we talk a Both administration and Council about the importance of service and the impact that those who do service make on our community and we know that those who perform service typically change lives in they changing for the better here in St. Petersburg and that's really what this Masonic lodge is really all about this is not only are oldest Masonic lodge in the city. But this is an organization that put service to the community at the forefront of everything it does that this is really their core mission. And in particular their services aimed at our youth at families that are in need. And especially our african-american community. And so for me it is an honor to present this proclamation that here today. Where's Masonic lodge number 9, began in 1893. And was founded in 1894 located in St. Petersburg Florida at 3130 18th Avenue self and whereas the Masonic lodge provided 1025 square feet of space to the city of St. Petersburg Florida for a library inside its lodge from 1948 until 1979. And whereas the city dedicated the teen room at the James Weldon library to the Masonic Lodge in 2005 for the many years of service that they gave to the black community and whereas Masonic lodge number one oh 9 is the oldest Masonic lodge in the city of St. Petersburg and whereas on Mar. 20th 1993 we proclaimed by the city of St. Petersburg Saint Pete lodge number one oh 9 day in celebration of the 100th year anniversary. Where is 28 years have passed since then and the largest service to the community continues through donations of food and clothing year around and whereas during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The lodge provides holiday meals to over a 150 families and each quarter lodged helps pay for ged tests for 2 students who are enrolled and a ged program in St. Petersburg and whereas working independently and following all cdc guidelines. The lodge handed out free lunch to over 200 families last year. Now therefore I Rick Reisman mayor of the city of St. Petersburg and on behalf of this citizens of St. Petersburg hereby proclaim JUNE 10th, 2021 to be Petersburg Masonic lodge number one oh 9 f am Prince Hall affiliation day in St. Petersburg and encourage all residents to join me in acknowledging their historic significance has a longstanding organization in our community and one dedicated to community service. >> we want to bring greetings from the most powerful union Graham Lotz the 19th most were for you Bradley grandmaster Jeffrey g Jones. And we want to as these gentlemen to stand again. We have a lot of history here. To my left your right is senior warden Alan Walker. His position is to raise money so that we can be able to give out food and those things next to him is passed massa district deputy emeritus Tommy Johnson who have a lot of wisdom, he helps us teach young excuse me Mason's coming in the history and the importance of nation and next to him we have passed master. >> Mccall rated mccall. Next to him we have. He's wearing. 2 hats, he's the current assistant district deputy. Of zone, 20 district 26. Matt bergman he's also much treasure so he takes care of all of our moneys and next to him we have our lodge instructor. Past massa Louis and next to him we have passed mask any Plainville so I just want to thank the gentleman for taking the time out of the busy schedule coming out today and we want to thank the city of St. Petersburg for this proclamation and again to the mail. MISS You Sir and thank you. And we have an application for you huh. Thank you. We have some some council members who would like to say a few words most start with council member fig Sanders. Thank you vice you just go. First of all I want to thank the mayor presenting a proclamation and I do appreciate your exact thing. To the clear JUNE 10th. A lot going on a 9 day and I wanted to continue and I've always said dad Black History Month is not one month of the year. But that the richness of African American culture here in the city of St. Petersburg began with wonderful organizations such as the lodge and I want to make sure for the record that we never forget that we always remember and appreciate the steps that you all took throughout the years to continue to keep our history in here to strong and for all that you've done for the city of St. Petersburg i appreciate you I congratulate you. And you look real good The group good so thank you so much for coming in I really appreciate everything that you've done. For the city of St. Petersburg thank you. Thank you, thank you. >> Councilmember Wheeler Bowman. Thank you vice chair and council member fix and their said it all I know quite a few Masons that are in your lives. They brag all the time but you know I want to brag on you because you do so much for our city that people do not even realize I was just there. To set last note 2 Saturdays ago. Because my brother in law had a party there so you hosts events you give out food. You you guys do so much that the city really does not know about that you do. So I'm so thankful. And I'm so grateful to you all and can't so as I consider it, but you all a cancer. I know just and I'm just so thankful for you councilmember fix and us thank you for bringing us for him Eric thank you for the proclamation. You guys deserve it seriously. Thank you. Thank you. >> I'm going to ask them and for all the for all that you You are just such great leaders. During such admirable service and setting a true example for everyone to follow and we're also grateful for that. Let's take a picture was as these young men. The goal line >> I think they're afraid the glass. You know those Last night. They the phone yes, it is. Oh yeah. >> Well what was it like you don't trust them. I think you know. >> Thank you Gentlemen for all you do. Thank you. All right and Mayor kriseman I believe you have one more special award to present today. We do MADAM Vice chair today. Members of Council I'm once again honoring with a key to the city. Someone who has made a tremendous impact in and on our community. We put together a list of folks who fit that description. No list of super citizens would be complete without MISS Beth Houghton. Let me share with you all just a little bit about that. She has 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren. She earned her ba with honors in economics and political science from Newcomb College at Tulane University along with her mba with high honors from 2 lanes Graduate School of Business. She then went to my alma mater Stetson University College of law where she earned her jt with highest honors. Beth now serves as the chief executive officer for the juvenile welfare Board of Pinellas County which is an organization, I'm sure you all are familiar with with a 74 year history, a strengthening the lives of children and families in Pinellas County. Since 1999. The jwb in the city of St. Petersburg parks and recs department have worked together in partnership to support and provide outstanding programming for teenage youth in our city and then her role as ceo Beth has been a strong advocate for children's issues in underserved families creating strategic partnerships and overseeing the funding of high quality programs that benefit hundreds of children and families right here in St. Petersburg last year the city and jwb collectively invested $4.2 million into our team programs and we are grateful for that. This investment has allowed us to hire certified teachers and behavioral specialists to assist program. Participants and homework and tutoring academical setting it's cool projects to provide you development activities and enrichment overlay programs during non-school hours and offer employment opportunities to our high school youth between the ages of 1519. As a result of this partnership we have seen a consistent improvement in our fsa Florida, standardized assessment scores and decreased unexcused absences in suspension rates. So again I want to take this opportunity to say thank you Beth and thanks to your jwb staff and board members for your partnership and commitment to help make. St. Petersburg truly a city of opportunity where the sun shines on all come to live work and play. But before jwb. Beth from the St. Petersburg free clinic where she held the top position there for 8 years. Under her leadership and I know you have your family here with you will have them stand to be under leadership at the free clinic the organization expanded its reach helping to provide food shelter, and health care to more than 55,000 people on a monthly basis. She previously served as the chief financial officer and general counsel Johns Hopkins all Children's Hospital. And as we all know she and Scott had given back to our community and so many ways all you have to do is drive down forestry to get a sense of their impact in devotion to St. Petersburg our children and families when you run for Street you'll find a little children's Museum there. And I think you all know what I'm talking about great explorations. The Houghton wagman children's Museum. No surprise that served as their PRESIDENT Of the board too. As well as on other boards in our community region, including h Lee Moffitt cancer Center and research institution. Her dedication to families to children to health care in general is truly on rival. And so it was my honor to present her with our city's highest honor. The key to the city of Saint Peter's. >> This is one of those few times you get to tell your children and grandchildren what community service is all about and that somebody actually cares about those long meetings and long phone nobody stands up here and receives an award for community service without extraordinary organizations and all the people And I'm so glad you you mentioned each of those. So it's been my privilege to work with literally thousands of employees and volunteers. All children Snell Johns Hopkins all children's with the St. Petersburg free clinic. With great explorations. And now it's my my privilege be at the juvenile welfare board which even though I was so happy at Saint Pete free clinic the opportunity to focus on children was just too overwhelming I couldn't I couldn't resist that that opportunity. So I think all of you for the work that you all put in tirelessly. GOD bless you and I very much appreciate this and the opportunity to be honored in front of my family. We've we've we've got a I chair, it's good to see you. Good to be back in there. Yes. I actually I want to stack my comments just want to speak a psychological one online they're no longer here but wanted also thank them. Publicly for the great work that they do in our community and the difference that they make every day they've touched and changed many lives in so many in our community are grateful. Now I definitely wanted to. Thank you. Beth. For your example of excellence in leadership. You've placed so many trails and I feel fortunate to stand in I won't say the shadow of your greatness because it's nothing about you that cast a shadow, I'll say in the benefit of your light because you are so wonderful you are in the c suite of hospitals, a long before that was a widespread thing for women to do and not only in the c suite position but as the chief financial officer and general counsel helping the world understand. The potential possibilities capabilities. And excellence that women bring to the table. I am a beneficiary of your leadership in our community. The other things you've done the ways we've been able to work together the great leadership that you and Scott have brought to great acts the philanthropy that in so many ways isn't seen has really shaped in crafted. The trajectory in course of our community and I don't think that the people of Saint Pete. And so we can't say it enough. But I'm I am so privileged to understand the impact that you've made and I am on behalf of all of our city. So grateful to be able to say thank you to you. Thank you for all you've done. >> Again see over the chair, but I'm game. So happy that the mayor chose to present the case to the city with you to you. It is so incredibly well deserved when people start talking about women in leadership. You're one of the first people that I think of I'm your life and your work have inspired so many women, including me and I thank you for that you really are someone that I look up to that I admire and that I I hope. That as you move on to even more and more great things that you do. That I will find more ways that I can I can help you because leaders like you. Don't just look for people to follow you. You look to bring up other leaders with you and that is so a parent through the children's Museum to the Saint Pete free clinic fugitive ease through so many other things. It's absolutely extraordinary. What you have done for the city of St. Petersburg there are not that many people who can you can read a left and a list that you have you guys are amazing like, but you thank you and Scott that that for you. And just what you've done with the St. Petersburg free clinic alone with him extremely passionate about. They are and it is such an amazing organization. They are doing fantastic things and they're in such great hands with John. But a lot of the foundation of that success comes from the work that you put in. Year after year with your heart as well with the strength of your your sure your wisdom and your ability to know how to get things done. So thank you for everything that you have done and continue to do for our city and I hope that you'll continue to inspire all of us for many years to come. Thank you. >> Beth I had I had first of all congratulate you on a on a honor that's a very well deserved and earned over many years of hard work and tireless dedication. By church or school said you. You inspire others, but you also motivate others and you're just her personality and the way that you you Is is like a force multiplier we would say in the military because you get so many people just look at these people that are in this room. That that is that have been with you and have been part what you've been leading. So. Mayor kriseman thank you for bestowing This honor very deserve and person you're a legend here in St. Petersburg Benson, thank you for for leaving. We need more people like you. >> Well they're taking a picture chair all mention week because with nobody did she also had a great board leadership at Moffitt cancer Center. For some time and that such a significant contribution to our communities low. >> Congratulations again. City Council will move on to new new ordinances before we get to the want to apologize for being a little little bit late today. I want to thank the sugar skull for. Leading As we started the meeting and we'll move to d with the clerk please read the title. >> Out as a local historic landmark and adding the property to the St. Petersburg register of historic prices pursuant to section 16 for 30.0 70 city code and providing an effective date. MISTER Chair, the public hearing for this item is JULY 8th, and we have new cards. >> Council what's your pleasure you want to first reading or do we want a presentation is approval. We have a motion in a second on the floor to conduct first reading of the ordinance seeing no further requests to speak for the clerk please open machine for voting. Cancer council members please cast your votes. Council members who voted with the clerk please telling announced the phone. >> And this is where the motion to approve the agenda item d one passes unanimously. Thank you MISTER Clerk will go to the 2 with the clerk please read the ordinance. The 2 an ordinance of the city of St. Petersburg Florida, amending the land development regulations in the city code to repeal and replace in its entirety the floodplain management ordinance replacing the current section, 16.40 4, 0, 50 with a new section, 16.40 0 50 providing for applicability severability and providing an affected date. The public hearing for this item is JULY 8 and we have no carts of this item also. >> Leonor 10 motion on to conduct first reading of this ordinance move We have a motion in second on the floor seeing no further requests to speak I I take it we have no no cards court and thank you. The clerk please open she for voting. >> Just want to confirm with the most in the second thought was given the second was. Willard moments that yeah. It was a bunch of. >> Council members please cast your votes with MR. In all council members voted with the clerk please tally announced of them. MISTER Chair, the motion to approve the agenda items d passes unanimously. D 3. This please read the title. MISTER Chair there's this 3 ordinances with that. Can we read these second ordinance the to be. An ordinance of the city of St. Petersburg Florida, amending the land development regulations in the city code adding a new section 16.40 put 0 30.11 movie moving existing building elevation regulations from the floodplain management ordinance to the drainage and surface water management ordinance and providing an effective date. The public hearing is JULY 8 and we have no cards for this item. >> Second we have a motion second tiktok first reading of d to be seeing no further request to speak with the clerk please open the machine voting. Council members please cast your votes. Seeing all council members voted with the clerk police telling The motion to approve United it to be passes unanimously. Thank you MISTER Clerk and to to see for the clerk please read item c. An ordinance of the city of St. Petersburg Florida amending chapter 8 of the city code to repeal and replace in its entirety the current section 8 dash 36. With new section 8 dash 36 e relating to adoption of local administrative and technical amendments to the Florida building code. The format existing provisions to be consistent with the Florida building code providing for applicability severability providing an effective date the public hearings JULY 8 and we have no cards for this item. Thank you MADAM Clerk move approval. They can have a motion a second to conduct. The first reading of de to see seeing no further requests to speak with the clerk please open the mushy for voting. Council members please cast your votes. Seeing all council members a vote over the clerk please tally in announced the phone. MISTER Chair of the motion to approve and deny indeed to see passes unanimously. Thank you MISTER Clerk. >> An ordinance amending section 2 dash 2 oh 5 related to approval authority, providing that purchases in cont rights for supplies, services and construction for more than 75,000 share require City Council approval and providing an effective date the public hearing is JULY 8 and we have low carts for this item. Entertain a motion on t 3 move approval. We have a motion For to conduct first reading on teeth reesing know for the request to speak with the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please cast your votes. In all council members voted with the clerk police telling announced announce the vote. MISTER Chair, the motion to approve the agenda item d 3 passes unanimously. Thank you. >> City Council world will recess a City Council reconvene a cra and take up the cra 3. MISTER Militia go good afternoon. Good afternoon. So it for the power point presentations will. Very good afternoon quite most good development review services division. Before you today development at the subject property which is located at Southwest corner of 3rd Avenue South and 7th Street South as you can see on the area. The projects instruction cost is valued at 1.6 5 million. It's the sum of 3 story building with 12 dwelling units. The subject property is located within in town redevelopment area. The community Redevelopment agency was established to implement in town redevelopment plan to achieve the goals of the redevelopment plan to combat slum and blight this year is tasked with the following the acquisition of property. Demolition rehabilitation. Relocation affected occupants construction of public improvements. So property administration establishing design guidelines and management of property. The objectives of the irp include encouraging and reinforcing redevelopment and development the development of transportation systems and to ensure development reinforces maintains historic cultural and the static integrity. On the screen is the site plan before you today. The proposed building will I I majority of the subject thought the ground floor the building will consist of 2 entry lobbies and for residential units, the second 3 3rd floor will have 4 dwelling units per floor. Street access to the building will be from the public sidewalk along 3rd Avenue South. No parking is required for the proposed development since the wrong answer less than 750 square feet in size. This is ovation of part of the building. The 2nd half of the building. The roads are to actual style the building is a traditional vernacular backstory the building we finish with brick along the ground floor and stuck on the upper 2 floors. Double hung windows or propose on the North and south sides with smaller Windows on the East and West sides projecting on aids will help to find the pedestrian entrance into the building stucco branding is incorporating the facade which means floor with a simple corners feature topping up the building. This is a rendering of the building. We're looking at from the north side. A 3rd. Looking South. Dyer pd requires the community development agency to development pros ulta ensures propose use and designed are consistent with the plan. Proposed development is located within the residential area of the intown redevelopment plan. Dyer p is intended to be a 24 hour work and live environment with the residential support services supporting that the law is currently vacant. And that's does not contribute to the goals of intend redevelopment plan. Therapy also does include designing developing guidelines to ensure compatibility between existing and new types of development. These do include compliance of the land development code development should provide design elements such as tree's canopy Street for some enterese of the building and Development shall provide appropriate ritual variety. Over the space shall be directly linked to the pedestrian system infill development to create a sense of place and now new relate and building and building scale and mass with the surrounding areas. Development shall be consistent with the permitted uses in the downtown and development intensities and he should be governed by the underlying zoning district. With respect to the Al the Ares the subject property is located within the d c 2 zoning district multi-family with a four-year ratio up to 7 point 0 is allowed by right love by Boeing has approval to use me. The proposed development has proposed that they are 2.5. A base that they are 3 is allowed by right as part of this application staff determine that the proposed development is compliance with the zoning district standards and therefore it's consistent with the redevelopment plan. Proposed in Phil Reed of development will eliminate a vacant lot that's creating a sense of place by hoping to find the public realm. Pros building will fit in with both older and newer buildings within the district site improvements to include sidewalks Street trees and landscaping and the drainage system. The press improve pedestrian improvements will create a pleasure and safe walking experience. The existing downtown develop pattern contains a variety of building types styles Heights, masses and orientations multiple 2 and three-story residential developments are located within the immediate area. And a 3 story hotels located at 7 14rd Avenue North which is directly north of this subject property. The building designed took into consideration, the relationship with the adjacent buildings by creating continue Street edge integration open space and landscaping and concealing any parking which is not on this property that does recommend approval of the tests resolution by the proposed 3 story building with 12 unit, 12 going it's consistent with the redevelopment plan thank you. Thank you for the presentation when we hear from the public next. MISTER Cherry received one card for this item. Bradley camel. Good afternoon now, but it was bred in just on the developer of the project. So I don't if you guys have any questions about it or. >> We one council member that a question of did you have any any statement that you wanted to no not really okay. All right, thank you love when we go next councilmember Blackmon and thank you chair, I'm going to be really brief about I'm very familiar. This vacant lot how long has it been vacant its bin years and years and years. Yeah, it's been a long time at literally least probably 30 years this is I'm very excited for this project, this is exactly what you want for infill development it's not hearing anything historic and it's contributing to the neighborhood. The renderings have a matching all the neighboring buildings. I I'm just very excited that's all I want to but this has been vacant for far too long and I'm excited for the development. Thank you. Thank you councilmember Blackmon vice chair just go. Thank you just a quick question about the parking and in a staff memo it says that no parking is required since the dwelling units or less than 750 square feet. It says that the development site improvements include sidewalk Street trees and landscaping new drainage system and adequate parking right that them that was a grammar issue that's an event of the report, but there is no parking pride on this ok. It okay. Thank you that's all I had this is a good project. Okay, thank you. Thank you. I'll entertain a motion on. We have a motion second to approve cre 3. You know for the request to speak with the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please cast your votes. Seeing all council members voted with the clerk please tally announce the vote. MISTER Chair, the motion to approve the agenda item cra 3 passes unanimously. Thank you MISTER Clerk cre for MISTER Motion. Thank you very much querulous good development services division. The proposed project before you today is located to one 17 Street South as within the d c 2 zoning district. The projects is valued at $80 million and will consist of an eight-story a 20 story building with 303 dwelling units 15,003 or 16 square feet of commercial space and 400 say 5 parking spaces. According the city permits the existing building that's on this project project was built in the 80's as a light industrial warehouse that can propose to demolish the existing building to construct the proposed development. Bres project is a mixed use development consisting of 2 towers in a parking deck. The building is designed in the u shape with a motor court residential drop-off area located within the center of the building. Access to the motor court as well as to the parking deck will be from 17th Street South this is the Pinellas trail on the side of the property which does have the ground floor retail lobby entrance is actually oriented to the existing bike trail. The 20 story tower will be located on the north side of the building in this general location. They story portion of the tower be at this general location and the proposed parking garage. We'll go above the first floor retail on the second floor here. That's right access to the residential towers will be from the motor court as well as all the 3 bodies in public sidewalks at this around the property. The first floor of the building starting on the north side the project does include the residential lobby, a man of the year in commercial space. These and South sides of the project include commercial space residential amenity space and residential units and along the south side of the building will be residential units and trash mechanical rooms. The floors above the base of the 2 towers will be devoted to residential units and outdoor pool deck amenity space will be on top of the parking garage. This is the North elevation of proposed building. The pros architectural style the building will be contemporary. The ground floor of the building will have large Lester front windows along the Pinellas trail. The base of the parking garage will be screened with a liner building on the upper floors will be screened with a decade of architectural mask. This is just the South elevation you can see the 20 story tower in the distance with a story. Amid rise in the front pew. This is the East elevation you can see the eight-story tower in the left a 20 story tower in the right and the entrance into the motor court in the center. Both towers are designed with a 2 story base that is articulated with the structural columns and calf with horizontal beam. Top floor of these towers cap with structural columns and horizontal beams are used at the base of the towers. The floor is between the base and top of the towers will have projecting balconies and horizontal band in between each forth. This is just the West elevation. These are just my son metrics of the building. The subject property is located within the entire West redevelopment area. And this redevelopment area does can require the community Redevelopment agency to develop a a development proposal to make sure it's consistent with the plan. The goal the redevelopment plan does provide a specific development focus for the dome district that supports in town West redevelopment area and capitalize on opportunities generate by Tropicana field detective one of the plan calls for establishing a cohesive develop development patter and visual identity through land uses. They're reinforced downtown stadium development through the creation of highly visible intensive activity notes and reinforcement of retail on central in first detective 2 of the redevelopment plan calls for ensuring new development and redevelopment appropriate scale design. I said listen design guidelines for building ground level spaces parking garages and streetscape improvements and establishing parameters for upgrading existing buildings and parking lots. Pros development which is permitted use within the d c 2 zoning district. And we'll continue the growth westward the billings urban scale with pedestrian Duran said street level features including the lobby entrance is the retail commercial uses on the ground floor. The screening of the parking garage. Campbell finished ration and transparency which are consistent with urban buildings. Improvements to the public round include 8 to 10 foot wide public sidewalks Street trees landscaping bicycle parking and storm water improvements. Ministration does recommend approval of test resolution. I'm here for questions. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation we have anybody from the public we receive one current dawn mastery. >> My name is dawn master in my dress 200 Central Avenue. And Corey is going to put me out of business. I agree with everything he said and we're here and the issue is whether or not this proposal is consistent with the intown West redevelopment plan. Korea certainly describe to you. The facts that shows that it is in the application we file does the same. You know I I there's no need for me to repeat everything that Corey said I would. That you know when long ago that this kind of project would only be downtown near the water. Clearly a project. This moved West now and I think that's what we've been working for 4 years. And I think it's good. I think it's good that these projects going to interact with the trail too. There's a lot of good things about this project and I don't think any I don't think there's anything to say it is inconsistent with the town redevelop West redevelopment plan but I would answer any questions you have and would urge your approval, thank you. Thank you MISTER Mastery any other speakers. Thank you. We'll go next to council member cam. Thank you chair I just have one question and maybe MISTER Master you can answer this for I do agree that it is So this is not a pass or fail question just a question. >> So the a lot of parking spaces are those for the units and the retail and is there any available for public parking there. Let the developer answer that question. All right. Good afternoon. Damon called with Mill Creek residential business addresses to 25 East Robinson Street Orlando, Florida. To answer your question. Yes, the parking ratio is for both the residential primarily because the 383 units. The accessory use of the will also be dedicated parking within the deck so have about 20 or so parking spaces for the retail. And you know then the balance of us Publix Park parking will be on the public streets in their area. Okay very good and are any of the ownership are they all going to be rental know this is a rental car rental okay very good. Thank you. Thank councilmember race. Yes, this looks like a a great My question was also about the parking really more for Corey. Did just the city contemplate per head negotiating with the developer for some type of public private. Parking deal. That would probably be with our transportation division. Okay to speak of or not our Division. I can't really answer that question. >> And this isn't criticism at all, but just an observation. I take note that. These are market rate apartments, correct. I you know I guess I always kind of thought that some of the development close up right against the Interstate would have been more affordable developments and I'm not seeing that affordable people who need affordable housing should settle for. Last location but I just kind of assumed a lot of more affordable units that come along that area, so it's striking to me what the markets doing that were really looking market level. Going right up against the Interstate so it really sends a signal to me just how hard we're going to have to fight to make sure that we do get affordable housing units completed. And again it's not a that's not a criticism of the developer who gets to built by right, but it just gets me us. This man even stronger sense the market forces were swimming against. Thank you. Thank councilmember race. I'm all for this also, but I too had a question in the parking in the backup material. There's a there's a table. That talks about downtown the dc too. Requirements and they have. There's 285. Oh I'm sorry for the retail. So if there's almost 16,000 square feet of retail here. But it says under the required number of. Spaces there's only 14. >> I just look at the code only requires one parking space for every 1000 square feet, okay. Of the retail. But when we look at the project we look at as a whole okay, so we don't look at specifically just for you choose we just look at the whole project is part per code. And in this case it is part for code for the entire project. Okay. And then can you answer on that same table we Evie spaces where Turner stand and then Evie se spaces with which to evs e. >> So some of them will Ready and then some low of work to become obese bases. Okay serco does require them to be Evie ready which means basically everything but the actual charging port and than others that will be include the port ready to plug in your vehicle. Seeing no further request to speak. When teen a motion to approve this. We have a motion in a second to approve cre form. The clerk please open machine for voting. Members please cast your votes. Seeing all council members have voted with the clerk please tally announced of them. MISTER Chair, the motion to approve item c or e 4 passes unions. Thank you MISTER Clerk Siri 6. MISTER Smith good afternoon. Good afternoon chair members of Council. 2020 as you see. >> This item is brought to you based some conversations and concerns that City Council had with the 2020. Grant applications. Dealing with a certain. Particular uses and eligibility So we've taken the last 6 weeks to. Draft recommendations for Council approval. You of course are acting as the us community Redevelopment agency. So they will actually taking up 3 different Someone in a related the first 2. Worse this specifically dealing with the issues at City Council race. We also made some changes to the retail and microphone program which. Is designed to address some of the concerns of a commercial matching grant applicants about there not being able to afford the reimburse aspect of the program or the front capital. So I'm Jessica Milam with the greenhouse will be dealing with that and I will be taking the first 2 items. Here's a summary of the background that brought us to the meeting today. Basically the city made administration recommended changes deal with 5 specific national commercial franchises. We recommend that 50% of the employees of us live in the work at least 20 hours a week for at least 6 months to be eligible to apply. Not for profit agencies that provide social services must be 5 oh one c corporations. Faith based organizations are. That provide community service in a secular We've discussed this and we have some language available. Health care, health care providers. Us at least one license provider on staff and did some substantial changes to the commercial interior Grant as well as a commercial matter slight improvement Grant. But the interior Grant was the one most We removed all non essential interior work. The cac took this up Mon. And made some They wanted to ensure that majority owners of the National commercial franchise must be a resident of the South Saint Petersburg's area for more than one year for a franchise to apply. And that the National commercial franchise must pay a living wage to all of its employees. You can see the the cac language there there's 3 conditions, the majority ownership. All employees or pay living which is defined as $15 an hour and this is equivalent to the minimum wage in the city pays its entry level employees. And at least 50% employees of business or residence of the Sierra and we as I mentioned we want them to be employed at least 6 months and working at least 20 hours a week on average. Here's where we find entry requirements to apply for the program. And also the faith based organization definition. This you will see a minute later presentation. I'll just reiterate it now. Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for funding through the match commercial matching grant program threat of a facilities that provide services to the broader community such as child care in a secular manner. Worship religious instruction proselytizing and similar acted to tease conducted in these renovated facilities must be voluntary. And privately funded. And for health care providers hears definition we rely on information from the agency for health care administration to determine who has an active license. These are minor changes of try to go through those quickly stop me if you'd further explanation. We are going to electronics middle for all of our future and applications so this is redundant. All that stricken through. Here's submittal and the cdc's recommendation about one year residency for majority ownership. This is a footnote describing where we get to determine who's ineligible health care provider. We had businesses here to clarify and reconfirm that tenants are as a eligible for the program as well as commercial property owners. This section. We sort of lay out the predicate as to why we believe this program is important for for remedying blight. We believe that unless a building is kept in good repair and its major building systems or maintain that there will you know you vacancies and disinvestment and corridor. We also recognize the important role that these types of uses play in the community, providing services paying taxes. Health care and then finally. They also provide employment. And the National franchises also contribute revenue to the south Petersburg redevelopment trust me. We specifically struck out some eligible uses former eligible depicts capital equipment at a minimum cost of $3,000. Room and space reconfiguration electronic security systems partial demolitions so you can what remains are roofing. Energy improvements remediation environmental contamination. Plumbing natural gas and electrical systems. This is in the ineligible We're not going allow painting at all associated with any kind of interior Grant. Heading to commercial side improvement grant program we also added that. Phrase and businesses to confirm again that tenants are eligible. We added the which is similar section that we. In an earlier slide which essentially. Spills out why uses are good for the cra. And here's the changes that we made to the particular sections of the eligible improvements we've been wrestling with landscaping for a couple of years and we decided to strike it is also requires maintenance and irrigation system in order for it to survive so are we don't even bother with this. There was some duplicate language that wasn't called in amendment so we struck that through. And we are recommending the We develop an agency recommends that City Council improvements to the commercial matching grant program and I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Rick for the presentation. We'll hear from the public next. Call our first speaker. MISTER Chair, the first speaker I want to call them to account. First a scare like Alexander in the second is he to MISS Them to go to the microphone. >> Good Council chair deputy mayor all of the council I'd like to speak to this related to faith-based institutions, particularly I think it MAY maybe a bit far. A short sighted when we talk about faith base and that Intel you my address today, 2447 17th Avenue South St. Petersburg Karen Alexander. >> Win. Cities and counties and states and even the federal government. Through policies and practices intentionally disadvantage, certain neighborhoods and communities groups of people. Related to a particularly challenge to black communities. Faith based organizations were there to meet those needs. It still continues today. And so to ask a faith based organization to operate in a manner outside of being faith-based does not allow them then too, eat meat MAY face basis who they are. Faith-based is is how they operate. Now if we're talking about providing services and the manner in which services provided as is stated in some of our state and even federal laws that require that there be no be It to participate in any faith based activities that's a different thing. I think the language is very vague. I think that it also impacts one type of business or organization. If we're talking faith-based organizations and we're talking about how they their services, they cannot be in a secular manner because faith based is not secular if Biden by its nature has to do with some type of spiritual religious or other and not that those who do not have a religion. I'm not non-religious that's a religion of itself that not having a religion and so i think that the council should consider the possibility of either adopting the language that speaks specifically to how a person receives the services but not how the faith based organization operates what make it a much clear also it's it's vague. What do we mean by. Faith based services and so I think that that language unless it's clarified. With discriminate against faith-based organizations in a way separately from any other business and so I recommend that you really look at the wording that section of it. Also some of the changes that were there regarding the. Buildings could be used for thank you. Next speaker please. Hi my name is Pete Mishler. Thank you chair and vice chair and Council. Pete Mishler of 64 you 5 Cape Sable way Northeast. St. Petersburg already been hear way more than I ever thought I'd be in the City Council meetings and it's been very instructive the breadth the depth of the things that you covered together is very very impressive. And I'm so thankful that. A couple of you at least have been able to already take advantage of our invitation that next step which I chair a