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>> Welcome to the city of St. Petersburg City Council meeting and your elected officials our mayor Ken Welch district one hopefully Curtis. District 2 and Council vice chair Brandi Gabbert district 3 on Mary. District 4 with that kind of way. Deborah big Sanders. And Council chair Gina Driscoll and district day Richie Floyd. >> Good morning, everyone will call to order the 10/28/2022, meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council could we start with the roll call please. Ever. Here and Mary air. And what's your big Sanders. Just go here Floyd here earnest here. Thank you. Our invocation today please join me in welcoming pastor Frank Peterman of rock of Jesus missionary Baptist Church. Indication will be followed by the pledge of allegiance. Please join me in standing. >> We thank GOD. They for this. Wonderful time who served this great community. We also be serves you Mayor Council chair. The City Council members legal staff and others. And always be a great citizens here in the city of Saint Pete. One of the home which too 2 city COUNCILMAN Member. A council that. That he's come forth. And clergy that here. Some of the passes represents pitcher community another so we with thankful for the state and we're one community. There were one community we must always remember that the communal community and so we thank GOD for that. This time of luck to him like a prayer. They have in the father we come before you. Now that's going to bless lot this. Wonderful meeting. Thank you for the leadership here think you fool. The council chair, thank you for the media. Thank you for all those who serve Lord. In this very important way. We think it will and that One community. And that we live we live in a wonderful city. And that there be peace Joe who we should know. And let that be strengthened power as one community coming together taking this community too a high a hi a plane. That the spirit be in this place to use brute gone. Let him go lets us know in this day that this be a good day a good place a good conversation among us all. No and we ask that you a prosperous community to protect this community. That you give us love and peace and joy. Bless this meeting now. Spread and spread the name of Jesus Christ. The men. >> Thank you Sir for that beautiful invocation. A wonderful way to begin this beautiful Thu.. Council members we have an agenda for us today. There is a request to add one item which is our council member swearing in by the honorable Pamela am Campbell. I'll entertain a motion for approval with that change move approval, second. We have a motion a second to approve the agenda. Seeing that there's no request for discussion with the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please enter your votes. Saying that all council members have voted with the kirklees telling announced the votes. And it's getting that I'm sure the motion to approve the agenda passes unanimously. Thank you. Council members, we have a consent agenda before us today. Move MISTER Clerk do we have any requests to speak on the consent agenda. And we do not ok, I'll entertain a motion for approval of the consent agenda move approval. We have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Seeing that there's no request for discussion will the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please enter your votes. Saying council members have voted with the clerk please tallying announced the votes. MADAM Chair, the motion to approve the consent agenda passes unanimous. Thank you and before we move on I will mention that I'm very pleased about the passing of item cb 6 which is funding for a neighborly to provide meals on wheels services. This is something that year after year we're proud to support the good work the meals on wheels provides for our seniors in our community. For our next item on the agenda. We have the swearing in of council member John Muhammad Malone. By the honorable Pamela am Campbell. >> Good morning everybody, thank you all for a morning. All right so you can raise your right hand. I. I John Muhammad. That low to sell me some more. We solemnly swear or affirm that I am a citizen to Petersburg that I'm a citizen of the city of St. Petersburg Florida for state of Florida and in that state and the United States of America that officer of the city of St. Petersburg that as an officer of the city of St. Petersburg and the recipient of public. And the subpoena public funds for the shock and offend support protect and defend the Constitution and government institutions and government of the United States of the United States on the floor and the state of Florida. What I do qualify to hold office that I am duly qualified to hold office under the charter of the city and the Constitution of the state and the Constitution of the state and the faithfully perform the duties and that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office of the City. Council members of the office of the City Council member district second district 7 of the city of St. Petersburg Florida, the city of St. Petersburg Florida with for sure of which I'm now about >> I mean not the problem. Haha well 2, 3, times it is looking at. A little sooner. >> Moment it MAY City Council will now take a 10 minute recess to allow for photos congratulations and hugs. >> and we will go to open forum. MISTER Clerk do we have any members of the public who wish to speak this morning and share going to have MISTER Tracey read the rules. Thank you. If you wish to address City Council on subjects other than public cause additional items listed on the agenda. Please sign up with the clerk. On the individual wishing to I signed the open forum sheet on the city residents owners of property business owners in the city or their employees MAY speak. All issues discussed and are 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 speak, only you MAY only speak wants during the open former when the item comes up on the agenda. In order to provide an opportunity for all citizens to address Council each individual be given 3 minutes to speak. And after which the microphone will be muted. If you wish to address City Council to the zoom meeting you must use the raise hand feature in the zoom app or and or start on your phone. At the time. The agenda items addressed. When it is your turn to speak you'll you didn't ask the state your name and address. At the conclusion of your comments are when you reach the 3 minute time limit you will be needed. Raised hands will be lower after each agenda item regardless of the method of participation used normal rules apply, including the 3 minute time limit on comments. The department that any presentation materials be submitted in advance of the meeting and the rows of the The flying public comment is directed by violations of the rules of decorum the chairs authorized to accept public comment by alternate means including by mail only. And we do have 6 speakers. I'm gonna call the first 2 names please find an empty podium and state your name and address for the record. Kevin Kavanagh and Wanda goodridge. It was Kevin Kavanaugh. >> And my address is 6 oh 6 12th Avenue Northeast. One just yet sort. I've lived in Petersburg area for 30 years and I've play pickleball for one year before pickleball I play tennis for 25 years. I recently accepted the position of PRESIDENT Of the St. Petersburg pickleball Association. Our primary goal is to act will be working alongside the mayor Council and parks and Recreation Department to formulate a St. Petersburg white pickup all master plan which would continue the infrastructure development on a scale that is commensurate with the exponentially a growing number of pickoff players in St. Petersburg pickleball has now retained the title of the fastest growing us sport. Since 2020. The number of individual pickleball participants has exploded by for 35% to an excess of 5 million active players today with projections of 40 million players within a decade. As a proactive model of managing the significant growth, the city of Tampa prior to 2021 had only 9 outdoor pickleball courts. Dan 23 courts by the end of 2021. Earlier this month, the city announced a commitment for an additional 26 outdoor courts to be completed prior to the end of 2020 to 3. This will bring the city of Tampa total to 49 outdoor pickleball courts. Tampa has developed a master plan for keep up with the same exponential growth that we have continued to experience here in St. Petersburg by expanding from 9 to 49 pickleball courts in 3 short years. Manatee County recently constructed a pickle Plex facility which consists of total of 20 pickleball courts of which 14 are actually covered by tall industrial roofs. Which have giant fans overhead. Most of my fellow pickleball enthusiasts have made numerous trips from St. Petersburg to play on these courts to avoid the high level of congestion at the St. Petersburg pickleball courts. This type of facility would be spectacular popular in Saint Pete, not just for regular play by our residents. But also you watch for hosting local regional and national tournaments which would draw thousands of pickleball players every year from all over North America to our great city. The city of St. Petersburg currently has only 25 pickleball courts for the entire city. This can spin sis up 6 courts at Crescent cocaina and gw Kate for at Walter for 2 fossil Park and want to book a Creek. There's not a plan to convert to tennis courts apart like Park into a pickleball courts in the coming months. But that is only 33 total pickleball courts. The court especially across the lake receive an extraordinary amount of play all week long. It is common to have more people waiting to play then actually playing at peak hours. In closing the primary goal of the same people also she Asian us to share our groups. St. Petersburg focus pickleball experience which is approaching 3,000 contacts with our network and to support the mayor Council on the parks and rec ration department to develop a city of Saint Pete. Thank you Andrea. >> Morning good morning. My name is want to get rich and I'm here to share just a couple minutes about my personal experience with the ball. I don't like him I've been planned for 8 years right here in Pinellas County I can't say Saint Pete because my initial 5 years was journey to largo Clearwater. Although I live at the very very south of South Saint Pete, Mike you commute was often my play was often accompanied by I want to have to 2 hour commute. Very disheartening when I live in this beautiful city of Saint Pete. Had no facilities that I could play with play on. I to transform from tennis and never had that experience when I was growing up for it young adult before my older more mature more mature adult who had never had a problem. You knew the busy courts. You knew the busy times but you can always find a pickleball court. I too like he said travel to Bradenton 5 days a week to play pickleball I can't get a court here in Saint Pete I can't get a group of my equally skilled Leva place because I've been playing a years not want I've been play 8 years not the one or 2 since covid since they. Hoopla since covid and it's important for them to have equally skill level players as it is for myself so I have to go and buy that I have because I can't get a court here in Saint Pete in my only city where my tax dollars go. I have to spend an hour and a half commute and pay to go play. I'm not a resident of that County. So I just in play today. Committee too. Take a look at this new as he said fastest growing sport and I'm sure unlike 2 years ago I probably could have set to most of you about pickleball and you say what is that we had us the t-shirt and a slight a saying that we would go and people to say what in the Blake is about so now I would challenge anybody not to know what pickleball is because it's all in the new thing comer says she got to at the least join it in now partisan professional. Teams that is only going to hype the sport even more and make the facilities less available. If we don't keep up with that rant. I appreciate you listening to thank you. That Carlson and manual sites. >> And doctor at Carlson usa pickleball ambassador, 7691 30th Avenue North at age 14 I started playing tennis at the tennis Center in South St. Petersburg 2010 I got pickleball starred in the city of St. Petersburg then first to outdoor courts in 2013. Finally 3 years ago I gave up my tennis rackets finally our goal is to blend tennis and pickleball to be some biotic and good for all. Petersburg we have a crowding problem. We pass around a picture please. Chan showing a photo of cocaine, a key court Mon. This week, 24 players on 6 courts, 32 paddles and the racks and paddle stuck in the fence lining up over 60 players and to empty tennis courts piece item. St. Petersburg has 60 tennis courts. This data driven reality is give you 2 examples from the city website city leagues. And the summer which I sent all of you one hk ball of basketball to flag football, 10 softball and 12 pickleball leagues. There were a 110 teams in the heat of the summer with 3 to 4 players. Each team that's 330 to 440 players in the summer leagues. So were the dominant sport in the city of St. Petersburg now to the city look at a zillion Walter Fuller tennis courts only for a week. One Florida news have to times about pickleball players than dead from 4 major areas that a 12 day count of data driven reality. Results were sent to all 794 pickleball players and 46 tennis players, 17 times as many pickleball players and it's a booming sport for further data. We urge you to do a week slutty of hourly use of each court on a spreadsheet at each of the 4 major play locations or asked ap pickleball Association to do it. Urgent emergency response as the snowbirds flock to St. Petersburg is dual use lines on often empty tennis courts at 3 most crowded locations only 2 pickleball court lines on each of 2 tennis courts. Each location to prove how well this works and relieve the immediate crowding crisis. Please we will bring our own Nets. Please be responsive. And responsible to the thousands of citizens in St. Petersburg who play pickleball thank you. Thank you. >> My name is Manuel Sykes and I'm not About pickleball. i know no offense to pickleball ers I'm here congratulate Council person. John Muhammad. And the state your name and address for the record. Oh yes manual Sykes a 22nd ave South St. Petersburg Florida. But again I rose to just congratulate. Council person John Muhammad and the Council listening listening to our community. And supported for this position. I was sitting here thinking about you know, I've been around a minute. I won't same age but I can remember a time when a council with not like this. There would not have been this kind of diversity they would not have been females they would not have been Muslims they would not have been lbgtq you have a diversity that is historic and John is just another addition to that diversity and my hope is that you all of the intentional. In working together. As Frank Peterson said this is one community and I truly believe that is in your hands and hopefully in your hearts to do what is necessary to bring all of the community up just as our downtown area is it rising is faster than Jesus from the gray. I hope and I pray that you all will that your diversity be a strength and that you will be a model country now is so defensive. This just is prevailing in pervasive disunity and I've prayed that it will not happen here. There's too much to be gained and too much also to be lost. And so I want to say John. Thank you for your work that prior to this time he's qualified you and made you a favorite among our community members. Hopefully all of you will get to know John you all work together because this community imagine yourselves and the power you have that over the 200,000 people in Petersburg you along with the mayor control their destiny and I hope you all to take that very seriously and remember our community that most of the time we're not a part of the progress and this is a this is a time to catch that up and to be fair and equitable to everybody. So thank you and congratulations. Thank you. >> Well for John and Keri Mueller please go to an open podium. When it's your turn please state your name and address for the record, you know 3 minutes to address City Council. >> They need and everybody will for is and 33 o one 58th Avenue. South St. Petersburg Florida. I was about to walk out with her softball and tennis I was like oh I'm on the wrong wrong mean, I'm glad he spoke of cows out ok, how good want to say congratulations to brother John Muhammad. He is is a a brand new day you know it's a good feeling is I know brother John Muhammad because when I was younger years ago he always you know it's a will you know I got your back don't give up you know because you know I used to plan a lot of Van Zandt he made donations and he was there he supported, you know so to see some added has actually a part of City Council they used to believe in you I have belief in City Council because a lot of people think you know some quick and isn't going on. But when you have somebody as a part of City Council that is that dog great works. You can say hey I believe in because a lot of people you know young people say his crew is corrupt. It is no corruption because somebody they believe to me they help me out there MAY be a better person in my community that part of City Council now. So I want to say thank you to the rest of the City Council putting somebody that they have a great impact on our community. In this place in this position. And one last thing is that the young man you know I try to be the best I can and there's the Mommy always have my back and I want to congratulate him for being a and even when before thank you for being great thank you for doing a lap of the city even before his opposition and congratulations to all of you, thank you GOD bless. >> I'm my name is Kerry Miller and of 1125 James Avenue in the Campbell Park neighborhood and I just wanted to say congratulations to brother John Muhammad and I think this is a great opportunity to work as a diverse City Council person to represent our city. And I have been living in Kendall Park for about a year at this point. And we're trying to work together with her different neighborhoods between. Campbell Park and child's Park, 13 Street Heights in Melrose mercy to find out what kind priorities we have that we can put our resources together to really see some you know improvements made to our neighborhood and so I just think that's a great opportunity to represent our community in a really diverse way and I'm looking forward to having the City Council representing us. Our our neighborhood has been to try to get some of the newer residents they're moving into the neighborhood to meet some of the residents who have been living there for very long time. And we can try to be stronger as homeowners and residents together. Just last Sat. We had our monthly trash cleanup and we had a new homeowner who just moved into the neighborhood and I was able to as we walk down the street introduced him to multiple homeowners who've been there for decades and that way we can get to know some the people there already live there. We can move forward as a community as a whole. So I just wanted to say I think that it's going to be a great opportunity for us to really have a diverse city and diverse representation in I think it's going to be a great opportunity so I just want to say congratulations. Thank you. >> Thank you and before we go to our next made him since we had someone from came apart. And just address es I want to congratulate they Campbell Park neighborhood Association who recently Reese's received. A high honor which was the keep Florida beautiful 2022 clean community award. And so thank you MISS Miller for the work that you did. Too earned that award for the neighborhood we are extremely proud that across the state of Florida. Your neighborhood was selected for that honor. We'll go now to awards and presentations we have one proclamation today on breast cancer awareness month and that will be presented by council member Curtis. >> Thank you MADAM Chair colleagues. I don't think the mayor knows what he got himself into when he asked me to do this without a time limit. I I appreciate the honor of being here, I'm also joined by a couple of members from healthy Saint Pete can Megan doctor Cho thank you for being here. I also asked the couple breast cancer to join us this morning. We have 3 of that I know of and if there are any more in here that I that I don't know about I apologize, but in attendance is my wife's s Lee Curtis Tara Schaefer and Susan mcgrath. Quickly. I know this Council but publicly I can't tell you how this month means to me personally to my Which is large. Thanks to the girders and Glenn tease. You know 2 years ago on Oct. 8th, our lives changed very drastically. We just celebrated while my wife celebrate you what that charge them with her friends I was at home with the kids. But I'm just celebrated that of her Oct. 8th, twenty-twenty and when you have a 3 year-old and one year-old at home. Life changes vary dramatically on a day like that all I can do is give the gratitude to my is an amazing. Sister daughter wife mother and friend who. >> Kept going to work kept being a mom. Kept being a sister and her sister's needed something she was the first phone call she always is. >> And it's an amazing thing to see 2 years later a us on the other side of this. Because of the work that doctor Cho and healthy Saint Pete and all of the across the country all of the technology and medicine that has changed over the last 10 years because let me tell you when you're in a meeting with the doctor and they tell you. Just be glad that this was not 10 years ago because this would have been a very different story. That will that will change your mindset really quickly. And so I'm very thankful to healthy Saint Pete. And and all of our medical providers that continue to try to find a cure to this disease. A real quickly, I just wanted to mention also. Tara and Susan who are here. Tara also she was diagnosed a few months after she's a very close friend of our family. Diagnosed a few months after my wife continue to go to work continue to be a mom of 3. An amazing life and then opened a nonprofit. An app that she's currently working on a Screw something up you can yell at me later. And that can next survivors and families of survivors with each other, so they can continue to communicate because let me tell you having gone through that that was the backbone of how my wife got there it certainly wasn't me. I'm sure she wanted to kick me most days but being able to connect those people in a way. So she continued to do that Susan I think most of you know season mcgrath continue to be an activist continues to be an activist in our community. Through her diagnosis and so the women that go through this. Art are simply and utterly and I apologize for the word, but there's no other word. They're just bad is and I'm so proud to be married to one. And I'm very to give this proclamation and if and if healthy Saint Pete docter Cho and assess terror and Susan if you join me up here please I would I would be honored. Whereas breast cancer touches so many lives in Pinellas from our loved ones and friends to our neighbors. And co-workers who have survived or lost their lives to breast cancer and whereas considerable progress has been made in the fight against breast cancer. Yet it remains the most frequently diagnosed type of non skin cancer. And the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Pinellas County. And whereas thanks to earlier detection and better treatments, mortality rates for breast cancer have decreased in the last decade. Knowing that knowing what MAY contribute to breast cancer symptoms diagnosis and treatment are important in the case of prevention. And whereas having affordable access to screenings and early detection for all women is an essential component in the fight against breast cancer. And whereas the state of Florida recognize the need to provide uninsured low-income women ages 50 to 64 with access. The lifesaving cancer screenings such as mammography and cervical cancer screenings through its breast and cervical cancer program. The ccp and whereas the Florida Department of Health and Pinellas counties be ccp completed 1030 lifesaving screenings in 2021. And was recognized as one of the state's top programs. And whereas during national breast cancer awareness month in OCTOBER. We stand. With our daughters with her grandmother's and friends and supporting their struggles. After a breast cancer diagnosis as well as recognizing the doctors nurses and other health professionals whose care and hard work gives hope to those living with breast cancer. Now therefore I coped Lee Curtis on behalf of Kenneth t Welsh the mayor of St. Petersburg Florida. Do hereby come. The proclaim Oct. 20 22 as breast cancer awareness month and urge residents to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent and control breast cancer and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives to this disease. We also recognize OCTOBER as Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County breast and service cervical cancer program month. Doctor chose you like to share her to share any word. Sorry I I went quick there And COUNCILMAN Thank you for sharing a powerful story and I think it impacts and it touches. People who across the board because it is calm and it's most common type of cancer in women one in 8. We mean the us will be diagnosed with breast cancer unfortunately. That is and OCTOBER as some of you MAY know is best care and cancer awareness month and that's what it that's why it's important to really get that word out that screening is important that early detection does state lives really proud of the at the Department of Health to meet the need and the gap over 1000 screenings to 50 to 64 year-old without insurance and I of the City Council here today to recognize this get this proclamation highlighting the importance of cancer screening and as well as the work of our hardworking department health staff. And if you're a kid I'd like to invite our program manager for pc program Valerie Lee to say a few words, thank you. Thank you doctor, Joe and thank you for the city of St. Petersburg. >> Every day we try to make a difference to the lives of the women that we serve here in Pinellas County breast and cervical has been in Pinellas County for 30 years and were funded by the cdc. And we're so grateful to have the opportunity to screen listen because early detection is the key to make sure I women know that there is help and to serve and uninsured women here in Pinellas County. It is not easy but the work is worth it at the end of the day. Thank you so much. >> Sheriff it's ok. I'd Susan terror, especially this a few words that Durant you don't have to but. I'm I'm very grateful. For the council member, the mayor. The council and the city 2. Bring some attention to breast cancer. >> I. I had my diagnosis. A year ago this month. I MISS My mammogram there before. And I thought I was fine because I don't have anybody in my family who has breast cancer and I believe it that common misconception that we're mostly okay, if you don't have anyone in your family. And I was a little bit cocky on Oct. First I want for my I did a facebook post has said celebrating the first day of breast cancer awareness month by getting my mammogram. And you know what I had breast cancer and so I went through surgery and chemo which was harder than I thought all of those men and women because men can get breast cancer too. You know who go through that and radiation I have. We were just speaking before this such respect for the Warriors that do this and all cancer really, but 85% of the people who have breast cancer have no family history. So the more we can talk about it I try to do that with my friends and my colleagues and people I come across but everybody the more we can get that message out. It's just like doctor Cho said it saves lives so thank you for the city for leading on this. Thank you council member guard us its ear you're doing a very positive thing. And I'm grateful for my heart. My wife definitely wasn't going to talk. I try to get I try to get up there. But thank you very much shared a chair would you like to take a picture. Thank you want to do everybody. We're all dressed up for it. Oh I love it. Yeah. >> Thank you council member Garrett is. Thank you MISTER Clerk. I need for you. It was like over and done Johnson members will. Now begin our public hearings for the day we have 2 items in public hearings item c-one any to our preliminary assessments. And we have Mister with us today to present these items. Good morning morning. Move approval you want to need to. >> We have a motion and a second to approve items e one and e 2. We have any requests for comment. And seeing that there's no request for discussion. We have motion is second with the clerk please open the machine for voting. Council members please enter your votes. They now present council members have voted with the clerk please telling announced the votes. And sure the motion to approve the items he won the 2 passes unanimously with councilmember fix Sanders. The absent. Thank you. MISTER Weill will close public hearings and go to our legal item for today item j one. MISTER Mccollum good morning, good morning Council council member. >> Good We need to end all with chemical in 4 from the city legal department I'm here today on a settlement, this is a workers compensation washout settlement. Just tell you briefly about The employee was named jamarcus Smith. He was in the sanitation Department there are 3 separate dates of loss. Our count outside counsel has resolve this matter pending Council approval, it's a washout settlement so all future benefits Mateen fees will be taking care of the total amount of $62,500 just by way of a brief background is 37 year-old man was injured like I said 3 different times we're dealing with a number of lower back injuries. And the future's going forward in this on the permanent total disability, we'll go into the 7 figures and so we feel this is a good settlement that has been a paid for by Ariel seconds. We I think you we have a motion and second to approve item j one. Do we have any requests for comment. Thank you saying that there's no request for discussion with the clerk please open machine for voting. Council members please into votes. Saying that a PRESIDENT Council members have voted with the clerk please telling announced the votes. I'm sure the motion to approve and deny j one passes unanimously with councilmember big Sanders. Thank you can. Now there are 2 reports and we will begin with item e 2 a resolution regarding the installation of a plaque within the municipal pier district good morning. MISTER Morning MADAM Chair members of Council. Thank you for your time today. >> On this a very important subject we're here to share the story of the hms bounty. Its relationship with the city of St. Petersburg. There is a not a power point but there's a couple of images just the for reference. That is the actual bounty up on the screen right now going turn the Mike over to a couple of speakers to share some quick including our director of the museum St. Petersburg Museum of really for us as well as Claudia McCann who is the wife of the late captain Robin walbridge on Oct. 29th. 32. The bounty sank off the outer banks of North Carolina during hurricane Sandy. Captain Robin walbridge as well as a deckhand Claudine Christian were lost that day. And so I I I and here today will share the story. And advised that there will be a recognition ceremony at the origination point of its original location at the pier. I'll show a map of that later on Oct. 29th at 10:00am. But today really will speak to the history, including can provide a clinic and provide background as well. It is administration is with Council's approval to install a marker reflecting this relationship with the bounty. And I'll conclude with the business item after we get just a a a brief take on the history really. As a young boy growing up in downtown St. Petersburg where my fondest was always Sat. Hopping on the bike that I purchased Webb city for the money I saved selling evening independent from the open air post office. That's gonna show you a little bit of my age here a man driving down to the waterfront. My first stop of course was the museum history. I had to stop there. But the day would have been complete without walking up the gangplank and stepping on to the there yeah we're over upper lower decks and pretend that we're either Pirates or sailors on the And you know our imaginations would carry on the season for that make them some shipped. It's an enduring peace of our maritime history, we're very lucky the county decided to call St. Petersburg home and people often wonder how that even Ship arrived in St. Petersburg the bounty is built in She was in large rep. Reproduction of the original 1787, a Royal Navy sailing ship the hms bounty. She was commissioned by m Jim studios for the 1962 film mutiny on the bounty. She was the first large vessel built from scratch to use in that film using historical sources. The bounty was built the original ships drawings from files from the British out of the archives. And in the traditional manner at the Smith and ruin shipyard in Nova Scotia her being under water line link to increase to assist in the filmmaking to actually carry the production staff in the film equipment. She launched on Aug. 27th 1960 and screwed by a number of young of Nova Scotia and fisherman from Nova Scotia the vessel sailed via the Panama Canal to tv for filming of the film. The script of the mutiny on the bounty a call for the ship to be burned at the end of the film just like the original hms bounty. But the star of the film actor Marlon Brando protested in actually threatened to walk off the set of them gm was actually going to burn the ship. So they kept the this the vessel The film ironically pretty much bombed at the box a nearly And gm actually. >> In 1986, Ted Turner acquired the engine film library and the With it. Now I don't know if this is true or not they haven't be able to confirm this but I heard a story that I'm Tom James actually had a conversation with Ted Turner. To purchase the bounty. The and Ted Turner Dimino he owned it. That was part of the whole package so that went on. But the ship was used for promotion entertainment as well as being used in filming of treasure Island Pirates of the Caribbean dead man's chest and yellow here. The bounty would eventually spend summers New England and return to the pier is a seasonal attraction in the mid 1990's headed home to St. Petersburg from New London Connecticut in 32 about the encounter hurricane Sandy. The ship initially filed an easterly course to avoid the storm but the storm shifted and Oct. 29th, the ship's master had reported. The bounty was taking on water off the coast of North Carolina's outer banks. And the crew of 16 was prepared to abandon ship. The us Coast Guard reported the ship that sunk in 14 people have been rescued from life rafts by to The storm had watched the captain and 2 crew overboard. One crew made it to a life raft but the captain and the other crew member was missing. They were orange survival suits complete with strobe lights thereby giving rescuers some hope of finding them alive. As Chris said called in Christian one of the 2 missing crew members was found by the Coast Guard rushed to a hospital but did not survive. Search efforts for longtime captain in St. Petersburg resident Robin walbridge continue to covering an area of 12,012 thousand square nautical miles until it was suspended suspended on Nov. 1st. Oct. Commemorates the end of the bounties back to prison But will always remember that spectacular ship that called Saint Pete home. Thank you. Good morning Council. My name is Claudia McCann and I am the wife of an kept him up and will bridge. The lake up to. I am here to arm to thank the council full memorializing the bounty. It's been a part of Saint Pete history. The fact that keeping the memory alive is basically what I really want there's been many many wonderful. Stories. The crew is meeting next week they having a reunion a 10 year reunion and crew are coming from all over the world. A lot of the survivors will be here. And they're all looking forward to because be together again. The camaraderie the they ship made men out of boys. They worked so hard for very little money. They made $50 a week. When I was told that I I was floored it, but they didn't care that was being money. They lived on the boat they on the bill that was a bit of money but they loved the bill and the loved my husband, he was a wonderful captain. So to keep his memory alive means everything to me I would like to thank you for them. Allowing this to happen. >> Thank you Claudia we for thoughtful and the special comments if I could transition to the business and of. This The marker we're there's an example in your packet in it is on the overhead maybe If we share that. The is to recognize the longstanding relationship. But it's it is it that way of Someone must move the table the lines are not lining up. It's just recognition marker it's about the size of the state and a half by 11 piece of paper and to recognize a longstanding the community had our community had with the bounty. Not much different than we did not too long ago for the city of talk about soon and recognize that at the pier as well. It would be placed as I noted where the bounty originally which was kind of in the North. The noi view corridor right there just east of the Dolphin parking lot and that's really where the relationship with the city began it ultimately moved down to the by the inverted pyramid which there is a picture previously that you've seen many of us remember that they're very clearly as well. So the bony the business end of this discussion is that the county is what we call a non-standard marker. It doesn't really fit in 2. The category that goes back established in the year 2001. For plaques. For the city and so as such as a non-standard marker it does not require cpp seara's review in fact even if it did fall under that policy. The bounty was not one of 3 particular an event a building or a person which trigger acp pc review. So it in light of that it is an administrative review. So as as opposed to just putting it out there in an abundance of caution we wanted to make sure that we gave Council the opportunity to approve this and in a further abundance of caution we want to be diligent and thorough and the marker that is displayed in your packet. As noted in the resolution would need to get approved by the city's urban planning and historic preservation division and any other applicable that we can share it with in advance of its installation on Oct. 29th. I also want to just take a quick moment to not just to really and Claudia Liz Abernathy Derek hilborn and a Brit Pettigrew who helped immensely on the subject as well as Ron uk-us left who is really shepherded this project to date and with that administration recommends approval. >> We have any public comment on this item. Councilmember Curtis. Thank you MADAM Chair. >> Chris thank you really thank you and a special especially Claudia thank you for being here and sharing that. I remember going to the pier as a kid. And I'm not really being all that excited about the pier but being excited about seeing. The bounty and now I look back on it and go. I really was excited to see both of my childhood memories are about wanting to go and see that big ship. I'm with my brothers and with my family and so. Chris I really appreciate you bringing to us not only just so we could hear from cloudy unruly and hear some of the history but. I just very much the diligence of of bringing to Council. So I just I wanted to say thank to that as well and I'm very excited to support this and and Claudia thank you to you and your husband for making that sacrifice and I'm very very very excited to support this and have a great time when everybody gets here and I'm sure your show share lots of memories. Thank you very much share. Councilmember Mount Mary thank you thank you, MADAM Chair, I I too want to thank you Chris for bringing this forward. Mister McCann thank you for for being here sharing your Europe point of view I totally agree we need to keep the memory alive the bounty in Petersburg when my family moved here that Downey was the thing to see out out there at the pier we as a family used to go out there often I don't remember it being back behind the Museum of history. I remember it being there alongside the the pier on the south side of of it so. I. I want to make sure we always remember our history and there's a lot of people that have lived here a long time that remember the Valley. That was just such a tragic accident when it was when it was lost I I want to make sure we're not just remember history, but. Also remember that the 2 lives that were lost including your husband. Thank you for being here. Chris thank you for bringing forward really thank you for telling the story and I move approval of the resolution before a second. All right we have a motion and a second to approve this item and just as a a slight correction I had originally announced this is it me too it's actually item f 2. All right, we have a motion a further requests for discussion. There for will the clerk please open machine for voting. Council members please into votes saying that all council members have voted with the clerk please telling announced the votes. Thank you MADAM Chair, the motion to approve or deny that 2 passes. Thank you and thanks to everyone for all you've done to make this happen. Thank you very much counts. Next we'll go to item f one our air Pa report. With resolutions. I believe we have Stephanie Lee and joining us today, yes, good morning. Born in chair members of Council and especially our newest council member. The item before you today is multifamily housing funding portion of the thank you very much hand. Of the American rescue plan act. And let me make sure okay. Late here. A quick overview of the American rescue plan as you might recall the. United States government delivered 350 billion to state local and tribal governments to support. >> Response recover from the covid 19 pandemic as a part of the final rule that was approved in JANUARY of 2022. It was noted that recipient governments have a once in a generation opportunity to invest the state and local fiscal recovery funds to boost the supply of affordable housing. However, the funds must be obligated by Dec. 31th of 2024. And fully spent by 12/31/2026. The city of St. Petersburg received 45,000,413. $1870 and with the support of both administration and Council. We are happy to state that 76% of these funds have been allocated towards housing affordability and support. And 24% going towards the health and social equity category. That 76% equates to $34,000,303. $1000.5 oh 5. You've already taken action on 4 of these categories of the 34 million. And those are under way the deuces the family shelter with Saint Vincent de Paul homeless and supportive services with Foley and the administrative Obviously is also underway. The remaining 3 items here with the Astor our for the production of affordable multifamily housing and the total 23,000,008 oh 3 5 oh 5 which we're using for these responses. We issued a city our request for proposals in JUNE of 2022, which were due at the end of the month. And at this point I'd like to also thank you the to the project review team The other members of the housing department finance neighborhoods. Economic development, legal planning and zoning who helped us review these responses. The 7 applicants that submitted proposals for consideration. The bear Creek Commons 4 million for 85 units and all of our e 3 point for 3 million for 50 units then sentient village 1 million for 73 units Skyway last phase 2 6 and a half million for 66 units the St. Petersburg how the housing Authority. 5.9 for arpa with 3 million of penny for 70 units, Burlington post phase 2. 2.9 4 million for 75 units and the flats on fore Street. We're recommending 610,000 of housing capital for 64 units. Every one of these 7 proposals is focusing. Units for households, that 80% or below of median income with many of them targeting even deeper and to 6050 30% of the area median income or below for a total of 483 units that could be produced through the 7 proposals. I didn't include the chart this time but I'd like to remind you that a family of for 80% of median income is approximately 65,700 annually and a single person at 50% would be 28,000 750 annually. So those 2 households that I mentioned would either be pain for one bedroom for the single person or a 1004 78 a month for the for 4 person household for a 2 bedroom. The location of the I'm happy to say are scattered throughout the city. We have 5 of them, mostly I'm located centrally we have one West one in the Skyway Marina district and one North and the Gandy area. The addresses are listed here. And all go through in a little bit more detail. With each one. But you can see the locations on the map. The bear Creek located at 6 3564 Street South. Applied funding. For the increase is due supply chain inflationary costs. The total development cost Then listed at 25 million. 0.4 million and the arpa request is for 4 million. The city's participation here includes the prior funding that we have for the city penny and the local government competition funds. It will produce 85 units these are for seniors. Each of these developments we 2 for senior to for homeless and special needs the others for families so we have a good spread of a unit types that are included here in these proposals. In of Ari is located at the 500 block of doctor Martin Luther King junior Street South. Total development cost here 18.7 on the arpa request is for 3 million for 26. One 66 with the city participation, including our prior allocation of 75,000 is it 18.7 2%. All of these units are for homeless and special needs. Units and we've got a spread of of households that 50% and 60% of the area median income. The additional funding here is due to the. Inflation and additional costs and fees due to a. And to pay to delay and the construction. Then sanction village. 4 oh one 15 Street North. Is a development of 28.6 million of which there are asking for a million 2 help with the cost due to their application to this since the original application was sent to the state for the remainder of the funding. The city would only be 3.5% of this development the remaining funds have already been awarded and are well underway with their planning at this point 73 units for homeless and disabling conditions. The households mostly at 6050 30. Percent of the area median income. The Skyway loft space to I believe many of you MAY have attended the phase one. Groundbreaking recently a ribbon cutting opening. This is it located face to 3834 Street South. A 4% tax credit with bond financing the total development cost is 19.5 million. The arpa requests to 6.5 million with the city participation of 33 percent the affordable units are 66 total and we some income averaging so there are some units at 80% but that means we also get some units at or below 30%. The St. Petersburg housing Authority has a proposal at that former of white hospital site at 2331 9th Avenue North with a total development cost of 23.5 million. Several of the resolutions that you have in your packet relate to this proposal the arpa request is for 5,000,009 38 to 14. But we're also requesting a revision to ours a penny housing. Resolution and an allocation of city penny for this development of 3 million. The city participation in this is 38.4% and that is towards the senior Unit portion they also intend to some of their administrative offices into this location so that will have a more central location for the housing Authority. These 70 units seniors with incomes at or below 60% of the area median income. Burlington post phase 2 to be located at 3100 Burlington Avenue North. Development of 26.3 million estimated. You can see from the top a photo. This development would be located on the parking lot of the existing 86. Units of Burlington post. They'll using the city's workforce, housing density bonus provision too allowing a dish additional 15 units per acre. On the site and thus total city participation would be 11% that would get a 75 more additional affordable units whether a range. Income averaging a gets us. Some units at 30 all 5060 80% of the area median income. The flats on 4th would be located at a 106 Avenue North and for Street. The total development cost here would be 23.2 million. And we were out of arpa funding so we have allocated. The housing capital improvement funds for this development so that they participate in the competition for the 9% tax and so they would be considered the city's local government area of opportunity priority funding applicant for this round. And so you'll see a little bit later if they do win the competition. We MAY need to come back with additional funding but this will allow them to compete. For Coveted 9% tax allocations. This also would be income averaging ranging for units that 80's. 6030% of area median income. The recommendation to Council from administration is that the 7 affordable housing developments p conditionally funded to facilitate the development of 483 affordable housing units. The conditions will include but are not limited to the securing of remaining financing for those who have not yet done so. Finalizing environmental reviews, any of the recommendations into their plans. Documentation of increased development costs for the for the ones who have requested the inflationary funding a portion of the arpa we will be having an independent Review of each of those to make sure that the city's funds. Appropriate and adequate. So the total funding requested today. As 27 million for 18 oh 5 23,000,008 oh 3, 5, oh 5. Of this is the arpa funding which is resolution item a. The city penny. Money of 3 million is resolutions items be one and b 2 and I have the city legal department If you need a specifics on any of the look Alan is related to that modification of of the Too include the public facilities for the housing Authority. The h cip funding for the flats on 4th is item c and then we also have item d here and Brian from economic development is here if you have questions related to this item. That community benefits program, currently has a process that would allow a 100% affordable apartments to be exempted from the processes of the community. Bennett benefits program, 5 of the arpa developments have the funding levels of construction that would have normally put them through the community benefits but they were exempted by the committee's due to the benefit of providing a 100% affordable housing. There were also 2 habitat proposals that were included in advisory committees exemption requests but those funding proposals will be coming to you at a later date that's a separate action. Sense are per request exceeded our allocation you'll you'll also be seen some future recommendations to help. With the funding One of the items Burlington post who we did not have enough of the arpa so this will be coming forward to you. In NOVEMBER. For cra funding to also with the construction of the Burlington post to development. And as I mentioned the flat on 4th should they be awarded the 9% tax credit we would anticipate them coming I believe JANUARY is when the competition is final on development and so we would know in Jan. 20 23 if we need if they've won and if we need Or we will at that point when they win need to find the 3,000,150 from various housing. That we have right now and at this point I would like to thank you for our housing champions, Florida housing Coalition award winners for the amount of arpa funds that have been allocated towards affordable housing. And if you've got any questions. A variety of staff are here to help walk you through. Council member Gerd us thank you, MADAM Chair. Stephanie thank you for the presentation. >> Is is the afford the affordability period, the same for all the projects or does it vary. That's a very good question and thank you for answering a show asking and I should mention that range anywhere from 3040 50 to 99 years it really depends on the remaining finance scene. That's involved in the developments for example. In of and bear Creek Commons both have penny for Pinellas funding and they're in the land trust. So those are permanently affordable because they received the extra funding for that and so they'll be 99 years. Those are or for the 9% tax credit will most likely be 50 years. However, if when they if it wins and they come back we could negotiate a longer amount depending on the financing that used but none of them proposed less than. I said 30 I think it's 40 years. I think 40 is the lowest years, but the others are are 50 in 99. I think that's all I have thank you. I remember Floyd. Thank And yes, councilmember dirt, it's just ask the first question I was going to ask actually I asked that question every time so I hope that in the future we can get that information and the backup material. I prefer when things are affordable for the 99 happy to hear that. 40's the minimum. Although you know when assessing this information. The costs that we're buying down the rents very strong men dissly if worst looking at it. Based off of how long it's affordable and so I don't feel I was adequately able to assess the dollar amounts presented to me because I didn't have that info so well just for that it's just I know like it's I don't know We just haven't have that every time and so I hope that going forward we can and some other questions as just want to clarify these are all rental I was confused as are some habitat for humanity selfie mentioned in there and those are not rentals those are not being funded as part of this packet they were just exempted by the community benefits advisory committee at the same time. So those proposals for funding our town homes for sale and they will come to at a separate time for that for the actual funding. Agreement related to that. But this was the exemption of going through the process and say will be all a 100% affordable ok so, but yes, the rest of these for the arpa funding the penny funding and cip funding the 7 developments that I brought to you today. Those are all rental. Okay. >> Thank you for that >> So. You mentions I think 3 of them bear Creek. You know there and I'm not even try to pronounce the name of the the beginning of the session. Yeah and sunshine has a look it's an interesting that's. To had passed city participation and one was state monies and so all 3 of them we're covering. Excuse me increased costs. Due to what we all know is going on right now with inflation and supply chains and inflation. They're also the ones closest to being able to be. >> Producing the units. I just always wonder when there's already a plan in place what what was going to happen if these funds hadn't been available to you can you speak to that at all I mean were they going to be looking for other funding sources where the project's not going to go forward I just. I always think there is a threat that they would not have moved forward, okay a case that. Yeah, I always Especially after we've assign money with the intention of getting those units and that MAY come back and ask for more, I'm a little frustrated by that too. But I do understand the situation we're in right now. The last thing I have is more general. And also one of the last thing we'll see it's more of a more general question as And it's just that all of these are income restricted. I just wonder if you or anyone can speak to. How. And maybe that there's a difference by project but how rents are affected. By am I increases that we've been seeing lately I think it was the am I in the last year for average household when about a $10,000 almost. Are we going to see swings in people's rent because of things like that or is stabilizing effect of when they get in there. I just wonder if you can speak to that at all. So the rents and incomes are floor. The developer would know they would never you have to go down. Annually rents are adjusted with the am I and published. Rent chart that the state puts that coincides with with hugs publish area median income the income and the rents are established at the 30% of each of those. Levels of income adjusted by household size. And I also believe that there is a standard Maximum and in the leases but very rarely have I seen. The the charts for the rents and incomes, jump, not and a large percentage. Ok and it still would be at 3rd set at 30% of the of the income of a household ok c. Okay Stephanie, thank you. Thank you for the question council member you're absolutely right that we never had a just eyes that that has an impact on renters I just want to give you a real life example. Where we've seen some of that happened so some of our our senior housing definitely experiences that. Recently looking at what Presbyterian towers had an increase. The average renter there is saying a $50 to a $100 increase which certainly is a lot when you're on one. A fixed income, but it's not hundreds or a $1000. I can share with you that. There are some articles in the paper this year where an example like that happened in Pasadena and our housing Authority quickly stepped up to say we're going to help solve this help allocate to the area so I think there's option should we find ourselves in a predicament where there some wild swing. But we're not talking hundreds of dollars example like you've provided. Thanks for Yeah I ask because I when Burlington post recently and I heard complaints from residents a couple of increases back to back. They were small and reasonable compared to what the market's doing, it was wheezing people and so I just wanted to know some info about that. Okay I think I'll leave it there for now I would hope in the future like that to be able to more compare. Projects as apples to apples when you have the affordability length. I can look at you know what bang for our buck we're getting I see that these are the we're funding all of the proposals we've got so this is the best we can do it this time. I'm happy to. Move forward with the Thank you. Vice chair gabbard. Thank you chair thank you, Stephanie and Amy for the presentation and the information I'm very excited too. Get this back up and be able to kind of pour over and see the incredible work and the number of units that we're able to completed with this money. You know we we allocate this money and then we wonder like how much good are we really going to be able to do and how far can we spread it and to be able to 483 units across the city. I mean I would you know point to the flats being in my district we don't get a lot of affordable housing in my district and so I'm very very glad that we're able to do this. The fact that 68% of those units are under the 60%. I think is just incredible and then to see how we're marrying