City Council Meeting

>> WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE NOVEMBER 16 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR GULFPORT FLORIDA. OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT IS GIVEN BY VICE MAYOR THANOS. FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RISING. >> I FOUND SEVERAL THINGS IN GRATITUDE, MELODY DEDE WHO IS IN OFF AUTHOR GRATITUDE MEAGAN ALDERTON FROM AN EFFORT TO MORE INTO TURNS DENIAL INTO ACCEPTANCE CONFUSION INTO CLARITY IT MAKES SENSE OF OUR PAST, BRINGS PEOPLE PEACE FOR TODAY AND CREATES A VISION FOR TOMORROW. AND WILLIE NELSON SAID WHEN I STARTED COUNTING MY BLESSINGS MY WHOLE LIFE TURNED AROUND. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ROLL CALL PLEASE CYCLIC. >> PANOS >> BROWN >> ANDERSON >> RILEY >> EVERYONE IS PRESENT. >> THE FIRST ITEM ON A JET IS OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT THIS IS FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR TO SPEAK OF THE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE LIVING SHORELINE. THIS IS FOR ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES LEAST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTERCULTURAL WITH IT. IT WILL START WITH CELESTE SHOULD HAVE FIRST. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KATHY CELESTE ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE GULFPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF 20TH AND 53RD STREET. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT EITHER IN PERSON OR IN SPIRIT AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WE HAD A FIRE IN 2018 AND IT REOPENS IN BETWEEN 19 AND THEN SLID RIGHT INTO 2020. WE LOST A LOT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS WE LOST A LOT OF OUR RECURRING DONORS AND WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL, ITEM 1 IS A TROUBLE BUT IT'S CONCERNING. OUR BOARD NUMBERS ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO FIND WAYS TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THE MUSEUM AND TO RAISE MONEY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS FIRST FRIDAY ARE TO WALK IN A DECEMBER WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LIVE AUCTION, A TINY CHRISTMAS TREES WE ARE ON A FESTIVAL OF IT MANY TREES, LOCAL ARTISTS HAVE DONATED THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS, THEY HAVE DONATED EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE TREE AND REGRETTED DOING A LIVE AUCTION IN THE COURTYARD RIGHT IN FRONT OF ESTELLA'S AT 7 O'CLOCK ON OUR TALK SO WE WOULD LOVE IT IF PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT AND BID OR JUST PASS ALONG THE WORD. OF COURSE THE OTHER THING IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT WE ARE HAVING OUR PORCH PARTY WHICH IS A FLORIDA STYLE THINGS GIVING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ATE IN FLORIDA BEFORE EUROPEANS SHOWED UP. WE WILL SERVE SOME OF THOSE FOODS THAT IS FREE FOR ANYBODY WE DO ACCEPT DONATIONS SO PLEASE SHOW UP AT ONE OR BOTH EVENTS AND AS ALWAYS WE THINK THE CITY SO MUCH FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >> IS THE FIRST FRIDAY? >> THE TREE LIVE AUCTION IS A FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK AT 7 O'CLOCK. THERE WILL BE A FACEBOOK EVENT FOR IT BECAUSE WHY WOULD THERE NOT BE? THERE IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE WORK. WE HAVE ONE ENTRY THAT'S DECORATED FOR HANUKKAH, IT WILL BE PASSED HANUKKAH BUT STILL NICE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT WANT TO SHOW OFF THEIR TREES A LITTLE BIT. >> IS VERY COOL. WHO IS NEXT? BARBARA, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> GOOD EVENING COUNSEL IN A MAYOR. BARBARA 4732, BARRY AND I ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GMC AND THE TREASURE ISLAND MADEIRA BEACH DIVERSE INFORMANT THANKED THE CITY OF GULFPORT FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID WITH THE FISHING TOURNAMENT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL IT OFF WITH DENNIS AND HIS TEAM I TELL YOU THEY ARE TOP-NOTCH. THEY ARE AMAZING. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JUSTIN SHEA WHO HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. AND OH MADDIE'S WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SPONSORS. SO I THINK THAT OVERALL WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE SUCCESS. I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF LEARNING FOR US. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT, STAY TUNED BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER AND BETTER TYPE OF EVENT TO BE FISHER. >> THE IDEA WAS TO SUPPORT THE WOUNDED WARRIORS FOUNDATION AND WE ARE TO DO CHECK PRESENTATION WAS WITH THAT DATE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF YOU LIKE TO DO THE CHECK PRESENTATION. WE ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE SUPPORT WE GOT FROM THE CITY OF GULFPORT. IT WAS NICE TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT I'M SURE THE WOUNDED WARRIORS WILL APPRECIATE IT. >> DID THEY CATCH BIG FISH? >> YES THEY CAUGHT BIG FISH. . >> I HAVEN'T >> A GOOD NIGHT AND GOODBYE. >> I WILL ASK FOR FORGIVENESS ON TIMING. I JUST WANT TO ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO THINK COUNSEL NUMBER PAUL RAY FOR WORK WITH ME AND CONDUCTING A TOWN HALL THIS PAST WEEK REGARDING THE NOISE ORDINANCE. I WOULD SAY WE HAD OVER 50 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND SOME BUSINESSES LATER IN THE WEEK PAUL AND I ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND REGROUP AND BRAINSTORM ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE PROVIDED AND I THINK IS GOING TO COME BACK AND PRESENT IT TO EVERYBODY. OVERALL I THINK WE WERE BOTH VERY HAPPY. AND LASTLY I NEEDED TO REALLY THINK MAYOR HENDERSEN FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE REBOUND PROGRAM I'M SORRY I MISSED THIS LAST MEETING BUT I COULD NOT BE PROUDER TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I WANT TO THANK CHERYL AND JUSTIN FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY OFF THERE IN GULFPORT WORLD KNOWS I WANT TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE THE CITY IS PUTTING $410,000 TO OUR RESIDENTS, $410,000 GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THERE LETTING YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THAT WHETHER IT BE YOUR WATER BILL OR YOU CAN GO UP AND SPEND IT AT ANY SMALL BUSINESS THAT SIGNS UP WITH IT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE POTENTIALLY PUTTING $410,000 BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS THAT HAVE STRUGGLED FOR THE LAST YEAR AND AND A HALF AND WE THOUGHT THE STRUGGLES MIGHT BE OVER BUT NOW WE ARE JUST FACED WITH NEW CHALLENGES. I REALLY CAN'T BE PROUDER TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT THE GULFPORT MERCHANTS CHAMBER SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES THIS PROGRAM. ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM GO OUT ON TO THE GULFPORT CITY OF GULFPORT WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR THIS. DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS IT IS MONEY COMING IN DURING CHRISTMAS. AND THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THE ONLY THING AND I THAT I WAS MOST DISAPPOINTED WITH IT WAS THAT IT WAS A 421 VOTES. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN A 5 TO 0 VOTES. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT VOTED YES ON IT. AND IT'S REASONS LIKE THIS AND EVERYTHING I SAID HERE TONIGHT THAT I LOVE THE CITY OF GULFPORT, THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MR. RODRIGUES. >> YES MY NAME IS RAY RODRIGUEZ I SPOKE APPEAR A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT THE YACHT CLUB. I WANT TO KEEP SPEAKING ABOUT THE LAWSUIT INVOLVED THE YACHT CLUB AND CEMENT THE RING. THERE'S A SECOND LAWSUIT THAT ALSO INVOLVES SAMANTHA RING AND THE CITY OF GULFPORT SO SAMANTHA RING HAS A TWO LAWSUITS WENT AGAINST THE YACHT CLUB NOW WHAT THE CLUB HAS A STOOD UP AND DEFENDED IS THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AMERICA'S AMERICANS WITH HIS ABILITY'S. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN, BUT THE JACOB SO THEY THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HANDICAPPED PEOPLE ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND WHEN I READ THROUGH THE SAMANTHA RING VERSUS THE CITY OF GULFPORT IF THE CITY ATTORNEYS WHO I'VE ASKED A NUMBER OF TIMES WHO IS DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEYS IN THIS LAWSUIT SAMANTHA RING VERSUS THE CITY OF GULFPORT OF FLORIDA NOW MR. SALZMAN SAYS IT'S ALL SECRET INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE LAWSUIT INVOLVED AND HE'S NOT GOOD TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH RESIDENTS OF GULFPORT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAWSUIT INVOLVING SAMANTHA RING IN THE CITY OF GULFPORT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEYS HAVE DONE. SAMANTHA RING MADE A CLAIM OF DISCRIMINATION. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THERE HAS BEEN 11 ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE ATTACKED SAMANTHA RING WHEN SHE STOOD UP AND SAID I AM BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB AND MY AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES. THE CITY IS PROTECTING HER IN THIS FIGHT, ALSO. WHAT I HAVE AS MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER BETWEEN THE CITY OF GULFPORT AND BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB SUPPORTING THE CITY'S DEFENSE OF THE YACHT CLUB ABILITY ABILITY TO DEFEND AGAINST DETERMINATION. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT JIM CROW LIVES AT BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB AND IT WILL DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY THAT THEY CARE TO. WHAT BOOK IS TO GET BOCA CIEGA YET CLUB WHETHER SAYING IS IT A DISTRICT COURT IN TAMPA AND SAID YES THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES. THIS WAS IN TAMPA, JUDGES SAID, BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY. IN FACT, WITH THAT DECISION THEY CAN THEN ENFORCE THE REST OF THEIR JUST COMMITTED TO PRACTICES AGAINST ANYBODY THEY WISH. IN OTHER ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR BOTH BOTH FOR BOCA CIEGA SAYS YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD AND WHITE TO BE A MEMBER OF BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB. LOOK IN THE LAWSUIT FILED WITH THE CITY. MY PROBLEM IS IT TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM IT MIGHT CITY ABOUT THIS PRIVATE LAWSUIT THAT MR. SALZMAN WILL NOT SHARE. I'VE ALSO UNEARTHED THE CRIMINAL SLUSH FUND OPERATING OUT OF BOCA CIEGA YACHT CLUB IN EXCESS OF OVER $1 MILLION. IF I COULD GET MY SUNSHINE LAW REQUESTS ANSWERED I COULD FINISH THE INVESTIGATION. DISCRIMINATION IN FLORIDA JIM CROW LIVES IN GULFPORT, FLORIDA. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. >> GOOD EVENING, I AM AMY WEINTRAUB AND WITH PROGRESS TOWARD AND WE LOTTA SUPPORTERS HERE IN GULFPORT I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU ALL WERE DISCUSSING THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS RESOLUTION AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SIGN A LETTER THAT JUERGEN IS SENT TO THE STATE ADVOCATING FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND AGAINST ANY ABORTION BANDS AND WANT TO STATE GRATITUDE ON THE HALF OF FLIRTING IS IN BEHALF OF OUR STATEWIDE COALITION FLIRTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. SAM HENDERSON AND MICHAEL YOU GUYS ARE BACK IN AT 2017 I REMEMBER SEEING ON THE STAGE WITH YOU AT THE WOMEN'S MARCH DONE AT TIMMONS LANDING AND YOU WERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN AND PAUL RAY IN APRIL WERE THERE THIS PAST OCTOBER WHEN WE DID THE WOMEN'S MARCH AGAIN AND I AM SURE GIVEN AT MANY OTHER EVENTS WHERE YOU HAVE SHOWN GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WOMEN AND EVERYONE ARE ENJOINED WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE OUR OWN LIFE PATH THROUGH MAKING OUR OWN CHOICES ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND BODY. REALLY, REALLY GREAT APPRECIATION THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO STAND UP AND TELL THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WE DO NOT, THAT ABORTION BANDS ARE BAD HEALTHCARE POLICY AND IT'S BAD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT GULFPORT RESIDENTS DESERVE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE JUST LIKE EVERYONE IN AMERICA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYONE ELSE CARE TO SPEAK IN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> MY NAME IS GREG I MET 5122 31ST AVENUE SOUTH. WHEN A CHILD BUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE. AT GOOD FEEDBACK ON MY IDEAS THAT I PRESENTED SO WANTED I DEVELOPED IT A BIT MORE SO WANTED TO SHARE IT. BASICALLY WHAT I SAID IS HOSPITALITY IS GULFPORT MAIN ECONOMIC ENGINE. WE HAVE NO HEALTH SECTOR OR TECH SECTOR NO INDUSTRY OR MANUFACTURER. IT IS HOSPITALITY AND WE MUST PROTECT IT. ON THE OTHER HAND THE BUILDINGS AND THE NECKLACE ARE DATED. THREE QUARTERS OF THE BARS OTHER DON'T HAVE WINDOWS OR DOORS. IT'S JUST EMPTY ORIFICES WITHOUT ANY GLAZING'S OR ANYTHING TO PROTECT THEM. THAT'S FROM THE 1800S. SO WHAT I PROPOSED WAS, LET ME SEE MY NOTES HERE. THE CITY UNDERWRITING IS SOME SORT OF GRANTS LIKE THE FMA FLOODPLAIN GRANTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT COVERS 75 PERCENT OF THE BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL OEDIPUS AND THEY COVER THE OTHER 25 PERCENT TO NUMBER ONE AND CLOSE IT AND PROVIDED NOISE MITIGATION STRATEGY. WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? I PROPOSED IN THE MEETING IS PARKING METERS. AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COOL TECHNOLOGY WITH PARKING METERS YOU CAN DO MOBILE-BASED PARKING METERS AND WHAT I MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS A DEMAND BASED SO ON AN EMPTY WEDNESDAY AT 3 PM IT COULD BE FREE BUT THEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR WHATEVER IT'S A TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR. SO THOSE ARE REALLY COOL TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED PARKING METERS THAT IF YOU LIKE COULD HELP GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE. AND THEN WE COULD EARMARK THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPING IN THE AREAS AFFECTED ARE THE AREAS WITH THE PARKING METERS. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A BUY-IN FOR BOTH RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THOSE EARMARKED FUNDS COULD BE GIVEN TO THE BUSINESSES TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE NOISE AND ALSO GIVE A BUY-IN FROM THE BUSINESSES AS WELL WHO WON'T BE GETTING GRANT MONEY, SO TO SPEAK. SO WHAT I DID THAT WAS WHAT I PROPOSED DURING THE NOISE ORDINANCE MEETING BUT I DID SINCE THEN AS I GOT IN TOUCH I'M A PART OF A BUNCH OF FACEBOOK GROUPS, THERE'S A GUY AT UCLA PROFESSOR DEDICATE HIS WHOLE LIFE TO ECONOMICS OF PARKING. I ASKED IN THE FACEBOOK GROUP WHAT IS THE BEST PARKING CONSULTANCY WHO CAN WHO IS UP WITH THE GRANTS AND UP WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THEY SAID ATHENA. I REACHED OUT TO THEM AND HE SAID THE CITIES COULD COST $10-$20,000 WITH THAT YOU WILL GET A GOOD IDEA OF HOW MUCH REVENUE YOU CAN GENERATE AS WELL AS IF THERE ANY GRANTS AVAILABLE TO FINANCE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I WANT TO PRESENT THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD IDEA. ACTUALLY THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES THAT CAME AT ME LATER. AND THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. SO I WANT TO PRESENT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AT 1020 TIM BUT ONLY THREE MINS TO PRESENT. SO THAT IS THAT. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, HOW YOU DOING? >> HI I WILL BE REALLY QUICK. JONATHAN 4791 BAYWOOD POINTE DRIVE. 25 YEARS IN GULFPORT JUST A QUICK COMMENT I AM A LIFELONG SAILOR, FORMER PROFESSIONAL CAPTAIN I BELONGED TO A ONE A YACHT CLUB IN MY LIFE. THE OTHER THING IS I AM A SCREAMING LIFELONG LIBERAL DEMOCRAT UNAPOLOGETIC WHO DROVE TO THE WOMEN'S MARCH IN DC, WHO WAS ACTUALLY MY BROTHER, MY OLDER BROTHER WAS THERE TO SEE MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEAK IN 1963 AND A DC. I AM GOING TO MIX THOSE TWO OKAY AS A PROUD LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WHO BELIEVES STRONGLY IN THE NEED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS I AM ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF BC YC. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY ON THE LINE? OH, I MISSED HER HAND, YES. HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL MY NAME IS I'M A RESIDENT EQUALITY FLORIDA 446 MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF GULFPORT. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS LETTER THAT AFFIRMS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION. DECIDING TO HAVE AN ABORTION IS A PERSONAL CHOICE BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT SHOULD BE FREE FROM GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. AMID THE CONTINUED ONSLAUGHT AGAINST RE-PRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE MANY CITIES IN FLORIDA HAVE IT RECOGNIZE BOTH THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND ABILITY TO COMMIT TO BE PRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. LOCAL LEADERS MUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY STAND ON THE SIDE OF REPRODUCTION FREEDOM AND PURSUE PROACTIVE MEMBERS MEASURES TO PROTECT ACCESS IN OUR COMMUNITY'S. LAST MONTH TEXAS SENATE BILL EIGHT THAT WOULD BE IN A NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS IN TEXAS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LEGAL PRECEDENT AND TO MAKE A PATH PERSIST OVER READ PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE ALREADY SEEN A SIMILAR BILL INTRODUCED IN FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE AND ANTIABORTION ATTACKS HAVE BEEN HAVING ACROSS THE STATE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE YOURSELVES TO SPEAK OUT AND PLEDGE A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO ABORTION AND EVERY PRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. OFFICIALS IN VARIOUS CITIES IN FLORIDA INCLUDING YOUR SISTER CITY SAINT PETE AND GAINESVILLE HAVE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. IN RESPONSE TO THESE ANTIABORTION ATTACKS. THE MAJORITY OF GULFPORT RESIDENTS SUPPORT RE-PRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO JOIN THESE CITIES AND TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT PRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS AND FREEDOM BY SIGNING ONTO THE LETTER TO COMMIT TO PROTECT ACCESS TO ABORTION. NEXT THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE ON THE LINE? X NO. >> THAT BRINGS US TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CARE TO ADDRESS IN YOUR REPORT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT YOU ARE FREE TO DO SO NOW SAME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. OTHERWISE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I WILL REFER TO CITY ATTORNEY IN REGARDS TO THE YACHT CLUB. AS THEY PROCEED IN THEIR APPEAL PROCESS WE HAVE NO COMMENT ON OCCURRING LITIGATION. IN A VERY POSITIVE NOTE, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND IF POSSIBLE WHAT WE ARE REALIZING AND BEING CONTACTED BY VARIOUS GROUPS IS THAT SOME OF THE ART GROUPS OPERATE AS A NONPROFIT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE REBOUND PROGRAM AND TO NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY. DUE TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY ART WITH THERE, IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS. >> AS LONG AS YOU AS THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DON'T FORESEE AN ISSUE WITH DOING THAT, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE. >> COULD WE INCLUDE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY? >> YES, MA'AM. >> ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? >> SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE TO THE BUSINESSES TO PLEASE SIGN UP, PLEASE CONTACT US OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE TO PLACE A SIGN OF THE PARTICIPANT THIS IS FOR YOUR BENEFIT PLEASE SIGN UP. WE ARE TRYING TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CONVENIENCE STORE TO THE ART GALLEY, PLEASE STAND UP. >> THANK YOU AND AGREED. IT'S MONEY THAT CAN ONLY BE SPENT HERE IN TOWN BY GULFPORT RESIDENTS. CUT >> HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO WE HAVE IN TOWN? >> 422 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> WE SENT OUT 239 LETTERS TO BUSINESSES. >> 232, I BELIEVE. >> WE HAVE HAD 23 RESPONSE. >> 24. WE KEEP PROMOTING IT AND I DON'T MERELY TALK TO LOOK AT TODAY. JUST GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND ENDED THE BUSINESSES IF YOU ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. THANK YOU. I WILL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. >> I HAVE COORDINATES 2021 I PROPOSAL PURSUANT TO YOUR DIRECTION REGARDING FIREWORKS THIS WOULD PROHIBIT FIREWORKS PAST 11 PM ON ANY OF THE DESIGNATED STATE HOLIDAYS. IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES WE CAN PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> AM I READING THIS WRONG? IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS YOU CAN'T SHOOT THEM OFF UNTIL 11 PM. >> YOU HAVE TO READ EXCEPT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE. >> EXCEPT ON ESTATE DESIGNATED HOLIDAYS UNTIL 11 PM. >> THANK YOU DO YOU NEED DIRECTION ON THIS TONIGHT? >> IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO THE CITY CLERK TO PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE. >> WITH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL WILL PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. >> SOUNDS GOOD. EXCELLENT, ANYTHING ELSE THE CITY ATTORNEY? >> WE PREVIOUSLY STATED WITH THE POSITION I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A MISDATED INFORMATION OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE INSURANCE WHICH IS DEFENDING THE CITY AND THEN WE HAVE ATTORNEYS THAT DEFEND THE CITY BASED ON OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. >> THANK YOU SIR, CITY CLERK'S REPORT. >> NOTE REPORT. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 19, 2021. >> MOTION. >> MOTION BE ACCEPTED CONSENT AGENDA. >> A PERSON A SECOND SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BEGINNING WITH RESOLUTION 20 WENT 21? 84. >> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH KELLY DC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR CANOPY REPAIR AT THE MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTER. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS? >> MOTION ON 20 2184 >> CONSTRUCTION REPAIR TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE AREA AND IN THE FRONT AREA OF THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. AND AT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TO THE PROJECT MS. NICHOLS IS HERE THIS EVENING. >> COUNSEL OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. WE WILL CALL THE VOTES. >> VICE MAYOR THANOS >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> YES >> MAYOR HENDERSEN >> YES >> AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT RECOGNIZE INCREASED REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF FUEL AT THE MARINA AND OFFSETTING WHOLESALE COST OF THE FUEL. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION EXCEPT. >> SECOND >> VERSUS SECOND CITY MANAGER. >> THIS INITIATIVE ACTION UNDER THE FACT THAT AS A RESULT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WE SAW A MUCH GREATER USE OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES RELATED AS THE MARINA PROVIDES THEY SOLD ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FUEL AND EXCEEDED HIS PURCHASE COST THE VOLATILITY OF FUEL PRICES HE SPENT MORE THAN THAT HE WAS BUDGETED FOR SO WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT THIS ADJUSTMENT IS OFFSET BY REVENUE HE DID SELL THE FUEL THAT HE BOUGHT. >> VERY SIMPLE. COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? CALL THE VOTE. >> VICE MAYOR THANOS >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> YES >> MAYOR HENDERSEN >> YES >> PASSES. >> AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH SHOEMAKER ADVISORS OF HER MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET A MINUTE. LEX ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION >> SECOND >> VERSE IN A SECOND CITY MANAGER. LEX AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IDENTIFYING FUNDING MECHANISMS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THE FIRST ONE IS A RESULT OF THE RFP WE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED WAS THE RETENTION OF HEART SUCK ASSOCIATES COMPANY FOR THE FUNDRAISING MANAGEMENT. THE SIZABLE IN DENVER BUT BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLEARLY THE FIRST STEP WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPLACE THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE SECOND IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN HARTSOOK TO PERFORM THAT TASK? YOU WILL SEE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO GENERATING REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. RACHEL OUR SENIOR CENTER SUPERVISOR AND MR. JASON WOULD OF HARTSOOK ARE HERE TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REGARDS TO THIS ENDEAVOR. >> COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WILL BEGIN WITH THE VICE MAYOR. >> I HAD A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AND I HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN LEARN THEM IN. I WAS CONCERNED THAT IN HIS PROPOSAL HE TALKS ABOUT THE BOARD BUT WE DON'T HAVE ABORTED TO THE SENIOR CENTER. THERE IS A SENIOR CENTER FOUNDATION BUT THAT IS SEPARATE. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WE WILL HAVE, MAYBE ALL THAT YOU EXPLAIN WILL HAVE THE COUNCIL EXPAND THE PROCESS. >> HAPPY TO DO SO, THANK YOU. THE INTENT IS WITHOUT THE REALLY BEEN A BOARD FOR THE SENIOR CENTER IS THAT YOU WILL LEVERAGE BOTH THE ROLE OF U.S. COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS THE BOARD ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THE SENIOR CENTER. TO HELP IN THIS EFFORT. BEEN ABLE TO HELP IDENTIFY AND CONNECT US TO INDIVIDUALS OR FOUNDATIONS OR CORPORATIONS THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT WOULD ALIGN IN FUNDING FOR THIS EFFORT. THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY A CAMPAIGN CHAIR OR CO-CAMPAIGN CHAIR AS WELL AS AN HONORARY CHAIR AND PUTTING TOGETHER FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE TO HELP FUND RAISE THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WILL BE RAISED. IF YOU REMEMBER THE STUDY WE PRESENTED WE DIVIDE IN THEIR WHAT THAT ROLE OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE AS WELL AS JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND POTENTIAL NAMES FOR THAT GROUP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FROM OUR PREVIOUS WORK. >> YOU SAID IT WOULD PROBABLY BE 11 TO 13 PEOPLE. LEX SOMETIMES WE GET ABOVE THAT NUMBER COULD BE TOUGH TO MANAGE ABOVE 13. >> AND THEN ANOTHER THING I HAD SEEN IN THERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED WAS A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND A CAMPAIGN CHAIR WHICH THIS ADDRESSES. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE DOING A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ON ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE POTENTIAL DONORS AS WELL AS WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE. AND WE DID CHECK WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD HAD SIMILAR PROJECTS WITH AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOMES. AND THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE REGISTERED TO SOLICIT FUNDS AND WE ARE. THE OTHER CONCERN I HAD WAS THAT DURING KANSAS CITY THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW OUR AREA AND THAT IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN ANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED AND THAT THEY DID CHANGE FROM THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT THEY WILL HAVE A PERSON HERE 6 TO 8 DAYS A MONTH TO PHYSICALLY BE HERE TO DEAL WITH MEETING PEOPLE, HELPING MANAGE THINGS. SO I FELT MUCH BETTER ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND SAM, YOU ARE RIGHT, IF YOU SPEND EVEN IF IT'S TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS IF YOU SPEND UNDER 500,000 TO RAISE WHAT NOW WE THINK IS 11.6 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW SENIOR CENTER THAT IS STILL MONEY WELL SPENT. THEY DID A REEVALUATION BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS 10 MILLION AND THEN WE WERE THINKING IT COULD BE UP TO 15 MILLION WHICH IT COULD BE BUT FOR RIGHT NOW THEY HAD A REEVALUATION AND IT WOULD BE 11.6 MILLION TO BUILD WHAT WE PROPOSED. THAT WOULD BE A LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING AND DURING THE PROCESS WE WILL ALSO REFINE WHAT IT IS WE WANT THE SENIOR CENTER TO DO FOR US AND REFINE DIFFERENT ASPECTS ABOUT IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED AND WHETHER WE NEED A BIGGER FITNESS CENTER AND A SMALLER THIS OR WHATEVER. SO THERE WAS TO BE INPUT ON HOW IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY BUILT. SO THOSE WERE THE THINGS I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT AND WHAT I FOUND OUT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> THE 11.6 MILLION THAT THE VICE MAYOR SUGGESTED IS NOT JUST FROM A PRIVATE DONORS IS THAT FROM ALL THREE TOGETHER? >> WE WOULD LOOK TO GENERATE FROM THREE OPTIONS. >> WHAT IS THE DURATION OF A CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS? >> ON AVERAGE, MOST CAMPAIGNS TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS SO 24 TO 36 MONTHS. THAT'S DEPENDENT ON WHERE WE SEE SOMETHING'S POTENTIALLY FALLING BASED OFF OF THE STUDY. YOU CAN GO FASTER OR SLOWER A LOT DEPENDS ON WHERE SOME OF THOSE ELITE GIFTS WILL FALL IN THIS EFFORT. AND I DON'T THERE IS SOME TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL EARMARKS AND OTHER THINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE SCHEDULES ARE THAT CAN HELP PROPEL A CAMPAIGN. DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU GET TO THE EFFORT IS WHERE WE WANT TO TYPICALLY PUBLICLY WE WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOU GET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.50 TO 60 SOMETIMES 75 PERCENT BEFORE YOU ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY. YOU ARE IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT POSITION WITH THE BEEN SUCH A PUBLIC TYPE CAMPAIGN. IT PUTS THE PRESSURE ON IT TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL HERE. I WOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE HAD WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED THE STUDY BACK IN FEBRUARY 2020 I WILL TELL YOU FROM OUR EXPERIENCE SO FAR IN THE WORK THAT GIVING HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVING IT A LARGER SCALE EVEN IN 2020 IT WAS STILL OVER $400 BILLION GIVEN AWAY BY INDIVIDUALS. SO THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF INTEREST. WE'VE DONE A REFRESH ON THE STUDY TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE LEAD FUNDERS AND DONORS THAT WE HAD TALKED TO. WE STILL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE EXPECTED OUTCOME. I THINK JUERGEN ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE SOME GREATER RETURNS ON ESTATE IN LEXINGTON GIVES THAT WERE NOT PROBABLY AS PREDICTED AS MUCH AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN THE STUDY. >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAY. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ON THE GOING FORWARD AND I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY ON MAKING SURE THIS BECOMES A REALITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME I AM SURE I WILL IN THE FUTURE BUT NOT NOW. >> TO RESTATE WHAT I SAID THIS APPROACH OF GOING WITH HARTSOOK AND TRYING TO FIND THAT MONEY THROUGH PRIVATE DONORS AND ALSO THROUGH THE AVENUES OF GOING THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVIDENCE I THINK IS GOING TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING AND THIS WILL BE A GIFT TO OUR CURRENT SENIORS AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING UP AND PART OF THE NET COMMUNITY THAT SERVES ALL AGES. I AM A VERY HAPPY WERE DOING THIS AND I HOPE IT'S A SUCCESSFUL AS WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US GET THE JOB DONE. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NO ONE. MR. MATHER. >> NO >> WILL CALL THE VOTE >> VICE MAYOR THANOS >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> YES >> MAYOR HENDERSEN >> YES. CARRIES THE PASSAGE. >> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH SHOEMAKER ADVISORS ORDER POLICY FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET A MINUTE. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION TO ACCEPT >> SECOND >> FIRST THE SECOND CITY MANAGER >> MAYOR THIS IS FOR THE STATE LEVEL LOBBYISTS AND CONSULTANT WORK YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS INFORMALLY SASUKE HAS IT ABSORBED INTO SHOEMAKER AND ASSOCIATES. THIS IS MORE WIDE IN SCOPE THAN JUST THE SENIOR MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTER. THIS FIRM HAS ALSO HELPED US WE MADE A WATER LINE ASK TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE TOWN OF SHORT WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THEY WILL BE HELPING US WITH OUR RESILIENCY GRANT. THEY KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO TALK TO AS IT GETS RANKED AND RATED. WE EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THEIR USE BUT PRIMARILY THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO SEEK LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. >> COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> I WANT TO MENTION THAT I HEARD TODAY ABOUT THE GOVERNOR PROPOSING OUR PASSING A BIG GRANT, BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR RESILIENCY STUDY. THAT SHOULD ENABLE US TO GET SOME OF THAT. THAT WAS NICE TO HEAR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> NO >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE ON THE LINE? >> NO >> YOU HAVE ONE IN THE BACK. >> I JUST NOTICED A BIG DESIGN FLAW IN MY OPINION IT IS TWO STORIES. I DON'T KNOW WHY AT SENIOR CENTER WOULD BE TWO STORIES. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELEVATOR BUT IF THERE ARE 30 PEOPLE CLAMORING ON AN ELEVATOR TO GO PLAY BINGO IS GOING TO BE A LONG WAIT. WHEN I SAW THAT, I SAW THAT IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS IS ALL THE RENDERINGS BECAUSE OF THEIR WITH MY WIFE LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR HER MOTHER TO HANG OUT AT. SOON AS I SAW THAT I'VE SAID THIS IS THE PREMIER ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT I FELT YOU HAVE A DESIGN FOR THE PEOPLE USING IT NOT WHAT YOU WANT. I SAW THAT AND I WAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE $9 BILLION REMODEL FEE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OVERSIGHTS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. >> MILLION >> SORRY >> I DIDN'T WANT TO FREAK ANYBODY OUT OF THE GIVER SPENDING A BILLION. >> I SO THAT AND IT'S ONLY A 35-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY BLOCK BUILDING IT'S A NICE BUILDING ON A SLAB I FEEL LIKE A LOT COULD BE DONE WITH AN INSIGHTFUL ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO REMODEL IT AS WELL AS BUILD AN ADDITION. I WANT TO SAY THAT AND ALSO I KNOW IF I WERE SENIOR I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE USING AN ELEVATOR TO GO UPSTAIRS UNTO STORIES I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EGREGIOUS FLAW IN THE DESIGN. >> CAN I ADDRESS THAT? >> LET'S GET A PUBLIC COMMENT IN AND THEN WE WILL WRAP UP WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ON THE LINE? >> NO >> GREG AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY AND I BROUGHT IT UP IN MY MEETING AND AT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE A SINGLE-STORY BUILDING THAT WOULD THEN BE POSSIBLY HAVE TO TAKE UP THE SPACE THAT THE SENIOR CENTER CURRENTLY HAS AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE PARKING SPACE EITHER IN FRONT OR BEHIND IT TO GIVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS NEEDED. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO KEEP USING THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THE COUPLE OF YEARS IT COULD TAKE TO DO CONSTRUCTION THAT IS WHY THEY DECIDED TO BUILD IT IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT AND TO MAKE IT TWO STORIES SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THEY NEEDED WITHOUT TAKING DOWN THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER AND NOT HAVING THE PROGRAMS FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE SINGLE-STORY BUT THAT IS WHY THEY DID THAT. >> ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMENTS QUESTIONS? CALL A VOTE. >> VICE MAYOR THANOS >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> YES >> MAYOR HENDERSEN >> YES. MOTION CARRIES. >> RESOLUTION 20 2088 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER TO CONTRACT WITH THORNE RUNNING PARTNERS FOR FEDERAL ALLEGEDLY OF CONSULTANT AND ADVISORY SERVICES IN PROVING THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET A MINUTE. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION >> MOTION EXCEPT >> SECOND >> FIRST AND SECOND CITY MANAGER IT'S ALL YOURS. >> THIS IS A FEDERAL ASPECT OF HER ASKED. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH MR. BURNS WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOU AND I SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE PROJECT FUNDED AND THEY ALSO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN INVITING AND HE ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITHIN CONGRESS MINUTE DAVID JOLLEY WHO SUPPORTED OUR ENDEAVORS. WE LOOK FOR THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM CONGRESS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AT THIS TIME. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS COUNSEL? PUBLIC COMMENT? THIS IS AN EFFORT FOR US TO TRY TO PULL MONEY FROM ALL QUARTERS TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. >> WE USE THEM BEFORE RIGHT? >> YES, MR. BURNS THIS IS A DIFFERENT FIRM, SAME GENTLEMAN. >> PUBLIC COMMENT. SEE NO ONE, ANYONE ON THE LINE >> NOTE >> CALL THE VOTE >> VICE MAYOR THANOS >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY >> YES >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> YES >> MAYOR HENDERSEN >> YES. CARRIES THE PASSAGE. I WILL TURN IT TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THIS DISCUSSION. >> WHEN IT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED MYSELF TO MAKE APPLICATIONS WITH RESILIENCY TYPE GRANT FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO WHAT WE ARE CALLING NOW PHASE 1 OF THE BREAKWATER AREA MR. REESE IS HERE THIS EVENING WE SPOKE AT THAT TIME THAT COUNSEL WOULD SEE THE PROJECT BEFORE IT WAS BUILT OR ANYTHING I WANTED TO BRING YOU BECAUSE OF THE SHORT DEADLINES FOR THE MONIES THAT VICE THAT VICE MAYOR THANOS, I WANTED TO BRING FORTH WHAT WE HAVE SUITED OF COURSE THIS IS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION SO OF COURSE WE CAN MAKE CHANGES BUT WE HAD TO GIVE A DRAFT PROJECT TO THE STATE FOR CONSIDERATION. MR. REESE, TOM REESE. >> WELCOME BACK HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THANK YOU MY NAME IS TOM REESE SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GET THE FUNDING TO PUT A LIVING SHORELINE IN. I LIKE TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE WE ARE SO FAR. EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT? TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNT OF WATERS AROUND US THERE IS A LOT OF WATER SOUTH OF US AND THAT MEANS THERE IS A LOT OF OPEN WATER FETCH AND SO THE ENERGY CAN COME UP FROM THAT DIRECTION. THE SAME IF YOU HEAR WITH THE AERIAL PUT ON TOP OF IT YOU CAN SEE OTHER PARTS OF IT PINELLAS COUNTY GIVE A NICE PRESERVE RIGHT NEXT YOU, CLAN IT BY YOU, AS GOOD POINT, ALL THESE PROJECTS PUT IN OVER THE YEARS SO YOU HAVE SOME RESILIENCY FROM THAT SIDE BUT FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THERE ARE ISSUES WITH OPEN WATER. I AM, SORRY, IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LAND THAT PROTECTS THE MARINA ITSELF. THAT IS THE ONLY PROTECTION FOR THAT MARINA IF THAT WAS NOT THERE YOU COULD NOT HAVE THIS MARINA. SO THAT IS SLOWLY ERODING AWAY BECAUSE OF A WAVE ENERGY. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT TO PUT A PROJECT TOGETHER THAT IS FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING TO FIX THAT AND RESTORE AND PROVIDE RESILIENCY VERSUS APPLYING FOR GRANTS WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO GET FUNDING INTO ACTUALLY PUT IT IN THE GROUND. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION YOU TOGETHER FOR THIS AREA SO YOU CAN PUT IN THE RIGHT TO DESIGN, NOT OVERDESIGNED IT BUT TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION YOU WANT. THESE AREAS ARE DATA POINTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE USE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS ARE OUT HERE TO PROTECT FROM. SO FOR GULFPORT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME DATA THAT GOES FROM 1972 EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THAT WIND WAS WHAT INTENSITY WHAT DIRECTION. WE HAVE 40 YEARS OF INFORMATION ON THAT AND THE WATER LEVEL AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE SO WE CAN ANALYZE THE CURRENT SITUATION. THIS IS SOME OF THE GRAPHS THAT COME OUT OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ORANGE THAT'S THE NORMAL WINDS ON AVERAGE PER YEAR AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHEN WE HAVE HIGH WINDS, HURRICANES, GETTING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR OR THE MORE RECENT ONES ABOVE 70 MILES PER HOUR. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW NOT ONLY THE INTENSITY BUT THE FREQUENCY OF WHEN THESE HAPPEN AND AS WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DATA AROUND FROM THE VARIOUS AIRPORTS THESE GRAPHS HERE INDICATE THE PREDOMINANT DIRECTION INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY OF THE WIND. WHAT YOU WILL SEE THEY ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING THAT THE MOST INTENSE NORMAL WINDS ARE COMING FROM THE NORTH WEST. THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU GUYS, YOU ARE PROTECTED FROM THE NORTHWEST BY CLAM BY YOU, THE WINDS CAN COME IN FROM EVERY DIRECTION. THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HAPPENS FROM OTHER DIRECTIONS. SO YOU CAN TAKE THE AVERAGES OF ALL THESE DATA SETS AND EVERY 10 YEAR FREQUENCY ON AVERAGE YOU HAVE ALMOST A 60 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND IN THIS AREA AND EVERY 25 YEARS IT'S ABOVE 70 MILES PER HOUR. KNOWING THAT WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENERGY WE HAVE TO PROTECT FROM AND SO THIS IS ALL PART OF THE COASTAL CONDITIONS ANALYSIS OF COASTAL ENGINEER. SO WITH THAT INFORMATION WE PUT IT INTO MODELS. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS CALLED WAVE 98 AND ASSIMILATE THE CONDITIONS AND WHEN SHE CAN SIMULATE THESE ACCURATELY DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND TO KNOW WHICH ONE WILL HOLD UP. SO WE DON'T OVERDESIGNED AND DON'T UNDER DESIGN. SO WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU HERE ON THE GRAPH ON THE BOTTOM IS THAT THE BIGGEST WIND OR THE MOST FETCH ENERGY IS FROM 250 DEGREES. THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHERE THE PREVAILING WINDS ARE BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP A HURRICANE COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AND IF IT DOES IT HAS ALL THAT OPEN WATER FETCH WHICH BRINGS BIG WAVES IN. ALTHOUGH WE ARE PROTECTED FROM ONE SIDE YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THAT IS WHAT WE MODELED FOR IS A WORST-CASE SCENARIO SO THAT IT DOES COME FROM THAT DIRECTION YOU ARE PROTECTED. THIS MODELING WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MODELING RIGHT NOW. I CAN GIVE YOU PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT IF YOU ARE THINKING YOU COULD JUST PUT SOME 35 POUND OYSTER BAGS OUT THERE LIKE THAT WAS DONE IN PARTS OF THE BAY, IT WILL NOT HOLD. YOU'LL NEED MORE WEIGHT. SO FOR THE GRANTS WE HAD A SIMILAR GRAPHIC TO THIS THIS WAS BEFORE WE HAD ALL THIS MODELING DONE BUT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. THE MODEL IS VERIFYING THAT. THIS IS A PENINSULA AND WHAT WE SEE OUT HERE ON THESE FIGURES AND THESE ARRAYS ARE WHAT ARE CALLED OYSTER DOMES THEY ARE MADE OF CONCRETE THAT ARE PH SENSITIVE TO THE WATER. THEY HAVE HOLES IN THEM AND THEY WORKED REALLY WELL FOR FISH AND STUFF LIKE THAT BUT THEY ALSO DISSIPATE THE WAVE ENERGY. THOSE ARE DOUBLE ROWS OF THOSE ON THE FRONT SIDE. THE LIGHT GREEN LINE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT IS A SEAGRASS MAP THAT WE DID IN 21 THAT CONSTANTLY MOVES BUT WE MOVE THE STRUCTURES SO THERE OUT OF SEAGRASS AND MAKES IT EASIER TO PERMIT WE DON'T WHEN IMPACT RESOURCES WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT RESOURCES. THE MODEL WILL TELL US HOW HEAVY THEY ARE THESE OYSTER DOMES CAN BE AS SMALL AS 65 POUNDS OR UP TO 400 POUNDS SO THE MODEL SHOWS WHICH ONE, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT ONE YET. WE WILL HAVE THAT ANSWER. BEHIND THOSE AND THOSE BLUE AREAS THOSE ARE OYSTER BAGS. THERE ARE REASONS FOR PRINTING THEM IN THE OYSTER DOMES WILL PROTECT YOU BUT THE OYSTER BAGS WILL ALLOW OYSTERS TO GROW IN THEM AND THEY GROW WITH SEA LEVEL RISE SO YOU HAVE A GROWING SEE WHAT BEHIND THEM, SO TO SPEAK, TO TAKEN WAVE ENERGY THAT GOES BEYOND THOSE. THE GREEN POLYGONS UP THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE ARE FOR PLANTING AREAS. WE REALLY LOVE TO GET CITIZENS OUT HERE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE AND HELP WITH THIS PROJECT IN AND PUT THE PLANTS IN. SO THAT IS OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN RIGHT NOW WITH HIS CURRENT DESIGN WE ARE NOT IMPACTING ANY SEAGRASS OR LIVING OYSTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THIS WILL PROVIDE PROTECTION AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT WHICH WEIGHT TO PUT INTO THOSE. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE I HAVE SOME PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE. NO TWO PROJECTS ARE THE SAME I WAS AT A PROJECT THAT WAS JUST LIKE THIS SO I COULD SHOW YOU BUT THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THIS IS OFF OF MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE THAT IS EIGHT MILES OF OPEN WATER FETCH. THEY HAVE FOUR ROWS OF THESE OYSTER DOMES ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT. YOU WOULD ONLY NEED TO. BEHIND THAT WAS A SAND BEFORE THEY PUT THESE IN AND WE PUT THE PLANTING END. YOU CAN SEE HOW NICELY THE MARSH HAS GROWN AND BEHIND IT IT'S COMPLETELY COALESCED IS HOLDING UP TO ALL KINDS OF STORMS. WE KNOW THESE WORK IF THEY ARE MODELED RIGHT. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH ALONG MACDILL WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTED AND WE CAN USE OYSTER BAGS AND THAT IS WHAT THAT ARETE IN THE WATER IS IS OYSTER BAGS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER FOR MANY YEARS THERE KIND OF DARK LOOKING BUT THEY'RE WORKING AND BEHIND IT IT PROVIDES WATERS TO PROTECT THE PLANTS AND THAT IS WHAT ULTIMATELY PROTECTS THE SHORELINE AND GET THE MANGROVES BACK IN. SO THAT IS IT I DON'T HAVE A VERY MUCH MORE TO SHOW YOU. EXCEPT IT WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I DID PUT ONE EXTRA SLIDE IN HERE JUST TO THE REASON WHY BUT THE OYSTER BAGS AND. THESE ARE WHAT OYSTERS WILL DO. THEY WILL KEEP GROWING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SALINITY THEY WILL DO THAT SO THEY LITERALLY CAN OUTPACE SEA LEVEL RISE. THAT IS THE INTENT TO HAVE SOME OF THIS MATERIAL OUT HERE. THERE IS ALWAYS A CONCERN ABOUT NEW SHED PART OF THAT BREAKWATER HAS MANGROVES ON IT SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE'S HOUSE OR YOUR VIEW FOR THE CITY IS BLOCKED BUT WE CAN PUT INTO THE DESIGN IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH VIEW SHED THAT YOU CAN TRIM MANGROVES PER STATE REGULATIONS. YOU WANT THEM TO BE THERE. YOU DON'T WANT 28 FEET TALL, EITHER. THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK IN 10 YEARS AND GET ANOTHER PERMIT TO USE THAT, IT WILL BE BUILT IN. >> WAS AT A LOW TECH SHOT? >> YES. THEY WILL BE MOSTLY UNDERWATER. IF THERE WAS NO SEAGRASS WE COULD PUT THEM INTO THE PERFECT DEPTH FOR THEM IS THERE UNDERWATER FOR HALF THE DAY AND STICKING OUT. WE HAVE TO AVOID IT SEAGRASS WHICH MEANS WE WILL BE CLOSER AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE. BUT THEY WAS TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION. THERE WILL BE A PIECE OF THEM HIGHER STICKING OUT BECAUSE THE SEAGRASS IS SO CLOSE. >> WHAT ARE THE PLANTINGS WILL THOSE BE MANGROVES? >> WE TYPICALLY DO NOT PLAN TO MANGROVES THERE ARE PLENTY OF MANGROVES SEEDLINGS IN THIS AREA. WE ARE LOSING OUR MARSHES TO MANGROVES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT FREEZES HERE LIKE WE STEP 30 YEARS AGO. WE USUALLY RECOMMEND MARSH GRASSES AND THEN THE MANGROVES WILL COME IN ON THEIR OWN. THEY WILL DO THEIR NATURAL SUCCESSION. IT IS CHEAPER, EASIER FOR VOLUNTEERS TO GET INVOLVED AND THAT PROVIDES A HABITAT TYPE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OF HAVING A MARSH. CLAM BAYOU AND OSGOOD POINT WE PLAN THOSE. NOW LOOK AT THEM THEY ARE FULL OF MANGROVES BUT FOR YEARS THEY HAD A MARSH HABITAT AND THAT PROVIDES A DIFFERENT HABITAT VALUES FOR DIFFERENT CRITTERS. >> WHAT KIND OF HABITAT IS THAT FOR WHAT KIND OF CREATURES? >> A LOT MORE BIRDS AS OPPOSED TO THE MANGROVES THEY WILL HAVE BIRDS ROOSTING AND SITTING AND EVEN NESTING. WHEN YOU HAVE THE MARSH YOU GET THE WAITING BIRDS AND IT PROVIDES A DIFFERENT HABITAT, MICHAEL HABITAT FOR CRITTERS LIKE FISH AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. ONE MORE. WHEN YOU SAID YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE TOP WHEN YOU WERE TALKING. I SEE THE GREEN LINE IT NOW. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT WAS FOR? ASK THAT IS THE LANDWARD LIMIT OF THE SEAGRASS. >> YOU SEE THE START AREA THIS REPRESENTS SEAGRASS AND THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS A DARK HOLE HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE SEAGRASS BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW IS GO OUT THERE AND MAP IT. SO WE DIDN'T HEAR AND IT IS IN LATE SUMMER. SO THAT LINE IT REPRESENTS THE SEAGRASS BEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE. >> WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO OVERBUILD? >> IT COST A LOT MORE MONEY. YOU CAN FIND THE WEIGHT FOR THE STRUCTURES THAT THESE WAVES AND ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE WILL WITHSTAND THOSE TYPES OF STORMS THEN WHY SPEND IT DOUBLE? AS SOON AS YOU GET TO THE HIGHER WEIGHT OF THESE THINGS IT COST DOUBLES. >> I WAS A THING ABOUT THAT WAS THAT ABOUT PROTECTION. I WAS OUT THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THERE IS A SEAWALL WITH THE SEAWALL STAY THERE? WHAT ABOUT THE STUFF JUST OUTSIDE THE SEAWALL IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SOME CONCRETE BLOCKS AND BRICKS AND STUFF IS GREAT WILL YOU CLEAN THAT OUT OR IS IT GOING TO STAY? >> IF THEY ARE OUT THERE WITH NOTHING ON THEM WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THEM OUT. THEY ARE NOT SLIGHTLY LOOKING BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE OYSTERS THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE WE CHECKED THE OYSTERS THAT HAPPEN TO BE OUT THERE GROWING THAT MANY WERE ALIVE. IF THEY GET TOO MUCH FRESHWATER WHICH THEY GET A LOT OF INFLOW FROM CLAM BAYOU THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM. BUT A FEW YEARS LATER WHEN THE SOLIDITY'S ARE RIGHT THEY WILL COME BACK. WE BELIEVE THOSE BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT HARD SUBSTRATE ALONG THE SHORELINE BUT IF IT'S JUST PIECES OF BRICK AND STUFF WITH NOTHING ON IT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PART OF CLEANUP. >> THERE IS SOME ODD LOOKING THINGS OUT THERE. I NOTICED THERE IS MORE MANGROVES ON THE INSIDE OF THE HARBOR THERE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE IS THAT OKAY? >> THAT IS OKAY THE ONLY REASON THERE'S NOT MORE IS IT'S GETTING TOO DEEP. IT DROPS PRETTY QUICK AND THERE FOR THE MARINA AND SO THAT IS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERIES OVER 20 YEARS OF THE MANGOES HAVE REALLY GROWN. THERE KEEP THEM FROM GROWING ANY BETTER HAS BEEN THE WAVE ENERGY. THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT AND NOW YOU HAVE THE MANGROVES A LITTLE HEALTHIER ON THE FRONT SIDE. ON THE WATER SIDE. >> I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK. >> CAN ASK ANOTHER ONE, TOO? >> LET ME HAVE EVERY ONE HAVE OF HER SHEPHERD COUNCIL MEMBER RAY. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IS THAT THESE THING WORK AS WATER PURIFICATION AS WELL. ON A MASSIVE SCALE. I HAVE WORKED WITH THE TAMPA BAY WATCH WHEN WE DID THAT PROJECT AND THEY DID A LOT OF THE OYSTER DOMES AND OYSTER BAGS. >> I WILL ADD THAT'S A GOOD POINT I WAS SKIPPING OVER THAT. IT'S THE WATER QUALITY IS WHAT WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BESIDES THE PROTECTION AS WATER QUALITY ONE OYSTER CAN FILTER 50 GALLONS A DAY EACH SINGLE OYSTER. SO YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF OYSTERS WHERE PHILLY FILTERING A LOT OF WATER. AND SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD POINT. THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE SMALLER DOMES THAT'S ANOTHER THING YOU CAN WORK WITH GROUPS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY WATCH AND THEY CAN BE MOVED IN WITHOUT HEAVY EQUIPMENT IF THERE HAVING TO BE THE NEXT SIZE UP THAT YOU NEED. PROFESSIONAL SEDIMENT BECAUSE ARE SO HEAVY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FRIDOVICH >> NOTHING AT THIS TIME >> I WILL GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. AND THEN COUNCILMAN BROWN'S QUESTION. >> WHAT CATEGORY HURRICANE WITH IS PROTECTED FROM? >> WE DESIGNED FOR A CAT TWO. BECAUSE I GET SO EXPENSIVE TO GO ABOVE THAT. THE COASTAL ENGINEER ONCE WE COME UP WITH THIS IT'S NOT SET IN STONE WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME UP AND SHOW THE EXACT DESIGN WE HAVE COME OF IT AND WE CAN SAY THIS IS A CAT TO TO TAKE IT TO A CAT THREE WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT THE COST DIFFERENTIAL IS AND YOU CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO IT. I WILL SAY WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS AND ALTHOUGH WE DESIGNED FOR A CAT TO DATE WITHSTOOD CAT THREE STORMS. GOING TO A CAT FIVE IS JUST COST PROHIBITIVE. HOW OFTEN, HOPEFULLY, EVER DO WE GET THOSE TYPE? CAT 2 COULD HAPPEN, CAT FOUR AND FIVE HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE. >> IF YOU GO TO CAT THREE WITH THAT MAYBE HELP PROTECT AGAINST A CAT FOR? >> EXACTLY, IT'S TYPICAL ENGINEERS THEY OVER DESIGN AND THEY PUT 20 PERCENT SAFETY FACTOR ON TOP OF THAT. SO IT'S USUALLY IF WE SAY CAT 2 THAT'S WHAT THE MAPS SAY BUT WERE SAYING THAT THEY ARE MORE RESILIENT THAN THAT. >> AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE IT? >> YEP WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION. >> YOU ARE DOING THE LIVING SHORELINE AND ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING THAT A LINEAR PARK AND THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT LITTLE PEERS THAT WENT OUT. IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN? >> IF I CAN LET HIM COMPLETE AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. REESE? >> ANYTHING ELSE FOR MYSTERIES? >> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PH OF THE CONCRETE THAT WOULD BE USED IS COMMISERATE WITH THE PH OF THE WATER SO THAT MAKE IT MORE ACIDIC OR MORE ALKALINE IS THAT POTENTIALLY CONCERNED WITH THE EXISTING CONCRETE? IS THAT POSSIBLY WAY OYSTERS ARE NOT GROWING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SHORTER INFLUX IS THAT CONCRETE REALLY WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT MIND. >> YOU ARE CORRECT AND ONCE IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR SO LONG IT SOFTENS IT TO BE MORE BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM GROW, SOME OYSTERS BUT NOT AS QUICK AS THE STUFF WILL BECAUSE IT IS. SO I DON'T KNOW TO SAY THAT MAYBE AFTER 10 YEARS THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE OR TWO YEARS BUT IF YOU PUT IN THE WATER RIGHT NEXT TO THE PH CORRECTED STUFF THE STUFF WILL GO ON IT AT FIRST. IT TAKES A LONG TIME SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. BUT THAT COULD BE A REASON. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. REESE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, GOOD INFORMATION. >> IF I COULD ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. THIS IS PHASE 1, DENNIS AND I WILL BE MEETING DOCTOR REESE IN REGARDS TO PHASE 2 PROJECT. WHICH MAY OR MAY BE A TIME WE CAN ADJUST SOME OF THE CONCRETE THAT'S IN THERE. THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD ASK WHAT CAN WE DO TO FURTHER HARDEN THIS AREA AND ALSO WHAT WE DO TO MAKE IT MORE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE? THAT WOULD BE THE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT. WE HAVE ALSO BE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING FOLLOWING THIS APPLICATION AS A VICE MAYOR SPOKE OF THERE IS A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING DOWN SO WE WOULD ASK FOR THIS PHASE 2 PROJECT AND WE WOULD START DESIGN ON THAT APPLICATION AND OF COURSE COUNSEL WOULD GET TO SEE THAT AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS INTO A SHELL WALKWAY, POSSIBLE PEERS, THOSE WOULD ALL BE PART OF PHASE 2. BASICALLY WE TOOK LAST YEAR'S PROJECT THAT WAS VETOED AND SPLIT INTO TWO PROJECTS PHASE 1 AND TWO. >> THANK YOU. >> I AM EXCITED FOR THIS FOR THE FACT IT'S NOT ONLY THE COASTAL RESILIENCY COMPONENT BUT THE ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS COMPONENT. AND HONESTLY THE COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR OF THE BASIN. I AM EXCITED THIS IS COMING AROUND AND WE ARE ADDRESSING MANY THINGS WITH ONE PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER. >> AS I SAID, PHASE 2 WOULD BE HARDENING BECAUSE OF THAT RIFFRAFF THAT'S IN THERE. I NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN CAN SPEAK IN THE PAST WE HAD LET IT KEELS IN THERE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CREED OF THINGS THAT WE PUT IN THAT RIFFRAFF AND REBUT ACTUALLY HARDER THAT AREA AND MAKE IT MORE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. THAT WOULD BE PHASE 2 AND I WILL ASK COUNSEL PERMISSION TO MAKE THE APPLICATION AS WE GO FORWARD. >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES. HOW ARE YOU? >> JUDY 2010 AT 48TH STREET SOUTH IN THE MARINA DISTRICT. I REALLY LIKE THIS. IT IS KEEPING GULFPORT NATURAL. I DON'T SEE ANYMORE ASPHALT, WE'RE CLEANING THE WATER UP. THE BIRDS, THE FISH AB EVEN THE MANATEES WILL ENJOY IT. MY CONCERN IS NOT PHASE 1 AND THE GROUP IN THE MARINA FEEL THE SAME WAY PUBLIC ACCESS WE HAVE SO MANY PEERS IN A CLAM BAYOU WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BIG BEACH DOWNTOWN CAN WE KEEP PART OF OUR CITY NATURAL? I JUST FEEL THAT PUBLIC ACCESS WE HAVE IT SO MUCH ALREADY. SO MUCH ASPHALT IN THAT WHOLE AREA. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR PHASE 1. SO WHEN WE GET TO PHASE 2 YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SEEN FRIENDS OF THE BRAIN AND ALL THIS TALKING ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE ON THE LINE >> YES. >> I AM HERE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HOW MUCH I LIKE THIS PROJECT. I LIKE TO FROM THE ONSET. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND MAYOR HENDERSEN BROUGHT IT FORTH IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR THE MARINA TO OFFER EDUCATION MARINA TYPE EDUCATION FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE. ALSO, AS A QUICK ASIDE I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING NONPROFITS INTO THE REBOUND PROGRAM. SEVERAL OF US HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT AND LAST AND I APOLOGIZE MAYOR BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE EARLIER SPEAKER WOULD GO AND A LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT WAS FROM LAST MEETING ATTORNEY SALZMAN CLEARLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? >> NO MAYOR. >> ANY OTHER INPUT ON THAT COUNSEL? WE COULD YOU HAVE WHAT WE NEED CITY MANAGER? IN THAT CASE WE ARE DOWN TO COUNSEL COMMENTS INFORMATIONAL REPORTS BEGINNING WITH VICE MAYOR THANOS. >> THIS SUNDAY OR THIS PAST SUNDAY WE DID A CLEANUP THE RAIN GARDEN SO WE WAITED AND PUT DOWN NEW PLANTS FOR THE ONES THAT DIED AND PUT MORE MULCH DOWN AND WE ARE HOPING THAT SUNDAY WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE DESIGN IN AND WE CAN HAVE OUR UNVEILING OF THE RAIN GARDEN. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TO GET COMPOST BINS WHICH NORMALLY COST AT LEAST $60 AND WE HAVE AN OFFER THEM FOR $30 TO PEOPLE WHO WANT COMPOST BINS SO THOSE WILL BE COMING AND WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THAT. ART JONES IS COMING UP THEY HAVE A BOOTH AT THE TUESDAY MARKET SO GET YOUR MAP. AND AT THE ROCK THE BAIT WAS NICE THAT WAS A PLEASANT EVENT, I DID NOT GO SATURDAY I CERTAINLY WAS NOT FISHING I CANNOT CATCH A FISH. AND THEN I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, ONE WAS WE HAD BRIEFLY MENTIONED MOVING APPROVALS FOR PARKING FOR VARIANCES FOR PARKING FOR THE WRT TO THE COUNCIL RATHER THAN HAVING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DO IT. I WANT TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT. AND ALSO YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT A COPY OF THE ABORTION LETTER AND SO BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVY TO THIS BEFORE PRESUMABLY WE ALL SIGNED ON ONE SO WE JUST HAVE IT ONE THAT WILL GO TO LESLIE AND SIGN IT? >> YES, I AM SEEN IT TONIGHT AND I WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT AND CONFER WITH OF THE FOLKS SO IT'S NOT JUST ME BEING THE OLD WHITE GUY AND MAKING THE DECISIONS ON WOMEN THREE PRODUCTIVE RATES. >> IT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD ANY QUALITY FLORIDA AND AMY HAS SEEN IT. IT WAS PUT TOGETHER FROM THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY ALL PUT TOGETHER. >> PERFECT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHAT YOUR FEELINGS WERE AND THUMBS UP ON THE LETTER. ALL RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. >> SO THEN IT'S ABOUT HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT MOVING THE PARKING TO THE COUNCIL AND IT SHOULD BE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS? HOW THAT WORKS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HANDLING THAT COMPONENT SINCE THEY DEAL WITH THE VARIANCES. I KNOW IN THE PAST YOUR CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT IT'S A RUBBERSTAMP IN THE PAST YEARS BUT I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED A BIT AND I DON'T THINK WE WILL RUN INTO THAT. UNLESS THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FELT LIKE MOVING THAT I'M COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS PART OF THEIR JOB. IF THIS WERE THE FOLKS THAT FEEL THE SAME THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. >> MICHAEL. >> LET THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FIGURED OUT. >> THE ONLY OTHER THING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME I BROUGHT UP BEFORE ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING THE COLLECTION AGENCY AND YOU GUYS ALL SAID YOU WANTED TO TALK SEPARATELY TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND STUFF SO I'M BRINGING THAT UP AGAIN IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PUT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. >> ME PERSONALLY, I TALKED TO MISS HENNEPIN ABOUT IT AND PART OF AMERICA BACK TO IS BEEN A SMALL CITY IT FEELS LIKE GOING WITH THE COLLECTION AGENCY ROUTE FEELS LIKE SUCH AN UNFRIENDLY ROUTE TO GO. I HAVE NOT FELT LIKE THERE'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE WITH HOW WE HANDLE THAT IF WE EVER GOT TO THOSE POSITIONS WHERE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED IF THE MAJORITY OF COUNSEL WANTED TO GO THAT WAY I WAS THINKING COLLECTION AGENCIES FEELS HOSTILE AND IMPERSONAL IN A CITY THE SIZE. MY CHOICE WOULD BE NOT TO BUT AGAIN IT TAKES THREE PEOPLE. >> WE ARE OWED A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF MONEY. AND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING AND MOST OF THE TIME OR MANY OF THE TIMES THAT PEOPLE WHO JUST ROUTINELY DON'T PAY HAVE MOVED OUT OF TOWN. SUE NOT REALLY DEALING WITH A NEIGHBOR ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY MOVED. AND AT THE COLLECTION AGENCY COULD FIND THEM EASIER THAN MAKING OUR FINANCED APARTMENT TRACK DOWN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TIME. >> IF THERE IS A THRESHOLD THAT COUNSEL WANTS TO DISCUSS AT WHAT TIME DO WE EMPLOY THAT BUT I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT BE A FIRST, SECOND, THIRD STEP. >> IF SOMEONE OWES 20 BUCKS YOU DON'T DO THAT AND THAT THERE IS USUALLY A TIME PERIOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LIKE SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS WHATEVER TIME PERIOD IS SET UP BEFORE YOU START COLLECTING OR TRYING TO COLLECT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROPERTY IN TOWN NOW AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES AND THEY WILL OWE A LOT OF MONEY ON ONE AND THEY ARE JUST NOT PAYING. >> TO TOUCH ON THAT AGAIN ONE OF THINGS THAT GIVES ME PAUSE WITH THINGS BE FINANCIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SUMMATIVE PEOPLE AND YOUR CREDIT MEETING SO MUCH I KNOW PLENTY OF US HAVE DEALT WITH THE COLLECTION AGENCIES, YOUR DOINGS. JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. COUNSEL FEELS LIKE THERE'S A THRESHOLD YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT'S UP TO Y'ALL. >> I THINK CHERYL IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A BACK STORY BEHIND EVERY COLLECTION AND IN THE END WHEN PROPERTIES ARE SOLD AND WE MAKE OUR MONEY BACK. A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAY. >> I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT I THINK GOING TO THE COLLECTION AGENCY FOR GRADUATE IT WILL HAVE TO BE DEFINED DOWN TO SOMETHING BUT SENDING MY NEIGHBOR TO COLLECTION AGENCY IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO DO. THERE IS ALWAYS WE DID PASS RULES ALLOWING FOR A GREATER AMOUNT OF A DEPOSIT. THESE SORTS OF THINGS WON'T BE HAPPENING GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THE UTILITIES WILL BE SHUT OFF WHEN THEY RESET LEVEL. SO WE WILL NOT BE OWED MONEY. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE CAME UP NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THAT MONEY, A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK WHERE SOMEBODY THE RULES WE PUT INTO PLACE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEN THEY GOT SHUT OFF AND THEY HAD TO PAY UP THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I THINK THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED IN A WAY WHERE IT WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS AND IF THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE OTHER THAT TRUMP THIS AND BANG THE DRUM A BIT ON IT DENNIS OF THE I THINK THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED OR WE MADE MODIFICATIONS TO IT SO IT WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP. >> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, I THINK WHEN A FINANCE DIRECTOR MUST MAKE INITIAL BRING TO COUNSEL BUT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS I DON'T SEE IT AS AN ISSUE. THIS IS A PET PEEVE OF SOMEBODY, NEVER MIND. THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WHEN THEY DECIDED TALK ABOUT IT THEN WE WILL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF WE CAN HAVE A MEETING WITH THE ATTORNEY AND FRED ABOUT CARGO CONTAINER CODE IN PEOPLE'S YARDS WERE IN THE CITY. SO CAN WE MAKE IMMEDIATE TO DO THAT? OKAY. >> MAYOR, IS THAT OKAY? WE CAN HAVE THAT TYPE OF MEETING, COUNCILMEMBER HAD ASKED YOU, IT WOULD BE JUST THE FIVE OF US, CORRECT? THE FOUR OF US. >> THE FORT JUST TO TALK ABOUT CARGO CONTAINERS AND LEGAL LIMITATIONS FOR HAVING THEM ON PROPERTY IN THE CITY. >> ALL OF US TO COME TO THAT MEETING? >> NO, JUST THE FOUR, I WOULD BRING IT HERE AFTER I TALKED TO ANDY AND FRED ABOUT IT. >> YOU DON'T NEED OUR PERMISSION TO DO THAT I THINK IS JUST WE START BURNING RESOURCES WE NEED A PLACE IN STAFFING. YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO THAT ANYTIME. THAT IS GREAT, THANK YOU. >> I DID GO TO ROCK THE BAY IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I GOT A SHIRT AND THE PEOPLE THE DESIGN OF THE SHIRT WAS MADE BY RALPH DOMINGO A LOCAL ARTIST WHICH IS REALLY NICE. IT WAS REALLY POSITIVE GREAT EVENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR AS THEY GROW. WHAT A GREAT IDEA TO DO DOWN THERE AT CLAM BAYOU IT WAS REALLY NICE. WE DID A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU WE COOKED HOT DOGS FOR EVERYBODY, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND WE ENJOYED IT. I THINK EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE ENJOYED IT. AND I'M GLAD THEY MOVED IT TO A TIME THAT WAS NOT BLISTERING HOT OUTSIDE. USUALLY IT IS AUGUST, I THINK THAT IS WHEN EVERYONE IN THE NATION DOESN'T BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS AS HOT AS WE ARE. IT WAS NICE TO MOVE IT NOT ONLY TO A DIFFERENT PLACE BUT ALSO TO A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE YEAR. WE DID THE VETERANS DAY PARADE SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU. THE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT I HEARD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONE, CHIEF, IS THAT TRUE? I HEARD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONE. >> IT TURNED INTO QUITE THE GRUDGE MATCH. >> IT IS NICE TO HAVE THAT RIVALRY. ALSO COMING UP AS A TREE LIGHTING. WE DID REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THE CHRISTMAS PARADE LAST YEAR WHICH IS SOME PEOPLE HAD ASKED THAT WE DO BOTH BUT I THINK WE ARE JUST DOING THE TREE LIGHTING AND ALSO I WAS WONDERING HOW IS A NUMBER ONE DOING, IS IT RUNNING? THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON IN OUR CITY THAT HAS AN ANTIQUE FIRE TRUCK IF OURS IS NOT RUNNING MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT. THAT IS COMING UP DECEMBER 6 IS ALWAYS THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER. WHAT TIME IS IT? 6 O'CLOCK, IS THE FIRST MONDAY. >> DECEMBER 6. >> I THINK WE ARE HAVING A BAND THERE THIS YEAR, TOO. >> WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN PRESCHOO