>> OR IT IS 09:00AM AND WE'RE IN THE CITY CHAMBERS AND I ALL THIS CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL PRESENT ARE. COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL COMMISSIONER LANGDON MYSELF MAYOR WHITE VICE MAYOR SOAKED COMMISSIONER EMRICH. SO THERE IS A QUORUM ALSO PRESENT WE HAVE CITY MANAGER FLETCHER CITY ATTORNEY SLAYTON. CITY CLERK FAUST GOOD TO SEE YOU SPECIALIST OWNER. POLICE CHIEF GARRISON AND DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF IN THE BACK PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'M GOING TO SURPRISE CALL ON LAURA ANSEL TO LEAD US AT >> IS TO BUY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO FOR WHICH IT ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC. COMMENT YEAH. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS ITEM H 20 OR DASH 0, 3, 7, 4, CITY MANAGER THIS IS YOUR ITEM. IF YOU THERE. >> THIS IS TABLE TO THE PUBLIC COME WITH AN UPDATE ON THE APPOINTMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING OF PROPERTY AND ALL AS OUTREACH FOR THESE. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. THAT THEY TRUMP WAS POOR TAKE IT. WITH PRESENTATION OF IT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT THAT CAN LAST JULY THE COMMISSION. >> AT A REGULAR MEETING INDIRECT BEST AND >> THAT'S TO COURSE THAT OUR REGULATIONS REGARDING TRESPASSING AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. AS WELL AS EFFORTS OF WITH OUTREACH. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE INTO DEPARTMENT WITH NOT ONLY POLICE BUT SERVICES. SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO SORT YOU THE PICTURE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WHAT YOU YOU GIVE WOULD LIKE DO NEXT. >> OKAY GOOD MORNING SCOTT KING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. TODAY'S HAS BEEN COMPLETED. >> IN COMBINATION WITH THE EU COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD 2 QUESTIONS THAT ASKED TO BE BROUGHT BACK ONE THE TO BRING BACK IN THE AGENDA ITEM FOR AN UPDATE ON ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGARDING TRESPASSING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND TO BRING BACK ITEM WITH AN UPDATE ON HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. FIRST JUST IN MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE AND INDIVIDUAL THAT'S A THING HOMELESSNESS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LACKS EVEN FIXED REGULAR OR ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE, OR HAS A PRIMARY NIGHT TIME RESIDENTS THAT IS EITHER SUPERVISED PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPERATED DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS. AND INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OR INDIVIDUALS INTENDED OR TO IS TO INSTITUTIONALIZED OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PLACE NOT DESIGNED. ORDINARILY USED AS A REGULAR SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR HUMAN BEINGS, INCLUDING A CAR. A PARK ABANDONED BUILDING BUS TRAIN STATION AIRPORT OR CAMPING AROUND. FIRST WE STARTED OFF WITH AN ANALYSIS OF A MORE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS. MOST OF THESE FOR THE STRENGTHS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE BETWEEN SOCIAL SERVICES, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS. WE'VE ALSO CREATED SOME POSITIVE WORKING WITH NONPROFITS WITH THE HOMELESS TO HOMES MEETINGS THAT WE ATTEND REGULARLY AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH FDOT SINCE SOME OF THE CAMPS THAT WE ENCOUNTER ALONG 41 AND THE BREEZE. WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO FDOT. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS THAT OUR WEAKNESSES. OUR ONE THE LACK OF PROPER AS ALTERNATE PLACEMENTS SINCE THE CITY ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHELTERS. FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED IN AFTER THE HURRICANE AND WE LOST A FEW OF THE HOUSES THAT WE USE THAT WE CAN FOR TRANSITIONAL TOO. THE BIGGEST PART THAT WE DEAL WITH IS THE REFUSAL OF SERVICES FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ENCOUNTER. A LACK OF PROPER SIGNAGE WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON FOR SOME OF THE PARKS. SOME OF THAT WASN'T LABEL PROPERLY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VIOLATIONS ARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PARK. AND WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT THE DECLINE OF INFORMATION. THERE WERE PROMOTIONS, NEW PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW CERTAIN RULES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED NOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO DIFFERENT SPOTS. SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFYING PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE CITY IDENTIFYING FOR POTENTIAL SHELTERS OR HOUSING AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND IDENTIFYING NEW RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SOME OF THE THREATS THAT WE FEEL WE HAVE FOUND WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VIOLATIONS THE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PREFERRED POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION OF WATERWAYS. SOME OF THESE CAMPGROUNDS ARE NEAR OUR WATERWAYS AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THOSE AREAS. IT KIND OF GO INTO OUR WATER IS WHICH WE WORK WITH THE CITY AS WELL ON THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO CLEAN UP THOSE AREAS SOON AS WE IDENTIFIED. AND THEN POTENTIAL FOR CITIZENS TO INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL FEES IF SOMEONE THAT'S HOMELESS FINDS THEIR PROPERTY. THAT IS MAYBE. ABANDONED OR USED THAT LIKE IT AND DO A LOT. BUT THEY HAVEN'T BUILT ON AND THEY FIND THAT A CAMP ON IT IF THEY MOVE FROM THAT AREA AND WE FIND IT NOW IT'S THAT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAS TO PAY FOR ALL THAT STUFF TO BE REMOVED. THE COMMUNITY POLICING ENFORCEMENT IS WE TRY TO EDUCATE FIRST. EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ABOUT THE LAWS AND TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE LOCAL HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES. OUR OUTREACH TEAM. WE ALSO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO EDUCATE THEM THROUGH OUR MEETINGS THROUGH THE HOMELESS TO HOMES AND PUSH THAT OUT SO THE MORE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE MORE EDUCATION WE CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE. WE ENCOURAGE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO ACCEPT THOSE SERVICES THROUGH THE OUTREACH AND IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES WHERE THERE'S VIOLATIONS OF LAWS OR ORDINANCES WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH PRE ARREST DIVERSION AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF WE HAVE BE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW SEPARATE FROM THE HOMELESS THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STAY SEPARATED. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME SO WON'T YOU GO OUT AND WORK WITH ON A SOCIAL SERVICE SIDE OR AN HOUR EACH SIDE. YOU ONLY CAN WORK ON THAT IF THERE'S VIOLATIONS YOU CAN'T ACT ON THOSE BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING AS A SOCIAL WORKER AT THAT POINT WHEN YOU GO OUT. SO THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC AS WHEN YOU GO OUT YOU CAN'T WORK AS A SOCIAL WORKER TO GO OUT AND ASKED A QUESTION YOU NEED ANY SERVICES AND THEN RUN THEIR NAME AND FIND A VIOLATION AND TAKE THEM TO JAIL. IT IS IT HAS TO BE ALMOST LIKE A, IF YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT WORK THE DUI CRASHES. YEAH, THE WORK THE CRASH FIRST AND IT'S THAT CRASH AND THEN WE SAY WE'RE SWITCHING HATS. THEN WE CAN WORK THE DUI THEY'RE 2 SEPARATE PIECES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK THAT INDEPENDENTLY. THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY POLICING STARTING FROM BACK 2020. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT ARE UNIT HAS MADE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND UNIT IS 304. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MONTHLY FOR JANUARY OF 2024 WAS 19 CONTACTS. NUMBER OF CLIENTS WITH ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT OUR CASE WORKER JASMINE IS 6. TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS WHICH WE WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION ON THE ACCESS POINTS IN WHAT SHE DOES JASMINE CAN EXPLAIN A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN. BUT THAT'S 97 SINCE 2020. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MONTHLY FOR JANUARY ACCESS POINTS WHERE IS TOO. AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF. 2022 CURRENT OF CLIENTS THAT WE'VE HOUSE IS 53. FOR A NUMBER OF ROAD PATROL REFERRALS IS A 119. TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS NOT LITERALLY UNHOUSED BUT ASSISTED WITH OTHER RESOURCES OR OTHER MEANS IS 58 AND THEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT REFUSE SERVICES OR WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH WAS A 130. JUST FOR CONTEXT THAT CONTACT IS DEFINED DEPARTMENT MEMBERS MEETING WITH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND DETERMINING THEIR NEEDS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE. THIS MAP IS THE LOCATION OF WHERE ALL OF OUR CAMPS ARE YEAR-TO-DATE THAT WE'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH. MAJORITY OF THE CAMPS ARE UNDEVELOPED LAND OR LAND THAT. IS BEHIND BUSINESSES THAT ARE WHAT IT. WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS IF IT'S PRIVATE. WE WILL GET A TRESPASS WARNING WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM MOVED OFF THAT PROPERTY AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE CITY AS WELL TO HELP MOVE WHATEVER BELONGINGS IS LEFT ON THE PROPERTY. THESE NUMBERS FROM THE TIME WE CREATED THE COMMUNITY POLICING SERVICES DIVISION. THIS IS CONTACTS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NOW THESE NUMBERS MIGHT NOT THERE. SOME OF THEM ARE LOOK AT ITS. IT'S JUST ANY TIME AN OFFICER COMES IN CONTACT WITH ONE. THAT IS IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THESE NUMBERS ARE A LOT MORE THEN THE 119 OF THE REFERRALS BECAUSE WE MIGHT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE SAME PERSON MULTIPLE TIMES. SO WE'RE STILL DURING THOSE ENCOUNTERS OFFERING THEM RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS FORWARDED TO OUR COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT AND THEY WILL FOLLOW AND IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A CASE WORKING WITH THEM. AND THEY'LL REACH BACK OUT THE NEXT DAY AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW OR CHANGES OR THEIR STATUS HAS CHANGED. IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING OR GOING SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT. AS FAR AS THE RELOCATION OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PURSUANT TO FEDERAL CASE LAW. AND THIS IS FROM ANOTHER CIRCUIT BUT CITIES CANNOT MAKE LIFE-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SLEEPING ON A PARK BENCH FOR EXAMPLE. A CRIME UNLESS THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE IN THE CITY OR WITHIN A CLOSE PROXIMITY. AS A SHELTER AVAILABLE. THE CASE LAW IS FROM OTHER CIRCUITS THEREFORE IT IS A PERSUASIVE BUT NOT BINDING TO THE CITY SO WE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST PRACTICE WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD ASKING IN TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE RELOCATE. WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH THEM OUT TO THE WRONG AREA OR PUT HIM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CANNOT COME BACK TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER HOME. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE TRESPASS BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE ONE DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER PER SE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HOMELESS SIDE OF IT FIRST. I DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> WELL HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMPS IS THE TIME TO QUESTION. THERE WAS NOTHING SHOWING ON PAN AMERICAN AND I'VE PEOPLE THAT THERE'S CAMPS. OFF OF PAN AMERICAN. ACTUAL I GUESS WHAT DEFINES A CAMP HOW DO DEFINE A CAMPUS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO. >> THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE NIGHTS. >> I JUMPED ON HER WITH HOME SOUTH RIDGE COMMUNITY WE SO THAT MAP IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE LARGER CAMPS THAT ARE IN AREAS. ONE THAT WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT STAYING ON THAT SAME AREA. THE SINGULAR CANCER YOU SEE OFF PAN AMERICAN FOR INSTANCE ARE USUALLY SOMEBODY THAT'S KIND OF BOUNCING AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND IT'S NOT A PERMANENT AREA WHERE THEY GO EVERY SINGLE DAY. NEW ONE THAT POPPED UP AN AMERICAN THAT SHOULD BE SETTLED AS WELL I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE WOODED AREA BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK WE'RE WAKING CHURCHES. THAT WAS A NEW POP-UP THAT KIND OF HAS FLARED UP FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE IT'S A GIANT PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S OVER THERE. THAT WAS I BELIEVE TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE WEEKEND. SO THAT SHOULD ♪ BE THE OTHER ONE THAT'S OVER BEHIND THE ♪ BUSINESSES THERE IS THAT THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF. IS THAT THERE'S A WHERE TEMPLE YOU'LL GET USED TO BE THE NEW OF I'S A THAT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON THE WATERWAY SO WE'RE STILL AND THE WORKS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITHOUT. BUT YEAH THAT MAP THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED SOMETHING THAT IS MORE BE. I'M ALMOST LIKE A LIVING QUARTERS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT UP TO WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STAYING ON THOSE PIECE THE PARCELS SO OKAY THAT ANSWER. >> YES, IT DOES BECAUSE I JUST HAD A PROGRAM AT THE. >> FOR ALL THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, THE ASSOCIATION AND IT WAS SOMEBODY THERE FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEY SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT HOMELESS CAMPS ON PAN AMERICAN OF COURSE SAID THAT IS NOT OUR JURISDICTION. >> SO THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT DO HAVE AN ACTIVE TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT FOR THAT SO ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THEY SHOULD BE. REMOVING A TIMELY FASHION IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. >> AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE ENFORCE OUR OF YOUR 3 E'S. OTHER THAN IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT THAT IS I WOULD SAY YOU DO YOU IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING OUTSTANDING AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN. >> GET THEM OUT OF THERE, BUT IF THEY IS THERE EVER A CASE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE AN OUTSTANDING. >> SO INFORCEMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S IT'S JUST CRIMINAL EITHER SO THERE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THAT WE IN FOREST CITY ORDINANCES WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PARKS. THOSE BECOME A LITTLE DIFFICULT LIKE THE CAPTAIN SAID JUST BECAUSE OF THE WORDING OF A LOT OF THE SIGNAGE OVER THERE. AND THEN THE LACK OF ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO HAVE SOMEBODY GO TO A SHELTER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A HEART SHELTER IN THIS AREA MORE. BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST A CRIMINAL THING THAT WE WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE CITY ORDINANCES AND OTHER OTHER THINGS LIKE THE TRESPASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AS WELL. >> SAY THAT THAT K. >> THAT IS JUST THE TIME DEATH QUESTION ABOUT SIDEWALKS. OR KNOW IS THAT COMING UP IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THAT THAT HAS BEEN DON'T KNOW A SOLUTION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW OK. ALL RIGHT AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT YOU KNOW SLEEPING ON A PARK BENCH ITSELF CANNOT BE AN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE. >> I JUST WANT TO PART NOT JUST FOR THE REST OF FOR THAT SO I KNOW THAT WHEN I EXPLAINED PEOPLE THAT'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN. ♪ WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY ENFORCE WITHOUT STEPPING OVER STEPPING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S FREEDOM JUST TO SIT AN ♪ APARTMENT MAYBE YES. COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL. >> I'M LOOKING AT POLICE DEPARTMENT ENGAGEMENT STANCE. >> IT'S A FEW CONFIRM THAT THINK YOU. >> 665. SINCE 2020. HOW MANY WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE PERCENTAGE OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. >> BASED ON THAT NUMBER THERE WE ONLY HAVE A 119 THAT ARE ACTUALLY REFERRED MOST OF THOSE THE NUMBERS YOU SEE HERE THAT I'VE SEEN THERE DUPLICATES. AND OFFICER MIGHT. BECAUSE OF WHERE ROTATIONS WORK, SOMEONE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ON A TUESDAY. AND THEN THE NEXT SHIFT COMES IN THE NEXT DAY OR THAT SAME NIGHT. AND IT'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THEY MIGHT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE SAME PERSON A REFERRAL FOR US, BUT IT'S THAT ONE SAME PERSON, THOSE 3 TO 4 DIFFERENT. CONTACTS ONLY GIVE US ONE REFERRAL AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT'S WHY THAT THE NUMBERS ARE THERE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY TIMES OUR GUYS ARE OUT THERE IN COUNTERING THEM FINDING OUT IF THERE'S ISSUES AND DEALING WITH ACTUAL CALLS FOR SERVICE. BUT THEN THE REFERRALS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE 119. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GETS INTO THE COMMUNITY POLICING OF THAT 665. >> IT SAFE TO SAY THE 119 OR CONSIDERED LIKE >> NEW CASES. >> THOSE ARE THE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED OUT OF THE 665 IT COULD BE THE 119, BUT THEY'RE MET MULTIPLE >> IS IT INCLUDING THE ONES THAT REFUSE SERVICE. YES, HOW WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THAT PERSON BECAUSE I WOULD I WOULD ASSUME THE 6.65 INCLUDES THOSE THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO YOU MADE CONTACT WITH YOU OFFERED THEM REFERRALS. >> AND THEY REFUSE CORRECT. SO WHAT DOES THAT PERCENTAGE OF REFERRAL REFUSAL OR YOU KNOW THEY JUST REFUSE SERVICES ALTOGETHER. >> ALL RIGHT SO JAZZ AND WALTZ HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM CASE MANAGER WITH THE NORTH PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECORD. >> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY. >> AT LEAST HALF. >> BRIDGE. >> I'M OUR CONTACTS IN GENERAL SO LIKE THAT THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT HAD YOU KNOW OUR HISTORICAL DATA FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM UNTIL. >> JANUARY. WITH 304 CONTACTS. SO THOSE ARE CONTACTS THAT ARE EITHER BEING WITH I MYSELF BY THE PHONER WITH AN OFFICER WHEN WE'RE BOOTS ON THE GROUND OUT THE FIELD. AND AS YOU CAN SEE BOTTOM. WE HAVE A 130 THAT HAVE REFUSE SERVICES. >> YOU KNOW WE SAW. ANOTHER ROAD PATROL OFFICER SAW ONE POINT AND LET US KNOW WE GET OUT THERE WE CAN'T REACH THEM OR THEY GIVE A PHONE NUMBER TO ROAD PATROL OFFICER AND BECAUSE IT'S OVERNIGHT. >> I COME IN THE NEXT MORNING AND I ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT BY PHONE AND I'M UNABLE TO REACH THEM AND THEN WE DON'T SEE THEM WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD SO I WOULD SAY ITS ON AVERAGE PROBABLY AT LEAST HALF AREN'T. WILLING GET ON BOARD WITH WHAT IT TAKES TO BEGIN, YOU KNOW A PROCESS CHANGING THERE ON HOW SITUATION. >> THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT PERCENTAGE WAS GOING TO LAND. OF THE 119. THAT ARE READY FOR IT. IT APPEARS THERE'S ONLY LIKE. POLICE A MONTH WHEN YOU AVERAGE IT TOGETHER THAT YEAR COMING IN CONTACT SOMEBODY KNEW GETTING THE AND IT'S JUST OVER 2 TIMES A MONTH. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT. UP HERE TO BE HOMELESS AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE. LIST BY DEFINITION RIGHT. BUT I WOULD ASSUME YOU'RE MAKING CONTACT WITH THEM TOO. >> SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT. >> 119 NUMBER THAT THAT I'M COUNTING IN THAT NUMBER IS THERE'S A PHYSICAL REFERRAL FORM THAT THE ROAD PATROL USES WHEN THEY COME ACROSS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUT IN THE FIELD AND WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO COME OUT THERE AND ASSIST OR SPEAK WITH THEM OR GET THAT PROCESS STARTED SO THAT 119 IS IT'S A COOL RUFFO FORMS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED OR WE HAVE RECEIVED AS A TEAM FROM THE ROAD. MEANWHILE, THERE'S MANY TIMES WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S A MONDAY AT NOON AND SOMEBODY ON THE ROAD COMES ACROSS SOMEBODY AND THEY CALL US AND WE GO OUT, YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE I GUESS YOU COULD TECHNICALLY COUNTED AS REFERRAL THERE WAS NO FORM CENT. SO WE'RE COUNTING IT MORE AS A CONTACT BECAUSE WE PHYSICALLY WENT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THAT PERSON. WHILE WE WERE YOU KNOW WHILE WE WERE ON OUR SHIFT. >> SO. >> HOW HOW IS. >> I THINK IT WAS LIKE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTY I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT ALL BEAR WITH I'M DOING AWAY WITH THE 2, 1, 1, SERVICES. >> IS IS THAT ACCURATE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FORMALIZED IF IT WAS JUST THEY REMOVED THEIR BUDGETING SO 2, 1, 1, IS NO LONGER ACTIVE IN SARASOTA I MEAN IN NORTH PORT ANSWER SO THE COUNTY. >> YES, SO AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT'S JUST NOW I'M COMING ABOUT YOU KNOW I THINK THEY WERE 2, 1, ONE STILL WAS BEING USED BUT NOW YOU KNOW EFFECTS OF THAT A COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING WHERE THEY FUNDING WASN'T GRANTED. IS NOW STARTING TO PLAY OUT WHERE. BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST IT WAS YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WOULD CALL TO 1 ONE THEY WOULD ASK ZIP CODE THEY WOULD TELL HIM THEIR ZIP CODE AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST GIVE THEM BASICALLY A LIST OF RESOURCES BASED ON THAT ZIP CODE. SO I'M GUESSING NOW THAT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE EITHER. >> 2 ON ONE IF I WAS TO CALL 2, 1, 1, THEN IT'S >> INOPERATIVE LINE I BELIEVE SO I'M NOT CERTAIN BUT I BELIEVE SO BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL VERY NEW IT'S NOT WORKING FOR AREA. ANY LONGER. BUT THAT'S NOT HELPING SITUATIONS. >> YEAH, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE ON THE IS ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LITERALLY ON HOW SO THOSE ARE PEOPLE COME ACROSS ARE DESPERATE PLAY IF YOU WILL THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE HELP WITH PASS TO MORTGAGE OR RENT OR UTILITIES. THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. SO THEY SEE US AND THEY'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH. YOU KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN HELP ME AND SO THEY COME ACROSS AND WE DO. DO OUR BEST TO CONNECT THEM TO SOME SORT OF RESOURCES THAT'S GOING TO ASSIST IN THEIR NEED EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT EXACTLY OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH MODEL OR OR WHAT WORST FOCUSED IT'S NOT OUR FOCUS, YOU KNOW SO. 2, 1, 1, NOT BEING AVAILABLE IS OBVIOUSLY GOING VASTLY EFFECT THAT SITUATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS YOU KNOW A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GETTING THEM ALL THAT WE KNOW, BUT WE'RE LIKE YOU KNOW THERE MIGHT BE THINGS WE DON'T SO-CALLED 2, 1, ONE AS WELL. AND NOW WE'RE NOT TO BE ABLE SUGGESTS THAT SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO MEAN I'M GUESSING MORE OF YOU KNOW DOING OUR HOMEWORK TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS AREA THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY COMES ACROSS ARE THAT'S THAT ISN'T ON HOUSE BUT NEEDS ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE WE KNOW THE RIGHT PLACE REFERRED TO. >> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE COUNTY DIDN'T SEE THE VALUE IN THAT JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THAT BACK I CHIEF HASN'T AT WAS IT INITIATED BY THE SHERIFF FOR WHAT I WAS IN CHARGE OF 2, 1, I MEAN IS IT NONPROFIT. >> YES, IT'S NOT PROFIT AS THE COUNTY IT'S NOT SURE. >> YES, UNITED WAY. >> I THINK THE UNITED WAY THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR 2, 1, ART. YOU KNOW. INFORMATION FROM LOCAL RESOURCES TO SIDE OF IT WAS BASED OUT OF ORLANDO CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA. SO ITS THE UNITED WAY OUT OF THAT AREA THAT HANDLING OUR YOU I'M A COMEBACK. >> QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER LANGDON THANK YOU MAYOR. >> WHEN I RODE WITH THE HOT TEAM 3 PLUS YEARS AGO. YOU GUYS WERE TRACKING ABOUT A 100 INDIVIDUALS. AND I'M AND I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL OR HAS THAT NUMBER AROUND. ABOUT HOW MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE YOU TRACKING AT THIS POINT WHO STILL TRACK AND THE WAY YOU DID 3 YEARS AGO 3 PLUS YEARS AGO. >> YES, AND NO I BELIEVE WHEN RIGHT ALONG WITH US I I'M STILL IN MY PILOT PROGRAM WITH SOME WAS PARTNERSHIP AT THAT TIME SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRACKING. BECAUSE I WASN'T WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PER SE I WAS WITH THAT AND NONPROFIT. >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S WE HAVE SEEN SOME ROADS. >> BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN MARCH DUE PART UNFORTUNATELY TO THE HURRICANE. ♪ ♪ BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME DECENT SUCCESS WITH A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN INITIATED TO ASSIST HELPING THOSE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IAN AND I'M GETTING THEM REHOUSED AND AND SUCH ACTS BUT THAT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY HELPFUL. A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE CREATED DISASTER TEAMS IN AND THINGS TO TAKE ON THOSE CLIENTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ON HOUSE IS DUE TO NATURAL DISASTER. >> WELL WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH HAVE SOME OF INCOME. AND YOU STILL LOOK AT THAT I I KNOW BACK THEN IT WAS SORT OF HELPFUL TO KNOW IN TERMS OF WHO YOU COULD HELP THEM UP WITH 2 STILL. >> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT ONE BIG IT'S IT'S A TOUGH THING. BECAUSE THE SARASOTA COUNTY AND THE CONTINUUM OF SAYS THAT WE HOUSING FIRST CONTINUE ON WE FOCUSED ON GETTING SOMEBODY'S HOUSE FIRST AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON THE OTHER ISSUES LIKE. LACK OF INCOME IF THEY NEED LIKE APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY OR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE OR EVEN JUST FINDING A JOB IN SO THE MODEL IS HOUSING FIRST, BUT IT'S REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GRANTS OUT THERE THAT THE NONPROFITS THAT GET THEM. THEY THE CLIENT HAS TO SOME SORT OF INCOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO EVEN THOUGH THE NONPROFIT CAN USE THAT THOSE FUNDS. SO INITIALLY HOUSE THEM AND HELP THEM FOR SO LONG THAT'S ONLY YOU KNOW IT'S TIME LIMITED SO THEN AT SOME POINT THE PERSON HAS TO BE SUSTAINABLE WITH THEIR OWN INCOME AND AFFORD THEIR HOUSING ON THEIR OWN. I WOULD SAY. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT ♪ 20% 20 TO 25% OF PEOPLE. HAVE INCOME WHEN WE ENCOUNTER THEM ASSIST THEM IN THEIR SITUATION. IT'S NOT A LOT. IT'S A DEFINITELY A ♪ VERY LARGE TOUGH OBSTACLE FOR OUR TEAM ALL SAY. ONE LAST ONE OF THE REAL CHALLENGES. THAT TEAM HAS HAD IN THE PAST WAS A LACK SHELTER. DO YOU GUYS STILL FEEL THAT HAVING SHELTER TRANSITIONAL IF YOU CAN DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME. I THINK IT'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, I'M LOOKING FOR SORT OF A TEMPORARY PLACE TO JUST GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET UNTIL YOU CAN CONNECT THEM WITH SOMETHING ELSE COULD YOU TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT. >> SO. ALL SAYING EMERGENCY SHELTER IS MORE SO WHERE SOMEONE CAN GO AND THEY JUST NEED A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD FOR ONE NIGHT OR 2 NIGHTS. >> AND THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY ENGAGED IN A CASE MANAGEMENT BASED PROGRAM. >> WHERE THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR SITUATION TO IMPROVE IT TOO. >> AND THEIR SITUATION SO. >> AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS MORE GEARED YOU KNOW INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT WHERE THERE'S A CASE MANAGER INVOLVED HELPING THEM. >> WORK ON THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR OBSTACLES TO HOUSING BEFORE THEY CAN FIND THAT PERMANENT HOUSING STABLE HOUSING SITUATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE THERE'S A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY AND SOME OF THEM DO HAVE HOUSES HERE IN PORT. WAS SHIPS BEING ONE OF THEM WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR SHERIFFS ARE YES SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND IT'S EVEN THOUGH IT'S TRANSITIONAL IT'S NOT VERY SUPER LONG TERM IT'S LIKE 90 DAYS AT MOST BUT IT GIVES THEM. >> YOU KNOW A BED IN A ROOM IN A RESTROOM THAT IT'S THEIR OWN WHILE THEY CAN FIGURE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET INCOME HOW THEY'RE GOING SUSTAIN THAT OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW TO HOW TO RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS OR MEDICAID BENEFITS OR SOMETIMES SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DEPENDING ON THE PERSON. SO THE TRANSITIONAL MODEL IS MORE SO IT WRAPPED AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT. THEY CALL IT WHERE A CASE MANAGER IS WRAPPING THEM IN SERVICES SO TO GET THEM. >> MORE STABLE LEE AND SUSTAINABLE ALSO WHEN THERE. >> OUT OF THAT PROGRAM AFTER A 90 DAY. STAY WILL SAY. >> THEN THEY CAN HANDLE IT ON THEIR OWN ♪ >> AND NOT. >> REVERT BACK TO HOMELESSNESS. >> SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER THAT ONCE WAS AND IN SARASOTA ♪ >> COUNTY WAS THE SALVATION ARMY IN SARASOTA CITY. THEY CHANGED RECENTLY AS OF MAY FIRST LAST YEAR THEIR MODEL TO BE NOT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, BUT A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM INSTEAD SO THEY MOVED TO THAT TYPE OF MODEL CAPABILITIES. >> ONE LAST QUICK HOW MANY OF THE HOMELESS IN NORTH PORT HAVE FAMILY ARE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY TIME HERE. YOU KNOW ARREST WHAT PERCENTAGE AND JUST SORT OF PASSING THROUGH OUR DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CONNECTION. >> THANK YOU THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST I WOULD SAY A LOT OF HALF I WOULD SAY WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW AT LEAST HALF THAT ARE. WE DID HEAR IF YOU WILL SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE. ♪ ♪ WHETHER IT'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR NOT THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE NORTH PORTER ARE BE ANYWHERE ALSO AND THEN I WANT TO SAY ABOUT HALF A LOT OF TIMES THE UNABLE NUMBER 130 UNABLE TO REACH A LOT OF TIMES THE UNABLE TO PORTION OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST PASSING THROUGH. SO WE DO SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HERE ONE NIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE GONE THE A LOT OF TIMES AND WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM WE HEAR A LOT OF STORIES I I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE AND I DECIDED TO COME HERE, BUT I'M GOING KEEP >> YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST BUT SO. >> WE DO SEE AT LEAST HALF OF THE TIME I WOULD >> OKAY THANK YOU I I THANK VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE HELP YOU. ♪ >> GREAT ♪ >> POLICE. THAT'S A GREAT VICE HAVE THAT ANSWER TODAY. THE PURPOSE WINDOW WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO SORT OF BRING BACK WHAT YOU ASK FOR. AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FOLLOWING THIS MEETING TO SEE WHAT ARE SO REASONABLE SOLUTIONS THAT THIS CITY COULD AND TAKE TO IMPROVE SITUATION. OR TO THAT. COMMISSIONER NOW. >> YEAH I THINK MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE MORE RELATED TO THE TRUST HAS TO OUT OF THE PRESENTATIONS SO I'LL YIELD UNTIL THAT'S COMPLETED, BUT IT MAY CROSS OVER TO THIS WEEK. >> JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRADITION TRADITIONAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT IS THE SHELTER IN SARASOTA. CITY. ONE GET THERE. HOW THEY GET THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION. >> A LOT OF IF SOMEBODY IS THAT. >> WE CONNECT THEM WITH WE WORK SOCIAL SERVICES HERE WITH THE CITY TO GET THEM. >> PAST TRANSPORTATION UP TO NORTH COUNTY. SO THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE AND THAT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY COULD STILL WALK INTO ALL SALVATION ARMY SHELTER AND SAY YOU KNOW, I'M EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND I NEED HELP AND I WANT TO STAY HERE. AND THEN ONE OF THEIR CASE MANAGERS WOULD SIT DOWN AND SPEAK WITH THEM AND ASK THEM IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND THEN AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT IF THERE'S OPEN SPOT THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THEM ON AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY THERE THE NIGHT BUT THEN THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM WHICH HAS OTHER. >> REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLIENT OK SO WHERE IS THAT YOU SAID THE OLD SALVATION WAY SORRY SHUNS HER 1400 10TH STREET IN SARASOTA IS SARASOTA'S YES PASS FROM ABC 7 ALL RIGHT BECAUSE MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH I FELT I REALLY FIRST CAME. >> WHERE THIS SITUATION HOW IT WAS WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH BELL RINGER FOR SALVATION ARMY AND SO THAT'S WHY HE HAD MY MY INTO THIS THING BUT WAS JUST A. RENTING A ROOM SOMEBODY WHO LOSING IS LEAST SO THAT HE HAS NOWHERE TO GO AND WHEN I CALL I HAD GOTTEN ALL THE PLACES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY THAT THE HOMELESS COALITION AND ALL THOSE PLACE AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS NOTHING HERE FOR HIM AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS REALLY NO WAY FOR HIM TO GET UP EVEN THE SARASOTA AND THEY WERE ELECTED TO ACTUALLY TO GO TO THAT SHELTER. RESPECT. >> BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING IT IS. IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER NOW DO WE SOME PLACE ACTUALLY CALL AND HERE IN THE CITY THAT SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE A PERSON LIKE THAT AND SAY THIS IS HERE'S YOUR OPTIONS. >> WE INFORMED THE CLIENTS OF THAT THAT THAT IS THAT THEY'VE KIND OF CHANGED THEIR HOUSING SHELTER MODEL. AND THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT THAN FIGURE OUT WHO TO CONNECT THEM TO THEY DO HAVE A NUMBER I'M A NUMBER THAT YOU COULD CALL IN SOMETHING THEY COULD CONNECT TO FURTHER TO THAT ACTUAL PHYSICAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM. BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE PORT MOSTLY BECAUSE IN MOST SITUATIONS WE FIND OUT SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY KNOW. >> SARASOTA IS NOT WHAT THEY KNOW IT'S VERY FOR AND IT'S SOMETIMES INTIMIDATING YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG CITY AT THAT WE'RE NOT SO THEY THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE WHAT THEY KNOW, YEAH THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE WHAT THEY KNOW EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES UP THERE THAT THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR COULD USE YOU KNOW SHELTER PORTION OF IT. THEY STILL DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE SO. WE DO GET THEM THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE ENCOUNTER TO GIVE THEM ALL THE OPTIONS AND THEN IF THEY SAY YOU KNOW, YES I WANT TO GO UP THERE. AND TRY TO GET INTO THEIR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND WORK WITH THEM TO SOLVE MY HOMELESSNESS SITUATION. THEN WE THEN THAT'S WHEN COLOR GETTING CONTACT WITH OUR PARTNERS NORTH PORT SOCIAL SERVICES AND REQUEST THINGS LIKE SKYPE US PASSES 2 TO GET THEM WE'RE GOING TO SO TO GET SOMETHING A SITUATION LIKE THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN TOMORROW. YES, I WOULD GIVE THEM. >> WE WOULD CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY POLICE NUMBER AND THAT STARTS THE WHOLE THING GOING IS THAT CONTACT. >> YOU COULD YEAH OR YOU CAN THEY CALL MY YOU KNOW I A NUMBER AND I HAVE. I WORK SO AS ON THE WEEKENDS TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW >> YOU CAN STILL HAVE THEM TELL AND I E-MAIL OUT OR YOU COULD SHOOT ME AN E-MAIL THAT WOULD BE GOOD TOO AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE AS SOON AS AVAILABLE ON THE CONTACT AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT SHIP HOMES OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HE'S ALSO SHIFT SO SHIP'S PROGRAM IS A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CASTLE. >> WHICH IS ANOTHER NONPROFIT A LOCAL NONPROFIT. SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM HOW SEEING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF NORTH PORT SPRINGS AREA. NOT IN THE CITY OF NORTH PORT IS NOT. >> OKAY. >> SO THAT'S WHERE WITH SOME TIME SO AT THAT SHELTER IN SALVATION ARMY IN IN SARASOTA THEY HAVE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM BEDS SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY HAVE A CLIENT IN THOSE BEDS THAT THEY FEEL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND THEY MOVE THEM FROM THOSE HOT BEDS IN SARASOTA TO THE SHIP'S PROGRAM HOUSING IN NORTH PORT THEY HAVE ANOTHER SHIPS PROGRAM HOUSING IN SARASOTA CITY AND THEN THEY HAVE A SECOND ONE HERE IN PORT IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FOR OK THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION OF. >> A MARIST QUESTIONS MAY TURNS OUT ALL RIGHT. YEAH, SURE. MAYOR MENTIONED WE DO SOMETIMES MAKE REFERRALS UP TO THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SARASOTA. >> HOW OFTEN ARE WE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BEDS AVAILABLE. >> THERE'S OFTEN A WAIT LIST. >> SO THERE'S OFTEN I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GIVE YOU A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE BUT YOU KNOW THERE ISN'T ANY AVAILABILITY AS THEY DO ONLY HAVE SO MUCH CAPACITY. >> THANK YOU FOR WHAT IS THAT CAPACITY. >> SO WE SPEAKING ABOUT THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR SALVATION ARMY THINK THEY CAN LAST I HEARD IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MAX OF OR CLIENTS THEY CAN HAVE ONCE. >> THOSE THE HALF AND IT'S. >> NOW THE HABITS ARE SEPARATE. AND THE HOT BEDS ARE SARASOTA SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS 20 HOT BEDS. AND THE SARASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT SPD HAS 10. SO THOSE 2 TEAMS COLLECT THAT WE HAVE 30 BETS. WELL CAN SO HOW MANY ARE SHERIFF PREMIER SARASOTA'S 2020 OR SHERIFFS. >> 10 ARE >> SARASOTA >> BUT SOMETIMES IT KIND GOING THAT I TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET HAPPENS DOWN HERE TO HELP OUR CITIZENS. SO I THINK THAT'S A FUTURE CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE LIST THE CITY MANAGER. A LITTLE BIT TOO. MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS HAD TO DO WITH. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT THAT 30 TRANSITIONAL UNIT SALVATION SALVATION ARMY FUNDING THAT A 100% OR IS THAT PART OF SARASOTA COUNTY GIVING THEM SOME FINANCES. DOES THAT LOOK. >> I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, I'M NOT 100% CERTAIN ON THE FUN BEING PART OF IT BUT I BELIEVE IT IS A HYBRID TYPE OF MODEL WHERE SALVATION ARMY FUNDS, A PORTION OF IT, I'M SURE THEY COUNTY FUNDS POSSIBLY FEDERAL FUNDS. >> THAT HELPS >> KEEP THE OPERATION GOING. >> AT THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST FUTURE DISCUSSION YOU KNOW. KNOW SALVATION ARMY HAD PLANS FOR THEIR PROPERTY, BUT TOOK THOSE PLANS AND SHUT BUT FOR YOU KNOW IT IF THE COUNTY IS HELPING FUND WE WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE AREA OF THE COUNTY, BUT THE I COUNTY WHICH WE ARE ARE I JUST SO I I AM FINISHED AN I I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THE TRESPASSING PART CITY MANAGER. >> THE MISSION IN THIS SAME CONVERSATION. WELL, THE CITY MANAGER REPORT IT STATES THAT WE WERE TO CONTACT THE SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE PROGRAM GETTING CLOSE HERE IF YOU CAN PROBABLY GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT SHE SPOKE OUT. MOST RECENTLY REGARDING PROGRAM. THANK YOU. >> TENSE. >> WANT FOR THE >> SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF THE HOMES ARE PROGRAM PROBABLY BACK IN LIKE 2022, I BELIEVE. >> SO RECENTLY CITY MANAGER GAVE DIRECTION TO REACH OUT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND KIND OF GET AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS LIKE ANY TRANSITIONAL, HOUSING SOLUTIONS SPECIFICALLY TO PORT. SO I THIS MONTH I REACHED OUT TO ROUTE SHOWERS AND SHE IS THE SHE WAS THE CLIENT CORDINATOR FOR THE HOME SHARE PROGRAM AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT THE HOME SHARE WAS TERMINATED. >> SHOPPING BACK JUNE OF ACTUALLY LAST YEAR AND THE REASON IT WAS A TERMINATED WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS FEDERAL CASE. SHARE PROGRAM. TURNS OUT TO >> THE COURT SIDED WHAT WAS SAID ME, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT A NUMBER HERE. SO IT WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN A SARASOTA HOMEOWNER AND THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY SIDED WITH SARASOTA PROPERTY APPRAISER BILL FOR SO THAT ELIMINATING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO RENT OUT THEIR HOMES NOT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. >> SO THEY DID NOT SEE IT BEING PROOF AND THEY REMOVED SO. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT YOU KNOW I DOUBT THAT ANYBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR EXEMPTION AROUND RENT OUT ROOM OF THEIR HOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. OK THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU AND AND THAT. >> I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION WE HAD TIME ABOUT ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL SHAKE YOUR HEAD OK SO WHERE ARE WE HERE. >> I DON'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE WANT TO GO OVER THIS TRESPASSING COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL SAY WANT TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. CAN DO THE PRESENTATION. YEAH. >> OK I'M GOING BACK ON THE POWER POINT THE QUESTION WAS AS FAR AS JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TRESPASSES TRESPASS WARNINGS ON PUBLIC WE CONSIDER THE CITY FACILITIES OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN WE DO THESE ENFORCEMENTS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS FOR VERBAL WARNINGS FIRST. BRITAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED AFTER AND THEN IF THEY VIOLATE THAT WRITTEN MORNING BEEN AN ARREST IS MADE. ONES THAT ARREST IS MADE AND APPEAL HAS TO BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE. A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULE AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME IT WILL EITHER BE RESCINDED OR UPHELD DURING THAT TIME FRAME OF THE ISSUE WINDS TO THE ACTUAL HEARING DATE TRESPASS WARNING DOES STAY IN EFFECT. PART OF THE TRESPASSING CONSIDERS THEIR STORAGE OF AND REMOVAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT IS LEFT ON PUBLIC PROPERTIES. SO SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE PUBLIC PROPERTY, REASONABLE CHARGES. AND STORER SAYS STUART I'M NOT MORE THAN 24 CONTINUES HOURS ARE YOU ALLOWED TO KEEP PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE PROP PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE YOUR PROPERTY WE TELL YOU YOU'VE GOT 24 HOURS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. IT CANNOT BE THERE, I'M NOT PRIVATE PARTY WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO IF WE GO OUT TO THESE SITES THAT WE SAY ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND THEY HAVE THEIR SELF AND THERE WE'VE THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT FROM THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER. SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THIS. THE REMOVAL OF THE PROPERTY. ITS ATTENDANT AND THEY'RE THERE WHEN WE GO THERE WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM 24 HOURS TO REMOVE. WE FIND PROPERTY THAT IS UNATTENDED. WE HAVE TO LABEL IT AND THEN WE HAVE 48 HOURS. BEFORE WE CAN REMOVE IT OURSELVES AFTER IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN TACT. PROPERTY THAT IS A THREAT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OR WELFARE WE CAN REMOVE IMMEDIATE LEAVE WE FIND THAT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE IT COULD BE CONTAMINATING THE GROUND ARE CONTAMINATING WATER WAY DEPENDING ON ITS LOCATION TO IT'S AT. SO 2021, WE HAVE HAD A 102 TRESPASSES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. WE'VE HAD 14 APPEALS. 7 OF THEM HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN UPHELD. JUST LIKE I SAID BEFORE THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT INCLUSIVE TO JUST INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INCLUDES ALL TRESPASSES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY SINCE 2021. AND MOVE FORWARD SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH SOCIAL SERVICES ON THE BUS PASSES TO HAVE MORE OF THEM. FOR INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO RELOCATE. OUTREACH WITH NONPROFITS TO ASSIST WITH PLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOMELESS, THE HOME'S ROOF THAT WE HAVE ARE LUNCHEONS AND RESOURCE OUT A LOT OF AND HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS TO ASSIST THE CITIZENS. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHORT-TERM TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. A POTENTIAL THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH BUT SALVATION ARMY AND CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT OF A CITY CODE VIOLATIONS IN PARKS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ALONG 41 ON THE ONSET BEFORE IT BECOMES AND ACTUAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS. >> AND THAT IS >> OKAY VICE MAYOR. >> YEAH NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING. TRESPASSING THIS MUCH AS I KNOW THE. FLORIDA HOUSE PASSED A BILL REGARDING. >> AND HOMELESS SLEEPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS TAKING UP A SIMILAR BILL MORNING. THE GOVERNOR SEEMED SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. >> I WASN'T GOING AFFECT US. ♪ >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION VICE MAYOR TODAY WE HAVE WITH US JOE CALLS AT 3.48 CONNELLY SHAMSIE PULLS BACK. JOE WAS WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ADVISING ON ISSUES RELATED TO PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HE HAS DEVELOPED A NATIONAL PRESENCE AND EXPERTISE ON THAT TOPIC AND HE ALSO THE CITY WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE TRESPASS REGULATIONS AND THEN PRIVATE PROPERTY ♪ REGULATIONS SO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. >> FOR THE INTRODUCTION BUT I'M I'M HERE FOR THE CITY OF NORTH PORT TODAY AND AS YOU MENTIONED THAT IS A VERY POTENTIALLY IMPACTFUL BILL THAT'S BEFORE LEGISLATURE SO I SO IT IS AS AMBER WOULD AGREE I THINK WE SPOKE >> THIS MEETING THAT YOU KNOW. WE REALLY DO NEED TO SEE WHAT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE OF THE BILL AS THAT OF COURSE IF IT PASSES A LOT OF CHANGES CAN BE MADE AT THE LAST MINUTE ARE OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. >> IT WILL ON ITS FACE POTENTIALLY VERY IMPACTFUL DOES SEEK REGULATE. ON PUBLIC SPACES EXCLUSIVELY. PROVIDE. REALLY YOU KNOW. FOR TO SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FINAL VERSION IS BUT BUT IT REALLY IS REGULATING CITIES AND COUNTIES. AND THAT DOES SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT TARGETED AT PREVENTING. I'M KIND OF THE SANCTUARY CITY COUNCIL THAT WERE SEEN OUT WEST AND FROM CITIES JUST ALLOWING. UNREGULATED CAPPING SO AT THE 6 TO REGULATE HOW CITIZENS COMPANIES ARE DOING OUT. AND YOU CAN CAMPING OR LODGING ACTIVITIES TO A CERTAIN LOCATION THAT THERE ARE SANITATION AND OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR. NOT NECESSARILY A. SHELTER ADDITIONAL SHELTER RUN BY A NONPROFIT, BUT IT CAN BE JUST OPEN SPACE DESIGNATED FOR. THAT SORT OF CAPPING OR LOGIC. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION SORT I ULTIMATELY DEPENDING ON THIS BILL SHAKES OUT IN ITS FINAL VERSION IT'S GOING CREATE. >> AND OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY. >> AND AND EFFORT TO FIND A SOLUTION IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM HOUSE THESE FOLKS. >> FORCE THAT HOUSING. IF IN FACT A WALK. COMES ACROSS AND ENDS UP BEING YOU KNOW HOPE YOU CAN SLEEP ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. I MEAN IF THAT'S THE CASE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES AND ENFORCEMENT WHERE PEOPLE MOVE PUBLIC PROPERTY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OF WHICH WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OUT AT YOU KNOW THE OWNERS WE'VE REMOTELY ANYWAY IT OPENS UP JUST A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED WITH. AS WE MOVE FORWARD I THINK THAT'S A VALID YOU KNOW IT. >> THAT PART OF THE. >> PROCESS IF THIS BILL PASSES THAT WILL HELP IN A LOCAL LEVEL STARTS WITH THE COUNTY. SHE READ TALKS LIKE THE COUNTY MAY IMPLEMENT AND THEN THE FOLLOWING IT DOESN'T SEEM POWER THE CITY TO DO THAT EMPOWERS THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WORKS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES ON CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE COUNTY AND SEE WHAT THEIR POSITION WAS BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IT DOESN'T REGULATE PUBLIC PROPERTY AND BASICALLY IS. PROHIBITING. AND THIS CASE A CITY FROM. A NUMBER OF THINGS INCLUDING OTHERWISE ALLOWING. CAMPING AND ITS PUBLIC SPACES UNLESS IT'S IN DESIGNATED KIND OF SAINTS OWNER. >> IT PASSES VICE MAYOR I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF AND HOW THAT LAW IT'S CHALLENGE AND YOU KNOW HOW IT RESULT IN A COURTROOM THAT CONTRADICTS YOU HURT REFERENCE EARLIER TO ANOTHER CIRCUIT COURT THAT DOES NOT CONTROL BUT THAT MOST OF THESE DEFENDANTS BEST PRACTICE TO COMPLY WITH. AND SO GOING UP TO THE COURT SYSTEM THE NEXT FEW YEARS IF IT IT PASSES IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING WATCH. >> AND AND ONE OF THE THING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT IS THERE IS A CASE THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS FINALLY ACCEPTED JURISDICTION, IT'S CALLED THE GRANTS PASS CASE FOR MORGAN. THE 9TH CIRCUIT. AND REPORT IS FINALLY REVIEWING THIS BODY OF CASE LAW THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY A LOT OF WHICH IS FROM THE NIGHT FEDERAL CIRCUIT OUT WEST. AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THIS REPORT DOES IN THAT CASE, BUT BECAUSE IT COULD HEAVILY IMPACT YOUR LOCAL OPERATIONS HERE AND AND A COUPLE DIFFERENT SO LET'S GET YOU VERY CRITICAL CASE. ALL QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL. >> THANK YOU VICE-MAYOR FOR BRINGING THAT UP THAT WAS ONE OF QUESTIONS AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE LATEST. RENDITION OF THE DOUBT SAYS THAT COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT AUTHORIZED. ALLOW ANY PERSON TO REGULARLY ENGAGE IN PUBLIC CAMPING OR SLEEPING IN THE PUBLIC PROPERTY HOW WOULD WE EVEN BEGIN TO ENFORCE THIS, YOU KNOW WE WE MAY NOT PERMIT IT. SO WHAT WE DO ON THE SURFACE IT THIS IS THE WHAT SEEMS TO BE MOVING THROUGH MUCH QUICKER BECAUSE THE STAGE. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE KIND OF THE BILLS ARE KIND OF IDENTICAL SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH FOR VOTE. HOW WOULD WE EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS SOMETHING. >> HERE'S WHAT REALLY THINK THAT'S PREMATURE RIGHT NOW TO. ACTUALLY DIVE INTO THAT BECAUSE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THAT FINAL BILL IS. WHAT CHANGES ARE GOING IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT THIS OUT THERE AND THE BILL COULD ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY TELL US. WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO SO FOR ME TO SAY HERE IN SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LEGISLATOR, DIRECT US TO THE PREMATURE TO >> RESPECT THAT THANK BUT ONCE WE DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS BILL PASSES AN ITERATION OF THESE BILLS PASS WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSISTENT WITH A WALL. YEAH. >> OCTOBER FIRST WILL BE HERE IN MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE STRESS A NOTED SERVED THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ISSUED. FIRST HOW LONG IS A TRESPASSING MORE GOOD ONE YEAR ONE YEAR. IT'S A WARRANT OR WARNING WARNING WARNING AGAINST YES BECAUSE WANT JUST MAKE SURE I HEARD INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT CORRECT. AND IF SO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT TO TRESPASS WARNING IS IS NOT A CRIME. IT IS A WARNING THAT YOU'RE VIOLATING. >> WHAT. IF YOU DO VIOLATE IT, AND YOU WILL BE ARRESTED IF WE DON'T FIND YOU A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST WILL BE WHAT YOU SAID OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE RECORD I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ISSUE A WARNING CORRECT. THAT'S GOOD FOR ONE YEAR AND IF. >> THE OFFENDER. >> COMES BACK IN THAT YEAR THEN IT IS A WARRANT IF WE'RE ON SITE WE WILL ARREST HIM ON SITE IF WE SHOW UP WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT PROVED THAT HE WAS THERE AND VIOLATED THAT WARNING AND WE CAN'T FIND HIM THEN WE WILL ISSUE A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. AND THEN THAT GOES THROUGH THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM. YES. >> IN YOUR STATISTICS REGARDING THESE WARNINGS WARN THINK YOU ISSUED A 102. >> MANY OF THOSE WERE. EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC BUILDINGS PARKS AND RIGHT OF WHAT WERE THOSE BREAKDOWNS BECAUSE. I KNOW THAT THE CITY ISSUES WARNINGS FOR TRESPASSING LIKE YOU'RE MORGAN CENTER IS ANOTHER VERY POPULAR FOR SO HOW MANY OF THESE 102 WARNINGS THAT WERE ISSUED. CITY BUILDINGS VERSUS RIGHT OF WAYS AND >> DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER NOW BUT I CAN GET FOR YOU BUT MAJORITY OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE THE CITY BUILDING CITY PARKS THAT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO BETWEEN CITY HALL THE MORGAN >> I WILL GET YOU THE BREAKDOWN AND WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE. >> COMPARED TO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK THIS CONVERSATION ISSUING A WARNING. DISCUSSING CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY KIND OF THING. SO I WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT BREAKDOWN. THANK YOU I WILL SAY MOST OF THOSE 102 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HOMELESS. THAT'S WHY THE CAPTAIN AT THE ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH >> OKAY, AND I DEFINITELY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT BREAKDOWN AS THANK YOU. I THINK IT OTHER BIG QUESTION I THINK MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER CONVERSATION IS WHERE IS THE COUNTY AND HELPING US WITH ISSUES. >> I. IT REALLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW THAT'S ALL WORKING OUT AND PLAYING OUT. WHAT WHAT ISSUES YOU'RE REFERRING LIKE THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE. CAMPING PUBLIC PROPERTY AND. I KNOW THE FOCUS IS CITY OF SARASOTA BECAUSE THE HAS A DIFFERENT. ATMOSPHERE AND THE CITY OF PORT. >> SO IT WHEN YOU REFER TO THE COUNTY WHERE WE REFERRED TO IT HELPED HE OR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS THAT COUNTY. >> GOVERNMENT TO THE COUNTY SERVICES IT JUST IN GENERAL WHERE IS THE COUNTY. IN ASSISTING THE CITY OF NORTH PORT BECAUSE IT. >> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S ONLY MY OPINION AND MY PERSPECTIVE WE'RE WE'RE. >> TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM OURSELVES. BUT HOWEVER THAT NEEDED. >> IS RELYING ON OUR POPULATION NUMBERS $4 AND AND RESOURCES AND SERVICES WE REALLY AREN'T. NOT APPEARING. WE'RE GETTING IT. SO AGAIN THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF THAT BIGGER CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ANOTHER TIME. >> REALLY TO THE QUESTION WE WOULD NEED TO DO A MORE. INVESTIGATION TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE ALL OF THEIR PIECES ALONG WITH PIECES. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME GAPS THERE BUT RIGHT NOW TODAY, WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR SIDE OF IT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK TO YOU SO THAT WE DO NOT MISREPRESENT WHAT THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING IN CASE THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING IT IS NOT GOING TO BE MENTIONED IN THAT ANSWER THAT WE BRING YOU BACK A VERY COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS BUT THEY'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE THIS WEEK AT SWAP OR >> OKAY. >> MUCH LARGER CONVERSATION SAYING WE HAVE GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND THEY'RE TEAM. THEY WERE QUARANTINED BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. >> WHATEVER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SLIVER TO THIS ISSUE A PROBLEM THAT THE NATION'S DEALING WITH VERY MINUTE. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL FOCUS COMEBACK BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY. POLICE PROBLEM LAW A LOT OF THINGS HAVE IT SO ARE YOU KNOW IT'S A IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR A FINE LINE. JUST WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT THIS HAVE TO BE A DEEPER DISCUSSION, BUT REALLY IT'S. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS VERY LITTLE WHEN IT COMES US. >> I DEFINITELY A SOCIETAL PROBLEM. OKAY, I'M I SPARE. >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SITE. YOU KNOW EXTENDED NATION FOR THE WORK, YOU FOLKS DO IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS IS A CHALLENGE. IT IS DIFFICULT AS YOU SAY THAT IF THE POLICE ASPECT OF IT IS A SLIVER IT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE AND AGAIN I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLKS. BRINGING BACK TO HOW WE MAY AS A COMMISSION GIVE HELP. IN THIS IN THIS IN IN IN IN ADDRESSING THIS IN IN LIGHT OF YOU KNOW SO MANY OF CHALLENGES NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL CHALLENGES, BUT PROBABLY THE LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING AT US SO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR THE HARD WORK YOU DO IN THIS AREA BECAUSE YOU KNOW THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. ARE PEOPLE NEED HELP AND. IT'S NOT EASY ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. OR ONE THAT IT'S EASY SOLUTIONS SO THANK YOU. >> YES, I JUST WANT TO ECHO LOT OFF OF THAT I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENT NOW THAT WE HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM AN ISSUE. I MYSELF HAVE HAD. MENTION ONE WITH WITH THE BELL RINGER BUT TAKING CARE OF THE TREE WALK ON 41 OF BUSY BOTH THERE AND THERE WAS. A MAN CHARLIE ALWAYS WAS THERE I THINK YOU ARE THE OFFICER, I'M SORRY, NUMBER YOUR NAME IN THE BACK THAT CAME OUT AS I WENT THERE WANTS TO DO SOME TREE WORK AND THERE WAS A MATTRESS AND WAS A SHELF AND HE HAD FOOD APPARENT CITY MANAGER ON THE RECALL I CALLED ON AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW ALL AND I THINK YOU KNOW THE OFFICER THAT CAME OUT AND YOU ARE VERY KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TO HIM AND GOT THE HE WAS ALWAYS THERE. AND UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT COUPLE OF OTHER. GUYS IN THERE STRIKE UP CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT THE FIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT HE AND 4 AND FOR ME THAT CHARLIE. HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS KILLED IN >> ACCIDENT AT LOWE'S AND 41 THAT WITH THE BICYCLISTS CROSS THE ROAD AND AND AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SO. >> WAS SAD TO HEAR THAT, YEAH NEED TO BE COMPASSIONATE UM IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A LIFESTYLE THAT ANYONE WANTS TO DEFINE THEMSELVES. >> AND SO. WE NEED TO WALK THAT FINE LINE IS THAT AS THE POLICE CHIEF SAID. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE NEEDS OF OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND AND AGAIN JUST BEEN ALL THANK YOU. YEAH. BECAUSE WE DO WE NEED KIND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THIS SO THANK YOU. I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ELSE SO YES WITH THAT BEING SAID MA'AM I WANT KNOW THAT TODAY'S JUDGMENT LATER THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THANK YOU. >> IT'S. >> IS THAT IS THAT YES MANAGER DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT. >> ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM B 24 DASH 0, 3, 2, 2, PRESENTATION REGARDING BRAND CITY BRAND HISTORY AND RE-BRANDING PROCESS. >> ANY MANAGER THIS IS YOUR ITEM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. >> TIMES BASE AND CARL ARE THAT COMING DOWN WITH THE TAKE IT I WANT TO BETTER. >> WE'RE EXCITED TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE BROTHER OUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON SOME OF THE PAST SESSIONS THAT HAVE ARE BRANDING OUR VISUAL IDENTITY HERE TO STAY. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE UPDATING YOU ON A PATHWAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORING NEXT YEAR SO PRESENT TUESDAY WILL BE LAURA ANSEL OUR MANAGER. WE ALSO HAVE LED CASTRO OUR BRAND DESIGN SPECIALIST HERE IN THE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SO THAT I WILL TURN UP THE MARK. MORNING. ♪ >> FOR THE RECORD LOW AND ARCANE ENGAGEMENT SO AS JASON SURE SAY I'D LIKE TO GO OVER WITH YOU KIND OF WHAT A BRAND IS IN TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY JUST SO WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND THEN HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY WITH OUR CURRENT BRANDON LOOK AND THEN ALSO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD SO. AS WE GO THROUGH YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A MISPERCEPTION ABOUT WHAT BRAND IS AND SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S JUST A LOGO TAGLINE MAYBE IT'S THE WEBSITE, HOW VEHICLE WRAPS AND IT IS THOSE THINGS BUT IT IS ALSO YOUR BRAND STRATEGY AND WHAT MAKES YOU WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REST OF YOUR COMPETITORS, SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA. SO THIS DEFINITION COMES FROM MISTER LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON CITY BRANDING IN PLACE BRANDING AND IT'S HOW ARE IT CAN HELP US AS A COMMUNITY STAND OUT FROM OTHERS, IT GENERATES A SENSE OF BELONGING. CONTRIBUTING TO GREATER SOCIAL COHESION STABILITY AND RETENTION OF TALENT. IN STRONG BRAND A STRONG CITY BROWN WILL HELP US ENHANCE CIVIC PRIDE STIMULATE OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE REPUTATION HELP US COMPETE AND ATTRACT INVESTMENT PEOPLE WORKING CAPITAL. HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE OUR CURRENT BRAND ISN'T CONSERVATIVE YEARS WE'VE A LOT OF EXTENSIVE RESEARCH WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BINDER I'M HAPPY TO SHARE ANY IT TO THE CBO BINDER AND ALL THE STUDIES. THIS WE STARTED IN 2008 AND THIS WAS CITY CONTRACTED WITH ORGANIZATION OF THUNDER COME NORTHSTAR DESTINATION STRATEGIES AND THEY KICKED OFF WITH IN MARKET STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND TO THE 25TH OF THAT YEAR AND THAT WAS SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH WITH PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME. EMPLOYEES AND STAFF AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT STUDY WAS TO START AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF NORTH PORT RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS THEY CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND YOU'LL SEE TO THE RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A LONG LIST OF ALL THE SURVEYS AND THE STUDIES AND THE AWARENESS THAT IS ALL OF THE RESEARCH THAT WAS CONDUCTED THAT TIME PERIOD IN ORDER TO DEVELOP OUR BRAND STRATEGY. THEY PRESENTED THE FINAL REPORT IN 2010. AND THAT INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY'S BRANDON PRINT NOW THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR STRATEGIC BRAND POSITION AND THOSE ARE THE TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING EVER SINCE. SO THAT TIME OVER THE SINCE 2012 UNTIL THE CURRENT. WE'VE HAD IT WAS ORIGINALLY A STRATEGIC WITHIN OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN IT WAS REMOVED IN 2012. AS BEING ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS. WE'VE ALSO HAD AN INTERIM BRAND COMMITTEE THAT MET A FEW TIMES IN THOSE EARLY YEARS RIGHT AFTER THE LOCAL WAS DEVELOPED ALTHOUGH THE BRAND AND OUR LOGO WHEN OUR CAR LOOK HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OR BROUGHT MENTIONED OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS, BEEN NO FORMAL GIVEN SINCE THAT TIME. KIND OF HISTORY. SOME OF THE PRIMARY GOALS FOR THAT ORIGINAL BRAND FRIEND AND I THOUGHT THESE WERE INTERESTING SO THIS CAME FROM 2010 WAS TO INCREASE OUR BRAND AWARENESS IN THE LOCAL NATIONAL AND GLOBAL MARKETPLACE TO SOLIDIFY AND ELEVATE THE IMAGE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY TO CREATE A BRAND THAT WILL ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS AND HELP THE CITY RETAIN ITS CURRENT AGAIN IMPROVING THE CITY'S REPUTATION CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO NORTH PORT SO THAT THERE IS MEANING BEHIND THE PHRASE OF I LIVE IN PORT. >> SO THIS IS THE VERY >> THEM ALL BRAND CONCEPTS THAT WAS AT ON 7/27/2009. I BELIEVE THAT A FEW PARTS THAT STOOD OUT TO US AS A TEAM ABOUT THE PROMISING COMMUNITY WERE SO FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITY. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND PORT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE INVITED TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE THE TOWN AND EVERYTHING HAS TO OFFER. >> YOU KNOW. SO. THAT IS THE CONCEPT AND TURNED INTO THEY TOOK THE CONCEPT BROUGHT THAT INTO THE BRAND STRATEGY STATEMENTS YOU'LL SEE HERE. HOW YOU KIND BUILD A BRAND STRATEGY STATEMENT AS YOU IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCES. YOU TRY AND GIVE THEM A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR WEAR. THAT'S BRANDON, YOUR YOU OR AN IDENTIFIER SO THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE THE POINT OF DIFFERENCE IS WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE AND THEN THE BENEFIT IS WHY WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE SO OUR POLL OF BRAND STRATEGY STATEMENT WAS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF AN UP AND COMING ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY. NORTH PORT FLORIDA AND SARASOTA COUNTY IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN TAMPA AND FORT MYERS WHERE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT AND YOUTHFUL MINDSET INVITE YOU TO SHAPE ITS FUTURE. SO IT IS NATURAL TO FEEL LIKE VITAL AND POTENTIAL IS UNLIMITED. NOW THAT BRAN STRATEGY IT WAS PROVED ON 7/27/2009. DURING THAT PROCESS ON JUNE 29TH A FEW DAYS LATER A YEAR LATER THIS WAS THE VISUAL IDENTITY THAT WAS THEN. APPROVED I COMMISSION. >> SO THAT'S THE HISTORY AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD OF THE YEARS IS HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S TIME TO UPDATE, YOU KNOW HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR YOUR VISUAL IDENTITY IS PERHAPS NOT FULFILLING WHAT YOUR BRAND STRATEGY IS AND SO THESE ARE A FEW OF THOSE REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK UPDATING REFRESHING. IT'S IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT BEHAVIOR NEEDS HAVE CHANGED. IF A JUSTIN COMMUNICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE MAJOR CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY'S SO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S HIGH PROFILE EVENTS. YOU KNOW A NEW HIGH PROFILE BUSINESS COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY. IF THE VISUAL IDENTITY, INCLUDING THE LOCAL STARTING TO LOOK DATED IT COULD USE A REFRESH BUT THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED HERE FOR YOU IS IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE CITY IS PROJECTED AND THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCES IN REALITY OF THE PLACE. SO IF YOU HAVE A DISCONNECT SUCH AS THAT. IT'S TIME FOR RE-BRANDING OR PERHAPS EVEN REPOSITIONING. >> SO AFTER REVIEW AND TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE SURVEYS IN THE STUDIES AND THE RESEARCH THAT HAD GONE INTO OUR ORIGINAL BRAND STRATEGY. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THAT STRATEGY AND THE POSITIONING REMAIN RELEVANT TO WHO WE ARE TODAY AS A COMMUNITY. BUT THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR VISUAL IDENTITY AND WHO WE ARE AND TO DO SO ONE OF ANALOGIES THAT LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH OUR OPPORTUNE 8 YEARS AS COMMUNITY RIGHT WE'RE STARTING TO GROW AND FULLY GROWN AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND SO RECOMMENDATION IS TO USE THAT EXISTING RESEARCH DATA AND THE BRAND STRATEGY THAT EXISTS IN TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED VISUAL IDENTITY. SO HOW CAN WE DO ABOUT. WE WOULD START BY PUTTING TOGETHER A CREATIVE BRIEF. IN PROTOTYPE DESIGNS INTERNALLY AND WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT 2010 RESEARCH AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GATHERED THROUGH THOSE STUDIES AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM CITY LEADERSHIP AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A COUPLE PROTOTYPES DEVELOPED WE WOULD GO OUT AND SOLICIT EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK. BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY FROM OUR PUBLIC FROM OUR RESIDENTS. ON THE PROTOTYPES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH A SPECIALIST TO FIND TO THOSE DESIGNS INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK. TO BRING A COUPLE I DON'T LOOK IN FIELDS FOR APPROVAL AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR IMPLEMENTATION IS CLEAN. THIS IS THE PRETTY VERSION OF ALL THAT WORDS I DIRECT YOU TO ROB TIMELINE FOR YOU WE WOULD LOOK AT STARTING THE PREPARATION PHASE THIS SUMMER WE WOULD DEVELOP A TOUCH POINT INVENTORY NOW A TOUCH POINT INVENTORIES WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE WAYS WHICH ARE VOCAL ARE YOUR OFFICIAL IDENTITY IS UTILIZED. AND YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHERE IT IS SO FROM BEING YOU KNOW IT'S BE ABLE TO CLOTHING TO ON THE WALLS OR SIGNAGE TO THE ROUNDS. WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHERE WHERE LOGOS BEING USED AND WHY. AND THEN WE WOULD WORK ON PUTTING TOGETHER A CREATIVE BRIEF AND OF COURSE DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT ARE COMING AND THEN IN THE WE WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT INTERNAL FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THOSE PROTOTYPES SO THIS WOULD BE THE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. AND WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER A START PUTTING TOGETHER WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WOULD BE WE WOULD LOOK TO ENGAGE THAT SPECIALIST. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO IN THE LATER STAGES AS WE LOOK IMPLEMENTATION. WELL WE VERY I HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM VERY TALENTED PEOPLE WHO COULD PUT TOGETHER PROTOTYPES. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES AS CLEANLY AS POSSIBLE SO TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT EXPERIENCE IN DOING NOTHING BUT IMPLEMENTING BROWNS YOU KNOW THEY HELP US AT THE POLISH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE A LOGO THAT SHAPED A LITTLE ODDLY. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO WORK ON UNCERTAINTY. 4 MINUTES WHEN YOU'RE ROLLING IT OUT OR IT MIGHT LOOK FUNKY SIGNED BUT NOT ON A SHIRT AND SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US THINK ABOUT THOSE POTENTIAL PITFALLS WILL HELP US MAKE SURE AT THE VISUAL IDENTITY ROLLOUT GO SMOOTHLY AND IS COST EFFECTIVE AS WELL SO. SO THAT IS THE PROTOTYPE PHASE WE BUT FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK IN THE WINTER AND SPRING SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO HAVE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS GATHER FEEDBACK. OF COURSE SPEAK WITH OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR ELECTED SUCH AS YOURSELVES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GATHER AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE COOPERATE THAT IN THE FINALIZATION STAGE AND PRESENT A FINAL FOR APPROVAL BUT TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES LAUNCH AND THEN WE GO TO IMPLEMENTATION OF ALBION ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW IS IN OUR INITIAL PLAN AS WE'RE NOT LOOKING TOO LIKE IMMEDIATELY THROW AWAY EVERYTHING THAT HAS THE EXISTING LOGO. THIS WOULD BE A LONG-TERM ROLL OUT ITS FORMER COST-EFFECTIVE THOSE THINGS COME TO THE END OF THEIR NATURAL LIFE. YOU JUST UPDATE IT AS YOU GO AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO PITCH AWAY EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND HAVE IT ALL COMPLETELY FRESH START SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT THIS BEING A LONG-TERM ROLLOUT AS AS THINGS NEED TO BE UPDATED. COUPLE OF THE KEY BENEFITS WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ARE TAKING US FARMER FINED. YOU KNOW SMALL OR SCOPE THAN WHAT THE CITY UNDERTOOK BACK IN 2010 SO WE ANTICIPATED BEING FORMER BUDGET ON ME. WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE LONG-TERM ROLE A STRATEGY TO HELP CONTROL THOSE COSTS. I'M HAVING A TOUGH POINT INVENTORY IS SO IMPORTANT SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN AND HOW OUR LOOK OUR BRAND IS BEING UTILIZED AND HOW IT'S BEING DISPLAYED PRESIDENT SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OTHERS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP THAT LIST WILL BE A GREAT CHANCE FOR COHESION AND HAVING A FULL LIST OF POINTS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY OF COURSE WE ALL WANT A VISUAL IDENTITY THAT WE CAN EMBRACE THE PRODUCT AS A COMMUNITY. PRESENTATION WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MISSION WITHOUT. ♪ ♪ >> WHEN >> I WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS WORKSHOP MATERIAL. THE ONE THING THAT KEPT KIND OF COMING BACK TO. >> IS ON YOUR SLIDE WORKS IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND IT SAID THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR VISUAL IDENTITY AND WE'VE GROWN INTO. EVER REMEMBER US HAVING A CONVERSATION THAT THIS IS A STRATEGIC PLAN. PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET ABOUT RE-BRANDING THE CITY. HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THAT DISCONNECT. AND WHO DECIDED THERE WAS A DISCONNECT BECAUSE 20 HAPPENED HAD ANY OF THAT DISCUSSION SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT MORE. >> QUESTION IS YOU ARE HAVING DISCUSSION TODAY. WE'RE TELLING YOU ONLY TODAY THAT THE GREAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU ADOPTED DON'T 2009 DOES NOT REPRESENT GROWTH OF THE CITY DOES REPRESENT HIGH LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION OF THE CITY IS MORE THAN JUST I CAN NOW LISTEN IN THE ASSET YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING SORT OF HASH TAG. WE'RE TRYING FIND THAT TO MAKE IT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO WE ARE TODAY AND MOVE FORWARD. >> AND I APPRECIATE THAT BUT. THERE WAS A MEMO THAT CAME OUT. IN JULY OF LAST YEAR THAT INCLUDED A LINK TO THE COMMUNICATIONS GUY. AND IN THE COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE. IT SAID THIS IS OUR NEWEST SPECIAL BOBO. THIS CITY OF NORTH PORT'S OFFICIAL LOGO WILL REPRESENT THE CITY AND HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME. >> OF OUR LOGO. >> OUR LITTLE CURRENTLY IS FOR COLORING THIS IS APPEARING TO BE LIKE A ONE COLOR. AND THERE'S 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS GUY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING YOU'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WHY WE'VE SEEN TODAY WHEN SOME OF THESE CHANGES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. >> THE CHANGES THAT YOU SAW WAS JUST SIMPLY CHANGING THE COLOR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TYRE DO OF THE LOGO WITHOUT JUST TAKEN THE COLOR. >> IT'S BEEN A MINUTE I MADE THOSE WERE IN OUR OWN BRANDING GUIDELINES. SO WE NAMED HIM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE AND EFFECTS TO REFUSE TO GO THROUGH THE HALLWAYS YOU PROBABLY SEEN IT IN OUR MATERIALS THAT DEPENDING ON WHO CREATED THE MATERIAL HANDOUT IT COULD BE ONE COLOR THIS COLOR THAT CAR SO WE HAD 7 OR 8 APPROVED COLORS IN THOSE BRAND GUIDELINES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY APPROVED AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD 7 OR 8 PERSONALITIES DEPENDING ON WHICH PIECE OF LITERATURE YOU WOULD PICK UP OR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND SO IS GIVING US KIND OF. MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS AND THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S COHESIVE COMING FROM ONE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOMEONE CAN PICK UP AND KNOW THAT IT'S A CITY OF NORTH PORT OF PUBLICATIONS SO THOSE INTERIM GUIDELINES TOOK EXISTING APPROVED. GUIDELINES FROM 2009 AND WE SIMPLY CONDENSED IT SO IT WASN'T A CHANGE IN COLOR WE JUST SIMPLY SAID INSTEAD OF USING ALL 8 OF THESE COLORS WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THESE 3 SO THOSE COLORS WERE ALREADY APPROVED IN 2009. A LOCAL WAS WE WERE JUST TRYING STREAMLINE IT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE EXCUSE ME MORE COHESION I HOPE. >> IN THE COMMUNICATIONS GUIDANCE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE OTHER LOGOS FROM LIKE POLICE AND FIRE THE AQUATIC CENTER. THOSE ARE EMBLEMS AND LOCALS ARE THOSE GOING TO BE REDONE TOO. >> AND THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY PART OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE CITY OF NORTH PORT LOKO. >> JUST WANT TO MAKE OKAY. >> SO THE REASON WHY THESE. >> THESE QUESTIONS BACK IN 2009 WHEN 2008 9 WHATEVER. >> THEY WANT SHOO >> DISCONTENT. WITH DOING THAT REBRAND. SO MANY CITIZENS WERE AGAINST IT FROM THE BEGINNING GRANTED AT THAT TIME WE WERE COMING OUT ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT DIDN'T. THAT KIND MAYBE PEOPLE SAYING YOU'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY AND IT WAS A LARGE AMOUNT VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. >> THIS LAST WEEK WE'RE SITTING HERE. TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAVE ALL OF THESE NEEDS IN OUR CITY. AND IT KIND OF GIVES THE APPEARANCE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TODAY THAT WERE KIND OF TONE DEATH. BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO COSTS TO THIS AND. WHAT DOES THAT COST. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOT JUST WHAT YOU ALREADY DONE BUT WHAT'S COMING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR THINGS FOR REFERENDUM. YES THAT WAS HUGE PROJECTS COMPARED TO THE MINISCULE A LOBO REDEFINED. BUT IT STILL COST AND IT KIND OF MAKES US LOOK LIKE. WE'VE GOT MONEY TO SPEND ON RE-BRANDING BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. I JUST. WANT TO KIND UNDERSTAND WHY NOW WHY THIS WHEN WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OTHER STUFF ON OUR PLATE. SO I THINK >> QUESTION WHY NO WAS INJURED IN THE POWER PLAY GIVE A VERY GOOD HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT WE NEED ORDER. PEOPLE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN ALL THE HE'S BEEN ON DID THEY DO ACCEPTABLE. SO PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHANGE THOSE SAME PEOPLE DO THAT THE WAY THEY DO. SO WHAT WE WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO CONTINUE TO GO. CONTINUE TO DO THE MISSION WOULD BE MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS ROOTS. >> I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TONE DEAFNESS OF THE MESSAGE BEING SAID THAT'S ALL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. >> DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS. >> YES MA'AM SO WE TOOK A LOOK SO TO TO GIVE YOU WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME COME. PARABLES IT'S NOT ALL NECESSARILY APPLES APPLE. SO THE 2009 STUDY THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WAS 90,000 IT IS NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT IS THE UTTER RECENTLY POSTED AN RFP FOR RE-BRANDING BUT THEIRS IS FOR A COMPLETELY NEW STRATEGY SEA-TAC ON ALL ABOUT AND ITS 40,000 WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT EITHER. CITY OF SARASOTA UNDERTOOK A RE-BRANDING AND THAT WAS FOR TO US FOR THEIR LOGO AND THEY'RE SEEING ON THE HOUSE FOR 25,000 SO THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IN OUR RESEARCH WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A RANGE OF 5 TO 20,000. WE'RE GOING TO BE INCORPORATING THIS IS PART OF OUR BUDGET REQUEST WITH THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS COMING UP AND START WORKING ON MAKE SURE WE DO DUE DILIGENCE BUT WE WOULD NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 25. >> OKAY, AND THAT'S TO DO THE RE-BRANDING I USED TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF REPAIRING COMING UP WITH LOGOS FOR FORTUNE, 500 COMPANIES. AND THERE'S FAR MORE. EXPENSES INVOLVED THE RE-BRANDING EFFORT. SO ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AS WE DO THE LAUNCHING IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT IS FAR AND THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY WE'VE BEEN THINKING AND THAT'S WHERE THAT TOUCH POINT IN WILL BE SO IMPORTANT IS FOR US TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW THE LOBOS BEING USED RIGHT NOW. >> AND THAT'S ALSO WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT LONGER-TERM ROLE A STRATEGY SO THINGS AND THAT NATURAL AND APPLY FOR NOT JUST. >> COMPLETELY REFRESHING EVERYTHING IN ONE YEAR OR LETTING THINGS FROM THEIR NATURAL COURSE, AND THEN AS WE WOULD BE REPLACING THE MAN UPDATED AS AGO, SO IT'S NOT. >> SUBSTANTIAL COST AND ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS TO THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE DRY, THERE ARE DRAWBACKS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THAT WOULD BE WHAT'S THE APPETITE FOR BEING ABLE TO 2. >> CAN WE LIVE WITH SEEING THE OLDER LOGO. A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE MORE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH THANK YOU. OK THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. ALL FIRST. >> I APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR. WE BRANDING I DON'T DISAGREE THAT AT POINT GROWTH CYCLE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT. >> CLEAN IT UP UPGRADE IT TAKE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW I THINK THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY PARK MULTIPLE. THEY COME BACK TO US IN SO MANY WAYS WE REACH THAT 100,000 POPULATION MILESTONE. WE ARE ON NATIONAL YOU KNOW VISIBILITY OUT THERE AND AND OUR ABILITY POOR AND. >> WELL WILL PAY DIVIDENDS. 10 TIMES IN MY BOOK AS FAR AS ATTRACTING BUSINESSES ATTRACT ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITY TO OUR CITY SO THAT SAID I WONDER THOUGH. I DO NOT PROFESS TO BE AN EXPERT AND BRANDING. >> TO ME A LOW. IT'S ONLY ONE PIECE THE BRANDING PROCESS IN MY BOOK. YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S A COST EVERYTHING I'M GOOD WITH THAT YOU KNOW ACTUALLY I THINK CERTAINLY ALL WILL FIND A WAY TO BUILD WITHIN YOUR BUDGET AND YOU KNOW WE WILL THEN AS WE DO WITH EVERY OTHER PIECE OF OUR BUDGET. YOU KNOW MAKE OUR DECISIONS YEA OR NAY ON THINGS BUT I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT YOU HAVE BUT WE WE COMPETENT STAFF OF PEOPLE LEFT YOU KNOW SO THE FAST MAJORITY OF THIS PROCESS CAN BE DONE INTERNALLY WITH SOME OUTSIDE YOU KNOW ASSISTANCE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOUR YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK YOU KNOW WHAT WILL I IN ADDITION TO DESIGNING LOGO, YOU KNOW ARE WE WE TALKING TO COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WE'RE TALKING MESSAGING OUT THERE TO TO OUR COMMUNITY TOO TO TO THE STATE TO THE NATION AS FOR US WE ARE MINAS THAT LITTLE PART OF BRANDING CONCEPT OR OR ARE WE TALKING UP A NEW LOW. >> SO >> FOR THIS PROPOSAL HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VISUAL LOOK SO HOW ARE WE LOOKING TO BRAND STRATEGY THAT IS THAT DEEPER PICTURE OF HOW DO WE PRESENT OURSELVES TO OTHERS THAT'S THE MESSAGING THE CONTENT HOW WE WRITE YOU KNOW HOW WE COMMUNICATE THE LANGUAGE ON THE WEB SITE IN EVERY SOCIAL POST THAT KIND OF THING IS WHERE BASED ON OUR VIEW THAT IS STILL RELEVANT WHO WE ARE TODAY WAS SIMPLY A SLIGHT DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE VISUALLY SHOWING OURSELVES AND WHO WE ARE YOU KNOW THERE'S LIKE PRIMARY COLORS THAT IS VERY OLD SCHOOL AND HARD TO WORK AND NOT NECESSARILY AS POLISH JUST SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPERS WOULD LIKE US TO BE AND HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES AS WE GROW. AND SO THIS IS JUST A IN THIS PROPOSAL ITSELF OR SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE LOGO ITSELF. SOME OF THE CARS MIGHT FIND ATTACK ALL OF US ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK STAGES TO HELP. >> IT DOES HELP I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS I REALLY TO YOU KNOW TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL SAID YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL SHE ALWAYS THE ABILITY TO PROJECT THE PERSPECTIVE OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR HELP PEOPLE VALUE OF THIS BRANDING AND THERE WAS A HUGE VALUE TO DOING THIS. OKAY WITH ANY OF THE PROJECTS WE DO THERE ARE CITY MANAGER SAID. PEOPLE LIKE TO COMPLAIN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHANGE PEOPLE WILL SAY YOU WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON THIS THAT THE OTHER AND IF IF THEY DON'T SEE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE IT I GET THAT AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY LIFE IS BUT THIS HAS VALUE. AND I THINK THAT MESSAGE NEEDS REALLY GET OUT THERE. SO THAT WE DON'T GET THE KIND DISTRACTION BLOWBACK AND DIFFICULTY WITH THE JUSTICES. THIS IS YOU KNOW NOT THE BIGGEST THING GOING ON THE CITY OF NORTH PORT BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE. >> YOU KNOW RULE. OUR GROWTH AND AND SO I I APPRECIATE IT A FOR THE SHIP. YOU GUYS ROLL THIS THING OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE HERE SO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US. COMMISSIONER LANGDON. >> THANK YOU A LOT OF MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS SORT OF FLOW ALONG WITH WHAT BYSTANDER WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I THINK THIS TEAM, OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS DONE MORE TO IMPROVE THE BRAND OF THE CITY IN THE PAST YEAR. AND ALL OF OUR OTHER EFFORTS. AND IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW JUST YOUR ABILITY TO. POSITIVE NEWS AND. MAKING IT EASIER FOR NEWS OUTLETS TO SHARE OUR MESSAGE YOU KNOW SORT OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT THE CITIES ARE DOING AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT OUT. LIKE VICE MAYOR I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THE IMPORTANCE OF BRANDS AND COLORS I MEAN AFTER 25 YEARS IN MARKETING MYSELF, I KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I AM VERY INTERESTED AND IN THE BROADER CONVERSATION, WHICH IS HOW WE. REDEFINE OURSELVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO CERTAINLY. OUR EFFORTS TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY REALLY IMPORTANT. I AGAIN, I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT ALL BUT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED. AND. YOUR PLAN TO DO SOME FOCUS GROUPS AND AND WHO ARE YOU SEEING IS THE TARGET AUDIENCES LIKE. WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF THE TARGET AUDIENCES THAT WILL BE SOLICITING INPUT FROM SURE. >> SURE THAT'S A REALLY WIDE LIST WE BE LOOKING FOR HIM HUH FROM ACROSS THE CITY, SO YOU KNOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT OPENING A BUSINESS POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR OWN EMPLOYEES WHO WORK HERE AND SERVE THE PUBLIC. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR NONPROFIT GROUPS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING OUT THERE ON THE GROUND SO IT'S IT'S A WIDE DEFINITION. WAYS WOULD BE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A BROAD LIST. BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S LIKE 2 OR 3 GROUPS AND THAT'S IT YOU DID YOU DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR MUCH BROADER SCOPE THEM OUT AND WE'D BE LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT AS WHO WOULD APPROPRIATE. PEOPLE TO HAVE AS PART OF US >> OKAY THAT'S TERRIFIC. I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE THINKING AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE. THE INPUT OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. IF. NOT SO MUCH RECENTLY, BUT IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN I TRAVELED AROUND. THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND SAID THAT I WITH THE NORTH PUT PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT VERY PHYSICALLY. WHY IN THE WORLD PORT AND SO IT'S THAT KIND OF AN IMPRESSION I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON VERY OLD TAPES. SO I'M REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR BRANDING THAT IS FRESH AND EXCITING AND >> YOU KNOW VERY DYNAMIC AND CHANGING AND GROWING. YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT KIND OF ETHIC WE ARE UNIQUE IN OUR USE. >> SO THEY DON'T PROVE IT BY THE FACES UP HERE AGENT BUT WE ARE A VERY YOUTHFUL EXCUSE ME CITY AND AND WE NEED TO SHOW THAT FACE, I'M A LOT MORE THAN WE DO. AND AGAIN THE ROLLOUT I THINK THIS WILL BE A BROADER CONVERSATION. BUT WOOD DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB PUSHING CONTENT OUT. AS WE REBRAND AGAIN THOSE. MORE SUBTLE THINGS BE BEYOND THE LOGO AND HOW WE DESCRIBE THE CITY AND OUR PRESS RELEASES AND AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. >> HOW ARE WE. >> GOING TO PUSH THOSE OUT. BECAUSE THAT IS SO SO IMPORTANT. SO I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE FORWARD THINKING AND FORWARD ACTING AND HOW WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION. AND I ALWAYS VIEW AS MESSAGING AS A KEY PART OF BRANDING SO I WOULD HOPE YOU KNOW SORT OF HAVE WHAT WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE COMMUNICATING WHEN WE DEVELOP NEW LITERATURE WHEN ANY OF US ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO GROUP ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY. WE SHOULD HAVE WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO YOU SHOULD HAVE FRONT OF US. YOU KNOW THOSE MESSAGES THAT ARE PART OF OUR BRANDING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE WITH PEOPLE AS WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT SPEAKING WITH GROUPS OF WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE CITY. THE BUDGET IS PEANUTS. YEAH WE DO HAVE SOME BIG BIG PROJECT CHALLENGES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING ELSE HAS TO STOP. AND SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR BUDGET REQUEST, I'M INCLINED TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. >> HOMES. >> NOW I I THINK I'M GOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, THANK YOU AND YOU ALL RIGHT TO GO TO COMMISSIONER ELRICH. >> THANK YOU FOR STATION THAT SAYS. I FIRMLY AGREE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DOCKED AT A VERY EXPENSIVE SCALE. BUT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING A RE-BRANDING AND THE PROCESS BECAUSE BACK IN 2010 WHEN IT CAME OUT WHERE WE'RE A CITY WHERE YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING THAT'S A PRETTY BOLD STATEMENT AND THEN WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR HE LET PEOPLE COME IN ALL I COULD EVEN GET A **** PERMIT BACK IN. >> YOU'VE GOT JUST FROM THAT STATEMENT SO THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD BRAND OR SLOW GOING TO HAVE. AND I AGREE THAT THE DESIGN IS A LITTLE OUTDATED BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE ARTISTIC STYLE WITH 2010 15 YEARS LATER. >> AND I THINK THAT'S AN EASY FIX TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT LOGO. BUT I THINK LIKE I WE'VE SORT CALLING HERSELF COMMUNITY OF UNITY FOR THE LAST YEAR SO AND I THINK IT STEMS FROM ESPECIALLY AND IN MY OPINION I'M SEEING WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THE ER NOW. AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY GOT TOGETHER AND WAS OUT THERE AND I REMEMBER ONE OF THE NONPROFITS OUT THERE WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS THAT WAS DESTROYED THEIR OFFICE WAS DESTROYED, BUT THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING FAT. AND AND THEY STILL CAME TOGETHER WITH PROFITS. AND EVERYBODY HAS A COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO HELP YOU PEOPLE THEIR OWN PRIVATE BOATS THEIR AIR BOATS COMING IN TO SAVE OR ARE HELD AN EVENT THAT STRANDED DIDN'T HAVE MEANS. WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND THAT'S A WHOLE SAID THAT'S NOT JUST CITY STAFF. IT'S COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BRAND AND WHAT WE REALLY ARE IT'S A COMMUNITY OF UNITY OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND I THINK THAT MAY BE A GOOD STABLE TO GO IF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT CAN BE VERY CHEAPLY WITH A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN A SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT THE CITIZEN TO REALLY LOOK AT NIGHT I WOULD SUPPORT THIS AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN. WE ARE LOOKING COUNTIES NOWADAYS TO TRY RAISE MONEY BUT. IF THIS IS YOUR JOB WAS GET A SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >> WANT TO PUT MY $0.2 AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS ALSO INCLUDE A NEW SLOGAN OTHER THAN THE ACHIEVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD YES THE WHOLE AND OKAY. I HAVE TO SAY I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT I WAS NOT A FAN OF THIS AT ACHIEVING ANYTHING. TO ME BEING A FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WE WOULD COME UP WITH OUR SLOGAN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR CHIEF ANYTHING AND THEN ALSO WITH THE PRIMARY COLORS I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS 2, 2, SCHOOL PRIMARY LIKE BUT AS COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL SAID WE WERE COMING, I'M OUT OF IT THE REAL ESTATE CRASH WORTH PART WANTED TO IF THE MESSAGE OUT THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND I I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WENT THAT DIRECTION. AS COMMISSIONER EMRICH SAID A COMMUNITY OF UNITY SPEAKS MORE ABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY AND HELP PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. IN GOOD TIMES IN BAD TIMES I LIKE I LIKE THAT IDEA TO FOCUS ON THE SOFTER SIDE OF BEING A CITY, I MEAN CITIES ARE MORE THAN JUST THE NUMBERS ARE GOING YOU KNOW WE'RE GETTING THOSE NUMBERS AND SOMETIMES I DON'T LIKE HEARING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALL PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON YOU KNOW TOO MUCH GROWTH BUT. THAT BRINGS IN PEOPLE BRINGS IN A LOT OF DIVERSITY AND BRINGS IN LOT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME I'M JUST TALKING TO SOME OF THE YESTERDAY ABOUT WHAT WE DID NOT HAPPEN IN NORTH PORT AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE. WHAT THAT WHAT WE DEALT WITH. SO I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOWS WHAT MAKES. NORTH PORT UNIQUE I LIKE THE THAT SOUGHT YOU KNOW JUST TO SAY I LIVE IN PORT, THIS 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO. I HAD TO TELL PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN SARASOTA COUNTY WHERE NORTH PORT WAS THEY WOULD SAY WHERE'S THAT IS A STAR WHAT I MEAN THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. BUT I WANT THEM NOT TO EVER QUESTION OR HAVE THAT OLD. THINKING ABOUT NORTH PORT NORTH OR IT'S NOT THAT WAY ANYMORE AS THINGS ARE. WE HAVE THAT YOUTHFUL TEAM HERE, I'M SO HAPPY THAT THAT FRESH IDEAS. AND AND SO YOUR YOUR TITLE IS YOUR MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER DIRECT YES, SO THAT IS YOUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR US OR. AND THIS THIS WHOLE USING WHAT YOU YOU KNOW HOW TO DO SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. AND I THINK THAT'S IT BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ABOUT THE ACHIEVE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT TOO AND SO I WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF. GOING FORWARD WITH THIS SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL, YEAH. >> JUST 2 SHARE A POSITIVE. >> WHEN I DO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHERE I'M FROM AND I AM WHAT CITY COMMISSIONER OF. I GET VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. >> OH MY GOSH YOU LIVE IN NORTH PARK HOLY COW THAT CITY IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND THAT. >> SO. THEY PEOPLE DO RECOGNIZE THAT AND I HEARD FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ABOUT WAS FULL OF THIS CITY, IT'S. OUR LOGO IS USEFUL. ARE YOU. MAYOR WHITE POINTED OUT IT YOUTHFUL LOGO FOR A REASON BECAUSE WE ARE YOUTHFUL CITY. AND THE ACHIEVE ANYTHING. WASN'T A FAN OF IT KIND OF GREW ON ME START IT DEAL WITH IT YOU MOVE ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT A NEW LOOK LIKE. >> AND THERE WILL BE PUSHBACK REGARDLESS IF WE KEEP WHEN YOU GET A NEW ONE THERE'S GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE GOT. >> HEARING WHAT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED AND SHARING WITH US THE COST OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO WHAT WAS DONE IN 2009. AT $90,000 IN 2009 DOOM AND GLOOM. SO YOU KIND OF LIKE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE IT FOR TODAY'S DOLLARS THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WHEN I WAS READING NOTHING IN THE BACK REAL THAT SAID A POTENTIAL ESTIMATED COST. SO I WAS USING THE FRAME OF REFERENCE FROM 2009 KIND OF APPLYING. >> KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDO WE ARE LOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REDO OUR BRAND AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A NEW TAGLINE. THAT'S NOT CHEAP. I. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. I JUST DO NOT WANT IT TO FALL ON DEAF EARS THAT. THIS IS A CHANGE ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY. I I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING. WHAT VALUE THIS IS REALLY AND TRULY GOING TO BREAK BECAUSE OF MY INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE THEY KNOW WHO WE >> I MEAN WE GET NATIONAL NEWS ALL THE TIME NORTH PORT >> I WAS WATCHING NEWS CHANNEL AT THE STATE ONE DAY AND THEY TALKED ABOUT POINT I WANT TO PUT MY THAT'S MY CITY. WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING TO IN INPUT FROM. VARIES FOCUS GROUPS. WE HAD A COMMITTEE BACK. IN 2009. MAYBE WE START LIKE AN ADVISORY KIND OF COMMITTEE TO TO HELP WITH THIS. I I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE KIND OF LIKE OUR VETERANS COMMITTEE. TO HELP WITH THIS. >> AND MAKE SURE ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS YES, I'M REALLY REGULATION PERSON AND I KNOW IT'S MUCH EVERYBODY SUGAR AND BUT THEY THERE'S REASON SPORT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS FOLLOWED IN AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE AND POSSIBLY INCORPORATE INTO THIS PROCESS TO WITH LATER. >> AND I KNEW. OK THANK VICE MAYOR. >> SO INTERESTING TO HEAR. MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS PERSPECTIVE ON. WHAT THE BRAND MIGHT AND HOW WE SHOULD BRAND WHETHER WE'RE. OLD. COMMUNITY THAT'S THAT'S YOU KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT IN CITY WOULD LIKE US TO REMAIN. OR ARE WE THE CITY OF GROWTH IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE WE THE COMMUNITY UNITY A RECOMBINATION OF ALL OF THEM WILL BE VERY INTERESTING ISSUE 2 YOUR IT'S YOUR FOCUS GROUPS AND AND ASHLEY SOLIS PERSPECTIVE. >> FROM ALL AROUND OUR CITY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY TO SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH I'M SURE THE LEVEL EXPERTISE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HALF. >> WHAT WILL COME UP WITH SOME BE SOMETHING WE CAN BE REAL PROUD OF SO LOOK FORWARD THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER. LIGHTS SO DO WE HAVE ANY. >> EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO IF WE THANK YOU. THANK DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THERE'S NOTHING I HAD DURING THIS MEETING AT 1049.