community with a lot of them >> works [clears throat] council meeting Tuesdays for the invocation or remain stand for the pledge. So, Father God, we just come to you in the precious name of Jesus. And you said in the book of Timothy 1
and two there that uh we would pray for those in authority that they would live a life that was pleasing to you and they would make counsel according to your counsel. So Lord, I thank you for the stuff that they have to make decisions on tonight. that they will hear from the
public and the community and things that will bring things that are beautiful, lovely, and noble and just for the people. So, the stuff that that you got to do is stuff with the codes and redevelopment, the stuff for the the
community redevelopment agent when that comes up. So, we ask for wisdom of that and the city council meeting and all the things that each department here does. So, we just continue to look to you and one another as you change our hearts and minds and that we look at what could be
the best for your people in all walks of life. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. >> Amen. I 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. [snorts] >> Don't cler, please. >> Mayor John Eric Hoover >> here. >> Vice Mayor Chris Mayer >> here. >> Councilman Robert Huard >> here. Councilwoman Lisa Burke
>> here. >> Councilwoman Christine Sullivan >> here. City Attorney Nancy Meyer >> here. >> City Manager Don King >> here. >> Thank you. Okay, first up, uh, we have no minutes, so we're going to jump right to public comment. Um, just a disclaimer, public participation is
encouraged. If you're addressing the council, step to the podium and state your name and address for the record. Please limit your general comments to three minutes. For comments on action items, please limit comments to three minutes on the current topic. Please limit your conversations while sitting in the audience during council business and silence your cell phones so as not to interfere with everyone's ability to
hear the comments of both the public and the council. And that being said, I do have a few signed up and then after I go through the signups, if there's anybody that's not signed up like to speak, just raise your hand. First up, Danny Fields. Welcome. My name's Danny Fields and my address is
8114 Leo Kid. And again, I just want to thank you for your service. We got a lot of good opportunities coming up to serve uh the community and each other and come together to work for the better of uh the people. So, uh you know, we've got
the National Day of Prayer that'll be coming up in at the end of our 40 days of prayer. So, let me just look at my list here because I got a lot of stuff to to cover. So, on February the 18th, we're going to be meeting over at the Oasis. That's at uh
9215 or 12 uh Little Road at the Oasis. And we're going to be praying for the federal, state, and local government and praying God's will to be done and that you guys would have wisdom and we would have wisdom to partner together. And so there are a prayer book that I do have for that so I could get this to the ones
that want it and it's all scriptures and then you'll see that it was uh led by God's government and God's word to be able to help us make decisions. So, I do have something coming up in Waterfront Park. So, on uh
Waterfront Park at 8119, uh Oppost Road on February the 21st, we are going to be doing what we did to adopt a park. I already got that permit in. Me and Sal's done talked about it. We're covered. We're going to have a group over there to clean it up and and
and do stuff around. So, the main thing we're going to do over there is get the mulch looking good, the weeds out, uh, go around, pick all the loose bark up and stuff like that, any brush, and then I'll take pictures of that, get it back to S. Mike and them all can come over
and anything that needs to be tucked out. That's preparing you for what you guys are going to be doing with the sea uh, festival at the there. So we just want to be a part of pouring into our communities, helping the city and being
a resource working together with you guys. So we also have a voice and this is under the banner of somebody cares and local churches come together. So it's an honor to serve God and serve the city and serve the community where where
we have a lot of families. So, we get a lot of feedback from the residents, from the community, and and these are things that they like, and they like the events that you guys do in the parks. They like the events that we do in the park and
the car shows, and these are things that are really putting us on the map that brings the value that we need. Now, I know there's redevelopment, develop, and a lot of good things that that are coming there as you make decisions on it. That's what I always pray and
encourage you when I make my rounds and talk to you as an individual when I can and and uh pray for you guys and just try to keep us on the same page. You know, I look at what the fire department does and all the events, how they
partner with this with us and and to the community, the tour drives the same way with the police department. And there's so much more that we want to be involved with you guys with in this. So, we could continue to work together for the better. So, we all have a voice. We
could all come together. We could counsel and you guys make decisions and decisions you make is going to affect others. that me as uh a chaplain for the city, as a Christian, and and as a resident, uh I bring all that to you
guys, and thank you again for your service. >> Thanks, Danny. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Next up is uh welcome. >> Did I say that right? Benetti. >> Yes, sir. Uh Don Benadetti, 8114, Leo Kid. Hope you're all doing good this
evening. I just wanted to explain that I've been taking a class over [clears throat] through turning point USA faith been taking a class on biblical citizenship. So it's kind of addressing all the things about how the government works and how everything and how you guys come together and how
everything gets approved disapproved these kind of things. So this is what brings me here is is to try to come in to serve to see what I can do or whatever that will help in any way. I'm trying to work together with you guys, keep you in prayer all of the time. If
you're interested in going to that biblical citizenship class, I'm trying to sell it to you. I'm just trying to say if you wanted to learn more about it, I can I can get you a way to get in that class. It's very interesting. >> Free. >> It's free. It's free. >> Price is good. >> Who doesn't like free? [laughter]
Appreciate you all for hearing from me. Thank you so much. You have a blessed night. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> CA wanted to know if there's anything. >> Um yeah, just obviously we have uh openings on our board if you live in the
city. I don't know if you're res or not. Some some committees are um uh are restricted to city residents. Others are open outside that. But we do have some positions open in in our committees. If you're interested in that, just check with a with a clerk afterwards. So that's an opportunity. Um thanks for that.
Uh, next up I have Troy Peterson. Welcome, >> Troy Peterson, 8114, Leo Kid here at Light of the World Tabernacle. Um, I come wearing a couple hats and uh, I guess the main thing is I I
want to thank you all for um, approving me and electing me to the Vince committee. Um because really that's my heart. That's Jesus's heart. He came to serve, not be
served. And that's why we're here is to serve our city, to serve others. And um one of the ways that we can do that is by getting on these committees. So Christine, thank you for that because
that's so important. Um, now I pray that even this morning, um, we're in a prayer meeting and, uh, every Tuesday we meet at the Oasis and we pray specifically for Pasco County, but this morning we
prayed specifically for each one of one of you in including you, Nancy. We prayed specifically for you. And what are we praying? Uh we're we're praying that we would all together receive the wisdom from God, the wisdom from above,
which is uh first it's pure. And so we try to keep everything pure, right? Be holy because he is holy. We're we're called to be pure, undefiled, uh peaceable, gentle. Now, I was told that word today by a good friend of mine
mine at a turning point meeting. He says, "Pastor, be gentle with them. Be gentle." So, I'm trying to be gentle. And Mary, you know what I'm talking about. Just leave it that. But easily intreated. Okay. What is easily intreated? Well, it
means for good persuasion. What what is going to benefit the city? And ultimately, that's what we want to see. I want to see God bless Port Richie. >> And and God is [clears throat] going to
bless Port Richie when we stand up for what he wants us to do. Just a few of them things is working with the police department and the fire department, the toy giveaway. man, it just touches my heart that we can do these things in the
park together. Um, you know, unwavering that's with partiality and that's the one concern that I had. I would encourage the council to watch the events committee uh
from last night and it's long but I particularly start at 2 hours 5 minutes 37 seconds cuz that's what I had to write down. I had to look and before that there is one thing that I want you
to consider. If we're bringing in bouncy houses and we're doing a familyfriendly um seafood festival in the park, do we want people driving around with golf carts going from bar to bar and and or
do we want a vendor that's selling moonshine in our park that we're not even supposed to drink in? And so these are questions that I have to ask myself and I do have the law here. I'm gonna have to >> but I will just leave that at that. What
was that to beer on my time? All right. >> Thank you so much for your time and it's honor to serve with you all. >> Appreciate you. >> Next up, >> Mayor Council, it's a joy to be here. Leonard Lord. Uh I've been pastoring
right at 31 years on 8114 Leo Kid Avenue and working here for 43 years. And so it's a joy to be here. Uh the chief of police and the captain came in years ago to our prayer meeting and said, "Lonard, we're going to make you the pastor of the city." And so then the
mayor and council gave me the keys to the city. So I've kind of felt from there. They saw some things that when we brought God's wisdom that they didn't do that things got out of whack. So I'm just going to say first of all, I just want to say mayor council live forever.
It's all about Jesus and eternity, isn't it? >> [laughter] >> And so just a couple of things. Pastor Jerry couldn't be here, so I'd like to share from him. He said, 'Well, Leonard, the main thing is what Jesus said. So, first I want to quote Jesus because they were discussing what they do about what
they wear and drink and eat. And he says, "Hey, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all this will be added to you." So counsel Jesus himself said if you'll seek his kingdom, his power, his authority and his
authority and do it his way that he'll add everything we need. And so uh Pastor Jerry was encouraging me with that. And that's kind of a foundational scripture. You know, sometime we seek all this other stuff before we seek him in his kingdom. And then the scripture I had, I'm reading Isaiah 30 and verse one, and
please check me on it, but it says, "Woe to the rebellious children that seek counsel but not of me and a covering but not of my spirit." So I just want for letting us do what we do
to speak. And you were very wise to put Troy on the defense committee cuz probably for the last eight or 10 years he's been right beside the planning committee that we've prayed over and did in that park. And that's why people come. We do more praying probably than
we do planning. And so I just want to encourage you that seek first. That's not just it happening. And so I just want to say thank you for having the wisdom to put Troy up there. And I would really encourage you to listen to his counsel because he's got a lot of wise
people around him. Even in our prayer meeting today, they were all standing together. No, that needs to be a family park. There's a law that way for that reason. So we doesn't don't need this. So just want to encourage you say God bless you. Thank you that we're free
enough to share our voices with you and God bless you. We do pray for you a lot. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, council. That's all science I have. If by show hands, anyone else like to speak? >> Welcome. Name and address for the record. >> Hi, my name is Gary Cule. Um, I may you
may have remembered me coming um 6 weeks or so ago and giving you all high praise because I just am so impressed about how you as a as a council for the city have worked so well with the whole community in including the church community and I
think that's so important and I know how hard your job as I've sat in your chairs and I've been on many of these kinds of of I've been a [clears throat] a councilman and and a planning board member in all sorts of different
positions. It is a tough tough job. Uh, but I've got to say this, over the course of my 40 some odd years in business and and in public servant kind of positions, I find that the toughest part of your
position, your seat that you've got to sit in is the fact that sometimes we have to make the right decision and it's not the popular m decision. And that's when things get really tough
because you know in your heart what is the right thing to do and yet you know what the opposition is that you're going to have to face if you make that decision. So I I bless you all for for that time those times when you have to
face those those circumstances. And I just have to say this uh also um this whole question about the alcohol uh issue in the park. I think a lot of citizens of our country
these days are very very concerned because they see our leaders making exceptions, creating rules to get around the rules.
And it makes the us as citizens wonder to ourselves, you know, what is the impetus? what's in the background causing our leaders who we chose to make a decision against the law that
is already in place to come up with something to get around it. And we see it all the time in our society right now. It's a very very tough thing for our to watch our leaders make decisions against
our own laws and not uphold the laws that stand and it takes away the public confidence. So I just say that like I say I've been in your seats. I know how tough this is
but I commend you all. you you're doing this and you know you're you're doing it out of the goodness of your hearts in most cases and God bless you. So keep on keep on the good work. >> Thank you Mr. Cool. Show hands. Anyone else like to speak? [clears throat]
Okay. So I'll close public comment and moving right along to Counc City Manager. I'll pass it to Mr. King for his comments. >> Mayor Council, I don't have any comments for this evening. >> Okay. And moving right along to comments from boards and committees. Do we have any
board committee comments from I have event but CAC Lind's gonna take care of that. Hey >> Linda Rodriguez 5917 Lantern Court. We did have a CAC meeting. Um we were going to bring the bathroom stuff just the
bathroom wall but we only had the one um that we showed you the Agata one. The other artists will be bringing it. So I just want to give you an update. We are still working on that. that'll come to I'll give we decided the committee decided to give them another month to get those drawings in so that we had
some uh choices hopefully that they'll submit them. So I just wanted to let you know that that's what we're doing. So you'll hopefully you'll get those next meeting. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Cool. Thank you. Any other boards committees before I do the event? Okay. So from the event committee which
obviously we've we kind of got you guys kind of finding out I guess from public comment that's there was some conversation event committee committee and so we had we had a a motion a second and overwhelming um uh recommendation from the committee to talk about two
different things. Um the first one is obviously we're having the seafood festival and there was there's one particular vendor that has he they do craft moonshine and they do um uh tast things I guess of that if you taste if
you like if you buy the moonshine and they was asking about participating in the park. um our current code. Um I haven't I've looked at a little bit um but it's my understanding and probably need your weigh in on exactly what it is, but it sounds like to me no alcohol
at all in the park. It would would include bring it in to sell it. Um obviously can't drink it and all these things in there. [clears throat] Um but you can't even bring it in. And so that would prevent them from doing that. So the the question was is there any appetite from council um from that
aspect of it that they would want to uh and again I don't want to talk about it tonight. It's it would it's would need to be an agenda item so the public could be notified and all the public could be here to opine on it. Um but it was a recommendation event committee to ask council if you guys are open um to
looking at ways that for the events that a vendor could sell alcohol. And this particular one, like I said, it was moonshine. It could be a craft wine. It could be a craft beer. You see different things like that. Um I don't know how it would work on um say a rum cake or
something. I don't know if that would strictly be out. >> That's different. >> I think I have no tolerance for that at all. And I think it should stay out of the park. >> Yeah. >> They shouldn't be in the park. There's there's facil there's places there's bars if they want to promote >> nothing going on around here but you
know we don't need to bring it in there where all the kids are and people are playing >> exactly no >> so is anybody other comments on it >> I believe it's a double negative but I think there's restrictions on the park itself outside of co so I think it's two nos
>> okay you okay uh the other part of that was um and it was there was a motion that that was made there was no second on um to talk about just in Vincent in general um sorry take it back [snorts] for the seafood festival um if they was
uh any appetite to be able to open those that event up for like a beer tent or something where people could come and and be it's certain area that they would be able to drink um alcohol um if you wasn't anything specific about it just for the seafood festival that
failed um and then there was another motion that was made just in general because I said if I'm going to go back and talk about the the vendor. Uh may we go ahead and talk about that and get council's uh thoughts on do we open that up for events in general um at some
point and and what it would be would um if council wanted to look at having the possibility to have that in the park that they would um uh there would be some kind of special permit process. So I guess the question is right now it's strictly off limits. Okay. And it will
always be off limits. What what was asked is if for future events that council would have the ability to if they wanted to open it up for alcohol or you just because right now there's no there's no path to that at all. And so that that's the question if that's if there's any interest in talking about
that. Let me hear what your thoughts are on that. >> Is it not against FCT anyway >> for that part? It's against there's regulations in the in the park documents that that's not allowed. >> Yeah. I don't [clears throat] know if that's >> somebody granted that land to the city
with stipulations as well. And I don't, you know, >> in my family, I have an aunt that's granting land to the state of uh Wisconsin and there's, you know, she has her stipulations and I would hate to think that later on down the road they
would, you know, backtrack and do things that she didn't intend for the land. So, I'd just say, >> well, she if that's the case, it wouldn't be something we could do override anyway, >> right? Uh yeah, I would say no. >> No, there's a lot of reasons I'm against it. One is you're setting up presidents that I don't think should be good. And you're also just putting in competition
against people have bars and restaurants where people want to go, they can go there if they want to have beer or something to drink and then they're going to take their kids there. And so there's a lot of problems with doing that. And I don't want to set presidents to have it available in a in a a park.
Never been to a festival where they've had that in a park. Alcohol, beer, anything like that. There's bars and restaurants. That's where people go nearby and they can sit down there and have a drink if they want to have a drink. >> Okay. >> Same thing. Okay. So, I will I will report back to the event committee that
council has no appetite to talk about that. There's no need to have it on the agenda. Done deal. Okay. Um I have anything else for committees? Um the just give you an update. So, we do have um a couple verbal commitments on
donations. Um both $2,500, another one for $500. So, we are raising money for that event. Um we have um over 40 vendors already signed up for the Waterford Park. Uh so, you heard about the bouncy houses. Um so, we're should
make that decision next week at our meeting. Um, we're going to have like I think the potential to have three uh kid kid like a obstacle course, a slide, and uh some other game thing um blow up their kids and we we'd have that kind of
back corner of the park kid zone. Um let's see what else. Uh oh, going on to the um uh comment about the uh the golf cart. So, originally we were obviously we got the seafood festival, we've got vendors there. Um, we were looking at
possibly doing a a a kite event through uh one of the residents that does that, the kite surfing event. Um, he's still looking into that. Again, that's based on weather and that's something that can come up or not based on the weather. Um, so that still could possibly happen. Um, but we were also talking about having a
a boat poker run where guys get on their boats, guys and gals, families, whatever, go get our boats to go. They scan their thing at each one of the the still houses and um at the end of that the best poker hand wins prizes or whatever. Guess you guys know what poker
runs are and integrating that into [clears throat] the event. However, because we she was able to Patty Durmer was looking at that, she was able to get a couple of the still houses, but some of those folks haven't got out there to clean them yet. there's it's water's been cold and whatnot. And so they're
not going to be able to get that uh done by our March 14th event. Um so they're actually going to look at possibly doing something along with that, including Durnney Key later on in the in the the year, probably around the uh July 4th festival time frame. So that's something
that may come later. Um so that kind of fizzled out. Um, but I happen to see um on Facebook that on March 14th, the same day as our event that Rob Rod Fel with uh Hidden Creek Golf Carts is having his
by annual poker run with golf carts to different restaurants and um for same day. And so I reached out to him and said, you know, why why you schedule your event on on our event or whatever kind of inest or whatever. And then I asked him, I said, is that something that you might want to uh couple with us
to work with on? he was he was immune to that. So when we talked about that last night, he's very much in favor of uh joining us on that. And so the event committee talked about that. So we're going to integrate that golf cart poker run and he said he's probably 150 to 200 carts. Um and what they'll do is they'll start at Waterfront Park at the Seafood
Festival. He'll have a a tent there and [snorts] then they'll go um I did talk to Chief about crossing 19 at Grand. Um they're we're going to work on specific uh time frames when that can happen. Um get them across there. they would go do the the uh that side of 19 over in
Newport Richie and then they would have they do have one stop already scheduled in Fort Richie which is off the river. Um so that they would come back and then they would have a couple stops over here where there'd be Whiskey Joe's catches all that to be determined. There's going to work on stops on our side and then
the poker run would end in Waterfront Park and the Seafood Festival and they would stay for the music enjoy the rest of the festival. So, kind of going along with that, um the poker run. The um other thing we talked about was a fishing tournament. We've got a a family
I guess family. Yeah, family. The Tarpon Springs Fishing Club. They uh are willing to run the entire fishing tournament. I think Bob, that's a friend of yours from You turned me on to him and so I reached out to them. They came last night and they're willing to to run with that. And so, they're working on the fishing tournament. Um we should
have that stuff finalized uh next Monday as well. So, that's kind of the stuff we talked about. Any questions from council? >> The day of the seafood festival? >> Uh, March 14th. It's a Saturday and it's it it starts at 10:00 in the morning and it goes till 9:00 at night. Um, oh, and
on the music, so we uh Lisa obviously does that for a living and so she's been working on uh trying to find folks for us. Um, we did set a budget of for music of 2500 um for the we're going to have a DJ from 10 to 2. Uh then from two to
four we'll have a an artist. From four to six we'll have an artist. And from six to nine we'll have the headliner on uh artist. >> If issue issue issue because >> because you can't we're going to have to work on that because you can't go two to
four and then the next person automatically starts. So it's going to be >> right. >> It's going to be 2:30ish or you know >> and those are hard times. We just try to we want to have three folks and how to fit those in there >> at that time that time frame but there's
little logistics of variety in the uh artist and little country a little rock and roll little Christian kind of like that little bit a little bit >> all blueg grass I've asked for just >> and barberh shop quartets >> good news is you only get one vote
[laughter] >> that's right >> you're not getting reelected [laughter] I don't know our bumper shop was pretty uh pretty well received. So, but anyway, so that's kind of the the layout that we have. Um, any questions? I think that's covers all the event. Okay.
>> If not, now we'll move on to the consent agenda. Item number one. I need a motion to approve the February 10th 2026 consent agenda. >> Second. I got motion and I got Bob with the second. Any further discussion? Any public comment? See, put vote on favor signify by saying I
>> I >> opposed. Motion carries. Next up, we have a public hearing. Um, item number two, second reading of ordinance number 26-742 amending section 10-3018, article 3, chapter 109 of the land development code to repeal more restrictive
requirements. I will pass that to uh, Miss Meyer for reading. >> Thank you. Ordinance number 26-742, an ordinance of the city of Port Richie, Florida, amending section 109 318, article 3, division 1, chapter 109 of the of the land development code to repeal more restrictive requirements
adopted by the city council of Port Richie prior to the passage of Senate Bill 180 providing for sepability, providing for codification, and providing for an effective. >> Thank you. And so I will now open up the public hearing. I don't have any signups, but they like like to speak on that topic. Okay. See none. I close the
public hearing and open up for council motion or discussion. >> Motion to approve the second reading of ordinance number 26742. >> Okay. Second motion a second. Any further discussion? All in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Next up we have a public hearing on item number three. Second reading of ordinance number 26 26-743 amending chapter 109 article 3 division five of the city of Port Richie land development code to remove language allowing the use of temporary shelters
pursuant to section 163.0335 floor statutes and amending chapter 12 article 3 section 12-47 to add language allowing the use of temporary shelters pursuant pursuant to sections 163.035 floor statutes. I'll pass that to Miss Meer for her reading. Ordinance number
26-743, an ordinance of the city of Port Richie, Florida, amending chapter 109, article 3, division 5 of the city of Port Richie land development code to remove language allowing the use of temporary structures pursuant to section 163.0.0335 Florida statutes and amending chapter 12
article 3 section of the city of Port Richie code of ordinances to add language allowing the use of temporary shelters pursuant to section 163.0335 03354 statutes providing for severability providing for codification and providing for an effective date. >> Okay, with that I open up the public
hearing. I don't have any >> anybody show hands like to speak on that topic. >> Seeing none, I will close the public hearing and bring it back to council for a motion and or discussion. >> Discussion. >> Okay. >> This is the auxiliary wing in the backyard. >> No. >> No. This just moved um language you guys
adopted about temporary structures that we just put in the wrong part of the code and we are working with um FDM on the prior ordinance we just dealt with about the more restrictive things where we're mirroring state of Florida. >> Yes. Yes. You're ming the state of Florida and we just this is just physically moving it from one part of
your code to another. That's it. Not changing the requirements. >> Motion to approve the second reading ordinance number 26-7. >> Second. Okay. Motion a second. Any further discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I.
>> Opposed. That motion carries. Okay. Concludes public hearings. Next up, council business. Item number four, first reading of ordinance number 26-740, city of Port Richie code 101-11, definitions and chapter 121, signs. I'll pass it to Miss Meyer for reading. Ordinance number 26-740,
an ordinance of the city of Port Richie, Florida, amending city code section 101-11 definitions in chapter 121 signs to remove or revise outdated or preempted provisions and to ensure compliance with prevailing first amendment case law to provide for additional definitions related to signs
to or reorganize sections of the chapter for clarity and consistency making related findings provided for codification severability and an effective date. >> Okay, Mr. King, do you have any additional comments you want to introduce with? >> Mayor, I do not. >> Okay. So, obviously, we've we've went
through the sign code, several workshops, and this is uh we we had it as a first reading. It's come back to us now. Um we made a few uh substantive changes which requires another first reading. And so, those substantive changes that we we went with are are now in here. And so, I'll open up to council
for discussion andor public >> that comes after it's a public hearing, second reading, public hearing. Okay. So, So look at the comment after. >> So yeah, we have a motion or we discuss. >> I'll make a motion. Okay. Make a motion that we approve the first reading of ordinance number 26-740. >> Second.
>> Okay. Motion second. Any further discussion? Okay. See, any public comment. >> Okay. See none. I'll break back. Put to a vote. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Next up is item number five, first
reading of ordinance number 26-741 amending chapter 127, article 3, section 127-55 of the Port Richie code. I'll pass that to Miss Meer for a reading. >> Thank you. Ordinance 26741, an ordinance of the city of Port Richie, Florida, amending chapter 127, article 3, section 127-55 of the Port Richie code of
ordinances, making the sign requirements in the waterfront overlay district consistent with the chapter 121 of the land development code, providing for submability, providing for codification, and providing for an effective date. >> Okay, Mr. King, any additional comments to
>> Okay, obviously so this is uh this is somewhat in tandem with the the one we just passed. when we just passed obviously this for public benefit um was kind of a rehaul of our sign code in general. Um the waterfront overlay district has a specific set of uh restrictions on signs. Um and so what
this particular thing is doing is is removing that and it just falls under the regular uh sign code. >> Yep. Sums it up. >> It allows digital signs now I guess. >> Yeah. So it basically whatever is in a sign code would apply to the waterfront overlay district as well. There's no there's no special uh [clears throat] distinction. I'll make a motion to
approve uh ordinance 26-741. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion second. Any further discussion? >> Okay. Any public comment? >> See, I put the vote. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Next up, item number six, mutual aid agreement
regional child abduction response team. I'll pass it to Mr. King for reduction. Um, what I'd like to say is, um, next two items, uh, Chief's going to, uh, Chief Ruio is going to talk about it and, uh, what I'd like to do is I'd like to thank him for all the hard work and time and effort put into these settings. It's been shining an example of what
you're doing down there in the department. So, thank you. >> Thanks. >> So, this is a mutual aid for the Tampa Bay Regional Child um, abduction response team. So, every agency has people specially trained to respond if we have an incident like that. So there's really no jurisdictional
boundaries. If it happens [snorts] in Tampa, we would send people down there. If it happens here, every agency would send people here that are part of this agreement. So it's a good thing. That's specialized training that the people on the teams get. It's something we've been part of in the past and it's something I think it's very beneficial for our city.
God forbid we ever need to use it or activate it. [clears throat] >> Okay. >> Council for a motion or discussion. >> Motion to approve. Second mutual aid agreement with D uh FDLE and Tampa Bay regional agencies to participate in the
child abduction response team. >> Bob already second it. Do you know what your motion for? But uh you still got good second on there. >> Christine said she'll second it. >> Second. >> Okay. Christine >> stepped out of bounds. [laughter] >> That's all right. >> Uh any further discussion?
Any public comment? Seeing none to put to vote. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. And last up in council business, item number seven, local law enforcement immigration grant award. I'll pass Mr. King for introduction. >> Um, we'll get some clarity on this today. I know there's been some
confusion in the community regarding this grant um just based on the uh the language on it, but uh it's actually a positive thing for us and uh she let them know what this is for. >> So this this grant is a lot of people are misconstrued about the immigration grants and people don't want these
grants. Um it's basically paying us to do our jobs anyway and it's giving us free money. Um, so we applied for the money, not for overtime or to go out there and hunt people or do anything like that. We did our training already, so our guys know what they're supposed to be doing. They pull somebody over and
they're flagged with an ICE warrant or any type of ICE detainer on them. Um, so we're not actually going doortodoor and arresting people for it like some people in the public think we are doing. Um, we put in for equipment because this is part of our real-time crime center that I want to start here with our
dispatchers. Now that they're not dispatching, they can still see information. And these are tag readers. And a lot of people have controversy with the tag readers, but they're they're not going after the housekeeper at Motel 6 because she's here illegally. These are going after the worst of the
worst of the wanted people. And when they're wanted with this warrants or they have been deported already and now they're back in the country, they have these detainers on them. Those are the people that when we get these tag readers, they get flagged. or if you're driving a stolen car, it's going to get flagged and it's going to notify us,
hey, we got a stolen car driving down Washington Street right now, so our guys can intercept them and take these criminals off the street rather than let them get away with it. Um, right now we have nobody in our city that's on the ICE detainer list or request. Um, so we're very fortunate about that, but I'm sure we have people driving through our
city every single day that we need to uphold the job, uphold the laws of the state of Florida, not just pick and choose the ones that we want to do. So, we put in through this grant and the CFO of the state of Florida um generously gave it to us and a couple other agencies I put in for it. Um and that's what we were planning on purchasing with
it is those license plate recognition readers. Our cars already have these in there. Um so, our cars are actually scanning tags as they're driving by. These will be stationary ones and stuff that um ones that we can strategically place in entrances to the city so we know who's coming into our city.
>> And they're not violating anybody's privacy. These are tag readers for those tags that have been identified. So, it's kind of like the most wanted tags because those have been put in the database for >> activity. They're all tags that have been put into the National Crime Information Computer. Um, a lot of
people, like I say, they think the government's watching them. We don't have enough people to watch everybody. You know, it's just it's one of those things, the misconceptions that come onto the news media and blown out of proportion in certain areas. And um like I say, it's a good crime fighting tool
for us to start our real-time crime center. Um you know that we've gotten our drones. Um so we're going to be coming back to you with the drone purchases and the license plate recognition purposes and we are going to do everything we can to stop the crime in the city. You know, we're we're at a pretty good place right now, but I think
we can be even better. >> What how much is the grant? >> The grant is for $32,850 for nine um license plate recognition readers. And they stand alone, sit somewhere where you put them, and they connect into power. How do they work? >> So, they connect into a system that runs
it through the crime computer. You'll notice there's one right out front of our city hall right now that's ran by the sheriff's office. So, when people out there, right? >> Yeah. When people leave our city, their tags are getting scanned and the sheriff's office is getting that information. With these ones here, we all share. So, anybody that comes into
an agreement such as, you know, Tarpon Springs, the sheriff's office in Pasco, Hernando, all over the state of Florida, all over the country, when these tags are put in there, then we have access to that system. And if there's a tag in one of those systems and says, "Hey, this person's the worst of the worst, they're
wanted," it'll let one of our people know. And then we can go out there and find the car and make a traffic stop and see if that's the person that's in it and get them off the street. So, so I guess it so it's it's scanning everything that goes by and it's constantly matching that up against the
the crime database or whatever and so it has a hit and then you guys get an instant notification that that driver just passed by or that car at least just passed by. >> Yes. It'll it'll it takes somewhere depending on the system between 10 and 20 seconds to tell us, hey, this tag was
just observed on Washington and Broadway coming into your city and this guy's wanted for murder out of California. And then our dispatcher can dispatch them, go out there, make contact with them and and take care of business and get these people off the streets. The they're already out there. Like every toll booth
has them and and we've been using these for years to fight crimes and track criminals. Especially I can tell you we had one down south where I used to work. It was a triple homicide and we track the people all the way to Indiana where we made an arrest based on these tag readers because we can follow their car all the way through. And that's another
thing we have where is if somebody goes back and it's like sand pebble and does a bunch of car burglaries, we can go back and look at the tags that have been going back there and at 3:00 in the morning we find a tag that doesn't live back there. It gives us a lead to actually start investigating who did these crimes.
>> And so when that when you get that hit, I guess everybody on duty gets it on their their laptop. >> Yes, it'll go on their laptops and it also goes right to our comm center. So in case somebody's out of the car talking to somebody, the dispatcher can also notify and say, "Hey, it just passed you and I know you're out of your car, so go find them."
>> But even if it even if it's not a hit license plate, it still records all of them so that you can go back to look like you just said. >> Yes. So it scans them, but if you're a normal law-abiding citizen, it just does nothing. It just it just erases from the data bank after 30 days. But like I say,
if we strategically place them in certain neighborhoods where it's one way and one way out and we get burglaries back there, we we got a good place to start looking for the burglary suspects. I've always been surprised in how people get away with abductions and murders and all this crazy stuff because there's cameras everywhere. You drive down the
road, there's cameras on the toll booth. There's now there's going to be cameras at every corner. So no matter what you do wrong, you just go back and look at the, you know, you weren't, you said you weren't here, but there you were. You know, >> it's tightening up on the criminal. You don't understand it because you're a law-abiding citizen. So the criminals,
they don't go by our laws. They don't play by our games and our rules. So they do a lot of illegal things such as stealing people's cars, driving without a license. And that's where it becomes difficult to track these people down and get them off our shirt >> or put plates from another car and that kind of crazy stuff, right? >> I don't want to give anybody ideas, but
yes. [laughter] >> Thanks a lot. Hey, they can watch TV like the rest of us. [laughter] >> Yeah, I'd like to make a motion. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. I want to make a motion approved to grant agreement with the state board of immigrant enforcement. >> I'll second that. Motion second. Any
further discussion? Any public comment? >> Seeing none to put the vote on favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. >> Good job, >> Chief. Thank you very much. >> Yeah. And a special thanks to Chief and Goia for being behind us and getting that grant. It's fantastic. Um, so next
up is old business. Item number eight discussion old business. Is there any old business to discuss? Um, I saw an email about the Grand Boulevard drainage thing that's coming up on a CRA thing. So, I guess that's that's an update on Grand Boulevard is is we're
going to our CRA meeting will be approving that. There'll be some amount of work or whatever. And once that work is completed, then they go back to DOT and DOT can then issue the permit. Okay. So, I know you've had a couple >> definitely going to bring it up. Yeah,
>> I still will just because [laughter] >> he'll go he'll go more in depth there. All right. >> Okay, cool. >> I had a question in the waterline replacements uh in the South District. How's that going? >> Uh we're waiting for FD to finalize the
agreement for us to move forward. Um, and they switched some personnel, but they we need we need that agreement locked in before we can go out to bid >> or you can replace any lines over there at all. >> Not yet. I mean, he's done some he's
done some minor work on other other projects, but we've not done that job yet. No. >> Okay. But [clears throat] the money the money has still been set aside and we have time. But we have to follow we have to follow what the grant agreement goes by when it comes to that that certain pot of money.
>> So >> we'll get it all done by October is just the one thing. >> Well, regardless, even if we have to carry it over, that's fine. But now that money is kind of appropriated in the form of the grant, so it'll be the grants timeline. So it's not like we have to worry about the next state appropriation. It's it's it it's within
that grant. So as long as we follow that timeline, we'll be fine. >> All right. Have we have we identified at the uh >> asbestous lines? >> Yes, those are some of the lines that we're we're addressing. We're addressing those Abestus lines on Green and Betty Street. And then we're addressing the
galvanized uh galvanized lines on the southwest side of the city uh near BMS Court uh Mallet Drive and Pier Road. >> Very cool. I just want >> I'll stay on top. Thank you very much. >> I don't know. We'll keep you we'll keep you updated as we get more. We're just if I had this agreement, we'd already be
out there, but you know, we have to we have to follow their guidelines. >> Okay. Very good. >> Anything else business? >> Um this while the speed bumps are on here. Anything more on that? >> Uh we're still waiting. We're still waiting information from Ajax. They've been in contact with us. They go through
a third party vendor to get that. Um they don't do it themselves. They go through another company to do that. So we're waiting for that. But Daryl Daryl is already reaching out to other people to get them done. We have them marked off and where we want them to be. We've we've >> start >> we we've sent out um the specifications
for them, but we're just waiting for the the the quotes and green light to move forward. So, unfortunately, I can't I can't make other people move faster as much as I want them to. I really do. But >> okay, this trans speed signs I think
last time they were ordered. >> Speed signs are ordered. We're just waiting for them to show up. Yep. Okay. >> Any other business? >> You're talking about the ones I'm watching. >> Um the uh for old business uh council
approved um two demolitions. One of them have been has been stayed. Um so my question is on the other demolition, are we moving forward on that or >> a item?
Okay. That's fine. Um, okay. So, that's all little business, right? Anything else? Let's move on. Okay. Comments from mayor and city council. I'll start. Uh, let's go with uh Councilwoman Sol. >> Can I get an update on um locating
finding a special magistrate? >> We have um we are in the process of doing that right now. Um we have met with uh the only uh uh business that actually put in a bid for it which is San Diego Law Firm. >> Okay.
>> Um they have provided us a bid for uh magistrate for roughly about 210 an hour and that's everything included. So there's no hidden fees, nothing in addition, no travel, nothing else required other than just the fee uh for
the mastery time that they will be uh overseeing. Now, with the magistrate uh piece that we looked at, we looked at the red light cameras, code enforcement, and everything that we would need for the magistrate to do. So, that's all part of his bucket list of things that he will be managing as far as the mag
beds that we do hold here for the city. So, I think we're real close because we've already pushed that forward. >> Yep. I reached out to them to draft us a contract. So, as soon as we have that, you can sign it, they can go to work. So, >> okay. Will that come before counsel? um the contract uh I'll have to refer to
the city manager and city attorney on that. I don't think >> it doesn't necessarily in my book. I'm just wonder we've brought on magistrates before for for the police department without >> Okay. >> doing that and that's what they're going to start on doing. We still got language to work out for the magistrate for code enforcement. So that will come to
council. >> Yeah. >> But this contract, you know, is for just to start the red light cameras and have a have a person on standby for that. And once we get the language for the code enforcement, then Santini would also handle that for yeah, they're including
that in their contract. So when we do that, it kind of fell in our lap as a as a positive thing. Very cost effective. >> It is great, >> very affordable. And so we took the opportunity to go ahead and move forward on that process because we looked at, you know, what the spending on it would
probably [snorts] be on that probably be far below the threshold that the council even even would need to consider at this point. I don't foresee seeing spending 5,000 potentially even the end of year right now. >> Great. >> Cool. >> Thank you.
>> Anything else? >> No, that's it. >> Uh, Council Hubard. >> No, I'm good. >> Good. Council Burke, >> I just want to thank our chiefs tonight. It was police chief, but fire chief, too. They both go above board with
looking for grants and looking for ways to make the city better and make their departments better and take care of their guys and >> girls. And I it it means a lot that you both work so hard to do those extra things. >> We noticed and appreciate it. >> Thank you.
>> We're lucky. >> Anything else? I apologize. I said council man. That's a woman. So whatever. >> So vice mayor mayor. >> Yes. I would like to um first and foremost thank our faith-based
churches leaders and the community for um intercessory prayer on behalf of our city. Uh the council, each one of us, you mayor, you know, these guys and gals are literally going in the fire and they're praying to make sure that you have a covering over you as you make
decisions. So, I'm very thankful for that. I experienced [clears throat and cough] firsthand with Tina uh Russell with her husband Scott and their children over here on Washington Street. They have a small little uh revival room that's what they call it. And for the whole month of
January, almost every single day, they had incredible intercessory prayer praying for you guys, the police department, the fire department directly praying for your families, your children, all that stuff. It was really incredible. Um, so I just want to say that we are covered in prayer here in the city and I'm thankful for you guys
for what you bring to the city and bring to the table for us. So just want to acknowledge you and thank you for that. >> And that's it for me. >> Thank you. And I and I just uh nothing more powerful prayer and we definitely appreciate I personally appreciate I know you guys work a day and night to
make sure that uh that the city's taken care of and praying for all of us up here and I do appreciate that. Absolutely. >> Can I say one more thing? I wanted to I told the mayor when I was new on with in his circle of influence I said I want you to know there's a lot of people praying behind your back. Okay.
[laughter] >> It's a very very humbling feeling for sure. >> Thanks Vice Mayor. Um and so I have a couple things. Um let's start off with with a really good one. Um I received a letter um from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office
that I'd like to read. was on January 30th, 2026 was Mayor John Eric Hoover. Dear Mayor Hoover, now that Chief Frank Rosario and his colleagues have completed their work, permit me to take a moment to thank you for allowing him to work on our mock assessment. Chief Rogerio and his colleagues gave
our files a thorough examination and provided valuable feedback. Chief Rogerio is an exceptional representative of the Port Richie Police Department as he was extremely professional. Again, thank you for allowing Chief Roserio the time to participate. If we can ever reciprocate, please do not hesitate to call on us. Sincerely, Al Newis mean
house uh sheriff. Um great accolades again do a fantastic job as we've we've heard. So I just I want to take time to let you know that he did reach out and and gave that I don't know exactly what went on there per se, but uh you you jumped out there and it's uh it really shows good good on the city that we've
got chief in place that's doing work. So kudos to you. >> Thank you. >> And then I'll pass this to you. I don't know if you guys do anything from a records perspective or whatever, but thank you. >> Put it in this file. >> Yeah, in the file. >> Did you get a little nervous when I said I got a letter from the Hernando?
[laughter] >> Okay. Um on I can't remember if I mentioned this or not. I think I did, but I want to reiterate it on the adopt a park and adopt a road. This all the adopt stuff that we have in the city. Um, I know we
we had the the fishing club adopted the the Brasher Park signs out there that that identifies them. Um, but we never really did anything at the council level. I think it would be good to have a there be a proclamation during that time frame where we can actually formally uh announce that they are uh
they adopted that park. And same thing for any road or any other park gets adopted that we can recognize them not only with a sign but actually at council and and let the public know that you know these these folks are stepping up and helping our community. Um so if we get something together for that for them and of course the church obviously is
doing the uh waterfront park and so same time and I don't know if there's anything else in the pipeline already done but if we can kind of catch up and get all those kind of announced here at council is that the only two we have you guys know of I guess. Is everyone working?
>> I believe you sent a couple of other possible proclamations to city managers. >> We're not talking specifically. Yes, those as [snorts] well. If we if it falls in the policy, I'm talking specifically about the uh adopt a park or adopt the road programs. >> Yeah, we could prepare them. >> Do we have any do we have any others
besides the two? >> Uh no, well, we do have one for flood awareness week and later we'll have one for city clerk awareness. >> Okay. >> Other for park, >> right? But nothing else on in the park. So, no, no, no. Those are the only two parks. Sorry. Yeah.
>> No streets or anything else. Just those [clears throat] just those two parts. >> Yeah. Because obviously that's uh they donate their time. Obviously, the city provides some cleanup stuff or whatever, but they're going out there. They're cleaning up the parks. I mean, it's great stuff. Uh so, I want to recognize those guys and gals. Um, and then
I went to the park today, waterfront park, and uh the there's a right before the pavilion, there's a a message board. Um, [clears throat] some very stale information in there. So, all our uh uh on both sides even our uh centennial uh
flyers are in there still. Um so, uh it you know, I don't know if people use that, but it's obviously a good place to people go to park to know stuff coming on. We do got some events coming up that we could have in there, but this has a lot of stamp information there. So, if we can just kind of >> almost one year old is what looked like to me.
>> Did you see it too? >> Who normally does? >> We have a parks attendant who, you know, changed those out. They have to lock the lock and stuff. I'll have >> because there's one of those sign boards next. >> It It was also extremely dirty like there was mud smeared. Somebody needs to
just clean it up, make it look presentable, put some concurrent information on there. We have a list of upcoming events, the cleanup thing. >> Well, we're going to be getting new flyers for the the upcoming events anyway, so stuff like that. We start looking at that. >> Yeah. And I know we don't have a our own
parks department, per se. It's kind of utilities kind of does it all or whatever. So, I know it's a staffing issue, whatever, but um something as simple as that, if we can at least take care of that, it's it's easy to forget about it. I'm not trying to cause a stink, but it just
>> we appreciate it. We'll get on. Yep. Um and obviously any other thing we can do from a parks perspective is, you know, trimming the mangroves and trees and try to keep that up. We want to make sure those those parks look good. >> Can I comment on that? >> Sure. >> Um so I I walked some of the parks recently.
>> Chris, turn on your mic. I walked some of the parks recently and the the and we brought this up before and we you just you and I just had this conversation. Many roses can be trimmed down to six feet. You can't do it all at once, you know. You can't just like lop them off halfway and let it all fall over. But
you can trim them down 12 inches at a time. And we've gotten to But if they get to be what is it 12 or 14t tall, you can't touch them. >> Well, I think you could take a foot off every so often or something. >> I just I here's how I feel. I'm relatively new on the council. I'm not new to the city. I feel like if we can't
keep our view of this beautiful water and running around no haircuts. I mean, guys, why do you run around no haircuts? because the barber's right down the street. It cost 30 $50 these days or $40 to get a haircut, [laughter] you know, but but we should be good stewards of what's been given to us and we don't
have to today. Eric's like, "What do you want to trim every mangrove in the whole place?" I'm like, "No, I want the ones where you're standing up there and you're looking at the water. You can see the water. I want it six feet down." So, could we please pay attention to that and get that done? >> It is on the list. They, you know, public works utilities have been working
on several projects. Uh, one of them right now is the Richie and Wilkins drainage project, which is a major um major section and major drainage that we've been we've put off for quite some time and they're making some serious headway on that project. Daryl has also replaced sever several valves that are
that were desperately needing of changing out throughout the city. Um, and then of course some of our um northern water distribution areas. So, he's been working on that. Um, they I it is on the to-do list to get that done. Um, so I will talk to him again tomorrow and see if that if we can make that, you
know, expedite that as I >> mean, if we have to for a little bit of help. Can we sub out some of it? >> We'll probably have to sub out some of that because it just, you know, it's, you know, mangroves, once again, they're a protected species. You can't just >> I understand >> start hacking away. So, you have to be
very careful on how much you take off at a time. So, um, we have some equipment that can do it, but, uh, he may have to call a subcontractor to come do some of the >> the folks I talked to are the trimmers and they do my neighborhood and do my house. And he's like, "Chris, we know how to handle this. This is our job. We're certified and all that stuff. So,
I just think we need to start making it happen to be good stewards what we have." >> We've had the trimmers produced invoices for us before, but they're they're they have increased over the years um, from when we used to use them. So, it is a budgetary concern as well, but we will try and get as much done as possible.
>> We might try them again because I had a little come to Jesus talk with them. So, let's see if maybe they'll do one to give us a better deal. >> I know they did trim some over there on the north side of Brasher. >> They make my stuff look like >> perfect. Looks like a fresh haircut, you know, it's every time.
>> Yeah. And I want to give Daryl and the utility department kudos because they've been working extremely hard. >> Oh, I'm not throwing rocks. >> He's not being critical. know, >> yeah, >> they they are doing a wide variety of different projects in several different areas at, you know, on a daily basis. >> And like I said, I'd be willing to talk
to all this here to if we need to contract out somebody to to do some clean up or whatever, let's let's do that. Just >> and that's what we'll come back to you guys with. If for some reason, you know, our our schedules aren't meeting the demand, >> then we will bring to you a request for
um going ahead and [snorts] looking for a contractor that will outsource, you know, until we get back up to speed with our own public works department. >> Yeah. Because once you get caught up, it's a little easier to maintain them. But there's there's places that it's they've gotten out of hand. And so >> I mean what really um Don what really
kind of fired me up is when we're like well we're going to have to build a structure to go up in the air so we can look over top up. I'm like well hold on a minute here you know why don't we just be good stewards to keep the haircut brought down so we don't have to look over top up so far you know >> correct >> speaking of cleanup we're also
organizing a cleanup uh in March uh citywide cleanup like we used to do. Uh, so since since this year was um we we didn't have we didn't suffer from any storms, we're going to bring that back in March and it's going to be a basically a two-eek process. >> Good. >> So, we're going to be renting dumpsters
and providing that service to the city. Information will be posted on the website and our Facebook pages and we'll start getting it out there to everyone about the particulars and the date range that that will be in. >> Kind of like brush and all that extra stuff laying around and all that, >> you know, basically furniture, old
goods, things like that. So, not necessarily brush >> garage cleanups. Yeah, because >> usually the first week >> because brush cleanup is done every you know done once a month anyway. So, this will be pretty much leaning towards you know people who have older furniture or you know white goods that have to go out. >> What can we do about hazardous stuff s
because here's the deal. I I know a lot of these folks they got cans of stuff rotting in their garage [laughter] [clears throat] salt water and they're afraid to do anything with them. They're like bagging them up throwing in the trash. It's going to our landfills. Can we pick up any of that hazardous stuff? >> We can do that. We'll probably it probably be best if we just we'll put
that in our notice to phone call that day. We don't want them to throw it in any pile and then that gets mixed up with anything else. That stuff should be totally separated and we can take it to like delay and fill and stuff like that. But they have a special way of you know dumping >> or maybe have a special day just for
that so nothing gets mixed up. >> We'll emphasize that we can pick it up and and get rid of it but we just we have to really emphasize that it can't be mixed with the other with the other stuff. It's so hard to get rid of. Some people like they just like they'll disguise it, throw it in bags and throw it and dump and next thing you know we're, you know, they're legally getting rid of it. They're dumping on other
people's property. So, we just maybe we should have a little We're such a small city. Maybe just a little bit of effort to get >> a drop off location. [snorts] >> Set that up during the cleanup. We're going to have a drop off. Do a drop off at our >> Sorry, >> for the hazardous materials.
We have we'll have that set up during our pickup where everyone can bring it and we'll set that aside when they drop it off and then we'll we'll we'll take it out to the the landfill up by Haze Road. So, and then and we'll the first week is usually people can bring stuff to us and then we'll we'll separate it
and throw it in the dumpsters to the ones that can do that. And then our second week we go out and we go around the city and pick pick it up for the people who can who can't who can't move that stuff on their own. >> Yeah. That's and and going back like I said it's like the fountain was working out
there in the park. It was broke before. The benches were nice. So I mean they're doing a lot of work. So that would discredit all just uh if like said if if they need some help let us know. They said we can always hire somebody to kind of help take the load off. >> Not just was the water fountain working
in the lake waterfront park, but there was also an area that they like made a little access where you get in there with your like kayak launch, which is nice, you know. So Daryl's paying attention to everything we're saying. He's doing his job. We're very thankful for that. Probably your leadership. Thank you for that. You know, >> not only that, we've done some
restoration work to the burm around around the waterfront park which was grass. >> I saw there was new grass. >> Well, there's new grass, but that that's because we brought in a lot of fill in which which actually we're using the top soil from our brush pile >> and bringing that out there. Awesome.
>> And recon, you know, and rebuilding that burn. And then of course using, you know, ry grass and other natural grasses so it'll grow in for now. So, of course, it won't wash out because um you know over time that that burm that whole entire burm washes out. >> Did you see the over by the seat facing
the bayou where it's washed out and the whole fence is just hanging there by you know the things hanging there? >> Is that still there? Yeah, we're going to address that too. >> Yeah, that probably needs a little bit of rock too, not just because dirt. >> That's not the first time we've had to do that. Yeah, that that point over there washes out. >> That needs a little bit of what they call rip wrap, right?
>> Yes. >> Yeah. [snorts] >> Okay. So, the last thing I want to share with the council and the public, um, so obviously you've seen that the the Gild Dogs property got leveled and and all that and there's there's been obviously lots of stuff going on with that. So, I want to give you a little bit of an
update um that uh is about to come forward um uh very very soon. Uh myself and Don have a meeting with the developer tomorrow. Um they want to have a conversation um uh on the incentive stuff. We have a workshop on incentive
stuff. Um, but I want to kind of show you uh they have went back and they've uh rethought what they were thinking about on the 19 property. And so I'm going to show some images here. Um, again, all subject to change. Um, these are just renderings. Um, obviously that
the process would be at some point they would submit formal plans to the city. Uh, and the city they go to planning and zoning and they would go through that whole process. um if if there's a density um thing that goes above the um 18 units on the the uh 19th property or
15 units within the WOD where the old Gildog restaurant is. Obviously that would um be a negotiation process with the city and the developer on um if if we give additional density or not. Uh what if we are willing to give additional density what we would get out of it and all that conversation would
would happen. But that being said, they do have some some conceptual stuff that uh there has been some stuff that was submitted before. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to show kind of what they had before briefly just to refresh everybody's memory. And I'm going to show you kind of what they've they've pivoted to. Um and I did get permission.
This is obviously public record. It's been emails um that came through. Um but I did ask permission today to make sure that it was okay if I presented this just to give people an idea that things are actually happening in the background. Um, and then you guys obviously can see kind of what they've what they've come up with. So, let me
share here. >> Is there a camera on that screen? >> No, but we could uh and we didn't put it over there, unfortunately. Um, >> I think if you do this stuff to me, I'll attach it to the minutes. >> Yeah. Um, I know there was a camera stop
on that one that was >> It's over there. >> Oh, we changed it. Okay, >> I thought we did a different one, but um, so let me get out of here. Okay, so this is again this is a overall
picture. You can see that the the the far left here, that's obviously what Seaside's there and they don't own that property. So, kind of forget about that right now. That's kind of their concept. Um, but this this area here um is the waterfront and this is they're going to be mixeduse commercial. There hasn't
been any necessarily change in their thoughts on this and as you kind of see what you'll see in other subsequent diagrams, there's going to be a boardwalk going all along the the water there and around the front. Um, but again, that one property is is not uh there. So that's strictly conceptual if
they to do that. But they do have the other one which is building B. And then off in the top right hand corner, that's the overhead view of what they initially showed us with a larger um apartment-l like building. Um and I'll kind of roll through these relatively quickly. You've
seen these before. They were they were shared out on on Facebook if if you looked at them there. >> Those are the 19 properties. >> This is the 19 property. So this is what they originally kind of showed, >> right? Okay. Um, looking in from Opus Road, there was the uh kind of pool and
and uh raetball courts or whatever those tennis courts. >> Okay. Again, all this there's been a pivot and I'll get to that, but I wanted to pull this back up to refresh your memory and I wanted to also show a little bit more
which wasn't sub submitted of the actual commercial stuff and that's what this is here. And so this is if you're looking at the corner of where Seaside is and they own they own the strip that goes all the way out to the point here, but obviously they don't own the restaurant.
But the concept is is that you have two levels of of uh commercial and then you have the living component above it. This would be looking back towards that corner as if you were standing kind of over on the uh uh left side of Hooters
or if you're looking at Hooters the right side but as you're looking towards seaside looking back at that corner there will the public place there boardwalk going all the way around. Eric has it been discussed whether that's going to be uh re residential retail or is it going to be rentals?
>> Uh no idea. Uh there's a there's a livable component up whether it's condos, apartments or whatever. Have no idea. Or you know just there'll be there'll be residents above there. Um but the first two levels are commercial. Okay. >> Restaurants g
>> restaurants, shops, whatever. Okay. So this this photo here is the in between the two buildings A and B. Um so if you're looking at the one on the left, um that's the one obviously they they don't own that property, but the one on the right they do. So you can see the
their their plan overall would be to have a gathering area there in between those two buildings. Um and you can see different and don't pay attention to the words the RIA the the catch something back there cast iron. Those are just placeholders. Obviously none of that's
is just fictional this point but to give you an idea of how it might look and this is [clears throat] that same vantage point. So this is looking from this from treadway in. This would be looking from the canal into that uh in between the buildings and you can see
>> like where the fly bridge will be there between u waterfront park. >> Yeah. So is a as as we talked about if we're going to put some kind of connection between this and waterfront park. It would probably be it would connect somewhere here. Okay. >> Um and whatnot to so so you can walk
around the the the water, go across waterfront park, go there, come back. Um, but obviously that's not part of their initial con concepts, right? But anyway, so let's look at from the canal. So you can see that same gathering area in the center, a little bit more of the retail.
Uh, this vantage point is the same thing looking at canal, but just a little further towards 19. Kind of looking in, you'll see a little bit more of the the common area. looking directly off of Treadway into that common area.
Okay, so that's that was that initial set. Again, they didn't in that original packet, they didn't kind of show any of that because again, it shows that there's uh property they don't own, but this is kind of what they're thinking, but so I want to kind of share that. Um obviously
once they move forward on what you're going to see next um they would start on their other concept over here on the waterfront >> on the 19 property that you're going to show next. >> So this yeah so 19 property which was above here the original concept with a larger building
>> and homes. So the pivot and the reason for this pivot um is one it will allow them to um move quicker um they don't have uh they were they were looking at some uh HUD financing I think
which is a long time frame so this this also would allow them to have private financing um see if I get there it is okay so this is the 19 property There's 19 right there along the bottom.
And so that that build big building that they had before is now replaced with town home development. Okay. And you'll see that there's a big water retention lake and there probably be fountain features or whatever to kind of buffer between 19 and the development. Okay.
Um and kind of in the center you have the the um amenities. Uh looks like there's an in two entrances um on the backside post and an entrance over off of I forget that road there. >> So no retail in there.
>> No retail here. This would strictly be a residential and I I think it's around 104 units. Uh one of the things they achieve they achieve the same dense as they had before. Um, but they uh they attract more families cuz these are
going to be three-bedroom and two-bedroom units. Okay. >> And they're not highrises. >> And they're not highrises. That's correct. And each one has, as you can see, they have uh obviously the lower level would be a garage. Um, they have other parking as well. Um, you have two floors, I think, and then you have the
top floor would be kind of a terrace area where you could be outside and and kind of look out. So, so that's the new concept that they're looking at. And again, conceptual, all this subject to change, but uh this is kind of a side view looking across the water. You kind of see the gas station down there on the
left, but this would be off of 19 kind of looking in at it. Very modern, very beautiful, very brings it up to very big city. >> It's not a very big city.
It's only three stories tall and kind of centered a common area. One of the problems we have here is the lack of housing >> now. And you know, even if you go to rent an apartment somewhere, I mean, the rents are like stupid. So any more
housing that we can create is definitely positive. And and so the one thing that when they originally said that, you know, they're going to pivot to this town home thing, um I'm thinking, what that's going to look like? And so when you look at this, it's not your typical town home development. Almost looks like
a apartment building, but they're individual town homes. So anyways, that's that's going to be coming before the board and all that. They're the next steps that they're looking at um is what they need to do first far as process um PUB and whatnot. But uh they want to
again their hope is that they will actually start construction midsummer. >> Do they have uh space on the top like uh >> Yeah, there's ter. >> Yeah, there's terraces on top. You can see >> pretty cool. >> Yeah. Where you go out and put a barbecue grill up there and whatever.
So I just want to share that with you all so you kind of know what you know what's been going on. They've been working on this for a while now. So, it looks like that this is what they're going to some version of this is what's going to come to the city for discussion. So, any questions that I can
answer on that? Okay. >> That it's super super modern and not fishy at all. >> It's not. That's correct. Um that to that point though, that property is not in the WOD.
So [clears throat] >> the other two properties are in the W and they will not be fishing village >> again. So I I asked the question because that when when I first saw that back last year I had um I had said you know whether it's fishing village theme kind
of what they've in the past or whatever they evidently did some some market analysis on that type of architecture or whatever and and did get good results back. So again, that doesn't mean that we don't when they bring it to us, we
say we want a fishing village facade or whatever. Again, that's all up in discussions we have. >> You can do that many different ways. You don't have to just like you don't build >> you don't have to build your building like a fishing rod, you know, to make it fishing village. You can do other things, right? >> Yeah. Right.
>> Yeah. >> But they're aware of that current theme. [clears throat] And I don't know that we have necessarily teeth in there. This is one of the things we talked about in that WOD about that theme if you will. So, we probably need to talk about that
in general. And key the key is we we are the fishing village, you know, just it's not like we got let's paint the picture because we got the water and the fishing rods and the boats right there, you know? So, it's not like we have to go overboard on that, >> right? So, anyway, but they they are aware of that. They they did look into
those different because when they were trying to put these concepts together, they were looking at different things and testing how that would would play out from a from a demands perspective and all that. And he just he told me like I said, it wasn't it wasn't something that was uh didn't work as well as some of these other designs. [clears throat]
So, but anyway, it's very preliminary. Just want to let you know that there's his work going on. Um and uh hopefully very very very soon um especially if they have the um uh the plans to try to get that shovels in the ground sometime summer that there is um uh some stuff
coming very soon to us and so which makes our discussions obviously on the on the workshop we need to kind of solidify that if there's going to be anything that we're going to help uh incentivize that at all. So that's that's all I have. I'll take questions if you guys had any >> not a question kind of a comment. We
recently talked about the form base coach. Should we put off staff looking into that until after we have a final on these plans so that we can come up with something that would look good with what they present and what we already have
there and decide if we even need something like that or what we want it to look like instead of staff working on that now [clears throat] >> which I think we had directed them to kind of look at that. But should we put that off because they need to do what
they need to do, I would think. >> Right. There obviously be once that stuff comes in there be work going on. I don't know that >> I would hate to waste staff time is I'm saying by starting any kind of form based >> I think we need to get some paper on the table that's real. >> That's what I'm saying.
>> Yeah. Before we start telling them what to do and how to do it. I think >> I'm not saying us telling them what >> based code does. >> No, I'm not. No, I'm not even talking about that. I'm saying let them come up with their concept. >> Yeah. >> We take their concept, what we already have out there, and then we come up with
form base codes >> to kind of make it all tie together instead of >> based on whatever they come up with >> based on whatever they come up with. >> We obviously are coming up with something nice and, you know, it doesn't necessarily have to have fishnetss hanging off of it or anything like that, you know, [laughter] but we could make something after they present what
they're presenting and then kind of tie it all together. >> Yeah. No, but I think that that's one approach for sure. >> Yeah, that's definitely approached for sure. >> Okay. Well, I know we la last meeting I think we had directed staff to start looking into that. So maybe we want to cancel that. >> So it's saying in general the I mean
okay >> the specifics obviously with what you're kind of talking about with how that plays in. But I think that the structure and all that getting that in place I think it's good work. >> Okay. >> Having a show skeleton. >> Okay. >> And I will keep I want to make sure you
guys understand this too. Obviously, as these come if there's things that cuz they're going to ask for um that additional density that that that allows for. So, we had 15 limit in 15 per acre in the waterfront overlay district, 18
outside of there um with that one property, but now that whole new area that was created, you can have up to 40 in a 2.0 FAR if you have five acres and you and you plan unit development. So, what all that means is is without 5
acres, you get 15 and 18 depending on where you're at. If you have 5 acres or more, you put a planned unit development together, you bring it to the city plans only through the process and let's say that they they want um a full 40. Um we
can we look at that project, we can say uh we we love it. You can have the 40 go forward, right? or we can say I don't really like that, you know, and when you talk about architectural things or whatever, all that's negotiable. Um because there's no there's no guarantee
to that density unless council and things don't improve the project, right? So, we can have conversations about and I don't know what the ask is going to be. Um like I said, there's 104 units I think on there. um which I think um is
is not I think maybe it goes to 20 units per acre the way they've currently got it designed um without doing the math but it's nowhere near the 40 um but it is a couple above the 18 original um but again you have to have a plan unit development in order to get access above
that so if we like the project we can negotiate different things parking common areas architecture all that stuff is up for >> but until they submit the plan so it's something >> right >> I Really?
>> It looked like they each one of those had a parking garage in it and then one in front of it. >> So 104 get 208 cars. >> Correct. >> Yeah. I I want to say that they have more parking than they need for the units designed in there currently. But again, >> I just wanted to let you guys know that
was coming. It's kind of what it looks like. So u um any questions? Uh move on. Okay. Um that's all I have. So I entertain a motion if anybody wants
>> to adjurnn. >> Okay. Motion to second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> We'll take uh let's come back at 7:30. Just a little bit extra. Says