Hi, I'm Mary with the city of Temple Terrace. As part of our Celebrate What's Next campaign, we're asking the community, what's next for Temple Terrace. The city is in the process of updating our comprehensive plan. And the first step is listening to you. Hi, I'm Yikica Mills with the Hillsboro County
City County Planning Commission. The planning commission helps guide long-term planning across Hillsboro County and its three cities, Temple Terrace, Tampa, as well as Plant City, and works with each jurisdiction to update their comprehensive plan over time. Temple Terrace last updated its
plan in 2016. And for this update, we will work with the community to define a shared vision for what Temple Terrace should grow to be like over the next 20 years. This plan helps to guide decisions about things like housing, transportation, parks, infrastructure, and protecting the character of the
city. I'm Fatima, and I'll be working with the planning commission as part of this community visioning process. Over the next few months, you'll see us all over Temple Terrace at existing events, at gathering spots, at the library and rec center because we want to create as many opportunities as possible for you
to make your voice heard. We'd love to hear about what it is that makes Temple Terrace special. What do you love about it and what would you like to see in the next 20 years? You can learn more by visiting the project website at bit.le/temple terrace vision. You can participate right away by taking the survey. You can
submit public comment and you can sign up for updates to stay connected. I'm Sam, a Templar resident and student in the urban and regional planning program at USF. You'll see students like me helping with outreach and surveys throughout the community. I'm excited to hear from residents and be a part of shaping the future of the place we call
home. Hi, I'm Mary with the city of Temple T. Ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the March 3rd meeting of the Temple Terrace City Council. I can't believe it's March already. Um, I'd like to remind everybody to please silence your electronic devices. Check mine to be
sure. There we go. If you would please stand and join me in the invocation and the pledge. Lord, we pray tonight for everyone affected by the events in Iran. We pray for the safety of our US service members as well as Iranian people caught in
harm's way. May there be a quick end to the hostilities. We ask for your blessings upon our meeting tonight and thank you for the many blessings we receive each day. We ask for blessings upon all believers tonight as they celebrate Ramadan and prepare to celebrate Passover and Easter. May their
celebrations be marked by mutual understanding and respect. Amen. 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. Okay, for those of you who don't often join our council meetings, we have a fairly recent tradition the past few years that we begin each meeting with a interesting or fun historical or or just interesting fact about the city or the
region or uh recently the state. We keep expanding. Pretty soon we'll be talking about Alabama. But but uh tonight that duty falls on Vice Mayor Chambers. >> Thank you, Mayor. Okay, the topic uh I have for this evening is uh River Hills Park, which is a park behind River Hills
Elementary School. But before talking about that park, I want to talk about this Sunday uh in Woodmont Park is the spring market by the run by the Garden Club. It's a great event. Uh the Woodmont along with the first fairway of the golf and country club is the
location for many events in Temple Terrace. Now, uh, events like the 4th of July, Art and Blanc, Arts Festival, Brewfest, Winter Wonderland, and and others. But that's only been recent in the last maybe 10 or so years. In the
80s through the 2000s, uh, all these events were held at River Hills Park. It was the main park and the location of a lot of our special events. River Hills Park is a site of Fourth of July, Riverfest, and the Arts Festival back in the day. Now, before the 80s, River
Hills Park was a nice piece of property, but it was mostly unimproved. In the early 80s, uh especially in 1984, the gazebo, which is down in the park, uh was built, and that was done with donation of funds and construction from Bob and Anne Simmons and their
construction company. The gazebo uh lived a very good life until it was uh caught on fire which was started in a trash can next to the gazebo in in 2023 and then it was rebuilt uh the next year. At the same
time the gazebo was started construction, the women's club started uh a project uh the boardwalk that's there now. And that project started very simply in 2024 as a bridge over the little inlet that's there now.
That was the first thing. Uh then the women's club started uh the boardwalk project and they funded it through selling uh routered boards. Your name's on the boards down there. It's $25 for the board. I don't know what it is now. Program still goes on. Uh
then uh it was very short boardwalk too. In 1990, the boardwalk was extended by 340 ft to the west of the bridge and 140 ft to the east of the bridge. And that was in uh 1990. And the rest of the boardwalk as we know
it today was finished in 1998. So the boardwalk was rebuilt again in in 2018 and it continues to be a beautiful uh walk along the Hillsboro River. In 1996, the city and the school district of Hillsboro County entered
into an agreement to jointly fund a playground at River Hills Park. That playground was because at that time the schools were not allowed to have playgrounds in some of their schools. So, we entered into agreement the school children could go to the playground at River Hills and of course our citizens
got a playground also. In 2012, the playground was we uh rebuilt to an accessible playground which was called Clouds of Hope. This playground is currently being rebuilt right now with the same emphasis on accessibility as the original Clouds of
Hope playground was. And also at this same time, there are plans to eliminate the access road that goes uh from the boat ramp to the interior of River Hills Park. that's going to be eliminated and there'll be additional parking spaces which are much needed along the entrance drive of the
boat ramp to get easier access to the playground and the little shelter that's there. So, the park's somewhat coming back. This last centennial year, we had two uh big events down there at River Hills Park. Uh the uh River Jam, which is signature event of Centennial, and
Pause in the Park. So, hopefully more events will take place down at River Hills Park in the future. So, that was it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. So, all of those things happened during your time with Leisure Service. >> Unfortunately, yes. >> So, you you remember all of those?
>> I do. Yes. Very good. >> I I do. And I told Carl I wasn't going to say it, but uh he's looking like u but a lot of that uh the routering of the boardwalk first. I would uh the director, Kid Boy, and I did the routering laying on boardwalk hour after
hour in there. So, >> why am I not surprised to hear that? So yeah, >> very good. Well, thank you so much. We have a couple of proclamations uh today to this evening to do. The first one is for bike month and I see we have our uh bicycle pedestrian advisory committee
chair Brent Buffington is here along with some apparently some of your colleagues unless they just happen to be wearing the same shirt. So come on up to the podium, Mr. Buffington. And you guys can come up too if you like. Um >> no, they're not doing it. Our solidarity
only goes so far. And the proclamation reads, "Whereas for more than a century, the bicycle has been a utilitarian, economical, environmentally sound, and effective means of personal transportation, recreation, and fitness. City of Temple
Terrace encourages the use of bicycles as a means of transportation and recognizes bicyclist as legitimate roadway users. City of Temple Terrace encourages the increased use of bicycles, benefiting all citizens by improving air quality, reducing traffic congestion and noise,
decreasing the use of and dependence upon finite energy sources, and fostering exercise. City of Temple Terrace promotes safe and responsible bicycling and is committed to incorporating the development of bicycle facilities in the vision for
revitalizing the city. In fact, we're you're going to hear more about that a little later on in the evening. Now, therefore, I, Andrew Ross, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, do hereby proclaim March 2026 as bike month. And so, Mr. Buffington, would you
like to say a few words? >> Yes. Uh, Mayor Ross, council members, uh, city staff. Uh, thank you for this proclamation and for your continued support of cycling uh, in Temple Terrace. Uh on behalf of the bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee who've showed up here as well, I'm proud to
accept this uh recognition of bike month. For us, this isn't just about recreation. Uh it's about transportation uh choice, safety, connectivity, and building a city where people of all ages and abilities feel comfortable moving around outside of a car. Uh I want to
encourage residents to join Mayor Ross uh and everyone else joining this Friday uh for bike with the mayor. Uh it's going to be down at the uh family recreation uh center. I believe they're taking off at uh 8:00 a.m. in the morning. Um so whether you ride every week or if you haven't been on a bike in years, it's a great opportunity to
experience uh our city alongside others. Um thank you for your continued support for a healthier and more connected Temple Terrace. >> Thank you, Mr. Buffington. >> Bring them everyone else up for the photos. >> Yes,
>> they got your back, don't they? All right. Three, two, one. >> Thank you. Next we have a proclamation recognizing uh Ramadan. We have a guest Dr. Mubarak who's here. Would you like to come to the podium sir? >> Yes. >> Good evening. >> Thank you very much. Good evening
everyone here and very thankful for this u recognition. It's it's a month of uh to me um >> and let me read it first and then I'll let >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Okay. Okay. So the proclamation is uh whereas freedom of religion holds the
distinction as a cherished right and foundational value upon which the laws and ethics of the United States are based. Enriched by the unparalleled diversity of its residents, the city of Temple Terrace takes great pride in recognizing individuals who express their religious freedom and varied
cultural traditions. Islam is the second largest religion in the world and there are millions of Muslim Americans both immigrants and native born of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. Temple terrace is home to a large Muslim community. For the followers of the Islamic faith, Ramadan
is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar and is regarded as a time for spiritual reflection, solidarity with the less fortunate and the bridging of differences between people over a shared commitment to faith. Now I by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida do
recognize the history and contributions of Muslims in Temple Terrace through the celebration of Ramadan and m Mus Muslim Heritage Month. So Dr. McGreg, welcome. Good evening. >> Very much. Thank you very much. And uh um I'm glad for this uh um proclamation.
I've been u a member of many diversity councils and uh u throughout my in my Florida and before Florida um I'm you know personally I I can tell you I call Ramadan my own spiritual boot camp where
I I'm forced to I force myself to change habits. It's a beautiful thing. It we exchange uh uh greetings with neighbors. In fact, um I live in New Tampa and we just had an event. We invited all the
neighbors from all faiths to uh an ifar dinner at sunset and it was a a beautiful event. So I'm looking forward to um you know more interaction more with everyone where we all um you know
seek to to make this country uh better and better. Thank you very much. >> Thank you Dr. Mer. Thanks for being here. All right. Three, two, one. Thank you. All right. Final proclamation is for
flood awareness week and our building inspector Dallas Foss is going, I believe, to accept this. Dallas, if you want to come to the podium, please. I don't Have we done this one in the past? I don't remember this one. Not since I've been here. >> Okay. Flood awareness. I'm not sure if
we This is good or bad. So, anyhow, we'll take it from here. If it floods next week though, we're looking for you. So, says, "Whereas the city of Temple Terrace has experienced severe weather in the past in the form of extreme rainfall or tropical systems events
resulting in flooding of the Hills River. And this flooding has caused damage and flood losses to homes and buildings in all areas, whether they are high-risisk flood hazard areas or low moderate risk flood zones. The city of Temple Terrace is a voluntary
participant in the National Flood Insurance Program that provides residents with the opportunity to protect themselves against flood loss through the purchase of flood insurance at reduced insurance premium rates as well as setting higher regulatory standards to reduce the flood risk and
potential flood damage to their property. The reduction of loss of life and property damage can be achieved when appropriate flood preparedness, control, and mitigation measures are taken before a flood. Public education and awareness of
potential weather hazards and methods of protection are critical to the health, safety, and welfare of residents. The Florida Flood Pain Managers Association have declared the week of March 9th through 15, 2026 as Flood Awareness Week to promote awareness and increase
knowledge of flood risk, the availability of flood insurance, flood protection methods, and how to prepare for emergencies. Now, therefore, I, Andrew Ross, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Temple Terrace, do hereby reclaim March
9th through 15, 2026 as Flood Awareness Week. Mr. Foss, would you like to say a few words? >> The program, which is your CRS rating system, the proclamation and other things provide us with additional points to
possibly get a larger discount on insurance for the community through the flood systems. So, this as well as there's information posted at the rec centers, the library, and here in city hall to get the information out to the community. Well, we're we're very fortunate, as you
know, that to be on the Middle River, which is between the bypass canal to the north of us and the and the the dam to the south of us. We're pretty controlled here in the Middle River. But as we saw with Milton, we do have areas of the city that are in jeopardy. Even with
those controls, >> even with the community, your flood insurance says you're not in a flood zone. You're in one anywhere in the state of Florida. if where you can still apply for and get insurance, the flood insurance, because your homeowners
policy will not cover water damage from the ri flooding areas. It's a reduced rate for that for the home. So, >> where where could residents find more information about this if they if somebody was listening and they're interested in that? >> You go you can go on to FEMA's website
and it'll and look at the NFIP program. It'll come up on there how to apply and everything. >> Okay. seems odd to be talking about floods when we have a drought right now. It hasn't rained in six years, but um but uh it'll be upon us very quickly and so yeah. Well, thank you, Mr. Foss, for
letting us know my exercise. >> All right. Three, two, one. Next we have a presentation uh from our TPO friends uh concerning the temple terrace multimodal trail network plan. Uh Alvaro Galbondon, I'm sorry. I'm I'm
sorry. Sorry I'm butchering that. Alvaro, uh he is a consultant here for the TPO to uh present our plan. Thank you. >> Yes. Hi, my name is Alvaro Gabbaldin uh with Benes uh consultant working with the Hillsboro TPO on this study for uh
Temple Terrace. Uh I I use this right. Yeah. Okay, great. All right. So, I uh I spoke with you all about this plan a couple months ago. Um but for the sake of viewers at home and the public, we'll uh start from
the top. Um and uh I'll just highlight the new things uh for the council. So uh this study was uh was a task from the Hillsboro TPO to take a look at the city of Temple Terrace. So we looked at
uh the the network within the city's boundaries for opportunities to increase multimodal connectivity. uh multimodal means uh different modes of transportation. So when we say that word, we're talking about people walking, biking, generally using
vehicles other than than cars. Uh and so when we look within the city's boundaries, we're looking for opportunities uh to increase connectivity. And when we say that, we're looking for ways to help people get to where they want to go. So in order to do that, we uh held a public
workshop. Uh we had a web survey. We spoke with stakeholders within the community, organizations such as Florida College, the Hillsboro uh CIP staff, uh your Temple Terrace BPAC, um and your own city staff, uh to get an idea of of
of the environment and and where some of these opportunities were. So, uh this was the project's life cycle. I mentioned some of these things uh just now but when we uh opened up this project the first step we took was to review existing studies and plans
that had come before us. So there's a number of uh studies that provide a lot of interesting information and uh some of those opportunities that I keep mentioning. For example, uh the Florida Department of Transportation recently did a 56th Street corridor study. Uh there's a lot of really great insight on
Temple Terrace's portion of 56th Street, particularly uh especially when it comes to crossing 56th Street, which is a a big challenge to connectivity, we'll say, um in in the city of Temple Terrace. Uh from there, we took some of that preliminary research and we presented uh what we thought was
important to those public stakeholders. So, we held a workshop. We identified some of those high impact uh connections. So, for example, like how can we get people from a school to a park to a neighborhood road that is not uh you know an arterial road, a a very busy road. Uh and then we have uh we
took that information to the uh Temple Terrace uh fire department's open house which I if I'm remembering correctly was in October of last year. Uh from there we uh broke down these insights into uh an analysis of uh segments of your
network, your road network within the city's boundaries, and we provided recommendations and uh cost and feasibility uh uh observations about these recommendations for each of these segments. And finally, we're here uh doing the the uh the world
tour of the presentation. Uh this is my second time speaking before you. We're going to the TPO's committees. Yesterday we presented to um TAC technical advisory committee. Tomorrow we'll be speaking with the citizens advisory committee and ultimately we'll be going to the TPO board and asking for them to
accept this study. So uh like I said, we when we began this um study, we begin with sort of a a lay of the land uh phase and we call that existing conditions. So as part of that we gathered publicly accessible GIS
data. Uh we look at land use data and of course we gather public comment. These are just three of the maps that are in that chapter of the report. There are many other maps but just wanted to give an example of the sort of things we're looking at. Uh the map all the way to the left with the bright blue uh lines
are the existing sidewalks. um we we showed those extending out beyond the city just to show how you could potentially, you know, walk to USF or connect out through the city, but you can see that there's a there's a good amount of sidewalk connectivity within some of those neighborhoods uh
throughout the city. And then of course you have sidewalks along those uh busy arterial roads. Uh notably, you know, when you go down south to to the parks though, there's there's less uh sidewalks on those neighborhood roads. Um and then the middle map is showing exist existing bike and trail
infrastructure. So you can see these purple segments are mostly the arterial roads that bisect and segment your city. Uh you can see Fletcher, Fowler, Temple Terrace Highway and 56th Street providing the most like cohesive bike and trail uh existing infrastructure and
those are also the busiest and fastest roads in this area. So um you know it's unfortunate that the uh the majority of that infrastructure that exists today is on s sort of the most stressful experience for a non-automotive uh person transporting themselves through
Temple Terrace. Uh and then the map all the way to the right is a land use map uh just highlighting the areas that uh your own comprehensive plan and some of the land use plans that um that the city has uh how they describe these pieces of land. So obviously the 56th street
corridor is very important to you all. The downtown CRA is bisected by the 56th street corridor. So um you know we take that into account when we made our recommendations and ultimately when we proposed um a visionary trail that I'll talk about in a couple slides.
So I mentioned going to the uh Temple Terrace Fire Department's open house with some information for the public. Um the board with all the multicolored stickers uh is basically a survey where we asked the public to pick between two different alternatives for uh a means of
transporting yourself through a segment of the city. So we took that big map that you can see all the way to the right and we chopped it into pieces and we just provided a simple option, you know, do you prefer A or B, B or C uh when you when you transport yourself through this area? So that really
illuminated a lot of local knowledge about where some of the uh slower speed roads are. Uh and and for example, you know, to me a neighborhood road, I just make some planning level assumptions. Well, oh, okay, it's a residential road. There's probably not a lot of traffic, but there were a lot of people who
provided a lot of valuable observations about where people are cutting through from Fowler, uh where there just tends to be, for whatever reason, just increased vehicular traffic in what seemingly is just a normal residential road. So, it was really great to formalize that that local knowledge um
through this activity. Uh this is just a summary of of basically all of our engagement. So, I I've uh mentioned that we did a web survey. That was our very first step. We gathered around 120 total responses through this survey that was conducted through the TPO's website. It was also
uh disseminated through the city of Temple Terrace's social media and and newsletters and and that sort of thing. Um some interesting insights that we got from that is a lack of safe routes is the you know major preventative reason that people don't walk or bike more and
uh people would like to see more connections to park shopping in neighborhoods which is a pretty standard I think response whenever you ask somebody like why don't you walk more well it's not safe and where do you want to go? Well I want to go to the amenities that are in my neighborhood. So um but you know of course applying
that to uh the city specifically uh you know you get those unique recommendations that are later on in the report. So uh I mentioned uh speaking with stakeholders that included staff from HART staff from your own city uh departments uh Temple Terrace BPAC uh
and Hillsboro County uh transportation planning uh CIP. Uh that conversation really illuminated a lot of opportunities for regional connectivity. You have the bypass Canal Trail that's coming uh that's to your east. Um you have USF and Mosy with a lot of
redevelopment um happening to your west. Uh and of course you have um a lot of uh heart ridership along 56th Street. So there was a lot of great insight from from that uh discussion. And then uh I keep talking about the fire department openhouse, but it was it was actually
like one of I think the best public engagement uh things I've been a part of. It was there were like a ton of families there. Like it was really a high bang for your buck uh event to attend and and ask people about uh these sorts of things.
So uh with all of that information, our next phase was to analyze the road segments. So now that we've done our preliminary research, we've done our public engagement. So now when we look at your street network, you know, what are we looking for? So the goal of this study was to increase connectivity,
right? So for multimodal users. So generally uh the strategy is to avoid uh high stress high-speed roads. That's typically where you see a lot more of the uh injuries and fatalities for multimmoal users. So that's why you see a lot of segments uh and alternatives
here where we're providing different ways of going north and south and east and west in your city uh and trying to avoid those arterial roads Fletcher Fowler 56 and uh Bullard Parkway wherever we can. Obviously, those are important roads that have destinations
on them, but you know, perhaps there's alternatives for for making a longer connection through the city without using them. So, uh, all of the blue segments on this map, they each have been scored on a on a matrix that we've provided. So, on this matrix, there are
criteria. So, some of those criteria include proximity to a park, uh, regional connectivity opportunities. So like you know can you get out to the bypass canal on this piece of road uh speed limit posted speed limit uh proximity to school etc etc. So on this
matrix you'll be able to see these segments with a score in each of these criteria and then they're sequentially ranked and so it's a it's really I I'd say rudimentary way of just prioritizing uh where there's the highest I keep
saying highest impact for you to um improve some of these roads. So, for example, a high-scoring road would be perhaps like where somebody would be able to connect to the bypass canal. There would be a school on it. You know, somehow the speed limit would also be less than 20 mph, but that's, you know,
that's inongruous because you're going to be going out to the bypass on on Bullard Parkway. But I'm just giving you an example of like the perfect segment. So, um so each of these blue lines is scored and and uh sequentially prioritized in in our analysis. So after
doing that analysis, we have also provided uh recommendations for how to improve each of these segments. So this is just an example of the toolbox that we pulled from. So when you look at that list, you may see like segment 1A, you know, has these scores for these
criteria and uh these are the recommended uh treatments that could improve its connectivity. Uh and in this sense, it's really like how do we improve safety? how do we improve um the cohesiveness of traveling through that segment to these destinations? So, you
can see uh there's a variety of different bicycle lane treatments that uh we've recommended throughout the city depending on the context of the segment. So, that spans anywhere from uh a shared use lane to a completely separated bicycle lane. uh you know there's
traffic calming treatments that can be considered like speed cushions, chicanees, uh raised crosswalks are also uh provide sort of like a double double whammy where you're uh improving a a crosswalk for a pedestrian, but you're also controlling speed because it's
basically like a speed bump. Um and signage and and you know all sorts of other crosswalk treatments. But uh each of those segments will have uh you know some of these uh recommendations for them. So these maps illustrate some of the uh segments I'm speaking about. So
for example, the purple uh segments are segments that we said should have shared lane markings. Uh and the map next to it, the green segments are segments that we said should have some sort of trafficcoming treatment. You know, there's going to be overlap there uh
between the segments, but you know, we're taking each treatment as a thematic uh organ organization tool. um sidewalk gaps uh where we, you know, think it's important to fill in some of these gaps because, you know, it could help people get from a a residential
area to a busy commercial area or some of these redevelopment projects that are happening on 56th Street or to a park to a school, that sort of thing. And then the red segments are shared use paths. Um so that would be sort of like the uh sorry, not not a shared use lane. A
shared use path would be a separated path. So you would be separated from automobile traffic but you know people would walk and bike together on the same path. Uh I spoke about segment prioritization but just to to uh illustrate that data
in a in another manner we uh split those segments into four buckets basically tiers. So you can see that the green segments had the highest scores the red segments had the lowest. So really um you know again I explained sort of how
those scores were working. Those green segments are where we think um there's the highest impact for improvement. So uh I think that's 122nd in the northwest corner. So uh you know I presume that the score was so high on that segment
because there's a dog park there. There is um right of way that you own uh that is a part of the dog park but it's not currently utilized as part of the dog park. it's just part of the whole piece of land. Uh it probably got some nice points for connecting out to USF if it
were to be improved. Um and then it's within proximity of the Fowler Midblock crossing to the south. So that's just an example of why that segment may have scored so highly. Um Temple Terrace Highway you can see is green and I think the score is very high there because you're connecting out to the bypass
canal and there's existing bicycle lanes there. So you can see like they're both tier one segments but for very different reasons. Uh it's just another way of uh providing a perspective to this this list of segments that we've analyzed for you.
Another part of this task was okay well we've scored and analyzed all these segments. Uh how can we put them together into sort of like a cohesive trail if you will? uh how can we get like the most um the most commercial, the most parks or schools or places that
people have just said that they uh have liked to bike and walk uh in our in our workshop. How can we put that together into like a circuit and and utilize existing infrastructure as much as we could? So um you can see basically River Hills uh with its existing bike lane is
a huge uh foundation of this vision this vision for a trail that we're showing in the red. Um those dashed red lines are uh those alternatives that we asked the public about. Uh I think they they uh represent um again sort of more uh less
of an existing condition right now and more of a vision. So you there's um there's right of way that's currently available where you could put a separated path on. Instead of being on improving the road, you could have a completely multimmodal path. So that's just an example of of what's being
conveyed here. Uh but yeah, this this this route is eight and a half miles. Uh you touch on 13 city parks, three schools, Florida College, you're going through the downtown CRA, uh you're going through um the civic center uh
area that we're currently in right now. So, uh, yeah, we and we really think that it could, uh, it just is a vision for how you could, uh, make the best use of all these amenities and and improvements and, um, some existing, uh,
infra infrastructure that you already have. I mentioned regional connectivity being a theme uh, throughout this process. uh it was a major topic of discussion with the stakeholder group but also with the public and and likewise when we went to the TPO committees there was a lot of
questions about regional connectivity. So just wanted to highlight some of those uh regional I think amenities or or big uh attractions that that are uh available through connecting through Temple Terrace. So you have Lettuce Lake
Park to the north. You have uh uh the bypass canal to the east. Mosy USF we mentioned there's a lot of employment in the northwest corridor with the hospitals that are up by USF as well. Uh and then Druid Hills Road eventually becomes Serena Drive uh which is
maintained by the city of Tampa, but that road connects to a lot of the city of Tampa's improved uh multimodal uh uh projects. There's a lot of there's a park on Serena Drive. So these are just some of the things that uh we're highlighting on this slide and in the report
I mentioned uh you know the final step here is that we did a cost and feasibility analysis. It's a planning level analysis and so when I say that it's it's like we take the average cost per mile of what a bike lane uh costs other jurisdictions over the last couple
of years and we just we just do the arithmetic here. So uh this is not a design invoice or uh you know like a a yeah it's it's a planning level sort of average. So for the entire report if I take every single segment with every
single recommendation in this report the range of that uh cost estimate is 12 to $18 million. Uh the red uh doing the same thing but just for the red route it's four and a half to six million. So I can say um you know a lot of the uh of
these uh I don't know these totals I guess these sums are uh being accounted for when you look at sidewalk gaps. So sidewalk gaps uh for the total recommendation in the report account for almost 30% of that 12 to 18 million
range. Um, so you know, sidewalks are pretty expensive, but when you look at something like traffic calming that we've suggested, uh, that's that represents around 14% of of that sum. So, you know, we have these breakdowns in the report. Uh, and they're they're I
would say they're less there to be a decision-making tool. I think the prioritization and the planning research we've done on the segments is really what what the value of the study is. uh this is ancillary uh referential information. So for example, the next
step would be to design and and and study what the uh engineering of these treatments would cost and I think that would illuminate um you know what the what the implementation of these things would would be like. Um next steps uh we've you know we've
basically finished the report um we're we're going to the TPO committees. Uh we're here tonight and eventually we'll be going to the TPO board this week where they uh will take action on accepting the study. Um but uh yeah, we've been gathering feedback throughout
all that time and uh we're still available to make edits to the report and answer any questions. Uh but we're we're wrapping up here essentially. So, but yeah, that concludes the uh presentation. >> Thank you, Council Member. Further questions? >> I have a question.
>> Council member Fernandez. Um so one I just want to make sure that as part of your analysis you are looking at the places where Hillsboro County or um Hillsboro County basically controls 50 I mean Bullard Parkway and the state of
Florida controls Fowler and Fletcher and and so whatever improvements that they might be making as part of their multimodal trails into parts of Tampa and unincorporated ated Hillsboro County that are around us. Is that was that
part of your consideration when you looked at ours? >> Yes. Yeah. So, uh, so I guess there's several ways to answer this. So, when we scored those roads that are not maintained by the city of Temple Terrace, they were scored based on their current state. So, if 56th Street
currently like the bicycle lane doesn't extend through the your whole city boundary. So, you know, it didn't get the full points. But the so but to answer that question in a different way um this topic is also touched on in our existing plans review where we point out
opportunities that other studies have identified by these stakeholders that you mentioned. So for example, FOT has identified that 56th Street has uh potential for a midblock crossing, right? And so this our study is calling out that there's an opportunity here for
the city of Temple Terrace to advocate for that midplot crossing. because FDOT essentially said it can go anywhere between Fowler and um Bullard, you know, like those intersections are suitable for this and that's the extent of their study. So, we're calling that
out to you as an opportunity to advocate or co coordinate with your um your peer stakeholders and and and uh provide a vision for what they've recommended. So um so the segments were analyzed based on their current state and then we have
also taken into consideration what all these other partners have been studying on their own roads. >> Okay. And then this is for city staff and within the city itself um adding any sidewalks or adding any of the suggested
traffic calming that would make this project more um user friendly. Can that be done or funded using any kind of gas taxes or how how would we pay for something like this?
>> Yes. Uh I believe you could you could fund some of that through the through gas taxes, but we've got a lot of obligations for gas tax right now in terms of repaving and things like that over. So there's only so much gas tax revenue or fuel revenue in general and so there's a lot of different competing
demands for it. So, this would have to be a conversation we'd have with the council in terms of priority setting um and having you give us direction if this if you'd like to pursue something like this. I I think what the gentleman showed in his in his one of his last slides was the notion of trying to go after federal and and state grants to
offset some of these costs. I think that would be much more in line with this type of of a of a project um than trying to fund it completely with the revenues we receive that allow us to do a lot of different things in this community that are there are needs for That's it.
>> If I could just add some context to that also, we're we when we recommend when we made these recommendations, we're really hoping that uh you all find some synergies between the routine maintenance and obligations that you already have and some of these treatments that we've recommended it. So, if you're repaving a road, there's
an opportunity to paint a bike lane differently or or or, you know, redistribute the the width of the road. You know, I don't want to write checks that I can't cash. I'm not an engineer, but I'm just saying that when you do look at your routine maintenance, there is an opportunity to look at the menu
we've created for you to find some synergies. So hopefully that's how this is used. >> Council member Schistler, >> a very very short question regarding the sidewalk criteria. Were you looking at requiring sidewalks on both sides of the street in your analysis when like for
Druid Hills? Druid Hills has sidewalk on one side. >> Yeah. >> And then Okay. So you you you went on both sides. Well, so in our analysis in terms of scoring, >> that's on top. >> Yeah. Like a a road that had sidewalks on both sides would score higher. Yeah.
>> I was just curious on that. >> Yeah. >> Other questions? Council Council Member Kravitz. >> Just want to say very much thank you for reaching out to the community as much as you did getting the multiple streams of feedback. Obviously, hundreds of people re responded to you and I think there's a lot of value in there. I think it was
wonderful that you did that. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. Thanks. Thank you. >> Just before we move on for the public watching, I want to squash the Facebook rumors right here. When we first started this project, we implemented a bicycle
pedestrian advisory committee who served us very well. We asked them to look at some trails that we could connect the rec center, the library, city hall, the parks. Somehow this has grown and so the TPO has done this study. Thank you very much. But nobody on this council or the
previous council that commissioned this ever contemplated spending $18 million of your money to build this. And so I I just want to put that out there right now that this kind now this could change. Somebody could bring it up, but
right now there is no intention to spend 15 to$18 million of your tax dollars to build speed humps and bike trails. So this was a study done by the consultant for the TPO given to us. There's things that we can take away from this and
perhaps integrate under the you know with our engineering staff working with the temple terrace BPAC. There may be some things we can do here with pavement paint and things like that to facilitate what we're trying to do here. But I just
want everybody to understand that nobody up here has said because I know what everybody's thinking. Oh my god, you're going to build a you want us to vote for a bond and now we got PAS issues. We're going to need $30 million to fix and now you're wanting to build $18 million worth of trails. That's not what we're
talking about here. So, thank you. Okay. Next, we have a an appointment to the historic preservation board. There's one regular appointment. City received an application for appointment from Janine Coral Coral. Um Janine is currently an
alternate member and Uh, is that is Janine here? I do not see her. Uh, council, if it's acceptable, is there a motion? Sure. Um, move to appoint Janine Corell
uh to the uh historic preservation board for the term of November 7th, 2025 through uh November 7th, 2027. >> Second. >> Motion to second. Discussion. If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. opposed. No nays. Thank you very
much. Next, we have an appointment to the Riverwatch task force. Uh there is a member vacancy on the Riverwatch task force. The city received one application for appointment from Jeremy Bullion. Um is Mr. Bullion here tonight?
Okay. If not, council members, if acceptable, is there a motion >> move to approve the appointment of Jeremy Bullion as a member of the Riverwatch task force for a term extended from March 7th, 2026 to March 7th, 2029? >> Second. >> Motion and second. Discussion of the
appointment. If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. Opposed? No. Next. Approval of the February 17th city council minutes. Has everybody had an opportunity to review the minutes? And if so, is there a motion?
>> Move to approve the minutes? >> Second. >> Is there discussion or corrections to the minutes? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed? No. Nays. Minutes are adopted. Next are persons wishing to be heard on items not listed on the agenda
or items on the consent agenda. We don't have a consent agenda tonight. So there are requests to address the mayor and councel on the little table in the back of the room. We ask that members of the public please complete the form give it to the city clerk uh to the end of the day. We have a 30-minut time limit uh
for this section of the meeting at which time if we don't have enough time we suspend the public comment. We move through the rest of the agenda and then we resume the public comment at the end of the meeting. Uh we have not had to do that in several years. I just like to read that so that it people are aware of
that there's a threeminut time limit imposed on all speakers. We ask that the speakers come to the podium and state their name and city of residents during public comment. Uh I'd like to assure everybody that the city manager, the directors, and the council members and
the mayor take these items seriously and part of their purpose for the form is so that we can follow up with you and give you an answer to your questions after the meeting. So I currently have one request to speak is all I have right now
but feel free to submit uh for Mr. Loe. Good evening Mr. Lo. >> Good evening. >> Kind of gave you Charles Love Taylor Park. I kind of gave you a little publicity. What's next? The bike. Great. I really want to talk tonight about the
funding of the uh u public safety uh uh complex. I and I'm glad the mayor kind of mentioned about how much it's uh he has an idea and figure about how much it's going to cost to deal with PAS. Uh because this all adds up on your
property taxpayers. Uh I mean it's maybe just a few dollars here, a few dollars there. But the problem with that is that uh the uh amounts the taxpayers many of them don't have deep pockets and are already
struggling your property taxpayers. I was thinking about this because I all want you to have it. I saw the picture of the beautiful complex over at the uh expo yesterday, the business expo yesterday, and I all want you to have this, but there are possibilities such as, for example, at the uh county, I
mean, the statement might change the property tax structure. So, I was thinking about other ways you might be able to get uh some of your funding. Now, I stress some of your funding, not all your funding for the public service complex. I already gave
the city manager a heads up on this two weeks ago and uh here's some of the ideas that I came up several ideas I came up with. I hope in in this regard that will at least lessen the burden upon your property taxpayers. Uh number
one would be changing would be adding impact fees for uh areas that are going to benefit mostly by it. Number two would be seeing if Medicare would be willing to pay a little extra sir charge on it for your fire rescue. And number three would be a penny sales tax for
people who like myself who don't live in Temple Terrace, but who would have to benefit by uh the uh use of the benefit having, you know, on 56th Street if something happens to me when I go shopping. Uh you know, I'm going to have
I'm going to get your fire rescue, not the city of Tampa. uh the the uh stuff like this and uh I don't know if any of it can be done or not. I do know that I would you know I really want to try to think in terms of
keeping the property tax holders uh as much out of it as possible because they're going to have other expenses. uh some another expense of course obviously coming up beyond the normal would be uh for the PASS and other water related things and uh
I'm kind of hoping that you know we could find some other way to fund at least some of it and make it a little bit easier on your property taxpayers. Uh, one other quick point to you all uh that you all might not know is that uh what I was told at the Temple uh the
Terrace Park uh count terrace park board meeting is that the fire station uh is going to be over near Greco Park. So it might even be closer to some than for some of your residents than yours. >> Thank you, Mr. Lo. Are there other members of the public who wish to
address the council at this time? Okay, we will move on to the next item as it is a resolution approving the city of Temple Terrace golf and country club tree planting plan and implementation schedule in our city arborist Joe Ferris
and Jeremy Cooper of Biotech is here to explain. Good evening, Mr. >> Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members. Joe Ferris, city arborist. I'm here tonight along with Jeremy Cooper of Biotech Consulting LLC and Dan Capaz, the president of the golf course to request your approval for a
resolution to adopt the golf course tree planting plan and a firm payment for the plan through the city's tree fund. This project has been a collaboration between Biotech Consulting, Community Development, Public Works, the golf course management, and city manager. In
early November 25, uh staff solicited vendors for proposals to develop a tree assessment planting plan for the golf course. Biotech consulting was one of three firms who responded to our request. Biotech has established a positive relationship with the city of
Temple terrace due to our citywide tree project. Biotech also had the lowest bid and for that reason Biotech was selected for this project. This project consists of two parts. an overall tree evaluation of the golf course and a planting plan.
My tree evaluation identified the current health conditions of exist of the existing trees confirming the need for removal of 59 trees. The removal of 17 of these trees determined to be the worst of the worst were approved by city council in January of this year.
The remaining 42 trees of the original 59 plus the additional 35 uh identified by biotech are planned for removal by the golf course personnel coordination with the progression of the proposed tree planting plan. At this time, please
allow me to introduce biotech consulting manager Jeremy Cooper. Jeremy Cooper is the director of argiculture and forestry resources for biotech consulting. He is a certified arborist with over a decade of experience in tree inventory, condition assessment, and environmental
res restoration throughout uh Florida. Jeremy has a brief presentation explaining the golf course tree planting plan, which we'd like to implement according to the implementation schedule included in your agenda packet. Afterwards, Jeremy, myself, and Dan will
be available for any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Pierce. Welcome, Mr. Cooper. Thank you, Joe. Um, good good evening. My name is Jeremy Cooper. As Joe said, I'm the director of our boraculture and forestry resources for Biotech Consulting. Um, I wanted to take a
minute to just discuss this plan that we went through. Um, we did our best to create a science-based strategy to restore and enhance the golf course um with a special emphasis on beautifification um of the golf course. This presentation will walk you through the scope of the plan, what we're
proposing, why we're proposing it, and how it will be implemented. So, first the purpose um the purpose is just to transform the golf course into a safer, more beautiful and ecologically sustainable environment. Um we're going to do that through strategic planting
mostly native trees um as well as some management recommendations. The next part of the plan that we developed um is five phases of planting and removal guided by the city of arborist implementation schedule that he also provided you. And all costs for
this plan are going to be done through the tree bank fund um upon your approval. So, a quick summary, we've uh established 441 trees to be planted, uh 94 total to be identified, mostly for safety and health
reasons. Uh and we've selected 14 different native and ornamental species to be planted. The plan is a five-year planting plan, excuse me. Um and and like Joe said, this is going to be a partnership with public works for the watering part of
it, which is a um a pretty heavy lift as far as staff time goes. So on the tree removal side of things, as I said, we have 94 trees to remove. Um 12 for pruning and one identified for cabling and bracing to maintain its long-term health. Um during that five
phases, we've broken it up um in different levels of effort to accommodate different years as far as staff availability, funding availability. We don't necessarily have to go in chronological order in this plan. It's set up to be adaptive based
on the ability of the city to implement it at that time. So these are cycles that we worked with um the golf course, public works, and Joe Ferris, the city forester. Um you can see that most of the cycles are
approximately the same size. Um this allows for planting for staffing or planning for staffing. It allows for planning for tree ordering. But once again, there's flexibility worked into that after that first year of implementing. um as city staff have a good system and maybe they feel like
they can take on a little bit more work, there's no reason why we can't push some of these cycles forward a little bit or backward depending on their ability to accomplish the work. So why we've broken it up into the five phases or 15 cycles? Um the watering and
establishment is a heavy lift uh especially for the first two months of the development. um you know, three, five, six times a week you're going to be watering these trees. Um that's a lot of trees to be taken care of, especially with the size of the golf course. You
got to spread out and and take care of that. So, it was determined that putting it into one phase all at once was going to overwhelm city staff and be beyond their capabilities. Um the other issue is logistics and
procurement. um ordering that amount of trees in that size can be difficult to do. It affects pricing. Um and you know, you're going to be needing more trucks, more staff, that type of thing. And just in my background, I've seen anytime
cities take on these really large restoration projects all at once, we see a reduced survival rate in our trees. That's an investment that you're making uh in your community. and we just don't want to see any wasted money, any wasted effort into low survival rate of the
plants. Um, we've recommended anywhere from 3 to 15 gallons. I think we've established that we're going to go with the 15 gallon size. Um, the reason we're not going bigger is the smaller trees over typically depending on the species 5 to
10 years will actually outgrow the larger trees on the long term. um transportate transportation of the plants is a high stress environment and the younger smaller trees do a little bit better. Uh 15 gallons is usually you know 5 in 10 ft tall or so um cut off
about there. Um their roots establish better than transporting these larger trees. Um so you're going to have trees that are more resilient to wind and storm damage. Um the cost per tree is exponentially cheaper, typically 10 to
30 times cheaper, um and just a better long-term performance. Uh and also less maintenance in the initial watering phase. Um so species selection was pretty important to us. Uh so we selected
species based on individual purpose on where we're putting it. So the red cedars, if you're all familiar with red cedars, they're bushy, they block views. We put those in areas where we have intersections coming in right at TE's, right? Give you a little bit of privacy. You don't have cars, lights flashing at
you or anything like that. Um, worked in a couple of live oaks and areas that might, you know, providing shade near restrooms, things like that would be beneficial. And then we tried to bring in some color and some cosmetic beauty with some of our um flowering species.
And I think this this this golf course is going to be extremely beautiful during the flowering season, spring, early summer. Um so the roles and responsibilities, uh the city arborist is going to source the trees and supplies and manage the overall implementation of the plan. Um
golf course personnel will plant and remove trees that are needed to be removed and public works will be in charge of watering these trees. And as I said earlier, the funding sources are going to come from the tree bank fund. Excuse me. So, a quick summary, we're
putting in 441 trees, uh, 14 species, uh, through 15 cycles over 5 years. We're requesting that we remove 94 trees. Almost all for safety reasons, but some of them are not a safety concern, but they're going to die and
you're going to have to remove them soon. Anyways, um we're requesting that we do this in the phased approach with the two-month watering, two months of intensive watering and then we taper off over the next four months. And um we requesting
that we use nursery grade stock, no more than 15 gallons. So that's all I have. I'm happy to answer any questions you have for >> Thank you, Mr. Cooper. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item? >> M Mr. Lo, >> just one quick question on this. Are you
going to have this on the city's website? >> Yes. >> Are there other members of the public who wish to comment? Council members questions. Council member Krevitz. >> Uh yeah, thank you very much. Beautiful
presentation. >> Thank you. >> Uh I just just from my own understanding here. The um the implementation is governed in a plan or is this going to be a specific statute or ordinance that we're going to be developing or do you
have any >> Yeah, there there's a a full-blown plan that this is just a summary. >> Okay, I understand. Okay, that's great. Um, one more question would be, um, you mentioned that, uh, golf course personnel are going to be responsible for the installation. Uh, so that's great. Is there any, uh, stop gap for
scene in your plan if they're unable to do that for some reason? Would we be able to support them? Is that anything that you've taken into consideration? >> Um, so we've provided all the instructions on how to pro properly establish them, but if they're not able to accomplish that, I think that you'd
have to end up hiring a consultant or contractor. That's not addressed in the plan though. No sir. >> Got it. Um is there a function in your plan to replace a tree that has been planted but has failed to establish? >> Um there is a um a monitoring component
of it to go back and check but there's not a direct recommendation of if if this dies out then you need to you know replant it. So if that is something that we want, so if we plant a tree and it fails, we want to replace that tree with an equivalent tree, then we would need to decide that today as well. >> Uh yes.
>> Okay. >> Yeah, >> that's fine. That's no problem at all. Um and uh uh you mentioned funding as well in this fivephase uh section. So um I'm just thinking it through. uh if we are planting
relatively small trees and uh we have some support from the golf course um is is there a concern based on this plan that we would exhaust the tree fund? >> Um Joe, you want to take that one? >> No. We um with this plan as it is, we
would not exhaust that tree fund and we certainly would have the money in those plans to address the question you just had before about if we have one that doesn't make it to survive, certainly can get another and replant that. There's no reason why we wouldn't do that. >> Great. Yeah. Uh and and while you're up
here, um >> the uh removal of the trees, >> that's also coming from the tree fund. >> Yeah, they'll come from the tree fund. That'll be done in the same phases as the cycles. So as we start each cycle, it'll involve and that goes um
coordinates with the plan that they that biotech has put together. So those trees in that that part of that cycle will be removed and then we'll plant. So each cycle you'll see trees coming down, trees going up. The first one will be we've started with those 17. So if this
is all approved tonight before the end of the month, you'll see the first cycle planted um this year in March. The next would be October. >> That'll be beautiful. Wonderful. >> Um that's that's very good news. Happy to see it happening as quickly as possible. Uh if we um if you if you were
to just estimate, not asking for any sort of binding figures or anything like that. Don't misunderstand me, please. Um projecting out over the five years. Uh do you have a general idea about how much this would cost? >> I do. >> Okay. So based on today's numbers with the number of the trees including
delivery for each cycle, the tree diapers that we're going to be using to help establish those, they go around the tree, it holds water and it slowly releases. Those have been proven to show um survival in trees and limit the amount of watering uh periods that have
to be done. Um and then mulch for each tree, it's roughly around $60,000. >> That's extremely affordable >> and that's based on today's prices. Now, 5 years from now, you know, that could change with cost of trees and things like that, but as of today's prices, it
we're right around 60,000. >> Okay. So, well, that's fantastic news. Really happy to hear that. Uh it sounds to me like then if we run into any issues for example um the golf course isn't able to execute the plan on account of staffing
>> if we have tree losses uh that we need to replace >> um that we have plenty of headroom in the tree fund to capture that >> and address those problems as we go ahead so that we don't have to worry uh about the plan failing on account of any
kind of funding shortfall. >> Absolutely. in the diverse um species that they have uh proposed. If for some reason two or three years down the road there's a particular tree that's not available for whatever reason, we do have alternatives that we can choose from that from that same list.
>> Okay. Well, I really appreciate this beautiful plan. Thank you very much for answering my questions. >> Sure. >> Question questions clarify something while it's still recent. I just just want to just make sure for the for the council um
edification. So, uh next month we're going to present uh we're planning to come to you with the urban canopy plan. So, despite the fact this is $60,000 now for the golf course. I just want to make sure everybody understands $60,000 doesn't include any labor costs. So, we're not charging city
staff labor. We're just basically putting that aside. Uh the urban canopy plant I imagine will be a little bit more robust in terms of whatever number that is. I don't know what that number is yet, but that'll be presented to you next month. So, I just want you to be aware that that's coming as well because that will also impact the tree fund. Um,
also wanted to clarify something in terms of the tree removal. Uh, we're helping with the tree removal, but the golf course is taking the lead on removing the trees themselves. We are helping in terms of if there's a significantly larger tree that poses more of a risk, we have a bucket truck so we can facilitate that removal. And
we're also helping in terms of removing the actual tree debris once it's down. but they're taking the lead on actually removing the most of those trees and we'll continue to do that. >> I'm glad you said I was about to I wrote that down to ask you for clarification. So, Vice Mayor. >> Yeah, thank you. There's a question for
I don't think you but staff on funding. Um, can the tree fund pay for water trucks or anything like that or is that something that we have to absorb ourselves? >> We have we have a water truck now. We have a a trailer mount. Where's Jason's
probably hiding behind a pole here. Uh I see our shoulders. >> Yes, we have a trailer. We have a water trailer now, which I imagine we'd use as part of this effort. Uh as Mr. Ferris noted, we're going to be purchasing the the water diapers that will be purchased
through the water through the tree fund. Um so that hopefully that answers your question. So we appreciate >> I guess the question is if we had to rent trucks or something like that or hire a company to help supplement the water trucks would the tree fund be able to >> My understanding is it would be and that
would be my recommendation as well that we had to do that we charge it to the tree fund. >> Okay. And the last thing since you know that we we touched on it and 60,000 doesn't sound like a lot of money since with our tree fund but we have a lot of other obligations. So after >> with the numbers you may know we're
still way good in our tree fund. Correct. after all the city obligations for our own properties. >> Current currently we are we're very much in the positive with our tree with our tree fund. Just also want to remind folks that our tree fund has been replenished uh over the years thanks to
development right large scale development and as we slow down with that large scale development we may not be getting that much of an influx into the tree fund in large slugs. >> So I want to make sure everybody understands that we have a robust balance today. 1.4 4 million was the
last number that I recall. Um, but that's we we're going to have to ride that for a while until again if we get some larger development then I guess that number will change to the positive. But that that's something we have to use for this both plants, the golf course plan, the urban canopy plan and then maintenance going forward to keep that
those trees healthy. Okay. >> Thank you. No more questions. I have a comment later. Council >> member Fernandez. Um, so I want to ask about the ongoing maintenance specifically for the trees that we're going to be planting on the golf course. Who's responsible once the tree itself
is actually established to maintain the correct pruning or tree trimming that would be required? >> That I believe would be the golf course and I can assist with any of that as we go along particularly with the use of
these tree diapers. Um, I want to monitor those to see how often we'll have to have Jason's crew out to water those. So, it'll be again the same kind of collaboration that it's been with my input along with the golf course with
that responsibility or public works with their assistant with the watering. >> Okay. And then um as far as if a tree is that gets planted doesn't survive for some reason, who's responsible for basically selecting the replacement? For
example, we might have planted a tree that for whatever reasons it's just the environment, that specific >> ecosystem doesn't support that particular tree, you know, I don't know, whatever the reason is. Um, so who's going to actually evaluate
what a replacement should be if it's the exact same type that that tree just didn't make it or if we decide that it's some something else should go there? >> That would be myself based on the the list of the trees that they're recommending for the golf course. So, I would evaluate that tree and as you
said, maybe it's a we need to do a different species there. So, I'd work off that list of trees that you're all going to be approving tonight with that plan. >> Okay. and be replaced. >> One of the comments that I do get is for existing trees that we have in the city
that need maybe some some sort of maintenance, pruning, trimming, something like that. Does the tree fund, do we use the tree fund to pay for staff time to do that or is it or is that just part of our ordinary park maintenance,
street, you know, landscape maintenance to >> today? And correct somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Today we do not use the tree fund for that limited maintenance. I'm sorry. I think when we look at the urban canopy plan and have that adopted, there's going to be a maintenance component to it. I would I would imagine
that we'll probably look at that during the budgeting of the of the city and and figure out, okay, now we know there's this maintenance component, attribute a number to it, and then look to use some of those tree fund dollars to offset those costs. They're specifically for maintenance. So we'd have to track that in terms of a coding, but I I believe
that's where we'd want to be so that we can continue to use those dollars in a wise fashion. >> Okay. So then my my last question actually has to do with the finances and that is right now the tree fund is essentially savings account sitting in
the bank. Is that is the interest earned on that co-mingled in just the full general fund interest revenue available for anything or is it restricted to just the tree fund?
>> Jennifer Newman, assistant finance director. At this moment in time, it is not separated out individually. It is when we get interest in it is allocated based on the fund. >> Okay. So it's not necessarily we're not seeing an increase in the tree fund as
it's sitting it's been stationary maybe for a little while. We've added to it. >> That is something that we could look at possibly um doing the calculations for that if that is something that the council wants us to do. >> Okay. I mean, it's it's just a thought that into the future as a way to
painlessly replenish the fund as as large development projects might decline or decrease. So, um that's all my questions. >> Okay. Council, is there a motion? to approve a resolution adopting
sorry approving the city of Temple Terrace golf course tree planting plan prepared by Biotech Consulting and the golf golf course tree planting imple implementation schedule prepared by the city arborist. >> Second motion and second discussion. I
had a couple people said they have comments. >> Yes. Um, I just wanted to say thank you to the staff, to to to Joe and to to to Dan and to Russell and everybody that's been involved with this and to to Biotech. Um, I know this is a project
that we've worked on for years with with with when all the Laurel Lukes were starting to die five, six years ago. And, uh, I'm glad to see this is coming to fruition. um as city manager and the mayor, you had worked with with with the
club and through all their transa transitions through the years. I'm I'm glad to see this coming together. Um and I think that the planned phasing over time will will help the public some some public some of the public was like, "Oh
my god, that's too many trees all at one time." It's planned. It's well thought out. We had the professionals, the pros at do who know what they're doing with this, working on it. The club has buyin and I feel certain that they'll have the total city buy in and I'm just glad that
you guys finally get it done. I appreciate it. >> Voice may I really can't say any better than that. That's what I was going to say. Again, thank you Joe Biotech Golf and Country Club. Uh it's a great thing that we have that we finally have um
this tree issue um working forward to go. So thank you. >> Other comments. >> Yeah. Council member K. >> Really happy to see this as well. Beautiful. Um wanted this for a long time. So I'm happy to see it's here now. Uh I'd like three items just in the
record of city clerk. So make sure that this is please taken up in minutes. Thank you. Uh so first of all I think this is wonderful initiative. First point is we do need a mechanism to replace the dead and failed trees and I think going forward when this is implemented we can come back to that if
we end up experiencing any tree losses. Uh the second point is that we do need a mechanism for outside labor being hired if for whatever reason we end up running into staffing shortfalls or any kind of issues with the golf course so that we make sure that we can use the funding that we have available in order to
support this planting initiative. I don't want to see it fail because we don't have the resources because we do. We have 1.4 million. The cost of this is 60 million. We could do this 28 times before running out of money. That's of course, you know, assuming that all the
staffing goes smoothly otherwise. And the third point is um I'd like to see reporting on this in regular intervals going forward. So when we have these staging uh and phasing uh efforts, which are fine, um it is important to make sure that they are actually being done.
And so I look forward to seeing some reports um on how it's going. And especially if for whatever reason it isn't going well, please, please, please bring that so that we can fix it together because it's very important that this golf course look as beautiful
as possible because it's a wonderful golf course and people should really enjoy playing on it and the trees are a big part of that and also they're very important for the community. So thank you very much everyone for that. I really appreciate that. >> Council member Fernandez. No, I just echo what's already been said.
>> I I just want to give a shout out to the the golf the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club. Mr. Capaz is here with us tonight. This is only um possible because of things that the country club has done over the past couple of years to stabilize their
financial position and to um continue with their debt service to the city. uh which is really largely due to well not largely it is due to the board uh that's implemented some at times I know difficult decisions that were uh maybe
not the most popular among some of the members and so um those difficult decisions were made as a result the country club is in a in a financial position now to enable this to go on we we could not have done well we could have if we' have just taken it over but
um The country club has some skin in this game. The city has some skin in this game. Everybody and and that that collaboration would not have been possible a couple years ago when they were woefully behind in debt to the city. And so, thank you, Mr. Capaz, the
other board members. Thank you to the members who have been flexible um and maybe accepted some some things that they didn't really like. And I understand, but it has resulted in a much healthier situation for the residents of the city, the members of the club. And so I just want to thank
you and the board for that. And so, okay. Um, if that's it, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. Opposed? No. Nazs. >> All right. Mr. Ferris, go cut some trees. >> Next up, we have a public hearing and
first reading of an ordinance amending Land Development Code section 12-984, permitted signs. and I'll open the public hearing and ask our community development deputy director, Mariss Marissa Robinson, to explain. >> Good evening, mayor and city council
members. Marissa Robinson with community development. I'm here to present a proposed text amendment to the city's land development code regarding sign regulation. This amendment pertains to section 12-984 permitted signs modifying the matrices
3, four, five, and six. Currently, these matrices limit businesses located on corner lots to only one wall sign. Under the proposed changes, two wall signs will be permitted on corner lots provided that they meet the conditions
of footnote X. Footnote X does state that on corner lots, a building occupying the corner may be permitted a second wall sign, provided that each of the two wall signs are located on different street facing facades.
Staff is recommending approval on first reading and to schedule the second public hearing and reading for March 17th. Thank you. And I'll stand for any question. >> Thank you, Miss Robinson. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item?
Seeing none, council members questions. Council member Fernandez. >> I I just want to confirm for people that are watching. So the only change that we are making at this moment in proposed is that if a business is on a corner lot,
they can have a sign on facing 56th Street and a sign facing Bullard Parkway, for example. But we're not making any changes whatsoever to the structure of the sign. the the size or any of the other characteristics. Correct.
>> Correct. >> That's it. >> Other questions, council members? >> I do have one. >> Council member Kravitz, >> actually, excuse me. I'll roll it into one question. Um, this ordinance does not change any of the lighting or sign sizing rules. Correct. >> Correct. >> Thank you. That's all.
>> Questions? If there are no further questions, I will close the public hearing and ask the clerk to read the title of the ordinance. Did you ask for public comment? >> I did. >> But thanks for checking. An ordinance of the city of Temple
Terrace, Florida, amending section 12-984 of the city code of ordinances titled permitted signs, amending matrices 3, 4,5, and six. Adding footnote X,
providing for severability, providing for correction of typographical errors, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here with providing for codification providing for an effective date.
>> Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council members, is there a motion? Move to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending land development code section 12-984 permitted signs. >> Second. >> Motion second. Discussion of the motion.
>> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed? No. Nays. Ordinance is approved on first reading and will appear for a second reading and public hearing on Tuesday, March 17th, 2026. Our
next item is a first reading of an ordinance amending chapter 22 article 6 solid waste collection and disposal. Our public works director Jason Warrenfelds is here to present. Good evening Mr. Warrenfelds. >> Hey Mr. Mayor, council members public
sta public works staff are recommending revisions to ordinance 1508. These proposed targeted amendments to the article six of the city code governing solid waste and disposal. solid waste collection and disposal. These updates are administrative and operational in
nature. They do not expand core service levels but modernizing modernize, clarify, and strengthen the city's existing regulations. The proposed revisions are defined in the following five areas. Number one, clarity definition clarify
definitions and eliminate redundancies. updating the and consolidating definitions to remove duplication and inconsistent terminology. Key terms such as construction and demolition material, class 3 material, hazardous and biohazardous waste, bulk
items, yard waste, annual pickup, and special pickup are clearly defined to reduce ambiguity and improve consistency. Uh the second one is distinguish residential waste from commercial and contractor waste. The revision separate residential solid waste from commercially generated or
contractor generated debris. This ensures that residential services are not used for materials exceeding standard service levels and that appropriate container size services are required when applicable. Uh the third area is formalize annual
and special pickup policies. The ordinance clarifies the eligibility requirements for the one free annual pickup and outlines standards for feebased special pickups. It also addresses nuisance conditions caused by unscheduled cur placement of large
items. And number four is a line code language with current operations. The amendments update container specification, service parameters, permitting requirements for private haulers. These changes ensure code accuracy and reflects how services are
delivered today. And the last one, strengthen public health and safety. The revisions enforce prohibition prohibitions on hazardous and biohazardous materials. Clarify disposal requirements by promoting regulatory compliance. These amendments approve improve clarify
improve to clarify and enhance the city's ability to effectively administer and enforce its solid waste program. Approval of ordinance 1508 revisions article 6 will provide a clear guidance to the residents contractors and city staff. Uh recommend approval and first reading and schedule the second reading
on March 17th. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Warrenfields. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item? Seeing none, council members questions. Council member Kravitz. >> Uh just a quick one. Um, I saw that this
allows changes to pickup days, but that doesn't mean frequency, right? >> Correct. >> Okay. Thanks. That's all. Yeah. >> Questions? Council member Fernandez? >> Um, I have a question for you about the consistency of the language um with our nearby jurisdictions. For example, if
you're a contractor, you might work in multiple jurisdictions. is ours. Did we look at how we're referring to things or how we're defining terms um amongst some of the nearby jurisdictions to see that
were not confusing. >> Correct. And that's part of how this started. So, some of the language in there used terms um that were not consistent among the region. uh particularly and I will say as an old school garbage person I in my interview
use terms that were outdated for this area. So this these uh revisions help clarify some of that. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Questions? No. >> Okay. If there are no further questions, I will close the public hearing and ask the clerk to read the title of the
ordinance. An ordinance of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, amending chapter 22 of the city of Temple Terrace Code of Ordinances, Utilities, Article 6, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal by
amending Section 22-336 Definitions, retitling and renaming section 22-337, collection of con construction, demolition, and class 3 material by ordinary services. Amending section
22-338 collection by city. Amending section 22-339 collection supervised by director of public works appeal to city manager. Amending section 22-340
collection practices for residential solid waste. Amending section 22-341, collection practices for yard waste. Renaming and amending section 22-342,
special annual pickups. Amending section 22-343, collection practices for residential recyclables. Amending section 22-344, collection practices for commercial collection by renaming and amending
section 22-345, storage of solid waste, trash, recyclables, and yard debris. Renaming and amending section 22-346, disposal of dangerous, hazardous waste.
Amending section 22-347 service by private hauler contractors providing for severability directing for the cotification of the amendments repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here with
providing an effective date. >> Thank you madam clerk. You want me to pass the water down to you? >> Council members, is there a motion? Move to approve an ordinance on first reading amending chapter 22 article 6 solid waste collection and disposal and to
schedule public hearing and second reading for March 17th 2026. >> Motion second discussion of the motion. >> Okay. If not all those in favor say I. >> I opposed. No nazs. Ordinances adopted on first reading will appear for a
second reading and public hearing on Tuesday March 17th 2026. Next item is a resolution approving an expenditure of $14,140 with P&M communications contractors for the replacement of water service lines
along West River Drive. And our public works director Jason Warrenfields is here once again to present. Mr. Mayor Public Bridge utilities is requesting approval resolution authorizing the expenditure of $14,140 with P&M Communications Contractors Incorporated
for the replacement of water lines along West River Drive. This project will reroute service connections from an aged distribution line to a newer, larger line, allowing staff to abandon the age problematic pipe that caused our residents issues at the beginning of the year. The pipe that
will be abandoned does not have the needed valves to reduce the impact in the event of a failure. During this contracted work, city staff will be working alongside the contractors completing additional connections simultaneously. This line has shown signs of deterioration associated with its age.
Rec relocating the connections will help reduce the likelihood of service interruptions, water loss, and emergency repairs. Staff recommends utilizing a piggyback agreement based on competitively awarded contract established with the city of Winter Haven. The project scope includes
removal of existing service lines, installation of new water service connections that meet current standards, restoration of the areas impacted during the construction. All work will be completed in accordance with the city's specifications and utility requirements. Approval of this resolution supports the
city's ongoing commitment of maintaining a reliable infrastructure. Um uh staff recommends approval of this resolution authorizing this expenditure and establishing an effective date. >> Thank you, Mr. Warrenfield. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item?
Seeing none, council member questions. Vice Mayor, thank thank you. Will this uh work uh trigger a boil water notice? >> It is not intended to. This work will be simply switching residential connections from one pipe to another. So those lines
will be um they'll be new service lines. They'll be cleaned and tested or cleaned and sanitized before use. So wool water notice will not be effective. >> And I'm sure we're going to notify the residents around the area. All right. Thank you. >> Prior to Yes. >> Council member Fernandez. Um,
what exactly? I when I read this, it seemed like this contract is primarily providing ground penetrating radar services to show you where the lines are, but then we, the city staff, would actually be doing a lot of the um the
actual labor to put the lines in. Is that correct? >> Sort of. So P&M Contracting will be doing the um shooting the bullet essentially. They'll be shooting the under the roadway for
14 homes in the West River area. So once they go under the road, that is the the time consuming piece to obviously locate the current infrastructure, shoot the bullet under the road, they will insert a a conduit for us to run the pipes and then city staff will be working alongside them making the connections as
they go. >> Okay. So then, so basically you're going to be doing things almost at the same time. >> Absolutely. Yep. Yeah. And that's the reason it's $14,000. If we were to outsource this entire job, it's much higher than that. >> That's that's what I was wondering.
Okay. So um this is we've seen some water um delivery issues with aging infrastructure. Is this something then that you're adding to your analysis of the ongoing maintenance
schedule requirements that were, you know, looking at and and creating? >> Yes. So, the obviously the West River area presented a problem at the beginning of this year um through some engineering staff's help uh with utility staff here. You know, there's pipes down
there that have been identified to have the same age to them. So, we're we're working through the process to determine what's best. Replace it, move them to another line. There's additional infrastructure down there that is newer. This is step one, particularly in this sensitive area. If we can get we move these homes off of that age pipe that we
know we had significant problems with, step one. Then we just we progressively keep going through it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Questions? Council member Kravitz. Um, I think you deserve a shout out because don't the savings for this uh don't the funds for
this come from savings on a different project? >> Um, it can. Yes. Uh, there was some funding savings off of the last uh Banic burn project. So, yep. This will not have it's budget neutral at this point. So, Yep. >> Excellent. Um, and the other question,
have you worked with these guys before? >> So, one of my staff members have. I have not personally, but one of my staff members have. >> They're good. >> Game recommended. >> Awesome. Great. That's all. Thanks. >> I have one question. So, I know this is bit of a high-profile job, but isn't
$14,000 project doesn't normally come before council. >> So, I I recommended this be paced on the council agenda for a couple of reasons. First, wasn't a budgeted expense, although we are using savings from the actually the Bonnie Bray construction
project. Um and but primarily because this was a very important issue to the community, particularly residents about West River. They were disrupted multiple times because of this particular line. We wanted to make sure that that the community got to see this happening here this evening in public and we'll see the
recordings of it. We'll get the word out as well, but we felt that more communication would be better in this instance. >> I suspected that, but I wondered when I saw the amount. In fact, I thought it was a typo and I was reading the So, usually when you're up here, it's a lot more than $14,000. So, >> trying to change my way
>> there there. I thought I thought maybe somebody had left a zero off. >> Okay. Any other questions for Mr. Warren Phillips? Okay. Uh, if there are no further questions, is there a motion? >> Move to approve the expenditure of $14,140 with P&M communication
contractors to relocate service lines along Westward Drive. >> Second. >> Motion and second. Discussion of the motion. >> Just thank you. >> Yes. If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. Opposed. No nays. Thank you, Mr. Warrenfelds. Resolution is adopted. Is
there any carryover council business? >> Council member Fernandez. >> Um, so I understand that Spectrum if you so we have our city channels on cable, Spectrum and Frontier, but if you don't
use the one of the boxes and you go through the streaming service and you have Spectrum, you cannot watch. There is no channel to watch city meetings or city information. And I I know I asked you about this a while ago and I wanted
to see if you had an update about what Spectrum said and getting that resolved. >> If you'll allow me, I'll report back to you the next meeting if that's okay. I'll get you an update. >> Yep. And then uh my only other item, I guess it might kind of be new business, but that's that the utility
payment system was down and understand it wasn't a specific city issue that it was it was down from multiple applications. Um, but for people that weren't able to pay their utility bills
on the schedule they anticipated and now they're late, are we waving any kind of late fee? >> So, yes, let me let me walk through it with everybody for the for the community's perspective as well. So, what happened is we have a third party
processor that handles our online credit card payments as well as our phone credit card payment system. and that processor uh had an outage. They're a national company and there were hundreds of utilities or companies like us basically that were impacted. Um our
staff worked tirelessly throughout this period trying to figure out ways to come up with solutions. Last week um after a lot of uh a lot of effort, they were able to find an alternative solution so that residents today can pay their bills online. So they can go online with a
credit card and pay. Uh the site will probably look a little different than the older site we used to have with the prior company, but we've put word out about that and that's in effect right now. They will not be able to use the um um phone system. We don't have a phone system in this interim solution. I I say
this is an intim solution because as council knows, we've been working on um going live with the enterprise resource planning system, the ERP, in November. And I want everybody to understand as well this interim solution that we have requires staff to do manual entry. So
when people are paying these things this is not automatically going through because there it would be nearly impossible to integrate with our archaic system we have today and it really wouldn't be a point because it would take so long to do that by the time you got it to any kind of semblance of
working you'd be in November. And so they're they're doing this, but it's still a lot more work than it was, but they're working through those through those issues. As far as the late fees, uh we've had a lot of discussions with the staff. We are looking at a possibility where we could do that. There were two cycles, two bill cycles
that were impacted and uh we've been talking with the Miss Torres, the utility building manager about uh working through it. if we can find a way to do it that will uh be efficient because one of the things we had a concern about is if we had to
refund or credit accounts um there over there could be 2,000 accounts that we'd have to credit and if we had to do it manually that would that would be much more of a chore. She's found some um information that looks like we might be able to do it uh in a in an automated fashion but she has to run tests on that
because it's through our existing ERP system which I just mentioned has has some issues. So, we want to make sure that that runs well. But our intention is if we can do that, that's that's what we'd like to do is to provide a credit for these two cycles, recognizing that not everybody was late because of this,
but we really don't have a way to discern that without an extensive amount of homework. So, that's that's our intention. Once we know for a fact, we'll report to the city council. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Other council business. Council member Kravitz, >> you have one thing. Um, so this is about
the CRA meeting that was canceled today. So I'm going to treat that as carryover business because we've talked about downtown previously. Um, I'd just really like to see us using those CRA meetings as uh an opportunity and I was a little bit surprised to see it cancelled because by far it's the most important
issue to people in the city. Um, and there are a number of things that I would like to discuss. So, um, I'd just like to encourage, uh, for any of the future CRA meetings that any of the five things that I'm going to read off real quick would be considered as part of the agenda that we could potentially put in
there. Um, so one of them is of course the Enigma Plaza situation and the south parcel there. If we could maybe approach the developer if that's something we're interested in doing to offer him that south parcel for sale because he might be interested in it still. There's the integration of Riverside Park into the
downtown pedestrian zone. Uh there's continuing more food truck events into the future to activate the downtown space. Uh there's also ongoing issues with maintenance and um cleanliness, not necessarily of the areas where we've installed trash cans now, but in uh some
of the plazas where there are now empties. Uh so those are some things that we could all discuss at the next CRA meeting. and also um marketing the other parcels that have not yet been sold and what role the social media uh group that we have might play a role in that. Maybe they could support the
marketing of those parcels. Uh those are all topics that I'd love to see on the agenda and I think that would be a great topic for the next CRA meeting. So I'm just putting it out there. Next time there's nothing on the agenda for a CRA meeting, pick any one of those and I'd love to talk about it. So that's all
>> just to clarify, council member Kravis, the CRA meeting was I believe it's scheduled for March 17th. >> Yeah. >> Um so it wasn't tonight was but it's going to be at the next meeting. >> Sorry about which date, but in any case it's unfortunate that it was canceled. So >> yep. >> Yeah. My my broader point is
>> Yep. Yes, sir. >> Other council business. >> I have one item. >> Yes, Council Member Kravitz. Um, so I just wanted to um direct this to the city attorney. Uh, I'm curious about a couple of the outstanding issues that we have um with the city and its
litigation. So, one of them is of course the PAS litigation that we've hired outside council for. It's been quite some time since we've received an update. Um, and I'd be very curious to know what is going on there. Um, another one is the Florida D consent order. So,
some time ago in the uh council update, I think it was November 21st, uh we had some uh inind projects that were supposed to offset a penalty uh and the city decided to appeal it if I'm not mistaken. So, I'd love to know whether the appeal was resolved in either direction.
Then we had a constitutional challenge to Hillsboro County's solicitation and public rightway ordinance. I think that was also something which was brought up previously but which has not been addressed. And then we also had a uh open carry of long guns issue at city
council meetings that was subject of a multi-jurisdictional meeting with police uh police chiefs, city attorneys, and state attorney. This is also another thing that uh I was curious about because we have not been briefed on any of those things. So I emailed all of these things to you on the 4th of
February and I requested an update by the end of February, but we're now in March and no update has been received and I didn't get a response to my email either. So, please don't brief me right now, but it would be wonderful if uh in the future we would receive regular briefings about all of these issues that
are outstanding because they are very important to the city and I think we deserve to be kept a breast of them. That's Thank you. That's all. >> Well, how long is all that going to take? >> Um I can actually brief on a few of these right now. I was prepared to talk about a couple of them if they
>> your microphone microphone. I'm actually uh prepared to answer a few of these now because I was uh prepared to talk about it. >> Well, well, we the rest of us would like to hear the answers that you can provide, but I'm just Okay. >> With regard to the uh PAS uh situation,
we have one deadline coming up March 31st. That is for the uh uh reimbursement of uh all the testing that we did. Uh we are setting up a meeting with our outside council to go through that and then be ready to uh for that um
to sign off on that to get our application in. Um we'll have have the city manager be the one that'll sign that uh when the time comes. Um and then we have the actual uh big money settlement. Uh that deadline is uh July
31st. Um so that's coming up and we'll be prepping for that. And then immediately following that will be the special needs test uh special needs reimbursement that's uh in August. So we'll we're working on all those things. We're getting ready to meet those deadlines.
Um the uh the other one was the Florida D. Um the what what was asked was uh whe there was a finding of a lack of good faith after discovery and that was the part that we appealed on and they did resend
that there was no finding of a lack of u uh good faith after the discovery of the spill. um the constitutional challenge to the Hillsboro County solicitation in the public right of way ordinance. That litigation is still ongoing, but it's
close to being done. And in fact, tomorrow uh the city uh the county commission will be hearing a first reading of a new uh solicitation in the rightway ordinance. And uh the last one was the open carry of long guns. I to my knowledge that
hole has not been filled yet. So, we're still I believe monitoring uh you know that situation as far as with our within our city council meetings and just overall but that hole of long guns has not been filled
and that's the end of my report. >> Okay, followup. Thank you very much for the briefing. It's unfortunate that these things don't come on their own. So, I had to send an email and obviously you must have prepared based on the email because it's nice that you're
briefing us now on this. So, thank you very much for that. I do appreciate it. Uh, and uh, in the future the city attorney's report is part of the agenda. So, uh, you know, I'd like to see whenever there's information relating to any of these uh, issues that the city
has outstanding that it's brought forward without there having to be a prompt if that's possible. That's all. >> New business and board reports. Any new business and board reports or board reports?
Okay. Seeing none, city manager. >> Mr. Mayor, I have nothing this evening. >> City attorney. >> Nothing further. >> Very good. Is there anything else to come before the board? If not, we will be adjourned.
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