e e okay yes he did talk to me good afternoon I would like to call to order this agenda review for this the 19th day of February 2025 can I get a roll call please yes um
commissioner dollison here commissioner Mercer here commissioner uh danler who is absent mayor Pro Yates here and mayor btson here we would then have presid the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation and
presentations we have none no developments of note then we will approve the uh minutes so on it say uh second reading we've already heard the first reading
so city manager is there any anything new no changes to any of it sir I will say on the city seal um we have have I think it's included in your packet is attachment a
will show up we um have colorized this to the city's current color palette so it won't be the fluorescent orangey grainy it's it's a little more Earth toned um but we'll uh
it just as it shows there just be colorized just want to let you know that I don't think I have you're talking about the seal but it's in your it's in the um oh gosh it's what's displayed on the screen but we'll have we'll provide for you a colored
copy of that for Monday evening it's in there second page 9 second page 9 oh so you went all the way through all of them yeah yeah all the other ones all of the oh sorry sorry I was not clear sir yeah all the other
items are the same no changes that was the only comment I had with was with 90 that we have colorized that logo to match our current color palette all right so then we have the consent agenda and there couple three items on that so
the first one if I may is the uh cando pulse waste monitoring solution this is designed to track and manage Wastewater networks it use this is not too awful different from what we do with our smart sewer covers this uses Advanced sensors
and analytics to provide real-time data on the condition of the sewer systems and it allows us to detect irregularities predict issues and prevent environmental pollution so it's actually looking more at the the concentration of the waste water that's flowing through there so you can see the
smart sens smart covers actually tell us when we have a flow that's getting high this tells us more about the actual flow so uh this includes a um uh subscription to the hardware I understand from staff this is 10 to 12 items of Hardware that
we can move about as need be and they be placed strategically within our system when a pollution event is detected they automatically grab sample cultures uh a representative sample from that then uses a data analytics engine to um
understand what's going on there they use a a proprietary algorithm to analyze that and then we have a dashboard that allows us to monitor so somebody dumped something if there was a I don't know Gary what would you say a slug or something that came through a spill a
fats oil grease contamination it's going to pick up on that is that the best way to explain that uh yes good evening uh mayor and commissioner so this is looking more at the characteristics of the Wastewater flow itself um for example you know we have
uh people in the past have dumped septic tanks uh so these would those types of things would show up uh more extreme events when I was in South Carolina we had a company that was dump dumping pcbs
in a sewer system and it just it completely deadened the system they had to abandon it so this technology is to spot these events that that occur so that we get some advanced warning before
it gets to our treatment fac so okay great I say it kind of goes hand in hand with industrial pre-treatment you know that's that's treating stuff before it gets to us that's stuff that we know that's out there but if there was let's say a milk hauler that had a spoiled
tank and was a bad actor and dump that into one of our systems we might never pick that up but this would help detect that yeah we wouldn't we wouldn't realize it until it reached the facility this way we'll catch it ahead of time hopefully be able to deal deal with
it at that point in time is it going to be like the manholes is it going to measure the flow through the lines or is it going to be located somewhere else I well it it will be located in key manholes throughout the system so that we can determine you know what what is
happening so we'll we'll start with a about four sensors and then we'll expand on up from there to 10 to 12 sensors throughout the system okay so on the Wastewater system there's certain lift station that tie in and you would be able to trace all of that right so we'll
be able we be a line that's correct so and this is a one-year subscription it's $135,000 for that first year and um this is budgeted within the 2025 budget okay
all right so that's something we have to continue every year so and for us I think the best you know it's a very Innovative approach I think it's very proactive and certainly helps ensure the Integrity of our systems um we'll learn through it through the first year I think it's
going to provide some great data and give us some uh idea of how best to proceed but it would come back year-over-year okay great uh item 10B this is Owner Direct purchasing of some lift station pumps so we have two projects that are underway
uh lift station 119 and 191 a little confusing there in terms of the numbers but this is work that has already been approved by the city commission um often times when we're doing capital projects we will pursue Owner Direct purchases that allows us to foro paying the sales
tax as well as markups that the contractors provide on the purchase of equipment so this is to purchase the bypass pumps for those two lift stations um this is budgeted in the fiscal year 2425 there's also some
funding that is going towards one of these projects lift station 191 which is associated with our septic to sewer 6A project and there's a image of what those pumps look like okay all right and the next item is
just travel for us so that's you have so that is the legislative uh junk it to um Washington DC that will take place in late late April think the end of April into the first day or two of may all right and we're making those arrangement
now first resolution 257 this is pull up real quick uh so this is LGI Homes and this is the um Peach Crossing subdivision this is located at the corner of Pard Road in Eloise Loop Eagle Lake Loop Road you can
see the image there immediately to the south of this would be our wastewater treatment plant um this is a 13.6 plus or minus acre subdivision has 52 building Lots seven common Lots all water sewer reuse lines and related
infrastructure will be owned and maintained by the city all the roads and um there's uh storm water will be dedicated and operated by the homeowners association they did Issue a performance bond in the amount of $1.24 million to
guarantee completion of all their infrastructure uh that was um upon the uh commission's approval of the platting back in July of 23 recent inspections by our staff have found that all incomplete improvements
are now complete and all water Wastewater reuse lines can now be accepted by the city and the aforementioned performance bond released so this is just a resolution to release that Bond all right and 2508 this is from erpc peace Creek LLC
and they are requesting final plat approval for the Annabella State subdivision this is a 95.3 acre subdivision that contains 324 building lots and 12 common Lots this is going to
be towards the southeast side of town um AJ if you can FL fly your mouse over to where it says Highway 653 for me uh that open area right there that is the new South Point Elementary School to give you some frame of reference um all water
sewer utilities will be owned and maintained by the city all drainage conveyances internal roadways and Street lighting will be maintained by the CDD that is assigned to this subdivision they have issued a performance bond in the amount of $860,000 [Music]
at plant three there is adequate capacity in those systems to serve the subdivision using an estimated taxable value of $300,000 per lot the subdivision will have an estimated taxable value of just over $97 million
and will generate just over $640,000 per year in City Ador taxes at our current millage rate so uh staff's going to recommend approval of resol resolution r2508 okay
then we have one new business item 13A so I'm going to start this one off and I'm going to ask Eric and don't see Brian Wells with us but to to give a little insight on this you know we're we're constantly trying to
improve our our customer experiences how we interface with customers this is a product that is specifically tied to the building division as you know we do a tremendous amount of work through the building division whether it's single family or commercial or multifam uh permits all of
the smaller permits for Home Improvements one of the the challenges with that is just the ability to to stay in constant dialogue and manage all the different nuances of Permitting Excel is a cloud-based permitting and Licensing
software solution this is currently utilized by pul County as well as a number of other cities and counties across the state for application submittals permit application submittals permit itself Plan reviews and Building Inspections so it provides uh improved
efficiencies and better more resp responsive customer services for our citizens and Builders it is it partners with a complimentary Software System so there's actually three components to this there's Excel and there's a product called selectron which integrates with Excel to
provide additional options including the inspection scheduling and proactive communication with contractors and home builder or homeowners via text message and web-based map Centric inspection management tools um if you've taken a a vehicle say for service and sometimes
they'll text you your vehicle is ready or when you're waiting for a delivery or a service person to your house you get that text message that says hey we're on our way our expected time is this this kind of does the same thing on the building inspection side so with as fast as building is happening it's just a
great way for us to communicate and then it also um includes a a dashboard to help us with our workload balancing and then the final component is a software solution known as is it burn Eric burn is that saying that correctly um and this is the group
that provides the training and the ongoing support services for this as I mentioned P county is already using this we just recently had a situation Deputy city manager was trying to help a customer um with a permit question they had we reached out to Brian Wells our
building official discovered that their permitting was through the count not through us and he was able to go through the County's portal for this system and identify exactly where everything was in the process so it's a much more
userfriendly um customer Centric solution for building permitting love to be able to find something like this for all the services we do and that's certainly something that is in our priorities um but this is a great way to start it off within building because the
county already uses this we're they're allowing us to use their templates that have already been configured for the platform so there would be a lot of similarities between ours and the county that's helpful for developers and Builders because it's a it's a Common Language it's a common system it looks
the same it functions the same um by using those pre-developed templates we reduce our implementation cost with Excel from anywhere $200 to $300,000 down to just a little over $80,000 so and again creating
consistency this is a five-year agreement with all three firms combined excelus electron and burn the total cost over that five years is just over $527,000 in your fact sheet we do spell out how much is is allocated per year
what the expense would be we do have funding within the building division to pursue this um as you know we have to spend building building fee Revenue only within building so this is I think just a great solution to create some inic
efficiencies and better customer service there um so it would be a five-year contract at the $527,000 one amount and as I said that is budgeted within the 2024 25 Building Division fund we'll continue to budget
years two through four as we go forward all right thank you and I believe Eric shared with me probably about a six Monon window to get this up and running yeah I actually reached out and because we're using p County's templates the typical Implement implementation time is
between six and 9 months they believe they'll be able to do it in approximately four months for us great I think that you know again just looking at how we're doing business these are the types of solutions we want to be able to communicate better with our our customers whether it's a developer or
it's a water customer or whatever we'll continue to explore these types of options all right thank you sir so then we will have all our reports but uh 16a to grant and aid applications you going to do that tonight or if I could I think
this is something we can we can take this evening under consensus from the commission just give you a little update on grant and aid and and I want to give credit to Katrina Hill and Maggie Giles and the entire team from public affairs and communication that have helped
navigate this process as you know we improved this started the improvement process several years ago and we continue to make it better and better each year um we have kicked off our grant nade mandatory training sessions we have had two of those so far um the third one
will be this Saturday I believe it is it at noon at 10: am um we have had 50 I'm sorry we've had 92 Unique Individuals attend the first two representing 72 different
organizations we have presently um 46 registered for this weekend so that gets to be a pretty good number just because they register doesn't mean everybody shows up um but again 92 through the first two training
sessions to give you a little background from last year we had we had 64 organizations that attended those trainings so far we've had 72 just in the first two so more and
more people are are pursuing the grant nade program um they're giving they're taken through a PowerPoint presentation we go through the application with them where to find all their information make it is as simple and and easy to navigate
as possible and certainly our staff is available for questions as they go through that I want to commend the chair of that committee which is Alex Santiago he's attended both of the the training sessions and has offered comments to the applicants um giving them some guidance
and asking them to make sure they they follow the policies and the procedures with the program uh and the the challenges that that committee has and and trying to make sound decisions there so we're grateful for his additional time to do that we do have a couple
questions that just need some guidance from the commission on um and I'll go through these it's really three things to for us to to consider for you all to consider the first is like to get some clarification from the commission on how
to address funding requests that come in from schools our Public Schools our Charter Schools we have seen last year and I anticipate this year we may get requests from these are other governmental entities at the end of the
day that are applying for Grant funds from the city and um what is the the commission's take on that as well as requests that come in from other organizations that have established functioning foundations and two of those
that come to mind would be Winter Haven Hospital foundation and the pulk state found PK State College Foundation both of those have applied for funds in the past um and both you know they're they're well established so just so we
can give some direction to the grant aid application Review Committee on those two categories in particular would be helpful if you have a a thought on do you want money to go towards Public Schools or Charter schools and do you want uh consideration also to be given
to uh establish foundations I think uh posture has been in the past that we were staying away from schools and
Foundations I don't I don't think so I know if we want to start funding trying to fund foundations I mean that's just looking for consensus so we can give some direction
there the I agree on the the schools and the private and public schools I mean they they have their own mechanisms of of funding and requesting funds the foundation one we're not funding necessarily the foundation per se but the ENT you're saying that if the entity
has a foundation and that entity is requesting funds so we get let me sorry to interrupt you commissioner we get a request last year Katrina help me out here we had one from pulk State College foundation for a specific program that they wanted to do so the the that check
is cut to the PK State Foundation the application is tied specifically to a program within that and I think the Winter Haven hospitals was the same I think it was a maybe a heart program or something that they were wanting to do the pulk state we've actually had
applications from the foundation and from the school so two applications one for an athletic program from the school and one for a clothing program where they partner with top buttons from the foundation and both of those entities have attended training again so they
gave us two I I guess my concern is like for example just let's pick the Haley Center if the Haley Center had a foundation would we want would we my concern is I don't want to throw necessarily the baby out with the bath water
but at the same time like PK State and Winter Haven hospital and you know they have their own mechanisms for funding and raising funds is is my thought I just worry about unintended consequences of someone
you know establishing a foundation that one's tough for me well we can we can leave it in I mean it's it's the commission's pleasure and and just have the committee review on the foundation ones what's the the actual
program um the schools is one that's come up in the past and I think that that's probably the the bigger question of the two if it's a you know a charter school that's sponsored by P County Public Schools or a public school that
is requesting funds what how how do we what direction should we give the committee in that regard so you're saying we have some you think we're going to get some effort Cyprus Junction monor has applied the
last three years um and then there were representatives from the district here at training and I've had some inquiries from other schools as well and I believe JW has applied for a specific program in the past see I think I I like funding
personally I like funding kids pack and those entities that are providing services for the schools and not the schools directly is is my thought on that I mean the schools can go out and have fundraisers and apply for different
grants and and funding that we don't have access to through the state or the federal level and we've got so many applicants coming before us now more than ever before the money is going to be stretched so thin as it is I
just um that one is my thought M too I agree about you I concur okay I appreciate that um we have I believe it's six different
agencies that we have referred to is some of our Legacy agencies these are agencies that have been funded at relatively higher levels for a historic period of time uh the commission has continued to do that just as recently as
as 2024 those include the public education partnership which has been funded at $20,000 Girls Inc at 20,000 the neighborhood service center at 20,000 Boys and Girls Club at 45,000 Meals on
Wheels at 20,000 in the Haley Center at 20,000 um again those are going back before we opened this process up those were the historical entities that the commission had funded and so when the
committee gets together and and begins deliberating on all the applications would you like to see those considered at their historical levels um versus bringing their numbers down to fund more
people so on the topic of funding so where are we at budget wise with the alloc the number allocated this year and is that something have that yet okay so that because that kind of help answers that
question yeah so we last year funded 316,000 which was the highest year yet um I usually go into this process with that number whatever it was Prior year and and unless the commission wants that
increase then we have to find that money as we we begin the budgeting process and last year we went in at 305 and based upon feedback from the commission that's how it got to 316 when we had some agencies that we brought back the committee gave back money and
the commission increased that amount and in our general fund are we um we're we're still earning interest on that that money that's in the general fund at the state level correct and then
that includes our Reserve fund as well that's earning interest that the city gets to to take in as well and are we budgeting we're not budgeting for those gains of Interest are we we let CJ respond to that we're very
conservative with our interest earnings in terms of forecasting so um all our cash we put we transfer over to the SBA and earn interest and then based on each fund what their cash balance is they're
going to get an allocation of the interest interest earnings now when we budget we budget really low right now we're getting about 4.5% in interest earnings um so we do reflect an earnings Revenue in the
budget and in that budget what what are we you said we're conservative on that number what um do you have an idea of what that so we're going to budget like interest earnings of like two to 3% 3% so there's potentially a a one and a half to two
and a half% spread in there I I'm just thinking like to me that's like an easy place like that's that's money that we're being smart and putting aside and in case of an emergency situation that we're we're benefiting from and maybe we
could let this program benefit from those gains is is where I was going with that I I mean because that's got to be a big number well I paid for the police department roof yeah that was like close to 300 yeah how much close to
300 I think was like 286 well I I just if if we increased the number last year um and we are going to get more applications so
we've set we have some things we we set a uh you we set a policy in place where new agencies we basically limit the amount of money that they
could possibly get didn't we do that yes sir um so I I'll just like to see keep the level at what we had last
year and see what the requests equate to this time and then we yeah I guess my concern though is the the sooner we can get the committee an idea of what that number is that they're working with the easier it is for them
to function and and distribute the funds as requested as well so so they won't actually get the applications until when the application window closes March 14th and then we have input a new step in the process this year where we'll
work with anyone who is not meeting all of the requirements and give them two weeks to correct their applications if they have issues um that window will close April 11th the grant and aid Review Committee will get their binders on April 17th
so Tracy got a question oh go ahead I kind of think that we should start out with the same amount because we don't know how many applications and we don't know currently what the future may bring in some of the grant funding either so um if we have this interest rate and if
we determine and we will be determining which way to go with some of these um new applicants and things like that we and the old ones too we'll get to kind of look at those and if there is a demand for more money we can always
increase it at that time well I was thinking to uh Brian's point you know the earlier we can give the committee but I think uh based on the schedule that you just stated we
would have time to do that after and but but we would have more information to try to come up with the amount is what I'm saying and they will and still have
enough time to give them an amount so are we suggesting that the committee to a to a point yes there that's the budget but don't worry about the budget to a
point to where you know allocate funds to each one and then and then come come back to us and say okay this is how much we need or no that that that's not what I'm saying that's not what I'm saying what I'm saying based on what Katrina just said is it relates to a schedule
that you won't get the applications until did I understand you April and so uh they're not in your training workshops you're not you're not giv G
people perimeters of what to apply in the applications are you how much money they have they have the Caps that they can apply based on if they're a new or returning applicant from there we let them know that the final budget hasn't been determined yet so we can't
guarantee any funding to any specific amount of organizations I will know staff will know by March 14th how many applications we have and how much funding has been requested and the binders don't to the committee until April 17th because we used that time for
factchecking and Corrections so there there is a window there where we could provide additional details so can we put that on the calendar for March 24th to have to have this discussion and then at that point have a better understanding of what
might be available to add to the budget yeah I think the the biggest thing mayor proam is for us being able to give that committee some parameters within which to work so here's how much money you have here's those Legacy Partners what do you want to do with those that you've
historically funded at higher levels um and where do your priorities or least priorities schools foundations those types of things right um so we've got some time on that and I think that that's fine I think it's more about just getting this out in front of you so you
can begin thinking about that we'll know how many applicants we have um the other question that I would would ask of the committee of this group for the committee would be the direction given to them in years
past has been try and help as many organizations as you can with smaller Awards versus only a handful with larger Awards so you spread that around as much as possible and that would be direction that we would want to give to the
committee at that time as well right we we have PL we'll have time yep to do that I think I think to the point you ask earlier too though as it relates to the Legacy and one of the questions was whether or not we will maintain that level at the current
level um or we would either make adjustments there therefore we've been able to maybe fund uh more uh groups since we are seeing an increase I guess the question is for me I I don't know how the legacies were
originally established and whether or not that should be maintained every year or would it be evaluated or given others an opportunity or we just de deem that
these particular ones are worthy of this of this amount and we just kind of set that in and that kind of goes on without much review so uh I I don't again maybe I need some help because I'm new to it so I don't want to I don't want to you I
don't I don't mean to speak uh against any of those organizations I think all of them are worthy to be clear and I know there are many others as well but I just think that uh how that was established maybe be it would be helpful to me and I think for the committee if
you got new people on the committee who are coming in that may be a question they're asking too is that so we basically start off with this group or of of or these particular organizations are this is set so to speak and then we
got Dole out the rest to the whoever's left over and and commissioner Dawson that's actually spot on to what's happened in the past of these we wanted to I say we the commission had given us Direction when we started this program with opening up the application and
setting uh caps for the application that those that were funded at these higher levels that they not be reduced down to that these were agencies that were I can't even tell you how they came to be within the city commission budget or the city budget years back you know
we're going back into the 70s and 80s that there was only a handful of agencies that were funded year-over-year we only opened this up to outside applications probably within the last five or six years so these were historically funded within there and
also uh commissioner doson uh those Legacy agencies um most well most of them have been funded the last 20 years Y
and uh they were funded at a much higher level that was I forgot what year it was we basically reduced them down and during the recession yeah and they've never
we've never re elevated the funding back to the levels that were years ago so and I don't want to speak for you know past commissions but you know certainly their their focus on um Girls Inc and neighborhood or the boys and girls club
was about after school enrichment and care you know in large numbers for for people the uh neighborhood service center um the services that they're providing to our seniors in one of our facilities Meals on Wheels very similar
services to our our Homebound and elderly and obviously the Haley Center tied back to uh Indigent Health Care Services um and of course witer Haven pep when that came on board probably in the
2011 12 time frame is a means to help improve academics for the students those were things that the commissions at that time felt very passionate about and and wanted to to to keep in play and I think when we brought forward a program to open up the application process to
others that was a specific discussion was held was okay we're we're willing to do this but we wanted to the commission's take was we want to make sure we don't harm those that that were that were providing these other services in the process and that's really how the
the the budget for this program went from a relatively small amount right to over $300,000 if we increased the dollar allocation to the program um so is to maintain those funding levels while creating opportunities for others to
apply and and kids pack is are they they they applied in the normal process kids has been an applicant past couple years yes they've been a consistent applicant since we started this process
I mean you can make the argument that should they be a legacy and I know they're not a legacy they haven't been there for as long as some of the others but that is such an invaluable program to our our students in in schools um um
that uh would otherwise go home hungry at the end of every day so um yeah I I I think personally I think if we can set that March 24th date I can probably help I can I know that I'll be able to answer that question better that's been
proposed in this in this discussion and U it's just important to me that this group these volunteers that are on this committee don't ever go too long with wondering what is the commission want to do so I this is not
an easy job we can't make it an easy job but I want to make it as easy as we can for them so if they've ever got any questions please bring that to us you know at the next available meeting so we can give them that the the guidance as
soon as possible we really appreciate all the work that they do for sure because we've had to do it we don't want go back and and commissioner Dawson we did have a chance to meet with uh Dr Jones had an orientation with her two weeks ago I
think it was now uh she picked right up on it and she she'll be a great member of that committee oh she would be an asset uh very knowledgeable uh lifelong resident win haven too so um also you know retire school
teacher PhD I think she could handle so that was just an update on that program I think we we have a some preliminary guidance from you and we'll bring back the number of applicants and what that total ask is and seek some further clarification on the dollar amount and
commission priorities thank you anything else sir any other reports any more comments oh I do have two things I'm sorry AJ thank you I got the gavel up you better
so real quick you got an update on chainel Lakes Park we just got these pictures in late last night this is this is your field that is lit so off in the in the go back go back please in the background in the background you can see
that's uh that body of water is actually the retention Pond um and you can see the bridge of US 17 going over the canal there next slide this is um looking let me see here
East field one so you're looking back towards the highrise off in the distance there you can see the hotel Holiday end it's over there some of the common areas around these fields uh what is that that's
outside of the concrete that is going to be mulched for now but we'll come back and be concreted in as part of the Gathering areas we do have a tournament that kicks off Julie when this weekend next this weekend and we start a tournament here so um it's going to get
used right away and then next slide this is just looking at the field level and I thought this was interesting in the fact that you don't see spill from these lights so you can see the background Beyond The Outfield fence is not lit up
like the old high-press sodium middle haly lights would be these are very concentrated and and direct so again lights are on things are being cleaned up have a tournament that will start that will play this weekend and then we come right back the following
weekend with Russ Matt kicking off until in mid-march um so a lot happening there and then the last thing I want to show you is the video so Winter Haven Recreation and Cultural Center uh here's some Drone footage of that site if you
have not had a chance to go by there Julie this is probably a week old now so it looks different yes um there it goes so this is looking back towards the main building and you can see the
gymnasium in the in the foreground there uh these separated buildings at the bottom are for The Aquatic Center and it will pan around and give you just a sense of the scale of it if you see the the people that are working around it you can get a sense for how big the space
is main lobby coming in and then this is the gymnasium um part of that floor remains to be uh poured as you can see where the crane is working I believe all the exterior walls are now tilted and in play and you
should see some of the roof trussing going on but again just a they really huge I but I think the gym was about 14,000 square feet wasn't it something like that I want to say 17 but that's close
it's big I don't know off the top of my head but yes seemed like I remember that because I think it was double the size of of the old gym yes sir it is it is that the old gym was about 7,000 square feet it's big enough to fit a crane inside but it doesn't you know it's just the
shell of it now and you can only imagine once the walls go in and it's going to be quite an impressive site will again just wanted to give you a little update on what's happening out there those are the other walls that uh remaining walls are that that on the
site there they be yes sir and you can see there's still some tilt walls here that are that are poured on the gym floor that will be suspended or have already been suspended say so they used that Foundation as a casting bed for a lot of
the walls and then they had to build some exterior ones as well so the wall the walls are actually made on site yes sir poured on site framed up and they have a they have I think three different reliefs on the
walls uh to uh simulate brick uh a wood finish and then a just a a flat concrete finish but you can see that's where they've poured some of those walls those casting beds and those were yet to be suspended that you can see right there
where that is amazing yeah they're lifting one of the walls right there that is amazing so moving quickly but again just a legacy project for this commission and certainly for this community uh something to be very proud
of that's a quick question on the field lighting yes sir so and uh that that picture may not be as as clear as seeing it in person but have we tested that that field from the standpoint of hitting a ball out into the Outfield and
is there because light can be tricky in baseball and you're out in the Outfield and you lose the ball we're we're comfortable with there's enough light for all that we are the so the the industry standard we're going with the the lighting provider for that project is musco and our team went and visited
other ball fields where these same Lighting systems were installed and we had those questions for the programmers and The Operators of those systems but uh the the and I understand what you mean if it's high enough it leaves the Light plane and then comes back in but
um this is an industry standard it is working for other places and although we have not I have not gone out and hit a ball yet yet yet Eric said he wants CER field just looked a little dark on that it's also the the angle with the photo
so having having built a number of ball fields May pretend you you look at the foot candles foot candle distribution across the entire playing area infields will be a little brighter than outfields um but there is a it's an
engineered solution that is plotted out and the placement of those lights and the directional aiming of those lights is a uh it's a mathematical process that they go through to make sure that that's all right when they install those they'll go out with an actual foot candle light
meter and and measure points on the field and then redirect the light as need be what's really neat about that too is that that used to have to be done manually um back in the Dark Ages when I used to play but now that's all digital
and that's all remote controlled so the team that we've worked with with the contractor and musco lighting if there needed to be any adjustments they were able to do that with an iPad and through an app so you can adjust those lights at the top of the pole with an iPad we can adjust the directional piece of that not
the height piece gotcha I want to know uh uh is the mayor gonna throw out the first pitch you better be warming up now I mean get her going yes pressure's on if you want to make a side wage run if it gets across
the plate I will not participate I I want to film that I used to pitch you're ready what you're saying the nice thing is play at the uh the rids game after through right they used
to have a uh win a Haven day and so I took a group of us over there and I threw out the first pitch just in case it wasn't a strike but it was over the place in case
there's any concern we do use portable Mounds on these fields there are not permanent pitching Mounds they're adjusted based upon the age group that's playing so we can move that mound as close to home plate is is it may or may not need to be
only need about two feet mayor will bring the heat that's right that's thing just wanted those quick updates sir all right thanks anything else if not MO motion to
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