. >> OKAY. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL TODAY IS APRIL 15TH, 2026. THIS MEETING NOW COMES TO ORDER . >> PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELLE. YOU HAVE THE POWER. JUST WANT TO TAKE TIME AND PAUSE AND SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS EVERYONE HERE LORD THIS FAMILY MEMBER AND YOU KNOW WHAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US GOING THROUGH AND WE ASKED YOU WE JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US, KEEP US SAFE, KEEP US PROTECTED. WE PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS THAT WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EACH OTHER. AND BY AND LARGE WE JUST PRAY THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WOULD CONTINUE TO RESPECT AND LOVE EACH OTHER AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE SWEET TIME PLACE YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO LIVE TOO AND WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY ALL GOD'S CHILDREN CITY MAN PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LIES BENEATH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL. >> MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GUNTER HERE COUNCIL MEMBER IS DONE NOW HEAR HERE HE'LL RAIN THEIR LAST STRAW HERE LEHMAN YOU'RE LONG YOU'RE STINKING HERE I'LL PRESENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IS TO MOVE ITEM EIGHT WHICH IS THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BUILDERS CARE PRESENTATION UP UNTIL DIRECTLY AFTER RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA WITH THAT CHANGE SECOND OKAY MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CAN DO I FEEL ALL RIGHT? ASTRO HI, LEHMAN. HI LONG HI YOU I NOW ENTER I MOTION CARRIED ITEM SIX IS RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS SIX A IS THE COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARD WITH THE BMX 2026 WORLD TEAM USA MR. CITY MANAGER AND I KNOW THAT'S TODAY WE TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF TRULY EXCEPTIONAL BMX ATHLETES FROM RIGHT HERE IN CAPE CORAL. THEY HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENCE IN THEIR SPORT THROUGH HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND PRESERVATIONS ON AND OFF THE TRACK. THESE RIDERS COMPETED AT THE SUNSHINE STATE NATIONAL RACE AT STRAUSS, THEIR BMX SPORTS COMPLEX. OUR OWN NATIONALLY RANKED BMX FACILITY AND EARNED TOP SPOTS AT THE BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETING AGAINST TOP RIDERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION. THEY PROVED THAT A WORLD CLASS JOURNEY CAN BEGIN ON A HOMETOWN TRACK AND THAT WHEN A COMMUNITY INVESTS IN ITS RESIDENTS AND FACILITIES, WORLD CLASS RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED. THEY WILL REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT ALSO THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. >> WE ARE PROUD OF THE WAY THEY CARRIED THEMSELVES AND THE WAY THEY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND THE WAY THEY REPRESENT OUR CITY AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING ATHLETES CROSBY BACKER TYLER GRABLE, GLEN LUGO, SAWYER MURPHY, ALEXA PEARL. IVAN VALENTIN ISAAC VALENTINE. ELINA SCHIMMEL. JACOB SCHERER. BRANDON UNGER. DAVIS WALKER. LISA WHITE. CONNOR WHITE AND GAVIN STEVENSON. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY CAPE CORAL ON THE WORLD STAGE. GOOD LUCK. BEST WISHES ON BRINGING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS. >> CAPE CORAL SUPPORTS YOU. YEAH. I'M GOING TO BACK UP. WHY? THIS IS VERY GOOD AND I SUPPORT EVERYONE. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE OVER FIVE. THIS IS GOING TO STAND BACK FOR I THINK THIS IS GOOD. >> YEAH. WE COULD SWITCH AND WE OKAY. ON A COUNT OF THREE. READY? ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATION AND GOOD LUCK WHEN YOU TRAVEL ABROAD YOUR NEXT AND YOUR NEXT RACE MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT NEW BUSINESS FIRST OF WHICH IS THE ITEM THAT WE MOVED UP BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING CONFLICT WAS THE LEAD BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BUILDERS CARE PRESENTATION SO I'LL INVITE THEM UP TO OUR PODIUM FOR THE PRESENTATION MAYOR WHILE THEY COME COMMENT I JUST WANT TO SAY THE COUNCIL I WOULDN'T MIND GIVING A SECOND. I WANT A MOTION TO BE THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IN SPAIN WITH THE B IN MEXICO. YEAH I TRY. YEAH. AS LONG AS YOU CAN DO THAT REMOTELY I'LL SUPPORT YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD, GOOD. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT LIBYA BUILDERS CARE AND LET ME START OFF BY TELLING YOU I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CAPE CORAL SINCE 1989. MY OFFICE IS LOCATED IN CAPE CORAL AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. LIBYA BUILDERS CARE WAS FOUNDED IN 2005. WE CELEBRATED OUR 20TH YEAR BACK IN NOVEMBER I BELIEVE TO DATE WE HAVE PUT OVER $6 MILLION BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY . WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED, OUR VETERANS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CITIZENS RIGHT HERE IN LEE COUNTY. HOW DO I CHANGE? >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AT NO COST TO THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED. BUILDERS CARE EXISTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR DESERVING LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS . WE HAVE SINCE EXPANDED TO GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTY ALSO LIKE I SAID IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2005. WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 500 PROJECTS WITH $6.1 MILLION GOING BACK INTO THIS COMMUNITY AT NO COST TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE A TEAM OF TWO. WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEE CLOUD AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES AUDRA MCKINNEY. THESE LADIES WORK VERY HARD. THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT GET OUT AND AND HELP FIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED OUR HELP. >> WE'RE FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS WERE FUNDED BY FUNDRAISERS, BARBECUE BANDS AND BRIDGES WHICH JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS WE RAISED $99,000 FROM THAT EVENT. WE HAVE A CHARITY CLAY SHOOT EVERY DECEMBER WE HAVE A WINE EVENT CALLED PULL THE CORK. WE DO HELPING HANDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS WHICH IS PUT ON BY OUR BISHAN HOMES. THEY HAVE BEEN A PARTNER OF OURS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS I BELIEVE AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP . WE ALSO BENEFIT FROM GOLF TOURNAMENTS FROM FISHING TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE PUT ON BY THE LEE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DONORS OF MATERIALS SUPPLIERS THAT DONATE TO US A QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER IS ELDERLY 65 OR OLDER AND OR DISABLED. THEY'RE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. WE VET EVERYONE THAT COMES THROUGH OUR DOOR. THEY HAVE TWO INCOME QUALIFYING THEIR HOME MUST BE OWNED AND IT MUST BE LOCATED IN LEE COUNTY. THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THE HOME FULL TIME AND THEY HAVE TO BE A PERMANENT RESIDENCE. IT CANNOT BE A MOBILE HOME. >> WHAT TYPE OF REPAIRS DO WE DO? WE DO AC REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS. WE DO ROOF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT ADA WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE RAMPS. WE DO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING REPAIRS, HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY BATHROOMS ARE PLUMBING WELL AND SEPTIC MOLD REMEDIATION INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AND WE DO DEMO AND NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDERS CARE PROJECTS. >> WE ASSISTED A SINGLE FATHER HERE IN CAPE CORAL BY COORDINATING A FULL HVAC REPLACEMENT INCLUDING A NEW SYSTEM IN DUCTWORK THROUGH SIX AIR CONDITIONING HELPING RESTORE SAFE AND RELIABLE COOLING FOR HIS HOME. AND LET ME JUST BACK UP AND SAY WHEN PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US ESPECIALLY FOR AC OR ROOF, THEY'RE IN CRITICAL NEED. THEIR HVAC SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEIR ROOF IS LEAKING SO WE GET INVOLVED, WE PARTNER WITH A COMPANY AND AND GET THOSE ITEMS TAKEN CARE OF. WE BUILD HANDICAPPED RAMPS. WE BUILD A LOT OF HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE RAMPS ARE WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE A HOMEOWNER HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'RE DISABLED AND THE HOSPITAL WILL NOT RELEASE THEM HOME UNTIL THEY CAN GET INTO THEIR HOME SAFELY AND THAT'S WHERE WE STEP IN. WE USUALLY AVERAGE ABOUT THREE DAYS ON BUILDING A RAMP. WE WE GO IN PARTNER WITH WITH WITH SUPPLIERS AND VOLUNTEERS AND WE PUT A RAMP WE PUT A RAMP TO THEIR HOME LIKE I SAID IN THREE DAYS WE DO ELECTRICAL REPAIRS, ADA BATHROOMS AND AGAIN WE DO PLUMBING WELL AND SEPTIC. WE ALSO DO BEAUTIFICATION SOMETIMES WE HAD AN INSTANCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHERE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FROM CAPE CORAL HAD TO DO A CODE VIOLATION ON A LADY WHOSE YARD WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND SHE REACHED OUT TO US AND WE PUT A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER AND WE WENT OVER AND WE TOOK CARE OF THIS LADY'S YARD. WE HAD TO GET A BUSH HOG TO CUT THE GRASS AND WE DID SOME MINOR LANDSCAPING AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE. BUT YOU KNOW WE GOT HER TAKEN CARE OF AND GOT HER MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> WE DO HAVE A LOT DONATION PROGRAM AND I'M GOING TO LET PHILIP STEP IN HERE. >> OKAY. YOU SECURITY SHE COULDN'T AFFORD GOOD SECURITY SO SHE ASKED ME TO COME. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WE HAD TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IN OTHERS IS WE PARTNERED WITH FORT MYERS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND SAID HEY, YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL LOTS IN YOUR INVENTORY AND WE'D LOVE TO COME IN BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THESE HOUSES THAT WE GO INTO THEY'RE NOT REPAIRABLE. SO WE END UP TEARING THEM DOWN REBUILDING NEW HOMES AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING. DID MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY OF FORT MYERS? WE SAID HEY, YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS LOT INVENTORY. WE'D LOVE TO COME IN AND HELP BEAUTIFY SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE NOW WE'RE OUR SECOND HOME THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED US A LOT AND WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS WITH PULTE HOMES IS BUILDING A HOME FOR A VETERAN. HE IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE ONES. HE HAS NEVER OWNED A HOME. HE'S LIVED IN THAT APARTMENT. SO WE PARTNERED WITH PULTE HOMES AND WE'RE BUILDING HIM A BRAND NEW HOME RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE NOT ONLY GIVING HIM A NEW LEASE ON LIFE BUT WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HELPING BRING UP SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED NEW HOUSING INTO THEIR AREAS. SO WE LOVE TO THROW THE IDEA OUT HERE TO SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR AND IN CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO TO PARTNER WITH US IN A SIMILAR FASHION BUT ALSO JUST TO EDUCATE YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DO. A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY YOU HEAR NEEDS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE STRUGGLE WITH SOMETIMES IS FINDING PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED OR THEY JUST THEY DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR HELP THAT YOU MAY KNOW THEM OR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY IF YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE THEY'RE IN NEED, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO APPLY. WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND GO VISIT THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM. SO THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ANY OPEN UP FOR ANY DISCUSSIONS SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM SEVEN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING MINUTES MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 25TH 2026 SO SO MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 1ST 2026 MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CAN ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT IS BUSINESS EIGHT A IS TO CONSENT AGENDA I WILL OPEN UP THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL TO PULL ANY ITEMS NO ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBER CADDICK THANK YOU MAYOR. >> RESOLUTION 42 DASH 26 DASH NUMBER ONE. NUMBER ONE. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER ALL RIGHT, MAYOR HOLD ON. I WANTED TO PULL THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE MOBILE UNIT THE MOBILE POLICE UNIT 8626 695. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT A TOTAL OF SEVEN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE PULLING ITEM NUMBER ONE AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING PORTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. >> MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE START THE ROOF. DO I KILL RAIN? HI LESTER. HI LIMA. I THINK I GO NOW. ALL RIGHT GUNTER MOTION CARRIED . >> OKAY, WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION 42 DASH 26 COUNCILMEMBER BRADDOCK, YOU PULLED IT. I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS WAITING FOR COUNCILMEMBER LONG TO TURN HIS LIGHT ON BUT I GUESS HE'S TOO HUMBLE TO TAKE THE VICTORY LAP ON MARCH 25TH HE PULLED THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ULTIMATELY HE'S SAVING TAXPAYERS $45,000 AFTER THE TOPSOIL VERSE FILTER. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. THAT'S ALL IT WILL. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION 42 DASH 26 MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 4226 SECOND. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CADILLAC I HAIL RAIN. OH, HI, LEHMAN. HI. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW. >> ENTER ACE MOTION HEARING. OKAY, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE RESOLUTION 86 DASH 26 COUNCILMEMBER LASTER, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE FUNDS TO COVER THIS INITIATIVE. MISTER CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US ARE OH THERE. HELLO? SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU. IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW. WE HAD GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME RESIDENTS AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY HOW WHY WE'RE GETTING THIS AND HOW WE'RE COVERING IT. >> GOOD EVENING. ANTHONY SIZEMORE, POLICE CHIEF. AS FAR AS OPERATIONALLY WHY WE ARE GETTING IT, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT. THE FUNDING SOURCE IS SPLIT 5050. HALF OF IT IS RED SPEED CITATION PROCEEDS THE PORTION OF WHICH COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INITIATIVES AND THE OTHER 50% IS FROM CRIMINAL SEIZURE AND ASSET ACCOUNT THAT IS EARMARKED FOR PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT. OKAY. AND IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING I KNOW WHEN WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE WE HAD ASKED FOR APPROPRIATIONS MONEY. SO SAY WE GET APPROPRIATIONS ONCE THE BUDGET IS DECIDED THIS YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL, WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS THEN FOR SOMETHING ELSE IF WE WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCES I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD BE AT A DEEPER DISCUSSION I WOULD HAVE WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR CANNOT TAIN A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION 86 DASH 25 MOTION APPROVED A RESOLUTION 8626. >> SECOND ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LONG. >> YEAH, HOLD ON. I GUESS THAT'S AT THE TAIL END OF THAT. I GOT CONFUSED. SO WE'VE GOT A THIS IS A BUDGET QUESTION, CHIEF, WHICH I KNOW YOU SAID YOU CAN'T ANSWER BUT I HOPE SOMEONE CAME AND GOT AN APPROPRIATION REQUEST THAT'S IN FOR THIS THAT PRESUMABLY WILL OCCUR AFTER THIS GOES THROUGH. WHAT DO WE HOW DOES THAT OUT? DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT WE ASK FOR MONEY, THAT WE'RE OKAY FOR A SIMILAR PROJECT NOT NOT A NOT IT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT. IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES. IT'S SIMILAR TO A TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS THERE HAD TO BE SOME ALTERATIONS TO INCORPORATE SOME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO IT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FINAGLE INTO WHAT WE WANTED. AND JUST JUDGING ON THE HISTORY OF MY DEPARTMENT SUCCESSIVE STATE APPROPRIATION FUNDING, WE WENT AHEAD AND EXPEDITED THE REQUEST WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH FORFEITURE. >> OKAY. SO WHEN THAT DOES COME THROUGH, IF THAT DOES COME THROUGH FROM THE STATE WILL GO I UNDERSTAND CORRECT. >> WE'RE GOING TO USE IT ON ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE'RE EITHER GOING TO APPLY IT TO THIS AND THEN REPLENISH THOSE OTHER FUNDS OR WE'LL LOOK AT MY REGULAR EQUIPMENT. RIGHT? PARDON? WASN'T THAT MY ORIGINAL QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T REPLY TO THIS AND THEN REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS IF PROCEDURALLY I'M JUST IT'S A BUDGET QUESTION HOW DOES THAT WORK? I DON'T I'M ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SET UP ON HOW HOW DO WE I UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS MONEY NOW AND PRESUMABLY SPENDING IT AND THEN IN THE FUTURE IF THE STATE APPROPRIATION COMES THROUGH THAT MONEY GOES WHERE THAT MR. CITY MANAGER I GUESS THAT'S A FINANCE QUESTION YEAH SO WHERE THEY AT THAT BECOMES COME LIKE ON BUSINESS ON OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES BUT WE DO HAVE TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY. SO FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE THEN IS THERE A IS THERE AN IMMEDIACY TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS NOW VERSUS WAITING FOR THAT STATE APPROPRIATION EITHER COME IN OR NOT? FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE IT IS A NEED NOW IT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AT THE BEGINNING OF F Y 26 AND THAT WAS REMOVED TO WE WENT WITH ALTERNATE FUNDING AND THEN AFTER WE DID THAT IS WHEN THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS WINDOW OPENED UP. >> I UNDERSTOOD AND THEN I GUESS TO FLESH THAT OUT FURTHER THAT MONEY WOULD THEN BE REPLENISHED FROM THE RED SPEED FUND IN THIS THEORETICAL THAT WE GET THIS MONEY FROM THE STATE OR BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WHAT 250 GRAND IS COMING FROM, CORRECT? YES. AND THEN THIS MIGHT BE A BUDGET QUESTION UNRELATED BUT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PUT THROUGH AND I WAS THE ONE THAT I ORIGINALLY PUSHED FORWARD FOR IT THE RED SPEED AND WE PROJECTED THE REVENUES AND WE'VE GOT THE MONEY I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROCEEDS COULD BE AND WE DIDN'T EARMARK IT BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS ITS OWN FUND UTILIZED FOR OFFICERS FOR EXAMPLE AMONG OTHER THINGS PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. RIGHT. THAT'S A BROAD SCOPE AND OBVIOUSLY THIS APPLIES BUT IT WAS MY HOPE THEN AND IT REMAINS MY HOPE THAT THOSE FUNDS CONTINUE TO GO TOWARDS THOSE PURSUITS, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD INTO THE BUDGET WHERE WE'RE APPARENTLY FACING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AND CERTAINLY THE POLICE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR MORE HAVE TO USE THAT WOULD BE MY DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE FUNDS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO COVER MUCH . BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL GOAL AND SO FOR THAT REASON I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KELLY IN MY MY ONLY QUESTION WAS THAT WHEN THAT DOES COME THROUGH IF THERE'S NO CONTINUED USE IMPLYING THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT AND WIN BACK OUR MATCHING PIECE FOR THAT CORRECT. >> CAN I JUST HEAR THE FIRST I'M ASSUMING THAT WHEN THOSE FUNDS COME IN FROM A GRANT STANDPOINT AS IF AND WHEN THEY COME IN WITHOUT ANY CONTINGENCIES REQUIREMENT ON THEN WE CAN THEN BACK OUT OUR MATCHING PIECE TO THIS AND APPLY IT TO SOMETHING ELSE IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S THE EXPECTATION. IS IT LIKELY THAT THE GRANT WOULD COME IN WITHOUT A CONTINGENCY? I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COME IN WITH A BLANK OR BE TIED DIRECTLY TO A VEHICLE. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. WELL, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE WE REQUESTED A GRANT FROM THE STATE WHEN WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE IF THAT COMES THROUGH IS A LIKELY THAT WHEN WE SEE THOSE COMING THROUGH THEY NORMALLY HAVE A CONTINGENCY REQUIREMENT ON THEM AND BE SPENT FOR SOME SPECIFIC PURPOSE IN THAT NATURE OR DO THEY JUST GENERALLY COME THROUGH TO BE APPLIED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? THERE'S ABILITY TO TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE APPLICATION AT A CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE THIS. >> SO SO THEN THIS WOULD BE CLEAN AND TO MEET DO IT THAT WAY. SO THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON? WE GOT A MOTION A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COULD DO I KILL RAIN I LAST I LEAMON I KNOW I DO NOW. ALL RIGHT, GUNTER ALL RIGHT. SEVEN EYES ONE NAY MOTION CARRY OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT B APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMITTEE B ONE IS THE YOUTH COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE HAVE SEVEN JUNIOR VACANCY AND TWO SENIOR VACANCIES. I FELT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIEST TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO. >> SO WE'LL START WITH THE THE JUNIOR VACANCIES. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING THOSE CANDIDATES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS SO I FIGURED MAYBE WHAT WE'LL DO TONIGHT WITH THE JUNIORS STARTING WITH THE JUNIORS WILL GO DOWN OUR ROLL CALL ORDER TONIGHT AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN GIVE THE SEVEN JUNIORS THAT THEY WISH TO MOVE FORWARD. I ASKED IF YOU COULD USE THE NUMBER THAT'S CORRELATED NEXT TO THEIR LAST NAME. I THINK THAT'LL BE SOMEWHAT EASIER FOR CITY CLERK SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO THAT WHEN YOU GIVE THE NAMES AND MADAM CITY CLERK I WILL START WITH THE USE AND YOU HAVE THE ROLL CALL ORDER. >> YES, YOUR HONOR. WE HAVE NINE APPLICATIONS FOR THE JUNIORS AND WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL SEVEN VACANCIES DUE TO HARBOR THREE HATCH OF THE YEAR CAMPBELL FOR JONES FIVE MIKE ELINA FERNANDEZ SEVEN NIECE EIGHT ZELENY NINE WANG ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THOSE BACK I THINK IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THOUGH. >> OKAY. EIGHT SILLY ME TO BASH FOR JONES THREE HECK OF AREA NINE WANG FIVE MISS SALINA AND SEVEN NIECE YES AND FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL SHE'S GOING IN THE ORDER OFF OF THE SPREADSHEET THAT WAS GIVEN TO US JUST YOU KNOW HEARING OR ONE GARCIA TO HER BOSS THREE HATCH YOUR VILLA CAMPBELL FOUR BRODY FIVE MICHELLE MICHELLE LENA FERNANDEZ SEVEN NICE EIGHT SELL ME ALL RIGHT WHEN I REPEAT THIS I. I MISSED ONE SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU HELP ME FILL IT IN. I HAVE EIGHT ME TO HER HABASH THREE HAS CHAVARRIA ONE GARCIA FIVE MS. SELENA SEVEN NIECE FOUR BRODY FOUR BRODY THANK YOU . LAST YES TO HABASH THREE HECK OF ARIA CAMPBELL FOUR JONES FIVE MICHELLE LENA FERNANDEZ SEVEN NIECE EIGHT. SALLY ME NINE WANG EIGHT SALLY ME TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HESHAM VARIA ONE GARCIA FIVE MISHA LENA AND SEVEN NIECE 123456. IS THAT CORRECT? NO. NOW OKAY WHICH ONE? >> I STARTED WITH TWO. I DID NOT CHOOSE CANDIDATE NUMBER ONE GARCIA I DID NOT CHOOSE THAT. >> OKAY. I'M I REPEATED IF YOU DON'T MIND. SORRY. EIGHT ZELENY TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HESHAM VARIA FIVE MS.. LENA AND SEVEN MS. UH, CORRECT. >> MR. WANG NINE WANG EIGHT SILLY ME THAT THAT WAS THE ONE AS WELL. THAT WAS THE ONE I WAS MISSING. NINE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LEHMAN UH, TWO OF US THREE AREA FOR JONES SIX MORAN SEVEN NEWS UH NINE WANG AND EIGHT. SO MIMI EIGHT SALAMI TO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE CHAVARRIA NINE WANG SIX MORAN AND SEVEN NICE RIGHT LONG YEAH. SO EIGHT SALAMI EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE CHAVARRIA ONE GARCIA UM FIVE MISHA LENA FERNANDEZ AND SEVEN THESE ONE EIGHT SALAMI SORRY EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HAS CHAVARRIA ONE GARCIA FIVE MISHA LENA PLEASE AND SEVEN NIECE THAT'S CORRECT . >> IT'S 90 EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HECK OF AREA NINE WANG FIVE MITCHELL LENA SEVEN NIECE EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE CHAVEZ NINE WANG FIVE MISHA LENA AND SEVEN NIECE YES DANIELLE EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HASHEM AREA NINE WANG FIVE AND SHALINI SEVEN THESE EIGHT SALAMI TWO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE HAS RIVERA NINE WANG FIVE MS. ELINA AND SEVEN MS.. >> GUNTER EIGHT SALAMI TO ABBAS FOR JONES THREE OF AREA NINE WANG FIVE MITCHELL LENI AND SEVEN THESE ALL RIGHT EIGHT SALAMI TO HABASH FOUR JONES THREE CHAVARRIA NINE WANG FIVE MS. LENA AND SEVEN THIS THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT I'LL JUST FOR A MINUTE WHILE I MAKE THE TOTALS SURE . OKAY. SO WE HAVE EIGHT FOR SALAMI, EIGHT FOR HABASH, EIGHT FOR JONES, EIGHT FOR HESPERIA, TWO FOR GARCIA, SIX FOR WANG, SEVEN FOR MR. CELINA, ONE FOR MORAN AND EIGHT FOR I'M SORRY EIGHT FOR NEATH SO THAT IS 12345 WITH ME VOTES TALLIES ONE WITH SEVEN SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEEDED TO PICK THREE OUT OF THE FIVE SINCE THE FIRST FOUR GOT ALL 8 TO 6 1 TO 1 TWO AND 6456. SO WOULD IT BE WANG WAS SIX VOTES NUMBER FIVE HAD SEVEN VOTES AND NUMBER SEVEN HAD EIGHT VOTES CORRECT. SO IT'D BE MOTION. >> OKAY, GOOD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT NUMBER EIGHT SALAMI NUMBER TWO HABASH. NUMBER FOUR JONES NUMBER THREE. HECK OF AREA NUMBER FIVE MC ELINA FERNANDEZ AND NUMBER NINE WANG IN NUMBER SEVEN. NICE SECOND ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? CNN MADAM CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE CITY CLERK CONFIRMED THOSE ARE THE TOP VOTE GETTERS? >> YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SALAMI ABBAS JONES HAS CHAVARRIA MISS CELINA AND NIECE AND WAY AND WANG AND YEAH RIGHT . YES. PERFECT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT HE'S GOT THE ROUGH AND COULD DO I FEEL WRONG? I MASTRO I LEMAN LONG I I NOW CENTER I EIGHT I MOTION CARRIED OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SENIORS THE SENIORS WE HAVE HOW MANY VACANCIES TOTAL TWO VACANCIES FOR THAT SINCE THE CURRENT MEMBERS AUTOMATICALLY MOVE UP FROM THE JUNIOR YEAR INTO THE SENIOR YEAR SO BASICALLY WE HAVE FOUR FIVE APPLICANTS THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENT MEMBERS. SO OUT OF THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS 1 TO 626 ADDITIVES, SIX INDIVIDUALS WE NEED TO PICK TWO INDIVIDUALS AND MADAM CITY CLERK WILL GO DOWN TO THE VOTE IN ORDER AGAIN I GUESS CARDIAC SIX TRUJILLO, GARCIA AND THREE JACKSON HEARING THREE JACKSON AND SIX TO GARCIA LAST YEAR ONE BOX SIX TRUJILLO GARCIA LIMA SIX TRUJILLO GARCIA THREE JACKSON LONG SIX TRUJILLO GARCIA AND ONE BOX STINKY SIX TRUJILLO GARCIA THREE JACKSON DARNELL SIX TRUJILLO GARCIA THREE JACKSON CANTER SAME AS COUNCILMEMBER DARNELL NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER 331 NUMBER EIGHT . ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE FOR THE CHAIR HELIO GARCIA EIGHT FOR BRIANA BOX WE HAVE TWO AND FOR JACKSON LAND AND WE HAVE SIX MOTION TO APPROVE JACKSON AND TO HEELER GARCIA AS THE JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE THE SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SEEING NONE MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO DO I KILL RAIN ALL RIGHT I LEHMAN I THANK YOU I AM NOW ENTER I EAT NICE MOTION CARRIED OKAY NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER THIS TOPIC IS THE YOUTH COUNCIL LIAISON VACANCY I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER IS THE CURRENT LIAISON WITH COUNCILMEMBER DUNO I BELIEVE IS THE ALTERNATE LIAISON CURRENTLY SO THOSE TWO POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE OPEN AGAIN SO I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY VOLUNTEERS OR ANY PERSON OR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WANTS TO TO NOMINATE A PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS POSITION. WE'LL START WITH THE LIAISON POSITION FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS THANKING I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON. >> THANK YOU MAYOR IF SHE WOULD I WOULD NOMINATE COUNCILMEMBER LAST YEAR TO CONTINUE. >> I'LL DO IT UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO TURN BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AND I WOULD CHECK IN NOW. AND WHAT ABOUT LIAISON? WELL WHY DON'T WE TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE FIRST AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE'S NO OTHER NOMINEES ON THE FLOOR EXCEPT FOR COUNCILMEMBER LASTER I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> SO MOVE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COULD DO I FEEL ALL RIGHT YEAR I LEHMAN LONG STANKY I DO NOW ALL RIGHT CENTER HIGH EIGHT EYES MOTION CARRIED OKAY LET'S MOVE TO THE COUNCIL YOUTH COUNCIL ALTERNATELY LIAISON POSITION I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOLUNTEER OR ANY NOMINATIONS I NOMINATE A COUNCIL MEMBER DARNELL TO CONTINUE AT THAT POSITION. >> I ACCEPT BUT I'LL STEP BACK IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LIKE IT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER TO NOW TO THE ALTERNATE FOR YOUTH COUNCIL LIAISON SECOND SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CAN DO I KILL RAIN ALL RIGHT I LEMAN HIGH LONG HIGH STINKY I NOW CENTER MY EYES MOTION CARRIES ITEM EIGHT SEE IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS C ONE IS FOLLOW UP ITEMS FOR COUNCIL I DON'T SEE ANYTHING LISTED. ITEM TWO IS FOLLOW UP ITEMS FOR CITY MANAGER THERE'S NOTHING LISTED UNDER THAT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RESOLUTION 1 OR 2 DASH 26. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER OR STAFF IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. I KNOW WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY DISCUSSION IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FIRST. >> STAFFS MADE THE CHANGES BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT CITY COUNCIL IS GIVEN AND PREPARED THE PREPARED THIS AGREEMENT LICENSE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IF THERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS. >> PARKS WE HAVE PARKS HERE TO ANSWER A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 1 OR 2 DASH 26 SECOND IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER Q YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS AND I WANT TO START OFF WITH I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO TIES TO THE ROWING CLUB. MY DAUGHTER IS A DANCER AND I SUPPORT THE PERFORMING ARTS. I'M NOT INTO SPORTS WHATSOEVER AND MY SON IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD SO I HAVE NO TIES TO THE SPORTS BUT I SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND I TRY TO THINK LOGICALLY AND WE HAVE TO TAKE BIG DECISIONS FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO START WITH THE REAL CONCERN HERE WHICH I BELIEVE IS THAT IT'S THE APPEARANCE OF THEIR STUFF BEING STORED AT TROPICANA PARK AND ACROSS CAPE CORAL. WE ALLOW COMMUNITY SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO STORE EQUIPMENT IN OUR PARKS. MADAM CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE I GIVE YOU A PHOTO IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE PROJECTOR. THIS WAS EMAILED TO ALL OF US AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU SEE THESE ARE EXAMPLES FROM MULTIPLE PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY WHERE EQUIPMENT IS VISIBLE, IT'S ON SITE AND IT'S ACCEPTED BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITY FOR THAT SPORT IN THAT PARK. SO THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER EQUIPMENT BELONGS IN PUBLIC PARKS. CLEARLY IT ALREADY DOES. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THAT STANDARD FAIRLY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS. >> AND IF A STATICS ARE THE CONCERN HERE, THE WAY IT LOOKS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS LANDSCAPING PLACEMENT, THE DESIGN. SO WE TOLD THEM TO PUT UP SHRUBBERY OR NATURAL BARRIERS. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS ENCROACHING ON A PUBLIC PARK BECAUSE WE RECEIVED LOTS OF EMAILS OF THAT LAST NIGHT. THIS PARK REMAINS PUBLIC. THE DOCKS ARE PUBLIC. THE WATER IS PUBLIC. NOTHING ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE. IF COUNCIL ALLOWS REMOVES ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC USING A PUBLIC PARK FOR WHAT ITS INTENDED RECREATIONAL PURPOSE IS AN ENCROACHMENT. IT'S USING IT FOR EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR . NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SAFETY. THAT WAS A BIG THING. >> WE HEARD ABOUT SAFETY. >> THAT'S THE PRIMARY ARGUMENT. THE ROWING CLUB HAS SAFELY OPERATED IN THE WATERWAYS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. RIGHT. THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW FROM THE THIRD ISLAND OF THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS. AND BEFORE THAT THEY DID IT IN CAPE HARBOR WHICH IS ACTUALLY WAY BUSIER WITH BOAT TRAFFIC. THIS MORNING I SENT AN EMAIL COUNCIL RECEIVED IT BUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW I ASKED POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THERE'S BEEN NO SAFETY INCIDENCES. NONE. SO THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS LOCATION IS UNSAFE. IT'S ONLY SPECULATION. AND SURE, AS THE POPULATION GROWS I REALLY HOPE THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS BUT WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE WATERWAYS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE BOAT TRAFFIC WITH THE SEVEN ISLANDS BUT THAT SAME APPROVED PLAN THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED HAS A KAYAK LAUNCH DIRECTLY INTO THIS EXACT WATERWAY. >> SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT ARGUMENT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. THEY ALSO HAVE STORAGE AT THE SEVEN ISLANDS RIGHT ON THAT WATERWAY SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE THIS. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL PUT SHRUBBERY UP OR NATURAL BARRIERS SO. THE CITY'S ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE SEVEN ISLANDS ARE SAFE AND IT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR NON-MOTORISED WATER ACTIVITY RIGHT. >> MOVING THE ROWING CLUB WHICH I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED DOESN'T IMPROVE SAFETY. THE CRYSTAL AT CRYSTAL LAKE THEY'RE LAUNCHING OVER RIP RAFF. THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY CAME HERE AND THEY SAID THAT TO US WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT AND IT'S LESS SAFE FOR THEM. THEY SAID THE HARDEST IN THE OWN SAFEST PART AND I'M NOT A ROWER IS ACTUALLY PUTTING THEIR BOAT INTO THE WATER. TROPICANA PARK HAS A PURPOSE BUILT FLOATING DOCK DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SAFE ACCESS FOR THEM TO LOWER THEIR BOATS INTO THE CITY INVESTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THAT DOCK FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE . >> THE MOST RESPONSIBLE THING WE CAN DO IS USE IT FOR WHAT IT WAS BUILT FOR LAUNCHING BOATS JUST LIKE THAT INTO THE WATER. AND THIS BRINGS US TO THE BIGGER PICTURE. WHAT DO WE WANT OUR PARKS TO BE? FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THIS CITY HAS HAD VERY PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ACTIVATING OUR WATERFRONT. >> WE MADE DIFFICULT DECISIONS INCLUDING JAYCEE PARK IN THE NAME OF DOING EXACTLY THAT ACTIVATING OUR WATERFRONT. >> NOW WE HAVE A WATERFRONT PARK WITH ACCESS, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE CONSIDERING MAKING IT HARDER NOT EASIER FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO USE IT. >> WE SAY WE WANT OUR KIDS OFF SCREENS. WE WANT THEM OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. WE WANT THEM ENGAGED IN SOMETHING MEANINGFUL. THIS IS EXACTLY THAT. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PUBLIC USE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. I RECENTLY SAW AN EMAIL THAT SAID TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER IF TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER THAN TOGETHER MEANS ALL OF US ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH. >> THANK YOU. CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST THERE'S NO CLAPPING. >> PLEASE. IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HANDS LIKE THIS LADY DID IN THE FRONT PLEASE DO THAT. >> BUT PLEASE NO COFFEE. WE HAD A GROUP PLAN. >> COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CADDICK I WAS GOING TO TOUCH UPON THE SAFETY THING AND YOU KNOW I RECEIVED THIS FROM SOMEONE LAST NIGHT FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SAID, YOU KNOW, TO ME AFTER READING THIS AND SEEING ALL THE COMMENTS I MEAN I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU IT'S A PUBLIC PARK. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN I WAS THE SUBJECT LINE OF EMAILS TODAY. YOU KNOW PEOPLE GET PERSONAL AND YOU KNOW I WAS TRYING TO SHARE LAST WEEK THAT I'M PERSONALLY CAN SPEAK TO THIS SPORT BECAUSE I DID IT AND EXACTLY WHAT THE ROWERS SAID LAST WEEK IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO THE WATER, WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE AT TROPICANA PARK AND THEY WON'T HAVE THAT AT CRYSTAL LAKE. I ALSO ASKED OUR POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WERE ANY CRASHES, YOU KNOW ANY. AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE I THINK WE'VE HAD OR REPORTED WAS WHEN KAYAKERS GET LOST AND THEY NEED TO BE RESCUED. SO YOU KNOW, TO ME I JUST DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT SAFETY IS THE CENTER THE CENTER OF THIS DISCUSSION ESPECIALLY AFTER READING THROUGH THIS NEWSLETTER. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS DISCUSSION IS IS ARE THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED WAS MORE ABOUT THE PART PRIMARILY FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS USE AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE HAVE CLUBS SPORTS ALL OVER THE CITY. I MEAN BY MY HOUSE WE HAVE COZY PARK YOU KNOW SOFTBALL BASEBALL KIDS USE THAT AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT. I'M NEVER GOING TO NOT SUPPORT THAT AND ROWING IS NO DIFFERENT. AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MANY OF THOSE EMAILS WERE MISLEADING REGARDING SAFETY. I EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORTS FROM FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE ON ANY SAFETY ISSUES. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER COULD DO AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY POSITION. >> I'LL STILL SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER LESTER. >> I JUST SPOKE. I'M SORRY. >> COUNCILMEMBER. YEAH. I'M GOING TO PRESENT A WHOLE DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WITH CRYSTAL LAKE AT THE NORTH SPREADER THE DOCKS. I REALIZE WE BUILT THE DOCKS. THE CITY PAID FOR THEM AT TROPICANA. HOWEVER, I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW PEOPLE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND MOVE THE LOADING DOCK AND THE RAMP FROM SEVEN ISLANDS AND SEVEN ISLANDS HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL GIVE THE ROWING CLUB 2 TO 3 MONTHS TO GET THIS DONE AND THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL DO THIS FREE OF CHARGE AT NO COST TO THE ROWING CLUB OR THE TAXPAYERS AND THEY WILL ALSO HELP WITH THE FENCING AND THE LANDSCAPING TO HAVE THEM UP AT CRYSTAL LAKE WHICH IS ALSO YES, A PUBLIC PARK AND THEY WOULD BE AND WE'RE NOT TALKING IN THE LAKE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAFETY BOATS. WE'RE TALKING AT THE NORTH AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH SPREADER WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU A LONGER RUN AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AS MUCH CONGESTION WITH MOTORIZED BOATS AS YOU WILL DOWN AT TROPICANA PARK. AND I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO I DID SPEAK TO WITH THE CITY MANAGER WE SPOKE TO FAST AND THEY WILL NOT TERMINATE THE LEASE IMMEDIATELY. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL TAKE 2 TO 3 MONTHS I.E. 32, 30 TO 90 DAYS AND THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE ROWING CLUB TO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. THE REASON I DID THIS RESEARCH IS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE RIGHT THE ROWING CLUB NO ARGUMENT THERE. >> I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS CONTINUE. HOWEVER YOU'RE TALKING MAYBE 40 PEOPLE WITH THE ROWING CLUB YET I'VE YET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE ROWING CLUB IN TROPICANA PARK AND IT NEEDS I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MAJORITY. >> THERE'S NO OUTBURST PLEASE AND I'VE LOOKED AT BOTH SIDES OF THIS. I'VE GONE UP THERE AND LOOKED AT BOTH SIDES OF THIS WHICH IS WHY AS I SAY, I TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT GETTING YOU THE DOCKS THAT YOU NEED UP AT CRYSTAL LAKE. IT JUST HAPPENED IN NORTH SPREADER AND WE'VE GOT THAT WORKED OUT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KILBY. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT EVERYONE SITTING UP HERE REALLY WANTS TO SEE A ROWING CLUB HAVE A HOME IN CAPE CORAL. I THINK THAT THE DISCIPLINE IT PROVIDES OUR YOUTH AND THEY'RE JUST IN BEING INVOLVED IN SPORT LIKE THAT AS AN AVENUE AS AN AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOME HIGHER ECHELON COLLEGES TOO. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT EVERYONE UP HERE SUPPORTS IT. WHAT WE WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT I THINK IT'S A LONG TERM CONDITION THAT WE'RE CREATING BY HAVING THEM AT A LOCATION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING WE WE CAN WHAT RUN TO EXPEDITE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 25 YEAR POTENTIALLY HERE AND WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AS A COUNCIL FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE FOR WHAT THE CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE NEAR TERM AND IN THE FUTURE. AND BASICALLY EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE LESS TRAFFIC NOW THAN WE MIGHT PERCEIVE IT TO BE AROUND TROPICANA PARK THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BECOME A MUCH MORE TRAFFIC AREA WITH THE SEMINOLE ISLANDS COMING ON STREAM. AND THAT IS A COMMUNITY PARK. IT'S FOR USE FROM FOR EVERYONE. SO MY MY FOCUS IS REALLY TRYING TO MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SAFETY NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE HISTORY HAS BEEN WHAT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AND IN THE FUTURE. JUST LOGIC TELLS YOU IF YOU TRAVEL FURTHER NORTH TO CRYSTAL LAKE THE MOTORBOAT TRAFFIC WILL BE LESS THERE THAN IT WILL BE TO FURTHER SOUTH. SO FROM A LOGICAL BASIS JUST FROM A TRIPS BASIS I THINK THAT THE LONG TERM SHAPE POSITION WILL BE IN THE LOCATION OF CRYSTAL PARK AS A RESULT OF THAT. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT CRYSTAL PARK FOR THE FUTURE LOCATION AND I WILL ALL BE SUPPORTING THE LEASE FOR TROPICANA PARK AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES . AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAST YEAR HAD MENTIONED ARE NOT LOST OR LIMITED. IMAGINE FOR ASSISTANCE IN BEING ABLE TO RELOCATE THE CURRENT FLOATING DOCK TO CRYSTAL LAKE. THAT WOULD BE NOT ALL THAT TIME CONSUMING AND ALL THAT NOT ALL THAT COSTLY TO THE ROWING CLUB. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE CITY BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A AN IMPROVED AND TAKING SOME OF THE RIPRAP ROCK AWAY THERE THAT'S HAD A MINIMAL COST. AND WHO'S TO SAY THAT WE MAY NOT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME DEVELOP ANOTHER DOCKING MECHANISM THERE TO ACCOMMODATE CRYSTAL LAKE? AND I THINK THAT THE PROVISION IN OUR SHELTERED HORSESHOE I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND HAVE A WIN WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYTHING. SO PLEASE DON'T MISS COMMUNICATE THIS. THE CITY WANTS THE ROWING CLUB HERE. WE JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING LONG TERM. AND I THINK TO PUSH IT INTO A ROUND PEG INTO A SQUARE HOLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. WE HAVE TO WORK LONG TERM. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER DARNELL THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER IT'S IS NECKS. >> I APOLOGIZE. THEN YOU'RE NEXT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AT OUR LAST DISCUSSION AROUND THIS I. I ENCOURAGED MY COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER. AND I TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE I VOTE. AND LIKE TWO OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS DID, I WENT AND I AND I DID MORE RESEARCH BETWEEN THEN AND NOW SEEING IF I WANTED TO CHANGE MY POSITION ON IT. AND AFTER DOING THAT WHAT I ACTUALLY DID WAS GET EVEN MORE INGRAINED IN MY POSITION. AND I COULDN'T HAVE EXPRESSED THE POINTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER COOK DID ANY BETTER THAN SHE DID. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THAT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU PUT OUR FACILITIES AND WHERE OUR CITIZENS CAN ACCESS THEM. NAME ME A SOCCER FIELD, A BASEBALL FIELD, A SOFTBALL FIELD, A FOOTBALL FIELD THAT WE STUCK ON THE OUTER CORNER OF OUR CITY SO THAT IT DIDN'T GET IN ANYBODY'S WAY. WE PUT THEM WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. WE MAKE THEM EASY ACCESS FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE USE OF THEM. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE PLAN. WHEN THIS ORIGINATED OVER SIX YEARS AGO WHERE WHERE WILL THEY BE RELOCATED? >> AND A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT AND A LOT OF PREPARATION WENT INTO IT. AND SAFETY HAS NOT GOTTEN WORSE SINCE SIX YEARS AGO. AND ONE OF THE WAYS I PROVED THAT TO MYSELF WAS TO LOOK AT WHERE ONE OF THE MAJOR, IF YOU WILL, ORIGINATORS OF THESE COLLEGE ATHLETES AND AND THE PEOPLE THAT EXCEL IN THIS SPORT COME FROM OUR IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. >> AND A LOT OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE SOME OF THE WORST AQUATIC CONDITIONS WOULD BE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BEING IN SEAPORTS WITH HUGE VESSELS THAT THAT HAVE VERY LITTLE MOBILITY ONCE THEY'RE HEADED IN THE DIRECTION THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING, THEY CAN'T CHANGE DIRECTION. SO IT'S THESE ATHLETES THAT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR CRAFT AROUND THOSE TYPES OF DANGERS, IF YOU WILL. AND IT'S AND IT'S PART OF THE SPORT AND IT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO. AND IT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD LAST WEEK THAT THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE CREW THAT THAT'S THEIR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY IS KEEPING THEIR FELLOW ATHLETES OUT OF HARM'S WAY, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S AROUND THEM IN THE WATERWAYS. >> SO FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT SAFETY BEING AN ISSUE BY DOING THE RESEARCH THAT I DID IS WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE PRACTICE BECAUSE WE SEE THEM COMPETE AND THERE'S NOTHING AROUND THEM BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT THEY DO. 90% OF THE TIME. 90% OF THE TIME THEY'RE AROUND OTHER BOAT TRAFFIC. >> AND IF WE WANT MORE KIDS TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS SPORT THEN LET'S TREAT IT LIKE SOCCER. LET'S TREAT IT LIKE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL. LET'S PUT IT WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. LET'S PUT IT WHERE THE KIDS CAN SEE THOSE ENJOYING THE SPORT, WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE EQUIPMENT, WHERE THEY CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS AND CAN BE INQUISITIVE. LET'S NOT STICK THEM OUT IN NO MAN'S LAND AND LET'S NOT MAKE THIS DECISION TO THE NINTH HOUR WHEN ALL THE PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR FOR A GOOD TRANSITION AND A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION AND A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO BE, WHICH IS WHAT WAS DECIDED SIX YEARS AGO. LET'S NOT CHANGE AT THE NINTH HOUR. LET'S FULFILL THE MISSION AND FULFILL THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND DISREGARDS SOME OF THESE REASONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THAT REALLY IN MY OPINION HAVE NO FOUNDATION. SO MY POSITION WILL NOT WILL NOT CHANGE. >> I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK. >> COUNCIL MEMBER DARNELL THANK YOU MAYOR. I WAS HAVING A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND JUST INTERESTING ENOUGH DID YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF EMAILS AND PEOPLE ATTENDING REMINDED ME BACK TO THOSE YOU ALL WHO WERE HERE AND WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE UP AND IT'S INTERESTING WE WERE STRUGGLING BACK THEN AND TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE TODAY WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PARKS. SO ON ONE END IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT IS. WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THIS CONVERSATION? I STARTED OUT WHEN WE TALKED I WAS STILL KIND OF STUNNED BECAUSE WE STARTED OUT WITH THE NUMBER FOUR WAS HOW THE HOW WAS GOING TO LOOK. SO I'M STILL JUST REALLY WAS TRYING TO STRUGGLING TO GET BACK. BUT ONE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHALLENGED ME TO LOOK AT IT. OKAY, LET'S OPEN IT BACK UP. SO HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES WITH COMPETING INTERESTS, THEN NOTHING I'M GOING TO SAY IS GOING TO SWAY ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. SO THEN HOW DO YOU MAKE AN INFORMED INTELLIGENT DECISION? BECAUSE TO COME DOWN TO A VOTE MY VOTE COMES DOWN TO THE DATA NOT ABOUT HOW I FEEL, NOT WHAT I'M THINKING IS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHAT THE DATA HAVE. AND YOU CAN DO SOME PREDICTIVE DATA AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T PREDICT WITH THE DATA RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE HEARD IT AS IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH FOR SAFETY. YOU'VE HEARD IT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR ESTHETICS YOU'VE HEARD IT WHAT WE'VE HAD THE REPORT FROM A LOT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DATA IS SCREAMING THAT THIS PARK NEEDS TO BE EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION HERE. I RESPECT THAT I'M NOT THE MEANING IT BUT THE DATA IS CLEAR FOR ME BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY I CAME IN 51 THOSE BOATS. BUT ALL THE DATA HERE SUPPORTS IT BEING THERE UNDERSTANDING THAT IS A COMPETING VALUE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE OTHER END BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS DATA IS ABOUT DATA IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO SUPPORTING IT. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ALL LIKE YOU COUNCIL COULD DO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER STANKY REALLY HIT IT HOME. I MEAN I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSE THING THAT WE CAN DO IS ALLOW THEM TO USE THE PARK FOR WHAT IT WAS BUILT FOR. AND AGAIN, I HAD OUR CITY CLERK PUT UP WE HAVE THIS ALL OVER OUR PARKS EVERYWHERE ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE USING AND STORING STUFF EVERYWHERE. SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. >> CASE SEEING NO OTHER LIGHTS ON WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CADILLAC I KILL RAIN NO LAST STRAW I LEHMAN NO LONG NO STANKY I DANIELLE GUNTER NO FOUR EYES FOUR NAYS MOTION FAILED OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM NINE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTION NINE A IS PUBLIC HEARINGS WE HAVE A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS FIRST OF WHICH IS ORDINATES 16 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA THAT AMENDS THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF ALL PROPERTY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL BY REZONING PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN LOTS 20 AND 21 BLOCK 163 CAPE CORAL UNIT THREE AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW TO PROFESSIONAL ZONED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 124 CAPE CORAL PARKWAY WEST PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MR. CITY ATTORNEY THANK YOU MAYOR IN REFERENCE TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 16 DASH 26 BECAUSE IT IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER IF THERE WERE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED REGARDING THIS IT SHALL BE DISCLOSED RIGHT NOW PURSUANT TO OUR ORDINANCES. OKAY. ANYONE HAVE TO DIVULGE ANY PARTY COMMUNICATIONS? NO CASE SEEING NONE. >> THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON RESOLUTION I'M SORRY ON ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26 MUST BE SWORN IN. PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE. >> DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PATRICK WHITE, PRINCIPAL PLANNER DOWNSTAIRS AND DSD. THIS IS ORDINANCE 1626. I HAVE A BRIEF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR YOU. THE APPLICANT IS MR. CARLOS LORRAINE ON A SCUSE ME IS AUTHORIZED REP AND HE'S REPRESENTING 118 CAPE LLC THE PROPERTIES LOCATION IS 124 CAPE CORAL PARKWAY WEST IT'S ABOUT 10,000FT2 AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R.M. TO PROFESSIONAL P THE PROPERTY IS VACANT, IT'S UNDEVELOPED. IT'S HAD A COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL FUTURE LAND USE SINCE 2007. IF APPROVED THE REZONING WILL CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND CAPABLE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED PROFESSIONAL ZONING DISTRICT IS THE LEAST IMPACTFUL OF THE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CAPE CORAL. THAT INTERSECTION THERE IS INTERSECTION OF SANTA BARBARA AND CAPE CORAL PARKWAY WEST. THE PROPERTY AS I MENTIONED HAS A COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED R.M. THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED A REZONING TO P PROFESSIONAL STAFF EXAMINE THE REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH LDC THREE FOR SIX B THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT CRITERIA WE FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THEM AND CONSISTENT WITH MULTIPLE POLICIES WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE FIRE AND POLICE IMPACT ESTIMATES ARE MINIMAL STAFF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THE HEARING EXAMINER RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY. I RECEIVED ONE PHONE CALL IT WAS JUST AN INQUIRY THEY DIDN'T SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE REQUEST AND WILL STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26? >> YES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK SIR? >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26 PLEASE COME FORWARD. WILL USE THE PODIUM TO MY LEFT NEXT TO THE DOORS SAY A NON PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. >> IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26 MOTION TO APPROVE 16 DASH 26 SECOND AND IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION SEEING NONE MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CADILLAC I KILL RAIN ALL RIGHT MASTER I LEMAN PLANT HIGH RANKING I DO NOW. ALL RIGHT. ENTER I MOTION THANK YOU THANK YOU WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE BE LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FIRST OF WHICH IS ORDINANCE 16 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 18 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA AMENDING CITY OF CAPE CORAL ORDINANCE THREE DASH 26 WHICH AMENDED ORDINANCE 50 DASH 25 WHICH ADOPTED THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL OPERATING BUDGET REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 BY INCREASING THE TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BY A TOTAL OF $11,323,646 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CRYSTAL FEAST FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AS READ INTO THE RECORD THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS APPROVAL FOR THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR WAS FIRST INTRODUCED APRIL 1ST 2026 AND BEFORE YOU IN THE PUBLIC TONIGHT FOR HEARING AND FINAL APPROVAL ITEM. >> SO WITH ALL BUDGET AMENDMENTS THEY'RE GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 166 .2413 WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO AMEND ITS BUDGET AT ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OR WITHIN 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND IT CAPTURES CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS APPROVED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2026 AS WELL AS ANY PERSONNEL SERVICES OPERATING AND CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS. SO IN SHORT THE ORDINANCE ALIGNS THE ADOPTED BUDGET WITH COUNCIL'S POLICY DECISIONS AND THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OVER THE LAST QUARTER. SO BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO INCREASES THE CITY'S BUDGET BY $11,323,646 WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 0.7 6% FROM THE PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BUDGET. >> A MODEST ADJUSTMENT IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL BUDGET . SO THIS AMENDMENT IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CITY COUNCIL ITEMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 8.7 MILLION. THE SECOND IS OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TOTALING 2.6 MILLION. AND THE THIRD IS PERSONNEL CHANGES TOTALING $150,000 AND INCLUDES PERSONNEL CHANGES SUCH AS NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND EXISTING POSITION RECLASSIFICATIONS. THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE AMENDMENT AS YOU CAN SEE IS UNDER THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. AND THESE AGAIN ARE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AND APPROVED AND EXAMPLES INCLUDE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND GRANT AWARDS. THE SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY IS THE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. >> AND THIS INCLUDES REVISED REVENUE ESTIMATES, CAPITAL PROJECT RECONCILIATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT HELP REALIGN THE BUDGET. SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT OF THE AMENDMENT AND INCLUDES A BREAKDOWN BY SOURCE AND YOU'LL SEE THE CATEGORIES ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDE CHARGES FOR SERVICES DEBT USE OF FUND BALANCE GRANTS, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE TRANSFERS AND ENCUMBRANCE IS CARRY FORWARD. AND I'LL GO OVER EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES IN MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT SLIDES. >> STARTING WITH CHARGES FOR SERVICES SO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS THE INCORPORATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM WHICH TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. INCLUSION IN THE INCLUSION INCREASES THE BUDGET BY 2.25 MILLION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PROGRAM'S ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES. AND THAT WAS PASSED BY RESOLUTION TWO 7925. >> PART OF THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO THE OASIS SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF NEEDED WETLAND MITIGATION CREDITS. THIS PROJECT IS OR WILL BE SUPPORTED BY DEBT AND THE INCREASE MUST BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED INTO THE BUDGET SINCE JANUARY THE COUNCIL APPROVE IT ARE ACCEPTED ABOUT $6.5 MILLION IN GRANT AWARDS. THESE INCLUDE 159,000 IN PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS 6 MILLION IN STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NORTHEAST RESERVOIR AND ABOUT 283,000 DOLLARS FOR CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO THESE ITEMS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO FORMALLY APPROPRIATE THEM AND AND BE ABLE TO SPEND THEM AS THEY WERE INTENDED. >> THE AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDES A $24,000 THAT WAS COLLECTED OR RAISED BY THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND THE RELATED EXPENSES FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE WHICH WAS IN WASHINGTON DC. SO AGAIN NEW NEW REVENUE, NEW SPENDING SO WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE BUDGET. >> SO THIS SLIDE COVERS TRANSFERS. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A $61,000 ADJUSTMENT TO THE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CRC FUND DUE TO THE USE OF THE ROLLBACK RATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE SECOND ITEM INCREASES THE TRANSFER FROM THE SIERRAS OPERATING FUND TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND BY $643,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS. YOU SEE HERE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR LAST FISCAL YEAR THE SIERRA HAD 643,000 THAT FELL TO THE BOTTOM LINE OR OF UNSPENT FUNDS WHICH BY STATE STATUTE MUST BE RE OBLIGATED OR REAPPROPRIATED. AND SO THE CRC BOARD DID APPROVE TO REALLOCATE THAT UNSPENT MONEY TO THESE PROJECTS. SO NOW WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE BUDGET. AND THE FINAL ITEM IS A $15,000 INCREASE TO THE TRANSFER FROM THE FIRE OPERATIONS FUND TO THE FIRE GRANT FUND TO COVER A REQUIRED MATCH UNDER THE FIREFIGHTER CANCER DECONTAMINATION GRANT. >> SO THIS SLIDE ADDRESSES USE OF FUND BALANCE. THE FIRST TWO ITEMS RELATE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL. THE BOARD APPROVED USE OF FUND BALANCE TO CARRY FORWARD OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR TOTALING 738,000. AND THEY ALSO APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT TOTALING $268,000. >> WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT $79,000 OF GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE COCONUT FESTIVAL. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDES TOTAL FUNDING OF 500,000. HOWEVER, 421,000 WILL BE COVERED WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET. SO THE INCREASE TO THE BUDGET IS ONLY $79,000 AS IT RELATES TO THIS TRANSACTION. >> NEXT IS $643,000 IN UNSPENT FUNDS THAT LAPSED TO FUND BALANCE IN THE CRC FUND WHICH IS ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE SIERRA. THIS IS THE SAME ITEM FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IT'S JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. >> AND THEN FINALLY COUNCIL APPROVED THE USE OF 61,000 AND STATE FORFEITURE FUNDS TO PURCHASE CRIME PREVENTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE THIS ITEM WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED, THE AMENDMENT INCREASES THE BUDGET TO USE THAT FUNDS FUND BALANCE FOR THE PURCHASE. >> AND THEN FINALLY PERSONNEL. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ADDS FOUR POSITIONS FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM TOTALING $150,000 WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THAT 2.25 MILLION MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND. TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST IN H.R. IS BEING RECAST TO AN OFFICE ANALYST POSITION AND A RESEARCH ANALYST POSITION IN THE PUBLIC DEPARTMENT. POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BEING REQUESTED INSIDE TO A STRATEGIC PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR AND THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THESE RECLASSIFICATIONS WILL BE ABSORBED THROUGH OTHER PERSONNEL SAVINGS SO THERE IS NO INCREASE TO THE BUDGET RELATED TO THESE. >> AND THEN FINALLY AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL THEIR BOARD APPROVED ADDING CONTRACT COUNSELORS AND JUNIOR COUNSELORS FOR THEIR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND AS WITH THE OTHER RECLASSIFICATIONS THESE ADDITIONS ARE FUNDED THROUGH COST SAVINGS SO THERE WILL NOT BE AN INCREASE TO THE BUDGET FOR THESE. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 1826 AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE 18 DASH 26 PLEASE COME FORWARD SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IN THE BACK JUDGING FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD EVERY MONTH PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH THIS YEAR YOU ADDED ABOUT ANOTHER TEN MILLION DOLLARS EACH MONTH. >> SO THE BUDGET WHAT I MEAN WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP? >> THAT'S THE QUESTION WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP? THERE'S STUFF IN THIS BUDGET YOU DON'T NEED TO DO. >> WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED? >> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC INPUT ON ORDINANCE 18 DASH 26. PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW CLOSED. >> IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING A MOTION TO APPROVE 18 DASH 26 SECOND COUNCILMEMBER DONNA. >> YEAH I HAD ASK MS.. MS. FEES TOGETHER BECAUSE A GENTLEMAN WHO ASKED ME COULD YOU GO TO ALTHOUGH YOU ALL WE'VE CREATED IT NOW AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. JUST AS WE WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE THE OTHER TIME ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA THE SPECIFICS. MS. FEES WOULD YOU PLEASE FOR THE RECORD. HOW ARE ALL THE AUDIENCE AND THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE WHEN THESE TRANSACTIONS HAPPEN? IT'S CALLED OPEN GATE. SAME THING THAT WE HAVE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ASK HER TO SHOW US JUST HOW WE GET THERE UP HERE ON THE BIG SCREEN SO WE CAN MAKE A RECORD OF. SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IN YOUR TIME AND DIGEST IT AND THEN BRING YOUR QUESTIONS FORWARD PLEASE, MA'AM. >> ABSOLUTELY. I WILL ASK IT TO I THINK IT IS GOING TO COVER THAT . SO SWITCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THE MODULE ON THE WEBSITE THAT I'LL BE GOING TO IS UNDER GOVERNMENT AND THEN UNDER OPEN OPEN GOVERNMENT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC WITH ACCESS TO UNDER FINANCIAL OPEN GOVERNMENT. THERE IS A PAGE CALLED OPEN FINANCE. AND HERE IS WHERE WE'VE SET UP BASICALLY ACCESS TO OUR PORTAL TO ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THIS THAT RUN THROUGH THE CITIES FINANCIAL SYSTEM. >> AND SO THE WAY THAT IT'S BROKEN UP WILL I'LL ALSO SAY THAT WE'VE ADDED A VIDEO TO THIS PAGE THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO BUT IT'S IT ACTS AS A VERY GOOD TUTORIAL WHEN YOU HAVE TIME TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN AND AT YOUR OWN PACE IT WILL PROVIDE YOU STEP BY STEP OF HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE PAGE AS WELL. BUT IT STARTS WITH THE CITY CITY'S PRIMARY OPERATING FUNDS AND IT GIVES YOU REVENUES ON ONE SIDE, EXPENSES ON THE OTHER SIDE AND IT THEN GOES IT HIGHLIGHTS SPECIFIC FUNDS SUCH AS THE GENERAL FUND FIRE OPERATION FUND. SO ALL OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ARE MAJOR FUNDS FOR THE CITY BUILDING CODE FUND WATER AND SEWER FUND STORMWATER FUND AND THEN ALL OTHER CITY FUNDS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED NON MAJOR ARE GROUPED TOGETHER IN THIS CATEGORY. ALL OTHER CITY FUNDS. SO ONE PROGRAM THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET IS THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM. AND FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES AND AT CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION WE HAVE SET THAT UP AS A SEPARATE ACCOUNTING FUND. SO IF YOU WANT TO TRACK THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR FUND YOU WOULD GO UNDER THIS CATEGORY. >> ALL OTHER CITY FUNDS AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK ON THE REVENUE CODE AND WHAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO IS FIND THIS PARTICULAR FUND IS UNDER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE ALSO ENTERPRISE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS UNDER THIS CATEGORY THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM IS UNDER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. SO YOU WOULD CLICK THERE AND THEN YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN HERE PROVIDES YOU A LIST OF ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ROLL UP INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLING SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND YOU CAN FIND THE FUND THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RENT THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, AND IT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF REVENUE THAT WAS COLLECTED AS OF LAST NIGHT. YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS THE ONLY REVENUE SOURCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND IS RENTAL REGISTRATION FEES AND AS OF LAST NIGHT WE'VE COLLECTED $682,115. SO IT'S IN REAL TIME. YOU CAN GO TO IT EVERY DAY AND SEE HOW WE'RE ACTIVELY COLLECTING FOR THIS PROGRAM NOW WHEN THERE ARE EXPENDITURES AND NOW THAT THE ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED WE'LL START INCURRING EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM. YOU WOULD JUST GO TO THIS TAB HERE HOW IT'S SPENT AND HERE YOU WOULD THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE ARE TO TRACK ANY ACTUAL EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCURRED IN REAL TIME AS WELL AND YOU CAN DO THAT FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS. >> THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE ONCE AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND YOU TAKE THE TIME. EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES THROUGH HERE YOU CAN TRACK IT ON EITHER OF THESE. >> THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THINGS YOU HEAR ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT THE BUDGET REVIEW. THIS IS NOT AN END RUN COUNCIL OF CHANGE BUT THERE'S NO MORE INFORMATION THAT THAT COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. PLEASE SEE THEM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MISFEASANCE. IT'S THERE BUT YOU GO THROUGH AND HOW YOU INTERPRET IT, WHAT YOU ARGUE ABOUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY BUT IT'S THERE AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR DOLLARS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR CRYSTAL SINCE YOU'RE ON THIS IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO LIKE NOT INTO A FUND BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY I USE OPEN FINANCE RIGHT NOW YOU SCROLL TOO FAR. COMMON QUESTIONS I WILL TYPE IN SOMETHING LIKE CUSSLER CONSULTING K E A S L E R CONSULTING AND YOU CAN SEE AND I'D USUALLY CHANGE THE YEARS TO ALL THE YEARS BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON IT. >> I MEAN I GO THROUGH IT A DIFFERENT WAY I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE MOUSE HERE AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PAID TO THEM THUS FAR AND I DIVE IN SO YEAH I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL BUT I REALLY PUSH MY LATE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE $11 MILLION 11.3 NEW SPENDING AND IT'S NOT IT'S ABOUT AND I'M ROUNDING $9 MILLION SIX AND A HALF IS GRANTS THE REST IS OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION FEES COMING IN AND THEN WHAT WE'VE APPROVED FOR SPENDING THAT WAS WHAT I PUSHED MY LATE THANK YOU. OH AND YES TODAY YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP THROUGH AND THEN DROPDOWN THE 2026 MENU I WOULD DO ALL YOURS THAT'S HOW I USE OPEN FINANCE ALL DAY EVERY DAY WHEN I'M LOOKING AT CITY STUFF. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN A YEAR WITH THE 682,000 ON THE RENTAL REGISTRATIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN AND THE CHART YOU'VE SHOWN US THERE HAVE BEEN NO EXPENDITURES AGAINST IT. WHERE'S THAT MONEY GOING? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO IT? DOES IT JUST SIT IN A FUND OR DOES IT GET SUBTRACTED FROM THE BUDGET REQUEST? SO THE PROGRAM BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST OF THIS YEAR. WE ARE BUT THERE WAS NO BUDGET FOR IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST BUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IT SEPTEMBER OF LAST FISCAL YEAR SO RIGHT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO BY THAT TIME WE HAD ALREADY CREATED THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO HERE WE ARE FAST FORWARD NOW INCORPORATING THE EXPECTED PROGRAM REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THAT. SO SINCE JANUARY THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ACTIVE AND SO WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING IT. HOWEVER THERE'S BEEN NO BUDGET FOR PROGRAM EXPENDITURES TO SPEND THE MONEY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. SO NOW THAT ONCE IT'S APPROVED WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET TO SPEND AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THE FOUR POSITIONS SO THAT MONEY THE 682,000 THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WILL BE SPENT TO COVER PAYROLL EXPENDITURES FOR THOSE FOUR POSITIONS, TWO VEHICLES FOR CODE. THE TWO CODE OFFICE OFFICER POSITIONS AND THEN THERE'S OUTSIDE SERVICES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WILL ALSO UTILIZE THAT MONEY FOR. SO IT'S IT'S IN ITS OWN FUND. IT'S COLLECTING REVENUE ACT ON YOU KNOW ACTIVELY COLLECTING REVENUE BUT NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET YOU WILL NOW START SEEING THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THAT. >> BUT NOW QUESTION GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS MONEY. SEE WITH THE 682,000 IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE HIRING OF DIDN'T WE ALREADY HAVE THIS STAFF OR ARE WE HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAD ADDITIONAL STAFF. THERE WERE FOUR POSITIONS THAT WERE THAT IF APPROVED TONIGHT WILL BE ADDED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND WE NEED IN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS WE'VE COLLECTED $682,000 WITH HOW MANY ARE ON STAFF NOW. >> SO OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE MAINLY THE CITY CLERK AND SOME OF HER STAFF HAVE BEEN IN ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM BUT NOW ONCE THESE POSITIONS GET ADDED THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT MORE EFFORT OBVIOUSLY TO IT AND BE ABLE TO SEND OUT MORE NOTICES AND REALLY WORK THE PROGRAM AND GET MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED. SO YOU'RE SAYING SO IT'S BEEN VERY MINIMAL EFFORT SO FAR BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THESE POSITIONS APPROVED BUT ONCE APPROVED WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO ADMINISTER IT. OKAY. SO IF THE IF THE POSITION IF THE BUDGET INCREASE IS APPROVED AND THE SO THEN WE WILL BE HIRING FOR POSITIONS FULL TIME PART TIME WHAT THREE FULL TIME ONE PART TIME ONE RESEARCH SPECIALIST FULL TIME POSITION, A PART TIME OR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND THEN TO CODE AN INSPECTION OUR INSPECTORS WILL BE FULL TIME AND THEN IT WILL COME OUT OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY WILL HANDLE THE WHOLE SITUATION OF THE FOUR THAT WE'RE HIRING, WE'LL HANDLE THE WHOLE SITUATION SO THE POSITIONS WILL BE HOUSED IN BOTH BUT FUNDED BY THIS PROGRAM SO THAT TO THE RESEARCH SPECIALISTS IN THE CONTRACT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WILL BE HOUSED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE HOUSED IN CODE BUT FUNDED BY THIS PROGRAM. SO THERE'S NO NO OFFICE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM SO THEY HAVE TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. OKAY. SEE AND THE OTHER LATER ON WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND ON THE FLOOR MADAM CITY CLERK EACH CALL THE ROLL PLEASE DO I FEEL RAIN I MASTRO I LEHMAN I LONG ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT SO NOW GUNTER EIGHT EYES MOTION CARRIES OKAY JUST JUST A REMINDER IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING CITIZENS INPUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT PART OF THE AGENDA, PLEASE REMEMBER TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD AND THE CITY CLERK WILL BE CALLING YOU UP BUT UTILIZE THE PODIUM TO MY FAR LEFT IN FRONT OF THE DOORS . ITEM 90 IS INTRODUCTIONS FIRST OF WHICH IS RESOLUTION 91 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ TITLE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE RESOLUTION 91 DASH 26 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF PLAT FOR A PORTION OF ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN LOTS ONE THROUGH 41 AND LOTS 42 THROUGH 82 BLOCK 4185 UNIT 59 PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF PLATTED EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN LOTS 34 THROUGH 37 AND LOTS 47 THROUGH 49 BLOCK 4185 UNIT 59 PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF EASEMENTS UNDERLYING THE ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN LOTS 34 THROUGH 37 AND LOTS 46 THROUGH 49 BLOCK 4185 UNIT 59 PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3300 THROUGH THE 3510 TROPICANA PARKWAY AND 3301 THROUGH 3513 NORTHWEST SEVENTH TERRACE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH 2026. >> ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 92 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLES AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE RESOLUTION 92 DASH TO A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF PLAT FOR A PORTION OF ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY AND UNDERLYING EASEMENTS BETWEEN LOTS ONE THROUGH 21 AND LOTS 22 THROUGH 43 BLOCK 4278 UNIT 61 PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF INTERIOR PLATTED EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN LOTS 19 THROUGH 21 AND LOTS 22 THROUGH 26 BLOCK 4278 UNIT 61 PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3246 THROUGH 3322 NORTHWEST 16TH TERRACE AND 3235 THROUGH 3327 GULFSTREAM PARKWAY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH 2026 THANK YOU. >> ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL SEE A NUMBER WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE TEN DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ TITLE SET TO PUBLIC HEARING DATE ORDINANCE TEN DASH 26 AND ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA SECTION 1.15 MEASUREMENTS AS SET FORTH WITHIN ARTICLE ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS AND SECTION 3.3.6 ADMINISTRATIVE DEVIATIONS AS SET FORTH WITHIN ARTICLE THREE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW CHAPTER THREE SPECIFIC REVIEW PROCEDURES ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS AND APPROVALS AND SECTION 5.1. 12 AS SET FORTH WITHIN ARTICLE FIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS CHAPTER ONE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT REGARDING HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS FOR BOTH BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH, 2026. >> ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL SEE A NORMAL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 17 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE SET TO PUBLIC HEARING DATE ORDINANCE 17 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 5.2.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH WITHIN ARTICLE FIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS CHAPTER TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AMENDING SECTION 5.2.7 FENCES AND WALLS SET FORTH WITHIN ARTICLE FIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS CHAPTER TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES REGARDING THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON FENCES AND WALLS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH, 2026 OKAY THANK YOU. >> MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 24 DASH 26 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ TITLE SET TO PUBLIC HEARING DATE ORDINANCE 24 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $103,500,000 IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF UTILITY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT BONDS NORTH ONE EAST AREA SERIES 2026 OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA FOR THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF FINANCING AND REFINANCING THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF CERTAIN POTABLE WATER WASTEWATER AND IRRIGATION WATER UTILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE NORTH ONE EAST AREA OF THE CITY PLEDGING SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF REDEMPTION PREMIUM IF ANY AN INTEREST ON THE BONDS ALLOWING FOR THE USE OF NET REVENUES OF THE CITY'S WATER AND UTILITY OF THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SYSTEM TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS OR MAKE UP DEFICIENCIES IN THE RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR SUCH PURPOSE PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH, 2026. >> ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL SAYING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 2526 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ TITLE SET TO PUBLIC HEARING DATE ORDINANCE 25 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $100 MILLION IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026 OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA TO FINANCE AND REFINANCE COSTS OF THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SYSTEM. PLEDGING TO HEAR AND DESCRIBE PLEDGED FUNDS TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF REDEMPTION PREMIUM IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF SUCH BONDS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH, 2026. ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER COULD DO? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I ACTUALLY REQUESTED SOME ITEMS FROM STAFF SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. I KNOW YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD. YES. BUT THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF US RECEIVING THAT. THANK YOU. AND MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 2626 MADAM CITY CLERK PLEASE READ TITLE SET TO PUBLIC HEARING DATE ORDINANCE 26 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL FLORIDA APPROVING THE CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AGREEMENT AND ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE TO SIGN THE LEASE AGREEMENT FROM DPW CAPE CORAL LLC TO REPLACE AND SPLASH WATER PARK LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY RELATING TO PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA. LOCATED AT 400 SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD KNOWN AS SUN SPLASH WATER PARK AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AGREEMENT ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE AND ANY AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 6TH, 2026. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION BY STAFF OR COUNCIL SANAM WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN IS CITIZENS INPUT WHICH IS A MAXIMUM OF 60 MINUTES EXCEPT FOR THE INPUT OF CITIZENS ON MATTERS CONCERNING CITY GOVERNMENT. THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. CITIZENS ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEARD CONCERNING MATTERS SCHEDULED ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AN ORDERLY SYSTEM AND HOLD A PUBLIC BUSINESS MEETING AND TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT EMBARRASSED OR ADDRESSED AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXERCISE OF RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH. THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED RULES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED. THESE RULES ARE CONSIDERED COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AND ADOPTED BY A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SPEAKERS REQUIRE TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN PROPER DECORUM ONLY A PERSON RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL OR BE MAKING ANY AUDIBLE REMARKS DURING THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS SHALL ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE NOT TO AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER OR TO ANY SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. NO PERSON SHALL MAKE ANY PERSONAL PROFANE REMARKS OR GESTURES UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS STOMPING OF FEET, WHISTLING OR SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING. NO PERSON IS PERMITTED TO INTERRUPT THE CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OR THE COMMENTS OF ANY PERSON RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR IN ANY MANNER. NO PERSON IS PERMITTED TO BEHAVE IN A DISORDERLY MANNER BY SHOUTING, YELLING, WHISTLING, CHANTING, SINGING, DANCING, CLAPPING, FOOT STOMPING, CHEERING JEERING OR ENGAGING IN ANY OTHER DISRUPTIVE DISPLAY DURING THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUSINESS MEETING. NO PERSON CAN DISPLAY A BANNER POLICE CARD OR SIGN. NO PERSON CAN DISTRIBUTE ANY HANDOUTS OR MATERIALS TO ANY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE WITHIN CITY HALL. NO PERSON IS PERMITTED TO REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OR TO COMPLY WITH THESE POLICIES AND RULES THAT GOVERN THE CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS WHICH WERE OUTLINED IN A RESOLUTION AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. ANY PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THESE RULES OR IS BOISTEROUS OR DISRUPTIVE IN ANY MANNER AND A CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE ESCORTED FROM THE ROOM BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU COULD CALL THE TAPE FOR RESIDENTS WHO PUT IT IN THEIR COMMENT CARDS FIRST THEN WE'LL GO FROM HERE. >> PETER PEREZ AND BRUCE ABRAHAMS, PETER PEREZ, PETER PEREZ AND BRUCE ABRAHAMS. >> PETER BRUCE, ARE YOU HERE? >> OKAY, SO THAT WAS PETER PEREZ. BRUCE ABRAHAMS AMBER AMBROSE LOVE AND BRUCE LOVE ZENOBIA SANTA VILLA, CHRISTINA IL CHISM AND TOM SHADRACK. >> YES, THE PODIUM TO THE LEFT THERE IS THE PHONE. >> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. ME. >> YOU GO AHEAD. START. PERFECT. MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE IL CHISHOLM. I AM A LONG TIME CITIZEN HERE IN CAPE CORAL. I MOVED HERE 2000 OF JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM FCU AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH A DISTINCT IN CORPORATE COMPLIANCE. I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER. I HAVE A CORPORATE COMPLIANCE CONSULTING BUSINESS AS WELL AS I'M AN ARTIST. I WAS ALSO A FLAGSHIP MEMBER OF A CORPORATE COMPLIANCE TEAM FOR AN INTERNATIONAL BILLION DOLLAR HEALTH CARE CORPORATION BASED OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SO I HAVE 25 YEARS OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE EXPERIENCE AND I'VE COME TO PRESENT MY CONCERNS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLAG PROJECT. IT'S A BIG RED FLAG. 25 YEARS OF CORPORATE EXPERIENCE. IT'S A BIG RED FLAG. I HAVE THREE I HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> I HAVE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL. IT IS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON MY INSTAGRAM. IF YOU SCAN THE LITTLE BAR CODE IT PULLS UP ALL OF THE LAWS AND ALL OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST I DON'T HAVE. >> I'M THREE WEEKS POST-OP EMERGENCY SURGERY. I'M A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SURVIVOR AND I'M HERE WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? IT'S A BIG RED FLAG AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON LIKE A-DAY LIKE THEY JUST TORE DOWN THE WATER TOWER FOR THE CITY OF FORT MYERS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET ADA GUIDELINES. >> AND THAT WAS 200FT. SO OH YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW GUYS. THERE'S A LOT OF RED FLAGS. IF I UNDERSTAND THE RULES I'M TRYING TO PROVIDE FOLLOW THE RULES TO BE RESPECTFUL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME AFTER WE CAN DO THAT AND I I'M A LITTLE I HAVE STUDIED SO MUCH LAW THAT TO PROTECT MYSELF TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK AND PRESENT THIS INFORMATION I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY IS TO LIKE SPEAK WITH ME AFTER SO I'M A LITTLE KIND OF YEAH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS I'M BEING VULNERABLE BUT I WAS HARASSED BEFORE I GOT HERE. YEAH. AND THERE'S PROOF OF IT SO IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF COURAGE FOR ME TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT ME OR MY HISTORY, BUT THIS CITY IS NOT SAFE. >> I'M A CORPORATE COMPLIANCE EXECUTIVE. >> I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS AND TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I'M CRAZY BUT I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE. >> THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HI, TOM SHADRACH PERMANENT RESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE RECORD LAST COUNCIL MEETING IT WAS STATED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE SPEAKER WHICH WAS ME PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW PARK AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN THAT THERE GAVE A $434,000 CONTRACT TO TO DESIGN A PARK. >> HE SAID IT WASN'T SOLE SOURCE BY HOW I READ THE RESOLUTION THEY ONLY WANT TO ONE BIDDER AND ONLY ONE PERSON PROPOSED TO MY DEFINITION THAT'S A SOLE SOURCE. HE ARGUED THAT IT WAS 30 IT WAS A MASTER AGREEMENT OF 36 VENDORS AND THEY CHOSE ONE TO PROVIDE A BID. THAT'S NOT A COMPETITION TO ME AND MY WORLD. 37 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING THAT WAS A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT AND I STAND BY THAT. OKAY. A COUPLE OTHER POINTS I'LL MAKE JUST INTERESTING TODAY ON THE ROWING CLUB I YOU GUYS FOUR OF YOU SENT A SET OF PRETTY INTERESTING PRECEDENTS HERE TONIGHT. YOU HAD A SIX YEAR PLAN GOING TO AS I SAID TO THE NINTH HOUR AND YOU CHANGED WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF YOU FOR THAT SAID NO TO THIS SAY WELL SINCE THE COUNCIL BEFORE US DID IT OR NOT CHANGING SO NOW YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANYTHING TO BE CHANGED FOREVER WHEN A DECISION WAS MADE BY A PRIOR COUNCIL. SO THANKS AT LEAST FOR THAT. UM JUST A COUPLE OTHER TOPICS. A WASTE PRO THAT YOU KNOW THEIR COMPETITION IS UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE'LL GET BIDS HOPEFULLY I ASSUME THE CODE OF SILENCE. THERE'S A LOT OF SCUTTLEBUTT GOING ON ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TRANSFER STATION OF PUTTING A UH BASICALLY A TRASH DUMP UP IN DISTRICT SEVEN AREA UP BY CORE LAKES SUBDIVISION IN YELLOW FEVER CREEK. I'M NOT SURE THOSE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK THEY'D RATHER HAVE A ROWING CLUB THAN A DUMP NEXT TO THEM AND I SEE OUR FINANCIALS ARE ALL GREEN. I LOOKED AT THEM FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ACTUALS AGAIN WE HAD A 20 MILLION SOMETHING SURPLUS. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT MIKE SORRY MIGHT NOT BE TOTALLY ACCURATE THERE BUT THERE WAS A HUGE SURPLUS LAST YEAR AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN THIS YEAR RAISE TAX REVENUE UH ASSESSMENT REVENUE AND WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN 20 MILLION SURPLUS BY THE METRICS WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. EVERYTHING IS MORE REVENUE LESS EXPENSES THAN PLANNED AS OUR CONSERVATIVE METHODS DO. OKAY. >> LOTS OF MAJOR ISSUES. NOT SURE WHY LOT LOVE THESE TOPICS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE HERE WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY MAJOR THINGS TO DO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MARIE CAVANAUGH JOE ANGRA SARNO AND DON HAZLITT I 10,000 YOU THAT THERE CAN'T BE $10,000 AND THE MAYOR IS THE NEXT ONE UP MA'AM MARIE CAVANAUGH MARIE CAVANAUGH TO TALK TO THEM THAT WAY. YEP. MY NAME IS MARIE CAVANAUGH. TAKE OUT THE TRASH COMMITTEE OF CAPE CORAL FIRST I WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. MR. STINKY MENTIONED PUTTING ON WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FENCING. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT ANCHOR FENCING AND HE SAID PUT SLATS IN IT. I ALMOST SAID SOMETHING BUT I WAS I WANTED TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE IT'S YOU CAN'T HAVE ANCHOR FRIENDS WITH SLATS IN IT BECAUSE OF THE WIND. SO THERE'S THAT WE'RE BACK TO THE FLAG FOLKS. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT FLAG TRUST FUND IS, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED. WE HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN THE $420,000 ISN'T SUFFICIENT? WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? >> I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AFTER THE GOLF CLUB MEETING LAST WEEK AND THE HOUR WE HAD A DISAGREEMENT ON WHO COULD APPLY FOR THE 7460 DASH ONE FAA FORM HE INSISTS FLAG SYSTEMS WHICH NOBODY'S HEARD OF THERE'S IT'S NOT IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTATION ANYWHERE I CALL THE FAA HE CITED THIS THING IS VALID. I SAY NO, IT HAS TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO GOT THE THE AWARD ANYWAY THE PEOPLE ON PINE ISLAND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO APPLY FOR THIS THING. OKAY. IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD BUT YOU KNOW, RULES ARE RULES. YOU FOLLOW THE RULES. I DON'T MAKE THE RULES THAT APPARENTLY HE DOESN'T FOLLOW THEM. BUT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT ALSO IN TALKING TO THEM BECAUSE I EXPLAINED THE WHOLE SITUATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SIGN THIS AND THEY SAID NO, THE CONTRACTOR WHO PUTS IT UP IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO APPLY FOR IT NOW DID THEY DID OUR CITY MANAGER GET THE PERMIT THROUGH THE STATE LIKE HE'S SUPPOSED TO UNDER TITLE 25, CHAPTER 333 SECTION 025 AVIATION THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FAA THING IF YOU TRY TO PUT IT UP WITHOUT THE STATE APPROVAL I HAVE A NUMBER TO CALL. THANK YOU, JOE. ANGRY SARNO HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS JOANNE ROSADO AND I'M A CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCIL AND PROBABLY A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM THE NEW TROPICANA PARK. BEAUTIFUL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENJOYING IT AND I THINK THIS IS I CAN'T NAME ANYBODY BY NAME. I THANK YOU FOR THE IMPASSIONED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC PARK BEING CONSTRUCTED. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY WILL ENJOY IT. >> OH I LONGTIME POLITICAL ENTHUSIAST OUT OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE FIRST COMMENT I GOT WHEN I ANNOUNCED WAS OH NO, HE'S FROM BOSTON. THAT'S THE END OF THAT. HE DOESN'T HAVE MY VOTE. THAT WAS ONE THING AND OTHER THINGS THEY SAID WE DON'T NEED A GUY FROM THE HOME DEPOT, YOU KNOW THAT WAS ALSO A NEGATIVE UNFORTUNATELY AND I'M A SIX YEAR RESIDENT OF CAPE CORAL. I THINK ONE QUICK THING BEFORE I GET TO THE BUY TOPIC ABOUT INTERNET LAW. I MANAGE THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT FOR A $2 BILLION COMPANY FOR SEVEN YEARS. THE HERB CHAMBERS COMPANY OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS AND WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER I WAS ALSO A DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER FOR A LARGE COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZED IN THE DATA THAT BROUGHT CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE FOR THE FBI, SECRET SERVICE AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO MY PART TIME JOB IN THE TILE DEPARTMENT IS QUITE A DEPARTURE FROM MY CORPORATE EXPERIENCE. >> THE ON THE INTERNET LAW SIDE JUST GOT TO BRING YOU BACK REAL QUICK TO MY MY INTERNET EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGING GOOGLE AND GOOGLE SEARCH AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF THE CONTROVERT OF WHAT'S PUBLIC PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS FAR AS THE LOGO IS CONCERNED THE LOGO CONTROVERSY AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC ACCESS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. WE WERE THE NUMBER ONE SEARCH AND I CAN SEE MY TIME RUNNING OUT FOR THE 2004 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WORLDWIDE AND I BUILT THAT WEBSITE AND THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CAME AFTER ME FOR CALLING IT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WEBSITE. WE IMMEDIATELY I'M GOING TO SPEED IT UP WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHO AT THAT TIME IN 2004 WAS WRITING THE INTERNET LAW FOR SUCH A THING OF USING THE NAME DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION . WHAT CAME OUT OF TALKING TO TERRY MCAULIFFE A HUGE NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WAS THAT THEY WANTED THE MY FONT MY DISCLAIM WERE TO BE THE LARGEST FONT ON MY WEBSITE. I SAID TO THEM DID YOU EVER SEE THE DISCLAIMER ON A PACK OF WINSTONS? YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN EIGHT POINT FONT AND THAT'S WHERE MY DISCLAIMER WAS AND THAT'S WHERE IT AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS MY TIME RUNS OUT. PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON FIGHTING THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO A PUBLIC LOGO. THANK YOU IN PUBLIC INFORMATION IT'S A WASTE OF TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW ME PERSONALLY EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. >> YOU MADE A SHOW OF MY LIFE TODAY AND I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH OF ALL YOUR NONSENSE THAT I COULD PERSONALLY TAKE AS A HUMAN BEING. THAT YOUNG LADY THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MARCH, SHE STILL HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND SHE WAS TAKEN BY THE CAPE CORPS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I DID MAKE CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY ELSE AWARE OF THAT SCENARIO. YOUR CHILD IS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS MY LIFE HAS BEEN VERY INCONSISTENT OF WHAT YOU SHOULD TREAT A CITIZEN LIKE THE ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE IN MY HOME THE SHOWS OF MY LIFE THAT YOU PEOPLE PUT OUT. I MEAN YOU CAN LOOK AT ME MAYOR . I'M OVER HERE, TOUGH GUY. I'LL POINT YOU OUT. >> I'LL POINT ALL OF YOU OUT. YOU'RE A BUNCH OF THIEVES. >> THEIR POINT OF ORDER POINT. OUT OF ORDER, MAYOR ORDER THAT YOU CAN TREAT ME HOWEVER Y'ALL SEE FIT YOU CAN SEND THE COPS INTO MY HOME AND DISRESPECT MY HOME. BUT FOR SOME REASON I GOT A PROFANITY COME OUT OF MY MOUTH . IT HURT YOUR FEELINGS. BUT WHY DID THIS LAWSUIT COMES FIRST? SO I'M GETTING YOUR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF AS AS MUCH AS I CAN POSSIBLY TAKE INCLUDING THE CITY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT GETTING YOUR ENTIRE JURY SO THAT WOULD BE PROVEN UP OVER FIST ESPECIALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN GOOD FOR GO OUT AND VOTE FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU BY EVERY QUORUM. SO HAVE I GOT TO SAY YOU WHEN I GOT A VARIANCE REQUEST GO I WENT THROUGH ALL THE LITTLE POWER OF THE YOU'RE GOING TO TURN NO NOWHERE YOU SERVE THE CITY ATTORNEY YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. YOU ALLOWED THIS NONSENSE TO CARRY ON WAY TOO LONG AND ANYBODY CAN TELL ME THAT I NEED TO RESPECT YOU BUT I WILL TELL YOU NOW EITHER RESPECT ME FIRST OR MAYOR YOU'RE STILL NUMBER ONE. >> OKAY? OKAY. NO YOU WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? PLEASE ESCORT HIM OUT. I'M DONE. >> WELL, I TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WHY THEY DO THAT? YOU IT WAS MISS . OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. PLEASE REMEMBER THE DECORUM POLICY AND THE AND THE RULES THAT APPLY AGAIN SPEAKERS SHALL ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER OR TO ANY SPECIFIC CITY STAFF MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO THOSE POLICIES AND THOSE RULES THAT WERE DEFINED AND APPROVED BY A RESOLUTION BY CITY COUNCIL. >> MADAM CITY CLERK GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. JENNIFER ALVAREZ WADA SANDRA WESTIN AND JULIA ATARI. >> OKAY. JENNIFER ALVAREZ WADA NORTHWEST CAPE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE FROM THE LAST MEETING ESPECIALLY FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER. >> MR. KERRY SAID THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING. >> REALLY? REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR EGO WOULD LOVE THAT. SO THAT IS A LIE. MA'AM, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS US AS A WHOLE, NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL. WHETHER THAT'S DISTRICT THREE OR NAMES OR WHOMEVER MAY BE. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN I'LL ADDRESS YOU AS A WHOLE. >> BUT THAT'S MY FIRST CONCERN. OKAY. >> COMPLETELY. ALSO SOMEONE ELSE HAD MENTIONED IN REGARDS ABOUT THE CITIZENS WOULD WE NEED TO TAKE SOME NOTES FROM THE YOUNG KIDS THAT WERE HERE. AND AGAIN THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THAT WE WERE CALLING NAMES . OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S ANOTHER LIFE. OKAY. WE DON'T COME IN HERE AND CALL ANYBODY NAMES BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD THE GUY WITH THE GRAVEL WOULD KICK US OUT. YEAH. YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME. OKAY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER LINE. WE DO NOT CALL YOU GUYS NAMES. >> WE MAY NOT BE RESPECTFUL BUT IN ORDER TO THAT YOU NEED TO EARN OUR RESPECT BECAUSE THAT WAS MENTIONED TOO FROM THE COUNCIL THE HEAD OF THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY ABOUT EARNING RESPECT FROM THESE LITTLE KIDS THAT CAME HERE. >> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID I WAS TOTALLY NAIVE. I HAD NO INTEREST IN POLITICS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL I STARTED PAYING BILLS. OKAY. SO THESE KIDS UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NAIVE. I'M SORRY KIDS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS AS MY KIDS DON'T AND THEY'RE TEENAGERS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WITH THE WITH THE GREED THAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR COUNCIL. >> OKAY. LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROWING CLUB. I MEAN I APPRECIATE THE ROWING CLUB AND I YOU KNOW, I'M HARD OF HEARING AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU PUT A CLOSED CAPTION ON THESE TVS UP HERE TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEARING IMPAIRED. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT I DON'T I'M NOT I'M I LOVE THE ROWING CLUB BUT THE NORTHWEST RIDER DOES NOT NEED IT. OKAY. THE NORTHWEST SPREADER IS ALREADY OVERRUN BY BOATS. SKI SKEETERS KAYAK SHARKS. AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE ROWING CLUB THERE. OKAY. NOW YOU GOT THE SOUTHERN ISLAND PROJECT THERE WITH THE MARINA AND ALL THIS STUFF. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING OF? SERIOUSLY, THEY NEED TO BELONG TO CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. THAT'S WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. OKAY. IT'S NOT VERY CROWDED. I'VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES. >> IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE. IT'S ACTUALLY I MEAN, IT'S AN OAK PARK. >> THE FACT THAT IT WAS BUILT ON A LAKE I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ALLIGATORS WHICH BY THE WAY, MR. SIM, YOU MAY WANT TO PUT SIGNS UP THERE TO SAY BEWARE OF WILDLIFE. >> THERE'S NO SIGNS THAT THERE'S ALLIGATORS IN THAT LAKE. >> YOU GUYS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT A LAWSUIT. >> SOMEONE GETS BITTEN. OKAY. SO ALSO THERE'S A PIECE OF WOOD THAT WAS IN THE NORTH WATER NORTH NORTHWEST RED. OKAY. AND NOW IT'S GONE. IT WAS LIKE A BOOGIE. IT WAS BY THE PIER. >> IT WAS BY AND I DON'T WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. SANDRA WEST IN SOUTHWEST CAPE. >> I LIKE TO TAKE YOU ALL BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING WHEN A BUNCH OF YOUNG KIDS CAME FORWARD AND THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THEY BRING VISIBILITY TO OUR CITY. YEAH, WE LIVE THAT AND WE HAVE BEEN SO THIS PAST WEEKEND WE TOOK 19 KIDS. ONLY 19 KIDS WERE AVAILABLE TO RACE. WE TOOK THEM TO OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE ENTERED TEN EVENTS AND THE BIG GOAL IS TO GET TO AN A FINAL SO YOU CAN BE IN THE TOP 8 OR 9 IN THE STATE AND FIVE OF OUR TEN RACE ENTRIES DID GO TO THE FINAL THREE OF THOSE FIVE BOATS WERE FRESHMAN ACTUALLY FRESHMAN AND EIGHTH GRADERS. SO I'LL SPEAK TO YOU AS A BODY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE BY SUGGESTING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT VIABLE THAT WE CAN'T MAKE HAPPEN IS YOU'VE TRUNCATED THE FUTURES OF THOSE KIDS. THEIR FUTURES ARE TRUNCATED. WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT A LIQUIDATION SITUATION AND APPARENTLY SINCE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE WITH MY LESSOR MAYBE THAT HAPPENS AND A FEW MONTHS MAYBE IT'S OVER IN A FEW MONTHS. SO HERE'S THE THING THAT SADDENS ME GREATLY. MY KIDS ARE NOT NAIVE. THEY'RE INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT AND THEY'RE VERY ASTUTE AND THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE TODAY AND IT SADDENS ME TO WORK WITH THEM AND TEACH THEM ABOUT INTEGRITY AND HONOR AND THEN BRING THEM INTO THIS INTO THIS ROOM SO THAT THEY CAN SEE PROMISES BROKEN AND THEY CAN SEE DREAMS SHATTERED AND THEY CAN SEE IT ALL AT THE HANDS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL. IT'S EXTREMELY SAD. I DO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE. YEAH, I'M REALLY AT A LOSS. I HATE FOR THESE KIDS TO SEE THIS. I HATE FOR THEM TO BE FACED WITH NO FUTURE. I HATE THAT I'M IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A $500,000 RESOURCE IN A PUBLIC PARK BY THE WAY. WE'RE ALSO RESIDENTS AND WE'RE ALSO TAXPAYERS. APPARENTLY WE'RE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE LOBBYISTS BUT WE ARE ALSO TAXPAYERS AND WE ARE ALSO RESIDENTS AND WE ALSO DID PAY FOR THAT DOCK AND MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS AND IT'S A SAD DAY. IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN MY KIDS HAVE TO WITNESS THIS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY SEE THEIR FUTURE GONE. >> THANK YOU. JULIA ATTARI AND JENNY BUNCH OF COOPERS. >> EXCUSE ME MISS ATTARI, YOU COMING UP FIRST? >> OKAY. YOU'RE WRONG. THINK. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JENNY BUNCH. I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THIS AGAIN. LIKE WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING? I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE NORTHWEST CAPE WITH WATERFRONT GOLF ACCESS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE ROWING CLUB TO REMAIN AT TROPICANA PARK AS IT'S BEEN DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. I'M VERY I'M A VERY DISAPPOINTED MEMBER OF THE NORTHWEST CAPE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NWA IS A WELL-ORGANIZED GROUP WHO IS A WHO IS ON A POLITICAL MISSION TO FORCE THE CAPE COD ROWING CLUB OUT OF TROPICANA PARK IN THE NAME OF SAFETY AND ESTHETICS. IN ACTUALITY THEY WANT FASTER MOVEMENT TO OPEN WATER WITHOUT ANY INCONVENIENCE. >> AS FAR AS THE 1500 PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST CAPE WHICH I'M NOT BUYING ALL 1500 THERE THEY'RE BEING DECEIVED. OH HOW UNSAFE WHATEVER. THERE'S NOT ONE INSTANCE OF ON SAFETY REGARDING THIS CLUB IN YEARS. IN YEARS. IT'S CALLED SHARING THE WATERWAY. YOU DON'T OWN IT ANY MORE THAN WE DO. THESE ARE KIDS. KIDS DOLPHIN ENDS AND MANATEES CAN'T SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SLOW DOWN. IF THAT'S THAT HARD FOR YOU. SO 1500 PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN A CITY THAT HAS 250,000 PEOPLE IN IT. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1500 VERSUS 250,000. DO THE MATH. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE TAXPAYERS. >> JUST COULD YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST CAPE? DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE PAYING FOR THAT PARK. EVERYBODY'S PAYING FOR THAT PARK AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PARK, NOT JUST THE FEW THAT DON'T WANT TO BE INCONVENIENCED WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THE COUNCIL ONE IS ONE SPECIFIC CIVICALLY SAID OH WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO THIS THE SEVEN ISLANDS IS GOING TO EXTEND THE LEASE FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO PREPARE CRYSTAL LAKE FOR THIS CLUB. WELL GUESS WHAT? >> I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GO PREPARED. YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR NOSE IN THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL TRYING TO GET A PERMIT TO DO ANYTHING IN THREE MONTHS. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE AND YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S SEE IT. YOU SAY YOU CAN DO IT. DO IT. YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT? DO IT. PREPARE CRYSTAL LAKE FOR THIS CLUB TO GET DOWN TO THE WATERWAY WHICH IS WHAT TROPICANA PARK WAS DESIGNED FOR. >> PREPARE IT. AND THEN IN THREE MONTHS WHEN THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK UP HERE IN REVOLT AND SEE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO DOES ANYTHING WITH THIS CITY KNOWS IN THREE MONTHS NOTHING HAPPENS. >> BUT LET'S SEE. YOU SAY THREE MONTHS THEY'RE GOING TO EXTEND THIS LEASE FOR THREE MONTHS. >> LET'S SEE YOU PREPARE THAT PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO IT NOW. THAT'S ME. JULIET TORREY. TAKE OUT THE TRASH CAPE CORAL. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU. WELL, WE TOUCHED ON THE FLAGPOLE. I'M GOING TO GO ABOUT THAT AGAIN. I ASKED FOR THE FINANCE THING WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING BUT ALSO THE PROPER PROCEDURE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT BECAME. WHEN DID THIS BECOME A CITY PROJECT? THEY HAD A BOOTH BIKE NIGHT WITH CITY WORKERS THERE CITY LOCAL WHO GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO USE THE CITY LOGO BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IF HE FILLED OUT A FORM FOR THAT. THIS IS A PRIVATE ENTITY. SO I WAS CURIOUS IF WE GOT A FORM FOR THE CITY LOGO BECAUSE WE GET IN TROUBLE. MAYBE HE SHOULD GET IN TROUBLE. >> BUT SERIOUSLY, THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS RIDICULOUS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT. YOU DIDN'T BRING THIS TO THE PEOPLE. THIS IS IS A CITY PROPERTY. DID WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS? >> ANYBODY COME? NO. DID WE HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THIS? >> ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE ARE YOU DOING? WHATEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE THE GENIUS OVER THERE WANTS A FLAGPOLE AND I GET IT. ALSO THE ROWING CLUB. YEAH, I DON'T YOU CAN'T LEAVE THESE KIDS ALONE EITHER. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WANTS THE VOTES AT THE NORTHWEST TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS GOING TO HELP THEM GET THAT BREAKTHROUGH EVEN THOUGH IT'S DEEDED LAND AND IT CAN'T BE BROKE THROUGH. BUT MAYBE YOU'LL GET A VOTE OUT OF THAT ONE ROOM THAT LIE. THAT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU. NO, YOU CAN'T DO IT. LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE FOR GOD SAKES. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO. HOW ABOUT THEY GO TO THE YACHT CLUB? OH, WE DON'T HAVE ONE. A BEACH. WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE EITHER. WHERE CAN THEY GO? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO FROM IN THE OCEAN? IT'S CRAZY. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THIS AWFULLY HORRIBLE PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. I MEAN THANK GOD MY KIDS ARE GROWN BUT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IT AWFUL. AND FOR WHAT? FOR ONE GENIUS TO SAY WE'LL MOVE A DOCK AND GET YOU DOCK. YEAH. MOVE THE DOCK UP. SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YOU? I MEAN, YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN DO YOUR HOMEWORK ANYMORE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS I DID GET AN APPOINTMENT AND WE WILL HOPE TO GOD WHAT IT WILL COME DOWN FOR PROPER PRIVACY LEDGER THAT NONE OF USE OF FILE A WEIGHING . AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME THESE KIDS HAVE TO ROW YOU'LL BE IN YOUR ORANGE JUMPSUIT. THANK YOU. >> GOODBYE. JEFF BUNCH, NOLAN BARLOW AND HENRY MCMANUS. MY NAME IS HENRY MCMANUS AND WITH CAPE COD ROWING CLUB. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THE ISSUE OF HIDING ARE BOAT EQUIPMENT SEEMS PETTY AND SILLY QUITE FRANKLY, AS WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED. THERE IS EQUIPMENT AND PLENTY OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT VERY PLEASING TO LOOK AT ALL OVER THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL. >> I THINK SOME BOATS IN A PARK AREN'T THAT BIG OF A DEAL. I'M AGAIN THE CRYSTAL LAKE PARK IS JUST OBVIOUSLY LESS SAFE. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR AND OBVIOUS THE SAFETY ISSUE IS TOTALLY FABRICATED. THAT'S NOT REAL. TROPICANA PARK IS THE SAFER PARK. CRYSTAL LAKE IS WHOLLY UNSAFE. I DON'T THINK THAT SAFETY OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ARE THE TRUE MOTIVES FOR WHY WE'RE NOT HERE. I THINK IT'S CORRUPTION AND LOBBY ISM AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THE IDEA OF US GOING TO CRYSTAL LAKE PARK IS A FANTASY. WE MIGHT AS WELL GO TO ATLANTIS. WE CAN'T GO THERE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT'S NOT SAFE. IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL. IT WILL NOT WORK FOR US. YOU HAVE DESTROYED OUR CLUB. THANK YOU. >> NO AIR FORCE, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOLAN BARLOW. I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE HARDENED YOUR HEARTS IN RESPONSE TO OUR PLEAS. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THE PUBLIC PARK IS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC BUT US THAT AND THE OVER HALF $1 MILLION DOCK RENOVATIONS WILL BE COVERED BY SOME ANONYMOUS PEOPLE. AND ONCE WE MOVE TO CRYSTAL LAKE I HOPE THE ALLIGATOR IS ABLE TO ROW JUST AS WELL AS I AM WHEN I GET EATEN. >> I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY COACH AFTER OUR LAST MEETING AND ON BREAK. TO PREFACE THIS QUOTE SANDRA IS SOMEBODY WHO I ADMIRE LOOK UP TO. SHE HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART OF MY DEVELOPMENT BUILDING DISCIPLINE AND THE CHARACTER AND WHO I AM AS A PERSON. SO IMAGINE MY SHOCK WHEN I ASK ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE MOVE TO CRYSTAL LAKE AND THERE'S NO PLAN. WE HAVE TO DISSOLVE BANKRUPT, LIQUEFY OUR ASSETS BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE THERE. HOW CAN THE PERSON I LOOK UP TO ME MOST TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING THE ENTIRE CREW AND EVERYTHING WE'VE WORKED FOR IS GOING TO BE DISSOLVED. ALL THE PRACTICE AND FUND RAISING. I PRIDE MYSELF IN BEING PART OF A TEAM. WHO CARES? FRANKLY, IT CRUSHED ME. I'M HERE TODAY AS TO NOT ALLOW OUR PASSION TO BE PUT OUT TO NOT ALLOW OUR EFFORTS TO BE IN VAIN, TO NOT ALLOW OUR DREAMS TO BE CRUSHED. I WANT TO LEAVE THIS MEAN AS A TEAM WITH HOPES AND PROSPECTS FOR A SEASON AHEAD OF US. BUT IT'S OVER NOW. I HOPE THAT ALL OF MY DREAMS OF BECOMING A LEADER ON THE TEAM WORKING TO BECOME A ROWER WHO CAN COMPETE ON THE STATE LEVEL AND HAVING TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN WORKING A JOB IN ROWING JUST TO WORK TOWARDS A SCHOLARSHIP. WELL, LOOKS LIKE I'M OUT OF LUCK NOW. NOTICE OUR HOPES AND DREAMS ALL OF OURS. AND LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT US IN THE EYES AS A GROUP. TEARING UP AFTER YOU TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING FROM THEM. CAN YOU DENY THEIR DREAMS ONE BY ONE? EYE TO EYE. CAN YOU? OF COURSE YOU CAN'T. NO ONE CAN DO THAT. BUT I SUPPOSE I COULD BE SURPRISED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELORS. >> JEFF BUNCH. SOPHIA MAGNUS AND DANIELLE FITZSIMMONS. WE'LL HAVE JEFF PUNCH, A RESIDENT OF CAPE CORAL SINCE 1985. >> SO I'M GOING TO CALL THIS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. YOU GOT A YOU GOT AN ELECTION TO WIN. NO, YOU YEAH, YOU SURE DO. AND THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST CAPE, THEY CAN'T BE SLOWED DOWN GETTING OUT TO THE WATER. THEY GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. DON'T THEY? LONG WAY TO GO. AND IT COMES DOWN TO THEY DON'T WANT TO GO SLOW AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MAN BECAUSE YOU GOT AN ELECTED ELECTION TO WIN. AND IF YOU DON'T WIN THIS ELECTION YOU'RE PROBABLY DONE. SO YEAH, I GOT TO GO RIGHT UP HERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN HERE AGAIN OVER SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS DOING. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> BUT HERE I AM AGAIN HERE GOING TO TAKE AND GET RID OF A CLUB BECAUSE THIS CLUB CAN'T OPERATE OUT OF OUT OF THE OTHER SPOT. THEY CAN'T IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT. AND THEY MAY HAVE TO RELOCATE WHICH PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR YOUR REELECTION IF THAT HAD TO HAPPEN. BUT THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE THINKING. I MEAN YOU'RE BACK AND YOU'RE BACK AND FORTH 1500 PEOPLE COMPARED TO 42W, 1500 PEOPLE COMPARED TO 251,000. IT'S A LOT LESS. IT'S A LOT LESS. THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THIS ISN'T A NORTH WEST ISSUE. THIS SHOULDN'T BE IN NORTHWEST ISSUE. BUT YOU TURNED IT INTO A NORTHWEST ISSUE BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPLAINING BECAUSE DOLPHINS AND MANATEES DON'T CALL THE POLICE ON SPEEDING BOATS. OKAY. IF THE NORTHWEST WAS OPEN OUT THERE TO THE CANAL TO THE TO THE RIVER, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE . SO I MEAN I HOPE YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT, YOU GET REELECTED, EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FINE BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. YOU REMEMBER WHEN I CALLED YOU A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO? NO, I BET YOU DON'T. THAT'S OKAY. I TOOK CARE OF. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SOPHIA MAYERS AND I'VE BEEN A ROWER FOR FOUR YEARS. A TEAM CAPTAIN FOR THREE. AND I'M RECRUITED TO ROW AT THE DIVISION ONE LEVEL FOR AMITY. AND SO I KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT ROWING TRAINING AT DIFFERENT ROWING VENUES. WHAT'S FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF YOU AREN'T LISTENING OR EVEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROWING CLUB AND THINK YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR SITUATION THAN WE DO. IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF YOUR EVOLVING POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPERS OVER YOUTH SPORTS. AS A NOVICE EIGHTH GRADE ROWER I WROTE IN THE MIDDLE OF VANCOUVER, CANADA LITERALLY IN THE HEART OF COAL HARBOR THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BOATS DOCK TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE ROWING CLUB AND A PADDLE FERRY THAT GOES THROUGH THE AREA. I FIND IT HARD TO LISTEN WHEN YOU CITE FUTURE GROWTH OF CAPE CORAL AS A SAFETY HAZARD TO US. I MEAN WE'LL NORTHWEST CAPE EVER BE AS POPULATED A CENTRAL VANCOUVER OR AS DEVELOPED WITH PROPER COACHING AND WATER SAFETY TRAINING WHICH WE HAVE IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR A PROBLEM. THE REAL CASE WILL NOT ONLY BE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE OF THE SHORE AT CRYSTAL LAKE BUT THERE'S ALSO SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH STRAIGHT WATER TO EFFECTIVELY TRAIN THE LONGEST STRETCH OF WATER NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE IS 1400 METERS. OUR SHORTEST RACE IS 1500. WITH THE MORE COMPETITIVE ONES BEING 2000, EVEN IF THE CLUB SURVIVES PHYSICALLY OUR MOMENTUM AS A COMPETITIVE TEAM THAT COMPETE AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND SEND ATHLETES TO DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS WILL EFFECTIVELY BE SLOWED AND MAYBE HALTED. ROWING WAS A BLESSING IN MY LIFE AND GAVE ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OTHERWISE SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO ATTEND MY TEAM. IT REALLY BROKE MY HEART THE OTHER DAY WHEN I HAD SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FRESHMAN ROWERS ASK ME ABOUT COLLEGE RECRUITING HOW TO EAT AND HOW TO TRAIN BECAUSE I KNOW NOW THAT THEY WERE JUST GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A LOVE FOR ROWING AND IT GOT TAKEN AWAY BY THE CITY COUNCIL. OUR WHOLE CLUB REPRESENTS CAPE CORAL AT EVERY REGATTA WE ATTEND AND IT'S SADDENING TO SEE OUR CLUB TREATED THIS WAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DANIEL FITZSIMMONS DISTRICT SIX. >> TODAY SOME OF YOU ALLOWED ONE GROUP TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION TO NOT ALLOW A ROWING CLUB IN TROPICANA PARK. >> YOU MENTIONED THE ONE THOUSAND PLUS MEMBERS OF THE NORTHWEST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. >> YOU FAILED TO MENTION THE OVER 1100 CITIZENS THAT SIGNED A PETITION IN FAVOR OF OUR ROWING CLUB. >> I WONDER WHY THAT WAS LEFT OUT THAT ONE GROUP WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARK ITSELF BUT THEIR INCONVENIENCE IN A SHARED PUBLIC WATERWAYS. >> THEY CHANGED THEIR NARRATIVE FROM APPEARANCE WHICH DIDN'T GET TRACTION TO SAFETY IN A LAST DITCH EFFORT. IN THE FINAL HOUR I HOPE YOU ALSO DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DOCK THAT YOU SAY WILL BE INSTALLED AT NO COST DOES NOT HAVE A VIABLE PATH TO WATER. AFTER SIX YEARS FOR RESEARCH TO BE DONE THIS MORNING IS REPREHENSIBLE AND BASS A VOTE OFF OF THAT WAS LAUGHABLE TO OUR YOUTH ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE 18. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHO IS ABLE TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYES WHO ARE SCROLLING THEIR PHONES AND WHO DIDN'T LOOK UP BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GIVE VALID REASONS TODAY. FINALLY IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU REMIND ONE GROUP NOT TO CLAP PLEASE THAT MAKE SURE THAT CARRIES THROUGH TO ALL GROUPS EVEN THE ONES WHOSE CAUSES YOU SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, KAREN. NICE PAUL CUMMINS AND BRUCE GERDA. GOOD. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KAREN NICE. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CAPE CORAL SINCE 1983. I HAD NO INTENTION OF SPEAKING TODAY MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU GUYS. THE ROWING CLUB IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS AND ADULTS GET TO BE OUT ON THE WATER. THEY LEARN TO BE PART OF A TEAM AND THEY ARE TRAINED ANY THEY ARE NOTHING. THEY ARE NOT ANY JANE OR JOE RUNNING A KAYAK THAT PROBABLY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING AND YET THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE TROPICANA PARK. A YOUNG FRIEND OF MINE WHO NOW IS IN HIS 40S WAS PART OF THIS ROWING CLUB IN HIGH SCHOOL HE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR ROWING AND WAS ABLE TO GO TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND BE ON THEIR ROWING TEAM FOR FOUR YEARS. THESE KIDS LEARN DISCIPLINE AND TOOLS THAT THEY WILL TAKE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE AND THERE'S BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING AS BEEN STATED BY SOME OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE WITH THEM OR ANY ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING YOU THIS PARK TROPICANA PARK WAS PROMISED TO THEM FOR YEARS THEY HAD PLANNED ON MOVING THERE EVERYTHING IS SET UP AND NOW YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR MIND YOU KNOW MAKES IT INTERESTING WHEN I WORKED FOR JAYCEE PARK WE HAD OVER 8000 REGISTERED VOTERS SIGN A PETITION AGAINST THAT PARK. WE HAD OVER 7000 FORMS SIGNED BY PEOPLE THAT WERE TAXPAYERS BUT NOT REGISTERED VOTERS. THAT'S 15 OVER 15,000 PEOPLE. BUT WE WERE TOLD WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE TO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND YET YOUR TAKING THE VOICE OF 1500 PEOPLE. THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME IT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REVISITED THE COMMUNITY REFRIGERATOR I FEEL YOU SHOULD SIT BACK THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK AT THESE YOUTH WE'RE DENYING A WHOLE POPULATION OF KIDS THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO ROW BECAUSE OF THE DECISION TONIGHT AND WE NEED TO TAKE THAT RESOLUTION, RETHINK IT AND REVOTE ON IT. >> AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ME. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M PAUL CUMMINS, RESIDENT OF CAPE CORAL 35 YEARS. >> BEEN WORKING WITH THE ROWING TEAM ROWING CLUB FOR THREE YEARS. MY SON ROWED FOR THEM. HE NO LONGER DOES BUT THEY'VE ACCEPTED ME AND I'M AN ADJUNCT COACH FOR THEM. I AM BOTH HEARTENED AND DISHEARTENED AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE COUNCIL. I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THE PART OF THE COUNCIL THAT SAW THE TRUTH, THAT SAW THE REALITY. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR SIX YEARS AND IT COMES DOWN TO THE LAST MAYBE MONTH BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER THE SAFETY IT IT IT OPENLY MAKES NO SENSE. BUT AGAIN THANK YOU TO HALF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE A44 IS IS RIGHT I LOVE THOSE KIDS. I LOVE THIS TEAM. THEY ARE GOING TO BE FINAL AND ALL WHETHER WHETHER THIS TEAM CONTINUES PAST TODAY OR NOT AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF THAT IS THIS WHAT HAPPENED HERE THERE'S LESSONS TO BE LEARNED WHEN THINGS DO NOT GO YOUR WAY RIGHT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRUCE GOWDY, RESIDENT FATHER OF A RAW BOARD MEMBER. MY SON EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO A DIVISION ONE ROWING PROGRAM. AS A RESULT OF THE CAPE CORAL ROWING CLUB HE PARTICIPATED IN SOME OTHER SPORTS BASKETBALL LACROSSE AND SWIMMING. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THOSE ARE SUPER HYPER COMPETITIVE SPORTS . I'M NOT SURE AS AS TALENT OF A GUY AS HE IS HE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO COLLEGE FOR LACROSSE, YOU KNOW OR ANYWAY SO WE GOT ONE FOR ROWING WHICH IS GREAT FOR US. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. I EMAILED EACH OF YOU TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH ABOUT THIS IN OFFERING SUPPORT FOR THE REASONS FAVORABLE TO THE DECISION FOR TROPICANA PORT PARK AND OFFERING REASONS WHY THE OBJECTIONS JUST DON'T HOLD WATER. THERE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE OBJECTIONS THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT. THERE'S A LOT OF TALKING POINTS BUT NONE OF THEM ARE REALLY VALID. ALL THE REASONS TO BE THERE ARE VALID AND THE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT STOOD IN SUPPORT OF IT ARE TELLING THE TRUTH. ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE TALKING DOUBLE TALK FRANKLY IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW SAFETY COULD BE PUT FORTH AS AN OBJECTION WHEN THERE'S A DEMONSTRATED TRACK RECORD OF ABSOLUTE SAFETY. IT'S ALSO HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SAFETY OF ROWERS COULD BE OF CONCERN. BUT THE SAFETY OF KAYAK OR PADDLEBOARD PUSHERS OR SAILBOATS ALL ANTICIPATED USES ARE NOT ARE NOT AN ISSUE. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ANYONE AND THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T SEE THAT NOT BEING SENSIBLE IF THE RATIONALE OFFERED THAT WE NEED TO PLAN ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE PROBLEMS IS THE REASON WE COULDN'T DO THIS, I DON'T SEE HOW THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING BECAUSE ANYONE COULD RAISE AN OBJECTION ABOUT A POTENTIAL FUTURE PROBLEM. THE NEXT THING IS JUST MIND BOGGLING IS HOW AFTER SIX YEARS OF WORK AT THE LAST MINUTE A PROPOSAL IS PUT FORWARD THAT IS VAGUE. IT IT'S HEARSAY. IT LACKS ANY TYPE OF DECISION MAKING WHEN WE HAVE A CONCRETE POLICY THAT'S BEEN THAT IS BEEN NEGOTIATED SO MY TIME IS ALMOST UP. I DIDN'T DO AS WELL AS I'D HOPED TO BUT I WILL SAY THIS I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS A CHANCE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE OF THIS BUT IF THEY DON'T THE FUTURE OF THE ROWING CLUB AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS OVER. JIM JESS SKI AND CAROLYN JONES GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN MY NAME IS JAMES CHESKY. I REPRESENT THE SOUTHWEST CAPE GIRL ACTION COMMITTEE. OUR COMMITTEE HAS SUBMITTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL ON THE SUBJECT AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT MET WITH WE HAVE SAID THAT BACK UP MATERIAL WHEN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FOUR CORNERS WAS CHANGED FROM COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL TO COMMERCIAL ZONING WE LOOK FORWARD TO A COMMERCIAL TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WE'RE IN NEED OF THAT WOULD FIT INTO A MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. TO OUR SURPRISE AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ENDED UP WITH A GAS STATION ABUTTING UP TO SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. CAPE CORAL IS NOT SHORT OF GAS STATIONS. WE HAVE TWO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCLE K AND ONE MILE 7-ELEVEN WITHIN TWO MILES CAPE GIRLS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE FOUR ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT INCLUDE BUT DOESN'T ALLOW THEIR VEHICLE OR THAT FILLING STATIONS IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT GAS STATIONS CAN BE PERMITTED AND NONRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS UNDER HIERARCHY. SEE YOU CONDITIONAL USE THAT HIGHER CHARACTER HAS SEVEN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE MET BEFORE PERMITTING A GAS STATION FOR EXAMPLE IT MUST BE LOCATED IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. ONE BUILDING IS NOT A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND IT MUST HAVE A BUFFER ZONE WHERE BUDDING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES RIGHT UP NEXT TO A GAS STATION THERE IS NO BUFFER. OUR SUGGESTION IS TO ADD ONE LINE TO HIERARCHY CONDITIONAL YOU SEE YOU CONDITIONAL USE ANYONE ANY OF THESE THREE OPTIONS WILL WORK AT THE INITIAL TIME A PERMITTING CITY COUNCIL MUST BE NOTIFIED AT THE NATIONAL TIME A PERMANENT CITY COUNCIL MUST OVERVIEW OF THE PERMIT. THE THIRD ONE AT THE ADDITIONAL TIME OF PERMITTING CITY COUNCIL MUST APPROVE THE PERMIT. THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE FOR THIS ON THIS FOR COUNCIL IT WILL PREVENT SURPRISES OF THIS TYPE IN THE FUTURE HE COULD WELL INFORM WHAT IS BEING BUILT IN YOUR DISTRICT. MANDATORY CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION ENHANCED CITY COUNCIL'S INSIGHT TO HIGH VISIBILITY PERMIT WILL NOT IMPAIR OR SLOW DOWN FORBIDDING CAPE CORAL RESIDENTS DESIRABLE A PERMIT SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADE THE TIME AND BIRCH TOLD I THINK YOU'RE STILL HERE I DON'T MADAM CITY CLERK I THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL PROBABLY MEET OUR 60 MINUTE DEADLINE YOU I IN BIRCH HOLD TAKE OUT THE TRASH WHILE YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN IT'S A REALLY EXCITING EVENING. I CAME HERE JUST THINKING I'D SIT MYSELF IN THE SEAT AND GO TO MY MEETING. MAN THIS IS TURNED OUT TO BE EXCITING. REALLY EXCITING IN THE WRONG WAY. YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN THE PERSON FOR DISTRICT SEVEN EXPLAINED THE TROPICANA PARK ISSUE AND THE ROWING CLUB WE ALL BROKE INTO APPLAUSE. DIDN'T WE TRY IT AGAIN AND WE EXERCISE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH. I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON ABOUT THAT. >> WE WANTED TO EXERCISE OUR APPRECIATION OF WHAT SHE SAID AND WE DID. WE CLAPPED. WE EXERCISED OUR FREE SPEECH. >> WE COULD HAVE BOOED BUT WE DIDN'T. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AS FAR AS THE AS FAR AS THE ROWING THING NOW THAT WE'VE ALL GOT OUR OARS IN THE WATER, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS 40 40 WHAT SIX KIDS AND 1500 PEOPLE WHO SAID, OH, I DON'T WANT THAT COMPARED TO 220,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE UP THERE WHO WHAT DID THEY SAY? >> I DON'T KNOW NOTHING. AND 11,000 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED A PETITION I DON'T KNOW STATISTICALLY 1500 AND COMPARED TO 11,000 IS LIKE WHAT 6% 10 TO 1. THANK YOU. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE JACKPOT DAYS WHEN WE COLLECTED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PETITIONS AND THE COUNCIL SAID OH THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. I HATE TO TELL YOU ALL BUT DO YOU JUST SEE THE BOAT COMING DOWN THE WATER SO TO SPEAK? >> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL US AND WAS GOING TO LECTURE US AND PREACH TO US ABOUT TRANSFER AND SEE WELL WE ALL GOT IT RIGHT. WE GOT IT TONIGHT SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE KNOW PLEASE TAKE OUT THE TRASH DOES WE KNOW HOW TO FIND OUT INFORMATION. >> SO WHERE TRANSPARENCY IS CONCERNED WE'VE GOT IT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. >> BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY EXCITING NIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THE 60 MINUTES IS EXPIRED ON CITIZENS INPUT SO CITIZENS INPUT IS NOW CLOSED WILL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION COUNCIL GOOD . THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND SPEAKING AGAIN. I STARTED OFF WITH I HAVE NO TIES TO THIS ROWING CLUB WHATSOEVER. I JUST DID MY RESEARCH AND I PAID ATTENTION AND QUITE FRANKLY IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK BACK A FEW MEETINGS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONCRETE WALL I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN I STARTED TO THINK AND I HAD AN EPIPHANY AND AGAIN TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE PUT INTO THE PARK IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THESE TYPES OF BOATS TO BE LAUNCHED INTO. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW YOU CAN'T STORE STUFF THERE WITHOUT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. I WOULD STILL USE THE DOCK. JUST DO IT. JUST USE IT. IT'S PUBLIC. GO FOR IT. THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR COMING AND I'M SO SORRY THAT THIS HAPPENED. I'M UNFORTUNATELY NOT ON THE PREVAILING SIDE SO I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. BUT ONE OF THE FOUR THAT VOTED NOT IN FAVOR OF YOU COULD IF THEY HAVE A HEART. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER LEHMAN FOR COUNCILMEMBER LEHMAN. YES. FIRST OF ALL WITH THE ROWING CLUB THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE ROWING CLUB AND WE'RE NOT TALKING. STOP AND LISTEN TO ME. STOP AND LISTEN TO ME, YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS YOU WANTED YOUR TIME JUST TO BE SPENT. >> NOW THIS IS MY TURN. >> FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU BEING IN CRYSTAL LAKE. YOU ALREADY ROW IN THE NORTH SPREADER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING UP HIGHER IN THE NORTH SPREADER AND AS I SAY, I DIDN'T JUST DO THE RESEARCH THIS MORNING. >> I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I'VE LOOKED AT BOTH SITUATIONS. >> YOU WOULD HAVE JUST AS MUCH OF A LAKE FROM TROPICANA IN THE NORTH SPREADER OUT AS YOU WELL ACTUALLY YOU'LL HAVE LONGER FROM CRYSTAL LAKE THE WATER THE CANAL IS THE NORTH SPREADER IS THE SAME WITH ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE ATTITUDE OF WELL IF WE CAN'T HAVE WHAT WE WANT WELL THEN WE'LL DISBAND THE CLUB. THAT'S A SHAME. AND FOR ANYONE WHO TAKES THAT ATTITUDE YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING WHAT THE WITH THE KIDS WHICH SHOULDN'T BE WE ARE I MEAN WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE ROWING CLUB IS GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO MOVE THE DOCKS OR ANYTHING. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AND CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE ROWING CLUB TO DO THIS UP AT CRYSTAL LAKE TO GET RID OF THE RIPRAP AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO MAKE IT WHAT YOU WANT AND YES THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN DO IT WITHIN 60 TO 90 DAYS. WELL YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS WHAT I FOUND. THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD AND I'VE BEEN TOLD BY A FEW PEOPLE . >> MOTION TO ADJOURN THERE AND YOU KNOW I HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL WE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS GETTING EXCUSE ME . THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THIS IS THE LAST WARNING OR WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. WE WERE RESPECTFUL WHEN YOU SPOKE. WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH WITH YOU ALL. >> YOU CAN'T BE IN CRYSTAL LAKE FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT YOU CAN BE INCREASED LIKE YOU CAN'T BE IT'S A NON MOTORIZED LAKE AND YOU HAVE YOUR SAFETY BOATS WHICH IS WHY THE TOP OF THE NORTH SPREADER DOWN WOULD WORK AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE YOU KNOW TRYING CAN I TELL YOU THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LASKER I'M SO SORRY YOU GUYS AND I AM NEVER LIKE THIS. COUNCILMEMBER LEMON LET'S LET LET'S JUST PROCESS WHAT YOU JUST SAID REMOVING A DOCK BY SOMEONE WHO CONTRACTORS THAT AREN'T EVEN APPROVED BY THE CITY I WOULD NOT TAKE THAT LIABILITY. THAT IS LIABILITY. I'M SORRY. I DON'T MEAN TO GET ANGRY. I'M SORRY. ANYWAY, MY TURN. MY TURN AND SECOND OF ALL, UNLESS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY CARRIED AN EIGHT SEATER BOAT OVER YOUR HEAD FROM A DISTANCE INTO THE WATER YOU WOULD KNOW THAT CRYSTAL LAKE WILL NOT WORK BASED ON WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO STORE IT, PARK THE EQUIPMENT AND MOVE IT . >> COUNCILMEMBER COULD DO ME AND YOU WERE ON. THAT'S WHAT I SAY. IT'S A PUBLIC PARK USE IT IT'LL BE A PAIN IN THE TO MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT BUT DO IT USE THE PARK. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER OR MR. CITY ATTORNEY? UH, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS. JIM GESICKI CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE 7-ELEVEN ISSUE ON THE CORNER AND HAD THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE CRITERIA TO THE GRID SO TO SPEAK HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION OF THAT AT ALL THE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE SO THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? I BELIEVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN WITH DEVELOPMENTS SERVICES STAFF ABOUT THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE CODE SAYS BUT IT WAS PERMITTED IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING PROPERTY SO IT'S BEEN EXPLORED BY STAFF AND THEIR INTERPRETATION OF IT IS THAT THEY'RE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS WHAT PROBABLY 90% OF CAPE CORAL WOULD SAY THEY ARE. BUT WHEN IT IS IT IS AND WAS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS BUILT THERE. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT. THE INTENT IS THEY WANT EYES ON WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE GOING THERE AS YOU ALL KNOW ONCE WE SET THE OUR LAND USE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN OUR ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL REALTORS ARE ABLE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BOUGHT FOR. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ADVANCE NOTICE SO THAT IF THEY OBJECT TO THAT HIGHEST AND BEST USE OR THE USE THAT SOMEONE IS INTENDING AS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. I WOULD SAY ABSENT SENATE BILL 250 THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS ONE EIGHT I'M SORRY 180 WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ZONED EVERYTHING RESIDENTIAL AND THEN HAVE DEVELOPERS COME AND ASK YOU TO MAKE SOMETHING COMMERCIAL BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. THERE'S AN UPROAR SO YOU YOU PUT YOU ALL THROUGH YOUR POLICY DECISION MAKING AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEN ULTIMATELY THROUGH QUASI JUDICIAL YOU ZONE PUT ZONING ON PROPERTY ONCE YOU DO THAT THAT IS TELLING THE MARKET AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRIAL, MULTIFAMILY OR RESIDENTIAL. THANK YOU. >> THANKS. I THINK AN ISSUE THAT THAT STRUCK HOME TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT WAS IN THE BUFFER BUFFERING REQUIREMENT AND TO HAVE A BUFFER REQUIREMENT OR NOT OR THE TYPE OF SIGNAGE THAT GETS APPROVED FOR FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S PUT THAT CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL. AND YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAVE IN OUR CITY A MISHMASH OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ABUTTING ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO PROTECT THIS, THE THE RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WHEN COMMERCIAL DOES COME RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM TO HAVE SOME SOME TYPE OF BUFFERING REQUIREMENT OR OR SOME TYPE OF OF A SIGNAGE CONSIDERATION SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A NEW NORTH STAR ABOVE THEIR HOME I THINK MIGHT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT AND SO I GUESS GETTING BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION IS THERE ANY ANY TALK ABOUT AFFECTING THAT KIND OF THAT GRID, THAT DECISION MAKING GRID ON THAT CONDITIONAL USE AND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONAL TO APPROVE IT FOR THAT? AND IF THERE'S NOT THEN I WOULDN'T MIND TAKING A STAB AT TRYING TO HELP MAYBE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. >> BUT IF WE'RE IF WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN I'M NOT AWARE THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT THAT. AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO YOU IS YOU KNOW, IN IN MY TIME HERE COUNCIL HAS LOOKED AT BUFFERS, VARIATIONS, WALL DISTANCE OF A VEGETATIVE BUFFER MULTIPLE TIMES AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT TYPICALLY A DEVELOPMENT DRIVES THAT CHANGE, RIGHT? SO THERE WAS A I MEAN IF YOU IF YOU JUST THINK OF AROUND THE CITY THERE'S AT YOU KNOW SANTA BARBARA AND GLEASON THERE'S A 7-ELEVEN RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOMES ABUTTING UP TO HOMES IF YOU GO UP INTO THE NORTH CAPE YOU'VE GOT SOME NEW SEVEN ELEVENS THAT ARE RIGHT IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK FOR THIS AREA THEY ARE WERE FURTHER ALONG IN DEVELOPMENT AND BUILD OUT SO GREATER THAN 50% WHEREAS IN THE NORTH YOU'RE ONLY AT 30% DEVELOPMENT AND SO I THINK FOR THEM THEY DID NOT SEE THAT BEING COMMERCIAL BEING NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYWHERE IN THE NORTH CAPE. BUT ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING UP ADJUSTING BUFFERS WALLS, HEIGHTS DISTANCE YOU KNOW ANY ANY TIME SO IF YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THE STANDARD PROCESS YOU CAN YOU HAVE DISCUSSION WITH ME AND WE CAN PLAINLY WHAT'S IN PLACE TODAY AND YOU CAN GO FROM THERE OR YOU CAN JUST ASK FOR A SECOND TONIGHT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD. >> WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO. I'LL SECOND OKAY. >> THANK YOU. AND WE'LL PUT WE'LL PUT TOGETHER SOME BASELINE INFORMATION AND THEN SEND IT TO ALL ABOUT WHAT'S THERE TODAY. >> OKAY THANK YOU. IT'S THAT'S A REMEMBER DANIELLE THANK YOU MAYOR OF BEFORE I GO THREE POINTS WHAT IS THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED MADAM CITY CLERK MAY 6TH OKAY FOR VOTING MEETING SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING THE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE AND WHO WILL SUPPORT IT'S NOT OVER YET . PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG CITY ATTORNEY THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE RULES IS THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECONSIDERED FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND WHAT HAPPENS NORMALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON YOU'RE NOT ON THE PREVAILING SIDE AND THEN I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME AND THEY'VE TALKED TO ME TO TRY TO GET ME TO SHARE WITH YOU FACTS TO CHANGE MY VOTE ON OTHER ISSUES SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 6TH, IS THAT CORRECT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE BEFORE THAT DID NOT RULE THE FAVOR AND SEE IF YOU COULD PRESENT TO THEM A MORE INFORMATION DAY THAT THEY WOULD RECONSIDER TO VOTE ON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR IF THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT. >> SO YOU ARE CORRECT THAT UNDER OUR COUNCIL RULES THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR A RECONSIDERATION WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WHICH IS MAY 6TH. THE PREVAILING SIDE BECAUSE IT'S A44 ARE THOSE THAT WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOTION SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY OVER YET. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER TWO, I DO WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER WHO NORMALLY WHEN THEY KIND OF INVOKE THINGS THEY KIND OF LEAVE AND THEY DO THEY DO THESE I CONTINUE TO GET THEM YOU KNOW, CHARGED WITH OUTING SAY I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M BEING CHASTISED BUT THEY KEEP SAYING I'M ALWAYS PREACHING AND LECTURING. JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXERCISE IS THAT MR. MISS MAUREEN DID ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT THINK THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IT LIKE YOU DO YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED. I MEAN THE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO USE THOSE TOOLS SO I'M NOT HERE TO PREACH BUT I AM TRYING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BE MORE EDUCATED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET TO DECISIONS. SO THESE ARE EXERCISES NOT FOR YOU PER SE BUT FOR OTHERS. ANOTHER PIECE NEED TO BE CORRECTED ABOUT SOMEONE SAID YOU HAVE TO EARN RESPECT THE WAY I HAVE SEEN THIS COUNCIL WORK UP HERE. THANK YOU COUNCIL WE TAKE A BEATING HERE LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THOSE OF YOU SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE DO TO US. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU. I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I KIND OF HEAR WHAT YOU SAY AND IT'S THAT'S WHY I DON'T DO IT. ONE PART BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD A COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE BE DISRESPECTFUL TO ANYONE BUT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO JUST BREAK US AND SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT YOU NEVER HEARD THEM SAY CALL US NAMES. IT JUST GO BACK TO LAST WEEK'S TAPE. SO MAYBE WE AGAIN I RESPECT WE SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY BUT WHAT'S THE POINT? I DO HOLD US TO A HIGHER STANDARD. THE WORLD IS JUST CRAZY. PEOPLE ARE JUST MEAN SPIRITED, JUST UGLY. AND ALL I'M DOING UP HERE IS TRYING TO MOVE AND BE ONE PART. WE CAN DO GOVERNMENT BETTER. WE CAN SET OUR OWN STANDARD AND JUST CANNOT CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS FOOLISHNESS THAT WE SEE. THAT'S IT. SO IF I'M IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, HITS YOU THE WRONG WAY OR YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED IN IT OR I'M OUT TO LUNCH, I'LL I'LL YOU KNOW I RESPECT YOUR POINT BUT THIS HAS TO BE THIS PLACE HAS TO BE ONE OF US. KEEP IT CORRECT. IT HAS TO BE FACTUALLY CORRECT. AND WHETHER YOU'RE EMOTIONAL ABOUT IS NO BIG DEAL BUT THE IDEA OF THEN I HAD MENTIONED SOMEBODY GOT ON ME ABOUT SAYING WE SHOULD NOT BE CURSING AND YELLING AND SCREAMING. THE IDEA OF HAVING TO LEGISLATE THAT THAT'S JUST NOT MY VALUE SYSTEM BUT I RESPECT IT MIGHT BE YOUR LAST POINT TO THE STUDENTS OUT THERE I WANT TO TAKE UP WHAT YOU GOT ANOTHER THING THEY SAID THAT THE STUDENTS JUST DON'T KNOW THAT SPEAKER EVIDENTLY HADN'T SEEN OUR YOUTH COUNCIL AND EVIDENTLY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THESE PEOPLE THE YOUTH OF TODAY KNOW FAR MORE THAN WE DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE IDEA THAT THAT YOU ALL DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS THAT'S COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH AND THEN ASK THE CITY MANAGER THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE COY THAT WORLD WIDE WE HAVE THE INTERNET WHILE CITY SIDE AS WELL. LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHEN I TRAVEL LIKE SOME OF YOU ALL DO AND I'M OUT OF THE WORLD AND THEY SAY WHERE YOU'RE FROM, I GET TO PULL UP MY PHONE PUT IN CITY OF CAPE CORAL AND YES, I'VE SHOWN PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE IT'S THE WORLD WIDE WEB WHERE I'M FROM AND IF THAT'S NEEDED AND OUR WATER SYSTEM IS RECOGNIZED AS AS THE STANDARD INTERNATIONALLY IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT WITH CITY MANAGER? >> YES. AND OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM SO MY ALL THE REASON I'M UP HERE WHEN I'M TALKING YOU COULD DISAGREE WITH ME THAT LIKE ME WHEN I'M NOT TRYING TO PREACH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I DO WANT TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF OUR CITY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HARD JOB. SOME OF YOU ALL WILL HAVE IT AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THE WAY THAT YOU ARE THE PASTOR TONIGHT BUT THE STORY'S NOT OVER. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON MAY 6TH. >> THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. IT'S IN THE OTHER LIGHTS ON. WE'LL MOVE ON. ITEM 12 IS REPORTS COUNCILMEMBER LONG REPORT NO REPORT. >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER STANKY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON THE 2ND OF APRIL I ATTENDED THE TOURISM VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION LUNCHEON JUST FOR THOSE THAT KNOW OUR VACATION CONVENTION BUREAU AND TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS HAS VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK THE AIRPORT TO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO GIVE INFORMATION TO INCOMING TRAVELERS TO SEND THEM IN OUR DIRECTION AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS IN OUR IN OUR COUNTY. AND THAT LUNCHEON HONORS THEIR WORK AND THEY PRODUCE OVER $1 MILLION WORTH OF VOLUNTEER HOURS TO TO SEND PEOPLE OUR WAY. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM. ON THE 9TH OF APRIL I ATTENDED THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING REPRESENTATIVE THE CITY THERE ON THE 15TH OF APRIL THIS MORNING ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CAPE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELLE THINKING WE ARE I JUST ONE THING AND I DON'T WANT TO I WON'T COUNCILMEMBER ALLOW US TO REALLY TAKE IT HOME BUT THAT GOLF COURSE MEETING THAT WAS HEALTHY IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THE CITIZENS HERE SO CONTINUE TO FILL OUT THOSE SURVEYS AND THAT'S ONLY BE PART OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE FRONT END OF THAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN OUTSTANDING PROJECT DOWN OLD GOLF CLUB. ALL RIGHT. >> AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK. THAT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER COULD YOU KNOW REPORT COUNCIL MEMBER KILL RING ON APRIL NINTH I ATTENDED SINCE ENSHRINEMENT I MEETING AND AN INTERESTING SPEAKER WHO REPORTS FOR FOX AND SHE NBC NEWS ABOUT INFLATION AND INTEREST RATES ESPECIALLY SIMILAR TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS WE CAN LEARN THE THINGS ON THE OIL MARKET AND ENERGY MARKET APRIL 10TH I ATTENDED CAMELOT PLAYGROUND RIBBON CUTTING ALSO ON APRIL 10TH TEN A PORTION YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THEY GAVE OUT THE AWARDS POSITIONS APRIL 10TH ALSO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARD CEREMONY AND HELD IN FORT MYERS WHERE THEY AWARDED VARIOUS NONPROFITS FOR THEIR ROLE. THEY PLAY YOUR LAST YEAR ON APRIL 14TH I HAD A MEETING WITH ROWING CLUB ON AND WATCHING ME FOR A FEW THINGS SO I DID GAIN A LOT MORE BACKGROUND FROM HER ON THAT AND WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE OPTIONS I BROUGHT UP HERE TODAY ON APRIL 14TH OR I'M SORRY APRIL 15TH THIS MORNING THE CITY PARK AND ALSO I'M GOING TO BE HOLDING MY NEXT TOWN HALL MEETING JUNE 1ST. AND SECOND OF ALL WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH A FOCUS ON PERMITTING ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. AND MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE PENSION DISCUSSION THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS HAD AND THE IMPASSE THAT THAT CREATED OR CONTRIBUTED TO CREATING IN THEIR BARGAINING. I KNOW THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS CONTRACT IS COMING UP FAIRLY DISTANT BUT WOULD STILL BE THE NEXT ONE UP AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ASK AND WORK WITH THE CITY TO PURSUE SOME FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ON THAT PENSION OPPORTUNITY AND AS IT COMPARES TO OTHER PENSIONS AND FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE STATE AND LOOKING FOR A SECOND MAYBE TO PURSUE THAT COUNCILMEMBER OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT HOLISTICALLY FOR FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST BEING SPECIFIC. IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, I'D GIVE YOU THE SECOND POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ONE OTHER THING I WAS APPROACHED BY MEDIA TO TALK WITH CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS ABOUT HAVING A LENS ON FOR THEM AND AGAIN I LOOK FOR A SECOND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AND BRINGING FORTH IT WAS A LIAISON POSITION FOR THE BIA AND MAYBE EXTENDED TO SEE CC. >> I DO ANYONE WANT TO GIVE A SECOND FOR THAT? I'LL I'LL SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY THANK YOU AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER UM NO, I'M DONE TALKING. THANK YOU, MAN I DON'T REMEMBER LEAVING THE PARTY JUST REAL QUICK FOR ME. I GOT SEVERAL THINGS DOWN HERE ON THE LIST BUT I THINK THE MOST PRESSING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET OUT THERE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A MEETING WITH THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT MEETING WAS TWOFOLD. BASICALLY ONE WAS SANS BRIDGE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DESIGN AND THE PERMITTING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS COMPLETE. I BELIEVE WILL BE PUTTING THAT OUT FOR BID FOR THE REPAIR OF SAND BRIDGE. SO THAT WAS THE NEWS THAT ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. I JUST WANT TO THANK THAT FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON ON GETTING THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE OTHER DISCUSSION WE HAD LIKE WE HAD HAD SIMILARLY ON SEATAC REGARDING THE PINE ISLAND ROAD THE PD AND THAT WE WERE DOING AS FAR AS WHAT PORTION OF THE ROADWAY THEY FELT THAT FINANCIALLY THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND IT'S STILL THE SAME SEGMENT AS MENTIONED IN OUR SEATAC MEETING IF I RECALL CORRECTLY MR. CITY MANAGER THAT WAS FROM PINE ISLAND ROAD AND SKYLINE TO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TO PINE ISLAND AND DEL PRADO. BUT IF THAT RECOMMENDED MOVING IT UP TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION UPON DELTA IF I RECALL. SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION AND I KNOW STAFF IS GOING TO BE GETTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. WE BRING IN THAT BACK TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. BUT JUST IN SUMMARY THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS NO WAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEY COULD FUND THE WHOLE PROJECT. WHAT THEY DID WANT US TO SEE US DO IS DO A PD AND EAST STUDY FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH AND THEN WE STICK IT UP ON THE SHELF AND COLLECT DUST AND WE GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN RETURN FOR THE $4.5 MILLION THAT WE INVESTED. SO THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH A PLAN B WHICH I THINK IS A VIABLE PLAN BUT WE WILL BE SEEING THAT SOON COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. >> SO THAT'S ANYTHING I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD IT BACK TODAY. OH, YOU DID? YES. JUST WEST OF SANTA BARBARA. JUST WEST OF SANTA BARBARA. OKAY. I'M GOING SO I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY BUT I DO KNOW THAT SPEAKING WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT WAS THERE AND PART OF THE MEETING THAT PARTICULAR DAY AT SOME POINT WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL. SO IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF SEATAC JUST STAY TUNED. >> IT'LL BE COMING BACK AND IN MAY AND WHAT WE DID WE ACTUALLY BUMPED THE MAIN MEANING FOR SEATAC SINCE THEY DID HAVE TIME TO PREP SO THEY PERFORM THEY COULD GET A BETTER PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND IT WOULD BE MORE TIME. THEY DO IT BY MOVING INTO THE JUNE MEETING. SO WE JUST MOVED THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GREAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU GUYS MIGHT BE A LITTLE AHEAD OF ME. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT NOTHING AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ONLY HAVE TWO. I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP REGARDING MY COMMENTS RELATED TO THE CHANGES TO THE BUFFER. SO I SAID IN THERE THAT YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SENATE BILL TWO 8150 WHATEVER WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE 8180 AND TO FIT YEAH SO IF IF THE CHANGE JUST BE MINDFUL IF ANY OF THE CHANGES YOU ARE INTENDING TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL WE CANNOT CONTEMPLATE THOSE IF THEY ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT IS IN PLACE TODAY. >> SO I JUST WANT TO AND IF THE EXPECTATION IS YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE OR MORE BURDENSOME THAN THE PROCESS WE HAVE TODAY, YOU CAN'T WE CAN'T DO IT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT SINCE WE'RE SENATE BILL 180 IS THE MORE RESTRICTIVE VERSION OF SENATE BILL 250 WHICH IS STILL IN PLAY. AND SO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND IS TALLAHASSEE HAS ESSENTIALLY NOT ONLY TIED OUR OUR ONE HAND BUT TIED BOTH OF OUR HANDS AND REALLY PROHIBITED US FROM DOING ANY CHANGES BECAUSE WE WERE IMPACTED BY THE HURRICANE. >> SO AS A RESULT OF THAT WE ARE EXPOSED IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD RUN A BILL 250 OR SENATE BILL 180. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OUT THERE IS A INABILITY FOR US TO DO ANY OF THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL LEGAL ACTION THAT CAN HAPPEN. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THAT WILL DO IS ULTIMATELY EXPOSE THE COUNCIL TO THAT ACTION AND ALSO OUR CITY ITSELF TO ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ANALYSIS TO SEE IF IN FACT IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. AND AND ALSO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MY UNDERSTANDING IN SENATE BILL 180 AS A RESULT OR IS IN PLACE UNTIL OCTOBER 2027 IN FACT IF I REMEMBER CORRECT, THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. SO I KNOW WE ARE REAL RESTRICTIVE ON WHAT WE CAN CHANGE. SO BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT DATE OCTOBER FIRST OF 2027. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR ONE YEAH I JUST I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING AND I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW I ATTENDED A TOWN HALL MEETING OF COUNCILMEMBER RAINS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND EXPLAINED HOW WE HAVE ACHIEVED OPEN BEING OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL OUR DEVELOPMENT AND AND WHEN I WAS DONE EXPLAINING THAT THE PEOPLE CLAPPED AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE ON US RIGHT NOW TO LAND TO PLAN OUR FUTURE AND TO CONTROL OUR GROWTH IN OUR FUTURE SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THAT BILL UP NOW AND UNDERSTAND EVEN IF YOU ALL HAD AN IDEA YOU WANTED TO IMPLEMENT THERE'S A REASON YOU ALL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUT IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. >> OKAY SO CAPE CORAL INVITES RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF A NEW PELICAN SOCCER COMPLEX PLAYGROUND. THIS CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, MAY 1ST AT 10 A.M. AT THE PELICAN SOCCER COMPLEX LOCATED AT 4020 SOUTHWEST SECOND COURT AND THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION IN CEREMONIAL TREE PLANTING AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. IN ADDITION TO THE CEREMONY, THE CITY IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PLANT 300 TREES AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO PLANT TREES YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO OUR ARBORIST OMAR LEON AT OH L E O N AND CAPE CORAL.GOV THANK YOU. >> OKAY THANK YOU. TIME IN PLACE A FUTURE MEETING WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 22ND 2026 BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ? SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ANY OPPOSED MEETING YOUR