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A
A
Second,
by
Ray
any
discussion
yeah
all
in
favor,
okay,
next
up
is
citizens
to
be
heard
regarding
items
not
on
the
agenda,
if
you
is
there,
anyone
here
to
be
heard,
no,
no,
then
I
don't
need
to
give
you
the
instructions.
Okay,
going
on
to
new
business.
Now,
if
you're,
following
the
item
list
agenda,
given.
A
The
first
item
up
is
the
upcoming
events
funded
by
the
ddb
I'm
just
going
to
go
over
those
real
quick.
We
have
three
Saturday
April,
8th,
Market
Marie
on
Cleveland,
Street
and
garden
I.
Think
everybody
is
enjoying
the
new
location
right:
good
Thursday,
April,
13th
food
truck
Thursdays
in
downtown
Clearwater,
featuring
three
food
trucks.
Those
are
awesome
and
Saturday.
April
15th,
the
ukulele
Festival
in
the
district
presented
by
the
Tampa
Bay
ukulele
society
and
my
daughter
is
now
teaching
me
ukulele.
So
don't
get
your
hopes
up
so
we'll
be
there.
4.2
audit
presentation.
E
Did
everybody
see
the
PowerPoint
yeah
okay,
so
my
name
is
John
bromer
I'm,
a
partner
with
car,
Rigs
and
Ingram.
We
completed
your
September
30th
2022
financial
statement.
Audit
I
would
like
to
thank
your
team.
You've
got
a
great
accounting
staff
and
a
great
team
that
supports
the
EDB
that
makes
this
process
much
smoother
again.
These
are
your
statements
for
auditing
them.
E
As
part
of
the
audit,
we
Issue
four
opinions.
The
first
one
is
the
independent
Auditors
report.
We
issued
an
unmodified
opinion.
It's
a
clean
report,
the
highest
level
of
assurance
that
any
auditor
can
give
you.
The
second
one
is
the
government
auditing
standards
report.
The
report
states
that
we
performed
an
audit
in
accordance
with
government
auditing
standards.
If
there
are
any
issues
to
note
significant
deficiencies,
material
weaknesses,
those
would
be
reported
in
there
pleased
to
say
there
aren't
any
next
was
a
management
letter,
this
one's
prescribed
by
the
state
of
Florida
auditor
general.
E
Again,
no
issues
noted
clean
report.
The
last
one
is
the
local
government
investment
policies
report.
You
follow
Florida
statute
to
18
415
with
your
Investments.
Actually,
the
city
holds
your
Investments
for
you.
You
participate
in
their
pool
of
Investments,
that's
done
so
in
accordance
with
that
statute.
So
there's
no
significant
issues
noted
as
part
of
our
audit.
We
have
no
audit
adjustments,
none
were
proposed
or
passed.
They
were
below
materiality,
we
would
pass
on.
However,
we
would
report
them
to
you.
E
We
didn't
have
any
of
those,
no
audit
findings
or
internal
control
deficiencies
or
issues
of
non-compliance
again
all
clean.
The
last
couple.
Things
are
required,
Communications
that
I'm
supposed
to
do
as
part
of
our
audit
report.
Significant
accounting
policies
can
be
found
in
note
one
of
the
financial
statements
there
weren't
any
changes
this
year.
That
would
be
the
same
as
last
year.
However,
they
are
in
no
one.
There
was
no
significant
difficulties
encountered
during
our
audit.
There
is
no
disagreements
with
management,
no
issues
or
findings
noted
no
corrected
or
uncorrected.
E
F
Hi
Vicki
Shire
Sierra
specialist
I'm
here
to
provide
you
an
update
on
the
indigenous
Vibes
event
that
you
found
funded
in
October
of
2022.
The
ninjas
Vibes
event
was
held
on
Sunday
December
19
2022
at
Station,
Square
Park,
the
co-owner
of
Rita
and
Edward
Network
Liaisons,
read
Ivy
is
here
to
provide
the
report
out
and
Edward
we
have
both
today.
Thank
you.
Come
on
like.
H
J
G
You
go.
Thank
you
for
this,
as
mentioned
before,
I
am
Rita.
Ivey
and
I
am
co-owner
of
Ivy
and
Edward
Network
Liaisons,
and
this
is
my
partner,
Michael
Washington,
and
we
have
our
reports.
No
doubt
we
wanted
to
share
the
videos
because
we
didn't
see
any
of
you
guys
in
attendance,
so
we
wanted
to
give
you
a
little
snapshot
of
it
versus
just
speaking
to
it,
but
we
had
a
successful
event.
It
was
a
lot
of
fun.
G
We
got
to
meet
a
lot
of
the
community
members
here
locally
and
even
be
able
to
bridge
relationships
with
a
lot
of
the
local
Merchants
downtown.
We
just
established
Partnerships
with
them
as
well,
where
we
offered
the
attendees
discounts
to
go
and
actually
patronize
the
restaurants
while
they
were
there.
Instead
of
bringing
in
outside
food,
we
established
connections
with
the
Church
of
Scientology.
They
had
several
members
who
attended
and
provided
feedback
and
all
around,
we
brought
in
a
group
of
people
that
had
never
been
into
downtown
Clearwater.
G
So
from
the
reports,
you'll
see
that
97
of
the
attendees
had
never
been
to
downtown
Clearwater.
So
we
were
really
proud
about
that,
because
we
wanted
to
bring
business
into
downtown
Clearwater
and
keep
it
there
in
addition
to
establishing
relationships
with
the
local
Merchants.
So
so
it
was
difficult.
Getting
a
hold
of
them.
I
have
to
admit
I'm
trying
to
get
a
hold
of
the
Merchants.
Association
was
a
challenge.
G
We
never
got
any
feedback
from
them,
but
we
did
put
our
feet
to
the
pavement
and
we
went
door
to
door
to
establish
those
relationships
with
those
merchants
and
so
the
ones
that
we
were
able
to
connect
with.
We
shook
up
a
partnership
with
so
that
was
really
enjoyable.
We
had
a
lot
of
family
there
all
ages,
people
driving
by
cyclists
stopping
in
so
it
was
really
awesome
and
the
weather.
G
Of
course
it
was
in
December
because
we
had
to
reschedule
so
it
was
freezing
that
day
and
we
feel
that
that
is
one
of
the
things
that
definitely
impacted.
The
turnout
is
the
weather
we
had
to
reschedule
because
our
original
date,
it
actually
just
rained
all
day
right.
So
when
it
came
to
rescheduling
the
dates.
One
thing
that
we
did
see
that
we
noticed
in
other
events
that
are
happening
is
that
there
wasn't
any
posting
from
any
of
the
Clearwater
sites,
social
media
sites
about
the
event
being
canceled
and
rescheduled.
G
So
we
would
definitely
call
that
out
as
a
miss
and
then
on
several
of
the
social
media
Pages
particularly
Instagram.
Our
event
wasn't
even
posted
there
at
all,
so
we
were
doing
our
parts,
but
when
it
came
to
the
City
parts
or
whoever
is
in
control
of
that
particular
component,
that
completely
got
missed
from
our
perspective
of
looking
through
social
media
feeds
and
seeing
trying
to
figure
out
where
our
event
was
in
terms
of
the
partnership
that
we
essentially
were
promised.
B
Hello
good
evening,
and
so
just
a
couple
of
takeaways
of
ways
in
which
we
saw
there
could
be
Improvement.
The
one
is
the
grant
process.
The
the
Grant
and
permitting
approval
process
was
disjointed
for
us.
Having
all
documentation
related
to
the
entire
process
in
one
location
would
have
been
extremely
extremely
helpful,
especially
to
those
new
to
the
process
like
ourselves.
So
it
was,
it
wasn't
really
smooth
that
process.
So
second
thing
is
providing
us
with
a
project
timeline
or
roadmap
for
efficient
execution.
G
So
we
come
from
a
space
of
product
management
and
project
management,
and
so
some
of
that
feedback
was
strictly
coming
from
our
professional
experience
of
knowing
what
to
expect
or
what
to
when
to
paint
when
to
submit,
because
you
have
several
groups
that
are
making
up
this
conglomerate
right.
It's
not
just
a
Downtown
Development
board,
it's
not
just
the
city,
it's
not
just
the
CRA.
It's
not
just
special
events,
so
you
have
multiple
entities
who
have
their
hands
in
the
pot
and
we're
literally
going
everywhere,
trying
to
figure
out
what
to
do
trying
to
go.
G
Get
this
document
trying
to
download
this
go
back
to
the
website
to
figure
this
out
who's
the
main
point
of
contact
that
was
extremely
frustrating.
It
actually
was
so
frustrating
to
the
point
where
we
almost
quit.
We
almost
gave
up
and
said
you
know
what
this
is
not
worth
it.
We
will
continue
to
take
our
business
back
to
Saint
Pete
into
Tampa
when
it
comes
to
our
social
events
and
for
Multicultural
events.
G
So
we
thought
we
would
provide
that
as
feedback
and
not
really
sure
which
particular
area
each
group
is
going
to
bite
off
and
try
to
make
that
a
more
cohesive
process,
but
it
will
be
maximally
beneficial
from
our
project
managers
perspective
also
having
someone
that
actually
helps
you
implement
the
actual.
This
is
a
project,
so
each
event
is
a
project.
There
was
no
smooth
handoff
or
transition
from
one
group
to
the
next.
There
were
also
things
that
we
were
told
we
could
get
through
parks
and
recs
or
through
special
events
that
we
didn't
get
right.
G
G
So
you
know
that
part
was
a
challenge
as
well,
and
so
last
but
not
least,
what
I
will
say
is
that
it
was
a
great
experience
for
us
wonderful
learning
opportunity
as
well.
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
add
that
experience
to
our
resumes,
but
at
the
same
time,
what
I
will
say
is
that
as
a
business
and
residents
of
the
city
of
Clearwater
I
have
to
call
out
the
fact
that
this
new
Multicultural
series
of
events
that
is
being
put
on
it's
borderline
offensive.
A
What
we
wanted
to
know
was
how
many
people
turned
out.
G
A
I
did
walk
by
it.
Looked
like
everybody
was
having
a
good
time.
I
was
in
the
middle
of
a
meeting.
Sorry,
but
I
live
on
the
street,
so
I
did
come
by
and
I
looked
like
everybody
I
thought
you
guys
did
a
great
job
and
with
the
question
is,
would
you
do
it
again
if
the
process
has
improved
okay?
Well,
we'll
take
note
of
all
your
suggestions
and
maybe
work
with
the
CRA
staff
to
see
if
we
can
prove
things
I
appreciate
the
feedback.
Welcome.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Guard
Sports,
sticky.
K
M
M
K
Music,
because
we
thought
it
would
have
taken
away
from
like
the
actual
size
and
sounds
of
it.
So
all
in
all
we
we
how
to
reschedule
our
event
as
well,
so
we
were
originally
booked
for
January
21st.
We
ended
up
doing
February
4th
because
of
impending
weather,
but
we
still
have
457
total
in
10
D's
without
vendors,
our
staff
and
anybody
else
that
was
working
with
us.
So
we
were
expecting
about
500
I.
Think
the
two
weeks
probably
makes
up
for
that.
K
As
far
as
some
of
the
numbers,
we
are
pleasantly
surprised
to
see.
If
you
guys
go
to
the
last
page,
there'll
be
a
figure
about
I,
don't
think
it's
the
last
page
I
think
it's
page
page
seven
and
it
lists
all
the
registrations
by
city
by
by
Eventbrite,
so
all
of
our
tickets
that
we,
we
didn't
even
sell
they
just
registered.
It
was
a
free
event.
We
did
it
through
Eventbrite
and
then
we
had
on-site
registration
as
well.
K
So
these
are
all
the
numbers
from
the
Eventbrite
registrations,
which
was
295
people
that
attended
and
obviously
a
chunk.
A
big
chunk
was
clear
water,
but
we
were
really
surprised
to
see
people
come
from
like
Houston
Philly,
Miami
New
York.
So
not
only
did
we
get
a
lot
of
people
from
within
the
Pinellas
County
area,
but
we
got
a
couple
of
stragglers
from
out
of
state
as
well
now,
whether
that's
family,
whatever
I'm
just
gonna,
say
that
I
reached
them
out
there.
So
we're
really
happy
with
that.
K
As
far
as
the
other
numbers,
as
far
as
like
advertising
and
stuff
like
that,
so
we
did
it
in
three
main
segments.
We
did
it
within
print
marketing,
which
we
utilize
postcard
Mania,
which
they
sent
us
postcards
to
hand
out,
but
also
we
sent
out
2
000
of
them
to
people's
houses
so,
and
that
was
in
I,
believe
Dunedin,
Palm,
Harbor
and
all
clear
water.
So
we
did
it
by
ZIP
code.
So
all
the
I
guess
closer
zip
codes
to
the
area,
so
that
was
I
thought.
That
was
a
great
idea.
K
That
was
actually
my
boss's
idea.
So
I
won't
take
credit
for
it.
However,
the
couple
the
next
couple
that
we
explained
were
my
idea,
so
we
had
social
media
analytics
as
well,
so
we
did
a
Facebook
ad
campaign.
So
if
you
turn
to
page
five
you'll
see
under
social
media
analytics
now,
there's
a
lot
of
big
numbers
and
like
what
we
measured,
Our
Success
Through
was
click-through
rate,
so
the
ad
would
pop
up,
it
would
say
heart
of
guard
Sports
Fest.
K
M
K
Pretty
successful,
we
also
did
that
with
Google
again
same
concept,
just
on
a
different
just
on
the
web
engine
that
click
through
weight,
I
believe
I,
don't
want
to
speak,
was
close
to
one
and
the
average
is
point
five
percent,
and
this
all
comes
from
the
internet
person
from
yes,
sir.
K
Unfortunately,
like
when
I
sent
out
the
survey,
the
post
event
survey,
it
asked
that,
but
we
only
had
51
responses,
so
I
I
would
say
about
half
yeah
I
would
say
about
half.
It
was
the
majority
just
because
we
put
on
our
own
tournaments
as
well.
So
we
utilized
that
as
marketing
too.
So
when
people
walk
into
our
tournaments,
we
have
the
postcards
there
hey
by
the
way
on
February
4th.
You
know
we're
hosting
a
free
event.
You
should.
K
K
A
lot
of
them
loved
it,
so
my
mom
has
never
been
there.
So
that's
the
only
person
I
could
really
speak
to
that.
I
actually
talked
to
about
all
the
other
ones
was
like
just
the
number
on
the
Survey
Monkey
and
she
loved
it.
They
all
loved
it.
She
loves
you
so
I
mean
exactly
that
means.
K
She
would
tell
me
the
truth
right
so
now
that
a
lot
of
people
have
never
been
and
we
and
we
went
around
and
talking
about
it,
to
teams
that
were
there
that
we
know
are
from
out,
as
you
know,
whether
it's
out
of
County
out
of
City
stuff,
like
that,
so
they
definitely
saw
the
construction
and
they
saw
that
people
were
starting
to
move
in
so
I
think
that
piqued
their
interest
and
just
from
a
pure
vendor
perspective,
a
lot
of
the
vendors
loved
it
too.
K
So
I
try
to
throw
them
I
call
it
the
alley
like
an
assist
to
have
their
events
down
here
as
well,
because
it
really
is
a
great
spot
with
everything
the
Station
Square
Park
and
how
everything's
so
close
and
the
community's
tighten
it.
So
we
had,
we
had
a
blast
doing
it
as
well.
That's
great
that's
great!
Thank
you.
So.
A
F
Is
fun?
Okay.
Next
item
would
be
the
event
report
for
the
bottoms
up
black
hi,
guys
Vicki
Shire
CRA
specialist
I'm
here
to
provide
you
an
update
on
the
Florida
Penguins
production,
Bottoms
Up
block
party,
the
event
that
you
funded
in
September
of
2022,
the
bottoms
up
block
party
event
took
place
on
November
19th
2022
on
Cleveland
Street,
the
event
manager
from
Florida
Penguins
production.
Kevin
Tucker
is
here
to
provide
a
report
out.
A
Before
you
start
Eric,
is
it
possible
to
get
a
copy
of
that
last
video
we
saw
you'll,
get
it
Vicky,
okay,.
O
H
Board
and
hosted
by
me
big
rig
on
Saturday
November,
the
19th
from
1
till
7
PM,
you
Sam
beer,
enjoy
food
from
local
chefs
and
let
loose
with
music
from
Sapphire
Siobhan
in
the
force
and
subliminal
doubts.
That's
a
national!
No
doubt
Gwen
Stefani
tribute,
don't
miss
out
on
the
bottoms
up
block
party
search,
VIP
tickets
now
search
thumbs
up
block
party
on
Eventbrite.
That's
bottoms
of
block
party
on
event
right,
please
drink
responsibly,.
I
Hello,
everybody
I'm
Kevin
Tucker,
with
Florida
penguin
Productions,
and
we
hosted
the
bottoms
of
block
party
the
inaugural
event,
our
first
event
here
in
downtown
Clearwater
and
I,
put
together
a
recap
for
you
guys,
but
I
wanted
to
start
at
the
bottom.
With
some
of
the
great
photos
we
got
from
the
event,
so
you
could
take
a
look
and
see
what
it
looked
like.
I
We
had
a
really
good
turnout
at
the
event.
For
a
first
year
event,
we
had
about
1500
people
and
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
scroll
through
these
at
least
you
can
see
them
all.
We
had
98
Rock
come
out
big
rig,
as
you
heard,
on
his
radio
promotion
did
a
on
site
and
he
was
our
MC
on
stage.
For
the
day
we
had
different
acts
in
between
the
entertainment
that
was
on
stage.
We
had
six
different
breweries
that
came
out
to
do
the
craft
beer
sampling.
L
I
Carolyn
was
honestly
a
superstar.
At
this
event,
she
was
such
a
lifesaver
for
our
all
the
catering
that
we
did
in
the
VIP
section.
She
is
just
a
gem,
she's
amazing,
and
we
were
able
to
raise
about
a
thousand
dollars
for
Chichi
Rodriguez
Foundation
through
those
ticket
sales
Siobhan
in
the
force
on
stage
there
we
had
a
few
different
food
vendors.
We
brought
out
as
it
got
dark.
It
definitely
filled
in
really
well.
We
had
a
lot
of
people
on
the
block.
I
That's
the
Gwen
Stefani
tribute
band
that
we
had
out
there
and
those
again
are
all
the
Brewers
and
different
Crafters.
We
brought
out
we'll
do
here.
We
had
some
acrobatics
in
between
the
different
events.
The
race
team
came
out
they're
one
of
our
partners
for
a
lot
of
our
events,
and
that
was
a
sapphire
she's,
a
new
upcoming
Star
in
the
area.
So
for
the
event,
recap
final
thoughts.
I
Well,
let's
go
back
up
to
the
marketing
here.
First,
our
main
hub
for
all
of
our
events
is
Facebook
and
Eventbrite.
That's
where
your
event
really
has
to
live
to
to
come
to
life
on
social
media
Instagram
doesn't
have
an
event
platform,
but
Facebook.
Does
it
really
tells
you
the
pulse
of
your
event,
how
it's
working?
If
it's
working,
if
you're
gonna
sell
tickets
and
what
to
expect
to
see
out
there?
I
We
utilize
both
the
500
and
600
block
of
downtown
600
block,
was
definitely
a
lot
more
busy
than
the
500
block.
We
weren't
expecting
that
in
the
future.
We
would
probably
consolidate
it
down
to
a
single
block
on
600,
if
possible,
to
just
just
bring
more
attention
to
everything
that
we
had
out
at
Station
Square
Park.
I
We
had
six
different
breweries,
three
different
bands
out
there.
It
was
a
really
good
time
it.
There
was
a
lot
of
struggles
at
the
event
itself
that
we
weren't
expecting
our
first
time
working
in
downtown
Clearwater,
contrary
to
some
of
the
others.
Earlier,
though,
I
thought
the
process
leading
up
to
it
was
incredibly
easy.
The
city
gave
us
a
great
checklist.
The
CRA
was
amazing
to
work
with
the
everything
that
we
needed
was
literally
laid
out.
It
was
a
so
you
just
had
to
call
the
numbers
on
the
form.
I
It
was
very,
very
easy.
We
were
able
to
reach
about
400
000
individual
with
1.2
million
impressions.
For
this
event,
over
the
lifetime
of
the
promotion
leading
up
to
it,
we
had
just
two
months
from
September
14th
to
November
19th.
We
did
a
lot
more
on
Facebook
than
Instagram.
Our
Instagram
platform
is
is
pretty
new
to
us.
Our
Facebook
is
much
larger.
We
ended
up
with
4.1
000
people
that
clicked
interested
in
going
on
Facebook,
but
we
only
think
about
1500
showed
up,
we
weren't
close
to
four
thousand.
It
didn't
look
like
four
thousand.
I
We
have
a
complete
breakdown
of
all
the
ads
that
we
did.
The
different
results,
everything
from
post
engagement,
event,
responses,
link,
clicks,
reach
campaigns,
website,
views
ticket
campaigns.
We
did
an
assortment
of
different
ads.
The
ddb
gave
us
a
generous
budget
for
this
event
and
we
really
wanted
to
go
overboard
and
really
try
to
make
this
big
additional
advertising.
We
use
iHeart
for
98,
Rock,
Radio
ads
and,
of
course,
big
rig
was
a
DJ
and
more
Tampa.
I
You
saw
the
TV
commercial,
they
were
able
to
run
for
us
event
listing
sites
Eventbrite
paid
advertisement
campaigns,
our
own
event,
News
letters
to
our
own
company
weekly
email
blasts
to
our
fan
base.
We
have
about
15
000
paid
event
patrons
across
the
Tampa
Bay
area
in
Pasco,
Pinellas,
Sarasota
and
Hillsborough
manual.
Group
shares
we
do
this
full-time,
so
our
advertising
is
nine
to
five
Monday
through
Friday
we're
creating
organic
reach,
not
just
the
paid
reach
constantly
working
on
our
events.
I
This
was
a
really
special
event
for
me.
I
I
started
reaching
out
earlier
in
the
year
to
the
CRA
to
try
to
see
what
we
could
do
with
the
city.
I
actually
reached
out
to
Chris
Cook
initially,
and
he
passed
me
on
to
Howard
and
the
dvb
and-
and
we
just
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
the
opportunity
it
was
a
ton
of
fun.
I
was
really
glad
to
see
that
block
just
filled
with
people,
and
it
was
an
overall
really
good
experience.
I
Like
I
mentioned,
we
were
able
to
raise
a
thousand
for
Chichi
Rodriguez
Foundation
about
1500
people
showed
up.
We
would
have
liked
to
see
more
people
based
off
of
the
budget
that
we
were
working
with.
I
I
was
kind
of
disappointed
with
the
1500
number
I
thought
we'd
be
able
to
get
two
to
three
thousand
out
there.
Honestly
I,
don't
think
we
hit
that
based
off
of
the
ticket
sales.
It
was
a
free
event,
people
who
just
come
out,
but
you
had
to
pay
to
be
able
to
do
the
craft
beer
sampling.
I
With
the
series
advice,
we
thought
that
that
might
be
better
to
to
ensure
that
he
didn't
have
too
much
vagrancy
at
the
event.
So
to
speak.
You
know
free
alcohol
out
there,
so
we
took
that
advice
and
did
make
that
part
ticketed
in
the
future.
I
would
like
to
to
do
more
just
completely
free
events
out
there
and
and
see
what
type
of
turnout
we
can
get
with
that
without
people
having
to
pay
for
part
of
the
experience.
I
Of
events
yeah,
we
have
about
40
this
year.
How
would
you
rank
this
one
for
a
first
year
event
in
the
middle
of
downtown?
This
was
a
really
good
event.
The
event
we
did
last
weekend.
We
saw
about
2
000
people
a
day
and
just
when
we
saw
1500
a
day,
the
last
one
was
our
International
food
truck
festival
in
Wesley
Chapel,
and
that
was
a
paid
entry
event.
So
we
know
the
exact
number.
I
It
was
about
2
000
people
a
day,
so
it
ranked
in
right
with
that
one,
and
that
was
in
the
middle
of
the
busiest
Mall
in
Pasco
County
Tampa
Premium
Outlets.
So
would
you
do
it
again?
I
would
do
it
again
it
just.
It
all
depends
on
the
budget
and
the
model
of
the
event
and
what
we
can
do
to
monetize
it.
We
are
a
for-profit
company,
we're
not
a
non-profit.
We
bring
on
non-profits
to
benefit
from
all
of
our
events.
I
I
Five
event,
coordinators
that
work
on
this,
so
if
we
can
find
a
model
that
works
and
I
know
that
the
ddb
has
changed
its
funding
measures,
we
could
definitely
use
a
lot
more
help
from
the
city
on
that
side
if
we
were
to
bring
it
back
initially,
I
believe
this
was
supposed
to
be
like
kind
of
a
co-anchor
between
the
CRA
and
the
dbb,
but
due
to
some
changes
last
minute,
it
kind
of
all
fell
on
the
ddb
at
the
end
and
you
guys
were
gracious
enough
to
still
approve
it.
I
A
I
I
Definitely
stay
in
touch
with
Vicki.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
support.
Through
everything
and
Howard.
Of
course,
there
we
did
have
some
leftover
swag,
some
different
branded
stuff
that
I
left
on
the
back
table.
If
anybody
here
today
would
like
to
perhaps
on
there's
some
lunch
boxes
and
some
different
questions
as
far
as
location
of
all
the
other
events
you
do
each
year,
how
would
you
rank
this
location?
I
I
think
that
it's
amazing,
but
you
have
to
know
how
to
work
clear
water
to
make
it
work,
and
this
was
new
to
us
so
I
think
that
a
second
go
at
it.
We
could
do
a
lot
better,
I
love,
the
location
of
Clearwater
and
just
being
in
the
middle
of
the
event.
It
was
great.
A
lot
of
people
came
out
same
feedback
as,
as
the
last
guy,
a
lot
of
people
had
not
come
by
in
years.
I
I
personally,
hadn't
come
by
in
a
long
time
until
coming
to
talk
to
all
the
meetings
and
the
businesses
and
stuff
I
wasn't
aware
of
the
changes
that
you
guys
made
during
covid
and
the
construction
and
everything
I
used
to
come
out
in
my
20s.
So
it's
changed
a
lot
since
then,
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
how
you
know.
Imagine
Clearwater
Coachman
Park
how
all
of
that
comes
together.
We
could
definitely
pull
off
something
over
there,
but
as.
I
N
Another
question
when
you
said
you
have
to
you,
have
to
know
how
to
navigate
clear
water
was
that
parking?
No.
I
I
Just
we
work
with
businesses,
we
fund
our
events
through
business
sponsorship
and
the
vendors
Who
come
out.
Normally
our
business
model.
Everything
is
funded
through
the
vendors
who
pay
us
to
come
out
and
the
sponsors,
and
we
don't
normally
get
a
lot
of
help
from
you
know:
organizations
like
yourself
or
the
city.
We
pay
for
everything
ourselves
and
hope
to
to
break
even
at
least
on
our
overhead
through
ticket
sales.
I
In
the
end
of
the
day,
every
event
is
kind
of
a
gamble,
so
it's
a
stressful
job
but
as
we
make
more
Partnerships
and
people
get
to
know
us
in
the
city
that
will
help
being
a
for-profit
organization.
I,
don't
think,
did
help
us
very
much.
We
had
a
lot
of
struggles
working
with
the
The
Merchants
Association.
It
was
tough.
M
M
A
Howard
can
I
put
you
on
the
spot
for
a
moment.
It's
your
last
meeting.
A
P
Expectations
of
other
funding
or
other
social
media
or
other
marketing
from
City
organizations
are
you?
Are
you
aware
of
I,
really
got
lost
well,
what
I
will
say
is
that
if
you
allow
us
to
be
able
to
unpack
what
was
said
so
be
able
to
talk
back
to
Rita,
Ivy
also
be
able
to
get
a
better
explanation.
Allow
us
to
bring
that
back
to
you
all
at
the
next
board
meeting
the
process
for
us
as
far
as
a
ddb
is
just
the
ddb.
P
D
And
Lopez
CRA
program
specialist,
so
we
have
two
financials
that
we're
going
to
be
approving
tonight,
January
and
February,
which,
as
you
know,
is
not
generally
the
norm,
but
since
there
was
no
regular
ddb
meeting
in
March
I
have
both
January
and
February.
D
So
I
I
was
not
at
your
work
session,
but
I
was
told
about
some
of
the
comments
that
were
made
and
suggestions
about
your
financials,
and
so
what
I
have
here
on
the
screen
is
the
Excel
version
of
your
financials
that
are
attached
to
your
agenda
item
when
I
go
through
and
explain,
I'm
I'm
going
to
explain
January
to
talk
about
the
changes
in
format
and
then,
when
I
explained,
February's
financials
I'll
go
more
into
the
financials
I.
Don't
want
to
mix
get
confusion
with
funding
numbers
and
things
like
that.
D
So
for
January's,
as
you
can
see
here
at
the
top.
This
is
your
in
your
revenue
or
your
income
every
year.
Previously
this
line
right
here
that
talks
about
your
ddb
interlocal
Revenue.
This
was
always
included
up
here,
which
made
this
total
number
technically
1.3
and
that
caused
a
lot
of
confusion
for
the
board,
as
well
as
public
comment
that
we'd
received.
D
So
what
I
had
done,
formatting
wise
is
removed
your
Revenue,
so
it's
listed
as
other
income
and
it's
a
different
so
as
your
financial
person
I
need
to
know
these
numbers,
but
as
it
relates
to
your
budget,
this
968-256
that's
your
number.
This
is
the
number
that,
as
the
board,
you
have
to
work
with
when
we
create
your
budget
for
you
in
January,
at
the
actual
January
meeting,
we
did
a
budget
amendment.
D
We
brought
over
some
unallocated
funding
from
years
prior,
which
was
this
number
right
here:
5183
69,
it's
what
we
brought
over
and
what
we
had
done
was
as
your
staff.
We
separated
it
out
as
our
recommendation.
The
board
made
did
make
some
changes,
so
you
had
put
some
money
into
your
marketing
category
to
increase
your
line
item
for
special
event,
funding.
D
Some
additional
funds
went
to
business
assistance
and
then
we
actually
added
money
into
your
future
downtown
initiatives
line
so
as
different
programs
and
things
come
forward
in
the
future
this
year.
That's
a
line
that
we
can
pull
some
items
from
so
for
January.
You
had
spent
thirty
six
thousand
ninety
five
dollars
and
49
cents.
Those
went
to
us
know
before
for
their
food
truck
event,
your
contribution
to
the
holiday
Extravaganza,
some
operating
expenditures,
your
notices
for
your
public
meetings,
legal
fees,
the
CRA
admin.
D
You
also
had
your
payment
for
your
audit,
your
portion
of
the
tax,
collector
fees,
property,
appraiser
fees
and
the
ddb's
liability
insurance
that
you
have
to
have
and
support.
So
those
aren't
this
change
here
of
the
interlocal.
That's
kind
of
the
big
formatting
change
that
I
made
so
I
think
it
kind
of
helps
as
we
move
forward,
which
I'll
explain
when
we
get
into
February
how
your
budget
looks
so.
D
Are
there
any
questions
and
I
do
would
like
to
say
that
I
am
now
starting
to
have
monthly
meetings
with
your
Treasurer,
so
we
met
on
Monday
and
he
does
not
know
this,
but
I'm
very
thankful
that
he's
in
the
building,
because
he
has
been
my
sounding
board
as
I've
been
making
a
lot
of
these
different
changes.
So
thank
you
to
member
poor
Benny
for
that.
A
A
M
N
January
23rd
2023
financial
statement.
A
Have
a
motion
by
Terry
and
a
second
by
Festus,
any
discussion,
nope
nope,
all
in
favor
all
right.
It's
very
clear,
good
item,
4.7
February,
2023
financial
statement.
D
And
Lopez
Crea
program
Specialists.
Now
we
get
into
February
and
so
the
reason
that
I
wanted
to
do
more
of
the
numbers
in
February
is.
This
is
going
to
give
you
a
little
better
understanding
of
where,
where
you're
at
so
when
we
come
back
next
month,
you'll
get
March.
So
these
numbers
are
a
little
bit
more
accurate
for
for
budget.
So
for
February
we
spent
12
177.61.
D
One
thing
that
I
did
hear
that
was
talked
about
at
the
work
session
was
getting
some
a
little
bit
more
clarity
of
what
this
form
looks
like
I.
Look
at
this
one
every
day,
so
it
makes
sense
to
me
so
I
assume
it
makes
sense
to
everybody
else,
but
I
understand
that
it
does
not.
So
what
I
have
done-
and
this
was
a
conversation
I
had
with
the
treasurer-
was
I
left.
D
D
So
there's
your
question.
You
certainly
can't.
A
If
so,
if,
for
some
reason,
somebody
doesn't.
D
Come
back
with
receipts,
then
that
money
would
that
move?
Yes,
that
money
would
yep
and
doing
it
this
way,
it
really
helps
because,
as
we
move
forward
throughout
the
year
by
having
them
laid
out
this
way,
it
also
lets
you
know
what
type
of
payments
they've
made.
So
you
can
see
here.
This
is
clear
order,
Jazz
holiday,
as
of
February.
D
They
had
not
submitted
their
payments,
so
they
still
had
a
balance
of
twenty
six
thousand.
They
don't
anymore
because
they've
been
paid,
but
in
February.
So
as
we
move
further
along
in
the
budget
and
as
I'm
sitting
down
with
the
treasure.
These
are
the
questions
that
he's
asking.
Why
hasn't
this
been
paid?
Where
are
we
at
with
this
and
when
we
get
closer
to
to
doing
the
budget
for
next
year?
This
will
also
help
me
to
figure
out
how
much
money
I
can
move
over.
D
So
here
this
is
the
line
that
everybody
is
asking
for
this
line
right
here
is
your
total
marketing
category,
this
5
10
210.
This
is
how
much
is
in
has
been
budgeted
for
your
marketing
category.
That
includes
a
75
000
for
the
ddb
marketing
and
branding
campaign,
as
well
as
the
sixty
four
thousand.
You
have
left,
plus
the
300
that
you've
already
approved
so
far
again.
D
This
number
right
here,
267
63
93,
for
your
grants
that
you
or
special
event
grants
that
you've
approved
thus
far.
That's
how
much
is
outstanding.
So
it's
our
goal.
That
of
that
amount
will
get
paid
out
before
the
end
of
the
year
correct
on
Alex,
correct,
and
some
of
these
have.
We've
noticed
that
they're
coming
in
short
or
I
shouldn't,
say
short,
but
they're
coming
in
under
what
they've
been
approved.
So
there
may
be
some
that
may
have
been
approved
for
a
certain
amount,
but
a
perfect
example
would
be
salsa
in
the
district.
D
D
D
A
D
So
the
way
that
your
business
assistance
you've
got
that
falls
under
that
Court
category.
Is
your
holiday
lighting,
your
agreement
with
Jolly
Trolley?
We
also
have
under
here
your
downtown
business
marketing
program,
which
you'll
hear
later
on
this
afternoon
and
then
for
actual
business
assistance
grants
you
have
about
100.
You
have
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
there.
D
Do
you
have
any
questions,
I
think
there's
a
third
cat?
Yes,
the
the
next
one
is
policy
and
project
work.
That's
got
22
049
in
it
and
then
your
future
downtown
initiatives
which
is
115,
which,
when
we
did
your
budget
amendment
staff
had
recommended
putting
25
000
in
there
for
what
may
come.
But
then
there
were
a
couple
of
programs
that
the
board
had
decided
not
to
put
funding
for.
So
we
moved
it
into
your
future
downtown
initiative.
So
it's
still
within
your
budget.
It
just
hasn't
been
allocated
where
it
may
need
to
go.
A
It's
pretty
good
job
man
I
am
sure
on
compare
comparable
note.
You
know
former
treasury
officers.
D
You've
worked
with
compared
to
our
current
how's.
He
doing
so
far
he's
doing.
Okay,
I
I
am
I
am
very
thankful
for.
Even
though
we've
had
one
meeting
to
talk
about
the
actual
agenda
item,
we
have
met
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
I've
called
him
up
and
said:
can
I
come
down
and
see
real
quick
I
want
to
see
if
this
makes
sense
to
somebody
other
than
me
and
he's
been
yeah
come
on
down
so
I
I
really
do
appreciate.
Q
A
N
D
D
They
are
no
longer
within
the
ddb
boundaries,
which
means
that
she
no
longer
qualifies
to
sit
on
the
board,
so
that
now
means
that
her
seat
up
is
up
and
Elise
had
provided
me
with
some
information
from
your
ordinance
that
what
we
need
to
do
is
within
the
next
60
days,
find
someone
to
appoint
to
serve
in
her
seat
up
until
the
next
election,
which
will
be
this
October.
D
So
in
talking
with
our
your
attorney,
what
we
would
like
to
do
is
to
appoint
you
folks
to
be
the
nominating
committee
to
start
finding
names
for
somebody
that
you
think
would
be
willing
and
able
to
would
they
be
an
interim,
so
they
would
serve
and
they
would
fill
her
seat
until
this
election.
So
if
they
chose
that
they
would
want
to
run,
they
absolutely
could
and
Festus
I'm.
He
went
through
that
process.
That's
how
he
started
on
the
board.
D
A
Did
their
Law
Firm
move
out
of
Clearwater?
Yes,.
D
R
Which
would
then
mean
that
the
city
commission
appointed
the
urban
replacement?
It
is
our
recommendation
that
you
get
names
to
us
in
advance
of
the
next
meeting,
so
we
can
vet
them
and
make
sure
that
they
qualify
and
that
a
decision
be
made
at
the
next
meeting,
because
that
is
not
a
deadline
you
want
to
miss
and
how
would
you
like
them,
but
by
email,
give
us
the
reason
why
you
think
they
qualify
make
sure
that
they've
actually
agreed
that
they're
willing
to
do
it?
That
part
you
can
bet.
R
But
let
me
look
at
let
both
of
us
look
at
the
qualifications
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
somebody
who
doesn't
want
to
you.
R
R
Would
be
a
question
what
you
would
do?
Is
you
ask
if
somebody
if
who
on
the
board
is
willing
to
take
that
position
and
if
there's
more
than
one
then
you
boat,
Okay,
so
I'd
like
to
ask
who
would
like
to
be
replaced.
N
Caitlin
as
Vice
chair
I'm,
going
to
do
that,
but
I
have
the
possession
of
secretary
so
secretary,
treasurer
chair.
A
D
D
S
D
We
do
have
an
applicant,
it's
not
really
an
application,
but
it's
the
information.
I've
created
it
I
think
two
elections
ago
to
kind
of
help.
The
process
along
so
I'll
include
that
in
the
email
as
well.
So
as
if
you
are
talking
to
someone.
D
They
are
interested
you
can
forward
them
that
in
that
application
and
then
get
it
back
to
Elisa
myself
and
then
she.
P
Good
evening
again
how
respect
business
assistant
administrator
for
the
CRA,
the
purpose
of
this
agenda
item
is
to
determine
the
funding
funding
limits
for
the
vacant
store
for
Grant.
Excuse
me
for
the
vacant
store
art
program.
So
in
January,
as
part
of
your
work
plan,
you
all
approved
a
program
to
be
able
to
put
in
place
art
and
they
can
store
front
windows
throughout
the
ddb
district.
P
And
the
goal
was
to
identify
six
places
within
the
downtown
area,
on
Cleveland
Street,
to
be
able
to
have
art
and
placed
in
the
storefronts
potentially
three
band
in
the
downtown
core
and
another
three
men
down
in
the
footprint
closer
towards
the
Gateway
area,
and
that
art
would
then
turn
around
and
change
after
six
months
to
for
the
display
to
bring
the
art
that
would
be
listed
in
your
footprint
in
the
gateway
to
downtown
and
then
switch
to
art
from
downtown
to
the
Gateway
area,
with
having
a
actual
Arts
display
at
the
end
of
the
series,
and
this
would
be
on
plays
for
a
month
at
the
time
that
we
walked
through
and
did
the
discussion.
P
We
had
to
come
up
and
identify
sites,
identify
a
potential
curator
and
establish
a
potential
partnership
for
how
the
program
would
be
laid
out
in
terms
of
connecting
potential
landlords
to
be
able
to
use
the
vacant
store.
Fronts.
Also
doing
a
partnership
between
with
the
curator
to
identify
and
hopefully
Advance,
a
career
of
a
potential
Student
Art
student
at
University
of
South
Florida
and
also
partnering
with
the
local
schools.
P
P
That
I
would
like
to
share
with
you
all
so
looking
at
the
scope
of
work
and
then
in
some
of
our
storefronts
in
if
you
could
put
this
on
the
front
screen
so
looking
at
some
of
our
potential
storefronts
throughout
the
ddb
district
area,
some
of
them
do
need
quite
a
bit
of
work
to
get
them
up
to
par,
so
where
there
could
be
potentially
like
a
light
display,
hating
artwork
for
one
in
addition
to
that,
having
different
materials
that
would
need
to
be
have
a
silhouette
and
stuff
behind
them.
P
P
Been
in
contact
they're
all
willing
to
participate,
the
13
I
think
no
I
see
that
will
be
the
work
of
the
curator
for
the
listed
identify
13
slots
that
we
have,
so
we
won't.
We
want
to
identify
six
so
coming
up
with
13
gives
us
a
bigger
pool,
as
we
work
from
these
are
window
size
of
all
dip.
The
sizes
of
the
storefront
one
is
all
different
slides,
so
there
could
be
larger
displays,
smaller
displays
and
also
medium
displays.
A
Q
The
30
000
already
spoken
for
in
our
budget.
Yes,.
P
P
P
That
would
also
share
the
better
name
of
the
ddb
for
sponsoring
the
artwork
exhibit
and
for
how
many
months
for
12
months,
because
the
art
is
going
to
switch
pace
so
it'll
be
in
six
months
and
the
three
locations
that
would
be
in
downtown
and
then
six
months
for
the
locations
that
are
towards
your
footprint
in
the
Gateway
area
in
the
downtown
Gateway.
P
No,
we've
already
identified
the
13
potential
sites
again.
This
would
come
with
and
size
right
here.
This
size
will
come
with
talking
with
the
owners
and
this
is
a
preliminary
site.
P
So,
as
you
see,
we
have
buildings
at
the
500
block
of
Cleveland
Street,
also
at
the
600
block,
and
then
we
move
down
to
the
700
area
of
Cleveland,
Suite,
926
and
then
also
11
15.
and
all
these
are
within
the
ddb
district
area.
J
Questions
for
Howard
I
have
a
question:
if
I
may,
yes,
J
Matthew
CRA
director
in
the
event
that
the
building
is
rented
or
no
longer
vacant.
What
is
the
closer?
What's
the
the
situation
with
that,
so.
P
Looking
at
this
then,
and
discussing,
was
running
out
the
program
to
potentially,
because
this
is
a
real
estate
thing
that
could
happen
would
be
try
to
look
at
consolidating
Art
in
another
space
and
particularly
be
with
one
of
the
one
of
the
larger
spaces.
So
that
is
something
that
we
would
account
for
in
our
communication
and
discussion
with
Tara.
P
Well,
it's
going
to
be
a
mixture
of
the
current
rate
for
her
fee,
but
also
the
insurance
for
the
site.
The
artist
will
have
some
honorary
I
would
necessarily
see
a
good
chunk
of
it,
but
some
of
the
sites
need
to
work,
so
there
will
be
a
budget
that
would
be
established.
So
the
first
part
of
this
is
that
we
have
to
provide
the
funding
and
we
can't
establish
a
budget
without
the
funding,
but
we.
Q
A
Art
program,
item
5.1
and
a
second
by
Terry,
any
other
discussion
on
it
all
in
favor,
aye
unanimous.
Thank
you.
T
Hello,
Eric
Santiago
CRA,
public
relations
and
programs
manager
here
to
present
the
digital
advertising
matching
Grant
pilot
program.
The
program
was
developed
with
the
assistance
of
Kenan
and
the
materials
presents
today
have
been
reviewed
by
Elise.
The
purpose
of
this
item
is
to
request
program
approval.
The
matching
grant
program
will
provide
eligible
businesses
funding
to
kick-start
their
digital
advertising
efforts
to
promote
their
business
and
generate
enhanced
exposure
for
the
DDD.
T
T
This
this
pilot
program
will
be
for
the
period
of
June
1st
through
August
31st,
so
three
months
and
the
objectives
are
to
incentivize
businesses
within
the
ddb
district
to
increase
their
digital
footprint,
explore
digital
digital
opportunities
and
find
the
tools
to
best
align
with
their
business
needs,
use,
increased
digital
traffic
and
exposure
to
increase
physical
traffic
to
their
business,
which
will
increase,
generate
more
people
supporting
their
business
within
the
ddb
and
improve
awareness
of
downtown
Clearwater
as
a
destination,
and
as
well
as
to
provide
support
and
resources
for
businesses
located
within
the
DB.
T
This
program
will
be
a
50,
50
split
matching
program
and
will
be
a
reimbursement
based
grant
a
minimum
of
one
thousand
dollars
maximum
of
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
per
business.
Applicants
must
include
a
detailed
digital
advertising
plan
with
their
budget,
which
is
requested
in
their
application,
and
then
funding
must
be
spent
on
at
least
two
sources.
This
is
to
encourage
businesses
to
diversify
their
marketing
efforts,
and
then
funding
must
be
spent
in
the
greater
Tampa
Bay
area
in
the
five
counties,
and
then
they
must
provide
receipts
for
all
of
their
expenses.
T
Applications
if
approved,
would
open
this
Friday
and
it
would
be
first
come
first
served.
Applications
will
be
available
online
and
can
be
submitted
online
and
again,
the
program
would
be
for
funding
starting
June.
A
T
T
T
A
No,
no,
no
any
citizen
comments.
I
I
do
a
lot
of
my
name.
Is
Kevin
Tucker
Florida
penguin
Productions
talk
earlier.
We
do
a
lot
of
digital
advertising
and
for
us
like
it's,
the
Hub
of
everything
that
we
do
to
bring
people
to
our
events
and
to
be
able
to
offer
that
as
a
50
50
option
for
local
businesses,
I
think
it's
really
cool
you
guys
can
do
that.
So,
thank
you
for
everybody.
T
A
A
N
T
Any
other
discussion,
all
in
favor,
aye,
aye
aye,
unanimous,
thank
you
Eric.
It
was
a
lot
of
work
and
I
will
leave
all
of
you
with
a
lovely
handout
that
you
can
use
to
pass
information
on
throughout
the
businesses.
We
will
also
be
marketing
this
as
well
and
again,
applications
will
go
live
this
Friday,
perfect.
B
R
Elise,
what
hurts
DDD
attorney
just
some
quick
background
when
you
get
the
recommendations
from
Southwest
staff
reviews,
whether
it
be
for
events
or
for
business
assistance,
they
look
at
your
purposes
in
the
ordinance
that
that
they
are
in
line
with
your
purposes
in
the
ordinance
that
they
are
in
line
with
your
work
plan
and
that
they
comply
with
your
your
funding
policy.
R
That's
that's
where
the
the
recommendations
come
from.
You
all
approved
a
funding
policy
two
months
ago,
and
there
was
some
confusion
in
the
work
session
about
what
you
really
did.
Approve
and
I
went
back
and
looked
at
the
meeting
went
through
it
three
times
made
sure
I
wasn't
confused,
but
what
you
actually
approved
was
ddb
will
ddb
will
not
approve
Grant
requests
for
reoccurring
events
or
grantees
more
than
twice
without
board
approval
I'm,
not
sure
why
it
says
without
Board
of
approval
in
there,
because
you
all
have
to
approve
everything.
R
But
there
was
discomfort
about
that
in
the
work
session
that
you
all
felt
that
that
might
cut
off
some
things
that
shouldn't
be
cut
off,
so
it
was
suggested
and
you
all
got
a
copy
of
it-
that
the
language
be
changed
to
ddb.
R
The
ddb
will
not
approve
Grant
requests
for
reoccurring
events
more
than
twice
and
I'm,
taking
out
without
board
approval
that
doesn't
belong
in
there.
So
if
the
ddb
will
not
approve
Grant
requests
for
reoccurring
events
more
than
twice
the
ddb
will
prioritize
funding
requests
made
by
organizations
that
have
not
received
grants
funded
EDB
more
than
twice.
R
A
R
You
can
make
exceptions
and,
and
and
the
thing
is,
but
without
board
approval
I
mean
that
goes
with
everything
all
right.
You
don't
have
to
approve
anything
that
comes
from
in
front
of
you.
You
when,
when
you
Institute
a
policy
and
staff
makes
recommendations
based
on
that
policy,
you
still
have
the
right
to
consider
whether
or
not
you're
going
to
move
forward
with
that
particular
Grant
request.
R
If
you
are
not
taking
staff's
recommendation,
whether
it
be
to
deny
the
grant
whether
it
be
to
give
them
less
or
whether
it
be
to
give
them
more.
If
you
deviate
from
the
recommendation
of
your
own
policy,
then
you
have
to
have
a
reason,
because
we
have
to
have
some
sort
of
consistency.
We
have
to
have
fairness.
R
R
If
you
have
a
good
reason
for
the
deviation,
yes,
but
you
have
to
have
a
reason
for
the
deviation
I
mean
when,
when
Jazz
holiday
got
funding
for
substantially
more
than
their
requests,
there
were
five
reasons
given
all
right
for
the
deviation.
So
it
would
have
to
be
something
like
that.
Your
your
emotion
would
have
to
be
I,
whatever
you're
approving
all
right.
I
approve
the
grant
request,
blah
blah
blah
an
amount
exceeding
the
staff
recommendation
in
the
amount
of
blob,
and
my
reasons
are:
okay,.
R
R
So
the
question
right
now
is:
do
you
want
to
keep
what
you've
got,
which
is
two
per
event
and
or
grantee,
or
do
you
want
it
to
be
two
per
event
and
the
and
we're
going
to
give
priority
if
the
same,
if
we've
got
other
grantees
who
have
had
fewer
requests?
R
You
guys
you
guys
made
it
lifetime
and
but
keep
in
mind
if
our
subsequent
board
this
this
policy
will
probably
be
changed
some
year
down
the
road
okay,
but
it
is
as
long
as
this
policy
stands
and
the
other
thing
we
need
to
discuss
is
we
had.
R
Once
again,
you
cannot
bind
future
boards
future
boards
can
make
their
own
policy,
but
for
as
long
as
this
policy
stands,
that
would
be
the
count.
Intention,
as
I
recall,
was
that
we're
predicting
a.
A
R
R
R
Run
yeah
it
was.
We
were
trying
to
get
as
many
people
involved
in
these
as
possible.
We
had
reoccurring
events.
We
did
in
a
different
way
in
that
we
did
almost
all
of
our
grant
requests
at
a
single
meeting
so
that
we
knew
how
much
money
would
be
spent,
and
that
made
it
easier
for
us.
You
all
want
to
be
more
flexible
than
that
I'm
not
saying
one
way
is
better
than
the
other
and
be
with
that
flexibility
become
some
sort
of
responsibility
for
making
sure
there's
some
money
toward
the
end
of
the
year.
R
You
know
so
you
have
we
had
one
meeting
a
year.
We
had
some
emergency
type
events
money
set
aside,
but
we
had
one
meeting
a
year
where
we
considered
all
funding
requests
under
events.
R
R
R
R
Do
you
want
the
motion
would
be
that
you
want
to
retain
the
policy
as
is
or
you
would
like
to
change
it
as
to
remove
the
four
grantees
and
then
add
an
additional
sentence
that
has
you
prioritizing
those
who
have
had
fewer
I
see?
Okay.
So
it's
up
to
you
whether
the
motion
is
going
to
be
keep
it
as
is
or.
R
Go
with
the
recommendation,
I
mean
there
was
what
we're
not
making
a
recommendation
on
this.
This
is
go
with
what
you
discussed
in
the
work
session.
R
R
R
J
R
R
My
last
question
is,
and
I
will
get
the
the
revised
policy
which
staff.
My
last
question
is:
are
we
keeping
the
February
start
date
for
the
policy?
As
far
as
our
count
is
concerned,.
A
A
R
P
P
The
first
one
is
going
to
be
the
taste
of
ethnicity.
This
will
be
on
May
20th.
P
Well
for
our
viewers
at
home,
so
the
first
one
will
be
on
May
20th
and
that
will
be
from
11
A.M
to
6
p.m,
and
this
will
actually
be
taking
place
at
the
600
block
of
Cleveland
Street.
This,
the
taste
of
vanity
of
of
ethnicity,
will
feature
live:
music,
cultural
Performance,
Food,
arts
and
fun
for
everybody.
P
If
you
want
to
get
more
information
about
this,
you
can
go
to
this
area
website
at
downtownclearwater.com
as
well
as
you
can
actually
contact
Vicki
Shar.
She
is
the
CRA
special
event,
specialist
and
she's
actually
coordinated
this
series
of
events
and
her
contact
number
is
727-562-4038.
P
And
then
for
our
next
area,
update
which
I
need
to
get
some
clarification
for
you
all
as
a
board.
Next
month
we
reached
out
to
county
commissioner
Pinellas
County
Commissioner
Brian
Scott.
He
will
attend
the
May
5th
board
meeting
to
talk
about
Urban
Transportation.
This
was
a
discussion
that
you
all
had
at
your
work
session
and
then
from
that
we
talked
about
inviting
PSTA
and
Jolly
Trolley
to
come
out,
which
would
then
be
at
our
June
board
meeting,
and
typically
they
come
out
in
July
to
provide
you
an
update
on
Jolly
Trolley
services.
P
So
the
thought
would
be
that
do
I'm
asking.
How
do
you
want
to
have
them
come
out
at
the
June
board
meeting,
or
do
you
want
them
to
maintain
their
regular
time
to
come
out
in
July
and
with
that
we
would
have
PSTA
and
also
the
Jolly
Trolley
representative,
be
at
that
meeting
as
a
follow-up
to
your
meeting
with
commissioner
Brian
Scott
to
discuss
Urban
transportation.
P
P
Next,
we
will
also
be
bringing
a
work
plan
back
next
month
when
we
adopted
to
do
the
new
two-year
work
plan.
We
have
certain
projects
within
our
plan
that
we
will
be
bringing
forward
throughout
the
course
of
the
next
two
years,
so
at
next
month,
board
meeting
we'll
bring
the
plan
to
just
to
go
over
some
of
their
projects
in
the
timeline
and
just
make
sure
that
the
timeline
that's
laid
out
for
the
projects.
P
As
we
get
closer
to
the
Coachman
Park
opening,
we
want
to
bring
back
Chris
Cook,
so
we
even
invited
him
to
come
out
and
attend
next
month
meeting
to
discuss
the
Imagine
Park
construction
project
project
as
well
as
also
set
up
a
potential
tour
for
y'all
to
tour
the
site
before
it
opens
okay
and
then
my
last
bit
of
news
is
that
this
will
be
my
last
ddb
board
meeting
for
attending
and
also
serving
the
role
as
your
staff,
as
it
is
my
last
day
of
employment
with
the
CRA
I'm
in
the
city
of
Clearwater.
P
P
Up
yeah,
it's
a
process,
it's
a
process,
you're
also
remembering
the
glasses,
but
it
really
have
been
a
pleasure,
and
you
know
I
look
at
this.
It's
not
goodbye
until
the
next
time
that
we
see
each
other,
and
it
really
has
been
my
pleasure
to
be
able
to
serve
well
whoever's
acquiring.
You
is
very
lucky
organization.
P
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
everything
you've
done
for
me,
you've
made
my
life
a
lot
easier
and
people
that
don't
tween
Howard's
work.
He
was
able
to
slim
down
the
process
and
make
it
very
streamlined
compared
to
what
it
was
a
few
years.
Thank
you
for
that
and
thank
you
for
keeping
it
reigniting
all
the
people
in
the
district.
You
know
he
most
people
probably
don't
know,
but
Howard
went
door
to
door
constantly
to
all
Corridor
and
Beyond.
P
A
Okay,
well,
as
a
chairs
report,
I'll
keep
it
brief.
We
have
the
upcoming
and
you
can
see
all
these
details
on
the
event.
Hometownclearwater.Com
there's
a
full
calendar.
There
that's
kept
up
to
date,
I'm
telling
people
constantly
at
least
once
a
week.
People
just
aren't
aware.
So
we
need
to
spread
the
word
so
and
then
this
Saturday
April
15th.