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Regular City Council Meeting 3-17-2021
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A
B
B
B
D
Okay
good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
march
17
2021
city
council
meeting,
let
the
record
reflect
that
all
city
council
members,
with
the
exception
of
councilman
miller,
are
present
and
and
all
city
officials
are
in
the
building
or
in
the
room.
D
F
Thank
you
mayor.
The
first
celebration
in
america
was
in
1601
for
saint
patrick's
day
and
st
patrick.
The
saint
died
in
483
a.d,
a
missionary
to
israel
in
the
book
of
proverbs.
It
says
in
chapter
2,
verse,
10,
let
godly
wisdom
enter
their
hearts
and
knowledge
fill
them
with
joy.
Let's
pray
father.
That
is
exactly
our
request
today
for
this
city
council
as
they
govern
the
affairs
of
the
city
of
pottagorda.
F
We
ask
you
this
day
that
your
word
ring
true
in
each
decision
in
each
item
on
the
agenda
for
the
council
representing
the
people
of
the
city
of
puna
gorda.
We
are
truly
grateful
for
our
freedom
that
we
live
in
and
humbly
ask
for
a
renewing
of
the
founding
fathers
morals
and
stand
for
that
freedom.
We
are
thankful
for
those
who
have
and
are
serving
to
secure
our
freedom
at
home
and
abroad.
F
D
Let
me
also
note
for
the
record
that
mr
miller
is
excused
from
today's
meeting.
We
have
one
letter
from
a
resident
regarding
one
of
the
agenda
items
so,
mr
murray,
if
you'd,
please
read
that
into
the
record.
H
This
is
from
patty
allen,
general
manager
of
fisherman's
village.
Dear
mayor
and
council
members,
I
have
reviewed
the
presentation
and
have
toured
the
area
for
the
learn
to
sail
floating
dock
expansion.
That
is
an
agenda
item
for
march
17th.
First,
let
me
begin
by
stating
that
any
time
we
can
get
kids
and
adults
on
our
beautiful
harbor
sailing
is
a
positive
use
of
this
wonderful
resource
that
we
have.
The
privilege
of
living
next.
To
learn.
Learning
to
sail
is
a
labor
of
love
for
the
many
volunteers
that
make
up
this
organization.
H
It
is
always
a
spectacular
sight
when
I
look
out
of
my
office
window
and
see
those
colorful
sails.
Secondly,
by
adding
floating
dots
to
the
current
configuration,
it
will
allow
for
easier
access
for
all
ages
to
the
boats,
resulting
in
a
far
better
appearance
on
our
harbor
walk.
These
additional
docks
will
be
privately
managed
and
used
exclusively
by
the
sailing
organization.
H
B
D
Okay,
if
there's
anyone
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
address
the
council
on
any
of
today's
council
agenda
items,
please
come
to
the
podium
state,
your
name
for
the
record
and
that-
and
you
have
three
minutes.
D
J
What
we're
hoping
to
do
also
is
we're
hoping
that
we
will
have
an
auction
and
we
will
auction
off
our
old
tree
and
what
we're
hoping
to
is
that
the
proceeds
of
that
auction
will
go
toward
financing
the
cost
of
our
tree.
I
apologize
for
not
staying
here
for
the
whole
presentation,
but
I
really
do
have
another
commitment
at
this
time,
but
I
wanted
to
be
here
and
share
how
important
we
think
this
is
to
the
community
and
keeping
a
holiday
spirit.
We
also
wanted
you
to
know.
J
K
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
you
who
serve
on
our
city
council.
I
had
a
chance
to
go
over
to
the
charlotte
county
commission
meeting
february
26th
and
it
was
very
interesting
to
watch
the
process.
That
happens
everything
from
many
many
many
many
residents
coming
to
the
meeting
and
expressing
their
opinion.
K
K
I'm
going
to
be
paying
attention
how
the
city
marketplace!
That's
blinking,
I
better
hurry
up.
The
city
marketplace
is
going
to
evolve
and
I'm
going
to
watch
how
you
compromise
and
just
compromise
me
the
developer
gets
more.
So
those
are
the
things
I'm
going
to
be
following
very
carefully
with
all
of
you,
and
I
would
I
deeply
appreciate
david
if
you
can
keep
commenting
and
keeping
the
residency
up
to
date
on
the
legalities
of
what
happens
here.
K
We've
still
got
a
developer
in
the
city,
marketplace,
who's
aiming
for
more
than
what
you're
all
talking
about
to
stand
for,
even
units
to
be
within
a
particular
area
and
you've
got
that
advertisement.
It
mimics
what
happened
here
with
the
developer
in
the
charlotte
county
commission,
so
please
this
is
the
time
for
all
residents
and
everyone
and
our
legal
team,
especially
to
keep
in
advising
us
of
what
we
can
and
cannot
do
so
it's
a
level
playing
field
with
our
developers.
Thank
you.
Your
three
minutes
are
out
guys.
Thank
you.
L
M
M
M
So
your
support
with
with
helping
us
continue
that
tradition
here
in
panagorda
would
be
greatly
greatly
appreciated,
and
it's
just
it's
just
really
wonderful
to
bring
that
that
to
all
of
us,
so
we
can
share
it.
Thank
you,
so
very
much
have
a
wonderful
day.
Thank
you.
N
Good
morning
I'm
beth
magnan,
I
believe
you
have
before
you
today,
a
vacancy
for
the
historic
preservation
advisory
board.
I
submitted
an
application
for
that
and
I'd
like
for
you
to
consider
me
for
that
position.
I've
been
a
resident
here
for
18
years
hard
to
believe,
but
I'd
like
to
have
another
another
opportunity
to
give
back
to
the
community
and
preserve
the
historic
presence
that
we
have
in
this
community
and
see
it
continue.
Thank
you.
O
Good
morning,
patty
allen,
general
manager
of
fisherman's
village.
Nothing
makes
me
happier
than
to
talk
about
christmas.
As
you
all
know,
we
are
big
supporters
of
the
downtown
christmas
initiative
and
I
think
we've
also
made
a
donation
for
for
the
tree.
O
Nothing
is
more
spectacular
at
christmas
time
coming
down
marion
to
see
the
beautiful
tree
and
what
they
have
is
pretty
darn
spectacular,
I'm
a
little
jealous,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
if
you
can
look
favorably
on
that
today,
I
I
think
it
just
will
make
puna
gorda
even
more
of
a
christmas
town
than
it
already
is.
O
So
I
fully
support
it,
and
I'm
certainly
would
be
interested
in
looking
at
that
tree
on
auction
if,
if
it
goes
up
for
auction,
so
I'm
not
sure
I
can
buy
it
for
a
dollar,
but
there
we
go.
B
O
Look
favorably
on
it.
It
really.
Christmas
is
a
big
thing
for
fisherman's
village
and
I
just
would
love
to
see
our
whole
town
explode
with
christmas.
It
really
just
brings
joy,
as
all
of
you
have
felt
this
past
year,
the
joy
of
what
the
christmas
season
brings.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Patty.
I
Good
morning,
good
morning,
henry
george
pgi,
I
just
have
a
few
things
that
I
want
to
talk
about
the
last
couple
meetings.
You
guys
talked
about
the
sign
ordinance
and
all
that
stuff.
You
should
only
be
responsible
for
the
right
of
way.
That's
yours.
I
I
I
don't
see,
but
a
couple
of
signs-
that's
not
a
big
deal,
but
it's
just
kind
of
nitpicky
and
aesthetically.
This
is
just
driving
down.
This
is,
from
march
six,
these
pictures
aesthetically.
This
does
not
look
very
nice.
Okay.
This
is
driving
down
marion
this
all
the
dead
foliage,
the
fronds
everywhere.
Just
all
the
time
I
mean,
I
don't
think
that
you
guys
when
you
talk
about
aesthetics,
how
about
working
on
the
property
maintenance
that
the
city
is
responsible
for.
I
Another
thing
that
I
want
to
talk
about
was
a
quote
by
ronald
reagan.
Government's
first
duty
is
to
protect
the
people,
not
run
their
lives,
so
that's
kind
of
interesting
running
people's
lives,
telling
them
what
kind
of
signs
that
they
could
have
on
their
proper
property,
but
also
safety.
How
many
accidents
have
there
been
in
front
of
fisherman's
village
in
the
last
six
months?
I
I'm
sure
you
guys
could
find
that
out
from
the
police
department
just
tons
all
the
time
and
also
the
intersection
right
past
that,
where
henry
it's
henry
street
marion
and
what's
the
other
street
right
there
garvin
street
multiple
runway
drivers.
Just
in
one
day,
I
saw
two
runway
wrong
way:
drivers
coming
the
wrong
way
on
marion,
so
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
talk
about
signage,
how
about?
We
add
some
more
signage.
I
know
there's
that
one
blinking
yield
light
right
there.
I
What
about
blinking
stop
signs
or
at
the
intersection
of
marion
people,
are
just
not
paying
attention.
I
actually
was
hit
by
someone
who
turned
into
me.
They.
They
thought
it
was
one
way
each
direction
and
she
turned
into
me.
I
just
think
there's
I
see
accidents
all
the
time,
probably
in
the
last
six
months
I
see
two
a
month,
so
I
don't
know
you
guys,
you
know
safety
reasons
and
aesthetics
so
anyway.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
D
Tennis,
mixer
and
seventh
charity
golf
outing
at
twin
isles
country
club
on
march
26
and
27
2021,
with
a
significant
portion
of
the
proceeds
being
donated
to
charlotte
behavioral
health
care
for
the
sheriff's
office,
drug
recovery
initiative
to
assist
individuals
who
want
to
be
in
a
recovery
program
and
whereas
the
archway
institute
will
award
grant
funds
to
a
number
of
structured
recovery,
housing
facilities
in
southwest
florida.
To
be
used
as
scholarships
and
will
provide
grants
to
drug-free
punta
gorda
in
2021
to
help
educate
and
bring
awareness
about
the
issues
surrounding
this
disease
in
our
community.
D
Now,
therefore,
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
punta
gorda
florida
does
hereby
proclaim
march
27
2021
as
archway
institute
for
addictive
diseases
and
co-existing
mental
health
disorders
day,
pastor
and
duly
adopted
in
regular
session.
The
17th
day
of
march
2021
city
of
punta
gorda
florida
signed
lynn,
matthews,
mayor
and
accepting
will
be
dan
and
jan
stuckey.
B
P
P
We
work
in
seven
states
and
we've
been
here
seven
years
like
you've
seen
a
couple
things
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
the
last
year.
What
we've
seen
on
the
on
the
some
of
the
ramifications
with
protecting
people
from
covet
has
been,
and
it's
all
across
the
country,
including
charlotte
county
overdose
rates,
have
increased,
relapse
rates
are
up,
suicide
rates
are
up,
depression
is
up,
domestic
disputes
are
up.
This
needs,
for
our
services
have
been
more
than
ever.
P
People
have
lost
their
jobs,
so
you
talk
about
these
scholarships
to
keep
people
in
recovery
programs,
so
we've
had
more
requests,
while
at
the
same
time
as
a
non-profit,
we
have
had
trouble
because
we
can't
do
in-person.
Fundraising,
I'm
pleased
to
tell
you-
and
we
are
all
privately
funded
individuals
sending
us
money.
P
P
Archway
has
given
more
grant
money
to
drug-free
puna
gorda
for
prevention
programs
than
any
other
prevention
program
in
any
of
the
other
states.
We
work
in
archway
gets
more
requests
for
help
and
information
in
southwest
florida
than
any
other
part
of
the
country,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
both
for
help
for
people
who
live
in
southwest
florida
and
their
loved
ones
that
live
all
over
the
country.
So
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
your
support,
we're
doing
the
best.
We
can
we're
going
to
try
and
do
more,
and
we
appreciate
your
support.
D
Okay,
we
have
we're
going
to
have
two
special
presentations
this
morning,
but
before
we
do
that,
if
there's
anyone
else
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
introduce
themselves
as
a
candidate
for
a
board
or
committee,
please
come
to
the
podium
and
introduce
yourself.
D
D
As
you
all
remember,
we
had
a
discussion
at
the
last
council
meeting
and
we
had
planned
to
send
a
letter
to
the
puc
per
the
council's
directive
and
since
that
time
mr
murray
and
I
have
had
numerous
conversations
and
emails
with
our
representative
from
fpnl,
and
she
would
like
to
share
with
us
this
morning
an
update
on
what
fp
l
is
doing
to
correct
the
problems
we've
been
having
with
the
the
hardening
project,
so
charlotte
welcome
and
good
morning,
and
the
ball
is
yours.
E
Thank
you
good
morning,
it's
nice
to
be
able
to
be
here
virtually.
I
appreciate
you
accommodating
that
for
me,
and
I
also
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
with
you
what
we're
doing
with
hardening,
and
I
want
you
to
to
know
that
we
really
want
to
address
the
concerns
that
and
issues
that
you've
been
experiencing
and
be
able
to
create
a
pathway
to
work
forward
or
get
forward
to
to
work
with
you
on
that
to
to
alleviate
those
issues
and
concerns.
E
What
that
does
is
make
our
lines
much
more
resilient.
We
go
into
communities,
neighborhoods
business
areas
and
strengthen
these
facilities,
primarily
by
putting
in
stronger
poles,
sometimes
they're
woods
a
little
bit
larger
woods.
Sometimes
they're
concrete,
often
shortening
spans,
strengthening
our
equipment
and
by
doing
all
this,
when
we
do
have
a
severe
weather
event,
it
is.
We
have
determined
that
the
lines
that
are
hardened
are
55
more
resilient
to
outages
or
issues
than
our
lines
that
have
not
been
hardened.
E
So
it's
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
this
for
our
customers
so
that
when
we
do
have
severe
weather
they're
going
to
see
much
less
reliability
issues
than
you
would
if
you
had
not
been
hardened.
So
that's
why
we
do
it
and
we
currently
have,
as
you
know,
some
hardening
projects
in
the
city
of
pentagorda.
E
These
are
projects
they'll,
usually
last
at
least
six
months,
and
with
that
it's
a
phased
approach.
Our
crews
will
go
in,
do
what
we've
I've
described
and
then,
after
that,
if
there
are
other
utilities
like
comcast
or
centurylink,
is
overhead
as
well.
They
need
to
transfer
to
our
polls
and
that
process
can
take
some
time
as
well
and
then
once
that's
done,
we
will
come
back.
Other
crews
will
come
back
and
take
care
of
the
pole
removals.
E
Let's
talk
about
that
for
a
moment,
because
I
know
the
pole,
removals
have
been
a
real
concern
for
it.
For
you
all,
our
crews
have
been
working
feverishly
this
month,
just
to
give
you
some
information
on
how
many
been
removed
since
august
of
last
year,
95
double
poles
had
been
pulled.
A
lot
of
that
was
waiting
for
utility
to
be
transferred
over
comcast
and
centurylink.
E
We
do
have
an
abundance
of
polls
out
there
right
now
that
are
in
the
process
of
being
pulled.
Since
march
5th
40
additional
polls
have
been
pulled
and
165
more
are
scheduled.
What
happens
is
comcast
or
what
whoever
the
utility
is
will
enter
into
a
general
database.
All
utilities
have
when
they
have
transferred
attachments
so
that
we
know
it's
all
ready
to
to
pull
from
from
our
standpoint
and
then
we'll
send
crews
back
out
to
do
that.
E
E
So
that's,
I
know
one
big
concern
for
you
as
far
as
the
fact
that
some
of
these
polls
have
been
out
there
for
a
while
and
please
know
that
we
are
very
dedicated
to
getting
those
out
of
there.
E
I
know
some
of
the
other
concerns
that
you
had
regard
regarding
communications
and
we
do
send
letters
or
emails
depending
on
how
a
customer
receives
their
bill
regarding
when
a
hardening
project
is
starting
in
their
area.
I've
talked
with
our
team,
though,
regarding
enhancing
those
communications,
so
so
our
customers
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
that
hardening
is
and
what
they're
gonna
experience
in
that
neighborhood,
rather
than
just
a
start
and
end
date
and
then
we'll
be
in
the
in
the
neighborhood
working.
E
So
we're
working
on
that,
as
well
as
improved
communications
with
city
and
mayor
matthews
had
shared
with
me
quite
a
few
concerns
on
repairs
that
needed
to
be
done
and
the
missions,
and
I
really
welcome
your
feedback
on
those.
If
there's
a
situation
out
there,
that
has
not
been
corrected.
We
want
to
correct
it
and
please
don't
hesitate
to
share
that
information
with
me,
as
as
we
go
through
vegetation
should
be
taken.
E
I
would
suggest
consideration
of
establishing
a
call
or
meeting
on
a
weekly
or
bi-weekly
basis
at
first
and
then,
however
often
is
needed,
as
as
the
polls
and
repairs
continue
to
diminish
with
the
city,
so
that
we
can
update
you
doing.
We
can
hear
what
your
concerns
are
and
so
that
we
can
address
them
as
quickly
as
possible.
We
want
to
be
responsive
and
we
want
to
take
good
care
of
our
customers
and
that's
why
I'm
here
today.
D
Q
Good
morning,
charlotte,
it's
great
to
see
you
good
morning,
so
the
program
is
active
in
burnt
store
isles.
In
fact
this
week,
they're
still
putting
in
the
initial
polls
for
the
hardening
project.
The
concern
from
the
homeowners
association
is
just
lack
of
information
and
the
when
those
polls
are
actually
going
to.
I
know
that
you're
dependent
on
comcast,
so
I
get
that
and
comcast
has
been
very
unresponsive
on
numerous
issues
here
in
our
community
with
dangling
wires
and
things
like
that
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
the
hardening
project.
Q
But
that
said,
the
lack
of
information
is
the
the
community
just
want.
They
wonder
what's
going
on,
and
I
think
you
mentioned
communication,
but
it's
also
to
the
homeowners
association
and
to
the
residents
themselves
because
they
are
in
a
quandary.
How
long
are
these
polls
going
to
sit
here
so
anything
that
you
can
do
to
communicate?
Q
I
know
that
you
have
been
in
communication
with
the
burn
star
isles
association
and
yeah
bill
courtney,
who's,
the
president
and
would
really
greatly
be
appreciated
because
it's
you're
the
responsive
part
on
this
you're
dependent
on
on
comcast,
so
providing
that
information
is
going
to
help
homeowners
understand.
Q
Perhaps
how
long
does
something
need
to
sit
there
rather
than
well
expecting
immediately
somebody's
going
to
be
out
there?
The
next
day
to
take
out
the
poll.
E
Understood-
and
I
know
it
can
be
frustrating
when
a
polls
out
there
for
a
while
and
customers,
just
don't
know
what's
happening
or
if
we're
addressing
it.
So
I
will
definitely
commit
to
you
to
better
communications
on
that
and
I'll
check
with
our
hardening
team
today
and
on
where
we
are
with
comcast
transfers
and
in
burnt
store,
aisles
and
and
what
we
anticipate.
We
have
been
dip
engines
with
comcast
to
to
speed
up
that
process,
and
just
so
you
know
too
in
burnt
store
isles.
E
We
anticipate
being
done
with
the
hardening
portion
of
you
know,
putting
in
the
new
polls
and
facilities
most
likely
by
the
end
of
april.
That
does
not
include
poll
removals,
because,
obviously
we
have
to
wait
for
those
transfers
to
take
place
I'll,
communicate
all
that
to
bill
and
I'll
copy
you
as
well
and
continue
to
keep
you
informed.
D
Just
as
important
is
the
restoration
of
the
site
when
they're
done
with
the
project
with
when
they
put
a
new
poll
in
and
they
remove
the
old
poll,
and
you-
and
I
have
talked
about
this
a
number
of
times,
but
making
sure
that
the
sites
are
restored
to
the
condition
they
were
in
before
you
started
is
really
kind
of
critical
as
well.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
properties
that
that
really
need
to
be
looked
at
for
that.
So.
D
E
I
actually
was
talking
with
our
hardening
manager
this
morning
on
that,
so
we're
we're
going
to
be
reviewing
all
that
information.
I
do
want
to
share
with
you,
and
I
we
had
talk
about
this
too,
with
the
white
stones
that
are
around
the
base
of
the
poles.
Those
are
actually
put
in
to
strengthen
the
pole
as
its
setting.
D
D
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
get
the
properties
back
to
the
condition
they
were
in
when
they
started,
so
that
that
will
be
something
that
you
and
I
can
work
on
continuously
all
the
way
through
this,
but
and
I
and
I
do
support
having
a
weekly
meeting
with
with
perhaps
myself
and
since
I've
been
so
vocal
about
this
I'll
I'd
like
to
stay
involved
and
and
help
follow
it
through.
But
city
manager
has
agreed
to
do
that
as
well.
So
we
have
a
question
from
the
vice
mayor.
C
I
know
that
this
is
really
not
your
responsibility,
but
I
thought
I
would
share
this
with
you.
Several
of
the
people
who
complained
said
that
they
didn't
know
anything
about
this
hardening
project
and
I
think
the
issue
is
that
a
lot
of
us,
myself
included,
get
our
bill
electronically
and
our
bank
automatically
pays
it,
and
I
really
can
honestly
say
I
have
never
read
the
insert.
I
mean
it
comes.
C
You
know
on
my
computer
and
I
would
say
that
a
hundred
percent
of
the
people
who
complained
to
me
were
in
that
same
situation,
so
you
might
want
to
try
using
the
voice
of
the
of
the
civic
association
and
the
burnt
store
aisles
association
to
get
word
out,
because
even
if
you
don't
get
a
hundred
percent
of
the
people,
because
obviously
a
hundred
percent
don't
belong
to
the
association
neighbors
talk-
and
I
think
you
know
it's
better
to
at
least
have
somebody
know
what's
happening
than
a
lot
of
people
missing-
that
little
part
of
the
equation.
C
E
Yeah
that
makes
complete
sense
how
we
send
out
those
inform
information.
Letters
are
like
you
said.
If
you
receive
your
email
electronically
you're
going
to
get
a
communication
from
us
electronically
for
customers
that
still
receive
bills
by
mail,
then
it
will
go
by
mail
about
what
does
happen.
Sometimes
you
know
people
are
paying
their
bills
by
automatic
deduction
each
month
their
email
may
have
changed.
E
They
didn't
think
about
that,
so
they
may
not
have
notified
us
and
sometimes
those
slip
through
the
cracks
because
of
that
and
a
customer's
not
notified,
because
we
don't
have
that
even
correct
information
and
I
think
the
idea
of
communicating
with
the
hoas
in
in
for
whatever
reason
a
customer
does
not
receive
or
read
that
information
is
a
very
good
one.
So
we
can
certainly
do
that
thanks.
D
Think
we
can
also,
if
you
can,
provide
the
information
to
the
city
manager's
office.
We
can
also
include
it
in
the
weekly
newsletter
that
goes
out
and
all
the
council
members
send
out
a
newsletter
to
constituents
in
the
community.
So
the
more
sharing
of
information
we
can
do
the
better.
That's.
A
This
I
wanted
to
ask.
D
A
The
work
you
do
I
wanted
to
ask
about:
are
you
the
person
to
contact
in
regard
to
the
maintenance
of
trees
around
the
lines,
because
we,
in
the
downtown
area
we
have
areas
where
a
lot
of
tree
growth
is
now
looks
very
threatening
in
terms
of
actually
being
a
hazard
in
regard
to
the
power
lines?
And
no
I
mean,
would
that?
Are
you
the
person
to
contact
or
is
a
different
person
within
fbl.
E
Absolutely
yes,
go
ahead
and
contact
me
and
greg
has
my
email
and
and
phone
number
or
actually
I'll
I'll
email
it
to
you
as
well,
and
I'm
happy
to
send
our
vegetation
folks
to
take
a
look
at
it.
E
We
do
trim
on
a
regular
basis
and
are
proactive
with
our
vegetation
trimming,
but,
as
you
know,
in
florida
certain
species
grow
so
much
more
quickly
than
others,
and
if
there
is
vegetation
in
lines
we
want
to
know
about
it,
we'd
like
to
trim
it
and
be
proactive,
so
it
does
not
require
cause
a
reliability
issue.
Thank
you.
So
much.
D
Q
Did
you
have
a
question?
Well
the
thought
that
I
had
was
more
about
the
next
door.
Neighbor
chat
group
that
is-
and
I
don't
know
how
I'm
charlotte
would
work
with
this,
but
the
people
and
they
will
get
a
hold
of
an
idea,
that's
wrong,
and
then
it
becomes
like
a
feeding
frenzy,
and
I
think
that
it
having
correct
information
in
that
site
to
help
clarify
things,
could
go
a
long
way
to
to
helping
the
community
get
the
right
information.
Q
Okay
and
set
things
straight.
There
are
always
going
to
be
those
people
who
say
no
matter
who
in
authority
is
trying
to
set
things
straight.
They
will
know
better.
I
experienced
that
personally,
but
I
think
that
it's,
it
might
help
yeah.
C
D
Well,
if
they're,
if
there's
something,
I
I
kind
of
keep
a
monitor
on
there
just
for
the
to
feel
the
pulse
of
the
community
sometimes.
But
if
I
see
something
that
pertains
to
fpl,
I
copy
and
paste
it
and
usually
send
it
to
to
greg
or
to
melissa
in
the
city
manager's
office
and
then
have
them
respond
or
put
post
something
on
next
door.
So
I
could
do
the
same
with
you
if
you
want.
You
know,
if
there's
ever
anything
that
I
think
pertains
to
you.
E
It's
a
partnership
and
we
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you.
E
D
H
H
Just
mention
that
we
were
drafting
a
letter
to
be
sent
to
the
public
utilities
commission
in
them,
and
that
is
not
going
out
yet.
So
if
you
want
to
hold
off
on
that
and
see
how
this
progresses
until
we
do
that,
this
would
be
the
time
to
say
it,
because
if
not,
it
will
be
going
out
the
door.
Q
Am
okay
with
that
in
relation
to
fpl,
but
I
think
comcast
is
a
guilty
party
on
this.
That
ignores
us,
and
I
know
that,
aside
from
the
hardening
project,
a
resident
of
brent
star
isles
did
a
complete
inventory
of
all
of
the
problem
spots
with
addresses
poll
numbers.
Everything
and
comcast
is
still
not
addressing
it.
Q
So
I'm
of
the
opinion
that
comcast
we
may
want
to
consider
because
comcast
seems
to
be
continues
to
be
unresponsive.
Sometimes.
D
I
I
can
tell
you,
charlotte,
has
been
bending
over
backwards
to
work
with
us,
since
we
had
the
discussion
at
the
last
council
meeting
and
she
signed
a
recap
just
last
night
to
both
greg
and
myself
and
basically
what
she
just
shared
with
us
that
they've
taken
an
additional
40
polls
down
since
the
first
week
of
march,
since
we
had
the
discussion
and
they've
identified,
165
more
that
have
to
be
taken
down
and
they're.
D
Transferring
facilities
on
18,
additional
polls
and
comcast
is
in
the
process
of
transferring
on
121
additional
polls,
so
they're
paying
attention.
They've
contacted
comcast
they're,
getting
things
moving.
So
I
would
like
to
see
if
we
can
maybe
just
hold
off
a
couple
weeks
and
see
if
this
continues
in
the
right
direction.
If
we
find
we're
not
getting
the
support,
then
by
all
means,
I
think
a
letter
to
puc
for
comcast
would
be
in
order.
Well.
Q
It
does
demonstrate,
I
guess
it
supports.
What
I
was
suggesting
is
that
the
public
utilities
do
not
want
letters
going
to
the
public
utilities
commission,
so
it
may
be
that
we
need
to
con
contact
comcast
and
let
comcast
know
that
we
will
be
communicating
with
them
if
they
continue
to
be
unresponsive.
D
Yes,
a
lot
of
activity,
I've
seen
the
trucks
going
up
and
down
the
roads,
taking
the
polls
down
already,
so
it's
been
very
productive.
Thankfully,
okay,
next
we
have
a
presentation
by
dr
joe
pepe
from
the
charlotte
county
department
of
health.
I
think
here.
G
Okay,
excellent
so
good
morning,
joe
pepe
florida
department
of
health
charlotte
county
thanks
for
having
me
again
so
much
has
happened
since
the
last
time
I've
been
here,
we've
been,
I
feel
like
we're
moving
at
light
speed,
but
not
fast
enough.
So
that's
probably
the
best
way
I
can
describe
it.
G
Let's
just
talk
about
cases
first
and
then
we'll
talk
about
our
vaccine,
progress
that
we've
been
making
as
well
as
kind
of
where
we're
headed
strategy
wise
to
sort
of
paint
the
picture
recently
our
current
positivity
is
at
5.73,
which
is
really
great.
It's
staying
under
10
percent
we're
seeing
a
significant
reduction
in
cases
right
now
across
the
state,
and
it's
really
been
been
a
testament
to
all
of
the
control
measures
that
are
in
place,
as
well
as
the
vaccine
efforts.
G
When
we
look
at
the
epi
curve,
we've
had
a
a
pretty
significant
report
out
the
last
couple
of
days
where
we're
looking
into
the
correlations
or
is
it
a
byproduct
of
of
labs
reporting
or
if
it's
a
function
of
spring
break
or
anything
like
that,
so
we're
looking
at
patterns
there,
but
in
general
we've
had
a
very
long
run
of
under
20
cases
or
under
30
cases
a
day
for
quite
some
time
now.
G
So
that's
been
great,
we
expect
you
know
some
fluctuation
in
that,
but
as
long
as
the
overall
trend
and
you
can
see
in
the
in
the
upper
right
quadrant,
the
overall
trend
is
really
trending
downward
and
this
is
indicative
of
a
an
epicurve
with
a
medical
intervention
like
a
vaccine
just
because
of
the
fact
that
you're
going
to
have
that
rapid
improvement.
G
But
then
there's
this
longer
tail
as
you
dig
deeper
into
the
community
and
it
just
takes
some
time
to
really
really
suppress
and
then
you're
always
having
kind
of
new
introduction
into
the
community,
whether
it's
travel
related
or
things
like
that.
So
so,
when
we
look
at
it
really
from
the
cases
by
month
and
I'll
make
this
larger
for
folks
in
the
room,
but
you
can
see,
there's
been
a
dramatic
decrease
from
december
from
2500
cases
right
now
we're
at
341..
G
So
you
can
see
that's
right
about
the
time
we
started
vaccinating
in
our
our
long-term
care
facilities,
als
and
congregate
living,
and
that's
made
a
huge
impact
when
we
look
at
our
cases,
really
you're
seeing
a
significant
impact
in
that
75
and
85
year
old
category,
which
is
really
the
ones
that
we're
focusing
on
to
prevent
loss
of
life
and
and
hospitalization
one
of
the
slides.
I
want
to
share
with
you-
and
I
know
you
get
asked
this
all
the
time.
Why
are
we
doing
this
strategy?
G
G
If
you
were
just
to
take
a
flat
line
or
even
have
a
slow
reduction
from
that
87
you're,
looking
at
at
least
150
lives
that
would
have
been
lost,
but
for
those
interventions.
So
this
is
a
hard
number
that
you
can.
You
can
count
on
to
to
see
the
impact
as
to
what
you
all
have
done
and
what
we've
done
as
a
community
to
react.
I'm
not
wanting
to
get
into
any
political
discussions
or
philosophical
debates,
but
the
bottom
line
is:
is
infection
control
works?
We
know
that
because
we
see
it
in
our
pre-hospital
responders.
G
We
see
that
in
our
hospital
environments
and
in
our
nursing
homes
it
is
a
standard
practice
for
all
of
the
medical
community
and
so
anything
that
we
can
do
within
our
ability
to
help
stem
to
tide
or
control.
The
transmission
of
covid
really
has
a
huge
impact.
I
didn't
bring
up
the
flu
report,
but
it
it
all
of
these
efforts
have
suppressed
our
flu
season
as
well
dramatically.
So
you
can
see
that
the
same
things
that
are
helping
with
covet
are
also
suppressing
flu
season
significantly.
G
When
we
look
at
our
pediatric
cases,
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
would
like
to
share
with
you
is
this
bottom
right.
Quadrant
again,
let
me
make
sure
it's
on
school
age
and
take
a
look
at
that,
and
you
can
see
clearly
that
also
the
same
impact
for
our
school-age
kids.
We're
not
seeing
this
massive
outbreak
in
schools,
we're
not
seeing
huge
disruptions
of
classes
and
the
school
districts
quite
honestly
have
done
an
amazing
job.
G
Even
our
private
schools
charter
schools
have
done
an
amazing
job
at
really
working
closely
with
the
health
department,
as
well
as
good
infection
control
practices.
So
that's
really
going
well
and
to
dovetail
into
that.
We've
also
been
vaccinating
our
our
schools
for
a
few
weeks
now
and
we'll
continue
to
press
hard
on
that,
along
with
our
first
responders,
based
on
the
new
executive
orders
that
are
out
when
we
look
at
our
hospitals,
same
trend.
G
The
hospitals
have
begun
to
wind
down
some
of
their
dedicated,
coveted
wings
and
really
absorb
that
into
their
existing
infrastructure.
Already,
and
you
can
see.
Also
discharges
are
working
well,
so
they're
be
able
to
transfer
folks
out
pretty
regularly
and
that's
really
been
working
well
tying
into
long-term
care
facilities
as
well.
You
can
see
clearly
that
there's
been
a
significant
impact
going
back
to
this
is
when
we
started
vaccinating.
G
We
had
that
peak
and
then
immunity
started
to
kick
in
and
you
can
see
clearly
the
number
of
staff,
as
well
as
patients
has
dropped
dramatically
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
weeks
and
we'll
continue
to
follow
up
and
suppress
that
when
we
look
at
our
folks
that
are
hospitalized
you're,
seeing
that
the
the
number
is
dropping
and
at
some
point
this
will
continue
to
shrink
more
and
more
as
we
we
get
immunity
in
that
high
risk
population.
G
We
have
been
targeting
different
communities
as
well
as
our
homebound
individuals.
I
reported
out
before
that.
We
vaccinated
all
of
the
folks
in
our
special
needs,
shelter,
registries
that
we
know
about,
and
we've
also
been
vaccinating
our
homebound
individuals
through
several
different
channels,
but
one
of
them
is
a
home
health
agency
that
we've
been
working
with,
as
well
as
some
of
our
private
pharmacies
who
do
home.
Visitations
have
been
doing
that
as
well.
G
We've
also
stood
up
some
additional
private
pharmacies
for
vaccination
coverage,
as
well
as
several
several
pop-up
sites
that
have
been
supporting
different
communities
all
around
the
county
and
what
we
did
in
order
to
identify
the
communities
and
different
things
is
we.
We
worked
with
the
county
on
identifying
all
of
the
senior
facilities,
senior
living
communities,
the
mobile
home
communities
and
things
like
that
put
together
a
comprehensive
roster
and
then
partnered
with
a
group
that
has
been
working
with
us
for
quite
some
time
now.
G
Health
heroes
and
they've
been
basically
traveling
around
and
reaching
all
of
these
communities
and
the
feedback
we're
getting
is
they're
extremely
thankful
that
we
thought
of
them
and
that
we're
working
through
those
communities
trying
to
take
care
of
them.
So
it's
been
very,
very
positive
and
rewarding
just
to
hear
some
of
the
feedback,
not
to
say
that
it's
perfect,
but
it's
been
really
great
to
reach
people
who
have
been
waiting
to
get
their
vaccine.
It's
really
been
a
rewarding
process.
G
When
we
look
at
our
vaccines,
we
basically
have
crossed
over
the
60
mark.
This
is
actually
a
little
bit
lagging
today.
We're
at
63
percent
of
our
over
65
have
been
vaccinated
in
the
county,
and
we're
really
excited
about
that.
We've
we've
done
about,
I
think
it's
71
000,
let's
see
83
556
doses
administered
and
looking
at
57
031
people
that
have
been
vaccinated.
G
So
when
we
tile
that,
together
in
a
community
of
180,
190
000
people
in
two
months,
that's
a
lot
of
progress
in
a
very
short
amount
of
time.
We're
not
where
we
need
to
be,
but
we're
definitely
not
where
we
used
to
be.
So,
I'm
very
thankful
for
that
and
that's
a
byproduct
of
a
lot
of
good
partnership
with
volunteers.
G
Our
community
partners,
you've
seen
you've
seen
our
folks
with
fire
ems
out
at
the
harbor
event
center
helping
and
supporting
these
efforts.
So
I
think
it's
just
been
really
just
all
hands
community
effort
between
our
staff
at
the
health
department,
as
well
as
county
staff
and
your
staff
and
and
just
in
general.
It's
just
been
very,
very,
very
rewarding
to
see
how
many
people
have
stepped
up,
including
our
community
members,
who
are
medical
providers
who
are
willing
to
support
vaccination
efforts,
so
we're
definitely
moving
in
the
right
direction.
G
So
I
would
say
that
my
wish-
and
I've
been
saying
this
a
few
times
now
is
my
wish-
is
that
we
have
a
maskless
4th
of
july,
and
so,
if
we
continue
to
help
each
other
stay
on
track
and
and
do
all
the
right
things,
maybe
that
that
dream
will
become
a
reality.
G
D
Questions
I
do
have
a
couple
quick
questions.
These
pop-up
sites
that
are
being
set
up
there
has
been
a
lot
of
questioning
about
favoritism
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff.
Are
these
pop-up
sites
open
to
anybody
that
wants
to
go
when
they
have
them.
G
Typically,
what
we've
been
doing
is
the
answer
is
they've
been
working
with
each
other?
We
have
the
so
remember
that
the
pop-up
sites
are
not
the
only
sites,
so
it's
it's.
It's
part
of
a
mix
of
what
we're
doing
so.
Just
to
give
you
an
idea.
Last
week
alone,
we
had
about
30
different
points
of
presence
in
charlotte
county,
so
that's
a
mix
between
our
permanent
dispensing
sites
that
we
have
in
east,
county,
west,
county
and
and
south
county
as
well,
and
then
we
have
these
strike
team
pods
that
we've
been
doing.
G
In
fact,
we
have
one
coming
up
at
south
county
that
was
in
in
collaboration
with
faith-based
organizations,
and
then
we
have
these
communities
that
are
going
out
and
targeted.
So
the
answer
is
the
ideal
strategy
for
these
communities
is
to
work
with
their
property
management
or
their
hoa
of
some
type
to
where
they
can
help
us
get
the
word
out
and
get
a
good
turnout
for
that
group
and
then
vaccinate
those
individuals
we're
not
precluding
others
from
coming
there.
G
The
the
goal
is
really
to
work
our
way
around
and
if
you're
in
a
community
that
you
would
like
for
us
to
come
to
then
reach
out
and
we'll
certainly
roster
that
up,
but
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
we
don't
want
to
create
panic
or
or
or
overcrowding,
and
things
like
that.
We
want
it
to
really
be
a
controlled
environment.
I
think
the
feedback
that
I've
received,
the
most
in
all
of
our
dispensing
sites
has
been
how
organized
it's
been,
and
it's
not
been
chaotic
and
folks
are
coming
in.
G
They
get
their
vaccine,
it's
been
a
very
pleasurable
experience
and
then
they
leave
right.
So
I
think
there's
been
a
lot
of
anxiety
about
what
they
potentially
could
experience
by
coming
to
get
vaccinated,
so
we're
trying
to
prevent
that
mainly
for
for
safety
reasons
more
than
anything
else.
If
somebody
is
really
concerned
about
getting
vaccinated,
my
recommendation
is
for
them
to
reach
out
to
us
and
then
we'll
figure
out
how
to
fit
them
in.
G
G
So
for
me,
I'm
a
supporter
of
it
and
I
think
that
most
physicians
are
supporters
of
it.
The
big
key
here
is
just
educate
yourself
and
then
make
a
decision
and,
if
you're
not
going
to
get
vaccinated,
please
remember
that
any
other
protective
measures
you
can
do
to
keep
yourself
healthy
would
be
great.
D
A
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
share
what
we
in
regard
to.
I
think
our
residents
are
doing
a
tremendous
job
of
collaboration
like,
for
example,
at
emerald
point.
They
were
concerned
that
a
lot
of
older
people
didn't
have
it,
and
so
they
actually
have
a
lot
of
retired
nurses
and
retired
I.t
people,
and
they
were
really
just
on
it
every
day,
and
so
they
got
most
people
taken
care
of,
and
now
what
they're
doing
is
they're
contacting
other
communities
and
working
with
them.
A
So
basically,
if
anyone
needs
it,
they'll
help
coordinate,
and
then
they
also
now
of
cour
incorporated
with
dr
pepe.
So
now
with
the
healthy
heroes
yeah,
it's
all
coming
together.
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
organic
relationships
between
our
our
communities.
Now
that
they're
helping
each
other
that
someone
will
indicate
there's
someone
who's
95
years
old,
doesn't
have
their
shots,
yet
someone
said
we'll
make
sure
that
they
either
get
their
appointment
or
they
can
get
their
shot.
So
I
think
our
community
is
really
working
well.
D
I
think
all
the
letters
for
the
governor
really
helped.
I
think
that
the
governor
got
several
letters
from
people
in
this
county
and
and
not
the
least
of
which
was
from
us,
but
you
know.
I
think
that,
now
that
the
supply
has
opened
up
a
little
bit
and
with
the
j
j
vaccine
now
being
available,
I
think
it's
made
a
huge
difference
and
we're
seeing
mass
quantities
of
people
being
vaccinated
every
day.
I
know
ray
told
me
that
we
did
900
one
day
last
week
at
the
event
center,
which.
G
Is
now
I'm
averaging
about
a
thousand
a
day
at
the
event
center?
Yesterday
we
did
about
650
at
the
sunshine
church
and
then
we're
averaging
about
600
650
out
in
tringali
as
well
to
get
put
into
perspective
when
we
first
started.
We
with
first
and
second
shots
we're
anywhere
from
two
to
three
thousand
vaccines
a
week,
we're
doing
somewhere
around
10
to
13
000
now
between
all
of
the
added
groups
and
things
like
that,
so
we've
accelerated
dramatically
and
that's
making
a
huge
difference.
G
D
G
That's
a
great
question:
what
do
we
do
with
that?
So
it's
a
great
question
right
now.
We
only
have
four
variant
cases
that
they're
linked
together.
We
know
about
them
and
we're
doing
some
more
research
on
it.
We
are
doing,
I
guess
the
best
way
to
describe
it,
would
be
surveillance
and
genotyping
of
the
different
positive
cases
that
we're
seeing
our
epidemiology
team.
Not
only
are
they
doing
the
case
management
but
they're
doing
the
random
sampling
and
surveillance.
So
what
happens?
G
Is
we
if
we
get
a
symptomatic
individual,
we
test,
they
become
positive,
we're
genotyping
and
just
doing
some
sampling
to
see.
Is
it
in
line
with
varian?
Is
there
a
novel
virus,
that's
popping
out
and
that's
really
part
of
a
national
effort
for
surveillance.
G
What
we're
seeing
right
now
is
that
at
this
time
there
are
no
new
variants
that
are
outside
the
protection
of
the
vaccine.
So
the
good
thing
about
that
is
is
the
more
we
vaccinate
the
faster
we
vaccinate
the
less
opportunity.
This
virus
has
to
create
a
variant
outside
the
protection
of
the
vaccine
and
there's
already
conversation
about
development
of
perhaps
an
additional
shot
to
cover
variants.
So
you
know
science
will
catch
up
quickly,
but
the
good
thing
is
is
that,
right
now
this
vaccine
provides
protection.
B
R
G
A
great
question
so
for
those
who
didn't
hear
as
if
somebody's
been
vaccinated,
are
they
potentially
a
carrier
or
spreading
covet?
There's
been
lots
of
research
recently
that
really
supports
vaccinated
individuals
have
a
lower
viral
load
if
they're
exposed
to
covid.
So
in
a
sense,
what
happens
is
there's
not
as
much
virus
circulating
in
their
body
to
allow
them
to
shed
virus
to
become
infectious?
That's
what
the
data
is
supporting
and
we've
seen
that
in
many
different
environments,
where
we
fight
viruses
and
things
like
that.
G
So
when
we
look
at
hiv,
we
look
at
hepatitis
and
we
look
at
other
things.
The
goal
is
to
suppress
viral
load,
to
where
it's
not
detectable
and
in
a
sense
you're,
not
able
to
transmit
the
virus,
and
so
the
same
strategy
is
working
with
covet
as
well
to
to
have
the
body
fight
it
off
to
where
it's
not
detectable
and
then,
basically
in
a
sense,
you
would
not
be
able
to
transmit
it.
D
I
G
D
R
And
this
is
the
second
reading
of
an
ordinance
which
I'll
read
by
title:
only
an
ordinance
of
the
city
of
punta
gorda,
amending
the
city
of
puente,
gorda
firefighters,
retirement
system,
as
adopted
by
ordinance
879-87
and
is
subsequently
amended.
It's
hereby
further
amended
to
provide
for
compliance
with
the
secure
act,
repealing
all
all
ordinances
and
conflict
here
with
providing
for
severability
and
providing
an
effective
date.
D
R
B
C
A
There's
no
concussions,
no
that's
part
of
the
that's
part
of
what
this
change
is
is
making
sure
it's
not
a
paid
holiday.
It's
only
recognizing
the
date
is
that
that
the
the
bill
which
was
put
up,
which
had
the
erroneous
date
they
were
asking
for
a
paid
holiday.
This
is
not.
This
is
simply
to
recognize
the
day.
Only
it's.
A
But
not
it's
not
unpaid.
I
mean
I
can
shin
the
language.
There
is
no
there's,
no
financial
impact
whatsoever.
There's!
No!
That's
that's
one!
That's
one
of
the
things
about
this
is
that
especially
this
year
with
with
cobit
and
everything,
no,
no
one.
I
mean
no
one's
going
to
actually
ask
for
this,
especially
when
we
have
these
kind
of
shortfalls.
So
this
is
not
for
any
kind
of
fine
there's.
No
financial
implication
whatsoever
is
simply
to
make
sure
that
florida
acknowledges
may
20th
rather
than
june
19th
as
a
date
there
there
is
no
paid.
A
R
B
H
This
is,
it
was
not
and,
as
mr
levin
said,
we
discussed
changing
state
holiday
to
official
state
day
or
something
official.
A
Q
H
R
D
Okay,
good
all
right:
next,
we
have
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
anything
anybody
would
like
to
pull
from
the
consent
agenda.
D
H
And
I'll
just
preface
this,
this
was
the
information
that
you
asked
to
come
back
when
we
had
90
plans.
So
we're
just
going
to
give
you
the
information
on
what
that
now
cost,
as
opposed
to
the
2018
and
kristin,
of
course,
has
information
on
where
that
much
of
that
is
still
budgeted
so
that,
if
you
say,
move
forward,
we're
moving
forward
continuing.
S
Good
morning
for
the
record
mitchell
austin
urban
design,
just
briefly
a
quick
update
on
the
engineering
design
process
for
project
for
hardware
area
2b,
we
have
the
90
plans
in-house.
They
were
submitted
in
late
february.
S
S
So
project
schedule
wise.
We
are
here
in
march
and
doing
the
the
90
plans,
review,
100
construction
plans
and
technical
specifications
and
all
other
documents
are
due
in
may
and
we
we
don't
anticipate
any
problems
with
that
timeline
that
will
kick
off
in
yellow.
You
can
see
on
the
screen.
The
the
procurement
bid
award
process,
our
understaffed
and
overworked
procurement
division
we'll
be
working
on
getting
that
done
as
quickly
as.
S
No,
neither
did
kristen
the
finance
director
said
no,
no,
no
one
has
paid
me
for
saying
that
I.
S
They're
working
as
hard,
if
not
harder
than
I
am-
and
that's
oh,
my
that's
a
lot,
the
the
the
project
schedule.
We
do
anticipate
construction
to
occur,
starting
in
late
summer
and
lasting
until
april
may
late
spring
of
2022.
So
that
is
the
nine-month
projected
construction
timeline.
S
Correct
the
timing
of
these
things
always
seems
to
fall
right
into
our
busiest
time
of
year.
However,
that
does
benefit
us,
because
the
the
actual
construction
delays
due
to
the
the
seasonal
weather
conditions
in
summer
and
the
possibility
of
hurricanes
definitely
does
us
benefit
the
actual
project
timeline
for
the
construction.
H
S
Okay,
so
really
it's
it's
going
to
depend
on
that
three-month
window,
where
we've
got
the
the
procurement
process
and
then
when
the
con
contractor
start
date
is
assuming
that
it
was
september.
1St
one
would
imagine,
there's
a
mobilization
period,
they're
going
to
do
some
still
fencing
and
stuff
like
that.
So
there'll
be
some
fairly
minor
stuff
occurring
in
that
month,
assuming
that
they
started
september
1st,
and
then
you
would
start
seeing
heavy
construction,
I
would
imagine,
with
demolition,
beginning
in
in
the
late
very
late
september
or
early
october
time
frame.
S
D
S
Q
Well,
we
did
do
that
when
we
were
doing
the
project
over
at
veterans
park
and
and
modernizing
updating
that
I
think
there
was
a
wedding
scheduled
or
something
like
that
in
august
and
and
as
it
turns
out
the
way
the
construction
project
worked.
H
Are
cognizant
of
that,
for
example,
even
this
week
we
have
a
mural
dedication
at
veterans
park
that
you
mentioned,
so
we're
not
around
the
corner
laying
bricks.
Yet
so
we
waited
until.
B
H
D
D
Q
A
To
since
we're
talking
about
this,
an
issue
which
has
come
up
a
safety
issue
is
the
the
lights
on
the
you
know
across
the
tidal
bridge
area
that
area
there
that
looking
at,
if
the
city
had
put
together
a
project
to
build
the
right
lights
because
we're
it's
just
in
getting
increasingly,
I
think,
more
of
a
hazardous
place
in
terms
of
it
just
being
a
dark
spot,
that
between
behind
impact
going
across
towards
the
tidal
bridge
and-
and
I
do
know,
there's
no
electricity
there.
A
H
About
yeah
yeah,
title
bridge
lighting
snake
sorry,
when
we
go
from
just
say
where
bait
front
center
is
and
then
of
course,
the
boat
club
going
up
where
the
path
narrows
and
we
get
up
towards
the
title
bridge.
There
is
some
need
there,
because
we
have
darker
areas.
H
If
we
look
at
the
total
linear
footage
and
the
number
of
fixtures
that
would
have
to
go
in
we've
looked
at
that
several
times
and
we're
you
know,
probably
in
the
25
000
range
to
get
that
done
on
this
side
of
the
bridge,
certainly
less
than
50..
H
S
Yeah,
so
briefly,
if
I
may,
while
we're
waiting
on
her,
this
area,
of
course,
was
designated
as
harborwalk
area
3
and
the
original
sort
of
phasing
plan
for
harbor,
walk
and
harborwalk
area
3
that
larger
project
is
on
hold.
So
that's
why
nothing
has
happened
in
regards
to
this
area
based
on
council
direction.
T
Sorry,
everybody
chief
pam
davis,
pointed
out
police
department.
I
was
outside.
So
what
was
the
question?
I'm.
H
Just
at
lighting
in
harbor
walk
three
area
up
towards
the
title
bridge.
A
H
T
It's
very
dark
there
and
if
the
concern
would
be
you
know
somebody
walking
bikers
not
being
able
to
see
at
night
and
colliding,
obviously,
and
just
just
general
safety.
You
obviously
want
lighting.
We
don't
want
people
to
trip.
We
don't
want
bad
things
to
happen
to
people
either
crime
wise,
so
it
does
definitely
need
some
lighting.
There.
H
T
D
Especially
now,
with
the
the
temporary
parking
lot
being
used
by
fisherman's
village,
that's
on
along
that
stretch
of
road.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
lighting
for
people
at
night.
Yes,
it
is
very
dark.
I've
been
down
there
at
night
and
it's
very
dark.
Q
I
agree
yes,
so
I
have
some
bicycle
questions,
speaking
of
bicycles,
so
it
came
up
with
some
residents
I
was
speaking
with
and
they
were
talking
about
the
speed
of
bicycles
on
the
harbor
walk
and
that
the
bicycles
seem
to
not.
They
all
are
not
just
strolling.
Q
Some
of
them
are
especially
some
of
the
ones
that
are
motorized
along
with
that
they're
like
going
really
fast
and
catching
residents
off
guard,
and
it's
it's
become
a
nuisance.
More
than
is
there
any
way
to
quite
the
thoughts
were
putting
a
little
slow
speed
signs
for
bicycles
on
the
harbor
walk,
or
I
don't
know
that
it's
possible
to
designate
a
bicycle
lane,
but
having
the
vip,
the
control,
the
you
know,
patrol
the.
T
Yes,
so
our
bike,
our
our
volunteer
bike
patrol
they're
out
just
about
every
day.
Now
we,
I
think,
we're
up
to
16
bike
volunteers.
It's
been
a
fantastic
program
and
they're
very
good
about
going
down
the
harbor,
walk
and-
and
if
somebody
goes
flying
by
them
or
something
they'll
say
you
know
slow
down.
You
got
to
be
cautious
because
the
bikes
must
yield
to
the
pedestrians
when
they're
on
the
harbor
walk
and
so
everything
changes
if
they
move
to
the
street.
T
Obviously,
then
it's
the
rules
of
the
road,
but
as
far
as
like
speed,
it's
kind
of
difficult
to
enforce
that
what
you
would,
what
you
would
be
looking
to
do
is
make
sure
that
they're
looking
out
for
the
pedestrians
so
you'd
have
to
address
it
if
they
were
coming
up
fast
on
a
pedestrian
or
something
like
that.
T
T
H
Q
They
actually,
as
they
pedal,
there's
a
battery
as
they
pedal
they
get
more
speed.
So
they're
really
not
a
motorized.
You
have
to
pedal
to
get
it,
but
it
lets
them
go
faster,
but
I've
seen
some
of
these
in
the
neighborhood.
Q
They
they
really
go
around
my
neighborhood
quite
fast,
and
I,
and
so
what
we
don't
want
is
the
harbor
walk
is
not
intended
for
going
fast,
and
so
it
may
be
that
we
have
to
bikes,
must
go
slow
or
I
don't
know
it's.
It's
meant
to
be
an
area
for
we
have
families
and
kids
and
all
people
of
all
ages
are
there,
and
you
know
I,
I
know
the
difference.
Q
H
And
one
of
the
things
that
we've
focused
on
is
more
is
speed,
as
the
chief
said,
because
david
did
a
great
job
as
usual
was
providing
some
information
on
state
law
on,
what's
considered
a
motorized
bicycle
and
it
might
not
be
exactly
what
we
defined,
but
you
know
it
does
have
wording
in
there
that
those
type
of
bicycle
was
all
rates
and
privileges
for
the
vehicle
and
owner
should
be
afforded
as
a
regular
bicycle.
So
you
know
10
speed.
You
can
get
a
pretty
good
speed.
B
H
So
it
does
also,
I
believe,
if
I
read
correctly-
and
I
may
be
misquoting
it,
but
if
I
read
correctly
that
it
gives
the
municipality
latitude
to
enact
ordinances
that
specifically
address
it.
But
as
far
as
state
law
is
concerned,
it's
a
different
thing.
So
we
would
need
to
look
at
that
and
right
now,
what
we're
focused
on
given
those
type
of
regulations
and
the
conflict
conflict
with
what
we
may
perceive
is
that
we're
focusing
on
speed.
Q
Well,
I
understand
the
discussion
on
speed
is
the
same
as
as
any
discussion
on
minimum
wake
on
in
the
water
and
seeing
boats.
You
know
that
there.
T
They
are.
The
argument
is,
I
think,
argument,
but
the
discussion
is
that
some
people
think
it's
a
no
wake
zone
and
some
people
think
it's
minimum.
It's
minimum
wake
and
they
don't
know
that
minimum
wake
means
you
need
to
at
least
have
enough
speed
to
propel.
You
know
to
be
able
to
steer
and
things
like
that,
so
we
we
created
that
brochure
we've
been
trying
to
hand
that
out
so
people
can
at
least
kind
of
look
at
it
and
say:
okay
now
I
understand
it,
but
it's
kind
of
that
same.
It's.
T
That,
along
those
lines,
we
would
have
to
educate
people
and
put
those
expectations
out
there,
because
if,
if
you're
somebody
using
the
harbor
walk
that
you
like
to
exercise
getting
up
fast,
you
know
to
get
your
heart
rate
up
is
what
they
they're
using
it
for
so
it
would
just
be
something
where
we
need
to
put
the
expectations
out.
S
Actually,
there's
no
there's
no
action
required
at
this
point.
You
will
see
the
the.
H
The
ad
alternate
is
mainly
the
intersection
treatments
and
you
can
look
at
these
when
we
get
the
final
numbers
in
with
the
bid
award,
because
you'll
have
to
look
at
that
whole
thing.
But.
B
H
If
you're,
okay,
with
including
the
lighting
part,
maybe
you
just
want
to
formally
give
us
direction
to
do
that
and
proceed
with
the
whole
thing
and
we're
good.
Sir.
Q
Do
have
one
question
about:
I
had
a
conversation
with
you
greg
on
monday
about
adding
bollards.
Q
Currently
there
are
ballers
if
you're
going
to
the
boat
club,
there
are
bollards
along
the
harbor
walk
so
that
vehicles
cannot
enter
the
harbor
walk
from
the
going
over
that
whatever
it
is.
B
Q
That
was
to
be
there
by
the
the
basin
and-
and
so
I
suggested
to
greg
that
we
may
need
some
bollards
coming
off
that
sidewalk
onto
the
harbor
walk,
so
that
on.
Q
B
H
Q
H
H
D
U
You
know
we
had
a
lot
of
challenges
last
year,
so
we
are
excited
about
things
to
come,
and
today
we
wanted
to
talk
to
you
about
the
efforts
to
procure
a
new
christmas
tree.
So
miss
kathy
getz
has
been
instrumental
in
heading
this
over
the
last
year,
organizing
and
getting
information.
So
I'm
going
to
let
her
make
the
presentation.
L
For
the
record,
kathy
gets
this
story
66
good
morning,
everybody
happy
st
patrick's
day,
so
we,
when
it
became
apparent,
pretty
quickly,
let's
say
july,
that
things
were
our
world.
Was
our
lifestyle.
We're
gonna
have
this
huge
lifestyle
change
for
a
while,
and
there
was
a
feeling
among
the
group
that
we
had
talked
about
the
tree
before
the
tree
came
up
in
2019
to
be
very
honest
when
they
were
installing
and
doing
the
work.
There
were
some
issues
that
came
up
and
we
were
hanging
around
down
there
when
they
were
doing
it.
L
So
so
we
knew-
and
so
I
went
ahead
and
started
at
that
time-
doing
the
initial
research
into
the
tree.
So
I
did
that
and
I
had
a
lot
of
help
from
dave
myers,
who
gave
me
a
lot
of
feedback
with
what
was
going
on
there,
and
so
we
made
the
decision
about.
It
must
have
been
about
august
or
september
that
let's
go
out.
L
So
most
of
the
money
was
raised
from
that
community
builders
building
industry
real
estate,
and
so
we
raised
almost
25
000
24
650
and
we
solicited
bill
dryberg
to
come
and
speak
to
the
committee
and
told
us
to
give
us
a
history
of
what
actually
happened
with
the
first
tree.
He
was
invaluable
and
got
that
information
to
us.
We
made
contact
with
the
people,
we
got
the
first
tree
from
and
then
we
went
out
and
looked
at
a
three
out.
We
actually
looked
at
three
other
vendors,
so
the
it's
we
had
to.
L
L
So
we
pulled
the
trigger
we
bought
the
tree.
We
made
the
first
payment
to
meet
the
february
29th.
L
Deadline
and
the
tree
price
is,
I
think,
forty
seven
thousand
two
hundred
eighty
three
dollars,
so
we
are
moving
forward
with
the
tree
and
what
we
want
to
ask
you
is
we
the
only
infrastructure
need
that
has
been
identified.
Is
we
have
to
have
internet
service?
L
Q
L
L
So
they
are
having
a
concerted
effort
to
do
exactly
the
opposite
of
what
we
have
here.
They
have
commercial
development
and
and
very
low
residential
and
so
they're
trying
to
get
people
to
come
back
so
they're
doing
this
public-private
partnership
to
have
activities
and
family-friendly
draws
to
their
community
to
get
people
to
move
back
in
so
they've
spent
a
lot
of
money
with
parks
and
that
type
of
infrastructure
to
get
people
to
move
back
into
the
community.
L
So
one
of
the
things
they
did
this
year
was
they
bought
this
new
tree
and
they
were
extremely
generous
to
us,
jim
and
I
went
to
iowa.
We
met
with
them.
They
gave
us
a
lot
of
information.
Their
project
manager
was
kind
enough
to
show
us
how
everything
worked,
and
so
that
was
the
identity
of
the
identification
of
the
infrastructure
which
we
do
have
to
have
internet
service.
Comcast
gave
me
a
quote
of
2200.,
that's
for
two
years
service
and
for
the
install
I'm
a
little
bit.
L
Electronic,
it
all
operates
electronically,
okay,
it's
all
all
controlled
and
all
three
of
the
the
proposals
that
we
had
all
did.
It
is
the
it's
the
state
of
the
art
now,
the
way
they
all
operate,
which
is
no
different.
How
many
of
you
seen
the
sunshine
skyway?
L
Those
are
all
electronic
led
lighting
and
jackie's
sitting
over
here.
Who
is
if
we
need
a
technical
question.
Jackie
is
very
supportive
yeah
if
you
have
a
technique.
M
Hi,
I'm
jackie
johnson,
okay,
so
with
the
with
rgb
rgbw
lighting,
which
is
what
changes
colors,
there
is
a
controller
and
a
controller
is
usually
located
off-site
and
that
controller
can
it's
what
tells
the
tree
that
I
want
it
to
turn
a
color.
It's
what
tells
the
tree
that
from
a
remote
device.
I
want
to
connect
the
christmas
music,
so
there's
some
music
that
plays
with
the
tr
with
the
the
lights.
M
L
Brad
was
said,
he
thought
they
would
give
us
a
seasonal,
but
they
absolutely
said
no
now.
That's
me.
I
am
talking
to
comcast.
This
is
not
the
city
talking
to
comcast
and
we
need
to
get
the
city
involved
because
a
we
can't
get
it
done,
because
the
city
owns
property.
So.
L
Yeah,
but
but
they
did
confirm
that
their
service
all
over
place
there.
As
we
know-
and
I
was
said,
it's
got
to
be
underground.
It
absolutely
has
to
be
underground
to
come
up
underneath
that
tree,
but
they
won't
do
anything
until
you
sign
the
contract,
and
so
that's
where
the
city
has
to
come
in
so
I'll
jump
ahead
a
little
bit.
L
So
what
we
would,
what
we
are
asking
you
to
do
for
us
is
that
the
proceeds
from
the
auction
can
go
to
pay
for
the
internet
service
and
if
we
do
future
improvements,
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
with
this-
and
I
don't
know
what
you
actually
call
it.
But
when
comcast
quoted
me
the
cost
per
month,
that
was
enough
power
bandwidth
to
get.
L
We
can
also
have
cameras,
so
we
we
would
put
the
control
we
put
the
you
know
the
the
wireless
router
would
be
right
there
and
we
could
put
cameras
down
there
as
well,
and
we
had
a
lot
of
issues
with
damage
last
year
and
we've
had
people
crawling
in
the
tree
before
and
we've
had
some
discussion
about
having
cameras
up
there.
L
So
we
would
be
able
to
do
that
as
well,
and
so,
if
we
could
ask
you
to
take
the
proceeds
of
the
tree,
the
auction
to
use
for
the
infrastructure,
which
is
the
internet
and
any
future
improvements,
we
may
have
we'd
love
to
add
music.
It's
about
a
five
thousand
dollar
adder,
because
the
speakers
have
to
be
all
outdoor
speakers,
so
they're
a
little
bit
more
expensive
and
this
the
I
only
had
one
quote
on
that.
I
didn't
go
into
that
because
we
didn't
think
we
had
the
money
to
do
it
this
year.
L
But
you
know
you
can
go
online
and
and
google
christmas
trees,
and
I
mean
it's
amazing
what
they
will
do.
So
we
hope
that
you,
we
are
excited
about
the
project
I'll,
take
any
any
other
questions
from
you
or
anything.
I.
D
Have
several
questions,
so
are
you
going
to
continue
in
a
fundraising
mode
to
get
the
rest
of
the
money
to
pay
for
the
tree
or
yes?
Okay,
so
you
will
be
doing
that?
Yes,
okay!
As
far
as
the
auctioning
off
of
the
old
tree,
I
think
it
would
be
bet
in
our
best
interest
to
give
you
guys
the
tree
and
we
have
a
contractual
agreement
to
do
this
and
it
all
be
documented.
D
L
D
You
I
think
this
is
wonderful.
First
of
all,
let
me
say
that
I
think
it's
wonderful.
I
appreciate
all
that
you
guys
are
doing
for
the
city
for
this
for
this
event,
because
this
is
a
really
really
big
deal
for
the
city
of
punta
gorda
and
all
the
people
that
come
and
love
and
enjoy
the
christmas
season.
I
think
it's
wonderful.
Q
Oh
mayor,
we
have
given
computers,
you
know,
computers
that
we
were
no
longer
going
to
be
able
to
use
to
disadvantaged
school
children.
I
don't
see
any
reason
why
we
can't
declare
that
this
the
tree
is.
Is
I
don't
know
what
the
right?
It's.
Q
Give
it
to
them-
and
I
don't
see
any
reason
why
that
the
city
couldn't
achieve
that
in
some
legal
fashion.
Q
I
just
agree
with
you
that
to
give
it
to
them,
let
them
handle
it.
Yeah.
Having
been
when
I
was
the
ceo
of
team
plantagorda,
there
were
numerous
things
that
we
did,
that
the
city
just
preferred
that
we
handled
it
because
it
was
easier
for
us
to
handle
than
it
was
to
get
entangled
in
the
governmental
process.
Q
D
Q
Q
H
If
you
think
about
new
year's
eve
in
new
york
city,
if
you
put
cameras
in
the
branches
at
proper
locations,
and
you
get
that
view,
you
could
even
have
a
monitor
up
there.
That
showed
the
ground
from
the
top
of
the
tree.
C
R
Yes,
I'm
waiting
to
just
do
ross.
We
had
a
brief
sidebar
before
this
item
came
up
and
discussed
some
options
in
lieu
of
the
city
actually
selling
the
property,
and
there
there
are
options
that
are
available,
that
I
think
that
we
would
like
to
check
out
a
little
bit
further
before
we
give
you
a
definitive
answer
with
respect
to
that.
But
if
the
city
was
as
as
a
potential
option
of
giving
the
tree
to
someone
other
than
the
city
conducting
the
auction
itself,
we'll
come
up
with
a
viable
solution
for
that.
D
R
D
R
R
We
would
be
within
our
rights
to
give
the
tree
back
to
the
donors
and
let
them
then
give
it
to
the
committee,
but
maybe
they
wouldn't
want
to
do
that
and
if
they
wouldn't
agree
to
do
that,
there
are
some
other
options
that
we
might
be
able
to
consider.
The
reason
why
I'm
I'm
suggesting
this
is
that
the
committee
itself
is
not
a
501c3
nonprofit,
but
there
are
other
opportunities
and
I
want
to
be
able
to
effectuate
what
the
city's
intentions
are
by
doing
it,
the
proper
way.
Q
Q
R
The
first
part
of
the
equation
is
easy.
The
first
part
of
the
equation
is
that
if
the
city
wanted
to
fund
the
the
infrastructure
that
is
needed,
you
know
the
the
internet
connection
and
the
other
types
of
things
that
they
were
looking
for.
The
city
has
the
city
can
fund
that
directly
take
care
of
those
things
themselves.
R
That's
that's.
That's
that's
part.
One
part,
two
with
respect
to
the
tree
itself,
there's
some
options
that
that
I
think
that
we
can
consider
and
I'd
like
to
bring
that
back
to
you.
Ultimately
we're
not
really
prepared
at
the
moment
to
identify
how
that
should
be
done.
Unless
the
city
was
willing
to
conduct
the
auction
itself,
yeah.
R
H
And
if
you,
if
the
goal
is
obviously
not
to
go
through
the
process
yourself
because
of
all
the
detail,
that's
involved,
and
then
we
get
the
money
in
our
hands.
And
then
we
have
to
come
up
with
the
mechanism
to
transfer
the
money
to
someone
that
transfers
yeah.
H
If
the
goal
is
get
the
tree
to
someone
that
we
can
legally
give
the
tree
to
with
the
condition
that
they
then
provide
whatever
money
is
recovered
from
sale
of
the
tree
to
this
group
to
fund
the
new
tree,
you
give
us
direction
to
do
that
and
say
we
have
authority
to
do
it
and
we'll
do
it.
B
R
D
Just
keep
it
simple,
that's
all
I'm
trying
to
say
I
I
think
the
less
involved
the
city
has
to
be
in
the
process,
the
the
better
and
you
just.
L
Q
You're,
a
better
woman
than
I
am
so
two
things
one
is.
There
are
a
lot
of
bulbs
on
the
current
tree.
L
L
No,
I
I
say
that
we,
we
haven't
definitively
made
a
decision
on
that.
You
know
we
had.
It
was
our
nice
fundraiser
were
those
big
ones
yeah
and
the
vendor
has
advised
that
we
put
nothing
bigger
than
10
inch
and
the
ones
that
we
used
were
12s
before.
L
So
we
I
think
for
year,
one
I
think
we'd
like
to
have
a
naked
tree,
so
you
know,
or
at
least
minimal,
because
the
it's
it's
we
could
there
are
things
we
can
do
you
know
it's,
nothing
is
is
totally
we
can
put
them
up.
We
can't
put
them
on
there.
Vendors
advise
that,
but
we
do
see
that
the
lights
are
go.
L
V
I
might
interject
donna
peterman
the
balls.
They
had
a
two-year
shelf
life
so
when
we
sold
them
to
donors,
we
said
that
the
balls
were
on
the
tree
for
two
years,
so
basically
we
need
to
recycle
those
donations
going
forward.
So
that
would
be
the
reason
we
could
conceivably
give
those
back
to
the
original
sponsors,
but
we
need
to
do
another
fundraiser
in
that
regard
and,
as
kathy
said,
the
new
tree
can't
accommodate
anything
that
large
it.
D
R
C
U
H
That
makes
thank
you,
so
we
can't
I
mean
we
already
mentioned
in
a
second,
so
it's
discussion.
C
H
D
D
D
B
S
Good
morning
for
the
record
again,
mitchell,
austin
urban
design,
city
staff
and
representatives
from
the
alarm
to
sale
program
have
been
discussing.
S
Sorry
so
the
representatives
from
the
alarm
to
sale
program
contacted
city
staff
late
last
year,
with
the
opening
of
the
phase
two
area
of
the
harbor
walk.
S
It's
become
apparent
that
there's
a
little
bit
of
space
and
timing,
sort
of
conflict
issues
that
are
occurring
in
that
area
because
of
the
operations,
the
law
of
sale
program
and
the
popularity
of
the
harbor
walk
so
in
a
proactive
manner.
The
alarm
sale
program
approached
us
with
a
proposal
for
expanding
floating
docks.
S
W
W
Actually,
if
you
see
on
the
top,
it's
learn
to
sale,
we're
now
going
to
be
doing
business
as
golf
show
or
sailing.
That's
because
too
many
people
when
they
go
in
the
internet
and
search
for
learn
to
sail
they
get
100
hits.
So
we
want
to
be
more
specific.
So
it's
golf's
golf
shore
sailing.
We
were
founded
in
2014,
but
actually
the
truth
is.
We
were
founded
by
the
city
council
in
2013,
the
council
directed
the
ymca
as
part
of
the
bay
front
lease
to
have
a
sailing
program.
W
So
the
y,
it's
actually
in
the
lease.
Even
to
this
day
the
y
created
a
sailing
program.
They
ran
it
for
basically
two
years
and
decided
they
couldn't
really
run
any
longer.
Fortunately,
there
were
a
number
of
volunteers
who
were
working
in
the
program.
They
saw
the
merit
of
the
program,
so
they
took
it
over.
So
it's
a
week
they
created
a
501
c
3,
non-profit.
W
We
have
about
10
to
20
volunteers.
We
have
six
certified
teachers
and
we
have
assets
of
130
000
dollars.
Considering
we've
built
those
assets
in
a
mere
seven
years.
That's
for
a
non-profit!
I
think
we've
done
pretty
well,
that's
assets
actually
low.
We
just
got
a
a
recommendation
from
the
mac
for
another
thirty,
two
thousand
dollars
to
for
this
project,
so
that
will
come
from
sometime
in
october.
W
Well,
you
can
see
our
mission
is
to
cultivate
appreciation
of
charlotte
harbor
and
city
of
puente
gorda
by
teaching
young
and
adults
how
to
sail
safely
and
effectively,
and
you
can
see
some
of
our
our
students
up
there.
W
W
We've
got
15
students
in
the
class.
If
you
were
out
there
and
you
could
see
the
sales
going
by
the
harper
walk,
it's
really
quite
an
attractive
site
with
all
these
young
kids.
Some
of
them
are
really
terrific
sailors.
We
also
teach
private
lessons
and
semi-private.
We
two
years
ago
started
an
adult
program
where
any
adult
can
come
in
over.
W
So.
This
is
our
cash
position,
our
our
assets.
We
have
130
000.
Now
we
have
32
000
more
coming
in
almost
all
the
money
we
raise
is
raised
through
grants,
donations
course,
fees
and
sales
of
boats
we
take
in
donated
boats,
fix
them
up
and
sell,
sell
them.
We've
done
about
seven
thousand
dollars
this
year,
just
not
alone.
We
get
no
funding
from
the
city
or
from
the
county.
We
do
from
mac,
however,
get
grants.
W
So
if
you
look
at
us,
you
can
see
this
picture.
Has
two
volunteers
they're
taking
a
boat
off
iraq,
we
have
a
rack
on
the
side
of
bayfront
where
we
have
16
boats.
We
have
about
20
dedicated
volunteers
like
any
volunteer
organization
about
10
to
12,
do
all
the
work
but,
and
they
put
in
an
incredible
number
of
hours,
the
volunteers
down
there.
Today,
there'll
be
seven
volunteers
and
each
volunteer
will
put
in
a
full
day's
work
and
that's
normal
all
summer,
long
for
the
seven
to
ten
weeks.
We
do
the
program.
W
W
W
W
We
have
two
safety
vessels
which
we
bought
about
two
years
ago,
three
years
ago,
from
a
mac
grant,
they
are
first
class
they're,
rigid
safety
boats.
We
have
made
them
available
to
the
city
for
the
fire
department
and
the
police
in
an
emergency
situation,
and
there's
some
discussion
about
that.
Going
on
so
they're
they're
on
we'll
show
you,
in
a
few
minutes,
they're
very
easy
to
join,
launch
and
they're,
virtually
unsinkable
they're
designed
for
water
rescue
actually.
W
W
We
do
15
of
our
students,
our
scholarship
or
you
know,
grant
students
that
people
who
are
disadvantaged.
We
try
to
do
one
to
two
per
session,
so
we
have
in
a
typical
day
for
doing
these
kinds
of
setups
we'd
have
about
eight
volunteers
there
three
to
seven
of
them
would
be
what
we
call
ambassadors.
Those
are
young
students
who
have
taken
our
program,
they're
very
proficient
in
sailing,
and
so
we
ask
them
to
come
help
and
they
do
and
so
they're
they're
again
volunteers.
W
So
to
do
a
program
today,
the
program
we're
running
down
there.
There
are
seven
volunteers
to
get
15
students
on
the
water
and
we
need
all
seven.
We
were
actually
short
yesterday
because
it's
really
tough
without
seven
and
that's
because
we
have
to
set
these
boats
up
on
on
land
and
put
them
in
we'll
show
you
that
in
the
next
slide
we
are
lucky
enough
to
have
one
of
our
volunteers
who's,
a
nurse
and
she
stays
on
staff
in
the
summer
to
help
us
she's
agreed
to
do
it
again
this
summer.
W
W
We've
done
a
lot
recently
to
not
set
up
on
the
harbor,
walk
to
try
to
minimize
that
and
we'll
talk
about
in
a
second,
but
we
set
up
on
in
a
typical
class
eight
to
ten
vessels,
and
we
need
a
lot
of
room
to
do
that.
So
we
had
it
takes
us
about
90
minutes
to
launch
a
vessel
to
set
it
up,
rig
it
and
launch
it
down
the
ramp,
because
we
can
only
launch
one
boat
at
a
time
down
the
ramp.
W
W
If
you
will,
there
are
20
to
25
people
in
this
area,
setting
up
boats
and
by
the
way
about
seven
or
eight
of
them,
are
under
11
years
old,
and
that's
a
problem
because,
like
all
11
year
olds
are
under
11
they're,
not
aware
of
their
surroundings
and
with
the
motorized
bikes
going
past,
and
that's
the
problem,
the
motorized,
bikes
and
bikes
people
just
don't
seem
to
be
too
considerate.
They
want
to
to
get
through
and
they
don't
care
what
else.
W
But
anyway,
so
we
we
have
recently
in
the
last
actually
three
or
four
weeks,
we've
taken
three
of
our
trailers
out
of
here.
The
puente
gorda
self
storage
area
is
allowing
us
to
keep
our
trailers
over
there
at
no
charge.
So
we've
taken
three
trailers
out
we've
opened
up
this
end.
W
We've
made
sure
that
we're
setting
up
more
on
the
grass
so,
but
we
still
have
the
problem
that
we
have
to
move
the
boats
across
the
harbor
walk
to
get
into
the
water,
and
that
requires
a
lot
of
effort
and
while
we're
doing
that,
we're
blocking
a
harbor
walk
if
those
motorized
bikes
come
around
quick.
It's
an
accident
waiting
to
happen
and
on
top
of
that
are
kids
sitting
and
standing
around
with
motorized
bikes.
It's
an
excellent
waiting
to
happen.
W
So
this
is
our
facility
now,
two
or
three
years
ago,
with
the
town's
permission
and
doing
the
town
doing
the
permit
permitting
with
the
army
corps
of
engineers
in
the
florida
department
of
environmental
production,
we
got
permits
to
put
a
thousand
square
feet
in
here.
We
got
a
mac
grant.
We
brought
four
docks.
There
are
two
drive
on
here
and
two
long
docks
and
the
drive
on
are
our
safety
boats
and
those.
If
the
town
needs
to
use
those
boats
for
an
emergency
situation,
they
literally
can
launch
them
in
five
minutes.
W
It's
just
a
matter
of
unhooking
them
and
pushing
them
and
they're
on
rollers,
and
so
they
roll
up.
So
it
provides
us
a
much
safer
method
for
launching
and
retrieving
our
boats
before
to
launch
those
safety.
Boats
took
four
adults
because
we
have
it
on
a
trailer
and
we
have
to
take
it
down
the
ramp,
a
slippery
muddy
ramp
and
bring
it
back
now.
W
Our
problem
is
that
we
have
16
boats,
all
told
you're,
seeing
three
here,
so
that
still
leaves
another
13
on
the
racks.
If
we
go
to
more
docks,
if
we
can
put
more
docks
in,
we
can
put
almost
all
our
boats
in
the
water
or
on
the
docks.
This
is
another
view
of
that.
So
our
proposal
is
to
ask
the
town
to
to
add
more
dots.
Okay,
if
you
look,
there's
lots
of
room
there.
As
far
as
I
know,
no
one
has
used
this
end
of
the
basin
for
35
years.
W
It's
just
a
totally
empty
basin.
I
think
we're
going
to
make
it
more
attractive,
so
the
benefits
of
us
getting
more
docs
is
obviously
less
a
blockage
on
the
harbor
walk
and
getting
kids
away
from
the
harbor
walk
it's
much
safer
for
students
or
volunteers
in
the
public.
In
addition,
I
think
it's
much
more
attractive.
W
So
the
the
what
we're
requesting
of
the
city
is
that
the
city
submit
for
the
to
the
fdp
and
any
other
reporting
agencies
the
permits
to
do
this,
as
as
the
upland
owners,
and
to
consider
a
long-term
lease
to
us
leasing.
This
out,
we
in
turn
will
fully
fund
a
project
we'll
do
the
design
we've
hired
hans
wilson
to
work
with
us
to
help
do
the
permitting
process,
so
we'll
pay
all
the
fees
and
we'll
do
all
the
construction
and
maintenance.
W
So
we're
not
asking
anything
from
the
town
except
one
to
consider
us
for
lease
and
the
lease
would
be
primarily
to
define
roles
and
responsibilities
for
both
of
us.
So
we
know
what
our
responsibilities
are
and
the
town
knows
theirs,
and
so
a
long-term
lease
we
think,
would
be
very
important
for
all
of
us.
This
is
a
actually
a
city.
Drawing
of
what
the
proposed
docks
would
look
like
now.
W
W
W
If
you
go
down,
harbor
walk
and
you
walk
down
that
and
you
see
all
those
beautiful
little
sailboats
out
there
with
all
those
kids.
You
watch
the
number
of
people
who
stop
and
watch
us.
It's
incredible.
We
are
a
huge
asset
because
people
are
always
coming
up
and
saying.
I
think
it's
a
wonderful
program,
so
we're
promoting
community
volunteerism
community
participation.
W
W
So
this
is
why
we
do
it.
These
are
one
class
and
you
know
it's
all
about
the
kids.
That's
what
we're
here
for
we're
volunteers.
You
know
this
program.
We
want
to
go
on
long
past,
our
tenure.
We
want
it
to
exist
for
10
20
30
years,
whatever
it
takes
to
build
good
sailors
out
of
kids
and
adults
too.
So
it's
all
about
the
children
and
we're
asking
them
what
they
think.
This
is
what
they
give
us.
W
Q
Q
So
on
the
configuration,
I
don't
know
what
slide
it
is.
Just
you
can
back
up,
maybe
a
couple
of
slides
just
so
you
can
there
you
go
so
the
configuration
that
you
have
there.
I
don't
know
how
far
that
sticks
out
into
the
into
the
basin
and
whether
there's
room
for
that
or
if
that's
excellent
question.
W
The
basin
is
roughly
13
000
square
feet.
Our
docks
will
take
up
fifteen
hundred
square
feet
of
the
basin
or
roughly
twelve
percent,
from
the
end
of
the
docks
after
they're
already
in
over
to
the
town,
docks
is
45
feet.
W
Loads
of
room,
yeah,
okay,
you
could
take
a
pretty
good
boat
and
make
a
turn
in
there.
That
basin
is
huge
one
of
the
problems
with
the
basin.
Is
it
really
can't
be
used
by
any
for
anybody,
but
shallow
draft
boats,
because
it's
so
badly
silted
up
now?
We
all
our
boats
are
sailboats
and
they're,
very
shallow,
with
the
acceptance
of
safe
people,
so
we
can
go
in
and
out,
but
yeah.
So
we
aren't
going
to
take
up
much
space
in
the
basin.
W
Now
this
might
alter
a
little
bit
by
100
square
feet
or
so
depending.
If
we,
if
we
change
the
floats
around
a
little
bit,
we've
we
originally
thought
we'd
do
all
drive
on
boats
floats.
We
then
have
rollers
on
them,
so
they
can
dry
the
boats
right
up,
but
in
order
to
accommodate
all
the
boats,
the
smaller
boats
like
the
optis,
the
little
kids
boats,
we
really
need
flat
docks
and
we
can
pull
several
of
those
up,
so
we're
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
to
get
as
many
boats
as
possible.
Q
But
this
this
basin
was
never
intended
for
large
boats.
Anyway,
it
was
always
intended
for
just
small
small
craft,
basically
dinghies,
basically
yeah,
so
you
know
45
feet
is
I
mean
you
know,
that's
the.
W
D
I
have
I
have
a
number
of
concerns,
and
I
expressed
these
to
you
when
I
met
with
I
met
with
these
two
gentlemen
a
few
weeks
ago
with
the
city
manager,
and
the
first
issue,
of
course,
is
that
we
don't
have
an
agreement
for
them
to
have
these
docs
on
that
on
our
city
dock.
D
D
All
this
is
a
big
problem
and
now
they're
going
to
add
additional
docks
there
and
there's
nothing
to
secure
them.
If
there's
a
bad
wind
and
these
floating
docks
go
flying
up
in
the
air,
it's
going
to
tear
our
dock
up
tremendously.
I
have
great
concerns
about
this
whole
thing
from
a
safety
standpoint,
it's
probably
safer
than
it
was
out
in
the
harbor,
which
I
didn't
support
in
the
first
place,
and
you
probably
remember
that
I
thought
for
safety
reasons.
I
thought
that
was
a
really
bad
idea
now.
D
This
is
obviously
a
safer
idea,
but
we
do
have
limitations
with
what
we
can
do
with
the
amount
of
linear
footage
of
docks
that
we
put
in
that
basin,
with
our
current
permit
with
fdep,
and
so
that's
got
to
be
determined.
That's
got
to
be
worked
out
for
the
city.
D
We
are
now
additional
insured,
but
we
still
have
no
official
lease
agreement
in
place
with
with
this
program,
and
I
have
a
great
concern
because,
even
as
an
additional
insured,
we
could
still
be
sued.
If
there's
ever
an
incident
that
occurs
on
this
dock,
the
city
can
and
will
be
sued
just
like
anybody
else
would
sue
anybody
for
anything
anytime
anywhere
and
that's
very
concerning
to
me.
D
I
also
have
a
concern.
I've
had
a
number
of
people
complain
about
the
harbor
walk
being
tied
up
while
you
guys
are
rigging
the
boats
and
and
bringing
them
across.
I
know
there's
only
so
much
of
that
we
can
control,
but
we
can't
blame
it
on
the
motorized
bikes.
This
is
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
use.
I
was
unless
harbor
walk
with
the
city
manager.
Last
week
we
gave
a
tour
to
the
fort
myers
mayor
and
we
walked
the
entire
mark.
D
D
What's
on
that,
harbor
walk
but,
and
I'm
very
concerned
that
we're
tying
up
a
lot
of
the
harbor
walk
by
doing
the
rigging
on
the
harbor
walk
and
there
were
boats
being
rigged
that
day
when
we
went
by
there,
so
we
have
to
work
out
a
better
way
to
do
that.
I
support
the
project.
Please
don't
misunderstand
me:
I
support
the
project.
I
think
you
guys
do
great
things
for
the
kids
and
I
think
it's
a
very
important
project
to
keep
it
going,
but
we've
got
to
do
this
the
right
way.
D
We've
got
to
do
it
by
the
rules
and
we've
got
to
fix
all
the
things
that
are
broken
before
we
can
approve
this.
I
I
just
I'm
not
ready
to
say
yes
to
this
at
this
point,
I
think
until
we
get
everything
organized
that
has
to
be
organized,
I'm
very
concerned.
What
are
you
going
to
do
when
there's
a
hurricane
coming?
Are
you
going
to
remove
all
the
docks
from
the
water?
I'm.
W
Going
to
address
these,
let
me
start
with
dressing.
First
of
all,
we
did
not.
We
did
ask
this
the
boat
club
for
permission
to
put
the
boats
in
if
we
put
the
docks
in,
but
we
did
not
put
the
docks
in,
we
went
to
howard
kuna,
the
city
manager
met
with
a
committee.
We
did
what
we
thought
was
the
right
way
to
do.
We
did
everything
and
we
documented
in
writing
to
you
guys.
We
went
to
them
and
we
asked
them
to
approve
it.
Howard
then
said
they
would
submit
the
paperwork.
W
Mark
gearing
wrote
up
to
the
army
corps
of
engineers,
the
department
of
environmental
protection.
All
paperwork
was
submitted
by
the
town,
the
town
actually
had
oversight
over
the
project
mark
gearing
was
in
charge
of
the
project.
We
only
put
the
docks
in
when
the
city
gave
us
permission
on
him
and
at
that
point
the
boat
club
had
nothing
to
do
with
it
because
they
were
off
the
lease
so
that
that
issue,
probably
you
know,
doesn't
really
exist
any
longer
hurricanes.
These
docks
are
low
profile.
W
They
are
secured
through
a
18-foot
pole
that
goes
in
they're,
actually
built
for
hurricanes.
When
the
tide
comes
up,
there's
an
extension
on
the
pole
that
rises
with
them.
They
would
probably
be
up
10
feet
above
surge
tide.
You
know
above
the
normal
tide
and
still
be
there.
They
won't
blow
away
they're
going
to
be
secured
with
chains.
We're
actually
going
to
look
to
the
town
engineer
to
give
us
any
suggestions
on
how
to
secure
them.
So
I
doubt
seriously
that
that
would
be
a
problem
in
a
hurricane.
W
We
did
put
you
on
our
insurance
policy.
We
have
you
on.
We
have
a
one
to
two
million
dollar
insurance
policy.
The
town
is
already
on
it.
We
decided
that
was
a
good
thing
to
do.
In
any
event,
we
have
covered
every
single
base
that
we
can
think
of.
Now
this
whole,
your
your.
Your
question
is
exactly
where
it
should
be,
because
this
is
the
reason
we're
doing
this
is
because
of
a
safety
issue.
It's
to
get
the
kids
into
a
safer
position.
We
aren't
going
to
have
the
kids
on
our
docks.
W
We,
our
docks,
are
going
to
be
a
storage
system
for
our
boats
when
we
do
the
classes
we're
going
to
move
the
boats
over
the
city,
docks
and
that's
one
for
ada
compliance,
but
also
because
it's
a
better
way,
our
docs
aren't
suitable
for
a
lot
of
kids
doing
on
being
on
the
docks.
So
that's
in
both
cases
we're
going
to
use
both.
S
Go
ahead,
if,
if
I
may
real,
quick,
just
the
the
staff
recommendation
for
this
is
is
precisely
to
deal
with
all
of
these
known
issues
from
a
staff
perspective.
We
know
there
are
a
lot
of
moving
pieces
here
and
we
definitely
want
the
city
to
be
protected
and
for
our
rights
and
responsibilities
to
be
known
for
both
parties
and
that's
why
we're?
We
have
recommended
that
we
enter
into
negotiations
for
a
long-term
lease.
S
However,
if
you
want
to
proceed
with
just
the
long-term
lease
negotiation
and
hold
off
on
the
on
the
floating
dock
idea,
until
that
lease
negotiation
is
clarified
and
can
be
brought
back
to
council
for
consideration,
then
that
that's
what
we
can
certainly
do
to
address
all
those
concerns,
because
we
we
share
them.
We
know
that
the
city
is
currently
in
a
position
where
we
don't
have
a
clarity
as
to
who's
responsible
for
what
over
there,
and
that
is
not
a
comfortable
position
for
any
of
us
to
be
in.
D
Q
It's
our
previous
city
manager
and
staff
really
worked
with
them
through
this,
so
they
it
was
an
unknown
and
they
did
what
they
were,
what
they
should,
and
I
agree
we
need
to
have
this
lease,
so
it
puts
everything
in
place
and
provides
the
the
optimal
situation
for
us
all
around.
D
C
Well,
I
I
I
went
up
front
that
I
also
met
with
the
gentleman
from
the
program
I
expressed
my
concerns
to
them,
and
many
of
them
mirrored
yours.
However,
this
document
seems
to
me,
like
it
fixes
most
of
those
things.
The
fact
that
you
know
we
didn't
know,
or
you
were
aware
that
there
had
been
given
permission
to
put
their
docs
there
and
how
much
space
it
was
going
to
be,
and
we
didn't
have
insurance
and
there
wasn't
the
lease.
C
You
know
off
of
a
hard
dock.
I'm
I'm
very
much
more
comfortable.
Now,
with
the
whole
thing
than
I
was
a
month.
Q
A
question,
so
you
said
that
you
received
a
grant
from
the
the
mac.
Q
Is
is
the
does?
Doesn't
the
county
commission
have
to
approve
that.
W
Q
W
We
are
taking
some
what
we've
done.
The
problem
for
us
is
the
larger
boats,
the
smaller
boats.
We
can
do
that
on
the
grass
we've
already
taken
the
three
two
of
the
three
larger
boats
we
painted
the
bottom,
and
we
put
them
in
and
we're
tying
them
up
the
dock
in
another
week
or
two
we'll
get
the
third
one
in.
We
then
remove
the
trailers
so
that
we're
opening
up
that
space
for
more
setup
and
the
smaller
boats
are
a
lot
easier.
W
So,
in
terms
of
the
mac
thing,
when
this,
when
the
city
put
in
the
permit
snow
hall,
we
had
23
thousand
dollars
from
mac
to
put
the
docks
in
what
happened
was
it
went
to
the
fd
fdep
and
the
fdep
who
had
given
us
a
thousand
square
feet?
We
had
the
right
to
put
more
docs
in,
but
what
they
did
is
they
came
back
and
said.
Well,
this
is
really
city
property.
W
We've
got
to
include
the
city
docks
and
when
they
did
that
we
went
over
the
thousand
feet,
and
so
the
fdep
came
back
and
said
you
submitted
it
on
the
wrong
forms,
and
that's
that
that's
the
whole
issue
here.
It's
the
permit
it's
to
to.
We
need
to
get
the
permitting
process
started
to
see
that
the
fdep
will
approve
this,
because
it's
all
academic,
if
they
don't
approve
it.
W
But
there's
no
reason
not
to
hans
wilson
has
said
they
couldn't
even
believe
it
was
turned
down
for
the
reason
it
was
turned
down
and
they're
willing
to
see
that
it
goes
through.
They're
they're
actually
doing
this
almost
pro
bono,
because
they
they
think
it's
good
for
the
town
and
for
the
kids.
So.
R
W
That's
going
to
be
a
recommendation
that
you
you'll
have
to
come
up
with.
I
mean
we'd
like
to
see
a
15-year
lease
or
a
10-year
lease,
whatever
we're
making
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
investment
here,
and
so
we
would
like
to
you
know,
protect
our
investment,
because
who
knows
what
someday
may
come?
Someone
may
want
to
police
the
thing
from
a
commercial
point
of
view
and
we
want
to
be
protected.
So
you
know
whatever
the
count
we're
willing
to
go
along
with
whatever
the
town
suggests,
whatever
the
city
suggests.
R
B
W
Q
Nancy
yeah,
prior
to
the
start
of
that,
with
the
the
y
there
had
been
a
program
there.
The
dennis
peck
ran,
and
I
think
that
there
were
issues
with
the
program,
and
so
it
was
in
order
to.
I
just
said.
In
order
to
improve
the
situation,
it
was
included
with
the
lease
with
the
the
y
when
originally
at
least
to
the
y.
So
yes.
B
S
Yes,
certainly
the
the
very
beginnings
of
this
program.
S
Pre-Ymca
were
really
ad
hoc
and
sort
of
passion
driven
by
a
few
individuals
for
the
the
art
and
science
of
sailing
and
and
the
the
the
actual
operations
of
the
program
were
not
really
very
well
managed
or
thought
out
before,
which
is
why
they're
that
that
program,
kind
of
sputtered,
along
and
and
fell
apart
and
was
rescued
by
virtue
of
including
it
in
the
lease
agreement
from
between
the
city
and
the
ymca,
and
and
that's
where
it
it
restarted
and
re-established.
S
The
organization
that
is
in
place
now
appears
to
be
given
the
track
record
over
the
past
few
years.
Very
well
on
its
way
to
being
a
stable
and
well-established
program.
That's
committed
to
the
mission
long
term,
so
it's
definitely
has
grown
and
evolved
over
time
and-
and
I
I
have
to
admit
some
personal
bias
to
this
program.
Both
of
my
daughters
did
participate
when
they
were
little
in
in
the
predecessor
to
this
program
and
they
enjoy
their
time
out
on
the
water.
S
D
I
think
that
needs
to
be
done
first,
I
think
the
contractual
agreement
has
to
be
drawn
up
first
and
start
with
the
fdep.
Whatever
has
to
be
done
in
that
regard,
and-
and
you
guys
can
proceed
with
your
grant
request
and
hopefully,
by
the
time
all
this
other
stuff
is
done,
you'll
be
able
to
get
your
docs.
We.
W
S
Q
W
B
Q
A
D
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
floating
dock
expansion
proposal,
with
the
stipulation
that
the
lease
be
drawn
up
first
and
then
the
docks
can
be
installed
once
everything
else
is
in
place.
D
Q
B
H
Have
one
thing
I
just
wanted
to
bring
to
everyone's
attention
and
I
knew
kristen's
listening
and
her
people,
and
certainly
they
do
yeoman's
job
of
keeping
us
on
the
straight
and
narrow
and
helping
especially
as
right.
Now
we
move
through
our
budget
process,
and
it
is
florida
government
finance
officers
week
or
finance
professionals
week.
H
During
this
week,
government
finance
professionals
throughout
the
state
of
florida
will
be
acknowledged
for
their
hard
work,
dedication
and
leadership,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
also
recognize
the
role
they
play
in
moving
the
city
of
punta
gorda
forward
and
the
hard
work
that
they
do
on
a
daily
basis.
To
give
us
the
information
we
need
and
keep
everything
accounted
for
and
straight
in
the
city.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
you
do.
H
I
know
the
council
will
certainly
reflects
all
the
time
on
the
work
that
you
do
and
the
appreciation
for
everything
that
the
finance
professionals
and
finance
department
does
in
the
city.
So
during
this
week
we
wanted
to
specifically
recognize
them
as
a
critical
part
of
city
government
and
thank
them
for
their
work.
Q
R
So
like
mitchell,
I
too
have
to
make
a
confession
that
I
have
a
bias
with
respect
to
the
lord
and
the
sale
program
as
an
adult.
I,
as
lark,
took
a
learn
to
sell
program
in
sarasota
and,
as
a
result,
became
a
lifelong
sailor
and
a
liveaboard
for
seven
years,
but
through
that
process
I
also
became
the
commodore
of
the
sarasota
sailing
squadron.
R
The
property
was
owned
by
the
city
of
sarasota
and
became
involved
in
very
extensive
negotiations
with
the
city
regarding
the
lease
that
the
city
of
sarasota
had
with
the
sailing
squadron
to
make
sure
that
the
city
was
adequately
protected
from
all
kinds
of
things.
That
could
happen
when
you
have
a
facility
like
that
now
that
facility
was
nowhere.
That
facility
is
much
more
extensive
than
the
one
that
we're
talking
about
here,
but
I
don't
want
you
to
be
shocked
when
I
come
back
with
a
draft
lease.
When
you
see
a
lot.
R
B
X
Before
I
get
started
with
the
boards
and
committees,
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
proclamations
as
the
city
manager
mentioned,
our
finance
department
had
requested
a
proclamation
for
finance
week
and
we
turned
them
down,
because
council
had
requested
that
we
just
do.
One
proclamation
on
a
first
come
first
serve
basis,
so
I
have
a
suggestion.
If
you
would
like
to
do
this,
we
we
also
turned
down
another
city
department,
our
police
department
and
two
outside
organizations.
X
So
if
you
would
like
we'll
continue
to
do
a
reading
on
a
first-come,
first-served
basis
to
limit
attendance
in
the
chambers,
but
I
thought
what
we
could
do
with
the
other
proclamation
so
that
they
could
at
least
be
published.
Perhaps
we
could
put
them
on
the
consent
agenda,
they'll,
be
in
the
agenda
material
and
you
can
approve
them
and
then
we
can
go
ahead
and
sign
the
proclamations
and
issue
them
to
the
requesters.
X
X
C
X
Typically,
it's
it's
not
just
one
person.
I
was
expecting
mr
stuckey
and
his
wife
to
be
here.
I've
been
telling
folks
to
limit
it
to
no
more
than
three
people
like
we
were
to
have
the
conquistadors
here.
They
love
to
come
with.
You
know
and
mass
same.
D
H
X
It
still
could
be
that
the
department
director
presents
it
to
their
staff.
That's
what
the
chief
was
hoping
that
we
could
still
do
the
proclamation,
but
she
would
present
it
rather
than
it
being
presented
here
at
the
at
the
meeting.
But
I
thought
if
it
was
at
least
published
in
the
materials
it
would
be
out
there
for
everyone
to
see.
D
I
wouldn't
have
a
problem
with
one
external
and
one
internal.
If
there
are
any,
you
know,
I
think
that
makes
more
sense,
because
that
you're
not
bringing
in
people
from
the
outside
at
that
point,
but
I
think
it's
going
to
depend
upon
what
they
are.
I
mean
some
of
them
are,
as
you
said,
the
police
department
could
bring
in
you
know,
15
people
from
the
department,
but.
D
H
D
B
B
D
X
Have
a
problem
with
that
or
no
and
then
and
the
rest
on
the
consent
agenda
yeah.
I
think
that's
fine,
very
good!
Thank
you.
Okay.
Moving
on
to
the
boards
and
committees,
starting
with
the
long
list
of
vacancies,
we
have
two
alternates
on
the
board
of
zoning
appeals.
We
have
an
unexpired
term
on
the
utility
advisory
board.
We
have
an
unexpired
term
on
the
general
employees
pension
board.
We
have
a
two-year
term
on
the
firefighters
pension
board.
X
We
have
a
three-year
term
for
a
representative
of
a
local
non-profit
concerned
with
puna
gorda
history
on
the
donation
review
committee,
we
have
two
alternates
for
the
historic
preservation
advisory
board
and
won
an
expired
term
on
the
burnt
store
isles
canal
advisory
committee
with
another
vacancy
coming
up
on
that
board.
At
the
next
meeting.
C
X
X
We
had
a
member
who
decided
not
to
to
re-up
and
so
that
one's
fairly
recent
general
on
fire
also
fairly
recent.
L
Q
C
C
X
Case
where
they
would
be
individuals
who
are
eligible,
but
in
the
case
of
this
list,
okay,
these
are.
These
are
true
vacancies,
okay,
so
we
have
a
long
list
and
we
have
published
it
in
the
newspaper
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
until
hopefully,
we'll
generate
some
interest,
but
we
just
have
folks
who.
X
H
Not
concern,
but
during
this
year
with
covet,
if
some
of
the
meetings
were
canceled
or
virtual
was
opposed
to
in
person
and
people
were
getting
onto
something
like
a
utilities
board
that
may
make
it
seem
a
lot
less
interesting
to
someone
than
it
was
previously
and
that
may
impact
something.
But
okay,
I'm.
X
All
right
moving
on
to
nominations
then,
for
we
have
an
unexpired
term
on
the
historic
preservation
advisory
board.
We
have
two
eligible
applicants
for
nomination.
X
C
Q
C
D
X
And
then,
lastly,
under
nominations,
we
have
an
unexpired
term
on
the
bourne
storage
canal
advisory
committee,
with
two
eligible
applicants
for
nomination
nominate
all
second,
thank
you.
That's
all.
I
have.
D
Okay,
thank
you.
Okay,
under
policy
and
legislation,
I
actually
have
a
number
of
things.
I
went
to
the
southwest
florida
league
of
cities
meeting
last
week
and
there
is
a
whole
lot
of
craziness
going
on
in
the
legislature,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
get
your
your
take
on
a
couple
of
these
things.
I
think
we
may
be
at
a
point
where
the
city
should
write
letters
of
support
or
opposition
to
a
couple
of
different
things
that
are
happening.
D
There
is
a
movement
for
controlling
the
architectural
designs
of
buildings
and
that's
going
that's
house
bill,
55
and
senate
bill
284,
and
it's
regulating
the
design
exterior
features
of
construction
buildings
in
in
a
city,
with
the
exception
of
the
cra,
the
historic
district
and
a
planned
development
and
they've.
It
just
passed
one
of
the
subcommittees
yesterday,
not
unanimously,
but
it
passed
and
it's
moving
forward
and
that's
very
concerning
to
us,
because,
with
moving
forward
with
our
master
plan
and
form
based
code,
this
could
have
a
huge
impact
on
the
city.
Q
B
Q
I'm
I'm
terribly
offended
terribly
offended
yeah
and
if
our,
if
our
state
representatives
support
this,
that
is
a
slap
in
our
face
yeah
I
agree
and
it's
in.
D
I
think
it
was
six
three
okay,
six
or
three.
I
know
it's
something
like
that,
but
you
know
it's.
It
was
more
unanimous
than
it
wasn't
yeah
and
I'm
and
that's
very,
very
scary
to
me:
they're
chipping
away
chipping
away
chipping
away
at
home,
jerry.
H
And
we're
relaying
our
concerns
from
the
building
officials.
Standpoint
back
to
him
to
relay
we've
sent
emails
of
course
june
and
building
officials
that
weighed
in
on
what
that
may
do
those
type
things.
So
we
can
certainly
relay
it
from
the
capsule
standpoint.
Also
with
us,
yeah.
D
And
any
way
we
can
communicate
it.
I
think
we
should,
I
think,
and
it's
kind
of
urgent,
because
this
is
really
happening
quickly
and
then,
of
course,
the
other
thing
is
the
short-term
rentals.
They
keep
changing
the
rules
by
the
minute
with
the
short-term
rentals
and
they
made
some
amendments
to
it
last
week.
But
the
southwest
florida
league
of
cities
did
a
resolution
with
regard
to
what
their
position
is
on
it,
and
I
don't.
D
I
don't
even
have
the
final
document
because
they
amended
it
at
the
meeting
and
I
don't
have
the
I
don't
even
have
the
amended
document
yet
so
I'm
going
to
see
if
I
can
get
it
from
rachel
and
mirror
that
and
and
do
I
think,
a
letter
about
that
as
as
well.
I
think
I
think
these
are
really
important
things
for
us,
as
as
a
city
that
has
previously
had
the
good
good
fortune
of
being
able
to
make
our
own
decisions
and
and
manage
our
city
the
way
we
we
feel
it
needs
to
be
managed.
D
So
those
are
very
concerning
to
me.
So
I
think
those
two
things
are
the
most
important
florida
florida
league
of
cities
conference
is
going
to
be
held
in
person
in
orlando
october.
I
mean
excuse
me
august
12th
to
the
14th
and
they
are
asking
for
as
many
people
as
possible
to
attend
so
we'll
see
how
the
covet
situation
is
between
now
and
then,
but.
D
For
as
many
they
want
people
to
go
to
this
event,
yeah
so
they're,
putting
the
word
out
that
the
conference
is
officially
being
scheduled
and
until
further
notice
that'll
be
the
way
it's
going
to
happen.
So
I'm
I'm
a
little
bit
reluctant
with
mass
crowds,
but
I
guess
we're
going
to
have
to
wait
and
see
what
happens
between
now
and
then
with
covet.
I
really
I'm
just
not
ready
to
make
a
commitment
that
I'm
going
yet
but
fpno,
I
know
you've
probably
been
reading
in
the
paper.
D
Fp
l
is
proposing
a
four-year
increase
in
fees.
There's
going
to
be
lots
of
public
hearings
about
this,
but
they're
proposing
a
moderate
increase
over
the
next
four
years,
starting
this
year,
totaling
18
per
month
per
residence
for
additional
electric
fees.
So
there'll
be
more
to
come
on
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
out
there
that
that's
in
the
in
the
works
also
and
we've
already
gotten
the
update
on
the
poll
removal
and
I'm
very
happy
that
we
had
charlotte
participate
today,
because
that
was,
I
think
that
was
really
important.
D
She's
really
making
a
huge
effort
to
try
to
get
this
fixed
she's.
She
got
real
nervous
when
we
we
were
going
to
write
a
letter
to
the
puc
and
like
instantly
we
got.
We
got
an
email
from
her,
so
very
happy
that
that
they're
being
proactive
about
it
and
I'm
hoping
that
they're
going
to
put
a
little
push
on
comcast
to
get
it
done
too,
and
for
those
who
are
celebrating
today,
party
safely
and
responsibly
and
have
a
good
time
with
saint
patty's
day.
D
Okay,
council
member
comments,
chaha.
Q
Nancy-
I
have
one
item
that
I
I
wanted
to
just
have
us.
Let
us
discuss,
and
that
is
the
ever
increasing
number
of
car
burglaries
with
people
who
are
not
locking
their
cars
and
last
night
it
was
was
it
last
night
13
and
one
was
locked
and
one
car
got
stolen
and
the
keys
were
in
it.
I
mean
it's
like
then.
Q
And
what
are
people
thinking
and
it's
like-
and
I
know
that
that
the
police
department
is
putting
the
the
the
trailers
out
and
saying
lock
your
car
and
I've
had
people's
comment?
Why
are
they
putting
those
out
there?
Why
are
they
putting
this?
The
signs
out
there
that
say,
take
your
keys,
lock
your
door,
it's
because
of
the
number
of
people
that
leave
their
cars
and
then
they
report
that
they've,
a
gun
was
stolen
or
the
wallet
was
stolen
out
of
the
car.
Q
It's
my
handbag
was
stolen
out
of
the
car.
I
I
know
that
it's
in
our
weekly
and
we
disseminate
that
information,
but
I
don't
know,
is
there
any
way
that
we
can
have?
You
know
an
operation,
something
or
other
that
and
get
the
homeowners
associations
involved
and
and
to
try
to
communicate
this?
Can
we
put
information
on
the
utility
bills
that
go
out
to
people?
That's
that.
C
Q
Mean
I
know
that
the
the
utility
bills
go
out
to
every
customer
and
whether
it
goes
out
to
the
in
the
county
or
not
is
as
immaterial.
They
need
to
lock
their
cars
too.
So
I
just
am
appalled,
appalled
at
the
people
that
it's
almost
like,
I
feel
like.
Q
H
I
think
too,
some
people
threw
their
key
fob
in
their
center
console,
so
they
can
get
in
and
push
the
button
and
then
they
might
normally
be
in
the
garage
and
they
let
it
outside,
and
all
you
have
to
do-
is
jump
in
and
push
the
button
and.
H
U
D
C
I
would
like
to
invite
everybody
to
the
historic
punta
gorda
army
airfield
mural
dedication
tomorrow
evening.
If
you
come
around
4
30,
you
can
meet
the
artist
and
view
the
mural
at
five
o'clock.
We
will
have
the
dedication
and
the
ribbon
cutting
and
despite
our
our
hopes
that
this
would
have
been
a
normal
ribbon
cutting
we
are
not
going
to
be
serving
food
or
beverages.
So
we
don't
get
libby's
food,
I'm
sorry
to
say,
but
the
mural
is
an
absolute
work
of
art
and
keith
goodson.
C
Our
artist
will
be
there
and
he's
such
an
interesting
person
to
talk
to,
and
he
really
got
involved
in
punta
gorda
in
the
history
of
the
airfield.
While
he
was
doing
the
research
on
the
mural,
it's
very,
very
fascinating,
so
you're
invited
to
come
4
30
and
it's
at
the
big
wall
just
inside
the
veterans
park
is
that
right
then
I'd
describe
that
correctly.