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From YouTube: City Council Meeting 8-23-17 part 3
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History,
art
market
sign,
requests,
yes,
okay,
so
e1
is
gonna,
be
pulled
and
stand
on
its
own
anybody
else.
Okay,
so
citizens
comments
on
the
consent
agenda,
which
includes
the
minutes
of
the
regular
meetings
for
July
in
legal
invoice.
Disaster
recovery
contractors,
debris,
monitoring,
utility
material,
grievance
resolution
for
Jeanette
and
the
police
department
has
to
mo
use.
If
anybody
would
like
to
speak
on
any
one
of
those
items,
consent
agenda
items,
including
the
history
Park
signed,
request.
Anything
from
the
consent
agenda
now
would
be
the
time
please
come
to
this
podium.
You
have
three
minutes.
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Lisa
Hannon
interim
zoning
official
for
the
record.
The
history
Park
market
is
under
new
management
and
they
have
requested
additional
signs
in
2010.
They
requested
six
off-premise
directional
signs.
Now
they
are
requesting
12.
Along
with
a
banner
on-site.
The
name
is
going
to
be
changed
to
open-air
market
as
a
comparison.
The
downtown
Farmers
Market
is
allowed
eight
off-premise
directional
signs
and
they
have
two
onsite
signs
and
special
events
when
they
are
approved
for
off-premise
directional
signs,
they
are
allowed.
A
maximum
of
8
staff
is
recommending
approval
of
the
maximum
8
signs
and.
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Yeah,
the
reason
why
I
asked
to
have
this
pulled
is
because,
when
I
read
this
and
looked
at
this
and
looked
at
what
they
were
asking
and
certainly
understand
the
downtown
market
and
its
geography
and
where
it
is,
it
doesn't
need
as
many
signs
this
one
is
in
an
area
that
needs
more
attention
and
and
I
really
felt.
I
could
understand
why
they're
requesting
12
and
so
I
really
felt
like
I
didn't
have
a
problem
with
the
12.
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Okay,
we
finished
the.
We
did
all
the
consent,
we're
going
to
take
a
break.
It
is
10:54,
so
we'll
take
a
11
minute
break
11:05.
We
will
be
back
hi.
We
are
back
in
session
and
now
we
are
on
the
regular
agenda,
so
we
will
be
taking
citizens
comments
on
regular
agenda
items
only
which
would
be
an
interlocal
agreement
for
the
distribution
of
the
five
cent
local
option:
gas
tax
with
the
county,
the
city
requests
regarding
the
upcoming
state
legislative
agenda,
the
pickle
Plex
of
Punta
Gorda,
the
FDOT
community.
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This
is
a
resolution
which
are
read
by
title:
only
a
resolution
of
the
City
Council
of
the
city
of
Punta
Gorda
Florida,
approving
the
interlocal
agreement
between
Charlotte
County
in
the
city
of
Punta
Gorda
for
distribution
of
five
cent;
local
option,
gas
tax
revenues
authorizing
the
mayor
to
execute
the
interlocal
agreement
and
providing
an
effective
date.
The.
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Distribution
formula
is
the
same
as
existing
over
the
years.
There
are
no
changes.
We
will
be
reviewing
this
every
couple
of
years
and
staff
is
recommending
approval.
We
met
with
the
county
staff
as
well,
they
are
also
recommending
we
approved
the
same
formula.
There
are
two
alternatives
on
the
formula
for
the
five
cent
gas
tax.
You
can
go
by
the
five-year
transportation
expenses
for
the
city
in
the
county.
There's
another
option
out
there:
you
can
go
by
population,
it's
under
the
purview
of
the
county,
so
we
can
negotiate
with
them.
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I
I
The
other,
the
next
two
items
we've
been
doing
over
the
last
number
of
years,
supporting
the
Charlotte
County
requests
and
supporting
the
League
of
Cities
legislative
agenda
requests.
We've
been
doing
that
for
a
number
of
years
and
the
fourth
one
we
are
applying
for
a
grant
for
the
Boca
grand
area,
stormwater
improvements.
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I
I
J
J
It
actually
specifies
when
that
60-day
period
is
for
every
other
year
and
for
this
coming
legislative
cycle,
it's
not
one
of
those
years
where
it
specifies
the
win,
and
so
the
legislature
tends
to
meet
earlier
during
that
off
year.
So
it's
a
whole
bunch
of
words
to
say
that
the
60-day
legislative
session
this
year,
unlike
the
others,
will
begin
on
January
5th
and
it
will
end
on
March
9th.
Normally
it's
a
couple
months
after
that.
J
But
what
that
does
is
back
everything
up
through
out
the
earlier
part
of
the
calendar
so
that
we
have
the
committee
weeks
the
pre
session
period
of
time.
When
the
committee
start
meeting,
they
start
looking
at
what
their
actual
agenda
will
be.
They
actually
start
hearing
bills
and
a
fair
number
of
the
bills
that
are
filed
will
make
through
or
fail
to
make
it
through
those
committees
even
before
the
60-day
legislative
session.
J
So
this
year,
because
we're
on
an
accelerated
cycle,
the
legislative
committee
meetings
are
starting
in
September,
we'll
have
one
in
September
two
in
October,
two
in
November,
two
in
December,
so
things
are
picking
up
fairly
quickly
in
tandem
with
that,
every
legislative
delegation,
every
group
of
legislators
who
have
some
portion
of
their
district
either
House
or
Senate
that
touches
a
particular
County,
belongs
to
that
delegation.
Some
legislators
belong
to
multiple,
maybe
six
or
eight.
J
We
have
a
little
bit
of
time
and
for
those
who
have
not
been
to
one
of
those
delegation
hearings,
we
stand
before
the
podium
and
we
simply
lay
out
what
our
priorities
are.
Sometimes
there
are
policy
issues
like
the
medical
marijuana
issue,
the
preemption
issue,
and
sometimes
they
are
appropriations
issues.
In
the
past,
we've
sought
appropriated
funds
through
the
general
appropriations
act
through
the
legislative
branch
for
things
like
the
ro
project
and
and
and
other
issues.
So
this
year
the
book
a
grand
grant,
perhaps
Howard
you
and
I
can
meet
offline.
J
Let
me
do
some
analysis
of
how
far
along
we
are
with
that
grant
and
see
if
we
could
do
an
appropriation
in
tandem
with
it.
Typically,
when
you
do
an
appropriation,
you
need
a
sponsor
on
the
house
side,
a
sponsor
on
the
Senate
side,
so
we
would
want
to
speak
with
those
legislators
commonly
from
our
delegation
and
get
them
to
sponsor
and
then
gain
support
from
key
legislators
that
are
maybe
not
necessarily
directly
connected
to
our
delegation,
but
are
key
to
the
appropriations
process
for
that
type
of
funding.
J
J
J
Well,
let's
jump
right
into
the
topics.
I
think
that
the
the
preemption
issues
as
a
category
are
gonna
be
big.
This
session
they
were
big
last
session
in
the
sense
that
there
were
a
host
of
areas
where
the
legislature
in
crafting
different
laws,
created
a
conflict
with
home
rule
in
the
eyes
of
local
governments,
cities
and
counties.
And
although
that
has
been
happening
for
as
long
as
there's
been
a
legislature,
it
seemed
to
take
on
a
life
of
its
own.
J
This
last
session,
more
so
than
I've
ever
seen,
and
the
local
governments
have
pushed
back
more
so
than
I've
ever
seen.
You
saw
that
at
the
League
of
Cities
conference
I'm,
seeing
it
at
the
constitutional
revision,
Commission
hearings
that
we
attend
and
so
I
think
that
a
growing
amount
of
energy
is
being
put
behind
that
issue
and
I
suspect
there
will
be
far
less
preemption
this
coming
session.
J
Second
issue
in
that
context,
is
will
will
there
be
any
rollback
of
that
I
suspect
there
will
not
be
much
rollback,
in
other
words,
modification
we're
walking
back
some
of
the
preemption
from
last
session,
with
one
exception,
it
is
quite
possible
that
the
extent
to
which
local
governments
like
us,
combine
our
resources
and
our
energy
and
our
messaging
and
our
political
capital.
On
the
medical
marijuana
issue,
it
is
quite
possible
that
there
is
a
glitch
bill
that
would
provide
a
higher
degree
of
autonomy
on
those
locations.
J
Now
I
think
there's
going
to
be
a
limit
to
how
far
that
can
go.
Some
of
the
topics
that
we've
heard
discussed
like
conflicts
with
a
DA
federal
labor
laws,
those
sorts
of
things.
Quite
frankly,
some
of
those
conflicts
are
inherent
to
the
language
that
the
Supreme
Court
allowed
to
be
in
the
constitutional
amendment
itself
and
a
legislature
can't
change
that
I
mean
the
legislature
could
pass
a
bill
saying
that
the
speed
limit
on
I-75
is
gonna,
be
a
hundred
miles.
J
J
Obviously,
I'll
pass
that
through
Howard
and
Anne,
ask
for
your
authorization
to
support
some
specific
language,
easing
that
and
giving
some
more
autonomy.
As
you
may
know,
I
know
that
your
council,
mr.
Levin,
knows
from
reading
the
statute.
They
did
actually
have
language.
That's
in
the
statute
that
prohibits
these
dispensaries
within
500
feet
of
a
public
school.
J
Clearly,
there's
a
recognition
by
the
legislature
that
that
the
location
matters
you
know
on
the
micro
level,
I
think
we
just
need
to
get
them
to
recognize
that
working
that
out
community
to
community
is
best
done
by
the
leaders
of
that
community
and
I
think
we
can
make
that
case.
But
it's
gonna.
It's
gonna,
take
a
unified
approach,
a
lot
of
communities
getting
together
and
pushing
in
the
same
direction.
I
saw
that
Brevard
County
I.
J
Think
just
yesterday,
like
many
cities
struggled
with
this
just
like
you
have,
and
it
seems
like
a
very
large
percentage-
I
don't
have
the
numbers
yet
I've
been
asking
Scott
Dudley
for
that,
but
a
very
large
percentage
of
the
communities
came
down
on
it.
Just
the
way
that
you
did
and
felt
like
they
were
boxed
in.
You
are
boxed
in
and
although,
if
I
could
restate
it,
you
want
to
comply
with
the
will
of
the
seventy
percent.
You
don't
want
to
ban
this,
but
that's
the
only
option
that
you
were
given
it.
J
You
know
in
in
the
absence
of
some
level
of
authority
to
to
craft
something
that
works
for
our
community,
even
Broward,
County,
Brevard
County,
and
a
lot
of
the
municipalities
on
the
Lower
East
Coast,
where
this
constitutional
provision
passed
out
even
far
greater
rate
than
the
70
percent.
Clearly,
those
communities
are
not
wanting
to
obstruct
or
interfere
with
the
people's
right
to
access
this,
but
even
those
communities
felt
as
though
they've
had
no
choice
but
to
put
in
place
a
moratorium,
at
least
for
a
period
of
time.
J
I've
heard
a
fair
amount
of
discussion
about
concepts
like
the
pilot
program.
Although
I
don't
know
that
I've
heard
anybody
speak
about
it
with
quite
as
much
thought
behind
it,
as
David
did,
but
Brevard
County,
for
example,
agreed
to
adopt
them
a
moratorium,
but
he
have
a
period
of
time
when
they
tried
to
come
up
with
a
new
zoning
classification
that
is
pharmacy
and
dispensary,
something
that
fits
within
the
structure
of
the
law.
Here.
J
So
we'll
see,
I
think
we
should
probably
take
a
two-prong
approach,
prepare
ourselves
for
a
pilot
while
at
the
same
time
put
political
capital
and
advocacy
efforts
into
opening
this
up
a
little
bit
more
and
post-session
it.
Maybe
the
work
that
you
haven't
done
on
a
pilot
is
still
usable
but
might
have
to
be
modified
slightly
any
questions
on
that
topic.
Before
we
go
forward.
J
Another
area
where
I
expect
there
will
be
a
fair
amount
of
activity
again
in
the
preemption
category
is
the
vacation,
rentals,
but
I
suspect
there
will
not
ultimately
be
a
bill
like
I,
don't
know
for
sure,
I
mean
there's
no
way.
You
can
predict
that,
but
I
don't
feel
that
having
as
much
energy
as
the
Medical
Marijuana
preemption
issue,
but
it's
up
there
in
an
election
cycle.
I
remember
this
is
the
last
legislative
session
before
another
election,
it's
possible
that
that
that
something
gets
passed
in
that
area
again.
J
But
you
know
the
legislature
has
gone
through
a
very
heated
battle,
heated
debate
over
that
two
different
times
once
in
2011
and
once
in
2014,
and
it
was
very
contentious
in
a
lot
of
the
municipalities
and
counties-
put
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
their
resources
into
that
and
I'm,
not
sure
the
legislature
or
the
lead
is
going
to
make
that
their
number
one
priority.
But
we'll
see
what
else.
J
I
haven't
seen
a
list
yet
of
Charlotte
County's
priorities.
I
suspect
that
I'll
see
that
before
the
delegation
hearing,
but
if
mr.
Kunak
sees
that
sooner
than
me
perhaps
passed
that
along
and
you
know,
we
had
for
the
last
few
years-
supported
their
agenda.
But
we
should
probably
look
at
the
specific
items
with
that.
Any
questions
no.
A
But
I
just
want
to
tell
you
that
I
don't
know
if
you're
aware,
but
for
this
last
session
session
of
the
legislative
committees
of
the
Florida
League,
we
were
directed
by
president
get
zip
Gil
zipper
to
support
a
super
priority.
So
every
committee
supported
the
super
priority
which
has
to
do
with
Home
Rule
and
that's
gonna
be
a
major
major
focus
of
the
league
and
then
the
committee's.
We
only
pushed
up
one
other
priority.
A
Besides
the
super
priority,
so
it
seems,
like
president
zipper,
is
definitely
taking
the
league
in
that
direction
on
many
fronts
and
that's
will
be
a
major
focus
and
I'm
on
the
utilities.
They
changed
the
name
I'm
on
the
utilities
committee,
which
used
to
be
Energy
Environment
and
Natural
Resources,
and
so
we
pushed
forward
of
water
infrastructure
funding
of
all
types
septic
to
sewer
storm
water.
So
that
was
our
priority,
but
I'm
pretty
sure
they
all
get
this
published.
It
was
just
you
know,
approved
last
weekend,
so
I'm
sure
it's
somewhere
on
their
website.
J
They
tend
to
not
be
controversial
in
our
area
because
our
CRA
s
have
been
fairly
well
managed
and
they
have
accomplished
their
goal.
They've
been
effective
and
there
haven't
been
hasn't,
really
been
any
controversy
over
the
character
quality
of
their
management,
but
in
other
parts
of
the
state
there
is
some.
J
Alternative
data
on
that
point
there's
been
audits
that
have
focused
on
specific
CRA
s
that
maybe
have
not
received
the
level
of
oversight
that
they
should
have
either
internally
or
externally.
There
have
been
reports
of
some
members
and
some
stakeholders
exploiting
the
power
of
a
CRA
to
divert
tax
dollars
through
tax
increment
financing,
to
support
certain
pet
projects
that
maybe
are
not
within
the
scope
of
the
original
CRA.
The
simple
truth
is:
is
that
you
know
the
old
adage
that
one
bad
apple
spoils
the
whole
barrel
right.
J
So
there
have
been
a
few
CRA
s
that
have
earned
a
fair
amount
of
negative
attention,
and
that
has
caught
the
attention
of
some
key
members
of
the
legislature
and
they
reacted
this
last
session
by
fouling
legislation
and
pushing
pretty
hard
on
it
to,
in
effect,
move
towards
eliminating
the
whole
CRA
concept.
Now,
if
you
read
the
legislation
and
didn't
actually
shut
down
existing
CRA
s,
it
would
have
prevented
the
creation
of
new
ones.
J
Those
I
don't
know
that
that
ledges,
that
legislation
became
quite
controversial
because
there
are
see,
are
a
lot
of
CRA
s,
particularly
in
more
urban
areas,
where
they're
trying
to
redevelop
a
blighted
portions
of
communities,
and
so
a
lot
of
local
governments
have
dependent
upon
those
CRA
s,
and
so
that
drew
a
lot
of
attention
a
lot
of
angst
and
it
was
a
very
hotly
debated
bill
last
session.
It
ultimately
did
not
pass
I
think
it
will
get.
I
As
usual,
when
a
topic
gets
brought
up,
our
paralegal
is
right
on
it
has
sent
out
to
all
of
us,
including
you
Jerry,
the
Charlotte
counties,
draft
legislative
agenda
items
so
they're
requesting
two
million
for
the
l.joe
beam
septic
to
sewer
conversion.
Five
hundred
1
million
five
for
Toledo
Blade
Boulevard,
five
hundred
thousand
for
sustainable
brewing
program
or
Western
Michigan;
well,
1
million
250
for
Piper
road
infrastructure.
I
J
Let
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
of
what's
happened
there.
The
CRC
is
constitutionally
mandated
mandated
panel
in
Florida
unique
to
Florida.
It's
the
only
state
that
has
it
provision
in
our
Constitution.
That
says
every
20
years,
we'll
impanel
a
group
of
citizens
who
will
get
together
and
consider
and
then
potentially
propose
ballot
initiatives
that
will
go
on
the
next
general
election
ballot
for
consideration
to
amend
the
Constitution.
J
It's
the
one
mechanism
for
amending
of
the
Constitution
that
does
not
pass
through
the
Supreme
Court
review
phase.
Some
people
would
say
that's
a
good
thing.
Some
people
would
say
that's
a
bad
thing,
but
in
any
event,
the
CRC
has
the
authority
to
put
an
initiative
directly
on
the
ballot.
They
don't
have
the
authority
to
change
the
Constitution,
but
they
have
the
ability,
the
autonomous
authority,
to
put
it
directly
on
the
ballot
for
the
voters.
The
voters
still
have
to
approve
it
by
the
same
margin,
a
60%
margin
as
any
other
ballot
initiative.
J
J
As
the
legislature,
the
only
committee
that's
met
so
far
is
the
Rules
Committee,
but
the
others
are
about
to
starting
in
September,
we'll
have
on
each
of
the
weeks
when
the
legislature
is
not
having
a
committee
week.
The
constitutional
revision
Commission
will
be
having
a
committee
week
so
I'll
keep
you
advised
of
that.
If
there's
specific
issues
that
you
want
to
put
forward
as
an
amendment
to
our
Constitution
I'd
be
glad
to
bring
them
forward
to
them.
J
J
This
will
be
a
small
number
of
proposed
constitutional
amendments
and
with
this
particular
CRC
makeup,
many
of
the
members
have
kind
of
indicated
that
they're,
not
especially
forward
leaning
about
wanting
to
make
a
ton
of
changes
to
the
Constitution,
so
I'm
not
expecting
a
huge
ultimate
agenda
by
them,
but
we'll
see
certainly
the
public
interest.
The
public
input
has
been
vast
and
the
proposals
have
run
the
entire
gamut
of
policy
that
you
could
imagine
through
the
legislative
process.
J
Many
some
of
the
approaches
are
germane
to
a
Constitution.
You
know
some
of
them
are
not,
but
there's
been
hundreds,
maybe
thousands
of
proposals,
and
so
we'll
see
over
the
between
now
and
January.
The
committee's
will
continue
to
meet
then
the
main
CRC,
the
overall
CRC,
will
meet
more
aggressively
and
they
have
to
wrap
their
work
up
by
I.
Believe
it's
May.
J
E
Would
you
think
that
the
CRC
might
be
more
receptive
to
the
home
rule
issue
as
a
constitutional
amendment
than
possibly
the
legislature
and
even
though
their
ultimate
decision
doesn't
come
out
until
May?
If
they
see
that
there's
a
lot
of
true?
If
the
legislature
sees
that
there's
a
lot
of
traction
on
the
CRC,
it
might
have
influence
on
the
legislature.
J
You
are
their
members,
the
legislature,
who
would
be
supportive
of
more
Home,
Rule,
yeah
sure
I
know
when
I
was
in
the
legislature.
I
was
a
strong
proponent
of
home
rule,
but
as
a
general
rule,
I
don't
know
that
that's
a
really
hot
button
issue,
at
least
from
what
I've
seen
among
the
crc
members.
Now
maybe
it'll
pick
up
steam.
J
J
If
the
league,
if
all
of
the
cities
and
counties
wanted
to
really
make
that
a
priority,
make
that
their
number
one
issue
before
the
CRC,
you
know
and
wage
it
that
way,
then
perhaps
but
inherently
or
intrinsically
I,
haven't
seen
a
big
groundswell
from
among
crc
members
on
that
issue.
Now
to
counter
what
I
said,
there
are
a
fair
number
of
members
on
the
CRC
who
come
from
local
government,
their
city,
councilmen,
there's
County
Commissioners
Supervisor
of
Elections,
so
any
one
of
them
could
file
a
bill,
a
sponsor
a
proposal.
E
There
a
way
of
the
City
Council
on
and
we
got
the
interest
of
other
City
Council's
to
increase
the
heat
on
that
issue,
because
there's
only,
as
you
said,
thirty
some-odd
people
that
we
would
need
to
convince
on
the
CRC
to
make
that
a
priority
versus
the.
How
many
hundreds
are
in
the
legislature
sure.
J
Like
I
said,
the
CRC
is
going
around
the
state
and
holding
these
public
hearings
and
sending
a
representative
to
one
of
those
public
hearings,
an
elected
official,
to
stand
at
the
podium
and
say
hey.
This
is
a
priority
for
for
our
community.
That
is
the
way
that
it
gains
attention.
I'm,
simply
saying
that
as
I
seen,
the
eleven
there
have
been
eleven
of
those
and
I
go
to
all
of
them.
I'm
simply
saying
that
more
people
show
up
on
other
issues
than
on
that
issue.
J
So
the
short
answer
to
your
question
is
yes,
you
can
definitely
elevate
the
profile
of
that
by
having
people
show
up
and
speak
I've
seen
some
local
governments
doing.
That
I
saw
it
in
the
CRC
meeting
that
was
in
Hillsborough.
County
was
on
the
campus
of
USF.
There
were
three
or
four
members
of
the
City
Council's
and
County
Commissioners,
who
showed
up
and
stated
that
position.
J
A
Sidenote
verdad
we
none
of
it
was
funded
last
year.
Is
there
any
chance
that
we
could
support
that?
Coming
back
because
one
of
the
hot
topics
on
my
committee
was
Florida
forever
Florida
Community
Land
Trust.
They
seem
to
think
that
the
funding
will
come
in
this
year.
I,
don't
know
if
we
have
to
resubmit
or
what
what
we
have
to
do.
I
know
we
were
on
the
ranked
list,
but
you
know,
supporting
in
the
library
grant
obviously
didn't
get
funded
last
year
either.
How
can
we
support
promoting
those
back
into.
J
J
Well,
pretty
much
yes,
I
mean
those
funds,
I
think
a
lot
of
that
funding.
God
I
think
the
I
think
the
appropriations
for
those
funding
items
faced
a
tortuous
path
in
part
because
of
the
funds
that
were
being
negotiated
on
the
lake
okeechobee
and
all
of
all
of
the
the
waterway
and
the
the
springs
issues.
J
It
seems
to
me,
like
everything,
was
being
held
back
in
anticipation
of
a
deal
at
the
last
minute,
which
did
come
and
was
a
you
know:
1.5
billion
dollars
from
the
state
alone,
so
I
think
it
was
kind
of
victim
of
that.
But
I
do
think
that
there's
been
enough
discussion
about
that
enough,
pushback
that
there
is
gonna
be
some
fir
that
funding,
probably
not
at
sixteen
fifteen
or
sixteen
levels,
but
by
pocket
or
by
category
some
of
them
may
approach
that
and
if
I
have
a
better.
A
J
A
J
A
J
J
A
A
K
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
having
me
my
name-
is
Ted
keggers
and
I'm
president
of
pickle
Plex
of
Punta
Gorda.
We
are
a
group
of
people
or
pickleball
enthusiasts.
I
should
say
that
had
formed
a
corporation
and
we're
looking
to
build
a
state-of-the-art
pic
of
all
complex
on
the
campus
of
fsw.
So
once
we
get
our
presentation
up
here,
we'll
begin.
A
K
Since
we're
only
at
50%,
we've
done
at
50%
to
go
in
the,
we
actually
started
our
fundraising
campaign
about
two
and
a
half
weeks
ago
and
that's
led
by
Sue
Carmen
who's,
actually
in
Arizona,
today
doing
some
more
work
for
us
out
there,
but
in
two
and
a
half
weeks,
we've
actually
raised
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
you
know
we're
currently
selling
naming
rights
to
courts
or
selling
naming
rights
on
the
back
of
bleachers.
You
know
anything
that
we
can
put
a
name
on
it
were
selling.
K
K
K
K
You
know
we
want
to
have
courts
for
a
DA
at
our
new
facilities
and
obviously
we
promote
sportsmanship
pickleball
in
Charlotte
County.
Currently
there
is
53
tennis
locations
in
Charlotte
County
and
only
one
dedicated
pickleball
location
in
2009.
We
actually
had
twenty
players
in
Charlotte
County,
and
today
we
have
2500
plus
players
playing
at
one
dedicated
location.
K
Okay,
back
in
November
last
year
we
held
our
first
hospice
tournament
for
tide
WA
hospice
and
we
actually
raised
almost
nine
thousand
dollars
and
that
was
donated
to
them
Peace
River
Pickler's.
We
had
our
second
annual
tournament.
This
year
we
had
three
hundred
and
fifty
three
participants,
and
you
can
see
the
breakdown
for
you
know
where
those
came
out
of
in
Florida.
We
had
125
out
of
the
state
we
had
149,
so
we
have
good
participation
out
of
the
state.
K
We
had
209
room
nights
and
you
can
see
the
transportation
numbers
and
where
everybody
came
from
now,
the
US
Open,
which
is
just
south
of
us
down
in
Naples
in
2016,
they
had
800
participants
which
gave
us
1,500
room
nights
and
had
an
economic
impact
of
two
and
a
half
million
dollars.
This
year
2017
we
had
twelve
hundred
eighty
participants,
five
thousand
room
nights
and
both
last
year
and
this
year
were
televised
on
CBS
Sports
and
they
had
a
$35,000
purse
prize
with
a
six
and
a
half
million
dollar
economic
impact
for
one
week.
K
I
did
that
wrong:
let's
go
back
okay
outdoor
again,
we
only
have
one,
you
know
dedicated
pickleball
location.
We
actually
have
to
use
South
County
and
we
actually
have
to
rent
those
courts
where
we
actually
hold
leagues
and
drills
and
in
season
we
fill
those
courts
up
every
day,
so
the
growth
of
pickleball
is
outweighing.
You
know
that
the
facility
that
we
have
to
use
so
Gilcrest
under
construction,
this
fall
is
only
going
to
make
them
matter
that
much
worse.
K
You
know
it's
imperative
that
you
know
we
get
this
project
going
because
you
know
we
have
to
have
a
place
for
these
people
to
play
where
we
have
all
these
snowbirds
down
here
you
know
they're
going
to
play
pickleball
and
already
now
during
season.
You
know
the
wait
times
to
get
on
court
is
at
a
half
an
hour
because
we
got
so
many
people
down
here.
So
the
current
courts
we
have
are
not
sanctioned
courts,
you
know
being
sanctioned
courts
it'll
give
us
leverage
to
bring
more
of
the
larger
tournaments
here
in
town.
K
So
with
all
that
being
said,
we
formed
a
team.
We
have
six
people,
including
nancy
pranskey,
who
is
our
pickleball
liaison
and
we're
called
the
pickleball
founders
team.
So
we
created
this
team
to
create
a
solution
to
build
a
new
pickleball
complex
and
to
move
most
of
the
pickleball
playing
from
this
current
location.
K
Pick
of
all
up
the
complex
of
Punta
Gorda
will
provide
a
positive
environment
for
the
residents
of
Charlotte
County
and
surrounding
communities
for
the
health
and
well-being
of
the
public.
The
complex
will
provide
outdoor
and
indoor
facilities
focusing
on
exercise,
competitive
sports,
including,
but
not
limited
to.
Pickleball
emphasis
will
be
placed
on
educating
the
youth
and
the
underprivileged
on
the
mayors
of
sports
activities
and
fitness.
The
state-of-the-art
facility
will
attract
participants
from
out
of
the
state
and
all
over
the
world.
K
You
know
they're
in
partnership
with
us
and
giving
us
approximately
10
acres
of
land
to
build
this
facility
on
so
phase
1
will
include
16
lighted
courts,
which
will
be
sanctioned
curve
seating.
So
we
don't
even
have
to
bring
chairs.
We
can
sit
on
the
bleachers
and
stay
out
of
the
Sun,
we'll
have
a
concession
stand
with
a
bathroom
also
located
on
there,
our
bathrooms,
at
an
estimated
cost
of
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
a
completion
date
of
December,
2017
and
I
can't
say
this
strong
enough.
K
You
know
it
looks
like
more
than
likely.
The
construction
around
the
Gilcrest
courts
won't
start
till
after
the
first
of
the
year,
but
it's
imperative
that
we
get
these
first
16
courts
built
on
the
campus
of
fsw
before
you
know
that
construction
starts.
I
can't
say
that
strong
enough,
because
we
can't
afford
to
have
our
pickleball
people
here,
go
find
other
places
in
Cape,
Coral
or
down
in
Fort
Myer
right
now.
It's
amazing.
We
get
people
from
Sarasota.