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OKAY? NO PROBLEM. ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER TODAY. THIS IS THE NOVEMBER 1ST
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. IS THAT RIGHT? SEE CRB AGENDA MEETING WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ROLL CALL. CHAIR CAMPENNI.VICE CHAIR. DULY REMEMBER, LOUIS , REMEMBER MAKE HAMSON MEMBERS ROSE. REMEMBER WAKA? ALRIGHT AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU PLEASE, WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES. IN THE WORLD. DEMOCRACY JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT. FIRST MATTER IS
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THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL. SECOND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I OKAY? AGENDA[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVED NEXT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 6TH NOT LAST MONTH, BUT THE MONTH BEFORE. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? HMM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY EXCELLENT GOING THROUGH. BEFORE WE GET STARTED. IS THERE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? IN THE INTERNET. NOT SEEING ANY. AND MOVING FORWARD BEFORE WE GET STARTED THERE ANY NON AGENDA COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD TODAY? AND WE'RE MISSING SOME PEOPLE. ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD . IT'S GOOD SEEING EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE GOT A CHANCE TO HAVE A MEETING. GOOD SEEING EVERYBODY. SORRY GOOD MORNING. JUST BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT THERE ANY CRB INVOLVEMENT IN THE ZIP CONVERSATION AS FAR AS THE ZONING AND PROCESS. THAT THERE'S NOT NOTHING LIKE NO, THERE'S NOT NO INVOLVED, OKAY? IT'S GOING TO BE A COMMISSION ITEM. OKAY?[2. PEPE & SALE PROPOSED AWNING OVER THE SIDEWALK AND OUTDOOR DINING DECK RESOLUTION NUMBER 09-2022 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, CONSIDERING A MINOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW AWNING ATTACHED TO A BUILDING TO PROVIDE SHADE OVER THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OFWAY, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALK AND OUTDOOR DINING DECK, LOCATED AT 101 SE OCEAN BLVD, UNIT #103; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
OKAY? THIS IS GOING TO BRING US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ONE OF OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM.THIS IS THE PEPE AND SALLY PROPOSED AWNING OVER SIDEWALK AND OUTDOOR DINING RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 2022. IS THERE A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU. PANEL GANDHI SABGA, SIERRA DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR A MINOR URBAN CODE. CONDITIONAL USE FROM PEPE AND SALLY, WHO'S A BUSINESS RESTAURANT OWNER AT 101 SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD, UM, IN THE CIVITAS BUILDINGS, THEY'RE REQUESTING A SHADE STRUCTURE THAT WILL EXTEND OVER THE SIDEWALK AND THE NEW OUTDOOR DINING DECK THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED IN THE CITY'S RIGHT AWAY. THE RETRACTABLE AWNING WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND CAN BE RETRACTED BACK WHEN NOT IN USE, OR IF THERE'S ANY STORM EVENTS, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY PLANS AND HAD NO OBJECTION TO APPLY FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THE APPLICANT ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION. FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION FOR THE CIVITAS BUILDING, AND TIM HERNANDEZ, WHO IS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. UH NEXT TO THE BUILDING, AND THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND ALSO POSTED A NOTICE ON ON SITE TO MEET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTS. AND IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED TODAY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING CODE REGULATIONS AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGULATIONS. STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER. OH 9-2022. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IF IT'S CERTAINLY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND THIS THIS IS ARE WE THE FINAL APPROVAL? DOES THIS GO UP TO THIS YEAR APPROVAL? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT BEFORE DISCUSSIONS HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED AS A I GUESS WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT MR BRIDGEVILLE. I'VE MARKED BREAK VILLE TO EIGHT SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THIS PROPERTY. UM STUART UM AND I'VE SPOKEN A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME RELATIVE TO THIS THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO NOW WITH THIS PROPERTY WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN EFFECT. A AN AWNING THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO USE THAT OUTDOOR IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER, AND WE'VE ADDED ABOUT 10 TABLES , EIGHT TO THEIR PROCESS. NOW WE JUST APPROVED NEW URBAN WITH A 60 PARKING SPOT SHORTFALL ON THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR PARKING. ON THIS WITHOUT. I MEAN, IF THEY CAME FOR APPROVAL. THEY WOULDN'T GET APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARKING FOR THE SIZE RESTAURANT THAT THEY'RE RUNNING NOW, SO WE'VE EXPANDED THE OUTDOOR DINING. ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WHEN THEY WHEN IT GOES UP, JOAN JEFFERSON THAT I'M GOING TO BE TREATED THE SAME. I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN AN AWNING SPACE, YOU
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KNOW, TO 10 TABLES AND SET IT OUTSIDE ON ON THE RESTAURANT THAT I'VE GOT ON MY PROPERTY SO THAT I'M GOING TO GET THE SAME THING AND I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO PARK THAT. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE EXPANDING. THIS OUTDOOR DINING WERE IN COMPLETE. WE'RE INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF THESE RESTAURANTS. WITH WHICH NORMALLY THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO AND WE'RE DOING IT AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING AWNINGS ON THEM, WHICH MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IN INCLEMENT WEATHER SO THAT THEY, IN EFFECT HAVE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THEIR OF THE RESTAURANT, AND I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IN PARTICULAR. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR ONE, WE GOT TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY. I MEAN, THAT RESTAURANT GOT APPROVED INITIALLY. UM AND GOT A CEO INITIALLY AND DIDN'T MEET THE PARKING BECAUSE THE PARKING WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THAT PARKING NOW, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND. FIRST OF ALL, HOW WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO A RESTAURANT TO DOUBLE ITS CAPACITY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF ZONING PROCESS. AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I THINK THIS GROUP NEEDS TO SAY THIS WILL APPLY TO ANY SIMILAR SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN AND WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I WOULD WANT TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT ON THE PROPERTY THAT I OWN ON JOHN JEFFERSON. WHEN YOU SAY ANY SITUATION, ANY RESTAURANT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVABLE RETRACTABLE AWNING OR YOU'RE JUST ANY AWNING IN GENERAL. WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RETRACTABLE AWNING COUPLED WITH THE OUTDOOR DINING WHEN YOU TAKE THE OUTDOOR DINING PLATFORMS AND ADD 10 TABLES. YOU KNOW THAT'S 10 PARKING PLACES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE. AND NOW WHEN YOU ADDED AN AWNING TO THAT, OR COVERING, IT MEANS THAT THAT IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE AN OCCASIONAL USE. THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A PERMANENT USE THAT AND, UH AND THEN WE'VE DONE IT IN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING ANYWAY, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THAT'S ALL I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, AND I JUST THINK AGAIN. I DON'T I LIKE IT. I THINK IT'S COOL THAT PEOPLE SIT OUTSIDE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW SOME OF US THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN IN THE SAME SITUATION SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY A PARKING REGULATION WHEN THESE GUYS ARE EXEMPT FROM IT. SO UM, THAT'S THAT'S IT. I THINK WITH THE OUTDOOR DINING IF WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT WE NEED WE NEED TO THEN SAY THAT THOSE ENTITIES THAT USE IT WILL BE PARKING EXEMPT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO PARK IT. OTHERWISE I THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR THE OWNER TO SPEAK? YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST UP TO YOU. HOW MANY DOUBLING MY CONSTITUENTS TO. I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS ERIC CAVALLARO. WE SAW, UM I WON'T BE DOUBLING THE SIZE OF MY RESTAURANT. RETRACTABLE AWNING. YOU REALLY CAN'T. TWO BUSINESS ONE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER LIKE 2025 MILES AN HOUR. WIND IS ABOUT MAX, AND THEN I HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN OUTSIDE. PARKING. A LOT OF THERE ARE PEOPLE PARKING ON TAMPONNAISE THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. BUT EVERYBODY LOVES THE FACT THAT THERE IS PARKING ON THE STREET. AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IN THAT AREA AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON A WEEKDAY ITS GO SOUTH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING UP AND DONALD'S YOURS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FITS IN WITH HIM AND WHERE HIS PAPER WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING RIGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH THE PARKING IN MY AREA AND ACTUALLY DON'T GO AROUND DOWNTOWN. SEE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND THOSE SPOTS AVAILABLE, AND THEY THEY ENJOY THE FACT THAT THE PARKING INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT I THINK I MAKE A SMALL IMPACT. ON ARGUING IN CAPACITY MUSIC. VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT A AN AWNING PROGRAM FOR LIKE DOWNTOWN. IS THIS PART OF THAT, OR IS THIS? THIS IS PART OF THE OUTDOOR SEATING PROGRAM AND PARKING IS EXAMPLE. OUTDOOR SEATING GETTING INTO PARKING. IT WASN'T THERE. I THINK RIGHT, ZOE'S RIGHT MATTER, RIGHT? THERE WAS LIKE A DISCUSSION ABOUT AWNINGS ATTACHED TO BUILDINGS COVERING LIKE THE CUT THE PARKING AREA RIGHT AWAY PARKING RIGHT AWAY PART OF LIFE. THAT'S PART OF THIS PROGRAM, SO ANYTHING OTHER THAN UMBRELLA HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD IS THAT AREA? IS THERE A DESIGNATED AREA FOR THAT? YES SO WHEN WE AMENDED THE PROGRAM, I HAD THE BOUNDARY MAP WHERE WE EXPANDED THE OUTDOOR DINING PROGRAM ALONG OCEAN BOULEVARD AND COLORADO. IT'S PART OF IT.
IT WAS IN YOUR PACKAGE. THE REASON PACKAGE ON PAGE 27 OF YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE. YEAH, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS TO MARK'S POINT. I THINK MARK'S PROPERTY FALLS OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, RIGHT MARK. I'M LISTENING, YOU KNOW? I THINK RESTAURANTS IN A DOWNTOWN SETTING CREATE THEY.
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THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FIT INTO LIKE THIS. HEY YOU HAVE TO PARK IT SCENARIO BECAUSE IT IS DOWNTOWN SETTING. THEY'RE FEEDING OFF OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S ALREADY PARKED DOWNTOWN. THERE'S KIND OF THIS SYNERGY TO IT. IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWNTOWN ANYWAY, DON'T HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TO HEAT, THEN YOU KNOW THERE. YOU'RE NOT CREATING A PARKING ISSUE. THIS ISN'T YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PARK A 7 11 OR A BURGER THING HERE. UM MARK. I WOULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOUNDARY MAP AND SEE WHERE YOU FIT INTO IT AS IT AS IT PERTAINS TO YOUR COMMENT HERE. UM AS A GREEK PERTAINS TO THE PARKING HERE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK YOU'RE JUST ONE BLOCK OVER FROM THE WELLS FARGO BY THE BUILDING. AND THE PARKING THEIR YOU KNOW, LATE NIGHT IS PRETTY PRETTY. READILY AVAILABLE AND IN THE CITY HAS KIND OF USED THAT AS LIKE A DEFACTO CITY EAST PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY WELL. OBVIOUSLY THAT PROPERTIES AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A DEPENDING ON YOUR DEFINITION OF NEAR TERM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO UM YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY'S LONG TERM PLAN IS FOR THAT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW A CITY PARKING ELEMENT TO IT, RIGHT WHICH YOU KNOW, I THINK PLAYS INTO YOUR BUSINESS AND THE RESTAURANT BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. RIGHT AND WE'RE ALWAYS MONITORING THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW , WE AMENDED THE PROGRAM TO EXPAND ON OCEAN AND COLORADO SHOULD SHOULD MARK COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, I WANT SOMETHING ALONG JOAN JEFFERSON. I WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND WOULD AMEND THE PROGRAM AGAIN TO INCLUDE HIS PROPERTY. AND THEN YOU KNOW, UM AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT, JUST LIKE THAT. THE PROGRAM OUTLINES SOME BASIC CRITERIA YOU KNOW, ALLOWS US TO KIND OF MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM THE BOARD. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. PEOPLE THAT KNOW NO MEAN AND KNOW THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE OF PARKING IN DOWNTOWN, UM , THE PARKING ISSUE COMES UP. WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE OUTDOOR DINING. I BRING IT UP ALL THE TIME OR LOSING PARKING SPACES TO OUTDOOR DINING. HOWEVER A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAD COME IN HERE AND SPOKEN. HOW IMPORTANT OUTDOOR DINING DINING HAS BEEN TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND, UH, HOW HELPFUL HAS BEEN IN THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE BUSINESSES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL. UM, AS FAR AS THE AWNINGS GO, UM I FEEL LIKE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. UM WHEN WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND REQUEST AWNINGS AND AS LONG AS THEY NEED ALL THE CRITERIA AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS HERE, I'M SEEING AND LEARNING THAT CAN ROLL AND RETRACT. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A BAD FOOTPRINT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO LOOK UGLY TO EITHER. THE THINGS I'M NOT HEARING IS ANY PROBLEMS. UM AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT THAT YOUR COMMENT IS NOT LOST ON ME WITH THE PARKING SPACES. OUR INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I TEND TO, UH, LEAD ON THE SIDE OF A GO GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WE MOTION FOR, UH, THE CONVERSATION , BUT THIS EMOTIONAL PROMOTION FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND IS THIS MONEY DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLE? OKAY? BOARD MEMBER LOUIS YES. VICE CHAIR. DULY YES , REMEMBER, SCHROTH? YES REMEMBER? MAKE HAMSON YES.ALRIGHT. THIS PASSES. ALL RIGHT . NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THERE. ANY STAFF UPDATES? YES UM, SO I DO HAVE STAFF UPDATE ON THE PARKING STUDY. WE PRESENTED THE UPDATE TO THE JOINT MEETING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE CRB MEMBERS WERE THERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PROVIDE THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF RECEIVED AT THAT MEETING. UM AS YOU RECALL, THE STUDY SHOWED A LOT OF PARKING MANAGEMENT IN DOWNTOWN. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT OR PARKING, BUT SOME OF THE LONG TERM RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED CONSENSUS FROM THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD THERE, AND ALSO SOME FINANCING INVOLVED, SO THE BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT WE ORGANIZE A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF MEMBERS FROM MAIN STREET D. V A CHAMBER OF COMMENT, COMMERCE, LYRIC THEATER AND TOURISM. AH AND IT'S FOR THEM TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PAID PARKING PROGRAM FOR ON STREET ON OSCEOLA STREET DYNAMIC PARKING GUIDANCE PROGRAM FOR PARKING COUNT SO THAT, UH, THE DRIVERS KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO GO WHERE THE PARKING IS AVAILABLE PARKING SOLUTION FOR DOWNTOWN EMPLOYEES AS WE CONVERT THE EXISTING PARKING INVENTORY FOR PAID PARKING. OR THREE HOUR PARKING AND THEN POTENTIAL SITE FOR PARKING GARAGE. UM SO I WILL BE CONTACTING MAIN STREET AND TRYING TO COORDINATE ORGANIZE A COMMITTEE. TO THAT WAY THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COME BEFORE THE BOARD. UM TO THAT EFFECT. UM WHAT'S THAT? OKAY UM, MAIN STREET PUT TOGETHER. UH, LIKE A
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VERY UM, BASIC CONCEPT PLAN OF EXTENDING IT WAS A PLAN THAT EXTENDED OSCEOLA NORTH INTO FLAGLER PARK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KIND OF CONNECTING FLAGLER CENTER INTO DOWNTOWN. AND THE INTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG INTENTIONS OF THAT WAS TO TRY TO CREATE A BETTER CONTINUITY BETWEEN THAT PARKING THAT SEA OF PARKING THAT IS LIKE NORTH OF HERE ALONG ALONG FLAGLER. UM THAT YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF YOU PARK IN FRONT OF FLAGLER PARK, HE FEEL COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM DOWNTOWN. AND SO THIS PLAN DIDN'T GET INTO LIKE IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE REDEVELOPED CITY HALL. IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE REDEVELOPED THE ANNEX. IT WAS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION OF OSCEOLA NORTH TO GO THROUGH THE UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PARKING LOT HERE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT NEXT DOOR AND JUST BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTINUITY TO THAT. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO JUST REMIND THAT COMMITTEE OF OR BIG UP OUT OF THE FILES, AND THEN I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT THAT MEETING. BUT CAN YOU EMAIL ME THAT PARKING STUDY? SURE IT'S ALSO AN RCR WEBPAGE. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT THERE. I DIDN'T INTEND TO. UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE MEETING. VERY NICE. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE. WE DIDN'T MEET LAST MONTH. I GOT YOU DO YOUR THING, UM, SO SIERRA CONTRACT ID WITH A CONSULTANT TO PREPARE PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR EASTER OR DISTRICT TO DESIGNATE THAT AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ARE WE SUBMITTED THE PRELIMINARY REPORT TO THE STATE? AND THE STATE DID COME BACK AND SAY THAT THE AREA IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. SO THE NEXT STEP STEP IS TO INITIATE THAT PROCESS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT. UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST GOT THE LETTER. UM IN OCTOBER, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BRING THAT THAT ITEM BEFORE YOU SO I WILL BE GOING BEFORE THE C R A TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR $50,000 SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS. UM THE CRE WAS PROACTIVE. AND WE DID APPLY FOR A GRANT. UM THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS, UH, POTENTIAL APPROVAL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LETTER, UM THEY DECLINED OUR APPLICATIONS SO OTHERWISE WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL JULY TO APPLY AND THAT WILL JUST DELAY THE PROCESS FOR TWO YEARS. AND UM, THE CONSULTANT THINKS THAT WE SHOULD MOVE. FASTER SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE YOU KNOW THE ATTENTION OF THE STATE FOR THIS PROCESS. THAT'S PRETTY. WHAT IS IT? $50,000 FOR THE CONSULTANT FEES TO DO THE SURVEY AND ALL YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND SUBMIT THE ACTUAL APPLICATION TO FEDERAL YOU APPLY FOR THE GRANT TO PAY AFTER SO WE THINK THAT IT WILL HELP OFFSET SO ONCE WE GET THIS DESIGNATION, WE CAN START APPLYING FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS. UM YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR GUY DAVIS PARK. WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME PUBLIC ART AND MLK. WE'RE DOING SOME PUBLIC ART ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE PROJECT SO WE CAN START APPLYING FOR GRANTS TO HELP US WITH THAT IF WE HAVE THIS DESIGNATION ANYTHING FURTHER. THAT'S IT OR ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE BOARD. HELP HELP. WE GOT SOME COMMENTS ON MHM. THE PURPLE STUDY, AND, UH FIRST OF ALL. I WANT TO MENTION THAT COMMENT THAT NICK MADE THAT PROJECT IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND IT OPENS UP A LOT OF STUFF THERE THAT THAT WE CAN UTILIZE DOWNTOWN. BUT UM, THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NEED A PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE BIG CITIES PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT TO PARK NEXT TO THE PLACE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, AND THAT'S TRUE. BUT ONE THING AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE THE COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO LEAD THAT, I THINK, BUT, UM IT'S TRUE THAT IN A BIG CITY, YOU DON'T PARK NEXT TO THE PLACE YOU'RE GOING. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE GO TO BOSTON OR NEW YORK OR CHICAGO? AND WORRY THAT THERE'S NO PARKING PLACE AT ALL. YOU DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE PARKING. IT MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT, BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO PARK. BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO STEWART, THE DECISION YOU MAKE BEFORE THE BUSINESS THAT YOU GO TO IS AM I GOING TO FIND A PLACE AT ALL? BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE LIKE A PARKING GARAGE, SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COULD YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH IT? WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PARKING. DON'T FORGET THAT WE OWN THE AIR RIGHTS OVER THE STERLING TOWERS PARKING LOT. WE COULD PUT A PARKING DECK OVER THAT PARKING LOT. AND IT'S IN FRONT OF A BRIDGE, SO NOBODY CARES. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT LOOK REAL PRETTY, BUT WE OWN THAT WE HAVE THOSE RIGHTS AND WE COULD CERTAINLY USE THAT. AND THAT INTO TOWN DOES NEED PARKING, JUST LIKE THE OTHER END DOES, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT TERMS OF THIS GROUP. HOPEFULLY THIS GROUP IS GOING TO LEAD SOME OF THAT CHARGE BECAUSE UNTIL YOU HAVE ONE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST THEY MAKE OTHER DECISIONS. THEY SAY I'M GOING TO THE MALL OR I'M GOING SOMEPLACE ELSE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GET THE PARK AT[00:20:04]
ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND A QUESTION, PLEASE. WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THE CRB, WE WERE ADDING PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR BUILDING. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PROJECT? WE GOT WE YOU HAD PARKING IN YOUR PARKING SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SICK OF THE MONTH. AND WE APPROVED YOUR RESTAURANT TO MOVE THERE, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO ADD PARKING ALONG THE STREET BECAUSE THEY WERE IT WAS, I THINK MY FIRST CHAT. FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT SO THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY OWNS THE VICTORIAN BUILDING, BASIL, THAI AND THE APARTMENTS THERE. HE'S ABOUT 18 PARKING PLACES SHORT OF THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR HIS SIGHT. SO TO AT THE TIME HE WAS 27, SO TO AVOID THAT HE CAME HERE AND REQUESTED THE ABILITY TO PUT IN NINE PARKING PLACES. HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THAT AND GOT APPROVAL FOR THAT. THOSE PLACES ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN, FRANKLY. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M NOT OVERLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO NEXT TO MY BUILDING AND MY GRANDKIDS ARE ACROSS THE STREET AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN IN BETWEEN CARS ON ALBANY, BUT BUT BEYOND THAT, YES. THAT AREA IS WAY WAY SHORT ON PARKING AT THIS POINT. IN FACT, YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL STUDY, AND HE SAID THAT THE CONSULTANT EVEN INDICATED THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS THAT IN THAT AREA, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A PRIVATE PARKING LOT MIND THAT PEOPLE WERE PARKING IN AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF AT THE TIME NOW, SAILORS RETURN WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ADEQUATE PARKING. A NEW URBAN DIDN'T HAVE DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. STERLING REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING AND IT WAS APPROVED AT SOME POINT FOR, UH FOR PARKING WHEN IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T HAVE IT SO THAT END OF THE TOWN NOW IS REALLY HAS A SERIOUS PARKING PROBLEMS AND LIKE I SAID HE WAS 27 PARKING PLACES SHORT. HE'S GOT 13 TOTAL. I THINK 11 NOW. AND HIS PROPERTY REQUIRED SOMEWHERE IN EXCESS OF 30. BASED ON THE USE, AND, UM AND SO NOTHING'S EVER BEEN DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT OR WHETHER HE'S EVER GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT. FOR THE RECORD MY OFFICES IN THE STERLING BUILDING AND I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM PARKING EITHER. MY DODGE 2500 OR SO GOTCHA. I DON'T PARK IN YOUR LOT. MARK IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE ADJOURNED TODAY? NOT SEEING ANY ALREADY GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION FOR A JOURNALIST FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECOND ALL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.