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OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO ORDER.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY VICE CHAIRMAN DONNY FELIX.
COMMISSIONER Y. BERT ROSENBERG.
YOU'RE COMMISSIONER NORTHRUP HERE.
BAYFRONT SIRRAH. ATTORNEY RODNEY EDWARDS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS US ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE. WE'RE MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
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ITEM NUMBER ONE.CHAIRMAN. THIS IS THE 2023 PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE BAYFRONT CRA BOARD.
IT PROPOSES FOR REGULAR MEETINGS WHICH ARE HELD QUARTERLY AND ONE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
ALL MEETINGS OR HIGHLAND COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIAL MEETINGS, WE'LL CONSULT FOR A QUORUM FOR THOSE.
YES, MA'AM. I WOULD PREFER TO DO IT DURING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS OR FOR MYSELF.
I WOULD PREFER HAVING A 1730 START TIME AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
THAT WOULD BE MY MY SUGGESTION, MA'AM.
OF COURSE WE RISK GOING OVER, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH WORKED OUT THUS FAR.
BUT. 1700 OR 1735 30 IS GOOD FOR ME, CHAIR.
I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT AS WELL.
530. AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR LARGE MEMBERS.
I PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
IT'S. YOU WANT TO KEEP THE THE WORKSHOP MEETING SCHEDULED.
YEAH, I THINK BECAUSE THAT MAY WARRANT ADDITIONAL TIME.
WE KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FORESEEING THAT, RIGHT? SO. MADAM NORTHRUP.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M OPEN.
I HAVE MORE TIME PROBABLY THAN MOST PEOPLE UP HERE, SO I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO IS THAT OKAY? IF WE CHANGE THAT AND THEN KEEPING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
SECOND GOT A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON. SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN FELIX.
YEAH. BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S SPECIFY WHICH CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE THE ONES IN MARCH.
THEN MAY IS, YOU KNOW, OR MARCH.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MEET, RIGHT? SO JUNE DEFINITELY IS NOT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
MR.. WEINBERG SO DEFINITELY THAT JUNE DATE SHOULD BE PROBABLY MOVED TO JULY.
OR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IS GOOD WHERE IT STANDS.
SO THE MARCH MEETING WOULD BE AT 1730.
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RECOMMENDS, AND THEN SEPTEMBER WHICHEVER STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL MEETING.THE CLOSEST ONE WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 7TH AND THEN IN MARCH WOULD BE SET MARCH 2ND.
IF THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE, MA'AM, THAT'S FINE.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT LATITUDE, WHETHER YOU KNOW WHICH.
WHICH WHICH MEETING IN IN MARCH OR WHICH MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT THERE'S NO MEETING IN JUNE.
THAT MEETING SHOULD GO TO JULY.
EXCUSE ME, SIR. YES? AH, MR. FOSTER.
I MISSED THE EARLY PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
WHY ARE WE MOVING IT? SO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING, MR. FOSTER, WAS THE BCRA MEETINGS.
THE WAY THEIR THE SCHEDULE IS RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THEY HAVE IT, OR WHAT WAS PROPOSED, RIGHT, WAS TO BE ON A ON A DIFFERENT DAY THAN OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS WAS TO KEEP IT, OR THIS BOARD'S CONSENSUS WAS TO KEEP IT ON.
WHEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS ONLY STARTING AT 530.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A WHOLE SEPARATE DATE.
SO WE'RE WE DECIDED TO GO 530, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID THIS WHOLE YEAR, RIGHT? WE DID IT FOR 530 AND THEN WITH THE EXCEPTION TODAY, BECAUSE WE WERE HERE EARLY AND THEN IN JUNE THEY HAD A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING PROPOSED.
BUT NEXT YEAR WE WON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE.
SO IT WAS IS THERE ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU WOULD NEED? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN FELIX.
CHAIRMAN YES. YEAH. IF YOU WOULD, LET'S JUST CLARIFY THAT.
THE JUNE MEETING WOULD BE ON FIRST REGULARLY COUNCIL MEETING JULY.
LIKE I COULD JUST GO THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.
THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF THEM. SO.
OKAY, SO THE BCR MEETING FOR MARCH WOULD BE ON MARCH 2ND AT 530, AND THEN THE WORKSHOP WOULD BE ON TUESDAY, MAY 9TH AT 6 P.M.. THE MEETING WOULD BE JULY SIX INSTEAD OF JUNE, AND THEN THE LAST MEETING WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 7TH. THAT WOULD BE YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION.
RIGHT. SO THE MOTION REFLECTS THAT, MR. JOHNSON. YES, SIR.
CORRECT. VICE CHAIR SO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE CRA LISTED THIS PROPERTY AS SURPLUS ON MARCH 3RD, 2022.
THEY PROVIDED THE INITIAL DEPOSIT OF 26,000 FOR 3650 WITHIN THREE DAYS, AND THE REMAINING BALANCE IS 237,928 AND $0.50. SO THE CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR 90 DAYS, WHICH HAD A CLOSING DATE OF AUGUST 19, 2022.
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$71,854.25. IF THE BOARD AGREES TO THIS NEW PURCHASE PRICE, THE NEW PURCHASE PRICE WOULD BE 192,510 AND $0.75.AND ALBERTO IS HERE AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ADLON.
WELL, I DO. BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, MA'AM.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY? AND DO THEY INCLUDE A HOTEL? DID I ASK? SHOULD I ASK ALBERTO? I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH HE WANTED.
STUFF ABOUT. CAN YOU COME FORWARD BECAUSE I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND AND.
YOU KIND OF, LIKE, SET THE VISION RIGHT DOWN DOWN THERE.
WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US, ALBERTO.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. CAN YOU JUST SAY YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS ALBERTO KRIEGER WITH AVALON AVALON CAPITAL.
OUTSTANDING. SO, ALBERTO, MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE REGARDING TOWARDS THE HOTEL.
RIGHT. YOU HAVE A PROPOSED HOTEL PROJECT THERE AND $71,000 I SEE.
SO WE ARE AND I KNOW COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST THAT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO GET A CONVENTION CENTER AND WE KNOW HOW FAR, FAR AWAY THAT MAY BE RIGHT NOW.
BUT IDEALLY, WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE IS SOME TYPE OF SETTING A BALLROOM SETTING, IF YOU WILL, THAT A HOTEL MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE KIND OF LIKE THE HILTON RIALTO IN MELBOURNE AS AN EXAMPLE, AND GETTING RENTAL SPACE IN THAT SO THAT CITIES, THE CITY CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL HOTEL IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO HAVE BE ABLE TO HOLD OUR FUNCTIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, LIKE THE MAYOR'S BALL WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION.
SO MY I'D LIKE TO SEE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR PLANS, SAY, 15 TO 18000 SQUARE FEET PART OF THAT PROCESS OF THE HOTEL? COULD BE POSSIBLE, JUST NOT IN THIS SITE.
IT'S TIGHT AS IT IS AS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE FOOTPRINT FOR THE HOTEL.
WE ALREADY TALKED TO THE BRANDS WE WANT TO BRING INTO IT.
WE DID DISCUSS AT SOME POINT IN OUR HOTELS IN SPORTSMAN DRIVE THAT WE COULD A.
PLANS FOR A CONVENTION CENTER THERE, BUT IT'S NOT.
YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, THE SPORTSMEN IDEA IS GREAT, BUT WE'RE SO FAR FROM THAT IDEA AND THIS IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE TIMELINE AND THE VISION OF WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE AT THE BCA, AT LEAST FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE. MR..
MR.. WEINBERG. YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN. OUR ALBERTO.
DOES THAT $71,000 INCLUDE THE COST OF REMEDIATION OF THE ARSENIC? WE'RE NOT REMEDIATING THE ARSENIC AS SUCH, WHERE WE FOUND A WAY TO DEVELOP AROUND THE ARSENIC WITHOUT IMPACTING THE ARSENIC.
THAT'S. GROUNDWATER RIGHT NOW A RESTRICTIVE A.
PRIVATELY. AND THEY KNOW IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE.
BUT SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S JUST THE COST OF THE STUDY AND THE REPORT AND SO ON.
YEAH. IN OUR BUDGET WHEN WE FIRST STARTED A.
WE NORMALLY ENTER DUE DILIGENCE.
WHEN WE DID THE PHASE ONE, WE CAME BACK WITH A HIGHER ARSENIC LEVELS IN THE GROUNDWATER THAN A.
ABOUT, RIGHT? SO WE HAD TO DO A PHASE TWO AND WE HAD TO DELINEATE THE ARSENIC.
WE HAD TO HIRE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER SO WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEVELOP THE SITE.
AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. MR. FILIBERTO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THE RUNDOWN OF YOUR HOTEL AGAIN.
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OR IS IT JUST A HOTEL? THERE'S GOING TO BE A WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF A RETAIL A THAT HAS FRONTAGE WITH US ONE.THE HOTEL AS SUCH MUST BE A LIMITED SERVICE.
YOU'LL HAVE A. THINK IT'S BREAKFAST.
MAYOR, THANK YOU. SO NOT NOT EVEN THE IDEA OF A ROOFTOP DINING FACILITY, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THAT VERY BAY AREA. WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT AND IT IS A.
IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE ARCHITECTS, IF WE COULD FIT IT THERE.
BUT WE DO HAVE IT. WE DID DISCUSS IT FOR SOME TIME.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU DISCUSSED IT, BUT YOU DID A MARKET SURVEY AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE AREN'T BUSINESSES THAT WOULD WANT TO RENT THE ROOFTOP LIKE THE LANDING AND AT THE MELBY.
IS THAT WHAT YOUR STUDY INDICATED? WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. THANK YOU.
WHAT BRAND? KNOW WHAT BRAND? YEAH, WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MARRIOTT.
AND THEY WE WANTED TO COUNT SWEETS, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS IT IN THE AREA.
SO WE THEY'RE OFFERING US A FAIR FIELD.
SOME OF THEM HAVE LIKE EATING ROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
EATING ROOMS. YEAH, BUT NOT A CONVENTION CENTER.
NOT IN THAT EXTENT. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT.
FIFA HAS A SUITE OR NON SUITE.
THIS IS THE LIMITED A LIMITED, LIMITED SERVICE ONE.
THANK YOU. JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST SHARE THAT 15,000 SQUARE FEET IS MORE OF A RENTAL SPACE TYPE OPPORTUNITY.
AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK OUR SENIOR CENTERS ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
SO IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE HOTEL RIALTO.
SO YEAH, THOSE ARE MY MY THOUGHTS REGARDING THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS.. HOW MANY? HOW MANY ROOMS? IT'S 120 ROOMS. YOU ESTIMATE HOW MANY JOBS THAT WOULD CREATE? THAT WOULD BE AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION.
THANK YOU. AND IF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
I COULD DEFINITELY BRING IT UP IN MY NEXT MEETINGS TO SEE IF WE COULD FIT IT.
THERE YOU HAVE THE SPACE WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR ROOM COUNT.
AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO TO SHARE THOSE THOSE THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF SPACE IN IN PALM BAY.
RIGHT. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT OPTION TO HAVE THAT THERE.
OF COURSE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT IDEA.
BUT DEFINITELY THE MEETING SPACE IS IS SOMETHING, NOT MEETING SPACE, BUT ANYWHERE FROM 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR SO WOULD WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IF YOU COULD REALLY LOOK AT SEEING HOW YOU COULD DO THAT DYNAMIC, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY.
I'LL BRING THE FEEDBACK BACK TO THE TEAM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO DISCUSS? YES, SIR. CARRY ON.
MY LAST QUESTION IS. EXCUSE ME.
WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NUMBER 71 K TO REDUCE BY 71 K.
SUBMITTED ALL THE INVOICES WE HAVE FOR THE JOBS.
AND IN THAT TOTAL, SEVEN ONE GO.
THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?
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ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OK SEEING NONE COUNCIL.WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? OR STAFF.
THANK YOU, ALBERTO. THANK YOU.
NANCY, WHAT WAS THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? THE ORIGINAL APPRAISED VALUE, BUT THAT WAS JUST FOR THAT ONE PARCEL WAS 150,000.
AND THEN WE CALCULATED THE PER SQUARE FOOT.
AND REMEMBER THIS TOP PORTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THAT'S THE 150,000, WHAT'S IN THE RED.
THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH IT.
CALCULATE IT OUT TO 264,003 65.
IT WAS LIKE $3 AND CHANGE PER SQUARE FOOT.
11. THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF STAFF. I HAVE A QUESTION.
NANCY, IF THIS WERE TO BE SOLD TO ANOTHER BUYER, WOULD THEY ALSO HAVE A A A STUDY DONE TO DETERMINE THE ARSENIC LEVELS? HAVE A STUDY DONE, BUT THE CONTRACT WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? ALSO, DID YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THE 71,000 OR DID YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE THAT? FOR THE SAKE OF STARTING THE DISCUSSION.
MOTION TO APPROVE ADELINE'S REQUEST FOR THE $71,854.25.
SECOND, AND A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MR. FILIBERTO. HEY, MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID THEY WILL DO.
THEY'VE SHOWN STAFF WHAT THEY'LL DO.
THEY'VE CAME TO US AND BEEN FORTHCOMING WITH ANYTHING WE'VE ASKED THEM ON.
THEY DON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.
SO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I DON'T I DON'T SEE THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, A TALL ASK OF THEM AND.
AND THEM DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING SAFE IN THEIR AREA.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.
BASICALLY, WE'VE WE'VE CHANGED A LOT OF A LOT OF PROPERTY THERE TO BE TO BAYFRONT MIXED USE AND NOTHING'S REALLY KICKED OFF YET AND I DON'T WANNA ALMOST I'M GETTING IMPATIENT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF RIGHT AWAY.
SO ONCE THEY KICK IT OFF, I THINK OTHERS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT.
SO IF I HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE HIT HERE FOR THEM TO BE THE THAT SPARK PLUG AND THE BAYFRONT AREA, I'M FINE WITH BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE OTHERS ARE MISSING A DOMINO EFFECT AFTER THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE IDEA OF WHAT ALBERTO SAYS.
HE'S GOING TO BRING IT BACK. AND IF THEY COULD RECONFIGURE, IF THEY CONSIDER THAT, THAT THAT IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO ME, BECAUSE THAT IS A NEED IN OUR CITY AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ON THIS DAIS KNOWS.
AND SO I'M IN AGREEMENT IF IF WE HAVE A COMPANY WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE THE LEAD AND THEN LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ENVISIONING IN THAT CORRIDOR, THEN I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. FILIBERTO. I AGREE WITH YOU.
MR. JOHNSON. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? MR.. WEINBERG THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
NO, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE $71,000 IS IS MONEY THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU. MADAM NORTHRUP, ANY COMMENTS? NOPE. I'M IN AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE MR. FELIX, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE JUST JUST ABOUT WHAT BEN SAID, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT DIDN'T SAY NO AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY GIVE US PUSH BACK AND THEY TAKE WHAT WE SAID AND IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE I'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, 200 SITTING A BALLROOM WITH 200 SITTING.
I'LL TAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
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THEY'VE TAKEN, AND I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.I THINK THE CITY WILL GET THEIR THEIR MONEY BACK IN SO MANY WAYS.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. FOSTER. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS STAGE.
WE NEED MORE HOTELS IN BOMBAY, AND I'M WITH YOU 100%, CHAIRMAN.
WE NEED A CONVENTION CENTER TYPE.
HOTEL. UM, I THINK THAT WILL IT'S A NEED IN THIS CITY, AND.
AND THAT'S THE PERFECT LOCATION.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, MARRIOTT LET YOU CHOSE MARRIOTT.
I STAY IN NOTHING BUT MARRIOTT, SO.
I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MR. FILIBERTO. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR REQUEST, MR. ALBERTO. WE ARE NOW ON OLD BUSINESS.
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ITEM NUMBER ONE.THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OFFER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 ZERO EIGHT ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL.
THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2017 BY THE BCRA AND IT WAS PART OF THE PLANNED STORMWATER POND, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THAT ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AREA.
ON MARCH 3RD, 2022, THE CRA DECLARED THIS PROPERTY AS SURPLUS REAL ESTATE.
THE APPRAISED VALUE OF FEBRUARY 24, 2022, WAS 60,000.
THIS ITEM WAS FIRST BROUGHT BEFORE YOU ON A SPECIAL MEETING AT APRIL 19, 2022 AND WAS TABLED TO GIVE STAFF SOME TIME TO EVALUATE A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL WHICH INCLUDED THIS PARCEL AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
SO ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022, THIS ITEM WAS AGAIN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.
THERE WAS FOUR VACANT LAND CONTRACTS AND THE BOARD RECOMMENDED TO GO WITH THE ADDITIONAL.
ANOTHER OFFER THAT WAS WASN'T PRESENTED AT THAT TIME.
ON BAY LANDINGS, THE BOARD MADE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL TO OFFER THE PROPERTY FOR 142,000 AT THE OCTOBER SIX, 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $10,000 WITH THREE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE REMAINING 50,000 TO BE PAID AT THE TIME OF CLOSING. THE CONTRACT PROVIDES A DUE DILIGENCE OF 15 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DAYS AND 30 DAYS TO CLOSE.
THE BUYER HAS ALSO PLACED A PURCHASE OFFER FOR THE UNASSIGNED PARCEL, WHICH IS THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM AND ITS INTENDED USE FOR THE PROPERTIES OR A CROSSFIT GYM. ON NOVEMBER 18, 2022, THE CRA ALSO RECEIVED A SECOND VACANT LAND CONTRACT FROM ROBERT WILMS AND CLAUDIA MISS IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000. THIS PROVIDES AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $7,500 WITH THREE DAYS WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, AND THE REMAINING 67,500 BE PAID AT TIME OF CLOSING.
DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD IS 45 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE INTENDED USE IS A CONSTRUCTION OF A DUPLEX.
ALL BUYERS WILL BE PAYING CASH FOR THE PROPERTY WITH NO FINANCING CONTINGENCY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF REGARDING THIS GENTLEMAN? I HAVE A QUESTION.
GO AHEAD, COUNSEL. YOU SAID A CONSTRUCTION OF A DUPLEX.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF SETH? GO AHEAD. YEAH.
SO? SO FIRST CAN GIVE YOU THE PRICE AGAIN ON THE DUPLEX.
MY APOLOGIES. THE PRICE THEY'RE OFFERING THE DUPLEX, 75,000.
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I. AND THEN THE WETLANDS ASPECT OF IT ARE THE WETLANDS ON THE PROPERTY.IS THE APPLICANT HERE? OKAY. WHAT? SO THEIR INTENTION IS TO BUILD A DUPLEX.
NO, HOWARD. I'M THE COMMERCIAL BROKER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THIS IS THEIR THIRD TIME, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR THIS AND THEY'RE OFFERING 75,000 AND THEY WANTED TO DO A MIXED USE TYPE OF.
NOW THE BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZONING.
AND AND IT WAS JUST BASICALLY WHAT YOU COULD DO ON 0.43 ACRES.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO THEY DECIDED TO DO A DUPLEX.
NO. IN THE DUPLEX HAS NO COMMERCIAL.
AND THE DUPLEX? NO, SIR. NO, NO RETAIL, NOTHING LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THINK IT WAS MORE OF A MULTIFAMILY SHOT? I FAVOR THEM. ANY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THIS CHAIRMAN, MEL.
WHAT IS MR. WAGNER'S PLANS FOR THAT PROPERTY IF HE WERE TO? IF YOU LIKE, I'D LIKE FOR HIS BROKER TO ANSWER THAT.
HE'S. HE'S CLOSER TO HIS CLIENT, AND THEY'RE PREPARED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT TODAY.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET EVERYTHING IN ON THE AGENDA.
SO ASK THEM TO BRING COPIES OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, AND THEY HAVE COPIES FOR ALL OF YOU.
SO AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND SAY YOUR NAME.
MY NAME IS STEVEN MICHAEL RAGNOW.
I LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
SEVERAL COCONUT PALMS AND TWO REALLY LARGE.
SMALL RETAIL SHOPS THERE WHERE I LIVE.
WHERE I LIVE DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THOSE KIND OF PLACES ARE BLOWING UP IN THE NICER NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU'VE PLANNED A BEAUTIFUL RIVER.
AM I CORRECT? IT JUST YES, THERE'S A SEPARATE FIRE.
YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHAT'S PROPOSED BY TURKEY CREEK, THE MARINA.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT PLANS FOR A RIVER.
WALK ALONG THE RIVER OVER THERE.
I SEE. IN AND OUT OF THE PARK.
I'D LOVE TO. SHOPS AND SPEAKING TO THEM.
I'M SORRY. SMALL BUSINESS, LITTLE SMALL SHOPS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY BEHIND IT.
I ENVISION LIKE A DOGGY DAY CARE OR A.
UH, THEY HAVE THESE, UH, BOOT CAMP GYMNASIUMS THAT ARE VERY POPULAR, THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT, IT LOOKS OUT ONTO THE POND.
IT'S LIKE STEPPING OUT OF A TIME MACHINE.
IT'S 40 YEARS AGO AND I WOULD LOVE TO RETIRE UP HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THIS PROPERTY'S RIGHT NEXT TO AVALON'S PROPERTY, CORRECT? I HIGHLIGHTED IT.
THE TWO ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND I'D LOVE TO BUY EITHER ONE OR BOTH.
YES, THERE'S A RAILROAD TRACK HERE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE CITY'S PARCEL WITH THE RETENTION POND.
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ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE ARSENIC ON THE PROPERTY? I JUST FOUND THAT AND I WOULD HAVE TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, I GUESS.AND IF YOU WERE TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND ASK FOR A REDUCED PRICE ONCE, AS ADELMAN DID, JUST THE THE ONE ON THE CORNER ON ON THE CORNER OF HESSIAN ORANGE BLOSSOM.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WAS EVER BUILT THERE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE CONTAMINATED.
WALKING. IT GOT PRETTY FAMILIAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THERE.
AT SOME POINT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS A CROSSFIT GYM, BUT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT SET SHOPS PLURAL.
SO IT'S ME, A COUPLE OF SHOPS AT LEAST HERE.
YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S TWO SEPARATE PIECES OF PROPERTY.
THE ONE OF THEM SPEAKING TO THE MIKE.
MIKE CLOSER TO YOU? YEAH, JUST PULL IT. THERE YOU GO.
THE ONE OF THEM IS BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED.
I THINK ONCE YOU YOU CLEARED IT, I DON'T THINK YOU'D HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF LANDSCAPING.
THERE'S AT LEAST A DOZEN COCONUT PALMS AND TWO OF THE BIGGEST OAK TREES YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
I'D LIKE THERE TO BE LIKE AN OUTSIDE DECK WHERE PEOPLE COULD DO YOGA AND LOOK AT THE RIVER.
THEY CAN. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, CHAIR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MR. FOSTER. YES, SURE.
SO YOU TALKING ABOUT A YOGA BUSINESS? WHAT ELSE? WELL, I WOULD JUST BE THE LANDLORD.
OBVIOUSLY, WHOEVER RENTS THE SPACE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY IDEA IS TO HAVE A NICE OUTSIDE DECK UNDER THE OAK TREE SURROUNDED BY PALM TREES, WHERE IF THEY CHOSE TO DO A YOGA CLASS OUTDOORS OR A KARATE CLASS OUTDOORS OR WHATEVER.
THE KIND OF THINGS RETAIL SPACE I WANT TO BUILD.
I SEE THOSE THINGS DOING VERY WELL WHERE I LIVE.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE? SOUTH FLORIDA.
AND IT'S. IT'S A NIGHTMARE DOWN THERE.
BUT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAIL SHOPS FOR THAT, THESE LAND PARCELS? THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF RETAIL BUSINESS, ANY TYPE THAT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY.
WEINBERG I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR NANCY.
NOW, MR. RAGNOW HAS OFFERED A CONTRACT FOR BOTH PROPERTIES.
IN OTHER WORDS, SO WE CAN APPROVE THE SALE OF ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.
YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS. OF SO MUCH OF A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
THE RATIO OF COUNCIL IS TO SELL THEM TOGETHER.
IS THAT BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION, THE GAGGLE AND I.
LEVI RECEIVED A CONTRACT INITIALLY FROM HIM IN DECEMBER OF LAST.
YEAH, BUT THIS IS THIS IS HIS THIRD TIME TO SEND A CONTRACT IN TO BUY THE PROPERTIES.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE AMPLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS THIS PARCELS RIGHT.
AND THEIR FRIEND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL BUYERS AND YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? I'M NOT GOING BACK NOW NO PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WERE TO USE SIR AS ALL YOU'VE SERVED IN MANY CASES AS A TRANSACTION BROKER WHERE YOU WERE PRESENT BOTH US.
AND I THOUGHT FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, WE'VE WE'VE GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION AS TO OUR BROKER TO INFORM THE. THE POTENTIAL BUYERS, THE THE THE THE WISH OF COUNSEL.
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WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PICTURE, WE WERE RELYING ON ON YOU AS OUR BROKER TO TO. NOT SAYING YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT.I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR ROLE BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THIS APPLICATION OF YOU, WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SURE. I'VE DISCUSSED IT THOROUGHLY WITH MR. REAGAN'S BROKER.
THIS TIME HE CAME IN WITH ANOTHER BROKER FROM VERO, WHICH IS VERY, VERY WELCOME.
ALSO IN THE BROCHURE THAT I SEND TO THEM, IT HAS THE ZONING, THE ZONING AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ZONING STARTS OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT HOW THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THIS WHOLE AREA MORE LIKE A CITY CENTER TYPE ENVIRONMENT.
I BELIEVE IT EVEN SAYS CITY CENTER ENVIRONMENT IN THAT DESCRIPTION.
IF NOT SPECIFICALLY, IT'S VERY CLOSE.
AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE INSTRUCTED TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
WOULD YOU AGREE? SO I DO APPRECIATE.
I JUST WANT TO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NEXT STEP TOWARDS THIS ITEM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS COMMUNICATING CLEAR TO ALL POTENTIAL BUYERS AND EVERYBODY IS PLAYING THEIR ROLE.
IT IS. MR. FELIX, IN THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, YOU ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTION.
AND SO I WENT BACK AND REALLY MADE SURE THAT THAT MESSAGE DID GET OUT TO EVERYONE.
I HAVE IN THE PAST I MEAN, I STARTED THIS IN 2017 DOING THE ASSEMBLAGE OF WATER DRIVE.
I SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT? AT THAT TIME, THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHICH WERE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, HELPED ME DEVELOP A PLAN, A SITE PLAN FOR I BELIEVE IT WAS 280 UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE DID TRY TO SELL THAT AS AN ASSEMBLAGE TO PUT MULTIFAMILY WITH COMMERCIAL ON THE BAY FRONT.
SO YOUR MESSAGE AND YOUR VISION IS.
AND I WENT BACK AFTER TALKING TO YOU BEFORE.
WHEN YOU ASK ME, DO YOU TELL EVERYONE WE WANT THIS TO BE A CITY CENTER? AND I THINK MY ANSWER WAS, WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A MEETING WHERE YOU TOLD ME WHERE YOU WANTED IT TO BE A CITY CENTER.
AND THAT IS PART OF MY BROCHURE.
AND THEN THE VERY NEXT THING IS ABOUT THREE PAGES OF THE ZONING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, I'M AT THE.
PASSING THAT VISION AND BRINGING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT, RIGHT? MR. FELIX I DON'T SEE TOWNHOMES HERE.
WHAT I DO SEE IS MORE AND I'M NOT SURE I SEE IT WITH A GYMNASIUM EITHER.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY, WHAT I DO SEE, WHAT I ENVISION IS LIKE A VENUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND WANT TO BE THERE, WHETHER THEY'RE RESTAURANTS IN THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
I DO ANTICIPATE THE MARINA TO FINALLY TAKE TAKE HOLD.
AND AND PART OF THAT PLAN AND THAT DISCUSSION WAS AN AMPHITHEATER.
PART OF THAT PLAN WAS PUBLIC ACCESS TO TO THE TURKEY CREEK KAYAKING WAS PART OF THAT PLAN.
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EVEN MOORING IF IF WE REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION RIGHT.WHERE IT CAN MAKE IT A DESTINATION TO TO THAT AREA.
I DON'T SEE A PROJECT BEFORE ME THAT IS PART OF THAT VISION.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON THIS.
I'M I'M GOOD WITH JUST LEAVING THE VISION OUT THERE MYSELF AND HOPING THAT WE GET SOMEONE THAT THAT HAS THAT PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DEVELOP OR WHAT THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VISION OUT THERE AND IT SHOULD BE A DESTINATION.
AND A LOT WAS ACCOMPLISHED NOT TO MIX THE MEETINGS UP, BUT EVEN THE TIME FLEW BY BECAUSE WE WERE SO ENGAGED IN AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IT WAS MORE OF A RETREAT AND GETTING WORK DONE.
MR. FELIX SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
I WOULD PREFER TO CASH THAT VISION OUT AND SEE WHAT ELSE CAN CAN COME OF IT.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN.
YES, SIR. SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THIS GENTLEMAN CHANGING HIS PLANS, BUT IT'S STILL NOT WHAT WE WANT JUST YET.
SO WITH THAT, I FEEL COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID, CHAIR, WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING THAT WE HAD, I FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT OUT THERE A LITTLE LONGER, SEEING WHAT COMES AT BAY AND WE AS A BOARD CAN DECIDE FROM THERE.
COUNCILMAN OR MR. FOSTER. YOU HAD A COMMENT? YES. HEARD MR. JOHNSON SAID IN A.
WHAT YOU SAID, CHAIR, TO ME IS KIND OF UNCLEAR.
PLEASE MAKE IT PLAIN TO ME SO I CAN UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY BRINGS FORTH A DUPLEX, THAT'S WHY I HAD A QUESTION.
THAT'S NOT THE VISION WE WANT THIS GENTLEMAN.
I ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
HE WANTS TO PUT COMMERCIAL SHOPS THERE.
SO I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN MY HEAD BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WOULD WANT COMMERCIAL.
THE BAYFRONT GO ALONG WITH RESTAURANTS.
ACTUALLY GOING THERE OR CONVENTION CENTER.
I'M THINKING THAT WE WANT MORE COMMERCIAL SUPPORT THE BUSINESS AND TO BRING PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW A DUPLEX WON'T WORK, SO.
WE NEED TO WHAT? WHAT IS OUR VISION? WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS? WE JUST WANT COMMERCIAL AND HE COMMERCIAL.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH.
I'M THINKING WE WANT COMMERCIAL.
ONLY BAYFRONT MANY COMMERCIAL SHOPS.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING COMMERCIAL.
SO, I MEAN, I SECONDED THE MOTION.
MY THOUGHTS ARE AN ATTRACTION TYPE PIECE.
IS NOT THAT RIGHT? I'M ALSO THINKING MAYBE A MAIN ATTRACTION OF A RESTAURANT OR, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE GOING TO THE EXTREME, BUT I'VE HEARD MY COLLEAGUE, MR.
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JOHNSON, TALK ABOUT DAVE AND BUSTERS.CERTAINLY THAT'S FAR REACHING.
BUT SOMETHING IN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE APPEASING TO THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR.
RIGHT. SO THAT THAT'S THE VISION THAT I SEE.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? EVERYONE ON THIS DYAS IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE COULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN I HAVE IN.
I DO KNOW THAT A GYMNASIUM IS NOT THAT.
I SEE I HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF WHAT I AM VISION OUT THERE.
AND I THINK WHAT WAS THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAID MR. RAGNOW MENTIONED LIKE A QUARTER DOWN IN DOWN IN THE BEACHES, LIKE IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE AREA.
NICE CORRIDOR WHERE YOU COULD WALK ACROSS.
I DO SEE ATTRACTIONS IN THAT CAPACITY, SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, A BLUES CLUB OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, ATTRACTIONS WHERE WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO THAT AREA AND CREATING THAT TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S THE VISION I SEE.
BECAUSE I AGREE, ONCE WE SELL THIS PROPERTY, IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT SOLD ON IT, LIKE I'M NOT SOLD ON THESE PROJECTS TODAY, THEN WHY WOULD I? SO I'D BE SATISFIED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION THAT THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MR. FELIX FEELS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MR. JOHNSON FEELS. I COULD JUST THINK THAT THAT IS EXACTLY THEIR VISION AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW, MR. JOHNSON. I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU MADE THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AND I APPRECIATE VICE CHAIR AGAIN, FELIX FOR BRINGING IT UP, BECAUSE THAT SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF I FELT LIKE WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR ON THE TYPE OF ATTRACTIONS AND THINGS WE WANTED FOR THIS AREA.
MR. WEINBERG. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID AND EVERYTHING THAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SAID.
YOU KNOW, A DUPLEX IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN THE BAYFRONT AREA, AN EXERCISE STUDIO.
I APPRECIATE THE OFFERS. MR. AGNEW CERTAINLY IT WOULD.
IT WOULD BE EASY TO MARKET, I THINK.
SO WE'RE WE'RE DISCUSSING AMONGST OURSELVES.
BUT BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS IS REALLY TO IMPROVE THE BAYFRONT AREA WITH WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE, THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE TO TO THAT AREA.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR OUR VISION IS NOT SIMPLY JUST TO SELL THE PROPERTIES, JUST TO SELL THEM, IT'S TO SELL THE PROPERTIES TO TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE BAYFRONT AREA THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE BAYFRONT AREA AND WILL BE, YOU KNOW, OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIST THE PROPERTIES.
YOU WANTED TO WEIGH IN, I'M SURE.
BUT WHEN WE LIST A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AND WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO SELL, CAN'T WE GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED? AGREEABLE TO THE CITY TO PUT THERE.
OTHERWISE, I MEAN, IF I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BUY AND I SAW THIS LOT AND I COULD AFFORD IT ONLY TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS AND FIND OUT I CAN'T BUILD WHAT I WANT IS IT WAS NEVER MADE CLEAR.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A BOARD THAT DECIDES.
HE ALSO HAS NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUYERS.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VISION AND SO HE TELLS THEM THE BOARD'S VISION.BUT WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE PURCHASE OFFER, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THE PURCHASE OFFERS KNOWING THAT THEY DON'T MEET YOUR VISION.
THANK YOU. FOR THE DISCUSSION.
MR. FILIBERTO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I MEAN, I'M. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CROSSBENCH, JIM.
BUT ON THE OTHER END I'D SAY TO SAY THE GUY BUILT THE BUILDING, I MEAN IT WAS ONE IDEA FOR A CROSSFIT GYM AGAIN, PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT THE BUILDING WOULD BE THERE AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE CAN COME IN AND MAKE IT WHAT THEY WANTED.
BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL, WE WE MADE A DECISION.
SO WHAT OTHER JIM ARE YOU REFERRING TO? I CAN'T DISCLOSE THAT, SIR.
AS YOU WERE. CARRY ON ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN MEDINA.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN, WE'VE ALREADY.
WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION SECOND.
I MEAN THAT. ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE.
THE CONCERNS I'M GETTING, AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT, BUT I WASN'T CLEAR WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHY I ASK THE QUESTION.
THEY GOT A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN MEDINA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WE ARE NOW ON.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG SECONDED BY MR. FILIBERTO. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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WE ARE NOW ON COMMISSIONER REPORTS.I'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER NORTHRUP.
THE QUESTION CAME UP, HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT? I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
SO WE ESTABLISHED AT THE MEETING IN 1988, THEN MAYOR FILIBERTO ESTABLISHED THE HOLIDAY PARADE.
THIS YOUNG MAN'S FATHER AND THE PARADE ROUTE WAS BACK ON BABCOCK STREET BACK IN THE DAY.
POOR, POOR MALABAR, POOR MALABAR, THE BABCOCK.
THAT WAS THE MAIN STREET. REMEMBER THIS FAR WEST.
SO YEAH, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
AND ONE OF THE HONOREES WAS MAYOR FRANK FILIBERTO.
SO WE HAD WE HAD, WHAT WAS IT, FOUR MAYORS? WAS IT FOUR MAYORS THAT WE HONORED AS GRAND MARSHALS OF THE PARADE? SO MAYOR FRANK FILIBERTO JOHN MARIOTTI WE HAD DONALD BROOKS, MAYOR BROOKS, WHO WAS AN INTERIM MAYOR, THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY, AND WE ALSO HAD A MAYOR CAPOTE.
SO WE HAVE FOUR MAYORS THAT WERE HONORED AT THAT PARADE AND ARE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WAS THAT? DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORTS, MA'AM? PRETTY MUCH. MR. WEINBERG. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THE TREE RIGHT OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, THANKS TO OUR MAYOR AND OUR CHAIRMAN HERE. AND IT WAS REALLY A NICE EVENT, HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TURNOUT, WHICH I WAS FRANKLY, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THAT SUCH A BIG TURNOUT.
THANK YOU, SIR. MR. FILIBERTO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF I HAVE HAD AN UPDATE ON GRANT REGARDING NATIONAL SCENIC HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER THAT WAS LOOKING INTO THAT, WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS.
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SO STAFF IS GOING TO PICK THAT UP AS WELL.BUT OF COURSE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO.
SOME OF THAT CLEANUP OF THE ROADS.
YEAH, I THINK THEY ACTUALLY DID SOME ALREADY.
THANK YOU, MR. COMMISSIONER FOSTER.
NO REPORTS. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
NO REPORT AND NO REPORTS FOR ME.
AND SO THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.