Jun 03, 2026 Commission Meeting

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RIGHT. NO PAIN, NO GAIN. YEAH. IT DID. YES. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

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[1. 26-1681 Selection of Capital Projects for inclusion in the July 1 Budget Estimate.]

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. PAULA RODRIGUEZ, DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE COMMISSION, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY MANAGERS. THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SMOOTH BUDGET PROCESS. MY STAFF, WHO DOES MOST OF THE WORK. THANKFUL.

THANKFUL TO THEM. I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE PEDRO SANCHEZ, OUR BUDGET OFFICER. HE IS THE POINT ON ALL CAPITAL. HE COORDINATES WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT ON ALL OF THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS. AND SO HE IS A VITAL PART OF THIS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO WORK WITH BUDGET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST ESTIMATES AND THE MOST EFFICIENT OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER EACH YEAR.

SO THANK YOU ALL. YOU HOPEFULLY MAKE ME LOOK GOOD AND MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAFT CAPITAL BUDGET. WE'VE MET WITH EACH OF YOU OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND REVIEWED EACH OF THE PROJECT REQUESTS AND FUNDING REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT FORWARD. THESE HAVE EITHER COME OUT OF DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSION, OR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO FUND AS MUCH OF THESE PROJECTS EACH YEAR AS POSSIBLE. AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE RECOMMEND FUNDING AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO WANT TO MENTION WE NORMALLY DON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS IN OUR CAPITAL MEETING, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAIL AND REVIEW IT AT OUR JULY BUDGET MEETING. BUT WE DID GET OUR PROPERTY VALUES. LIKE I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, OUR PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED BY 6.5%. A NOTABLE ITEM IS THAT 1% OF THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO REALLY, WITHOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, OUR PROPERTY VALUES WOULD HAVE INCREASED 5.5%. AND SO THANKS TO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND MANY PROJECTS THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAVING IN TALLAHASSEE, WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO. THE NUMBERS THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU HERE TODAY ARE AFTER WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGET. SO IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WE'VE CONTEMPLATED THE THE CONTRACTS, THE CURRENT CONTRACTS AND THE COLAS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THOSE MERITS AND ESTIMATED INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE OF ABOUT 23%. SO OUR OPERATING BUDGET HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IT. WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO AS WE DEVELOP THIS BUDGET, KNOWING THAT THERE'S UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN TALLAHASSEE AND MAYBE LESS UNCERTAINTY NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE GONE AHEAD AND PUT DECIDED TO PUT TO VOTE THE REDUCTION OR INCREASE EXEMPTION FOR PROPERTY TAX. SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US SIGNIFICANTLY IF AND WHEN THAT PASSES. THANKFULLY, THAT WON'T AFFECT US FOR THIS BUDGET PROCESS. IT'LL IT'LL AFFECT US FOR THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS. SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS PLAN THE OPERATING BUDGET IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE MINIMAL AS MINIMAL CUTS AS POSSIBLE. AND WE'VE TRIED TO PUT THE INTO CAPITAL, WHICH WOULD BE AN EASIER WAY TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THIS WOULDN'T AFFECT NECESSARILY THE OPERATIONS AND SERVICES. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION IN JULY. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT

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THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS WORKSHEET. I KNOW THAT FOR SOME OF US IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT. I'M GOING TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION HERE.

SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE EASIER TO SEE ON THE SCREEN. SO THIS IS THE WORKSHEET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S A LIST OF ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

I'LL GO THROUGH THE COLUMNS VERY QUICKLY. AND THEN I'M GOING TO HIDE SOME COLUMNS. SO IT'LL BE IT'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO REVIEW. SO FIRST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE COLUMN WITH EACH OF THE PROJECTS. THE FIRST COLUMN TIES TO THE NUMBER IN THE BOOK THAT WAS SENT OUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO NOW. SO IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW, THE PAGE NUMBER IN COLUMN A REFERS TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET BOOK, AND THEN THE COLUMN D IS THE 26 BUDGET. THAT IS HOW MUCH FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO PUT INTO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET. SO LAST FISCAL, IN THE LAST YEAR'S PLANNING, THE FOLLOWING COLUMN PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING TWO COLUMNS. PROVIDES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THESE PROJECTS. SO PRIOR YEAR AVAILABLE AND ENCUMBERED FUNDS. SO THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO A PURCHASE ORDER. THE NEXT COLUMN IS THE 27 REQUEST. SO THESE ARE THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PROVIDED TO US OF ESTIMATES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN THE TOTAL OF THOSE COLUMNS. AND THEN SINCE THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE HAVE THE OUT YEARS, WHAT WE WOULD PLAN, WHAT WE CURRENTLY ESTIMATE WOULD BE PLANNED FOR THOSE PROJECTS IN THE IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS. AND I'M GOING TO HIDE EVERYTHING PAST 2029 TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ. I CAN ALWAYS EXPAND IT IF THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS. AND THEN THE FIVE YEAR TOTAL PROJECT, THE FIVE YEAR PROJECT TOTAL GOING TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING TODAY. MY MOUSE IS NOT COOPERATING. SORRY, MY WORKSHEET IS NOT COOPERATING. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HIDE THE COLUMNS FROM 29 TO THE FIVE YEAR TOTAL JUST FOR THIS DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO HIDE THE PROJECT CATEGORY JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO VIEW. AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HIDE THE TOTAL HERE AS WELL.

OKAY. SO I KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE AT ONCE.

SO THIS DOCUMENT IS BROKEN OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR CAPITAL BUDGET BOOK. WE'VE REVIEWED WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THIS MEETING IS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC. SO I'M GOING TO REPEAT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. AND SO FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE BROKEN OUT THE CATEGORIES OF OUR PROJECTS IN THIS SIMILAR MANNER. THE FIRST SECTION IS THE CAPITAL MATRICES. THESE ARE RECURRING PROJECTS THAT WE FUND AND ESTIMATE BASED ON THE USEFUL LIFE OF EQUIPMENT. SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE BEGAN OR PROGRAMS THAT WE BEGAN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING THE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT OF OUR CURRENT ASSETS. SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE LIST, YOU SEE ARTWORK, ROOF REPLACEMENT, HVAC, ELEVATOR REPLACEMENTS. SO THESE ARE MATRICES THAT ARE SET UP TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THOSE ITEMS. THIS CATEGORY IS A TOTAL OF 12.5, JUST UNDER $12.6 MILLION IN REQUEST. AND WE WE ACTUALLY PASSED THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY PASSED A RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS YEAR ASKING THAT WE COMMIT TO TRYING TO FUND AT LEAST 85% OF THIS WHERE POSSIBLE WITH

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AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME ADA IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK ARE ALSO REQUIRED LATER ON IN THESE IN THIS PACKAGE. SO FOR THE GENERATOR, I'LL DEFER TO THE MANAGER ON THE NECESSITY OF THAT THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. THE REASON WE PICKED THE ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER, NUMBER ONE IS BECAUSE IT HOUSES ONE OF OUR RESCUE TEAMS. AND AND WE NEEDED THE FACILITY THERE. AND THE REASON WE PICKED THE YOUTH CENTER NUMBER TWO IS WE DIDN'T LOOK AT WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A AS AN ENHANCEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS VERY POPULAR AFTER IRMA FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THE KIDS AND, AND THE PARENTS TO HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS FACILITY OPEN. IT ALSO CAN HELP AS A SECONDARY, AS A SECONDARY FACILITY FOR, FOR DISTRICT, FOR DISTRIBUTION WATER, ETC. IF, IF, IF IF NEEDED, DEPENDING ON, ON THE HURRICANE, WE DON'T LOOK AT IT, WE DON'T USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT IS NOT REALLY A, A TYPE OF, OF STRUCTURE THAT THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY, BY FEMA NOR WHERE I RECOMMEND A, THE KIND OF A GYM AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A FACILITY THAT THAT SHOULD HOUSE ANYONE DURING, ESPECIALLY DURING A MAJOR STORM. BUT, BUT, BUT HAVING HAVING GONE THROUGH IRMA AND SEEING WHAT THE YOUTH CENTER CAN PROVIDE AFTER A STORM. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THE YOUTH CENTER. NUMBER TWO. OKAY. FROM, FROM A RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE. PERFECT. YEAH. AND THROUGH THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, AND IN ADDITION TO GENERATORS COULD PROVIDE NECESSARY AIR CONDITIONING AFTER STORM. IF SOMEONE WHO'S ELDERLY, WHATEVER NEEDS A LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO BE SET UP. SO ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED DURING A STORM, AFTER A STORM, IT COULD BE A

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THIS GARAGE IS ALSO PART OF OUR PLAN IN CONSTRUCTING THE MOBILITY HUB. SO THE IDEA IS, IS THAT WE'VE WE'VE SEPARATED THIS FROM THE RECERTIFICATION PROJECT SO THAT IT'S CLEAR TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE FUNDING ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE RECERTIFICATION OF THIS BUILDING AND TO MAKE IT AS INHABITABLE AS POSSIBLE. SO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET AS MANY CARS IN THERE, USE ALL OF THE SPACE WITHIN THE GARAGE SO THAT WHEN WE BEGIN THE MOBILITY HUB PROJECT, WE CAN DIVERT THE PARKING TO THAT GARAGE AS WELL AS OTHER GARAGES. BUT THIS WILL ABSORB MUCH OF THE PARKING FROM THERE. THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, MAYOR. THIS, THIS GARAGE AND ALSO THE DAVIDSON PARKING. WE MOVE QUICKLY ON DAVIDSON PARKING AND WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY ON THE ON THE LASALLE CLEANING LASALLE CLEANER AREA TO TO ADD PARKING BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO BRIDGE PARKING AS WE DO THE AS WE DEMOLISH THE MOBILITY HUB. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, ON THAT BRIDGING OF THAT PARKING FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EFFECTS OF LOSING GARAGE ONE ARE MINIMIZED. OKAY.

SO THE NEXT PROJECT, I THINK WE ALL AGREE FALLS INTO THE LIFE SAFETY CATEGORY. SIDEWALK REPAIR AND AND REPLACEMENT. THE REQUEST IS $1 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WHERE WE CAN WE FUND AS MUCH SIDEWALK REPAIRS AS POSSIBLE. SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. WE ARE FUNDING IT FROM OUR ROADWAY REVENUES, WHICH COMES FROM LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX. THIS YEAR, THE ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED FOR NEXT YEAR HAS DECREASED. SO WE ARE EXPECTING A SMALL DECREASE BUT A DECREASE NONETHELESS FROM LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX REVENUES, BUT SUFFICIENT TO FUND A FEW PROJECTS. AND SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THE TOTAL LINE ITEM ON THAT ON THAT BUDGET. SO FOR SIDE SIDEWALK RIGHT. SO THERE'S THREE SIDEWALK CATEGORIES. THIS ONE IS IN THE LIFE SAFETY SECTION. THERE'S TWO MORE, ONE FOR NEW SIDEWALKS AND ONE FOR EXTENSIONS AND CROSSWALKS. AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I'LL SHOW A SLIDE THAT IS EASIER TO SHOW. SO THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THAT AREA FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 24, WE USED TO ONLY FUND ONE PROJECT CALLED CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WAS MAINLY THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS IN 2024 OR FOR THE 2024 BUDGET. THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTED THAT WE ADD SEPARATE PROJECTS FOR NEW SIDEWALKS AND EXTENSIONS AND CROSSWALKS, BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN NATURE, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THE COST OF ADDING NEW SIDEWALKS AND MAKE THAT A DECISION AT THE COMMISSION OF WHERE FUNDING WOULD BE WOULD GO TO. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 24, WE FUNDED 1.25 IN SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT AND NEW SIDEWALKS. WE WERE ABLE TO FUND A HALF $1 MILLION. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FUNDING FROM THIS COMES NOT ONLY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WHERE POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL ROADWAY MONEY. SO WHEN WE HAVE INCREASES IN REVENUE, WE'RE ABLE TO FUND MORE. SO IN 25, WE FUNDED 1.5 AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS.

WE. WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR NEW SIDEWALKS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO START FUNDING EXTENSION AND CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS. AND THIS CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 26, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR NEW SIDEWALKS TO. 2.18, JUST ABOUT $2.18 MILLION. WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR NEW SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS TO 750,000, AND EXTENSIONS AND CROSSWALKS TO HALF A MILLION. AND MUCH OF THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS AVAILABLE FUNDING. WE ALSO USE MOBILITY IMPACT FEE FUNDS. SO WHERE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE,

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IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE WE WERE DISCUSSING THE BLUE, THE BLUE ROAD SIDEWALKS, THE UNIVERSITY SIDEWALKS. TO DO THAT IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROJECT THAN TO DO EXISTING SIDEWALKS.

EXISTING SIDEWALKS IS YOU TAKE ONE OUT, PUT ONE IN, LOOK AT THE GRADING, LOOK AT THE. LOOK AT THE TREE ROOTS AND SO FORTH. NEW SIDEWALKS. WE'RE PUTTING NEW SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN A SIDEWALK FOR 100 YEARS. SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THERE. WE HAVE TO DO DRAINAGE, TOPOGRAPHY, EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE TO DO MEANDERING SIDEWALKS. IF WE LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK THAT WAS DONE AS A AS A PILOT, AS A PILOT BETWEEN BIRD ROAD AND SANTA MARIA. IT SHOWS THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO, BUT IT'S VERY IT'S COSTLY. AND IT ALSO REQUIRES A LOT OF ENGINEERING. SO WE SPLIT OUT EXISTING SIDEWALKS, NEW SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT. AND ALSO ADA, THE ADA ISSUE, WHICH IS THE CONNECTIVITY OF, OF THE SIDEWALK TO THE STREET, BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY THREE SEPARATE ENTITIES. AND THAT WAS DONE IN, IN, IN. WE DISCUSSED IT FOR DURING THE 23 BUDGET TO DO IT IN THE 24 BUDGET. THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT BUDGET STILL CONTINUES TO BE THE SAME.

CORRECT. THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT BUDGET INCREASED LAST YEAR TO 2 MILLION, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 1 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING TO OTHER AREAS. HAS THAT BEEN HERE 13 YEARS? WHEN WE'VE DONE PROJECTS LIKE ALHAMBRA, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE JUST DID, WE JUST DID BLUE ROAD, WE DID UNIVERSITY. WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THE FUNDS BASED OUT OF PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. WE'VE NEVER TAKEN THEM OUT OF SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT BUDGET, CORRECT? YES. WITHIN THE SORRY, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE CAN SAY THINGS LIKE WE'VE TRIPLED THE BUDGET IN REGARDS TO SIDEWALKS. NO WE HAVEN'T. WHAT WE HAVE HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING DOWN NOW THIS YEAR IN REGARDS TO OUR BUDGET SIDEWALKS. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH THE WORDS THAT WE CHOOSE. JUST LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT BURGER BOB'S. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY AT BURGER BOB'S? WHERE DID IT GO? WELL, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE HOT SEAT, IT'S NOT EASY TO SAY THAT. YOU GOT TO BE YOU GOT TO SAY THE TRUTH. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THINGS TO GET POLITICALLY, TO GET ELECTED.

CAN'T SAY THINGS. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S OBVIOUS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY. WE SKIN THE BUILDING, AND WE FOUND A LITANY OF ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING, AND WE HAD TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO FIX THOSE THINGS. YOU CAN'T JUST COVER THAT BACK UP AND SAY, HEY, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL FIX IT. YOU GOT TO FIX IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT POLITICS HAS BECOME. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS HERE, THIS IS VERY, VERY SIMPLE. OKAY, WE CAN LOOK BACK. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE SIDEWALK BUDGET THE PROJECTS FOR REPLACEMENT SIDEWALKS WAS STARTED? WE KNOW WHEN THAT WAS. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS AROUND THE TIME THAT I GOT ELECTED. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. LIKE THE 2013. THAT WAS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS NOT THAT WAS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RENAISSANCE PROJECTS WAS $27 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT. WE HAVE TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE MAKE COMMENTS HERE THAT END UP BEING TAKEN AS FACTS ON THESE BLOGS. I AGREE. AND THEN AT THE END, A LOT OF THEM ARE, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FALSE AND THEY'RE FALSE. JUST LIKE WE TRIPLED THE BUDGET FOR THE, FOR, FOR, FOR THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. NOT, BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THOSE THINGS JUST LIKE YOU SAY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH A MOBILITY HUB. YOU DIDN'T SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH A HUB. IT'S OBVIOUS AS OF YESTERDAY. SO MY POINT IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE MONIES AROUND AND YOU WANT TO AND YOU WANT TO DO, I'M ALL FOR INCREASING SIDEWALKS, IT'S GREAT. WE SHOULD DO IT. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SIDEWALKS, ON GRANADA. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SIDEWALKS, ON UNIVERSITY. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SIDEWALKS ON BLUE ROAD. BY THE WAY, I NEGOTIATED A DEAL WITH THE HELP OF THE MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT UNIVERSITY EXCUSE ME, DOCTORS HOSPITAL PAID FOR THE SIDEWALKS AND TO GO AROUND DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL. JUST LIKE I NEGOTIATED WITH THE MANAGERS. HELP AND LEADERSHIP. THE ADDITIONAL $1.4 MILLION THAT THE VICE MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO TDRS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING FROM PUBLIX. THOSE MONIES DID NOT EXIST. THAT'S WHAT IS BRINGING VALUE TO OPPORTUNITIES AND TRYING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON WHAT WE DO HERE IN REGARDS TO A BUDGET. SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, IMMENSE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, IMMENSE. I DON'T I'M I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOWERING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. WE GOT TO FIND THE MONEY. WE SPENT $2 MILLION ON A COLA. BUT WHAT DO WE COMPROMISE? WE COMPROMISE CERTAIN OTHER THINGS. CAN'T JUST FIND THE MONEY. THE MONEY DOESN'T. THE MONEY. WE CAN'T PRINT THE MONEY. THE MONEY HAS TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH GROWTH. SO YOU SAW THERE WAS A 23% INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS. WE'RE AN

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IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY CONNECT ALL THE WAY TO BIRD ROAD. AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT HERMES AND MELISSA HAVE DONE AND THE MANAGER HAVE DONE TO GET THAT DONE, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME, AND THIS IS THE PERFECT STREET TO DO IT ON. WHY? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MANY HOMES. AND THIS IS SMILING BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE MET WITH RESIDENTS. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MANY HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY BIG LOTS AND THEY'RE EXPANSIVE AND IT'S NOT REALLY A CONFLICT ON ON THE PROPERTY LINES BECAUSE THE HOMES ARE REALLY SET BACK. SO IT'S, IT'S LIKE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND YOU DON'T REALLY RUN INTO THE ISSUES. LIKE WE RAN INTO ALHAMBRA WHERE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE TREES THAT YOU HAD TO FIND A WAY TO BALANCE THAT. DO YOU CUT THE TREES DOWN, YOU POTENTIALLY DAMAGE THE ROOTS. AND THEN MISS BELL, I THINK, WENT OUT THERE PROBABLY 50 TIMES TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS AND TO MEET WITH CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THAT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, AS YOU HEARD YESTERDAY, FROM THE RESIDENT WHO WAS HERE, THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE REALLY HAPPY AND THAT IT'S SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN. SO THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT GOING ON BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T WALK FROM, LET'S SAY, THE LINCOLN ALL THE WAY TO BLUE ROAD BECAUSE THERE ISN'T SIDEWALKS PAST BLUE ROAD AND GRANADA THE SIDEWALK. WELL, THERE IS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT IT LITERALLY ENDS AT THE BRIDGE, CORRECT? YEAH. YES. THE GRANADA SPORADIC. IT'S. YES. BUT THERE'S NO, NO NO NO NO SIDEWALKS ON THE WEST SIDE MAYOR AT ALL. THERE'S SOME SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT SO IF YOU SEE THIS IS GOING TO DELIVER WHAT UNIVERSITY RESIDENTS GOT, WHAT BLUE ROAD RESIDENTS GOT. AND I AND I'M BEING ASPIRATIONAL NOW, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO MAYBE THEY HAVE THE SAME INTEREST I DO. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOR NEXT YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO. I THINK WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW, BLUE ROAD. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE FINISHED BLUE ROAD FROM UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY TO ALHAMBRA OR THE 57TH AVENUE.

THAT IS A VERY COMPLICATED STREET BECAUSE OF HOW, YOU KNOW, SMALL. THE LOTS ARE THE HOMES, YOU KNOW, THE TREES. THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF BRAIN DAMAGE TO FIGURE OUT. IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, IT'S BRAIN DAMAGE. IT LITERALLY IS. SHE'S STRESSING OVER IT. IT IS, IT IS. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF BRAIN DAMAGE. BUT THINK ABOUT THIS BLUE ROAD DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALK AT RIVIERA RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANY OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BEFORE I'M DONE HERE TO SEE THAT COMPLETED, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A HIGH TRAFFIC CUT THROUGH STREET THAT PEOPLE DESERVE A SIDEWALK THERE. BLUE MAYOR. YES, SIR. BLUE IS ALSO A COUNTY ROAD, SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALSO COUNTY COUNTY REQUIREMENTS. THE FDOT WILL ALSO BE BE FUNDING A PROJECT FROM FROM BIRD TO SEGOVIA. SO SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT SEGOVIA ALL THE WAY TO TO PONCE. THAT'S COMING UP IN 2829 THROUGH THE MAYOR BRIEFLY. SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW WELL THE ALHAMBRA PROJECT IS COMING ALONG BECAUSE IT HAS SLOWED DOWN TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANTLY, AND I TRAVERSED THAT QUITE A BIT ON THE WAY TO CHURCH, AND ALSO ASPIRATIONALLY, RIGHT. THINKING ABOUT BLUE ROAD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. ANOTHER ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. AND MAYBE THERE'S AN UPDATE. CITY MANAGER, ARE WE CONSIDERING A SIDEWALK RIGHT NEXT TO CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON RIVIERA DRIVE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THE KIDS DON'T HAVE A WAY OF WALKING. THERE IS NO SIDEWALK ALONG THE FENCE THAT GOES THE

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AND THAT CORRIDOR WILL BE MUCH SAFER BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL CROSSWALK AT UNIVERSITY CROSSING BIRD ROAD TO BE ABLE TO USE THE BRIDGE TO GET OVER THE WATERWAY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. I KNOW IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE YOU HAVE TO BE A BALLERINA TO WALK NEXT TO THAT GUARDRAIL AND TRY TO CROSS THE WATERWAY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO SPEAKING OF BRIDGES, THE NEXT PROJECT IS BRIDGE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS REQUEST IS 615,000. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO FUND THE FULL 615,000. WE ALSO DO HAVE A GRANT FOR SOME BRIDGES. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ON REPAIRING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AT THE BRIDGES. AND SO THE TOTAL FOR THIS CATEGORY IS 4.1, $4.13 MILLION. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE ENTIRETY OF THIS, OF THIS CATEGORY. LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, $1 MILLION COMING FROM ROADWAY. $800,000 FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB FUND, WHICH IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE REMAINDER COMING FROM RECURRING GENERAL MONEY. THE NEXT SECTION IS UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS CATEGORY ARE FUNDED FROM THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS. AND SO THESE ARE FOR OUR SANITARY SEWER AND OUR STORMWATER SYSTEMS. THESE PROJECTS MOSTLY DEAL WITH THE REPAIRS NEEDED AND THE REPLACEMENT WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO THE FULL ASK FOR THIS CATEGORY IS $11.3 MILLION OF THAT NUMBER, $5 MILLION OF IT IS FOR THE SEA LEVEL RISE MITIGATION PROGRAM. THAT IS A SEPARATE FEE THAT IS COLLECTED AS PART OF THE WATER BILLS. AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 100. $100 MILLION BY

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WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING UPDATES FROM FROM YOUR TEAM IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT THE APPROVALS ARE AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEVELS. WE I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUND IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE FUNDING MAJOR PROJECTS THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. I'M NOT DENYING IT, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS DOING THAT I'M AWARE OF, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 20, SINCE I GOT HERE. DO WE ARE WE OUR HANDS TIED LEGALLY ANYWAY, IN REGARDS TO CONTINUING TO FUND THIS LINE ITEM AND BEING ABLE TO USE A PORTION OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE PLACED ON THIS LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAY BE NEEDED. THIS IS COMING FROM FROM THE RESERVE, FROM THIS ENTERPRISE FUND. SO I THINK WE ARE THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE OF BECAUSE IT'S COMING FROM FROM THE SANITARY SEWER, STORM, SANITARY SEWER, STORM, SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND. SO THIS IS THE BLUE AREA IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE CANNOT TOUCH FOR THE GENERAL FUND. MAYOR, I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY TALK ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO START.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WE MAY HAVE TO START MOVING AROUND QUICKLY IN REGARDS TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUND THAT MAY NOT FUND AS AS WE CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE, OBVIOUSLY, FROM TALLAHASSEE. AND OBVIOUSLY, IF IT DOES GET APPROVED IN NOVEMBER, WHICH I THINK IT WILL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION, MAYBE NOT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT FOR SURE, IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND. YOU'RE THE MAYOR? YES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING GENERAL FUND FOR WHERE THESE FUNDS COULD REPLACE THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED? SO WE'RE NOT TAKING IT TO USE IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BUDGETING FROM GENERAL FUND THAT COULD USE THIS FUNDING FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S EARMARKED FOR FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD REPLACE IT WITH? SO I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE FUND IN THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE CONSIDERED MITIGATION FOR SEA LEVEL RISE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS US TO CHARGE AND COLLECT THIS REVENUE. AND SO I BELIEVE I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK, WHETHER IT'S A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S PROBABLY A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THIS PROGRAM AND WHETHER THERE'S ANY LEEWAY IN CHANGING THAT, WE'D HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT. BUT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, TAKING THIS FUNDING AND USING IT OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

YOU MAY SAY, WELL, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NOW BELIEVE WOULD MITIGATE SEA LEVEL RISE RIGHT WITHIN THE PROJECTS, BUT THE REMAINING PROJECTS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY ARE ALSO FUNDED FROM THE REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE. SO THERE'S THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE WRITTEN NOW AND HOW THE LEGISLATION FOR THIS IS WRITTEN. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ANY LEEWAY. WE CAN CERTAINLY EVALUATE WHETHER THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DETERMINE ANOTHER USE FOR, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. IN THIS MANNER. JUST MY WHOLE MY WHOLE INTENTION IS VERY SIMPLE. IT'S TO START TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE PUT THIS YEAR, I THINK $7.6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL MONIES TO PAY DOWN OUR PENSION. THESE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE NEXT YEAR IF IN NOVEMBER THIS PASSES. ALL OF THESE ARE ON THE TABLE AGAIN, AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I WANT TO CONTINUE OVERFUNDING THE PENSION. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE ONCE YOU LEAVE HERE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU WANT TO HAND THE BATON OFF TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, GOD WILLING, YOU HAVE $25 MILLION A YEAR EXTRA MONEY TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO, BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT FINALLY IS THE OUTCOME AND WHAT ACTUALLY HITS THE BALLOT BOX, WE HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING IS POTENTIALLY AN OPTION RIGHT NOW. AND I GUESS, MR. MAYOR, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER IS HOW WE CAN ADJUST

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MANY OF THEM WERE REPLACED WITH THE LAST MILE PROJECT, AND SO THEIR REQUEST IS FOR 25000. AT THIS TIME, WE DID NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. THAT AMOUNT, ALTHOUGH SMALL, WE FEEL LIKE IT CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WATERPROOFING OF HISTORIC FACILITIES AND NON-HISTORIC FACILITIES. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE CREATED THE DIRECTION OF THE MANAGER A FEW YEARS AGO, BECAUSE PRESERVING THE ENVELOPE OF OUR FACILITIES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVING OUR FACILITIES. OVERALL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FUND THIS PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY OR THESE PROJECTS SIGNIFICANTLY, WE DO INCLUDE IT IN OUR MAJOR RENOVATIONS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE CITY HALL PROJECT, WE WILL WATERPROOF AND SEAL THAT BUILDING WHEN IT IS COMPLETE. SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FUNDING IT HERE, DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T BE IN THE MAJOR PROJECT. AND WE WOULD EXPECT TO DO SO WITH ANY OTHER MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE DO FOR A FACILITY THAT NEEDS IT. YOU WILL SEE LATER ON THAT WE ARE FUNDING PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, SO WE ARE FUNDING THE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

THERE WILL BE THE CEILING OF THAT BUILDING THROUGH PAINTING, THE BUILDING. ADA REMEDIATIONS AT CITY FACILITIES. AND SO OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED MANY ADA IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, THINGS AS SMALL AS MOVING THE HEIGHT OF A TOILET PAPER HOLDER TO DOORS OR ENTRYWAYS. MOST OF THE MONEY THAT WAS IN THE PROJECT THIS YEAR HAS GONE TOWARDS ADA.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE YOUTH CENTER. $200,000 IS BEING PROPOSED, MUCH OF THAT TO GO TO THE YOUTH CENTER AGAIN, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN THE MEETING. OPTIMIZE ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY AT CITY FACILITIES. THIS IS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE USED IN IN PRIOR YEARS TO IMPROVE THE THE LIGHTING, TO MAKE THINGS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, TO IMPROVE OUR WATER USAGE. AND THE $100,000 BEING PROPOSED, I BELIEVE, IS FOR WORK TO BE DONE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY AND TO ALSO OPTIMIZE THAT FACILITY. SO THINGS AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING THE HAND DRYERS IN THE BUILDING MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE'VE SEEN SAVINGS IN ELECTRICITY AND WATER THROUGH THESE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS. WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT CITYWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT I WAS REFERRING TO. SO IN THE PRIOR FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND SOME REMEDIATION THAT WAS NEEDED AT THE GOLF COURSE. THE ASK IS FOR $1.3 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS FOR THE REMEDIATION AT THE WASTE TRANSFER CENTER. I'M SORRY. AT THE LOCATION NEXT TO 72ND AVENUE, THE OLD TRANSFER CENTER. SO BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING THIS APPROPRIATION, WE HAVE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED FUNDING THE $1.3 MILLION. IF WE DON'T GET THAT APPROPRIATION, WE DON'T. WE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK AND NOT RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT WITHOUT THAT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. MADAM DIRECTOR. YES. HOW MUCH HOW MUCH APPROPRIATIONS DO WE RECEIVE FROM TALLAHASSEE LAST YEAR? TOTAL. DO YOU REMEMBER? THEY I BELIEVE THEY VETOED EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR TWO $725,000 THE YEAR BEFORE. I THINK IT WAS ZERO. CORRECT. THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS ZERO. AND THEN. 750 YEAH. SO THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STEP UP FOR US IN REGARDS TO APPROPRIATION. YES, IT WOULD BE. CONGRATULATIONS MR. MANAGER. WELL DONE SO FAR. AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. YES. THANK YOU. IT WOULD TOTAL $2.2 MILLION THIS YEAR IF WE RECEIVE ALL OF THEM. IT'S ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR. YES. THAT'S MORE THAN THREE TIMES. EXCUSE ME. SINCE THE THE THE NEXT LARGER ONE WAS WHAT WE RECEIVED, THE MOBILITY HUB. AND THEN WE ALSO GOT SOME THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WE ALSO GOT SOME FEDERAL FUNDING POOL COMING TO. YES, THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR, $2.5 MILLION FEDERAL FUNDING. OKAY. MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC FACILITIES. THIS IS FUNDING THAT WE ALLOCATE BASED ON A RESOLUTION THAT THE COMMISSION PASSED TWO YEARS AGO. WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED IS THAT EACH YEAR WE WOULD FUND THAT AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND WHERE WHAT FACILITY THAT 50,000 SHOULD GO TO. AND SO YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER SLIDE THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEED IN THE ALHAMBRA WATER TOWER AND SOME NEED IN THE GONDOLA BUILDING.

AND SO THE $50,000, I THINK, WOULD GO THE LONGEST WAY IN THE GONDOLA BUILDING. SO IF THE COMMISSION AGREES, WE'LL USE THIS $50,000 TOWARDS THE $200,000 THAT WE WERE PUTTING TOWARDS THE GONDOLA BUILDING, FREE THAT $50,000 UP AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THERE'S A

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THAT THAT LETTER PAID DIVIDENDS. YES IT DID. THANK YOU. SO WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE STATE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO COOPERATE AND THE GOVERNOR TO COOPERATE ON THAT FRONT, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO PAY MORE DIVIDENDS TO MOVE THAT GONDOLA BUILDING TO THE NEW LOCATION.

YES, AND ACTUALLY GET SOME USE OUT OF IT AND NOT GET HIT BY GOLF BALLS IF YOU GO OUT THERE TO USE IT. WE AGREE. PURCHASE OF LAND. SO I'M I'M SORRY I SKIPPED INSTALLATION OF MULTI-SPACE PAY STATIONS. AND SO PREVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT WAS IMPLEMENTED TO REPLACE THE SINGLE METERS WITH THE PAY STATIONS. AND SO NOW WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON DOING THAT. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY A I'M GOING TO CALL IT A HANDFUL, BUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED OR SO, 154 EXACTLY OF METERS THAT EXIST. THE FUNDING IS NOW BEING USED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE PAY STATIONS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO AGE OUT. AND SO AS THEY CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE STATIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, THEY ARE NOW STARTING TO REPLACE THOSE STATIONS THAT HAVE BECOME OLDER. AND SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT THAT WILL COME FROM THE PARKING FUND. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE MIRACLE MILE GIRALDA STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. AND SO THAT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PAVERS, $250,000. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT WE WE KNOW THAT AS LONG AS THEY'RE THERE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THEM AND REPLACING THEM. AND SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. THAT WILL ALSO COME FROM THE PARKING FUND. SO IF I MAY. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT AGAIN, IT'S PAINFUL. OBVIOUSLY THE MANAGER AND I NOT THAT WE DISAGREE ON IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST PAINFUL. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REALLY CONSIDERED WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD IT, IF NOT ONCE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH TALLAHASSEE AND THE OUTCOME OF IT. BECAUSE AGAIN, IS IT GOING TO LOOK AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW? OBVIOUSLY NOT. BUT IF WE WERE JUST TO ASPHALT AND STRIPE IT, WE'D PROBABLY GET FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OUT OF IT. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BECAUSE $250,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY TO THE MAYOR. YES, I SEE THAT THERE'S $580,000 IN THAT FUND RIGHT NOW NOT ASSIGNED TO AN OPEN PO. DO WE NEED TO APPROPRIATE THE ADDITIONAL $250,000 IF WE CURRENTLY HAVE $580,000 IN THERE, OR ARE WE EXPECTING TO RUN THROUGH THOSE $580,000 IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR? WELL, LET ME LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO TOUCH THAT LINE ITEM. OKAY, I WAS HERE. NOBODY NONE OF YOU WERE HERE, THANK GOD, BECAUSE AT THE END THE DAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO DEAL WITH WHAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH AT THAT POINT. SAVE YOURSELF THE BRAIN DAMAGE AND SAVE YOURSELF. EVERYBODY THINKING THAT THE YOU KNOW, I GOT CALLS ALONG WITH THE MANAGER. REMEMBER THOSE DAYS YOU GO CURB IF YOU GO CURBLESS, ALL THE STORES ARE GOING TO BE FLOODED. IT'S GOING TO BE FLOODING EVERYWHERE. IT WAS CAUSED EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT WAS WRITTEN ON THE BLOGS. ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS EVER MADE. THIS IS THIS IS MALPRACTICE. HOW COULD WE DO THAT? PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HIT BY THE CARS AS THEY PARK BECAUSE THERE'S NO CURB THERE. NOW. ONE PERSON'S BEEN HIT BY A CAR, THERE HASN'T BEEN FLOODING, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH A HURRICANE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHERE WE GET OUR INFORMATION FROM. TRUST IN THE PROFESSIONALS. SO MY POINT IS, WHY DO I THINK WE SHOULDN'T TOUCH THAT THAT MONEY? NUMBER ONE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS. IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE WE SINCE WE DID MIRACLE MILE. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS AROUND CERTAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON THE CROSSWALKS NEAR MCBRIDE PARK. YOU SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME SEPARATION OF PAVERS. ALL THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REDONE. AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS LIKE REGIONS BANK, AND WE MAY HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE CERTAIN COVENANTS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PROFFER TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, IN CONCERT WITH THEM, IN AN EFFORT TO GET AWAY FROM TILES THAT ARE OUTDATED OR THAT ARE CURRENTLY ADA ISSUES. AND I RECOMMEND THAT I ASK EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION, PLEASE, EVEN MY THE DIRECTORS HERE, TO TAKE A MOMENT, IF YOU CAN, AND GO IN FRONT OF REGIONS BANK. AND SO YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE MISSING TILE. IT'S A IT'S A VERY IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SCENARIO. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A COVENANT IN PLACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M, THAT I WORKED ON, ON A MEMO WITH LAURA, MY OFFICE. AND WE HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM THERE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH MAINTENANCE AS POSSIBLE TO MIRACLE MILE. AND WE, THE MANAGER, MAY HAVE TO USE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT'S IN THAT LINE ITEM TO PROVIDE THAT MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE BOARD FROM JUST THE PAVERS. MAYBE

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TREE ROOTS WILL AFFECT ALL OF THOSE SURFACES AND CEMENT. SO IT'S INEVITABLE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS. THE MAYOR? YES, SIR. I THINK THE WAY IS THAT, VICE MAYOR, IS THAT WE SPENT ABOUT $24 MILLION ON, ON, ON THAT PROJECT. SO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREETS IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE STREET HAS A QUARTZITE AS, AS A AS A PAVER.

INTERESTING, BECAUSE IT'S WORKING QUITE WELL IN THE PARKING AREA, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF THE DYNAMIC LOADING ON THE CROSSWALKS. WE HAVE SOURCED IT AND WE'RE MAINTAINING A GOOD PORTION OF IT IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO SO WE CAN, WE CAN REPAIR IT QUICKLY. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A DOWNGRADING LOOK ON THE CROSSWALKS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE MAYOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES, A NUMBER OF TIMES ON THAT ON THAT PROJECT. SO IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC BETWEEN WHAT WE SPENT, WHAT WHAT THE LOOK IS AND, AND WHAT THE REPAIR. BUT, BUT IT DOESN'T FARE AS WELL IN DYNAMIC LOADING AS IT DOES IN THE, IN THE PARKING AREAS IS DOING FINE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT THAT HIT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MAJOR TRUCKS GOING, GOING THROUGH IT. WE'VE TRIED, WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. WE'VE TRIED. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESS NOW, MAYOR, WITH, WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUT, WITH DIFFERENT GROUT. I MENTIONED THAT IT LOOKS IT'S BEEN HOLDING UP. SO, SO LET'S SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT WORKS. THE MAYOR MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THAT AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN SCRAMBLE TYPE OF INTERSECTIONS. GOOD IDEA. THE NEXT PROJECT IS PURCHASE OF LAND. AND SO THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE LISTED THE REQUEST AT HALF $1 MILLION, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE TRIED TO FUND IN PRIOR YEARS. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HOWEVER, WE HAVE ONLY FUNDED THIS UP UNTIL THE AVAILABLE PARK IMPACT FEES THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR PURCHASE OF LAND.

AND SO AS OF APRIL 30TH, THE AVAILABLE IMPACT FEES IS 167 000. AS WE UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THIS AT WHATEVER THAT AVAILABLE FUND IS.

WHEN WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS IS A LINE ITEM THAT I PLACED ON THE ON THE AGENDA, EXCUSE ME, ON THE BUDGET YEARS AGO, ALONG WITH THE PARK IMPACT FEES, LEGISLATION THAT PASSED THAT PARK IMPACT FEES LEGISLATION HAS BEEN USED TO RECEIVE MONIES THROUGH PERMIT FEES, AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE A LOT OF PARKS IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AS A RESULT OF THAT, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BASICALLY ZEROED OUT THIS

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ALL THESE PIECES OF LAND HAVE BEEN DEEDED TO THE CITY VIA MUCH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MANAGER AND MYSELF. AND RIGHT NOW, PRETTY SOON, I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING SOMETHING VERY BIG THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THE MANAGER AND I FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND IT'S FINALLY COMING IN FOR LANDING, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IF THIS IF WE NEED THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE MANAGER DICTATES AS APPROPRIATE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ZEROING IT OUT. AGAIN, WE HAVE MONEY COMING IN VIA THE MECHANISM ON PERMITS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. PUBLIX, YOU KNOW, THE CADRE COLINA PROJECT, THE BOSCHETTI PROJECT, THE ONE ADJACENT TO THE PLAZA. THAT'S FOR. I KNOW I'M MISSING ONE MORE. YOU KNOW, THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPERTY THAT ARE NOW IN THE CITY COFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY. THESE ARE AMAZING LOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING THE OVER $12 MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON PONCE PARK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING BRAND NEW. OH, AND I FORGOT THE ADJACENT PARK TO THE TRAMMELL CROW SITE.

THAT'S THE FIFTH SITE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VON SPANN ARTWORK THAT'S GOING THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE SITES IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT HAVE TAKEN OUR OUR DOWNTOWN FROM HAVING ONE OPEN SPACE TO NOW HAVING SIX. AND IF YOU INCLUDE MCBRIDE PARK, WHICH WE DON'T OWN, IS SEVEN OPEN SPACES, AND WE HAVE A ROOFTOP PARK AT THE MOBILITY HALL AND THE ROOFTOP PARK AT THE MOBILITY HUB. SO I'M WILLING TO ZERO IT OUT IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE. I HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER. WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT, AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST KIND OF TALLY UP THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE SOME MONEY AROUND AS LONG AS THE MANAGER IS FINE WITH IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S 107,100 OR 102, 200,000. WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO IT. I'M NOT SURE. DID YOU MENTION THE THE LOT ACROSS FROM SALVADOR PARK THAT WE PURCHASED AS WELL? WE DID. WE DID. BUT THE. NO, I DID NOT MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE DOWNTOWN. RIGHT. BUT BUT THAT MONEY AGAIN CAME THAT MONEY FROM SALVADOR PARK THAT WE PURCHASED FOR $3 MILLION. THAT CAME FROM WHERE WHAT WAS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? FROM FROM THE VALENCIA. RIGHT. YES. OH, 1.8 OF THAT CAME FROM THE FROM THIS IMPACT FEE. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THE, THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THE LINE ITEM IS SO DEPLETED, RIGHT? THE CURRENT BALANCE IS A 2.5, WHICH IS OKAY. NO, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T MENTION THAT.

I DIDN'T MENTION RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M ONLY MENTIONING, OBVIOUSLY THE DOWNTOWN. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE A LITANY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, EXCUSE ME, PARKS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUY USING USING THIS, THIS, THIS FEE THAT WE GARNER THROUGH PERMITS. AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUY IN AREAS THAT ARE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE. BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON MY COLLEAGUES MINDS AS WE FINALIZE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND 5 OR 10 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WE DEEM APPROPRIATE, SO THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE CAN START WORKING ON THIS AND WE CAN BUILD SOME CONSENSUS ON THESE PROJECTS THAT WE DEEM APPROPRIATE. MAYBE WE CAN FUND THESE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND ANY, BUT HERE, HOW MUCH HOW MUCH IS IN THE PARKS ACQUISITION FUND? SO 167,000, BUT THAT IS COMING FROM THE PARK IMPACT FEE, WHICH IS ONLY FOR USE OF LAND. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY. RIGHT. AND THE FEW THOUSAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDIRECT FROM THE. WE USED TO PUT 500 000 FROM THE BUDGET. YES. AND HAVE THE IMPACT FEE. RIGHT. SO THERE'S REALLY NO MONEY. SO I TAKE THAT BACK. OKAY. I'LL STILL DO WHAT I CAN. DON'T WORRY. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. AND IF YOU RECALL, WE USED ALSO THE THE MONEY FROM DOCTORS HOSPITAL. YES. TO ACQUIRE. YES. WE DID THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE I PUT A CAVEAT IN THE FINAL NEGOTIATION THAT THAT MONEY CANNOT BE USED IN THE GENERAL FUND. IT HAD TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS TO TRY AND FIND WAYS TO FUND THINGS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME HERE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THINGS HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CITY BETTER. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM, CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS PROJECT, THE REQUEST WAS INCREASED TO $1.6 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADDRESS THE POOL AREA, THE STRUCTURAL RENOVATIONS AT THE POOL AREA. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT'S FOR THE POOL DECK, THE TENNIS AREA AND FOR RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME EQUIPMENT LEASE THAT WE HAVE MAINTENANCE LEASE. SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THIS. IT IS

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ORIGINALLY, THE REQUEST WAS TO DO SOME REPAIRS WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE WITHIN THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE. HOWEVER, THE STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. SO THE BETTER DISCUSSION WAS TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPED SO THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE TIMING OF EACH. AND THAT WAY WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD SO WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PLAN FOR FUNDING AND A PLAN FOR OPERATING MISTER MANAGER. THAT MASTER PLAN INCLUDES THE BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS AREA, INCLUDES THE THE THE ENTIRE SITE, THE THE TENNIS CENTER IS IS REALLY IN GOOD SHAPE. OUR MAINTENANCE WE'RE HOUSED IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE. THE PLAN INCLUDES THE ENTIRE SITE HOLISTICALLY. GOOD. QUICK QUESTION. THAT PUMP STATION IS THAT THAT THAT PUMP STATION RENOVATION. IS THAT LOCATED ON CORAL WAY? YES. THAT'S THE CORNER OF THE CORAL WAY THAT CURRENTLY IS TAPED OFF. YES.

MUCH NEEDED. THAT'S BEEN A AND MANY EMAILS ABOUT THAT IN REFERENCE TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT AREA. SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT, THAT $300,000 FOR BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. IT IS ALSO LISTED IN THE COUNTRY CLUB FUND, BUT THAT WILL COME FROM GENERAL FUND REVENUE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

PLEASURE. SO THE NEXT PROJECT IS LPR SPEED TRAILERS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT OR PURCHASE OF THOSE EACH YEAR. IT'S A MODEST REQUEST OF $10,000, BUT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING IT AT THIS TIME. THERE IS SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR FOR THOSE PURCHASES CURRENTLY BODY WORN CAMERAS. SO THIS PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT IS THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT COST TO IT, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY A REQUIREMENT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AT THIS POINT. AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS, THIS IS THE COST THAT WE BEAR. SO $800,000 ANNUALLY, THE COST INCREASES SLIGHTLY EACH YEAR. BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING IT BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF OUR LIFE SAFETY. PARK, A E D CAMERA, SURVEILLANCE STATIONS. AND SO THIS IS A THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE FUNDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE PUT A. WE HAVE BEEN BEGUN PUTTING THOSE AEDS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE NOW IS WE'VE INCORPORATED THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE AS PART OF PARK PROJECTS. AND SO WE ARE NOT REQUESTING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT WHERE A PARK IS BEING RENOVATED, WE ARE INCLUDING THAT WITHIN THE RENOVATION OF THOSE PARKS. CITYWIDE ALLEYWAY AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST SCROLL UP SO IT'S EASIER TO SEE CITYWIDE ALLEYWAY PAVING IMPROVEMENTS 200 ZERO ZERO $0 IS THE ASK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO FUND EACH YEAR, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE $200,000 NEW SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS WE SPOKE ABOUT. THE REQUEST IS FOR 750 SIMILAR FUNDING AS LAST YEAR. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT BOTH OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND OUT OF MOBILITY IMPACT FEES AT THE $51,000 THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. SO SIMILAR TO THE PURCHASE OF LAND AS MOBILITY PARK IMPACT FEES COME AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE WILL IDENTIFY IF WE CAN REPLACE ANY OF THE GENERAL FUND FUNDING IN THESE PROJECTS WITH MOBILITY OR OTHER IMPACT FEES THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD QUALIFY FOR. SO WITH THIS, WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THE FULL $750,000 SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS AND CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS. AND SO AS WE SPOKE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE $250,000 REQUESTED CITY WIDE STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM. AND SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO RESURFACE. THIS IS AN ONGOING REQUIREMENT. WE TRY TO FUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE EACH YEAR. LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND HALF A MILLION. WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE FULL MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR. I'M GOING TO SKIP CITY CHANNEL MARKERS THAT HAS FUNDING, AND WE ONLY REALLY NEED IT WHEN WHEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, USUALLY AFTER A STORM CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE SPOKEN AT LENGTH ABOUT. SO THE

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THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR. GIRALDA AVENUE TREE GATE INSTALLATION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN WITHIN THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

THE REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR $120,000 TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING TREE GRATES ALONG THE GIRALDA AVENUE, PARTIALLY TO PROTECT THOSE PAVERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, STREET TREE SUCCESSION PLANS. SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE TRY TO FUND EACH YEAR. HOWEVER, LANDSCAPING DOES RECEIVE FUNDING FOR TREE MITIGATION. SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS NOT PLANTING A TREE AND AS PART OF THEIR RENOVATION OR REMODELING, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY INTO THIS FUND. AND THANKFULLY, THEY HAVE A BUILDUP OF FUNDING CURRENTLY THAT THEY CAN USE TOWARDS THIS.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT PROJECT. SO THE TOTAL ASKED FOR THE TOTAL RECURRING PROJECTS WAS 10.9, JUST OVER $10.9 MILLION. AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO THE LAST COLUMN AND SHOW YOU THAT ALL BUT $2.2 MILLION IS NOT BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING AT THIS TIME. AND SO THE TREE GRATES THE LPR, A PORTION OF THE THE 300,000 THAT WE WON'T FUND FOR PURCHASE OF LAND UNLESS MORE MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE, $30,000 FOR SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND. THE REPLACEMENT OF LITTER CANS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE FUNDING THE WATERPROOFING OF HISTORIC AND NON-HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP THOSE $2.2 MILLION THAT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING AT THIS TIME. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THE BILTMORE WAY STREETSCAPE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE INSTALLATION OF TREES, IS THAT PROJECT IMPACTED AT ALL BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL MONIES INTO STREET SUCCESSION PLAN? I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT, BUT I'M GOING. IS THAT A SEPARATE PROJECT? IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT, RIGHT. SO THE BILTMORE STREETSCAPE IS A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD HERE ON THE LIST. OKAY. IN THE BACK. YES, IT IS THE LAST VICE MAYOR. THIS IS KEEPING OUR URBAN. THIS IS TO KEEP OUR URBAN FOREST CURRENT, RIGHT? JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TREES THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR. NO. AND WE HAVE 4000 OF THEM. YEAH. THIS IS NOT REALLY A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM JOB. IT'S A EXPANSION OF OUR. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD CLARITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. IT'S IN IT'S IN A LATER SECTION. IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECTION. AND THERE IS FUNDING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AS DCM GOMES MENTIONED, THERE IS NOT NEW FUNDING BEING REQUESTED, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S OKAY. TO THE MAYOR. YES, VICE MAYOR, THE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED COMPLETELY, EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE INCLUDING LANDSCAPING. SO MOVING ON TO THE LAST SECTION, BUT ALSO THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST PROJECTS.

SO SORRY. ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, I'M COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. ONE TIME MULTI YEAR PROJECTS. SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE EITHER OUR ONE TIME OR HAVE A MULTI YEAR NEED. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE REALLY DECISION POINTS BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING A DESIGN FOR A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER IT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT. AND SO I'LL BEGIN GOING THROUGH THOSE. SO WI-FI CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING REQUESTED. THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY AND IS FUNDED. RENOVATION OF THE CORAL GABLES CINEMA. SO 240 ARAGON SO THE 440 $442,000 THAT IS IN THAT PROJECT NOW INCLUDES THE

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THAT FULL PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED BOTH BY THE CITY AND BY THE CINEMA. AND SO WHILE THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF A RENOVATION PROJECT, THE FULL FUNDING WON'T BE REFLECTED HERE. THAT WILL COME FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE THAT ONCE AN AGREEMENT IS MET. CITYWIDE FACILITY IMPACT GLASS INSTALLATION. THE $60,000 IS FOR IMPACT WINDOWS AT THE GIRL SCOUT HOUSE, AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT. WE'RE ABLE TO RECOMMEND THIS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES. SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL BEFORE MONDAY, WERE NOT BEING FUNDED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE. WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME FUNDING REQUESTS HERE OR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, METAL CANOPY STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC WORKS FUEL STATION. THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING TO REPLACE THE CANOPY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. WE ARE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. SO THE $245,000 HERE WOULD GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. WHERE IS THAT? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU THAT IS WHERE WHERE THEY WHERE THE EMPLOYEES GAS UP WITHIN THE 72ND AVENUE LOCATION. YEAH. FOR THE AWNING YOU SAID. RIGHT. YES. IT'S A METAL STRUCTURE. YES. THAT'S THE COVER OF THE THE FUELING AREA THERE CURRENTLY FUELING WITHOUT A COVER. OKAY. PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. PUBLIC. ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY IS ONE OF OUR NEWER FACILITIES, IT IS BEGINNING TO AGE AND THEREFORE WE NEED TO START MAINTAINING IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T FALL INTO THAT DETERIORATION OF AN AGE FACILITY THAT WE HAVEN'T MAINTAINED. SO LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE IT SOME FUNDING SO THAT THEY COULD GET SOME PAINTING AND SOME WORK DONE. AND SO THIS YEAR WE RECOMMEND FUNDING IT AS WELL SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE PAINTING. THEY HAVE SEVERAL BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT FACILITY. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. RENOVATION OF PASSPORT FACILITY IS A PROJECT THAT'S COMPLETE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF MINOR ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PAID OUT, BUT THAT IS COMPLETED. PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WAREHOUSE ONE ALSO WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR IS UNDERWAY. BIOCHAR FACILITY AT 72ND AVENUE. AND SO WITH THE NEGOTIATION, THE RENEGOTIATION WITH THE COUNTY FOR THE WEST TRANSFER STATION AND THE INCREASE IN RENT THAT THEY ARE NOW PAYING US, WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED THAT WE FUND THE EXISTING INCREASE OF $740,000 TOWARDS A BIOCHAR FACILITY AT 72ND AVENUE, AND TO TAKE THE MILLION DOLLARS, THE ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION TO WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED TOWARDS THAT PROJECT AS WELL THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, YES. SO I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, TO TO SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS FOR THE BIOCHAR AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON NEGOTIATING A VERY AGGRESSIVE BUT FAIR RESOLUTION WITH THE WITH THE COUNTY. IT WAS BRILLIANT. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER LATTA, AND I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR IS GOING TO SAY THE SAME AGAIN. THIS IS PROPER, PROPER AND APPROPRIATE PLANNING, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WE COULD EASILY TAKE THAT EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS THAT COMES IN FROM THE COUNTY, FROM REVENUE AS A RESULT OF THE RENEGOTIATED AGREEMENT FOR THE WASTE TRANSFER STATION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WHICH. THANK YOU FOR OUR DISTRICT SIX COMMISSIONER, NATALIE ORVIS, FOR HELPING US NEGOTIATE THAT AND COMING COMING TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MANAGER. BUT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, LIKE, ALLOCATE IT HERE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FASTER WE GET THIS BIOCHAR FACILITY UP AND RUNNING IN THE LONG RUN, AS GARBAGE BECOMES EVEN MORE COSTLY, THE GREEN MATTER THAT WE WILL BE DIVERTING FROM GOING INTO THE LANDFILL IS MORE MONEY IN OUR POCKET. SO AS RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE SEEING AND THE COUNTY JUST CAME OUT WITH THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW LEGISLATION TAX PACKAGE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST $700 MILLION. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THE COUNTY IS A MASSIVE HIT. AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DETAILING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY WERE DETAILING WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM AND THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT $700 MILLION LOSS IN REVENUE. SO TO US, WE GOT TO FIND WAYS LIKE THE BIOCHAR FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO LOWER OUR COSTS. HOW DO WE LOWER OUR COSTS, DIVERTING GREEN MATTER. THEN INSTEAD OF GOING TO A FACILITY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WHERE IT EITHER GETS INCINERATED OR GOES INTO THE LANDFILL, WHICH BY THE WAY, THE LANDFILL WILL BE FULL IN FIVE YEARS, IN FIVE YEARS. AND CURRENTLY THE INCINERATION PLANT OBVIOUSLY IS DOWN BECAUSE THAT WAS INCINERATED, AS YOU KNOW, THE COVANTA FACILITY. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE UP FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. SO THE COUNTY'S BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL. SO WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? THEY'RE GOING TO END UP RAISING FEES. THEY GOT TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO REMOVE THE GARBAGE. SO IF WE CAN DIVERT THE GREEN MATTER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED WORKING ON IN 2017. THE MANAGER AND I STARTED WORKING ON THIS

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THIS WAY, WN HELP BRIN GARBAGE FEES INHE FUTURES ABOUT, WHAT,1,300 PER YR R RESIDCTUAL HITBUDG,IGHT?M ORR? IE CURRE NUMBER. NEXTEAR'SUMBER WILL CNGE DEILL BE PRENTGHAT PRESENTATION. STHAT IBASED ON TIR CREUDGET BGET.

NTHER, IT'S IT'SHIGHER INOUYOU'Y MEETG.NOW,W, INOW,PAL I JU DON'T HAVE TT FOATIOH ME.'M JUSTLOOKIN YOURSNI KE, OH MY GO THEAYOR.ES, SIR. THEHIISSUE NLY GOING TO GET WORSE AS LANDFILLS FILL. AND CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING TO ACTUALLY REAL GARBAGE OUT OF DADE COUNTY? THIS IS WHAT THIS PROVIDES IS REALLY A HUGE ALTERNATIVE. AND, AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU USE A BIOCHAR, THE, THE VOLUMETRICS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE. YOU'RE PRODUCING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT HAS A LOT OF VOLUME AND, AND COMPLETELY MINIMIZING IT. PLUS THIS FACILITY, 72ND AVENUE HAS, HAS RAIL AND, AND THIS PRODUCT CAN BE USED IN LOW GRADE CONCRETE, LOW GRADE ASPHALT FERTILIZER. IT JUST HAS QUITE A NUMBER OF USES. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, ALSO TO, TO, TO, FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL USES OF BIOCHAR. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A POTENTIAL GRANT FOR THAT WITH, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SO AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS SECTION IS THAT, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS AND SOME OF THESE ARE REALLY DECISION POINTS. AND SO SINCE THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, I HAVE THE COLUMNS HIDDEN EXCEPT FOR 2028. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, AS WE START TO GO DOWN THE LIST, DON'T HAVE FUNDING REQUESTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT WE WOULD PLAN TO DO IN FUTURE YEARS. AND SO THAT PLANNING IS ALL DEPENDENT ON AVAILABLE FUNDING.

AND SO AS YOU AS I GO THROUGH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO POINT THAT OUT. AND A COUPLE OF THEM I WILL POINT OUT TO YOU THOSE NUMBERS. SO THE BIOCHAR FACILITY, OBVIOUSLY WE RECOMMEND FUNDING IT. WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE REVENUE TO DO SO. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE RECOMMEND PUTTING THAT FUNDING. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY. MERRICK HOUSE REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTED FOR THIS YEAR. GENE WARD SCULPTURES, WHITEWAY LIGHT RESTORATION, THOSE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THOSE HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THERE. THE VENETIAN POOL, SALT WATER INTRUSION, MITIGATION. THIS IS A FUTURE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, THAT THE POOL HAS ISSUES WITH WATER INTRUSION, AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH THAT.

THIS $600,000 THAT YOU SEE IN 2028 IS JUST A SMALL PIECE OF ABOUT 2.1, PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO IT OF A PROJECT TO TO DEAL WITH THAT, TO DEAL WITH THAT. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, BUT WE DO HAVE IT LISTED AS A FUTURE YEAR NEED. VICE MAYOR. YES. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE HERE IS A SALTWATER INTRUSION LINE MOVING TOWARDS VENETIAN POOL. IT'S NOT THERE NOW.

VENETIAN POOL GETS GETS FRESH WATER EVERY DAY. IT'S IT'S MINIMALLY TREATED. SO AS A AS A SALTWATER INTRUSION LINE GETS. IF IT DOES GET TO THE POOL AREA, THEN WE'LL HAVE AND WE'LL HAVE A SALTWATER ISSUE THERE. IT MIGHT HAVE TO TURN INTO A POOL, INTO AN ACTUAL POOL INSTEAD OF THE RECYCLING THAT THAT WE DO NOW. SO, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT SEEMS TO HAVE KIND OF STOPPED AT THAT AREA. SHORT AND SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND DURHAM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN MITIGATING THAT. BUT BUT IF IF IT MOVES, IT'S VERY CLOSE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SIR. SO AGAIN, THERE'S NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING ASKED FOR THE CENTENNIAL PUBLIC ART PROGRAM OR THE FINKE BUILDING RENOVATION. THERE ARE SOME SMALL ITEMS THAT ARE BEING DEALT THAT ARE BEING PERFORMED AT THAT BUILDING. MIRACLE THEATER RESTORATION. THERE IS NOT A CURRENT REQUEST, HOWEVER, THERE IS FUTURE. THERE IS

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SO THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF PENDING ITEMS WITHIN THE GARAGE THAT ARE. SO THERE'S STILL JUST SOME PENDING FUNDING, BUT NO NEW REQUESTS FOR THIS LOCATION. ROOFTOP SOLAR. PHOTOVOLTAIC CANOPY AT MINORCA GARAGE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDING THAT PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. WE HAVE SOME FUNDING IN THERE. AND THAT PROJECT, NOTHING NEW BEING REQUESTED. BETSY ADAMS PARK ENHANCEMENT CATALONIA AND DURANGO PARK. SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO THE PARK SECTION. WHILE THE COMMUNITY WOULD ALWAYS LIKE FOR US TO RENOVATE AND ENHANCE PARKS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND OR CONSTRUCT NEW AND ENHANCED PARKS EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE BEGIN PLANNING WHICH PARKS WE COULD PRIORITIZE AND WHEN BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING AND WHAT OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING AT AT THIS TIME. SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR THESE FUNDINGS FROM STAFF, BUT WE HAVE PUT THEM IN OUT YEARS SO THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF THEM AND WE CONSIDER THEM AS FUNDING AND, AND STAFF COMMITMENT IS IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE, IF I MAY, FOR THE RECORD, AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT THE MANAGER AND I WORKED ON WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE FORTHCOMING IN THE DOWNTOWN, THESE PARKS ARE NOT GOING TO COST THE CITY A DOLLAR, NOT ONLY FOR ACQUISITION BUT ALSO FOR PROGRAMING. STAFF HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR WORKING WITH THESE DEVELOPERS AND ENSURING THAT, AGAIN, A STANDARD OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES IS NOT ONLY UPHELD BUT SURPASSED. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING WITH SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE ART THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED, AND A LOT OF THE SHADE TREES THAT I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR WORKED ON ALSO TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME REAL SPECIMEN TREES IN THESE AREAS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY MAKE THE CITY PROUD. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO COST THE CITY ANY MONEY. OBVIOUSLY, POND CIRCLE PARK IS GOING TO COST THE CITY SIGNIFICANT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT IS FORTHCOMING FROM DEVELOPERS THAT THEY'VE ALSO AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEIR PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. SO HAMMOCK OAKS PARK IS ALSO LISTED HERE, BUT IT HAS PRIOR FUNDING AVAILABLE. I'M GOING TO SCROLL UP JUST SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO FOLLOW. SO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE ON THE SCREEN. MERRICK PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY ANY FUNDING REQUESTED.

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AND YOU CAN STOP IT, BUT A SIMPLE CURB WILL STOP CARS FROM GOING IN THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY IT'S A GRAVEL PIT ROAD. IS THAT AN ISSUE OF SUNLIGHT? BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS SUNLIGHT THERE. SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO MISS BELL AND SHE CAN GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE THROUGH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE. I CAN, IF I CAN RECOMMEND. SO THE FACT THAT I WANT TO PUT IT AS A NOTE, WHEN WE DO FUND THAT, THAT SIDEWALK THAT WE, WE, WE, WE THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE DESIGN IT. THE MAYOR, I THINK WE HAVE AN IDEA. OKAY, COOL. SO A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS DOWN, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK THAT CORAL GABLES WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IT AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, WASN'T NOTING WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IT LITERALLY, YOU HAVE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND THEN IT'S GRAVEL AND THEN IT'S HOMES AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHY IS THAT LIKE THAT? IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE PARK THEIR. YES. SO A COUPLE OF PROJECTS DOWN MARKED AS NUMBER 95 IS THE CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARK. WE HAD ALLOCATED $50,000 FOR SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, BUT THERE'S NOW BEEN WORK DONE THERE. AND SO IT IT'S NOT OUR IT'S OUR OPINION THAT THE $50,000 IS NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARY ANY LONGER FOR THAT PURPOSE, BECAUSE THEY'VE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AND SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TAKING THAT $50,000 AND MOVING IT TO THE MANATEE OUTLOOK OVERLOOK BECAUSE OF THE BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO THAT AREA AND DOING

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JUST PLANTING GRASS ALONE IS NOT GOING TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PULLING OFF. THEY'RE GOING TO PULL OFF. SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAYBE LOOK AT SIGN TO ER THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THE CURB WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. AND I WOULD THINK IN THAT AREA TO DESIGN WISE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT A WIDER SIDEWALK IN THE AREA BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE BIKE TRAFFIC AND WOULD RATHER KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. PERFECT. I LIKE IT THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN KEEPING THE 50,000 THAT HAVE BEEN SEGREGATED WHILE WE WE STILL TRY AND WORK THROUGH WHAT MIGHT BE DONE AT CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH RESPECT TO PERHAPS A JOINT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, TO TO LEASE THE PARK, I IT'S I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S DEAD IN THE WATER. IT JUST HASN'T MOVED WITH THE SPEED THAT WE ALL WOULD WANT. AND IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WITH MEETINGS THAT THE MAYOR, I MEAN, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE HAD WITH THE CHAIR, MARIO DE ROJAS, THE RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. IF WE COULD JUST MAYBE KEEP IT ON JUST FOR ONE MORE TURN, ONE MORE CYCLE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY EXHAUST AND SEE IF WE CAN PUSH SOMETHING FORWARD. THERE HAVE BEEN VICE MAYOR QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE NEW FOOTBALL FIELD, YOU GOT A GYMNASIUM THAT'S COMING. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S NO PARK IN AND AROUND THAT AREA. MAYBE SOMETHING CAN CAN BE DONE THERE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE EVEN CONSIDER DOING ANY SERIOUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE CLEAR, DELINEATED USE AND RIGHTS OVER IT. AND THAT'S THE PUSH AND PULL THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THAT'S MY, MY, MY REQUEST IS THAT WE KEEP IT FOR ONE MORE TURN. OKAY. OKAY.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY YES, SIR. WE CAN CERTAINLY KEEP THAT IF. COMMISSIONER LAURA, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT WAS THAT WAS COMPLETE. BUT I GUESS FROM WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US IS NOT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO THE SIDEWALK THERE, I THINK WE CAN DO A SPECIAL TREATMENT THROUGH THAT RIGHT OF WAY. AND I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE IT AS THROUGH THAT AS AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OF THAT SIDEWALK, MAYBE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE ENHANCED, RIGHT WHERE THE WATERWAY RIGHT OF WAY IS, AND THEN COME BACK TO A REGULAR SIDEWALK AREA. SO I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT MAYOR THROUGH IN THAT PROGRAM, IN THAT SIDEWALK PROGRAM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND KEEP THE 50,000. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO THE SO I WILL WORK THROUGH THE MANAGER AND STAFF TO SEE WHAT A GOOD ESTIMATE WOULD BE TO PUT IN THAT PROJECT. SO WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS MEETING BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDS, ONCE I IS GOING TO GO INTO OUR JULY 1ST BUDGET. SO I WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THERE IS FUNDING, HOW MUCH THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE, AND IF THERE IS FUNDING, I WILL WORK TO INCLUDE IT IN THE JULY 1ST ESTIMATE.

BUT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE JULY 1ST ESTIMATE, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO SEE WHAT THE ESTIMATE IS AND FUND IT. SO JUST SO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LIST OF PROJECTS, AND WE'LL SEE HOW ALL OF THAT PANS OUT. SO JUST SO THAT I STATE THAT CLEARLY AS TO WHAT WHAT WILL RESULT FROM TODAY'S MEETING CITYWIDE PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL COURT INSTALLATION. SO THERE IS NOT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING REQUESTED THIS YEAR. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN THE PROJECT CURRENTLY, AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS PLANNED FOR THE PERMANENT COURTS AT KERDYK, RIGHT AT THE BILTMORE KERDYK CENTER. AND SO WITH THE MOVE OF THE GONDOLA BUILDING TO THAT SITE, THE SPACE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO PICKLEBALL IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE USED. AND SO I KNOW THAT STAFF AND THE MANAGER PLAN TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS TO WHAT THE BROADER PICKLEBALL CONVERSATION IS AND WHERE PICKLEBALL SITES WILL BE.

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CORAL BAY PARK RENOVATION ENHANCEMENT. AND SO THE REQUEST FOR $300,000 IS TO BEGIN DESIGN.

THAT IS A PARK THAT IS DOWN SOUTH OFF OF CAMPAMENTO. AND SO IT IS A LARGE PARK THAT WOULD NEED SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION. AND THE FUTURE ESTIMATE FOR THAT PARK IS UPWARDS OF ALMOST $4 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS WOULD BE TO BEGIN DESIGN AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THAT PARK AND WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WOULD BE. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT AT THIS MOMENT. SORRY. OKAY. NORTH ENTRANCE PARK. SO WE'VE TALKED MUCH ABOUT THIS. THAT IS THE PIECE OF LAND OFF OF PONCE. THIS IS ALREADY FUNDED. THE SORRY, THAT WAS A THAT'S A FUTURE REQUEST OF ABOUT $1.2 MILLION IN FISCAL 28. CURRENTLY. NO FUNDING GOING INTO THAT PROJECT. ROTARY PARK ENHANCEMENT. SO THIS PARK IS PARTIALLY FUNDED. THERE'S A $546,000 ASK TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION AT THAT PARK. THAT IS THAT INCLUDES LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS OF PLAYGROUND SHADED PLAY AREAS AND LANDSCAPING. AND SO WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. WE WERE HOPING TO GET A GRANT, BUT THE GRANTS THAT WE TYPICALLY GET ABOUT $200,000 PER PARK FOR WAS NOT FUNDED THIS YEAR BY THE STATE, AND THEREFORE NO GRANTS WERE AWARDED. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS. EXCUSE ME, MADAM DIRECTOR, I HAD ON MY LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS DONE. THE ROTARY PARK. YEAH. WE'RE ON DESIGN RIGHT NOW, MR. MANAGER. WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? IT'S COMPLETED. DESIGN IS COMPLETED, CORRECT? YES. SO WHEN DO YOU THINK WE START ON ROTARY PARK? IT'S IN PERMITTING. NOW, THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER. AFTER OCTOBER. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR PROCUREMENT NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PREFERRED GRANT. SO PROCUREMENT IS THE NEXT STEP. SO WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE DESIGN AND WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY INPUT. WE'VE DONE ALL THAT. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO USE BOTH PIECES OF BOTH THE SCREEN AND THE PAPER, AND IT'S NOT REALLY WORKING OUT THAT GOOD FOR ME. OKAY. JAMES AND SALLY, JUDE PARK RENOVATION. SO $280,000. THIS IS ALSO FOR DESIGN FOR A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE SCREEN. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT SLATED FOR 2029 OF ABOUT $4 MILLION FOR THAT PARK. THIS IS THE PREVIOUS SUNRISE PARK OFF OF DOUGLAS BETWEEN SUNRISE AND MORNINGSIDE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THE DESIGN. WE'LL SEE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAPPEN BASED ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY AT THAT POINT. PONCE DE LEON PARK IMPROVEMENT THIS IS THE SMALL TRIANGLE OFF OF PONCE DE LEON $250,000. WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING BECAUSE THIS WOULD GO RIGHT ALONG WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING ALL UP AND DOWN. PONCE DE LEON MOVING INTO THE FLAGLER SECTION, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE PROJECTS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE $250,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. CURRENTLY, NOTHING FOR THE MINOR RENOVATIONS OF THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN DONE AS WE'VE DISCUSSED SALVADOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE $350,000 HERE IS FOR THE TENNIS PRO SHOP, MAINLY FOR THE TENNIS PRO SHOP. AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT. IT'S IN PRETTY POOR SHAPE AND NEEDS SOME RENOVATIONS. WE SPOKE TO THE MAYOR. WE ALSO HAVE IMPACT FEES COMING FROM PONCE. PONCE. THANK YOU. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE KEEPING TABS OF WHEN THE AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS EXTINGUISHED, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS WE'RE LEFT ON THAT AGREEMENT. HOW MANY? 2030. SO WE'RE AROUND THE CORNER. WE'RE AROUND THE CORNER. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO ARE AS VERY CAREFUL AS WE ARE WITH THE YOUTH CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS WHERE RESIDENTS GET PRIORITY, AS LONG AS RESIDENTS ARE GETTING PRIORITY, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO PUT THE FUNDS INTO THOSE PROJECTS. I HAVE A CONCERN IN PUTTING ANY MORE MONEY IN PROJECTS WHERE, AGAIN, RESIDENTS ARE NOT RECEIVING 110% OF THE PREFERRED TREATMENT THAT THEY DESERVE. SO THIS IS A CASE CASE POINT. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS PARK ALREADY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. WE JUST ACQUIRED A PIECE OF LAND NEXT DOOR. YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING VERY SPECTACULAR IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ALSO BECAUSE THE PARK IS ALREADY VERY, VERY FULL, VERY FULL. AND AGAIN, I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY ENJOYS OUR PARKS. EVERYBODY IS

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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS COMPLETE. THERE'S A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE PENDING JUST WITH CURRENT STAFF THAT'S IN THE BUILDING. AS WE MOVE OUT, THERE'S SOME TRAINING ROOM MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT. SO NOT TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE PROJECT, BUT THERE IS ABOUT $350,000 IN THAT PROJECT. COULD I MAKE A REQUEST THROUGH THE MANAGER? ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT UP TO THE MANAGER IS THE ISSUE THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THAT THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED AND JUST KEPT UP A BRAND NEW BRAND NEW FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WINDOWS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WINDOWS ON THE SIDE HERE ON SALCEDO, YOU LOOK AT THE WINDOWS ADJACENT TO, TO TO THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, THESE WINDOWS OUTSIDE, THEY NEED TO BE CLEANED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE THESE THE METAL IS TARNISHING. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND TO THE ELEMENTS, BUT I THINK IF WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN IT A LITTLE BIT, WE COULD GET RID OF SOME OF THE COBWEBS, GET RID OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE.

AND SIMILAR WITH WITH THE FIRE STATION ON US. ONE, WE NEED THE FIREFIGHTERS REALLY STEP UP AND AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE A CHECKLIST OF ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE WITH THE FACILITY, THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE FACILITIES UP. WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THE FACILITY ON US.

ONE EXTERIOR, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DIRTY. THERE'S RUST, YOU HAVE THE CORNER BEADS, AND I'VE AND I'VE SENT PICTURES AS THE CORNER BEADS OF OF THAT AREA HAVE MAJOR ISSUES WITH RUST. THIS IS THEIR THIS IS THEIR HOME. THIS IS THEIR FACILITY. THEY SHOULD WANT IT TO LOOK ITS BEST. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCKS LOOKING THEIR BEST. IT'S ABOUT THE FACILITY THAT THEY'RE IN LOOKING THEIR BEST. AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE UPKEEP OF THE INTERIORS, KITCHENS, FLOORS. AGAIN, WE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW,

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ONE THE PARKING GARAGE ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, A NEW FIRE STATION FOR THE REMODELING OF THE FIRE STATION AT OLD CUTLER. MR. MANAGER, IS IT SAFE TO SAY $150 MILLION? THAT'S SAFE TO SAY YES. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SO MUCH FACILITY, 150 MILLION JUST IN THOSE FOUR FACILITIES ALONE. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT PASSING OUT $150 MILLION BONDS TAKE CARE OF THEIR FACILITIES. SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ABOUT PENSIONS. AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING CARE OF THE PENSIONS. BUT WE WE FIGHT OVER THESE PENSION ISSUES, BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. NO ONE CAN COMPARE. AT A MINIMUM, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING BY AND TAKING PICTURES AND SENDING THEM TO THE DCM SAYING, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS IS DIRTY AND AT A MINIMUM, AGAIN, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, THEN WE HAVE TO HIRE A COMPANY TO DO IT FOR THEM. BUT IF YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT JUST FOR EXAMPLE, FROM GRADE, FROM GRADE TO EIGHT FEET UP, THE WALLS ARE SO DIRTY ON THE US ONE, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A WORKING FACILITY, BUT JUST LIKE WE SPEND TIME DOING CALISTHENICS AND WE SPEND TIME WASHING THE TRUCKS AND WE SPEND TIME, LET'S MAINTAIN THE BUILDING. HOW MUCH WAS THAT RENOVATION, MR. MANAGER? IT WAS OVER $20 MILLION FOR $20 MILLION. THE ONE ON THE ONE ON SUNDAY. IT'S A BRAND NEW FACILITY. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO. THAT FACILITY SHOULD BE IMPECCABLE TO BE PICKED UP. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH MAINTENANCE, WE NEED TO SEND NOTICE TO THE MANAGER. THE MANAGER CAN PROVIDE IN THE BUDGET SEASON. WE HAVE NOW FOUR MONTHS. CORRECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. HOW MANY MONTHS DO WE HAVE BEFORE WE RATIFY THE BUDGET? FOUR MONTHS. THREE MONTHS? FOUR MONTHS? YEAH. IF I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S A BAD LOOK FOR THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. WHEN YOU HAVE A $20 MILLION FACILITY THAT WAS RENOVATED. AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN WALK IT WITH YOU AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE RUST IS, AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE WALLS ARE. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. THOSE CANOPIES WHERE THE CARS ARE, THEY SHOULD BE CLEANED DAILY WITH A HOSE. WE SHOULD SPEND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE SPEND ON OUR OWN PERSONAL APPEARANCE. WE SHOULD SPEND THAT SAME ALSO ON THE BUILDING. IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M. IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST. I MEAN, IF YOU MAINTAIN THINGS AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY LAST MUCH LONGER AND YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LIVING THERE. SO IF WE COULD, IF I WOULD LIKE THROUGH THE MANAGER PLEASE, BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, TO BE SOMETHING THAT JUST A CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE US, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND GET FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ON ISSUES OF MAINTENANCE? IS IT IS IT PRESSURE CLEANING? IS IT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A ROUTINE MEETINGS WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR STAFF JUST TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER? MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER. THANK YOU. BECAUSE BY THE WAY, WE TURNED THE KEYS OVER. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB STATION FOR YOU.

TURN IT OVER. IT'S IMPECCABLE. I WANT IT TO REMAIN IMPECCABLE. HOW MUCH WAS THAT INVESTMENT? 15 MILLION. WAS THAT. YEAH. BY THE TIME IT'S FINISHED, WITH EVERYTHING OVER 15 MILLION. 15 MILLION. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR. I HATE TO BE THE BAD GUY WHO BRINGS THIS UP, BUT YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE IS CRUCIAL. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SPENDING $15 MILLION OF CITY MONEY. IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING IT FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THE BEST FACILITIES, THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, BUT ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS EMPLOYEES AND STEWARDS OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T COST THE CITY MORE MONEY DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO I'VE MOVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE CHARTS. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE POLICE MOBILE COMMAND UNIT. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING REQUESTED. FIRE STATION THREE TELECOM TOWER REINFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FUNDING AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED AT THIS TIME. FIRE STATION ONE APPARATUS, BAY DOORS. THAT'S THE FIRE STATION IN THIS BUILDING. AND SO NOW THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE GREAT DOORS THAT ARE IN FIRE STATION FOR THE REQUEST IS TO PUT SIMILAR DOORS AT THIS FIRE STATION. THE DOORS IN THIS FIRE STATION WORK FINE. MAYBE NOT AS WELL AS THEY'RE NOT AS PREFERABLE. THEY'RE EASY TO OPEN THE NEW FIRE STATION FOUR. THEY'RE EASIER TO OPEN, BUT THERE IS NOT ANY ISSUES WITH THE DOORS CURRENTLY AT THIS BUILDING. AND SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT WE TRY TO GET AS MUCH LIFE OUT OF THE EXISTING DOORS BEFORE WE LOOK AT REPLACING THEM WITH NEW DOORS. SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING THOSE. MR. MANAGER, WHAT'S THE PRICE ON THOSE DOORS? THE REQUEST WOULD BE 700,000 TO REPLACE THOSE DOORS. I CAN'T SEE A JUSTIFICATION UNLESS IT'S A UNLESS IT'S. YOU'RE TELLING ME

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THE FIRE STATION FOUR DOORS ARE TRULY STATE OF THE ART AND THEY'RE AMAZING. SO THEY'RE THE NEW STANDARD. SO WE'LL IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO TO REDO. BUT THEY ARE THERE TO WORK. FANTASTIC. LET'S MAKE SURE WE CAN EAT OFF THE GROUND OF THE BUILDING FIRST BEFORE WE START REPLACING DOORS THAT ARE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD. WE WILL WE WILL KEEP IT AS A TICKLER FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, BUT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING IT AT THIS TIME. EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE INTERSECTION, PREEMPTION SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE COUNTY FROM. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION ON THAT. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THIS TIME. WE'RE NOT A PLAZA. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE HAVE THAT FUNDED. WE DON'T ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THIS TIME. GOING TO SCROLL UP BECAUSE WE NOW GET MORE INTO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. SO INSTALLATION OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THE REQUEST IS FOR $300,000. WE ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING FUNDING THIS. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE RIVIERA AREA. AND SO THAT IS CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED AND FUNDED FROM GENERAL FUNDS AT THIS TIME. WE'RE NOT A PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FROM BIRD ROAD TO PONCE DE LEON. AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS $1.7 MILLION IN THIS PROJECT COMES FROM MIAMI-DADE IMPACT FEES.

AND SO THEREFORE, WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT IT, AND WE ARE FUNDING IT WITH THOSE IMPACT FEES FOR NEXT YEAR. GRANADA PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FROM DE SOTO BOULEVARD TO BIRD ROAD. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WERE MENTIONING, HAS A FDOT GRANT, AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, 139,000 109,000 OF THAT WOULD COME FROM THE GRANT, 30,000 FROM THE CITY. WITH THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY PLANNED IN 2030. BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH FDOT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A COMMITMENT TO FUND THAT SOONER. SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK, YOU'LL SEE IT OUTLINED IN 2030. BUT AS WE WORK WITH THEM, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE THAT IF IT IF IT COMES TO FRUITION. SOUTH GABLES NEIGHBORHOOD MILLING AND RESURFACING. SO THIS IS FOR MILLING AND RESURFACING IN THREE AREAS. AND I DO HAVE TO LOOK AT MY BOOK FOR THAT. SO IT WOULD BE A REQUEST FROM COCO PLUM, A REQUEST FROM SOLANO PRADO. AND THERE'S ONE THAT I CAN NEVER REMEMBER. AND BELLA VISTA. SO BELLA VISTA, SOLANO PRADO AND THE ISLES OF COCOA PLUM. SO THAT TOTAL ASK IS $2.6 MILLION. CURRENTLY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE WILL CONSIDER WHETHER THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED THERE. BILTMORE WAY STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. THE VICE MAYOR BROUGHT UP THIS PROJECT. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND AGREED ON.

QUICK QUESTION DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDING THERE FOR PLANNING AND FOR CONSULTANTS, FOR DESIGN? ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE? I KNOW WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ALREADY. WE CAN COME BACK TO IT, MADAM DIRECTOR, IF YOU'D LIKE. SO CURRENTLY THE FUNDING THAT'S IN THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT 570,000/570,000. SOME HAVE BEEN ENCUMBERED FOR DESIGN AND CEI SERVICES. THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THERE'S JUST UNDER $900,000 FOR LANDSCAPING FOR THE TOTAL THAT'S IN THE PROJECT, AVAILABLE OF $1.5 MILLION. IF I MAY ASK YOU, AND I LEAVE THIS UP TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT TODAY, CAN WE? THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS, ALONG WITH THE NORTH AREA OF ANTHONY STREET. YOU KNOW, THAT AREA WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ROTARY PARK, AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO MENTION ALSO THE ENTRANCE FEATURE ON 37TH AVENUE AND PONCE LATER. THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS I WANT TO BRING UP.

THESE ARE TWO AREAS TO ME THAT ARE IMPORTANT, ARE WINNING OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS THAT WE THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD FOCUS IN ON. I KNOW THAT THE COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANT. EACH ONE OF

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CERTAINLY A MEDIAN DOWN THE CENTER, I THINK, WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HELP PROTECT PEDESTRIANS, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU SORT OF A WAYLAY STATION TO STOP AT WHILE YOU'RE TAKING OFF, GETTING ACROSS A VERY, VERY BUSY HIGHWAY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SECTION TO HAVE A PLACE TO WAIT AFTER YOU'VE GOTTEN HALFWAY ACROSS. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMES FROM WEST TO EAST. THERE'S LESS. IT GOES FROM EAST TO WEST IN ONE SECTION, WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN TRUNCATED DOWN TO ONE LANE AS YOU'RE HEADING, HEADING WEST FROM THE SECTION EAST TO TO THE WEST. SO I WE DO HAVE SOME PLANS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THIS IN STEPS AND GET THE TREES IN FIRST AND THEN PEOPLE I KNOW A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE WANTED TO PUT SOME KIND OF A MEDIAN IN BETWEEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GRAB SOME ASPHALT. MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR. MY POINT WAS, I KNOW THAT WE HAD PLANS.

I WAS I WENT TO ONE OF THE MEETINGS ALSO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO I JUST WANT TO GET STARTED ON SOMETHING. MAYOR. YES. YEAH. I'M SORRY MAYOR, I THOUGHT YOU HAD JUMPED TO THE TO ITEM 13136 AND WE'RE WE'RE ON ON THE BILTMORE AREA. WE ARE WE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC QUITE A BIT. WE'LL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. ALSO, WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A PARKING GARAGE, TWO PARKING GARAGES, AND UNDERNEATH THAT EXTEND ONE INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ONE PARTIALLY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL FIRE PLAN FOR, FOR THOSE BUILDINGS. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT POTENTIAL MEDIAN. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME CROSSWALKS THERE, BUT NOT, NOT SIGNALIZED CROSSWALKS. YEAH. AND BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL COST, HOWEVER, THE PLAN THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS WILL CERTAINLY IMPROVE THAT AREA FROM A, FROM A CONGESTION POINT OF VIEW QUITE A BIT. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES AS FAR AS TREES ARE CONCERNED. TREES CANNOT BE PLACED IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUND. THE UNDERGROUND PARKING ONE ONE EXTENDS INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE OTHER EXTENDS ALMOST INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO SO WE, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE PLANNING THAT WITH, WITH ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN MIND. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND I HAD JUST MENTIONED THE THE MAYOR. YES, I JUST MENTIONED

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HOW ARE WE DOING ON TIME? DO WE HAVE MUCH MORE? SO WE HAVE 32 MINUTES, BUT I THINK WE'RE OUR GOAL WAS TO END A LITTLE BIT SOONER, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH THE REST OF IT VERY QUICKLY. SO I WILL SPEAK QUICKER. SO THE MANAGER ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE DESOTO FOUNTAIN TRAFFIC CIRCLE. WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT DESIGN NOW SO THAT WE CAN LINE IT UP WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE GRANADA PEDESTRIAN PROJECT. THE NEXT FEW PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS, WELL, VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS LISTED IN YOUR BOOK, BECAUSE WE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE IDENTIFIED THAT MUCH OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PONCE DE LEON STREETSCAPES, GOING ALL THE WAY FROM MERRICK PARK TO THE FLAGLER SECTION. MUCH OF IT WAS PLANNED IN OUR LANDSCAPING BUDGET. THE CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING BUDGET, WHICH IS TWO PROJECTS DOWN. AND SO WE SEPARATED THE FUNDING SO THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING INTO THE VARIOUS PONCE DE LEON PHASES. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE PHASE THREE. SO PONCE DE LEON STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PHASE THREE FROM SALAMANCA AVENUE TO ANTEQUERA AVENUE. AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT IS BEING UNDERWAY AND BEING COMPLETED. NOW, THE NEXT PLAN IS TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE FLAGLER SECTION. AND SO WITH THE DIRECTION TO ALSO USE THE PONCE MOBILITY IMPACT FEES TOWARDS THAT FLAGLER SECTION, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THIS PROJECT AND POTENTIALLY ANY WORK THAT CAN BE DONE WITH PARK IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING $400,000 FOR, I BELIEVE THAT'S PLANNING WITH FUTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FOR THE FLAGLER SECTION.

AND THEN THE NEXT PROJECT IS BIRD ROAD TO MERRICK PARK. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE FUNDING WAS WITHIN THE CITY WIDE LANDSCAPING PROJECT. WE'VE SEPARATED IT. AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND DO SOME MILLING AND RESURFACING. THERE WAS TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS VERY DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE MEDIAN IS CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE ANGLED PARKING. AND SO FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S MILLING AND RESURFACING AND LANDSCAPING THAT'S BEING PLANNED IN THAT AREA. BUT AS STAFF EVALUATES IT, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WHAT WORK EXACTLY WILL BE DONE THERE AS IT'S A FUTURE PHASE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR GOING DOWN THE LINE. WE THEN HAVE NORRIS AVENUE TO ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SO $340,000 FOR DESIGN AND A FUTURE PROJECT OF ABOUT $2.3 MILLION. AND THEN ALHAMBRA CIRCLE TO PONCE CIRCLE PARK DESIGN WITH A POTENTIAL $2 MILLION PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. AND THE IDEA IS TO GET ALL OF PONCE DE LEON DONE AND JUST NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, PIECEMEAL PROJECTS. SO WHERE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS WORK. AND STAFF IS LOOKING EXACTLY WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DONE IN THE FUTURE AS THEY DESIGN THOSE THROUGH THE MAYOR. THIS TAKES CARE OF PONCE DE LEON FROM FLAGLER TO US. ONE PERFECT. GREAT WORK. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT AND WE'RE IMPACT FEES ARE AVAILABLE. WE'RE ALLOCATING IT. THERE ARE. I'LL JUST TAKE LIBERTY VERY QUICKLY TO SAY THAT THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT MOBILITY IMPACT FEES FROM A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SPONSORED BY YOU ALL WAS THE WE SEPARATED THE BILTMORE SECTION.

SO WE'VE COLLECTED AS OF APRIL 60TH $5,000, $66,000 IN THE BILTMORE SECTION, THE CRAFT SECTION $275,000 AS OF APRIL. THE FLAGLER SECTION HAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT RIGHT NOW, $1,300.

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE, AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT TOWARDS THAT FLAGLER SECTION PROJECT. AND THEN NOW THE RESOLUTION TO DEDICATE ANYTHING FROM PONCE EIGHT TO THE FLAGLER SECTION AS WELL. SO GOING DOWN THE LINE, NORTH PONCE STREETSCAPE PLANNING, WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED THAT CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION PROJECTS. THAT IS A MUCH SMALLER ASK THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN YOUR BOOK BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN THOSE ITEMS OUT. THIS IS THEN TO ADDRESS LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IRRIGATION, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING. THAT FULL AMOUNT. NO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING 470 000 BASED ON THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY, $200,000 SHORT ON THE FUNDING FOR THAT AREA. MIRACLE MILE, IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, HOWEVER. SO ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT FULLY FUND THE CITY LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, WE HAVE HEARD THE NEED FOR IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING ON MIRACLE MILE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FULLY FUNDING THAT REQUEST OF $510,000 LED STREET LIGHT CONVERSION. SO THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO WE RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO FUND THAT CONVERSION AT $350,000. AND THAT IS THE LAST PROJECT THAT HAS NEW FUNDING REQUESTS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO YOU WILL SEE

[02:20:03]

OKAY. SO YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING HERE BECAUSE UNLESS CHIEF HUDAK IS GOING TO SEND HIS FORCES OVER THERE TO PUSH PEOPLE ONTO THE SIDEWALK OR TELL PEOPLE TO GO HOME, WE ARE AT DESTINATION WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO ENJOY RUNNING AND THE OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE. SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING. PEOPLE TELL ME, VINCE, YOU PUT A RUNNING PATH ON THE GOLF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET HIT BY GOLF COURSE, BY GOLF BALLS. THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING IN THAT PATH, ALREADY RUNNING ON THE STREET. SO YOU RUN AT YOUR RISK. I'D RATHER DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DELINEATED. AND THAT IS A PATH WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY, THE POLICE CAN SAY OR WHOEVER'S OUT THERE AND SAY, LISTEN, WHY DON'T YOU RUN ON THE PATH, NOT RUN ON THE STREET? OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE IDEA THAT I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED IN PAYING FOR A RUNNING PATH AT A PERSONAL LEVEL. AND I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T COME TO SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS.

SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, YES, I AGREE THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT WAS INTERESTED AND WOULD HAVE TO RE-APPROACH THAT INDIVIDUAL. WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF SURFACE, WHETHER IT'S THAT RUBBERIZED SURFACE OR ASPHALT, TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SERVICE GOING FOR THE FUTURE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS WITH TREE ROOTS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL SUBSTRATE ON TOP OF THEM TO OVER OR NOT, BECAUSE SOME TREES YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH. SO A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD IT WITH THE MANAGER'S HELP. WE HAD IT EXTENDED FROM THE LITTLE AREA, CORAL WAY ADJACENT, BEHIND THE BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN WHERE THERE'S A PATH JUST DIED THERE. AND WE EXTENDED IT A LITTLE FURTHER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A SURFACE TO RUN ON. THAT'S THE ASPHALT THAT RUNS ON CORAL WAY. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, MR. MANAGER, WE CAN JUST, IN OUR NEXT WORKSHOP, JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO HERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL COST? WHAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR RADAR. YEAH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN THAT MASTER PLAN. I THINK IT'S THE MASTER PLAN IS A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THESE OPTIONS. AND THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION WE SINCE WE'RE HANDLING EVERYTHING HOLISTICALLY, THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF, OF OUR OF OUR OVERALL CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB, GOLF COURSE AND TENNIS FACILITY. PERFECT. LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THERE.

SO THAT BUYS US SOME TIME TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. ANOTHER THING THAT I TALKED TO THE ACM ABOUT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM A RESIDENT, WAS THE THE PARK CAFE OUTDOOR DINING AREA. SO WHY NOT? WHY NOT POTENTIALLY DO JUST REMOVE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS NOT MAJOR LANDSCAPING AND PUT LIKE A LITTLE PLAY AREA THERE ADJACENT TO TO THE WINDOW, NOT IN FRONT, NOT IN FRONT OF THE PARK, WHICH FACES BURGER BOB'S, BUT THE ADJACENT AREA. MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT SOME SHRUBS,

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THANK YOU. IN REGARDS TO SUNRISE HARBOR PARK, DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDS? I DIDN'T CATCH IT AVAILABLE FOR SUNRISE HARBOR PARK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS THERE AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BASKETBALL COURT IS NOT REALLY USED, AND THEY WANTED TO TRANSFORM IT TO PICKLEBALL. YES. THAT'S INCLUDED. WE HAVE 281,000 FOR DESIGN. OKAY. CAN WE COME THROUGH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE? CAN WE CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? DO FRED, DO YOU WANT TO DIRECTOR, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? IT WAS DISCUSSED. IT'S JUST NOW SUNRISE PARK IS KNOWN AS JUDE PARK. SO THEN WE DID DISCUSS IT. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO GET THE FINANCING FOR THE DESIGN THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTENSIVE PROJECT. I JUST WANT TO KEEP BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE OR CORAL BAY BECAUSE CORAL BAY AND JUDE ARE TWO THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. ONE THIS YEAR, ONE NEXT.

CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED FUNDING THE DESIGN FOR THE THE SPONGE. OH, NO. SORRY, THAT'S A LIE.

THE REQUEST WAS FOR 281,000. WE DID NOT CURRENTLY RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT ONE. HE ASKED ABOUT THE CORAL BAY PARK. WE ALSO DID NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING THE DESIGN OF CORAL BAY PARK AND PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT. AND WHILE I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE. THE NEED IS THAT NOT KNOWING THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ON FUNDING PCTS THAT WE KNOW WEAN CPLETIN A RE YR. I CETY UNDETAND SLE YOU THE CMI WANTS TOIVE, A FUNARE FUING SOMTEMS THAT WE M NOTT RLL SAT DOWN THT ABOUTHA GOG, W HAVE SOME HDWDS,, LES FIS THINGAN LET T BIN A STION WHE 'RE PLAIN THINGAND WE'VE CMITT TO E UNITY MEETINGND THE EYXPECT IT IN THE NEXYE.

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WE WE WILL BE FUNDING THE RESTORATION OF OF GRANADA FOUNTAIN. WE HAVE. OH, YOU HAVE YOU ALREADY ALLOCATED THE 1.4 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FROM TDRS, FROM PUBLIX. MAYBE WE CAN USE SOME MONEY THERE. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT USING TDR MONEY FOR, FOR THE FOR THAT ALLOCATION. THAT'S $1.4 MILLION COMING THAT WE CAN USE ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT THAT FUNDING FROM FROM THE PUBLIX PARK HAS TO GO TO HISTORICAL AND THIS WILL BE A MAJOR, MAJOR UPGRADE

[02:30:05]

WHAT MIGHT BE MISSING IS THERE ARE TWO FOUNTAINS OUT OF THREE THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. IF WE CAN JUST TO COMPLETE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL CORNER. OH, OKAY. VERY GOOD. JUST RIGHT. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING DESOTO FOUNTAIN THAT THAT CORRIDOR RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW. OH, THERE'S A CONNECTION. THANK YOU JOEL. THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND THE LAST ONE IS THE 37TH AVENUE IN ALHAMBRA ENTRANCE FEATURE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ROTARY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE SPACE THAT HAS BEEN USED RIGHT NOW AS A SITE TO HOUSE, I GUESS, ADJACENT CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND, AND, AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT. HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? SO THE NORTH ENTRANCE THAT IS REFERRED TO ON OUR DOCUMENTS AS THE NORTH ENTRANCE PARK DEVELOPMENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALLOCATED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN PRIOR YEARS. WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR LIST AS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER PROBABLY WITH THE FLAGLER IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT. AND I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION. I MEAN, YES, THE PONCE TO FLAGLER. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT USING IT AS A SITE TO BASICALLY POTENTIALLY HOLD CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FORTHCOMING PROJECT? THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD IT NOW. YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD BE STAGING. OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AND THIS IS MY OPINION, AGAIN, I, MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO, WHEN I NEGOTIATED THAT PROJECT WITH THE MANAGER AND MARKERS HERE, ETC. AND WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE DEVELOPERS THAT WERE GOING TO PUT FOUR TOWNHOUSES THERE.

INSTEAD OF THAT, WE ENDED UP GETTING THAT BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE FEATURE, THE MOST NORTHERN PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY. I ENVISIONED AN ENTRANCE FEATURE, SOMETHING VERY, VERY SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BUDGET A LOT OF MONEY HERE. I THINK IT'S A NICE GREEN SPACE PLANT, SOME LARGE TREES THAT WILL GROW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE FUEL PARK, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND A VERY SIMPLE ENTRANCE FEATURE THAT MIMICS WHAT WE HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH, WHICH IS THAT MEDITERRANEAN STYLE COLUMNS WITH A LITTLE LIGHT FEATURE, SOMETHING THAT SAYS, WELCOME TO CORAL GABLES. WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SOMETHING SIMPLE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A PLAYGROUND. THERE'S THERE'S 37TH AVENUE THERE. THERE'S ALHAMBRA. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN AREA FOR KIDS TO PLAY AGAIN.

YOU CAN THROW A BALL IN THERE IF YOU LIKE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK IT'S JUST A NICE LITTLE ENTRANCE FEATURE THAT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE LAST THING I WANT TO BRING UP SO THAT WE HAVE TO GO IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MR. MANAGER, IF YOU WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION, AND LET'S FIGURE OUT IF I'VE TRIED FOR YEARS, I WOULD LOVE TO FINISH OFF HERE IN THE CITY, BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS PIECE OF LAND AND LEAVING IT IN THE HANDS OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE SO THEY COULD DO SOMETHING WITH IT. I WOULD LOVE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY ON 57TH AVENUE AND BIRD ROAD.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE AT ONE POINT WHEN IT CAME UP FOR SALE. THE PROPERTY IS AGAIN NOT IN THE BEST OF STATES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THROUGH YOUR OFFICE IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY REACH OUT TO THAT HOMEOWNER AND SAY, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SELLING IT TO THE CITY? IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE PIECE TO THE PUZZLE WHERE WE NEED AN ENTRANCE FEATURE THERE. WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON PONCE AND 57TH AVENUE WITH UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI THERE WITH THE CHURCH SITE. WE CAN DO SOMETHING. WE HAVE CORAL WAY, WE HAVE A STREET. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS THAT FINAL PIECE ON BIRD ROAD. IT JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THERE. WE WILL LOOK INTO IT. MAYOR, THE OUR ASSET MANAGER LOOKING.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A REPORT BACK IN A FEW MONTHS? JUST. AND THE COMMISSION JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHAT THE STATUS IS. WE'VE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN INTERESTED. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INTERESTED. AND IT'S A VERY SMALL HOUSE ON THE CORNER THERE, A BIRD ROAD AND 57TH AVENUE. AND AGAIN, I THINK IF WE MAKE THEM A DECENT OFFER I THINK THEY'LL THEY'LL BE WILLING TO SELL. THE MAYOR? YES, SIR. AND BY THE WAY, THE THE PONCE PROJECT WILL BE OVER $700,000 IN PARK IMPACT FEE, $160,000 IN OVER 160 IN MOBILITY FEES. YOU CAN USE THE MOBILITY FOR FOR PONCE AFTER STAGING. AFTER WE USE IT FOR STAGING, WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEE TO DEVELOP THAT CORNER PARK ALSO. SO PERFECT. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED. TWO POINTS. ONE, THERE'S A HISTORIC DRAWING. IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, I THINK THINK OF THE NORTH FLAGLER PONCE AREA. I THINK ANA HAS A COPY OF IT. IF YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH THE MAYOR. I MEAN, THAT'S THE VISION I'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS IN PONCE AREA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT THAT DESIGN IMPLEMENTED, AND IT

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SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN FUNNEL IT IN AND GET CRITICAL PROJECTS DONE LIKE THIS THAT HAVE BEEN DECADES IN THE PLANS BUT NEVER GETTING OFF THE GROUND, WE NEED TO JUMPSTART THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SAME THING, THAT THERE IS A VISION FOR THE NORTH PONCE, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE MET WITH, THE VICE MAYOR, WITH THE MAYOR AND MYSELF AS WELL. THAT IS IN ANNA'S HANDS, RIGHT? SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. MANAGER, ANYTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I THINK 'RE I THINKE' FINIS SOMEG DRENT, I YOU'LIKE T S ANYG TO ADDOR THEORD, MYATRNEY, MR. CLE.

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