[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
(ROLL CALL). >> HOUSEKEEPING AS USUAL IF YOU WILL SILENT YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES EITHER PUT THEM ON AIRPLANE MODE OR SILENT MODE THAT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE ARE STILL UNDER COVID-19 GUIDELINES I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT. BUT AS YOU KNOW THERE IS A NEW VARIANT. PLEASE STAY HEALTHY AND DO WHAT
[3.1 CEREMONIAL DOCUMENTS: POLICY, GUIDELINES, and APPLICATION]
YOU MUST TO PROTECT YOURSELF. ITEM THREE GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION. THIS WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA BY MYSELF AND COMMISSIONERS YOU HAVE THE HANDOUT.I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE CITY CLERK FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US. WE HAVE GUIDELINES, AND PROCEDURES FOR HOW TO APPLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CEREMONIAL DOCUMENTS THAT FALL INTO THE FIFTH -- CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND KEYS TO THE CITY ET CETERA ET CETERA.
WHAT CONSTITUTES WORTHINESS HOW YOU APPLY AND HOW THEY ARE DELIVERED. SO ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THESE PROCEDURES? I SEE NONE, I THINK WE ARE GOOD TOO. CAROLINE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF THE DOCUMENTS. LIMITING PROCLAMATIONS TO KNOW MORE THEN THREE AT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS AND MORE.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS AND A JOB WELL DONE. JUST TO FOLLOW UP THIS WILL BE BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION AT A FUTURE MEETING.
[3.2 AFFORDABLE HOUSING]
THANK YOU. ITEM THREE-POINT TO PORT -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING THIS WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA AT THEREQUEST OF THE VICE MAYOR. >> ONE MONTH AGO I WAS APPROACHED BY A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO ASKED IF I WOULD MAKE SOME EFFORTS TO DISCUSS AND LOOK AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS I THINK WE ALL KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLANT THAT DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING WHICH HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING.
WE ALSO HAVE IT AS OPPONENTS WHICH I FORWARDED I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE I WAS THERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.
I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE CITY THAT CAN BE UTILIZED OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH ON PARTNERSHIP TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BRING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE DID DO SOME THINGS THAT WERE BENEFICIAL AND WE DO HAVE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE DESIRABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. AND ALSO 12% OF OUR POPULATION IS IN POVERTY ACCORDING TO THE SENSES.
A COUPLE OF OTHER INTERESTING FACTS, AND THE 2017 CITIZEN SURVEY, 31% WAS FAIR AND SOME THOUGHT IT WAS POOR.
SO IT IS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE IT IN OUR BACKYARD. IT MAY WORK IF THE CONSENSUS IS TO HAVE STAFF INITIATE AND COMPLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE VALUE OF THAT THEY CAN'T
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GET WORKERS AND THEY CAN'T LIVE THERE.WE ALSO DID A SURVEY IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND BY FAR, 75% WERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I JUST WANT TO KEEP THIS AS AN ISSUE WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IT'S DIFFICULT WITH PROPERTY VALUES. THEY PUT PEOPLE IN WITH THE AVERAGE INCOME THAT'S A LITTLE HIGH FOR THAT CATEGORY BUT IT IS A STATE CATEGORY AND I THINK THEY HAVE 52 HOUSES.
THEY ARE WORKING ON TWO MORE. REASON THEY CAN DO THAT, IT'S DIFFICULT BUT I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD FORGET THAT IT'S
THERE. >> WHAT IS THE BENCHMARK, AS YOU WERE SAYING, FOR THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE BENCHMARK WHAT
BENCHMARK ARE WE NOT HITTING. >> WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING BASICALLY, YOU HAVE POLICY SHOWING SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN THEN THERE ARE NINE POLICIES.
CANCEL BASICALLY WE ARE GETTING A 0 --
>> I AM NOT SAYING IT IS DOABLE BUT IT IS DIFFICULT.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. WE WILL BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION. WHEN WE BUILD IT, WE HAVE AN OLD FIRE STATION ON THE OCEAN. WE HAVE HALF OF A CITY BLOCK SITTING NEXT TO MLK. RIGHT NEXT TO THE BALL FIELD.
IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MOVE OCEAN AND RESCUE TO THE OCEAN.
YOU HAVE A BLOCK OF PROPERTY. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, WE DON'T WANT EVERYONE IN THE SAME PLACE. WE ALSO HAD A PLACE NEAR 14TH STREET. YEARS AGO WHEN WE REZONED, AND NOW IT'S ON THE MARKET. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU ALSO HAVE ONE ON 13TH STREET. CAN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE AND THINK WE TRIED TO GET THERE. BUT WE DIDN'T WANT THOSE PEOPLE HERE. OPPORTUNITIES, I'M SAYING WE EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES. MOST OF THE PEOPLE GETTING SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND THEY ARE WORKING IT, THEY ARE GOING UP AND NOT OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM.
THE DIRT COST SO MUCH MONEY, AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY PERFORMED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEY JUST PUT IT RIGHT THERE. MIAMI-DADE, THEY JUST PUT THAT THERE. DATE TRIED THE PROPERTY THEY DO A CO-OP WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER GETS PARTIAL MONEY FROM THE GOVERNOR TO SUBSIDIZED AND THEY GET THE REST OF THE MONEY THEY INJECT THE SYSTEM. THEY MAKE THEIR PROFIT AND DIDN'T THEY PUSH IT BACK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GOVERNMENT TAKES IT BACK OVER AND MANAGES IT.
SO, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AND I THINK WE ARE FAILING I THINK IT IS A GOOD POINT AND WE ARE FAILING AND THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON OTHER THAN WE ARE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH TIME AND EFFORT TO FIND OTHER AVENUES TO MAKE ONE OF THESE PIECES OF PROPERY WORK, EVEN IF WE PUT 8-10 APARTMENTS.
NOT A MASSIVE PROJECT FOR US BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE THAT WOULD BE SUBSIDIZED TO AFFORDABILITY, WITH PEOPLE HERE THAT THEY THINK FREE BUT IT'S AT MARKET RATE FOR THEIR SALARY THAT IS A DIFFERENT BALLGAME AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT FREE IT IS AT MARKET RATE.
I UNDERSTAND THEY WILL DISCUSS IT TOMORROW.
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I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TRACTION AND MOVE FORWARD THE BEST WE CAN I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING TO PURSUE AND IT IS JUST FINDING THE MONEY I THINK WE CAN FIND AVAILABILITY FOR DIRT, EVEN IF WE HAD TO READJUST SOME OF THE AREAS. I THINK THERE IS ROOM.I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP. >> I HEARD THE VICE MAYOR SAY TRACTION. I HAD ONE COMMISSIONER COMMENT THAT'S NOT MY DEFINITION OF TRACTION OR MOVING FORWARD, IF I IN THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW THIS GOES NOWHERE, CORRECT? SO THE QUESTION, WHEN THESE ARE RAISED IN A WORKSHOP AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION LIKE THIS HOW DO WE GET TRACTION.
IS THIS A VIABLE ISSUE TO PURSUE.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, IN THE PLAN, THERE ARE WHAT I CALL HONORABLE ASPIRATIONS.
HONORABLE ASPIRATIONS THAT HAVE TWO GOALS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER IS REALITY.
AND I JUST GOT MY SYLLABLE REPORT MY HOUSE WENT UP $9,000 LAST MONTH IN VALUE. AS YOU SAID, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THE LAND. AND WE JUST MET LAST THURSDAY AND I CAN TELL YOU I SAT THERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS PROPERTY VALUE. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE PROPERTY VALUE IS ESCALATING SO QUICKLY THAT YOUR AVERAGE INCOME NOW IS EXCEEDING THE MAX FOR YOUR BUDGET FOR HOUSING.
WHAT IS AFFECTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS EVICTIONS, PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE RENT OR THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF THE UNIT. SECOND, THEY ARE BEING EVICTED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE UPKEEP THEY CAN AFFORD THE MAINTENANCE. THAT COMES FROM THE HOUSING STUDY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, WE DO THAT.
>> I WOULD SAY REVIEWING THE PLAN IN LOOKING AT WHAT IS FEASIBLE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
WE HAVE THE FEDERAL RESERVE WE HAD EVERYBODY THERE.
WHAT WE CAN DO, WE DO HAVE PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS TO CHANGE THE LAW SO WE COULD DONATE PROPERTY.
BUT FOR TRACTION I WOULD SAY WE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE THE STAFF REVIEW IT AND DETERMINE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
>> THE CITY MANAGER, COULD THIS BE SOMETHING WE PUT ON THE
AGENDA. >> WE ARE IN DECEMBER AND THIS IS JANUARY. WHY DON'T WE MOVE THIS SUBJECT.
WE SPEND THE FULL DAY ON THIS AND LET'S PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
THAT WAY WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP. >> ITEM 3.3 THE SCOREBOARD.
[3.3 ENTERPRISE FUND KEY PERFORMANCE SCOREBOARD]
THIS IS A CONTINUING DISCUSSION THAT WAS RAISED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AGO PLACED ON THE AGENDA BY MYSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER WAS ABSENT BUT HAS FOLLOWED UP.I SEE WE HAD SOME PROPOSALS BEFORE US.
>> THAT WAS NOT MEETING I WAS NOT HERE SO I THINK MR. GEORGE FOR COORDINATING THIS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE FROM THE MOST ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THE ONE DOCUMENT WHICH STARTS WITH SECTION 39 IS THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY CONTRACT. THOSE DATERS ARE PRESENTED ON A
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MONTHLY BASIS WHICH HAS PROVIDED DATA EVERY MONTH.YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA. A LOT OF THIS IS, HOW DO YOU WANT THE DATA OR IS THIS THE DATA YOU WANT WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. THE OTHER DOCUMENT IS FROM THE GOLF COURSE. MR. COONEY HAS PUT THIS TOGETHER. ANALYZING WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR REVENUE ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL AS WHERE WE STAND ANNUALLY. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND WE HAVE A DOCUMENT BASED ON THIS FOR THE AIRPORT THAT TALKS ABOUT REVENUE AND EXPENSES SAFETY INCIDENTS AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, STAFF IS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW WE JUST GOT THESE.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM. WITH ANY OBVIOUS THAT YOU WANT
TO MAKE? >> I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT. THIS IS THE DATA WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM ENTERPRISE FUNDS. IT IS A SCORE PART -- SCORECARD ARE WE GOOD ARE WE NOT GOOD. PERSONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, ALL OF THESE ROLLED INTO A -- THIS IS WHAT I CONSIDER A DEEP DIVE. WHEN I SEE THIS I KNOW EVERYTHING GOING ON ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I CAN TELL YOU WITH THESE METRICS THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING XYZ. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM THIS MEETING IS FOR EACH OF THESE, ONE KEY THING THAT WE CAN CHART. OVER THE COURSE OF A SIX MONTH.
YOU WOULD SEE THE KEY THING FROM THE AIRPORT, THE MARINA, AND FROM THE GOLF COURSE. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WITH THAT CHART YOU CAN SEE IF WE ARE DOING GOOD OR BAD. ONE OF THE KEY RULES ON THE CHART IS THAT THE POSITIVE NUMBERS.
GOING UP NEEDS TO BE GOOD. THIS COULD BE REVENUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE A DECISION TO MAKE.
WHAT IS THE MOST KEY THING AND THIS IS THE BACKUP.
WHAT I HAVE NOTICED FROM EARLIER WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION ALREADY. THE KEY IS HOW ARE WE PRESENTING IT. SO CAN WE PRESENTED I THINK WE
CAN DO GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.
I LIKE THE DETAILS BUT AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHAT I AM LOOKING IS LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE, A COMBINATION OF THE LAST YEAR END THE YEAR BEFORE AND THIS YEAR, SO WE CAN SAY IS THE GROWING ARE WE SAYING STEADY, THAT IS HOW THE METRIC WOULD WORK.
I'M SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER, THERE'S PROBABLY A WAITING LIST BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING A NEW HANGER.
I AM ASSUMING IT IS ALL RENNET LIKE WE HAVE EVERYTHING OCCUPIED. BUT IN THE GOLF COURSE I THINK THIS IS A GOOD METRICS. I -- OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE OUR BOOKS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IT IS HARD TO GO FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR OTHER THAN WE KNEW WE WERE DONATING SO MUCH MONEY, AND WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT.
FOR THE METRICS PART, FROM HERE ON OUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MONTH TO MONTH AS WELL AS LAST YEAR NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON OF REPORT THAT WAY, IN MY MIND, THAT IS HOW YOU WOULD SAY LAST YEAR WE DID X AMOUNT AND THIS YEAR THIS AMOUNT AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE, ARE WE MOVING UP, IS IT SAYING THE SAME?
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >> ANYONE ELSE?
VICE MAYOR. >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
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EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE AT. BASICALLY ADDING THE RED I THINK THE KEY IS, THAT YEAR DETERMINES WHAT WE CAN REVIEW.WE CAN MANAGE AND I THINK THIS IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE TRY TO CORRECT THAT. WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH, I AM FINE WITH THAT, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE MANAGING THIS.
AND IF IT IS A CONCERN, WE WILL BRING IT UP.
>> I WANT US TO REVIEW THIS. WE CAN DO THIS AHEAD OF TIME SO AS FAR AS THE GOLF COURSE, LET ME POINT OUT ONE THING.
WITH THE TEETIMES YOU HAVE 1470, AND FOR NOVEMBER YOU HAVE 1150.
SO THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. IF I DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY, IF YOU HAVE 1400 TEETIMES PER MONTH, AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 4,000880 SPOTS, PER MONTH.
SO NOW WHEN I LOOK AT 4,080 SPOTS, YOU HAVE 28 GOLF COURSES.
THAT IS A DIFFERENT PITCHER THAN THE T TIME PICTURE.
I WOULD RATHER SEE THE AVAILABLE SPOTS SOLD.
OF COURSE ON ALL OF THESE INDICATORS WHAT IS THE GOAL, YOU WANT INDICATORS TRACKING TOWARDS THE GULF.
IT COULD BE THAT TOWARDS THE TOTAL GOLD.
AND WE ALL REALIZE THAT ALL OF THESE ENTERPRISES ARE SEASONAL.
SO IT WILL NOT BE 12 DIVIDED BY EXIT IT WILL BE SEASONAL AND YOU NEED TO PROJECT THAT SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS TRACKING, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IF YOU CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC AND COME BACK TO US.
ANY COMMENTS? DO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
[3.4 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES]
ITEM THREE-POINT FOR THIS CAME UP, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO WORKSHOPS AGO, THIS WAS PLACED BY ALL OF US.THIS WAS ON HOW WE WERE -- WHO IN THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE LAND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
CITY MANAGER DO YOU WANT TO UPDATE US?
>> I KNOW HE WAS WORKING ON COORDINATING THE EFFORTS, THAT IS PART OF HIS NEW RESPONSIBILITY.
UNFORTUNATELY HE COULD NOT GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
HE IS WORKING ON STAFF DIRECTION AND WHO WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. CHARLIE DID COMMENT, WHEN YOU WERE NOT HERE AND BASICALLY WHAT HE SAID, THEY ARE REVIEWING AND THEY DID THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS ABOUT RETAINING WALLS THAT THEY WOULD ENSURE THEY WERE THERE AND THE TWO BUILDINGS WE WERE CONCERNED WITH, FOR FURTHER ON THAT, IN THE LAST DISCUSSION THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT
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THE OVERLAID IT ITSELF TO SEE IF THERE WAS OTHER CRITERIA TO PROTECT THOSE STUDENTS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A NINE UNIT, WE HAVE IT COMING IN ON FIRST AVENUE.I ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE DONE SHORTLY.
BUT THAT IS NOT DONE YET. A LOT OF IT IS CULTURE.
IT WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS AND MAKING SURE WHAT IS BEING DONE IS BEING DONE PROPERLY AND WE WON'T HAVE ISSUES WHERE WHAT WILL BE RUINED WILL BE RUN. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION AND WANTING IT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT'S WHAT
I'M WORRIED ABOUT. >> CAN WE LEAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AROUND
THIS? >> COMMISSIONER YOUR LIGHTEST
ALONG. >> ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT? >> CAN I BRING SOMETHING UP THAT
JUST CAME IN? >> THAT'S WHY ASKED THE
QUESTION. >> THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO GET DIRECTION ON. RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UPSETTING TO SEE WHICH IS VANDALISM GOING ON IN THE CEMETERY. I ASK THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE GO LOOK AT THAT. MAYBE AGO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY. ONE THING THEY ASKED AN E-MAIL WAS MAYBE THEY COULD PUT UP A CAMERA.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE LOOKED INTO WE ARE IN AGREEMENT ON
THAT. >> I DIDN'T SEE THIS E-MAIL.
THAT GOES TO THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE SECURE THE AREA BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY WIDE-OPEN. COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> VANDALISM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT IS A WIDE OPEN SPACE, IT'S NOT JUST A PROBLEM IN THE CEMETERY IT'S A PROBLEM IN THE CITY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO IT.
IT'S CULTURE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YES YOU CAN PUT CAMERAS UP UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO REACT, IT IS A PROBLEM.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BUT I THINK THE ANSWER IS CULTURAL.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM.
PARKS AND REC LOOK AT IT. IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO EXPERTS ON HOW TO PROTECT THE AREA AND IT IS DIFFICULT.
UNLESS YOU PUT SOMEONE THERE TO LOOK AT IT.
IT IS A PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
>> ANY SOLUTION WILL BE EXPENSIVE.
TYPICALLY, IF YOU DO PUT UP CAMERAS, I KNOW THEY WON'T STOP EVERYTHING BUT TYPICALLY 90% OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO BE ON CAMERA. IF YOU HAVE THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WE HAD VANDALISM IN ONE OF MY ASSOCIATION AND THERE WERE NO CAMERAS AND IT HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.
BUT AS SOON AS WE PUT UP CAMERAS IT STOPPED.
THIS WAS A WIDE OPEN PUBLIC SPACE.
I SUGGES CAMERAS. I HAVE CAMERAS ON EVERYTHING THAT I OWN AS WELL AS SECURITY. BUT I THINK CAMERAS WILL WORK TO SOLVE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT WILL COST.
BECAUSE WITH THE CAMERAS YOU CAN TRACK ACTIVITY, AND YOU WANT
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PEOPLE TO GO TO THE CEMETERY AND VISIT THEIR RELATIVES BUT ULTIMATELY WE DON'T WANT IT VANDALIZE.IT IS A LARGE OPEN SPACE AND THE ACCESS POINTS ARE ON 14TH STREET, BUT IT CAN BE FENCED OFF.
BUT ANYWAY I THINK THAT IS THE ROUTE TO GO.
BUT IT WILL COST MONEY. >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
>> MAYBE IF NOT CAMERAS WE COULD CONSIDER ADDING ONE OF THE POLICE ROUTES. MAY BE AS ADDITIONAL STATIONS MAYBE HIRE ANOTHER FULL-TIME PERSON AND ADDED AS A PLACE WHERE THE OFFICERS MAY DRIVE BY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AT THIS WORKSHOP. I DON'T SEE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.