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>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: WELCOME BACK TO OUR STREAMING AND STUDIO AUDIENCE WILL TRY TO GET IN AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN FROM OUR LIVE AUDIENCE AND ALSO ONLINE VIEWERS AS POSSIBLE WE WILL ASK OUR COUNTY AND CITY COMMISSIONERS TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR ANSWERS UNDER ONE MINUTE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE STUFF IS A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED AND SOMETIMES CONVOLUTED.

WE WILL GO TO A LEADING FROWNED AT THE END OF THE EVENING WE WILL BE ASKING THAT YOU KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO LESS THAN 30 SECONDS THAT IS ALWAYS A GREAT EXERCISE IT ALWAYS IS.

LET'S GO TO THE VERY FIRST QUESTION AND A THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE BOTH LIVE AND ALSO STREAMING WHO HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A LOT OF GOOD MATERIAL WE WILL TRY NOT TO REPLICATE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALREADY ADDRESSED DURING THE OTHER SEGMENTS.

LET'S SEE, WHAT ABOUT CREATING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR WORLD SQUARE WE DID NOT GET INTO THAT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS AS YOU MENTIONED IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN THAT MIGHT PROVIDE INDEPENDENT FINANCING REHABILITATION AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING BUT IS THERE SOME KIND OF MECHANISM DEVICE THAT COULD CREATE THAT SORT OF SCENARIO FOR RAILROAD SQUARE.

>> Rick Minor,Commissioner: SURE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[LAUGHTER] I KNOW MY CITY COMMISSION COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY LOST PATIENCE WITH ME AN ISSUE I'VE BEEN PUSHING IT FOR A WHILE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON FUNDING A BENEFACTOR OR A COLLECTION OF BENEFACTORS THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT UP THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THERE ARE SOME WELL-CONNECTED PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BEATING THOSE BUSHES FOR A WHILE IT IS JUST HARD IF YOU ARE IN TAMPA ATLANTA HOUSTON ATLANTA OR CHICAGO THOSE BENEFACTORS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN TALLAHASSEE WITH THE DENSITY REHAB THEY ARE NOT AS COMMON.

BUT FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE RIGHT THAT HAS A RICH UNCLE THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN THE ARTS PLEASE CALL THE CRA CALL ONE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND ASK FOR THEM.

WE REALLY DO NEED TO FIND ONE OF THOSE BIG BENEFACTORS OR A PORTION OF BENEFACTORS TO REALIZE THE REAL FISSION THE RAILROAD SQUARE CAN BE THAT PLACE IS PERFECT FOR CULTIVATING A THRIVING ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE VISION AND DEFUNDING LARGE PART IT NEEDS TO BE PRIVATE FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: >> Jeremy Matlow,Commissioner: >> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: NO THERE IS A VERY WELL RESPECTED AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PIZZA ENTREPRENEUR IN TOWN I DON'T THINK COMMISSIONER MINOR IS TALKING ABOUT THAT.

>> Jeremy Matlow,Commissioner: I WOULD SAY THE ISSUE WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT MAKES THE REAL WORLD SQUARE SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IS ONE IT IS LOCATION IT IS PROXIMITY TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STUDENTS FRANKLY THE AGE OF THE WAREHOUSES IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THEY ARE UNINSURED IT IS THE LARGEST AREA BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY ARTSPACE THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO RENT.

ALL OVER THAT AREA HAVEN'T BEEN SKYROCKETING.

THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE A PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTION TO COME IN BECAUSE THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ALWAYS BE PROFIT MOTIVATED.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE MAINTAINING WHAT MAKES OUR RAILROAD SQUARE SPECIAL THAT IS THE ISSUE WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT OWNER NOT WANTING NOT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT AS IT IS AND MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK.

IT WILL TAKE A PUBLIC LARGE PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO MAINTAIN THAT WHETHER IT IS IN RAILROAD SQUARE OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY IT GOES BACK TO HOW MUCH ARE WE INVESTING IN THE ART HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO CULTIVATE THE ARTS AND ARE WE ACKNOWLEDGING THE RETURN WE GET FROM THE ARTS BOTH ON THE ECONOMIC BASIS BUT ALSO JUST ON PUBLIC HEALTH WELL-BEING AND ENJOYMENT OF LIFE I THINK WE NEED TO FACTOR THAT INTO THE CONVERSATION.

ONE OF THE ONLINE FOLKS HAS A FOLLOW-UP ON THE QUESTION THAT WE ADDRESSED DURING THE OTHER SESSION HERE WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR OF POSTING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL PART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ISSUES AND BRING THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION INTO THAT OVERALL PROCESS AND NO THEY ARE OPEN MEETINGS BUT STILL MAYBE HAVING MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR CITIZENS TO COME IN AND SAY HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY THAT OR WHAT IS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE LAW >> I SUBMITTED THAT QUESTION THAT WAS ME I SUBMITTED THAT ONE.

[LAUGHTER] PLANT .

>> Dianne Williams-Cox,Commiss ioner: TO MY KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN PLACE UP UNTIL THIS POINT I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD GO AWAY FROM THAT NOW.

ABSOLUTELY I'M SURE THAT WORKSHOPS ARE STILL A VIABLE RESOURCE FOR GETTING THAT INFORMATION YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE A WORKSHOP WE RECEIVED EMAILS AS WELL WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ALSO.

WE ARE OPEN TO ALL FEEDBACK.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: >> Curtis Richardson,Commissio ner: TOM, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING FOR OUR CONFERENCE OF PLAN CURRENTLY THERE IS GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY BUT I'M GETTING EMAILS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF TALLASSEE EMPERORS FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS.

THERE IS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE INPUT INTO THAT PROCESS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT IT'S AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND MUCH MUCH PUBLIC INPUT IS SOLICITED EVEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVE THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE COURTHOUSE OR THE CITY HALL RIGHT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THEY CAN ATTEND MEETINGS AND GIVE INPUT AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY GROW THROUGH THAT BLUEPRINT WHICH IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: MR PROCTOR.

>> Bill Proctor,Commissioner: SOME OF THIS STUFF IS PREMEDITATED WHEN CITIZENS COME TO THE MEETING IT SEEMS AT TIMES THAT WOULD WORK AGAINST OUR STAFF THAT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT GROWTH AS THEY SEE IT.

I'VE OBSERVED IT SEEMS NOT ALL COMMUNITIES CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OR WITH THE STAFF AND INFLUENCING.

IT'S A HODGEPODGE PROCESS FOR SURE.

OFTEN I HAVE FELT A PROCESS THAT IS BEEN BIASED USE THE WORD PREMEDITATED BECAUSE ONCE OUR STAFF THE TRAIN IS GOING, AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE BEHIND AN IDEA AS COMMISSIONERS YOU CAN FEEL DUMB YOU'RE NOT ON BOARD WITH THE DIRECTION THAT IS APPROPRIATE PROPER INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT NOT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD IN THE PROCESS.

TO THE EXTENT YOU SIMPLIFY AND USE WORDS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND THEY ARE NOT STEAMROLLED.

IT IS THAT KIND OF PROCESS AND ABSOLUTELY I AM FOR IT.

OTHERS MAY FEEL DIFFERENT FOR ME BUT THAT IS WHY ALL OF US ARE HERE FOR THE DIFFERENCES OF OUR THOUGHT.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: VERY GOOD WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF THEIR OPERATION OR THEIR DEVELOPMENT ON THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEARBY OR ADJACENT AREAS?

IT REMINDS ME OF THE OLD CONCURRENCE THING THEY USED TO BE I THINK A STATE LAW AND WE KIND OF BACKED AWAY FROM THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON LOCALLOVER .

>> Bill Proctor,Commissioner: I WILL TELL YOU A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS NO PUSHBACK.

THIS IS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME IF YOUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ORGANIZED IT HAS NOT LAWYERED UP YOU ARE NOT MUSCLED UP.

THEY DON'T KNOW THESE COMMISSIONERS THEY HAVE NOT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ACCOUNTS AS CANDIDATES.

THEY JUST SUFFER ANONYMITY.

THEY LIKELY GET RUN OVER.

A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE COMP PLAN AND WHAT IS REQUIRED.

BUT TYPICALLY THEY WILL NOT DO ANYMORE NOT AN INCH FURTHER THAN IS REQUIRED.

ON OCCASION IF A COMMUNITY NEGOTIATES AND BROKERS WITH THAT DEVELOPER FOR A LITTLE OF THIS AND A LITTLE OF THAT YOU CAN.

MY EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION IS DEVELOPERS COME TO DEVELOP AND GET AWAY WITH ALL THAT IS REASONABLY CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: OKAY ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE.

PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WE SEEM TO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY EVEN FATALITIES.

WHAT KIND OF SOLUTIONS DO YOU THINK OUR REASONABLE OR DOABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND CASUALTIES ON OUR STREETS WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

>> Brian Welch,Commissioner: THANK YOU TOM.

I'VE GOT AN 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AT THE GHOST FSU AS A FRESHMAN WHEN I DRIVE DOWN TO SEE HER ON A TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAN, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE WALKING AROUND FSU HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THAT CAMPUS WALKABLE.

I THINK ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CARS NEXT TO PEOPLE YOU WILL HAVE TRAGEDIES.

AS WE SEEN ON CAMPUS AND AROUND TOWN PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE IT AND KNOW WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH BLUEPRINT AND THE CITY.

PLACES LIKE MIDTOWN OR COLLEGE TOWN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE STREETS CLOSED OFF AND THOSE AREAS MADE COMPLETELY WALKABLE SO WOULD OWN UP CARS IN THOSE AREAS.

I THINK YOU WOULD CREATE A MUCH MORE SENSE OF PLACE YOU WOULD HAVE A MUCH MORE VIBRANT AREA FOR RETAIL AND FOR RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTLIFE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE CARS GOING THROUGH AREAS THAT ARE HEAVILY PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED.

I THINK THAT IS ONE SOLUTION I THINK THAT BOTH COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB MITIGATING TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN TRY TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN IN AREAS AND TRYING TO CREATE ENHANCED CROSSWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AS WE CAN ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUE TO SEE TRAGEDIES I THINK A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE CREATING SOME COMPLETELY CALL WALKABLE SPACES >> TOM I THINK WE CAN GET WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT THE BICYCLES BUT PEOPLE PAY A FEE OR $60,000 FOR A CAR AND THREE-$4000 FOR A BICYCLE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WHO PUT $50,000 INTO A CAR AND THEY WANT THE ACCESS TO THE ROADS THEY'VE INVESTED IN THAT OPPORTUNITY THEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED BICYCLES.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE UNDERSTAND THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH WITH ON THE STREET I THINK WE DO A FABULOUS JOB OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE BUT CLOSING DOWN THE STREETS FOR A BICYCLE WHEN PEOPLE PUT $50,000 INTO A CAR AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOME PLACE THAT IS NO CONTEST TO MEET THE CAR WHEN SPRING .

Richardson,Commissioner: THANK MANY STUDENTS AND JUST REGULAR PEDESTRIANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE.

IN PARTICULAR WHEN LOSS OF LIFE IS INVOLVED.

WE HAVE DONE ALL THAT WE CAN ADD MORE THAT CAN BE DONE WE WILL DO.

AS A CITY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

SEVERAL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE DONE TOM ARE DEDICATED BICYCLE LANES IF YOU NOTICE OVER NEAR THE FSU LAW SCHOOL WE HAVE DEDICATED LANES THAT ARE ONLY FOR BICYCLES.

WE HAVE ADDED CROSSWALKS MANY OF THESE WERE PUT IN PLACE AFTER THE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS AROUND THE FSU CAMPUS.

WE HAVE SPEED REDUCTIONS SPEED HUMPS THROUGH MANY OF THOSE AREAS.

AND ALSO WE ARE WIDENING THE SIDEWALKS SOLD BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS CAN SHARE THOSE SIDEWALKS.

IS THERE MORE THAT CAN BE DONE?

I AM SURE.

BUT THE OTHER THING I TELL STUDENTS WHEN I'M DRIVING THROUGH FSU'S CAMPUS AND THEY ARE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET LIKE THIS, THAT IS A PROBLEM.

I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MORE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHEN THEY ARE CROSSING THE STREETS IN THAT RESPECT.

>> TOM WE CAN DO MORE WHAT I MEAN BY THAT WE ARE DOING STUFF WHEN WE DESIGNED THE ROADS HISTORICALLY WE ARE GETTING BETTER THE PARTY IS ON THE CONVENIENCE AND THE SPEED AND THE COMFORT OF THE DRIVER.

LOT FOR THE REASON COMMISSIONER PROCTOR SAID THERE IS MORE DRIVERS OR DRIVERS BOAT THAN PEOPLE WHO WALK A BICYCLE TO WORK WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DO IT FOR FUN WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO BICYCLE TO WALK OR WALK TO WORK.

THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL FEEL THAT A PERSON BEHIND A 5000 POUND VEHICLE HAS MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN A PERSON WHO IS IN A BICYCLE OR WALKING AND PUTTING THAT INTO OUR DESIGN.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO CHANGE MORE DRASTICALLY UNTIL WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE FOR MORE PEOPLE ANDTHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT IS THE PRIORITY ONE COMMISSIONER CUMMINGS .

>> Carolyn Cummings,Commissione r: ONE OF THE THINGS THE COUNTY RECOGNIZE AND WE DISCUSSED RECENTLY IS THE DANGERS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS BEING IN THE MEDIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN SOLICITING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

WE VOTED AND REQUESTED THAT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO RESTRICT THAT TYPE OF SOLICITATION IN MEDIANS THAT ARE LESS THAN 6 FEET WIDE.

BECAUSE IN MANY INSTANCES THOSE INDIVIDUALS SCHOOL CHILDREN COME UP TO YOUR CARS OR THE OTHER CARS THEY ARE MOVING ON THE STREET IT CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

OF COURSE OUR CONCERN IS THE HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DOING THAT SOLICITATION ESPECIALLY IN THOSE SMALL COMPACT MEETING AREAS THAT ARE LESS THAN 6 FEET WIDE.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: >> Dianne Williams-Cox,Commiss ioner: THANK YOU TOM IT GOES BACK TO THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION DRIVERS ARE DISTRACTED WALKERS OR PEDESTRIANS ARE DISTRACTED WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WE CAN DESIGN ANYTHING WE WANT TO DESIGN BUT IF YOU OR YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AND BEING AWARE OF OUR SURROUNDINGS IT CAN HAPPEN IT CAN HAPPEN.

WE JUST HAVE TO QUICK QUIT TEXTING QUIT BEING DISTRACTED BY OTHER THINGS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD AND LOOK OUT JUST LOOK AND EXPECT THAT SOMEBODY MAY WALK OUT IN FRONT OF YOU OR CORK MAY PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU WE JUST HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND BE MORE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE CAN DESIGN THE BEST STREETS THE BEST LIGHTS IF WE ARE NOT USING THEM AND LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER IT CAN STILL HAPPEN.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: THANK YOU WE HAVE A QUESTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANOTHER BILL BEING CONTEMPLATED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WHICH WOULD EXEMPT THE ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS AND OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ESSENTIALLY SCRUTINY YOU CAN SINK INTO ANONYMITY AND NO ONE COULD FIND WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHAT YOUR PHONE NUMBER WAS.

ANY ONE ON EITHER OF THESE TWO BOARDS WHO WOULD LIKE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THAT AND IT SUBSEQUENTLY WENT TO LAW.

>> Rick Minor,Commissioner: I DON'T SUPPORT IT EXCEPT FOR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION OFFICERS.

AND SOME OF THEIR HIGHER MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE SURVIVOR OF ELECTION OFFICES THE REASON BEING LESS COUPLE OF ELECTION CYCLES THEY RECEIVED DEATH THREATS A LOT OF HARASSMENT AND SO I'VE UNSUPPORTED MEASURES IN THE LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT THOSE SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT DEAL WITH OUR ELECTION SYSTEMS.

>> Dianne Williams-Cox,Commiss ioner: I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER MINOR IS PAYING ATTENTION THERE ARE OTHERS WHO RECEIVED THREATS AND HAVE ALTERCATIONS OR SITUATIONS AT THEIR HOME MAYBE NOT IN POLICY BUT THIS HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES THAT I'M AWARE OF I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT BUT I'M SAYING MANY TIMES WE HEAR FOLKS SAY THAT THEIR ADDRESS IS EXEMPT BUT THERE IS A FLORIDA STATUTE 119 THAT SPECIFIES AND DECLARES WHO ADDRESS IS EXEMPT I THINK IT THE CASE LIKE YOU SAID CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY JUDGES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE KIND OF FOLKS THOSE ADDRESSES ARE ALREADY EXEMPT LET'S FACE IT.

YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO FIND IF YOU GOOGLE.

YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE YOU CAN SEE THE CAR IN THE YARD HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STOP THAT?

GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE NATIONAL SCENE WHERE YOU HAVE 19-YEAR-OLD GOING INTO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION AND THAT IS BEEN EXPOSED PEOPLE PICKING UP CELL PHONE: DOING A PRANK CALL TO A DRAFTY ON NFL DRAFT TODAY HOW WILL YOU PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FINDING YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE I JUST THINK IT IS MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING WE BUT WE NEED THE LEGISLATURE TO DO IT TO DEAL WITH GUNS DEAL WITH INSURANCE THOSE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR LIVES OUR VERY LIVES AND HOW WE HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS WHERE THE ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED.

>> Curtis Richardson,Commissio ner: THANK YOU TOM MY HOME ADDRESS IS EXEMPT BECAUSE OF MY WIFE'S POSITION I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TELL ME COMMISSIONER I GOOGLED YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS SCHEMA.

IT HAS NOT HELPED US AT ALL.

THANKFULLY MY WIFE WAS FOLLOWED BY ONE OF THE WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM CITIZENS SOVEREIGN CITIZENS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PORTER FORTUNATELY HE DID NOT HAVE OUR ADDRESS BUT HE FOLLOWED HER HOME.

AND HE KNEW WHERE SHE LIVED THROUGH FOLLOWING HER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TO OUR HOUSE SO I DON'T KNOW IF EXEMPTING ADDRESSES REALLY WORKS TO A GREAT EXTENT.

I CAN TELL YOU MY CASE IT IS NOT HELPED US AT ALL.

>> I WILL SAY THREATS ARE COMING ALL OVER I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SOLUTION OR NOT WE DON'T WANT TO BE ABUSED TO BE SNEAKY ABOUT HAVING THINGS BUT PEOPLE GET THREATS ALL THE TIME AND IT IS I HEAR FROM A LOT OF OTHER COLLEAGUES AND WHO GET VARYING DEGREES OF THREATS YOU HAVE TO THINK YOU SEE SOMETHING SAID YOU FORWARD IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THE SAME YOU THINK THIS IS VALID OR NOT IT IS LIKELY NOT.

IT WAS A CHILLING EFFECT ON PEOPLE WANT TO DO GOOD AND WHAT TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE TO THINK I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: OKAY COMMISSIONER MINOR I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU.

[LAUGHTER] THE MONROE STREET CORRIDOR PROJECT CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

>> Rick Minor,Commissioner: IT'S FUNNY I GO TO PUBLIX AND OTHER PLACES AROUND TOWN BETTER OR WORSE THE FIRST QUESTION I GET IS HOW IS NORTH MONROE DOING AND GO TO SINK OR SWIM MAN NORTH MONROE FORTUNATELY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING NORTH MONROE JUST THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR THANKS TO BLUEPRINT MY COLLEAGUES AT THE TABLE AND I HAVE SUPPORTED BLUEPRINT FUNDING AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT MEDIANS WILL START TO SEE THOSE AS WELL AS NEW SIDEWALKS: FROM JOHN KNOX UP TO LAKESHORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MONROE.

YOU WILL SEE THAT LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU'VE SEEN IMPROVED MEDIANS THINGS ARE CHANGING AND NORTH MONROE FOR THE BETTER ALSO LATER IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS CRT P8 THE CAPITAL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY IS GOING TO BE SUBMITTING ANOTHER APPLICATION EVERY APPLICATION FOR $21 MILLION IN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING FOR NORTH MONROE WE APPLIED LAST YEAR WE DID NOT GET IT BUT THE CITY IS APPLIED A COUPLE TIME AND OTHER PROJECTS AND GOT THE SECOND TIME IF WE GET THAT MONEY WE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTH MONROE FOR IMPROVED INTERSECTIONS SIDEWALKS THAT ARE INFLATING BETTER SIGNALING WHICH COMES DOWN TO OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLING SAFETY ISSUES ALSO.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON NEXT YEAR YOU WILL SEE SOME REAL TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT TO THAT CORRIDOR.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: QUESTION INVOLVES SOME COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS.

THESE ARE IN SUPPORT OF SUCH THINGS AS URBAN INFILL.

AN INCREASING THE DENSITY OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT NEEDED UPGRADES TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FLOOD CONTROL GI HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE AT SOME POINT.

HERE THAT MIGHT BE IN JEOPARDY.

FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL HOW DO YOU GET THIS KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS YOU INCREASE THE DENSITY AND THAT THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE AREA?

>> Jeremy Matlow,Commissioner: I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE EVER CITY IS OUR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR EXISTING MEMBERS TO OFTEN RECEIVE REVENUES GET DIVERTED TO SUBSIDIZED NEW GROWTH LIKE WE SEE IN.

[LISTING NAMES] AND TO THE TUNES OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR EXISTING HEMORRHOIDS MIGHT HAVE ROAD RESURFACING NEEDS OR NONEXISTENT SIDEWALKS ALREADY WHEN YOU SPEAK TO INCREASING THE DENSITY THAT ONLY AS A BURDEN TO THAT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY BUT IN THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE COMMERCIAL IMPACT BEING ALLOWED TO COME INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SOME NEIGHBORHOODS INFILL MAKES SENSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IT WILL LEAD TO DRASTIC CHANGES AND SKYROCKETING COSTS IN CERTAIN AREAS I THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT URBAN DENSITY WITH A SCALPEL APPROACH AND NOT A WIDESPREAD LET'S THROW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE URBAN CORE IN THE SAME BUCKET SOME OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE WHAT ABILITY WE WANT TO SEE INCREASED DENSITY WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE DO IT UNLESS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT ANYWAY.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: FROM THE COUNTY'S VIEWPOINT AND YOU RESIDENCE THERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

>> A LOT OF THE SAME RESIDENTS WILL HAVE CONCERNS THE COUNTY WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL VOTE ON THE CHANGES THAT IMPACT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE CITY FOR THE MOST PART THERE IS PROPOSED INCREASED DENSITY IS AN AREA PARTICULARLY DISTRICT 5 WE HAVE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM NEIGHBORS THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND IF SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT IS IS GET THE INPUT NOW.

TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND DON'T WANT TO SEE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS SOME AREAS SAY IN ADDITION OF SINGLE FAMILY NOW YOU CAN DO ATTACHED DUPLEXES AND SOME COMMERCIAL.

REFERRED SOME NEIGHBORS THAT SAY WHAT IS THIS COMMERCIAL THING MAYBE WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED MORE MISSING MIDDLE TOWNHOME TYPE THINGS BUT NOT COMMERCIAL ONE THING THAT IS PROPOSED IS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS MORE BROADLY THAN THE THREE OR FOUR WE HAVE NOW WHERE IT SAYS IN THE PROPOSAL THAT IF DENSITY IS BEING INCREASED IN AN AREA A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION THE COMMISSION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING IF WE NEED TO USE THAT TOOL FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT 5 TO PUT YOUR FAVORITE PLAN IN PLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE INCREASED DENSITY CAN COME NEXT TO YOU.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: ONE FINAL .

>> Bill Proctor,Commissioner: BEFORE YOU URBAN SERVICE AREA IS A PROMISE OR A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

NOT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE EXISTING URBAN SERVICE AREA HAVE SEWER HAVE STREETLIGHTS EVERY BODY IS NOT INCLUDED OFTEN WHEN I HEAR QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INFILL THIS SUBSITE IS NOT TREATED AS A HYPOCRISY YOU CAN GO TO THE CAPITAL CIRCLE CAPITAL CIRCLE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THAT IS FROM THE CITY HALL.

IT IS NOT 7 MILES.

THEN YOU CAN GET THE FULL SERVICES OF URBAN SERVICES IN AREAS EXTENDING 15, 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CITY HALL.

AND IT ISN'T FAIR.

WHEN I HEAR THOSE TYPE OF WORDS WHAT I'VE OBSERVED IN MY 29TH YEAR NOW IS IT DOESN'T MEAN THE SAME THING FOR COLORED PEOPLE.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON.

>> Curtis Richardson,Commissio ner: I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH MY GOOD FRIEND COMMISSIONER PROCTOR I'VE LIVED IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF TALLAHASSEE FOR 30 YEARS MY WIFE AND I BUILT OUR HOME THERE.

THE REASON I RAN FOR THE TALLASSEE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE HAD NEVER BEEN PRIOR TO MY ELECTION AND COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS-COX ELECTION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ON THE COMMISSION WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT IS BEEN ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IF NOT THE TOP PRIORITY IN THE 10 YEARS I'VE SERVED ON THIS COMMISSION.

WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN THAT REGARD IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN PLACE THAT DID NOT EXIST THE INVESTMENT WE JUST GOT $9 MILLION GRANT AND WE ADDED I THINK IT WAS TWO ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE GHETTOS NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

IF YOU LOOK AT DAHLIA DRIVE FROM MERIDIAN NOW IT IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO APALACHEE PARKWAY THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DID NOT EXIST YEARS AGO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DID NOT EXIST YEARS AGO.

THERE IS PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THAT REGARD IS THERE MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE YES BUT WE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE 15-20 MILES OUTSIDE THE CITY AND STILL CONSIDER THEMSELVES BEING IN THE CITY LIMITS MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERDEVELOPED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL.

NOW WITH THE ADU ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WE CAN PUT MORE HOUSING ON A LOT THEN BE USED TO .

AS WE MAKE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE DENSE THEY WILL THEN REQUIRE THEINFRA-STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT DEVELOPMENT.

>> Bill Proctor,Commissioner: , SOUTH OF WILSON GREEN COMMUNITY THE TILLMAN FUNERAL HOME AND EVERYTHING SELL THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE CENTRAL SEWER.

IT DIDN'T COME TO GET A DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER RICHARDSON BUT SERVICES OF URBAN SERVICE GERRYMANDERING ALL INSIDE OF CAPITAL CIRCLE WHEN YOU COME IN AROUND BY THE SOUTHWOOD THERE ARE ERRORS WHERE BLACK PEOPLE LIVE THEY ARE LOCATED UP THEY ARE NOT SOME OF THEM NOT IN THE CITY OR CONSIDERED IN THE CITY FOR SERVICES FOR THE SEWER SERVICES INSIDE OF CAPITAL CIRCLE BUT ACROSS THE STREET IN SOUTHWOOD THOSE SERVICES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND WIRES ELECTRIC WIRES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMPLEMENT THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN PEOPLE FLUSH THEIR COMMODE THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED TO PUT IT IN THE BACKYARD.

THE DENSITY AS THEY ARE THE COMMITMENT AND PROMISES THERE WHEN WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT I BEG OF YOU TO DRIVE DOWN CRAWFORD HILL ROAD FROM WILSON GREEN ASKED TILLMAN FUNERAL HOME JUST DRIVE AND SEE HOW DARK IT IS AND HE WILL NOT SEE THE STREETLIGHT ON 1/4 LANE ROAD THAT EXISTS IN OTHER AREAS.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE FACTS.

>> Dianne Williams-Cox,Commiss ioner: NOT TO LEAVE US HANGING LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER PROCTOR IS SAYING CURRENTLY MAY BE SOMEWHAT TRUE.

THERE HAS BEEN FUNDING THAT THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE HAS GOTTEN ACQUIRED AND HAD A BIG PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE THE PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW IN THAT TRIANGLE THOSE AMENITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED THEY MAY NOT CURRENTLY ALL BE IN PLACE BUT IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND THE CITY WENT AND FOUND THE FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TO DO IT I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS I AM JUST SAYING IT REQUIRES MONEY TO DO THOSE THINGS AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE THAT IS UNDERWAY.

>> Tom Flanigan,Moderator: CONNECTORS I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AS WELL BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE TALLASSEE CITY AND THE LEON COUNTY COMMISSION THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOLKS