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Tom, or Liz, if you can just tell us, just because we're having conversations on real estate property taxes, when we covered taxes, there's a $322 million amount, but the property taxes is a portion of that.
So there is a difference between a portion of money that is in that budget that cannot be used for general purposes, and there's monies that are in there that have to be used for certain things, and you cannot move those around.
And whereas the historic gathering laid the foundation for what would become a vibrant tradition
and encourage our citizens to celebrate the musical tradition and the joy it brings our community.
And so I see what we have set in our CIP for this, but if it's in one chunk, did they give us the finance number that essentially the new 72,000 meters costs today?
And I want to take the opportunity to thank you for all that you're doing for this part of our city, for the neighborhoods, because this affects multiple neighborhoods in such a positive way.
And whereas for more than 73 years, Park Center for disabilities has been a cornerstone of the St. Petersburg community and District 1, providing essential services, advocacy, and support to children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.
Now, therefore, I, Councilman Copley-Gerdis, on behalf of Kenneth T. Welch, Mayor of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, do hereby recognize the observation of March 2026 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and encourage all residents to recognize the importance of inclusion, advocacy, and support for individuals with developmental disabilities and the organizations that serve them.
We've talked about size and duration of events, fees, access to public parks, the maximum set-up times and park impacts, noise mitigation, all the things that they're actually in the process of looking into.
Because what we're collecting versus what other people are collecting, some of these events, they charge, they close off the park, and they charge people hundreds of dollars to go to these events.
It's my understanding that if we reinstate this agreement as of today, they would be in default of the agreement because they have to have begun installation as of today.
Then you add another month, one month later, um, you know, there are, I, I know that everybody has different things and, you know, but it's like team not available out of town though.
Okay. This morning, we will have an invocation given by Deacon John Gerdes from the St. Jude Cathedral, followed by a moment of silence for fallen first responders, and then please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
And so that's my Uncle John, who became a deacon last year at the Cathedral of St. Jude's, Uncle John, and Rob's older brother.