HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-MinutesCity Commission Meeting Minutes April 22, 2004
going to get. The biggest problem you've got in your district, Angel, I've got in my district, I gel
crucifte4 dead and buria, 4, and burnt up for trying to get parking in Overtouln. You can't even
get the parking out ofAllapattah, Now, we're going to provide -- the main piece of this -- let's
lust break it down — the main piece oj'this incentive package is parking, and It Fs parking that's
going to be free to the people who use these jor shops. You are not going to get somebody Ili go
and pay tial Harbor parking for a --
Commissioner Winton: Target store.
Chairman Teele: —Target state, or for a —the wkde big box context_ That's wiry the meeting
with this economist Js so important, You cannot make --You will never sell to somebody In
Overtown or Allapattah, or Wynwood if they've got to come and pay jive dollars for parking, and
neither can the stores In Overtown get people to come in there if theyh?e got to pay.(or parking,
and I don't care what anybody says. The parking in Overtown attd the parking in Allapailuh is
the best thing this City Commission has done, and it didn`t -- and it won't cost as much as this
parking a going to cast, per parking lot —
Commissioner Winton: That's right.
Chairman Teele: -- because this Is elevated parking.
Commissioner Winton: Correct.
Chairman Teele: OX The sir, seven, eight hundred thousand dollars of parking to Overtown is
worth it for the redevelopment ofOvertown. The fitly million dollars of parking that is needed in
this facility is worth it. You can never get those jobs if you don't provide the incentive, and who's
going to payf or the parking? If Off -Street Parking builds it, they're going to have to pay so, you
know, it's no need to hold these people or this devefoper hostage for what we are frustrated with
in our own units. Angel, l can't tell you how disappointed I am in this management about Little
Haiti. I mean, we dont even have a contract yetfor an architect(idly. 1 mean, the Manager
said, we're going to get this dune. We're going to get this. Trust me, I'm all in favor. Its all
talk but let me tell you When somebody like this comes through, their plat is put on the table. it
goes through in the same day. I'm not mad at them, but there is two systems here, and it's no
need to punish the developer who's trying to deal with the higgesl problem we've got in this city,
which is unemployment and my plea to ray colleaguat is, look: Commissioner Winton took the
lead on this. He was obviously the only person in the loop. I'm not offended at all. I assume tni
were kept itl/ormed The fact of the matter is, is that what we're talking about is a redevelopment
deal. This is a redevelopment deal. This is creating, in effect, a TIF, and the reason -- the only
reason to create a TiF is to push dollars back out to stimulate that development, and 29 -- How
many parking spaces is it, 2900? 2900 parking arpaces is what it's going to take. The rest of It Is
a plaza, you know. The other big number is a plaza The plaza is owned by the public. It's open
space, so I don't think we should see this as putting money -- before anybody goes on radio -- I
don't think —
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Chairman Teele: And start saying what _ PUBLIC RECORD FOR
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Commissioner Regalado: Listen, listen.
Chairman Teele. —admit 1 respect you, but let me —1 know you. 1 know you.
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