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Home My WebLink AboutFW A City park Re Public Records request include Landowner and City communications Re Cumberland Farms Cabo Verde PRRFyi. dg From: Ray Osborne [mailto:rko153@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:45 AM To: Todd Morley; Mia Goforth Cc: David Greene Subject: A City park? Re: Public Records request include Landowner and City communications, Re: Cumberland Farms / Cabo Verde PRR Todd, I am sending this email you as from my understanding David Dickey reports to you. There is a public record request to him under the Florida Sunshine Law for all communication from and to the city from the landowners and future landowners for the Cumberland Farms project folder. So far, (3 weeks later) Mr. Dickey has not complied with this request. One of the reasons for this is to get a reasonable meeting of the minds behind this development and I think it can be achieved. I expressed an idea to you back on November of 2012 (see my immediate previous email) when Bob Baugher first bought this property. He told me in a meeting that he had thought of donating a portion of this land to the city to use as a park. In fact, I shared this with you in a meeting and you said he had told you too the same thing. Recently my contacts at the Cape Shores expressed this as a negotiable point they may consider. And they were recalling a previous conversation with him. Can this be brought to the table now? First off, I need to read what has been communicated with the landowners and future landowners so far and that is the main reason for my request. Lastly, to whomever reads this message I hope you understand that I am thinking what is in the best interest of the city according to the city comprehensive plan. Mia, please see to it that this email makes it into the folder. -RKO On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Ray Osborne <rko153@gmail.com> wrote: David, may I make a suggestion that when you add the email communications to the public records folders that you add the latest first, can you do that? Obviously many of the citizens of the city that you serve are concerned about this matter and having the latest factual communication will cut down on misinformation and thus time spent by our residents on this matter, Thank you in advance to complying to this public record request. -RKO "In Florida, transparency is not up to the whim or grace of public officials. Instead, it is an enforceable right." — Attorney General Pam Bondi On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Ray Osborne <rko153@gmail.com> wrote: Mia, Thanks for starting the process to populate the public records with city and landowner communications in the section for the Cumberland Farms project. From the transparency this provided I was able to learn one of Mr. Baugher concerns, so am able to adapt my approach to the archaeological survey. He sent an email stating he did not think public funds should be used for this purpose, so I am now in addition to grant possibilities am exploring crowd-funding an archaeological survey. There are a number of web services such as Kickstarter that facilitate the collection of funds from like-minded people for small projects such as this. This tool may also enable us explore another item that Mr. Baugher discussed; the possibility of donating land to the city to use as a city park. I look forward to the continue buildup of the public records for this section and hearing back on the inquiries I made in my previous email. -RKO "In Florida, transparency is not up to the whim or grace of public officials. Instead, it is an enforceable right." — Attorney General Pam Bondi On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Ray Osborne <rko153@gmail.com> wrote: Dear City Clerk, David Dickey et al. I want to recap my conversation this past Monday September 29th, 2014 with David Dickey the city planner. I stopped by briefly and reiterated to the city planner my willingness to communicate to the land owner or new potential land owner that it is not my intention to use the archaeological resources of this area to stop their development. Others and I would like to see if the developer would give us a period of 2-3 months to do a proper survey of this significant archaeology site in our area. This would give us time to gather some knowledge of an ancient culture of people that lived here 2000 years ago, collect artifacts and properly remove any archaeological impediments to future development. At the last city meeting when I spoke, the council voted that I could move forward with making plans for an archaeological survey which included and most importantly; obtaining permission from the land owners. It looks unlikely that the current owner will give us permission based on earlier conversations. My hope is with the new potential landowner and I asked the city planner again if he would see what he could find our if that would be agreeable with them. It was from my understanding that he would. Is there any objection from the city on this? I certainly want to see the best interests of the city served and I believe they are. I also mentioned to the city planner that it would be helpful to have a copy of the contract between the buyer and seller of this lot of land. Can a copy be requested for the city's records? I look forward to reading the subject communications in the public records soon. This will help us all make informed decisions and avoid misunderstandings due to misinformation. But I request that it be made available before the next P&Z meeting if the subject development is on their agenda next week. -Ray Osborne Historian Cape Canaveral On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Mia Goforth <M.Goforth@cityofcapecanaveral.org> wrote: Good morning Dave/Todd, I received a phone call from Ray Osborne yesterday requesting all email communications between the City and the previous/existing/future owners of the Cabo Verde property be placed in the Public Records Request/Cumberland Farms LF folder before the next City Council Meeting. Thanks! Mia Picture1 Mia Goforth, Deputy City Clerk m.goforth@cityofcapecanaveral.org City of Cape Canaveral 105 Polk Avenue P.O. Box 326 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 321-868-1220 x221 <tel:321-868-1220%20x221> FAX 321-868-1248 www.cityofcapecanaveral.org <http://www.cityofcapecanaveral.org/> Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. 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