Who owns the Pier Park Problem?

Answer – Rick Kriseman

St. Petersburg, Fl.

Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb, PhD
Coauthor of: So You Want to Blog 

The Pier Park rhetoric seemed to have ratcheted up a bit this past week. Posts on the voteonthepier Facebook page turned more caustic. In a saintpetersblog Post, Janelle Irwin complains Pier Park critics’ points are a stretch at best, and followed that with Pier Park is coming — meet its creators.

I am totally in on the thought that whining and especially over the top vitriolic whining about Pier Park is useless, but so is whining from the other side of the table about people who genuinely feel the citizens of St. Petersburg got screwed in this deal and they did.

In the follow on saintpetersblog Post, Irwin begins to provide information about those who will actually be designing and running the project. Most of the information is Bid Proposal filler and promotional brochure comments, but in all honesty given the political volatility of this project that is about all you'll get from the participants until the public input and final design is completed.

All of which brings me to my point. The folks who are vehemently against this project are not going to change their minds and the folks that are passionate for the new concept are not likely to change their position. The Facebook, Twitter and Blog battle will likely continue to rage right up to the ribbon cutting and perhaps beyond.

There is, however, a very large group in the middle of these two opposing positions whose minds may be changed. 

It is not really clear where the public stands on Pier Park yet, even though those opposing like to refer the City survey.

Doing a poll right now before the public input and at least a preliminary final design is on the table might be pointless.

Regarding the upcoming public process I would expect the public's input to be given about the same degree of respect and attention they were given in the past.

The real issue I see is if all of this bickering and fighting between a very few people on both sides is successful in poisoning the general public's view of Pier Park, that would be a real disaster that could take years to over come.

All of this name calling is the result of the Kriseman administration's overt decision manipulate the selection committee, ignore the results of the process they put in place and that was simply a dumb move. It set the stage for all of this bickering.

Now that Kriseman has run off Mike Connors he owns Pier Park lock, stock and sloping event field. No shill to blame.

Pier Park will be built, and it will look like whatever Kriseman and those pulling his strings want it too. Railing against the project, while it may be fun, is more self-serving than effective.

What does need to be fixed is the political process that allowed St. Pete to get into this mess and that is a much more difficult problem to solve but you can start at the ballot box.

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City Council makes a valiant effort to fix a flawed Waterfront Master Plan

Opinion By: E. Eugene Webb, PhD

Coauthor of: So You Want to Blog

  

In what seemed to me a heartfelt attempt to get to an acceptable Downtown Water Front Master Plan City Council labored until they just couldn't go any longer Thursday night.

At question was the inclusion of hotel/convention center and a host of areas all along the water front designated as "Development Areas"

The Hotel Conference center seemed to be a no brainer, with consensus it should be pulled from the Master Plan but the rest of the development parcels designated in the plan became much more difficult to deal with.

At one point there was a suggestion that all of the development areas be pulled from the Plan but that seemed too draconian to the Council.

What struck me was the tenacity that the Consultant and the Kriseman administration held onto the development portion of the plan. Struggling to keep the possibility of a Plan with massive "development opportunities" alive, both the Consultant and the Administration spoke repeatedly in glowing terms of the hotel/convention center, retail along the west side of Al Lange and other possibly wonderful commercial ideas that might evolve.

Council, concerned that future Administration's or Councils might not interpret the plan as they see it, struggled to make changes that would clarify the intent of the plan only to be rebuffed by the Administration's team.

In the end the Council continued the discussion to the next City Council meeting with instructions to staff that removed the hotel/conference center, took the "Development Areas" out of the South Basin and provided some additional language changes.

The administration will bring back a modified plan.

If all of the Council recommended changes are actually made there will still be a lot to be concerned about in the DWMP. Far to many undefined "Development Areas" remain; the approach to Bayboro Harbor seems completely impractical to name a couple.

The administration harped on the fact that the plan is "conceptual" but defined areas highlighted in red "Development Areas" are a bit more than conceptual.

Even in it's revised form the DWMP is likely to be the biggest threat to the Waterfront ever approved by a City Council.

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Political Correctness and the St. Pete Pier Selection Committee

Opinion By: E. Eugene Webb, PhD
Coauthor of: So You Want to Blog

There is an old axiom in psychology research that says when faced with deciding between two options that both have negative outcomes, the decision maker will either make no decision or seek a way out of the situation.

It seems the St. Pete Pier Selection Committee has taken such an approach. Rather than stand their ground and recommend Alma or go with the will of the public and select Destination the Committee after hours of wasted time picked the middle ground and ranked Pier Park as number one in their final rankings.

I am not so sure the pier design was as critical in the final decision process as was not angering the intrepid chairman of the committee and the Mayor, or facing the obvious wrath of the public.

Assuming it can be permitted and constructed within the budget, I don't think it Pier Park meets the real objective. There has been a lot of talk about Pier Park appealing to the millennials as a place to play, but not much talk about the Pier Park as a tourist draw.

Even at the end the old Pier was drawing over a million visitors a year. So the question becomes if I am a tourist staying out on the beach will I drive or take a bus to downtown St. Pete to go to a park? Probably not.

I am not sure the committee was looking at all of the right issues at the end of the process.

For me, I think it was the wrong ranking for a lot of wrong reasons.

Council has a few more options than the Kriseman administration would like to admit. I know there is a real desire to get this one off the plate, but Council Chair Gerdes is a smart guy and he knows the rules. A rush forward here could be a big mistake.

Maybe its time to "receive and file" the Committee's report a let the pot simmer just a bit.

I for one am not thanking the Pier Selection Committee for their service. I think they wasted a lot of time, suffered from poor leadership and in the end did not have the courage to stand for their convictions or the public's.

That's what happens when you establish a committee of citizens' lead by a member of the administration who has an agenda to push.

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St. Pete City Attorney to retire in January 2016

The St. Petersburg Tribune and the Tampa Bay Times are reporting that John Wolfe, St. Pete City Attorney, will retire in January 2016.

Chief Assistant Attorney Jackie Kovilaritch is Wolfe's recommendation for the City top legal position.

John has been with the City Legal Department since 1975 and became City Attorney in 2000.

Besides being an outstanding attorney, John has been a good friend and advisor to many on the City staff including me.

Jackie Kovilaritch, whom I have also had the opportunity to work with, is an excellent recommendation to lead the City’s Legal team. The City Legal Department will be in good hands.

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Mike Connors should be removed from the St. Pete Pier Selection Committee

Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD

Coauthor of: So You Want Blog .

The level of concern surrounding the St. Pete Pier Selection process continues to grow. So far Mayor Kriseman has not distanced himself from any of his hand picked Selection Committee Chairman's comments made during the last Selection Committee meeting.

His recent well crafted comments are merely a thin veil over the desired replacement of the inverted pyramid.

Process is an important factor in the selection of a new Pier design. Last time the process was hijacked by the artful, but I must admit I didn't expect this Pier selection process to be so openly hijacked by the Kriseman administration.

The Selection Committee must feel a bit estranged at this point.

It is becoming hard to take the Selection Committee process seriously since it appears that the Mayor has loaded the deck in favor of doing away with any semblance of the inverted pyramid.

With all of the Kriseman talk about being an open and inclusive process the reality has been less than the promise.

From his style to his attitude Connors can be extremely intimidating. It seems to me it will be all but impossible for the Selection Committee to function openly, fairly and effectively with Connors sitting the Chairman's seat.

Connors may use his colorful prose to try to talk his way out of the mess he created, but no one seriously following this train wreck will buy it. He is there to shill for the Mayor and shill he will.

Kriseman has a big decision to make. If he leaves Connors as Chairman of the Pier Selection Committee, and the Committee with Connor's urging ignores the public's preference ranking ALMA first, it would give the appearance that the Administration stacked the deck.

Obviously City Council can undo the Selection Committee's decision by simply not accepting the Committee's ranking, but that could lead to a restart of the whole Pier process and delay things for another year or so.

City Council could simply accept ALMA and let negotiations begin. One can rest assured if the Kriseman administration gets ALMA to the negotiation phase there will be a deal no matter how much it costs St. Petersburg.

Should the selection of ALMA become a reality, you can expect a significant public outcry. There is already one petition drive under way and it would seem likely an attempt would be made to put ALMA up for referendum consideration.

It is quite probable that a sufficient number of signatures could be obtained to put the issue on the ballot. The vote would not be as much about the Pier design as it would be about the process and a St. Pete Mayor failing to be true to his promises and failing to provide leadership based on the public's wishes.

That scenario could very likely lead St. Pete to its second one term strong Mayor.

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Charlie Gerdes makes the right call on baseball deal

Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb, PhD

Coauthor of: So You Want to Blog

St. Pete City Council Chairman, Charlie Gerdes made the right call by delaying a City Council discussion of the Rays stadium search deal. Why put City Council, the Rays and the Mayor through another embarrassing discussion of the Rays trying to weasel on their deal with the City.

This time around they proposed give up the development rights only if they cut a deal for a new stadium, in the mean time he City sits and waits for the Rays to determine the redevelopment future of 87 prime acres.

With all the talk about downtown development and the need to move quickly to capture the millennial movement, it seems a bit odd to let major league baseball hold the Trop site development rights hostage until they get a new stadium deal most likely not in St. Pete.

How about the Rays give up all of the development rights now in return for the ability to look anywhere they like with a stipulation that any City development on the site will leave at least 40 acres including the current stadium and parking until the Rays actually leave the Trop.

With a deal like this the City can begin the long and arduous task of planning the redevelopment of the stadium site and maybe even start some construction while the Rays continue to play baseball.

Or another option:

The Rays have indicated it will take about 2 years to negotiate a stadium deal and 5 years to build a new stadium. Why not kick this can down the road until 2019, and then turn the Rays loose to look anywhere for a new stadium. When the deal is all done it will be 2027 and the Rays can leave. Thus saving this annual misery and distraction for a few years.

In any scenario the early departure compensation needs to increase significantly.

Baseball is all about money, that's why there are no games on over the air TV this year. Baseball used to be for the common man; now it's for those who can afford over priced tickets, have cable, satellite or Internet sports packages.

As part of Council Chair Gerdes economic fact finding it would be interesting to take a survey of St. Pete citizens and see just how concerned they really are about the Rays leaving. It might also be interesting to see if there is a single company employing more than 5 people who moved to St. Pete just because we have a baseball team.

For now we have the rest of the year to work on the Rays issue. The Mayor, his dream team and City Council can spend some time focusing on what really matters: St. Petersburg.

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Tampa Bay Rays Top of the second or bottom of the ninth?

Atlanta - Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb, PhD

It’s hard to tell where the Kriseman administration is with the Rays deal. 

Probably the most concerning is the decision to negotiate with the City Council out of the Sunshine.

The hallmark of the Kriseman candidacy was the promise to be transparent. Apparently that promise does not completely apply to the Rays.

While it is not uncommon for City administrations to assure they have the necessary votes to get an item passed, the profile of the Rays and the Trop make this behind the scenes dealing feel a bit uncomfortable.

Following the Mayor’s thumbing of his nose at the City Council workshop on a new stadium, it seems a bit problematic to be slinking around from council member to council member trying to build consensus without a public discussion.

Let’s hope the Kriseman Administration makes the details of this new deal available to the public before springing it on the City Council for a vote. In fact there will be a public discussion before a vote is taken, and once the discussion begins the outcome remains up in the air.

The Rays decision to shun the City Council meeting to me speaks volumes about how the team feels about the group that has the final say on their immediate future.

If the objective is to not look like fools or not get their feelings hurt too late.

Sooner or later the Rays are going go have to show up and face the real decision makers or go quietly into the night and play till 2027 or someone steps up and buys out the Trop lease.

They don’t want to play in St. Petersburg and they send that message louder every time they speak publically.

The administration has already burned a lot of political capital on the Rays and the Trop. Pressing issues are taking a back seat to baseball.

Baseball will not bring significantly more jobs to St. Pete.

Baseball will not solve the problems in South St. Pete.

Baseball will play little or no role in the Pier decision or outcome.

Baseball will not fix the homeless problem in St. Pete.

Baseball will not contribute to the building of a new Police Station.

It is time to focus on what really counts in St. Petersburg and quit playing at baseball. Mayor Kriseman and the Dream team need to get on about their business and let Mr. Sternberg worry about his team.

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What really went wrong on the Tropicana field deal? Maybe Nothing.

Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD

There will be a lot of finger pointing and wild accusations as to what happened to the Rays/City Memorandum of Understanding.

No matter how you slice it, it was not a good deal the City or its citizens. It didn't offer enough, didn't provide any protections and it was clearly very one sided.

There are a lot of factors at play but a couple standouts. I spent almost 30 years in the City administration and one of the things I learned was it is very unwise to A, negotiate a big deal in private and  B, bring a take or leave it deal to the City Council. More often than not they vote it down.

What is a bit surprising is Kriseman didn't remember that from his time on City Council.

The Administration would have been wise to include Council in the negotiations at least with some briefings, and to have had some negotiable issues in the Agreement. Off the record we used to call that, "give them some change so they will feel good".

I am pretty sure the Rays understood the impacts of the "take it or leave it" stand. Baseball deals with political bodies all over the country and it would be hard to believe that they don't understand the likely results of the position the Rays took with the City.

I have to wonder if this whole show didn't turn out exactly like the Rays wanted.

City Council are the bad guys, the Mayor and Council are now fighting with each other, baseball has once again become a political football and now the Rays can slink off into the confusion using all of the controversy to do as they please while blaming the City for their woes.

 The Five City Council members who voted no on the Rays stadium Memorandum of Understanding are taking a beating from the Mayor and from some in the press.

I found the Tampa bay Times editorial particularly disgusting and the Tribune editorial not far behind.

The Mayor needs to take a deep breath, get off his high horse and quickly re establish his relationship with City Council. In the long run they may have just saved his honorable derriere.

Note John Wolf's comments when asked if the MOU weaken the Use Agreement, loose quote: "No matter what you do it weakens the Use Agreement."

Chip away enough and suddenly the Rays walk with no penalties or a long protracted legal battle.

If the Rays really want to look around the Bay area they will sit down with the Mayor, take the issues Council raised and come back with a counter proposal. If they don't you have your answer, there never was a deal it was just a shot at weakening the Use Agreement.

For now the Mayor and City Council need to cool off and make sure the baseball issue doesn't throw a wrench into all of the good things the Administration and Council have moving forward.

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What really went wrong on the Tropicana field deal? Maybe Nothing.

Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD

There will be a lot of finger pointing and wild accusations as to what happened to the Rays/City Memorandum of Understanding.

No matter how you slice it, it was not a good deal the City or its citizens. It didn't offer enough, didn't provide any protections and it was clearly very one sided.

There are a lot of factors at play but a couple standouts. I spent almost 30 years in the City administration and one of the things I learned was it is very unwise to A, negotiate a big deal in private and  B, bring a take or leave it deal to the City Council. More often than not they vote it down.

What is a bit surprising is Kriseman didn't remember that from his time on City Council.

The Administration would have been wise to include Council in the negotiations at least with some briefings, and to have had some negotiable issues in the Agreement. Off the record we used to call that, "give them some change so they will feel good".

I am pretty sure the Rays understood the impacts of the "take it or leave it" stand. Baseball deals with political bodies all over the country and it would be hard to believe that they don't understand the likely results of the position the Rays took with the City.

I have to wonder if this whole show didn't turn out exactly like the Rays wanted.

City Council are the bad guys, the Mayor and Council are now fighting with each other, baseball has once again become a political football and now the Rays can slink off into the confusion using all of the controversy to do as they please while blaming the City for their woes.

 The Five City Council members who voted no on the Rays stadium Memorandum of Understanding are taking a beating from the Mayor and from some in the press.

I found the Tampa bay Times editorial particularly disgusting and the Tribune editorial not far behind.

The Mayor needs to take a deep breath, get off his high horse and quickly re establish his relationship with City Council. In the long run they may have just saved his honorable derriere.

Note John Wolf's comments when asked if the MOU weaken the Use Agreement, loose quote: "No matter what you do it weakens the Use Agreement."

Chip away enough and suddenly the Rays walk with no penalties or a long protracted legal battle.

If the Rays really want to look around the Bay area they will sit down with the Mayor, take the issues Council raised and come back with a counter proposal. If they don't you have your answer, there never was a deal it was just a shot at weakening the Use Agreement.

For now the Mayor and City Council need to cool off and make sure the baseball issue doesn't throw a wrench into all of the good things the Administration and Council have moving forward.

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Sunday September 14, 2014 - The New St. Pete Fiscal Year

The Kriseman administration gets off to its first full fiscal year with its own budget October 1, 2014.

All the money should be in the right buckets so the Mayor and his team can get their programs underway.

The Kriseman administration has been a little slow on the uptake, so it may be a few weeks before we see things start to happen.

Look for Todd Yost (Codes) and Mike Dove (Neighborhoods) to get off to a quick start. Codes has additional funding for staff and technology, and Neighborhoods has some big plans and funding to make them happen.

I expect to see some real visible results from these two real fast.

Elsewhere look for some changes at the PD as new Chief Anthony Holloway begins to pull things together. The changes will likely be pretty subtle, but look for a shake up in the top level.

The Chief is going to move slowly, but I do look for a rapid implementation of his plan to get out of the Patrol car and walk around. It’s going to take some leadership from the Patrol management, but it will make a big difference in how the PD is viewed in the Community.

The Kriseman administration needs to keep a close eye on the infrastructure departments: Water, storm water, waste water, along with streets and roads.

With all of the heady stuff like the Pier, the arts, soccer and baseball it would be easy to overlook some real serious stuff. In the next budget cycle the Kriseman team should give a little more attention to the infrastructure side of the house.

Things to watch for:

Red Light Cameras
The Mayor indicated the red light cameras would go away at the end of the fiscal year. ATS, the red light camera vendor, is probably going to put on a big push to keep the cameras in place.

Look for Jim Kennedy, who is a benefactor of ATS campaign contributions, to make a big case for continuing the program.

Smart move here is to simply do as promised and not get caught up in a big red light camera controversy.

The Pier

Big trick here is to keep the process focused on the all the work that has been accomplished up to now.

Those that would hijack the process for their own purposes are still lurking in the wings. Diligence and transparency are the keys to success.

The budget process was a success and now the hard work on implementation begins.

Kriseman needs to manage the budget closely and hold all of his department leaders and those receiving grants and funding from the City accountable.

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Kudos to Mayor Kriseman and the Team

Those who follow this Blog surely know that I am not reluctant to criticize  St. Pete City Hall when something goes wrong.

So when things go right, especially when they go really right, I would like to give credit where credit is due.

Mayor Kriseman and his team did an outstanding job with the Budget process.

Working with the staff, the City Council, Peoples Budget Review and the public in general this was the most positive and successful budget development processes in the last eight years.

The first budget process of a new Mayor's term is critical. Because of a quirk in the way things work a new Mayor spends almost his entire first year working with a budget his/her predecessor developed.

While there is some flexibility, the budget is the budget and a new mayor is pretty well hemmed in by the old budget during that first 9 months of his term. Mayor Kriseman and his team did a good job navigating those first 9 months.

The City has a new budget that seems to appeal to just about everyone.

To me that is a major accomplishment the Mayor and his team should be proud of.

 I fully understand Council member Newton's desire to have more focus on youth and I agree. That should be an early priority in the next budget cycle.

A second kudos goes to the Mayor and his team on the progress of the Pier project.

By Fridays 4:00PM deadline 16 firms had submitted qualifications for Pier project.

Christopher O'Donnell has the details in his Tampa Tribune article Most pier proposals would keep inverted pyramid.

Working on the Pier project is somewhat like walking through a densely populated mine field, and I for one think the Mayor and his team have done an outstanding job.

From the public input sessions, Pier committees, transparency and the Request for Qualifications approach, I can't think of anything the Mayor and his team could have done better.

Only a cautionary comment: the mine field does not end here.

This is the point where the original Pier project ran off the rails. It is critical that the group that evaluates these submissions and makes recommendations be representative of the process that has occurred up to this point.

I am sure the Mayor recognizes that problem and I am confident that he and his team will make sure the process stays on task.

I have made it a point in this Post to refer to the "Mayor and his Team".

To me one of the most impressive things about Mayor Kriseman so far, has been his willingness to put together his management team, teams and groups of citizens and staff teams; provide them resources, guidance and oversight let them work and then  listen to them.

It has been a good nine months.

While I am sure the Mayor and his team will give me a lot to Blog about in the future, I do believe St. Petersburg is in good hands.

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Sunday August 17, 2014 - An Appropriate Swearing In

Wednesday August 13, 2014 the Kriseman Administration swore in their new Police Chief Anthony Holloway.

The event, which took place in Fox Hall on the Campus of Eckerd College, was very well done and well attended.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor and a lengthy list of law enforcement and political figures were on hand for the event.

Also present and smiling were the two internal candidates for the Chiefs' position, Assistant Chief Luke Williams and Assistant Chief Melanie Bevan. A reminder that the new Chief has his work cut out for him. 

The Ceremony began with a color guard and ended with some very appropriate remarks by the new Chief.

 

Most poignant moment was when Chief Holloway's wife pinned on his new Gold St. Pete Shield.

Holloway comes with a lot of glowing recommendations and seemingly little baggage.

His selection was a bit tumultuous to say the least. But as someone commented, "don't get the process confused with the product"

He arrives at a Police Department that has some deep divisions of its own and against a national backdrop of racial tensions related to police relations with an African American community, a problem that also exists here in St. Pete.

It's a big plate with a lot on it and Chief Holloway already looks pretty comfortable in his new role.

The Kriseman administration gets a big thumbs up for the event. It was well organized, tastefully done and the venue could not have been better as Anthony Holloway is an Eckerd College Alumni.

After four years of kind of lurching from event to event, Mayor Kriseman and his team are paying much needed attention to the form and substance of critical events. Formality has always had its place in our form of governance and on August 13, 2014 in Fox Hall on the Eckerd Campus it seemed to me everything was present in just the right amount.

Thanks to all from the City, the Police Department, Eckerd College and all who took time to attend.

It was a very special day.

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