CITY MANAGER LETTER REGARDING PAYMENT OF TAXES
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CITY OF CLEARWATER
POST OffiCE Box 4748, CI,F..AAWAl'ER, FLORJo... 33758-4748
CIlY HArl~ 112 SOtrrn OSCEOL\.AVElIl'UE, ClEARWATER, FLORlDA 33756
TELEPHONE (127) 562-4040 FAX (727) 562-4052
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April 19, 2002
Mr. Joseph M. Benedettini
Pickles Plus Too, Inc.
320 Cleveland Street
Clearwater, FL 33755
Dear Joe:
'Thank you for the. requested information, which as you have expressed, has caused financial loss to your
business. I apologize for taking so long to respond, but ,"vanted to make sure we had the opportunity to
thoroughly review what you have submitted. I appreciate your taking the tUne to quantify your concctJls
so that they can be cval~atc;:d as to whether any reintbursement or credit should be provided.
Below I have addressed each of the issues and provided the City's position on each of these for you: .
Issue
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Amount
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Situa cion
Ale not working (8/12-
8/13/01)
2
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Ale not working (1015-
10/6/01)
3
$1,045.00
Sewer backup/grease traps
backed up (4/10-4/13/01)
4
-o~
Electrical related issues
(10/11/01)
5
$3,675.00
Gas outages/:d,atm system,
malfunction
City Position
While this is certainly an inconvenience. it
does not directly affect the ability to operate a
business,
While this is certainly an inconvenience. it
does not directly affect the ability t? operate a
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A health hazard making it unable to operate a
business.
Repair item. Should he fotwaJ:ded to Dave
Nadeau for reitnbw:semenr.
Health hazat<l: 'IT.nable ~ 1:'0' ,operate '.l; ;safe
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8IUAN J. AUNGST, MWOI'(-COMMISSIONF.R
Eo HAJ!'r, VICE MAVOR"COMMISSIO"'''ER WHITNEY GRAY, COMMISSIO:l:ER
HOYT HAMILTON, COMMISSIOi"fk (t) BILL)Ofl;SON, COMMISSIONER
"EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND AFl'IRMATIVJ;; ACTION F..MPLOYER"
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Issue
6
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Situation
MLK Day street dosing
Cit;y Position
While the City allows this stteet closure, this
event is not a City event a:nd is not something
tha.t any tenant or business in the area '-Vould
be compensated for.
7
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Ongoing pa.tking
In the lease agreement between the City and
Pickles Plus Too. Inc. thete is only ~n
obligation by the City to provide Pickles Plus
Too, Inc. the right to use in COtntnon with
others the parking area (Section #1). Over
time this has developed into specific spaces in
from of the restaunnt but it is not a lease
requi.t:ement.
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Common area mainten~o.ce
TI1is issue has not been fortnaUybrought
forwatd to us before.
Issues
$4,720.00 Total
Based upon this revic'W' and in the spirit of pJ:oviding an acknowledgement of your "good spirit" in
working with the City, we will pwvide a credit to you applkable towards the outstanding balance of back
tues that the City has been paying. The amount of the taxes is $8,752.50 so YOut obligation to reimburse
the City would be $4,032.50. This amount does not indude the currem year ptoperty taxes that arc four
months in arrears of $960.72. Therefore, the total attlOlUlt that should be reimbursed to the City is
$4,993.22. We will be submitting to you a detailed payment schedule in the very neat future.
Joe, we are looking fOJ:watd to many gteat ycats of working together and I appreciate your spirit of
coopetation and partnership.
SinceJ:ely,
~illiam B. BQr.:~~
City Manager
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Approva.l and Acceptance:
We agree to the settlement stated above and waive any claims against the City of Clearwatct: during the
remaining tct:tn of our lease.
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