Mar 02, 2021 Regular Meeting

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>> IF HE COULD BE SEATED. IF WE COULD ALL SIT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THIS IS THE MARCH 2, 2021, REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER AND CITY CLERK IF

YOU COULD CALL THE ROLE -- ROLL. >> WE CAN RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING

FOR THE INVOCATION BY THE REVEREND. >> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS,

ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> LET US PRAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR SAFE TRAVEL HERE. LORD, AS WE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE DECISIONS, I ASK YOU TO LEAD US AND GUIDE US, EVERY MEMBER AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS. MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR WAY.

WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM TO BE FAITHFUL SERVANTS AND AS THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS, I ASK THAT YOU LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM IN EVERYTHING THEY DO. WE ASK YOU IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY,

AMEN. >> THANK YOU REVEREND. >> THE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. WE ARE UNDER COVID-19 PROTOCOLS. AS SUCH, WE HAVE NO STANDING IN THE ROOM.

SO, WE DO HAVE SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION ROOMS, THERE IS ALSO A SPACE UPSTAIS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AND WE WILL CALL YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY, OR IF THERE IS AN ISSUE ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO. IF EVERYONE CAN BE SEATED.

THAT IS APPRECIATED. IF YOU CAN SILENCE YOUR PHONES. PLEASE TELL THEM TO TURN THEM OFF OR PUT THEM ON AIRPLANE MODE. FINALLY, WE WILL CONDUCT OURSELVES IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, WITH INTEGRITY AND DIGNITY.

[4.1 PRESENTATION - NASSAU HUMANE SOCIETY]

>> I JUST SAW HER A MINUTE AGO. >> BRING IN THE PUPPY. GOOD EVENING.

YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> BREANNA.

>> THIS IS BISCUIT. THIS IS A DOG THROUGH AND. HE WAS ADOPTED AND HER OWNER PASSED AWAY AND NEITHER WAS THE FAMILY SO THEY BROUGHT HER BACK. SHE IS BACK WITH US AND

HOPEFULLY SHE GETS ADOPTED BY SOMEONE ELSE. >> HOW OLD IS BISCUIT?

>> SHE IS 5-YEARS-OLD. IT IS FUNNY, SHE REALLY DOESN'T CARE WHAT HER NAME IS EVEN THOUGH SHE IS 5-YEARS-OLD.

HER. SHE IS VERY STRONG. >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING BISCUIT TO THE MEETING. HOPEFULLY, SHE FINDS A HOME SOON.

>> TAKE HER HOME, MIKE. >> I THINK TAMMY WASN'T LIKING THAT.

[4.2 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET PROGRAM]

>> I DO. >> I HAVE 4.2 PRESENTATION BY THE FERNANDINA BEACH PROGRAM.

>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES LEAD TOWARDS MORE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OR MAINSTREET.

WE AREN'T LOOKING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MISSION BY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE DONE PRESENTATIONS. I HAVE ONE COMING UP.

WE HAVE ALSO DONE 14, THE THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY PROGRAM. JUST SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN FERNANDINA BEACH THROUGH MAINSTREET. OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY. IN ADDITION TO WEEKLY E-MAILS WHICH WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT GO OUT TO BUSINESSES, ALL OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE REGARDING THE TEARS ACT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, WE HAVE LINKED THEM WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WE SHARE RESOURCES FROM THE OTHER MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIPS. THERE WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA GRANT.

WE NOT ONLY MAKE THE BUSINESSES AWARE, WE HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE BUSINESSES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LATELY TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER, TO EXCHANGE IDEAS.

WE HELD A MEET AND GREET AT TASTY'S OUTSIDE, BEFORE THE BUSINESSES WERE OPEN.

IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLY. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON SO THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOT SO MUCH ALONE. WE HAVE BEEN HELPING THEM TO LEARN TOGETHER. WE STARTED WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION WHICH WAS HELD LAST WEEK IN THE CHAMBERS. WE HIT 31 LOCAL BUSINESSES ATTEND.

WE HAD THE REST ONLINE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

IT FOCUSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE SALES. AND REALLY ALTERNATIVE REVENUE STREAMS THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO DO THESE THINGS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS.

WE HAD GREAT PANEL. LORI OSBORNE, TERESA DUNCAN AND NATALIE FROM THE OTHER AREA.

WE HAD AN AUTHOR TURNED SPORTS BUSINESS WRITER TURNED PR PERSON LEAD THE PANEL THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS. SO REALLY TALKED ABOUT OPTIMIZATION AND USING LIVE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THE RESPONSE IS COMING BACK IN ALL OF THIS. WE PLAN TO HOLD OTHERS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AS WE GO FORWARD. THE PROMOTIONS COUNSEL IS PROBABLY THE MOST VISIBLE LATELY. THEY DO ANY EVENT OR PROMOTION WITHOUT WORKSHOPS AND RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN. IN FEBRUARY WE HELD A SIP AND SHALL APPEAR THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. WE FEEL IT WENT VERY WELL. IT WAS A SAFE EVENT.

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THIRTY-TWO MAINSTREET VOLUNTEERS THAT MADE SURE PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WEARING FACE COVERINGS. WE DID A SURVEY AFTER THAT EVENT, WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 73% OF THE SHOPS THAT PARTICIPATED REPORTED HIGHER SALES THAN THEY DID THE WEEK PRIOR. WE FELT, THAT WAS A GOOD INDICATOR IT WAS A BIG INDICATOR AND WE DID MAKE IT WORK. WE ARE ALSO PROMOTING A CALENDAR WHICH FEATURES A DIFFERENT BUSINESS EVERY MONTH WITH COUPONS AT THE END THAT PEOPLE CAN USE. PROMOTING THE BUSINESSES IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.

COMING UP, WE WILL DO SOMETHING CALLED SHAMROCK SHOP WHICH WILL FEATURE GOLD COIN SHOPS.

NO GATHERING, BUT IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND SHOP. FINALLY, OUR DESIGN COUNSEL.

WE JUST WELCOMED THREE NEW MEMBERS. SO, ALL GREAT SKILL SETS.

THEY JOIN US SO IT IS A GOOD GROUP. WE ARE WORKING ON A GUIDE FOR OUR STREETS. WITH THE GOAL OF MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY IN THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE. WE LOOK AT STREETLIGHTS TRASH CONTAINERS ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND PROVIDING A GUIDE WILL KEEP THINGS CONSISTENT IT WILL GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED WHEN WE LOOK FOR FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PROJECTS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DID WAS, A MAINSTREET VOLUNTEER ANALYZE THE DOWNTOWN TRASH SERVICE AND MET WITH JEREMIAH TO GO OVER THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD DOWNTOWN WITH RECYCLING THE DUMPSTERS, AND THE DUMPSTER BY THE LIBRARY AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESS OR ABILITIES TO PUT OUT THE CONTAINERS. SHE WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS WITH BUSINESSES THAT SHOULD HELP TO IMPROVE THAT SITUATION.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MAINSTREET VOLUNTEERS AND CITIZENS, HAVE YOU HAD -- AS YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING TO RAISE DISCUSSION. ONE IS THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON FRONT STREET. WE FEEL THAT, MAINSTREET IS POSITIONED TO HELP WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE CAN BE THE LIAISON. AND THE PRIVATE PARTNER.

OUR HOPE IS WE CAN USE OUR VOLUNTEERS TO FIND SOMEONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO REHABILITATE THE BUILDING. ALSO, ULTIMATELY BRING A TENNANT TO THE BUILDING SO WE KNOW THE FINAL USE. WE RECOGNIZE AS WELL, THE CITY CANNOT COMMIT TO MOVING THE BUILDING WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE ULTIMATE USE. THIS IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED BOTH PIECES OF THAT TO HAPPEN AND WE THINK MAINSTREET IS IN A POSITION TO DO THAT. WEEKEND LOOK AT FUNDING OPTIONS THROUGH THE STATE.

THERE IS A SPECIAL DESIGNATION GRANT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT, THAT WOULD HELP WITH RENOVATIONS. THERE IS A TIME DELAY. BUT, WE DO FEEL THAT IF WE COULD FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE WE COULD SAVE THE BUILDING. THAT HAS BECOME A PRIORITY.

NOT ONLY IN OUR DESIGN COUNSEL BUT ALSO WITH THE BOARD. WE HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS AND WE DO SUPPORT WHAT WE CAN DO, TO HELP THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

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WE WILL DO A SERIES OF MEET AND GREET IN ORDER TO GET THE BUSINESSES TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND ENGAGE THEM FOR THE CORRIDOR, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE THINGS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. OUR PRIORITY IS THE HELP OF THE SHOP. WHENEVER WE CAN DO TO ASSIST THEM WITH FUNDING AND SUPPORT AND WHATEVER IT IS, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING CREATIVE WAYS WE CAN HOLD EVENTS AND GET PEOPLE INTO THE SHOPS. THAT IS TRULY OUR PRIMARY CONCERN, MAKING SURE THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, THE BOARD DOES AS WELL.

AND THE CITY STAFF TO KEEP THE AREA OF VIBRANT AND PRESERVED. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE WAY YOU ARE MOVING. THE RESEARCH WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL

OPERATION. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR HITTING THE GROUND AND RUNNING AND YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB SO WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> I JUST HAVE TO THINK TO SAY. AS YOU KNOW FROM THE DISCUSSION, THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

I AM AWARE. I WOULD URGE MAINSTREET TO ACT QUICKLY ON THAT FRONT.

SECONDLY, THE CITY PROVIDES MAINSTREET WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. AS SUCH, THIS COMMISSION AS ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT ON HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. IN YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION, COULD

YOU ADD A FINANCIAL REPORTING ELEMENT COLLECTS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY. >> ONTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PUBLIC COMMENT.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I SAW. >> >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I AM HERE FOR THREE QUICK THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER FROM WHAT I HEARD ABOUT EMPHASIZING ON THE WORKING WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CREATE A WORKING WATERFRONT, BUT A WORKING WATERFRONT EXISTS, AND YOUR TASK IS, HOW DO YOU PRESERVE IT. IT WAS NICE HEARING THAT.

WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE HOUSE, THE BUILDING THAT IS ON FRONT STREET.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT. THE SECOND PIECE DUCK TALES WITH THAT. I AM NOT SURE IF THE COMMISSIONER HAS ENTERTAINED THE REGISTER FOR THE TOWN. THERE IS A DEFINED LINE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE THE WATERFRONT AS HISTORIC. SO, THAT IS ONE QUESTION.

MY LAST PIECE, WHICH IS TO QUESTIONS, IT DOVETAILS TO THE BOAT TRAVEL PARKING.

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MY LAST QUESTION IS, I WANT TO KNOW, ANY MAJOR PLANS, THE BOAT TRAILER AREA WHERE IT IS PRESENTLY, WILL IT BE MOVED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BOAT RAMP.

>> CITY MANAGER, ON THE MAINTENANCE, IS THERE ANYTHING SCHEDULED.

>> THERE IS A DESIGNATION AND YOU SPOKE OF THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHERE THE APPLICATION COMES FROM. WOULD THE CITY MAKE THAT APPLICATION?

>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE A HISTORIC WATERFRONT. I WILL DEFERRED THAT.

PERHAPS THE CITY MANAGER CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I DON'T THINK WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS EASY. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE RESPONSE.

I DO REMEMBER, THAT YOU SAID IT IS TIME CONSUMING AND REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME, TO THE APPLICANT.

WE WILL TRY TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER. >> AS FAR AS THE BOAT TRAILER, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW ON THE WATERFRONT AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AT THE TOP, THERE IS NO CHANGE.

NO CHANGE. >> MY ONLY.WAS, WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, THE WATERFRONT IS INCLUDED. THAT IS SOMETHING BUT I WILL DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO GET

A MORE SURE ANSWER. >> MISS MARIANNE PHILLIPS. >> SHE WAS JUST HERE.

>> WHICH ONE AM I SPEAKING ABOUT? I HAD TWO OF THEM.

>> I HAD YOU FOR GATE ACCESS. >> I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT. >> WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT FIRST?

>> WHAT IS THE RULE WHEN THEY ARE TALKING? CITY ATTORNEY?

>> IT IS GENERALLY JUST 3 MINUTES FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

>> I MIGHT CAN SUM IT UP AND COME BACK AND SPEAK. >> THAT IS FINE.

>> IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MASS, THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO TALK BUT PLEASE DO IT.

>> MARION PHILLIPS 724 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. MERRITT FOR LETTING ME COME UP TO SPEAK. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE OLD BUILDING DOWN HERE.

I WROTE EACH ONE OF YOU AN E-MAIL AND I GOT THREE RESPONSES FROM MR. ROSS, MR. KRIEGER AND MORE. I DID GET A RESPONSE. I HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME IDEAS FOR THE BUILDING AND I UNDERSTAND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MONEY BUT , FIRST OF ALL, AND THE CITY WE DO NOT HAVE A VENUE WHERE WE CAN HAVE WEDDINGS AND PARTIES. A LONG TIME AGO WE USED TO HAVE A BUILDING DOWN HERE, AND YOU WOULD HAVE LITTLE PARTIES. WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IF THAT BUILDING COULD BE MADE IN THIS GRASSY AREA, WINDOWS COULD BE PUT IN AND THEY WOULD HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. THE CITY WILL OWN IT. THAT WAS ONE IDEA.

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I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. THIS IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE INDUSTRY AND HAVE LITTLE SHOPS AND THEIR. THIS WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY.

THE OTHER THING, THE BEACH ACCESS, IT SEEMS TO ME, WHO WILL OPEN THE GATE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO POLICE. THEY DON'T NEED TO OPEN GATES THEY NEED TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS. IN MY OPINION, AS A LEADER, IF I DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE UNDER ME THAT COULD NOT UNLOCK THE GATE AS THE LEADER AND DIRECTOR I WOULD OPEN THE GATE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FAIR TO PUT THIS ON EVERYONE. IF I AM A LEADER I WILL TAKE CHARGE AND DO THE JOB.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE COMMENT ABOUT ATLANTIC SEAFOOD. THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION, SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US

DETAILS. >> WE HAVE MET WITH HIM AND HE IS FROM ATLANTIC SEAFOOD AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT. THERE HAS BEEN TALK AT THE CURRENT FACILITY. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON IF SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE REUSE OF THE BUILDING. SHE WAS ADAMANT THAT SHE HAD NO INTEREST FOR THIS BUILDING.

WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION DIRECTLY WITH HER, WE ARE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR AN APPRAISAL FOR THE AREA THAT STRETCHES FROM THE BOAT RAMP TO THE ELECTRICAL CORRAL TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE PARCEL OR SOMETHING DIVIDED INTO 2-3 OTHER PARCELS.

WE ARE HAVING THE DISCUSSION. ONCE I GET THE APPRAISAL BACK WE WILL FINISH DISCUSSIONS AS WELL

AS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. >> AND SECONDLY, YOU AND I HAVE HAD BACK-TO-BACK CONVERSATIONS

ABOUT -- >> THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE DID SEND AN E-MAIL INDICATING THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT AND THEY WILL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE GATE AT THE

APPROPRIATE TIMES. >> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE

THING. >> YOU CAN'T. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS COMPLETING ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA, DOES ANYONE WANT ANY ITEMS POOLED? >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY DISCUSSIONS? I SEE NONE. MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE

VOTE. >> CALLING THE ROLL. >> THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES

5-0. >> ITEM SEVEN, RESOLUTIONS. PROPOSAL OF APPROVAL OF

[7.1 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - WEATHERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.]

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND PERIOD OUR PROMOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD AND BY

SMEAR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THESE ARE -- IT IS A TEMPORARY FIX.

I BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP ABOUT RENEWAL ENERGY. BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME DOES

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RENOVATION. IF IT IS COST EFFECTIVE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?

>> WHEN THE VICE MAYOR SAYS, THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX, HOW TEMPORARY IS IT?

>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE WANT TO INVEST. THERE ARE SEVERAL ONGOING ISSUES, I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE ARCHITECT WHO DID THE SPACE ANALYSIS.

WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED ON MARCH 17. I BELIEVE SOME OF THE HIGH DOLLAR TICKET ITEMS REMAIN. REPLACING IS WINDOWS, THIS BUILDING IS 120-YEARS-OLD.

IT IS SHOWING ITS AGE. THERE ARE THINGS YOU DON'T SEE THAT THE STAFF SEES.

HOW TEMPORARY, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO KEEP PUTTING

$100,000 PER YEAR INTO SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS. >> DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS QUICK

STAND I THINK WE COULD GET THE. >> >> IT IS A 20 YEAR WARRANTY.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? >> IF IS 815 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY.

WHETHER WE DECIDE TO BUILD ANOTHER CITY ALL YOU WILL STILL KEEP THE CITY BUILDING AND MAINTAIN IT. I DO NOT FORESEE IT GETTING LEVELED FOR PARKING BECAUSE IT

IS NOT BIG ENOUGH. THAT WAS ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY. >> UNTO ITEM 7.2.

>> YOU HAVE TO VOTE. >> YES, I GOT WAY AHEAD. SLOW DOWN.

>> YES, CITY CLERK WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[7.2 AMENDED AND EXTENDED - EMERGENCY ORDER – COVID-19 - MANDATORY MASKS ]

ITEM 7.2. >> AN EXTENSION OF THE MASK ORDER AND THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE CITY MANAGER SAID EVERY SEVEN DAYS IT HAS TO BE UPDATED

AND THE CITY MANAGER DOES THIS. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THE 1ST . THE DAILY NUMBER OF CASES, THAT WERE AVERAGING IN THE LOW 30S.

THE BOTTOM SLIDE SHOWS, AND THE 2ND HALF WITH DRAMATIC DOWNTURNS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT TREND FALLING AND DECLINING WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

SHOW ME THE SECOND SIDE. THIS IS THE CDC ASSESSMENT OF NASSAU COUNTY, AND AT A VERY HIGH RISK LEVEL FOR TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS. THE REASON THAT THEY ARE SIGNING THAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SEE HOSPITALIZATIONS DECLINING BY 36%, THE DEATHS ARE CONTINUING WE ARE AT 112 NOW. YOU DON'T HAVE THE VIRUS UNDER CONTROL, THE CDC SAYS, UNTIL THAT GETS BELOW 5. AT THE VERY BOTTOM, FLORIDA IS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY THINK

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THEY ARE QUESTIONING THE DATA, THAT IS BEING COMPILED. SO THAT IS THE LATEST OF WHERE WE ARE. COMMISSIONER ROSS, YOU HAD YOUR LINE ON.

>> I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON TO MAKE MY MOTION. >> VICE MAYOR.

>> THIS MORNING, I CHECKED THE CDC NUMBERS, AND FLORIDA 143, NASSAU COUNTY, GEORGIA 162, ALABAMA 202, AND YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LINE, SO, THAT NUMBER SHOWS YOU SOMETHING IN TERMS OF WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT PEERS THAT IS JUST BASED ON THE DEATHS OF PER 100,000.

ANOTHER GOOD THING, WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE NASA, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SOLICITING PEOPLE TO COME FOR VACCINATIONS TO MEET THE CRITERIA. THE GOVERNMENT AS EXPANDED IT TO POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER PEOPLE. THAT IS THE INFORMATION FOR

INTERPRETATION AND IT WILL FIT INTO SOME OTHER THINGS. >> I WANT TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AT THE NASSAU EMERGENCY CENTER AND SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS FOR PEOPLE GETTING VACCINES. A NUMBER WAS BROUGHT UP AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD FASCINATED 71% OF THE OVER 65 POPULATION. IT IS VERY GOOD. IT IS A GREAT NUMBER.

I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS NUMBER. THAT IS WHY I FEEL WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT.

I WILL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THIS. THERE IS A LOT MORE VACCINATIONS AND PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED AND THE VACCINATIONS ARE COMING FASTER. IT IS THE RURAL COUNTIES THAT AREN'T DOING GOOD, UNION COUNTY, THEY HAVE 496 DEATHS. THEY HAVE THAT IN THEIR HOME COUNTY. THAT IS ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THEY ARE LIKE NUMBER TWO.

THAT IS JUST A LITTLE WEST OF US. WE ARE DOING GOOD.

WE HAVE TWO AND HALF TIMES OTHER POPULATIONS. WAY MORE THAN THAT, ACTUALLY.

OUR DEATHS ARE AROUND 112. NOT THAT ANYONE'S ARE A GOOD THING.

BUT I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

>> MY COMMENTS ARE, ONE, WE CANNOT GET INTO COMPLACENCY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES, IT IS 40 MILLION PEOPLE, 15% OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. AS THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT, OUR OVER 65 POPULATION ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB GETTING THOSE PEOPLE VACCINATED. HERE IS WHAT IS DISTURBING.

THE LATEST TWO DEATHS, A 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN, SO, WE STILL HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF OUR POPULATION IN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND PRINCE. SO, WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN, IT IS NOT THE TIME TO BE RELAXED, COMPLACENT, AND NOT WHERE OUR FACE COVERINGS AND DO THE PRECAUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO, UNTIL WE ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

I DON'T SEE ANY, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE? >> THE MOTION PASSES 4-1.

[7.3 APRIL SPECIAL EVENT APPROVAL ]

>> ITEM 7.3. I BELIEVE WE HAVE JUST ONE EVENT.

CITY MANAGER? >> THINK YOU MR. MAYOR. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REQUEST

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CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL,. >> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> A SECOND PERIOD. >> DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> I WILL VOTE FOR THIS, BUT I WILL NOT GO. I SAID THIS BEFORE.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. HOPEFULLY, THEY ARE COMPLYING

WITH THE CDC I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS. >> WE CANNOT GET INTO COMPLACENCY. THIS IS NOT THE TIME. WE NOW HAVE AN EVENT ON THEIR PERMANENT APPLICATION FOR 600 PEOPLE. YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY EVENT OF 600 PEOPLE AT A TIME OF VERY HIGH RISK TRANSMISSIONS. I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES GOOD

SENSE AND I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THIS. >> THANK YOU.

THIS EVENT IS AN OUTDOOR EVENT. I PERSONALLY THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAVE THESE OUTDOOR EVENTS. I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT. THIS IS ALSO ONE MONTH AWAY.

WE HAVE ALREADY FASCINATED THE MAJORITY OF THEM. WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS AND GET

BACK TO NORMAL. >> THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

THROUGH THE SUMMER. THIS IS THE FIRST FRIDAY IN MAY, JUNE, JULY.

>> THIS IS NOT AN APPROVAL -- >> IT IS. >> IT IS WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS. BUT ARE WE ABLE TO REVIEW IT CRACKS.

>> IF YOU JUST WANT TO APPROVE IT FOR APRIL 2, THEN WE WILL COME BACK.

>> >> I WILL ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

>> SO, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE CDC GUIDELINES ARE FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS.

>> DEFINITELY DISTANCES ONE OF THEM. I THINK THE CDC GUIDELINES STATE DON'T HAVE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE I THINK THAT IS WHAT I READ, I COULD BE WRONG.

AND THIS CLEARLY SAYS, 600 PEOPLE. >> IN THAT CASE I NO LONGER ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION. FEEL FREE TO VOTE IT DOWN.

I WILL KEEP IT THE SAME. >> FAIR ENOUGH. I'LL BE CLEAR, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I SEE NONE, CITY CLERK, IF YOU WILL CALL THE VOTE.

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>> THAT PASSES 3-2. >> FOR THE RECORD, THAT AMENDMENT OR AMENDED MOTION WAS

WITHDRAWN. JUST TO BE CLEAR. >> THANK YOU.

[7.4 YARD DEBRIS]

>> OKAY, ITEM 7.4 IS YARD DEBRIS. AND CITY MANAGER?

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I HAVE THIS BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION AND TO PROCEED WITH THE CITY ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE YARD WASTE, THIS WOULD BEGIN,

OFFICIALLY AND EARLY APRIL. >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

FOR APPROVAL, ANY DISCUSSION? I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON. >> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A NEW THINGS. THIS CURRENT BILL IS $22. ONCE A WEEK RECYCLING AND THAT IS A BARGAIN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES THE REST OF NASSAU COUNTY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG PROVIDERS, THEY CHARGE BOOK PICKUP AND THEIR COMPETITION CHARGES 3 CENTS MORE. THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS.

RECYCLING EVERY OTHER WEEK AND BOTH PICKUP IS EXTRA. SO, EVEN AN HOUR RATE, WE ARE 24% CHEAPER THAN THE RESTIVENESS I COUNTY AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING.

I ALSO LOOKED BACK, I LOOKED AT COMPLAINTS FILED AND, WE GOT THEM FOR LAST YEAR, EVERY 3600 PICKUPS. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. AND FOR RECYCLING, THERE WAS THE SAME OR LESS. AND THAT WAS THE COMPLAINT SO, I THINK, AT LEAST FROM THE COMPLAINTS FILED, THAT IS IT. I DID HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO WANTED THE CITY TO GET WASTE MANAGEMENT TO DO THIS EVEN IF IT WOULD COST MORE. TWO OF THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND ONE WAS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN ABOUT THE CITY TAKING ON LIABILITY WHICH THEY DID NOT THINK SHOULD BE DONE. I SUPPORT THIS AND I THINK THE

CITY WILL DO A GOOD JOB. >> I SUPPORT THE YARD DEBRIS REMOVAL BUT THE CITY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT. THE CHRISTMAS TREE HAS BEEN OUT THERE SINCE DECEMBER.

I SAW IT LEAVE ON A TRUCK TODAY. I HAVE TO COMMITTED JEREMIAH FOR WORKING ON THE JOB AND GETTING THE CITY DOING YARD DEBRIS AND REMOVAL. I TURNED MY FIGHT ON TO COMMEND HIM. I SEE THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

>> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

WE WILL HASH THIS OUT. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO REITERATE, WHAT WE ARE LOSING IS A CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY WE CAN OWN. WE CAN HOLD THEM TO IT.

IF WE DO IT OURSELVES, THE LIABILITY IS ON US. IT COULD KEEP GOING UP.

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THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT. I THINK THE CITY WILL INCREASE OUR LIABILITY. I THINK THERE IS AN OPTION WHERE A PRIVATE COMPANY COULD DO THIS FOR US. I THINK IT STILL EXISTS AND IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY MORE.

I THINK WE COULD RENEGOTIATE AND SEE WHAT RATES WE CAN GET. BUT, I AM PREDICTING A FUTURE AND AS I CAN SEE, A VIEW YEARS FROM NOW WE BID THIS OUT AND NOW WE ARE TAKING IT BACK, BUT WHEN WE BID IT OUT, THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE TRUCK WE WILL HAVE TO SELL AT THAT TIME.

I AM A PULSE, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE USED. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING LEASED IF THAT'S TOO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. THEN IT WILL GO ON.

WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A PROPHET TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A PROFIT. I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE MYTH THAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING.

WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO 0. WE DO NOT HAVE TO PROFIT.

JEREMIAH DOES NOT HAVE TO PROFIT TO DO THE SERVICE. THAT IS WHERE I BELIEVE THE CITY WILL BE CHEAPER. I BELIEVE, THEY COULD TAKE BACK THE TRASH SERVICE.

I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE CHEAPER. WE HAD ONE INSTANCE WHERE SOMEONE ROLLED OVER A TRUCK, AND REALLY INJURED A WOMAN PRETTY BAD. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NEVER HAD TRASH BEING MISSED, I REMEMBER THAT. I THINK WE COULD STICK WITH YARD

DEBRIS AND DO A GREAT JOB AND CARRY-ON. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I WANT TO BRING UP A FINAL POINT. THIS IS MY SIXTH MEETING.

IN SIX MEETINGS WE HAVE MOVED TO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS UNDER CITY CONTROL.

WE ARE MOVING YARD WASTE AND I'M ALREADY HEARING RAMBLINGS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING TRASH COLLECTION SPIRIT WHEN WILL IT STOP HERE TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WILL WE HAVE OUR OWN CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? I DO NOT WANT, THERE HAS TO BE A LINE AND PRINCIPLES.

I BELIEVE PRIVATE INDUSTRIES ARE INEFFICIENT. I WILL STAND BY IT.

WE HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS. >> I JUST WANT TO CORRECTLY.

THERE ARE THREE THINGS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I SAY MY PIECE?

SO, YOU MAY WANT TO TALK AFTER YOU SAY YOUR PIECE. >> YES, YOU MAY WANT TO RESPOND.

AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, TO THE COMMISSIONERS. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BAGGING AND BUNDLING WILL NOT WORK. ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS, LARGE LIMBS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CAPACITY TO DO IT. I RELAYED TO THE CITY MANAGER MY WIFE BACKED OUR LEAVES, THE WASTE TRUCK CAME, PICKED UP THE LIMBS, LEFT THE BAGS THERE. WHAT DID WE END UP DOING.

WE ENDED UP DUMPING THE BACK OF LEAVES, ON THE STREET BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THEY WILL PICK THAT UP. SO THERE IS JUST CONFUSION OVER HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE.

MY SECOND.IS, BECAUSE OF OUR ELDERLY POPULATION, THE CITY WILL END UP PICKING IT UP, BECAUSE WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL NOT DO IT. THAT IS ONE POINT.

MY OTHER POINT AND WE DISCUSSED THIS ON MONDAY, THE INCREASED FEE FROM THE CITY, WE ARE PAYING WASTE MANAGEMENT $1.43 OF THE MONEY WE ARE CHARGING. WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER PICKING UP YARD WASTE. REALLY, DO THEY HAVE A GUN TO OUR HEADS.

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>> I THINK PART OF THEIR TOTAL PACKAGE PRICE, THERE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WERE ACROSS-THE-BOARD. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THERE PART OF THEIR EMPLOYEE COSTS ARE ROLLED INTO THAT. AND ALSO, PART OF THE COST IS, ACCORDING TO CONTRACT THEY ARE ALLOWED A PRICE INCREASE EVERY JULY, WE ARE PUTTING THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU AND PUTTING THE CPI, AS PART OF THIS INCREASE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU IN SIX WEEKS,

AND HAVE ANOTHER INCREASE GO OUT >> HOW MUCH IS IT? >> 3.5%.

>> SO THE DOLLAR 43, WHAT IS IT YOU WILL MAKE ME DO THE MATH PART OF THE DOLLAR OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, IS, WHEN THEY BID THE CONTRACT IT WAS IN TOTALITY, THEY DO HAVE SOME FIXED COSTS AND TO GO IN THERE AND CARVE OUT A PORTION, IT WAS NOT BID INDEPENDENTLY TO THE PROGRAMS, THAT IS WHY THERE IS A COST THAT THEY CANNOT JUST TAKE ONE PART OF THE SALARY AND TAKE IT OUT.

THAT IS WHY SOME OF THAT IS THERE. AS I SAID, MR. HUNTINGTON IS HERE. LATER ON IN THE AGENDA YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A SCHEDULE.

IT IS A BIT CONFUSING. YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL RATES. YOU HAVE THE INCREASES FROM THE OLD CONTRACTOR I TRIED TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE BUT IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

THERE IS A FRANCHISE FEE AND THAT IS PASSED ON TO THE RESIDENCE.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT NOW I CAN SHOW YOU. >> WE WILL ADDRESS IT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> WHEN WE GET TO THE SCHEDULE, WE WILL HAVE HIM SPEAK AS WELL.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER? CITY CLERK, IF YOU WILL CALL THE

VOTE? >> OF THE MOTION PASSES FOR-1. >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I HAD SOMEONE ASKED ME TODAY, I DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION.

MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY CANNOT, WILL NOT, DO NOT HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN YARDWORK BUT THEY DO HIRE PEOPLE TO COME. I WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT, IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL COME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR YARD, AND YOU HAVE HEDGE CLIPPINGS, CAN YOU LEAVE IT THERE TO BE PICKED UP OR DOES YOUR CONTRACTOR HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY. I WAS VERY CLEAR YOUR CONTRACTOR CAN'T LEAVE YOUR STUFF THERE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT DUMPING FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS.

>> I WAS CONFUSED. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. >> DOES NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AN HOA, SUCH AS A PART, AND THEY HAVE FULL TIME LANDSCAPERS CAN BE UTILIZED THE SERVICE OF YARD

DEBRIS? >> IF THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNT AND THEY PAY A BILL, I'M SURE, THEY WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT. IT WILL BE A COMMERCIAL SITUATION BUT THEY WOULD BE CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL RATE THEY WOULDN'T RECEIVE THE BENEFIT FOR.

WE WILL CHARGE THEM TO PICK UP THE YARD DEBRIS BUT WE WON'T GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT, THEY WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE ANOTHER RATE, YOU ARE SAYING, EACH INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN

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>> I APPRECIATE IT. IF COMMERCIAL PEOPLE ARE USING IT, IF THEY WANT TO PUT A DUMP SPOT LIKE THEY DO IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THE TRUCK CAN COME BY AND THE PEOPLE CAN PUT IT THERE AND THEY CAN REMOVE IT THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO HANDLE IT.

BUT IF THEY DECIDE, THEY WILL REMOVE IT THEMSELVES, THAT IS UP TO THEM.

[7.5 VEHICLE PURCHASE APPROVAL/BUDGET AMENDMENT – SANITATION DEPARTMENT ]

BUDGET AMENDMENT. THIS IS TO PROCEED WITH THE SERVICES APPROVED BY YOU, THE

AMOUNT OF THE CITY RESIDENCE. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

PERIOD COMMISSIONER YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THE TRUCK WE ARE FINE, HOW

MUCH DOES IT COST. >> THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT $138,000.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SCENE NINE, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE.

[7.6 LABOR UNION - RECOGNITION]

>> THE MOTION PASSES 4-1. >> LABOR UNION RECOGNITION. >> THANK YOU.

FIRST, LET ME CLARIFY, THE CITY, AT LEAST IN MY TENURE YEAR HAS HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY STAFF. THERE WAS SOME DISSATISFACTION, WITH THE PREVIOUS UNION, THEY CERTIFIED IT IN 2019. ACCORDING TO STATES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WAITING PERIOD, SO, WE ARE ASKING YOU, THE CITY COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION.

YOU'RE NOT APPROVING A CONTRACT, YOU ARE APPROVING THE UNION TO REPRESENT THE CITY STAFF.

>> WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND PERIOD ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >>

[7.7 BOSQUE BELLO CEMETERY - COLUMBARIA DESIGN]

>> ITEM 7.7. THE DESIGN SPIRIT. >> GO AHEAD.

>> >> SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. I HAVE THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU PROVING TONIGHT. WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER, TO DO THE DESIGN WORK ON WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS PHASE ONE. THAT IS ALL BEING PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR $20,000. THAT IS TO DO THE DESIGN WORK. THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK ON PHASE

WON OF THE PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION?

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>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD I HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST.

MISS MARIANNE PHILLIPS. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES. >> MARIANNE PHILLIPS.

MAYER, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS.

THEY HAVE DONE WITHOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS. THERE ARE TREES IN THAT CEMETERY THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT KNOW SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TOO.

I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. I THINK WE CITED EARLIER, I HAVE REALLY MISSED COMING TO THE MEETINGS. A SIMILAR NEW LINE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.

I CONTINUED TO WORK AND I AM GLAD TO BE BACK. I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE HER.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM AND I WERE TO YOU. >> MS. JEAN.

>> THANK YOU MISS JEAN. GOOD EVENING. MY QUESTION'S TONIGHT ARE REGARDING THE FINANCES AND FUNDING. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE VOTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS BUT THEN THE INTENT IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION. THE CURRENT DESIGN PROPOSES A $1.5 MILLION PROJECT.

PHASE ONE WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO AND HAVE AGO, REQUIRES AN ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE OF $345,000. WITH FUNDING, THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES, THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN, THIS IS VERBATIM FROM THE RESOLUTION, ALLOWING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO BE DEVELOPED.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. MY FIRST IS, AS THERE BEEN A THOROUGH FINANCIAL REVIEW WITHIN THE CITY DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE COMPTROLLER TO VERIFY THAT THE BUSINESS PLAN, FOR THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION.

MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DOES THE CITY PLAN TO COMMIT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, INCLUDING PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT THE MONEY, OR WILL IT BE REQUIRED TO BE SELF-FUNDED.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> THE LAST SPEAKER, IS MS. ROSS. CHAIRWOMAN OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I AM GOING TO USE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE AN EXCEPTION TO THE THREE MINUTE RULE. THIS IS THE CHAIRPERSON ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I WAS AT THE MEETING AND THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, TO US, ON THIS.

SO, YOU DO HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I JUST WANTED TO TELL MARIANNE THIS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE YOU GO. >> GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN.

I WAS ASKED TO BE HERE AS A SPOKESPERSON. TO UPDATE YOU, ON FEBRUARY 25, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE UNANIMOUSLY FAST-TRACK I'M SORRY.

WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND NO APPROVAL FOR THIS DESIGN.

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THIS DOES NOT GO ALONG WITH THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CEMETERY. WE NEED TO PLAN CAREFULLY.

ALSO WITH THE COMPLETION OF 1,000 PLUS NATIONS THE PLAN APPEARS TO REMOVE SEVERAL TREES.

WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER PARK ROAD, ROAD PARK. WE WANT TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS. THE CEMETERY HAS LARGE AREAS AVAILABLE WITHOUT TREES, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED. THE COST OF MATERIALS DO NOT MEET THE CURRENT CHAPTER CODE, AND THE BRICK, IS NOT LISTED AS ACCEPTED MATERIAL IN THE BUILDING COLD, THE ARCHITECT HAS TAKEN THE STAND THAT THIS IS REALLY, A TILE AND YOU CALL IT, TILE OR BRICK, THAT DESIGN, COSTS FAR MORE THAN ANY MORE DURABLE AND VERY HIGH-END GRANITE THAT COULD BE FOUND COMMONLY ON THE SITE. IF YOU GRAB YOUR CALCULATOR, PHASE ONE COSTS OVER $59,000.

YOU HAVE 420 PATIENTS. THAT IS $833 EACH. THE PROFIT MARGINS WOULD LIKELY BE VERY THIN. THE HIGHEST IN COST FOR THE CUSTOM GRANITE DESIGN, COSTS $650. ON THE FIRST PHASE, THE CITY WOULD LOSE $77,000 IN COSTS, USING THE TILE VERSUS CUSTOM HIGH END GRANT. AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS NO -- THERE HAS BEEN THE WARRANT GIVEN. THIS HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED OF DURABLE GRANT WHICH USUALLY OFFERS FROM ANY COMPANY, FREE ENGINEERING, FREE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING ALONG WITH A WARRANT. IF CONTINUED, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE WHICH HAS CONSTRUCTION DESIGN FEATURES, IT WILL LIKELY BE ADOPTED INTO THE MASTER PLAN, THE CITY WOULD BE STUCK WITH AN EXPENSIVE DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CEMETERY. WHICH REQUIRES ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE ACCORDING TO THE ARCHITECT. IT WOULD REQUIRE STEALING STEEL -- CEILING, PRESENTLY THE PROJECT IS BUDGETED AT $1.4 MILLION OR FROM OUR IMPACT FEE FUND. IF IT IS TAKEN FROM THE FUNDS, THEY COULD BE USED FOR BEACH WALK OVER US TO ASSIST WITH COSTS AT THE WATERFRONT, AND FROM PUBLIC MEETINGS, CITIZENS COMMENTS OR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMENTED ON THE DESIGN SAY THAT THEIR COMMENTS AND I QUOTE, THE DESIGN IS OUT OF SCALE IT IS BLOATED IT IS OVERWHELMING, AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY THE ARCHITECTS DESIGN WAS BEING FEATURED AND NOT THE BEAUTY OF THE CEMETERY.

FROM THE SURVEY, THEY WANTED, IF THERE WAS ONE THEY DID NOT WANT A DISNEY WORLD.

MEMBERS NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO UNANIMOUSLY, BUT THEY DID SUGGEST SOME GUIDELINES FOR ANY PROPOSED DESIGN IF CONSIDERED FOR THE CEMETERY. FROM THE PUBLIC'S FEEDBACK, IN THEIR COMMENTS, AT THE MEETINGS, A DESIGN POINT OF VIEW, THIS RECOMMENDS THEY ADOPT A SMALLER FOOTPRINT. SUCH AS THE SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAT WAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED PRIOR TO THE MASTER PLANS CONSTRUCTION IN 2015. IT STILL ALLOWS THIS.

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IT IS NOT A FREE PUBLIC SERVICE. AS WITH BURIAL PLOTS, IT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE INCOME TO MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN YET.

>> THE BUSINESS PLAN, I AM SORRY, WILL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION OR THE COMPTROLLER, BEFORE CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUDGET NEEDS TO CONCLUDE -- INCLUDE SOME RESTRAINTS BUT WE HAVE IS AN -- A LAYOUT. WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RED IS WHAT IS PROPOSED.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE -- WHERE IS PHASE ONE COLLECTS. >> THIS IS PHASE ONE DOWN HERE.

WHEN THAT PLAN IS ADOPTED, IT GETS PLACED IN THE MASTER PLAN OF THE CEMETERY.

YOU GET THE REST OF THIS WITH IT. THE BLUE AREA IS AN ALTERNATE SITE THAT THEY RECOMMEND USING. YOU CAN STILL GET SOMETHING THERE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF ROOMS LEFT FOR BURIAL OPTIONS. IF USING THAT WHEN.

DO I SEE TWO TREES I DO BELIEVE THERE IS ONE AND I THINK ONE IS UTILIZED IN THE DESIGN.

IT IS LEFT THERE. THAT MONT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING RIGHT THROUGH A TREE ON THE LOWER RIGHT. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSION ON THIS PLAN MOVING THROUGH THE ROAD, IT PRESENTLY RUNS HERE, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION WITH IT.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MRS. ROSS COLLECTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. WE HAVE TRIED TO GET IT DONE.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

>> CITY CLERK. TEND TO HAVE ONE MORE REQUES TO SPEAK.

>> I'M ■SORRY,YOU SNUCK THAT IN. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. I'M SORRY.

>> >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THE DRAWING THAT WAS A.

BEFORE REGARDING THE TREES AND WHAT WENT INTO THAT. >> CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT?

>> THANK YOU. NOW YOU CAN RESTART THIS FEAR. >> JUST TO SAKE, I AM THE PERSON WHO DREW THIS. I KNOW WHAT IT IS. THE GRAY IS THE MARQUEE PLANT SUPER IMPOSE. THAT PLAN WOULD REMOVE SOME TREES THERE IS A BIG GROUP OF

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IT HAS, IT IS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. IT IS NOT SPREAD OUT.

SO THIS INVOLVES, SPACE TO BE USED FOR MORE BURIAL SITES WHICH EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THE CEMETERY. THE OTHER PER APPROACH USING THE OTHER FOOTPRINT, LENSING, WITH THE REST OF THE SCALES AND THE MATERIALS AND THE HEIGHT AND THE ORIENTATION OF THE CEMETERY AS IT IS TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WILL STAND OUT. THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACH REMOVE SNOW TREES, THESE TWO TREES ARE JUST IN THE AREA, THEY ARE PART OF IT.

THE ROAD IS NOT REMOVED. THE MATERIALS ARE MORE DURABLE. IT IS GRANTED.

THE PHASING OF THIS, THE INITIAL PHASE IS RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN ADD MORE OVERTIME.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS. AND IT WOULD CONFORM TO THE BUILDING CODE THAT'S IT.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. SO, YOU AND I MET AND HAD PANCAKES AND YOU SHOWED ME THIS.

AND THE SECOND AREA THAT YOU SHOWED ME IS ON THE UPPER RIGHT THAT STRIPED AREA, ACCORDING TO YOUR OVERLAKE THOSE ARE GRAY'S AND THAT PHASE WOULD HAVE TO BE RELOCATED ACCORDING TO YOUR

MEASUREMENTS. >> THE GRADES WOULD BE UP TO BE REMOVED OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO

CHANGE THE DESIGN THANK YOU. >> I WENT BACK AND READ IT. IT IS TWO PAGES AND IT SAYS

RECOMMENDATIONS. >> MISS ROSS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I AM LOOKING AT COLLECTS.

>> WE WILL GET THERE. WE WILL GET THERE. >> THANK YOU SIR.

THERE ARE 56 RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS AT THE END OF THE MASTER PLAN.

OF THAT, ONE OF THEM IS A PLAN FOR ALTERNATIVE BURIAL OPTIONS IN LIGHT OF PLOT SPACE RUNNING OUT. SCATTERING GARDENS AND THE FAMILY VESSELS.

SO, THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO MAKE, OF THE OTHER 55 OPTIONS, THE FAMILY HAVE SOME THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT. THEY TALK ABOUT THE EROSION AND THE NEGLECT AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN. WE HAVE A GREAT ASSET HERE, THAT WE HAVE IGNORED AND NOT TAKEN

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THAT IS ON PAGE 49. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE REST OF THAT, BEHIND IT, FOUR OR FIVE PAGES LATER, IT SAYS THE PLANTATION WHICH I VISITED, AND THE TOTAL COST OF THAT, THIS IS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS AGO, WAS $25,000. I HAVE GONE DOWN THERE, I WENT TO THE CHURCH OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, AND, I LOOKED AT THOSE, AND I WENT OUT TO THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY, AND I SAW WHAT THEY HAD THERE. IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE AND THE MASTER PLAN, THE CHURCH UTILIZED, THE COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN THE DESIGN.

THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST WAS 100,000. IF YOU LOOK IN HERE, THERE ARE EXAMPLES, OF COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT DESIGN THIS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AND IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE CHAPEL AND USED AT THE CHURCH. THAT WAS USED AT THE CEMETERY.

IT IS NOT LIKE THIS IS A NEW IDEA. IT HAS BEEN USED IN MANY PLACES.

SO, ARE CALLED THE COMPANIES AND WENT ONLINE. WHAT I FOUND OUT IS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DESIGNS AND THEY ARE WILLING TO DO CUSTOM DESIGNS. PART OF THE DESIGN, THE COST OF DOING IT. AND THE PRICE. IT IS IN THE PRICE.

THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THE DESIGN OF THE PRICE. THEY WANT TO WARRANTY THEIR WORK FOR 25 YEARS. WHO WILL WARRANTY THIS. WILL YOU WARRANTY SOMETHING FOR 25 YEARS AS A BUILDER, PROBABLY NOT. THESE COMPANIES, AND IT IS A NUMBER OF THEM, WILL WARRANTY THEIR WORK. THAT IS PART OF THE PRICE.

THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT INSTALLATION. THEY WILL DESIGN THIS, BUT IT WILL COST US ON A PER HOUR BASIS. THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE WHEN YOU GO TO ONE OF THE COMPANIES. THEY ARE WILLING TO DELIVER IT AT A FIXED COST SPIRIT WE ARE COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND AS WE KNOW, WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST IS IN THE BIG COST COULD BE DIFFERENT. WHAT THESE COMPANIES DO, THEY DO DO A -- TO GIVE YOU A DESIGN AND THE COST, TO ME IT IS NOT ABOUT THE BRICKS OR THE DESIGN, IT IS ABOUT THE COST. THE NICHE IS $300 OR $600 PER NICHE.

IT INCLUDES THE DESIGN AND THE WARRANTY AT A FIXED PRICE. WE -- WHAT WE HAVE NOW, IT COMES IN AT A SET PRICE. BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING, YOU CAN HAVE AN ARCHITECT DESIGNED IT. SO, WHAT DID THE CITY DECIDE TO DO.

THE CITY WENT OUT AND HIRED AN ARCHITECT. THEY CAME UP WITH A DESIGN CONCEPT FOR $1 MILLION. IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> I AM A PLAN TOO. SO, THE DESIGN, THE DESIGN IS, TO GET THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE.

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ALL OF THAT ASIDE, THE CITY WANTS TO SPEND ANOTHER $1,900 ON CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TO DESIGN FOR THIS PHASE RIGHT HERE. SO, THAT IS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $345,000.

GET YOUR CALCULATOR READY. OR $825 PER NICHE. PRE-SALE, WE WILL PAY $820 IF WE GET IT AT THE PRICE. AND, INCLUDE THE EXTRA COSTS THAT THE ARCHITECT WILL CHARGE AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THERE IS NO WARRANTY.

AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I WANTED TO LEARN AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS KEEPING THE DRIVE. WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING CALLED NYLON WHICH IS SYNTHETIC OR A GLASS CASING.

THOSE BEING PROPOSED, I AM TOLD, ARE EITHER BRICK OR CONCRETE. WHETHER THAT WILL KEEP THINGS PURE WHAT I'M ASKING, WHY IS THE CITY WILLING TO PAY $37,000 WHEN WE WILL PUT MONEY INTO IT ALREADY. THIS WILL COST BETWEEN 50-70% MORE THAN THEIR COMPETITORS, HAS NO WARRANTY, REQUIRES MORE FOR THE ARCHITECT TO SUPERVISE THE INSTALLATION, SO, I ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THE ANSWER THAT CAME BACK, THE CUSTOM PROJECT DESIGNED TO BE UNIQUE AND CHARACTER. THEY FOUND IT TO BE UNACCEPTABLE BY THE WE WILL DO CUSTOM WORK BUT, I AM JUST SAYING, I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT CAN

BE DESIGNED AND BUILT AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. >> I SUPPORT THE PROJECT, IT HAS BEEN GOING A LONG TIME, PEOPLE WORKED HARD ON IT. THEY ARE NOT MOVING BODIES.

THERE SHOULD BE NO TREES CUT DOWN. THIS IS A BASIC CONSTRUCTION PLAN. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCES THIS GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT IS AND THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT IS IN THEIR AND I HAVE MADE THE CASE TO ANYONE ALAS, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE USE FOR IT.

WHEN WE PUT PRIORITIES ON THAT, IT WILL NOT BE AT THE TOP. THIS IS A PLAN WITH FLEXIBILITY, A SITE PLAN, THAT WE CAN GET. IT WON'T GET OLD. ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I BELIEVE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL CAME DOWN AND ANSWERED THIS. I BELIEVE THEY TALKED ABOUT, THERE WERE PAGES OF DATA IN RESPONSE TO WHAT WENT THROUGH, IT MAY NEVER BE BUILT, BUT I DO RECOMMEND IT, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN, THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE BUDGET NOW.

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I REMEMBER THE MEETING. I REMEMBER THE MEETING WHERE A WOMAN GOT UP AND WAS RANTING AND RAVING WE HAVEN'T PICKED THE SITE. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD

WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN. >> IN THIS CAUSE I THINK WE CAN GET UP BETTER DEAL BY GOING INSTEAD OF DOING, IT AS BUILT AS AN ARCHITECT, AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING AT OTHER COMPANIES THAT DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY, AND COME UP WITH A DESIGN THAT WOULD MEET THE CITY NEEDS. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PRICE. I AM NOT ARGUING ABOUT WHAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DID. I'M NOT ARGUING. I'M NOT ARGUING ABOUT THE DESIGN. I AM ARGUING ABOUT COSTS AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

OUR CITY RIGHT NOW WOULD BE SUBSIDIZED TO THE TUNE OF, $150,000 PER YEAR.

THE FUND IS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION. WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. ONCE IT IS SOLD OUT YOU WILL HAVE FIVE YEARS OF CARE.

THE CITY CARE. WE SHOULD BE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IN THE FUTURE AND THEY ARE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH.

>> I THINK I WILL HAVE TO AGREE WITH JEFF. IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE TO CUT, I THINK IT CAN BE DONE BY SOMEONE WHO DOES IT EVERY DAY AS WELL AS A STRUCTURE PLAN FOR EXPANSION WHERE THE PROJECT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BUILT AT ALL TIMES. SELL THOSE AND FILL IT IN AS LONG AS IT IS DONE WITH A DESIGN, THERE IS NO REASON YOU HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE DRAFTING AT ONE TIME OR PAY FOR DRAFTING SERVICES. I AGREE TO CUT THE COST.

>> MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. I AM LOOKING AT THE PLANS AND I WANT TO START BY SAYING, I RESPECT ANYONE WHO GIVES THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO THE CITY. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SPENT TIME ON THE COMMITTEE DESIGNING IT AND WORKING AND SPENDING TIME TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING, IT IS THE PLANS.

WE DRAW A NEW PLAN AND WE REJECTED. I DON'T WANT TO ENTER THE SAME CYCLE OF TALKING AND NOT DOING. I LIKE THE PLAN AND THE PLAN AS IT STAND DOES NOT MOVE ROAD SPIRIT IT SIGNS ME THERE IS MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE GOOD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

I WILL BE MOVING, I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I REMEMBER THE PARK VERY WELL, THE ADVISORY BOARD, REJECTED IT.

WE DID NOT FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE. NOW IT TURNS OUT IT IS A NICE PARK BUT WE'VE LOST NATURAL LAND IN THE TREES. ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE BEFORE US AND THEY HAVE CONSIDERED THESE PLANTS, THIS PROJECT, SINCE AUGUST. I WAS AT THE MEETING AND I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING. I HAVE FOLLOWED THIS I WAS VERY CONCERNED -- THEY DISCLOSE, THAT

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NOW IT IS WHAT FORM, AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON THIS. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A JURY BECAUSE I HAVE ONE PERSON WHO DOES AN OVERLAY AND TAKES THESE MEASUREMENTS.

HE SAYS THESE TREES, ARE AT RISK AND WILL BE REMOVED IF YOU ADAPT THIS DESIGN.

THAT IS WHAT I AM LEFT WITH. WHO DO I BELIEVE HERE. THAT IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.

MY LARGER CONCERN IS THIS IS THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF MY FILE THAT'S RIGHT FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. THE CITY MANAGER SAID AT THE CLOSE, DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY SHINY OBJECTS. AND YET SHINY OBJECTS APPEAR BEFORE US.

I HAVE BEEN IN THIS CITY LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW, THAT WE HIRE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THEY GO THROUGH THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND GO TO OUR ARCHIVES.

I ARGUED AGAINST THIS WHEN WE HIRED THEM TO SPEND THE $16,900. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF COVID AND IT WAS NOT ESSENTIAL SPENDING. MY OVERRIDING CONCERN IS, WHERE IS THE $345,000 COMING FROM THAT I UNDERSTAND THE FRIENDS NEED TO RAISE.

THE CITY WILL NOT FUND IT. WE DO NOT HAVE 300 $45,000. THAT MONEY DOES NOT EXIST.

SO, IF WE SPEND THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR PLANS, GUESS WHERE THE PLANTS GO, THEY GO TO THE ELEPHANT DESIGNED GRAVEYARD UNTIL THEY RAISE THE MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY MY OTHER POINT IS, THIS IS PARK AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE CEMETERY IS OWNED PARKS AND REC, IT IS NOT PARKS AND REC.

WE HAD THE HEAD OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE BEGGING US FOR $18,000 TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE.

WE COULD NOT FIND IT. WE COULD NOT FIND $18,000. WE COULD NOT JUSTIFY IMPACT FEES, IF WE CAN JUSTIFY THEM, BY GOD WE CAN JUSTIFY THEM FOR A FENCE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE.

WE ARE TURNING DOWN $18,000 FOR SPORTS BUT WE WILL SPEND 19 GRANT FOR PLANTS.

NO, I AM SORRY, NOT UNTIL WE HAVE PLANTS THAT ARE WELL THOUGHT OUT, THAT, LEVERAGE TAXPAYERS MONEY. WE DO NOT WASTE TAXPAYERS MONEY. I THINK THE EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN WELL DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS PROJECT CAN BE BUILT AT A LOWER COST.

I SUPPORT THE BURIAL BUT I DON'T SUPPORT SPENDING THE MONEY AT THIS TIME.

[01:45:03]

VICE MAYOR. >> THIS IS NOT A SHINING OBJECT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2015. IT'S NOT A SHINING OBJECT. THE BUILDING IS BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH MONEY CORRECT.

IMPACT FEES AND I SAID THIS, IMPACT FEES ARE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE BUILT WE BENT THE RULES, THIS PLAN WOULD SIT THERE AND WHEN THEY RAISE THE MONEY, IT WOULD GET BUILT.

IF IT IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IT WILL BE A PRIORITY.

IT WILL DROP DOWN BECAUSE WE WILL DO THIS. WE WILL HAVE THE PLAN FOR ALL OF

THE FACILITIES. >> WE HAVE GONE THIS FAR. >> I AM FINE.

[8.1 GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN AMENDMENT]

>> DO ONE OF YOU MIND READING THIS WHILE THIS GETS BOOTED UP. >> GENERAL EMPLOYEE PLAN AMENDING CHAPTER 62, PERSONNEL, ARTICLE THREE, GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN.

AMENDING SECTIO 62 -- 85, MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS PROVIDED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURE ACT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERE ABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH THAT AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THEN SHE SAYS WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU, I COULD NOT WAIT.

>> WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA A .1? THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN. I SEE NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS

CLOSE. >> SECOND PERIOD. >>

>> WE ALREADY HAD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND. >> ( INDISCERNIBLE ).

>> ANY DISCUSSION I SEE NONE, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

>> CALLING THE ROLL. >> ITEM A POINT TO PICK. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I

[8.2 POLICE & FIRE PENSION PLAN ]

[01:50:04]

>> THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM A POINT TO, POLICE AND FIRE PENSION PLAN. I SEE NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. >> MOVING ON TO ITEM A .3. AMENDING ORDINANCE 2018-10.

[8.3 AMENDING ORDINANCE 2018-10 ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICES STATELINE, LLC AGREEMENT ]

BY REMOVING THE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL YARD DEBRIS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS EFFECTIVE APRIL 7, 2021. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> THIS IS FIRST READING, SO YOU

DO NOT. >> MOVED TO APPROVAL. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I SEE NO DISCUSSIONS. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE?

>> CALLING THE ROLL. >> A .4. FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT --

[8.4 FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT – SANITATION ]

>> ORDINANCE 2021-12 AMENDING FEES FOR SANITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PERIOD. >> WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE

COLLECTS. >> CALLING THE VOTE. IT PASSES 4-1.

[9.1 MARINA ADVISORY BOARD ]

>> FOR APPOINTMENTS. MARINA ADVISORY BOARD. >> I MOVED TO NOMINATE KENT BARB

FOR THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD, SUPPORTED ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

I AM SAYING THAT FOR THE RECORD. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> I WILL THROW MY 2 CENTS IN.

I WAS THERE, AND THEY DID SUPPORT ANOTHER CANDIDATE, HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIVERSITY. I THINK, KENT BARB IS AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE.

WITH THAT, CITY CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> CALLING THE VOTE.

>> ITEM 9.2, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ATTENDANCE. >> WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AS YOU

[9.2 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT - ATTENDANCE ]

[01:55:05]

I SAID IF HE DID NOT RESIGN THE CITY COMMISSION COULD REMOVE HIM.

HE DID NOT HAVE ANY HURT FEELINGS, THAT WAS MY TAKE, BUT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, AND WE DO

HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. >> THE MOTION WOULD BE THE

MOTION TO REMOVE. I NEED A MOTION. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND,

ANY DISCUSSION COLLECTS. >> BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION, IF HE SAID HE'S GOING TO RESIGN I WOULD LET HIM RESIGN, I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HIM THE TIME TO DO THAT.

>> SO I WILL VOTE NO. >> TO REMOVE HIM. >> I HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, MY PREFERENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIM SUBMITTING HIS RESIGNATION AND NOT HAVING US REMOVE HIM. THAT IS THE CONVERSATION HE HAD, WE DO NOT WANT THIS ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ATTEND MEETINGS, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESIGN. HE, SAID I DO NOT MIND BEING

REMOVED. >> HE KNEW THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

I SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FORMAL. YOU CAN SEND AN E-MAIL TO ME WITH YOUR DECISION TO RESIGN. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, I AM GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE, TO CALL HIM UP AND SAY WILL YOU PLEASE RESIGN. THAT IS, --

>> HE ALSO RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM MYSELF INDICATING THIS APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO.

>> OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENT. >> I DO WANT TO SAY BECAUSE HE IS NOT HERE TO SAY, HE DID SAY HE DID ENJOY SERVING ON THE BOARD. I SAID THAT HE COULD AT ANY TIME

REAPPLY. >> CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE?

>> CALLING THE VOTE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 3-2. >> HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL.

[9.3 BOARD APPOINTMENT - HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL]

>> I MOVED TO A POINT FROILAN ESCLUSA. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND&

PERIOD. >> CALLING THE VOTE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

>> ITEM TEN. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THIS IS A REVISED BUDGET FOR THE GOLF COURSE. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE LOWERED THE PROJECTIONS FOR REVENUE AND THE EXPENSES AS WELL. WE ARE STILL SHOWING NET POSITIVE GAIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY, THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE GOLF COURSE AND OR, CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS CONTRIBUTIONS TO REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL DISSECTOR THOSE ARE VOCALS WE ARE SHOOTING FOR OVER THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS.

WITH REGARD TO TOP TRACER AS INDICATED IN MY NOTES, WE WILL BEGIN SOME OF THE SOFT OPENING EFFORTS LATER THIS WEEK STARTING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WE WILL THEN CLOSE DOWN ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AS WE PUT CODING ON THE FLOOR, THIS WILL BE FOR THE CIVIC GROUPS. YOU WILL ALL RECEIVE AN INVITATION FOR ONE HOUR OF PLAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT THERE. WE HAVE 12 SPONSORSHIPS, THANKS TO YOUR EFFORTS. AND WE DO HAVE VENDORS THAT WANT TO BE PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

[02:00:20]

WE HAVE THE EFFORTS. IT HAS BEEN A CITYWIDE EFFORT. THEY HAVE HELPED TO CALL EXTRA DIRT. SO, IT HAS BEEN AN EFFORT AND WE ARE EXCITED.

WE DO HAVE TOP OFFICIALS TO BE PART OF THE GRAND OPENING. WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THEM BUT IT SHOULD BE EXCITING. WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A COMPLICATED TRANSITION.

WE DO HAVE CONTROL OF THE GOLF COURSE OUT. WE DO HAVE CONTROL OF THE GOLF NOW ACCOUNT. RESERVATIONS ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE CITIES FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER EFFORTS AND THE GOLF NOW OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING FUNDED.

THAT IS IT FOR THE GOLF COURSE. LET ME SAY THE NORTH COURSE IS OPEN.

I KNOW FEBRUARY WAS A ROUGH MONTH WITH THE WEATHER. BUT THE ROUNDS OF GOLF ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY. ACCORDING TO MR. MURPHY THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS GOOD WEATHER, WE HAD 180 ROUNDS PER DAY. I THINK OUR NICHE MARKET IS STILL DRAWING PEOPLE TO PLAY GOLF. THE REOPENING OF THE NORTH COURSE HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WITH REGARD TO THE MARINA, THIS HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

THE GOAL IS THAT THE FUEL WILL BE AVAILABLE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

EARLY IN THE WEEK OR LATE IN THE WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, THE EARLIER THE BETTER.

BUT, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE MARINA. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FEMA?

>> NOTHING NEW TO REPORT THERE. FOR THOSE OF YOU, I THINK I HAVE SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH YOU.

THEIR RESPONSE WAS DUE TO THE CITY IN MID-JANUARY. THAT HAS COME AND GONE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM FEMA. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY, WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO GO TO ARBITRATION, ONE REASON WE ARE ELIGIBLE, THROUGH THIS FEDERAL STATUTE THAT INDICATES, BECAUSE THE EVENT HAPPENED AFTER JANUARY 16, WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ARBITRATION OR, IF FEMA DOES NOT RENDER A DECISION WITHIN 180 DAYS WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ARBITRATION.

WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ARBITRATION. BUT, IF WE DO WANT TO FILE ARBITRATION, WE DO HAVE TO WITHDRAW OUR INITIAL APPEAL. DO WE WAIT, YOU CAN SAY, WE CAN GO TO ARBITRATION AND THEN THEY SAY WE ARE READY TO RENDER A DECISION, I HAVE NO IDEA. I CLEARED THIS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THEY SAY WE ARE JUST WAITING TO SEE.

MOST LIKELY, I WILL RECOMMEND WE WAIT 180 DAYS, WHICH TAKES US TO MID APRIL, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION TO FILE FOR ARBITRATION. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, LET ME KNOW, I HAVE SHARED SOME OF THIS WITH YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS, SO, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH FEMA. I KNOW THE VEREEN ADVISORY BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, I THINK THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BEFORE YOU IN EARLY APRIL. SO, THAT IS THE BULK OF THE REPORT. WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE ARCHITECT ON CITY HALL.

WE ALSO HAVE A TELECONFERENCE WITH THE REAL-WORLD COMPANY ABOUT THE FINAL REVIEW FOR THE CROSSINGS AT ASH CENTER. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS AS

WELL. >> I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TODAY ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU. IT IS WITH V PIZZA.

[02:05:06]

>> I HAVE A FOUR PAGE SUMMARY THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU TOMORROW MORNING.

IF WE CAN WORK ON MAKING SURE THEY CAN OPEN UP. >> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AT LEAST THE FIRST CHALLENGES THEY START WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. AGAIN, SOMETIMES, ALL I DO, I ASK YOU BEFORE YOU FIRE, READY AND AIM, CAN YOU GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO RESPOND BECAUSE, THERE ARE CHALLENGES AND ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN HOW DETAILED THE RESPONSES ARE, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, I GET SENT COMPLAINTS, AND IT IS SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT THAT HE PROVIDES GREAT DETAILS OF WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND WHY THEY HAVE DEVELOPED.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK, HOW MANY SPONSORSHIPS ARE LEFT. IF YOU SOLD 12, HOW MANY ARE

LEFT? >> THE BIG TICKET ONCE, NONE. WE ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT FOR A LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WE HAD A FIRE PIT AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER.

IF YOU WANT A PICNIC AREA WE HAVE THAT. MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT BUT THERE IS A WOODEN CARVING OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE GOLF COURSE. THAT HAS BEEN STASHED FOR YEARS.

>> ALL OF THE -- THE BIG SPOTS ARE GONE. THERE ARE PICNIC TABLES INSIDE.

>> PICNIC TABLES AND SMALLER THINGS. WHEN YOU OPEN THE COMPUTER YOU CAN HAVE IT. THERE ARE EIGHT SPOTS AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO CHARGE $500 FOR

SMALLER ADVERTISING. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. IT IS POSITIVE.

>> I RECEIVED, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2-3 MONTHS. I KNOW HE IS CONFIDENT BUT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THAT I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN PRIVATE.

I READ SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT WE ARE GETTING THIS.

I KNOW WE ARE MORE STRINGENT BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT CONCERN ME AND I KNOW IT IS NOT THE HOTEL. SO, I WILL TALK TO YOU IN PRIVATE ABOUT IT.

>> IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN LET ME KNOW. WE WILL GO OVER IN GREAT DETAIL

HOWEVER YOU WANT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> VICE MAYOR YOUR LIGHT IS ON.

[11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

>> LET ME TURN IT OFF. >> FIRST OF ALL, AS A REMINDER, WE WILL HAVE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE CITY'S MAIL ELECTION BALLOT MAILED OUT TO THE RESIDENCE.

THE ELECTION AND THE BALLOTS WILL BE DUE BACK ON APRIL 13, THE SUPERVISOR SENT ME AN E-MAIL YESTERDAY AND SHE INVITED ME TO BE LEGAL COUNSEL BECAUSE I AM GUESSING SOMEONE ELSE DOES NOT WANT TO DO IT. IT IS AN EXCITING NIGHT. I WILL BE WITH THE BOARD, AT THE COMPLEX ON APRIL 13, ALSO FOR THE TESTING AND THE AUDIT AFTERWARDS.

>> THAT IS ON THE CHARTER. >> THEY WILL HAVE LOTS OF THEM. EVERYONE VOTE WHEN THEY COME.

I DO HAVE A FEW UPDATES ON DISPUTES, I WILL START WITH WE HAVE NOT SETTLED A CASE THAT WE ARE STILL IN LITIGATION ON. WE ARE TRYING TO FILE A MOTION. I EXPECT THE TRIAL DATE WILL BE ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW. THE COURTS ARE BACKED UP AND WE ARE A BUSY COURT SYSTEM.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE DECIDED, WE DO HAVE AN EXPERT REPORT WE GOT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THE ONE THING MISSING IS, WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND REDO THE

[02:10:04]

>> HAS THE CITY ENGINEER BEN OUT THERE? >> WE ARE MEETING WITH HIM

TOMORROW MORNING. >> HAS HE DONE A WRITTEN EVALUATION?

>> NOT YET. WE ARE NOT SPENDING MONEY JUST TO SPEND MONEY.

WE WILL ASK HIM TO DO THAT BUT I THINK BECAUSE THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE AND A HOT ISSUE, I AM JUST BEING HONEST, PUTTING OUR ENGINEER IN THE MIDDLE IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA.

HAVING HIM AS THE OTHER PERSON WITH A DIFFERENT OPINION, WE LOVE HAVING HIS OPINION BUT I DON'T WANT IF THE RESIDENT IS NOT FULLY SATISFIED HE GETS BLAMED.

>> WILL HE REVIEW THIS? >> ABSOLUTELY. HE IS ON OUR TEAM, I JUST DON'T

WANT HIM TO BE THE EXPERT. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE NEXT BEST OPTION WILL BE THIS COST AND THEN THE NEXT WHAT IS THIS CAUSE.

I AM FEARFUL THAT THE RESIDENT, IT TAKES A YEAR TO GET TO TRIAL, THAT IN MEDIATION COULD BE ANOTHER YEAR. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW YEARS COULD GO BY.

AT SOME POINT THEY HAVE TO GET SOME SORT OF RESOLVE. WE ARE TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS.

IF WE GET AN OPTION, I'M NOT SAYING REPAIR IT WITHOUT A SOLUTION ON THE JUDGMENT SIDE,

BUT AT SOME POINT, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. >> I WILL SAY THIS.

I DON'T MIND SAYING THIS PUBLICLY. THERE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN THE MONEY, THAT WOULD PREVENT -- IT DOES NOT HURT THE CITY'S CASE, TO DO A FIX.

TO MAKE CHANGES. WE WOULD NOT, IF THIS WAS GOING OUT FIVE MORE YEARS, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WAIT THAT LONG TO DO ANYTHING. THE ROAD HAS LIFE.

IT IS JUST PREMATURELY DYING. ANYWAY, WE ARE WORKING HARD. WE ALSO HAVE MR. JOHN COLLINS AS OUR POINT OF CONTACT. HE WAS HERE AND SPOKE HE LIVES ON SPANISH WAY.

THE NEXT UPDATE IS FOR THE PORT. THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE CITY TO REDRAFT THE COMPLAINT AND TRIED TO PLEAD, THE COURT IS HAVING ISSUES I NEED MORE EXPLANATIONS ON THE OLD RESOLUTIONS WEEDED FROM THE 1980S, AND WANT CLARIFICATION ON THE TAX LIABILITY OF AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT. THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO DISMISS.

THIS WILL GO ON FOR A WHILE. THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER HILL, THE NEXT ONE IS TOMORROW, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER ISSUES. AS WE KNOW, THEY ARE COMING TO THE CITY FOR BUILDING PERMITS.

THAT IS A WIN, BUT WE HAVE MORE TO DISCUSS. >> THE LAST ITEM IS THE NOISE ORDINANCE. THE BOATHOUSE IS THE LATEST RECIPIENT OF NOISE VIOLATIONS.

THEY HAVE TWO CITATIONS PEELING -- PENDING THAT THEY HAVE APPEALED.

WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS IN ADVANCE AND WE COULD TALK. THEY HAVE RAISED VERBALLY TO ME SOME CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. I DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THEM.

[02:15:02]

THE SENTIMENT AT THE MEETING WAS, FROM THEIR ATTORNEYS THEY SAID THIS, IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IS THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE HAVE HEARD RIGHT HERE, OR OTHER VENUES, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONDUCTED. SOME OF WHAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT OUR IN COURT MAKE SENSE.

IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE WHEN THAT'S RIGHT THEY TAKE OFF WORDS LIKE CHURCH.

WE SAY CHURCH BELLS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE ORDINANCE BUT IF YOU SAY CHURCH, YOU ARE VIOLATING

THE GILBERT CASE. >> ARE YOU ARE LOOKING AT LEGAL ISSUES?

>> EXACTLY. I WILL SAY IT PUBLICLY, IF ANY OTHER ATTORNEY CONTACT YOU AND SAY I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT PARTY, SEND THEM MY WAY. I WILL HAVE EVERY ATTORNEY IN TOWN REVIEW IT, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE BROUGHT -- THEIR WORD TO ME IS THEY THINK IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS THEY WILL KEEP US OUT OF IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY? SEEING NONE.

[12. CITY CLERK REPORTS]

ITEM 12. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE ITEMS UP.

I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS MARCH 15. THE BALLOTS WILL BE MAILED ON MARCH 24 AND APRIL 13 IS ELECTION DAY. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THAT.

>> WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY HAS A VACANCY.

THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AS A VACANCY. THE POLICE ( INDISCERNIBLE ) AS VACANCY. NASSAU HAS ONE VACANCY. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TO COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATION.

[13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

>> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> ITEM 13, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

>> SO, GOOD NEWS. I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE GROUP THAT RESCUED SIX PEOPLE THIS PAST WEEK. I HAVE A WRITE UP. ALONG WITH SOME PICTURES, A FAMILY OF SIX. OUTSTANDING JOB. ON MARCH 24-28 THERE WILL BE A FOOD DROP OFF. I WILSON THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER.

I WILL GIVE OUT SOME RAFFLE TICKETS. THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH IS THE FOOD GIVEAWAY. THEY WILL BE HERE. WE HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THEM. SO, SOME MORE GOOD NEWS. SOME PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THE

[02:20:02]

JUST SO, I AM CONCERNED, THE TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY. THAT MEANS THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, I WILL TRY TO PUSH ON THE CHANNEL TO EXPAND THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITIES TO PUT

OUT MORE INFORMATION, JUST, THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU, IT IS MY SIXTH

MEETING AND I AM STILL HAPPY TO BE HERE. >> I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

>> I HAVE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY MEETINGS. >> YOU ARE STILL HAPPY TO BE

HERE? >> I AM HAPPY. >> I WILL SAY IT IN MY COMMENTS.

>> I WILL QUICKLY CLOSE WITH TWO EVENTS. WE HAVE OUR RECYCLE IN EVENT AND FOOD DRIVE, THE CITY'S ANNUAL AND ITEM SUCH AS BATTERIES, PAINT AND ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES ARE WELCOME. YOU CAN GET ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THIS SATURDAY THERE IS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, THE RACIAL EQUALITY COALITION IN RECOGNITION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND, GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK, ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AT THE DOWNTOWN COURTHOUSE AT 6:30 P.M., THEY WILL HONOR THE LIVES LOST DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE. WITH

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