[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WE WILL CALL THE MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP FOR JANUARY TO ORDER. THE MAYOR WILL BE JOINING US BY ZOOM TONIGHT. SOME BASIC INFORMATION.
ALL PERSONAL DEVICES NEED TO BE SILENCED.
WE ARE STILL IN COVID-19 -- WE ARE GETTING BETTER WHEN WE ARE INTO IT MORE. SO YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF BY MAINTAIN MASKING AND SIX FEET AND AS ALWAYS BE NICE TO EACH OTHER. ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE
FIRST THING IS THE VISION -- >>CLERK: VICE-MAYOR, TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR LEDNOVICH.
>> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: HERE. >> VICE MAYOR KREGER: HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER STURGES: HERE. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS: HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER BEAN: HERE. >>CLERK: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[3.1 VISION 2045 STATEMENT]
>> THE AGENDA IS BASICALLY THE MISSION STATEMENT OR THE VISION STATEMENT. WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE PLAN ITSELF, BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH THE STATEMENT.
AND ANY STATEMENTS? >> MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A SCREEN LIKE THIS WITH A VIRTUAL ATTENDEE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT AND HAVE EVERYBODY SEE.
>> WELL, WE ALL HAVE THE VISION STATEMENT.
IT IS ON THE AGENDA AND BASICALLY THE STATEMENT ON THE AGENDA WAS THE VISION 2045 P PLAN.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE MISSION STATEMENT?
HOW DOES THE COMMISSION FEEL. >> IF I MIGHT JUST FRAME IT A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.
THE VISION STATEMENT THAT IS -- THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND PRESENTED TO YOU HAS GONE OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENT.
THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD, THE CITY STAFF, AND THE CITY MANAGER HAVE LOOKED THIS OVER. AND AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT THE VISION STATEMENT SHOULD BE.
THE PUBLIC STILL HAS AT LEAST 30 MORE DAYS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. BUT, LIKE I SAID, THE PLANNING BOARD HAS -- VETTED THIS STATEMENT AND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU LOOK AT IT. AND IF THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO ON THE STATEMENT, WILL TO BE GO AHEAD AND DIRECT CITY STAFF TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THIS AS THE VISION STATEMENT.
>> CHIP? >> COMMISSIONER ROSS: I HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE CITY ATT ATTORNEY.
THE PLANNING BOARD VETTED THIS STATEMENT?
>> THEY HAVE. THEY SAW THE STATEMENT AND VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT WENT TO THEM LAST MONTH.
THEY HAD IT MORE THAN ONE TIME. LAST MONTH THEY LOOKED AT IT AND NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO IT.
SO -- THERE WAS NOT -- DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> COMMISSIONER ROSS: DID THEY VOTE ON IT? DID THEY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT? DID THEY MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT?
>> NOT THAT WE KNOW OF. THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THE CHAIR IS HERE TONIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS: SO, IF I
MAY -- -- >> ARE THEY PERMITTED TO COME
FORWARD? >> COMMISSIONER ROSS: SURE.
GOOD EVENING. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AND LIVE LAS ROBLES DRIVE.
AS I RECALL -- WE HAVE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON ANYTHING YET. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE GONE OVER IT IN GOOD AMOUNT OF DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE NOT FORMALLY APPROVED IT.
WE HAVE NOT FORMALLY APPROVED IT.
WE WERE WAITING UNTIL AFTER ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND TO SEE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IT AT OUR -- JANUARY OR FEBRUARY MEETING -- AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING AND IT WILL COME TO YOU THE NEXT MO MONTH.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, DENISE.
WE APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIR OF THE PR PWSHTION B WAS THE CORRECT ORDER.
11 FORMAL RESPONSES TO OUR SURVEY SO FAR.
AND I HAVE READ THEM. AND THEY ARE -- THEY ARE GOOD.
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GOOD RESPONSES. WE ARE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK.WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE WE CAN FORMALIZE THIS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN. AND THEN THE PAB CAN REVIEW IT IN FEBRUARY AND.FORMALLY APPROVE IT AS A VISION STATEMENT FOR OUR CITY. WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS THINK?
>> I WOULD ONLY ADD TO THAT NOT ONLY REVIEW IT, BUT EITHER APPROVE IT OR DISAPPROVE IT. FORMALLY.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WILL SAY THAT IT ACTUALLY -- I JUST GOT ALL THE COMMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND MANY OF THEM DEAL WITH THE WHOLE PLAN. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT. SO IHAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MOVING FORWARD AND HAVING THE PAB REVIEW IT.
>> ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU KEEP SAYING MISSION STATEMENT --
>> VISION STATEMENT. THE VISION STATEMENT.
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR, IT IS A VISION STAT
.> THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE SEEN DIDN'T DEAL WITH THE VISION STATEMENT AS THEY DEALT WITH THE WHOLE PLAN. SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PAB, LOOK SERIOUSLY AT THE VISION STATEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT WE ARE HAVING A STATEMENT THAT THAT IS UNDERSTOOD BY MOST PEOPLE. WE DID ENTER SOME PRETTY INTERESTING COMMENTS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROMOTING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ALL UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE GO OUT ON THE STREET AND SAY, THERE IS OUR STATEMENT, IT IS SIMPLE.
WE DID HAVE A ANOTHER STATEMENT THAT I THOUGHT WAS ON THE AGENDA, BUT I GUESS IT DISAPPEARED.
>> THERE WAS ANOTHER STATEMENT. AND I WOULD -- TAKE THIS STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER STATEMENT.
AND MELD IT INTO SOMETHING I WOULD AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT IS READILY UNDERSTOOD BY NOT ONLY THE EMPLOYEES, CITY WORKERS, CITY COMMISSION, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AS TO WHAT -- THIS IS A "WHAT STATEMENT." WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 40 YEARS FROM NOW. A SIMPLE DECLARATIVE.
LESS THAN A PARAGRAPH SHORT STATEMENT WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN 20 YEARS. NOT CONFINE ITSELF TO THIS STATEMENT BUT ANY OTHER WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT OR
ADVISE CHANGING. >> ARE WE IN CONCURRENT? SO WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD HAVE IT BACK TO THE PAB, MERGE IT. MAYOR LEDNOVICH, ANY COMMENTS?
>> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: NO, I THINK THAT IS THE IDEAL PLAN IS TO GET ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE AND HAVE MISS GIBSON AND THE PAB THEN MASSAGE WHAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE PUBLIC INTO THE CURRENT VISION STATEMENT AND CRAFT A NEW MISSION STATEMENT FROM THAT. AND PRESENT IT TO US.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE WAY TO GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU. >> THAT'S WHERE WE ARE MOVING.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER THING ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE THE -- WHAT WAS THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS A DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENTED AND MOVED IT TO A WORKSHOP FOR DISCUSSION AND WE ALL HAVE THAT
ON THE AGENDA. >> WAIT -- IT IS NOT ON MY
AGENDA. >> IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA,
LEN. >> I PUT A PACKET TO MAKE SURE ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONERS GOT IT AND IT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE CRA -- THE NEXT CITY WORKSHOP THAT DEALS WITH THE
CRA. >> KIND OF WEIRD -- I HAVE NO -- BUT HAS PRINCIPLES OF THE WATERFRONT ON TO THE AGENDA.
>> IT IS IN THE PACKET. >> YEAH.
>> SO -- SO THAT'S NOT THERE. THAT BEING SAID --
>> IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE 50 MINUTES.
>> WE DO, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, RESPECTFULLY, I WAS
REMINDED -- >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: MY RECOLLECTION FROM THE LAST W WORKSHOP WAS THAT COMMISSIONERS WERE GOING TO ADD THEIR PRINCIPLES TO THIS LIST.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE LIST.
AND THEN WE WOULD TACKLE THAT AT THE VICTIMSING SESSION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS -- VISIONING SESSION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> THAT IS FINE WITH ME IF THAT IS FINE WITH THE REST OF THE
COMMISSIONERS. >> I ONLY WANTED TO REMIND YOU WHEN THIS WORKSHOP WAS PLANNED WITH REGARD TO THE VISION STATEMENT. GOING BACK TO THAT MOMENTARILY, YOU ALL SAID THAT YOU WOULD WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
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VISION STATEMENT AT THIS W WORKSHOP.I JUST WANT YOU TO -- >> I DON'T HAVE ANY FORMS. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES OR FILL OUT THE FORM AFTER.
>> THEY CAN COME UP FIRST AND THEN FILL OUT THE FORMS.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR YOU CLEARLY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS MY
HEARING -- >> GOT TO BE YOUR HEARING.
TO SPEAK. BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, AS I READ THIS, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE
>> JACK NOCEY, 809 OCEANVIEW COURT.
SORRY, I ALWAYS DO THAT. DIDN'T SEEM TO ME AS AN IS RESPIRATORY RATIONAL PLAN SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 20-SOME YEARS.
AS WE MET IN THE PARK BACK IN JUNE, I SHARED A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT EXPERIENCE MYSELF.
AND WE WERE HANDED OUT MONEY AND TOLD WHICH BUCKETS TO PUT IT INTO, BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL BUCKETS THAT WE WERE NECESSARILY WANTING TO PUT IT INTO.
AND WE WERE GIVEN GREEN STI STICKERS TO PUT ON THINGS THAT SAID, WE WANT THESE. AND NO RED STICKERS TO SAY, I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN M MISREPRESENTED WHAT WENT ON IN THAT PARK BECAUSE VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY THAT WALKED UP COULD GET MONEY AND STICKERS WHETHER THEY WERE FROM MARYLAND OR FERNANDINA BEACH.
I MET PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAD AND PROVIDING POTENTIAL INPUT MAYBE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE WOULD WANT AS CITIZENS. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE OF AN ASPIRATIONAL PLAN. WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE CITY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO MORE OF THAT AND I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO MUCH OF AND LESS OF. AND I AM NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICS AND TALKING OF VISION AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICS, AND WENT THROUGH THE MISSION AND VISION AND HAD ENOUGH TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE THINKING HERE. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT WE SHOULD SAY IS WHAT -- WHEN WE COME DOWN HERE 20 YEARS FROM NOW IN MY WALKER OR HOWEVER I GET THERE, WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO BE. WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE FOR S SUNSETS FOR -- TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEAL OR SOMETHING ON THE WATERFRONT AND SEE THE SUNSET AND HAVE A DRINK OR WATCH OUR GRANDCHILDREN PLAY IN A PLAYGROUND OR SOMETHING.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT FOR THE CITY AND DO WE WANT US TO HAVE 500 EMPLOYEES THEN.
I MEAN, IF WE LOOK AT OUR TRAJECTORY OF NEW EMPLOYEES, WE MAY HAVE 500 OR 600 EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY BY THEN.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANT OR SHOULD WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE STRUCTURE OF OUR CITY AND SAY, WHERE DO WE WANT THAT TO BE.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR TAX BASE AS WELL. SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY IS VOCAL ABOUT. WE DON'T WANT ALL OF THE TAX BASE COME FROM RESIDENTS AND WE WANT IT DIVERSE.
WE SHOULD LOOK AT PRIVATE, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS HOW TO LEVERAGE THOSE MORE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WANT TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT IS MY THREE MINUTES.
>> JACK, YOU ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE PLAN.
WE REALLY TONIGHT ARE GOING TO DO THE VISION -- YOUR E-MAIL -- I THINK WE ALL GOT YOUR E-MAIL. AND SOLICITING AND GETTING THOSE E-MAILS. WE HAD TEN, KELLY? SO THAT WILL -- THAT WILL BE IN THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE ON.
TONIGHT WAS JUST GOING TO BE THE VISION STATEMENT.
BUT YOU GOT YOUR THREE MINUTES AND A LITTLE SHORT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE DESIRE TO MAKE A COMMENT?
COME ON UP. >> PHILLIP CHAPMAN, 2120 FLORIDA AVE. WHEN I SAT UP THERE AS A COMMISSIONER WE HAD OUR FIRST VISION MEETING.
AND ONE MY VISIONS WAS TO BREAK GROUND TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT VISION.
WE KEEP MAKING VISIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE AREN'T WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE PRINTED ON BECAUSE WE DON'T
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TURN THEM INTO ACTION. IF YOU WANT VISION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ACTION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAY, WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.WE ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE QUICKLY.
THIS TO ME IS A WASTE OF TIME. AS YOU SIT THERE AND PARTICULARLY THE TWO -- THE THREE VETERANS, HOW MANY OF YOUR VISIONS HAVE GONE UNREALIZED.
TO THE NEW GENTLEMAN, HOW MANY OF YOUR VISIONS WILL GO UNREALIZED. THIS CITY SPENDS ALL KIND OF MONEY ON CONSULTANTS AND MOST TIMES AS SHAKESPEARE SAYS, THEY BECOME TALES TOLD BY AID YOT FULL OF SOUND AND FURY AND SIGNIFYING NOTHING. BECAUSE NOTHING GETS DONE.
QUICK EXAMPLE. HOW LONG HAS THE VISION OF ALACHUA STREET BEEN GOING ON? HOW LONG OF A NEW FIRE STATION BEEN GOING ON? DON'T SEE THEM.
DON'T SEE THEM. SO, PLEASE, AS YOU SIT AND TALK ABOUT THIS, MAKE A COMMITMENT TO TURN VISION INTO RESULTS.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PHIL.
ANYBODY ELSE? WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE
MEETING IS ADJOURNED. >> HELLO.
>> I AM SORRY. >> MY LIGHT IS ON.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RESPOND BRIEFLY.
THINGS HAPPEN DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT.
AND WE ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CONCRETE POURED IN A SEAWALL BUILT IN PARKING LOT C AND D.
THAT IS GOING ON. AS SOON AS THE PARK IS FINISHED THE RIVER WALK AND WILL BE DONE BY MARCH AND APRIL AND THERE WILL BE PROGRESS THERE. PUSH OUT ASH AND CENTER STREETS THAT COME FEBRUARY MARCH. THE RAILROAD THROUGH FDOT AND THE CITY'S MONEY WILL BE RECONSIDERED.
A SIDEWALK BETWEEN ASH AND CENTER STREET.
THE STORMWATER PROJECTS ARE BEING FUNDED AND AVAILABLE FOR BOTH ASH, CENTER AND ALACHUA STREET.
AND ALL THOSE NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE OTHER THINGS ARE DONE.
>> SO I WOULD SAY THAT THINGS BEING DONE.
MORE CAN BE DONE, SHOULD BE DONE, BUT IT IS NOT THAT THE CITY ON THESE THINGS HAVEN'T NOT DONE ANYTHING.
SO THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR PUBLIC IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CRA. I WANT TO KNOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THAT IS THE NEXT MEETING.
THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. OKAY.
THAT WAS MORE OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS
SAID FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE ARE ADJOURN
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