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          QUIET PLEASE? COME TOE ORDER? THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 15, 2022 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THE ITEMS IF YOU WILL TURN YOUR CELL PHONES TO AIRPLANE MODE. SILENT OR TURN IT OFF. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE STILL UNDER COVID-19 GUIDELINES. I SEE WE ARE PACKED IN HERE. 
          TAKE WHATEVER MEASURE YOU DEEM NECESSARY, WITHIN REASON TO PROTECT YOURSELF HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          FINALLY ON, WE WILL ACT PROFESSIONALLY. 
          [3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE / INVOCATION]
SO, WITH THAT, VICE MAYOR, LEAD US THROUGH THE PREJUDICE. 
          REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOA INDICATION BY PASTOR TIFFANY. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HERE SHE IS. WELCOME. 
          >> HOW LONG ARE YOU THIS EVENING? 
          >> WE'RE TERRIFIC. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. AND LET US PRAY. 
          HOLY GOD, KNOWN BY MANY NAMES, REMAINS BEYOND OUR OWN NAMES. 
          SPIRIT OF LIFE. SPIRIT OF LOVE. 
          SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. SPIRIT OF JUSTICE. 
          WE ARE YOUR MANY BLESSINGS ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAD IN WHICH WE LIVE. HELP THEM AS LEADERS TO NOT ASK FIRST TO FIX THIS, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO LEARN. 
          HOW MIGHT WE NEED TO CHANGE AND WHO DO WE NEED TO LISTEN. 
          REMIND THEM THEY ARE NOT ONLY LEADERS, BUT ALSO SERVANTS. 
          AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND OURS IS TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD FOR ALL. REMIND THEM EVERYONE IS OUR NEIGHBOR. AS LEADERS, WE ARE TO RESPECT AND PROTECT THE LEAST AMONG US, THE CHILDREN, OUR ELDERLY, AND THE POOR. THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS. 
          THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN. BRING THEM WISDOM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO KNOW AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT, GOOD AND TRUE. 
          MAY THEY SPEAK OUT WHEN IT ED FIEZ OTHERS, AND LISTEN PATIENTLY AND RECEPTIVELY. MAY THEY ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, JUSTICE AND LOVE. 
          FOR THE COMMON GOOD, THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE ALL NAMES. AMEN. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION 
          [4.1 PROCLAMATION - MAYOR RONALD (RON) SAPP]
THIS EVENING. MAYOR SAPP? 
          [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: BEAR WITH ME. THIS MAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE DEEP AND MONEY. SOILY READ THE PROCLAMATION SLOWLY WHEREAS WITH HOSPITAL AND DISTINCTION, THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH HEREBY RECOGNIZES FORMER MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONER RONALD "RON" SAPP FOR HIS EXTENSIVE CIVIC SERVICE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. WHEREAS, A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT, MAYOR SAPP IS A FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, CLASS OF 1965. A GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE GRADUATE. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA GRADUATE. AND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN. AFTER RECEIVING HIS EDUCATION, MAYOR SAPP BEGAN TEACHING ALTER THE FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. A TRULY REVERED EDUCATOR, INSTRUCTING OVER 7,000 LOCAL STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 28 YEAR TENURE. WHEREAS, MAYOR SAPP'S COMMISSION 
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TENURE BEGAN IN 1973. OKAY, 78. 
          CORRECTED. FOLLOWING 24 PRODUCTIVE YEARS, MAYOR SAPP IS RECOGNIZED AS THE ONLY CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH ELECTED OFFICIAL TO HAVE SERVED OVER FOUR CONSECUTIVE DECADES. 
          1970S, 1980S, 1990S, AND 2000S. 
          MAYOR SAPP'S PASSION TO PRESERVE HIS HOMETOWN INITIATED NUMEROUS RESOLUTIONS WHICH LED TO PRESERVING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, CHARACTER, IDENTITY, AND SMALL ISLAND TOWN UNIQUENESS. 
          WHEREAS, A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF CONSERVATION AND CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CITY LIMITS, MAYOR SAPP'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE OPEN SPACE BOND ISSUE, WHICH WAS THE PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE EGAN'S CREEK GREENWAY. 
          OPENING AND PRESERVATION OF OVER 40 PUBLIC BEACH ACCESSES. 
          ESTABLISHING CONSTRUCTION HEIGHT LIMITS. 
          ELIMINATING BEACH FRONT LOT CONSOLATION. 
          INITIATING THE SEASIDE PARK AND NORTH BEACH PARK PROJECTS. 
          REPRESENTING THE CITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO PURCHASE THE PECK HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY. 
          COLLABORATING WITH KEY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SECURE STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING FOR THE PEC CENTER REHABILITATION PROJECT. AS WELL AS INTRODUCTION AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE MAIN BEACH REVITALLATION PROJECT WHICH RULGTED IN BOARDWALK CONSTRUCTION, NEW EXPANDED LIGHTING, AND LANDSCAPING. [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS, FERNANDINA BEACH IS A BETTER PLACE DUE TO MAYOR SAPP'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, KEEN INFLUENCE, AND HIS LEGACY CONTINUES TO SHAPE FERNANDINA BEACH'S FUTURE. 
          THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL A. LEDNOVICH, BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, DO HEREBY EXPRESS SINCERE THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO MAYOR RONALD SAPP FOR HIS LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, HIS UNCOMPROMISING EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT OUR CITY'S CHARM AND CHARACTER, HIS LIFE LONG COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND HIS INNUMERABLE CIVIC GREASSMENTS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STANDING OVATION I EVER GOT. I'M TRYING TO GET OUT. 
          BUT, THANK YOU. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I BECAME A CITY COMMISSION IN 1978, IS THAT ONE COMMISSIONER CAN'T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING. 
          YOU BETTER HAVE AT LEAST TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON YOUR SIDE. I'VE HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS OVER THE YEARS THAT JUST DIED ON THE BOND. 
          I COULDN'T EVEN GET A SECOND TO A LOT OF THINGS. 
          BUT, ANYWAY. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL CITY COMMISSIONERS OVER THE YEARS. 
          AARON BAITING, YOUR DAD WAS JUST ONE. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS. I'VE SERVED WITH NINE CITY MANAGERS. NINE OF THEM. 
          SOME OF THEM I REMEMBER WARMLY. SOME OF THEM -- SEVEN CITY ATTORNEYS. AND FIVE CITY CLERKS. 
          I WAS ABLE TO SERVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. 
          ONE PERSON DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU ARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING AT ALL WITHOUT ALL OF THE 
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COMMISSIONERS -- MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. 
          THE SUPER BOWL SUNDAY WAS -- AFTER THE GAME, SOME WERE TALKING ABOUT TEAM EFFORTS. WIN FOR THE TEAM. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TEAM. EVERYBODY WORKS WITH EACH OTHER. 
          SAME THING HERE. SAME THING HERE. 
          YOU ARE A TEAM. WE WERE TEAMS. THE AFRICAN PROVERB. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. I GREW UP IN FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          ANYWAY, I GREW UP IN FERNANDINA BEACH AND THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH SURE HELPED RAISE ME. 
          JUST SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO, ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMISSION FOR THIS WONDERFUL, THIS GREAT HONOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, 
          APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU 
          FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH OVER THE YEARS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: ITEMS 4.2 
          [4.2 PRESENTATION - POLICE DEPARTMENT]
PRESENTATION BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          CHIEF FOXWORTH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. 
          >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE TWO MINUTES YOU WILL GIVE US TODAY. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT OUR NEW EMPLOYEES GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION GET TO SEE WHO IS SERVING THEM. 
          I DO THIS A LITTLE CAUTIOUSLY. LAST TIME THE YOUNG MAN QUIT TWO WEEKS LATER. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IF THESE FOLKS QUIT, WE'RE NOT COMING BACK. 
          I THINK AS YOU KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT PEOPLE ON THE JOBS ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW THERE. 
          WAS A TIME IN POLICE WORK IF WE WERE TO ADVERTISE ONE OPENING WE WOULD HAVE 25 OR 30 GOOD SOLID QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. NOW WE ARE DOING A STRONG, AGGRESSIVE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. I WANT TO THANK SERGEANT JOHN, SERGEANT LEVY IS NOT HERE. THEY HAVE COLLATERAL DUTIES IN RECRUITING. THEY RECRUIT THE TWO OF THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THEY CHOSE TO COME TO WORK FOR THE FERNANDINA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. BEFORE I MENTION OUR POLICE OFFICERS, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR OTHER NEW EMPLOYEES, MS. ALL NECESSARY AG. SHE GOT LOST. 
          >> MISS WHITE IS OUR RECORDS COORDINATOR. 
          AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HER WORKING FOR US IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. HER BACKGROUND INCLUDES 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE FOR PEOPLE MAGAZINE, EXORGT TRAINER FOR ATT, AND MOST RECENTLY SHE IS THE PUBLIC RECORDS MANAGER FOR THE JACKSON SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          SHE LEFT JACKSON SHERIFF'S OFFICE AFTER APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS TO GET MARRIED. HER HUSBAND IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. HE IS A FORMER GRADUATE AND RESIDENTS. SHE CHOSE TO RETIRE IN FERNANDINA BEACH. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. SHE HAS COME TO WORK WITH US. 
          THIS LADY AS A MASTER DEGREE AND A JURIS DOCTOR-THE. 
          SHE IS RECOGNIZING OR RECORDS SECTION BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE HAVE OVER 100 RECORDS REQUESTS COME IN EVERY MONTH. 
          THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH WHEN YOU'RE ONLY OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK, THAT STARTS TO STACK UP QUITE A BIT. 
          SHE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HELPING US GET FOCUSED, GET POLICIES GOING. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT SHE CHOSE TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH INSTEAD OF ZAXBY'S FOR $17 AN HOUR. WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER. 
          SHE IS A NEWLY WED. THEY ARE ON THE NORTH END OF THE CITY. I THINK SHE IS ENJOYING THE 
          CITY. >> THANK YOU. 
          NICE MEETING YOU. >> OFFICER PASSANTE. 
          THIS IS AUGUSTINE PA SANITY. HE WAS BORN AND RACED IN ULMER COUNTY NEW YORK. HE WHAT'S A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER AND A PART TIME FIREFIGHTER. IN 2015 HE WAS THE NEW YORK STATE 9-1-1 DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR, AFTER HE SAVED LIVES OVER THE PHONE GIVING FIRST AID INSTRUCTIONS, C.P.R. 
          INSTRUCTION. HE WISED UP AND MOVED TO FLORIDA EIGHT MONTHS AGO. AS SOON AS HE MOVED HERE, HE ENROLLED IN THE POLICE ACADEMY AND JUST COMPLETED POLICE 
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ACADEMY LAST YEAR. HE HAS A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. 
          HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. 
          HE ENJOYS OUTDOOR STUFF. HE IS ALSO BIG INTO BASEBALL AND BOXING CARDS. SO IF YOU HEAR OF ANY OF THE SHOWS GOING ON, HE WOULD LOVE TO GET THERE. 
          HE COLLECTS THE OLD STUFF. WE ARE FORTUNATE TOE HAVE HIM BECAUSE HE BRINGS SOME BACKGROUND FROM NEW YORK THAT WE CAN USE HERE AS WELL. SO FAR EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LOVE HIM. WE ARE GLAD HE'S HERE. 
          NEXT IS OFFICER JIM LAUGHLIN. JIM IS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL HIRE. 
          THERE WAS A T.V. SHOW CALLED THE OLDEST ROOKIE. 
          AFTER 24 YEARS WITH THE KISSIMMEE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESCAPE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, JIMMY RELOCATED HIS FAMILY TO THE FERNANDINA BEACH AREA. 
          HE HAS COME TO WORK WITH US. 18 OF HIS YEARS HE WAS A FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR POLICE SERGEANT WHERE HE WORKED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PAROLE. ACCEPT THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ON THE SWAT TEAM. HE HAS TAUGHT AT THE POLICE ACADEMY THE LAST TEN YEARS IN BREVARD COUNTY. 
          HIS CERTIFICATION TEACH MOVED HERE WITH HIM. 
          HE HAS BEEN MARRIED 22 YEARS AND HE HAS TWO CHILDREN, AGES 15 AND 19. HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A HISTORY NERD. HE SAYS FERNANDINA BEACH COULDN'T BE A LETTER BETTER PLACE TO LAND BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY WE HAVE HERE. WE FORTUNATE YOU ARE HERE WITH US. ABSOLUTELY. 
          RYAN SPRINGER. RYAN ALSO GRADUATED THE POLICE ACADEMY IN DECEMBER. HE AND OFFICER PASSANTE WERE CLASSMATES. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN FERNANDINA BEACH AREA. AS A MATTER OF FACT, A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE BEEN AROUND HIM, PEOPLE COME UP TO HIM, HEY, I KNOW YOUR MOM, I KNOW YOUR DAD. HE HAS SOLID ROOTS HERE. 
          LIFE LONG DREAM TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER. 
          WE HOPE HE WILL FULFILL THAT THE REST OF HIS CAREER. 
          HE CREDITS HIS FAMILY WITH GIVING HIM SUPPORT TO REACH HIS GOAL. GLAD WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO GREW UP HERE AND KNOWS THE COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS HIM. WE ARE PROUD OF THESE FOUR NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST THREE YEARS THAT I CAN REMEMBER, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: CONGRATULAT. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          IF YOU SEE THEM OUT AND ABOUT, SHAKE THEIR HAND. 
          TREAT THEM WELL. SAME GOES FOR Y'ALL. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. ITEM 4.6, THE BUDGET SUMMARY. 
          [4.3 BUDGET SUMMARY]
WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL THEY CLEAR THE ROOM AND YOU WILL HAVE OUR FULL ATTENTION. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> GOOD EVENING. 
          PAULINE TESTAGROSE. THE GENERAL FUND 57.4%. 
          THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY. [INAUDIBLE] THE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE 25.4%. 
          SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE -- IMPROVEMENTS ISSUED. 
          [INAUDIBLE] THE MEMBERSHIP REVENUE IS OVER LAST YEAR, $37,000. THE AIRPORT REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPECTED. UTILITY FUND REVENUES EXCEED EXPENSES. IN THE MARINA THERE IS A NET CONTRIBUTION AFTER TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS OF $204,000. 
          YEAR TO DATE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. THE GOLF COURSE. 
          I WANT TO ASK CITY MANAGER IF THERE ARE FUTURE DATES SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM? I DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THE 
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          BUDGET >> JOHN PELICAN, 425 NORTH FLETCHER AVENUE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 
          AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, ALSO AS MEMBER OF THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD, I HAVE WATCHED THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUTOUT TO THE TAXPAYERS THAT I THINK COMMISSIONER IS TRYING TO REPRESENT. 
          I'M AFRAID I COMMEND YOUR GOALS OF PAYING THE EMPLOYEES WELL. 
          BUT FOR EVERY BUDGET INCREASE TOO MUCH, YOU WILL BE HURTING TAXPAYERS THAT CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. 
          THESE WINNERS AND LOSERS WHEN YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF DECISION. 
          THE OTHER POINT REGARDING THE BUDGET, WHEN YOU ARE BUILD IN AUTOMATIC INCREASES IT MOVES TOWARDS WASHINGTON BASELINE BUDGETING WHERE YOU HAVE TO ASSUME AND INCREASED BUDGET EVERY YEAR. AND THAT BECOMES THE NORM. 
          I'M AFRAID WHEN YOU ARE USING A PROPERTY TAX BASE TO DO IT, IT COULD JUST BE QUITE HURTFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          THE SECOND ITEM I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS THE GOLF COURSE. 
          BECAUSE I SAW IN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL THAT THE SUPPORT FOR THE GOLF COURSE WAS CUT. AND I THINK THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE POSITION TO TAKE, TO START. ONE, BECAUSE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAD THE PANDEMIC, YOU HAD A GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT CHANGE, AND YOU BIRTHED A NEW BUSINESS ON THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY CALLED TAP TRACER WHICH ALL FIVE COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTED. SO AS THE BUSINESS GROWS AND THE GOLF COURSE RECOVERS FROM THE PANDEMIC, IT NEEDS SUPPORT, JUST AS THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND OTHER ASSETS OF THE CITY NEED YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM 5 PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. TODAY'S 2428 -- LAST WEEK I HAPPENED AT THE TOE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. 
          WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE EXPENSES AND THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL AS TAP TRACER. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY, MR. COONEY, SUPERINTENDENT BLAINE ARE DOING YEOMAN'S WORK OUT THERE. 
          I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE HARD WORK THEY ARE DOING. 
          I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT TAP TRAITIONERS. 
          THOSE OF YOU IN 2019, KNOW I WARS NOT A FAN OF TAP TRACER. 
          I DIDN'T THINK YOU HAD THE BUSINESS CASE TO MAKE $700,000 EXPENDITURE. SO UNFORTUNATELY I THINK A LOT OF MY CONCERNS WERE COMING TO FRUITION. 
          THE JANUARY RESULT FOR TAP TRACER, SO FAR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FOUR MONTHS, ALMOST $13,000 IN THE HOLE. THAT WILL NOT GET ANY BETTER. 
          SO AS YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGETED FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I THINK YOU HAVE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR MONEY. 
          HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE COULD TAKE THE $3,000 A MONTH LOSS HE IS TRYING TO COVER BY INCREASING ACTIVITY AT THE GOLF COURSE, HE CAN TAKE THAT $3,000 A MONTH AND HE COULD BUY SOD, HE COULD BUY SEED. HE COULD TRIM TREES. 
          THERE IS A LOT HE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE ACTUAL GOLF COURSE WHICH IS THE CORE COMPENSATE AND THE CORE FUNCTION YOU IT'S A A THE THAT PROPERTY. TAP TRACE SER NOT A CORE FUNCTION. IT IS AN AMENITY AND IT IS SHINY AND NEW AND SPARKLY AND IT IS NOT CARRYING ITS WEIGHT YET. 
          I DO NOT SEE IT WILL CARRY ITS WEIGHT IN THE FUTURE. 
          MR. COONEY MENTIONED THEY ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN LIGHTS AND A FIRE PIT FOR -- I'M NOT SURE WHY. 
          SOP $5,000 FOR A FIRE PIT, PLUS PRO PAPER TANK AND FOR SIX LAKES, THAT'S SOMEWHERE -- THAT'S THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF TREE MAINTENANCE. THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE BUNCH OF FERTILIZER AND SEED OR SPREADS. AND, THAT MONEY IS NOT IN THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET. WHY ARE YOU SPENDING MONEY AT THE GOLF COURSE ON TAP TRACER WHEN THE MONEY IS NOT ALLOCATED 
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IN THE CURRENT BUDGET? AS YOU LOOK AT THE COMING BUDGET YEAR, I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT TAP TRACER. 
          IT MAY BE WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S NOT GOING -- YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RECOUP THE MONEY THAT YOU SPENT ON IT. 
          THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THIS PROJECT IS, I DON'T KNOW, 10 OR 15 YEARS AT THIS POINT, LOSING $3,000 A MONTH. 
          SO I WOULD ASK YOU AS YOU LOOK FORWARD INTO THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT TAP TRACER. 
          TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE $25,000 A YEAR YOU ARE PAYING IN LICENSING FEES. YOU MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT INVESTMENT. 
          IT'S SITTING OUT THERE AND LOSING MONEY FOR YOU EVERY MONTH. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. MISS CARTER? 
          >> I'M KEEPING TIME HERE. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: I WAS 
          WONDERING. >> 8509 WILLIAM, FERNANDINA BEACH. I WANT TO COMMENT AND SAY THANK YOU. I CAN SEND YOU AN E-MAIL. 
          I COULD CALL YOU ON THE PHONE. CARRIER PIGEON. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WATCH ON T.V. 
          I COME DOWN HERE SOMETIMES. THERE IS TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT JUST REALLY TOUCHED ME. 
          ONE OF THEM, OF COURSE S MY BELOVED HOME CHURCH MASS DON'T A.M.E. WE APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THEM FOR HISTORIC AND ALSO THE HOMELESS COALITION OF NASSAU COUNTY. WE RECENTLY, JOHN AND I SPENT THE NIGHT WITH THEM IN OUR KAY CENTER. 
          IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. I THANK YOU FROM MY HEART. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, ABOVE ALL -- 
          THANK YOU. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM 6, THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO HAVE 
          ANY OF THE ITEMS PULLED? >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          >> I SECOND. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE? 
          [7.1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - NORTHEAST FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 630, LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIOCLC]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: MOTION PASSED 5-0. 
          ITEM 7. RESOLUTIONS. 
          7.1. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE BEFORE AWE PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNION I REFER TO ASIUMEE. 
          THAT REPRESENTS THE GENERAL LABOR FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RECENTLY, WITHIN THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING THERE WAS A CLAUSE THAT CALLED FOR AN OPENER ONLY FOR WAGES IF THE DECEMBER COST OF LIVING INCREASE AS MEASURED BY A VERY SPECIFIC METRICS EXCEEDED 3.75%. WHEN THAT NUMBER WAS RELEASED, THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE WAS INDICATED 7.2%. 
          SO, BASED UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT, CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS AND PROPOSED THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHICH SAYS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR AN IMMEDIATE 3% INCREASE TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYEES THE FIRST PAY PERIOD OF APRIL. 
          AND THEN ALSO TO ADDRESS THE 7% THE CONTRACT TYPICALLY HAD A CAP ON A COST OF LIVING INCREASE OF 2.5%. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THAT CAP BE RAISED TO 4% TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR ONLY. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. 
          3% WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE RAISE FOR -- THIS ONLY COVERS THE REPRESENTATIVE BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS. 
          NOT MEMBERS OF POLICE, NOT MEMBERS OF FIRE AND SO THE SALARIED CITY EMPLOYEES. ONLY MEMBERS FOR THE BARGAINING UNIT. IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR CONTRACT. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENT IS RECOGNIZING THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAY RAISES ARE BASED UPON A COST OF LIVING PLUS MERIT PAY PROVISION. TYPICALLY THAT MERIT PAY OR THAT COST OF THE LIVING IS CAPPED AT 2.5%. 
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THIS IS PROPOSING TO ACCEPT ONE YEAR INCREASE OF THAT CAP TO 4%. 
          3% TO 4% IS AN EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE OVER 7% INCREASE 
          IN THE COST OF LIVING. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: I HAVE A 
          MOTION AND SECOND. >> I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM WHO CAME OUT. WE IS HAVE GUYS IN THE ROOM AFFECTED BY THIS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DRIVE AROUND THE CITY. 
          I SEE FOLKS OUT AND ABOUT WORKING. 
          I DON'T SEE YOU PLAYING CARDS. I DON'T SEE YOU ON YOUR PHONES PLAYING SOLITAIRE. YOU ARE DOING SERVICE TO ORCOMMUNITIES AND IT IS APPRECIATED. 
          >> WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK WILL YOUPLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          [7.2 BUDGET TRANSFER - PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT]
          >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 7.2. BUDGET TRANSFER, PLAY GROUND 
          EQUIPMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT CENTRAL PARK. 
          THAT PLAY GROUND EQUIPMENT REACHED THE END OF ITS LIFE. 
          IT WAS REPLACED WITH PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR SIMMONSVILLE PARK. CITY COMMISSION WANTED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO REPLACEMENT OF THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. AND THE DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION FROM PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 OF EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE THE LARGE-SCALE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM CENTRAL PARK. MR. MICHAELSON, WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING, HAS PRESENTED YOU WITH THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT COST APPROXIMATELY $100,000. 
          CLOSELY MIMIC WHAT WAS REMOVED IN THE PAST. 
          STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PURCHASE. AND THE INSTALLATION OF THAT 
          EQUIPMENT. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          DO I NEED TO PASS WITH A SECOND? >> YES, YOU DO. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: WILL YOU PASS THAT? 
          I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: FOR DISCUSSION, I WILL SAY -- 
          [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: MINE SAYS DALE MARTIN. I WAS AT THE PARK AND REC MEETING. AND WE HAD 14 SETS OF PARENTS AT THE MEETING. AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS THAT THE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF, IF YOU EVER, THERE IS AN ANCHOR STORE AT THE MALL. MACY'S, WHATEVER CLOTHING STORE YOU CAN THINK OF. THERE IS AN ANCHOR. 
          THIS ELEMENT WAS THE ANCHOR AT CENTRAL PARK. 
          AND THEY ALL EXPRESSED THAT THIS ANCHOR THAT WAS REMOVED BE REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEIR KIDS HAVE A PLAYGROUND SHELTER. THE GOVERNMENT CAN BE SLOW AND THEY ALL EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THIS ELEMENT BE REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO THEIR KIDS CAN ENJOY GOING BACK TO CENTRAL PARK. THE POINT WAS MADE, YEAH, WE TOOK EQUIPMENT THAT WAS MEANT FOR SIMMONSVILLE PARK. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, IT REALLY DOESN'T FIT IN CENTRAL PARK. 
          IN FACT, THERE IS A BALANCE BEAM OUT THERE THAT THEY DUBBED THE BATTERING RAM. BECAUSE YOU BALANCE ON IT AND IT BATTERS OTHER KIDS. SOP I HIGHLY URGE THIS COMMISSION TO SUPPORT REPLACING THAT ELEMENT. 
          BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, CENTRAL PARK IS NOT SAFE TO PLAY. 
          THANK YOU. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: ANY OTHER? COMMISSIONER ROSS AND COMMISSIONER STURGES. 
          >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, VICE MAYOR. 
          I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID, MAYOR. 
          MY ONLY THING IS WE CUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE LAST 
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BUDGET CYCLE TO BE ADJUSTED. AND BY US STRUCTURALLING THIS EQUIPMENT, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PLAN FOR SOFT SURFACE. 
          IT WILL BE A PLAN TO GO BACK TO CHIPS OR SOMETHING IN THAT NATURE. I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE BUDGET. I LOOKED THROUGH THIS INFORMATION. MY PROBLEM IS, I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. I WANT TO GO OUT AND PUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          MY DILEMMA IS, I HAVE A PROBLEM TAKING IT OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY FUND. IT STARTED AT $400,000 THIS YEAR AND NOW IS AT 100 IS SOME CHANGE. 
          WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND WHICH IS OUR FUND WE CAN TAKE ANYTHING OUT TO TO COVER ANY PROBLEM OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY. WE ARE TAKING IT AND PUTTING IT INTO PLAY EQUIPMENT. WHEN WE CUT IT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SAID WE HAD IT BACK IN THE BUDGET FOR $250,000 NEXT YEAR. 
          $250,000 TO DO A WHOLE LOT MORE FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAN $100,000. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE PURCHASED BEFOREHAND AND COULD BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE NEXT YEAR. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. IT COULD COME FOUR TO SIX MONTHS SOONER. PLUS IT COULD TAKE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO GET THE EQUIPMENT IF WE BOUGHT IT TONIGHT. 
          IF WE AGREED TO BUY IT TONIGHT IT COULD TAKE FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS TO GET IT. I JUST WANT TO PLAN PERFECTLY WHEN WE GO TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, INSTEAD OF SPEND $100,000. I'D RATHER SPEND 200 OR $250,00E AND HAVE A REALLY SOFT SURFACE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, AND HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT. I WOULD PREFER TO PUSH IT A HAIR TO GET A BETTER PROJECT. I WOULD PREFER TO PUSH IT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS OUT AND INSTALL EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS OUT FROM NOW. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO FUND IT TEMPORARILY UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET HIT WHERE WE COULD SPEND THE MONEY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO DID. I WOULD PREFER TO SPEND THE $250,000 ON THE PLAYGROUND. THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT COMES TO MY MIND. THANK YOU. 
          >> SO IN A LOCAL BLOG, I'M PAINTED AS THE TAX AND SPEND LIBERAL. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT -- I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE. 
          I BELIEVE BACK THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY TOOK IT OUT OF THE BUDGET. TWO OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO TOOK IT OUT OF THE BUDGET ARE HERE. THEY ARE ON THE CITY COMMISSION. 
          ALL FIVE OF US TOOK IT OUT OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR. 
          SO TO SAY THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND WE ALL KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN THIS WOULD FAIL. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, THIS MONEY IS TO COME OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND. THE CONTINGENCY FUND, IN THE BUDGET, SAYS, QUOTE, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCIES OR UNEXPECTED EXPENSES THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED WHEN THE BUDGET WAS BEING PREPARED. WE ANTICIPATED THIS FOR THREE YEARS. I DO NOT BELIEVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ALTHOUGH HOW VALUABLE IT IS FOR CHILDREN, WHEN WE HAVE THREE OUR SIMILAR SETS OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF OF THAT IS AN EMERGENCY. 
          SOILY SUPPORT THIS. FINALLY I'VE BEEN HANDED THESE PICTURES TODAY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 
          I KNOW ABOUT PLAY GROUND EQUIPMENT. 
          I WOULD PREFER WE PUT THIS IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THAT WE FUND THE BUDGET. NOTE WITH THE ROLLBACK BUT AT THE CURRENT RATE. AND ACTUALLY ALSO PICKING UP ON WHAT YOU SAID. A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS 8 FEET HIGH. KIDS FALL FROM 8 FEET HIGH, THEY ARE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. A SOFT SURFACE THERE IS ESSENTIAL. SO I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THIS TONIGHT TO COME OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT I'M WILLING TO PUT THIS IN THE BUDGET AND GET THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE, OR WHOEVER IS AN EXPERT IN KNOWING WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS, TO EVALUATE THESE PLANS OR OTHER PLANS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH 
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DESERVE ACTION. THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PLAN THAT I THINK ADDRESSES EVERYONE'S CONCERNS. 
          BUT I HAVE A PLAN -- I'M CALLING IT THE B PLAN. 
          IT'S HOW WE'LL ADDRESS THE CONCERNS HERE. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE SECRET CARD IN OUR POCKET. 
          IT'S CALLED THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY THERE THAT WE PAID FOR WITH IMPACT FEES AND THEN REIMBURSED THE IMPACT FEE, WHICH I THINK COMES IN A PHILOSOPHICAL STANDPOINT. 
          SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING. THAT IS THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. 
          IT'S LOCKED UP WITH THE IMPACT FEES. 
          WE DO SPEND IT ONLY SPECIAL TIMES. 
          SIMMONS PARK WAS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL TIMES WE SPENT $70,000 IN PLAY EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS. 
          WHEN WE PUT THEM IN AT CENTRAL PARK WE HAD TO REIMBURSE $70,00D INTO THE IMPACT FEE FUND. THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO DO. 
          WE SPENT OUT OF THIS BUDGET $70,000. 
          DY MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THIS IS FEASIBLE. 
          WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF WE STATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO REINTEND THIS PLAY EQUIPMENT TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF SIMMONS PARK, WE CAN THEN RECOUP THE $70,000 OUT OF THE IMPACT FEE FUND. THAT IS STEP ONE. 
          STEP TWO, REPAIR THAT WITH THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS. 
          CONTINGENCY FUNDS ARE THERE FOR AN EMERGENCY. 
          I ASK THE COMMISSION TODAY, IF THIS ISN'T AN EMERGENCY, WHAT IS? IT IS OUR PLAYGROUND. 
          THIS IS A PLACE THE CHILDREN GO PLAY. 
          FOLKS F WE DO THIS, IF WE TAKE THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS BACK OUT WHEN WE REIMBURSE OURSELVES AND COMBINE THAT 70,000 WITH THE $100,000 IN CONTINGENCY. THAT GIVES US 170,000, WHICH TO COMMISSIONERS STURGES' POINT IS KNIFE MONEY TO COMP THE NICE ONE ON HERE, AS WELL AS THE RUBBER MAT THAT MAKES IT ADA ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          IT ENABLES WHEELCHAIRS. IT ENABLES IT ALL. 
          IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR FOLKS, FOR REASON I THINK IS SO URGENT WE MOVE TONIGHT, IS AN E-MAIL WE ALL GOT TODAY. 
          I WANT TO READ. THAT THE SUBJECT LINE OF THAT E-MAIL WHICH STRUCK OUT TO ME. PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE SUFFERING FROM HERE. PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS. 
          WE CAME OUT TONIGHT AND WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. 
          I KNOW HOW THESE MEETINGS WORK. FIFA WE TACKLE THIS AS A COMMISSION, WE CAN SPEND ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS. 
          WE HAVE TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA MONTHS IN ADVANCE. 
          WE WILL BE MONTHS BEFORE WE DECIDE AS COMMISSIONER STURGES POINTED OUT AS WELL, IT'S A SIX MONTH LEAD TIME TO ORDER PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. WE ACT TODAY WE WON'T SEE RESULTS UNTIL AUGUST, SIX MONTHS UNTIL NOW. 
          IF WE WAIT TO DO THIS IN THE NEXT BUCKETING CYCLE WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO YEARS. JUST AS THE PARENTS AT THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE, THERE IS A SHELF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND WHEN THEY CAN ENJOY A PLAYGROUND. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CENTRAL PARK. IT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. YOU GO TO THE GAZEBO. 
          IT'S WHERE YOU GO FOR EASTNER THE PARK AND THE KIDS PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS CAN YOU DO THERE THAT CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE WE ARE LACKING PLAY EQUIPMENT. THE PLAN IS THREE STEPS. 
          STEP ONE. WE INTEND THAT PLAY EQUIPMENT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE AND RECOUP THAT $70,000. 
          REPAIR IT WITH THE EMERGENCY KINGS FUND BECAUSE THIS CERTAINLY IS AN EMERGENCY. STEP THREE, USE THAT FULL $170,000 AND WE PUT UP A PLAYGROUND THAT THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH DESERVE. I ASK TODAY, I MAKE MY MOTION BECAUSE I STATED MY MOTION AS YES. 
          I WANT TO AMENDED IT TO THAT THREE-STEP PLAN. 
          I THINK IT ADDRESSES ALL OF OUR CONCERNS. 
          IT GETS THAT HA DA MAT RIGHT AWAY. 
          B, YOU CAN MAKE THIS PLAY GROUND HAPPEN TODAY. 
          WE CAN DO IT TONIGHT. SO, THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. AT THE PARKS AND REC MEETING, I ASKED TWO QUESTIONS. DO WE IMMEDIATELY REPLACE IT, OR DO WE WAIT AND DO IT -- THE VOTE WAS 7-0 TO IMMEDIATELY REPLACE IT, AFTER HEARING THE PARENTS. THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE. 
          POINT NUMBER TWO, I COMMEND YOUR PLAN. 
          I AM NOT KNOCKING IT. BUT THIS IS INFORMATION I DON'T THINK YOU'RE AWARE. IT CAME OUT AT PARKS AND REC. 
          THE EQUIPMENT FOR SIMMONS ROAD PARK WILL NOT FIT IN SIMMONS ROAD PARK. IT WILL NOT FIT IN SIMMONS ROAD 
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PARK. IT SAT IN THE WAREHOUSE TWO YEARS. WE DISCOVER IT WON'T FIT THERE. 
          THE OTHER OBSTACLE WE FACE WITH PUTTING IT BACK AT SIMMONS ROAD PARK IS WE NEED THE SUBERIZED FLOORING -- RUB REMEMBERRIZED FLOORING. WE ARE RELYING ON -- TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY THE EQUIPMENT HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED. 
          I'M AT A LOSS OF HOW, GIVEN THOSE TWO FACTORS. 
          BUT ONCE AGAIN, GENTLEMEN. THIS IS CENTRAL PARK. 
          IT IS FOR LACK AFTER BETTER ANALOGY T IS THE MAIN MALL OF THE CITY. TOURISTS USE IT. 
          IT'S THE CENTRAL PARK FOR THE RESIDENTS AND IT'S LACKING ITS MAIN PLAY ELEMENT. IF WE WAIT TO BUDGET AS COMMISSIONER BEAN SAID, THAT'S OCTOBER. 
          THEN YOU HAVE FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO GET IT. 
          THEN YOU HAVE TO INSTALL. IT NOW YOU'RE TALKING MARCH OR APRIL OF 2023. AS THE PARENTS SAID, MY KIDS HAVE A PLAYGROUND SHELF LIFE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND 100 GRAND TO PLAY. WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. 
          >> YOU HAVE COMMISSIONER ROSS, COMMISSIONER BEAN, AND 
          COMMISSIONER STURGES. >> I'LL GO FIRST. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THE REASON THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DOESN'T FIT AT SIMMONS PARK IS BECAUSE -- IS BECAUSE OF THE TREES. THAT'S THE REASON IT DID NOT FIT AT SIMMONS ROAD PARK. VERY SIMPLE. 
          YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND REMOVE SOME TREES AND THE EQUIPMENT CAN GO BACK IN THAT PARK. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, I HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING OUT OF CONTINGENCY NOT KNOWING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN THAT'S A BIGGER PLAN THAN WHAT WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2023 TO DO IT. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT MEETING. 
          PICK OUT BIGGER EQUIPMENT, GO WITH THE BUDGET AT 200 OR 250, 70, WHATEVER NUMBER YOU WANT TO COME WITH. 
          WE CAN FIND SOME EQUIPMENT WITH UNDERGROUND MATTING AND GET THE JOB DONE. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. 
          IF WE TAKE THIS MONEY OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND, ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK AND TAKE THE MONEY FROM OUR BUDGET, OR MAKE SURE WE ADD IT IN OUR BUDGET TO GET IT BACK IN THE COFFERS FOR NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OF CONTINGENCY AND US HAVE TO USE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE. THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. 
          >> AGAIN, THE THREE YEARS, WHATEVER IT'S BEEN, I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE CITY COMMISSIONERS SAY WE HAVE TO RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS. WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT. 
          AND, YET, THE GOLF COURSE, WE HAVE $100,000 BECAUSE THAT'S THE JEWEL OF THE CITY. WE NEED THE MARINA NEEDS THIS. 
          THE NEXT GROUP COMES AND NEEDS THAT. 
          THEY ARE ALL VERY VALID THINGS. I THINK THEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY VALID. OH, BY THE WAY, I SUPPORTED THIS IN THE LAST THREE BUDGETS, WHERE WE AS A COMMISSION DID NOT. 
          SO THIS IS NOW GETTING UP HERE AND THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. 
          BUT YET YOU WANTED TO GO LAST YEAR AND YOU TOOK THIS OUT OF THE BUDGET. SO YOU TOOK IT OUT OF THE BUDGET NOW. NOW YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FEE WHICH THERE IS ONLY $123,000 LEFT AND FOUR MONTHS INTO THE BUDGET. THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL. 
          I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE A ARITHMETIC. 
          THERE SHOULD BE PLAY GROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE KIDS. 
          SLUPET. BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. THAT IS WHAT THIS CITY HAS NOT DONE AND THE CITY COMMISSION HAS NOT DONE THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          AND THAT IS WHY THE CITY IS FALLING APART BECAUSE WE KEEP DOING THINGS LIKE THIS. I FEEL FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 
          THE NEXT PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY ARE THE PEOPLE. 
          THEY ARE THE PEOPLE. BUT NOBODY HAS COME AND TOLD ME HOW WE WILL PAY FOR ALL OF THIS. EVERYBODY TELLS ME THE WHAT. 
          BUT YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME THE HOW. 
          WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WHAT WE CALL IN THE MEDICAL TRADE, A WORK-AROUND. WE HAVE THE RULES AND YOU ARE 
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TRYING SOME FANCY WAY TO GET AROUND IT. 
          I CANNOT SUPPORT PAYING FOR THIS AT THIS TIME. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD GO INTO THE BUDGET. 
          IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. IT IS NOT UNEXPECTED. 
          I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. 
          WE TALK ABOUT RUNNING IT AS A BUSINESS. 
          A BUSINESS SEES CUSTOMERS ARE UPSET AND THEY FIX IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I HEARD A FEW POINTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE VERY CLEAR. SOMEONE SAID WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL PAY FOR IT. I LAID OUT THE THREE-STEP PLAN. 
          WE'LL PAY IT FOR THE RAINY DAY EMERGENCY FUND. 
          THIS IS CLEARLY A RAINY DAY EMERGENCY. 
          WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT, COMBINED WITH THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS. FOLKS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THIS POINT FROM EARLIER. 
          IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO FIT OR NOT AT SIMMONS. AS LONG AS WE STATE IT IS INTENDED TO GO TO A NEW PARK IT CAN GO BACK WHETHER IT CAME FROM THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS CAN GO BACK WHERE THEY COME FROM AND IT'S BACK IN THE GENERAL FUNDS. THAT IS THE TWO STEP PLAN TO PAY FOR THIS OPTION. WITH THAT INCLUDES THIS RUBBER MATTING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SABILITY TO DO THIS TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET EVERYTHING WE WANT WHICH INCLUDES THIS RUBBER MATTING. 
          IF THAT IS YOUR -- IF YOUR GOAL IS TO GET A RUBBER MATTING PLAYGROUND. THAT IS IT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO BE EXPERTS IN PLAY GROUND. 
          WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS AND IF WE GIVE THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT THE 170,000 THEY NEED THEY WILL MAKE IT A REALITY. 
          TONIGHT ALL WE NEED TO DO IS SAY YES. 
          SAY YES TO THE PLAN. SAY YES TO MAKING SURE OUR CITY HAS WHAT IT MEANS TO SUCCEED. HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO SUCCEED. 
          WE'LL GET ROCK AND ROLLING FORE. THAT I WILL VOTE YES TONIGHT. 
          WE CAN USE IMPACT FUNDS. WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. >> I GET TO BE LAST. 
          MY CONCERN AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM THE CONTINGENCY FEE. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN. WE GOT THERE, IT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET IS REPLACEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          A PLAN THAT ADDRESSES AN EFFECTIVE PLAYGROUND, WHETHER IT HAS A THEME OR NOT. I PERSONALLY DO BELIEVE, CONTRARY TO WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT SAY. 
          I DO BELIEVE WE CAN USE IMPACT FEES MOVING FORWARD. 
          BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE REPLACEMENT. 
          IT WOULD BE A NEW PARK, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL NEED ANYWAYS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT SIMMONS PARK WORKS WHERE IT'S AT. 
          THAT REPLACEMENT IS IN THE STRUCTURE DUE TO GROWTH, BECAUSE IT IS CENTRAL PARK. WE'LL GET INTO THAT LATER. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I WILL CALL THE VOTE. 
          >> MY LIGHT IS ON. >> I COULDN'T SEE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. SO I WAS AT THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE MEMBERS ASKED ME, SO YOU WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CITY COMMISSION NEVER FOLLOWS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SHE HAS A POINT. THIS WAS 7-0 PARKS AND REC. 
          THEY HAVE ALL THE DATA. MR. SIM OPS IS THERE. 
          HE PROVIDED ALL THE DATA. THEIR DECISION WAS REPLACE NOW, OR HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD IT LATER. 
          THE TWO OPTIONS. THEY SAID REPLACE NOW. 
          SO, AND I THINK I CAN READ THE ROOM. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE 3-2. THE MESSAGE FROM PARKS AND REC, WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU RECOMMEND. 
          YOU CAN SPEND ALL OF THIS TIME DELIBERATING. 
          ALL OF YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME AND TALK ABOUT. 
          IT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          SO IT'S JUST THE HISTORY OF COMMISSIONS NOT FOLLOWING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT. 
          THANK YOU. >> WITH YOU HAVE TWO MORE 
          LIGHTS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. 
          IT'S THIS, MARE. HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS. 
          YES WHAT WAS 7-0. I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU HAD YOUR THUMB ON THE SCALE. YOU WERE AT THAT MEETING ADVOCATING SOMETHING AND GOING STRONGLY AGAINST PUSHING THAT 
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COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY OUT OF THE BLUE DECIDED THAT. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE. NOT JUST OF THE ONES THAT I SLEEP WITH. I WILL CALL YOU OUT ON IT. 
          I WOULD HAVE KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT IT UP. 
          I JUST FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU DID AT THAT MEETING. 
          >> I NEED TO RESPOND. >> I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU DID. I WAS NOT THERE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU I DID TALK TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE. THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THANK YOU WAS A CLEAN 7-0, GUNG-HO, LET'S DO. 
          IT THAT'S JUST MY FEELING. >> I WILL RESPOND. 
          SO MY EMOTIONS TELL ME TO -- >> I KNOW HOW TO CLEAN IT UP. 
          >> I FELT I PRESENTED TWO OPTIONS. 
          THERE IS A COMMITTEE MEMBER THERE, SCOTT WAS THERE. 
          AND I STARTED MY PRESENTATION WITH THIS. 
          I'M BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR YOUR ADVICE. 
          THOSE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF A BULLY. 
          I'M BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR YOUR ADVICE. 
          WE HAVE ONE OF TWO DECISIONS. EITHER TO REPLACE THE ELEMENT NOW. OR COME UP WITH A PLAN AND FUND IT LATER. I SAT DOWN. 
          IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT BULLYING. 
          I TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT. >> THANK YOU, LEN. 
          BEAUTIFUL, I WANT TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT. 
          I WANT TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT TOMORROW MORNING. 
          I CANNOT DO IT IN THIS MANNER. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST -- WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN. IT CAN BE EIGHT, TO TEN MONTH PLAN. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 24 MONTH AWAY PLAN. IT COULD BE AN EIGHT TO TEN MONTH PLAN. AS SOON AS WE HIT THE OCTOBER DEADLINE, THEY CAN ALREADY HAVE IT OUT THERE BEFORE THAT OR AFTER THAT. WE DON'T HAVE -- IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LONG RANGE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TWO, THREE YEARS OUT. WE NEED A BETTER PLAN. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF THIS THIS EVENING WHEN I SAT DOWN. I HAVE A PROBLEM VOTING YES FOR SOMETHING THAT FIRST I'VE SEEN OF IT EVEN THOUGH I TRUST SCOTT'S JUDGMENT. I WANT PADDING. 
          I WANT IT TO BE PROFESSIONAL. I WANT US TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          I WANT TO DO IT ON TIME. THE REASON WE ARE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IS WE CUT IT OUT OF THE BUDGET. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. >> I'LL CALL THE VOTE. 
          >> I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING. 
          MR. VICE MAYOR. BEFORE WE GO. 
          IT'S A TWO POINT. LET ME START BY SAYING IF WE VOTE NO TODAY. THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          IF WE VOTE NO TODAY. WE WILL EVENTUALLY FIX THAT PLAY GROUND. WE WILL EVENTUALLY DO IT. 
          IT WILL BE FIXED. IT WILL HAVE THIS AND THAT RUBBER MATTING, THAT WILL BE JANUARY OF 2024. 
          THAT'S WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW. 
          WE VOTE YES WE CAN HAVE THAT -- THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE THE CHOICE. 
          WE CAN PLAN OURSELVES TO DEATH, SEE IT IN JANUARY, OR SEE IT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. 
          WE HAVE A PLAN. SECONDLY I HAVE TO CALL OUT THE PERSONAL ATTACKS. I WANT THANK THE MAYOR FOR FIGHTING FOR THE PLAYGROUND. THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          I'M GLAD WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT TAKES INITIATIVE AND WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR 
          RANDOM ACCUSATIONS. >> I'M CALLING THE VOTE. 
          WE'LL VOTE ON THE TRANSFER OF MONEY APPEAR YES VOTE MEANS WE ARE TRANSFERRING. NO VOTE MEANS WE DON'T. 
          TRANSFER. THAT WOULD BE A YES. 
          NO WOULD BE NOT A TRANSFER. >> I THINK THE LATEST MOTION IS 
          THE THREE-PART PLAN. >> THAT WASN'T ACCEPTED. 
          THERE WAS NO SECOND TO THAT MOTION. 
          >> I THINK A SECOND WOULD MOVE IT. 
          JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? 
          >> WE'RE VOTING ON TRANSFERRING THE MONEY FROM THE CONTINGENCY 
          PLAN. >> IT'S TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT FOR CENTRAL PARK. 
          >> TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, YES, WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          NO, WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD. >> THAT'S WHAT I SAID. 
          >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> 
          [7.3 VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT - 1314 S. 5TH STREET]
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          >> ALL RIGHT, ITEM 7.3. VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION. 
          THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS. I'M NOT SURE THEY ARE HERE THIS EVENING. 1314 SOUTH FIFTH STREET REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE OF A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION BY THE 
          CITY. >> SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          >> MOTION PASSED 5-0. ITEM 7.4. 
          [7.4 CITY VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS]
CITY VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND VETTED AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. 
          SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          THEY ARE HERE PREPARED TO SPEAK. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS. 
          >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON THIS. MISS ROBLES? DO WE HAVE THE MISSION STATEMENT? 
          CAN WE PUT IT UP? >> CERTAINLY WE CAN WAIT A FEW MINNEAPOLIS FOR DISCUSSION. VICTORIA ROBLES, SOUTH FLETCHER. 
          I AM VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOU TODAY IS DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HAD AT THE PLANNING AND ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. TRYING TO SYNTHESIZE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD SINCE LAST FALL. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR EVEN UP UNTIL OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FELT AND PLANNING STAFF ALSO FEELS IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VISION STATEMENT AS WELL AS THE MISSION STATEMENT. THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER THESE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO REALLY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE GONE BACK TO 2019, WHERE MANY OF US WERE INVOLVED IN THE EAR PROCESS WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND SEEING AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO CHANGE OR TO UPDATE. 
          SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE RECOMMENDATION WHERE WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISTILLING, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, THOSE COMMENTS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD INTO SEVERAL SENTENCES. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT THE INITIAL DRAFT WAS. 
          ABOUT 500 WORDS, FIVE HUNDRED WORDS OF THE VISION AND OF THE MISSION. WE HAVE ALL BEEN IN COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT DOWN TO SOMETHING LIKE TWO SENTENCES. THAT REALLY SAY WHAT WE WANT TO SAY. AND THAT REALLY CAPTURE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US. SO I WANT TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A BRIEF, BASICALLY TWO SENTENCES, VISION STATEMENT. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH WORD, EACH PHRASE, I THINK THAT WE CAN BRING MOST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY, MY INTEREST IS REPRESENTED IN THAT WORD, OR IN THAT PHRASE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
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SO I WANTED TO STEP THROUGH THIS WITH. 
          IT MAY TAKE A FEW MOMENTS. I THINK YOU WILL GET THE GIST WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. WE START WITH THE VISION STATEMENT. THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          THAT IS OUR PLACE. IS A HISTORIC BARRIER ISLAND COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY IS PEOPLE. 
          WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A HISTORIC BARRIER ISLAND COMMUNITY. AS SUCH, WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE THAT IS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. 
          THIS COMMUNITY MAINS ITS SMALL-TOWN QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH WHAT? THROUGH THE LIVEABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO LIVE HERE. AND THAT ENCOMPASSES SO MANY THINGS UNDER THAT WORD OF LIVEABILITY. 
          WE DO THAT BY PROTECTING, PROTECTING THROUGH ITS LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE PROTECT OUR SMALL-TOWN QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          ITS RIVER ARRAY OF NATURAL -- NATURAL BEING THE TREE CANOPY, PUBLIC LAND ACQUISITION FOR CONSERVATION AND RECREATION. 
          AND A BEACH, DUNE, NEAR-SHORE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
          WILDLIFE PROTECTION. AND CORRIDORS. 
          AMELIA RIVER SHORELINE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND MANY MORE, THAT FALL UNDER THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS ISLAND. WE ALSO HAVE RIVER ARRAY OF CULTURAL, WHICH IS THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER PRESERVATION. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER TRI. PARKS AND CITY-COUNTY OWNED RIGHTS OF WAY. SUPPORTING THE PERFORMING ARTS. 
          SPORTS EVENTS. ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, RESTAURANTS. LOCAL SHOPS, BUSINESSES. 
          THINGS THAT GIVE US CULTURE THAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY SPECIAL. AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. 
          INSURING PRESERVATION AND UP KEEP OF HISTORIC ASSETS AND USES OF BUILDINGS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION FITS IN WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE SERVE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD BY PROTECTING ALL OF THE ABOVE, NATURAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC ASSETS WHICH HELP MAINTAIN OUR SMALL-TOWN CULTURAL QUALITY OF LIFE. THE CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG AND RESILIENT ECONOMY. 
          ECONOMY IS BUSINESS. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORTING PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. ENGAGING IN LONG-TERM PLANNING. 
          CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT. FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          SUPPORTING A HEALTHY LOCAL INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
          BUSINESSES, SHOPPING, TOURISM, RESTAURANTS, LODGING. 
          TO BE ALL ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD. 
          AND BY MORE CITY-COUNTY COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION. 
          THIS WILL ALL BE DONE THROUGH A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. SUSTAINABLE. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS MEETING OUR NEEDS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BY A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 
          ONE OF MY VIEWS WOULD BE IF WE SAY, WE WANT TO PAVE EVERY SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS ON THIS ISLAND THAT SUSTAINABLE? WELL, IT MAY PROVIDE SOME THINGS FOR US. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL PROVIDE ANYTHING FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT WANT TO LIVE HERE. 
          SO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. 
          IN MY OPINION, IT MEANS DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAFFIC. 
          PARKING, MOBILITY ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          IN CONCERT WITH NASSAU COUNTY. NORTHEAST FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. FDOT. 
          OTHER STATE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          MAINTAIN CURRENT LEVELS OF HOUSING DENSITY. 
          DEVELOP AFFORDABLE WORK FORCE STRATEGIES. 
          PROTECT THE CONTINUING VIABILITY OF OUR WORKING WATERFRONT, PUBLIC MARINA AND PUBLIC GOLF COURS WHICH HAVE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL VALUE TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UTILITIES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE UPDATED WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGNED TO MEET THE COMMUNITIES NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE. COMPLETE SIDEWALK AND BIKE NETWORKS INCLUDING SIGNAGE AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS. 
          [01:10:02]
THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD IN TO AS DEFINITIONS. 
          BUT BY TRYING TO DISTILL IN A FEW SENTENCES, WHAT WE THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR AS WE GO IN TO 2045, DEVELOPING OUR COMPREHENSIVE AND LAND USE PLANS. 
          I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH MOST OF US COULD PROBABLY FIND A WORD OR TWO THAT MEETS OR SATISFIES OUR CONCERNS OR OUR INTEREST IN THE SPARSENESS, BUT THE DETAIL OF THE VISION STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO YOU TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MY MISSION. I THINK THE MISSION IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. IT SAYS WE WILL DO THIS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> VERY NICE. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> I WANT TO THANK -- I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF E-MAILS. THEY WERE KIND OF RUDE. 
          THAT SAID ARE YOU KIDDING, WHO DID THIS LAN? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT? IT WAS THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. THEY SPENT TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM. 
          I THINK YOU CAME UP WITH A GOOD STATEMENT THAT I WILL SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S WHO DID IT WAS THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          IT WASN'T THE CITY COMMISSION. I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS UNTIL WAS DONE. I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE I USUALLY GO TO THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT NIGHT. 
          SHOUTOUT TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITIZENS WHO DID THIS. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? >> I, TOO, LOVE THIS PLANNEN IT'S EXCELLENT. HAS ON LOT OF GOOD WORKS AND MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS ARE REPRESENTED THERE INCLUDING ECONOMY, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL, INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY. ALL OF THOSE WORDS ARE THINGS WE WANT. I WANT TO THANK THE P.A.D. FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MADAM CLERK, CALL THE VOTE? PASSES. 5-0. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          WELL DONE. [APPLAUSE] 
          [7.5 GRANT APPLICATION - FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT (FIND)]
7.5 GRANT APPLICATION. FLORIDA AND INLAND NAVIGATION. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO MY FOR NEXT YEAR'S FIND FOR THE NAVIGATION GRANT. 
          THIS MONEY WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT DREDGING. 
          THE CITY IS ASKING FOR $250,000 WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO MATCH WITH $250,000 IF THE GRANT PASSES. 
          >> I MOVE. >> SECOND. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          [7.6 FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT - COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS NASSAU COUNTY, INC.]
          >> MOTION PASSED 5-0. ITEM 7.6. 
          FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT, COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS 
          NASSAU COUNTY. >> YES APPEAR FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS OFFICE AND VICE MAYOR KREGER CALLED. WE WERE HAVING -- LOOKING FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF COLD NIGHTS. 
          VICE MAYOR KREGER WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD THINK ABOUT SPACE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF NASSAU COUNTY TO SHELTER SOME HOMELESS FOLKS FOR THOSE NIGHTS. 
          WE QUICKLY GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH MISS COLLEEN MCDUFF IF I, AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT AND JOE ZIMMERMAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE MLK AUDITORIUM BECAME A VERY SUITABLE SITE. IT WORKED OUT WELL THE FIRST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. LAST NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT, IT WAS ALSO USED AS A SHELTER. BASICALLY WHAT THIS FORMALIZES WHAT WE PLAN TO DO FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. 
          IT CAN BE TERMINATED BY EITHER PARTY WITH NOTICE. 
          THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS DOES HAVE THE APPROPRIATE INSURANCE AND NAMING THE CITY AS ADDITIONAL INSURER. 
          IT COVERS ANY INCIDENTS. THERE IS A PROCESS FOR NIGHTS THAT LOOK LIKE WE'LL BE LES THAN 40 DEGREES OVERNIGHT, THEY WILL CONTACT THE CITY VERBALLY IS FINE. 
          WE MAKE THE KEY AVAILABLE. AND MLK AUDITORIUM WILL BE OPENED. THE WONDERFUL THING, THOUGH, THAT SOME MAY NOT KNOW, IN COMMUNICATION AFTER THOSE NIGHTS 
          [01:15:03]
AND EVEN DURING THOSE WEEKENDS, WE LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY GENEROUS FOLKS THAT PROVIDED DINNER AND MAYBE EVEN BREAKFAST MEALS FOR THE FOLKS STAYING THERE. 
          JUST REMEMBER THAT ON THOSE COLD NIGHTS, THEY WILL BE AT THE MLK CENTER AND IF THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP LIKE PROVIDE DINNER OR SPEND THE NIGHT. THERE ARE STAFF THERE. 
          THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. THEY ARE STAYING THE NIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE AND GETS A GOOD 
          NIGHT. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR KREGER. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. MISS MCDUFFFY? 
          >> I WANT TO TELL YOU I'M EXCITED. 
          >> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. >> CAR LEAN MCDID YOU EVERY. 
          AIRPLANE LANE -- I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THE FACT THAT LEN JUMPED ON THIS FIRST OF ALL. 
          I TEXT HIM AND STARTED RATTLING OFF LIKE A CRAZY WOMAN. 
          NEXT THING I KNEW I HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME. 
          CAN YOU HELP AND CAN YOU HELPING ME AND EVERYTHING JUST PULLED TOGETHER. I UNDERSTAND THEY ALL WENT TO BILL. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY IT CAME TOGETHER. THIS WAS LIKE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT WE WERE OPENING UP. IT'S OUR FIRST NIGHT. 
          WE WERE ALL VERY EXPERIMENTAL WITH IT. 
          I WAS THE TWO VOLUNTEERS THAT STAYED THAT NIGHT. 
          THE FIRST NIGHT WE HAD SIX PEOPLE. 
          WE HAD PIZZA AND I WAS HAPPY. THE NEXT NIGHT, WE ACTUALLY GOT SATURDAY NIGHT, THE COLD TER GOT, THE MORE PEOPLE WE GOT. 
          I HAD LEN COME BY EVERY NIGHT. AND I HAD POLICE OFFICERS ALSO COME BY EVERY NIGHT. WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SLEEP IN THEIR CARS. 
          THEY ACTUALLY CAME TO THE CENTER AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AND STAYED OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY FELT SAFE. 
          THEY CAME IN AND ATE. THEN THEY WENT AND STAYED IN THEIR CARS. SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD DOGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WAS JUST -- THEY SAY WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MUCH EMPATHY ANYMORE. 
          BUT THIS TIME SHOWED ME THAT OUR CITY TOOK THE FIRST BIG HUGE STEP FORWARD AND SHOWED THE EMPATHY THAT THEY HAD FOR CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN US. 
          AND I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
          I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. ZIMMERMAN. 
          >> COMMISSIONER BEAN? >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE COALITION HERE WITH US TONIGHT, THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> VICE MAYOR? >> I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY A LONG TIME. SIX YEARS IN THE P.A.B. AND SEVERE IN THE COMMISSION. THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. IT REALLY SHOWS COMPASSION. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? >> MY ONLY QUESTION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS FACILITY WILL BE BIG ENOUGH TO USE TEMPORARILY FOR THESE COLD NIGHTS. IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD THINK IF THE COALITION HAS A DEMAND FOR MORE, THAT WE COULD OFFER MORE. 
          THAT'S MY ONLY THOUGHT PROCESS. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: LY CONCLUDE BY THANKING THE VICE MAYOR. FRANKLY, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR PUSHING IT FORWARD AND HAVING THE RESPONSE. YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED AND RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. 
          WITH THAT, CITY CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? 
          [7.7 CHANGE ORDER - SCHERER CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH FLORIDA LLC]
PASSED 5-0. 7.7, CHANGE ORDER. 
          >> MR. MAYOR THIS IS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER. 
          FIVE CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE RELATED TO HANGAR CONSTRUCTION AT THE AIRPORT. THEY REFLECT THE END RESULT OF A CHANGE ORDERS IS -- RESULTING IN A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 
          APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          [7.8 MARINA ADVISORY BOARD - MEETING SCHEDULE AND TERMS OF OFFICERS]
          [01:20:04]
PASSED 5-0. ITEM 7.8. 
          MARINA ADVISORY BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE AND TERMS OF OFFICERS. 
          >> REPORTER: THE MOST RECENT ADVISORY BOARD, THE MAIN ADVISORY BOARD REQUESTED THAT CITY COMMISSION CONSIDER AMENDING THE ORIGINAL MIXED USE -- INCLUDED IN THAT RESOLUTION IS A REQUIREMENT THEY MEET MONTHLY. 
          THEY ASKED THAT BE CHANGED TO ALLOW THEM TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH INSTEAD OF MONTHLY. THEY STILL HAVE THE AVAILABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS IF NEEDED. 
          THE OTHER CHANGE IS CHANGING THE TERMS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CITY COMMISSION'S APPOINTMENTS FOR OFFICERS FROM A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS. 
          THESE ARE ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS. 
          THESE ARE THE TWO CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. 
          >> I MOVE TO A VOTE. >> SECOND. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. 
          [8.1 HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY EXPANSION ]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0EM ORDINANCE, SECOND READING. 8.6 HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY 
          EXPANSION. >> 2022-0E 1, FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA EXPANDING THE BOUNDARY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TO INCLUDE PROPERTIES LOCATED ON SOUTH NINTH STREET, BEECH STREET AND NORTH SECOND STREET PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          >> THE HEARING IS OPEN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? MR. HALL. 
          >> WELCOME, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDS 
          FOR THE RECORD, SIR. >> I'M -- 2021 -- EXCUSE ME. 
          THAT'S WHERE I USED TO LIVE. RANDALL ACRES ROAD, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. NASSAU. 
          I'M HERE AS A TRUSTEE OF THE MACEDONIA AME CHURCH. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOUR HELP. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF 
          THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? SEEING NONE. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          MAD CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0. 
          [8.2 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - VARIOUS MINOR AMENDMENTS]
ITEM 8.2 THROUGH 8.6. IT WILL BE LENGTHY. 
          CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE PROCEED. >> OKAY. 
          >> 8.2. I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL THOSE AT HOME FOR YOU TO TAKE A SNACK BREAK. 
          YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. 
          AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH MINOR AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS ERRORS, OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS SECTION 1.03, .05 -- COMBINED LOTS TO ADDRESS PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SEEKING A VARIANCE, AMENDING SECTION 1.07.00 DEFINITION OF VARIANTS. ADDING CEMETERIES AS PERMISSIBLE WITHIN RECREATIONAL ZONING PERIODS, HEALTH CLUBS AND GYMS AS PERMISSIBLE IN THE C-1 DISTRICT. 
          ADDING MUSIC OR ART STUDIOS AS PERMABLE IN C-1 ZONING DISTRICT. 
          INCLUDING REFERENCE FOR REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDING SECTION 5.01.06, CLARIFYING ACCESSORY SET BACKS TO INCLUDE FRONTS YARD SETBACK MEASUREMENT. 
          AMENDING -- TO CLARIFY THE MEASUREMENT OF FENCES AND WALLS AND AMENDING SECTION 5.01.07, ALLOWING FOR VINYL DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES AND ADDING AN EXEMPTION ON ZONED PROPERTIES. 
          AMENDING 6.02.04, CLARIFYING SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLE SALES WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT. 
          AMENDING SECTION 7.01.04A FOOT NOTE 2 TO REFERENCE TO CRA PARKING STANDARDS. AMENDING SECTION 8.01. SUBD TO 
          [01:25:06]
CORRECT PARKING STANDARDS IN AND AMENDING 11.06.01 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. 
          AMENDING 11.06.06, EXPANDING MAILED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS TO 500 FEET. AMENDING CLARIFYING APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          TO SPEAK? SPEAKING NO ONE. 
          >> SECOND. >> THE MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER BEAN. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IN PARTICULAR WAS THAT THE -- SHIELDED TO AVOID. 
          [INAUDIBLE] CAN I GET AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE? WHAT ABOUT LIKING A NEON SIGN AT CVS. IT'S NEXT DOOR. 
          CVS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE CITY. BUT CVS HAS A LARGE SIGN THAT IS LIT. WILL THAT EFFECT THEIR 
          RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY? >> WHAT SECTION ARE YOU -- I KNOW I GAVE YOU A LIST. I WANT TO GO RIGHT TO THE 
          SECTION. >> 5.01.50. 
          6.04. OKAY. 
          THESE ARE FOR -- THIS IS NOT FOR A BUSINESS. 
          WELL, IT'S FOR A BUSINESS, BUT IT'S A MOTORIZED VEHICLE AGENCY. 
          THAT IS AN UMBRELLA, USED CAR LOTS, REPAIR SHOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BASICALLY A BUSINESS, YES. 
          YOUR CVS, IF THE LIGHTING MUST BE DIRECTED AND SHIELDED TO AVOID DIRECT ILL LUMETION OF A LOT USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. CVS WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO THEIR SIGN IF THE ILL LUMETION SPILLED ON TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. IN THE ZONING CATEGORY, 8. 
          THIS IS THE OMICRON ONE THAT CHANGES. 
          EIGHTH STREET. YOU KNOW ON THE STREET WE HAVE BUSINESSES. BUT THE NEXT BLOCK OVER ON 7TH STREET, THOSE THAT BACK UP TO THE EIGHTH STREET BUSINESSES, NINTH STREET THAT BACK UP TO THE EIGHTH STREET BUSINESSES, THOSE ARE HOMES. WE ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTROL YOUR LIGHT POLLUTION AND STAY CONFINED TO YOUR LOT. 
          >> REFRESH MY MEMORY. IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE EIGHTH 
          STREET PORTAL? >> CORRECT. 
          >> WHAT WE ARE SAYING BY SHIELDING, YOU ONLY HAVE TO SHIELD IF IT'S GOING NOT ON THE -- SHIELD IF IT'S GOING 
          BEHIND TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. >> YES. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE -- THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 
          THIS IS A VERY POPULAR RESTRICTION ON BUSINESSES THAT BORDER ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WE KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY MORE CHOICES FOR LIGHTS. THIS ARE SHIELDS THERE. 
          ARE CERTAIN LIGHTS THAT DIRECT THE LIGHT SOURCE IN ONE DIRECTION. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SAYING. 
          THAT HAS BEEN AND WE THINK AS EIGHTH STREET DEVELOPS MORE, COULD BE MORE OF A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THEIR WHOLE BACKYARD IS LIT UP IF THERE IS A PARKING AREA. THEY LIKE TO KEEP THOSE LIGHTED. 
          THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THE PLANNING BOARD, EXACTLY WHAT WE 
          ARE MEANING OF THIS. >> I CAN SUPPORT THAT. 
          >> THE HOMES ON EIGHTH WILL BE PROTECTED AS WELL. 
          >> THE TOWNHOMES ON EIGHTH WOULD BE PROTECTED. 
          YOU MEAN FROM BUSINESSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF EIGHTH STREET? 
          YES, THEY ARE ALSO PROTECTED. >> THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS? 
          >> COMMISSIONER STURGES. >> YOU'RE SAYING THE TOWNHOMES, THAT THEY HAVE ZONING FOR THIS LIGHT? 
          >> THEY DO. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          >> IT'S KIND OF STICKING. THEY ARE IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING. 
          AND IT'S COMMERCIAL. >> MIXED USE. 
          >> JUST KIND OF CONFUSING TO ME. I UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT'S RESIDENTIAL UP AGAINST, THAT THEY WANT TO BE DESIGNATED. 
          >> IF I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE WONDERING IN THE TOWN HOMES THEMSELVES HAVE TO KEEP THEIR LIGHT ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY? OR IF THE LIGHT COMES ON TO THEM FROM THE BUSINESSES? 
          >> CORRECT. A BUSINESS NEXT DOOR, THE BRAND 
          [01:30:03]
NEW TOWNHOMES BUILT UP, IF THEY DECIDED TO BUILD A TOWNHOME THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS THERE IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. 
          >> OR MIXED USE. >> OR MIXED USE. 
          MIXED USE. IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME. I UNDERSTAND FROM 8 DO 7. 
          FROM ANY OTHER DIRECTION. BEYOND THAT SIDE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S JUST -- EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE SECTION ON THEIR COMPUTER. 
          THIS SECTION IS-IN-THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IS MOTORIZED VEHICLE SALES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AUTO LOTS OR AUTO REPAIR. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A CVS. 
          THIS IS SPECIFIC TO MOTORIZED VEHICLE AGENCY A PERMISSIBLE IN THIS DISTRICT, WITH THESE SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS. 
          >> DOES THAT INCLUDE GOLF CARTS? >> YES. 
          >> JUST ASKING. >> YES. 
          >> MR. MAYOR IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION AFTER THAT STATEMENT? TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO -- THIS IS SPECIFIC TO AUTOMOTIVE PLACES THAT HAVE VEHICLES, GOLF CARTS. 
          THERE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE TOWNHOMES A CAR LOT. 
          THIS WOULD BE -- I AGREE WITH THE POINT. 
          I COMPLETELY AGREE. I THINK THE INTENTION OF THIS LANGUAGE WILL BE TO PROTECT THE ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE THAT 
          BORDERS THE LIGHTS. >> IT DOES. 
          RIGHT NEW THE LOTS ARE IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER LOTS. 
          I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER STURGES, IT SHOULD BE MIXED USE. 
          I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE DIVERSELY AFFECT -- ADVERSELY AFFECTED. PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS COULD BE COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> HOW MANY LIVES WHERE IT'S MIXED USE? I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH A BUSINESS BEING COURTEOUS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND KEEPING THEIR LIGHTS ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. MUAEN WE HAVE MORE MIXED USE IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE. 
          IF YOU WANT THEM TO LIVE THERE, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT. 
          HAVING LIGHT COMING IN YOUR BEDROOM ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT IS TOTALLY NOT FEASIBLE. IT'S NOT A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE. IF YOU WANT MIXED USE, BOTH THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS. SO YOU CAN HAVE BOTH OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVE IN HARMONY. BOTH GOT TO GIVE A LITTLE. 
          KEEPING YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR NOISE AND ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT IN MIXED USE. I LIVE BEHIND A BAR FOR YEARS. 
          IT BECAME PROBLEMATIC WHEN EVERYTHING SPILLS ON TO YOUR PROPERTY. YES, I KNEW THAT WHEN WE MOVED IN. I KNEW THAT. 
          THIS IS ABOUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND KEEPING YOUR BUSINESS ON YOUR PROPERTY. THEY HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS. 
          BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT TO THEM HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS. 
          I THINK THIS IS A FINE COMPROMISE IN THE MU 8 DISTRICT. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I CAN SUPPORT THIS IF WE CAN AMEND IT. 
          WE NEED CLARIFICATION. THE WAY I READ IT, CURRENTLY IF YOU LIVE IN MIXED USE, YOU CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN MIXED USE, WHICH I DO NOT THINK IT'S THE INTENTION. 
          I WOULD BE FINE TO SAY IF YOU LIVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND RIGHT OUTSIDE MU8 THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION. 
          THAT WON'T AFFECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IF YOU ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COULD BE COMMERCIAL, COULD BE RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN LIVE THERE, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AVOID THAT. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? >> 2428 -- THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. THIS AMENDMENT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. IT RELATED, FIRST OF ALL, WITHIN MU8, THE RESIDENTS ON SEVENTH STREET AND NINTH STREET ARE IN THE MU DISTRICT. LET'S BE CLEAR WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT. THIS CHANGE, THIS MINOR CHANGE, WAS -- SO AT SOME LEVEL THOSE GOLF CART AND MOTOR SCOOTER STORES ON EIGHTH STREET ARE REALLY NOT -- IN VIOLATION, THEY 
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REALLY WERE NOT ALLOWED WITH THAT USE. 
          SO WE WERE BRINGING THEM IN TO MAKE THEM AN ALLOWED USE SO WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. SOME OF THEM WERE GRANDFATHERED. 
          WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE. 
          THEN THE LIGHTING IS REALLY -- WHEN YOU GET DOWN HERE TO FOOD TRUCKS, YOU WILL HAVE -- FOOD PARKS, WILL YOU HAVE A SIMILAR LIGHTING ISSUE. WE WANT THEM TO KEEP THE LIGHTING ON THEIR PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL WE ARE SAYING WITH THIS AMENDMENT. THE LIGHTING STAYS ON YOUR PROPERTY. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOWNHOUSES ON EIGHTH STREET, EITHER UP OR DOWN, THE ONES GOING IN. IT WON'T REALLY AFFECT THEM. THE LIGHTING ON THOSE BUILDINGS NOW ARE REALLY MINOR. IT'S REALLY THE LIGHTING IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO BETTER MANAGE AND CONTROL. SO I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT MAY BE ISN'T THERE. 
          I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AT THIS POINT, IF THIS IS SECOND READING. STARTING TO MAKE AMENDMENTS NOW BECOMES PROBLEMATIC. BUT IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE ISSUES GOING FORWARD, ONCE WE MAKE THIS CHANGE, THE COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND WORK WITH STAFF AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MAY BE SOMETHING BETTER THAT WE CAN DO. I WOULD URGE Y'ALL TO APPROVE 
          THIS AS WRITTEN. >> THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER BEAN. 
          >> I CAN TALK. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> I WOULD POSIT FIXING A PROBLEM THAT ISN'T THERE PROBABLY IS NOT THE BEST THING TO DO. 
          I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE POSITION WHERE WE APPROVE SOMETHING THEN SEE IT CAUSED A PROBLEM AND UNDO IT LATER. 
          I DO NOT -- I WAS ASKING EARLIER WHEN I MET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WHAT AS THE INSTIGATING FACTOR. 
          WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS FOR? AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, THERE IS NO INSTIGATING FACTOR. 
          WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. 
          WE'RE SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT HASN'T OCCURRED YET. 
          >> 2161 SOUTH FLETCHER AVENUE, FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I LIVE ON 404 SOUTH 7TH STREET ALMOST 30 YEARS. 
          RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WAS JOHN'S BARBERSHOP AND A STRIP MALL. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE LIGHTS THAT SHOWN FROM, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, AROUND THAT BUILDING, SHOWN RIGHT INTO MY BACKYARD. 
          AND IT AFFECTS YOUR ENJOYMENT. BEING ABLE TO GO OUT INTO YOUR BACKYARD AT NIGHT. AND BASICALLY HAVE ALL OF THESE LIGHTS COMING AT YOU. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT HERE IN THE T.V. AUDIENCE WHO ARE SAYING, OH, MY GOD THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME. 
          MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THAT -- IT WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 7TH STREET. AND THE WEST SIDE OF 9TH STREET. THAT DEAL WITH THESE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS EXPERIENCE THIS ALL THE TIME. 
          AND IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, PROBABLY 30, 50 YEARS. 
          ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S NOW COMMERCIAL. 
          NOW YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE PUTTING UP ALL OF THIS SECURITY LIGHTING. NOT ONLY SECURITY LIGHTING BUT LIGHTING TO SHINE ON THEIR PRODUCT TO ADVERTISE WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY. HEY, COME SEE ALL OF MY PRODUCT. 
          THAT LIGHTING IS VERY DISTURBING. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, I THINK THAT IT IS INCUMBENT THAT IT'S A SMALL COMPROMISE THAT AT LEAST IF YOU WANT TO LIGHT UP YOUR PROPERTY, THAT AT LEAST YOU DON'T SHINE IT INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD, THEIR BACKYARD, THEIR WINDOWS, THEIR BEDROOMS. I JUST THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF IS THE LIGHT POLLUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT ONLY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE MU8 AND BACK INTO RESIDENTIAL, WHICH BY THE WAY, A LOT OF THAT IS IN THE 
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HISTORIC DISTRICT. I HAVE LIVED. 
          IT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. I ASKED FOR THIS PARTICULARLY TO BE PUT IN TO THIS ORDINANCE. BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I HAVE LIVED. IT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IMPACT IS FOR LIGHTS. I WOULD ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THAT PART OF THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. 
          >> IF I CAN TALK ONE MORE TIME. FOR THE RECORD, VICTORIA JUST SOLD ME. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR THERE. IS A PROBLEM AND WE ARE SOLVING THAT PROBLEM. THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. 
          WE'LL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. I CAN SUPPORT. 
          IT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. >> MR. STURGES. 
          >> THANK YOU. BASICALLY THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE IS TO SHIELD THE LIGHT FROM THE REAR OF THE BUILDINGS MOSTLY? OR ONLY THE REAR? DOES IT SAY REAR ONLY? 
          >> IT DOES NOT SAY REAR ONLY BUT THAT IS WHERE THE BUSINESSES ARE FACING 8TH STREET. SO IT'S THE YEAR OF THE BUSINESS SHINING LIGHTS ON TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 
          >> REAR, ONLY REAR, OR REAR, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          I JUST DON'T WANT, AS PEOPLE THAT I'VE DEALT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT COME TO MY BUSINESS. I'VE DEALT WITH THINGS. 
          THEY SHOW UP, OKAY, LIGHTS ARE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT. 
          I CAN SEE OVER 7TH STREET. WELL IF IT'S DIRECTED DOWN, IT CAN BE CONVOLUTED WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS. 
          >> BUT IT ISN'T INTENDED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT MAY ROBLES HAD. SHE WAS BEHIND THE BUSINESS. 
          IT COULD APPLY TO A BUSINESS -- [INAUDIBLE] 
          OS OPPOSED TO AMEND IT. >> OH, RIGHT. 
          >> DON'T YOU HAVE TO READVERTISE IT? 
          DO YOU HAVE TO START OVER? >> WE WOULD FOR THAT SECTION. 
          SO, THAT WOULD ONLY BE NECESSARY IF WHAT I'M HEARING AND FEELING IS THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT AS IT'S WRITTEN. 
          MR. STURGES COMMENTS -- IT IS. IT IS INTENDED TO AFFECT IF THERE IS A BUSINESS BUILT NEXT DOOR, BRAND NEW, NEXT TO, SAY, THE ROAD SHARK SPORTS. A RESIDENCE GOES IN AND THAT LIGHT SPILLS ON TO THE RESIDENCE, THAT IS THE INTENTION. THE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE TO COME IN TO COMPLIANCE AND MAKE SURE SHARE LIGHT STAYS ON THE 
          PROPERTY. >> I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE AMEND. 
          I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR LIGHT. 
          CAN YOU KEEP THE LIGHT ON YOUR PROPERTY. 
          I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS. >> YOU'RE TALKING, TO BE CLEAR, 
          TALKING A LANGUAGE AMENDMENT. >> LY VOTE FOR IT AS WRITTEN. 
          >> THERE IS NO AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, THOUGH. 
          THERE IS NO AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. 
          >> IT'S A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT, COMMISSIONER STURGES. 
          I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. >> YES. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: MADAM CLERK. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0. 
          [INAUDIBLE] >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: WILL YOU COME TO THE LECTERN AND STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? 
          >> DENISE, 2425 LOSS ROBLES DRIVE, PAB. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR CONCERN BACK AND ADDRESS IT WITH STAFF AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE SPECIFIC ANSWER AND, IF APPROPRIATE, WE WILL MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          8.3. >> YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK. 
          >> YOU NEED A BREAK? >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: WE WILL HAVE A RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES AND RETURN AT 7:50. 
          [8.3 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - TREE PROTECTION AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS -]
8.3. CODE AMENDMENT TREE PROTECTION 
          AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. >> ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 
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COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAN DEVELOPMENT CODE BY UPDATING TREE PROTECTION AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS BY AMENDING SECTION 4.05.03, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, AND AMENDING SECTION 4-POINT 0E 5.05 MINUTE RIMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AMENDIAMENDMENT STANDARDS, CREAG ESTABLISHING A TREE FUND. 
          CREATING SECTION 10.03.01 SUBC ADMINISTRATIVE WAIVERS FOR TREE PROTECTION. AMENDING SECTION 11.05.03 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES FOR LANDSCAPING, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING GHAV GAV. 
          MATTER? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OVER. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          [8.4 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - MOBILE FOOD VENDING "FOOD TRUCKS"]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0. 
          8.4 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT. 
          MOBILE FOOD VENDING, FOOD TRUCKS. 
          AMENDING SECTION ADDING MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK AS A USE SUBJECT TO SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS. AMENDING 6.02.24, ADDING SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR LOCAL FOOD VENDING TRUCKS AND RENUMBERING SECTION 6.02.25 THROUGH 6.2., PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. 
          THE HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALLING THE VOTE. 
          [8.5 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - ENCROACHMENT]
DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT, ENCROACHMENT. 
          >> ORDINANCE 2022-06, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 1.07.00 ADDING DEFINITIONS FOR DECKS, BALCONEYS AND PORCHES. AMENDING SECTION, ADD A REAR YARD PORCH ENCROACHMENT LAWNS AND CLARIFYING DECK SET BACKESEM PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. 
          ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE? THE HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND. DISCUSSION? 
          COMMISSIONER STURGES. >> THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          I WANT TO GO OVER BRIEFLY. I SAT IN THE MEETING THIS MORNING. FROM WHAT MY CLARITY IS, THERE WAS USE OF 2 FEET YOU COULD ENCROACH IN. 
          BUT IT'S ONLY FOR BALCONY. THIS TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION 
          BALCONEYS. >> SO, LET ME, FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU ARE ASKING ME THE QUESTION. 
          I'M DOING IT ON THE FLY. THESE LADIES BACK HERE WILL KNOW EXACTLY FROM THE DELIBERATIONS. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYBODY DO BECAUSE IT'S ONE PAGE. GO TO EXHIBIT A. 
          IN EXHIBIT A, THE CHANGES ARE UNDERLINED. 
          UNDERLINED THREE DEFINITIONS. OF DECK, BALCONY, AND PORCH. 
          IT DOES NOT CALL OUT SET BACKES OR ENCROACHMENT STANDARDS IN THAT 1.07 DEFINITION SECTION. GO TOWN TO -- THERE IS A LANGUAGE THERE THAT IS EITHER STRICKEN OR UNDERLINES. 
          IT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE CODE. I WILL GO THROUGH. 
          IT WILL HELP MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. MAYOR? 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: PROCEED. >> UNDER SUBA, ENCROACHMENT. 
          YOU'VE GOT A MISNUMBERRING. THERE IS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER ONE. A YARD CREATED BY SETBACK IN THE SECTION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A YARD FOR ANY OTHER BUILDING. 
          EVERY PART OF THE YARD MUST BE OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED. 
          FRONT ENTRY STEPS MAY ENCROACH THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD UP TO 
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42 INCHES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU HAVE I'LL JUST MAKE AN EASY, EVEN NUMBER. 
          20-FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT. 
          AND THE FRONTS OF YOUR HOUSE IS AT THAT 20-FOOT MARK. 
          MEANING YOU ARE AT THE SETBACK. YOU CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER WITH YOUR HOUSE. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO 42-INCHES WITH YOUR STEPS FROM THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          NOT CHANGED. THEN IN THE NEXT SECTION, IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING ALSO UNCHANGED CURRENTLY EXISTS IN OUR CODE. THE FOLLOWING BUILDING FEATURES PROJECT INTO A MINIMUM YARD, UP TO 24 INCHES. 
          IT JUST SAYS MINIMUM YARD. IT DOESN'T SAY SIDE T DOESN'T SAY FRONT, IT DOESN'T SAY REAR. IT MEANS ANYWHERE. 
          AGAIN, THE HOUSE IS AT THE SETBACK LINE. 
          YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ENCROACH 24 INCHES WITH SILLS, CORNISES, BUTTRESSES, ORNAMENTAL FEATURES, CHIMNEYS AND EAVES. 
          THEN THE NEXT -- >> STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. 
          >> YEP. >> YOU'RE SAYING, WITH WHAT YOU ARE READING, WHAT THE CURRENT CODE IS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE YOUR SECOND STORY STICK OUT 24 INCHES INTO THE SETBACK. 
          >> THE FROM THE ROOF -- THE EVE FROM THE ROOF. 
          THE FLOOR ITSELF, NO. EXTENSIONS OF BUILDINGS. 
          THE FLOOR, NO. >> SO JUST THE EVE. 
          THERE ARE ORNAMENTAL WIND SILL. THAT DECORATIVE WINDOWSILL CAN 
          STICK OUT. >> OR ANEEV OR CHIMNEY. 
          >> YES. WHAT COULDN'T YOU HAVE THERE? AN, C UNIT. NOT ALLOWED. 
          CAN'T ENCROACH BY 24 INCHES. IT'S ONLY THE ORNAMENTAL, DECORATIVE FEATURES OR AN EAVE WHICH OBVIOUSLY -- IS THAT 
          MAKING SENSE? >> IF YOU HAVE A 5-FOOT SETBACK, YOU'RE SAYING THE AC AT GROUND LEVEL CANNOT BE THERE. 
          >> AT ANY LEVEL. IT NEVER COULD BE THERE. 
          IT CAN'T BE THERE NOW. IF YOU PUT THAT BUILDING UP RIGHT TO THAT 5 FEET, YOU CAN'T THEN STICK YOUR AC UNIT. 
          YOU ARE PUTTING AC UNITS AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AT THAT POINT. 
          OKAY? NOT A CHANGE AT ALL. 
          THEN THE NEXT IS NO. 4. THE FOLLOWING BUILDING FEATURES MAY PROJECT INTO THE REAR YARD, UP TO 42 INCHES. 
          OPEN OR ENCLOSED FIRE ESCAPES AND OUTSIDE STAIR WELL AND BALCONEYS. THE YEAR. 
          NOT THE FRONT. THE REAR. 
          THAT'S HOW IT EXISTS NOW. NO CHANGE. 
          THEN WE ADD A BRAND NEW -- THERE IS A SOMEBODY SECTION 5. 
          IT SAYS PORCHES, WHICH NEVER COULD HAPPEN BEFORE. 
          YOU COULDN'T ENCROACH WITH YOUR PORCH OTHER YOUR DECK. 
          NOW YOU CONDITION YOU CAN ENCROACH UP TO 10 FEET INTO THE REAR YARD SETBACK WITH A PORCH WHICH IS DEFINED EARLIER IN THE SECTION. THEN SETTLE A SUB SECTION WHICH EXISTS RIGHT NOW. PORCHES MUST COMPLY WITH FRONT AND SIDE YARD SET BACKES. ONLY IN THE YEAR. 
          IT'S A MINIMUM OF WHAT THIS. >> LET'S SAY PA LOT OF TIMES WE 
          HAVE LET'S TAKE 10 FEET. >> 25 FEET? 
          >> 25 FEET. >> THE TWO YEAR SETBACKS. 
          >> 25 AND 15. >> 25 AND 20. 
          TAKE 20. >> THE SETBACKS DEPENDING WHERE 
          YOU LIVE. >> LET'S TAKE 20EM THE HOUSE ITSELF GOES RIGHT TO THE LINE. YOU'VE GOT 0 FEET BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND THE BACK -- THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. COULD YOU BUILD A PORCH THAT EXTENDS 10 FEET INTO THAT 20 FEET. 
          THE ENDS OF THAT PORCH IS 10 FEET TO THE PROPERTY LINE. 
          AGAIN YOU MUST COMPLY WITH PORCHES WITH FRONT AND SIDE YARDSEN THE NEXT ONE, BRAND NEW, DECKS WITH A FINISHED FLOOR OF E PERMISSIBLE INTO THE SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS UP TO 10 FEET. 
          AGAIN, TAKE THE 20-FOOT EXAMPLE. PUT THAT DECK OUT 10 FEET. 
          EVEN IF IT'S ON THE SIDE. THERE IS A DEFERENCE FORTUNE THE VARYING GRADE. WE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN 
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YOU HAVE TOPOGRAPHY THAT'S VARYING. 
          AT THAT POINT, THE FLOOR LEVEL MAY BE ALLOWED TO REACH. 
          THEY ARE NOT WANTING TO YOU BUILD -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DECK, WHAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE DECK AND MAKE ALL KINDS OF THINGS WITH IT. IN THIS CASE, FROM GRADE, THE TALLEST YOUR DECK CAN BE, THE LOWEST GRADE, YOU HAVE VARYING GRADINGS. THAT'S WHAT THAT SECTION SAYS. 
          DECKS MUST COMPLY WITH THE FRONT YARD SETBACK. 
          DON'T PUT DECKS ON THE FRONT. PORCHES ONLY ON THE BACK. 
          THEN THE ORIGINAL SECTION 6 COMPLETELY DELETED. 
          IT'S BEEN REWRITTEN. IT DOES NOT, BY DELETING DOES NOTE MEAN YOU ARE TAKING AWAY ANYBODY'S FORMER RIGHTS OR THINGS THEY COULD DO. WE REWROTE IT AND CLARIFIED. 
          IT MOSTLY THE PURPOSE WAS TO GET THE DEFINITION OF PORCHES, DECKS, AND BALCONEYS INTO THE CODE. 
          >> I HEARD CORRECTLY YOU CAN PUT A ROOF NOW ON A REAR PORCH AND 
          HAVE IT BE 10 FEET DEEP. >> YEP. 
          YES, YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I'M DONE. 
          I LOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS. 
          THAT THE NUMBERING CORRECTED. >> YES, SIR. 
          GET THE NUMBERING CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> SECOND. >> CALL THE VOTE. 
          CAN WE HAVE THAT CORRECTION? >> YES. 
          [8.6 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - OLD TOWN DESIGN STANDARDS]
PASSED 5-0. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT, 
          OLD TOWN DESIGN STANDARDS. >> ORDINANCE 07, AMENDING THE LANDS DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 8.01.01.02 TO CLARIFY SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT CONNECTING ELEMENTS WITHIN SIDE YARD CORRIDORS IN OLD TOWN, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          HEARING IS OPEN. ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECONDS. DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. 
          [9. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: MOTION PASSED 5-0. 
          CITY MANAGER REPORTS. >> MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SENATOR BEAN AND MR. JACOBS FOR THEIR GRACIOUS HOSTING OF US. WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE LAST WEEK. I THINK IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIV. 
          IT SEEMED TO BE LOWER KEY THAN IN THE PAST. 
          I THINK WAS A MORE PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH SENATOR BEAN AND THE GUIDANCE THAT MR. JACOBS GAVE US. 
          IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING AND WE'RE SORRY THAT MANY OF YOU COULDN'T ATTENDS. I KNOW YOU HAD CONFLICTING VACATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, I THINK YOU REALIZE IT CAN BE PRODUCTIVE. 
          IT IS PRODUCTIVE. IT TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD DAY. 
          HOPEFULLY WHEN WE DO THIS AGAIN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US. 
          IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE DAY. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD LAST NIGHT. 
          ALL SEVEN MEMBERS SHOWED UP. THEY ELECTED MR.-- APPOINTED MR. JACK MACKEY TO SERVE AS A CHAIR PERSON OF THAT BOARD. 
          WE ALSO HAD A MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT, TWO OF THE MEMBERS HAD TO ACCEPT A TWO YEAR TERM INSTEAD OF THREE-YEAR TERM. TWO MEMBERS STEPPED UP AND VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE TWO-YEAR TERMS. THOSE TERMS WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF '23. 
          THEN GOT THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND ALL OF NEXT YEAR. 
          THEY HAVE VOTED TO CHANGE THE DAVE OF THEIR MEETINGS. 
          ORIGINALLY THE DATES WERE PICKED TO BE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. THEY HAVE CHANGED THAT TO BECOME THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH. 
          I THINK THE MAYOR DID A GOOD JOB OF STEPPING UP AND SHARING OR CHALLENGING THE BOARD TO COME UP WITH THREE GOALS. 
          HE STAUNCHLY DEFENDED THE PARTICIPATION OF MAIN STREET AS 
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HAVING A SEAT ON THAT BOARD, TO PROVIDE PROPER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CRA BOARD AND MAIN STREET. 
          SO I THINK THAT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          THEIR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE A QUICK TURN AROUND TIME. 
          THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 2ND. 
          WE WILL PUBLISH THEIR AGENDA NEXT WEEK. 
          I'M GOING TO STARTED WITH THE NORTHEAST BOARD. 
          IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SIGHTS OF STARK. 
          YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN ME. 
          >> IT'S PRETTY STARK. >> MISS FINKELSTEIN WILL GO AGAIN WITH ME AGAIN. THE CITY IS SET TO HOST THE LEAGUE OF CITIES ON MAY 19. SO I'VE BEEN DRAGGING MISS FINKLESTEIN. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A SHOWCASE FOR THE CITY. I'VE INVITED MAIN STREET TO BECOME AN ACTIVE PARTICIPATE OR PARTNER IN PREPARING FOR THE VISIT OF REGIONAL OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT SEVEN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. THURSDAY NIGHT. 
          MAY 19. I'LL GET IT STRAIGHT. 
          MAY 19. AND, ALSO, BECAUSE IT WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT, THE CONCORD WHICH HAS BEEN REBRAND AS THE AMELIA IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MARCH. 
          THAT IS A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AWAY. 
          PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. 
          I KNOW THAT HAS HAD BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH MR. LANGLEY. 
          HE HAS BEEN IN CLOSE CONVERSATION WITH STAFF OF THE AMELIA. I EXPECT NO CHANGES IN THE PREVIOUS WAYS THAT THE CITY SUPPORTED THIS EVENT. 
          PENDING ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S MY REPORT FOR YOU THIS 
          EVENING. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: CITY MANAGER, I ASKED ABOUT ANY RESPONSE FROM MR. SIMMONS 
          REGARDING -- >> THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE TO THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES RELATED TO THE DELIVERY OF THE LETTER FROM COVID-19. 
          MISS BEDNAR SHACK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE POSTAL OFFICE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. I THINK I NEED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          THE POSTAL SERVICE HASN'T BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH US THAT IT ACTUALLY TRULY HAS BEEN HAND DELIVERED BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS AT THE POSTAL SERVICE IS RECOGNIZING. 
          >> CANCEL THE REPORT ON THE SUB STRUCTURE? 
          >> I BELIEVE THAT'S DUE SHORTLY. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          [10. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]
          ANYONE ELSE? >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY? 
          >> JUST REAL QUICK. SO WITH REGARD TO THE PORT AUTHORITY, I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE NOW HAVE TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS FULLY EXECUTED. ONE, AS YOU KNOW, IS THE PORT AUTHORITY SUPPORTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE CHANNEL, THE OPEN NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL WHICH THE CITY MANAGER IS WORKING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO GET THAT DONE. 
          SECONDLY THE LATEST INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT RESTRICTS EXPANSION INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE CITY ONLY, AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS. NO OIL REFINERIES, NO COAL ASH. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT. WHAT WE LEARNED IN TALLAHASSEE WITH REGARD TO THE LOCAL BILL THAT IS PENDING, IS THAT WE HAVE NOT CHECKED BACK AS OF TODAY. BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, IT WAS STILL PENDING IN A COMMITTEE AND BEING HELD OR POSTPONED. 
          IF THERE IS NO ACTION, FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY REPRESENTATIVE -- THEN IT WILL JUST DIE. 
          OTHERWISE HE CAN PULL IT OTHER TAKE OTHER ACTION. 
          WE HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED YET. WE'LL REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOCAL BILL. 
          THEN THE THIRD ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THE PILOT PAYMENT LAWSUIT THAT IS PENDING IN CIRCUIT COURT HERE. 
          THE LATEST WAS A MOTION TO DISMISS HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY. HAD THAT HEARING LAST MONTH. 
          THAT WAS DURING OUR -- I REPORTED THAT THE MOTION TO DISMISS WAS DENIED AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING AN ANSWER ANY TIME NOW. THEY HAD 20 DAYS TO RESPOND. 
          ONCE AN ANSWER IS FILED, THEN WE TURN TO THE DISCOVERY PHASE. 
          AT ANY POINT, BECAUSE I DO TUNE IN SOMETIMES TO THE PORT AUTHORITY MEETINGS. THEIR ATTORNEY HAD TALKED ABOUT A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT LITIGATOR. BUT I DO NOT THINK A MOTION FOR PRIOR TO THE ANSWER AND THEN SOME DISCOVERY. 
          THAT IS WHAT I AM EXPECTING THEM TO FILE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN 
          DEFEAT THAT, TOO. >> WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE 
          MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS. >> YES, I LISTEN FIRST A MOTION TO DISMISS. IT'S VERY SIMPLY. 
          A MOTION TO DISMISS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CASE IS WHEN A DEFENDANT OR THE RESPONSIBILITIANT COMES BACKS AND SAYS AN THE PLAINTIFF DID NOT STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION 
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UNDER OUR LAWS THERE. ARE ELEMENTS OF EACH CAUSE OF ACTION. DIDN'T STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION. 
          A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SAYS TO THE COURT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE. WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCOVERY. WE KNOW AND EITHER SIDE CAN FILE THIS -- IS THAT THERE ARE NO MORE FACTS AT ISSUE. 
          THERE ARE NO MORE FACTS AT ISSUE. 
          BOTH SIDES AGREE TO THE FACTS. JUDGE, PLEASE GO AHEAD, TAKE THIS SET OF FACTS WE AGREE ON AND MAKE A RULING. 
          YOU SHOULD RULE IN OUR FAVOR IS USUALLY WHAT YOUR MOTION SAYS. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THE COURT TRUCK TRAFFIC. 
          >> TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE HAVE THE FIRST MEETING, SET UP A GROUP, WE ARE ASKED A GROUP OF US TO GET TOGETHER. 
          IT IS MYSELF, AND SOMETIMES KATY NEWTON FROM THE LEGAL ACCIDENT WILL SIT IN DEPUTY CHIEF TICK BOSCO. 
          DAVID BISHOP AND JEREMIAH GLISSON. 
          WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF COURT TRAFFIC -- I WILL BE CLEAR. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING UP AND DOWN EIGHTH STREET OR 14TH STREET SOMETIMES IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL. BUT WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WHEN THEY TURN FROM EIGHTH STREET ON TO DADE STREET TO TRY TO ENTER THE COURT AND START STACKING UP. THE TRASH THAT RESULTS FROM THE TRUCK TRAFFIC. WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH ORDINANCES. WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE SOME. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD DARE BRING AN ORDINANCE IN ITS FORM TO YOU JUST READY TO ADOPT AT FIRST READING. 
          WE PROBABLY ADD IT AS A WORKSHOP ITEM AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. 
          [11. CITY CLERK REPORTS]
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: CITY CLERK? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK CHAMBERS. 
          THE CITY ADVISORY BOARDS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND. [INAUDIBLE] 
          [INAUDIBLE] >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU. 
          [12. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
ALL RIGHT. ITEM 12. 
          MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. VICE MAYOR. 
          >> I ONLY HAVE TWO THINGS. I'M GOING ON VACATION FOR A WEEK AND I HAVE TWO EVENTS WHICH ARE OPEN FOR ANYONE'S PARTICIPATION. 
          ONE IS ON THE 6 2ND, THE RAYONIER COMMUNITY -- IT'S A SIT-DOWN WITH PEOPLE. IT'S THE 22ND AT 12:00, NASSAU COUNTY. RAYONIER MEETING IF ANYBODY IS 
          INTERESTED. >> SOUNDS GOOD. 
          >> THE SECOND ONE IS ON THE 19TH. 
          IT'S SATURDAY. I DON'T EVER THE TIME. 
          IT'S A LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO MR. CHARLES -- 45 YEAR EMPLOYEE 
          AT THE FIELD. >> MAYOR? 
          >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: WHAT TIME IS IT? 
          >> MAYBE CAROLINE COULD GET A TIME. 
          >> ON THE 19TH? THAT'S A SATURDAY. 
          WHO COORDINATING? >> CAROLINE, WILL YOU COORDINATE THIS FOR ME, PLEASE? DO YOU NEED THE LETTER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. 
          MR. BEAN. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I HOPE YOU A GREAT VALID. WITH THAT LET'S HAVE A GOOD 
          NIGHT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER 
          STURGES. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY 
          THIS EVENING. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS? 
          >> HAS BEEN AB PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND HAS HAD HEALTH ISSUES LATELY. I WOULD WISH HIM A SPEEDY 
          RECOVERY. >> MAYOR LEDNOVICH: THANK YOU, SIR. VERY BRIEFLY. 
          ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IS CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY. AND THAT IS A FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. IT STARTS ON THE 18TH. 
          ALL THREE EVENTS ARE SOLD OUT. IF YOU KNOW A PRACTICE PITIONER OR -- PARISHIONER FOR OFFICIAL AT THE CHURCH, YOU MAY WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY. 
          [02:10:03]
CONGRATULATIONS TO ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          GEORGE FLOYD AND THE 8 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS THAT ARE SEARED INTO MOST OF OUR MINDS. WE REMEMBER A POLICE OFFICER PIN PLG FLOYD TO THE PAVEMENT WHILE OTHER OFFICERS WATCHED. 
          THOSE OTHER OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED. 
          OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING ACTIVE BYSTANDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. ESSENTIALLY A TRAINING IS THAT IF YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER AND YOU WITNESS ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER GET UNLAWFUL CONDUCT, YOU STOP THEM. 
          YOU STOP THE UNLAWFUL CONDUCT. I APPLAUD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR UNDER GOING THAT TRAINING. AND RECOGNIZING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ARE COMMISSIONED IN THEIR DUTIES. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. IT'S A PRODUCT OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW. AND WITH T
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