May 17, 2022 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 17, 2022 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

HOUSEKEEPING. PERSONAL DEVICES, IF YOU COULD PUT THEM ON SILENT. YOU CAN TURN YOUR PHONE OFF OR AIRPLANE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

COVID-19. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IT'S STILL HERE. SO TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES YOU FEEL NECESSARY TO PROTECT YOUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM. SO, GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND DECORUM -- COMMISSIONERS, I PRESENT THIS EVERY MEETING.

BE NICE TO ONE ANOTHER. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR LIGHT AND WE WON'T CALL EACH OTHER NAMES! (LAUGHING) (INDISCERNIBLE) PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVITATION BY PASTOR (NAME) FROM THE MACEDONIA AME CHURCH.

>> 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. >> IS PASTOR HERE?

>> YES. >> OH!

WELCOME, SIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY PASTOR IS KIND OF UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY.MY NAME IS (NAME). I'M A STUDENT AT MACEDONIA AME CHURCH. SO I WANT TO DO A PRAYER, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO BOW YOUR HEADS.

AND PLEASE, PRAY YOUR OWN PRAYER.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THEY NEED TO TALK TO THE LORD ABOUT. EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT PROBLEMS, SO PRAY YOUR OWN PRAYER AND I WILL PRAY FOR ALL OF US! ALMIGHTY GOD, IN THE NAME OF YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, CHRIST JESUS, OUR SAVIOR AND OUR GOD, WE BOW OUR HEAD BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING, ALMIGHTY FATHER, AND ASKING YOU TO LOOK UPON YOUR CHILDREN TODAY, ALMIGHTY GOD.

LOOK UPON THE SOUL THAT LEAVES ON THE EARTH THIS DAY, MIGHTY GOD. WE KNOW ONLY YOU, FATHER, CAN SAVE OUR SOULS. WE ARE ASKING YOU, MIGHTY GOD, TO LOOK UPON THE ASSEMBLY WE ARE HAVING HERE TODAY.

LET THE ASSEMBLY GO IN A PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FATHER.

LET OUR HEARTS BE SEEKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING THAT'S IN YOUR SIGHT, FATHER. FOR WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN, JESUS. WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER, FATHER.

FATHER, I ASK YOU TO BRING OUR HEARTSCLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER WITH LOVE FOR ONE EACH OTHER , FATHER.

FATHER, THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE NATIONS TO FALL, FATHER.

ND ONLY YOU CAN SAVE THESE NATIONS, FATHER.

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE YOUR PEOPLE, FATHER.

I'M ASKING YOU MIGHTY GOD, LOOK UPON THE FAMILIES OF EVERYONE IN HERE THIS DAY. -- -- SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE HOUSE OF EVERY FAMILY, FATHER.

LET THEM BRING LOVE, JOY, PEACE, MERCY AND FORGIVENESS, FATHER.OR SATAN IS ATTACKING THE HOME, FATHER.

HE IS ATTACKING THE CHILDREN. HE'S ATTACKING THE HUSBANDS AND THE WIVES. HE IS CAUSING THE DIVIDE IN OUR OWN HOME, FATHER.ND YOU KNOW EVERY HOME NEEDS YOU, JESUS.

LOOK UPON THIS DAY, MIGHTY GOD. LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT LEAD US TO YOUR THRONE OF MERCY. -- -- I PRAY THIS PRAYER, ALMIGHTY JESUS, TO LET YOUR WILL BE DONE.

HOLY SPIRIT FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE

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[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE CANDIDATE JANESE (NAME), IS IN THE BACK, IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND, DENISE? [APPLAUSE] AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITY COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES IN ATTENDANCE? WHY DON'T YOU STAND AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF?

>> (NAME). I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COMMISSIONER SEAT FOUR. IT'S NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY!

>> WELCOME, SIR! [APPLAUSE] ARE RIGHT.

[4.1 PRESENTATION - NORTH FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TPO)]

PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH DE JESUS. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGER FOR (INDISCERNIBLE).

IT'S A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY SERVING -- -- NASSAU AND (INDISCERNIBLE) COUNTY.

THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE DRAFT PRESENTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. FOR THE FISCAL YEARS (INDISCERNIBLE). IT'S A FIVE-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND MULTI-(INDISCERNIBLE) PROJECTS.

THE DMP IS DEVELOPED ANNUALLY AND IS A SUBSET OF THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A VERY FULL SCHEDULE. WE HAVE SCHEDULED 20 PERCENT TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE REGION.

WE PRESENTED ON THE TOWN OF HILLIARD MAY 25.

(INDISCERNIBLE) PRESENTING AT THE NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING. THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 24, FROM 4:30 25:30 P.M. THAT'S NEXT WEEK.

FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO OBTAIN THE MEETING LINK, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBPAGE, (INDISCERNIBLE). THE FINAL TIP WILL BE APPROVED AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 9 AT 10 AM SOFTWARE LOCATED AT 980 JEFFERSON STREET, (INDISCERNIBLE).

THIS IS A RESURFACING PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. STATE ROUTE 200 FROM THE I-95 DIVERGING (INDISCERNIBLE) INTERCHANGE TO WEST OF STEEL QUARTERS ROAD. THIS IS A LANDSCAPING PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023.

>> MS. THE JESUS, CAN YOU MAKE THE SLIDE A LITTLE LARGER?

>> OH. PLEASE, HELP ME.

SORRY. >> THERE YOU GO.> CAN YOU

SEE THAT BETTER? >> YET.

PEOPLE WERE STRAINING TO SEE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> IF YOU CLICK ON THE SCREEN -- --.

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>> OH, THERE! OKAY! SORRY FOR THE -- OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS STATE ROAD A1A FROM WEST OF STEEL QUARTERS ROAD TO WEST OF RUBEN DAVIS LANE. THIS IS ALSO A LANDSCAPING PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. STATE ROUTE 200 FROM WEST OF RUBEN DAVIS LANE TO EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 107.

ALSO A LANDSCAPING PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. THE NEXT ONE IS AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY TRAIL FROM STATE ROAD A1A TO BAILEY ROAD.

THIS IS A BIKE PATH, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR

2024. >> COULD YOU BLOW THAT UP FOR US? BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF

INTEREST IN IT. >> AND THAT'S AMELIA TRAIL FROM

A1A TO (INDISCERNIBLE)? >> YES.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH! THE NEXT ONE IS AMELIA I'LL IN (INDISCERNIBLE) FROM BAILEY ROAD TO 14TH STREET. THIS IS ALSO A BIKE PATH AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2024.

AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY TRAIL FROM (INDISCERNIBLE) ALSO BIKE PATH, CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023.

AND THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN NASSAU COUNTY. WE PROVIDED A HANDOUT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE NASSAU COUNTY PROJECTS.

AND NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I MIGHT ANSWER, I'M

OPEN. >> I HAVE A COUPLE.

>> SURE. >> I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH (NAME), A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF AMELIA TRAIL.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF AMELIA TRAIL, HERE ARE THEIR QUESTIONS: DOES THIS PLAN ASSUME SOUTH FLETCHER TO VIA DEL RAY -- IS MOVING FORWARD?

>> I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A SEPARATE PROJECT, RIGHT?IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT, YEAH.

SO -- YES? >> IF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION (INDISCERNIBLE). YOUR GOOD?

>> WE ARE OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> IF IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT -- THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST THE PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR NASSAU COUNTY. IF IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT, IN ORDER TO BE FUNDED THROUGH FDOT, IT HAS TO BE LISTED FIRST, AND THEN FUNDED FOR FIRST DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

>> IS TPO LOOKING FOR A TRAIL TO DOWNTOWN?

IS THAT IN THE WORKS? >> DOWNTOWN HERE?

>> DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA. >> I'M NOT SURE.

NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A (INDISCERNIBLE) FOR THAT.

>> OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH.

COMMISSIONER STURGES? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE QUESTION IS I SEE THE LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ON A1A GOING WEST.

WHAT SORT OF LANDSCAPING, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PALM TREES? OR CRATE MYRTLES? WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING FOR LANDSCAPING?

ARE THERE PARAMETERS YET? >> I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION, BUT I CAN FIND IT FOR YOU. PLUS THE DOT IS THE ONE WHO DOES THE CONTRACTING ON LANDSCAPING.

THEY USUALLY HAVE THE SIGNED BEFORE -- FOR CONSTRUCTION, SO I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU. AND PROVIDE INFORMATION SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO THERE.

>> SURE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> SURE. >> SECONDLY, THE BIKE TRAIL PATHS ARE THEY OVER THE ROAD PADS?

OR (INDISCERNIBLE)? >> IT SEPARATED.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

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THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. >> DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS IN THE WORKS OR AN UPCOMING PLAN THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS FOR FRONT OF NANDINA BEACH COMING UP?> I SHOWED YOU THE CLOSEST TO THE CITY LIMITS.

I SCOURED THE WHOLE (INDISCERNIBLE) AND FOUND WHAT WAS CLOSEST TO YOU. I DIDN'T SEE ONE THAT WAS

EXACTLY INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. >> RIGHT.

I APPRECIATE IT. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET WITH YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE THINK WOULD FIT IN WITH YOUR PLANS. THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> AND JUST FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS, AS A CITY CLERK POINTED OUT TO ME, ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS ONLINE. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND LOOK AT THE MAPS, AND LOOK AT THE BULLET POINTS, IT'S

AVAILABLE FOR YOU. >> YES, AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBPAGE AND FIND MORE INFORMATION.

WWW.NORTHFLORIDATPO.COM.YOU CAN ALSO FIND MY CONTACT

[4.2 PROCLAMATION - "FERNANDINA OBSERVER"]

PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING

ME. >> ALL RIGHT.

PROCLAMATIONS. THE VICE MAYOR IS GOING TO FILL IN FOR ME. SO VICE MAYOR, YOU HAVE THE

FLOOR. >> THE FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR FERNANDINA (INDISCERNIBLE) (NAME).

IT'S A PROCLAMATION WHERE IS 10 YEARS AGO DRIVEN BY (INDISCERNIBLE) FERNANDINA BEACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FORMER MAYOR (NAME) AND DOUGLAS NEWTON ESTABLISHED THE FIRST ONLINE NEWS SOURCE, THE FERNANDINA OBSERVER.ND WHEREAS MAYOR STEGER RECRUITED SEVERAL RESIDENTS TO PRODUCE CONTENT FOR ALL VOLUNTEER PUBLICATION. ONE OF THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS WAS SUE ANNE (NAME), SERVED AS A REPORTER COVERING ENDLESS CITY MEETINGS AND PLAYED A KEY LEADERSHIP ROLE IN GUIDING THE FERNANDINA OBSERVERS DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE YEARS PROGRESSED, (INDISCERNIBLE) FROM A FEW HUNDRED READERS EACH DAY TO 14,000 EACH DAY.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING COVERAGE EXPANDED TO THE NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND (INDISCERNIBLE). TODAY, THE OBSERVER HAS PUBLISHED ALMOST 15,000 ARTICLES WHICH HAS GENERATED (INDISCERNIBLE).

PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO SPONSOR GENERAL EDUCATION CANDIDATES, FORMS, WHICH PROVIDE THE CITY COMMISSION CANDIDATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLATFORMS TO THE ELECTORATE.

ADDITIONALLY, MANY LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS UTILIZE FERNANDINA OBSERVER AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO PROMOTE THEIR ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FREE OF CHARGE.

AND WHEREAS MAY 13, 2022 MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERNANDINA OBSERVERS INAUGURATION POST, IN WHICH TIME MAYOR SEGER AND (NAME) (INDISCERNIBLE) MIKE PHILLIPS, WHO WILL CONTINUE TO PUBLISH AND ENHANCE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE. THEREFORE, BY THE VIRTUE INVESTED IN THE MAYOR OF FERNANDINA BEACH DUBAI THANK THE FERNANDINA OBSERVER.

AND IT IS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. JUST A FEW WORDS OF GRATITUDE TO OUR VOLUNTEER REPORTERS, JERRY (NAME), AND (NAME), (NAME), (NAME), CINDY JACKSON, PAT FOSTER TURLEY, AND LASTLY, SUE ANNE TAM. ALL WE WANTED TO BE WAS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. AND HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE WHEN SUE ANNE TAM JOINED OUR TEAM. A LITTLE ARM-TWISTING.

I TOLD HER WE WOULD FAIL WITHOUT HER! [LAUGHTER] AND SHE CERTAINLY SET THE STANDARD FOR REPORTING AND ACCURACY (INDISCERNIBLE) WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SUE ANNE AS WELL AS HER DEAR HUSBAND.

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FOR 10 YEARS -- COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, THE WORKSHOPS.

ELPING WITH FORUMS, COVERING SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

AND THEN, WRITING THEM UP! SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THANK HER FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE!

[APPLAUSE] >> I HADN'T PLANNED TO SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I SAID SOMETHING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO! BUT SUSAN SAID I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING! [LAUGHTER] SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE KIND OF GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE FACEBOOK WAS TAKING OVER (INDISCERNIBLE) ACCURATE.

[LAUGHTER] AND WE FELT THAT OUR CITIZENS, WHO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY WHEN THEY VOTE FOR COMMISSIONERS AND APPROVE DIFFERENT POLICIES, THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN THEY WERE GETTING.

AND SO, THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED. WE TRIED TO BE AS COMPLETE AS WE CAN. AND IT'S BEEN -- SUSAN MAY TAKE ISSUE WITH THIS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE IN MANY WAYS.

BECAUSE WE BOTH LOVE THIS COMMUNITY VERY MUCH.

AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PROSPER. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE AND SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE ME AT FUTURE CITY COUNCIL (INDISCERNIBLE)! [LAUGHTER]

[APPLAUSE] >> THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS

[4.3 PROCLAMATION - "MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID MONTH"]

(AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED IN AUSTRALIA IN 2001, UNDER THE (INDISCERNIBLE) UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.TODAY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST A DAY IS TAUGHT AND TECHNIQUES PRACTICED ON AN INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM. AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID WAS INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2008.

SINCE THE US PROGRAM HAS BEEN LAUNCHED, (INDISCERNIBLE) AND MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN ALL 50 STATES HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING. AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS (INDISCERNIBLE) PROGRAM, WHERE PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, TRAUMA, PSYCHOSIS, EATING DISORDERS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND SELF INJURY. TO ASSIST THOSE WHO MAY BE DEVELOPING A PROBLEM OR ALREADY IN CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID PROGRAMS PARTICIPANTS ALSO LEARN HOW TO ASSESS PEOPLE'S RISK OF HARM OR SUICIDE.THIS NONJUDGMENTAL -- -- (INDISCERNIBLE). WHEREAS NUMEROUS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID PROGRAM STUDIES SHOW PARTICIPANTS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TREATMENT. (INDISCERNIBLE) CONFIDENTIALLY AND APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CHALLENGE OR CRISIS AND CONNECT MORE PEOPLE WITH CARE.

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ALSO REDUCES THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS.

AND WHEREAS WE MUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT (INDISCERNIBLE), IMPLEMENT EARLY INTERVENTION MEASURES, RECOGNIZE EARLY WARNING SIGNS, AND INTERVENE (INDISCERNIBLE) AND OTHER TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

THEREFORE, MAYOR BY THE AUTHORITY IN HIM, PROCLAIMS (INDISCERNIBLE). SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.

[APPLAUSE] >> (INDISCERNIBLE) VIDEO? NO? OKAY.

>> YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TALK! >> I'LL JUST HAVE TO TALK! THANK YOU. I MAUREEN (NAME) BOARD OF DIRECTOR AT STARTING POINT BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE.

STARTING POINT PROMOTES WELLNESS -- -- COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.

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STARTING POINT PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL TRAINING TO LEARN WHAT EVERYONE CAN DO TO HELP. IT'S CALLED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AS INDICATED IN THE PROCLAMATION.

IT'S COMPARABLE TO TAKING CPR. WE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE THIS AS COMMON AS TAKING A CPR CLASS. THE DAYLONG CLASS IS FREE IN THE NEXT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CLASS WILL BE HELD AT THE NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING, ON THE ISLAND, ON JUNE 3 FROM 9 TO 5. A REGISTRATION FORM IS AVAILABLE ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE EVENT PAGE. AND ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NO CHARGE. THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR FERNANDINA BEACH RESIDENTS.

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[4.4 PROCLAMATION - ''NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH" -]

KELLY, YOU COME UP TOO. >> REAS AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH ACT OF 1966, THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IS PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COORDINATE AND SUPPORT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE AND PROTECT AMERICA'S HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR MANAGING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS, ENERGIZING THE ECONOMY, BOLSTERING LOCAL PRIDE IN MAINTAINING COMMUNITY CHARACTER. WHEREAS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS IN HELPING PRESERVE THE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE THAT SHAPED THE PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY. HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS RELEVANT ACROSS THE NATION, FOR AMERICANS OF ALL AGES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.

WHEREAS FERNANDINA BEACH IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE (INDISCERNIBLE), NATIONAL HISTORIC AREAS, HOMES, MUSEUMS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND CEMETERIES.

WHEREAS FERNANDINA BEACH (INDISCERNIBLE) AS IT GROWS AND DEVELOPS IN THE ONGOING HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. (INDISCERNIBLE).

THE PROTECTION OF ITS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THE INTEGRATION OF HISTORIC ELEMENTS WITH REDEVELOPMENT, AND RECOGNITION. WE HAVE REHABILITATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

UNDER THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH X.

THEREFORE, -- -- DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 12, 2022 AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH.

I CALL ON THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO CALL ON THEIR CITIZENS (INDISCERNIBLE).

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A VERY NICE THING THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU SALMON TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WELL, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME! [LAUGHTER] MY FRIENDS BEHIND ME REPRESENTS HCC AND MAIN STREET, AND REPRESENTS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. I'M REMINDED OF A QUOTE FROM A GUY NAMED KENNETH CLARK, WHO WROTE A BOOK CALLED CIVILIZATION IN 1967. IT WAS A PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES FOR A WHILE. HE SAID AT THE END OF HIS BOOK THAT HISTORY IS OURSELVES. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IN THIS ROOM, Y'ALL ARE PART OF HISTORY.

AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WORKED ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE ARE PART OF HISTORY. BUT REALLY, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE ARE UP HERE. WITHOUT YOU AND WITHOUT YOUR PREDECESSORS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE GREAT HISTORIC MOVEMENT WE HAVE IN FERNANDINA. AND UNDER YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND

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AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY (INDISCERNIBLE) BEAUTIFUL TOWN IN WHICH WE LIVE.

I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 43. THAT'S NOT 1843! [LAUGHTER] 1943! AND I REALLY DO CONGRATULATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR PREDECESSORS ON THE GREAT JOB Y'ALL OF DONE.WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION! APPRECIATE IT!

[APPLAUSE] >> I LIKE WHEN BUDDY SAYS NICE STUFF ABOUT US!

[LAUGHTER] >> VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY

[4.5 BUDGET SUMMARY]

MUCH! >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 4.5 COMPTROLLER PAULINE (NAME).

>> GOOD EVENING, PAULINE (NAME) CITY COMPTROLLER.APRIL REPRESENTS 53.8 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET'S FISCAL YEAR.

YEAR TO DATE REVENUE IS AT 81.6 PERCENT OF THE (INDISCERNIBLE).

OVERALL, YEAR-TO-DATE, GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE 43.7.

(INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

WHILE THE TRANSFERS OF THE MONTH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

FOR SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS (INDISCERNIBLE) AND HER PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE (INDISCERNIBLE) PAYROLL SYSTEM, POLICE EQUIPMENT, AND SKID STEER IN THE (INDISCERNIBLE) CENTER RECLAIM PROJECT. THE GOLF COURSE, REVENUE IS UP (INDISCERNIBLE) OVER LAST YEAR. UTILITY FUNDS (INDISCERNIBLE) EXCEED EXPENSES EXCEPT FOR WASTEWATER.

FOR THE MARINA, THERE IS A NET OPERATING CONTRIBUTION AFTER ELIMINATING THE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF $210,000.

YEAR TO DATE, DIESEL FUEL CELLS ARE AT 60.5 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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

ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE MANY SPEAKERS ON THE CENTRAL FLOOR.

I'M GOING TO PREFACE THE PUBLIC SPEAKING WITH THE FOLLOWING: SO FOUR OF US, FOUR COMMISSIONERS, WERE AT THE PARKS AND REC MEETING IN WHICH THE CENTRAL PARK PLAN WAS UNVEILED.

SO WE, AS YOU ALL, ARE LEARNING THE DETAILS OF THAT.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER REID HAS A STATEMENT HE WANTS TO MAKE.

COMMISSIONER BEAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME BREAK PROTOCOL.

AS YOU KNOW, THE PACK HOUSE TONIGHT IS GOOD TO BE DUE TO THE (INDISCERNIBLE) ISSUE. I'M TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE CRAZY. I'M GOING TO ASK RIGHT NOW -- BECAUSE I HAVE (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT WE WANT TO KEEP CENTRAL PARK BALLFIELDS RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, IN CENTRAL PARK. AND IF WE DON'T RIGHT NOW, OR AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF US, COMMIT TO KEEPING THE BALLFIELDS IN CENTRAL PARK, IT MIGHT EASE THE PUBLIC MIND.

I WANT TO DO THAT NOW, OUT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE WE STAND. SO I WANT TO PUT IT BACK ON YOU GUYS. I WILL PERSONALLY COMMIT RIGHT NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED, WILL COMMIT TO KEEPING THE BALLFIELDS IN CENTRAL PARK.

I ASKED THAT WE CAN ALL DO THE SAME.

WHAT YOU GUYS THINK? >> I AGREE WITH BRADLEY.

IFULLY BELIEVE THE BALLFIELDS NEED TO STAY IN CENTRAL PARK.

I WAS AT THE MEETING , AS MOST OF US WERE.

AFTER THE MEETING I GAVE IT A LOT OF THOUGHT.

I GO TO A LOT OF BALLGAMES. MY KIDS ARE BIG, BUT I GO TO BALLGAMES. IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING FACILITY THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY. IT JUST (INDISCERNIBLE) AUDIO] .

>> COMMISSIONER STURGES? >> I WAS ONLY ONE NOT AT THE MEETING BECAUSE I HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT, OR ELSE I WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE MEETING. I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENTS.

I WANT TO KEEP CENTRAL PARK JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I THINK WE ARE STILL MISSING A PIECE TO FIGURE OUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN ITSELF.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M ALL ABOUT KEEPING CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL PARK -- WITH THE BALLPARKS.

AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO THERE.

ANYWAYS --. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE MINUTES BEFORE I CAME INTO THIS BUILDING. AND HOW INACCURATE FACEBOOK IS!

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TO ME, IT'S INSANE TO PAVE OVER PERFECTLY GOOD (INDISCERNIBLE) FACILITIES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE UPDATED.

THAT'S THE TASK BEFORE US. WE NEED TO, AS OUR PRIOR DISCUSSION WAS, WE NEED TO COMMIT MONEY TO IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S WHERE MY FOCUS IS.

IS HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND TO COMMISSIONER ROSS'S POINT, HOW DO WE PAY FOR? SO THAT'S MY POSITION.

>> WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE IS WE HAD FOUR COMMISSIONERS OUT OF FIVE VERBALLY COMMIT RIGHT NOW THAT WE WILL KEEP THE BALLFIELDS RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M EXCITED TO HEARPUBLIC COMMENT.

LET'S HEAR IT . LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I'M ON YOUR TEAM AND WE ALL ARE ON YOUR TEAM.

>> ALL RIGHT. THREE MINUTES.

CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE THE TIMER?

>> I DO. >> AND BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, WHEN THAT BUZZER RINGS, IT RINGS, OKAY?

>> MARION PHILLIPS. I LIVE AT 724 SUSSEX STREET FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA. FOUR OF YOU WERE AT THE PARKS AND REC MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT.

I WANT TO JUST AGAIN REITERATE THAT I APPRECIATE THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

I ALSOAM A VOLUNTEER. I SERVE ON THE MARINE ADVISORY BOARD . BUT TONIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREWRITTEN. BUT I WANT TO SAY I SAT IN THE MEETING EARLIER. YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY? IN MY OPINION, AND I BELIEVE IF EVERYBODY WOULD LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND STUFF, THE BUDGET IS TOO FAR OUT THERE. IT NEEDS TO BE REAL BAKKEN.

ND TO RESTATE THIS TONIGHT -- THANK YOU, FOUR OF YOU, WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO SAVING CENTRAL PARK.

BECAUSE I AM FROM FERNANDINA BEACH.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT. CENTRAL PARK NEEDS TO BE LEFT ALONE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THIS ISLAND THAT NEED TO BE LEFT ALONE.

THINGS ARE BEING DESTROYED AND MEMORIES ARE GOINGBECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE AND THEY WANT THINGS TO CHANGE.

THOSE OF US FROM HERE DO NOT WANT THINGS TO CHANGE.

AND THE OTHER THING I SAID AT THE MEETING , AND ALL OF YOU HAVE A CHARGE TO THE RESIDENTS OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO PAY CITY TAXES.I'M IN A SAY THIS AGAIN THAT I SAID LAST MEETING -- YOU NEED TO FIRE THE CITY MANAGER. THE CITY MANAGER -- THE SPENDING IS COMING FROM HIM. HE'S TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. IN MY OPINION, JUST LIKE AT MY HOME -- SOMETHING IS BROKE I'M GOING TO FIX IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP SPENDING -- OKAY, THE CARS BROKE I GOT IT FIXED. I GOT TO GET THE REFRIGERATOR FIXED. I'M IN A FIX WHAT I HAVE TO HAVE FIRST, AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT.

IT'S WAY OUT OF HAND, Y'ALL. AND I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT Y'ALL NEED TO DISCUSS IT AS A COMMISSION, BUT YOU NEED TO FIRE THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU.

>> MS. JEAN PUGH. >> JEAN PUGH, 1552 RUSKIN LANE.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE PARKS TRUCK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HAVE DONE SO FOR FOUR YEARS.

OVER THOSE FOUR YEARS, THE ISSUE OF FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURES, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN A CONTINUAL PIECE OF OUR AGENDAS. I'LL JUST BE BRIEF.

I AM HERE BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS SORT OF WHAT YOU DISCUSSED IS ALMOST LIKE A D?J? VU TUESDAY NIGHT.

I DO AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR KREGER THAT THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN. BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO PAY FOR THIS PLAN.

I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU, AS A COMMISSION, AND SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS. RAISING THE MILLAGE IS REALLY A DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS. BECAUSE, WHAT WE LEARNED TUESDAY IS TWO THIRDS ARE USED BY COUNTY RESIDENTS.

IN CITY TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THAT BURDEN.

SO I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS. IT'S INCUMBENT TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE, WHETHER THOSE ARE FEES, WHETHER THOSE ARE COUNTY SUBSIDIES, GRANTS -- WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE.

BECAUSE THIS PATH IS UNSUSTAINABLE, AS MAYOR LEDNOVICH SAID. AND AS ANYBODY WHO OWNS PROPERTY, A HOME OR BUSINESS KNOWS, THERE ARE ONLY THREE WAYS -- YOU CAN EITHER RAISE TAXES, YOU CAN EASIER RAISE

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THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS WHAT TO DO.

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN DANCED AROUND OVER THE FOUR YEARS I BEEN ON OUR COMMITTEE. DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH. THIS DOESN'T ANYTHING ABOUT CENTRAL PARK. IT'S JUST SOMEHOW THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE PAID FOR. AND TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON THE CITY TAXPAYERS IS NOT -- IS NOT -- I DON'T THINK IS A SOLUTION.

>> AGNES LEIDEN. IF I PRONOUNCE THAT QUOTE

CORRECTLY? >> YOU DID.

I'M AGNES LEIDEN. I LIVE AT 2184 LAKESIDE DRIVE EAST AND FOR NINA BEACH. I AM ONE OF THOSE OUT OF THE CITY RESIDENTS. I LIVE ON THE ISLAND.

I'M A PARENT OF FOUR CHILDREN STOP THOSE FOUR CHILDREN HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH BOTH RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE SPORTS. I LIVE NEAR THE BALLFIELD.

I AM AT THE BALLFIELD, I VOLUNTEER AT THE BALLFIELD.

AND SO, I KNOW THEM VERY WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT TONIGHT IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING OUR SERVICES, WE DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CARE FOR IT. WE DEMONSTRATE TO THE YOUTH WHO ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THOSE FIELDS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT CARE ABOUT THEM.

I KNOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND THIS AND HOW DO WE SUPPORT IT? YOU NEED TO RALLY THE RESIDENTS IN NASSAU COUNTY TO (INDISCERNIBLE).

THAT MAY INCLUDE INCREASING FEES.

INCREASING VOLUNTEERISM. HAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET SORTED OUT.BUT WE PAY OUR FEES TO PARTICIPATE WITH THOSE SPORTS, AND WE DO SO BECAUSE WE VALUE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT TONIGHT THAT TONIGHT, WE HAVE 24 YOUNG MEN PLAYING IN THE DIVISION III A ELITE EIGHT STEP THEIR YOUNG MEN THAT GREW UP PLAYING BASEBALL IN CENTRAL PARK.

THEY GO THERE ON THE WEEKENDS. THEY GO THERE IN THE OFF HOURS AND THEY PLAY BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT.

AND THEY PLAY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT.

AND TONIGHT, THEY ARE FIGHTING -- THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST SEVEN OTHER PRIVATE FUNDED BASEBALL TEAMS. WE ARE THE ONLY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN IIIA TO MAKE THE TOP 32. SO JUST WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. THERE WERE ABOUT TO TAKE THE FIELD AND 15 MINUTES. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE THE SEASON.

(INDISCERNIBLE) AND I'M PROUD OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH BASEBALL TEAM.

I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF SOCCER FIELDS.

I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS POINTED OUT YESTERDAY AND DALE MARTIN'S COMMENTS. HE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING MORE ACTIVITIES THERE. AND BRINGING SHOWCASE PORTS THERE. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE (INDISCERNIBLE) TRAVEL TEAMS. (INDISCERNIBLE) SPACE COAST AND WE HAVE DONE PERFECT GAMES THERE.

WE'VE GOT TO SAINT AUGUSTINE AND DONE PERFECT GAME DETERMINANTS THERE. IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH PERFECT GAME, IT'S A LARGE INDUSTRY OF TRAVEL BASEBALL.

IN SAINT AUGUSTINE, THE TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED ON COMMUNITY PARK FIELDS AND HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELDS.

IT WASN'T PLAYED ON BIG ATHLETIC FIELDS WITH ASTROTURF AND CONCESSION STANDS THAT SOLD BEER AND BIG LIGHTING AND SCOREBOARDS. IT WAS PLAYED AT COMMUNITY PARKS AND COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME. MY SON AND HIS TEAM WERE SUCCESSFUL. AND THE PARENTS ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT (INDISCERNIBLE) MORE ACTIVITIES TO THE AREA AROUND THE AIRPORT.E HAVE AN AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS WORKING TO INCREASE AIRPORT TRAFFIC. AND AIRPORT USE.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. ALEXANDRA (NAME).

>> MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR --.

>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> I AM ALEXANDRA (NAME) -- GENTLEMEN I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU PROPOSE AND PASS A RESOLUTION, OR BETTER YET, AN ORDINANCE TONIGHT -- OR SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE THE BUCCANEER FIELD'S AND TOP BURNER FIELD IN PERPETUITY EXCEPT BY A VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE SPEAK VOLUMES. HERE ARE SEVERAL OF HUNDREDS OF QUOTES FROM OTHERS THAT I'VE HEARD AND SEEN IN RECENT DAYS.

I REMEMBER WORKING TO BUILD THOSE FIELDS YEARS AGO AT LITTLE COST OR NO TO THE CITY. MATERIALS WERE DONATED FROM BERNADINO LUMBER. RPM -- (NAME) -- KELLY ELECTRIC TO NAME A FEW. LABOR WAS ALSO DONATED.

DO NOT ABANDON THE FACILITY. QUOTE TO -- I LIVED THREE BLOCKS AWAY AND HEAR THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON ALMOST ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. OUR WORLD IS READY SETTING UP

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THIS ISN'T SOME USELESS PIECE OF LAND BEING REPURPOSED.

IT IS HEAVILY USED AND ENJOYED. UPDATING THE EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE A FOCUS. QUOTE THREE -- I AM MOST 76 YEARS OLD AND I'VE SO MANY FOND MEMORIES OF PLAYING IN THAT PARK AND GOING TO THE GAMES THERE WHEN I WAS A KID.

THREE EXPLANATION POINTS! OUR TEACHERS WOULD OFTEN TAKE US ACROSS THE STREET TO PLAY IN THE PARK.

QUOTE FOR -- I DON'T THINK THE CITY OUTRIGHT OWNS (INDISCERNIBLE). IT WAS DONATED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT WOULD BE USED FOR CHILDREN'S SPORTS.

IF NOT, THEN THE LAND WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE FAMILY.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE 1950S.

QUOTE FIVE -- I'M SORRY, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE CHILDREN OF WORKING PARENTS WHO WALK AND RIDE THEIR BIKES TO PLAY ON FIELDS ARE SUPPOSED TO SAFELY NAVIGATE ALL THE WAY FROM THE AIRPORT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? THE VERY KIDS WHO BENEFIT THE MOST WOULD BE LEFT OUT THE MOST.

QUOTE SIX -- HERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR KIDS TO DO.

EVERYTHING HAS VANISHED.GAME ROOMS, BOWLING ALLEYS, SKATING RINGS, GO CARTS, WATER SLIDES, THE WOODS AND NOW THE MOVIE THEATER. WHAT YOU BECOME A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR SOMETHING. ARE WE ABOUT FAMILY HER ONLY RETIREMENT? > KIDS AND FAMILIES SHOULD ENJOY PLAYING IN A VENUE -- --.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. SHELLEY DUNCAN.

>> SHELLEY DUNCAN. I LIVE AT 93 (NAME).

I WENT TO THE (NAME) MEETING LAST WEEK.

QUESTIONING SOME OF THE WORK BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

THE 2021 ASSESSMENTS AND ACTION PLAN.

THAT WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED.

THE (NAME) COMMITTEE WORKED REALLY HARD TO PRODUCE A REPORT. I THINK THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL PARK.

THERE WERE 1200 RESPONSES. AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WRITTEN BY DALE MARTIN SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO HOLD THAT (INDISCERNIBLE) . I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S NECESSARY. YORTY HAVE AN INTERIM PARK AND REC DIRECTOR WHO IS PROPOSING HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING SOME THINGS, OR IMPLEMENTING A MASTER PLAN.

LET'S GET THIS INFORMATION OUT SO WE CAN USE THAT IN THE DISCUSSION. THERE'S A COST ANALYSIS -- RECOVERY ANALYSIS REPORT THAT'S BEING WORKED ON BY PARKS AND REC. SO WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE FACILITIES COST TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SET FEES THAT WILL COLLECT THE MONEY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE FIELDS OR COURTS OR POOLS OR WHATEVER.

SOTHAT REPORT WAS PAID FOR BY PARKS AND REC MONEY .

I'M EAGERLY AWAITING THAT REPORT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL IMPACT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FEES SHALL REAP BE COLLECTING IN ORDER TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THESE FACILITIES AND KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP? AND THAT'S A RECURRING THEME HERE.

WE KEEP KICKING THE MAINTENANCE DOWN THE ROAD.

WE HAVE TO STOP (INDISCERNIBLE) . I AGREE WITH MRS. PUGH -- YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TAXES -- WE HAVE TO FIX THE FEES OR WE HAVE TO CUT SERVICES.

THOSE ARE THE HARD THINGS TO DO, LET'S DO THEM.

>> MS. DUNCAN, JUST TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF YOUR POINTS.

FOLLOWING YOUR ADDRESS LAST WEEK, LAST TUESDAY REGARDING THOSE REPORTS? REQUESTED THOSE FROM THE CITY CLERK.

I RECEIVE THEM. I HAVE PUBLISHED THEM ON FACEBOOK. THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE

MAYORS SITE FACET. >> ON FACEBOOK OR ON THE CITY

OF FERNANDINA BEACH WEBSITE? >> IF YOU REQUEST THE DOCUMENTS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM.

>> OKAY. SO I NEED TOSEND AN EMAIL TO

YOU TO GET THOSE? >> AN EMAIL TO THE CITY CLERK AND SHE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DOCUMENTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. JOHN PELIKAN.

>> GOOD EVENING. JOHN PELIKAN, 425 NORTH FLETCHER (INDISCERNIBLE). GENTLEMEN, AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD. THE BOARD RECENTLY DECIDED THAT ONCE A MONTH, A BOARD MEMBER WILL ATTEND THE COMMISSION MEETING TO BRIEF YOU ON YOUR MEETINGS.

THE COMMENTS MAKING THIS EVENING MAY NOT REFLECT A UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE BOARD THAT PERTAINS TO THE CONCEPT PROPOSAL AT THE MAY 10 PARKS AND REC'S ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE GOLF COURSE AND

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ITEM 3 -- ONE IS REPLACING RECREATIONAL GRASS SURFACES WITH PAVED SURFACES IN FLORIDA EVER A GOOD OR ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND IDEA? ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA WHERE FLOODING IS ALREADY KNOWN TO OCCUR? ITEM FOR -- MORE PARKING WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE RESIDENCE OF (INDISCERNIBLE) AND RHEA DELRAY WILL EXPERIENCE A MASSIVE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. THE USUAL PIECE OF THAT PART OF THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE FOREVER LOST.

I DON'T BELIEVE A GOLF COURSE AND RACKET SPORTS ARE COMPATIBLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. THE PROPOSAL ENCROACHES ON THE ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY.

PARKS AND REC WOULD LIKE TO APPROPRIATE SOME OF THE LAND FOR ITS ACTIVITIES (INDISCERNIBLE) TREES ON THE COURSE BECAUSE OF IT BEING INDEPENDENT.

SEVEN -- THE GOLF COURSES IN DESPERATE NEED OF REFURBISHMENT AND HAS MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BUT KEEP GETTING PUSHED BACK. FINALLY, TWO YEARS AGO THE CITY COMMISSION ROLLED THE DICE ON TOP TRACER, AND ITS ULTIMATE SUCCESS IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IN THIS SITUATION, YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IS REQUIRED AND THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD NOT BE A PETRI DISH IN THE LATEST EXPERIMENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. ROGER MARTIN. >> ROGER MARTIN, 1517 ATLANTIC AVENUE. WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNTY AND CITY USE. I HAVE LOTS OF OPINIONS AND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THAT. BUT THAT ARE NOT WHAT MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT. I WANT TO GO ON PUBLIC RECORD TO FURTHER THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS EXTREMELY FLAWED PLAN WITH CENTRAL PARK. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS I WOULD SAY ABOUT IT BUT I WILL LIMIT THEM TO ONE.

THIS WAS A HIDDEN AGENDA ITEM UNDER STAFF INPUT.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET. I HEARD ABOUT IT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND HE WONDERED HOW I EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT.

NUMBER 2, IF I WERE MRS. BARKER MR. MARTIN, I WOULD BE EXTREMELY FULLY EMBARRASSED AS I LEFT A PACKED ROOM OF OPPOSITION TO W OPPOSITION WHEN THEIR EXPERTISE COULD VENUES.

THIS BOX SLIPPED OUT THE BACK DOOR OF MR. MARTIN ALSO LEFT THE ROOM. HE WAS TRYING TO SELL THIS PLAN BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START WHEN THE ROOM FILLED UP WITH OBVIOUS OPPOSITION, HE SAT DOWN NEXT TO MR. ROSS AND WAS QUIET. HE GAVE HIS INPUT TO INTRODUCE IT, (INDISCERNIBLE) AND LEFT. NUMBER 3 -- AND AVENUES MR. MARTIN'S OWN WORDS THAT ARE RECORDED -- QUOTE -- THE WHOLE CONCEPT HAD ITS GENESIS BASED UPON CONVERSATIONS THAT HAD BEEN ONGOING AT THE CITY COMMISSION LEVEL".

HE FOLLOWED UP THAT STATEMENT BY SAYING QUOTE THE CONCEPT WAS CONVERSATION (INDISCERNIBLE) . HERE IS THE PIVOT TO SET UP THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE HE KNOWS THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE RECEIVED WELL.

QUOTE -- WITH THIS CONCEPT, IT HAD ITS GENESIS WITH MR. MICHELSON. DID YOU HEAR THAT? TWO GENESIS -- ONE FROM THE CITY COMMISSION LEVEL AND ONE FROM MR. MICHELSON. BUT MR. MARTIN DOESN'T STOP THERE. HE THEN SAYS QUOTE HE, MR. MICHELSON, PREPARED THE GENERAL CONCEPT.

I BELIEVE THOSE LAST TWO STATEMENTS ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. I WOULD LIKE TO USE MR. MARTIN'S WORDS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT AS HE SAID TO MR. MICHELSON, YOU WERE NOT GOING TO LOSE HER JOB.

HE CONTINUED YOU WILL RETAIN YOUR POSITION AT A MINIMUM OF THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR. AND I AND OTHERS INTEND TO HOLD HIM TO THAT STANDARD. NUMBER 4 -- IMPACT FEES.

IMPACT FEES CAN BE USED. THEY OPENED PANDORA'S BOX WITH THE LIGHTS IN THE PONTIAC -- I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY BUT I PROBABLY BUTCHERED IT -- THAT ARE NOT NEW.

IMPACT FEES CAN BE USED. I WON'T STOP THERE.

IF YOU ALLOW ME SOME MORE TIME TO SPEAK.

I HAVE YET ANOTHER SOLUTION. NUMBER 5, THE ANONYMOUS DONOR.

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE TO BE FAIR, MR. MARTIN.

THANK YOU. >> I'LL WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> YES, THANK YOU. (NAME).

>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. DAGNY STONE.

I LIVE AT 962 (INDISCERNIBLE) OCEAN BEACH DRIVE.

MY SON IS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE. SO THAT'S BEEN MY INTRO INTO CENTRAL PARK. AND WHY DID I WANT TO LIVE HERE? I WANTED TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE IT WAS ALIVE. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN AND RETIREES AND TOURISTS -- WE HAVE EVERYTHING.

AND THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO RAISE MY KIDS.

WE PLAN TO STAY HERE. THIS IS IN A TRANSITIONAL PHASE FOR US. WE ARE ACTUALLY RETIREES ONLY FROM THE MILITARY. I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. MARTIN'S ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THAT A PROBLEM TO OVERCOME, IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE FIELDS AT CENTRAL PARK, IS WE NEED TO AMEND THE MASTER PLAN. THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.

I WOULD APPEAL TO YOU TO PLEASE DO THE NECESSARY AMENDMENT SO THAT A CORE FEATURE AND CORE PIECE OF OUR FUTURE, WHICH IS HUMAN CAPITAL, REMAIN. NEW SHINY PARKS WILL BECOME OLD PARKS IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

CHANGE. WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO MAINTAIN SUCH DISPARATE PARKS IN THE FUTURE.

ESPECIALLY IF IT MEANS LEASING PROPERTIES FROM THE FAA OR OTHERS. BUT I HAVE SOME IDEAS AND I'M SURE THIS ROOM IS FULL OF OTHER IDEAS AS WELL THAT WE CAN PULL FROM, RIGHT? THE FOUNDATION OF WHICH IS TO KEEP THE KIDS AND THE ACTIVITIES -- THE LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND OUR TOWN IN CENTRAL PARK AND DOWNTOWN.

SOME OF MY IDEAS? I KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE GREAT PLACE FOR IDEAS BUT I'M IN A GIVE YOU SOME OF MY IDEAS THAT WILL SPUR OTHERS. MOVE AND CREATE NEW FOOTBALL FIELDS LIKE THE IDEA WHAT WAS PROPOSED LAST WEEK.

THEY WILL STAY IN TOWN NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

USE THE GREEN SPACE ACROSS CENTRAL STREET FOR EITHER A TENNIS OR PICKLE BALL. MAKE THE TENNIS OR PICKLE BALL THAT'S THERE, MAKE THEM BRAND-NEW.

THE BASEBALL FIELDS CAN STAY. WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY.

I GET IT -- THE PARKS AND REC ARE STRUGGLING WHERE TO FIND THE MONEY.

I KNOW MANY OF US DO. WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GATHER AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE FOR -- MAKING THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THEY SHOULD, THE WAY FOLKS WANT FOR OUR TOWN.

THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE AND VALUE, WE'LL FIND A WAY.IT'S NOT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, THIS TOWN.

IT'S ACCOUNT, RIGHT? THIS IS WHERE KIDS BELONG TOO.

AND WHY FAMILIES WANT TO BE HERE.

SO LET'S GROW KIDS AND FAMILIES HERE -- RIGHT HERE.

AND DON'T MISTAKE NEW AND FLASHY FOR BETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

MATT MORRIS.>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MCMORRIS, A 21 PARKVIEW.S HAS BEEN SAID, CENTRAL PARK IS OUR HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE HEARD OVER THE DECADES SO MANY PEOPLE SAY ONE OF THE REASONS THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE AND MOVED HERE WAS BECAUSE (INDISCERNIBLE) STEP THEY SAW THE KIDS PLAYING AT CENTRAL PARK AND REMINDED THEM OF THEIR YOUTH. AND IT'S ALL THE MOVIES THAT YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW? KIDS IN BASEBALL AND PLAYING FOOTBALL -- THAT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE AS A MIRACLE.

THAT'S OUR HEART AND SOUL. AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT WHERE IT IS, IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, WHICH IS WHERE THE HEART BELONGS -- IN THE CENTER. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH -- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. YOU NEED A NEW FENCE? OKAY, FINE. CREATE A 501(C)(3).

CALL IT ANYTHING. EMPOWER OUR YOUTH.

WHATEVER. IF YOU HAVE ALL THE TEAM PARENTS AND ALL THE TEAM VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT ALL OF NASSAU COUNTY THAT COME HERE, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE WORKING TO PUT MONEY INTO THAT FUND TO BUY A NEW FENCE OR BUY MORE CLAY, WHATEVER, THAT (INDISCERNIBLE) THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS CONTINUAL OH, WELL, CITY TAXPAYERS BUT THE WHOLE BURDEN OF COSTS.

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SEND IT TO TALLAHASSEE AND THEY RATIFIED OUR RIGHT TO WALK ON OUR OWN SANDY BEACHES. EVERYBODY IN THE STATE WAS SAYING WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE UP IN NASSAU COUNTY? IF THE WILL IS THERE, IT CAN BE DONE.

THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS, THERE'S MORE.

PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. IF THE PARENTS OF ALL THE YOUTH THAT WANT THIS PLAINFIELD GET TOGETHER, THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.HEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

BRIAN CONNORS. >> HELLO, BRIAN CONNORS 118 NORTH 17TH STREET. I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FACE TO ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT'S AT THE BALLPARK ALMOST EVERY DAY.

I COACH TWO TEAMS A YEAR, AT LEAST, THREE TEAMS THIS YEAR.

MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER STARTED PLAYING T-BALL.

FIELDS ARE PACKED WITH KIDS. THEY'RE PLAYING TOGETHER AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS. THEY HAVE TAKEN RECESS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE MOST PART. THERE'S NOT AS MUCH (INDISCERNIBLE) POOR AUDIO] .

THE BALLPARK IS A PLACE WHERE KIDS COME TOGETHER AND HAVE ACTUAL PLAY. THEY CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THEY CAN GET INTO MUSCLES AND HAVE FUN OR GOOF OFF WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTING TO THE CLASS.

AND YES, SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE NOT CITY RESIDENTS.

I HAVE THREEKIDS THAT ARE CITY RESIDENTS.

THERE ARE GREAT KIDS THAT ARE NOT CITY RESIDENTS BUT THEY ARE ALL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THE IDEA OF THOSE KIDS THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AN IMAGINARY LINE ON THIS ISLAND , DON'T DESERVE BALLPARK TO PLAY AT IS LUDICROUS. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BE CENTRAL. I LIVE A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.

WE RIDE OUR BIKES THERE.E LET OUR KIDS ACTUALLY WALK THERE. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHEN THEY ASK WHAT'S IT LIKE TO LIVE ON AMELIA I'LL IN? I SAY IT'S MAYBERRY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY. MY 10-YEAR-OLD CAN WALK TO THE PARK. SHE CAN GO TO SWIMMING PRACTICE AND COME SEE HER BROTHER PLAY AND HER SISTER PLAY.

THEY GO TO THE REC CENTER. THEY GO TO THE (NAME) CENTER TO GO SWIMMING. WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE HAVE TO PGO TO THE AIRPORT. WE CAN'T HAVE HER SPEND SOME TIME AT THE BALLPARK WITH THE FAMILY, GO TO SWIMMING PRACTICE, COME BACK AFTERWARDS. THERE IS A REASON THAT YOU WANT THESE FACILITIES IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE KIDS ARE. THE BALLPARKS ARE WITHIN A FEW MILES WALKING DISTANCE. OF WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND LIVE. AND ONE LAST THING IS, THINK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED TO KIDS.

KIDS WHO CAN ACTUALLY WALK TO THAT BALLPARK.

THERE ARE COMMUNITIES AROUND THEIR THAT DON'T HAVE THE PARENT ALWAYS AT HOME THAT COULD DRIVE THEM WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO TO GET TO PRACTICE. TO PARTICIPATE IN BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO WALK THERE. THEY MAY NOT HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN SUPPORT THEM EVERY EVENING. DON'T HAVE THE PARENT THAT CAN VOLUNTEER EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND BE AT THAT BALLPARK WITH THEM.

IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT WHERE IT'S AT.

AND ONE LAST THING, THIS IDEA THAT FINANCES ARE SOMEHOW SAVED BY CREATING A BRAND-NEW PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND THAT MAINTENANCE COST WAS SOMEHOW GO DOWN? I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT WOULD NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE. BY GOING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME COSTS ARE PROBABLY MORE COST. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE SAME MAINTENANCE BUDGETS TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.

SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE SUPPORT.

I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING KIND OF GET RATIFIED AND FIXED, SO THIS CAN STOP HAPPENING. BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE BALLPARK TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> ARE RIGHT. THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT CENTRAL PARK. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT CENTRAL PARK, NOW IS YOUR TIME.

OKAY. SEEING NO ONE, WE HAVE FIVE MORE SPEAKERS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

MICHAEL (NAME). >> HI, GOOD EVENING.

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I COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.

JUST WERE BRIEFLY, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THE GOLF INDUSTR , 29 YEARS MANAGING PRIVATE CLUBS UP IN NEW JERSEY.

THE MEMBER OF (INDISCERNIBLE) AND I STAY ACTIVE WITH THEM.

I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE!I LOVE ALL THIS PASSION TONIGHT IN THE ROOM IT'S JUST REALLY NICE .

I WAKE UP EVERY DAY JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO RETIRE HERE.I MOVED DOWN HERE A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

THE ROAD TO BE NEAR A GOLF COURSE! I WALK OUT MY DOOR AND I SEE THE FOURTH FAIRWAY ON THE NORTH COURSE THERE. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS I THINK A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THAT IS NOT BEING CAPITALIZED (INDISCERNIBLE) I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPERS CRITICIZING THIS, CRITICIZING THAT.

THE CONDITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE.

I ACTUALLY THINK -- YOU KNOW, I'VE MANAGED SOME GOLF COURSES WITH SOME PRETTY HIGH BUDGETS. I THINK THEY DO A DECENT JOB FOR THE BUDGET THEY HAVE. I KNOW THE REFRAIN IS THERE IS NO MORE MONEY. CLEARLY I UNDERSTAND THAT.

IN LISTENING TO THIS ROOM TONIGHT, HOW MONEY IS HARD TO COME BY. I WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE BLUE HAT WHO TALKED ABOUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO DO OTHER THINGS. I THINK THAT THE GOLF COURSES IN NEED OF A MISSION STATEMENT, A MASTER PLAN OR A VISION STATEMENT. SOMETHING THAT IS SELLABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, NECESSARILY, BUT A VISION OF WHAT THAT COURSE COULD BE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE.

I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A VERY NICE GOLF COURSE (INDISCERNIBLE) NORTH PALM BEACH -- JUST A QUICK LOCAL SEARCH YOU WILL SEE THEY ARE RATED THOUGHOUT THECOUNTRY AT BEING SOME OF THE BETTER MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES.

HOW DO THEY DO IT? I WOULD WANT TO GO AND FIND OUT.AND I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE.

I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE A DISCUSSION GOING BACK TO ANOTHER MANAGEMENT COMPANY ? (INDISCERNIBLE) I ATTENDED THE GOLF ADVISORY MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

I DO CHANCE TO MEET WITH HIM AFTERWARDS.

THEYSEEM LIKE COMPETENT PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO WHAT YOU HIRED THEM TO DO.

THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES? THEY ARE GREAT IF NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING . (INDISCERNIBLE) THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE. THAT'S WHY THEY COME -- THEY WANT TO MAKE SOME MONEY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET THEIR CUT FIRST BEFORE YOU GET YOURS. AND I TINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THAT COURSE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN IT CURRENTLY IS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT (INDISCERNIBLE) . I'M HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER WITH ANY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD WANT ME TO STOP AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO

SAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.DANNY

PERERA. >> DANNY FERRERA, 1954 SOUTH 15TH STREET. ONE QUESTION: IN REFERENCE TO THE VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, 20 2285 RESOLUTION, THE QUESTION I HAVE SPECIFICALLY IS THE PROPERTIES BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH STREET, FROM LIME STREET TO THE ENTRANCE OF AMELIA PARK.IS THAT OUT OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE (INDISCERNIBLE) BETWEEN THAT AREA -- UNINCORPORATED (INDISCERNIBLE)?

>> CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

>> YEAH, BUT THIS IS THE PORTION ALL THE WAY FROM LIME, ALL THE WAY TO THE ENTRANCE OF AMELIA PARK BETWEEN 14TH AND

15TH STREET. >> ALL THOSE PARTIALS ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY --

>> AND PULLING UP THE MAP RIGHT NOW, SIR, TO DELINEATE-- .

IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE? AND YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS

[01:10:04]

THEN. >> ON THIS ANNEXING --?

>> YES, SIR. >> YOU ARE BRINGING THAT UP TONIGHT? IT'S ON THE AGENDA IS THE REASON I WAS --? 14TH 11 S. 14TH STREET APPROVING (INDISCERNIBLE) WASTE WATER AND SEWER TO THE UNINCORPORATED LIMITS? CROSS TALK]

>> I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TO THAT ADDRESS.

THAT IS IN THE COUNTY. >> IT IS IN THE COUNTY?

>> YES. I USED TO RENT AN OFFICE SPACE.

THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL AREA JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEW APARTMENTS BETWEEN STEVE JOHNSON TIRE.

DOCTORS OFFICES THAT YOU SEE -- >> LIME STREET AND THE ENTRANCE TO AMELIA PARK --

>> THERE IS NOWHERE NEAR AMELIA PARK.

AND MY TALKING RELEVANT TO THE CITY WITH ANNEXING? OR SHOULD I (INDISCERNIBLE)

? >> I THINK YOU ARE CONFUSING THIS PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE THINKING WHERE IT IS.

THIS PARTICULAR 1411 S. 14TH STREET IS THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE BETWEEN STEVE JOHNSON TIRE, ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THE

NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> WELL, IF I COULD GET AN

ANSWER TO MY QUESTION --. >> WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?

I CAN ANSWER? >> SPECIFICALLY, THE UNINCORPORATED LOTS BETWEEN LIME STREET AND THE ENTRANCE TO AMELIA PARK, BETWEEN 15TH AND 14TH --.

>> AMELIA PARK IS NOWHERE NEAR LIME STREET.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT -- IS CITY PROPERTY --.

TOWER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE? THEY JUST INCORPORATED A FEW MONTHS AGO. THAT CITY PROPERTY.

I'M SORRY -- THEY ANNEXED. I USE THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY.

>> AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE -- IF THE COUNTY IS

TO BUILD IT --. >> I THINK YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT A FEW MEETINGS BACK. THERE WAS A COUNTY PIECE OF PROPERTY -- THE ARCHITECT WAS HERE AND THEY DISCUSSED MEETINGS BACK, NOT RECENTLY. AND THEY DISCUSS THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS ADJACENT TO AMELIA PARK.IT'S JUST PAST THAT RADIO TOWER.

IT'S ON 15TH STREET -- BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH.

AND THEY WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION.

AT THE MOMENT. SO IF THAT HELPS TO ANSWER YOUR

QUESTION? >> NO, IT DOESN'T.

(LAUGHING). >>

CONVERSATION WITH CITY MANAGER. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. FRED PUGH. >> FRED PUGH, 1552 RUSKIN LANE.

AFTER SITTING THROUGH THE CAPITALINVESTMENT DISCUSSION, I HAD SOME PREPARED COMMENTS , BUT IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE ALL VERY AWARE OF THE CHALLENGE.

I AGREE WITH MAYOR LEDNOVICH, THE CURRENT FINANCIAL MODEL DOESN'T WORK. FERNANDINA BEACH HAS CHANGED SINCE 1991. IT'S NO LONGER A SMALL, RURAL INDUSTRIAL TOWN ON THE BEACH. IT'S NOW A TOURIST TOWN THAT'S ON THE EDGE OF A RAPIDLY EXPANDING METRO AREA, WITH SOME MANUFACTURING CONCERNS. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF NEIGHBORS.

WE'VE SEEN THE PINE TREES GO AWAY, WE'VE SEEN THE TRAFFIC INCREASE. AND NOW, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING SPACE(INDISCERNIBLE). YOU TALKED ABOUT A PLAN , YOU KNOW, LET'S PUT A PLAN TOGETHER FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

IT SEEMS TO ME YOUR FOCUS TODAY SHOULD BE ON LOOKING ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO RAISE REVENUE OTHER THAN COMING BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND ASKING THEM FOR MORE MONEY.

YOU CAN'T ASK THE COUNTY TO PUT A ROOF ON THIS BUILDING, BUT WE SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THE COUNTY -- OR THE TDC -- THEY JUST GOT AN AWARD FOR THE MONEY THEY'VE BROUGHT IN.

THE FOCUS SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THEM TO HELP PAY FOR BEACH CROSSOVERS, TO REPAVE PARKING LOTS AT THE BEACH, TO HELP US WITH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. NOBODY WANTS TO SAY OUR NEIGHBOR IN THE COUNTY CAN'T COME AND PLAY BASEBALL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE FEE. THEY PAY TAXES TO THE COUNTY.

[01:15:03]

AND BY THE WAY, ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE COACHES THAT VOLUNTEER. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE IN THE COUNTY OR IN THE CITY. THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT OTHER THAN A MATH TEACHER TO BUILD CHARACTER FOR OUR CHILDREN!

[LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU, SIR.

COMMISSIONER KAPLAN? >> GOOD EVENING.

PHILIP CHAPMAN, 2120 (INDISCERNIBLE).

REMEMBER THAT RHYME, LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN, MY FAIR LADY? THERE'S A NEW VERSION NOW. IT GOES FERNANDINA BEACH IS FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN -- MY DEAR COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RETHINK THE BOND ISSUE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT A PLAN. I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS (INDISCERNIBLE). NUMBER 1, YOU GUYS SET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE BOND. YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU SAY WHAT CAN THE CITY REASONABLY PAY BACK OVER THE X YEARS, AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR.

WHETHER IT'S 20 MILLION, 25, 30 MILLION -- WHATEVER.

THEN, YOU DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO LOCK ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE POLICE CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF AND CITY ENGINEER INTO A ROOM AND SAY YOU DO NOT COME OUT UNTIL YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PRIORITIZED LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND THE REASONS WHY THERE IN THAT PRIORITY.

THEN, AND THIS WILL BE THE TOUGHEST ONE, I WOULD LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO PUBLICLY PLEDGE TO STAY OUT OF THE PROCESS UNTIL IT COMES TO YOU FOR A VOTE ON THE BOND.

TOO MANY THINGS HAVE GONE AWRY BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS GET THEIR FINGERS IN THE POT. THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS, AND WE NEED TO (INDISCERNIBLE) DO THE JOB.

AT THE WORKSHOP? YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT HOW BRIGHT THEY ARE. HOW TALENTED THEY ARE.

LET THEM DO THEIR WORK! NUMBER 4? WHEN IT COMES TO YOU, YOU CAN ONLY VOTE UP OR DOWN.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE LIST. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE GET I WANT THIS BUT I DON'T WANT THAT.

AND THE WHOLE THING STARTS TO FALL APART.

WHEN IT GETS VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND SELL IT. WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. NEW STORIES.

PICTURES OF HOW THINGS ARE FALLING APART.

MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE WALKOVER'S WERE FALLING APART UNTIL WE CLOSED THEM. AND THEN, THEY REALIZE THEY WERE FALLING APART. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S BEEN TO REPAIR THINGS AND HOW IT'S GONE UNDONE. GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REALIZE -- YOU ARE IN A POSITION (INDISCERNIBLE) FERNANDINA, A COMMISSIONER A LONG TIME AGO HAD THE COURAGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CENTRAL STREET. THEY HAD THE COURAGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GREENWAY. I'M CHALLENGING YOU -- PLEASE HAVE THE COURAGE TO GET THIS CITY BACK ON TRACK BEFORE IT DOES FALL DOWN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. MIKE MEADOWS.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MIKE MEADOWS.

I LIVE IN VIA DELRAY IN FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA.

(NAME) SAID HERE TONIGHT -- I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SUPPORTING CENTRAL PARK. I AGREE WITH JOHN PELIKAN ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE STOP AND I WANT TO SAY THIS VERY RESPECTFULLY: IT'S TIME YOU FIRE THE CITY MANAGER.

IN THE FUTURE, ANYBODY THAT'S RUNNING FOR OFFICE, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE ABOUT THAT. I'VE ONLY GOT ONE VOTE.

MY WIFE AND I ARE TOO. BUT THIS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS. IT'S ALMOST BEEN AN HOUR AND 1/2. WOULD YOU LIKE A BREAK? I SEE ONE NOD. OKAY.

SO WE WILL RECESS ALL RIGHT.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

[01:20:05]

(INDISCERNIBLE) CONSENT AGENDA? VICE MAYOR?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 6.2. >> 6.2.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?

OKAY. >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE

REMAINING ITEMS. >> SECOND.

>> IVA MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[6.2 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - APPLIED TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, INC]

>> I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> OKAY.

IVA MOTION AND A SECOND. DISCUSSION?

>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY -- ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IS THE ALTRNATIVE ANALYST -- ANALYSIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH THREE ANALYSIS AFTER THEY DO THE STUDY, WHICH WILL BE (INDISCERNIBLE) WITH THREE.

SO MAYBE A CITY ENGINEER COULD EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? AND HOW CLOSE WILL THEY BE TO BEING BID READY?

>> CHARLIE GEORGE, CITY ENGINEER.

I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST -- WHAT YOU MEAN

BY BID READY? >> IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVES TO RESOLVE THIS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT BY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THOSE WOULD BE OPTIONS TO COULD T THE

PROBLEM? >> THOSE WOULD BE CONCEPTUAL STEPS --

COME UP WITH THREE? >> THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS DONE. THEY HAVE TURNED OUT TO NOT BE VIABLE. SO THE THREE HAVE COMPONENTS IN EACH ONE THAT YOU COULD BREAK INTO ANOTHER ONE (INDISCERNIBLE) -- THE SAME ANALYSIS, SO TO SPEAK.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YET.

SO THEY WILL COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVES, WE WILL LOOK AT THEM, AND IF THERE WERE APPROPRIATE --?

>> WILL TAKE THE NEXT STEP HOW TO MAKE THAT (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.1 AGREEMENT APPROVAL - COASTAL FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (CFPBA) -]

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER BEAN AND VICE MAYOR KREGER. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WAS THE RATIFIED AGREEMENT BY THE POLICE OFFICERS UNION FOR A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT (INDISCERNIBLE) OCTOBER 1 OF 2022. THE OFFICERS HAVE RATIFIED IT ALREADY. THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE THIRD CONTRACT THAT CITY STAFF, LED BY MS. DENISE MATSON HAS NEGOTIATED OVER THE COURSE OF LAST FOUR MONTHS.

SO THAT'S A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT BY HER, AS WELL AS THE LEADERS OF EACH ONE OF THE UNIONS IN THE CITY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.2 VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT - 1411 S. 14 STREET]

>> THIS IS AS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED BY MR. FERRERA, THIS IS THE 14TH STREET PROFESSIONAL PLAZA AS REFERENCED BY COMMISSIONER STURGES. (INDISCERNIBLE) SORRY -- VINTAGE AMELIA APARTMENTS AS WELL AS (INDISCERNIBLE).

WHAT YOU SEE HERE -- THIS AREA HERE IS THE VINTAGE AMELIA APARTMENTS. THISIS STEVE JOHNSON.

THIS IS THE PROFESSIONAL PLAZA .

THAT IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR THIS EVENING'S VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND CITY MOVE SUPRA.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> I'M CONFUSED -- THAT CERTAINLY LOOKS AMBIGUOUS TO

THE CITY? >> MM-HMM.

[01:25:06]

>> SO (INDISCERNIBLE) VOLUNTEERED TO ANNEX?

ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> HI (INDISCERNIBLE) CONSERVATION DIRECTOR. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THIS PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY ON (INDISCERNIBLE) SIDES. BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEKING TO OBTAIN WASTEWATER SERVICES, (INDISCERNIBLE), THEY REALLY WANT TO JUST RECEIVE OUR SERVICES AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE GOING AHEAD WITH IT -- THE VOLUNTARY PETITION AND IMMEDIATELY STARTING THE PROCEDURES OF THE ANNEXATION (INDISCERNIBLE). SO YOU WILL SEE THIS COMING IN

IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. >> OKAY.

>> A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, WHICH IS A DEFINITE ANNEXATION? THEY ARE CONTIGUOUS. AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND STARTED THE PROCESS --.

>> MS. GIBSON, THE REASON IT'S VOLUNTARY IS BECAUSE UNDER STATE LAW, THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO ANNEX (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEY ARE SIGNING THIS PETITION WHICH ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE APPLICATION

ON THEIR BEHALF. >> THAT'S WHY IT'S VOLUNTARY?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT CONTIGUOUS, WHICH IS WHAT WE GENERALLY GET (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

IT'S ACTUALLY AN ANNEXATION IN REALITY.

>> RIGHT, BUT THIS PROCESS IS NOT FORMALLY ANNEXING THEM AT THIS POINT. IT'S ALLOW THEM TO MOVING

FORWARD -- >> TO EXPEDITE UTILITIES?

>> MM-HMM. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.3 VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT - 2069 CLINCH DRIVE]

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PARCELS VICE MAYOR KREGER REFERRED.

IT IS NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME.

(INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY. IVA MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK,

[7.4 NASSAU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY APPLICATION SUPPORT]

NASSAU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY APPLICATION SUPPORT.

>> THIS IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO ALLOW FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BUSINESSES, AND THEN PROVIDE BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TAX CREDITS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION?EEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE

[7.5 OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE - STUDDARD PROPERTIES, LLC]

7.5 OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE STUDDARD

PROPERTIES. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE NORTHPORT LAND TRUST SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS VALUE TO EXPAND THE EGAN'S CREEK GREENWAY. THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL APPRAISAL THAT WAS COMPLETED BY NORTH OR LAND TRUST THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SINCE THEN, (NAME) AS WE APPROACH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND OFFERED THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $57,000, WHICH IS THE PRICE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER PAID FOR.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> TWO IVA MOTION?

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> I'LL SECOND THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND IT IF POSSIBLE? I JUST PASS OUT WHAT THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXERCISE (INDISCERNIBLE) (INDISCERNIBLE) TO YOUR SATISFACTION.

>> COMMISSIONER BEAN? >> I'LL ACCEPT IT.

>> A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW LANGUAGE -- IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO ACCEPT THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR MORE THAN

$57,000 IF THEY SEE FIT?>> NO.

>> IS $57,000AND THEY GET A TITLE SEARCH , AND THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. AND IF IT MEETS THAT, THEY JUST

[01:30:06]

PURCHASE IT. >> IN YOUR OPINION, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT ENABLE THEM TO MAKE THE PURCHASE?

>> IN THE RESOLUTION, IF YOU LOOK, IT AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT AN OUTRIGHT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. IT IS AN OPTION TO PURCHASE.

SO THERE IS A NEXT STEP, AND THAT IS TO EXERCISE THE OPTION AND LET THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO. (INDISCERNIBLE) MEETING THIS MORNING WITH THE MANAGER AND I THAT THIS ONLY AUTHORIZES THE SIGNATURE ON THE OPTION AGREEMENT, BUT DOESN'T ALLOW THE EXERCISE OF THE OPTION.

THE PLAN FROM HERE, THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD CAN BE AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS, OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THE OPTION. IF WE DON'T EXERCISE THE OPTION BY SIX MONTHS, THEN IT EXPIRES. THE AGREEMENT EXPIRES.

SO IN ORDER TO EXERCISE THE OPTION, THE NEXT STEP THE CITY WOULD TAKE IS WE WOULD GET A TITLE SEARCH DONE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A CLEAR TITLE. AND THE CITY WOULD BUY TITLE INSURANCE. OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE I STUDY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON TO DO THOSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR ANYTHING. IT'LL TURN INTO CONSERVATION.

THE PROPERTY IS MOSTLY WETLANDS.

SO THIS IS ALSO TRIED TO CUT OFF ANY (INDISCERNIBLE) IT IS ANEXCELLENT PRICE FOR THE SIZE PROPERTY , REGARDLESS OF HAVING WETLANDS. OUR CODE SAYS YOU CANNOT BUILD ON ANY SIZE WETLANDS. THAT MEANS SOMEBODY COULD MAKE THIS PROPERTY OWNER OR FUTURE ONE COULD MAKE AN INVERSE CONDEMNATION CLAIM, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE ATTORNEYS FEES, EXPERT FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AND I THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE THE OPTION AND YOU TAKE THE MONEY FROM A CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AND BUY IT, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND ASK. THE PRICE IS 57,000, IT'S LOCKED IN, AND THAT'S WITH THE OPTION AGREEMENT SAYS.

>> THAT'S FINE. I'LL VOTE YES.

>> 'S RESEARCHERS? >> OTHER THAN THE BERT HARRIS ACT AND THE MONEY TO BUY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE ARE BUYING WETLANDS (INDISCERNIBLE) . (INDISCERNIBLE) DUE DILIGENCE? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO DUE DILIGENCE?

>> IT'S BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.E WANT TITLE INSURANCE. IT COST LESS THAN $2000, EVEN

FOR A PARCEL OF THIS SIZE. >> TITLE INSURANCE WOULD BE A

GIVEN --? >> THERE IS NO OTHER DUE DILIGENCE. WERE NOT GOING TO DO A SURVEY.

WERE NOT GOING TO DO AN APPRAISAL.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO A PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.

AND CERTAINLY IFWE DON'T DO A PHASE I, WE DON'T DO PHASE II.

>> YOU'VE ANSWER MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.

[7.6 GRANT APPLICATION - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES]

>> YES, SIR. >> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE TABLE. MADAM CLERK , PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

GRANT APPLICATION FIRE DEPARTMENT STATE DIVISION OF

HISTORICAL (INDISCERNIBLE). >> THANK YOU.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE A GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CO. OR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY -- EXCUSE ME -- FOR SMALL MATCHING GRANT TO DO A HISTORIC (INDISCERNIBLE) OF CENTER STREET BUILDINGS, WHICH WOULD UPDATE 2013 SURVEY.

>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.>> SECOND.

>> IVA MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.7 BUDGET AMENDMENT - UTILITIES DEPARTMENT]

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.THIS IS A PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO FUND THE CONNECTION OF FORCE MAIN ALONG SADLER ROAD.

THIS WILL REROUTE SOME EXISTING FLOW AND REDUCE THE TWO STATIONS. THIS IS HER BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST OF $350,000 (INDISCERNIBLE) FROM THE

WASTEWATER RESERVE ACCOUNT. >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> IVA MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.8 AWARD OF RFP 22-03 - 1ST CHOICE ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, LLC]

7.8, WORD OF RFP 22-03. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[01:35:04]

THIS ONE IS FOR FIRST CHOICE ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT THE CONSTRUCTION.

AGAIN, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT JUST APPROVE.

>> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? (INDISCERNIBLE) MR. GEORGE.

ON THE BID TALLY SHEET. >> CHARLIE GEORGE, CITY

ENGINEER. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

WERE YOU ABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHY THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NUMBERS? 350, APPROXIMATELY, AND

680,000. >> YET.

THIS WAS A DESIGN BUILD. SO THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THE ENGINEERING COST FOR IT. BUT BECAUSE IT'S A DESIGN BUILD, EACH ENTITY GETS TO KIND OF PICK HOW THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE PROCESS. AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS HOW TO PUT IT IN.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.9 REPURPOSE MARINA FACILITIES]

>> THANK YOU. THIS PROJECT HAD ITS BEGINNING WITH A DECISION -- ACTUALLY, AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL WATERFRONT PROJECT MOVING THE BOARDWALK (INDISCERNIBLE) WITH THE PLANS TO TAKE IT ALL AWAY TO THE BOAT RAMP.

THERE'S A CURRENT FACILITY THAT IS USED FOR STORAGE BY OASIS MARINAS. THE DESIRE IS TO IMPART TO CLEAN UP THE WATERFRONT AND REMOVE STRUCTURES.

PART OF THE DESIGN OR NEEDS OF OASIS MARINAS IS THEY DO NEED A FACILITY TO STORE THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR TOLLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR USE AT THE MARINA.

THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE CITY WAS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BAT HOUSE. BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REPURPOSE THAT MONEY FOR DREDGING, WHICH WAS DEEMED TO BE A HIGHER PRIORITY. SO WE RETAIN THAT FACILITY.

AND WHAT OASIS MARINA AND WORKING WITH STAFF WHAT WAS PROPOSED IS REPURPOSE SING (INDISCERNIBLE) WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE EXISTING STORAGE FACILITY SOUTH OF ATLANTIC SEAFOOD. AND THEN, WE WOULD REPURPOSE THE CURRENT SHRIMPING MUSEUM AND WELCOMING NTER AS THE BOATERS LOUNGE AND OASIS MARINAS OFFICES.

>> OKAY. DO IVA MOTION?>> I RECOMMEND

APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?OMMISSIONER

BEAN? >> THANK YOU.

I VALUE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MARINA AS IT INVOLVES THE MUSEUM. MY QUESTION IS HAVE WE HAD CONTACT WITH THE AMELIA ISLAND HISTORY MUSEUM AND IF SO, WHAT WAS THEIR OPINION ON THIS CHANGE?

>> I KNOW MS. DAVIS ISHERE AND I KNOW MR. (NAME) HAD SOME EMAIL CONTACT . THE LAST DISCUSSION, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT ROOM TO TAKE ALL OF THE DISPLAY AND EQUIPMENT (INDISCERNIBLE) AT THE CITY WILL WORK TO KEEP THOSE DISPLAYS RECOGNIZING THE CITIES SHRIMPING HERITAGE ON DISPLAY AS PART OF RETAINING THAT AT THE FACILITY. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS BETWEEN THE CONVERSATION. I HOPE I GOT IT RIGHT.

BUT I KNOW THAT MR. GLISSON HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MS. DAVIS

AND OTHERS AT THE MUSEUM. >> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

THANK YOU. >> MR. STURGIS?

>> IF WE ARE NO LONGER HAVING A VISITOR'S CENTER HERE TO DEDICATE TO THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY, OR WE CAN HAVE A PIECE OF THAT AT THE VISITORS CENTER THAT'S CURRENTLY DOWN HERE OR THE MAIN VISITORS CENTER?

>> I THINK WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THOSE DISPLAYS -- EITHER AT THE DEPOT VISITOR'S CENTER OR DO WE RETAIN THEM AT THE CURRENT FACILITY? TO PROMOTE THAT HERITAGE --

STILL HAVE THEM IN THERE? >> YES.

>> OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

>> ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CALL THE VOTE.

[8.1 CODE AMENDMENT - PEDDLING]

[01:40:02]

>> SORRY, I WAS READING THE STATUTE.

ORDINANCE 2022-11, NORTON'S OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BERNADINO BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER 26 (INDISCERNIBLE) BY AMENDING SECTION 91 DEFINITIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 92 TO REQUIRE PERMITS, BY AMENDING SECTION 93 PROHIBITING UNINVITED SOLICITING, BY AMENDING SECTION 94 PROVIDING FOR HOURS OF OPERATION, BY AMENDING SECTION 95, PROVIDING FOR AGE LIMITATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 96 REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND PROVIDING RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF SOLICITATION (INDISCERNIBLE) RESERVING SECTIONS 98 THROUGH 100, PROVIDING (INDISCERNIBLE) AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVEDATE. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE CITY'S CURRENT SOLICITATION -- WE ALSO CALL IT PEDDLING ORDINANCE -- DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATION.

THIS CAME UP . WE KNOW THOSE OF US WHO HAVE READ THE NEWSPAPERS NOW, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH TREE TRIMMING COMPANIES GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND CLAIMING THAT THEY NEEDED TO CUT DATA WERE DISEASED TREES THAT THEY OBSERVED.

SO, WE NEEDED TO UPDATE OUR SOLICITATION ORDINANCE ANYWAY.

THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT COVERS SOLICITATIONS.

WE TOOK MANY OF THOSE PROVISIONS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH US TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE ADDED SOME OF OUR OWN. THE BOTTOM LINE IS ANYBODY, OTHER THAN A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, THEY ARE EXEMPT -- MUST GET A PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO ENGAGE IN DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATION. SO WHETHER YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY WITH A CITY BUSINESS LICENSE OR YOU ARE LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE, YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CITY PERMIT TO SOLICIT IN THE CITY. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING,

SO IT WILL BE BACK NEXT MONTH. >> OKAY.

VICE MAYOR -- I NEED A MOTION FIRST.

>> I MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> IVA MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR? >> THIS IS A TERRIBLE ORDINANCE. I CAN'TFIGURE OUT WHAT IT SAYS.

T DOESN'T COVER ANYTHING IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GET THE LICENSE . YOU KNOW -- IT JUST SAYS THEY NEED A LICENSE. IT DOESN'T SAY HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT. IT'S LIKE -- USELESS.

THERE WERE PROVISIONS -- THERE ARE ORDINANCES THAT GO THROUGH AND TELL -- HOW DO YOU GET A PERMIT?

>> ALL OF THE PERMITS ARE FROM BUILDING DEPARTMENT (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> THIS DOESN'T SAY THAT. HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT?

>> WE ENFORCE IT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.

>> AND WHAT'S THEIR AUTHORITY? I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME EXCELLENT ORDINANCES THAT WERE PROVIDED -- TO LOOK AT.

THE ISLAND -- IT TELLS YOU THE PROCEDURES TO OBTAINING THE PERMIT AND WHAT POLICE CAN DO AND (INDISCERNIBLE).

THIS DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING IN MY MIND.

I MEAN --? >> IT MIRRORS THE STATE

STATUTE. >> IT DOESN'T TELL US TO DO ANYTHING. HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THIS?

>> WELL, WE ARE READY HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE.

YOU POINTED OUT THE PERMIT PROCESS.

>> HOW DO WE DO IT? WHAT DOES OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT (INDISCERNIBLE)? STUFF AND HARDLY PUT ANYTHING IN THERE EXCEPT DEFINITIONS.

>> WE PUT WHAT THE STATE LAW SAYS AND (INDISCERNIBLE).

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MY OFFICE WORK TOGETHER.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED US THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE STATE STATUTE. WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT TOGETHER AND WE ADOPTED THAT. WE KEPT SOME OF WHAT WE ARE

READY HAD. >> WHAT DOES THE STATE STATUTE

STAY BOUT ENFORCEMENT? >> IT DOES NOT.

IT LEAVES IT TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ENFORCE.

ASK IF THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AND IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING, WE ARE

DOINGANYTHING ? >> ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES ARE ENFORCED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS ARE --.

ORDINANCE. (INDISCERNIBLE).

I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS.

>> OKAY. >> IT SAYS TREE TRIMMING, BUT IT COULD BE A REACTION TO (INDISCERNIBLE) OR ANYTHING.

(INDISCERNIBLE). IT DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.

[01:45:01]

>> COMMISSIONER BEAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I WILL BE EXEMPTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS?

IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? >> THAT AGAIN IS MIRRORED FROM

THE STATE STATUTES. >> ARE WE ALLOWED TO RESTRICT -- IT SEEMS LIKE AN ODD RESTRICTION.

I KNOW IT MIGHT COME FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IT SEEMS AN ODD THING TO EXEMPT AS A PADDLER --

DOOR-TO-DOOR. >> RIGHT.E ALLOW THAT, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW THEM -- (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER STURGES?> THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO LYNN, IN YOUR MIND, WHAT IS

THIS ORDINANCE MISSING? >> IT'S NOT TELLING US ENFORCEMENT IS. YOU KNOW, EXEMPTIONS, PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING PERMITS, PROHIBIT PATIENTS, RENOVATION PERMITS, APPEALS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

THIS IS (INDISCERNIBLE).IT'S -- IT'S LIKE -- TO MY MIND, IT'S A USELESS PIECE OF PAPER. NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT.

ISLE -- WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS -- SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING. IF WE APPROVE IT THIS EVENING, WHY DON'T YOU GET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY --

ORDINANCE. >> -- AND ASK FOR A FEW OF

THESE THINGS TO BE ADDED? >> I'LL DO THAT.

I FIND THIS JUST -- TOTALLY USELESS.

>> I CAN AGREE IT'S MISSING SOME THINGS.

>> THERE WAS AMPLE TIME IN THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF. AND WE KNEW ABOUT THIS OTHER STUFF. SO I'M ALL FOR SITTING DOWN AND GETTING TOGETHER. NOT JUST BELLE ISLE, BUT OTHER ORDINANCES. THE CHANGE FROM DEFINITIONS AND REFER TO A STATE LAW. NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHAT WERE

DOING WITH THE STATE LAW. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> WHAT ARE WE DOING? >> WE UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE.

MY SUGGESTION IS --

>> MY POINT IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

>> WE CAN POSTPONE THIS, OR BETTER YET BECAUSE THE TITLE WILL LIKELY CHANGE, YOU CAN TURN THE ORDINANCE DOWN OF THE MAJORITY OF YOU FEEL THAT WAY AND I'LL TAKE THE BELLE ISLE ORDINANCE AND BRING THAT BACK. WHICH IS NO PROBLEM.

>> IT'S AN EXCELLENT ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S OTHERS OUT THERE -- THIS DOESN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.

WE WERE DOING WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AND STATE LAW

WAS IN EFFECT, CORRECTLY. >> IDON'T KNOW WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO (INDISCERNIBLE) .

AUSMAC. >> WELL, YOU ARE TALKING FOR

THEM, THOUGH. >> ALL I'M SAYING IS WE ARE WORKING ON THIS WITH THEM.

THAT SO WE COULD RESOLVE THAT ISSUE WITH A GOOD ORDINANCE, NOT JUST A COUPLE OF CHANGES.

TO APPROVE THIS AND IT MOVES DOWN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND DRAFT CHANGES, AND COME BACK FOR SECOND ORDINANCE.

AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AT THEIR TIME.

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

>> OKAY. IS EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE?

>> DO WE NEED TO SAY MORE IN THE --? SAY THAT WE WILL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT PENDING FURTHER CHANGES THAT WILL ADD THINGS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOW YOU GET THE PERMIT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE (INDISCERNIBLE).

SECOND, MR. STURGIS? >> I WILL.

I CHANGE MY SECOND. >> (INDISCERNIBLE) FOR

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS? >> YES.

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> YES.

>> CAN WE PREEMPT THE STATE ON THAT?

>> YES, WE CAN DO THAT. >> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE?

[9.1 CODE AMENDMENT - TRANSFER OF FUNDS]

[01:50:01]

TRANSFER FUNDS. >> ORDINANCE 2022-10 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA AMENDING THE FERNANDINA BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 412, BUDGET AMENDMENTS TRANSFERRED FUNDS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE INTRA-DEPARTMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT TRANSFERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 AND INTRA-DIVISION TRANSFERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.

PROVIDING FOR (INDISCERNIBLE) AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE, PUBLIC HEARING

IS CLOSE. >> I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.>>

SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE BOAT.

[10.1 CODE ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS BOARD]

>> I MOVED TO APPOINT MEL (NAME).

>> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[10.2 FERNANDINA BEACH YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE]

ONE APPOINTMENT. >> I MOVED TO APPOINT MAX PATTILLO TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

AND IN MY RECENT MEMORY, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS (INDISCERNIBLE) EVERY VOTE WAS 520.

[11. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

ITEM 11, CITY MANAGER REPORTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.A REMINDER OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING THAT THE CITY IS HOSTING ON THURSDAY EVENING.

IT BEGINS AT 6:00 ON THE VACANT LOT ADJACENT TO GREGOR MCGREGOR MINIATURE GOLF ON SECOND AND (NAME) STREET.

AGAIN, IT STARTS AT 6:00. THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THROUGHOUTNORTHEAST FLORIDA , PART OF THE LEAGUE CITIES. THERE WILL BE DINNER FROM 6 TO 7, AND THEN WE WILL HOST A RIVERFRONT CRUISE COURTESY OF KEVIN MCCARTHY FROM 7:32 8:30. YOU ARE INVITED.

YOU CAN BRING A GUEST, A SPOUSE.

CITY STAFF HAS BEEN INVITED. YOUR COST HAS BEEN PAID FOR THROUGH THE BUDGET. CITY STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE EVENING.

(INDISCERNIBLE) DID SEND A DRAFT OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE WAIVER FOR MARINE INSURANCE TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THEIR REVIEW. THERE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE PUT IN THE APPLICATION, SO I WILL BE FORWARDING THE APPLICATION FOR THE INSURANCE WAIVER TO THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TOMORROW OR THURSDAY.

HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HEAR A RESPONSE BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT I DID SEND IT TO BOTH OUR INSURANCE BROKER AND OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THEY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND ARE IN SUPPORT.

AND BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE AN ADMIRAL JOB OF PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO REQUEST THE WAIVER.

BUT WHEN I'LL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATES INSURANCE

COMMISSIONER. >> IS SET TO GO WITHOUT

INSURANCE ON THE MARINA?>> CORRECT.

IF WE GET THIS WAIVER, YOU BASICALLY GET ONE FREE PASS FOR NOT HAVING INSURANCE FOR FEMA TO REIMBURSE YOU.

WHICH WE GOT OUR FREE PASS FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW.

WE DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.

SO NOW, IF SOMETHING AND THE COST -- THE ARGUMENT THAT I MADE TO THE STATE WAS TO ENSURE ALL THE CITY PROPERTY, FOR EVERY PERIL, IS ABOUT $250,000. TO ENSURE JUST THE MARINA DOCKS IS AN ADDITIONAL $350,000. SO THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE WAIVER. WE BELIEVE IT'S NOT REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE OR AFFORDABLE TO THE CITY.

WITHOUT THAT WAIVER, FEMA WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US IF ANOTHER EVENT HAPPENED. WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE. SO BY HAVING THIS WAIVER, IF THE STRAIGHT W STATE GRANTS US THIS WAIVER, WE CAN FORGO INSURANCE AND STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSION. AND IT'S AT HIS SOLE

DISCRETION. >> LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY -- WE APPLIED FOR A WAIVER, WHICH IS EXACTLY THAT -- IT'S A WAIVER. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE DECIDING

[01:55:01]

TO GO WITHOUT INSURANCE? >> TECHNICALLY, YOU ARE CORRECT. IF THIS WAIVER IS PROVIDED THOUGH, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD I WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE INSURANCE PREMIUM OF $350,000 IN THE MARINA BUDGET.

>> OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS CITY

COMMISSION SHOULD DECIDE. >> CORRECT.

THIS IS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PIECE OF INSURANCE FOR WIND AND WAVE ACTION ON THE MARINA DOCKS.

THE MARINA IS OTHERWISE INSURE , BUT THE DOCS REQUIRE A SPECIAL WRITER, WHICH THIS WRITER IS A $350,000.

>> AND IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID FEMA PRIORITY DID US ONCE WITHOUT INSURANCE?

>> CORRECT. WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING WITH OUR INSURANCE BROKER LAST WEEK, THEY CONFIRM THAT YES, FEMA GIVES YOU ONE FREE PASS FOR NOT HAVING INSURANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT PURPOSES. OUR FREE PASS WAS HURRICANE MATTHEW. SO WE RECEIVED ALL THAT MONEY BACK. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE (INDISCERNIBLE). STAFF RESPONDED TO A FEMA REQUEST FOR INFORMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

SO WAIT E WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT, AN ADDITIONAL (INDISCERNIBLE) DOLLARS. THERWISE, WE HAVE RECEIVED A FULL EMBARRASSMENT FOR EXPENSES FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW.

>> THIS MIGHT BE A STUPID QUESTION, BUT WHY WOULD WE ANTICIPATE FEMA WOULD REIMBURSE US WITHOUT INSURANCE?

>> THAT'S WHAT THE WAIVER WOULD ALLOW US TO DO.

WE WOULD GET REIMBURSE. IF WE HAVE A WAIVER, IT'S A SECOND FREE PASS, I GUESS, IS THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY.

>> THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

>> RIGHT. IF WE DON'T GET THE WAIVER? DARN RIGHT, WEWILL HAVE $350,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR

INSURANCE. >> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. COMMISSIONER STURGES?

>> BRIEFLY, IT'S A SECOND FREE PASS .

AND YOUHAVE THE ABILITY -- IF WE DID HAVE AN OCCURRENCE, FEMA WILL LOOK AT IT. AND JUST LIKE (INDISCERNIBLE) BASICALLY, IT'S A FREEBIE PASS AGAIN.

I BELIEVE IF WE DO GO THIS ROUTE AND WE DO GET APPROVED, I WOULD TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT -- WE BUDGET SO MUCH MONEY TO SET ASIDE FOR AN OCCURRENCE. BECAUSE WE ARE BASICALLY SELF-INSURING. BECAUSE THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT FEMA WILL REPAIR WHATEVER IT IS.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEES. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS, YOUR LIGHT IS ON. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK SIR?

>> I DID. >> THE LAST THING IS THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATIONS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECOGNIZE A HOLIDAY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

AND ALSO, I'M SURE THAT WILL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY THE LOCAL VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I WILL BE SURE TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S ALL.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> SO DURING THE -- PUBLIC COMMENT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT (INDISCERNIBLE) BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION'S, THE SURVEY OF OVER 1200 RESPONSES.

WITH AN ACTION PLAN. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD

POST THAT ON THE CITY WEBSITE? >> YET.

I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND IT DURING SOME OF THE COMMENTS.

I ONLY HAVE THE DRAFT VERSION ON THIS COMPUTER.

BUT I WILL EMAIL THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

BUT THE FULL PLAN INCLUDES THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PLAN.

SO I WILL SHARE A DIRECT COPY WITH ALL OF YOU, AS WELL AS GETTING IT POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

>> VICE MAYOR?> COULD YOU UPDATE US ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUES? THERE ARE INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN INDIGO, WHERE I'VE GOTTEN CALLED FROM A RESIDENT IN THE SUBSIDIZED UNITS BEHIND HER.

SHE'S ACTUALLY GETTING (INDISCERNIBLE) IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN EVEN THE POLICE. THEY INFRINGED (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> STAFF IS WORKING WITH LEGAL, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE POLICE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE -- UNLIKE AS YOU SAID TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR, THAT WAS NOT A FIVE TO NOTHING VOTE.

THAT WAS A 3 TO 2 VOTE. SO STAFF IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED AND KEEPING YOU INFORMED WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

THAT STAFF IS MEETING THE INTENT --

[12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

YOU, CITY MANAGER. >> THANK YOU.

>> ITEM 12, CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS (INDISCERNIBLE).

(INDISCERNIBLE) QUESTIONS. >> THERE ARE ALWAYS QUESTIONS

(LAUGHING). >> I JUST COMMUNICATED WITH THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL AGAIN THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDED TO

[02:00:03]

>> THE PILOT PAYMENT? >> THE PILOT PAYMENT CASES IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH DISCOVERY WE NEED TO DO.WE SHARED OUR DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, SO WE ARE READY TO EITHER SIT DOWN -- I THINK THAT YOU ARE AWARE (INDISCERNIBLE) IS THAT (NAME) DO NOT HAVE $50,000 HERE TO SEND US. THEY HAVE $100,000 IN ESCROW, AND THEY CAN PAY THAT. BUT THEIR ATTORNEY CALLED ME AND SAID THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO SETTLE THE CASE, EXCEPT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO MAKE THAT $50,000 PAYMENT EVERY YEAR RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT HAVING EITHER A BREAK OR SMALLER INSTALLMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE OTHER OPTION FOR THE CITY IS THAT WE JUST FILE A NOTICE FOR TRIBAL ND SET THE TRIAL DATE.

OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. >> OR THEY COULD CUT THEIR SALARY IN HALF AND GIVE THAT TO THE CITY.

THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE OCEAN HIGHWAY PORT AUTHORITY.

THEY DOUBLED THEIR SALARIES AND THAT WAS $1000 A MONTH.

THAT'S $12,000 TIMES -- >> FIVE.

>> FIVE. THAT NICELY PAYS, DOESN'T IT? SO THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. THEY JUST HIRED A PORT DIRECTOR FOR $130,000. SO IF THEY CAN'T MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS, MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AND LET

THE STATE TAKE OVER? >> MY FINAL QUESTION IS -- AND I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS -- AS (INDISCERNIBLE) SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHO'S COURT THIS BALL IS IN -- WHETHER IT'S MR. KIROUAC OR MR. SALTMARSH?

>> IT'S IN MS. COOMBE ROSS COURT.

SHE'S THE ONE WHO HAS THE LEASE.

WE KNOW MR. SALTMARSH HAS TALKED WITH MS. COONROD IN THE CITY. HE'S CONSIDERED MOVING THE BUILDING AT 231 FRONT STREET -- PARDON ME -- AND EACH OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND I THAT MR. SALTMARSH IS STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AND MOVING THAT 231 NORTH FRONT STREET BUILDING.

THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS 1600 SQUARE FEET.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPACE FOR A DUMPSTER.

HE WOULD PROBABLY NEED -- IF THAT PLAN AND THE MECHANICS OF THAT, WHETHER IT'S AN ASSIGNMENT OF THE CURRENT SIX YEAR LEASE, A NEW LEASE, AND HOW MS. COONROD FITS IN WITH ALL THAT -- HE NEEDS 2500 SQUARE FEET TO MAKE THAT PLAN WORK. AND THAT'S IF HE AND MS. COONROD CAN MAKE SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT TO ASSIGN THE LEASE. OR SHE GETS A NEW LEASE WITH THOSE PLANS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> I THINK MY QUESTION IS SHE HAS HIRED AN ARCHITECT AND SEEMS TO BE GOING (INDISCERNIBLE).

WE HAVE MR. SALTMARSH -- ARE WE GOING TO SET A DEADLINE TO SAY

LOOK, WE NEED SOMETHING BY --? >> THAT'S UP TO YOU.

>> THIS IS JUST MEANDERING ALL OVER --.

>> I UNDERSTAND. SHE LOST HER FIRST ARCHITECT

--. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> WITHOUT ANY TIME GIVEN TO THE CITY MANAGER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MS. COONROD SAID SHE IS WORKING WITH MIRANDA ARCHITECTS, AND SHE SHOULD COME UP WITH A PLAN.

IT THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTS US -- WE ABSOLUTELY CAN SET A DEADLINE (INDISCERNIBLE) STEP SHE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THE OPTION TO GET A NEW SITE, BECAUSE I THINK, UNDER THE LEASE, ONCE WE GAVE HER THE 180 DAYS NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THE BOARDWALK AND RESILIENCY PROJECT, THAT SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO COME AND ASK FOR A NEW LEASE OR OTHER SPACE.

AND IF SHE DECLINES TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO GIVE THE DEADLINE. AND IF THAT DEADLINE PASSES WITHOUT HER TAKING ACTION, THEN WE COULD TERMINATE THE LEASE WOULD BE MY GUESS.R AT LEAST MOVE THE BUILDING.

>> VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?

>> THIS KEEPS GOING BACK AND FORTH.

[02:05:01]

WHICH WAS THE WHOLE PROCESS (INDISCERNIBLE) SUP.

> YET. WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH

ANYBODY. >> SO SHE WANTS TO ASSIGN THE LEASE, SHE ASSIGNS A LEASE. AND THEN HE -- THAT HE OR WHOEVER STARTS TALKING -- THIS IS --.

>> NOBODY IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WITH ME.

I HAVE NO IDEA, OTHER THAN WE KNEW THAT THE TWO OF THEM WERE WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAD ONE MEETING LAST YEAR WITH BOTH MR. SALTMARSH, MS. COONROD, MR. SALTMARSH'S ATTORNEY.

BUT MR. SALTMARSH TOLD ME UP A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ASKED IF HE COULD MEET WITH MS. GIBSON AND I. MS. KELLY GIBSON AND I. HE ASKED IF I THOUGHT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAD ANY INTEREST IN THAT BUILDING REPLACING ATLANTIC SEAFOOD.

I TOLD HIM THAT A MANAGER AND I TALKED WITH EACH ONE OF YOU ON A WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY BASIS, AND I WOULD ASK YOU ALL -- WHICH I DID (INDISCERNIBLE). AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE A SITE PICKED OUT OR ANYTHING. JUST KNOW THE CURRENT ATLANTIC SEAFOOD WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED AND MAKE ROOM FOR UTILITIES.

HERE THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW. AND WHAT I DID IS I CALLED MR. SALTMARSH BACK AND I SAID SO FAR, THE REACTION FROM COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN POSITIVE ABOUT DOING THAT.

BUT THAT'S NOT A NEGOTIATION. IN MS. COONROD HAS NOT GIVEN US EVEN A SQUARE FOOTAGE FOOTPRINT.

SO THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION THERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF SKETCH AND AT THE VERY LEAST, A FOOTPRINT OF WHAT MS. COONROD WOULD NEED.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE SET A 30 DAY -- THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. THAT WE SET A 30 DAY DEADLINE THAT EITHER THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO OR MOVE ON.

>> OKAY. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A

MOTION? >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS, WE ARE WILLING TO WRITE THE

LETTER. >> SO, COMMISSIONER STURGES?

>> HOW MANY MONTHS HAS IT BEEN GOING ON?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW? >> MORE THAN A YEAR.

>> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A YEAR. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 30 DAYS,

BUT I COULD GO FOR 60 DAYS. >> 45?

>> I'LL SECOND 60? >> HOW ABOUT 45?

>> NO, I LIKE 60 DAYS. I DEAL WITH BUILDING ALL DAY LONG. IF YOU CAN GET A SKETCH DONE IN

60 DAYS, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING. >> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS

THE STATUS OF THE LEASE. >> I UNDERSTAND.

BUT IF SHE WANTS TO COME AND PROJECT AN IDEA AND SELL IT TO THE COMMISSION, THEN 60 DAYS. OR AN ANSWER OR ANYTHING.

>> I C2 FOR 60 DAYS. VICE MAYOR, THREE.

>> IT'S NOT FINE BUT IT'S ACCEPTABLE.

>> 60 DAYS FOR HER TO BRING A SKETCH WITH THE FOOTPRINT.

>> A DETERMINATION ON THE LEASE.

ISSUE TURNING IT OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE? AND TO BRING HER PLANS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

>> OKAY. >> I THINK WE NEED THOSE TWO

[14. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> NONE FOR ME. THANK YOU.CITY CLERK?

>> NO REPORTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND TO CITY EMPLOYEES.

THE FIRST ONE IS JEREMIAH GLEASON WHO WROTE A PERSPECTIVE PIECE IN THE FERNANDINA OBSERVER. JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR WRITING THAT PIECE. AND I WOULD HOPE EVERYBODY -- IT WOULD BE WIDELY READ AND CONSIDER HIS THOUGHTS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL WRITTEN AND MADE SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS. SECOND OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND (INDISCERNIBLE) BECAUSE HE GOT UP IN FRONT -- I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND HIM FOR HIS EFFORT IN MAKING A PROPOSAL FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMITTEE DOING A DIALOGUE ON HOW TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND FINANCE THE PARKS. WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT TH BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION WAS THAT PEOPLE SPOKE .

SOME OF THEM NOT SO VERY CIVILLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AND GETTING UP AND MAKING SOMETHING -- JUST BRINGING UP AN IDEA THAT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WASN'T WELL RECEIVED BY

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AND I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THE CITY COMMISSIONERS WOULD SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS WHEN THEY DO THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR STAFF TO BE (INDISCERNIBLE) IDENTIFY NEW IDEAS AND SO ON.

AND WHEN YOU GET TOTAL BLOWBACK AND NO SUPPORT FROM YOUR CITY COMMISSIONERS, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT (INDISCERNIBLE).

YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

DOING THAT. >> WHAT FORM WITH THAT SUPPORT

TAKE? >> WHAT FORM?

>> YES. >> JUST LIKE I DID.

SAYING THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL. I DON'T THINK IT -- I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS PERSONAL (LAUGHING).

THANKING YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF MEMBERS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, WHICH

YOU DID. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

COMMISSIONER STURGES. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE FACT -- AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I LOOKED AT THE REPORT FOR LAST MONTH. WE HAD A SHRIMP FESTIVAL.

IT WAS AN AWESOME TIME. I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

ON THE REPORT (INDISCERNIBLE) . SO WE HAD A WHOLE ENTIRE SHRIMP FESTIVAL WITH ZERO ARRESTS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE THIS EVENING ON. THANK YOU!

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU SET A LOW BAR! [LAUGHTER] AND EXCEEDED!

>> COMMISSIONER STURGES AND THE PRESERVATION AWARDS.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME. WE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESS STORIES WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVATION DURING PRESERVATION MONTH. AND AS A PIRATE MYSELF, I REALLY HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE ELITE 8 RIGHT NOW, THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA IS A BIG STATE.

WE'RE NOT LIKE DELAWARE OR ANYTHING THAT SMALL!

[LAUGHTER] >> ARE YOU GONNA PICK ON

MARILYN NEXT? >> WHOA, WHOA! I'M SAYING THERE ARE STATES THAT ARE TINY AND SMALL.

IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BEING (INDISCERNIBLE) IS A HUGE DEAL FOR THE FERNANDINA PIRATES TO BE IN THE ELITE EIGHT.

THEIR PLANE RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SCORE, BUT APPARENTLY WE DON'T COVER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

JUST GO PIRATES IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY!

>> THANK YOU, SIR.VICE MAYOR? >> THIS MORNING I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE COUNTY. AND YOU ALL GOT IT TOO BECAUSE IT ALSO WENT TO KELLY, AND KELLY FORWARDED IT.

THE COUNTY ACQUISITION LAND IS CLOSED FOR NOMINATIONS.

I ACTUALLY MADE THE FIRST TWO NOMINATIONS OF 750.

THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO MEET. SO I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ASK KELLY IF WE ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE?

>> OF COURSE NOT! >> IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON WHAT CHIP SAID.

CHIP, ACTUALLY AT THE MEETING, GOT UP AND ACKNOWLEDGED (INDISCERNIBLE) PUBLICLY. I'VE CALLED HIM AND TALK TO HIM MANY TIMES. HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

I THINK THAT HAPPENS A LOT MORE -- (INDISCERNIBLE).

WHERE YOU WANT TO GO TO A STAFF MEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THEY'VEDONE. SO THAT HAPPENS A LOT.

IN THAT CASE , THAT WAS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

NUMBER 1 BECAUSE IT WAS A NON-AGENDA ITEM.

PHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ASSUMPTIONS ARE DANGEROUS.

COMMISSIONER ROSS MADE ONE. IN MY MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I MENTIONED MR. NICHOLSON'S PERFORMANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIGHLY PRAISED HIM.

AND ASKED THE CITY MANAGER, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, TO SAY THANK YOU. SO I'M SAYING THAT TONIGHT -- THANK YOU. THAT WAS DIFFICULT.

IT WAS AN UNRULY CROWD, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED (INDISCERNIBLE) AND REPRESENTED THE CITY WELL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THERE'S NO (INDISCERNIBLE) AROUND THE CITY. THIS IS AN ISLAND.

IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTY, THERE IS A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER OF RIVERSTONE, 55 ACRES ON THE SOUTH END, TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD 11 CONDOMINIUM TOWERS.

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THAT MEETING IS AT 6:00. 11 CONDOMINIUM TOWERS WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

TRAFFIC, WILDLIFE, THE BEACH. TO NAME THREE.

SO WE ALL HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS.

(INDISCERNIBLE) THAT MEETING IS NEXT MONDAY.

CITY MANAGER SAYS WE ARE HOSTING FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ON THURSDAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, PRIDE MONTH IS NEXT JUNE. AND THE PRIDE PARADE IS JUNE 1,

IS IT NOT? >> NO.

>> WHAT'S THE DATE? >> THE 11TH.

>> THE 11TH! THANK YOU! FOR SOME REASON I HAD JUNE 1 IN MY BRAIN.

>> WERE GOING TO BE HER NEXT MONTH.

>> OKAY, GREAT. WE WILL BE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.