Jun 21, 2022 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU. CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 21ST,

2022, CITY COMMISSION MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> ROLL CALL.

PERSONAL DEVICES, IF YOU CAN SILENCE THEM, AIRPLANE MODE OR TURN THEM COMPLETELY OFF.

GREATLY APPRECIATED. COVID-19 IS STILL WITH US. I MENTIONED THIS IN THE WORKSHOP. THE INFECTION RATE, THE LATEST FROM THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, INCREASED FROM 12 PERCENT TO 17. SO COVID-19 IS WITH US.

AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ONLY 64 PERCENT OF PEOPLE AGED ABOVE AGE FIVE ARE VACCINATED.

SO TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AND HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS. SO IF YOU WILL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY THE VICE MAYOR. AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION BY AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS, PLEASE >> FATHER GOD, WE GATHER HERE THANKFUL FOR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT, THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT YOU LET US ALL CALL HOME. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

PLEASE BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS AND HELP US RETURN SERVICE TO YOUR NAME.

[4.1 PROCLAMATION - "BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY WEEK" - Proclaiming the week of June 25 - July 1, 2022 "Boys & Girls Clubs Week". Boys and Girls Club of Nassau County President Ann Moser and Vice President Andrew Schmidt will be in attendance to accept the Proclamation. ]

WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA HAD ITS BEGINNINGS IN 1860, WITH THREE WOMEN WHO BELIEVED THAT BOYS WHO ROAM THE STREETS SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE. WITH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AS A CORNERSTONE OF THE EXPERIENCE, THE CLUB FOCUSED ON CAPTURING BOYS'S INTERESTS, IMPROVING THEIR BEHAVIOR AND INCREASING THEIR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS. THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS. AS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE NEED PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SERVICES, TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

THERE ARE TWO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS LOCATIONS SERVING FERNANDINA BEACH, THAT REACH 700 YOUNG PEOPLE ANNUALLY. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY INSTILL YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SELF CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED AT ANYTHING THEY PUT THEIR MINDS TO. AND STAND AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORT IN THE AREA OF CHILD SAFETY, ACADEMICS, FAIR PLAY, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CHARACTER.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY HELP ENSURE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE PLACE TO SPEND TIME THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH QUALITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK WITH SOME 4,000 CLUBS AND OVER 2 MILLION CHILDREN AND TEENS NATIONWIDE. NOW THEREFORE, I MICHAEL AND THE CITY COMMISSION, BY THE VIRTUE, VESTED IN US AND ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 25TH THROUGH JULY 1ST, 2022, AS NATIONAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY FOR PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR

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CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, I AM SAMANTHA DAILY, SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR THE ROBERTS LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT CENTER. DANNY THOMPSON, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR FOUNDATION TEAM HERE WITH US. THIS IS AN AMAZING HONOR AND WE ARE EXTREMELY ELATED.

WE GIVE OURSELVES SELFLESSLY, FOR EVERYTHING FOR THESE CHILDREN, SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER THEY DETERMINE IS THE NEXT STEP OR LEVEL FOR THEM.

WE HAVE OUR THREE PRIORITY OUTCOMES. WE'VE ADDED A FEW SINCE THEY OPENED. WE FOCUSED ON OUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, GOOD CHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP. HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ENRICHING IN THE CHILDREN CAN TAKE THEM FURTHER.

WE HAVE LIFE LONG OPPORTUNITIES AND WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE FAMILY VILLAGE AND THIS HONOR IS DEFINITELY AMAZING, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DO FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. 4.2, BUDGET SUMMARY.

[4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY - Comptroller Pauline Testagrose will answer any questions regarding the budget summary for May 2022.]

COMPTROLLER. >> GOOD EVENING. CITY COMPTROLLER, I HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT. GENERAL FUND, YEAR-TO-DATE REVENUE IS 80.2 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. OVERALL YEAR-TO-DATE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE BELOW 66.7, AND 49.7. HOWEVER, SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE OVER THIS MARK DUE TO ANNUAL SERVICE AND CONTRACTS. ALL INTER-FUND TRANSFERS FOR THE MONTH HAVE BEEN COMPLETE.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND, PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TYLER EXECUTIVE TIME PAYROLL SYSTEM, POLICE EQUIPMENT. FOR THE GOLF COURSE MEMBERSHIP REVENUE IS UP 64,000 OVER LAST YEAR. OR 62 PERCENT. FOR THE UTILITY FUNDS, REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPENSES EXCEPT FOR THE WASTE WATER FUND. FOR THE MARINA, YEAR-TO-DATE FUEL SALES ARE 95.5 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

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

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS. JULIE FERRERA. >> TALKING ABOUT SUBJECTS SINCE 2017, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TREES SINCE 2004.

I'M KIND OF FREAKING TIRED OF IT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT TREES AND THE TREE CULTURE IN OUR TOWN. AND TREE PROTECTION, WE'RE FAILING. ANY TALK ABOUT TREES IS JUST TALK.

I RAISE MONEY FOR TREE TRAINING. AND YET, TREE PROTECTION ZONES ARE A JOKE ALL OVER THE CITY. WHETHER IT'S DOWN 1ST AVENUE, AMELIA BLUFF, ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME OR OTHER CONSTRUCTION SITES, IT'S RIDICULOUS WHAT WE LET FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT WE CHANGE THE CULTURE BECAUSE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE ARBORISTS OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, STREETS DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK TOGETHER AND UNTIL WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE NOT BEING EFFECTIVE. PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE HAVE A HARD TIME PROTECTING TREES.

ON CITY PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO DO A REALLY MUCH BETTER. SO ON TO THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, ON SOUTH 7TH STREET, THERE WERE TWO LARGE MAGNOLIA TREES TAKEN DOWN RECENTLY.

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AND AFTER THAT, TWO MORE VISITS HAPPENED. THE SOUTHERNMOST MAGNOLIA TREE THERE WAS A MATURE TREE. PROBABLY 60 INCHES IN DIAMETER OR IN GIRTH.

IT WAS 100 TO 200 YEARS OLD. THE HOMEOWNERS SAID, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BRANCHS FALLING. HE SAID WHEN WE WERE THERE ON THE FIRST VISIT THAT IF THAT TREE COULD BE SAVED, HE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE SAVED BECAUSE HE IS A FORESTER AND HE LOVES TREES. SO WE HAD THE BEST ARBOR -- CULTURAL CONSULTANTS COME TO THE CITY TO TRAIN OUR CITY ARBORIST. AND CHUCK LIPLEY, THE ELDER LIPPEY, WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY MANY TIMES, CAME ON MARCH 3RD, HE ASSESSED THE TREE WITH A RUBBER MALLET AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE TREES PROBLEMS WERE STRUCTURAL AND NOT HEALTH. THE TREE HAD A GOOD CANOPY. THE LEAFS WERE GOOD.

THE COLOR WAS GOOD. IT SHOWED NO DIE BACK AT ALL. WHAT WAS DETERMINED WAS IT HAD BASAL DECAY, BUT THE ROOTS WERE SOLID. SO AT THAT FIRST SESSION AND EVERY SESSION THAT THERE FOLLOWED, MAINTENANCE PRUNING WAS EXPLAINED.

HOW TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF THE EXTENDING BRANCHS AND SHORTEN THE BRANCHS BACK AND COMPACT THE TREE. ANYWAY, THE TREE CAME DOWN. AND A LOT OF TIME, OVER TEN HOURS OF TIME AND CONSULTING WORK WAS PUT INTO THAT TREE. I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME WITH THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT IS A COWBOY CULTURE WITH CHAIN SAWS RATHER THAN A PROTECTION OF PRUNING AND DOING MAINTENANCE PRUNING THAT WE CAN DO AND SAVE A HUGE TREE AND IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT IT COULD BE -- HAVE THE LIFE SPAN OF AT LEAST 15 MORE YEARS.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. I WILL REQUEST THE CITY CLERK ON THE NEXT WORKSHOP TO PUT TREE PROTECTION, TREE INSPECTION, TREE EVALUATION AS A TOPIC.

AND WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME AND EXPLORE THESE ISSUES AND FIND SOME SOLUTIONS.

>> I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT. >> OKAY. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ON OUR NEXT WORKSHOP. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. JOHN PELICAN.

I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR. COME ON UP.

>> I WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS. BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I ATTENDED ALL SIX OF THOSE SESSIONS.

I HAD SOME PICTURES. AND THIS IS TIED TO -- MIKE, AS YOU SAY, THIS IS TIED TO A MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE. YOU ALL SAW THE TREE PROTECTION ZONES.

I WENT OUT, THIS IS A MAJOR, I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN HOUSES OUT THERE.

NOT ONE OF THEM HAD A TREE PROTECTION ZONE. THERE WAS GARBAGE, CINDER BLOCKS, EVERYTHING. THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE NORTHERN MAGNOLIA TREE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN 2009 SURVEY AS BEING POOR. IN 2009, THEY DID A TREE SURVEY AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE COUNTY SITE. AND THEN THEY DID SOME MORE IN 2017. SO WHEN THIS EVALUATION STARTED, WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE SOUTHERN TREE TO FIND OUT THAT THE NORTHERN TREE WAS IN BETTER SHAPE, OR WORSE SHAPE. THEN IT DID HAVE TO COME DOWN. MY CONCERN WAS THAT THIS ALONG WITH THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT AND TREE PROTECTIONS, THEY'RE IN THE LDC.

IT'S IN THE LDC, THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT. THIS GOES BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF THE DOOM THING. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AGREES WITH -- THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE FOLLOW-THROUGH AND I TALKED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS CRAZY THAT WE ARE OUT THERE PLANTING HUNDREDS OF TREES, WE HAVE A TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN, 2019, 2020, 2024, 17 PAGES. THERE IS LIKE FIVE LINES DEVOTED TO TREE MAINTENANCE. AND I PUT A REQUEST IN TO ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF ARBORIST TREE CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES, WHICH IS I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUSH IT THROUGH

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REMEMBER, OUR CANOPIES IS 37 PERCENT. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT. UNTIL WE GET OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND BUILDING YOU KNOW, BUILDING INSPECTOR TELLS ME THAT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY LOOK AT IT. THERE IS SEVEN HOUSES AND NOT ONE OF THEM HAD IT. SO THE NEXT DAY, THEY WENT UP AND PUT ON SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM. BUT THAT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THAT IS A SITE WHERE THERE IS NO EXCUSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GO OUT THERE LOOKING AND IDENTIFYING THOSE PROBLEMS. EVEN TODAY, I'M TOLD THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE REMINDING PEOPLE. IF WE ADOPTED THESE STANDARDS, WE WOULD -- YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF. IT JUST BOTHERED ME.

IT'S NOT THE TREE AS MUCH AS IT'S THE SAME THING, IT'S A MANAGEMENT ISSUE, WE GOT TO DO

BETTER ON, I BELIEVE. >> COMMISSIONER STURGESS. >> JUST BRIEFLY.

I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE OR WE WERE DISCUSSING A JOB DUTY FOR SOMEBODY TO MAINTAIN THAT. NOT JUST FOR DAVID TO BE THE SOLE PERSON RIDING AROUND.

BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD A DISCUSSION UNDER THIS TREE MANAGEMENT, BROUGHT UP BEFORE, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THESE JOB DUTIES BECOME PATROLLING FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, DUNE SYSTEMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROPER BARRICADES AND THE PROPER THINGS WERE PUT

TO SAVE THE TREES. >> I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE LIGHT RULE.

>> THE DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE THE CITY ENGINEER ACTUALLY GOT UP AND SPOKE.

AND THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE DUNES, THAT EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO WHEN THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SAID HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING. CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTICED IT, HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE AMELIA BLUFF, A MAJOR SUBDIVISION, WITH FIVE OR SIX HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS TO GO OUT THERE AND CHECK. OR FORGET ABOUT THE LDC. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN PLANTING TREES. I FIGURE -- I USE THIS CRAZY NUMBER.

WE HAVE TO PLANT 100 OF THE BABY TREES TO REPLENISH THE CANOPY OF THOSE TWO MAGNOLIAS.

WITH THE MAGNOLIAS, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE CITY AND IT WAS MADE ABOUT -- ON RISK AND MONEY AND THEN THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE ARBORIST.

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT DECISION. LOOKING AT SOME OTHER -- BUT THAT DECISION, HE MADE THAT. I DON'T HAVE -- YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO START LOOKING -- OUR GOAL IS 37 PERCENT CANOPY, AS DEFINED BY OUR COMP PLAN. TO DO THAT IS GOING TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IT'S NOT -- AND IF WE'RE GOING TO LOSE 50 PERCENT OF THE TREES THAT YOU KNOW, IN CONSTRUCTION, NO WAY. AND IT'S MORE THAN TREES.

BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT, DAVID. THEY'RE SAYING -- YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER CAN ADDRESS THAT IF HE WOULD LIKE. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. THIS GOES BACK IN MY MIND, TO THE DISCUSSION OF VISION. YOU KNOW, WE WIN AWARDS, BUT WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THEM.

WE'VE GOT TO START IMPLEMENTING STUFF. >> SO I AGREE 100 PERCENT WITH YOU VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER STURGESS. CITY MANAGER, KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE WORKSHOP, TWO WEEKS HENCE, WILL YOU PLEASE MEET WITH STAFF.

YOU'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS. AND IF YOU WOULD COME TO US WITH YOUR PROPOSED SOLUTIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, YOUR LIGHT. >> TURNING IT OFF. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. PELICAN, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT DISCUSSION WOULD TAKE THAT

LONG. >> YOU COULD HAVE STAYED UP THERE.

>> MY NAME IS JOHN PELICAN, 425 NORTH FLETCHER AVENUE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME. THE FIRST POINT OF MY COMMENTS, SPEAKING AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD. I CAN'T GO BY A WEEK OR TWO WITHOUT THE NEWS LEADER OR SOMEONE ELSE PUMPING OUT THEIR ARGUMENT ABOUT 27 HOLES IS TOO MUCH.

THAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, IF WE GO DOWN TO 18 HOLES.

AND I WANT TO JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD IS UNANIMOUS.

I BELIEVE MR. MAYOR AS WELL. STILL ALL FOR 27 HOLES. WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF GROWTH

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YOU MAY NOT LISTEN, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. YOU MAY DISAGREE.

BUT JUST EXERCISING MY RIGHT TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND MAINLY BECAUSE THE MEDIA IN THE CASE, THE NEWS LEADER, OR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, THEIR OPINION PAGE, THEY KEEP PROMOTING ARTICLES WITH A CERTAIN VIEWPOINT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS FORUM TO AT LEAST GIVE A LITTLE COUNTER ARGUMENT. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT. IT'S THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION.

THEY MADE TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, TO GET PASSAGE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO -- NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WOULD VOTE FOR PASSAGE UNLESS THESE TEN AMENDMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE N NEED TO INCLUDE WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO OR NOT DO. SO THEY ENUMERATED THESE GOD GIVEN RIGHTS IN THEIR MIND THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD ALWAYS HAVE. AND I BELIEVE WE STILL DO HAVE.

I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST BULL WORK TO TYRANNY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE AR-15.

IN MY MIND, IT'S THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF THE MUSKET. IT'S A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE,

IT'S CHEAP, IT'S -- I'M DONE ALREADY. >> YES, SIR, YOU ARE.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. PELICAN. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM

COMMISSIONER STURGESS. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR, MR. PELICAN.

BASICALLY JUST A SOUNDING BOARD. ISN'T THE GOLF COURSE

IMPROVING? >> YES. >> YES.

LIKE EVERY DAY, YOU DO HEAR FROM CITIZENS THAT LIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE.

OR YOU DO HEAR FROM PLAYERS SAYING THAT THEY FEEL IT'S IMPROVING, THEY FEEL THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS BETTER. THEY FEEL -- I'M ASKING YOUR OPINION, BRIEFLY.

>> MY OPINION IS JUST BASED ON -- I DON'T HEAR FROM THAT MANY PEOPLE, BUT FROM MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION OF PLAYING THE COURSE, I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY SATISFIED WITH THE COURSE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT. BUT SOME OF THEM REQUIRE

CAPITAL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT IS ALL I ASK FOR. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> AND I WILL ADD, YOU CAN STAY THERE, MR. PELICAN AND AGREE OR DISAGREE. LAST FRIDAY, I SPENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITH MR. CUNY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. THIS IS ABOUT MONEY AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE TO GROW AND NURTURE TURF. THE REMODELLING OF THE CLUBHOUSE, THAT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TURF.

ND I CAN REPORT TO YOU THAT NUMBER 8, SOUTH, THE TURF CONDITIONS ARE MUCH IMPROVED. AND NUMBER 2, SOUTH, ALSO MUCH IMPROVED.

BUT I CAN ALSO REPORT TO YOU THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS HEARD THE SAYING YOU GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION. THE NUMBER ONE HOLE ON THE SOUTH, IF I WERE PAYING $50, I WOULD TURN RIGHT AROUND AND ASK FOR MY MONEY BACK. AND MR. CUNY EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY, THEY ARE WORKING HARD WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE. BUT IF WE WANT TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THAT

GOLF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY. >> I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE SELF-SUPPORTING. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BATTLE BETWEEN THE COST TO PLAY

THERE AND THE CONDITIONS YOU GET. >> CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

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ANYBODY WANT AN ITEM PULLED? >> PULL THE HERITAGE TREE. WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT MOTION ON CONSENT. MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE

[6.3 PROTECTED HERITAGE TREE DESIGNATIONS – VARIOUS CITY LOCATIONS]

LET'S SEE HOW MANY SPEAKERS I HAVE HERE. TWO.

BERTA ARIAS. >> 563 SANTA MARIA DRIVE. I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE TOPIC, BUT I NOW HAVE A SECOND ONE. I'M SPEAKING NOW AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND A RESIDENT OF THE ISLAND FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. AND I CONCUR WITH THE OUTRAGE THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY JULIE AND THAT A LOT OF US HERE FEEL AND THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY MANY OF YOU AS TO WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING TO PROTECT OUR TREES. SO GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU WILL BE PLANNING A REAL PLANNING SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS OUTRAGE DOES NOT CONTINUE.

ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE AMELIA, IN THAT CAPACITY, I WANT TO EXTEND REALLY THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO THE HERITAGE PROGRAM.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S TAKEN TO GET THE PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. SIX OF THEM ARE NOW PROTECTED.

WE ARE USING EVERY RESOURCE -- WE WILL BE GLAD TO DO THE JOB OF MEASURING THEM, NOMINATING THEM AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU WILL BE ALSO GETTING THEM PROTECTED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU WILL BE DOING IN A FEW WEEKS.

>> DENISE MINSHEW. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, TWO OF THE SIX NOMINATIONS ARE MINE. I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. NOW IT IS ON THE LIST. AND THERE IS FAMILY OF BARRED OWLS IN A NICE BIG OAK TREE ON 8TH SOUTH OF THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH ALSO THANKS YOU FOR SAVING THEIR HOME. THANK THE GOLF COURSE FOR AGREEING TO MOVE THE TEE BOX ON NUMBER EIGHT SO THAT WE COULD SAVE THE TREE.

WE HAVE HERITAGE TREES EVERYWHERE. I'VE ACTUALLY STARTED DRIVING AROUND WITH YOU KNOW, IN MY POCKET, YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN START MEASURING TREES. THERE ARE TWO HERITAGE TREES IN MR. MARTIN'S YARD.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP HIM DO THE PAPERWORK ON THEM. BECAUSE THEY'RE HUGE.

SO THERE IS PROBABLY A HALF A DOZEN HERITAGE TREES JUST ON MY STREET.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF HERITAGE TREES IN THE GOLF COURSE THAT ARE NOT THE ABILITY TO GROW GRASS. I WOULD SAY TO ALL THE COMMUNITY, BRING A TAPE MEASURE AND DRIVE AROUND AND IF YOU SEE A TREE, ASK THE PROPERTY OWNER, MEASURE IT.

IF IT'S 38 POINT SOMETHING INCHES, YOU CAN APPLY FOR IT TO BE A HERITAGE TREE.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. WE SHOULD ALL BE DOING MORE TO PROTECT THESE BEAUTIFUL LARGE CANOPY TREES. SO I THANK YOU. THE OWLS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

THANK YOU. AND GOOD JOB. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE

HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> OUR ARBORIST HAS SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY REGARDING THE RESOLUTION

LANGUAGE ITSELF. >> OKAY. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> DAVID NEVILLE.

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IT'S ACTUALLY 37 INCHES AND NOT 52 INCHES. THERE WAS A TYPO ON THAT.

STILL QUALIFIES AS A HERITAGE TREE. JUST THE SIZE WAS MISPRINTED.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THAT CORRECTION. >> MAKE THE CORRECTION.

>> AND I, CITY MANAGER, CAN I CALL MS. GIBSON TO THE LECTERN, PLEASE.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, KOSAK WAS BEFORE US AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE RIGHT NUMBER THAT SHE SAID.

LIKE 600 HERITAGE TREES. >> QUITE A FEW POTENTIAL. >> RIGHT.

600 POTENTIAL. >> OLDER LIST GENERATED POTENTIAL FOR HERITAGE TREES WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INVENTORIED.

>> IT'S SIX TREES. WHICH IS ONE PERCENT. SO WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP TO

HAVE MORE TREES NOMINATED? >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 30 ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS.

IT IS A PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO OUT, VALIDATE IT, MAKE SURE THAT THE TREE IS IN PROPER HEALTH, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AND MEET ALL OF THE DESIGNATION CRITERIA.

ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH IT FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AUGUST DATE TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL TREES.

IT IS A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS THAT TAKES STAFF EFFORT. >> TERRIFIC.

CAN WE GET THAT WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC? >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY, WHICH HAS BEEN PUSHING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE ENGAGED.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENT? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[8.2 CODE AMENDMENT - NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PARKS AND BEACHES]

>> AND THAT PASSED 5-0. WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE HERE ON ORDINANCE 8.2, I'M GOING TO USE MY DISCRETION AND MOVE THAT TO THE AGENDA, TO THE FRONT. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AND HAVE THESE FOLKS ADDRESS US. ANY OBJECTION? NO. GOOD.

8.2, CODE AMENDMENT, NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PARKS AND BEACHES. >> BRINGING THE ORDINANCE TITLE UP NOW. ORDINANCE 2022-16, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 42 ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE TWO NUISANCES, DIVISION 2, HEALTH NUISANCES, AMENDING SECTION 42-61, BY INCLUDING SMOKING ON CITY BEACHES AND CITY PARKS AS PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES, CREATING SECTION 42-63 DEFINITIONS, CREATING SECTION 42-64 PROHIBITING SMOKING ON CITY BEACHES AND CITY PARKS. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND. PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE DISCUSSION.

SO JACK MONROE. I COULDN'T READ YOUR WRITING. WELCOME, MA'AM.

>> YES. MY NAME IS JAN, I RESIDE AT FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA.- . I REPRESENT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF BEACH AMBASSADORS.

WE ARE A LOCAL VOLUNTEER GROUP. WE PICK UP TRASH ON THE CITY'S MAJOR BEACHES, MOST EVENINGS IN THE SUMMER, AS WELL AS AFTER HOLIDAYS AND STORMS. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT CIGARETTE SMOKING ON PUBLIC BEACHES AND IN PUBLIC PARKS, IN OUR CITY. OUR VOLUNTEERS KNOW BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE THE IMPACT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON OUR BEACHES. CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE MOST COMMON TYPE OF TRASH ON CITY BEACHES. THEY'RE ALSO THE MOST DIFFICULT TO SAFELY REMOVE. WE, AS VOLUNTEERS, CAN SPEND AN HOUR OR MORE PICKING UP 50 TO

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A GREAT MANY ORDINANCES, AS WE WELL KNOW, ARE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.

BUT STILL, WE EMBRACE THE VALUE OF THOSE LAWS. NEARLY 300 MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BANNED SMOKING ON THE BEACHES.

I HAVE NOT FACT CHECKED THIS, BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT TYBEE ISLAND, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SAVANNAH IS ONE OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES. OVER TIME, WITH A FEW FINES ISSUED AND WITH PUBLIC PRESSURE, THE CULTURE WILL CHANGE IN OUR CITY.

AND CIGARETTE SMOKING WILL BECOME TABOO. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE TO ENACT THIS ORDINANCE. NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM SMOKING ON THE BEACH.

BUT A GREAT DEAL OF HARM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRACTICE. THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS GRANTED YOU THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND APPEARANCE OF OUR CITY BEACHES. WE HOPE YOU WON'T PASS UP THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. TAMMY TAYLOR. WELCOME, MA'AM.

>> TAMMY TAYLOR, 831 PARK VIEW PLACE WEST. I'VE BEEN COMING TO AMELIA ISLAND SINCE 1991. AND MY HUSBAND AND I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON WHERE WE WANTED TO RETIRE. WE DIDN'T CHOOSE NEW YORK. WE DIDN'T CHOOSE NEW JERSEY.

WE DIDN'T CHOOSE CALIFORNIA. WE CHOSE HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A NANNY STATE.

YOU MADE REMARKS IN THE NEWS LEADER THAT YOU WERE DOING THIS FOR SECOND HAND SMOKE AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. I FEEL THAT IS A GUISE. THAT IS WHAT ALL POLITICIANS DO TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY. I'M A SMOKER, VERY CLEAN SMOKER.

I REMOVE EVERY BUTT WITH ME WHEN I GO TO THE BEACH AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO THE SAME THING. A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS I THINK COME FROM VISITORS, OUR TOURISTS. SO MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING LOOKED INTO, ADDING A FIVE CENT TAX ON TO TOURISM, TAX BILLS, HOTELS. THAT TYPE OF THING.

YOU WANT TO SPEND OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER RUN AROUND ON THE BEACH CITING PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION.

YOU KNOW, HER REMARK ABOUT THE CULTURE. THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON THESE THINGS TRY TO BE ENACTED. YOU WANT TO CHANGE OUR ACTI WA. WE HAVE RIGHTS.

WE'VE HAD SO MANY RIGHTS TAKEN AWAY IN THE LAST 2 YEARS BECAUSE OF COVID.

I'M NOT WILLING TO HAVE ANYMORE OF MY RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS TAKEN FROM ME.

I GO TO THE BEACH, I WANT TO RELAX, I SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND ENJOY THE SUN AND MUSIC.

MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE DRINKS OR WHATEVER. THAT IS ENJOYMENT TIME.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT FREE AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL US THAT WE CAN'T DO IT.

AS TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN, ASH TRAYS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

WHEN I SMOKE DOWNTOWN, I DUCK MY BUTT AND PUT IT IN A TRASH CAN.

I SEE MAYBE TWO OR THREE TRASH CANS OR CIGARETTE BUTTS. I DID NOTICE TODAY ON THIRD STREET, SECOND STREET, THE STREETS ARE LINED WITH BOTTLES, PLASTIC BAGS, MASKS.

THE SAME THING OUR BEACHES ARE COVERED IN. I'VE SEEN MORE MASKS FLOATING IN THE OCEAN THAN I EVER SAW A CIGARETTE BUTT FLOATING. WHAT IS NEXT? ARE YOU GOING TO BAN US FROM TAKING WATER BOTTLES TO THE BEACH? GOOD. AGAIN, POTATO CHIP BAGS, EMPTY PLASTIC BOTTLES, BOTTLE CAPS, ALL OF THAT IS ON OUR BEACHES. WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.

I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON US AND NOT ON YOU GUYS TO DECIDE TO BAN AND TAKE ANOTHER FREEDOM FROM US. IT MAY NOT BE MUCH TO YOU, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LAST FEW THINGS

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WE'VE GOT LEFT IN THIS WORLD. THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

CORRINE MULLIGAN. >> I LIVE AT 1923 STERLING LANE.

I'M HERE ALSO AND ASKING YOU NOT TO SUPPORT THE SMOKING BAN. YES.

IT'S NOT HEALTHY. WE KNOW IT. 41,000 PEOPLE DIE IN THE COUNTRY FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE A YEAR. 95,000 DIE FROM ALCOHOL RELATED

ACCIDENTS. >> MA'AM, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS US, PLEASE.

>> AN ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE FROM BOTH SIDES. IT IS A PROBLEM.

PEOPLE DO NEED TO POLICE THEMSELVES AND WE DO NEED TO FOLLOW OURSELVES.

I THINK MOST LOCALS DO. WE LOVE THIS ISLAND, WE LOVE THE RESOURCES AND WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. I WALK THE BEACHES MOST MORNINGS, PICK UP WHATEVER TRASHY SEE, LEFT OVER BOTTLES, CUPS OR MASKS, TAKE IT WITH ME, THROW IT AWAY.

I DON'T LEAVE CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THE BEACH EVER. I BRING A WATER BOTTLE WITH ME.

I KEEP THEM IN THE WATER BOTTLE. GROSS? YEAH. ALSO A PERSONAL CHOICE AND A PERSONAL RIGHT.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO POLICE ME. I NEED TO POLICE MYSELF.

BUT I DO HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS IN THE STATE AND IN THE COUNTRY. WE'VE GIVEN UP ENOUGH OF THEM.

SOMEONE TRIED TO TALK ABOUT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WRONG. WE NEED TO STOP GIVING UP WHAT IS OUR RIGHT TO HAVE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT SMOKING IS A HEALTHY THING.

I'M NOT MAKING AN ARGUMENT THAT ANYONE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO IT.

BUT IT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE. IF WE BAN SMOKING, ARE WE ALSO BANNING MARIJUANA, CIGARS, PIPES, VAPES, OR IS IT JUST CIGARETTES? SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENTIAL? I'M HONESTLY ASKING THE QUESTION. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENTIAL?

I'VE PICKED UP CIGARS. I'VE PICKED UP VAPE PENS. >> THE DIFFERENCE IS THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO BAN CIGARETTES BUTTS, CIGARETTES BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH TRASH AND IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO OTHERS, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

>> ALLOWED THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS IT >> IT'S GOT TO DO WITH THE

FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. >> OKAY, MA'AM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. SANDRA KELLER. >> JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSS SAID, THAT IS INDEED WHAT THE BILL SAID. THE BILL AND THE LEGISLATURE, LITTER SAID THAT CIGARETTES, NOT INCLUDING OR EXEMPTING. SO IT'S OKAY TO SMOKE AND IF THIS PASSES ON SECOND READING NEXT MONTH, VAPING CIGARS AND EVEN PIPES WITH PIPE TOBACCO ARE STILL GOING TO BE ALLOWED. CIGARETTE THEMSELVES WITH FILTERS.

>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> SANDRA KELLER, 872 PARK VIEW PLACE WEST. LIVED HERE FOR 18 YEARS. I LOVE THIS ISLAND.

WE ENJOY THE BEACH. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE MINORITY, BUT WE LIVE HERE, WE ARE NOT TOURISTS. HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO POLICE THE LITTER ON THE BEACH? NOT JUST FOR CIGARETTE BUTTS. I'M TALKING ABOUT CRUISE SHIPS OUT THERE, I KNOW THIS FOR A SECOND, JET STREAM BRINGS IT AROUND AND 65 MILES OFF OF OUR COAST, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MILD TRASH THAT IS JUST WAITING TO COME IN, IF THAT GULF STREAM BRINGS IT IN. SO I DISAGREE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPOSE ON US. IT'S OUR RIGHT. I DON'T FEEL THAT YOU'RE OUR PARENTS.

THE LOCALS PICK UP THEIR TRASH. IT'S NOT THE LOCALS. SO I DON'T HAVE WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR TOURISTS COMING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOU HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO DO THIS? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO POLICE IT? THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND MS. FERRERA. >> MY NAME IS JULIE, 501 DADE

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS WILDLIFE. AND IMPACTS IT IN ONE OF THE WORST WAYS POSSIBLE. MAKING LARGE SEA TURTLES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YOU KNOW, HUGE SEA TURTLES DIE. PLUS PLASTIC BAGS. SO IT'S TRASH ON OUR BEACH THAT IS A PROBLEM. I DON'T AGREE THAT IT'S ONLY TOURISTS THAT LEAVE THEIR CIGARETTE BUTTS. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PICKING UP BUTTS FOR TOO LONG.

PEOPLE GO OUT THERE, SIT THERE, WHATEVER THEY'RE WATCHING, PUT THEIR CIGARETTE BUTT.

THEY HAVE FIVE OF THEM NEXT TO THEM OR MORE. THEY GET UP AND WALK AWAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A COMPROMISE POSITION THAT WE AS A CITY, BECAUSE THE STATE HAS ALLOWED US TO DO THIS, BUT WE HAVE HOME RULE. WHAT IF WE USE OUR BEACH RANGERS TO GIVE OUT TICKETS FOR PEOPLE LEAVING TRASH ON THE BEACH, WHICH INCLUDES CIGARETTES. AND THAT COULD BE A COMPROMISE THING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS THING WHERE THERE IS PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER. WE'RE PAYING TO HAVE BEACH RANGERS DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE THEM EMPOWERED TO GIVE OUT A TICKET. AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE WE HAD BEACH RANGERS.

BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT IT'S A TRASH ISSUE. CIGARETTES ARE A TRASH ISSUE.

BUT LET'S NOT USE IT AS A THING TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE BEACH. WE ALL CARE ABOUT WILDLIFE. WE ALL CARE ABOUT CONSERVATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN ALL MEET TOGETHER.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> THE BEACH RANGERS AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL ENFORCE THIS. THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ISSUE.

>> NO. PLEASE. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME TO THE LECTERN, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER. SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT COME TO THE LECTERN, DO NOT SHOUT AT US. BE RESPECTFUL.

>> TRASH IS A BIG PROBLEM. AND THE BEACH RANGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO TICKET PEOPLE.

THE PROBLEM IS, UNDER THE LAW, THEY HAVE TO SEE THE PERSON THROW THE THING DOWN AND WALK OFF. AND UNLESS YOU DO, YOU CAN'T TICKET THEM.

IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING WITH CIGARETTE BUTTS. SO THAT IS WHY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I'VE SPENT HOURS READING AND STUDYING TRASH LAWS. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS THE PROBLEM.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? VICE MAYOR.

>> I THINK ENFORCEMENT WILL BE DIFFICULT, BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT THE FACT THAT IT GOES ON THE BOOKS WILL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IMPACT. AND IT DOES CONCERN ME A LITTLE BIT THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SOMETIMES TEND TO GET CARRIED AWAY.

I WOULD ADVISE CITIZENS TO NOT CHALLENGE SMOKERS THAT TO BE CAREFUL.

BECAUSE THAT IS HOW PEOPLE GET HURT. WE DON'T NEED THAT ON THE BEACHES. I WILL REMIND -- OR I WILL TELL A STORY OF A TURTLE PERSON DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WHO FELT HE SHOULD ENFORCE THE LAW AND ACTUALLY HAD A WEAPON HIM AND DECIDED HE WOULD TELL SOMEBODY THEY SHOULDN'T BOTHER TURTLE NEST.

AND THEN THE GUY TOOK THE WEAPON AWAY FROM HIM AND SHOT HIM.

BE CAREFUL. IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO ENFORCE THE LAW, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M

SAYING. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR TAMMY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> TAMMY, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE, AND WE SAY NO LITTER.

DO YOU KNOW THE ORDINANCE? >> WE HAVE A GENERAL LITTERING ORDINANCE AND SPECIFIC IN CHAPTER 90, IT TALKS ABOUT BEACHES AND WATERWAYS, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NO LITTERING ON THE

BEACH ORDINANCE. >> SO LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW, IF I WENT OUT THERE, AGAIN, I DON'T SMOKE, BUT IF I TOOK A CIGARETTE BUTT AND THREW IT ON THE GROUND, IS THAT ACTION

ALREADY ILLEGAL? >> YES. >> IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO THAT

[00:50:01]

FOLLOW IT UP WITH TWO POINTS OF DISCUSSION. THIS DECISION HAS REALLY WEIGHED ON ME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT. ON ONE HAND, WHEN I GO OUT AND I PICK UP TRASH ON THE BEACH AND OTHER PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY, YES, BETWEEN A THIRD AND A HALF OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU PHYSICALLY PICK UP ARE CIGARETTE BUTTS. LITTERING IS A HUGE ISSUE. AND EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A SMOKER, THOUGH, I STILL BELIEVE I SHOULD FIGHT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, INDIVIDUAL CHOICE AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GETTING IN THE WAY.

I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. I DO AGREE IT IS A LITTERING ISSUE. I THINK WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT LITTERING ORDINANCE.

I WILL FIGHT AGAINST LITTER. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.

>> DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> I DO. NOT IN RESPONSE TO -- JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAD. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE WHEREAS CLAUSES TALK ABOUT SECOND SMOKE AND THE EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND CHILDREN AND ALL OF THAT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IF THIS PASSES TONIGHT, BEFORE SECOND READING, IS I SHOULD HAVE ADDED CLAUSES ABOUT LITTERING. I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD ABOUT SECOND HAND SMOKE.

REALLY THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US THESE POWERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT OR HELP WITH LITTERING.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER STURGESS. >> THIS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING. I AM NOT A SMOKER, NEVER BEEN A SMOKER. THREATENED EVERYBODY I KNOW AROUND ME THAT IF THEY SMOKE I'M GOING TO HURT THEM. AS A BEACH AMBASSADOR, MYSELF, I DO WALK THE BEACH AS WELL AS LAST NIGHT, WHEN I DID MY JOB, WALKED THE BEACH. AND HALF THE TRASH IS CIGARETTE BUTTS. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON THE BEACH, TRASH NVOLVED THAT I REMOVED FROM THE BEACH LAST NIGHT.

BUT TO MAKE THIS QUICK, IT'S A PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THEY DO IT DIFFERENTLY. THEY HIRE A TRACTOR AND A TRACTOR GOES UP AND DOWN THE BEACH AND COMBS THE BEACH TO REMOVE ALL OF THE STUFF.

EVERY TIME I GO AND DO MY BEACH AMBASSADOR DUTY, I'M REMOVING ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT IS BURIED IN THE BEACH SAND. BUT WE ENJOY IT. BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND IT'S A GOOD FAMILY ACTIVITY.

HOWEVER, THE BEACH -- I HATE TO REMOVE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SMOKE, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC BEACH.

EVEN THOUGH I HATE REMOVING ANYBODY'S RIGHT, I HAVE TO VOTE YES TO APPROVE THIS.

UNFORTUNATELY. >> I WILL WEIGH IN. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT RIGHTS. THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR ONE PERSON TO ADVERSELY EFFECT AND IMPACT THE HEALTH OF ANOTHER. THAT RIGHT DOES NOT EXIST.

IT DOES NOT. EVERY STUDY OF OUTDOOR SMOKING, THIS BUSINESS OF YOUR OUTDOORS AND SMOKE DOESN'T IMPACT YOU IS A MYTH. 13 FEET AWAY, TAKE ONE WHIFF OF SMOKE, YOU ARE BREATHING IN A TOXIN WHICH ADVERSELY AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH.

NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DAMAGE AND INFLICT TOXINS ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING DOES NOT EXIST. NUMBER TWO, THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT. CIGARETTE FILTERS ARE THE NUMBER ONE POLLUTANT IN THE OCEAN, NOT PLASTIC BOTTLES, CIGARETTE FILTERS. THEY DISSOLVE, IF YOU CARE ABOUT TURTLES, IF YOU CARE ABOUT SEA BIRDS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT OCEAN WILDLIFE, CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF KILLING THEM. THAT RIGHT TO KILL OUR ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT EXIST. SO NO ONE IS TAKING ANYONE'S RIGHTS AWAY.

WE'RE IN FACT, PROTECTING RIGHTS. SO I WILL VOTE FOR THIS.

WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> THAT PASSED 4-1.

[7.1 AWARD OF BID #22-20 - TAW POWER SYSTEMS, INC]

[00:55:03]

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WOULD CALL THE VOTE.

>> THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0. 7.2, AWARD BID 22-09. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[7.2 AWARD OF BID #22-09 - FIRST COAST PAINT & BODY]

LOCATED JUST OFF THE ISLAND. THIS IS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES BID FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL

YEAR. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0. AWARD OF BID, 22-11.

[7.3 AWARD OF BID #22-11 - GATE FUEL SERVICE, INC]

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 22-11, FUEL SERVICES FOR THE CITY, FLEET, AIRPORT, GOLF COURSE, NOT MARINA, ONE BID WAS RECEIVED FROM GATE FUEL. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR, MY APOLOGIES.

VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> I WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT HOPEFULLY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD

WITH OUR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

YES. I ALSO NOTICE WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID FOR THIS ALSO, WHICH IS

A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0.

[7.4 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC]

7.4 >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PIGGY BACK OFF OF ST. AUGUSTINE FOR INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, PIPELINER THAT WILL BE USED BY THE WASTE WATER AND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS TO RELINE EXISTING CITY PIPES.

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

[7.5 SOLE/SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR APPROVAL - CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY]

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS FOR CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY, CITY ELECTRIC IS THE CURRENT LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR OF OUR VARIOUS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS THAT ARE USED TO SUPPORT CITY FACILITIES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.

STAFF REQUESTS THAT THEY APPROVE AS A SINGLE SOURCE, SOLE SOURCE, OVER $20,000 FOR

THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. >> MOTION? >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND. DISCUSSION? VICE MAYOR.

>> YEAH. THIS IS REALLY NOT A SOLE SOURCE.

THIS IS MORE LIKE BECAUSE IT'S VARIOUS PIECES OF ELECTRICAL. IT'S MORE LIKE A BLANKET

PURCHASE ORDER OR WHATEVER. SO YOU KNOW. >> SINGLE SOURCE, NOT A SOLE

SOURCE. >> SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT DEFINING IT.

YOU KNOW, CONTINUITY AND THINGS. THIS IS REALLY A CONVENIENCE TO -- I REMEMBER 15 YEARS AGO, I DISPUTED THE EXACT SAME VENDOR. SO YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME. BUT THE WAY IT WORKS FOR A SMALL AMOUNT, I UNDERSTAND THAT

[01:00:04]

LEGITIMATE SOLE SOURCE. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO

COMMENT. >> JEREMIAH PUBLIC WORKS, VICE MAYOR IS CORRECT, SINCE WILL SOURCE WILL BE YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR AND THAT IS WHAT THIS PARTICULAR APPROVAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY IS A LOCAL ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTOR, FOR ELECTRICAL PANELS AND STREETLIGHTS DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR THAT. AND WE'RE NEARING $20,000 LIMIT. SO WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO GO

PAST THAT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0.

ITEM 7.6 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. ITEM 8, ORDINANCES, FIRST

[8.1 CODE AMENDMENT - PENSION]

ORDINANCE 2022-15, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 62, ARTICLE 3, GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN, SECTION 62-99, BY PROHIBITING RECEIPT OF BENEFITS BY RETIREES WHILE REEMPLOYED BY THE CITY AND ELIMINATING A SUBSEQUENT PENSION BENEFIT, AMENDING ARTICLE 4, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS PENSION PLAN, AMENDING DEFINITIONS TO PROVIDE THAT THE POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS PENSION PLAN. AMENDING SECTION 62-139, BY PROHIBITING RECEIPT OF BENEFITS BY POLICE OR FIRE PENSION PLAN RETIREES, REEMPLOYED AS A GENERAL EMPLOYEE PROVIDING FOR SEVERALABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES, NOT MINOR IF YOU'RE COMING BACK TO WORK AFTER RETIREMENT AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

IN THAT CASE, THAT IS CHANGING FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES BACK AND IS REEMPLOYED BY THE CITY IN A PART-TIME CAPACITY, NOTHING CHANGES. THEY WILL COLLECT THEIR PENSION CHECK AND GET PAID ON THE PART-TIME SALARY. BUT IF YOU COME BACK AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, THEN YOU CANNOT COLLECT A PENSION CHECK AND YOU CANNOT ACCRUE A SECOND PENSION BENEFIT. THAT WOULD THEN CALCULATE IN BASICALLY AS A SECOND PENSION.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO LET YOU ALL KNOW. WE SENT -- ALL OF THE UNIONS, NOBODY HAS OBJECTED. WE SENT THIS TO THE UNIONS AND THROUGH THIS PUBLIC MEETING, OTHER EMPLOYEES, NON-UNION EMPLOYEES WILL FIND OUT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

THAT PASSED 5-0. 8.3 AND 8.4 ARE BEING PULLED. >> AT THE REQUEST OF THE

[9.1 CODE AMENDMENT - PEDDLING]

APPLICANT. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. SECTION 9, ORDINANCE, SECOND

READING CODE AMENDMENT PEDDLING. >> ORDINANCE 2022-11, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 26, BUSINESSES, ARTICLE 4, PEDDLERS TO REQUIRE PERMITS, BY AMENDING SECTION 94, PROVIDING FOR HOURS OF OPERATION, BY AMENDING SECTION 95, PROVIDING FOR AGE LIMITATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 96, REQUIRE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND PROVIDING RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF SOLICITATION, BY AMENDING SECTION 97, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, BY RESERVING SECTIONS 98 THROUGH 100, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[01:05:02]

>> PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. I SEE MS. FERRERA HAS FILLED OUT A FORM.

>> BOY, I WISH I HAD READ THE AGENDA TONIGHT. BECAUSE I MET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS ASSISTANT AND WE HAD A LONG TALK ABOUT THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE.

BUT I'M SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T SENT TO ME AFTER THAT SO THAT I COULD LOOK AT IT.

I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT. SO I WILL GO HOME AND LOOK AT IT AND COME BACK.

I WAS ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO USE ANAN ORDINANCE THAT CAME FM BELL ISLE, WHICH HAS A SPECIFIC, WELL STATED, LAID OUT, WHERE YOU GET THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE, HOW LONG IT'S GOOD FOR. HOW MUCH IT COSTS WHEN YOU'RE FOUND OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THIS ORDINANCE, BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY AND BE SURE THAT IT HAS SUPPOSEDLY THE TREE PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK INTO TOWN. AS OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. I HOPE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE FINE PRINT AND WHERE THE IS ARE

HANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GET THE PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY CLERK AND COUNTY CLERK ACTUALLY HAS ISSUED PERMITS. I'VE LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE. IT'S GOOD.

IT DEFINES TIME LIMITS, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS BETTER THAN WHAT THE STATE LAW, YOU KNOW, CLARIFIES IT. THE ISSUE WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN, I BELIEVE, IS WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE PRESS RELEASE THAT GOES OUT TO THE CITIZENS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IN EFFECT. AND THAT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ENFORCED, IS YOU KNOW, FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BADGE, REGISTERED.

THERE ARE TIME LIMITATIONS. I THINK IT'S 8 TO -- OR 9 TO 7. NOT ON SUNDAYS.

SO I THINK IT'S ALL IN THERE. I THINK IT'S A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD.

BUT IF WE DON'T GET THE WORD OUT, AND HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE PEDDLERS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT HOPEFULLY CITIZENS WILL REMIND PEOPLE AND HAVE THEIR

BADGE, IT WILL WORK. >> COMMISSIONER STURGESS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD ORDINANCE, IT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IF IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED, WE CAN MODIFY IT. BUT THE WORD WILL GET OUT WHEN THEY GET A FINE AND GET STOPPED. THAT IS WHEN THE WORD WILL GET

OUT. SO I'M VOTING TO APPROVE IT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? >> THE NICE THING IS THE PENALTIES ARE ACTUALLY DEFINED

IN THERE. SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POINT. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE

[10. BOARD APPOINTMENTS]

FERNANDINA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY. >> I MOVE TO APPOINT THOMAS

MORRIS. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

[11. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

THAT PASSED 5-0. ITEM 11, CITY MANAGER REPORTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALTHOUGH I WASN'T IN TOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND, I DID HEAR QUITE GOOD COMMENTS REGARDING THE CITY'S FIRST CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY OFFICIALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT THE FESTIVAL HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ORGANIZERS OF THAT EVENT. THE INITIAL BURST OF SURVEY FORMS FOR THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY HAVE BEEN MAILED. WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE SENT BACK TO CITY HALL DUE TO UNRETURNABLE ADDRESSES. BUT IF RESIDENTS DO GET THOSE, FILL OUT THE SURVEYS. THE SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY AND ALL RESIDENTS AT A CERTAIN POINT LATER IN THIS SURVEY. I THINK AFTER TWO WEEKS OR SO OF THE SAMPLING TIME. WE HAVE REGISTERED VICE MAYOR, FOR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF

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VICE MAYOR WILL MAKE SURE HE GIVES YOU A GOOD REPORT WHEN HE COMES BACK.

>> YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT. >> WE DO HAVE THE UPCOMING BUDGET WORKSHOPS, SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 3RD AND AUGUST 4TH, WHICH ARE TUESDAY, OR WEDNESDAY AND A THURSDAY.

EXCUSE ME. THEN WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU, WE'RE SCHEDULED TOMORROW MORNING, LOOK FORWARD AS WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER. PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, THAT IS

ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. >> ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER?

>> I HAVE ONE AND I NEED TO HAVE MR. GEORGE ADDRESS THIS, PLEASE.

IT'S IN REGARD TO IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE SIR. IT'S IN REGARD TO ATLANTIC REC CENTER, THE PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING A WEEK AGO, IT WAS -- THE AUDITORIUM HAS SUNK TEN INCHES. AND WHAT IS YOUR -- SO IS THE AUDITORIUM ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE? IS IT DANGEROUS IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED? WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THAT

AUDITORIUM? >> CHARLIE GEORGE, CITY ENGINEER.

LET ME CLEAR UP SOME TERMINOLOGY. IT HASN'T SUNK.

>> OKAY. >> IT HASN'T TILTED. THERE IS SETTLEMENT ON ONE CORNER, NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AUDITORIUM. MEASURED TO BE ABOUT AN EIGHTH INCH. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION OF IT BEING ACTIVE OR WHEN IT OCCURRED. I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT OVER THE TIME.

I HAVE NOT NOTICED ANYTHING DIFFERENT. THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE MASONRY, STAIRCASE CRACKS, GO THROUGH THE JOINTS OF THE CMU, WHICH INDICATE AT SOME POINT THAT FLOOR SETTLED. THERE IS NO SINKHOLES UNDERNEATH THAT WE FOUND.

SO IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE AT THIS POINT. >> OKAY.

>> WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. WE HAVE TALKED TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE TALKED TO A FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGY FIRM THAT CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND KIND OF VERIFIED OUR THOUGHTS. BUT GAVE US SOME OPINIONS OF HOW WE CAN SHORE IT UP TO KEEP IT FROM GOING ANY FARTHER, IF IT GOES ANY FARTHER.

BUT AS FAR AS THIS BUDGET CYCLE, I THINK WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THERE AS FAR AS ATLANTIC REC CENTER FOR FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, IS THE CONSULTANT WE HIRED TO DO IT RECOMMENDED WE GET A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT ON IT. SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS IN THIS BUDGET, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT IT IS, WHY IT IS, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE. WE ALSO INCLUDED JUST IN CASE SOME FUNDS IN THERE THAT IF THEY CAME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST TO, WE WOULD HAVE THE MONEY IN THERE. FROM MY STANDPOINT, MY OPINION, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S A

SAFE STRUCTURE AT THIS POINT. >> OKAY. I AM NOT AN ENGINEER NOR DO I

PLAY ONE ON TV. >> DID YOU SLEEP AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT?

>> SOIL SETTLING AND SINKING. FROM AN ENGINEER VIEWPOINT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THOSE TWO THINGS? >> SINKING IS AN ACTIVE TERM. SETTLEMENT IS USUALLY A DETERMINATION THAT IT HAS OCCURRED. USUALLY SETTLEMENT ON A STRUCTURE PROBABLY THIS AGE WAS PROBABLY AT SOME POINT THAT AREA FLOODED IN THAT CORNER, WHICH THEN RECONSOLIDATED THE MATERIAL UNDERNEATH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SAND OR SILT.

THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THAT SOIL.

SO SINKING IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVE. SETTLEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT

HAS OCCURRED. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

COMMISSIONER STURGESS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> YES, I DO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOR THE REC CENTER, WE DID HAVE ROOF REPAIRS IN THE BUDGET FOR

NEXT YEAR, CORRECT? >> RIGHT. >> SO WE HAVE THE ROOF REPAIRS.

SO IF AN ENGINEER DOES DETERMINE THAT IT NEEDS THE FOUNDATION REPAIRED ON THAT CORNER, YOU ARE PUTTING SOME MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO REPAIR SOME PLACEHOLDER?

>> PLACEHOLDER JUST IN CASE THEY COME BACK AND THEY DO AN INVESTIGATION

>> YOU WOULD PUT A JACK OR PILE CAP OR SOMETHING IN THE CORNER WOULD SUPPORT IT TO STOP IT

FROM FALLING? >> WITHOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, THE TYPICAL SOLUTION, YOU SEE IT CALLED A RAM JACK. YOU DO A VERTICAL HELICAL PILE, YOU CONNECT IT TO THE FOUNDATION, AND THAT KEEPS IT FROM DOING ANY FURTHER

MOVEMENT. THAT IS JUST ONE METHOD. >> OKAY.

THAT IS IT. >> IS IT SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR UPCOMING PLANNED EVENTS.

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>> BASED ON MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE, YES. >> IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE

JOANNE BEAN AUDITORIUM. >> I WAS OUT THERE TODAY LOOKING AT IT.

THEY WERE PLAYING PING PONG IN THERE. THERE WEREN'T ANY BALLS ROLLING

[12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

TO THE CORNER. WE'RE OKAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. ITEM 12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

>> SO I HAVE NOTHING SPECIFIC TO REPORT, BUT I DO WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU CITY STAFF, INCLUDING MYSELF, GOT TOGETHER LAST WEEK FOR TWO HOURS, A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS, TO DISCUSS HOW AS STAFF WE WERE GOING TO DEAL WITH ANY LEGAL ISSUES, THE USE OF CITY RIGHTS OF WAY, ENCROACHMENTS IN THE RIGHTS OF WAY, LANDSCAPING, DRIVEWAYS, BOULDERS, RAIL TIES, GRAVEL, PAVERS, ALL OF THAT. SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, THERE WERE AT LEAST TEN OF US IN THE MEETING. SOME OTHERS CAME IN AND OUT. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS HOW DO WE PERMIT OR NOT PERMIT. SO WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED ANY POLICIES.

AND THIS IS RELEVANT TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH SHELL COVE.

THE CITY HAD AN APPLICATION, JUST ONE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY APPLICATION, USE AND ENCROACHMENT APPLICATION THAT GOES TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW.

AND IT WAS FOR A PAVER PATIO, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. BACKS UP TO INDIGO, IT'S ALREADY THERE, AFTER THE FACT PERMIT. INDIGO IS UNIMPROVED.

THESE ARE THE BACKYARDS. THE PERMIT WAS TO PERMIT THE EXISTING BRICK PAVER PATIO.

AFTER THE MEETING LAST WEEK, THAT PERMIT WAS DENIED. AND RESIDENT, AS YOU WOULD GUESS, IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND CONCERNED ABOUT IT, WONDERING WHY WE HAVE NOT ANSWERED THAT RESIDENT. WHAT THE STAFF CAME UP WITH, AS WE GO AROUND TOWN AND WE LOOK AT IMPROVED RIGHTS OF WAY, I'M GOING TO PICK ON YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS, BECAUSE YOU BRING UP YOUR BRICK WALL. I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE SEEN EVERYBODY'S HOUSE ON THE COMMISSION, HAS A DRIVEWAY, THAT CONNECTS TO, AS DO I TO THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY.

MAILBOXES DON'T COUNT BECAUSE THAT IS FEDERAL LAW. WE'RE PREEMPTED BY THAT.

BUT I'VE GOT A TREE. BRADLEY HAS GOT TREES AND BUSHES.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. >> YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. NO GARDEN GNOMES.

>> NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. ON AND ON. MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DO TOO.

SO WE DECIDED AS A GROUP THAT OUR ADVICE OF COURSE WOULD BE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, THAT LANDSCAPING FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS DON'T NEED A PERMIT. IF YOU DON'T GET A PERMIT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET SPECIAL INSURANCE. IF YOU'RE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN LANDSCAPING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE ALREADY. ALL OF THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN COVER THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WHEN THEY PUT OUT EITHER ITEMS FOR SALE DURING SPECIAL TIMES OR THE A-FRAME SIGNS, THEY ALL CARRY INSURANCE.

WE WOULD CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT LANDSCAPING AND PUT IN THERE BY A COMMERCIAL, BY A BUSINESS, OR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

THEN WE GOT TO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT RESIDENTS. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CAME UP WITH NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE IMPROVED, THAT CONNECT TO A ROAD, AN IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY, A ROAD, A SIDEWALK, THAT ALL HAS A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

WE ENDED UP BRINGING THIS MEETING TO WHAT IS THE REASON WE WOULD APPROVE A PERMIT.

WE CAME UP WITH THE ONLY FAIR WAY WOULD BE TO TIE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO A PUBLIC PURPOSE. THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF ALL OF OUR FRONT YARDS AND MOWING THE LAWN AND PRESSURE WASHING THE DRIVEWAYS IS TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY.

THAT IS WHAT WE SEE AS A PUBLIC PURPOSE FROM GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT.

WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, I'M ASKING RETORICALLY, WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR SOMEBODY VERSUS A BRICK PAVER PATIO, PATIO FURNITURE, ET CETERA, THAT BACKS UP TO AN UNIMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY. ANYBODY? WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT EITHER. THERE IS NO PUBLIC PURPOSE. SO WHY SHOULD WE GRANT

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IT BENEFITS ONLY THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND THAT SHOULD BE THE LINE THAT WE DRAW.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN DENIED A PERMIT TO ENCROACH INTO AN UNIMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY.

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY IMPROVED? I SAID IT EARLIER IT. MEANS A ROAD.

SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IMPROVED WITH PAVEMENT, ASPHALT, WE CAN CONSIDER MILLINGS. BUT IF IT'S UNIMPROVED, THERE CAN'T BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE UNLESS YOU ALL CAN THINK OF ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DENY THOSE

PERMITS. >> DOES IT REQUIRE ANY ACTION BY THIS BOARD?

>> IT DOES NOT. BUT IT DOES BUTT UP THE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION REGARDING SHELL COVE. IN OUR MINDS, THERE IS NO PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ENCROACH IN THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY.

THE REASON FOR THAT, I DIDN'T COME TO MAKE TROUBLE TONIGHT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING ALL OVER THE CITY. APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IN.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. IF THERE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE, ON AN IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE CAN CONSIDER IT. BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S GOING TO BE

TURNED DOWN. >> OKAY. VICE MAYOR.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I'LL START WITH THIS.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE.

>> INDEED. >> AND SECOND, THE INDIGO, SHELL COVE IS TWO THINGS, HICKORY IS ONE ISSUE, ACCESS TO THE GREENWAY. BASICALLY OUTSIDE OF ONE OR TWO HOUSES, PEOPLE HAVE MOVED THEIR FURNITURE BACK. IT'S CLEAR. INDIGO IS ACTUALLY A MARITIME COURSE. THAT IS WHERE IT IS. SO THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE'RE INCLINED TO FOLLOW OUR POLICY, TO SAY IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, IT'S NOT

PERMISSIBLE. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING IN TERMS OF CLEARING

THAT. WE VOTED 3-2. >> I DIDN'T REMEMBER.

>> THAT IS WHAT THE VOTE WAS. THEY BASICALLY HAVE DONE THAT, EXCEPT I THINK ONE HOUSE IS FURTHER OUT AND THEY PLANTED A LOT OF VEGETATION. SO YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE

ADDRESSED. >> VEGETATION IS FINE. >> AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED, ON HICKORY, WE WERE GOING TO PUT UP SIGNS TO MAKE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE, PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING. YESTERDAY WE TOOK A LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN OUT THROUGH THERE. IN THAT PROCESS, I DID SEE OTHER PEOPLE.

SO THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WITH A COUPLE OF ISSUES.

BUT LIKE I SAID, DIRECTION WAS GIVEN FROM THE COMMISSION ON THAT.

SO THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I BELIEVE. >> SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME

PAGE THEN. OKAY. >> I HAVE OTHER LIGHTS ON.

>> PLEASE, YES. >> ONE OTHER THING. ANOTHER ISSUE.

TAMMY GAVE ME GREAT NEWS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. SHE MIGHT WANT TO --

>> HANG ON A SECOND, VICE MAYOR. BECAUSE I MAY HAVE ANOTHER ON

THIS >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON UNIMPROVED WHERE WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY, OR WHERE SOMEBODY IS

ENCROACHING ON A RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT IS UNIMPROVED, CORRECT? >> THEY WILL NOT GET A PERMIT.

>> SO WE'RE GOING TO COME UP, OR WE'RE WORKING WITH FOR THE APPROVED AREAS WHAT IS

ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE? >> WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR.

IT'S GOT TO BE A CASE BY CASE. IF SOMEBODY HAS BOLDERS, I GUESS IT DEPENDS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE APPLICATIONS. IT DEPENDS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP, BOLDERS MIGHT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY, FOLKS THEIR PURPOSE FOR THIS, ENCROACHMENT IS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T PARK ON THEIR LAWN DURING SHRIMP FESTIVAL COMING OUT. IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT'S NOT THEIR PRIVATE

PROPERTY. >> RIGHT. I'LL JUST BRING THIS TO AN EXAMPLE. MY OWN PERSONAL DRIVEWAY, I HAVE A ROCK PARKING SPACE.

SO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC, IF I'M NOT PARKED THERE, COULD PARK THERE.

>> THEY COULD. >> WHEN THEY PARK THERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MAD?

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU TAKE OUT PEBBLES. >> IF IT GETS REMOVED, I WOULD REPLACE IT ON MY OWN MONEY. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF

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RIGHT-OF-WAYS. WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CRITERIA. >> I DON'T DISAGREE.

WE WILL GET THERE. I WANTED TO MAKE YOUR YOU KNEW WHERE WE WERE SO FAR AND WHAT

WE HAVE COME UP WITH. >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> TAMMY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, STATE LAW 163-31771, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHICH WE ALLOW.

WHEN YOU DO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, YOU HAVE TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT, WHICH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS, THAT STATES THAT IF YOU RENT THAT, IT HAS TO BE RENTED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ONE OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES, EXTREMELY LOW, ON UP.

SO 30 PERCENT. NOW, HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN, WE'LL SEE.

BUT WHEN WE DID PASS ACCESSORY HOUSING, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS A LITTLE BENEFIT. SO IF YOU WANT TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY HOUSING AND CHARGE $25,000, AND SOMEBODY KNOWS, THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF STATE

LAWS. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> HOW WE ENFORCE THAT WHOLE PROCESS. I SEE SERIOUS ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS WITH DISCRIMINATION AND THINGS. BUT IT'S KIND OF A NICE STATE LAW.

LIKE I SAID, THE CITY IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND HAS THE AFFIDAVITS TO BE SIGNED.

SO GOOD JOB TO EVERYBODY ON THAT. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> ITEM 13, CITY CLERK.

[13. CITY CLERK REPORTS]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION PETITION DEADLINE IS JULY 1ST, PRIOR TO 12 NOON AT THE NASSAU COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE.

THE QUALIFYING PERIOD IS JULY 11TH THROUGH 15TH. AT THIS TIME, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUBMITTED THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO ANNOUNCE THEIR CANDIDACY IN SEAT FOUR, MAYOR, MR. JAMES ANTON AND MR. CHRISTOPHER, SEAT FIVE, MR. JERRY HESTER RECENTLY WITHDREW HIS SEAT FIVE CANDIDACY. AND COMMISSIONERS BEAN AND STURGESS EACH ANNOUNCED THEIR

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>> COMMISSIONER ROSS, YOU'RE NONCOMMITTED TO THE MAYOR'S RACE?

>> I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN COMMISSIONER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY LIGHT ON.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. >> OKAY.

SO A GREAT SEGUE TO YOU, SIR. BECAUSE WE ARE ON. >> WE HAVE A THREE-FER IN SEAT FOUR AND THREE IN SEAT FIVE. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A THREE IN THE MAYOR RACE? NO. GENTLEMEN, GOOD LUCK. BUT ONLY THREE PEOPLE CAN BE MAYOR AND ONE OF THEM IS NOT

INTERESTED. >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

>> COMMISSIONER STURGESS. >> I WENT TO A GREAT EVENT ON SATURDAY, THIS LAST SATURDAY AT THE COUNCIL ON AGING AND LT WAS PUT ON BY THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN WAS PUT ON BY THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN I WAS PUT ON BY THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN T WAS PUT ON BY THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN CLUB.

THEY HAD A JUNETEENTH FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST. WE DONATED CANNED GOODS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT UP AND SPOKE. ESPECIALLY THE COALITION THAT JUST GOT STARTED. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I WANT TO SPEAK OUT AND SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO WAYNE PETERSON AND THE L STREET SPORTSMAN CLUB. FIRST EVENT THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT. CLOSE TO 90 PEOPLE THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SPOKE.

AND IT WAS A GREAT BREAKFAST. THE FOOD WAS PHENOMENAL. AND I JUST WANT A SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY THINGS COME UP ON THIS NEXT WORKSHOP THAT MIGHT TAKE A LOT OF TIME, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GET STARTED EARLIER. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON OUR TIME FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD SUGGESTION.

COMMISSIONER BEAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THREE VIPS IN THE ROOM THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AT THIS TIME. NUMBER ONE IS LILY, SHE IS OUR PLANNING INTERN FOR THE SUMMER.

SUMMER INTERN. SHE IS IN THE BACK. SHE IS GETTING A DEGREE IN URBAN PLANNING. AND SHE IS DOING AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP WITH US THIS SUMMER.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY

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NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST LADY OF THE CITY, MS. SHERI, AND THEN FINALLY MY FIANCEE, WE'RE GETTING DINNER AFTER.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> VICE MAYOR.

>> LIFE IS GOOD. >> THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER BEAN, YOUR LIGHT IS STILL ON. THANK YOU.

CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF MR. ROBERT STAPP. HE WAS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOUNDING DIRECTOR AND WE HONORED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS EVENING.

AND INITIATED THE FORMATION OF THE NASSAU COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

HE WAS THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL LONG-TERM MEMBER AND AMELIA ISLAND CLUB PRESIDENT. MENTOR TO MANY, FRIEND TO ALL AS WELL AS KNOWN FOR NEVER GIVING UP ON CHALLENGES AT HAND. ALL RIGHT.

JULY 4TH, WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LIGHT UP AMELIA, WILL HAVE FIREWORKS. AND THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

LAST YEAR, COMMISSIONER ROSS COULD HEAR MY ADDRESS FROM THE STAGE.

HE SAID. >> HE COULD. >> SO YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO

MY WORDS OF WISDOM THIS YEAR. >> I'M EXCITED. >> YOU MAY WANT TO VACATE.

I'M GIVING YOU AMPLE WARNING. >> CAN'T WAIT. >> SO THE FIREWORKS BEGIN AT NINE. JUNETEENTH, I WAS HONORED TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS READ IN THIS CHAMBER, FOR THE CULTURE WHO PUT ON THE EVENT.

AND RAINED IN THE MORNING, GLAD THAT THE RAIN PASSED AND WE HAD -- THERE WAS A GOOD ATTENDANCE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR THEIR THIRD EVENT. SO WELL DONE.

THE PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVAL WAS HELD, UNFORTUNATELY, MY WIFE AND I WERE CELEBRATING OUR 40TH. BUT I HEARD WONDERFUL WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE PARADE AND THE FESTIVAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND WITH THAT, WE

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