Sep 06, 2022 Regular Meeting

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>> CALLED TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBEL MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO MORPH INTO THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THERE TAKE -- I'M GOING TO EXERCISE MY FRAGMENT AND I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND DO THE PRESENTATION STARTS.

SO WE CAN GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY.

WE CAN HONOR THEIR TIME. ON LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. VICE MAYOR.

>> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLIGHT 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.

>> AND IS PASTOR TRANSLATED HERE.

SHE IS PROBABLY WAITING UNTIL 6:50 P.M.

I WILL DO THE PROCLAMATION START >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

(ROLL CALL). >> AND ALL) COME FORWARD.

[4.2 PROCLAMATION - "FERNANDINA DOJO" .]

GIVE THEM A HAND. THE PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS. THE PRESENCE OF MARTIAL ARTS IN CHINA EXISTED AS EARLY AS THE THIRD CENTURY A.D.

BUT THEN VARIOUS STYLES DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT ASIA.

THE WAY OF MARTIAL ARTS, WHETHER -- LIVE VETERAN ONE SOUNDS, TO BRING OUT THE INHERENT -- IN 2018 SEAN WATKINS OPENED UP "FERNANDINA DOJO" A SLOW FOR SOMETHING FITZPATRICK WITH THE INTENT OF CREATING A SPECIAL PLACE FOR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS. -- THE U.S. OPEN END OF MIAMI OFFENSE COMPETITION. COMPETING AGAINST OVER 900 ATHLETES FROM 30 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

FERNANDINA STUDENTS BROUGHT HOME A REMARKABLE 15 METAL SPARDALS.W BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR BY THE CITY OF HER NINA BEACH DO CONGRATULATE "FERNANDINA DOJO" ON THEIR SUCCESS AND REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY WITH UNWAVERING PRIDE.

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ADULATION SPHERIC. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THIS TEAM, WE HAVE A COMPETITION TEAM THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE UNITED STATES. THIS LITTLE GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE, DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT REMARKABLE AND THAT WAS TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. AND LAS VEGAS AS THE MAYOR AND SENT TO YOU ALREADY. TE FAILED TO MENTION THIS IS HELD ONCE PER YEAR. THAT MEANS THIS GROUP GAVE UP THE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY. THEY SACRIFICED TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY TO GET TO LAS VEGAS. FOR MOST OF THEM THIS WAS THEIR FIRST SIGNATURE EVENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE HAVE TO PER YEAR. ONE IS THE U.S. OPEN AT THE SECOND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. SO FAR ALL OF THEM THIS IS THEIR FIRST STEP INTO A MORE ELITE LEVEL OF COMPETITION AS WE SAID THERE ARE 900 ATHLETES AND THIS ONE COMPOSITION.

FOR ALL OF THEM, THEY BROUGHT HOME AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF METALS AND THAT IS THAT NEXT LINE THAT IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THEM. WE THANK EVERYONE FOR HAVING SUCH WONDERFUL TALENT AMONGST US.

AND I WILL ALSO GO ON TO SAY, THEY WILL ALL PARTICIPATE IN THEIR VERY FIRST SEASIDE KARATE CLASS RIGHT HERE IN MEDINA BEACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 1. THINK WE HAVE THREE OTHER ATHLETES COMING ONE JUST REGISTER FROM THE COUNTRY OF GEORGIA. I GUESS YOU CAN SAY WE ARE INTERNATIONAL VAMPIRIC RIGHT HERE THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT THEN CONSUELO, HUNGARY, ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT VENEZUELA AND HUNGARY. IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE HIS EAR. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

[4.3 PROCLAMATION - "CONSTITUTION WEEK" ]

>> TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIBERTIES, FREEDOMS AND UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.

FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES THE CONSTITUTION PRESIDED AS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. KEEPING OUR NATIONS LEADERS TRUE TO AMERICA'S HIGHEST IDEAS AND GUARANTEEING THEIR RIGHTS TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY THE BEACON OF HOPE.

TO ALL PEOPLE SEEKING FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.

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THE CONSTITUTION IS STRUCTURALLY PREDICATED ON GOVERNANCE BY WE THE PEOPLE. MAKING CITIZENS UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS FRAMEWORK AND THE CENTRAL ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY. NOW THEREFORE I THE MAYOR OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FIND IT FITTING AND PROPER TO ( INDISCERNIBLE ) THIS MAGNIFICAT DOCUMENT AND TO THE CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THIS OCCASION AS THE CONSTITUTION.

CONGRATULATIONS. >> OKAY COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN EITHER DO THE PRESENTATIONS AMOUNT, I HAVE ONE NADA FOR YES.

>> TWO KNOTS FOR YES. >> I THINK SOME PEOPLE MAY BE HERE FOR THE BUDGET, YOU SAID WE COULD DO THE BUDGET 1ST AND THEN THE PRESENTATION. BUT I AM FINE WITH ANY OPTION.

>> I THINK THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION THAN

THE BUDGET. >> IF THAT IS THE CASE LET'S DO

IT THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> SO WHAT DID WE DECIDE. >>

>> WE ARE PEOPLE WAITING I APOLOGIZE.

COME ON UP, I WILL HANDED TO YOU.

WE WILL GET A PHOTO.

I'M ON THE AMELIA ISLAND CHAPTER.

>> SO AS MAYOR I DECLARE SEPTEMBER 17, 2022-SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR

COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE AMELIA ISLAND CHAPTER OF DAR IS HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH CAROLINE AND HOW PROUD WE ARE OF HER WRITING.

THE CELEBRATION OF CONSTITUTION WAS STARTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1955 THEY COMMISSIONED CONGRESS TO HAVE THIS DAY DEDICATED TO CONSERVATION -- CONSTITUTION WEEK AND LATER ADOPTED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO PUBLIC LAW AUGUST 2, 1956 BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER.

MAYOR LEDNOVICH, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A DAR CONSTITUTION WEEK POSTER. .

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY, PAST REVIEW WILL COME FORWARD WE WILL HAVE OUR IMPLICATION.

SO EVERYONE WILL RISE. >> LET US PRAY.

HOLY GOD, HOLY GOD WHOSE NAME IS ABOVE EVERY NAME WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE PEOPLE IN FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LEAVE AND WORK AND WHICH WE PLAY. BLESS THE AGENDA TO BE FRUITFUL.

HELP LEADERS LORD TO NOT ASK FIRST HOW DO WE FIX THIS, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO BRING ABOUT A POSITIVE CHANGE IN AND TO THOSE

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GRANT THEM AND US THE WISDOM AND COURAGE TO KNOW AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD AND TRUE. WHEAT SPEAK OUT WHEN WE SEE THINGS NOT DONE PROPERLY. MAY WE LISTEN PATIENTLY AND RECEPTIVE. MAY WE ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, JUSTICE AND THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.

THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME WE HOLD SO SACRED AND SO GOOD AND THAT WE HOLD SO TRUE, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

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>> THANK YOU, PASTOR. ALL RIGHT, I AM GOING TO RETURN TO THE ORDER IN WHICH IT WAS PUBLISHED AND WE WILL GO INTO THE BUDGET. THREE-POINT ONE STATEMENT OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE NECESSARY TO FIND THE BUDGET AND THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH TAX REVENUES ARE BEING INCREASED.

>> MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AND CITIZENS, THE TRUTH IN MILL'S STATEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION WHICH SETS THE PROPERTY TAX FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND SET THE MILITARY FOR VOTER APPROVAL THAT CHAPTER 200-POINT 65 FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRES THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.

THE TAXING AUTHORITY LIVING THIS TAX AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, THE ROLLBACK RATE IS 4.7709 MILL PER $1,000 OF THE ASSESSED VALUE.

THE INCREASE IS 11.87% OVER THE ROLLBACK.

THE OPERATING TO THE -- IS 5.3330 MILS PER $1,000 OF THE

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ASSESSED VALUE. >> THANK YOU.

SO, I AM GOING TO CHANGE GEARS. I SEE THE DOG OF THE MONTH IS HERE. LET'S NOT KEEP THE DOG WAITING.

THE BUDGET DISCUSSION MAY GO ON FOR A WHILE.

WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE PUPPY.

FUNDRAISING. SHE WOBBLES.

WE ARE NOT SURE WHY. SO WE NEED TO DO AN MRI TO RULE OUT WHETHER IT MAY BE TRAUMA OR A BRAIN ISSUE.

WE ARE TRYING TO RULE THAT OUT. SHE'S ONLY 2-YEARS-OLD.

SHE HAS A LONG, HAPPY LIFE AHEAD OF HER.

SHE IS SUPER SWEET AND CALM. MEDICATION HAS NOT HELPED.

IT HASN'T MADE HER WORSE OR ANY BETTER.

WE FIGURE,.

TEN SHE HAS 0 VISIBILITY'S. SHE IS CUTE.

OTHER THAN THAT SHE'S VERY SWEET.

>> REMIND PEOPLE HOW THEY WOULD ADOPT A PET.

>>

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>> OKAY, TOO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET.

I HAVE NO FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

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IF I COULD ASK YOU AT THE PODIUM , SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE LIST FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE WORKSHOP. BUT ONE THING THAT IS TOO BIG TO BE DECIDED OUT OF THE WORKSHOP, AND TOO BIG TO BE DECIDED BY STAFF AND THAT IS THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE DONE OUTSIDE OF THE WORKSHOP. I WILL ASSUME THAT IS AN ERROR.

I WANT TO PUT IT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO. >> THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED BY A

VOTE OF AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> BUT THERE WAS NO BOAT TO MOVE THAT AWAY. I WOULD ASSUME IT IS STILL THERE. WHEN I SEE THE BUDGET AT THE NEXT MEETING WILL IT BE BACK IN THEIR?

>> WE HAVE THE DONATION AND THAT IS THE DUPLICATE APPROPRIATION, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS TO ACCEPT THE DONATION, SO THAT BECOMES A MUTE POINT.

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES WE HAD WITH THIS.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG I DON'T THINK ANYONE AUTHORIZE THE REMOVAL OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

DID ANYONE -- >> IT IS A REDUNDANT EXPENDITURE. IT WAS FOR PURCHASE OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR WITH THE DONATION AND STAFF SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO BUDGET $300,000

MORE FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. >> UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION. THE DISCUSSION I'M ASKED RIGHT NOW IF NONE OF US AUTHORIZED IT AND THE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN VOTED ON, I AM WONDERING HOW IT CHANGED AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE AGAIN TO PUT IT BACK.

HERE IS THE OTHER ISSUE, ARE WE GOING TO ACCEPT A DONATION TO ENHANCE THE PLAYGROUND AND MOVE THAT MONEY TO CONTINGENCY.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY GOING INTO CONTINGENCY.

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO BE HAD BUT THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. BUT RIGHT NOW, I SEE A BUDGET THAT IS NOT WHAT WE HAD CONSENSUS ON AT THE WORKSHOP.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE GET THE BUDGET BACK THAT WE HAD

CONSENSUS ON. >> I NEVER TOOK IT OUT WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PUT IT BACK IN, THAT IS MY QUESTION.

>> MY PURCHASE FOR WHAT THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR IS FOR A PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PURCHASED THIS YEAR SO IT BECOMES A REDUNDANT PURCHASE.

>> THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IT IS BACK IN THE BUDGET. IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE GOING IN CIRCLES. I WOULD GO TO THE COMMISSION.

WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A PIECE OF PAPER.

>> THERE IS A DISCUSSION, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

GENTLEMEN. >> WELL I SEE LIGHTS ARE ON.

I ASSUME, ARE THEY PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE?

>> MY LIGHT IS. >> AND COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> MIND IS NOT. >> SO COMMISSIONER STURGIS.

>> VERY BRIEFLY, IN MY OPINION WHEN I SEE THIS DONATION FOR THE

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UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I AM MISSING IT IS SIMPLE TO ME, THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET COMPLETELY AND START GOING TO THE ADJUSTABLE RATE OR WE GET HALF OF THAT.

I FEEL THERE IS ROOM TO MOVE AND THINGS THAT CAN BE CUT.

THAT IS JUST MY OPINION. THERE IS A LITTLE FACT HERE AND THERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS BEHIND, AS FAR AS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT RIGHT THIS SECOND, I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REDUCED.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> I WOULD AGREE, SPENDING $500,000 TO COVER THE EXPENSE, I WOULD TAKE THE $300,000 AND MOVE IT INTO CONTINGENCY. IT IS TRUE STAFF DID THAT ON THEIR OWN VOLITION I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IF WE DON'T VOTE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION, TO STAY ON THE BUDGET AND IF WE DO ACCEPT THE DONATION WHICH I THINK WE WILL, THEN IT SHOULD COME OUT OF THE BUDGET.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THE MONEY FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

THAT IS JUST THE WAY I WOULD FEEL.

>> I WILL REPEAT WHAT I SAID. PART OF THIS IS A PROCEDURE THAT STAFF TOOK OUT OF THE FUDGY. WE DID NOT AGREED TO DO THAT.

IT IS A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT IF YOU GET A DONATION YOU DON'T NEED THIS MONEY. I CAN SEE WHY, BUT WAS IT

DOTTING I'S AND CROSSING TEASE. >> COMMISSIONERS, WE MUST CONSIDER WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THE FACT THAT A GENEROUS MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL REVEAL THIS TO THE PUBLIC, WHO THIS PERSON IS, WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHY THEY ARE DOING IT. COMING UP LATER TONIGHT.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL STICK AROUND AND WE CAN SEE THAT.

BUT CONSIDER THIS, A DONOR, WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET MONEY THAT WILL GO TOWARDS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THIS DONOR, AND FOR MANY REASONS SHE IS ADAMANT ABOUT THE CHILDREN HAVING A PLACE TO PLAY. SO SHE HAS COME FORWARD AND IS GENEROUSLY GIVING THE CITY HALF OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. OUR ACTION IS TO THEN REDUCE THE BUDGET, BY THAT SAME AMOUNT AND PUT IT INTO CONTINGENCY FUN, YOU ARE MAKING HER GIVE A CONTINGENCY FUND.

EVEN SO IF YOU REDUCE TAXES YOU ARE MAKING HER FUN THE TAXPAYER AS I HAVE STATED THROUGHOUT THE WORKSHOP, I BROUGHT THINGS THAT COULD BE STREAMLINED OR CUT, BUT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

THIS IS ENHANCING OUR PARKS AND BUDGET.

OUR ACTION SIMPLY CANNOT BE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY THE SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE YOU ARE NULLIFYING THE GIFT.

I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DO THIS AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD , THAT IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.

AND WE ARE IN A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE, WHY DON'T WE GO ON AND LOOK FOR SPONSORS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, WHEN WE RECEIVE A DONATION IS TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BUT THAT AMOUNT AND PUTTING IT WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER CONSIDER DOING BUSINESS WITH US.

I CANNOT GUARANTEE THIS DONATION WILL BE THERE IF WE CUT THE BUDGET RIGHT AFTER SHE GIVES IT. THIS IS THE WRONG COURSE OF ACTION. IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS I AM ALL ABOUT THAT. I BROUGHT FORTH A LIST OF THINGS TO LOOK AT, THINGS WE CAN REDUCE, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

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>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE PUT IT IN CONTINGENCY I'M SAYING WE WOULD JUST REMOVE IT FROM THE LINEUP BECAUSE IT FILLED THE NEED, LAST YEAR YOU WERE WILLING TO TAKE THE MONEY TO FUND THIS, $140,000. NOT DON'T DOUBT WE CAN SPEND ALL OF THE MONEY I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT BUT I THINK $800,000,.

>> THE $300,000 OUR FOURTH THE 500,000-DOLLAR DONATIONS.

VERY GENEROUS AND THOUGHTFUL DONATION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT SO WE KEEP IT THE SAME, AND WE TAKE THE $300,000 AND WE COME UP WITH WHAT WE WILL SPEND IT ON LATER. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 0 PROBLEM.

THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. I LIKE THAT IDEA, THANK YOU FOR

HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THAT. >> IF I COULD JUST RESPOND.

>> IN THIS CASE, THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.

HE NEEDS TO STAY WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN THERE. IN FACT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS FROM NOW, WHEN WE NEED X, Y OR Z IT WOULD BE A GREAT TRANSFER AND WE COULD.

THIS. THERE ARE PLACES TO CUT TAXES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO CUT TAXES.

THIS IS THE PLACE TO KEEP IT THERE.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM KEEPING IT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED HELP. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, NOR DID I EVER. THE $300,000 WASN'T REALLY TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO KEEP IT PARKS AND REC. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED FIXING, A LONG LIST.

SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT THING ON THE LIST.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> SO IF I CAN WRAP THIS UP.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RETURN THE $300,000 BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

WE CAN DISCUSS IT WHEN WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET.

>> THAT IS GOOD. >> VICE MAYOR.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A BUDGET STATEMENT.

MIGHT TAXES ARE GOING DOWN $3 NEXT YEAR.

WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING. MY ASSUMPTION OF THIS BUDGET, THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT THE CITY MANAGER DEVELOP THAT IS PART OF THE CITY'S OPERATION. AND THAT SUPPORT, INCLUDES ALL OF THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA. THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE BE PUT ON THE CHANNEL BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE.

I WASN'T GOING TO COMMENT ON THE $300,000 BUT I WILL BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PUSH BACK. THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING WE AGREED TO DO THROUGH THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS IF THAT IS WHERE HE GOES.

THAT IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WHICH WE SHOULD NOT HAVE PUSH BACK ON ANYWAYS. THAT BEING SAID, I SUPPORT THE BUDGET THE WAY IT IS AND THE SAPS RECOMMENDATION, AND LIKE I SAID MY TAXES HAVE GONE DOWN $3, THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER STURGIS.

>> I AM SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS EXISTS BUT I FEEL AS I'M IN

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AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY AND THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. I.E., SLEEP AND BREATHE IT AND LOVE IT. BUT ONE THING NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT STRIPPING HEALTH INSURANCE FROM THE CITY COMMISSIONERS. MIKE YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, I CURRENTLY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

WITH THAT BUSINESS, IT IS EIGHT $10,000 BENEFIT TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS SALARY. YOU ADD THAT IN AND IT MAKES THIS POSITION WORTH $22,000 PER YEAR.

BECAUSE OF INSURANCE REASONS AND THEY SAY WE ARE NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, WE ARE NOW STRIPPING THAT OUT.

NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT ME.

I WILL MAKE MY STATEMENT IF I'M THE LONE ISLAND, THAT IS FINE.

I THINK IT IS A TRAGEDY WE ARE STRIPPING THIS DOWN TO $12,000 IT WILL MAKE WHILE BECOMING FLUENT PEOPLE ARE RETIREES, THE ABILITY TO HOLD THIS POSITION WITH NO PROBLEMS. I TRULY FEEL WE SHOULD PUT 4-$6,000 BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

THAT MAKES PRETTY SIMPLE MATH TO ME.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE WORKING FOLKS THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THIS POSITION AND I AM SURE THEY WOULD LIKE THE MONEY. AND I PROMISE YOU WHEN I GO INTO PUBLIX GROCERY STORE, AND I TAKE 5-10 E-MAILS PER DAY, AND ANYWHERE THAT I GO, I AM ALL ABOUT THE CITY OF FERNANDINA.

MY STATEMENT IS I THINK IT IS A TRAVESTY AND IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO ENTERTAIN IT IN THIS BUDGETS SESSION WE SHOULD IN THE NEXT.

I FEEL, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND I HAVE FOR BUSINESSES, I DO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IT REQUIRES I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER IT IF NOT NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THIS POSITION IF WERE TAKING HEALTH INSURANCE AWAY.

IT HAS BEEN IN THIS POSITION 15-20 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITY OF IT. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK IT IS A TRAVESTY THAT WE ARE STRIPPING THIS POSITION DOWN TO $12,000 PER YEAR END MAKING IT ONLY FOR AFFLUENT, WEALTHY PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS POSITION BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE TIME, ENERGY AND THE EFFORT.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> I'M SORRY VICE MAYOR.

>> I AM JUST FINISHING MY SEVENTH YEAR.

PRIOR TO THAT I DID SIX YEARS WITH PLANNED ADVISORY PUTTING IN TIME AND HOURS. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT HEALTH INSURANCE MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IF YOU WANTED HEALTH INSURANCE BECAME OUT OF YOUR $12,000 BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU WANT TO SERVE YOU SERVE. WE HAVE SEVEN CANDIDATES WHO DID STEP UP, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.

$1,000 PER MONTH FOR CITY COMMISSIONER IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE REAL WORLD, THAT IS REALLY PENNIES.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT, THE SALARIES AND INSURANCE. I DON'T THINK IT HINDERS CANDIDATES STEPPING FORWARD EVERYONE WHO SERVE DON'T SERVE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFFLUENT THEY SERVE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

SERVE. >> YOU THINK THE SALARY SHOULD BE INCREASED I SAY THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS AT THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.

BACK WHERE YOU ARE NOT GIVING YOURSELF A RAISE, WHICH, WE ALL KNEW THE DEAL GETTING INTO THIS I ASSUME EVERYONE DO THE DEAL.

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>> MR. STURGIS. >> IT'S NOT A SALARY INCREASE IT IS A DECREASE. YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM $22,000 THROUGH SPECTRAL VALVES ALSO. ITS NOT A SALARY.

I DID NOT ACCEPT IT. I DON'T NEED THE MONEY I'M THINK YOU ARE STRIPPING THIS POSITION. EVERYONE ELSE RECEIVES RAISES.

I DON'T NEED THE MONEY. I'M EXPLAINING TO YOU THE POSITION NEEDS THE MONEY, AND I FEEL ADAMANT THAT IT DOES NEED THE MONEY. IF YOU ARE GOING TO STRIP $10,000 OUT, PUT SOMETHING BACK, PUT 4-$6,000 BACK SO THE PERSON WHO DOES THIS POSITION WILL GET COMPENSATED SOMETHING FOR THEIR TIME. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING.

>> TWO OF US ARE COMPENSATED $12,000 AND WE ALL AGREED TO SERVE, AND THAT -- I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ANYMORE ABOUT THIS.

WE CAN CERTAILY BRING IT UP AT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS WE CAN

CERTAINLY DISCUSS IT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET? >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> I RECENTLY INTERVIEWED A CANDIDATE ON YOUR WEBSITE AND I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT WEBSITE. AND THEY HE HAS NEVER VOTED FOR A TAX INCREASE AND HE WAS THE ONLY VOTE AGAINST THE INCREASE IN YOUR TAXES FOR FOR ONE. HE COMES WITH SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. SEEK HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHERE, AS THE VICE MAYOR POINTED OUT, -- HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU

CAME UP WITH THE NUMBER OF 12%. >> NOW YOU ARE INTO NON- BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

COMMISSIONER STATEMENTS. >> WELL I CAN PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY. OUR WE INCREASING THE BUDGET BY

12%. >> IT WAS ANNOUNCED, IT IS

11.8%. >> WHAT WASN'T IT, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? I WILL EXPLAIN IT.

>> >> THIS IS RELATED STRICTLY TO THE MILITARY NOT REVENUES. THE ROLLBACK RATE WAS 4.7 AND SOME CHANGE, THIS IS AN 11.7% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK AND A CLASSIFIEDS IT'S A TAX INCREASE BECAUSE IT IS 11% HIGHER.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE -- >> IN THE POLITICAL WORLD YOU

COULD SAY TAXES WENT UP 12%. >> I WOULD DISAGREE AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I WOULD AGREE THERE IS A TAX INCREASE BUT ALL TAX INCREASES ARE TAXED.

WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED, AND NONE -- I THINK IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO THINK THERE WAS A 12% INCREASE. MINE WENT UP FOR A NAP PERCENT.

HIS WENT DOWN $3. ONE THERE TAX RATE STAYED THE SAME ANOTHER ONE, IT WENT $147, SO, IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO SAY ACROSS THE BOARD THERE WAS A 12% TAX INCREASE, THAT WAS MY ONLY

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POINT. >> I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE HOW THIS MOVES FORWARD WHAT WE WILL ADAPT.

>> IT'S NOT THE WORLD OF POLITICS, IT IS DEFINED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT IT IS A TAX INCREASE.

IT IS -- THAT IS THE DEFINITION. FRANKLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU WE POINT OUT ALL OF THESE ARE CAP.

WHEN I STARTED THE BUDGET WORKSHOP I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT YOU CAN CHECK THE SENSES ON THIS.

THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE WITHIN FERNANDINA

BEACH THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. >> IS NOT ME THAT MADE UP THE NUMBER MY BUDGET IS FAST-TRACK THAT IS THE TAX INCREASE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE PASS ALONG TO THE PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> 'S I'M NOT DISPUTING THE TAXES WENT UP. BUT I WILL.OUT TO YOU, THAT WE ALL AGREE WE HAVE TO GROW AND ENHANCE OUR PARKS AND RECREATIONAL SPACES. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE AREA CLEAN AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE TREES AND ENVIRONMENT.

EVERYONE OF US VOTED AND AGREE WE NEED TO INCREASE THE WAGES OF THE WORKERS IN THE CITY. THAT IS ABOUT EIGHT TO MILLION DOLLAR BILL. I WILL INSIST TO YOU IF WE GO BACK TO THE ROLLBACK RATE WHICH IS NO TAX INCREASE WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE ADVOCATING ON ME UP TO PUT UP WITH A BUDGET CUT.

NOT ONE OF YOU HAVE COME UP WITH $1.8 MILLION IN BUDGET CUTS.

IF YOU COME UP WITH 148 MAIN DOLLARS WORTH OF BUDGET CUTS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT ON THE LINE THEN I WILL CONSIDER

GOING BACK TO THE ROLLBACK RATE. >> I DON'T AGREED EVENT.

>> IT WAS OVER $1 MILLION WORTH OF ITEMS ON THE LIST, I DID BRING THIS I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THINGS THAT CAN BE STREAMLINED, SO I HAVE TO BRING WOULD YOU AGREE WITH.

THAT IS THE KICKER. THAT IS THE KEY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT ME FINDING SOMETHING I AM WILLIN TO DO IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL AGREE TO. I'M OKAY.

>> A VERY BRIEFLY MAYOR, I WAS WILLING TO, AND WE WERE WILLING EARLIER TO DEDUCT BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP THE $300,000.

I WILL JUST SAY THIS, I WAS WILLING TO CUT BACK AND LOOK AT CUTTING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT WAY I COULD GO CAP OF A MILLION, INSTEAD OF GOING TO BE ADJUSTED ROLLBACK RATE. BUT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BUDGE ON THE $300,000 MAKES ME FEEL I NEED TO STAY WITH WHAT WE GOT. THAT IS HOW I HAVE TO FEEL WITH THIS ONE. I WAS WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICES

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SOME I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE TAKEN MONEY WITH.

THAT IS IT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> THIS IS BOOK FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD A LEGITIMATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WHICH INCLUDED A LOT OF COSTS THAT WERE DEFERRED. THAT WAS MY DECISION TO MOVE WITH THE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. WE DON'T NEED TO CONTINUALLY CUT AND DEFER MAINTENANCE. WE ARE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. WHEN YOU BRING IN THE ISSUE OF THE PAY RAISES WHICH WERE DESERVED AND NECESSARY TO KEEP STAFF, I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO DO -- BE BASED ON THE

BUDGET SUBMITTED. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE AGREED TO PUT THE 300 DOLLARS BACK IN THE PARK AND REC BUDGET.

WE WILL VOTE IN TWO WEEKS, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> ANY OTHER BUDGET ISSUES? I SEE NONE.

THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IS ADJOURNED.

THE

>> I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

(ROLL CALL). >> HOUSEKEEPING, CELL PHONES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TURN THEM TO SILENT, AIRPLANE OR TOTALLY OFF I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. COVID-19 IS NOT GOING AWAY.

PLEASE STRIKE WHATEVER MEASURES YOU DEEM NECESSARY TO PROTECT

[4.4 PRESENTATION - SMART NORTH FLORIDA ]

ITEM 4.3, PRESENTATION OF SMART NORTH FLORIDA, MR. LEWIS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OF RECORD.

>> CLAYTON LEVENS, SMART NORTH FLORIDA, LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. COMMISSIONER THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN SMART FLORIDA AND AROUND THE REGION.

WE ARE DOING SOME EXCITING THINGS IT CAN BE THE SMART PLACE WE HOPE IT CAN BE AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW, I WANT TO BE THE STEWARD OF EVERYONE'S TIME.

OUR MISSION IS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF SMART TECHNOLOGY, COORDINATING DATA FOR THE REGENTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

THAT IS OUR FOCUS AND ACTIVITY. WE OPERATE AS A C3 BECAUSE WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH CITIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO SOLVE OUR REGION'S TOUGHEST PROBLEMS WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON, WE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON PARTNERING WITH CITIES. WE DON'T DO BUSINESS THAT WAY.

IN ADDITION WE DON'T WORK WITH TECHNOLOGIES THAT SHARE IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OR WORK IN THE SPACE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. WE WORK WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO CITY OPERATIONS. THAT IS OUR SWEET SPOT AND WHAT WE TRIED TO BRING TO THE TABLE. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE MANY ENTREPRENEURS ON THIS COMMISSION.

THIS WILL NOT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO BRING TO THE TABLE, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I'M A GREAT DOG.

THAT IS MY BOOK JIM COLLINS. AS I BRING THIS MYTHOLOGY TO LIGHT. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IN THE PARTNERSHIPS IS JUST A SIMPLE ASSORTMENT OF MYTHOLOGY FROM THE SCOUTING AND ASSESSMENTS FROM THE STATEMENTS THAT CITIES ARE WORKING TO SOLVE, TO BEING A PARTNER IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY. A LOT OF TIMES NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE INTERESTING TO ADOPT. WE TRIED TO BE A HELPFUL FRIEND AND PARTNER TO ENSURE THE DEPLOYMENT AND THE SMOOTH TESTING OF THE TECHNOLOGY AS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTED

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WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES WE PARTNER WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ADEQUATELY VISUALIZE. THE JOKER LIKE TO SAINT NO ONE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING LIKES TO BE HELD -- RIGHT-HANDED SPREADSHEETS. WE LIKE THE IMPACT OF THE INFORMATION TO BE DULY SHOWN. IN ADDITION, AS COMMUNITIES AND CITIES LOOK TO SCALE TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE BOARD WE TRY TO HELP WITH WHAT THAT ADOPTION LOOKS LIKE.

SOMETIMES ADOPTING TECHNOLOGY IS A SCARY THING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE BRING TO THE TABLE AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL IS THE EASE OF ADOPTION AS WELL AS THE COMFORT OF USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THERE CERTAINLY IS A REAL EMPHASIS ON THAT FOR US. LASTLY WE WORK IN A CONNECTED SYSTEM. WE WORK TO ENSURE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ADOPTED WITH THE COMMUNITIES ARE EFFICIENTLY COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THERE IS NO INTEROPERABILITY AS CITY OPERATING SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO INNOVATE AND ADOPT MORE TECHNOLOGY ACROSS-THE-BOARD.

I KNOW THIS IS OUR LEVELS OF WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS AND SO WE HAVE DEPLOYED ACROSS THE REGION FOR YOUR REFERENCE. THE STORM SENSOR IS ONE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH WANT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE CONSTANT TIME BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

THE STORM SENSOR IS ONE OF THE FIRST SOLUTIONS WE DEPLOY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEPTUNE BEACH PHOTO.

THIS IS A STARTUP OUT OF SEATTLE.

AND DOING BUSINESS ALL ACROSS THE STREET.

WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SIMPLY, PLACING STORMWATER SENSORS AND DRAINS TO MEASURE INTAKE INTO THE STORM MONITORING SYSTEM.

OBVIOUSLY ISOLATED THAT IS NOT VALUABLE DATA BUT SET UP AS A NETWORK WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOT TO BE TO HER LEVEL YOU HAVE A DIGITAL MAP OF YOUR ENTIRE DRAINAGE AND HOW THE INTAKE OF THE SYSTEM AND WHAT THE RETAINING LEVELS OF THE WATER ARE.

LIKE I SAID WE DEPLOYED 20 SENSORS WITH THE CITY OF NEPTUNE BEACH AFTER A PILOT OF TWO SENSORS, THIS IS BEEN A GREAT DEPLOYMENT AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING, THEY ARE LOOKING AT OPENING A SATELLITE OFFICE TO CONTINUE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU CAN PUT THIS ON THIS IS SPITTING OUT A DIGITAL MAP AND THIS IS ANY ISSUE WITH YOUR PAYMENT THIS IS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITIES IN THE REGION, TO DO ANALYSIS, THIS WAS, ALL THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES FOR MULTIPLE DAYS, AND A 50,000-DOLLAR CONSULTANT.

NOW THEY ARE DOING IT IN ONE DAY, REALLY IN OUR AND THIS HELPS WITH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR AS WELL WHEN WE PARTNER WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES.

I WILL JUMP DOWN TO ANOTHER SOLUTION TO HELP HIGHLIGHT, THIS IS AN ACOUSTIC SENSOR YOU CAN ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS AND RAILROAD TRACKS IT DETECTS STRAINS, THE DISTANCE AND TIME TRAVEL AS WELL AS HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO CROSS THE RAILROAD. INTERESTINGLY, YOU'RE ALSO VERY

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THIS IS A COMPANY OUT OF ORLANDO.

THIS IS A CARDIAC EVENT. IF THERE IS A RESPONSE TIME GREATER THAN 5 MINUTES. BE ON SITE WITHIN 2-5 MINUTES.

LASTLY, ANOTHER SOLUTION WE ARE LOOKING AT, FOR OUR PARTNERS IS BLUE VISUAL. THIS IS NOT -- I WILL GO TO TECHNICAL DETAILS, THIS DETERMINES THE HEIGHT, IT RISES IN THE AIR AND SHINES LED LIGHTING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

BAKE GO OUT INTO COMMUNITIES AFTER SEVERE WEATHER AND AFTER CAR ACCIDENTS AND DARK AREAS AND THIS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THEM TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED. SO, WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IT THIS IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AFTER THE UTILIZATION OF STORM SENSOR WE WILL DRIVE ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL INTEGRATE WITH THEIR SPIRIT ALL OF YOUR WATER WASTE MANAGEMENT WE ARE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THOSE ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE RESILIENCY SPACE. NOT ONLY THAT, I MENTIONED WE WORK WITH THE 5O1C COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS, JACKSONVILLE, YOU ARE AWARE. THEY ARE WORKING TO INNOVATE AT THE APPRAISAL LEVEL. THERE ARE CONCERNS WITHIN THE HOUSING MARKET, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO GENERATE APPRAISAL VALUES AND WE ARE WORKING ON ADOPTING SOLUTIONS, WERE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IT IS AN AGENCY AND I HAVE A PROCESS WE THINK CAN BE STREAMLINED IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE RECIDIVISM CYCLE AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE THERE IS A BACKLOG ON THAT AND WERE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME INFORMATION AS WELL ON SAINT AUGUSTINE, THIS IS FOR THERE IS APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION TO MAKE IT CONCISE TO MAKE THE OLDEST CITY THE SMARTEST CITY.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE DID RECEIVE THAT GRANT, NOT US PARTICULARLY BUT THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE DID.

WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY THAT MAKES DECISIONS WHERE A CITY LIKE THIS DEFINITELY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND PEOPLE MOVEMENT, AND LASTLY, WE ARE DOING SOME WORK WITH CLAY COUNTY ON TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS,

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THESE STUDENTS ARE IMPECCABLE WITH THEIR WORK AND WE ARE PART -- I PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THEM SO WE CAN BRING SOME WORK TO THEM. IT IS A LOT TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT.

WE ARE BRINGING BACK QUARTERLY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO NETWORK. I DID MENTION A LOT FOR TIME SAKE. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GROW AND BRING INNOVATION TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT THAT IS MY OVERVIEW.

IF I SKIP OVER ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I WANT TO BE FAVORABLE TO TIME. >>

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM FOUR-POINT FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET PROGRAM.

>> I THINK YOU SKIPPED ONE. >> HOW THINGS CHANGE IN EIGHT

[4.5 PRESENTATION - AMELIA ISLAND CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU]

DRIVE TO SEE MY ADDRESS AGAIN QUICKSAND YES, NAME AND ADDRESS, KD, 378 MONTGOMERY STREET BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

11225. OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME, ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS KATIE I AM HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE JEFF.

WE ARE OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AND WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINAL CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR THE FAMILIAR ISLAND BEACH PARKS.

WERE LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO THE TDC IN THE COUNTY.

AND FOR TODAY Q HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE PRESENTATION BUT WE WILL BE GOING OVER -- I'M SORRY THE THREE PARKS WITHIN THE CITY TODAY. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GO FROM THERE BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, THIS IS NOT 1,000 PAGES IF

ANYONE IS LOOKING AT THAT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL GO FULL SCREEN OR NOT. SO OVERALL, WE ARE LOOKING AT SEVEN BEACH PARKS. IN TOTAL THREE ARE WITHIN THIRD CITY OF FERNANDINA. NORTH BEACH, MAINE BEACH AND SEASIDE BEACH. THIS OPENING SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE STUDIES GOING ON IN TANDEM WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHEN LOOKING AT THE BASELINE INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH PART BRINGING THAT UP TO ONE STANDARD AND THEN HAVING THEM MATCH. WERE ALSO LOOKING AT ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT WITHIN THE CITY OR COUNTY TO PUT FORWARD IN THIS TEN YEAR PLAN.

WERE LOOKING AT A FEW THINGS LIKE THE PARK AMENITIES THE AESTHETIC COHESION, PARKING, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER STUDY BEING DONE BY WALKER AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

WERE ALSO LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

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I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL REASONS FOR INVESTING.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH AS WELL AS NASSAU COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT A PROJECT FOCUSING ON TOURISM, THIS IS THE EXISTING PARKS AS THEY ARE TODAY. WE ARE DOING THIS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE. FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT AND ONLINE CIRCLE. OVERALL THE MAJOR TAKEAWAYS.

THE WISH LIST IS IMPORTANT. MORE PARKING.

AS SOMEONE IS BEEN DOING THIS, WHICH I TO FIGURE OUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COMING MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT GIVING UP THE ASPECTS THAT ARE WELL LOVED IN THE PARK.

SO LOOKING AT EACH PARK I WANT TO HIT ON THE THREE, LOOKING AT NORTH BEACH FIRST. 50% WERE SAYING THEY VISIT WEEKLY, THEY LIKE THE QUIETNESS AND THE PASSIVE ACTIVITIES.

ONE THING WE DID RESTROOMS WILL BE DESIRED.

THEN WE LOOKED AT HOW PEOPLE WERE ACCESSING THE PARKS, 75% BY CAR AND 24% SAID THEY WERE WALKING.

THEY LIKE SLOW PLAYGROUND. PARKING IS IN ISSUE.

WE TALKED ABOUT PARKING AT LENGTH.

HOW DO YOU HAVE A GREAT PARK SPACE AND ENOUGH PARKING WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR GREEN SPACE FOR MORE PARKING.

A CONTINUOUS CIRCLE, SO AND THE GENERAL UPKEEP WAS SOMETHING BROUGHT UP. AND HOW PEOPLE WERE ACCESSING THIS CAR IN THE 20% BY WALKING. WE HAVE THE ADJACENT RESTAURANTS, EXCUSE ME ADJACENT AMENITIES.

BEACH PARKING AND DRIVING WAS BROUGHT UP AND QUITE A FEW RESPONSES. MORE PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PARKS. BUT SPECIFICALLY SEASIDE WAS BROUGHT UP. I WILL SKIP THROUGH THESE OTHER PARKS. IN TERMS OF FRAMING, THE WAY WERE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE FIVE PILLARS AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN.

ARE THEY INCLUSIVE ARE THEY LOOKING AT OUT THEY ARE

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WERE LOOKING AT EDUCATION. WE KNOW SIGNAGE IS A BIG THING.

THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY WORKING IN TANDEM WITH OUR PROJECT SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AT WHAT IS ON EACH SIGN.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO PUT SIGNAGE BUT NOT TO OVERCROWD THE PARK BUT MAKE SURE IT IS ADDRESSED. MAKING SURE THERE ARE ENOUGH BENCHES, WASTE RECEPTACLES, PAVILIONS.

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATION. WE ARE NOT SAYING SOCCER FIELDS IN EVERY PART BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN LAST IS SITE SUSTAINABILITY. WAYS WE CAN MAKE EACH PARK A LITTLE BETTER FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE LIFE OF THE PARK.

I WON'T SPEND TIME ON THIS BECAUSE I JUST WENT OVER IT BUT THIS IS A COOL GRAPHIC FORM. I URGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION. WE DID SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT ASCETICS, MATERIALS, THESE ARE THE IMAGES WE HAVE NARROWED DOWN FROM IN PERSON AS WELL AS ONLINE.

IMAGES THAT WE FELT WORK THE BEST FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. WERE NOT ACTUALLY DETAILING THESE OUT BUT WE THINK AT THE NEXT STAGE YOU WILL HAVE THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO AND WHAT YOU WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING.

WE HEARD MORE IMPERVIOUS SERVICES, FLOODING WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS MENTIONED AND ADDRESSING THAT IN A WAY WHERE YOU ARE PARKING LOTS BUT MAKING THEM WITH PAVERS.

AND THEN SOFT SCAPE USING A PALLET WITH SOMETHING ALMOST EVERYONE BROUGHT UP MAKING SURE THAT IS ADDRESSED AS WELL IN THE NEXT STAGE OF DESIGN. ANOTHER THING WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS LANDSCAPE. INSTEAD OF PUTTING PLAYGROUNDS EVERYWHERE YOU CAN HAVE LOWER STRUCTURES OR SMALLER FORMS THAT ARE USED. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL PLAYGROUND BUT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED FOR QUICK SEATING, SOMETHING KIDS CAN PLAY ON.

SOMETHING THAT IS SCULPTURAL. THERE ARE A FEW IDEAS AND WE HAVE MADE SURE TO POINT OUT THESE.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THIS IS THE BACKGROUND FOR WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, FOCUSING ON PAPERS.

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE IN ALL OF THE PARKING LOTS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION THERE IS A COST ASSESSMENT FOR EACH PARK AND WE DID TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION HOW MUCH OF THE ASPHALT WOULD BE PUT IN. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WIND AND SOLAR WE TRIED TO INSTALL SMALLER WHEN SCULPTURES AND THE EXAMPLES ARE ON THE (THIS IS ON A SMALL SCALE.

ALSO PUTTING SOLAR ON SOME OF THE PAVILIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND MAKE THESE PARKS WORK A LITTLE BETTER. IN TERMS OF TAKEOFF, 372 SHADE TREES AND PALMS. THIS IS A 500% INCREASE AND THIS IS QUITE INSANE TO READ. BUT SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIT ON. INCREASING THE TREE CANOPY WAS A BIG RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY. INCLUSIVITY.

AND THEN JUST TO GO OVER THE PLANS IN GENERAL.

I WILL TRY TO HIT ON THE LARGER POINTS.

WE WANTED TO LOOK OUT FOR NORTH BEACH A SLIGHT EXPANSION OF THE BOARDWALK. LAST TIME THEY TALKED ABOUT THE 90-DEGREE ANGLES. WE WANT TO KEEP THE BOARDWALKS AS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO NOT ENCROACH ON ANY OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DUNES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ENCROACH ON.

WE DO HAVE AN EXPANSION HERE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED AS THE NEED IS MET.

YOU WILL SEE IN MAINE BEACH WE DO THE SAME THING WE LEAVE THEM AS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE, SO THAT WILL NOT ENCROACH ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE SOLAR PANELS THAT WE PROVIDED HERE. WE PROVIDED RESTROOMS IN THE

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NUMBER FOUR IS REPRESENTING THE EXPANSION.

THIS WAS SOMETHING TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE PARKING. THERE IS AN OPEN LOT TO THE NORTH AND THAT COULD BE LOOKED INTO.

WE HAVE ALSO NOTED SOME SIGNAGE HERE.

THIS IS LOCATION OF IDENTITY AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WORKED OUT AND THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE PLAN REGARDING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THOSE PIECES. MAINE BEACH PARK, WE WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS. I THINK THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST TIME. WE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON YOUR COMMENT BUT WE ARE LOOKING, KEEPING THE BOARDWALKS AS THEY ARE. LAST TIME WE HAD THE USES ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND NOT SEEN AS FIT IN TERMS OF MOVING THE SKATE PARK OVER TOWARDS THE BEACH. WE HAVE KEPT IT CLOSE TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION, WE HAVE ALSO KEPT THE MULTI USE CORDS WE HAVE JUST SHIFTED THEM. AND WE KEPT THE OPEN LAWN AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO RESTROOM LOCATIONS THAT WAS ANOTHER COMMENT FROM LAST TIME AS WELL AS INCREASE PAVILIONS CLOSER TO THE BEACH WITH SOMETHING SAID IN THE SURVEY RESPONSES. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS PLAY SPACES I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

BUT WE HAVE THE NUMBER NINE LISTED A FEW TIMES AND THAT IS IN A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THOSE ARE SOME OPTIONS, SO A SPLASH PAD SOMETHING THAT IS GETTING BACK TO THE LANDSCAPE IDEA BUT THE IDEA IS IT GIVES OPTIONS FOR PROGRAMS AT THE PARK SO A LOT OF TIMES SMALLER KIDS CAN GO TO THE BIGGER WAVES AND SO THIS IS A GOOD BALANCE TO HAVE AT THE BEACH PART.

>> KATIE CAN YOU GO BACK, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE SKATE PARK

IS. >> IT JUST SHIFTED UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS OVERT TO THE WEST SIDE, AND WITH THIS YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING TAKEOFF, WE INCREASE THAT BY MOVING SOME OF THESE PIECES AROUND AND KEEPING WHAT IT EXISTS. ONE MORE PARTS OR GO TO WE HEARD THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES LOOK AND SAFETY WE AT HOW VEHICLES ARE ARRIVING INTO THIS PARKING LOT AND EXITING, ONE WAY COMING IN TO A DROP OFF SO IT DOESN'T HOLD UP THE CARS WAITING TO GO THROUGH, THIS IS A 90-DEGREE ANGLE AND THIS EXAMPLE AS WELL WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE DUNES AND THE MOVEMENT OF SAND WE KNOW THIS IS A BUSY AREA WITH PEOPLE COMING AND GOING SO WE THINK FOR NOW TO LEAVE THIS AS IT WAS BEFORE FOR SAFETY WE DID ADD THESE WALKWAYS ON THE SIDE SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL WALK AROUND THE EDGES, THAT IS THE SHIFT OVER TIME.

THIS IS THE SOLAR PANEL, AND LEAVING THE REST AS IS, AND JUST IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE NOW.

AND THE LAST WOULD BE SADLER ROAD THIS IS OUT OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND WITHOUT GIVING UP ANY OF THE GREEN SPACE, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THE REST OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PARTS.

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BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE DEPENDENTS, WE PROVIDED THE ONLINE SURVEY AS WELL AS THE ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE SO COST OR FUNDING WAS LAST TIME BUT WE DID HAVE MAGNITUDE, AND WE HAD THE PREVIOUS DRAFT PLAN SO YOU COULD SEE, ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE.

>> THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE COUNT, TO BE THE PRIORITY.

WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE, THE PROCESS IS A PROCESS AND THE I WOULD THIS IS NEEDED AND IT WILL SHOW BASICALLY THE COUNTY COMMITMENT TO MOVE FORWARD THE COUNTY IS FUNDING THIS THE COUNTY WILL REMEMBER IT. I MADE THE CASE THAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE CITY WILL MANAGE THE PROJECT.

AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY THERE WON'T BE MUCH CHANGE, NONE OF THIS, NONE OF THIS IS ABOUT THE AND THEY ARE RELATIVE AS FAR AS PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE WHICH THE COUNTY IS WALKING AWAY FROM, WE HAVE A GRANT, AND THE COUNTY DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE. WE MAY HAVE WORLD-CLASS PARKING BUT UNLESS WE PROTECT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT. >■> 'MJUSTMAKINGTHE POINT.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE POINT TOMORROW.

BUT I WILL MAKE IT ANYWAY. >> I WILL SAY, GIVE SOME COMMENTS TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WANTED NOTHING TO CHANGE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING AND WATER PARKS YOU ARE LEAVING THE OTHERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY BEACH PARKS OPEN. NEITHER ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE AND THEY WILL IT'S NOT UNKNOWN CHANGE THING.

IT IS CHANGE WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SPIRIT IT'S NOT

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ABOUT THE BEACHES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE EXTRA GAZEBOS.

THAT LOOKS GOOD. ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE BEACH BUT THE ACCESS GOING ON AND OFF OF THE BEACH, ONE CONCERN IS IT IS CONNECTED TO THIS PART, THE ACCESS. OR IT YOU CAN TRAFFIC GOING IN

BOTH DIRECTIONS. >> AS OF NOW WE HAVE MY CONCERN IS PEDESTRIANS LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THEIR AND CARS COME THROUGH THEIR, SO THAT DOES ADDRESS SOME OF MY CONCERNS.

PARK, FEDERICO, I THINK YOU JUST LISTEN I SEE THIS ARE THOSE ALL

PALM TREES COLLECTS. >> WHAT KIND OF SHADE TREE? WE HAVE NOT CALLED OUT THOSE SPECIFIC SPECIES, SOMETHING THAT'S GIVING MORE IN TERMS OF SHADE.

>> OUT MANY ACTUAL PARKING PLACES IS IT GOING UP COLLECTS.

>> A MINIMUM OF FOUR. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT WAS GOLF PART. THAT IS WHY IT CAN FLUCTUATE.

YOU CAN GIVE UP A FEW PARKING SPOTS.

YOU CAN EXPAND THE DROP-OFF AREA, AND IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR SOMEONE TO PULL OFF AND UNLOAD, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF 200 PARKING SPACES.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS, A KEY THING IN THE FUTURE IS GETTING PEOPLE TO NOT USE THEIR VEHICLE TO GO TO THE BEACH.

YOU MAY WANT TO TARGET THE VEHICLE PARKING SPACES YOU HAVE NOW OR THE ONES WE PROVIDED FOR GOLF CAR PARKING.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPACE FOR BICYCLE PARKING.

BUT WE CAN ENCROACH ON THE GREEN SPACE TO PROVIDE -- IF THAT IS

THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> I WANTED TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG THE PROCESS.

I'D LIKE THESE PLANS SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TO GET THIS DONE.

I THINK WE WILL. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> BACK IN 1985, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THEY DID A STUDY AND DATE LOOK AT THE BEACH COME I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THAT STUDY. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS CAPACITY, AND WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

ONE OF THE MESSAGES WAS THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 200 PARKING SPACES AT ANY BEACH IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE IT WAS A POOR EXPERIENCE, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BOOT EVERYONE

TO READ THAT STUDY. >> I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS SOAP YOU WILL STANDBY WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS.

>> I SIT DOWN? >> YES, AND IF YOU WANT TO SIT

DOWN YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> MY NAME IS ( INDISCERNIBLE ). FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.

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IT IS MY ONLY FLEX THAT I HAVE. I AM HERE, I AM THE ( INDISCERNIBLE ) OUTDOOR HEALTHY ACTIVITIES WE GET ABOUT SKATEBOARD SO WE CAN GET KIDS AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND PHONES AND DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE. LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD THE SEVENTH ANNUAL SKATE JAM WHICH HAD OVER 70 CONTESTANTS AND OVER 500 VISITORS COME TO MAINE BEACH JUST FOR ONE SKATE EVENT.

IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. EVERY KID THAT CAME OUT THERE, WAS GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE AT MAINE BEACH APPEARED WE DRUID PEOPLE FROM ST. MARY'S AND JAX BEACH FOR THIS.

CONUS STATE PARK WAS OUR PARTNER.

AND THEY ARE ALL IN ON TRYING TO KEEP THE ONLY SKATE PARK IN THEIR EASTERN SEABOARD THAT FACES THE OCEAN.

THAT SAYS A LOT TO THE KIDS AND TO THE CIRCLE K TO GET THEMSELVES A SLUSHY. BUT, IT IS A LITTLE AREA WHERE THEIR KIDS FEEL SAFE. OTHERS CAN DROP OFF THEIR KIDS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE. I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BY KEEPING THE SKATE PARK WHERE IT IS LOCATED, AND I AM HERE TO SAY I WANT TO KEEP THE SKATE PARK AT MAINE BEACH BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE ON THE SEABOARD AND WE WANT IT TO BE A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE AN OLYMPIAN. SHE WILL BE IN THE 2024 OLYMPICS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HER LOOK HER UP. SHE IS COMPETING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OCTOBER. WILL BE THE ONLY AMERICAN, FROM FERNANDINA BEACH REPRESENTING THAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WE OWE IT TO THIS YOUNG LADY, THIS YEAR SHE CAME BACK FROM JAPAN, ITALY AND THREE OTHER COUNTRIES, SHE IS STILL GOING TO BRAZIL. SHE IS WEARING BERNADINE ON HER SHOULDERS. AND BECAUSE OF HER, WE HAVE 20-15 LITTLE GIRLS LOOKING TO GET INTO THIS.

KEEP THIS WHERE IT IS. >> MR. MARTIN.

>> HELLO GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS MEETING AND SEPARATE -- SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN A MILLION.

I WENT TO JIM AND GYMNASTICS. I GOT MY FIRST SKATEBOARD WHEN I WAS 4-YEARS-OLD. WE DID NOT HAVE THE SKATE PARK WHEN I GREW UP. THEY PUT UP SKATE STOPPERS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THE OLD SKATE PARK UP AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEIR COLLABORATION. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE NEW PARK SHOULD BE CONCRETE THAT IS GREAT AND UPDATED.

FROM MAINE PARK THAT HAS A BEACH VIEW.

ON THE WEST COAST IS VENICE PARK.

IF YOU FOLLOW SKATEBOARDING, I THINK THIS CURRENT PARK, IT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO HOLD ONTO IT.

IT IS SET UP FOR STREET SKATING WHICH IS APPROACHABLE FOR YOUNG KIDS GETTING INTO SKATING. AND THE CONCRETE PARK COULD BE NEXT TO IT MAY BE STICKS FROM SHADE TREES.

[01:40:05]

I WANTED CELICA PARK AND I WANTED TO SEE IT HAVE A HOME NEXT TO WHATEVER VISION YOU HAVE.

[4.6 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET PROGRAM]

>> AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4.6 MAINSTREAM.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. LISA FINKELSTEIN FERNANDINA BEACH. I WILL ALSO ENDEAVOR TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS IN THE SLIDES THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO.

OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN QUITE BUSY.

WE HELD A WEBSITE DIAGNOSTIC PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOP FOR SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES. IT WAS FASCINATING AND THE BUSINESSES ALL REALLY RESPONDED VERY WELL THAT THEY GOT A LOT OUT OF IT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL ONLINE COMMERCE IS IMPORTANT AND A WAY THAT WE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. WE ALSO SHARED INFORMATION ON THE PRESERVING BLACK CHURCHES GRANT AND TRINITY, RESPONDENT WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE MUSEUM AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTEREST FOR THEM. WE WILL BE HELPING THEM WITH THEIR GRANT APPLICATION, THE ORGANIZATION COUNSEL, THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY SOLICITING SUPPORT FROM OUR BUSINESSES WE ARE NOW UP TO 47 MEMBERS I THINK THAT JUMP TO 88.

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE INCREASED THE SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT EVENT AS WE HAVE GROWN THAT EVENT. NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE 22 AND A COUPLE OF WINERIES AND SPIRIT PROVIDERS.

THAT EVENT HAS GROWN, WE HAVE INCLUDED SOME COMPANION EVENTS, A BRUNCH GROUP WE ARE INVOLVING SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT AN ISLAND TOP WEEKEND.

WITH THIS BEING WHAT MAINSTREAM'S -- MAINSTREET START LAST WEEK. WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE TEN EVENTS DESIGNED WITH OUR BUSINESSES IN MIND.

WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST EVENT WE DIDN'T HOLD THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MEETING. WE HAVE THOSE WHO WORK WITH US REGULARLY AND WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE SIP AND SHOP.

AND OUR DESIGN CONSOL THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS, WORKING WITH LANDSCAPE, IRRIGATION INTERESTS,

[01:45:06]

AND WE WILL ADD THE ELEMENT SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT HAPPEN EVERY MONTH, ONE WOULD BE THE FERNANDINA 200 COMMITTEE THIS IS ONE THAT THE CITY MANAGER FORMED AS A STEERING COMMITTEE TO GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED, SO IT HAS BEEN A BRAINSTORMING SESSION , THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACD THE RESTORATION FOUNDATION HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND ULTIMATELY EXPANDING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE ANNIVERSARY THE JANUARY FIRST 2025 SO WERE TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON THINGS.

AND AS FAR AS FINANCIALS GO WE ARE REALLY ON TARGET WITH WHERE WE WOULD HOPE TO BE AFTER TEN MONTHS.

THE EVENT FUNDRAISING EVENT IS UP AND THE EXPENSES ARE NOT WHERE YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE. THIS IS SOME OF THE EXPENSES SO THAT WILL END UP WHERE WE THINK IT SHOULD BE, THE NUMBER YOU SEE IS FOR DOWNTOWN. THIS IS BUILDING BENCHES THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE 1970S. WE ARE DOWN TO THE BENCHES THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE AREA. AND THE WOODEN SLIDES.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD LOOKING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A WORK PLAN APPROVED FOR THE YEAR TO COME AND THIS IS THE DISTRICT AND WE ADVISE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE REPAIRS AND CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR DOWNTOWN.

AS WERE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT INVESTING MONEY DOWNTOWN TO IMPROVE THE THINGS THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIVES, AND ADDRESS ISSUES AND THINGS WE WILL TALK ABOUT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THE PUBLIC SPACE SO WE KEEP DOWNTOWN AS THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME

QUESTIONS. >> I SEE NINE.

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT PUBLIC COMMENT, ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.

MR. STETLER. >> AFTERNOON.

[01:50:14]

>> MY NAME IS GLENN 3847 FIRST AVENUE FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. I THINK BY NOW ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE STATE LAW.

SPECIFICALLY. IMPACT FEES AND BUILDING FEES.

WITH THAT IN MIND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AS A CITY OR DOES THE CITY INTEND ON CONTACTING THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THE CITY IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE.

>> CITY ATTORNEY, ARE WE IN FULL COMPLIANCE?

>> WE HAVE BEEN ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER AND AS FAR AS I KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GENTLEMAN IS REFERRING

TO. >> I PUBLISHED IT IN THE PAPER AND EVERYTHING I PUBLISH IS OPEN-SOURCE.

I CAN LEAVE THIS WITH YOU AND YOU CAN READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE.

OR I CAN BE SPECIFIC AT A LATER TIME.

>> WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

IF WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BE IN

COMPLIANCE. >> MICHAEL, AND I CANNOT READ

YOUR LAST NAME. >> IS VERY MICHAEL HERE?

>> I AM A MICHAEL. >> MR. LORI.

ARE YOU STILL WITH US, THEORY IS.

D'ANGELO, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS PAUL 11 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, IM HERE TONIGHT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

I'M HOPING TO PUT OUT A PLEA CALL TO THE COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A PERSONAL SITUATION FOR ME. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A TENSION BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HOW I LIKE TO SEE THIS GET ADDRESS AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT. FIRST I WILL READ THE MISSION STATEMENT. THE DEPARTMENT IS DEDICATED TO PURSUIT OF HEALTH SAFETY AND QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY FOCUSING ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC CONTACT AND THE LAST THREE ITEMS ARE PERTINENT TO ME. COMPASSIONATE, FAIRNESS AND CONSISTENCY IS THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.

NOT TRYING TO THROW THE OFFICE UNDER THE BUS BUT NOT EVERY SITUATION IN LIFE NEEDS AN ORDINANCE AND NOT EVERY ORDINANCE NEEDS A SITUATION. WE DO HAVE A COMMISSIONER THAT IS INC. THE COMMISSION INDUSTRY. AS A CITIZEN TAKING CARE OF A HOME, A HISTORICAL HOME I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE PIECE-BY-PIECE, BRICK BY BRICK TRYING TO DO IT APPROPRIATELY AND I AM FACED I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I GO TO A CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING, I HAVE TO MEET UNREALISTIC DATES THAT I KNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT. AS WE KNOW, PAINTING A HOME IS THE LAST STEP YOU DO IN A CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

I FEEL LIKE I AM FACED WITH TALKING AND PEOPLE FEEL PLAY THERE'S A LOT OF FRICTION ALSO. IT IS JUST A HARD SITUATION TO BE IN. I'M MAKING A PLEA TO THE CITY STAFF, BECAUSE NOT EVERY SITUATION FALLS INTO A BUCKET.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ON A LIGHTER NOTE I THINK I FOUND JIMMY HOFFA IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE HOUSE.

>> MR. LORI, I KNOW I WAS AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS AND WHAT YOU

[01:55:04]

THEM" ENFORCEMENT? >> IN THEORY, WE ARE VERY RATIONAL. WE ARE DOING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THAT HAS BEEN IN FORCE.

THAT IS BEING DONE. BUT THAT IS ONE SMALL -- SMALL SECTION OF THE HOME. LAST WEEK I FINALLY DISMANTLED THE PORCH THE PORCH IS SITTING THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FIND STRUCTURAL ISSUES. PAINT WILL BECOME THE LAST ITEM.

WHEN I GO TO THE NEXT MEETING AND I HAVE TO TALK, I FEEL I AM FAILING AS A CITIZEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TRYING TO GET BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING THEN I FIND OUT, WHAT IS RIDICULOUS WE HAVE INVESTED 50,000 INTO THE HOME WE WON'T KEEP STOPPING UNLESS SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING BUT I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THAT IS WHERE THE FAILURES OCCUR.

WE ARE WORRYING ABOUT PAINTING AND PEELING PAINT WHEN WE HAVE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE PROBABLY THE FIRST HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, UNNECESSARY TENSION AND I KNOW I COULD APPEAL TO YOU OR TRY TO APPEAL, THAT THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

>> THE IN THE GOLD, YOU ARE GOING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS.

HOWEVER SO IT MAY BE, YOU ARE STILL MAKING STRIDES.

MY POINT WAS IS THERE SOME WAY YOU COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HIT THE BUTTON. AND CONSTRUCTION WE TALK THIS WITH SHORTAGES AND LABOR I WOULD SAY, IF THERE IS A WAY YOU COULD ATTACK IT, I'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE FEELING.

I'VE GOTTEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFF OF MY BACK.

IT WILL TAKE A LONG PROCESS. 4-6 MONTHS IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN. MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS I WOULD COME TO A DISCUSSION WITH COHEN ENFORCEMENT AND SAY HOW WILL I GET THE TIME OUT BUTTON. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE AT.

SOMEWHERE YOU NEED THE TIME OUT BUTTON.

>> I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN STOP I'M JUST SAYING AS LONG AS YOU ARE MAKING PROGRESS, AT SOME POINT THAT'S WHAT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE EVEN IF YOU HAD TO HIRE A CREW TO DO THE MINOR WORK.

THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION. >> I KNOW YOUR TIME IS CRITICAL.

BUT THE THING I WANT THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND, IT IS HARD TO PUT MONEY OUT ON SOMETHING YOU COULD DO.

I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF FINANCES.

THERE WAS A SECTION WE WERE GOING TO PAINT AND NOW WE FIND THE SIDING IS DETACHED. SO THAT MIGHT HAVE TO THAT'S RIGHT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I SPENT MONEY TO DO IT AND THEN THEY TAKE IT OUT. I WAS STOPPED THERE AND LET

SOMEONE ELSE SPEAK. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR TAMMY, OR FOR COMMISSIONER STURGIS.

TAMMY, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY CERTAINLY DON'T FOLLOW-UP FOR COSMETICS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, DO THEY?

>> WHAT DOES MR. LORI HAVE TO DO TO CLARIFY IT AS A CONSTRUCTION

[02:00:06]

THAT WOULD BE THE TIME-OUT BUT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

IS THERE A PATH FOR HIM TO DO THAT WITH OUR CURRENT LAWS?

>> WHAT I CAN DO AND I DONE TO ALL MEETINGS, I THINK WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGER FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW SOME OF IT IS NOT IN THE HOMEOWNERS CONTROL AT SOME OF IT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME. SO WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY. BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT DOES THEY ARE TO THE PROPERTY THEY DON'T TREAT ANYONE SPECIAL THAT IS CALLED SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT THEY DON'T DO THAT. WE CAP TRY TO COME TOGETHER AND IN SOME WAY PARTNER WITH, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC'S FATTEST PARTNER WITH THE HOMEOWNERS HERE AND SEE IF WE

CAN HELP. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

>> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONERS, BAYARD, COMMISSIONER ROSS. TANTON HAPPENED IN MOST OF THE MEETINGS. I THINK WE ALL HAVE BEEN THERE.

THE ISSUE IS NOT THE STAFF IT IS THE BOARD.

THE BOARD, EVEN DISCUSSING WITH THE BOARD, IT IS NOT, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IT IS NOT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IT IS THE BOARD. AND IT IS THE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM THAT I SAT THROUGH, I DON'T REMEMBER AND DETAIL I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE TRANSCRIPTS. BUT THAT IS WHO THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE WITH AND THAT IS WHO WE HAVE TO GO BACK WENT BACK TO TALK WITH. IT IS THE PORT THAT WE APPOINT A. IN A SPOT FOR STAFF.

STAFF IS DOING BUT THE BOARD TOLD THEM TO DO.

SO WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT HAS COME IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. THEY HAD CERTAIN TIMELINES.

AND I THINK THE APPROPRIATE THING IS TOO BACK AT SEX I CAN'T MEET THEM HERE IS WHAT I CAN'T DO.

I THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH.

IT IS NOT THE STAFF THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS, IT IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. ATTACH AND I THINK THAT IS CORRECT. I THINK CHIP IS CORRECT, AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS, IT IS MORE THAN WHEN WE ASSUME.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO THIS TIMELINE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER.

I REMEMBER AT THE MEETING. BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO CALL BACK AT APPEAL TO THE BOARD AND SAY I NEED MORE TIME, HOW CAN I GET TO A POINT WHERE I CAN WORK CONSISTENTLY ON IT WITHOUT VIOLATING CERTAIN, WHATEVER ISSUES THERE IS AN ORDINANCE IS.

WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS OUR GOAL. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE AT A STEADY

PACE. >> I WILL MOVE TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. BUT I WANT TO END WITH, WHAT I WAS SAYING, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT AN ORDINANCE WHERE EVERY SITUATION AND A SITUATION WHERE EVERY ORDINANCE.

WHEN CITY STAFF THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A HOME IS FALLING DOWN, THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE, EVEN IN A CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD MEETING TALKING ABOUT AND HOLDING A HOMEOWNER ACCOUNTABLE FOR IS PEELING PAINT.

IT PUTS YOU IN A BUREAUCRATIC CIRCLE.

HAD I'M JUST TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT AND I AM HOPING THAT WE

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> ALL RIGHT ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED.

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

MADAME CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE PHONE.

(ROLL CALL). >> THAT PAST 5-0.

[7.1 VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION & DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT - 1467 S. 4TH STREET]

>> DOESN'T THE ATTORNEY NEED TO READ --

>> KACZMAREK. >> SHEEHAN HS PARENT.

[02:05:02]

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> WE NEED TO READ --

>> -- >> IS THE RESOLUTION OF THIS IS AN AGREEMENT NOT AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> MIKE 595 REGISTRY, JACKSONVILLE PORTA.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL LOOK FAMILIAR.

I GAVE IT BACK IN MAY. SO I WILL GO THROUGH IT AND IN THE ENTRY SOMETIME FOCUS ON THE END OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW AND WHAT EXISTED IN MAY. SO THIS PROPERTY, A LITTLE JUNKYARD, EXISTING PLAQUE FOR 19 BESSIE LOTS BUT THERE'S NO UTILITY FOR NASSAU COUNTY. SO IT IS, I CAN GET 19 WELL AND SEPTIC OUT HERE. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. BUT AS YOU CAN TELL THE PROPERTY HAS NO REAL ENVIRONMENTAL OR SPECIES SIGNIFICANCE.

IT WAS A JUNKYARD, FOLLOWING CLEANUP EFFORTS IN 2010, IT WAS RECENTLY TAKEN OFF UP A LIST IN 2021.

AND BECAUSE OF THE CLEANUP AND ACTIVITY THEORY IS LIMITED VEGETATION. NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.

SO HERE'S A SITE REHABILITATION CORRECTIVE ORDER THAT WAS LEFT AND I TO TALK -- 21. WE ALSO GOT A PERMIT IN 2021 AUTHORIZING THE PROJECT FOR 40 UNITS.

THIS HAS NO PERMIT REQUIRED. NO WETLANDS WILL BE IMPACTED NOR ANY WILDLIFE SPECIES PROTECTED ON-SITE.

SO THE EASY THING TO DO HERE TO SAY PUT 19 WELL AND SEPTIC LOTS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.

WITH SINA BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TRYING TO GET ALL SUSPECTED -- SEPTIC TANKS. WE APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT CONNECTION POINTS AND COULD BE ACCESS REMEDY THAT BEACH UTILITIES. THIS LED US TO THIS ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THE NASSAU AND COMPARABLE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH ZONING, NASSAU WOULD ALLOW UP TO 40 FAMILY UNITS. THE CITY OF PERDITA BEACH HAS EIGHT PER ACRE. WE INITIALLY CAME FORWARD, I THINK IN APRIL OR MARCH WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWED 43 MULTIFAMILY UNITS. WE TALKED WITH COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS, WE GOT A FEEL FOR, THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THAT AREA. SO WE CAME BACK WITH A MUCH LESS DENSE PLAN THAT SHOWS 28 UNITS, WHICH IS ONLY NINE MORE UNITS THAN THE BESSETTE FOR WELL AND SEPTIC TO A 35% DECREASE.

35% DECREASE FROM PRINTING TO BEACH COMPARABLE TO CINDY.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROADWAYS HERE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING BECAUSE WE ARE TYING INTO UTILITIES AND CLOSING SOME LOOPS. THIS IS ONLY 14 STRUCTURES.

SO THIS IS A FIVE LESS STRUCTURES THAN THE EXISTING TESTED DENSE IT WOULD ALLOW FOR. HERE IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE COLLECTION, CLOSING LOOPS. WE ARE PICKING UP A 6-INCH RIGHT HERE, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE WAY BACK THROUGH.

AND THEN WITH SOLID WAYS WE ARE HAVING OUR LITTLE STATION) MOVING IT BACK THERE. WE ARE EXTENDING THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH UTILITIES AT OUR EXPENSE.

CLOSING LOOPS WHICH WOULD HELP WITH WATER PRESSURE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WITH FURTHER ANNEXATION ALLOWING THE SEPTIC TANKS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE AREA.

WE COUNTED 85 PLATTED LOTS, AND ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE FAITH SEPTIC TANK. LIKE TO HAVE SEPTIC TANKS.

THIS PLAN REMOVES THE POTENTIAL FOR 19 SEPTIC TANKS TO BE ADDED TO GIVE THE CITY OF PERDITA BEACH THE UTILITY EXPANSION AT OUR EXPENSE TO REMOVE ANY TYPE SEPTIC TANKS FROM THIS PART OF THE ISLAND. SO, AGAIN, THIS, THIS HISTORICALLY HERE IT WAS A JUNKYARD, CONTAMINATED, IT IS CLEANED UP. I CAN BUILD 19 LOTS WITH SEPTIC TANKS. I THINK THAT IS A BAD PATH.

BOOK DESIGN HAS NO WEAPON IMPACT NO WILDLIFE SPECIES ARE AFFECTED OR PROTECTED SPECIES ARE INFECTED.

I'M ONLY ASKING FOR 65% OF THE ALLOWABLE THAT'S A COUNTY NINE UNITS ABOVE THE BESSETTE DENSITY.

DUPLEX DESIGN, FORGING STRUCTURES TO HER THAN THE BESSETTE DENSITY. AND IN THIS ANNEXATION AGREEMENT I AM COMMITTING TO LIMITING THE DENSITY TO 28 UNITS I WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF PERTAMINA BEACH FOR CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY. OF EXTENDING THE ROADS AND UTILITIES AT MY EXPENSE. SHOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER CONNECTIVITY. THAT WAS IT.

[02:10:01]

>> ANY QUESTIONS. >> I NEED A MOTION FIRST.

>> MOVE APPROVAL. A MOTION NANOSECOND ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR. >> WITH -- YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING CODE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS THAT

CORRECT? >> CRACKBERRY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD HAD IN THE MAIN MEETING WAS I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITH A LOT OF THE ASPECTS AND THE PLANNER SAID THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FOR US CAN YOU COMPLY WITH THIS

ONE, SO YES. >> BUT YOU WILL COMPLY WITH ALL

OF THEM. >> THIS IS WHY.

>> SO THIS IS WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET BACK.

THERE ARE ASPECTS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT DOESN'T GET DENSITY. IF I COMPLY WITH THAT SECTION OF THE CODE I WOULD HAVE LESS THAN 19 UNITS.

>> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> YOU ARE IN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAN, CORRECT?

THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, CORRECT? >> I DON'T THINK THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, NO. A PORTION OF IT.

>> I THINK YOU ARE ENTIRELY AND TOP 100 YEAR.

I LOOKED AT THE MAP. ONLY CHEF SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT. SO --

>> I WILL HAVE TO REFER TO MY ENGINEER ON THAT.

>> YOU ARE IN THE FLOODPLAINS. THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION.

>> OKAY. I SWEAR YOUR LIGHT IS ON.

>> I'M JUST MAKING A COMMENT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IN TODAY'S AGE, ALTHOUGH THE EPA WILL TELL YOU SEPTIC'S ARE A VIABLE SOLUTION, I THINK IT IS CRAZY TOO, WHEN WE CAN ELIMINATE SEPTIC'S, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THE OTHER UNITS, ULTIMATELY. WHEN ONE FAILS OR WHEN THEY BUILD, I THINK THAT IS A POSITIVE THING FOR NINE MORE

UNITS. >> COMMISSIONER BEING.

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY. ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, THE FIRST PICTURE HAD OVER 40 UNITS ON A.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER SOME COFFEE AND WE SET THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE CAME BACK WITH A COMPROMISE THAT I THINK IT IS A GREAT THING FORMER CITY.

KATHY HAS ALREADY STATED, HE IS BUILDING SEWER, HE IS CONNECTING THE ROAD TOGETHER, THAT WILL MAKE THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT VERY HAPPY AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY WILL COME INTO THE CITY ONE DAY WITH THIS VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.

E, GIVEN AND SPECIALLY, THIS IS THE POINT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, HE HAS ALREADY HAD THE OPTION RIGHT NOW TO PUT 19 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE THERE ON THE SEPTIC TANK WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALL WANT TO AVOID. FOR THAT REASON A FEW OTHERS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT, THIS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY. I THINK WE HAVE DONE OUR PART NEGOTIATING WELL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MOVING

FORWARD. >> COMMISSIONER STURGIS.

TANGIBLE SAY IT'S A GOOD DEAL AT A GREAT PROJECT.

THE REASON I THINK IT IS A GREAT PROJECT IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE AND TAKE EVERYONE OFF UP SEPTIC IN THAT AREA, IF THEY DECIDE.

AND THEY WILL ALL DECIDE, ONE BY ONE, THINK WE WILL KEEP FOLLOWING UNTIL THEY GET CONNECTED.

SO, I LIKE THE PRODUCTION. IT IS A GREAT COMPROMISE BECAUSE I LIKE THE PRODUCTION FROM 43, TWO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW. FOURTEEN STRUCTURES, AS LONG AS IT IS BUILT TO CODE AND AS LONG AS IT IS BILLED AT THE RIGHT ELEVATION FOR FLOOD ELEVATION I THINK IT IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION, THAT IS IT. THINK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ATTACHMENTS ROD SMITH.

>> I JUST DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE BUILDING A 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

WE ARE BUILDING ON THE MARSH, YOU ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE COMMUNITY DOWN THERE. THIS IS A DISRUPTION THAT COMMUNITY. IT IS BUILDING IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY IMPACT OUR FLOOD INSURANCE IN A NEGATIVE WAY. YOU CAN ARGUE ABOUT SEPTIC, IT IS NOT SEPTIC TANKS AS LONG AS PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEM.

AND WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY ON THAT.

NEXT LINE COUNTY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPLICATOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS. SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. I JUST THINK THIS WILL BE ONE MORE, AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT YOU WILL TOO, BUT THE MAJOR

[02:15:01]

I AM OPPOSED TO THINGS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. >> THE ONLY THING I AGREE WITH -- PRACTICE ROOM A CHIP COMPANY TO STOP THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND IS EVERYONE WHO DRIVES OF THE BRIDGE EVERY DAY BECAUSE THE CONGESTION. WE WILL NEVER STOP AT.

THERE WILL BE TERSE HERE. THEY LEVELED MILLIE ISLAND, THEY WILL COME HERE. THAT ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS WITH FIVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. AND, I AM OF THE OPINION THAT IF THE COUNTY WAS TO ALLOW A 19 UNITS THAT IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE, 19 UNITS. AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOWNSIZING , BUT I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE WE ARE INCREASING DENSITY. WE ARE INCREASING THE DENSITY OF THE ISLAND. AND WHEN YOU INCREASE DENSITY THAT IS MORE TRAFFIC. SO I WILL VOTE FOR AND ADD I SECOND COMMISSIONER PROCESS CONCERNS ABOUT BEING IN THIS.

WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. (ROLL CALL).

[7.2 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT - BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF NASSAU COUNTY]

>> ALRIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES THREE HAPPEN TO.

SEVEN-POINT TO AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BOARD OF COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS OF NASSAU COUNTY. >> MISSED MAYOR IN SUMMARY THIS IS A REQUEST PREPARED BY THE CHIEF TO NASSAU COUNTY FOR INCREASING FEES FOR LIFEGUARD AND RESCUE.

THIS IS AN INCREASE IN COST TO THE COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY

$66,000. >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION NANOSECOND.

COMMISSIONER BEING. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

HAS THE COUNTY ALREADY AGREED TO THIS OR ARE WE INCREASING IT

FIRST. >> I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND AGREED TO PRIOR TO THIS COMING BEFORE YOU.

THE CHIEF DID. >> AS LONG AS THAT IS THE CASE.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> MADAME KIRK CALL THE VOTE.

[7.3 AWARD OF ITB 22-08 - KUDZUE 3 TRUCKING, INC.]

>> A MOTION PASSES 5-0. >> SEVEN-POINT THREE AWARD OF

ITB22 -- ZERO EIGHT. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THIS AND THE NEXT TWO ITEMS BEFORE YOU ARE ACTUALLY ANNUAL CONTRACTS. THIS ONE IS FOR TRACKING.

THIS IS FOR ASPHALT'S FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 22-23. IT WAS A ITB2208 SF RECOMMENDS

TO APPROVE. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION NANOSECOND COMMISSIONER ROSS. SANCHEZ HAVE A QUESTION HOW MUCH IT HAS THE PRICE OF ASPHALT GONE UP?

>> I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, PRICING HAS INCREASED 15% OVER THE LAST CONTRACT.

>> AND HOW MUCH ASPHALT DO WE USE IN A YEAR?

A LOT? >> IF I GAVE IT TO YOU IN CUBIC YARDS IT WOULD KNOW. BUT WE USE A GOOD BID.

>> MY ONLY.IS THINGS GOING BACK TO THE BUDGET ISSUE AND AN INCREASE IN SOMETHING WE USE A LOT THAT IS THE REASON OUR TAXES CONTINUE TO GO UP. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SCENE NINE, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL

THE BOAT. >> (ROLL CALL).

[7.4 AWARD OF ITB 22-15 - LASA MX CORP.]

>> THE MOTION PASSES 500. 7.4 THANK YOU THIS IS A SIMILAR RESOLUTION FOR AN ANNUAL PAINTING OF CITY FACILITIES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARDING IT TO --

>> A MOTION A SECOND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NO. MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[7.5 AWARD OF ITB 22-18 - JAX UTILITIES MANAGEMENT, INC.]

[02:20:04]

ITB22 -- 18. >> THIS IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH JACK'S UTILITIES FOR ASPHALT WAS THE FIRST WON THIS IS FOR CONCRETE FOR SIDEWALKS, RAMPS

AND CURVES. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> A MOTION NANOSECOND ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE, MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

(ROLL CALL). >> THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0.

[7.6 BUDGET AMENDMENT - WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT]

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR THIS AND A FEW OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT AS MUCH THESE ARE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS INFLATIONARY INCREASES FOR PARKS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT IN THE

AMOUNT OF $16,000. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> IN SECOND. >> A MOTION NANOSECOND ANY DISCUSSION I SEE NONE, MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

(ROLL CALL). >> IT PASSES 5-0.

[7.7 BUDGET TRANSFER - POLICE DEPARTMENT]

>> THANK YOU MAYOR THIS IS SIMILAR TO UNEXPECTED RISE IN THE COST OF FUEL COSTS. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS A BUDGET AMENDMENT A BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE.

MADAME CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

>> (ROLL CALL). >> THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[7.8 BUDGET AMENDMENT - PARKS DEPARTMENT]

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND LET ME OFFER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, MAYBE COMMISSIONER BEAN'S COMMENTS. THIS DEALS WITH THE DONATION REFERENCE EARLIER. EARLY ON WITH THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT HE STEPPED FORWARD WITH AN INITIAL OFFER OF $250,000 WHICH WAS DIRECTLY THROUGH COMMISSIONER BEAN.

AS DISCUSSIONS MOVE FORWARD ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL PARK THE DONOR INCREASE THE OFFER TO $500,000.

SO THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW COMMISSIONER BEING TO OFFER COMMENT THE RESOLUTIONS TO ACCEPT THE DONATION AND AUTHORIZE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND PERHAPS WE

SHOULD AFFECT. >> ADDING A MOTION NANOSECOND.

>> OPERA MOTION NANOSECOND. >> A FEW MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, THE DONOR IS READY TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT.

SHE WANTED TO STAY OUT OF IT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO STAY OUT OF ANY CONTROVERSY IF THERE WOULD BE, THIS IS A GREAT WOMAN.

SHE IS A GREAT PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HER NAME IS BETTY, SHE IS PREPARED TO GIVE THIS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.

ONE OF THEIR MANY MISSIONS AND TOWN WAS CHILDREN.

THEY GAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AMONGST OTHER THINGS. SHE SAW IT FIT TO HONOR HER HUSBAND BY BUILDING A NEW PLAYGROUND, SEEING THAT WE WERE LACKING ONE IN CENTRAL PARK. SHE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO THIS.

THAT IS WHY SHE HAS WRITTEN THIS CHECK AND WE CAN GO FORWARD.

DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE PICTURE THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE SCREEN?

>> I ASKED TO PLAY THE VIDEO. >> SHE IS READY TO COME FORWARD.

HER NAME IS BETTY AND SHE IS A VERY GENEROUS MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU.

>> A I HAVE TO CATCH UP. >> IF I GET OFFERED MORE INSIGHT AS TO WHY WE NEED TO GO QUICKLY, BETTER ONE THAN THAT, WE WOULD

[02:25:10]

THAT IS AGGRESSIVE, BECAUSE PLAYGROUNDS HAVE A SIX MONTH LEAD TIME. IN AUGUST IS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO GET THIS CHECK. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THIS IS HIS BIRTHDAY THIS IS WHEN ALL OF THE CHILDREN WILL BE IN TOWN IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE.

AND CELEBRATE THE OPENING UP THIS PLAYGROUND.

THAT IS THE REASON WE WANT TO GO QUICK AND NOW WE HAVE.

WE HAVE MOVED QUICKLY, WE HAVE THIS PLAYGROUND COMING IN ONE OF THE ISSUES THIS THIS IS A GREAT PLANT THAT THE COMMUNITY

SUPPORTS. >> I THINK I WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS, I THINK IT IS AN EXTREMELY GENEROUS OFFER.

THIS I APPLAUD THIS PERSON FOR DOING THIS.

I WILL BRING UP THE CONVERSATION THAT WILL COME UP NEXT YEAR, PARTICULARLY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR. BUT I KNOW THAT TWO OF THEM WILL BE HERE, AND THIS WILL HAVE AN ONGOING COST.

AND IF IT IS DONE IN-HOUSE, THAT IS A $5,000 EXPENSE PLUS THE LABOR, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD. BY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CUTTING BACK THE BUDGET AND GOING TO THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER 5-15,000-DOLLAR COSTS.

THAT WILL GO FORWARD EVERY YEAR. WHAT I AM POINTING OUT, THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO KEEP ADDING NEW THINGS. AND NOT BUDGETING FOR THEIR UPKEEP. THAT IS MY POINT.

I APPLAUD THIS PERSON FOR DOING THIS, AND AS A CAUTIONARY TALE, THIS WILL NEED MAINTENANCE AND IT SHOULD HAVE MAINTENANCE.

AND THAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE DO, JUST A CAUTIONARY TALE.

>> THIS DONATION IS VERY, IF I AM CORRECT, IT REQUIRES REMOVAL I THOUGHT IT SAID REMOVAL ONE OF THEM THE ITEMS THERE WILL SAY.

>> LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IN THE

[02:30:05]

>> TONIGHT LET'S FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND.

TONIGHT WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE REVENUES.

WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT ACCEPTING THIS GIFT AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A VIDEO ON THIS FLASH DRIVE.

WE DON'T NEED TO -- LIKELY TO WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER.

I LIKE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT BUT TONIGHT, LET'S DO IT.

LET'S LOOK AT THE YOUTUBE VIDEO, IT WILL BE GREAT.

>> THERE'S NO SOUND SO IT'S PERFECT.

LOOK AT THIS. THERE'S SHADED SWINGS THERE IS A

BEAUTIFUL PARK. >> IT IS ADA ACCESSIBLE.

IT WILL BE THE NICEST PARK IN NASSAU COUNTY, NO DOUBT.

WE WILL BE PROUD TO HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.

>> SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REPURPOSED THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT THE PLAN.

THE COMMUNITY WILL LOVE A. WITH OUR VOTE TONIGHT WE CAN MAKE THIS A REALITY THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF MS. BETTY BURKMAN COMING FORWARD TO FUND THIS PLAYGROUND.

WE WANT TO THANK HER AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR VOTING AS SPIRIT.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> I WILL LET THE ALTERNATIVE

REVENUE SERVICES GO. >> BOTTOM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON THIS. (ROLL CALL).

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE, WE WILL HAVE THIS PART THANKS TO

[7.9 BUDGET TRANSFER - FLEET DEPARTMENT]

HER. >> FLEET DEPARTMENT.

>> THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO FUEL COST SPIRIT THE BUDGET INCREASE COST OF FUEL. TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM VARIOUS ACCOUNTS TO THE PLEAT, GAS AND OIL ACCOUNT.

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE, BOTTOM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

(ROLL CALL). >> THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0.

[7.10 PROPOSAL APPROVAL – UNITED HEALTH CARE - HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION COVERAGE]

VISION COVERAGE. >> THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF THE CITIES MEDICAL AND DENTAL AND INSURANCE PROVIDER WHICH IS UNITED HEALTHCARE. THIS HAS BEEN RENEWED ANNUALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE ACTUAL PREMIUM WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE. RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR MEDICAL,

DENTAL AND VISION. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION.

>> RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION NANOSECOND, ANY DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE, MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

(ROLL CALL). >> THAT MOTION PASSED 5-0.

[7.11 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE]

>> THIS IS A SIMILAR RENEWAL FOR APPROVING LIFE AND AXONAL DEATH INSURANCE WITH MUTUAL OF OMAHA. IS A RATE GUARANTEE FROM OCTOBER

22-OCTOBER 2025. >> RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION.

>> I ONLY HAVE ONE THING TO SAY. AND, IF WE ELIMINATED OUR HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE PART TIME EMPLOYEES DON'T QUALIFY, DID WE

[02:35:01]

SO IF WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT LET'S BE CONSISTENT.

LET'S NOT MAKE AN EXCEPTION. IT IS ONLY 300 BUCKS.

BUT IT IS AN EXCEPTION. WE ARE VIOLATING OUR OWN CHARTER. I AM JUST MAKING A POINT GENTLEMAN. I SEE NO REACTION.

>> THAT IS A FINE IDEA. >> ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU ACCEPT

-- >> I DON'T.

I WANT TO KEEP IT THE SAME. >> SO HOW DO WE DO THAT WHEN THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION EXCEPT IT BUT THE PERSON WHO

MADE THE SECOND, DOES APPEAR. >> VOTE. (ROLL CALL).

>> MOVED TO APPROVE WITH THE EXCEPTION MENDED WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER ARTICULATED.

>> ANY DISCUSSION, MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

(ROLL CALL) OF. >> THAT MOTION PASSED 4-1.

[7.12 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROJECTS]

>> AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROJECT SPIRIT.

>> I HOPE THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE HAVE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS BASED ON THE FINAL TEASURY RULES ON WHAT IS BEST SUITABLE AND HOW WE REPORT HOW WE SPENT THE $6.5 MILLION. AS INDICATED THE ORIGINAL INTENT BEHIND AMERICAN RESCUE ACT FUNDED HAD TO BE USED FOR WATER WASTEWATER POND, WATER OR BROADBAND.

AFTER A REVIEW BUT THE CITY'S PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT, IT TURNS OUT THE FINAL FEDERAL RULE SAID THAT YOU CAN TAKE A ONE-TIME CLAIM OF LOST WAGES NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION.

THE CITY IS GETTING $6.000000. SO BY CLAIMING THIS IS THE BOSS WAGES THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO TRANSFER, EXCEPT THE FUNDS INTO OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACCOUNT.

TRANSFER IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, TO REPLACE LOST WAGES WHICH INCREASES THE FLEXIBILITY FOR WHAT WE CAN USE THE FUNDS FOR. AND THEN TRANSFERRED THE MONEY BACK INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT.

WITH THE FLEXIBILITY OF HOW WE USE THE MONEY AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANT.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> APP A MOTION NANOSECOND.

VICE MAYOR. >> SO WE ARE JUST MOVING THE BEANS BASICALLY, BUT WE DID ESTABLISH WHAT THE SIX-POINT $5 MILLION WOULD BE SENT FOR AND IT WAS ALL INFRASTRUCTURE BASICALLY. AND WE SPENT SOME OF IT.

SO THAT STAYS THE SAME. >> WHEAT NEVER GOT TO A BUDGET PRESENTATION. I HAVE A SLIDE THAT REITERATED THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT OF THE SIX-POINT $5 MILLION WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT $1.8 MILLION ON A FAMILIAR RESILIENCY 1.2 MILLION ON AREA FIVE STORMWATER.

AND APPROXIMATELY $15,000 ON THE CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US WORK THROUGH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS. WHAT WE HAVE LAID THAT'S RIGHT LEFT IS 1.3 MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT FACILITIES WHICH I INDICATED TO YOU CAN BE A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE DISPOSITION OF ( INDISCERNIBLE ). WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY SPEND THE MONEY FOR THAT, IT IS A PLACE ONLY AT THIS TIME.

$750,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO RAILROAD SAFETY.

$1 MILLION FOR EXTENDING, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, THE WASTEWATER. I DO WANT PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH. I THINK IT IS $1 MILLION FOR THE WASTEWATER EXPANSION GOING DOWN THE MILLION ROAD, AND A $495,000 FOR THE WATER EXPANSION ON AMELIA ROAD AND ALL OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS.

THOSE ARE THE FOUR PROJECTS LEFT TO SPEND THE BALANCE OF OUR

[02:40:03]

$3.3 MILLION. >> AND THEY ARE ALL CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENT? >> SR.

>> THEY ARE IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT FUN SO YES, THEY ARE PRESERVED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDER THE CATEGORIES THAT I JUST

PROVIDED TO YOU. >> GOT IT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE COME UP VICE MAYOR? MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[8.1 CODE AMENDMENT - TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES]

(ROLL CALL). >> THAT PASSES 5-0.

ORDINANCES. A .1 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES SECOND READING. 8.1.

>> ORDINANCE 2022 -- 23 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA BY AMENDING CHAPTER 78, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES, BY AMENDING SECTION 78 -- ONE, BY REMOVING UNUSED DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 78 -- TWO TO INCORPORATE LANGUAGE FROM OTHER SECTIONS RELATING TO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AND PENALTIES BY AMENDING 78 -- THREE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE BY AMENDING SECTION 78 -- FOUR, FUNERAL PROCESSIONS, BY RESERVING SECTION 78-5 THROUGH 78-40; BY AMENDING SECTION 78-41 SPEED RESTRICTIONS TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE; BY AMENDING SECTION 78-42 TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE BY MANY SECTION 7943 RELATED LOCATIONS WHERE SKATEBOARDING IS PROHIBITED. BY AMENDING SECTION 78-44 AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO LIMIT IDLING AND PARKING ON CERTAIN STREETS AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; BY AMENDING SECTION 78-45 REMOVING A DEFINITION; BY AMENDING SECTION 70-71 TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE; BY AMENDING SECTION 78-72 RELATING TO IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES; BY AMENDING SECTION 70-73 THROUGH 78-89 TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE BY AMENDING SECTION 78-90 REMOVING THE RESTRICTION STARTING PART CARD; BY RENUMBERING SECTION 78-91 AND 78-92 AND AMENDING THE FINES ARE PARKING VIOLATION; RESERVING SECTION 78-92; REPEALING ARTICLE THREE DIVISION II, PARKING METERS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVING SECTION 78-101-110; APPEALING ARTICLE FOR TOWING REGULATIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY; PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PLEASE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE.

>> AND AS I SAID AT FIRST READING THIS ORDINANCE IS BASICALLY, IT IS DOING A LOT OF CLEANING UP.

LANGUAGE. BUT IT IS RAISING THE PARKING FINES FOR VIOLATIONS FOR PARKING ORDINANCES FROM $25 $250, IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TOO, PUT UP SIGNS, WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LIMITING OR RESTRICTING PARKING ON CITY STREETS.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS STREET, WE HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS OF TRUCKERS WHO ARE PART FOR OUR SPIRIT THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE CASE PER THE CITY MANAGER PUTTING UP SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER STREETS.

WE SPOKE EARLIER AND WE MAY BRING THIS BACK DOWN THE ROAD, AND HE GOT A CHANCE TO READ THE ORDINANCE AND EEK HAD A FEW THINGS THAT I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE AND WHEN I SPOKE TO MS. STUDENT, MIKE LEGAL ASSISTANT SHE WORKED HARD ON THIS AND SAID THIS IS SECOND READING, WE ADVERTISED IT, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY HAVE SIGNED OFF ON IT AND ALSO HELP TO GIVE US INPUT ON A. SO PLEASE ADOPT THIS TONIGHT AND IF WE HAVE CHANGES WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

>> ALRIGHT, I NEED A MOTION. >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> >> APPLE MOTION A SECOND ANY

DISCUSSION, VICE MAYOR? >> I AGREE, I ACTUALLY READ THE WHOLE THING SOME OF IT I UNDERSTOOD.

ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS, YOU CAN'T PARK MORE THAN

[02:45:06]

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD PICK ALSO HAVE CONCERNS COMING UP WITH THIS ORDINANCE BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD NOT PARKING IN RIGHT OF WAYS AND THE ISSUE WITH THAT IT BECOMES CONTENTIOUS AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND I WE WILL ADMINISTER THAT IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY FROM MY HOUSE TO PUT UP A SIGN.

HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH THE CRITERIA THE WAY IT IS.

>> WE ALLOW SOME PARKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BUT OBVIOUSLY IS

HAPPENING, I HAVE -- >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE

THAT DISCUSSION LATER. >> ANY TIME.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT OFF-LINE I CAN COMPILE THE CHANGES AND WE CAN WORK ON IT. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE.

MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE BOAT.

>> COMMISSIONER BEAN. >> YES.

[9.1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN (GEPP)]

>> THE MOTION PASSED 5-0. ITEM NINE.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS. MY .1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MOVED TO APPOINT SUSAN TO THE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN.

>> SECOND PERIOD. >> OF EMOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SEE NONE MADAME CLERK PLEASE

TALK ABOUT. >> COMMISSIONER SEARCHES.

>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR KRIEGER.

[9.2 GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BEING.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> YES.

>> THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. >> NINE-POINT TO THE GOLF COURSE

ADVISORY BOARD. >> A MOVE TO APPOINT MARK TO THE

BOARD. >> SECOND.

>> OF A MOTION TO SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ENOUGH. MADAME CLERK PLEASE CALL THE

MODE. >> VICE MAYOR KRIEGER.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SEARCHES.

[9.3 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BEING.

>> YES. >> MAYOR LITTLE BIT -- MAYOR

LEDNOVICH. >> YES.

>> PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

TANGIBLE TO APPOINT ( INDISCERNIBLE ).

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

DISCUSSION, SEE NONE. >> GIVES ME ONE SECOND WHO WAS

THE 2ND AND THE MOTION? >> COMMISSIONER WIEN -- BEAN.

>> CALLED THE VOTE. >> THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

>> ALL RIGHT CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

>> TWO QUICK ITEMS. NUMBER ONE IS INDICATING THE RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY AND IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK OUT OVER. IT IS 99 PAGES LONG.

IF YOU WANT THE CITY TO PRINT A HARD COPY JUST LET ME KNOW.

SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESPONSE RATES.

3600 SURVEYS WERE SENT OUT, AND IN TWO WEEKS THE SURVEY WAS OPEN ONLINE THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 866 RESPONSES TOTAL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS INDICATED THAT 83% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE MEN AND WOMEN 55 YEARS OR OLDER. WHY THERE WAS A LACK OF INPUT FROM THE YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED, MAYBE WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON PAPER BUT 83% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE AGE 55 YEARS OR OLDER.

42% WERE WOMEN. SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S QUESTION TWO WHAT ARE WE DOING, THESE SURVEYS ASK QUESTIONS BUT ONLY 2% OF THE

PEOPLE RESPONDED. >> HOW ABOUT THE 35?

>> ACTUALLY IF YOU WANT THAT DATA IT IS NOT -- IT WAS NOT IN THE PDF YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LINK.

THE LINK I PROVIDED GIVES YOU ALL OF THE BACKGROUND.

>> IT IS 15%. >> THE OTHER THING IS GOOD NEWS.

HOPEFULLY. THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS OR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED HOUSE RESOLUTION -- WHICH MAKES, INTERESTS ACCRUED FOR FEMA NOW AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.

[02:50:07]

THE RULE STATES ANY QUALIFYING INTERESTS AS DEFINED INCURRED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE ACTION BE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. I WILL SEND IN E-MAIL ASKING AND THIS IS CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF THE U.S. SENATE.

THAT SHOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A INTERESTS AS WE FUNDED THE

CONSTRUCTION. >> I WILL BE GONE THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,

CONTACT TAMMI. >> HAVE A GOOD TRIP.

[11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

>> CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS? >> THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO, EAT HIM APPEAR TALKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES HE SAID HE HAD WRITTEN ARTICLES AND NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT FIRST IT SAYS HE WAS A NAVY COMMANDER, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

REGARDING IMPACT FEES HE GOES BACK TO IN HIS VIEWPOINT, 2004 OF IMPACT FEES WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INSTITUTED WAY BEFORE THE TIME OF ANYONE THAT WAS HERE INCLUDING WHEN HE STARTED WITH THE CITY, THEY PAID ATTORNEY FEES ALMOST $2 MILLION IT HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WHAT WE DO TODAY.

THAT LAWSUIT AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE DISTINCTION. IMPACT THESE STUDIES AND HOW YOU JUSTIFY UNDER THE STATE LAW HOW IMPACT FEES ARE IMPOSED IT'S DONE NOW BY A FIRM THAT HAS A GOOD REPUTATION THEN IN 2004 THERE WERE ENGINEERS AND INDIVIDUALS HIRED AND IN THIS CASE THE ENGINEER HIRED FOR THE CITY DID HIS CALCULATION LITERALLY ON A NAPKIN, THAT TESTIMONY IN COURT DID NOT HOLD UP FOR THE JUDGE IN TERMS OF A VALID CALCULATION.

YOU KNOW THAT IS HOW IT -- I WAS THERE AND HE DID NOT DO THE BEST JOB JUSTIFYING THAT. INCREASE OR DECREASE IN IMPACT FEES, WE DO THIS EVERY 5-7 YEARS.

SO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING USE OF PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES AND HOW IT SEEMS TO BE WILLY-NILLY, I THINK WE KNOW IT'S NOT WILLY-NILLY. THE CITY MANAGER, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE. SO DON'T THINK IT IS MY ATTORNEY PARENT GIVING AN OPINION I DON'T KNOW THEM.

THERE'S A VERY SEASONED ATTORNEY'S NAME IS DAVID WITH ( INDISCERNIBLE ) IN TALLAHASSEE, LOOK THEM UP DO YOUR RESEARCH, HE AND HIS FIRM WILL GIVE THE CITY WHEN THE MANAGER ASKED, OPINIONS, WRITTEN OPINIONS ON WHETHER A CERTAIN PROJECT AS DETAILED AS YOU WANT TO MAKE IT WILL BE SUITABLE FOR IMPACT FEES. I DON'T MIND GIVING MY OPINION TOO BUT I'VE GIVEN MINE IN THE PAST AND THERE HAS BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

IN CASE WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT STUDY WE HAVE IT.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN COME LOOK AT OUR POLICIES.

OUR COMPTROLLER IS THERE. SHE AND I WORKED TOGETHER.

WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO USE IMPACT FEES, YET THE END OF THE DAY IT IS WHAT SHE AND I THINK IS THE RIGHT

[02:55:04]

YES GO TO THEIR WORK, PLEASE. >> LET ME INTRODUCE WHY, I LIVE ON CANOPY ROAD. THERE IS A QUARTER-MILE ENTRANCE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IS LITERALLY SPECTACULAR.

IT IS A TRUE CANOPY. AND IN MY FIVE YEARS LIVING IN MY THAT -- THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE HAVE BEEN THREE TIMES WHERE I HAVE STOPPED, DIFFERENT ENTITIES FROM HACKING ON THE TREES. ONE WAS THE POWER COMPANY, THEY COME IN AND CUT AWAY. THE CITY CAME IN AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB, BUT WHEN I WENT BY THEM, THEY WERE 40 FEET ON AN UPPER LIMB ON OAK AND ASKED WHERE'S THE ( INDISCERNIBLE ) OR ARE YOU AN ARBORIST. AND I DID NOT GET THE PROPER RESPONSE. ALL I REQUESTED WAS, PLEASE CALL THE ARBORIST TO ADVISE YOU ON HOW TO TRIM THIS TREE.

OUR CANOPY ROADS HAVE NO PROTECTION.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY CAN IT BE ROAD, IT IS BEACH, YOU DRIVE DOWN BEECH STREET, BEAUTIFUL CANOPY, HER NEIGHBORHOOD, BEAUTIFUL CANOPY. THESE ROADS ARE NOT PROTECTED AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A TREE ISLAND.

AND THE COUNTIES CAN'T PROTECT IT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS ON WHEN YOU CAN TRIM A TREE.

WHEN YOU CAN REMOVE A TREE, AND IT GOES SO FAR TO SAY WHAT YOU CAN PLAN. YOU CAN'T DO ANY OTHERS.

ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR BEING A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES TREES.

FOR THE COUNTY THEY HAVE A PROTECTED ROAD ORDINANCE FOR US NOT TO. WE REALLY AND TRULY NEED THIS.

THAT IS WHY I ASKED SPIRIT VICE MAYOR.

>> ACTUALLY READ THE COUNTY ORDINANCE.

I WAS CONFUSED, HAVE NO PROBLEM LOOKING AT A CANOPY ORDINANCE, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROTECTION WE WILL GET AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT , I WOULD PUT IT IN THEIR,.

>> I SAY YES. >> DURING ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS

[13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

[03:00:05]

'S AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS, IN THE LAST 2-3 FRIDAY NOTES REQUESTED, WE DID AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A SNOWBALL CHANCE IN HELL OF PASSING, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE GO TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, IT MAY BE WORTH DOING, I THINK WE CAN TRY. WHICH BRINGS UP THE POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HIS OTHER REQUESTS AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ASK FOR

>> ACTUALLY THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER SO IT IS ON THE NEXT AGENDA SEEKING WITH YOUR PRIORITIES WILL BE FOR THE NEXT

SESSION. >> THAT IS WHEN WE AGREED ON.

>> >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK SCOTT HAS DONE. OUTSTANDING JOB.

>> AND THE PLAN WILL BE ON THE FOURTH OF OCTOBER WHEN WE TALK

ABOUT ALL OF THE BEACH -- >> YOU LOOK AT ME FUNNY.

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. TO GO BY WHEN HE SAID.

AM PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE 2%, SO THE ANSWER WILL REFLECT WHAT I PUT DOWN. AND SECONDLY I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK DOGS WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

THEY NEED THE HELP. EVERY SATURDAY MORNING YOU CAN DO IT. I MET JACK AND JILL AND WALKED

THEM. >> WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE ON

SATURDAY, A GOOD KICKOFF. >> COMMISSIONER STURGES.

>> I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY, IT'S A SURVEY, NOT SUCH A GREAT TURNOUT. LIKE HE MENTIONED, IS IT TICK-TOCK, FACEBOOK OR TWITTER I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET A CROWD OTHER THAN THAT WE HAD A GREAT MEETING AND I AM GLAD IT IS ALMOST OVER WITH. THANK YOU.

>> MR. ROSS. >> MY WIFE HAD A FAMILY REUNION IN PORTLAND OREGON. AND WE HAD A RIVERWALK.

AND IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL ROOM.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE USE THAT. THE REASON I'VE RAN FOR CITY COMMISSIONER, IT WAS TO GET A RIVERWALK AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN GET SOMETHING. WE ALREADY HAVE A GOOD START.

WITH THAT GOOD NIGHT. >> I WILL BE BRIEF.

A REMINDER COMMISSIONERS, CHARTER OFFICE REVIEWS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 20. YOU CAN DO THEM ORALLY.

THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU SIR.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE. EVERYONE STAY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.