Mar 07, 2023 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION PRESENTED TODAY BY PASTOR TIFFANY GULAMA FROM THE PRINCE CHAPEL AME CHURCH.

THANK YOU, PASTOR. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS PRIVILEGE OF SERVING OUR CITY.

WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT AS WE DISCUSS OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND CRAFT POLICIES FOR THE CITY, WE WILL ALWAYS PUT THE PEOPLES' INTERESTS ABOVE OUR OWN.

REMIND US, FATHER, THAT WE ARE IN THIS POSITION NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC JUST AS CHRIST WHO IS KING CAME NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE AND ULTIMATELY DIE ON THE CROSS TO SAVE US.

WE ALSO PRAY, FATHER, THAT WE WILL UPHOLD WHAT IS MORAL AND RATIONAL.

WE PRAY THAT WE WILL HAVE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND TACKLE THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TACKLED AND BE EFFICIENT IN HANDLING ALL THINGS. WE ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE GRACE TO COME UP WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE AND MORALLY RIGHT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BEST BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU.

WE'RE SKIPPING PAST ITEM 4.1 TONIGHT, GOING STRAIGHT TO ITEM 4.2.

[4.2 PROCLAMATION - FRIENDS OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB, INC. AND MR. RON FERRELL]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[INAUDIBLE] BRADLEY. THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

MR. MEADOWS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP.

ALL RIGHT, SO PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS FRIENDS OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB INC IS A FLEDGLING 501(C)(3) CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE LOVE OF GOLF AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE THROUGH PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE THE FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB FOR THIS GENERATION AND THOSE TO COME, AND WHEREAS, SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2022, FRIENDS HAS COLLABORATED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR CATHERINE VORRASI AND GOLF COURSE MANAGERS MICHAEL COONEY AND DAVID DEMAY TO INITIATE SEVERAL MAINTENANCE AND BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS WHICH INCLUDE VARIOUS ENTRANCE SIGN REPLACEMENTS, AND WHEREAS, FRIENDS MEMBER MR. RON FARRELL RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED FOUR MULTIPLE FACING FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE ENTRANCE SIGNS WHICH HAD DETERIORATED DUE TO AGE OR HURRICANE DAMAGE.

THESE SIGNS ARE LOCATED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND HANDSOMELY REFLECT MISTER FARRELL'S METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AS WELL AS THE FRIENDS, PASSION AND PRIDE FOR THE FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF COURSE AND WERE ASKED FUNDS TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT SIGNAGE.

MATERIALS WERE GENEROUSLY DONATED BY FRIENDS SPONSORS.

ONCE FUNDS WERE SECURED, MR. FARRELL WILLINGLY AND EAGERLY TOOK ON THE ARDUOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH REQUIRED COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO ENSURE THE NEW SIGNAGE WILL WITHSTAND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND SHOWCASE A SENSE OF PLACE, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH COMMISSIONERS AND TAXPAYERS HEREBY EXPRESS THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB INC, AND ESPECIALLY TO MR. RON FARRELL FOR HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP AND COLLABORATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRADLEY BEAN, BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY CONVEY GENUINE APPRECIATION TO THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB AND MR. RON FARRELL FOR THEIR TIME.

CREATIVITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF COURSE AND A WITNESS THEREOF.

I AFFIXED MY SEAL ON THIS DAY, MARCH 7TH.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. LET'S GET A PICTURE TOGETHER REAL QUICK, AND [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE FOR HER AND THEN ONE.

OH, OKAY, TAKE YOUR PICTURE. EITHER WAY, WE'LL DO IT ALL.

[CHUCKLING] WE'LL DO IT ALL. WE GOT THE TIME.

LET'S START. YOU GET IN THE MIDDLE, MY FRIEND.

YOU'RE THE GUY WHO'S GETTING THE PROCLAMATION.

ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO, THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK I'VE SEEN THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THE PARKWAY RECENTLY OR FLETCHER, YOU'VE SEEN THESE NEW SIGNS AND, WOW, THEY LOOK GOOD.

THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS THESE ARE NEW SIGNS.

THEY LOOK GREAT. SO ANYWAY, JUST.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

HE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS [INAUDIBLE] IN HIS GARAGE, AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, JUST FANTASTIC.

THEY LOOK AMAZING. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THEM.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAROLINE.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 4.3, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET PROGRAM.

[4.3 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET PROGRAM]

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LISA FINKELSTEIN [CHUCKLING].

I COMBINED THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES.

MS. FINKELSTEIN, WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN.

MS. FINKELSTEIN, I HAVE CONTROL.

OH, OKAY, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.

LISA FINKELSTEIN, FERNANDINA BEACH, MAIN STREET, 492 STARBOARD LANDING.

SO EVERY QUARTER I COME BEFORE YOU TO GIVE A REPORT ON WHAT MAIN STREET'S BEEN UP TO.

SO THIS IS OUR SECOND QUARTER REPORT.

I WANTED TO START WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH SOME OF YOU BEING NEW TO THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PURPOSE OF MAIN STREET AND THE ROLES THAT WE PLAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT THAT WE DO THAT IN.

OUR GOALS ARE TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORICAL INTEGRITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND IT'S ALSO TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE EIGHTH STREET CORRIDOR SO THAT IT BECOMES AN INVITING, SHOPPER-FRIENDLY, WALKABLE AREA, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON LEVERAGING MULTIPLE REVENUE STREAMS, WHICH WOULD MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN HAVE.

WE HAVE FOUR COUNCILS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WORK ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.

THE ECONOMIC VITALITY COUNCIL IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT ONE OF THE KEY POINTS IS THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR BUSINESSES.

WE USE NETWORKING EVENTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFY FROM OUR BUSINESSES WITH SURVEYS, AND THEN WE HAVE EITHER OUR POLICE OR WE'LL HAVE OTHER EXPERTS COME TO THE MIXERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND GIVE OUR MERCHANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES.

WE ALSO SHARE A WEEKLY EMAIL.

I'VE STARTED TO INCLUDE YOU ON IT SO THAT YOU GET IT AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT TO THE BUSINESSES.

IT ACTUALLY GOES OUT TO OVER 200 PEOPLE, BUT 165 BUSINESSES EACH WEEK WITH INFORMATION, AND THEN RECENTLY WE CREATED A CURB APPEAL AWARD.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO ROLL THAT OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APRIL, WE'LL BE AWARDING THE FIRST ONE, AND THIS WILL REWARD PROPERTY OWNERS FOR INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT IMPROVE THE DISTRICT AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO SPUR SOME RENOVATIONS AND REHABILITATIONS, ESPECIALLY ALONG OUR EIGHTH STREET CORRIDOR, AND THEN OUR ORGANIZATION COUNCIL THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE FUNDRAISING ARM OF OUR ORGANIZATION, ISLAND HOP IS OUR SIGNATURE FUNDRAISING EVENT.

THIS GOES ALONG WITH CREATING MULTIPLE STREAMS OF REVENUE TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION.

SO WE HAVE NOT ONLY ISLAND HOP AS ONE ARM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR MEMBER PARTNER PROGRAM, WHICH HAS GROWN.

WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A PROGRAM, BUT NOW LAST YEAR WE HAD 56 PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES THAT WERE SUPPORTING MAIN STREET FINANCIALLY.

SO THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS CHANGE IN TWO YEARS.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, SINCE JANUARY, WE HAVE 25 THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD AND FOUR OF THEM ARE NEW BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOT WITH US PREVIOUSLY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE THEN OUR PROMOTIONS COUNCIL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW US BECAUSE OF OUR EVENTS.

WE RUN TEN EVENTS DURING THE YEAR AND WE ASSIST WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHERS.

SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, THE WINTER SIP AND SHOP WAS IN JANUARY.

WE HAVE MARCH MADNESS THAT'S STARTING NEXT WEEK AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE WEEK EVENT.

WE'RE DOING A YOUTH ART WALK FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE ARE DOING AN EIGHTH STREET PUP CRAWL.

THAT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT.

WE DID IT LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND ONE.

ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE CALENDAR SO THAT THEY BENEFIT OUR BUSINESSES AT TIMES WHEN BUSINESS MAY BE SLOW OR IT MAY BE AN OFF SEASON.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SIP AND SHOP, FOR INSTANCE, IN JANUARY IS ON A FRIDAY EVENING AT A TIME WHEN TYPICALLY BUSINESS IS SLOW.

SO THESE EVENTS THAT WE HOLD ARE GEARED TOWARDS PROMOTING OUR BUSINESSES AND NOT TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR ORGANIZATION AND THEN OUR DESIGN COUNCIL, THIS GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UPDATING THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNS DOWNTOWN.

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SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT MAIN STREET MANAGES AND PAYS FOR.

SO THAT GOT DONE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON A PLANTING WEEK FOR APRIL.

WE TYPICALLY DO THIS.

WE'VE WORKED PREVIOUSLY IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN WITH THE HELP OF FLOWERING FERNANDINA AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE CONCERNED THIS YEAR ABOUT IRRIGATION.

WE'VE JUST DONE A WALK THROUGH ON THE IRRIGATION DOWNTOWN AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE OF IT THAT'S WORKING, IF AT ALL, PRIMARILY AROUND THE WELCOME DEPOT.

SOME OF IT IS WORKING, SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLANT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR THE NEW AREAS THAT WERE CREATED DOWN AT FRONT AND CENTER WITH THE TURNAROUND, LIKE THE PULL IN AREA AND THE SMALLER AREA AROUND THE MONUMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME POTS AND SOME KIND OF WATER RESISTANT OR DRY RESISTANT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PLANTS AND PLANTINGS THERE SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK WITHOUT THE IRRIGATION, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO WORK WITH KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL AGAIN ON A DOWNTOWN CLEANUP. WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE EIGHTH STREET.

SO THAT'S CALLED THE DOWNTOWN DUNES CLEANUP.

THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR SOMETIME IN MAY, AND THEN A FINANCIAL SUMMARY.

WE HAVE THE YEAR TO DATE, SO IT'S FOUR MONTHS AS OF THE END OF JANUARY.

THE BUDGET IS ON THE LEFT COLUMN.

THE CENTER COLUMN IS THE ACTUAL AND THEN THE PERCENT OF BUDGET IS ON THE RIGHT.

THERE YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIPLE STREAMS OF REVENUE THAT WE HAVE.

AS I SAID, THE MEMBER PARTNER PROGRAM REALLY JUST KICKED OFF.

SO THAT'S AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

EVERYTHING IS REALLY IN LINE.

OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS ARE A LITTLE THE REVENUE IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE ACTUALLY ISLAND HOP TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 1ST THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

SO THERE'S A CARRYOVER THERE ON SOME OF THAT REVENUE.

I ALSO KEPT IN ON THE NEXT SLIDE THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, THE ANNUAL BUDGET, SO THAT YOU JUST HAVE A SENSE FOR HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALONG WITH THIS PRESENTATION, THE CITY STAFF HAS A BREAKDOWN, OUR FULL FINANCIALS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE AT ANY TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TO REACH OUT AND ASK, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

I TRY TO GO QUICKLY, KEEP IT MOVING, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT OR ANY PARTICULAR PROJECTS YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS FINKELSTEIN? COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

WELL, THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I DO NOT DO IT ALONE, AND I WILL SAY IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, I KNOW FLOWERING FERNANDINA IS HERE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOINT EFFORT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, AND THANK ALL OF YOU.

SURE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND THANK YOU, MISS FINKELSTEIN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

OH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK FOR FERNANDINA 200, MISS LISA ONCE AGAIN.

[4.4 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA 200 - Fernandina 200]

SO THE DATE WOULD BE JANUARY 1ST OF 2025, BUT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING IS A YEAR LONG EVENT SCHEDULE THAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING 2024.

SO THIS WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER KIND OF LOOSELY, BUT KEPT AS A SMALL GROUP TO JUST REALLY KIND OF HAVE THOSE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THIS CELEBRATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING MONTHLY.

THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

SO IT'S A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED, AND OF COURSE, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY THAT ARE IN VARIOUS POSITIONS THAT WOULD WANT TO HAVE INPUT INTO THIS, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH BRANDY CARVALHO FROM NASSAU COUNTY, BECAUSE THEIR 200TH IS THE SAME TIME AS OUR 200TH.

SO THEY'RE PLANNING SOME QUARTERLY CELEBRATIONS FOR THAT YEAR THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER ON THAT AND I THINK IT WILL BE FUN.

SO I WANTED TO JUST PRESENT THIS TO YOU SINCE THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER HAD SAT IN ON A FEW OF

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OBVIOUSLY I WILL FILL IN MR. FOXWORTH WHEN WE MEET ONE ON ONE AND HE'S WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AS TAMMI HAS ALSO.

SO WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT WOULD BE AN OPEN CALL TO THEM TO SUBMIT IDEAS FOR EITHER EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES OR PRODUCTS , AND THAT WOULD ALL FALL UNDER THAT UMBRELLA OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THOSE EVENTS AND THINGS SCHEDULED EACH MONTH.

WE WOULD COME, YOU KNOW, NOT ME, BUT SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND TALK ABOUT THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AND IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF EDUCATIONAL THINGS FOR YOUTH, FUN THINGS FOR FAMILIES.

YOU KNOW, THE MUSEUM HAS SOME GREAT THINGS PLANNED, SOME TOURS AND SOME EXHIBITS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, AND THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS BRAND EVERYTHING AS PART OF THE 200TH.

SO WE WOULD HAVE A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION PROCESS.

THE STEERING COMMITTEE WOULD KIND OF VET THOSE APPLICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE, AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH A LOGO THAT THEY COULD USE TO BRAND THEIR EVENT OR ACTIVITY OR IN THE CASE OF POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, A SPIRIT FROM MARLIN AND BARREL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE ALSO BRANDED FOR THE 200TH.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE LOGO TONIGHT AND THE DESIGNERS IN THE ROOM.

SO BE KIND, BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WE STILL HAVE A FEW IDEAS ABOUT TWEAKING IT, BUT I WANTED TO GET YOUR IMPRESSIONS.

I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.

IF YOU THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT REFLECTED SOME OF THE COLORS THAT WE USE ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE CENTER OF THE CITY SEAL IS REPRESENTED AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WOULD SHOW UP IF THINK IT WAS ON A SHIRT OR IT WAS ON SOMETHING SO THAT IT WAS SOMEWHAT SIMPLE.

I'D WEAR THAT SHIRT. [CHUCKLING] THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE LOGO? ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR STURGES NOT ABOUT THE LOGO.

I THINK THE LOGO LOOKS EXCELLENT, LISA.

I LIKE THE PRIOR PICTURE THOUGH.

THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT HISTORIC PICTURE TO PUT ON THERE.

PROBABLY HALF OR THREE QUARTERS OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT PICTURE IS, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE KEYSTONE HOTEL.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

KEEP DOING YOUR GOOD WORK.

CERTAINLY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS LONG AS WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THEN WE'LL KEEP ON GOING, BUT IF YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AS WE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, MISS LISA. WE APPRECIATE THIS, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL EXCITED FOR FERNANDINA 200.

SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, ITEM 4.5, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE

[4.5 PRESENTATION - FACILITY PROJECT UPDATE]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WHAT WE HAVE IS A BRIEF PRESENTATION, A FACILITY UPDATE, IF YOU WILL.

THIS WAS IMPROVING CITY FACILITIES WAS A GOAL BY THE PRIOR COMMISSION AND THIS ONE AS WELL, AS NOTED IN THE VISIONING SESSION [INAUDIBLE].

SO WE'LL MAKE IT VERY BRIEF IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING THE MEETING ALONG, BUT THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE BUDGETED THIS YEAR THAT ARE ONGOING ALONG WITH SOME HAVE YET TO GET UNDERWAY AND JUST PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK AND HIGHLIGHT ONE CROWN JEWEL THAT WE'RE COMING TO COMPLETION ON.

SO GIVE ME JUST A SECOND HERE.

THAT'S YOU. YOU'VE GOT THE PODIUM NOW.

OKAY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE STILL IN CONTROL.

OKAY, AS NOTED, ONE OF THE GOALS WAS THE IMPROVEMENT OF CITY FACILITIES AND FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN THIS BUDGET AND THERE'LL BE REQUESTS FOR IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET TO CONTINUE ON IN THAT EFFORT.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE'LL STOP AT THE START AT THE TOP LEFT IS THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER, AND THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT IS BEING DONE NOW AND WE'LL BE RECEIVING THOSE RESULTS AS DRAFT RESULTS LATER THIS WEEK AND BASED OFF THOSE RESULTS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OTHER RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT FACILITY.

SO THAT'S ONGOING.

IN THE MIDDLE AT THE TOP, YOU HAVE THE WATER PLANT THAT'S AT NUMBER ONE WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE BACKGROUND.

THAT FACILITY JUST WENT UNDER PHASE ONE OF A RENOVATION PROJECT, WHICH IS A ROOF JOB AND SOME OTHER INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN PHASE TWO IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE TOP RIGHT IS UNDER AN ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW FOR SOME BRICK AND MORTAR DETERIORATION.

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OUR OLDEST BUILDING IN THE CITY, WHICH IS THE LIGHTHOUSE THERE, OUR FIRE STATION ONE THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT AERIAL, THAT ROOF JOB WAS JUST COMPLETED.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE DOING.

I'M WORKING WITH THE CHIEF SILCOX ON THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT WILL CONTINUE ON INTO NEXT YEAR.

CITY GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE.

WE'RE OPENING UP BID RESULTS FOR THAT.

WE HAVE RECEIVED THE BID RESULTS.

THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MEETING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT FACILITY.

IT'S 21 YEARS OLD AND IT NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERIOR.

THE PECK CENTER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS BEEN A LONG AWAITING AND PROJECT THAT'S IN THE WORKS.

I'LL GET MORE TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.

FIRE STATION TWO IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S PICTURED AT THE BOTTOM LEFT.

CITY HALL THIS IS A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, AND WE'LL HAVE A PROPOSAL COMING TO YOU HERE VERY SOON, IF NOT NEXT MEETING.

THE FOLLOWING ON ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE AT THIS FACILITY WITH FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE THIS YEAR, AND OF COURSE, AIRPORT HANGAR, THAT'S A FACILITY THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND THAT'S THE NEW HANGAR THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY BUILT.

BACK TO THE PECK CENTER, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT; IT'S FINALLY NEARING COMPLETION.

THIS WAS BUILT IN 1927.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS VACATED BY THE MID 70S.

THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AS I RECALL, DEEDED THE THIS TO THE CITY IN THE LATE 80S.

IT WAS IN TOTAL DISREPAIR, BOARDED UP IN 1990 TO PREVENT CONTINUED DETERIORATION AND RUINATION, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST RESTORATION DISCUSSIONS BEGAN IN THE 1990S DUE TO A LOT OF WORK AND ACQUIRING A NUMBER OF GRANTS, THE BUILDING WAS OPENED BACK UP AND BECAME OCCUPIED AGAIN.

IT WAS RETROFITTED WITH HVAC, NEW WINDOWS, ALL NEW LIGHTING.

I MEAN, IT WAS IN TOTAL DISREPAIR UNTIL THE STATE STEPPED IN, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO TO PUT THIS BACK IN OPERATION AGAIN.

IN 2005 TO 2022, A NUMBER OF UPGRADES, CONTINUED NEW ROOF SYSTEMS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE AND ALL NEW WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

THIS IS OUR LARGEST FACILITY.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO THIS COMPLEX, AND IN THE VERY RECENT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD DECAYING MORTAR. IT'S ALL THE JOINTS, ALL THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS THAT BRICK FACADE TOGETHER, IT WAS CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OLD, AND THAT DETERIORATION WAS CAUSING FRACTURED BRICKS, SEDIMENT, CORRODED, WINDOW SHELVING, WATER PENETRATION AND MOLD INTO THE BUILDING.

WE SUCCEEDED IN A DEPARTMENT OF STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT, AND $500,000 IS AWARDED FOR THE SAVING PECK HIGH SCHOOL, A REVERED 1927 ROSENWALD SCHOOL PROJECT, AND THAT PROJECT GOT UNDERWAY ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

THIS THIS THIS MONTH.

THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS VERY TEDIOUS, INVOLVED THE DETERIORATION, THE REMOVAL OF, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, 65,000 LINEAR FEET OF BRICK AND MORTAR, PAINSTAKING PROCESS.

IT'S LIKE PUTTING A GRINDER TO THE WHITE LINE AND TAKING IT OUT TO 95.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT TOOK NEARLY A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

WE'RE 98-99% COMPLETE WITH THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PUNCH LIST TO WRAP UP A FEW DETAILS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE IN PROGRESS PICTURES HERE, THE VERY TEDIOUS REMOVAL OF THAT MORTAR REPLACEMENT OF BRICK, VERY CAREFULLY DONE, AND THAT PROJECT IS SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

SO, YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT TO WRAP THIS PROJECT UP.

SO AS I MENTIONED, SOME OTHER PROJECTS, SOME OTHER ITEMS COMING YOUR WAY SOON IS THE GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE FOR IMPROVEMENTS THERE, THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER.

ONCE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RESULTS FROM THAT STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, THAT'LL BE HEADED YOUR WAY ALONG WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING RECREATION CENTER, SOME CITY HALL RENOVATIONS WILL BE HEADED YOUR WAY SOON, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE FIRE STATION TWO COMPLETE HERE REALLY SOON AS WELL.

SO JUST A LITTLE FACILITY OVERVIEW UPDATE FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER OR THIS FIRST QUARTER IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL TAKE THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. GLISSON. ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR STURGES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JEREMIAH, SO THE REC CENTER ROOF IS ALL FINISHED NOW.

THE ATLANTA REC CENTER ROOF, THAT WAS DONE, YES, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH ANY FURTHER REPAIRS, THAT WAS A BIT OF EMERGENCY REPAIR.

WE HAD TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF QUICKLY, BUT UNTIL OTHER RENOVATIONS WERE WERE SCHEDULED, WE HAD THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT DONE, AND THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR ENGINEER AND THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT TEAM THAT WE HAD IN HERE PREVIOUSLY.

SO WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT ASSESSMENT BACK FOR THE REC CENTER? CHARLIE'S GONE.

CHARLIE? WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE.

PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE RESULTS FOR THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE REC CENTER THIS WEEK? [INAUDIBLE] THE CONSULTANTS TOMORROW MORNING OR AFTERNOON, JUST TO GET THE PRELIMINARY [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY, THAT'S IT. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A TIMELINE.

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ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GLISSON? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM FIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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

WHAT WE WOULD NEED IS TO FILL OUT A PIECE OF PAPER IN THE BACK, MAKE SURE IT GETS TO MS. BEST UP HERE, BUT WE HAVE THREE REQUESTS AS OF THIS MOMENT.

WE WILL GET RIGHT INTO THOSE.

WE WILL START WITH MEDARDO MONZON.

WE WELCOME YOU TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. SOME OF YOU KNOW ME AS.

YES, SIR, AND PLEASE START IT WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

OKAY, MEDARDO MONZON 1010 OCEANVIEW CT.

THANK YOU, SIR. SOME IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW ME FOR MY CHEMISTRY BACKGROUND, BUT ONLY A FEW KNOW THAT AFTER LEAVING MY CORPORATE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN 2002, I BECAME AN EXECUTIVE COACH AN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, DEVELOPING EXECUTIVES AND THEIR TEAMS IN SEVERAL FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES FOR OVER A DECADE.

SO I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE FIRING OF DALE MARTIN, BASED ON MY EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD.

THE TOP ECHELON OF ANY ORGANIZATION SET THE CULTURE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN AN ORGANIZATION, AND THAT'S YOU.

THE FIRING OF DALE MARTIN AS CITY MANAGER WITHOUT FOLLOWING WELL KNOWN HUMAN RESOURCE PROCEDURES HAS CAUSED IN OUR COMMUNITY CONFUSION, ANGER AND FEAR OF WHO AND WHAT'S TO COME NEXT.

YOUR ACTIONS CAN ONLY BE CHARACTERIZED AS UNPROFESSIONAL, RECKLESS, UNETHICAL, ABRUPT, AND PERHAPS REMINISCENT OF NEANDERTHAL MAN.

IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG, I CHALLENGE YOU TO PROVE ME PUBLICLY.

POSTING THE CITY'S WEBSITE THE HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES OF RAYONIER AND THE NASSAU COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SEE IF YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO FIRE A SUBORDINATE EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A JOB PERFORMANCE REVIEW, A DEFICIENT ONE, A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE IT.

FURTHERMORE, I CHALLENGE ANY OF YOU TO POST A SINGLE STUDY OF A REPUTABLE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FIRM CONCLUDING THAT A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE CAN THRIVE BY FIRING PEOPLE THE WAY YOU FIRED DALE MARTIN.

EVEN WHEN IT CAN BE DONE UNDER THE RULE OF LAW IN AN AT WILL EMPLOYMENT STATE AS FLORIDA, IT IS WELL DEMONSTRATED BY THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD THAT ACTIONS LIKE YOURS ARE TOXIC AND CAUSE A SHARP DROP IN MORALE AND PRODUCTIVITY OF EMPLOYEES, IN THIS CASE CITY STAFF, ALL OF WHICH RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AND UNNECESSARY COSTS THAT TYPICALLY EXCEED THE DIRECT COSTS OF HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER, SUCH AS SEVERANCE PAY, RECRUITING COSTS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT AND RELOCATION COSTS. MANY OF YOU RUN ON A PLATFORM OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND YOUR ACTIONS ARE GOING TO CAUSE THE CITY A TON OF MONEY.

SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SURRENDER YOUR SALARY FOR THE PERIOD THAT YOU HAVE OF SERVICE REMAINING.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT PERHAPS THERE'S AN UPROAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS THE COMMUNITY WILL RESPOND THE WAY THE CITY OF DAVIDSON, MICHIGAN, RESPONDED WHEN DALE MARTIN WAS FIRED IN 2010 UNFAIRLY, AS YOU JUST DID, THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED SWIFTLY AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OUSTED 4 OR 5 CITY COUNCILMAN THAT WERE PLACED ON A BALLOT IN A RECALL ELECTION.

THIS IS THE KIND OF ATMOSPHERE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN FERNANDINA BEACH BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AND PLEASE, NO APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS FERNANDINA TEEN USA IS HERE WITH US.

WE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, MISS ISABEL STURGES.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I JUST WANTED TO COME AND ANNOUNCE AND INTRODUCE MYSELF THAT I AM THIS YEAR'S MISS FERNANDINA BEACH TEEN USA.

IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, FROM THE 12TH TO THE 14TH, I'LL BE REPRESENTING FERNANDINA BEACH AS A WHOLE AT THE MISS FLORIDA TEEN USA COMPETITION, WHICH IS UNDERNEATH THE MISS TEEN USA, MISS USA AND MISS UNIVERSE SYSTEM.

IT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO ME THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS I'LL BE ABLE TO PURSUE PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERING AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVICE.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO ARE MUCH OLDER AND MUCH WISER SAY I'M ABOUT AS LOCAL AS IT GETS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I'VE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE CALL PRECIOUS ABOUT OUR HOME, AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT I GET TO REPRESENT US WHOLLY AND THAT I GET THIS PRIVILEGE TO KIND OF SHOW WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AT MISS FLORIDA TEEN USA.

THANK YOU, AND THIS STURGES, ONE MORE TIME BEFORE YOU GO, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET IT.

I'M ISABEL STURGES FROM 319 BENJAMIN STREET.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE'LL TAKE APPLAUSE HERE, THOUGH.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL CALL UP, WELCOME BACK, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

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FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, MY HERO HAS BEEN POPEYE BECAUSE IN EVERY CARTOON, POPEYE GETS TO THE POINT WHERE HE SAYS, THAT'S ALL I CAN STAND BECAUSE I CAN'T STANDS NO MORE. WATCHING LAST MEETING WHEN YOU DID THE BUDGET REPORT, I HIT MY POPEYE MOMENT.

AT THAT TIME, OUR FINANCIAL PERSON, OUR COMPTROLLER, STOOD UP AND GAVE A REPORT, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID HE BASICALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WENT TO THE SAME PEOPLE SHE DID, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE CONTACTED THREE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING FIRMS. I ASKED, UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY DID HE CONTACT THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THESE ACCOUNTING FIRMS? I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS A CHAIN OF COMMAND.

SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW HER RESPONSE HER REPORT CAME AS A REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION.

WHY, IF THAT COMMISSIONER WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT REPORT, DID HE NOT GO BACK TO YOU, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS, AND SAY, WE WANT ANOTHER REPORT? NOW, THE ANSWER MIGHT BE THAT THIS COMMISSIONER WAS ACTING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I RAISE THE QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T THAT PRIVATE CITIZEN HAVE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND PRESENT HIS FACTS TO YOU AS A COMMISSION.

IF HE WAS ACTING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, HOW WAS HE ALLOWED TO SEND HIS INFORMATION OUT OVER CITY EMAIL? HE IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

HE STATES THAT.

I ALSO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THIS PRIVATE CITIZEN BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS HE WHEN HE WALKED IN TO STAFF OFFICE, PICKED UP PAPERS ON THEIR DESK AND STARTED TO READ THEM? WAS HE A COMMISSIONER OR WAS HE A PRIVATE CITIZEN? WAS HE A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WHEN HE FOLLOWED PEOPLE OUT OF MEETINGS AND CONFRONTS THEM EITHER IN THE HALL OR OUT FRONT IN THE SIDEWALK? IS HE A PRIVATE CITIZEN OR A COMMISSIONER? BECAUSE AT MANY MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN AT, WHEN HE'S BEEN THERE, WHEN HE WANTS TO SPEAK, HE DOESN'T LIKE ALL THE OTHER PRIVATE CITIZENS COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE HIS NAME, HIS ADDRESS, AND THEN STATE.

HE SITS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SHOUTS.

THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CODE OF ETHICS, A CODE OF CONDUCT, AND I QUESTION THIS.

NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSIONER IS PROBABLY GOING TO WRITE A FULL PAGE OR HALF PAGE REBUTTAL AS HE'S DONE IN THE PAST WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM.

SO FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN USE MY FULL NAME.

IT'S PHILIP WITH ONE L.

I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU WOULD ANSWER THIS HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN CENTER STREET AND YOU COME ACROSS A SICK PERSON, DO YOU STAND THERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN OR DO YOU STAND THERE AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS REMINDED US MANY, MANY TIMES, YOU'RE AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR.

HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT DECISION? I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO REIN IN A FELLOW COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ITEM FIVE.

WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ON TO ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

CITY CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO RESOLUTION 7.1 PURCHASE APPROVAL REDESIGN GROUP AND THAT BE DANA.

[7.1 PURCHASE APPROVAL - REDESIGN GROUP]

YOU HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THAT TIME.

IT'S HARDWARE GOING IN OUR DATA CENTER WITH SOME IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS HARDWARE EXPANDS OUR STORAGE CAPACITY AND EXTENDS THE USEFUL LIFE OF SOME OF THE DATA CENTER IN GENERAL.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME OR.

NO, I DO APPRECIATE THAT, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

THIS IS EQUIPMENT COMING HERE TO OUR DATA CENTER, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION, FIRST OF ALL? MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND.

AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? VICE MAYOR STURGES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY QUICKLY, DANA, THIS EQUIPMENT YOU'RE COMING TO SET UP IS SO THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF OUR STORAGE, CORRECT?

[00:35:01]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THANK YOU, SIR. THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

[7.2 AWARD OF ITB 23-02 - CONSOLIDATED PIPE & SUPPLY]

MR. DESILET, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, ANDRE DESILET, UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA.

THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS AN AWARD OF BID FOR INSTALLATION OF WATER VALVES INTO OUR SYSTEM.

THESE ARE TYPE OF VALVE THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE WITHOUT DEPRESSURIZING.

THE LINE IS TO PROVIDE US SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND BE ABLE TO ISOLATE CERTAIN AREAS IF WE HAVE ISSUES AND NOT TAKE DOWN LARGE AREAS OF SERVICE IN ORDER TO DO MAINTENANCE [INAUDIBLE] DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU, MR. DESILET. ITEM 7.3 AGREEMENT APPROVAL AND BUDGET AMENDMENT SWAGIT PRODUCTIONS, LLC.

[7.3 AGREEMENT APPROVAL AND BUDGET AMENDMENT – SWAGIT PRODUCTIONS, LLC]

THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT.

THIS IS THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT TO BRING ON BOARD LIVE STREAMING AND POST-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION, CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, THE CRA EXECUTIVE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD, THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD, THE PEG CHANNEL COMMITTEE AND THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THESE MEETINGS ARE ALREADY BEING LIVE STREAMED AND POST PRODUCTION CLOSED CAPTIONED, BUT THIS IS JUST THE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES 5-0.

[7.4 GRANT APPLICATION - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE]

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

WE WELCOME CHIEF SILCOX.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

THE RESOLUTION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE US TO APPLY FOR A GRANT TO HIRE THREE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE SAFER ACT, WHICH IS FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ROSS.

SO, CHIEF, WHY DO WE NEED THREE MORE EMS PEOPLE? WE OPERATE BY THE NFPA CODES.

NFPA 1710 IS A CODE THAT REQUIRES STAFFING FOR FIRE SERVICE, AND IT REQUIRES US TO HAVE FOUR PERSONNEL ON ON ENGINE COMPANIES.

WE CURRENTLY ARE NOT AT THAT STAFFING LEVEL.

IN ABOUT 8 OR 9 YEARS AGO, A FIRE CHIEF BEFORE ME STOOD BEFORE A COMMISSION AND SAID THAT THEY NEEDED TO HIRE 12 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF MY TENURE TO HIRE SIX OF THOSE.

MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE TRIED TO LEVY FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HIRE THESE THREE PEOPLE AND THEN GO AFTER THAT AGAIN, WE WOULD BE AT THE STAFFING LEVEL WE NEED TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE IF WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL, THAT TAKING SMALLER BITES OR IF WE WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AT JUST GOING FOR THE WHOLE THING. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE NEED WHAT YOU'RE TELLING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE NEED THREE MORE EMS PEOPLE, CORRECT? AT THIS TIME? YES.

SO THEY SHOULD BE IN OUR BUDGET WHETHER WE GET A FEDERAL GRANT OR NOT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COMMISSION? I MEAN, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING WHAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE YOU COME TO US FOR A GRANT, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING OR STATING, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IS THAT WE NEED AT LEAST THREE MORE EMS PEOPLE, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD PUT THAT IN YOUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER WE GET THIS GRANT OR NOT.

I THINK I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD.

THANK YOU. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? VICE MAYOR STURGES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[00:40:01]

WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL.

NEITHER WAS NASSAU COUNTY OR DUVAL COUNTY.

OKAY, SO THIS IS ONLY OUR SECOND ATTEMPT.

THIS IS OUR ONLY SECOND ATTEMPT.

OKAY, WELL, HOPEFULLY, LUCKILY WE GET IT.

IF WE NEED IT, WE NEED IT, AND IF WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT DURING BUDGETING, WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT OR TALK ABOUT MORE POSITIONS.

IF IT'S TRULY SOMETHING WE NEED, WE MIGHT NOT IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO SNAP IT ALL OFF, BUT MAYBE WE COULD HIRE ONE EMPLOYEE AND ADDITIONALLY, AND THEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

NOT TO SAY THAT IT'LL HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, BUT LET'S SHOOT FOR THE GRANT AND HOPEFULLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL HELP US OUT.

WE NEED TO AT SOME POINT HIRE THE SIX ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR STAFFING.

AGAIN, TRYING TO TAKE SMALLER BITES OF THAT ANIMAL IS WHY I RECOMMEND GOING AFTER THREE AND THEN WE CAN PURSUE THAT AGAIN LATER.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU.

MR. ANTUN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS GRANT IS ONLY A SHORT YEAR AND THEN IT SORT OF TAPERS OFF WHERE WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS OR WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN OFFSET THAT MORE IN THE LONG TERM AS WELL, IF WE WERE TO GET THE GRANT? INITIALLY, WHEN THE SAFER GRANT FIRST CAME ABOUT, IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND IT TAPERED OFF OVER THE FIVE YEARS TO A POINT THAT YOU WOULD FULLY FUND THOSE POSITIONS AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS.

CURRENTLY, THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT, IT'S THREE YEARS FULLY FUNDED, AND THEN YOU TAKE ON THE COST OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD CARRY FORWARD BEYOND THAT? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT SOME OUT THERE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO TO SEE IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WOULD COME. THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, CHIEF.

THAT'S A LONG GRANT PROCESS.

IT'S MY PLEASURE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME FOR IT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, AND I WOULD ECHO COMMISSIONER AYSCUE AND THANK YOU AS WELL.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, HOW'S OUR RESPONSE TIME RIGHT NOW? ARE WE STILL LAST I CHECKED, WE WERE AHEAD OF OUR NATIONAL AVERAGE IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME, RIGHT? YES, SIR. NFPA 1710 ALSO REQUIRES US TO RESPOND TO FIRE CALLS WITHIN.

WE HAVE TO BE DRESSED AND OUT OF THE STATION IN 80 SECONDS.

WE HAVE TO BE ON SCENE IN 4 MINUTES OR 240 SECONDS.

WE ARE MEETING THAT AND SOMETIMES WE ARE BELOW THAT STANDARD, AND THEN THERE IS ALSO THE SAME STANDARD FOR EMS, WHICH YOU HAVE TO BE OUT OF THE STATION, FULLY READY TO GO IN 60 SECONDS AND ON SCENE WITHIN I THINK IT'S 360 SECONDS, OF COURSE, BUT WE ARE MEETING THOSE AVERAGES CURRENTLY, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT'S BECAUSE OF OUR PERSONNEL TAKING THEIR JOB SERIOUS AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

SO YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, AND WE WILL CALL THE VOTE.

THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, HEADING ON DOWN TO ITEM 7.5 CITY COMMISSION DIRECTION, CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

[7.5 CITY COMMISSION DIRECTION - CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP, INC LEASEHOLD]

EXCELLENT.

MARK, COULD YOU MAYBE SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM FOR US? SURE. THIS RESOLUTION DIRECTS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MYSELF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION TO REPAIR OR DEMOLISH THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE AND TO MONITOR THE CONDITION OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE ANNUALLY AND AFTER STORM EVENTS WITH ANY CHANGES DOCUMENTED IN WRITING AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, SIR. VICE MAYOR STURGES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY BRIEFLY, I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS MATTER, HOW MY OPINION IS, BUT I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FOR A VERY FINE LINE. I OWN A BUILDING WITH AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS AT BRETT'S, SO I DON'T WANT ANY ETHICS VIOLATIONS AND SO I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM VOTING THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, I WILL GIVE MY OPINION AND DISCUSS IT.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

COMMISSIONER ROSS.

CAN I MAKE SOME COMMENTS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE [INAUDIBLE].

GREAT. SO THE LEASE BUILDING THAT'S AT ISSUE HERE WAS ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ON 6TH JUNE 1989, AND THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES WERE

[00:45:08]

THE CENTER STREET WATERFRONT GROUP, FERNANDINA HARBOR JOINT VENTURE FERNANDINA MARINA INVESTORS CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC.

CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP LTD.

AMELIA'S RESTAURANT GROUP INC FRONT AND CENTER INC, AND BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE, LLC.

IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE ENTITIES, THEY ALL HAVE MANY SIMILAR NAMES ARE ON THE ENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED.

THE CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP LTD WHICH IS CSRG, IS THE CURRENT LESSEE.

THE CITY ALLOWED THE INVESTORS TO FINANCE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE CURRENT LEASED BUILDING USING THE CITY PROPERTY AS COLLATERAL. IN 1985, THE OCEAN HIGHWAY PORT AUTHORITY AND THE FERNANDINA HARBOR JOINT VENTURE ENTERED INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT, MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MARINA AND LANDSIDE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE BUILDING WAS THE SUBJECT OF THIS LEASE.

THE AMOUNT OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS $4 MILLION.

IT APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT LESSEE ASSUMED MANY OF THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE FERNANDINA HARBOR JOINT VENTURE AND CENTRAL WATERFRONT GROUP IN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT LESSEE IS OBLIGATED TO PAY BACK THE OCEAN HIGHWAY PORT AUTHORITY BONDS FROM THE INCOME ON THE LEASED PARCEL.

THE LESSEE AGREED TO PAY IN FULL INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS TO THE BENNETT BANK OR ITS SUCCESSOR REQUIRED BY THE BONDS.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT AT LEAST TWO MORTGAGES WERE EXECUTED BY THE INVESTORS WHO BUILT THIS BUILDING USING THE CITY WATERFRONT PROPERTIES AS COLLATERAL.

IT APPEARS THAT THE LESSEE WAS OBLIGATED TO PAY OFF THOSE MORTGAGES.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT A COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT WAS GRANTED TO THE CITY WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING EMPLOYEES AND USERS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT AT LEAST TWO MORTGAGES WERE EXECUTED BY THE INVESTORS USING THE CITY WATERFRONT PROPERTIES AS COLLATERAL.

IT APPEARS THAT THE LEASER WAS OBLIGATED TO PAY OFF THOSE MORTGAGES.

A MORTGAGE WAS ISSUED TO THE LEASEHOLD.

THE BUILDING IN QUESTION WAS REFERRED TO AS THE CBGD MORTGAGE FOR $648,000.

THAT LEASE OBLIGATES THE PERSON WHO CURRENTLY LEASES THE BUILDING TO SATISFY THAT MORTGAGE IN FULL AND THAT MONEY WAS OWED TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

THE CURRENT LESSEE ENTERED TWO SUB LEASES WITH AMELIA'S RESTAURANT GROUP INC AND THE FRONT AND CENTER INC PRIOR TO THE CURRENT LEASE.

IT APPEARS THAT FRONT AND CENTER SUB LEASE TERMS, WHICH ARE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CURRENT LEASE, ENDED IN 2002.

IT APPEARS NO SUBLEASE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY AS REQUIRED BY THE LEASE.

IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT LEASE AGREED TO MAINTAIN HAZARD AND LIABILITY INSURANCE IN THEIR NAME.

THE CURRENT HAZARD AND LIABILITY INSURANCE IS IN THE NAME OF BRETT'S WATERFRONT CAFE, NOT THE CURRENT LESSEE.

IT'S ALSO UNCLEAR IF THE CURRENT LESSEE INFORMED THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDING LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE SUBJECT, BUILDING THAT A NOTICE OF UNSAFE BUILDING HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE CITY. IT'S ALSO UNCLEAR IF THE CITY LIABILITY PROVIDER IS AWARE THAT THE CITY OWNS A PROPERTY LEASE TO ANOTHER THAT HAS A NOTICE OF UNSAFE BUILDING.

AT MY OWN EXPENSE, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, I ORDERED A TITLE SEARCH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

AT THIS TIME, THE SEARCH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND AS OF YESTERDAY, NO RELEASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE MULTIPLE MORTGAGES THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED BY CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT PRIOR TO FURTHER CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BE OBTAINED.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $4 MILLION BOND PROCEEDS? IS THERE ANY BOND MONEY THAT IS OWED TO ANYBODY? IF THERE WAS A DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOND PROCEEDS, IS THE CITY LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR THAT PAYMENT? ARE THERE ANY MORTGAGES THAT ARE STILL VALID USING THE PROPERTY AS COLLATERAL? THERE'S AT LEAST THREE MORTGAGES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY LIEN RELEASES.

HAVE THE VARIOUS MORTGAGES AGAINST THE CITY AGAIN BEEN SATISFIED AND APPEARS AT THIS POINT THAT THEY MAY HAVE NOT.

WERE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BLOCK GRANT, SATISFIED? AND IF NOT, ARE THERE ANY PENALTIES THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE TO BE LIABLE FOR THAT THE LEASEE SHOULD BE PAYING.

ARE THE CURRENT SUBLEASES VALID, AND DOES THE CITY HAVE ADEQUATE LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR THE BUILDING?

[00:50:02]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER ROSS.

I HAVE NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE TO TABLE THE MOTION.

THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

OKAY, AND THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER ROSS.

SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU GATHERED HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE LEASE, THE SUBLEASE.

A LOT OF THE TITLE CHANGES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION AND IT, IT MORE OR LESS HAS TO DO WITH THE WITH THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO I GUESS AS IT STATES.

MADAM ATTORNEY MAY BE ABLE TO POINT ME MORE IN THE STRAIGHT LINE, BUT I GUESS THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY PURSUE NO FURTHER ACTION TO ENFORCE THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE DATED JULY 2ND, 2021.

SO I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.

IF YOU'RE ASKING SHOULD WE DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THOSE OR SHOULD THERE BE COMMUNICATIONS WITH CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP IN TERMS OF OF ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE COMPILED? I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THIS RESOLUTION, IT REALLY ONLY HAS TO DO WITH THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE, BUT IF WE NEED CITY STAFF TO LOOK INTO A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD DIRECT CITY STAFF TO DO SO, AND WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND BE FINE.

MAY I COMMENT? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER ROSS.

SO ONE OF THE ISSUES IS WHETHER THE LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS APPROPRIATE, WHETHER IT'S A MATERIAL FACT THAT THERE'S AN UNSAFE BUILDING NOTICE THAT'S BEEN ISSUED, AND WHETHER THE INSURER KNOWS THAT OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW.

OUR OUR CITY INSURANCE, OUR APPLICATION DOES NOT LIST IN THERE THIS BUILDING.

IN FACT, THERE'S A BIG NO NEXT TO WHETHER IT'S THERE OR NOT.

SO I THINK THAT BEFORE WE NOT PROCEED, GOING FURTHER ON AN UNSAFE BUILDING, NOTICE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE WHETHER THERE IS ADEQUATE LIABILITY INSURANCE AND THE LIABILITY INSURANCE, THE LESSEE IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

THE LIABILITY INSURANCE IS THE NAME OF BRETT'S, WHICH DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SUBLEASE AGREEMENT IN THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT PRELIMINARILY BEFORE YOU VOTE ON EVEN CONSIDER THIS.

THOSE ARE ISSUES ABOUT LIABILITY THAT INVOLVE THE LEASE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS, AND LET ME YEAH, LET'S WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR STURGES LGIHT ON, BUT LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER AYSCUE ONCE MORE, BUT JUST TO FOLLOW THAT UP, I KNOW WE HAD A RATHER EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION A FEW MEETINGS AGO AND OUR INSURANCE CARRIER WAS HERE.

I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS THAT WERE PROVIDED AS FAR AS OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE GOES.

THAT DOESN'T AFFECT MY DECISION ON ON THIS RESOLUTION, ON THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS FAR AS THE LEASE GOES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH HAVING THOSE BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN CITY STAFF, MAINLY MADAM ATTORNEY AND THEIR ATTORNEY, SO THAT THOSE CAN WORK THROUGH, BUT TO ME, THE INSURANCE ISSUE, I BELIEVE, WAS PUT TO BED QUITE A FEW MEETINGS AGO.

I LOOK AT THIS AND I KNOW WE HAVE LIGHTS ON, SO I WON'T MAKE A MOTION UNTIL WE HAVE THE FULL DISCUSSION.

BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION AS AS PRETTY MUCH CLEAR AS IT COULD COULD GET NO FURTHER ACTION TO ENFORCE THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER ANTUN.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR OUR CITY ATTORNEY WEIGH IN ON THE DIFFERING OF OPINIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE.

WITH REGARD TO THE INSURANCE? CORRECT. THE INSURANCE I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, BUT I DID WATCH THE MEETING, AND THE CITY'S INSURANCE CONSULTANT SAYS THAT THE CITY HAS LIABILITY INSURANCE AND WOULD COVER US IF WE HAD A CLAIM AND THAT EVERY SINGLE CLAIM IS FACT SPECIFIC, WHICH I 100% AGREE WITH, AND THINK THAT IN

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I MYSELF HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE CITY'S INSURANCE TRUST TO ASK THEM SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THAT IF WE DID, BUT I TRUST OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT THAT WE'LL HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE IF THERE'S A CLAIM.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF THERE'S A CATASTROPHIC CLAIM, WHICH IS SOMEBODY LOSES THEIR LIFE OR LIMB, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S CATASTROPHIC, THAT EVERY EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE CITY, WILL GET NAMED.

INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO WEIGH IN, AND IN THE PAST THAT I TAKE SOME COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT A REGULAR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT'S INSURING THE CITY FOR LIABILITY.

IT'S AN INSURANCE TRUST.

IT WORKS DIFFERENTLY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THEY WORK DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY DO, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEY DID FOR THE CITY BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S BEFORE I WAS HERE WITH THE CITY, THE CITY HAD A TRAGIC, CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT WHEN WE HAD A SANITATION TRUCK HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.

CITY SANITATION TRUCK, AND THE CLAIM WAS FOR $2 MILLION.

THE CITY HAD $1 MILLION OF LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND THE INSURANCE TRUST PAID THE ENTIRE $2 MILLION CLAIM.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT AN INSURANCE AND WE DID NOT HAVE AN UMBRELLA POLICY.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE INSURANCE TRUST CAN DO.

THEY CAN MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER TRADITIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IFS, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS 100% AIRTIGHT FOR COMMISSIONER ROSS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE THAT IS GOING TO SATISFY HIM, BUT I AM SATISFIED THAT WE HAVE RISK EVERY EVERY DAY, AND THERE'S RISK HERE, TOO. IF THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC CLAIM, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE THERE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO BRETT'S, RIGHT NEXT TO CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP.

OTHER THAN THAT, IF SOMEBODY TWISTS THEIR ANKLE ON AN UNEVEN FLOOR BECAUSE ONE OF THE BEAMS SINKS, THE CLAIM IS FOR SURE GOING TO BE PAID, AND THE CITY WOULD LOOK TO BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE TO PAY THAT CLAIM, AND THAT'S THE BEST THAT I CAN DO.

THEY ARE THAT FACT SPECIFIC.

THANK YOU, MISS BACH. I WILL NOW GO TO VICE MAYOR STURGES.

HEY, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS VERY BRIEF AND THIS IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

THE RISK THAT WE HAVE AND THE RISK THAT WE TAKE WITH THIS.

I SAW AN EMAIL COME ACROSS MY THING THIS WEEK AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT I SAW.

I SAW, BUT I SAW IT, AND THEN TAMMI I QUESTIONED HER AND MENTIONED IT ABOUT IT THAT CHIP HAD EMAILED THE INSURANCE CARRIER UNSAFE [INAUDIBLE] STRUCTURE TO BRETT'S EMAIL AND FROM OUR CITY EMAIL ADDRESS.

SO MY QUESTION IS TAMMI AS AN ATTORNEY, HE CAN SAY HE'S ACTING AS A PERSONAL CITIZEN ALL DAY LONG, BUT WHEN YOU EMAIL FROM A CITY EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU ARE NO LONGER ACTING AS A PERSONAL CITIZEN.

YOU ARE ACTING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

SO HE HAS OPENED US UP TO A GIANT LAWSUIT BY PESTERING BRETT'S OVER THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT IN MY THINKING, OR AM I INCORRECT? WELL, THE FACTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS I UNDERSTAND THEM.

NUMBER ONE, THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE.

I GOT A COPY OF AN EMAIL FROM COMMISSIONER ROSS COPYING ME THAT HE HAD EMAILED FROM HIS CITY EMAIL ADDRESS AND HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A CITY COMMISSIONER ACTING ALONE, NOT A PRIVATE CITIZEN, A CITY COMMISSIONER ACTING ON HIS OWN WITHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE WAS SENT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE, AND THEN I RESPONDED, COPYING ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, SAYING THAT TO BRETT'S INSURANCE COMPANY, SAYING THAT INDEED COMMISSIONER ROSS WAS ACTING ON HIS OWN.

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TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD AND THAT THERE ARE MORE DOCUMENTS, BASICALLY, THAT THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY THAN JUST THE NOTICE OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE.

CORRECT, BUT SO YOU'RE TELLING ME HE DIDN'T EMAIL FROM HIS CITY EMAIL ADDRESS? FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, HE DID EMAIL FROM HIS CITY EMAIL.

BUT YOU HAD SAID HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

IT WAS I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME NOW, BUT I REMEMBER IT.

HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A CITY COMMISSIONER.

OKAY, WELL, I'M DEFINITELY NOT A LAWYER, SO I WOULD FEEL IF CHIP WOULD EMAIL FROM HIS PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS AND NOT EVEN THOUGH IDENTIFYING AS A CITY COMMISSIONER, THEN I WOULD OBVIOUSLY THINK THERE'S NO GRAY LINES THERE AT ALL.

HOWEVER, EMAILING FROM A CITY EMAIL ADDRESS, I CONSULTED WITH TWO ATTORNEYS AND THEY BOTH TOLD ME THAT IS CLEARLY ABOVE THE LINE.

THAT'S ACTING AS IF HE IS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND NOT PERSONALLY CHIP ROSS OF A CITIZEN OF OUR CITY.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE OPENING OURSELVES UP FOR A LIABILITY LAWSUIT OF LOSS OF INCOME, OF MULTIPLE THINGS THAT I THINK IS NOT SLANDER, LOTS OF STUFF.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERNS.

I'M GOING TO VOICE THEM.

I'LL VOICE THEM. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

MISS BACH, DO WE HAVE AN EXISTING POLICY IF SOMEONE USES THEIR CITY EMAIL, IS THERE AN EXISTING POLICY FOR MISUSE OF CITY EMAIL? WHAT CAN OR CAN'T BE DONE ABOUT SUCH A VIOLATION? THE PERSONNEL POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW US.

THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHICH CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE CONSIDERED CITY EMPLOYEES TO EMAIL ABOUT PERSONAL ISSUES.

THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.

SO THAT POLICY SAYS THAT'S NOT ALLOWED, BUT WHAT WOULD THAT POLICY SAY WOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE OF VIOLATING THAT POLICY? FOR CITY EMPLOYEES DISCIPLINE UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION.

MAY I JUST RESPOND TO.

PLEASE GO AHEAD. NOT THAT YOU WERE ASKING VICE MAYOR STURGES.

I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'M NOT ARGUING OR SAYING THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING OR THE ATTORNEYS YOU CONSULTED WITH ARE NOT CORRECT.

I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT WHAT CITY COMMISSION WHAT I READ INTO THAT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT IS THAT CITY COMMISSIONER ROSS WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER READ THAT EMAIL KNEW THAT HE WAS OR HE WAS INTENDING TO ACT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT IS THE LEGAL STANDARD, AND THAT'S WHAT I READ.

WHETHER THAT WAS COMMISSIONER ROSS' INTENTION OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK THAT YOU'RE GETTING AT OF THE ATTORNEYS YOU SPOKE TO ARE GETTING AT IS IF COMMISSIONER ROSS' ACTIONS LEAD TO ANY TYPE OF LAWSUIT FROM BRETT'S AGAINST THE CITY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD THEN HAVE TO DEFEND? AND THE ANSWER IS YES.

THANK YOU, MS. BACH. SO I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT THIS IS NOT.

WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT THIS IS NOT.

WHAT THIS IS, IS A AND IN FACT, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT THIS IS NOT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE.

SO TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THAT SAFETY ISSUE, ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, IT GOT RESOLVED.

THE SAFETY ISSUE, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO COURT, LIKE IT OR NOT, IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE COURT OF LAW.

IT DIDN'T GO. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.

WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN START THAT PROCESS AGAIN, OR WE COULD GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT , BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY, WHAT THIS IS NOT IS THIS IS NOT A WITCH HUNT. THIS IS ABOUT A SPECIFIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS VOTE IS ABOUT.

THIS VOTE IS ABOUT SAYING WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC SAFETY ISSUE.

WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THIS TWO AND ONE INTO THE LINE HERE.

WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT ISSUE THERE, AND NOW WE'RE SAYING AS A CITY COMMISSION THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PURSUE THAT ISSUE FURTHER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

THIS ISN'T AN OPEN SEASON WITCH HUNT TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE ISSUE ABOUT BRETT'S.

THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD DO FOR ANY LOCAL BUSINESS OR ANY INDIVIDUAL IN THE CITY.

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THING WRONG, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S CAUSE TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE ISSUE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I WOULD LIKE TO GO FURTHER MORE AND SAY THAT BRETT'S INSURANCE BETWEEN BRETT'S AND THEIR INSURANCE AGENCY, THAT'S BETWEEN BRETT'S AND THEIR INSURANCE AGENCY.

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ARE YOU GOING TO EMAIL THE BOATHOUSE'S INSURANCE AGENCY? ARE YOU GOING TO GET IN BETWEEN OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND THEIR INSURANCE? WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE CITIZENS AT THAT POINT.

THAT'S NOT A VERY FAR REACH OR A FAR JUMP THAT I WANT TO CROSS.

I AM GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS, AND WE GOT TO GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WHEN WE DO THAT, I'M VOTING YES BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO DROP THIS VERY SPECIFIC ISSUE, WHICH WE HAVE GONE TO THE END OF.

LET'S DROP THIS ISSUE, AND WHAT'S IRRELEVANT TO THIS WHOLE VOTE.

RIGHT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE'S RAZZLE DAZZLED BY A BUNCH OF OTHER FACTS THAT ARE BASICALLY NOT RELEVANT TO THIS MAIN CORE ISSUE WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES, AND THAT'S THE RIGHT MOVE.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE YET.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, AND DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE DO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION.

LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER ROSS.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY.

OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO HAS A JURISDICTION OR HIS DESIGNEE IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS THE JURISDICTION TO ISSUE AN UNSAFE BUILDING.

CITY COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO SAY TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR HIS DESIGNEE THAT YOU CAN'T PROCEED.

YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT ANYWHERE.

THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE CITY COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO DO THIS.

IN FACT, I THINK THIS IS MALFEASANCE IN THAT WE THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY EXCUSE ME, THE CITY BUILDING CODE.

WE'VE ADOPTED THE STANDARD OF UNSAFE BUILDING ABATEMENT CODE IN THE 1985 EDITION.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ADOPTED BY THE CITY, AND AS PART OF THAT ABATEMENT IN THAT STATEMENT, IT SAYS, INTERFERENCE.

NO PERSON SHALL OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY ACTION REQUIRED BY THE FINAL NOTICE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHICH IS WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN OR THE BOARD, AND WE HAD OUR BOARD OF APPEALS HEARD THIS IN AN APPEAL AND THEY AGREED WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO ANY PERSON FOUND INTERFERING OR OBSTRUCTING EACH SUCH ACTION SHALL BE PERSECUTED TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED BY THE LAW.

SO WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS DOING IS INTERFERING WITH THE STANDARD THAT'S PUT FORWARD IN THIS, WHICH WE'VE ADOPTED, AND I THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO PASS THIS MOTION, AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST IT, AND I THINK IT'S THE MORALLY CORRECT THING TO DO.

THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY.

OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL DESIGNEE, WHICH IS OUR CITY ENGINEER, HAS DECLARED THE BUILDING UNSAFE.

HE HASN'T RETRACTED. THAT HASN'T BEEN RETRACTED.

IT WAS UPHELD BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS CITIZENS THAT WE ALL APPOINTED TO THAT BOARD TO OVERSEE THAT.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH ABSOLUTELY NO JURISDICTION AND WE'RE GOING TO OVERTURN ALL THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

YOU MADE A QUESTION.

YOU WERE ASKED A QUESTION IN THE COMMISSIONER ANTUN YOU MADE A STATEMENT IN A BLOG ABOUT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, AND I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO QUOTE YOU PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU SAID.

THERE'S THE KIND THAT DEFILE A MORAL COMPASS OR DO WHAT THEY THINK IS APPROPRIATE, AND THERE'S THOSE THAT DO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK THEY SHOULD DO.

I'M IN THAT FIRST CAMP.

YOU WERE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I'M NOT ATTACKING YOU PERSONALLY.

OH, HEY, ACTUALLY, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT REMIND ME THAT YOU CAN'T ATTACK OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

I'M NOT ATTACKING. I'M JUST STATING WHAT HE SAID, AND I AGREE WITH IT.

I AGREE WITH THAT. I AGREE WITH HIM 100%.

I'M NOT ATTACKING ANYBODY.

I'M JUST PARAPHRASING.

I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANT TO READ THE QUOTE, BUT ALL I'M REALLY SAYING IS THAT I THINK IT'S MORALLY IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THE LAW, AND THE LAW IS RIGHT HERE AND WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW, AND THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE THING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. ROSS.

LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER ANTUN TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.

WELL, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT LAW TO THE CLARITY THAT YOU MADE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I DO STILL FEEL THAT I HAVE MY CORE VALUES, AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I QUESTION WHEN I HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS OWNER WHO CALLS ME AND SAYS THAT THEY'VE BEEN AFFECTED TO THE EFFECT OF 40% OF THEIR REVENUE SINCE THIS HAS BEGUN, AND WHEN THIS WAS EFFECTIVELY PUT TO BED.

I HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THAT AND I AM CONFLICTED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DISREGARD THE SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THAT'S MY STANCE.

I WANT TO SUPPORT A FELLOW BUSINESS OWNER.

THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

MAYOR, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY.

IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S TIME TO PUT THIS ISSUE TO BED AS BEST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AS A COMMISSION, MAKE A VOTE, A DETERMINATION

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LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE RIGHT AFTER WE TALK ABOUT ANY COMMENTS.

MISS BACH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE ACTIONS OF THE NUMBER ONE, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL UNDER THE STANDARD ABATEMENT CODE IS NOT THE SAME THING AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL UNDER THE FLORIDA STATE LAW BUILDING CODE.

UNDER THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, NOT THIS CODE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL CANNOT BE OVERTURNED, CANNOT BE OVERRULED, CANNOT BE INFLUENCED.

THIS BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND I'LL USE THESE QUOTES IS A DEFINITION THAT'S MUCH BROADER THAN THAT.

IN THIS CASE, THE CITY ENGINEER DECIDED TO POST THE NOTICE OR TO ISSUE THE NOTICE THAT WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE ACTUAL PROCESS AND THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THE CITY ENGINEER, HAVING ISSUED THAT NOTICE BY EMAIL TO THE CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP, HAS NOT TAKEN ANY FURTHER ACTION OF THEIR OWN VOLITION.

SO THE SAFETY ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN 100% SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED FROM OUR BECAUSE WE STARTED THE APPEAL PROCESS BEFORE ANY OF THAT, AND TO THIS DAY, THE BUILDING HAS STILL NOT BEEN POSTED.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONERS I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS NOT ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AS IF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE PUT A GAG ORDER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE CITY ENGINEER.

THERE WERE OTHER ENGINEERING REPORTS, AS IT SAYS HERE AND OTHER OPINIONS, AND OUR ENGINEER'S STANDING IN THE BACK, AND I KNOW HE DOESN'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE TO THIS, SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE BEING COMPLETELY RECKLESS AND GOING OUT ON THEIR OWN, DISREGARDING ALL OF THE REPORTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THANK YOU, MS. BACH.

CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES 3 TO 1.

MOVING ON DOWN THE LIST, WE GET TO 7.6 BUDGET AMENDMENT REALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.

[7.6 BUDGET AMENDMENT - REALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND]

MARK, GO AHEAD. RESOLUTION 2023-36 AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS BUDGETED IN OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FUNDS TO THE AREA FIVE PROJECT AND TO THE NORTH FRONT STREET UTILITY POLE RELOCATION PROJECT AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND MAYOR, BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED AND WE'RE PUSHING THIS MONEY OVER TOWARDS THE AREA FIVE DRAINAGE, WHICH IS THE ALACHUA STREET PROJECT AND THEN RELOCATING POWER POLES UNDERGROUND.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

I HEAR A MOTION, AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO. ITEM 7.7 INTERIM CITY MANAGER AGREEMENT.

[7.7 INTERIM CITY MANAGER AGREEMENT]

THANK YOU, SIR. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND.

HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

SO I'VE GOT AN EMAIL THAT KIND OF QUESTIONED EXACTLY WHERE MR. FOXWORTH'S BENEFITS LAY I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE SO WE HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY OF THE CONTRACT.

MR. FOXWORTH, YOU DO RECEIVE PAY WAS DISCUSSED LAST MEETING, MADAM ATTORNEY, YOU EXPLAINED IT, YOU DO RECEIVE LEAVE. THIS IS A W-2, BUT I WANT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T GET, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.

MR. FOXWORTH DOES NOT GET ANY BENEFITS.

HE DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY HEALTH CARE WHATSOEVER.

HE ALSO, AS WE KNOW, IS A STORIED EMPLOYEE HERE IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, AND HE WAS ENTITLED TO A PENSION AND HE MUST FORGO THAT PENSION SO THAT HE CAN SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.

SO I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR SACRIFICING YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, YOUR YOUR PENSION

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I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER THING TO KIND OF ROLL IN THAT, AND THIS IS NO THIS IS NO ATTACK OR ANYTHING ON ANYBODY, AND I THINK CHIEF TAMBASCO WAS HERE, AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS ABILITY TO LEAD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.

I'VE MET HIM ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS.

HE'S A GREAT GENTLEMAN, BUT IF YOU WOULD, MR. FOXWORTH, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE A PERMANENT POSITION OR SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL THE NEW CITY MANAGER IS HIRED? FIRST OF ALL, I SEE MY POSITION AS REALLY JUST A CORK IN THE HOLE KIND OF COVERING THAT PATCH THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE LARGEST BUDGET, LARGEST NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, AND IT'S THE HIGHEST LIABILITY DEPARTMENT THAT THE PERMANENT CITY MANAGER SHOULD MAKE THE PERMANENT POLICE CHIEF'S APPOINTMENT, AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS THAT PERSON HAS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHO'S LEADING THAT LARGEST DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN CHIEF TAMBASCO.

I WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM.

I HAD A CHANCE TO READ EVERY ONE OF HIS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS WHEN HE WAS COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS IN KISSIMMEE PD, SEEING HIS BRAVERY DOCUMENTED, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIM BEING THE INTERIM CHIEF AT THIS POINT, BUT I DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY OR MY PLACE TO APPOINT A PERMANENT LONG TERM POLICE CHIEF.

THANK YOU, MR. FOXWORTH, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH IN THIS INTERIM POSITION, AND I KNOW I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY YOU THAT GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK HERE, SO YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, AND I DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT I HAPPEN TO RUN INTO AND TALK JUST ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB RIGHT NOW.

THEIR CONFIDENCE LEVEL HAS INCREASED AND THEY FEEL VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE WITH YOU BACK, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.

I APPRECIATE THIS WORK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

MOVING ON DOWN THE LINE, WE HAVE ITEM 8.1 CODE AMENDMENT PENSION SECOND READING ORDINANCE 2023-06 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF

[8.1 CODE AMENDMENT - PENSION]

PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ITEM 8.2 CODE AMENDMENT FACILITY NAMING POLICY.

[8.2 CODE AMENDMENT - FACILITY NAMING POLICY]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER 65 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS BY REPEALING ARTICLE IV CITY OWNED FACILITY NAMING POLICY IN ITS ENTIRETY.

PROVIDING FOR SEVER-ABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

SECOND. HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTION.

SO WHAT ARE WE REPLACING THIS WITH IF ANYTHING? WELL, YOUR LIGHT IS NOT ON.

OKAY, NOW MY LIGHTS ON.

I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER ANTUN.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER ROSS' QUESTION, MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY INSISTING ON CLARIFYING FOR THIS WAS THAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY DOING AWAY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE ON PAPER SO THAT TEN, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW SOMEONE CAN PICK THIS UP, AND IF ALL OF US ARE NOT HERE, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROCESS TO HAND OVER TO THE NEXT PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.

WE GO TO THE CITY CLERK.

THE AGENDA PACKET HAS A NOMINATION FORM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

SO TO BE CLEAR, IT'S A FORM THAT A CITIZEN WOULD SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN IN TURN, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BRINGS IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR FOR VETTING. IS THAT PART OF THIS RESOLUTION?

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IT'S NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS REPEALING THE ENTIRE POLICY AND THIS IS WHAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ADOPTED FORMALLY.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S USED OR IT CAN BE ADOPTED BY A RESOLUTION THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

UNDERSTOOD. COMMISSIONER ROSS, YOUR LIGHT'S STILL ON.

I KNOW. SO IF WE WANTED TO.

THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.

IF WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS FORM AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, DO WE HAVE TO GO TO A THIRD READING? NO. SO CAN WE AMEND THIS RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE THAT? JUST IT'S AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RECORDS, AND YOU WANT IT TO BE MADE PART OF THE CODE? THIS IS LISTED IF YOU WANT THIS AS PART OF THE CITY CODE.

YES. THAT WOULD BE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE, NOT ADOPTING IT AS WRITTEN, AND YES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER READING, BUT THIS TYPE OF FORM CAN BE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION ALSO.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NOT IN THE CITY CODE.

WE HAVE CITY CLERK.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, MISS BACH.

THAT IT'S EASIER TO AMEND A FORM FROM TIME TO TIME BY RESOLUTION THAN IT IS TO AMEND IT BY ORDINANCE.

EXCELLENT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL CALL THE VOTE.

THAT PASSES THREE TWO WAIT HOW DID YOU VOTE? IT PASSES 4 TO 1. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON DOWN THE LIST, WE GET TO ITEM 9.1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICER PENSION PLAN.

[9.1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE OFFICERS' PENSION PLAN]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND.

OH, WAIT. NO. WE NEED A PERSON IN THAT.

I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN IS HERE TONIGHT.

EXCELLENT. AS A REAPPOINTMENT, MR. STURGES BACK THERE.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

I SHOULD PROBABLY TURN MY LIGHT ON.

ALL GOOD, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH. I SERVED ON THIS BOARD, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL BOARD, AND MR. STURGES DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND AGAIN, MOTION STANDS, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR. I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE WILL CALL THE VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, OFFICER STURGES.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. ITEM 9.2 ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU MOTION TO APPROVE.

[9.2 ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU]

YES. SO BRAD WELLS FROM IS THE NASSAU COUNTY BOCC REPRESENTATIVE, AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

WE GO NOW TO CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

THANK YOU, SIR. JUST REAL QUICK, FIRST, TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN PRETTY EXCITING.

[10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE, AND I ALSO GOT AN EMAIL TODAY FROM SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE THAT SAID THAT AS OF TODAY WE WERE VOTED BY THEIR READERS AS ONE OF THE BEST SMALL SOUTHERN TOWNS IN THE NATION.

EXCELLENT. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR. CITY ATTORNEY, JUST REAL QUICK, BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE THIS NOTICE PUBLIC IS ON APRIL THE 4TH.

[11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

I WOULD LIKE TO SET A SHADE MEETING THAT'LL GET NOTICED SEPARATELY, BUT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY.

A SHADE MEETING IS A MEETING THAT WHERE WE WOULD IN THIS CASE TALK ABOUT THE ITS [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S THE HOTELS ON ATLANTIC AND [INAUDIBLE] GROUP VERSUS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

IT IS VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND WE HAD A MEDIATION THAT RESULTED IN IMPASSE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A SHADE MEETING IS, IT IS AN EXEMPTION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE ACTIVE LITIGATION UNTIL IT IS COMPLETED, WHERE THE CITY COMMISSION CAN MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH A COURT REPORTER AND THE COURT REPORTER TAKES DOWN EVERY WORD THAT'S SAID IN THE MEETING.

[01:25:04]

THIS LAWSUIT HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND INSPECTION FEES THAT WERE CHARGED BY THE CITY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S PERMIT FEES FROM THE BUILDING FUND.

I AM DEFENDING THIS CASE.

THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

I HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP ME FUNNEL SOME OF THE LITIGATION PAPERWORK, BUT I'LL BE TAKING THE LEAD AND I'D LIKE TO SETTLE IT.

IT IS A CASE THAT SHOULD BE SETTLED.

WE'RE NOT ARGUING ON THE MERITS.

WE'RE ARGUING ABOUT HOW MUCH, HOW HOW MUCH THE FEES SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PRIVATE PROVIDER INSPECTIONS.

THAT'S A LOT SAID FOR THIS REQUEST, BUT APRIL 4TH AT 5:00, I WOULD PROPOSE WE HAVE A SHADE MEETING IN THAT CASE.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. VERY GOOD.

5 P.M., AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR USUAL WORKSHOP.

OKAY, SO THEN WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS NEXT MEETING ON THE 21ST AND WE FEEL WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT'S OFF THE TABLE SO WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE TO MOVE IT UNTIL.

CORRECT, WE WOULD HAVE A SO COMMISSIONER AYSCUE THE WAY I WOULD HANDLE THIS, IF WE NEEDED A WORKSHOP IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST PENCIL IN A WORKSHOP FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN APRIL INSTEAD, AND MY ONLY CONCERN IS GOING BACK TO OUR WORKSHOP TODAY, WE MAY BE RIGHT BACK INTO NEEDING ANOTHER WORKSHOP FOR THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH.

SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO HAVE A SHADE MEETING, BUT I WORRY ABOUT DOING IT ON THE FOURTH IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, IF WE COULD, IT DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO START AT FIVE.

WE CAN START EARLIER THAN FIVE.

IF Y'ALL ARE AVAILABLE, WE CAN START AT THREE.

WE CAN START AT FOUR.

EVERYBODY HERE AVAILABLE FOR THAT DAY? LET'S TAKE A LOOK. I'M AVAILABLE [INAUDIBLE] PROBABLY BE MY SOONEST.

ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO IF WE NEED THE TIME THAT DAY, WHICH WE MIGHT VERY WELL, WE'LL SIMPLY ADD A DISCUSSION ITEM TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. RIGHT. WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING.

YES, SIR. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR STURGES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY EARLIER OR A DIFFERENT DAY, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S PRESSING FOR THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE ON POINT WITH. IF SOMETHING DOES MOVE FASTER, WHICH WE ARE HOPING IT WOULD, DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL, BUT IF SOMETHING DOES MOVE FASTER, THAT WE CAN ALWAYS HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

THAT'S MY ONLY THOUGHT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GOAL HERE IS THAT BY APRIL 4TH THAT THERE ARE A LIST OF FIRMS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSALS TO LOOK AT THAT EVENING.

I'M ASKING THIS.

THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE.

WE HAVEN'T PUT OUT IS I HAVE TO ASK IN PUBLIC FOR A MEETING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ADVERTISE FOR IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IF OTHER THINGS COME UP, WE STILL HAVE A MEETING ON MARCH 21ST THAT I COULD SAY, HEY, NO NEED FOR THE SHADE MEETING OR WE'LL MOVE THE SHADE MEETING TO ANOTHER DATE.

SO WE'LL WORK IT ALL OUT.

OKAY, SO AND THEN JUST REAL QUICKLY, THE MAYOR'S POINT, I THINK, MAYOR, SO WE COULD ADD IT AS A DISCUSSION POINT IF WE NEED IT OR EVEN POTENTIALLY IF IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE MOVING ALONG QUICKER IN THE PROCESS.

WE COULD EVEN PUT IT AS A RESOLUTION.

SO I WOULD ASSUME SO, CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CITY ATTORNEY? NO, THANK YOU. SEEING NONE.

CITY CLERK REPORTS.

NO REPORTS. MAYOR THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER ROSS.

[13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

I THINK IT WAS WELL DONE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S TIME AND EFFORT, AND PARTICULARLY MS. HAMBURG'S EFFORT INTO GOING INTO THIS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR STURGES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING OTHER THAN TO STATE THAT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER REPRESENTING HERSELF AND PROGRESSING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE WILL BE AUTHORITATIVE.

WELL, AND I REALLY ENJOY THE FACT THAT SHE'S GOING TO ENJOY HER TIME AS BEING HER OWN ENTITY AND HER OWN PERSON AND REPRESENTING OUR CITY OF FERNANDINA.

SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. STURGES. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

MR. ANTUN.

I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF.

I WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH CATHERINE, DAVE DEMAY AND SCOTT ON THURSDAY AND TALK A LOT ABOUT NOT JUST THE REC CENTER AND WHAT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE COMING DOWN THE

[01:30:01]

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PACKET, I WOULD KNOCK ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STORE AND GET THE HISTORY OF WHAT CITY HALL LOOKED LIKE.

THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

MAYOR COMMENTS. I HAVE A FEW STREETS RESURFACING, SO THE CITY'S ANNUAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MARCH 14TH AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE 3 TO 4 WEEKS.

IT'S NEARLY 3.3 MILES OF CITY STREETS.

YOU CAN VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS TO WHERE THOSE ARE AND WHEN THOSE CLOSURES WILL BE.

THE GREENWAY, IF YOU GO TO THE JASMINE ENTRANCE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME NEW SUPPORTS OF THE TREES THAT ARE THAT ARE THERE BY THE JASMINE.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE TREES ARE GETTING OLDER, THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE SURFACE.

IT'S VERY GOOD THAT WE HAVE THESE.

WE CAN SAVE THE TREES THIS WAY THEY WON'T GET SO LOW THAT THEY DON'T BLOCK THE TRAIL.

SO IT'S SOMETHING GOOD.

SO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OUT FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, TO THE GOLF COURSE MANAGER AND HIS TEAM FOR PUBLISHING THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE GAZETTE.

THAT'S A NEW GOLF COURSE UPDATE, SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THERE, TO OUR GOLF COURSE TEAM.

THE FD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

DETECTIVE TINA SMITH, WHO BEGAN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 17 YEARS.

SHE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY ROOM AND CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, DETECTIVE SMITH, AND HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE AMELIA, AND SO ONCE AGAIN, THE FDPD, THEY PARTNERED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THE AMELIA.

THAT CAR SHOW OUR FDPD WAS OUT THERE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS VERY SAFE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THERE TO THEM, AND THEN ONE MORE THING.

LAST WEEK IT WAS LITERACY WEEK, READ ACROSS AMERICA, DR.

SEUSS'S BIRTHDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAD ON OVER TO SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE I READ TO THE ENTIRE KINDERGARTEN CLASS RIGHT HERE IN TOWN AS A SOUTH SIDE ALUMNI, IT MEANT A LOT TO DO THAT, BUT THE FUNNEST THING THERE WAS I KIND OF ENGAGED WITH THE CLASS A LITTLE BIT.

I ASKED WHO HAD BEEN TO OUR NEW CENTRAL PARK PLAYGROUND.

THEY WERE ALL THEY WERE ALL RAISING THEIR HAND.

ONE KID IN THE FRONT WAS LIKE, I WENT THREE TIMES, AND IT WAS VERY CUTE TO SEE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS SOME GOOD SOME CUSTOMER FEEDBACK.

THERE IN TERMS OF WHO'S USING THAT PLAYGROUND.

SO THEY'RE VERY HAPPY AT SOUTH SIDE.

WITH THAT, THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE.

GREAT MEETING. WE'LL TALK SOON.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.