Mar 21, 2023 Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[4.1 BUDGET SUMMARY]

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>> ALL INTERFUND TRANSFERS FOR THE MONTH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, ENCUMBRANCES AND PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE FIRE PUMPER TRUCK, (INDISCERNIBLE) PROJECT, NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

FOR THE GOLF COURSE MEMBERSHIP REVENUE IS UP 16,000 OR 10 POINT NINE PERCENT VERSUS LAST YEAR.

THE AIRPORT REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPENSE DUE TO FDOT AND FAA GRANTS. (INDISCERNIBLE) UTILITY FUNDS, REVENUE EXCEEDS (INDISCERNIBLE) AND BUDGET FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

[4.2 PRESENTATION - ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT]

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMPTROLLER? SAY NONE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WE WILL SEE

YOU SOON. >> THANK YOU.

>> ITEM 4 POINT TWO PRESENTATION FROM OUR ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT.O WE DO HAVE A PRESENTER FOR THE AUDITOR SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, SIR.

AND PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND COMPANY FOR THE RECORD.

>> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS WADE SANSBURY, A PARTNER WITH MAULDIN AND JENKINS.

HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO GO OVER THIS YEAR'S AUDIT.

I GO PRETTY QUICK THROUGH IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY POINT TIME FEEL FREE TO JUMP RIGHT ON IT.

FIRST OF ALL LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

WE ARE A LARGE REGIONAL ACCOUNTING FIRM IN THE SOUTHEAST. WE WERE FOUNDED OVER 100 YEARS AGO. WE SERVE OVER 700 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. ONE THING JUST TO NOTE IN THIS SLIDE, WE DO PROVIDE FREE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OR CPE TO OUR CLIENTS.

SO WE HOPE THAT PAULINE AND HER STAFF OR ANYONE ON THIS BOARD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND ANY OF THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.

HERE'S JUST A SLIGHT ON HER GOVERNMENTAL PRACTICE.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST BEACHES.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR PGOVERNMENTAL PRACTICE.

THE REPORT THAT YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF IS WHAT IS CALLED AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

THIS USED TO BE CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT.

THE TERMINOLOGY CHANGE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE DON'T USE THAT OLD TERMINOLOGY.

ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE EXPERT ITSELF IS A VERY LARGE, COMPLEX DOCUMENT. IT ACTUALLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE SO Y'ALL SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR TAKING THOSE EXTRA STEPS IN GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO PREPARE AND ACT FOR. THIS YEAR'S OPINION LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT DID IN PRIOR YEARS.

THERE WERE SOME STANDARDS THAT CHANGE.

THE OVERALL READ OF THE OPINION IS DIFFERENT.

BUT ALL IN ALL, IT STILL STATES ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND

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ONE IS THE COMPLIANCE REPORT. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE YELLOW BOOK REPORT. THIS IS OUR TESTING OF THE CITY (INDISCERNIBLE) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (INDISCERNIBLE) WHAT HAVE YOU. IF WE HAD ANY FINDINGS, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THOSE WOULD BE REPORTED THERE. HAPPY TO REPORT THERE WERE NONE THIS YEAR. AGAIN, PAULINE AND HER STAFF DO A GREAT JOB TAKING CARE OF BOOKS AND RECORDS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, SO WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.

THE CITY DID RECEIVE ABOUT 12 AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR IN FEDERAL AND STATE AWARDS.

THIS REQUIRED US TO PERFORM THREE ADDITIONAL SINGLE AUDITS.

ONE FEDERAL AND TWO STATE MAC. THOUGH SINGLE AUDITS COVER ABOUT SEVEN AND HALF MILLION OF THOSE OVERALL EXPENDITURES.

WE NOTED AGAIN, NO ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS. AS PART OF EACH AND EVERY AUDIT WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.

THOSE ARE LISTED HERE. ONE THING TO POINT OUT.

THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT (INDISCERNIBLE) 87 WHICH IS ON LEASES. THAT HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE OVERALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ESSENTIALLY, THE LEASES THAT YOU WILL HAVE ARE MOSTLY IN THE RECEIVER TIMEFRAME OR TYPE.

SO WE RECORDED A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION OF LEASE RECEIVABLES ON YOUR BOOKS AND RECORDS FOR THE YEAR AS PART OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION. SOME ARE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS AUDITORY INDEPENDENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS YOUR AUDITORS TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. WE ARE INDEPENDENT IN REGARDS TO THE CITY AS WELL AS (INDISCERNIBLE).

WE DO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF AS WELL. IT'S CALLED THE (INDISCERNIBLE) (INDISCERNIBLE). IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE STATEMENTS, I RECOMMEND YOU READ THE END DNA.

THIS IS FROM PAULINE AND HER STAFF AND THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW HOPING TO EXPLAIN THE READER CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WILL STOP IT GIVES A GOOD OVERALL FEEL FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE YEAR. AND ACTUALLY, THIS YEAR YOU DID HAVE A VERY LARGE OVERALL INCREASE IN YOUR TOTAL NET POSITION, ABOUT 23 AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF AN INCREASE.

SO AGAIN, OVERALL, VERY VERY GOOD.DDITIONALLY WITHIN THE A DNA, WE LIST OUT ALL THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.

WE ALSO LIST OUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OR ANY FINDINGS OF THAT KIND. AND LASTLY WE LIST OUT ALL THE UPCOMING GAS B RESTATEMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO GOING FORWARD.HAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR

ME? >> ARE RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

[4.3 PRESENTATION - GATEWAY SIGN REFURBISHMENT]

YOUR SERVICE AGAIN THIS YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, ITEM 4 POINT THREE THE GATEWAY SIGN REFURBISHMENT.

LET'S SET THE STAGE. WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF, WE HAD A GOOD PLAN. WE HAD THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION GIVE US SOME CONSENSUS AND FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A MORE CONCRETE PLAN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK TODAY AND WORKING WITH THE

CITY. >> THANK YOU.

LISA FINKELSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET 492 STARBOARD LANDING.

I'M GOING TO PASS OUT THE BUDGET SHEET THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION. I JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT. OKAY.

SO TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATES TO GO WITH IT.I'D LIKE TO GET CONSENSUS ON THE DESIGN TONIGHT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON HOW SOON YOU'D LIKE THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. DEALLY, WOULD LIKE TO START AT THIS BUDGET YEAR IF WE CAN. KNOWING THAT IT WOULD NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET.

AND THEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET CONSENSUS IF IT IS APPROVED, TO PLACE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT ON THE AGENDA IN APRIL.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE GATEWAY PROJECT IS MORE THAN A

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IT INCLUDES BOTH THE EAST AND WEST CORNERS OF EIGHTH AND LIME STREET. AND IN INCORPORATES FLAGPOLES ON THE WEST SIDE. THE SIGN ON THE EAST SIDE, LIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES, LOW CURVED WALLS THAT HIDE THE LIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES. AND THEN, THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. IT INCLUDES MAJOR AND MINOR CANOPY TREES, SHRUBS, POLLINATORS AND GROUNDCOVER.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS A RENDERING WITH THE SIGN AND THE FLAGPOLE ELEMENTS ADDED. BUT ALSO, THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IS ADDED. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T SEE THE LIGHTING BECAUSE THIS IS THE DAYTIME PICTURE.

BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE FOR THE NATURAL LOOK OF THE GATEWAY AND HOW WELCOMING IT WOULD BE AS YOU APPROACH EIGHTH STREET.

SO THIS IS ALSO THE APPROVED DESIGN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFIES THAT ENTRANCE, BUT IT SETS EXPECTATIONS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING DOWN EIGHTH STREET THAT THEY ARE ENTERING A BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND IT SUPPORTS A PRIVATE INVESTMENT FOR REHABILITATION AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG EIGHTH STREET. SO AFTER WE HAD CONSENSUS ON THAT DESIGN THAT YOU JUST SAW, THEN WE HAD A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER SQ AND MAYOR BEAN TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REFURBISHING THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS THERE.

SO THIS IS THESAME SKETCH YOU JUST SAW, WITH THE LANDSCAPE IN PLACE. THE FLAGPOLES ON THE WEST SIDE, THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE , WITH A DESIGN THAT IS A COPY OF WHAT IS THERE. OBVIOUSLY, THE SIGN STILL NEEDS TO BE REFURBISHED. IT NEEDS TO BE RE-STUCCOED, IT NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE LETTERING BE REPLACED WITH A RAISEDLETTERING.

IT'S A FOAMCORE . SO IT WOULD HAVE A BETTER LOOK TO IT. THE VINYL LETTERING THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE WALL NOW DOES NOT HOLD UP VERY WELL.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S MISSING SOME PARTS OF LETTERS AND STUFF IF YOU GO BY. SO THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT WITH THAT DESIGN. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON IT. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERSECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE THREE LARGE MAJOR CANOPY TREES, MINOR CANOPY TREES, SHRUBS.

THERE IS AN AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OR A POLLINATOR WILDFLOWER FIELD. AND THEN, WHERE THE FLAGS, THE LIGHTING AND THE SIGN WOULD BE. THIS IS A CLOSE-UP SKETCH OF JUST THE SIGN THAT WAS APPROVED.

AGAIN, THE LETTERING HERE WOULD BE ALUMINUM AND IT WOULD BE A BRONZE FINISH TO IT. WITH AN ESTIMATED LIFE OF 50 YEARS ON THAT MATERIAL. THE COLUMNS WOULD BE ADDED, THE TOP WOULD BE CURVED, AND THOSE MATERIALS WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF STUCCO AND LIKE A COQUINA TABBY KIND OF MATERIAL.

AND THEN, THIS IS THE RENDERING OF THE CURRENT SIGN.

AGAIN THIS WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE RAISED LETTERING.

AND SO, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE COST ESTIMATES.

THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME LANDSCAPE -- LIGHTING AND FLAGPOLES FOR BOTH DESIGNS.

WHETHER WE WENT WITH THE NEW DESIGN ON THE SIGN OR THE CURRENT ORIGINAL DESIGN.SO THE LANDSCAPING RUNS ABOUT $20,000, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT VERY MATURE, MAJOR CANOPY TREES. WE'VE TALKED WITH KELLY GIBSON IN PLANNING ABOUT THE TREE FUND THAT WOULD BE A SOURCE FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THOSE TREES. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO WORK WITH KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL AND CONSERVE NASSAU ON SOME OF THE OTHER MATERIALS THAT WOULD BE USED IN THE LANDSCAPE PIECE OF IT. THEN THE LIGHTING AND THE FLAGPOLES, YOU CAN SEE THE PRICING HERE.

THERE IS NO PRICE ON THE ESTIMATE FOR THE LABOR, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT ALL IN HOUSE.O THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE DOING THAT. THE NEW SIGN, AS I MENTIONED, HAS THE QUOTE HERE OF $10,000 REPRESENTS THE STUCCO, THE COLUMNS AND THE CURVED TOP THAT WAS APPROVED THE LAST TIME FOR THIS DESIGN. WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE LETTERING. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE METAL BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THE LIFETIME OF IT AND THE WAY IT WOULD LAST IS THE SMARTEST THING TO DO FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE. IF WE WENT WITH THE ACRYLIC LETTERS THAT WERE PAINTED, THEY WOULD BE, ROUGHLY, 4500.

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SO CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS, BUT IT WILL NOT LAST AS LONG.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE WOULD BE TO GO WITH THE ANODIZED METAL. IN WHICH CASE, WITH THE LOGO, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGRAVING DONE ON THE LOGO TO DO THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THE FLAGS THAT IS PICTURED AT THE TOP OF THAT. SO THAT IS THE $800 THERE.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE EXISTING WALL. AGAIN, WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE STUCCO AND THE CONDITION OF THE WALL ITSELF.

IT IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE. PLUS THE FOAMCORE LETTERS AND LETTERING, AND THERE WOULD BE AN ACRYLIC OR FOAMCORE OUTER RING FOR THE SEAL. BUT THEN, IT WOULD HAVE A FINAL LOGO ON IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH FAST SIGNS ON BOTH THE NEW AND THE REFURBISHED SIGNS. SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH US TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME ON THIS. AND THEN, THE NEW WALLS.

IF WE WENT WITH REFURBISHING THE OLD SIGN, WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED WALLS BECAUSE OF THE CURVE NATURE.

THEY JUST DON'T REALLY FIT INTO THAT DESIGN.

SO WE JUST THINK THAT WE WOULDN'T USE THEM.

AND THE LIGHTS WOULD BE FREESTANDING IN FRONT.

SO AGAIN, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF A LITTLE OF (INDISCERNIBLE).

IT'S PRIMARILY IN THE LETTERING AND THE ADDITIONAL PILLARS AND DESIGN WORK ON THAT SIGN. AND THEN, IN THE KNEE WALLS.

SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE DID SURVEY BUSINESSES ALONG EIGHTH STREET IN DECEMBER. WE WERE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. THE THREE MAIN THINGS EMERGE FROM THEM, FOR WHAT THEY NEEDED, TO HELP THEIR BUSINESSES. THE FIRST WAS TO DRIVE BOTH LOCAL AND TORRAS TO THEIR BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SLOW SEASONS. THE SECOND WAS THEY WANTED US TO FOCUS ON APPEARANCE. LANDSCAPE, TRASH, HISTORIC ELEMENTS AND THE STREETSCAPE. AND THEN, THE THIRD WAS TO FOCUS ON MAKING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, EIGHTH STREET, A COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECTS, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY WORK TO CATALYZE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS THERE BY DOING THESE TYPES OF PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT WILL SPUR CHANGES JUST LIKE HAS HAPPENED DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S OUR MOTIVATION BEHIND IT. SO AGAIN, TONIGHT, I LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I'LL ANSWER THEM IF I CAN. I'LL GET YOU ANSWERS IF I CAN'T. THEN I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU ON WHICH DESIGN, THE TIMING OF IT, AND THEN AGREEMENT TO COME BACK WITH THE RESOLUTION IN THE CONSENSUS AGENDA, FOR REALLY MOVING MONEY AROUND TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS

DONE THIS YEAR. >> WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION BUT I WILL START WITH A QUESTION.

SAWS TALKING WITH KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL.

I KNOW YOU PARTNERED WITH THEM. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT? THE PARTNERSHIP YOU WORKED ON WITH ALL THIS LANDSCAPING?

>> WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES. THEY HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAJOR CANOPY TREES.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DIVERT THAT FROM WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO PUT THEM TO THIS USE.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE.

THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T MENTION WAS WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AS WELL WITH THE TDC REGARDING THE NEW DESIGN FOR THE SIGN. BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST SIGN IMPLEMENTED OUT OF THAT ISLAND-WIDE REBRANDING OR RE-SIGNAGE PROGRAM I THINK THEY CALL IT? WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR IT JUST LIKE THEY HAVE PAID FOR HELP FROM THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL.

WE ALSO WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY TO SET THE TONE FOR THE REMAINING SIGNS THAT WOULD BE USED, SAY, WHEN YOU COME OVER THE BRIDGE, THOSE TYPES OF LOCATIONS.

SO THAT'S NICE --. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK -- -- I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD TO PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT YOU GUYS

SURE ARE TRYING. >> WE ARE TRYING (LAUGHING).

>> LET'S GO TO VICE-MAYOR STURGES.

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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY QUICKLY I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME GROW QUICKLY TO SAY THANK YOU.

THIS IS A LOT OF EFFORT PUT FORWARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER

AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB ALWAYS. >> THANK YOU.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM JEREMIAH AND OTHERS IN THE CITY

STAFF. >> SO MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE CONSIDERING THE LANDSCAPING. I SEE THIS LARGE FIGURE FOR TREES. SO YOU ARE SAYING KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL. I'M ASSUMING, BASED ON THE PICTURE, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ORDER LARGER, MORE MATURE TREES

RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, RIGHT? >> IN THE DESIGN IT CALLS FOR THREE LARGE CANOPY TREES. ONE ON THE EAST SIDE TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT IS ALREADY THERE, AND THEN TO ON THE WEST SIDE. IT REALLY WILL, OVER TIME ESPECIALLY, PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL ENTRANCE TO THAT AREA THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.

YEAH. THEY ARE LIKE $5000 APIECE TO PURCHASE, INSTALL. THAT INCLUDES TAXES AND

EVERYTHING. >> OKAY.

SO THAT KIND OF ANSWERS THE QUESTION WHY SO MUCH MONEY FOR THE TREES. SECONDLY, I SAW THE PICTURE LOOKED REALLY NICE WITH LOTS OF GREEN GRASS.

IF YOU PULL THAT BACKUP -- YES. THAT PICTURE.

EITHER ONE. ARE WE GOING TO PUT THAT MUCH GRASS? OR THAT'S JUST THE PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE SHOWING? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT MUCH

GRASS HERE -- THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> RIGHT.

THERE IS GRASS THERE NOW. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS, ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT NEW GRASS JUST FOR THAT AREA? IF SO, ARE WE GOING TO SPRINKLE IT? OR WE CAN INSTALL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS? HOW FAR ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? HOW PROFESSIONAL ARE WE GONNA

MAKE THIS LOOK? >> RIGHT.

THERE IS A PLAN THAT WE WOULD USE ONE OF THE TREE COMPANIES FOR IRRIGATION, TO GET THE TREES ESTABLISH.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE JUST STARTED WITHCONSERVE NASSAU , ABOUT USING SOME MORE NATIVE OPTIONS. A LOT OF THIS, AS YOU WILL SEE ON THIS SKETCH, IS GROUNDCOVER. SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE,

YOU KNOW, ABLE TO WITHSTAND --. >> I'M JUST TRY TO SEE HOW

BARBARA TAKING THIS -- >> BUT THE GRASS IS ALREADY THERE. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE AN ADDITION.> OKAY. BUT IF WE USED CHEMICALS -- I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE -- THAT WE MIGHT POSSIBLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF WE ARE PUTTING PLANTS AND ALL THIS STUFF OUT THERE, IF WE DON'T USE NATIVE STUFF, WE CAN SPEND SOME MONEY AND HAVE A LOT OF DEAD STUFF OUT THERE.

WHAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS WITH THAT AND THAT IS WHY WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER GROUPS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WHEN WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING PRICING FROM VARIOUS LANDSCAPING SOURCES, WE'VE MADE THEM AWARE OF WHAT THE CONDITIONS WOULD BE.

SO THAT WHAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO US WOULD BE

ABLE TO THRIVE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, LISA.

>> SURE. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. SO YOU WANT TO DO IT IN THIS BUDGET YEAR, AND YOU SAID MOVE MONEY AROUND? COULD YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE MOVE MONEY AROUND

WOULD INVOLVE? >> SO THE TREE FUND.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND I'M NOT A CITY EMPLOYEE, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF HOW THIS ALL WOULD WORK.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WOULD NEED TO PUT THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER THIS PROJECT. AND SO, IF THERE IS MONEY IN THE TREE FUND THAT WOULD BE USED TOWARDS ALL OR SOME PORTION OF THIS CANOPY TREE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED UNDER THIS PROJECT HEADING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THE SAME WITH THE STUCCO WORK OR THE LIGHTING PURCHASES, OR ANY OFTHAT .

IF IT IS EXISTING IN OTHER PIECES OF THE BUDGET, IT WOULD NEED TO COME TOGETHER UNDER THIS PROJECT.

>> AND IF IT'S NOT? >> AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT IF WE DO TAKE OUR PROPOSED CHANGE AND EFFECTIVELY WE ARE DISCARDING $10,000 FOR THE PLANNING OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNED DESIGN WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON TO MAKE A SAVINGS OF $11,00 ? I'M ALL FOR MAKING OUR PEOPLE HAPPY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT FEELS AWESOME TO THROW $10,000 AWAY WITH TDC MONEY AND WHAT IS AT SAY IN THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR MONEY? SO I LIKE TO SEE SOME VERSION OF THE NEWER SIGN THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY, BUT THAT BEING SAID I KNOW THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC OUTCRY.

AND GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, I GUESS.

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>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

>> I WAS ABOUT TO GO! THE COMMISSIONER ROSS GOT HIS LINE OUT IN THE NICK OF TIME! [LAUGHTER] SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR KEEP THE OLD SIGN OR THE NEW SIGN, RIGHT?

>> WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE NEW SIGN.

THE NEW DESIGN. WE WERE JUST ASKED TO PROVIDE A PRICE ON REFURBISHMENT OF THE OLD SIGN.

>> WELL, I WOULD GO WITH THE NEW SIDES.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO. I REALLY LIKE BOTH LOOK.

WHEN I SEE THE NEW OLD ONE, AND BY THAT I MEAN A REFURBISHED OLD SIGN, ONE THING I SEE IS PIRATE (INDISCERNIBLE).

THAT'S THE COMMENT I GOT. WHEN I DID MY INFORMALPOLL OF A GREAT MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE, WHAT THEY ALL SAID , THAT NEW SIGN WAS LACKING WAS WORD WELCOME.

AND THAT FEEL, THE WHOLE W OLD TOWN PIRATE BLUE.

THAT'S WHY LIKE THE WORK ON THE NEW SIGN.

I TELL YOU WHAT, I REALLY LIKE THIS LANDSCAPING AND THE NEW FLAGPOLE SET UP. IT ALL COMPLIMENTS VERY WELL.

BUT MY OPINION IS LET'S REFURBISH THAT SIGN.

LET'S TAKE THE SPOT OR SLIGHTLY SMALLER COST.

I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT NICER.

MY FAVORITE PART OF THAT NEW SIGN DESIGN WAS THE RAISED LETTERING. WE CAN NOW INCORPORATE THAT WITH OUR OLD SIGN. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHY I WOULD GO WITH THIS.

IN OTHER COMMENTS? >> BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL BE THE METAL LETTERING. IT WOULD BE THE FOAMCORE.

>> BUT IT WOULD BE RACE? >> IT WOULD BE RAISE.

YES. >> UNDERSTOOD.

>> BUT IT WON'T HAVE THE SAME LONGEVITY AS WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT MATERIAL IN ORDER

TO GET THOSE COLORS. >> UNDERSTOOD.

>> OKAY. JUST TO BE CLEAR WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR 50 YEARS IF WE REFURBISH THIS SIGN.

IT'S NOT THE LAST 50 YEARS. >> YES, MA'AM.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS?

COMMISSIONER ASK YOU? >> I WAS GONNA SAY I AGREE WITH

YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHAT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THE COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER SQ, AND COMMISSIONER ANTUN, VICE-MAYOR STURGES, WHAT ARE

YOU THINKING? >> MYSELF, IT'S A TOSSUP.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN SPEND A LITTLE MORE MONEY AND REFURBISH THE SIGN DOWN THE ROAD. I'M THINKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE NEW SIGN IS GOING TO LAST LONGER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE CAN'T GET THE BLUE COLOR NIGHTMARE -- OTHER THAN THE STONE AND THE OTHER WORK IN THERE, THE STUCCO -- WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT'S ABOUT $5000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEW SIGN IN THE OLD SIGN. THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS HOW YOU WORK THE NUMBERS IS LANDSCAPE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M TORN.

I REALLY TORN. I WANT TO SAY THE NEW SIGN WOULD LOOK GREAT AND LAST A LONG TIME.

SO MY BUSINESS SENSE SAYS THE NEW SIGN.

BUT MY CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH SAYS IT WOULD LOOK GREAT WITH BLUE AND OUR LOGO THE WAY IT IS.

AND IT WOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.

SO -- (LAUGHING) I WOULD SAY I'M TORN.

REALLY, IT'S 50-50. >> OKAY.

SO BASED ON MY ACCOUNT -- THIS IS IN A FORMAL VOTE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS CONSENSUS, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ROSS HAS

SAID HE WANTS TO GO WITH THE NEW SIGN.>> THE NEW SCIENCE FINE.HE OLD SIGN. SAY 5000 BUCKS.

TO BE HONEST. >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE (INDISCERNIBLE) [LAUGHTER] . I'M GOING TO COUNT TO MAYBES, AND THROUGH THAT WANT TO GO WITH THAT OLD SIGN DESIGN, BUT WITH ALL THIS GREAT NEW LANDSCAPING AND INCORPORATING THAT BRAND-NEW FLAGPOLE SET UP. SOMEBODY SAY WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR REFURBISHING THE OLD SIGN WITH ALL THIS NEWS W NEW LANDSCAPING, NEW FLAGPOLE TO MAKE SURE THAT GATEWAY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. AGAIN WE WANT TO REITERATE OUR THANKFULNESS . AS A REP ON THE (INDISCERNIBLE) LET'S GO WITH OUR CONSENSUS WITH THE SECOND SIGN.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. >> AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO GET THIS DONE THIS YEAR?> YES.

I'M GONNA GO OUT AND SAY WE ALSO HAVE CONSENSUS TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE THIS YEAR. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL LINES IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE NOT BEING FULLY SPENT, SO I THINK WE CAN TALK

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ON HOW WE WILL HANDLE THAT. >> THANK YOU.

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

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS THE END OF PRESENTATIONS.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENT.

ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME SPEAK.

ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS GO TO THE BACK.HERE ARE FORMS THERE YOU FILL OUT. HAND THEM TO MS. (NAME) AND WE WILL GET YOU YOUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK RIGHT HERE TO US TODAY. SO I DO HAVE TWO REQUESTS -- I HAVE THREE REQUESTS TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

BUT TO WE WILL DO RIGHT NOW DURING COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL START WITH MR. CHRIS (NAME). WELCOME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS,

SIR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. CHRIS (NAME) FIVE FIVE THREE SPANISH WAY WEST. I JUST LIKE TO BRING AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE AGENDA AND HOW IT'S WRITTEN AND HOW IT'S PUBLISHED. WHOEVER PUBLISHES IT DOES A REAL FINE JOB OF DOCUMENTING ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS AND THEN PROVIDING THE SYNAPSES. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THE SYNOPSIS LACKS IS IT TELLS US WHAT IT IS, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL US WHY. AND IT DOESN'T TELL US WHO GENERATED OR WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR CONSIDERATION THAT MAY BE A COUPLE LINES IN THERE, IN THE SYNAPSES OF WHY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELECTION RESOLUTION.

MAYBE AN EXPLANATION WILL BE TO STREAMLINE IT AND FOR COST SAVINGS. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND WHERE DID IT ORIGINATE FROM? WAS IT FROM STAFF? THE COMMISSIONER? I THINK ADDING THOSE TWO COMPONENTS WOULD HELP GIVE US, THE CONSTITUENTS, AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THIS ORIGINATED FROM AND WHY IT IS BEING PROPOSED.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU!

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE WILL WELCOME TO THE PODIUM MR. DELL (NAME) FROM

(NAME) CONSULTING. >> DELL (NAME) 946 BRANCH TERRACE, ORLANDO, FLORIDA. I AM THE CITY'S FLOODPLAIN CONSULTNT. I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SEARS PROGRAM.

TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP (INDISCERNIBLE) CITY STAFF NATIONAL VIOLATION TRACKER.

IN NOVEMBER I CAME TO YOU AND DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, WHICH IS A FAMOUS PROGRAM PROVIDING DISCOUNTED FLOOD INSURANCE TO RESIDENTS BASED ON THE CITY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM STANDARD.

CURRENTLY, (INDISCERNIBLE) 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON THEIR FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES. TOMORROW NIGHT'S WORKSHO IS AN INVITATION TO ALL RESIDENTS. WE HAVE 59 RESIDENTS -- OR 58 WHO ARE ON FEMA'S NATIONAL VIOLATION LIST.HIS MAY BE ACCURATE, IT MAY BE INACCURATE. BUT WHATEVER THE CAUSE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOUR DISCOUNT. SO WE ARE INVITING ANYBODY WHO IS CURIOUS ABOUT FLOOD INSURANCE OR ARE THEY GETTING THEIR CORRECT, FULL 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT? COME TO THE WORKSHOP. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM 4 TO 7. IT'S AN OPEN STYLE WORKSHOP.

TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR FLOOD INSURANCE NEEDS, AND ALSO CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, AND IF YOU ARE, HOW TO GET YOU OFF THE LIST. IS IT AN ERROR? IS THERE SOMETHING THE DUTY OF PROPERTY MINIMALLY TO SAVE THIS MONEY? AND A 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON THE FLOOD INSURANCE POLICY CAN ADD UP.

IN ADDITION, THIS FALL WE ARE SUBMITTING OUR FIVE-YEAR AUDIT TO FEMA FOR THE (INDISCERNIBLE) PROGRAM.

TO CONFIRM WHAT WE ARE DOING. BRINGING TO PURSUE AN INCREASE IN OUR CLASS. SO GOING FROM A CURRENT CLASS VI WHICH IS A 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT, TO AT LEAST A FIVE, IF NOT BEFORE OR EVEN A THREE, WHICH WOULD INCREASE US TO A 30 TO 35 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON FLOOD INSURANCE.

WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT OF APRIL NEXT YEAR.

BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, OR THE EARLY PART OF 2025, WILL BE READY TO SUBMIT FOR CLASS I, WHICH IS A 45 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON FLOOD INSURANCE. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE STORM WATER DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

ANDRE AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING FANTASTIC WORK.

WE'RE JUST QUANTIFYING WHAT IS GOING ON NOW.

A LOT OF CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AS A COMMISSION. THE CONSERVATION WORK IS REALLY HELPING THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT A NATURAL FLOODPLAIN QUARTER PLAN. SO HOW TO CONNECT THE GREENWAY FROM THE REST OF THE FLOODPLAIN FUNCTIONS.

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WHETHER THEY ARE STORMWATER OR COMP PLANTS.

MAKING SURE THEY ARE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

THAT'S GOING TO TRANSLATE INTO RESIDENCE IN THE CITY CAN GET ALMOST HALF OFF OF THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR FLOOD

CONSULTANT? >> DELL, JUST BRIEFLY, YOU MADE A GREAT PRESENTATION AND CLIFF NOTED IT PRETTY FAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT BRIEFLY FOR THE PUBLIC SO THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, THIS IS FLOODPLAIN INSURANCE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN APPLIES AND GETS A POLICY EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BUY ONE IF THEY ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN AND THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE, OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS. SO BASICALLY, WE ARE TO HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE REALLY WELL WE ARE TRY TO GET BETTER STANDARDS. AND DROP THE COST OF THEIR POLICY DOWN. SO YOU SAY IF IT GETS 50 PERCENT. BUT IF WE GO TO EACH ONE OF THOSE NOTCHES, TO 25 OR 30 PERCENT, IF THEY BUY FLOOD INSURANCE, IT TAKES 30 PERCENT OF THE BOTTOM LINE, CORRECTLY.

>> IT DOES. AND FEMA LIKES TO ADD FEES AND HIKE IT UP A BIT. BUT YES.

SO IT DECREASES THE COST. IN THE BIGGEST MOTIVATORS OF THIS IS THAT FEMA HAS CHANGED THE WAY THEY DO FLOOD INSURANCE. SO THE RATES WILL BE INCREASING FOR A LOT OF AREAS, INCLUDING BARRIER ISLANDS IN FLORIDA.

SO THE FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES ON THE ISLAND, BASED ON THE FEDERAL LAW, ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP.

SO THERE'S EVEN MORE OF AN IMPETUS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PROVIDE THESE DISCOUNTS TO THE RESIDENCE.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON I WANTED YOU TO MENTION THAT. SO ANY LITTLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO APPROVE IT WOULD BE GOOD.

THANK YOU. >> JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF WITH THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING IS THAT ANOTHER KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT NOW, ELIGIBLE FOR THIS DISCOUNT.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ASK, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND OUT THE LIST OF NAME AND REACH OUT TO THEM. THEY HAVE TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE DISCOUNT AND REACH OUT TO US.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE CAN GET THEM TO DISCOUNT.

SO IF YOU ARE AT HOME AND WATCHING THIS AND THINKING YOUR INSURANCE IS A LITTLE TOO HIGH, CHECK OUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE RECEIVING THE FULL FEMA DISCOUNT WE CAN PROVIDE.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND

THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> YES, SIR.

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO -- THAT'S AND A PUBLIC COMMENT. BEFORE I MOVE, DOES ANYBODY

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE BOAT.

[7.1 FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT - BUCCANEER REGION SCCA]

SCCA. >> YES, SIR.

THIS IS A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BUCCANEERS SPORTS CLUB OF AMERICA USE AIRPORT PROPERTY FOR THEIR SOLO DRIVING EVENTS ON FOUR DATES IN 2023.

AFTER SPEAKING WITH STAFF AND OUR AIRPORT CONSULTANT, IT'S AGREED THAT THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN TAKING SOME TOLL ON THE ASPHALT. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE IT'S BEST TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS WITH NOTIFICATION TO THE CLUB THAT WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN THIS IN THE FUTURE.

>> UNDERSTOOD. SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AN APPROVAL FOR ONE MORE YEAR OF THIS?

>> YES, SIR. THEIR NEXT EVENT IS SCHEDULED

FOR NEXT MONTH. >> YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.O I HEAR A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> A WHAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE IS WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE IT FOR ONE YEAR.

AND BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE ASPHALT, THAT THIS WOULD BE

THE LAST YEAR; SET CORRECTLY. >> YES, SIR.HIS WILL BE THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH YEAR THEY BEEN HERE.

>> BUT THE LAST YEAR? >> YES, SIR.> THANK YOU.

[7.2 AWARD OF BID #23-04 - C.C. BORDEN CONSTRUCTION, INC]

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

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WE WELCOME JEREMIAH. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IT'S A BID FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE. THERE'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE MONEY INTO THE REPAIRS AN MAINTENANCE DESK ROADBUILDING ACCOUNT FOR OTHER INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

>> RIGHT YOUR MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION -- WHY WAS THERE ONLY ONE ?HY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE BID? IS THERE ANYTHING THE CITY COULD BE DOING TO GET MORE BIDS THAT WOULD BE COMPETITIVE?

>> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT AT THIS TIME.

>> OKAY. THEY ARE NOT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THAT $65,000 IS A REASONABLE NUMBER TO SPEND ON SUCH A PROJECT?

>> STAFF REVIEWED IT AND WE BELIEVE SO.

WE DID A SIMILAR PROJECT IN THE DINING ROOM ALREADY.

SEVEN YEARS AGO AND THAT WAS $40,000 FOR THAT.

SO THIS IS BOTH ROOMS FOR 60. AND WITH THE PRICES ON EVERYTHING GOING UP, THIS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. NEXT THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROJECT? SIGNAL, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.3 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - US ECOLOGY TAMPA, INC]

>> OKAY. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.

THIS IS UNDER THE SANITATION FUND.

BUT THIS IS FOR IS FOR THE ANNUAL RECYCLE EVENT THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS US ECOLOGY.

WEPIGGYBACK THE CONTRACT WITH (INDISCERNIBLE) COUNTY AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PROCESS AND HANDLE ALL THE HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR THAT EVENT. THAT EVENT WILL BE APRIL 22, SO WE HOPE YOU APPROVE AND COME OUT AND SEE US.

>> RIGHT HERE MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECONDLY . >> DOES A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT

[7.4 EGANS CREEK GREENWAY NAMING]

>> I BELIEVE THAT IS PRESENTED BY YOU .

THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO NAME THE GREENWAY AFTER FORMER MAYOR RON SAPP FOR HIS CIVIC SERVICE FOR HIM BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE GREENWAY DESIGNATED IN THAT AREA.

>> EXCELLENT. BY YOUR MOTION?

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> I CAN.

>> I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BEFORE WE ENTER DISCUSSION, I THINK I WILL CALL -- WE HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS. WE WELCOME MR. ROBERT (NAME) TO

THE PODIUM. >> HEY, HOW Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING? ROBERT PETERS, 2626 (NAME) RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MR. STURGES.I TRY TO BE AS SHORT AS I CAN. BUT I MAY EXCEED THREE MINUTES.

AM HERE TO THE RESOLUTION, AS YOU GUYS MAKE US.

I'VE BEEN USING THE GREENWAY SINCE THE BEGINNING.

IN FACT, I WAS THERE SUNDAY, AND I SAW RABBITS, OLD PEOPLE, KIDS, DOGS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, BIKES AND RUNNERS.

I MEAN, IT'S A WELL USED THING. AND FREQUENTLY, WHEN I GO TO THE GREENWAY, I THINK THAT OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF MR. SAPP, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER HIM.

IN FACT, I THINK I TOLD HIM THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.AND THEN, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, MR. HICKS AND (NAME) AND I WENT TO SEE HIM AND TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING.

HE WAS BE UNTOUCHED. HE WAS -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S HIS PRIDE AND JOY. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE FOR THE CITY AND HIS COMMUNITY, THE GREENWAY IS HIS PRIDE AND JOY. I PULLED OUT SOME OLD NEWSLETTER ARTICLES. I WANT TO RUN BACK TO 2000 REAL QUICK. 2000 IS WHEN THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF PURCHASING LAND ON THE GREENWAY. AND IT WAS PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL, AND I THINK THE VOTE WAS 3-2.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO, BUT THEY SENT IT TO A REFERENDUM TO FLOAT $6 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS TO PAY FOR ALL THAT LAND. IT WAS PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME. THE REFERENDUM WAS HELD AND IT ONLY PASSED, AND THIS IS JUST MY RECOLLECTION, BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE 52 PERCENT TO 48. NOW IF YOU DID THAT TODAY, IT WOULD BE 95 PERCENT TO FIVE PERCENT.BUT IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BACK THEN. WELL, HERE IS AN ARTICLE I FOUND IN THE NEWS-LEADER FROM OCTOBER 2002.

AND IN IT, THEY CONTRASTED MR. SAPP WITH BINO ROBERTS, WHO USED TO SIT ON THIS COMMISSION. AND BINO HAD BEEN HERE A LONG

[00:45:05]

WHEN HIS SCORCHED EARTH AND THE OTHERS SAVE THE EARTH.

THE OTHER IS A VARIATION OF RUSH LIMBAUGH AND THE OTHER PUBLIC RADIO. ROBERT SPEAKS IN A CLIPPED, GUARDED UPSTATE NEW YORK TWANG. SAPP HAS A HONEY DRAWL OF A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN. ROBERTS IS A NEWCOMER.

HE HAD ONLY BEEN THERE 50 YEARS AT THE TIME.

HIS FAMILY I MEAN. SAPP CAN TRACE HIS LINEAGE BACK TO 1793, HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY. ROBERTS SAID HE IS LEFT AND I AM RIGHT. SAPP, WHO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, CHOOSES TO SPAR WITH ROBERT SAID MILDLY, BINO LOVES THE CITY, BUT HIS PHILOSOPHY IS TO THE RIGHT.

HE SAID I SEE GOVERNMENT AS BEING IN EVERYBODY'S HAIR ROBERT SAID. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE BOUGHT. SAPP DISAGREES.I SEE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHING THE COMMON GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SAPP SAID HE GOT THE MESSAGE EARLY ON FROM HIS ELDERS THAT ONE NEEDED TO BE A STEWARD OF THE LAND TO PROTECT IT FOR PEOPLE TO COME LATER. AND JUST INDULGE ME ONE MORE MINUTE FOR MR. SAPP. THIS WASN'T EDITORIAL IN MAY 2003. IT SAYS WE'LL MISS RON SAPP.

HE WASN'T ALWAYS ON THE WINNING SIDE OF THE 3 TO 2 VOTES THAT HE WITNESSED DURING 21 YEARS ON THE COMMISSION.

BUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MANY, EVEN WHEN IN THE MINORITY HE CHALLENGED HIS COLLEAGUES THINKING AND PUSH THEM AND CITY RESIDENTS TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT OUR FUTURE.

SAPP, WHO RETIRED THIS MONTH, FOUGHT FROM THE BEGINNING TO CONTROL GROWTH IN TOWN AND ON THE ISLAND.

HE HELPED TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE EACH ACCESS, STAVE OFF HIGH-RISE CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT ON THE OCEANFRONT.

HE HELPED TO REVITALIZE MAIN BEACH AND ADD NEW PARKS, RESTORE THE PET CENTER, AND HE ESTABLISHED EGAN'S CREEK GREENWAY AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. HE FAILED TO GAIN SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR HIS PLAN TO INCORPORATE ALL OF AMELIA ISLAND INTO THE CITY. HE SIMPLY MAY HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF HIS TIME. STILL NOT A BAD IDEA.

SAPP'S MOST BONEHEADED IDEA MAY HAVE BEEN HIS PROPOSAL TO SET A POPULATION LIMIT FOR THE ISLAND.

I WOULD ENDORSE THAT RIGHT NOW.

[LAUGHTER] HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME ON THAT ONE! BUT THE EDITORIAL GOES ON TO SAY HIS PRIMARY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, NOT FOR THOSE TWO, OR THOSE WHO WISH THE PROSPER AND LEAVE. THIS RELISH FOR THE SPRAY OF CITY POLITICS CUSTOM SUPPORT, BUT IT BETRAYED ONLY HIS PASSION FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HIS BELOVED TOWN.

WE DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH MR. SAPP, BUT WE WERE BETTER OFFER AND HAVING BEEN SUCH A FORMIDABLE ADVOCATE FOR HIS CAUSE. WE THANK HIM FOR HIS DECADES OF SERVICE FOR OUR TOWN. JUST ONE MORE PARAGRAPH FROM THE NEWS-LEADER. THIS WAS A RECENT ARTICLE.

THIS IS WHENYOU GUYS GAVE HIM A PROCLAMATION .

HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE INTRODUCTION OF THE OPEN SPACE BOND ISSUE, WHICH WAS A PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE EGAN'S CREEK GREENWAY OPENING AND PRESERVATION.

THE OPENING AND PRESERVATION OF OVER 40 PUBLIC BEACH ACCESSES.

THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU WALK ACROSS THE BEACH ACCESS.

STABLISHING CONSTRUCTION HEIGHT LIMITS.

ELIMINATING BEACHFRONT LOT CONSOLIDATION.

INITIATING THE SEASIDE PARK IN NORTH BEACH PARK PROJECT.

REPRESENTING THE CITY AND IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH NASA COUNTY BOARD. -- -- GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE GRADUATE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA GRADUATE.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN.

AFTER RECEIVING HIS EDUCATION, HE BEGAN TEACHING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE HAS TAUGHT OVER 7000 LOCAL STUDENTS, INCLUDING BRADLEY AND INCLUDING MY THREE CHILDREN.

SO HAVING SAID ALL THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR INDULGING THE TIME, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS BLESS THIS RESOLUTION NAMING THE GREENWAY AFTER MR. SAPP. AND COME OUT IN THE FALL, WHERE WE WILL PUT ON A BIG SHOW. AND WE WILL DEDICATE THE GREENWAY TO MR. SAPP. THANK YOU.

P>> THANK YOU, MR. PETERS. WE APPRECIATE (INDISCERNIBLE).

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS IF AND WHEN WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT AS MR. PETERS ALLUDED, WE WILL PLAN A VERY NICE CEREMONY, WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE THE NAME.

AND THAT WILL HAPPEN A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.

TONIGHT, WE GET THE APPROVAL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

[00:50:06]

I JUST WANT TO ECHO -- THIS IS SUCH A GOOD THING TO DO.

MAYOR SAPP, WOULD YOU BELIEVE, SERVED SIX TERMS ON THIS COMMISSION. SIX DIFFERENT TERMS. HE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE GREENWAY. OUR COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY AND THE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS HE HAS TAUGHT.

HE TAUGHT ME. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR SAPP, FOR GETTING ME UP IN THIS SEAT. WITH THAT, I WILL HEAR MOTION.

>> ASSERTED BY MOVE -- >> WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR?

>> I'LL BRIEFLY OPEN THE DISCUSSION AND SAY I THINK RON SAPP WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL OF THIS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD DEFINITELY BE NAMED THE GREENWAY AFTER RON SAPP. HE TAUGHT ME GOVERNMENT AS WELL IN SCHOOL HERE. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WE WENT BACK TO THIS PROCESS, SO IT WOULD JUST BE US DECIDING THESE THINGS. SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT. WILL THIS OPEN UP THE FLOODGATES FOR OTHER ENTITIES BEING NAMED? OR OTHER SPOTS IN OUR CITY? SO I'LL JUST MENTION THAT.

AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT, YOU KNOW, OR NOT DISCUSS IT.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

I NOTE MAYOR SAPP IS PROBABLY WATCHING RIGHT NOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS!ALL RIGHT. HEADING ON DOWN THE LINE.

>> I'M HERE REPRESENTING HIM! >> WE APPRECIATE --

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT. (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM

MICROPHONE). >> WISH HIM WELL! THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON DOWN THE LINE, WE

[7.5 PURCHASE APPROVAL - CUMMINS]

>> VICTORIA (NAME) UTILITIES ENGINEER.

THIS IS FOR RESOLUTION 2023-45, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A COMMERCIAL DIESEL GENERATOR AND AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH FROM CUMMINS FOR THE WASTEWATER PLANT, NOT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF $398,811. STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

>> THANK YOU. ANY MOTION?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[7.6 CITY MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE]

MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE. >> RESOLUTION 20 2346 ESTABLISHES CITY MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE.

PROVIDES (INDISCERNIBLE) AND STAFF SUPPORT.

>> DO I HEAR MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

VICE-MAYOR STURGES? >> THANK YOU.

I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RESEARCHING BRADLEY AFTER OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOP.

AND HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS CITY MANAGER SEARCH.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEWHAT PUT IT TOGETHER. BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THIS EVENING. WITH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING STAFF AND OTHER PEOPLE, I'M LEANING MORE TOWARDS YOUR DIRECTION, BRADLEY, WITH A LITTLE CAVEAT THAT THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT WE HAVE HERE LOCALLY. ONE CALLED ME DIRECTLY.

HAS 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. HE SAID HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING TO HELP US CHOOSE OR PICK THE CORRECT CANDIDATE TO SERVE. HE WOULD BE INTERESTED AS WELL AS I SPOKE WITH CITY STAFF TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS 35 OR 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER LOCAL CITY. BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED IN FLORIDA CITY MANAGER POSITIONS FOR OVER 30 TO 35 -- THIS ONE, 40 YEARS PLUS.SO I WANT TO ASK THE COMMISSIONER OF WE CAN PUT THESE TWO PEOPLE WITH OUR GROUP AS ADVISORS? ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN'S NAME IS JIM HANSEN.

HE RUNS THE CITY OF ORANGE PARK CITY MANAGER FOR YEARS.

IN OTHER AREAS. AND ALSO RICHARD SALA, WHO WAS IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

[00:55:06]

AND GET US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. VICE I'M CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD THOSE TO -- RICHARD SALA AND WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE? AND JIM HANSEN TO THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE IT 7. AND THEN, WE WOULD USE A HYBRID METHOD?

>> THERE IS ONE GENTLEMAN THAT HE MENTIONED THAT WOULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS. HE'S LOCAL, IN THE AREA.

AND HE DOES BACKGROUND CHECKS AND INFORMATION FOR CITY MANAGERS. AND WITH THEIR HELP, THEY CAN GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO FOR A 30 OR $50,000 SEARCH COMMITTEE. AFTER LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM, HE WAS VERY CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS A POOL OF CITY MANAGER'S THAT WE CAN GO TO. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE HIRING OF A BIG GUN FIRM, AND THIS IS HOW I'LL LAY IT OUT. THESE FIRMS, THEY HAVE GUYS THAT ARE SITTING IN WAITING. THERE LOOKING ON A JOB HUNT LIKE HEADHUNTERS. SO THEY CAN PUT THEIR GUY IN AND SAY YUP, WE'LL SEND YOU OUR BEST TOP THREE CANDIDATES YOU MIGHT LOOK THROUGH. ONE OR TWO OF THEM MIGHT BE GREAT. BUT THOSE BEST THREE CANDIDATES? YOU CAN BANK THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF COLLABORATION GOING ON THAT THEY ARE GETTING SUGGESTED. SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT NOT GET OUR BEST CANDIDATE, OR WE MIGHT NOT GET ONE OF THE BEST CANDIDATES THAT WE CAN SEE BY GOING THROUGH BIGGER SERVICE, VERSUS AN EXPERIENCED APPROACH.

>> OKAY. >> SO THIS LEADS TOWARDS YOUR

METHOD. >> I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

SO THIS MOTION CAN EITHER PASS OR FAIL.

OR YOU COULD SUGGEST TO AMEND THEIR MOTION.

ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN.

>> I'LL SUGGEST THAT WE AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AS ADVISORS TO THIS COMMITTEE.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE HAVEN'T GOT OUR INFORMATION BACK ABOUT WHAT THESE SERVICES WILL COST, CORRECTLY.

>> CORRECT. >> SO WE CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON THAT THIS EVENING. BUT I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS -- AND THIS IS MY CONSENSUS FOR THIS EVENING -- I WILL PUT THAT MOTION FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GET STARTED.

BUT I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH JUST GETTING A SEARCH TO DO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AFTER OUR COMMITTEE GOT STARTED WORKING ON IT AND COMING UP WITH ANSWERS.

>> UNDERSTOOD.O IS THAT A FRIENDLYAMENDMENT ?

>> I THINK THAT'S FRIENDLY. >> OKAY.

SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW, AND LET'S GO TO THE CITY CLERK.

>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, ARE THESE ADVISORS TO THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE? OR ARE THEY MEMBERS OF THE CITY

MEMBERS SEARCH COMMITTEE? >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WOULD BE

ADVISORS, RIGHT? >> ADVISORS.

WILL APPOINT THIS COMMITTEE OF FIVE PEOPLE WITH TWO ADVISORS.

THAT IS MOTION ON THE FLOOR. VICE-MAYOR STURGES, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER ROSS,

GO AHEAD. >> WELL, THEY SOUND NICE.

(INDISCERNIBLE) IN FRONT OF ME HAS NOTHING ELSE.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROPOSE THESE PEOPLE, (INDISCERNIBLE) BACKGROUND ON THEM.

THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO MORE ADVISORS? THAT'S FINE.

THE CITY COMMISSION, THEY'LL COME UP WITH THEIR ADVICE ON WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE -- HOW WE SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH PROPOSING A SEARCH. BUT I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION AND IT SORT OF A BASIC QUESTION.

IN THE LOCAL PRESS AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT YOU READ IN THE BLOGS THAT THERE IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY OUT THERE THAT BELIEVES THE CITY COMMISSION HAS 30 PICK SOMEBODY. AND I JUST WANT TO -- -- WHO THEY PICKED DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE (INDISCERNIBLE) BUSINESS PERSON. HAS NO EXPERIENCE RUNNING A CITY. SO I WOULD JUST HOPE WE COULD DISSUADE THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S GOING ON.

[01:00:02]

SO JUST CURIOUS IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THAT.

BECAUSE IT WAS A RATHER PROMINENT OPINION PIECE OF THE

PAPER RECENTLY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS. WE WILL GO QUICKLY.

I'LL START BY JUST ADDRESSING THAT RIGHT NOW.

I'VE READ ALL OPINION PIECES I THINK YOU ARE REFERRING TO.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO ONE IN LINE FOR THIS.

WE ARE LOOKING TO START THE SEARCH.

WERE STARTING AFRESH, LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.

AND THAT IS A SIMPLE TRUTH. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE CANDIDATE AND WE WILL FIND THE BEST PERSON.

WITH THAT, I WILL ADDRESS ONE OTHER -- IT WAS LIKE TOOLING OPINION PIECES. AND I WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT -- THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT W OPINION PIECE WRITTEN.

I BELIEVE THE PHRASE WAS -- IT QUESTIONED THE QUESTIONING OF A SEARCH COMMITTEE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? I BELIEVE THE PHRASE WAS AMATEUR HOUR.

IT IS SO CRAZY TO NOT USE A SEARCH COMMITTEE.

BUT THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WROTE ANOTHER OPINION PIECE THAT SAID THERE IS NO APPLICATIONS. KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU GO WITH A SEARCH FORM YOU DON'T OPEN APPLICATIONS, SO THERE'S NO JOBS POSTED ANYWHERE. SO YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE ANY APPLICATIONS. SO I'LL JUST SAY THE PERSON WHO WROTE THOSE TWO ARTICLES BACK TO BACK -- OR TWO BLOG POSTS BACK TO BACK, IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE.

AND I WOULD THINK THAT PERSON WOULD KNOW THAT'S HOW IT WORKS BASED ON WHAT THEY ASKED FOR . SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE PUBLICLY. WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER SQ.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I CAN'T ANSWER COMMISSIONER ROSS AS WELL. I WOULD HOPE NONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPEAR, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, EVERYBODY INCLUDED -- STAFF -- IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM. I MEAN, I WOULD BE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AT THAT WAS THE CASE.

SO I CAN TELL YOU, FOR ME, JUST ANSWERING FOR ME, COMMISSIONER ROSS, NO. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANYBODY THAT IS IN MIND, AND I WOULD BE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IF THAT WAS THE CASE. JUST ANSWERING FOR ME.

ON THIS TOPIC, SINCE VICE MAYOR BROUGHT IT UP AND WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT. I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SEARCH FIRMS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.I WILL AGREE, MAYOR, I DO THINK WE WILL GET PLENTY OF APPLICANTS ONCE IT IS OPEN.

ONCE WE FINALLY SAY HEY, WE ARE OPEN.

LET'S BRING IN SOME APPLICANTS. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.

I THINK THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SEARCH COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO A FINE JOB PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A CITY MANAGER. I THINK IT'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP AND IT'S ACTUALLY -- ALL THE NAMES ON THEIR ARE GREAT.

I'LL SAY THIS ABOUT THE SEARCH FIRM AND USING WHAT COMMISSIONER STURGES CALLS A HEADHUNTER.

WE NEVER REALLY GOT TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED THE SEARCH FIRM TO DO. WE ARE BASICALLY JUST SAYING, HEY, WE WANT A SEARCH FIRM AND WE NEVER REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT IT FOR.

I PARTICULARLY WANT THE SEARCH FIRM BECAUSE OF BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT BURDEN OFF OF OUR HR DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN REASON WHY.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHO APPLIES, BUT HOW WELL THEY ARE VETTED. TO ME, THAT IS A BIG, BIG THING. SO IF IT'S NOT A SEARCH COMMITTEE FROM DOING THAT, IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT WE HIRE, THAT DOES VETTING? THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. UR APPLICANTS I WENT VETTED EXTREMELY WELL. IT'S NOTHING AGAINST OUR HR DEPARTMENT, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME OR THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE KIND OF VETTING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO SEE IS WE HIRE A CITY MANAGER AND (INDISCERNIBLE) GETS DONE AND THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LATER WE GET AN OPINION PIECE ON WHAT THIS PERSON IS OR ISN'T. SO I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE VETTING PROCESS. THE SEARCH FIRM AND PEOPLE COMING IN, TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND TO BRING APPLICANTS? I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE THAT.

BUT I, PERSONALLY, NEED TO HAVE A VETTING PROCESS THAT IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON THAT. JUST SO WE CAN DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE, SINCE WE ALREADY GOT IN THE WEEDS WITH IT, I JUST

WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU.

VICE-MAYOR STURGES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I CAN TELL YOU WITH 100,000 PERCENT, THAT I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE PERSON IN MIND FOR THIS POSITION OR ANY NATURE OF IT.

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SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. I HAVE NOBODY IN MIND.

AND I THINK OUR GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER IS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP.

WE HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENCES, WHICH I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.

SO THERE IS A MAN, I JUST DON'T HAVE HIS NAME, BUT I COULD PROBABLY RESPOND AND GET HIS NAME THAT DOES VERY DETAILED BACKGROUND SEARCH AND VETTING. AND I THINK IF WE COULD USE OUR COMMITTEE AND DO THE VETTING? I THINK A, WILL SAVE MONEY -- NOT THAT WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT IT'LL COST LESS MONEY THAN SPENDING AN EXTRA 20 OR 30,000 MORE.UT WE CAN WAIT AND SEE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS WHEN WE GET BACK THE ESTIMATES FROM THE SEARCH FIRMS. AND I WILL REACH OUT TOMORROW AND FIND OUT THE NAME, WHO IT IS, SO WE CAN HAVE A FIGURE THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE LIST AND TALK ABOUT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER ROSS.

>> SO JUST ONE LAST WEED, SO TO SPEAK.

WHO IS GOING TO COME UP WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS? IS THAT GOING TO BE THE SEARCH COMMITTEE? SECONDLY THE CITY COMMISSION? WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT?

>> A MEDICAL ON A LIMB AND SAY YES.

(INDISCERNIBLE) AND THIS PROBABLY CAN BE THEIR FIRST JOB AFTER THEY CONVENED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK OR NEXT. AFTER WE APPROVE THIS

RESOLUTION.>> I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION. I'MFAVOR OF SEEING SAVING THE MONEY (INDISCERNIBLE). ON THE OTHER HAND, AS COMMISSIONER STURGES IS THROWN OUT A FEW NAMES, I HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT BY RESIDENT WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN HR AS WELL.

IF WE WERE TO VET A TEAM OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND SEE SOME CVS AND TAKE A LOOK AND COMPARE WHETHER THAT TASK FORCE WOULD BE OUR DE FACTO HIRING FIRM AS COMPARED TO HIRING ONE FOR $50,000, THEN I'D BE OPEN TO IT.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS.

ANYMORE? SING ON, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE

CALL THE VOTE. >> ACTUALLY, IT'S A VOTE ON THE

AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER ROSS. I WAS GOING UNDER THE FRIENDLY

AMENDMENT RULES. >> THAT'S FINE.

>> UNDERSTOOD. WE ARE NOW VOTING ON THE FRIENDLY-AMENDED MOTION. HAT'S WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON HERE.

[7.7 COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE, WAIVER AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - DALE L. MARTIN]

ITEM 7 POINT SEVEN COMPREHENSIVE (INDISCERNIBLE)

WITH DALE. >> RESOLUTION 2023 -- -- COMPRESSIVE RELEASE WAIVER AND SETTLEMENT WITH CITY MANAGER OF DALE MARTIN WAS SEPARATION OF THE CITY PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION IN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

[7.8 *CITY SEAL USE APPROVAL – FERNANDINA 200]

>> TRY YOUR MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

ITEM 7 POINT EIGHT (INDISCERNIBLE) FERNANDINA

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> RESOLUTION 20 2348 APPROVES THE USE OF THE CITY SEAL FOR BERNADINO 200 PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS IN CELEBRATION OF THE CITY'S 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BY YOUR MOTION?

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? I FOR ONE AM VERY EXCITED -- I SAW THE FIRST PASSES OF THE LOGOS, AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT 2024 CELEBRATING OUR 200 ANNIVERSARY.

SO VERY EXCITED TO LEND OUR LOGO TO THE CELEBRATION.

WITH THAT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

[8.1 RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION - PORTION OF CESSNA LANE]

PORTION OF CESSNA LANE. >> ORDINANCE 2023-0 NINE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA APPROVING A VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR A PORTION OF CESSNA LANE BETWEEN AIRPORT ROAD AND AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND

[01:10:01]

AT THIS PASSES, IT GOES ON TO SECOND READING.

THIS WAS GENERATED BY REQUEST A PROPOSAL FROM FIRST COAST MOVING AND STORAGE. THAT IS LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF CESSNA LANE. CESSNA LANE, AT THIS TIME, NO LONGER CONNECTS WITH THE MILLION ISLAND PARKWAY FROM AIRPORT ROAD. IT INTERSECTS WITH AIRPORT ROAD, BUT THE PORTION THAT WAS CONNECTED TO AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY WAS SOLD TO FPU WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR EIGHT ACRES FROM THE CITY, BACK IN 2011. AND SO, THIS IS A REMNANT OF CESSNA LANE. IT WAS CONSIDERED RIGHT-OF-WAY BY A TITLE COMPANY THAT LOOKED INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAD PREPARED FOR FIRST COAST MOVING AND STORAGE. AND IN SOME DOCUMENTS, IT CALLED CESSNA LANE A ROAD. SO THE TITLE COMPANY SAID YOU NEED A VACATION OF RIGHT AWAY IN ORDER TO ISSUE TITLE INSURANCE. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE IN MY SEARCH IT WAS ACTUALLY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.

THIS IS LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED (INDISCERNIBLE) BY THE CITY, NOT A DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND BECAUSE IT IS ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, THE FAA REQUIRES THAT THE CITY RECEIVE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR IT. AND THE FAIR MARKET VALUE BY APPRAISAL IS $40,000. SO THE FIRST COAST MOVING AND STORAGE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO PAY THE $40,000 AND WOULD DO SO AFTER WE FINISH THIS VACATION OF RIGHT AWAY AND ARE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING IN APRIL, APRIL 18. SECOND READING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO HAVE ONE.

THIS $40,000, ON A CALL IT A WINDFALL, WILL THIS OCCUR

DURING THIS BUDGET YEAR? >> THIS WOULD OCCUR DURING THIS BUDGET YEAR. IN THIS $40,000 DOES GET TRANSFERRED AS REVENUE TO THE AIRPORT FUND.

>> UNDERSTOOD. >> AND STAFF RECOMMENDS

APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT.Y HER EMOTION?

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[9.1 CODE AMENDMENT - ELECTIONS]

POINT ONE CODE AMENDMENT. >> -- -- AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 34 ELECTIONS, SPECIFICALLY AMENDING 34-1 TO CHANGE THE CITY GENERAL ELECTION DATE TO COINCIDE WITH THE STATE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES SEEKING COMMISSION SEATS (INDISCERNIBLE) TO COINCIDE WITH THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION DATE. AMENDING SECTION 34-2 REGARDING QUALIFYING DATES REPEALING SECTION 34-9, DUE TO ELECTION FOR MAYOR PROVIDED THE CITY CHARTER AMENDING SECTION 34-10 TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, (INDISCERNIBLE) AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL READING.

I NOTICED THERE IS A SLIGHT ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT I AM GOING TO FIX AFTER THIS MEETING IF THIS IS APPROVED.

THAT IS IT TALKS ABOUT THE INTENT OF THIS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THIS AS IT STANDS TODAY IS THAT THE GENERAL ELECTION DATE IS IN NOVEMBER. THE SECOND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, JUST LIKE THE STATE AND FEDERAL AND COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION DATE. THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICES IS IN AUGUST.

THE CITY COMMISSION HAS DIRECTED US TO PREPARE THE ORDINANCE SO IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES FOR CITY COMMISSION SEAT, WERE NOT CALLING IT A PRIMARY, BUT THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ELECTION IN AUGUST, WHERE THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS OF THOSE CANDIDATES FOR THAT SEAT WOULD THEN GO TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, OR RUNOFF, FOR THAT SEAT.

SO IS THAT CLEAR? SO I HAVE TO TAKE OUT PRIMARY

ELECTION FROM THE TITLE. >> UNDERSTOOD.

COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> WHEN YOU STATE THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS MOVE ON, WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN IS UNLESS ONE OF THEM GETS 50 PLUS PERCENT, THAT PERSON WOULD BE ELECTED AT THAT ELECTION? IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES, OUR HISTORY TELLS

US -- >> I UNDERSTAND.

IT LETS A ONE PERSON GOT 70 PERCENT OF THE VOTE --

>> IN AUGUST? THEN THEY ARE DEEMED ELECTED AT THAT ELECTION AND (INDISCERNIBLE) OFFICE IN

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YOUR DIRECTION. >> AND ONE FURTHER CLARIFICATION. SO IF THERE'S ONLY TWO RUNNING, THAT JUST HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER, CORRECTLY.

>> CORRECT. IF THERE IS ONLY TWO, IT'S IN

NOVEMBER. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> EMOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA REITERATE WHY THIS IS NEEDED.

I'M VERY PROUD THIS COMMISSION IS GETTING THIS DONE.

I WANT TO THANK -- MS. DAVIS HAD GREAT COMMITMENTS AT THE SECOND READING, BUT THIS THIRD READING GETS TO THE HEART OF IT. THE FACTS IN OUR COUNTRY AND INNER CITY, THE MOST PEOPLE VOTE ON ELECTION DAY IN THE SECOND MOST VOTE ON THE PRIMARY.

SO THIS ENSURES WE HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE POSSIBLE VOTING IN OUR CITY ELECTIONS. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO MAKE SURE WE COUNT EVERY VOTE IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

THIS A GREAT MOVE. LET'S GET EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO VOTE.

[10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

>> ONLY TWO QUICK ITEMS. WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT SOCCER FIELDS WORKSHOP. I'VE A MEETING SET UP WITH COUNTY MANAGER NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS THEIR INTEREST AND WE ARE WORKING HARD TO GET A CITY-COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS AND OTHER RECREATION ISSUES.

[11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT JOINT MEETING.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, SIR.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER? ALL RIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

>> YES. AS YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST MEETING I ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A (INDISCERNIBLE) MEETING FOR AN ALLOWABLE MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE COURT REPORTER TO DISCUSS THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED. MAIN BEACH (INDISCERNIBLE) VERSUS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

(INDISCERNIBLE). WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF IT AND I WISH TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON APRIL 4 AT 5:00.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TALK BRIEFLY AT THAT MEETING ABOUT A SECOND LAWSUIT THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE. THAT IS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA

[12. CITY CLERK REPORTS]

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHICH IS ALLOWABLE AT THESE MEETINGS. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SETTLEMENT AND WHAT YOUR APPETITE IS FOR SETTLING THIS CASE. SO I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE. IT WOULD BE 5 PM ON APRIL 4 AND WE HAVE THAT MEETING ON THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM WITH THE COURT REPORTER. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO MS. SUSAN ALEXANDER'S FAMILY.

MS. ALEXANDER LIVED HERE FOR 71 YEARS.

SHE WAS A VERY FORMIDABLE FORCE.

SHE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS REALLY ROWDY BACK IN THE DAY. SHE LED CHARGES AT KINGS BAY TO KEEP THE NAVAL BASE FROM COMING HERE.

SHE WAS ACTIVE IN LOCAL POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME.

SO MY CONDOLENCES TO THEM. AND THEN, ALSO, IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE THE NAMES AND CONTACT NUMBERS OF JIM HANSEN AND

[13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

>> THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WE MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR COMMENTS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START TODAY.

WORKING TO SHAKE IT UP AND START WITH COMMISSIONER ASK

YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH. I'M GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO TALLAHASSEE, WHICH I CAME BACK FROM TODAYALREADY.

THIS MORNING I WOKE UP IN TALLAHASSEE, DROVE HERE, AND AM TO BE HEADING BACK . IF IT PLEASES THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION, I'LL BE IN AND AROUND THE HOUSE AND SENATE TOMORROW. AND IF IT DOES PLEASE YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD GIVE OUR WELL WISHES

REGARDING FERNANDINA BEACH. >> PLEASE DO, SIR.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. >> I LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MIKE (NAME) AND THE GROUP PUTTING TOGETHER OUR AMELIA ISLAND (INDISCERNIBLE). I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM. I SPENT AN HOUR TALKING WITH THEM A COUPLE OF FRIDAYS AGO. I THINK MR. LEHMAN SET THAT UP, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

IT'S REALLY COOL THAT THEY'RE EXPANDING THAT TRAIL AND LOBBYING FOR US TO GET PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THAT LOOKING FORWARD TO A MEETING WITH MR. (NAME) REGARDING OUR GOLF COURSE AND (INDISCERNIBLE). TRYING TO GET A LAY OF THE LAND AND HOPEFULLY BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS.

I WILL MORE SHOT OUT TO UTILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

I LIVE A COUPLE STREETS DOWN FROM THE PET CENTER.

THERE'S ROAD REPAVING BEING DONE AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT IT'S CHOPPED UP ONE DAY AND IT'S ALL CLEAN THE

[01:20:02]

>> THANK YOU. CERTAINLY, DEFINITELY PLEASE TELL THEM WE LOVE THE FACT THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORTING US AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

BRIEFLY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS UP 10 POINT NINE PERCENT ALREADY IN MEMBERSHIP.

I REALLY THINK WE HAVE A CROWN JEWEL IN OUR FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF FORCE. AND I THINK THE SKIES THE LIMIT. I'M NOT JOKING ABOUT THAT.

I REALLY DO THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH OUR CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF COURSE.

I CAN'T WAIT AND I THINK WE ARE A GREAT AREA WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE NOW HAVE AT OUR GOLF COURSE.

THEN I DO WANT TO SEND TO JEREMIAH, WHO (INDISCERNIBLE).

I DON'T SEE HIM HERE ANYMORE. WHEN I GO TO PUT YARD WASTE OUT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS RIGHT NOW THE LEAVES ARE REALLY FALLING.

WE ARE COMING INTO SPRING EARLY.

AND I PUT A PILE OUT AND IT ONLY SITS THERE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS? THAT MEANS THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH IS ON THE JOB. AND I JUST WANTED TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO JEREMIAH, BECAUSE HIS STAFF AND WHAT HE DOES AND SERVES MULTIPLE HATS IS AMAZING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. GREAT COMMISSION MEETING.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER ROSS?

>> SO I DROVE DOWN TENTH STREET TODAY WHICH HAS JUST BEEN REPAVED. AWESOME JOB SO SHUT OUT TO THE STAFF ARE DOING THAT. I ALSO DROVE DOWN FRONT STREET THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS UNDERWATER.

JUST A HIGH TIDE. WE STILL HAVE NO SEAWALL PROTECTION. SO THE WATER IS COMING AND WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR RON SAPP. I WOULD GIVE MY SINCERE THANKS TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS APPEAR ON SUPPORTING THAT.

IT'S JUST A FITTING HONOR TO RON SAPP AND HIS FAMILY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS FOR HIM.

SO LOOK OUT FOR LATER THIS YEAR, BRINGING TO DO IT VERY NICE, THIS CEREMONY WILL BE OFFICIALLY DEDICATE THAT TO HIM. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER ASK YOU FOR JOINING ME AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT (INDISCERNIBLE) CEREMONY, WHICH CAME THIS PAST FRIDAY.

AND CONGRATS TO OUR TWO NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY. THAT IS OUR FIRE PARAMEDIC JAYLA (NAME) AND WILL SOME (NAME).

IT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY AND DISTINCTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. REALLY, LET'S GIVE A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT TO SOME INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. WE PARTNER TO TRADE VEHICLES NEAR THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DONATED TWO PATROL CARS OVER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE S

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