[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THIS, THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF FERNANDINA BEACH.
WE WILL START WITH A ROLL CALL, CITY CLERK PLEASE START CALL THE
ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE, COMMISSIONER ANTUN, COMMISSIONER ROSS.
>> PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER
ANTUN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR INVOCATION BY REVEREND FELIX OF THE TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME. OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME, GOD, SHARING WITH OUR LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, GOD, AS WELL AS THE DECISIONS IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HOLD CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS AS WE SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE ALSO ASK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TO BE MADE KNOWN IN THIS MEETING TODAY. WITHOUT YOU GOD NOTHING IS POSSIBLE, GOD. BUT WITH YOU ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU, WE LOVE YOU AND WE PRAY YOUR MERCY ON EACH AND EVERY ONE IN OUR PRAYER. JESUS NAME WE PRAY AMEN.
[4.1 PRESENTATION - POLICE DEPARTMENT]
>> AMEN. >> ALRIGHT MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ITEM 4.1, PRESENTATION POLICE DEPARTMENT, SWEARINGEN FROM OUR
CHIEF JEFF. >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS I'M EXCITED TO STAY BEFORE YOU AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR IN OUR NEWEST POLICE OFFICER ZACHARY LINEAR. HE WAS BORN AND FRIEND ANITA AND ATTENDED YULEE HIGH SCHOOL. HE AND WORK FOR THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR A YEAR END A HALF AND DECIDED HE WANTED TO COME HOME AND POLICE HERE IN HIS HOMETOWN.
ZACH IS 24 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAS A 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND WITH THE ADDITION TO ZACH I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. IT IS IN MY HONOR TO CALL ZACHARY LINEAR AND HIS FATHER DARRELL LINEAR TO SWEAR HIM IN AS IF FERNANDINA BEACH POLICE OFFICER.
>> LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE, READ YOUR RIGHT HAND.
HER LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE. >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> I, STATE YOUR NAME. >> I ZACHARY LINEAR.
>> CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
>> CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE AFFORDED.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
>> THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.
>> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. >> FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
>> I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH. >> LOYALTY AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE
SAME. >> I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER.
>> I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE POLICE OFFICER.
>> FOR THE FERNANDINA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> UPON WHICH I ENTER. >> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. >> I PRESENT TO YOU OUR NEWEST
POLICE OFFICER ZACH LINEAR. >> CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER LINEAR WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE
[4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY]
TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> AS THEY FILTER OUT ITEM 4.2 OUR BUDGET SUMMARY. OUR COMPTROLLER IS TESSA GROVE.
>> CITY COMPTROLLER. JUNE IS THE NINTH MONTH THAT REPRESENT 75% OF THE BUDGET OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
YEUTTER DATE REVENUE IS THAT 94.1% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THIS DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE PROPERTY TAX FEES AND STATE
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REVENUE PAYMENTS. PROPERTY TAXES ARE AT 100.8% OF THE BUDGET OR $17.6 MILLION. OVERALL YEAR TO DATE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE BELOW THE MARKET AT 58.7%.ALL INTERFUND TRANSFERS FOR THE MONTH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND COMMENTS AND PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON FIRE EQUIPMENT THE REPOINTING PROJECT, THE NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM, LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
FOR THE GOLF COURSE, MEMBERSHIP REVENUE IS UP 17000 OR 10.2% VERSUS LAST YEAR. THE AIRPORT REVENUE SOURCES ARE OVER THE 75% MARK FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND THE BUDGET ANTICIPATED EXPENSES EXCEEDING REVENUES DUE TO LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE TRANSFER TO THE MARINA AND THE GOLF.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. TESTA
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
GROSS. >> IF NOT WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ITEM FIVE, CONSENT AGENDA ANYTHING OFF?
>> SEEING NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION.
>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE
SECOND. >> WITHOUT OPPOSITION, THE CITY
QUICKLY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.
>> VICE MAYOR STURGIS. >> YES.
[6.1 AWARD OF BID - CITY HALL FACADE RESTORATION]
>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> COMMISSIONER BEING.
>> 6.1 CITY HALL FAÇADE RESTORATION.
>> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, JEREMIAH OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THE IS AWARD OF BID FOR AN ENVELOPE OF THE SOD REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXTERIOR OF THIS VERY BUILDING. THIS IS WHAT WAS BUDGETED IN THE 300 FUND FOR THIS YEAR, FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTINGENCY.
MARIA: DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?
>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> , WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED.
>> 200,000. >> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO
SPEND. >> HOPEFULLY NO MORE THAN 90.
NO MORE WHEN WE GET INTO THE EAST SIDE OF THE BOW.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY BUT NOT UNDER $90000 WAS A
CONTRACT AMOUNT. >> WAS INHABITED THE OTHER
$110,000. >> THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR
THE CITY MANAGER. >> PERHAPS THE CITY MANAGER WITH
ACTA INTO THAT QUESTION. >> ANY MONEY THAT IS NOT SPENT IN THIS CURRENT YEAR WILL ROLLOVER OR WILL TRY TO GET MONEY SPENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER
ISSUES. >> WHAT WILL WE SPEND ON.
>> IS MARRIOTT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED HERE.
DEPENDING ON THE COST OF WHAT THE SOD DOES WE WILL PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT COVERED.
>> THANK YOU. >> ALRIGHT, VICE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. >> JEREMIAH I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THIS 90000 YOU SAID SOD AND STUCCO.
>> I WAS HEARING SOMETHING ELSE. >> NOT SOD, FAÇADE WE SEE WINDOWS IN THE STUCCO AND OTHER PROBLEMATIC AREAS IN A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PAINT SYSTEM ON THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
>> SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER ANTUN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> THAT PASSES 5 - 0.
ITEM 6 .2. THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SPEAK,
[6.2 AWARD OF BID - PROTECH FLOOR COATINGS LLC, DBA SHARK COATINGS]
BEFORE WE DO THE NEXT ITEM THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I RECEIVED THIS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE ARE GOOD TO GO AND MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
WE HAVE ITEM 6 .2. >> THIS IS AWARD OF THE BID TO PROTECT FLOOR COATINGS OF THE SHORT COATINGS, THIS IS FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION BAY DOOR ON KYIV SYSTEM.
IF YOU RECALL PREVIOUS CHANGE ORDER WE DELETED THE WORK FROM THE EXISTING CONTRACTOR ON THE FIRE STATION BECAUSE OF COST AND THE COST OF 36000 CAME A MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS IN THE JUSTIFICATION FOR DOING THIS.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR $36000.
>> TO HAVE EMOTIONS BE MCKAY MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> I HEAR A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? >> CHARLIE ARE WE STILL UNDER
BUDGET FOR THE FIRE STATION. >> YOU.
>> , CHARLIE UNDER BUDGET? >> IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WE
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WILL PROBABLY END UP 15000 UNDER.>> BARELY UNDER. >> THANK YOU.
>> SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> VICE MAYOR STURGIS. >> ANTUN.
>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.
[6.3 AWARD OF BID - ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER AUDITORIUM FOUNDATION STABILIZATION]
>> COMMISSIONER BEING. >> FOUNDATION STABILIZATION.
JEREMIAH GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS THE STABILIZATION OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ATLANTIC RACK AUDITORIUM AND AS WE RECALL THIS IS A PRINCIPAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED DURING THE MCKINLEY HORN AND ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE BID CAME IN LESS THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED SO WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS
APPROVAL. >> DO I HEAR A MOTION.
>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER
ROSS FOR DISCUSSION. >> I SEE WE HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO INSPECT THIS BUILDING AND OPINED WHAT TO DO WITH THE BUILDING WE PAID IN EXCESS OF $10000 FOR THAT STUDY OR WAS IT
50. >> 13004 THAT STUDY AND WHAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT THE TOTAL REPAIRS FOR THE BUILDING AND THE ORDER OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.3 AND $1.9 MILLION IF I READ THE REPORT AND ADDITIONALLY THEY RECOMMENDED TO DEMOLISH AND REPLACE THE BUILDING IN THE NEXT TWO - 4 YEARS EVEN WITH THE REPAIRS AND IT TURNED OUT THE REVENUE FROM THIS BUILDING GENERATES $15000 A YEAR FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS.
BASED ON THAT, SPENDING $90000 TO REPAIR MINIMAL USED BUILDING THEN INTO DOING FIRM THAT WE PAY $10000 TO RECOMMEND TO BE DEMOLISHED I THINK IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND I THINK THAT THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD EITHER COMMIT TO A PLAN TO TOTALLY REPLACE IN THE FUNDING SOURCE AND SPEND THE $90000 TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING. THANK YOU.
>> VICE MAYOR STURGIS. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> I WAS NOT AWARE MR. ROSS WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT SO I WILL MAKE MY STATEMENTS AND THEN I WILL GO TO MY QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. I THINK THE BUILDING NEEDS REPAIRED WE CAN USE IT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THAT IS MY STATEMENT ON THAT THOUGHT.
HOWEVER, JEREMIAH, I REMEMBER THE TALKS PREVIOUSLY WHEN THIS WAS 168, 280,000 TO REPAIR THIS. JUST THIS PORTION OF AUDITORIUM.
>> THAT WAS ESTIMATE. >> IT TURNS OUT IT WAS HALF OF THAT. SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.
THANK YOU. >> UNDER BUDGET IS GREAT AND I DON'T JUDGE THE REC CENTER'S UTILIZATION ON HOW MUCH MONEY IT BRINGS IT I JUDGE THE UTILIZATION OF THE REC CENTER OF WHAT IT MEANS TO COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU TALK TO SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE PROBLEM AND THE PEOPLE THAT GO FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY WERE OUR LOCAL QUARTERBACK I THINK THEY WILL TELL YOU THE REC CENTER IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE BUILDINGS IN TOWN. THAT REASON I'M PROBABLY GOING
TO SPEND $9000 TO FIX IT UP. >> ALRIGHT MR. GEORGE.
>> JUST TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT AS I SAID IN THE WORKSHOP ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WE ARE ROLLING OVER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO REPAIRS BUT DID NOT HAVE THE MAN-HOUR TIME TO GET IT DONE.
THERE WILL BE OTHER WORK GOING ON AT THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER.
>> WE WILL KEEP IT GOING. >> WITHOUT LET'S CALL THE ROLL.
[6.4 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT – FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT)]
>> COMMISSIONER ANTON. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES PIMA GET.
>> COMMISSIONER ASK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.
>> THAT PASSES 4 - ONE. ITEM 6 .4, AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
TRANSPORTATION FDO P. >> I THINK THAT WILL BE HIM ONCE
>> THIS IS AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHERE THEY COMPENSATE US FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SIGNALS AND STUFF ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THIS IS A RENEWAL OF THE SAME CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GETTING COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK THAT WE
>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> I HEAR A MOTION IN A SECOND, DO I HAVE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE
[6.5 CITIZENS' TASK FORCE FOR SAFE WALKING AND BIKING IN FERNANDINA BEACH REPORT]
>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.
>> YES THAT PASSES 5 - 0. I6.5 THE SIMPSON TASK FORCE FOR SAFE WALKING BY BIKE IN FRONT OF THE BEACH.
IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEMORIES OF THE BOARD.
THE INTRO IS GOING TO COME FROM MS. GEORGE BUT WE DO HAVE THE
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CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE HERE WITH US AS WELL IN MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.>> AS YOU RECALL IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR THE SAFE WALKING A BIKING WITH INFINITY NO BEACH.
THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED MR. FEET SAVINO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. THEY MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE PUBLIC THE FLORIDA DOP, DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE INTEREST OR CONCERNS ABOUT BIKING AND SAFE WALKING IN FERNANDINA. THEY DID A SURVEY AND GOT INFORMATION AND CAME BACK AND COMPILED ALL OF THIS AND HAD DISCUSSION AND GENERATED A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY.
HE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ASPECTS OF THAT AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU MR. GEORGE.
>> WELCOME TO THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS WHAT HE SAID. MY NAME IS MIKE I LIVE AT 317 SOUTH STREET IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN FOR DEVITO BEACH.
LET ME THINK THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TODD, KEMMER, VALERIE, DOUG AND ELAINE ROBERTS, HIDING IN THE BACK. WE ACTUALLY HAD FIVE MEETINGS.
THREE BROAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I HAVE MORE THANK YOUSE.
POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN HELPFUL, JEREMIAH HAS BEEN HOPEFUL.
LAURA LIE JACOBSON KELLY GIBSON GAVE REALLY GOOD THOUGHTFUL GUIDANCE TO OUR PROCESS. DAPHNE IF THE SLIDESHOW WORKS WELL, DAPHNE WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR BECAUSE SHE DID IT.
IF IT'S NOT GOOD IT IS ON ME. WHY THIS TASK FORCE.
AS MY FRIEND MARK GARRISON MANAGER AT THE GREEN TURTLE TAVERN SAID NOT LONG AGO, THE ISLAND IS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. WE HAVE MORE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS, WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION ANNUAL VISITORS AND MANY RESIDENTS WANT TO WALK AND BIKE AROUND THE ISLAND SAFELY.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS PEOPLE PLACE A LITTLE BETTER.
AS I SAID WE HAD THREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TOGETHER, PUBLIC INPUT WITH 150 RESIDENTS INATTENTIVE, 142 UNIQUE RESPONSES.
SLIDE THREE IF YOU ARE NOT THERE.
WHAT WE HEARD LOUDLY AND REPEATEDLY IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPEED OF VEHICLES ON OUR STREET TO THE CONDITIONS OF OUR ROADS. AT THE OUTSET WHENEVER YOU DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AT THE OUTSET WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HEAR ABOUT THE NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON CITY STREETS BUT THE FACT THAT THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE AND COUNTY ROADS WITH A 142 COMPLETED SURVEYS, 55 LIST SOUTH FLETCHER AS A CONCERN. THAT IS 40% OF THE RESPONDENTS.
TRAILS AND CINCHONA AVENUE MAKE UP THE NEXT TWO IMPORTANT.
WE'RE BRINGING YOU A DOZEN ITEMS INCLUDED A ROBUST ADVOCACY AGENDA THAT WE WANT YOU TO CARRY TO THE STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ROADS.
WE ALSO HAVE A HANDFUL OF SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE THINK HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS WITH MINIMAL COST.
YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET 12 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, LET'S WALK THROUGH THEM.
SLIDE FIVE. SOUTH FLETCHER IS A MESS.
OUR MAY 23 MEETING WE ASKED FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM FDOT TO JOIN US THAT CAYMAN AND THEY GOT AN EAR FULL, IT WAS POLITE BUT FDOT WAS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT RESPONDING TO HER CONCERNS.
WE SAID WHAT HE GOING TO REPAVE SOUTH FLETCHER AND THEY SAID 2028. THE GUYS IN MY BIKE CLUB WEREN'T SURE THEY WERE GOING TO GO THAT LONG.
WERE ASKING YOU TO ASK THE STATE TO REPAIR SOUTH FLETCHER TO BE SMOOTH IN REPAVE THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND WE ASK THE STATE TO CONSIDER HIGH VISIBILITY AND OTHER CROSSWALKS TO BE ADDED AT BEACH ACCESSES FOR COMBING DEVICES IN A CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH FLETCHER. FRANKLY FOLKS THINK CROSSING TO THE BEACH IS DANGEROUS. FDOT TELLS US THEY WON'T BE REPAVE IT UNTIL 2028. WE WANT YOU TO GET THEM MOVING FORWARD MORE QUICKLY. WE KNOW THE FDOT IS PLANNING IMPROVEMENT TO ATLANTIC AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTH EIGHT AND SOUTH FLETCHER IN 2025. THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
WE AYSCUE TO ASK FDOT TO DO IS SAFETY SLIDE ON ATLANTIC.
WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY FROM THE NEW HOTEL IT'S TIME FOR SIGNAGE, CROSSWALKS AND LIGHTS.
ATLANTIC AVENUE IS HOME TO THE CREEK PARK TO THE GREENWAY, THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER. THERE IS NOT ONE CROSSWALK TO ANY OF THESE AMENITIES. IN FACT ONLY ONE CROSSWALK BETWEEN SOUTH 14TH STREET AND FLETCHER.
THERE IS NO EASTBOUND TURN LANE AND MAYBE WHEN THE MAYOR WAS
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LITTLE HE COULD WALK ACROSS ATLANTIC AVENUE AND IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. NOT ANYMORE.SLIDE NINE. STATE STUFF, SO TRONIC AVENUE IS A CONCERN. WE HEARD FROM PARENTS THE LANES ARE NARROW, LACK OF LIGHTING, LIMITED SIDEWALKS AND THIS IS THE WAY THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL. PLEASE TALK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT MAKING CINCHONA SAFER, I'LL TELL YOU THE COUNTY ENGINEER WHO WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR CAME TO OUR MEETING ENTERED THESE CONCERNS AND IS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.
BUT I THINK YOUR WEIGHT WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
SLIDE 10. THE WATERFRONT TRAIL WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE ROUTE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO DOWNTOWN ON HICKORY STREET IN SOUTH 11 OF THE PECK CENTER IN SOUTH THIRD STREET. THIS CITY DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN 2019 AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN JANUARY OF 2020 AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER 11. THAT PROJECT IS ON THE COUNTIES LIST WITH THE TPO AS YOU MAY KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS COMING IN THERE SUPPOSED TO START ON AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION EXTENSION TRAIL THIS WEEK.
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN OVER THERE WONDERING WHY THEY HAVE NOT STARTED IT. THE COUNTY HAS A MAJOR RENOVATION OF SOUTH 14TH STREET IN THE TRAIL FOR SADLER IN 14TH STREET. THIS WILL TIE INTO THAT.
CROSSING EIGHTH STREET AT CLINT'S DRIVE, NO FORMAL CROSSING POINT WITH CROSSWALKS ON SOUTH EIGHTH STREET FROM SADLER TO AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY. COMMUTERS ON BIKES, RUNNING OFF A FRIENDLY ROAD TO BAILEY ROAD TO MAGNOLIA LANE MUST CROSS FOUR LANES TO GET ACROSS THERE. DOUG AND I CAN DO THAT.
WE ARE PRETTY SOPHISTICATED. IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE. >> CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS INTO A
SPEED LIMIT ASSESSMENT. >> SLIDE 14.
>> BICYCLE COMMUTERS USE THE BRIDGE I'M OUT HERE AND DOWN HERE ALL THE TIME AS CHAIR OF THE HDC IN ABOUT HERE ONE DAY AND THE GENTLEMAN SHOWS UP AND IS COMING TO GET A PERMIT AND I
SAID WHERE YOU COMING FROM. >> WE KNOW FROM THE CYCLING APP THAT THIS SHAVED BRIDGE IS ONE OF THE MOST USED LIKELY MAPS ON THE ISLAND, HARD TO BELIEVE PREPARE THE EAST COAST GREENWAY, NO SAFE BIKE LANE OR SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE. THAT IS GOING THAT WAY.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU THAT CROSSED THE BRIDGE HAVE SEEN FOLKS BIKING ACROSS THE BRIDGE. THE EASTBOUND BIKE LANE FROM THE BRIDGE IS DANGEROUS. WE HAVE WORKERS WRITING E BIKES ONTO THE ISLAND OVER THE BRIDGE FOR JOBS.
THAT IS A GOOD THING. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM SAFE.
SLIDE 15 PLEASE. >> THE CITY SHOULD ASSESS ESTATE TO RE-STRIPE THE BIKE LANES FROM THE PARKWAY TO THE SHAVED BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY HAS ASKED FOR STATE-FUNDED I THINK THAT THEY GOT THEM TO DO A STUDY FOR A TRAIL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SOUTH EIGHTH FROM SADLER TO THE BRIDGE.
THAT WOULD BE A LIFESAVER. THAT IS YOUR ADVOCACY AGENDA, IT DOES NOT COST YOU ANYTHING NONE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT WE AYSCUE TO USE THE POWER OF YOUR OFFICE TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE AND COUNTY TO MAKE BADLY NEEDED TO PREVENT. WE HAD FDOT AND THE ROOM AND THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. BUT SUDDENLY CHUCK STARTED SHOWING UP DOING THINGS AND WE WERE IMPRESSED BY THAT.
THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO YOU.
THAT ARE SIMPLE LOW COST AND HOPEFUL.
I DID NOT KNOW TEXT BY GOD EXISTED IN IT NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED. IT IS AN APPLICATION, DIGITAL APPLICATION THAT THE CITY STAFF ARE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THAT RESIDENTS CAN USED TO REPORT SAFETY PROBLEMS IN REAL TIME.
THE POINT IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WERE ALREADY DOING. YOU TEXT TITAN NINE 0 47757726 AND REPORT THE ISSUE AND SOMEBODY IN THE CITY WILL RESPOND APPROPRIATE LEAP.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR MIKE SPRINGS FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY TAKE THEIR JOBS FIERCELY AND THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. SLIDE 18.
>> WE ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH AMELIA ISLAND COUNSEL TO PROMOTE CYCLING AND SLOW TRAFFIC. WRITING TO THE BEACH DECONGESTANT ACCESS AREAS AND FREEZE UP PARKING AND MOST RESIDENTS CAN RIDE TO THE BEACH, FAMILIES CAN RIDE TO THE BEACH.
WE ASK THAT THE AI TDC USE AS CYCLING TO THE BEACH AND GET VISITORS ON ISLAND TIME, SLOW
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DOWN. IF YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH FDOT SLOWING DOWN THE TRAFFIC AND FLETCHER THESE THINGS CAN WORK TOGETHER.IT'S A VERY INEXPENSIVE WAY TO REDUCE TRAFFIC AND MAKE THE BEACH MORE ENJOYABLE, THE CITY SHOULD ASK TDC TO PUT WEATHER RESISTANT BICYCLE RACKS AT EVERY BEACH ACCESS WHERE FEASIBLE TO PROMOTE ACCESS. GIL WILL LOVE THAT BECAUSE HE PUT A STICKER ON IT. SLIDE 17.
>> VINE STREET CONNECTOR IS A 400-FOOT PATH FROM LIME STREET TO SOUTH SEVENTH THIS PROJECT IS IN PROCESS WITH CITY STAFF AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN A PROCESS SINCE REX WAS HERE. HE GOES BACK FIVE YEARS.
IT'S AN UNPAVED PATH USED BY CITY EMPLOYEES TO GET FROM CLINCH DRIVE TO SOUTH SEVENTH AND DOWNTOWN.
A PAVED PATH WOULD FACILITATE SAFE TRAVEL FOR BICYCLE COMMUTERS TO INFORM DOWNTOWN BY GETTING THEM OFF OF EIGHTH STREET. A SIDEWALK ON LIME WOULD CONNECT TO EIGHTH STREET IN THE ROUGH COST ESTIMATE 10 TO MAKE $20000 JEREMIAH HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD FOR AN EASEMENT. YOU WOULD THINK IT'S THROUGH THE PARKING LOT BUT THE SURVEY SHOWED US THE BACK DOOR IS 5 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.
PRAY FOR HIM HE'S GOING TO NEED IT WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD. SLIDE 19.
>> A MEDIUM-TERM OR COMPLICATED REQUIRED.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO ASK FOR A BEECH STREET DESIGN STUDY BUT THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN WORKING ON PLANS AROUND BEACH STREET IT'S UNSAFE AND UNATTRACTIVE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLE IS BECAUSE OF THE UNSTRUCTURED OPEN PARKING FROM SOUTH EIGHTH TWO SOUTH 10TH. THE FOUR BLOCK OPEN PARKING LOT AT THE BALLFIELDS IN THE UNCONTROLLED TRAFFIC ENTERING AND LEAVING THE ROADWAY FROM SOUTH 14TH.
THE TASK FORCE ASKED THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THE CITY STAFF EFFORT TO IMPROVE BEECH STREET TO SOUTH 82 SOUTH 14 TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE PARKING AND LANDSCAPING TO SLOW TRAFFIC AND PROVIDE A SAFE WALKING AND BIKING SIDEWALK.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE A MODEL THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE REST OF BEECH STREET FROM SOUTH 10TH TWO SOUTH 14TH. MR. GEORGE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, PLEASE SUPPORT HIM AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BEECH STREET IS ON THE REPAVING SCHEDULE FOR 2025 IF WE DON'T GET IN FRONT OF THIS WORK AT A RUN INTO EACH OTHER IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE ACCELERATED SO THE REPAVING PROCESS WORKS APPROPRIATELY.
SLIDE 22 AND THEN 23. >> 15 STREET CONNECTOR FROM AMELIA PARK. THIS IS THE NOTION THAT YOU FIND LOW INTENSITY THAT CONNECT THE CITY AND USE THEM FOR WALKERS AND BIKERS.
WERE NOT TRYING TO CREATE A NEW FREEWAY IN A NEW 14TH STREET THE LOW INTENSITY PROVIDES NORH CONNECTOR FROM AMELIA PARK WITH SMALL IMPROVEMENTS SIGNAGE, CROSSWALKS PUSHED ACROSS LIGHTS UNIVERSAL BOD 600 FEET OF PAVED PATH TO AMELIA CIRCLE. INVITE B BY COMMISSIONER.
THE ROUGH COST ESTIMATE IS 20 - $40000.
>> SENSE WE USE THIS IN BIE CLUB AND WITH MY NEIGHBORS IF YOU WANT TO GO TO PUBLIX TO TAKE 15TH STREET AND GO THROUGH A MILLION PARKWAY. SLIDE 20.
>> NORTH 14TH WE HEARD THIS FROM HER OLD TOWN FRIENDS YOU CAN IMAGINE WH. THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT THE COUNTY AND AN EFFORT TO PUT A TRAIL ON NORTH 14TH STREET CONNECTING ATLANTIC AVENUE TO OLD TOWN INTO THE VOTE RAMP CYCLIST AND WALKERS AND BOTH ARE BEING PULLED. AS AN INTERIM SOLUTION THE COUNTY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SHARE THE ROAD SIGNAGE ANOTHER RULES TO CALM TRAFFIC ON THE BUSY ROAD.
THAT IS IT 12 ITEMS TO MAKE THE ISLAND SAFER AND COMMUE EASIER AND WALKS MORE ENJOYABLE.
NEXT STEPS. MR. GEORGE HAS A DRAFT LETTER FOR AFTER, WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL.
>> IS GONE. >> I'M NOT DOWN HERE ENOUGH
APPARENTLY. >> WE NEED TO DRAFT LETTERS TO THE COUNTY IN THE TDC WHEN I REACHED OUT TO GIL AND I TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE THINK ABOUT HE WAS SUPPORTIVE. I KNOW YOU HAD BEACH HARMONIZATION CONVERSATIONS AND HE WANTS TO DO THE RIGT THINGS. AND FOR TEXT MY GOD WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN THE UPCOMIG BUDGET I'LL LET MR. GEORGE FIGURE OUT HOW TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AS YOU GO TO THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT.
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>> QUESTION, WHAT CAN I TEL YOU.
>> LET'S ASK QUESTIONS WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER
ROSS. >> TAKING FOR YOU STUDY MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MONEY IN YOUR VIEW SHOULD THE CIY BE PUTTING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET?
>> THAT IS TWO QUESTIONS. IN A WELL-RUN CITY YOU WOUD HAVE AN ONGOING ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR SIDEWALK ENTRAILS THAT IS NOT HOW WE DO THINGS HERE.
>> NO APPROPRIATION FIRST TRAILS?
>> I JUST SAT THERE CAPITAL DISCUSSION WHICH WAS ILLUMINATING FOR ME I'M AN OLD BUDGET GUY THAT'S WHATI DID FOR THE STATE OF OHIO. YOU'RE IN THE AWKWARD SPOT TO FUND THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO FUND.
IN A PERFECT WORLD YOU HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM THAT WOULD SET ASIDE EACH YEAR YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ROOM WAS LEFT FTP THE OPERATING PORTION. THE THREE PROJECT THAT WE IDENTIFIED, LIME STREET WOULD BE 10 - 20K BEECH STREET WOULD BE 60 - 75K AD 15 WOULD BE 20 - 40K, THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT I WOULD PUSHOFF BECAUSE LIME STREET WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME AND BEECH STREET NEEDS TO GET DONE BEFORE HE STARTS PULLING UP WITH HEAY EQUIPMENT. THAT IS ROUGHLY 70 70 - $100,000. THE UPCOMING BUDGET WE WOUD MAKE REAL IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THINS SAFER. THAT AND YOUR ADVOCACY WITH
>> OF THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> I WANT TO SAY TO START WITH I WATCH A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS AND I'LL ACCOMMODATE AND GIVE ACCOLS
>> THAT WAS AN AMAZING STUDY AD I WANT TO THINK THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE TO HEAR ABOUT LOTS OF THE CONCERNING THINGS AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I MYSELF EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT $95000 AND HOW WE HAVE OVERAGES OF 1.1 MILLION LAST YEAR.
I BET THAT WE COULD FIND $9500. >> YOU'RE TALKING LIKE A BUDGET
GUY NOW. >> I DO IN MY DAY-TO-DAY JOB.
>> LONG STORY SHORT I THINK THT SOME PORTION OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY YES AT THIS MOMENT I'M NOT SPEAKING FR THE WHOLE COMMISSION BUT I WOUD HAVE A FEELING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY FIND THAT KIND OF M MONEY.
>> THE NEXT TIER WOULD LOOK AT 15 STREET AS NORTH AND SOUTH.
>> SORRY, THE LAST THING ONE QUESTION FOR 15TH STREET YOU HAD 40000. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
CONNECTING THE SWAMPLAND? >> RIGHT THERE IS A ROUGH PATH THROUGH THERE NOW. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU COMMISSIONER. I WOULD NOT GET TOO FAR DOWN THAT PATH BEFORE I DID COMMUNITY OUTREACH BECAUSE I WOULD MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE UP THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE UPSET IF WE PUT A PATH OR PAVED PATH THROUGH THERE.
BUT THE OTHER STUFF NECTARINE STREET MAY BE A LITTLE PATH AT JASMINE AND HOW TO GET ACROSS ATLANTIC AVENUE LOSER ON THE LOW END PROBABLY $20000 CROSSWALKS AND THAT KIND OF THING MAKING THE CITY SAFER AND IT WOULD SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON 14TH, GET OVER HERE.
I'M ON 15TH STREET. UNLESS YOU'RE GOING NORTH.
>> AN AMAZING THING I WOULD'VE BRING THIS UP I DON'T KNOW THEY CAME UP WITH YOUR SURVEYING QUESTIONS I HAVE SOME PROPERTIES ON FIRST AVENUE.
THERE IS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF BICYCLE AND FOOT TRAFFIC ON FIRST AVENUE SO PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THAT A METHOD TO TRAVEL WHERE IT'S NOT AS DANGEROUS AS BEING ON THE STATE HIGHWAY AND SOUTH WATERBURY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IMPROVEMENTS, I SAW THE COUNTY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CROSSWALK AT SIMMONS. THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND
THEY WILL HELP US. >> ROBERT WAS THERE.
>> I WAS ASTOUNDED. >> IS ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND I SAW OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE PAYING
ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON. >> IF YOU GET THE FIRST PHASE OF AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY EXTENSION THROUGH THEIR WHERE
DOES IT END UP. >> AND STOPS IT VIA DELRAY AND FIRST AVENUE. NOW I'M UP WITH THE SAFEWAY.
WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT SIGNAGE AS A WAY TO POINT PEOPLE TO STREETS THAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY A SAFER WAY TO
TRAVEL. >> FIRST AVENUE IS MUCH LESS TRAVELED TO SOUTH FLETCHER IN A GO GET YOU A LONG DISTANCE.
THAT'S ALL I WANT TO BRING UP.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT ON WHERE WE ARE.
>> AS A COMMISSION WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT
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YOUR COMMITTEE AND DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS UNITED TRAILS ALL ARE IMPORTANT.I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> CAROLINE TOLD ME I HAD 10
MINUTES AND THEN I HAD TO GO. >> WILL GET A GRANT YOU
SOMEWHERE. >> I JUST WANTED THINK THE TASK FORCE YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB.
A LOT OF OUTREACH, THAT IS SO AWESOME.
I'LL TELL YOU ON MY END. I'LL REACH OUT TO OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE COUNTY AND I WILL MAKE MENTION OF
THIS. >> YOU RAN AND HAD CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. THIS WILL BE YOUR PLACE REACHING IN THERE ON SOUTH 14TH ON CITROEN.
>> I ABSOLUTELY WILL. >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> I'M NOTHING SHY OF IMPRESSED THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU AND NOTICED HOW ORGANIZED YOU ARE.
WE SEE EACH OTHER ON THE BIKES AND I'M VERY, VERY MUCH
BEHIND IT. >> 5000 MILES A YEAR.
>> PEOPLE ARE VERY KIND TO IT PART OF THAT IS THE NORTH FLORIDA BIKE CLUB WORKS REALLY HARD AND SAFETY BEECH
ASKED REALLY NICE. >> I WOULD ECHO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU SHARE IN YOUR WILL COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID.
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT WE NEED TO GET CONSENSUS ON THIS THIS IS NOT A VOTING ITEM BUT IS SOMETHING I WANT COMMISSION
SENTENCES ON FROM THIS. >> FOR CLARIFICATION IT IS A
VOTING ITEM. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A VOTING ITEM. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS
JUST SO YOU KNOW. >> HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
>> NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP OVER TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND I'LL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS ONCE AGAIN AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS THESE ARE HIGH-IMPACT DOLLARS AND RELATIVE TO THE SCOPE OF HOW IT WILL IMPROVE HER CITIZENS LIVES, THESE DOLLARS GO VERY FAR THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT.
AS MR. GEORGE POINTED OUT WE ARE NEEDED THE FIRST PART OF GETTING THE LETTER TOGETHER TO GOOD FDOT AND WE SENT THAT FOR THE CITY. THAT IS STEP ONE AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO GO FROM THERE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> MAYOR BEAN.
>> THAT PASSES 5 - 0. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A TASK
FORCE. >> HEADING ON DOWN AFTER THE
TASK FORCE. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT.
>> YES OR. >> FIRST OFF THE LETTER THAT WE SENT TO FDOT WENT OUT OVER A MONTH AGO.
BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
DON'T BE SO SHOCKED WHEN CITY AND COUNTY ENGINEERS GO
ON-SITE. >> IT WAS A MINOR DRAINAGE.
>> THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MINOR DRAINAGE.
>> 8:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
>> LET'S GET A QUICK PAUSE AS EVERYBODY MOVES AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> AS AN ENGINEER I WORKED WITH ROBERT COMPANION BEFORE HE WAS A COUNTY ENGINEER AND IS ONE OF THE TOP ENGINEERS THAT I KNOW.
HE IS A GOOD GUY. >> ONE OF THE TOP TWO CITY ENGINEERS EXCUSE ME. MY BAD MR. GEORGE.
>> JULIA ISN'T HERE. >> LET'S GO ON TO ITEM 6.
[6.6 GRANT APPLICATION - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESILIENT FLORIDA ]
A GREAT APPLICATION. >> A APPLICATION FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM. WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. THE 500,000 OTHER GRANT AND THAT MATCHES 50% MATCH. EVERY CHANCE WE CAN GET TO CAPTURE GRANT MONEY WE WANT TO DO ESPECIALLY WITH CONCERNS. THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF CIVILIAN APPLICATION.
>> DO I HEAR A MOTION. >> MOVED UP HER.
>> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION WILL START
WITH COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> JUST A SMALL POINT.
>> WHERE IS A $50000 GOING TO COME?
>> I GUESS WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT WHEN WE GET APPROVED FOR
THE GRANT. >> IF WE DON'T SUBMIT WE DON'T GET IT. IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT TO TRY.
>> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ACHIEVING THIS GRANT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON GETTING THE GRANTS IN.
WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
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NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE[6.7 GRANT APPLICATION LETTER - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) CLIMATE RESILIENCE REGIONAL CHALLENGE GRANT]
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.
THANK YOU AGAIN MS. JACOBS AND MR. GEORGE.
6.7 THE GREAT APPLICATION LETTER THE NOAA CLIMATE RESILIENCE REGIONAL CHALLENGE GRANT.
MS. JACOBS PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING I AM THE CITY GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR. WE ARE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT A UNIQUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE REGIONAL CHALLENGE.
IT ILL SUPPORT COLLABORATIVE FOR RESILIENCY AND REGIONS WITHIN OFFENSES ON RISK REDUCTION IN COLLABORATION, EQUITY IN BUILDING DURING CAPACITY.
THE RESILIENCY OPPORTUNITY IS A CHALLENGE TO GO FORWARD, IT DOES FUND A MINIMUM OF 15 MILLION TO 75 MILLION PER PROJECT. IF WE CAN GET THIS IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF REALLY ARE WATERFRONT RESILIENCY NEEDS.
I THINK WRAPPING AROUND TO ALLIGATOR CREEK.
THE CHALLENGE IS ON THE APPLICATION, IT REQUIRES REGIONAL COOPERATION. WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IN THE PORT, THE RAILROAD, THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO CLAIMANTS REGIONAL THING. WE ALSO HAVE TO BENEFIT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE PROJECT CAN PROVIDE BENEFITS THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO THE COMMUNITIES ON OUR ISLAND. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE MATCH ALTHOUGH YOU GET EXTRA POINTS FOR MATCH.
AT THIS POINT WERE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SUPPORT AND LETTER OF INTENT WHICH IS DUE AUGUST 21.
AT THAT POINT THEY WILL DECIDE IF THEY INVITE US TO APPLY FOR FOUR APPLICATION AND IF THEY DO APPLICATION WILL DEFEND BREACH 242024. AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> TO I HEAR A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE.
>> I HEAR A MOTION TO THE SECOND.
>> ANY QUESTION FOR MS. JACOBS?
>> SEEING NONE. THANK YOU MS. JACOBS.
WE HAVE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. START WITH JACK AMBER.
PLEASE COME ON DOWN. >> JACK AMBER ONE 0 0 THREE BROOME STREET BERNADINO BEACH.
I KNOW THIS IS A PRELIMINARY THING BUT I WOULD HATE FOR YOU ALL TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU ARE NOT READY. THIS GRANT JUST SUBMITTING AS WITH ANY GRANT YOU SUBMIT. IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHAT COMPLETE, WHERE AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORT ON CHANGES AND RIVER FLOW, SILTING AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HIS SEAWALL WILL CREATE. I AM NOT AGAINST SEAWALL.
I JUST THINK NOBODY'S PRESENTED ANY KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.
THE CHANGES OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT OF IT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS. THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL CONCRETE REPORT ON PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A MINUTE DOMAIN BUT I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT.
THERE MUST BE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE OTHER HUGE THING OBVIOUSLY NO WAS NOT GOING TO RUBBERSTAMP THIS, THEY ARE GOING TO COME DOWN AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT AS A POTENTIAL.
WHAT WE'VE GOT OVERCOME IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING CONTROLS THAT WE GOTTA PUT IN PLACE. PERIOD THE WASTEWATER CONTAMINATION, ITEM 7 .2 WHICH YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ADDRESS LATER ON TALKS ABOUT FUEL, OIL AND GREASE THAT IS WHAT NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEY DON'T WANT ANY HIDDEN AGENDAS, HAVEN'T YOU GUYS GOT THIS IN THE BIGGEST QUESTION WHY IS IT HAPPENING. HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO THAT AGENDA NUMBER YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SOONER OR LATER.
THIS IS A BIG CHALLENGE. JUST CALL THINGS HYBRID, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. THIS IS A BIG DEAL, THIS IS A BIG GRANT. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAND OVER DOZENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR NOTHING.
I JUST DON'T SEE THIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE CITY COMMISSION PREPARED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
EVEN FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE PRELIMINARY BEFORE THEY COME DOWN HERE AND LOOK AROUND. THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR NOW.
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THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENT. >> WE WELCOME VICE MAYOR LYNN
KREIDER. >> LYNN KREIDER 1313.
I DID NOT KNOW JACK WAS GOING TO SPEAK BUT HE MADE INTERESTING POINTS. NUMBER WON THIS GRANT WAS MENTIONED AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE BEST GRANT WRITER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT IS COMPETITIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR ONE THING WE DON'T INCLUDE THE REST OF THE CITY OTHER THAN THE SEAWALL. FOUR YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ESCAMBIA THAT FLOODS EIGHT STREET AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT AT 3 FEET YOU WILL SEE ALL SOUTH EGAN'S TO JASMINE IS GOOD TO BE FLOODED. ALL THOSE HOUSES.
SO UNLESS YOU LOOK AT THE SERIOUSLY KNOW WHAT IS NOT GOING TO COME IN HERE AND GIVE US ANY MONEY FOR THAT.
BUT IF WE GET THE LETTER WE CAN LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY.
ANDRE HAS DONE A STUDY FROM STORMWATER THEY LOOK TO THE GRADUATE STUDY FOR ATLANTA. UNLESS YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN THIS FIXATION ON SEAWALL IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US SOME MONEY. IF WE ARE AGGRESSIVE AND WE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET IT, STILL VERY DIFFICULT BUT YOU GOTTA LOOK AT ALL THE DATA. WE CAN'T COME UP AND SAY WERE BUILDING THE SEAWALL 2.5 MILLION THAT DOESN'T STOP ANY WATER. IF YOU MOVE AROUND THE WATERS COMING BACK UP AROUND HERE. IT DOESN'T INTERMODAL HIGHWAY. I WILL GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR CAP IMPROVEMENT PLAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER WHAT'S IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WHEN YOU GO TO NOAH AND YOU HAVE THOSE PROJECTS AND HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THEM IN BYLAW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THAT IS GOOD TO BE PROBLEMATIC.
THEY CAN ALL BE FIXED BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW ONCE THE GRANTOR THERE BUT THE COMPETITIVE AND WE BETTER GET OUR STAFF IN ORDER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
>> ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION ON THIS?
>> SEEING NONE ALL RE-INTEGRATE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS GRANT. I WOULD SAY THANK YOU AGAIN MS. JACOBS FOR PUTTING THIS OUT TO ADDRESS SOME OTHER POINTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SPENT DOLLARS TO COME BACK WITHOUT A RIVER WALK SEAWALL WOULD LOOK IN THE ZOO BE ENGINEERING DESIGN DID NOT WILL COME BACK WITH WHAT WE NEED TO FILE FOR THIS THING.
IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT LITTLE FURTHER.
>> LET ME ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE WATERFRONT DESIGN. WE ASKED THE CONSULTANT IN HIS PROJECT SCOPE TO LOOK AT ALLIGATOR CREEK THAT RUNS NORTH OF THE PORT BACK UP INTO THE SLOUGH IN TOWARDS EIGHT STREET. AS FAR AS CONCEPT AND DATA TO DETERMINE HOW WE CONTROL THE FLOODING WHEN WE HAVE KING TIDE STORM EVENTS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRELIMINARY AND NOT GOING TO BE A DESIGN IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO COME BACK WITH IDEAS AND DATA TO SUPPORT OR CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT THINGS AS FORMER VICE MAYOR KRIEGER SAID WE DID HAVE A GRADUATE STUDY DONE OF ATLANTIC AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE ESCAMBIA GOES THROUGH TO TRY TO STOP FLOODING AND OVERPUMPING OF THAT.
THERE IS CONCEPTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AND COLLECTED FOR THE GRADUATE GROUP LED TO THE SIGNIFICANT JOB ALONG WITH THE DOT HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE AS FAR AS COLLECTING DATA ON THAT. WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT TO DO.
THIS IS BASICALLY A LETTER OF INTENT NOT TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. THAT AND THERE'S THINGS TO BE
DONE. >> OF COURSE, THANK YOU, JUST CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE THINGS THAT ARE GRANT WOULD NEED FOR THE APPLICATION WHEN THAT COMES
UP, WE ARE WORKING ON THIS. >> WERE WORKING ON SOME
INFORMATION FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE
THAT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE NORTH THAT WAS PART OF OUR JOINT MEETING LAST WEEK WE HAD THAT WITH THE PORT WHERE WE DISCUSSED HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TOGETHER INCLUDING THE OTHER AREAS LIKE ESCAMBIA MAKING SURE THAT IS ALL PROTECTED AS MS. JACOBS POINTED OUT THE SO BE IT COMMUNITY EFFORT. IN MS. JACOBS.
>> JUST A QUICK POINT I APPRECIATE MR. AMER'S COMMENTS HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT YOUR RESOLUTION IS A LITTLE
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BIT LONGER BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF CRITERIA AND WHAT IS REFERRING TO GRAY AND GREEN SOLUTION, CONCRETE PLUS THE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL ARE A REQUIREMENT BUT I WANTED TO COME UP AND POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE LETTER OF INTENT BUT IT WILL BE WASTED BECAUSE WERE PURSUING GOING FOR NON- WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDING, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD AND THAT WOULD BE A FEDERAL APPLICATION.THIS WOULD REFINE US AND TAKE US TO THE PERMITTING WORK TO POSITION HERSELF FOR THE OTHER POTENTIAL ARCH FUNDING
MS. JACOBS. >> THE FINAL THING BEFORE WE MOVE ON WE HEAR THE COMMISSION DIRECTION INNER-CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON A POSSIBLE BOND ISSUE IN THIS EXACT PROJECT. WHERE PEOPLE IN THE WORKS WHO ARE ATTACKING THE PROJECT FOR MULTIPLE ANGLES AND WE WILL SEE MOVING ON THIS. WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. CITICORP PLEASE CALL THE
>> YOU. >> VICE MINISTER JUST BE BACK
[6.8 BUDGET TRANSFER - MARINA]
>> ITEM EIGHT BUDGET TRANSFER FOR THE MARINA.
>> THIS IS RESOLUTION 223129 INCLUDING A BUDGET TRANSFER WITHIN THE MARINA FUND TO COVER SOME COST FOR REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE DUE TO THE HURRICANES AND WE CALLED THEM EN BACK IN DECEMBER IN NOVEMBER AND REPAIRING SOME OF THE FUEL LINE REPAIRS, THIS IS A BUDGET TRANSFER MOVING MONEY AROUND WITHIN THE FUND TO COVER THE COST.
>> TO A HERE MOTION. >> MOVED TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WAVE MOTION INTO SECOND.
>> COMMISSIONER ROSS. >> WHEN YOU ANTICIPATE THEY WILL BE IN RESTORATIVE MARINA?
>> HOPEFULLY EARLY AUGUST. >> AND FOR THE RECORD SHE SAID EARLY AUGUST JUST TO THE PEOPLE CAN HEAR.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
>> YOU. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES.
>> YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.
[7.1 CODE AMENDMENT - UTILITIES FEES]
>> YES PAYBACK MAYOR BEAN. >> THAT PASSES.
>> HEADING TO ORDINANCE FIRST READING CODE AMENDMENT
UTILITIES FEES. >> ORDINANCE 2023 E- 27 AMENDED THE CODE OF ORDINANCE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 82 UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO WASTEWATER SYSTEM, SECTION 160, USE CHARGES AND ARTICLE THREE WATER SYSTEM SECTION FOUR 07 USE CHARGES TO REMOVE THE RATE TABLES AND PROVIDE THAT FEES ARE SET ANNUALLY BY THE CITY COMMISSION THE ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS SIMPLY SAYING WE ARE MOVING THE RATES OUT OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE INTO THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE WHERE THE
OTHER FEES ARE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> DO I HEAR MOTIONS BE BACK MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> IN HER MOTION INTO SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION?
>> SEEING NONE READ CITICORP PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER ANTUN. >> YES.
[7.2 CODE AMENDMENT - FATS, OILS, AND GREASE (FOG) PROGRAM]
>> VICE MAYOR STURGES. >> YOU.
>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> YES.
>> ITEM 7 .2. >> ORDINANCE 2023 E- 28 AMENDED THE CODE OF ORDINANCE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 82 UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO WASTEWATER SYSTEM, TO CREATE A NEW DIVISION, DIVISION SIX TITLE FATS, OILS AND GREASE FOG PROGRAM CREATING SECTION 82 E- 145 PURPOSE AND INTENT CREATING SECTION 82-146, DEFINITION, CREATING 82-147 APPLICABILITY.
SECTION 82-148 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
CREATING SECTION 82-149, AND ABATEMENT.
RENUMBERING THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS WITHIN THE ARTICLE.
PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS ORDINANCE IS A LONG TIME COMING WE ARE A BIT BEHIND OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES. IF YOU PRODUCE GREASE ACTUAL RESTAURANTS YOU HAVE TO FILE AN INSPECTION REPORT AND HAVE YOUR SYSTEM CLEANED OUT AND INSPECTED AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
A LOT OF PLACES DON'T DO TH THAT.
THE REASON WE KNOW, WE HAVE HAD SEWER BACKUPS PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAD FOR EXAMPLE THE T EXCHANGE IN THE MILL YET TOWER AND FLOODS IN THEM IN THE CITY HAD TO PAY CLAIMS AND IT WAS SOME BIG GIANT WALL OF GREASE AND GUNK STUCK IN THE SEWER PIPE THAT WE CANNOT FIND WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM.
IF THEY DON'T FILE THE INSPECTION OF THE COURT OR COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE, THERE IS A BINDING SCHEDULE
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THERETO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE.IT REMINDED ME CHARLIE AND IF YOU WANT TO REMIND ME WE NEED TO MAKE SURE MAIN STREET RESTAURANTS ALL OVER TOWN THAT WE HAVE THE BOYS AS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS THIS OUT. BUSINESSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE THRILLED ABOUT THIS. I DON'T THINK IT'S HUGELY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE AN INSPECTION, NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT IT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO DO BEFORE.
THAT IS IT. >> DO I HEAR A MOTION.
>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> HERE MOTION IN THE SECOND.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I HAVE ONE CAN YOU PLEASE, HOW DOES THIS WORK HOW DOES THE RESTAURANT KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WHAT YOU MEAN BY INSPECTION
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> GOOD EVENING UTILITIES DIRECTOR. JUST TO CLARIFY WE DO HAVE A BARE-BONES FOG PROGRAM IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE.
WHAT THIS DOES IT GIVES US A LOT MORE MEASURABLE'S AND A LOT MORE ENFORCEABILITY IN CLEAN THINGS UP.
ESSENTIALLY OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRE THE GREASE TRAPS BE PLACED IN THE RESTROOM FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT WASTE. DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THAT THAT DRIVES HOW OFTEN IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED THERE ARE LICENSED GREASED CALLERS THAT PUMP IT OUT PROPERLY DISPOSING OF THAT WASTEWATER EITHER IN A PERMITTED DRAIN FACILITY THAT USES DRYING BEDS WERE JEE'S TREATMENT PLAN IN JACKSONVILLE CAN ACCEPT THAT WASTE IS SET UP FOR THAT. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE VENDOR CALLED VSI AND THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US MAINTAIN THE ONLINE DATABASE AND PROVIDE A PORTAL FOR ALL OF THE VENDORS AND THE RESTAURANT OWNERS TO UPLOAD THEIR REPORTS. ONCE THE INVENTORY IN THE GREASE TRAPS ARE HOW OFTEN THEY NEED TO BE SERVICED.
IT WILL GENERATE WHAT THE MAINTENANCE IS AND THEY WILL UPLOAD THEIR REPORTS AND SHOW THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND IT'LL GIVE US AWAY TO CATALOG THIS TO ENFORCE THE PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO NONCOMPLIANCE THAT COMES TO US AND CODE ENFORCEMENT THEY WILL HANDLE THAT WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND. MY INTENT IS TO GO AROUND AND DO FACE-TO-FACE WORK WITH THE RESTAURANTS, GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION AND GET A POINT OF CONTENT IN MANAGEMENT FOR EACH FACILITY AND REALLY TRY TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THIS WITH THE PAPERWORK AND LETTERS.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS A SEPARATE WEBSITE THAT
YOU GO TO TO GET THE PERMIT. >> NO ALL IT IS IS A COMPLIANCE. RIGHT NOW TWO ELEMENTS, BACKFLOW PREVENTION WHICH IS ON THE WATERSIDE WHICH HAS JUST BEGUN AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT NOTICES TO CUSTOMERS THAT WHEN THEIR LICENSED CONTRACTOR COMES TO INSPECTED HISTORY UPLOAD YOUR REPORTS. IT'S GOING TO BE LINKED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION AND WILL PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO UPLOAD THE INFORMATION TO GET
IN THE SYSTEM. >> TO UPLOAD IN THE SAME
PLACE THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS. >> IT'LL BE A SEPARATE PORTAL AND INSPECTION REPORT. MOST LIKELY TO BE THE CONTRACTORS DOING THE DOCUMENTATION.
IT'S SOMETHING WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH IN JACKSONVILLE AND DUVALL COUNTY A LOT OF COMMUNITIES TO THE SYSTEM.
THEY UPLOAD AND WHAT THEY DID WITH THE GREASE TRAP IN THE INSPECTION THAT WAS SATISFACTORY WORKING CONDITION AND WE DISPOSE THIS MUCH MATERIAL, YOU ARE CHECKED OFF FOR THIS MAINTENANCE.
ONE MONTH, THREE-MONTH, SIX-MONTH WHATEVER IT IS WITH YOUR FACILITY AND DO AGAIN AND HELPS YOU SCHEDULE THAT WITH THE CONTRACTOR BUT A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED BY THE VENDORS RATHER THAN THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
FOR INSTANCE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
I AM IN THE CITY, IT IS ON ME AND I HAVE TO FIND A VENDOR AND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO THIS INSPECTION TO GET THE REPORT FROM THE VENDOR AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
IS THAT HOW IT WORKS. >> WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN THE COMPANY BSI IS ALSO CONTACTED THE VENDORS TO BUT THAT NO IF
[01:00:02]
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FERNANDINA WE ARE MANAGING THIS PROGRAM HISTORY UPLOAD YOUR INFORMATION.WITH THE VENDOR CONTRACTS OR WHOEVER IT IS THEY WILL KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE THE CUSTOMER A COPY OF THE REPORT BUT I'M GOING TO GO ONLINE AND UPLOAD THAT TO THE CITY PORTAL IN THAT WAY WE WILL DOCUMENT THEIR COMPLIANCE
AWAY. >> I THINK I SEE HOW IT WORKS. LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER
AYSCUE. >> THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THAT THIS MAY BE A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR SOME OF HER BUSINESSES, THERE MAY BE A COST INVOLVED IS WHAT I'M ASSUMING FOR THEM TO DISPOSE OF THEIR GREASE.
BECAUSE BEING A SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE COST IS TO DISPOSE THE GREASE IF YOU
KNOW. >> I HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PRICED BUT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY REQUIRED TO DO NOW.
THIS IS NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT.
THE ORDINANCE IS LAYING OUT MORE IN TERMS OF MEASURABLE'S FOR PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEABILITY.
AND WERE ADAMANT ENFORCING. >> JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SAYING HOW MUCH DOES IT COST AND MORE CURIOUS THAN THAT.
>> FOR STANDARD PUMPOUT A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
>> TAKE YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS.
>> CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, I OWN A RESTAURANT, I HAVE GREASE AND ARE REQUIRED BY LAW RIGHT NOW THAT I CANNOT DUMP THE INTEREST THROUGH SYSTEM, CORRECT.
>> THERE'S TWO PIECES OF THAT.
YOUR FRYER GREASE THAT YOU NORMALLY HAVE RECEPTACLE FOR THAT YOU RECYCLE AND 70 HALLS OFF.
SOME PORTION OF THAT IS GOING TO GET FLUSHED DOWN THE DRAIN. THIS IS AN INGROUND SEPARATOR THAT ALL THAT WATER GOES THROUGH THAT ALLOWS THE GREASE TO GET SKIMMED OFF BEFORE GOES INTO THE --
>> TO HAVE A RESTAURANT NOW CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TRAVELED
IN PLACE CUSTOMER. >> AND YOU ARE REQUIRED CURRENTLY TO HAVE A VENDOR COMING IN TAKE THE GREASE OUT OF THE GREASE TRAP. THAT'S AN EXPENSE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE NOW. WHAT PROBABLY HAPPEN SOMETIMES MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T QUITE AS DILIGENT IN SOME OF THE GREASE FOR WHATEVER REASON I'M SURE IT'S UNINTENTIONAL GIVES THROUGH INTO HER SYSTEM AND GUNK SET UP IN THE TOILETS DON'T FLUSH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW INHABITED
RESTAURANT, CORRECT. >> WHAT THIS IS DOING IS CHANGING WORDS IN THE CODE AND ADDING STUFF TO IT SAYING WERE YOU TO BE WATCHING AND YOU HAVE TO REPORT IT TO US IF YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THE COST IS 70 FILING A REPORT SAYING THEY CAME AND TOOK THE GREASE
OUT OF THE GREASE TRAP. >> WHICH THEY GOING TO DO ANYHOW. IT'S AN EXTRA STEP THAT THEY HAVE TO FILE A REPORT INSTEAD OF COMING TO DO IT.
>> THAT INCREASING COST SHOULD BE MINIMAL IF ANY AT
>> WHEN THE EMTS COME TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE TO FILE THE REPORT SO THEY FILED THE REPORT THAT THEY BROUGHT
SOMEBODY THERE. >> THAT IS A VERY GOOD
ASSESSMENT. >> SO WE ARE NOT REALLY ADDING ANY COST OR MUCH COST AT ALL ALL REDOING HIS MAJOR PEOPLE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
>> THEY SHOULD BE DOING THESE ALREADY WE ARE JUST
DOCUMENTING AND ENFORCING IT. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS.
>> VICE MAYOR STURGES. >> ANDRE IS THIS GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL DROP DEAD DATE, WILL THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL DATE EVERY YEAR, JULY 1ST IN HER LICENSE RENEWAL ON SEPTEMBER 3 OR 30TH, WE HAVE A DATE.
>> IT WILL DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE SYSTEM.
IF YOU HAVE A SMALL GREASE TRAP IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE
PUMPED OUT. >> IF YOU HAVE A LARGE ONE IT MIGHT BE TWICE A YEAR. IT WILL DEPEND ON EXACTLY THE
SPECIFICS OF EACH FACILITY. >> MY CONCERN WITH THIS WHEN I'M LISTENING TO THIS DISCUSSION FOR A WHILE I DO NOT KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET SO DEEP IN GREASE.
BUT MY CONCERN IS EVERY RESTAURANT IS DIFFERENT BUT WHAT IS HER DROP DATED DATE ANNUALLY TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. HOW ARE WE GOING TO REGULATE
THE. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM WE WILL GET A MONTHLY REPORT.
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HERE IS FACILITIES TO SUBMIT A REPORT THIS MONTH.HERE IS THE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM AND HERE'S WHO'S OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
THE ENFORCEMENT WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO BASED ON THE MAINTENANCE INTERVAL ESTABLISHED BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS, THAT WILL
DETERMINE HOW OFTEN. >> ARE WE GOING TO LAY OUT PARAMETERS FOR EACH RESTAURANT, ARE YOU GOING LAYOUT PARAMETERS FOR EACH RESTAURANT YOU'VE A SMALL RESTAURANT THIS IS YOUR CLEANING CYCLE, PARAMETERS.
>> SOME OF THIS WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE, WE DON'T HAVE A INVENTORY OF WHAT IS REALLY IN THE GROUND.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND THAT'S WHY AM PLANNING TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND SPEAK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO SAY CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT YOUR SYSTEM IS IF WE DON'T HAVE RECORDS CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE'S GOING TO BE A WINDOW TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH FACILITIES BECAUSE DOWNTOWN YOU HAVE A LOT OF INSURANCE YOU CAN'T JUST GO WITH A 5000-GALLON GREASE TRAP IN THE GROUND ON CENTER STREET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME
UP WITH SOLUTIONS. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS SO MY IDEA WOULD BE A DROPDEAD ANNUAL DATE THAT YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT.
THAT IS MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON HOW TO WORK THIS.
>> WE MIGHT GET TO THAT, ENFORCEMENT IS CLEANER WHEN YOU DO THE AUDIT. BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS TO GIVE US THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
[7.3 (Legislative) FUTURE LAND USE MAP CHANGE FOR WATERFRONT LOTS]
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, NUMBER DISCUSSION.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.
>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ASK IS BEEN A
>> MAYOR BEAN. >> ASKED ME THAT PASSES BY -
0. >> ITEM THREE LAND MAP CHANGE
FOR WATERFRONT LOT. >> ORDINANCE 2023-29 ASSIGNING A LAND MAP CATEGORY OF RECREATION FOR WATERFRONT LOTS 31 THROUGH 34 LOT D LOCATED ON SOUTH FRONT TOTAL LEAD APPROXIMATELY 3.65 ACRES OF LAND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> DO I HEAR A MOTION. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE.
>> IN HER MOTION AND THE SECON.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? >> DO YOU NEED A PUBLIC
>> SEE NO DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. BRIEFLY I WANT TO REITERATE
DOES NOT SAY HERE. >> THIS CHANGING INTO
RECREATION NO MATTER WHAT. >> PARKING IS ALLOWED.
>> I JUST WHATEVER BELIES THAT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT. >> EXCELLENT CLARIFICATION.
[7.4 (Quasi-Judicial) ZONING MAP CHANGE FOR WATERFRONT LOT]
CITY COURT CALLED THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.
>> VICE MINISTER JUST BE BACK MAYOR BEAN.
>> YES, THAT PASSES BY - 0. HEADING TO QUASI-JUDICIAL
WATERFRONT LOT. >> ORDINANCE 2023-30 A ZONING CATEGORY OF RECREATION FOR WATERFRONT 31 THROUGH 34 LOT D ON SOUTH FRONT TOTALING 3.65 ACRES OF LAND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
YOU DO NOT VOTE ON THIS, IS QUASIJUDICIAL TONIGHT AND I WANT TO ASK SO WE CAN SAVE EVERYBODY TIME ARE THERE ANY AFFECTED PARTIES THAT WISH TO PARTICIPATE AND QUASH A JUDICIAL HEARING AND DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO THE CITY'S APPLICATION THAT WISHES TO SPEAK.
I DON'T SEE ANY, I WOULD SAY THE CITY STAFF REPORT IS INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD AND CREATES THE RECORD AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY VERBAL TESTIMONY FROM CITY STAFF SO NOBODY NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU DOCUMENT WISE IS WHAT THE CITY IS SUBMITTING AS PART OF THE RECORD.
AT THE NEXT MEETING AFTER YOU GET TIME TO CONSIDER THESE DOCUMENTS OR A MONTH FROM NOW YOU WILL GET TO VOTE ON THIS.
YOU WILL SEE IT AGAIN. >> UNDERSTOOD IN THE MEANTIME
SHOULD OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? >> YOU CAN ASK BUT I DID ASK.
>> GO AHEAD AND ASK AGAIN - WE ARE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IT IS CLOSED.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
>> THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY. >> NO VOTE, WE MOVE ON.
>> ITEM EIGHT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE INVITE BEV LAWRENCE TO THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ESTHER WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
FOR THE RECORD. >> BEV LAWRENCE 1205 DATE STREET FERNANDINA. IT IS BUDGET TIME.
>> IT'LL TAKE ME JUST A MOMENT.
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>> LET'S POSIT. >> I WANT THE FULL
EXPERIENCE. >> I WOULD THINK CAROLINE FOR HELPING ME I DIDN'T WANT TO COME HERE AND SHE SAID THE COMMISSIONER WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE SO SHE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED ME TO COME AND SAY MY 2 CENTS
WORTH. >> TAKE YOU FOR COMING.
>> I HAVE TWO SLIDES. >> IT WAS ALMOST UP FOR A
SECOND. >> YOU CAN GET STARTED, GO
AHEAD AND START THE CLOCK. >> IT IS BUDGET TIME AS THE CITY TAXPAYER FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GOLF IN THE MARINA ENTERPRISE BE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A DRAFT BUDGET ONLINE AND I DID NOT SEE IT. I ONLY FOUND THE CURRENT BUDGET AND I STARTED TO LOOK AT IT.
THIS IS FROM THE COVER LETTER WHERE IT WAS TRANSMITTED, TRANSMITTING THE BUDGET AND IT TALKS ABOUT A MODEST INCREASE IN WASTEWATER FEES DUE TO REGULATION WHICH REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. >> YOU PROBABLY NOT READ ALL OF THIS. BASICALLY IT IS A SNAPSHOT FROM THE PAGES OF THE BUDGET AND IS THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL IN WASTEWATER FUNDS TO THE GOLF IN THE MARINA FUNDS. BASICALLY THE CITY HAS TRANSFERRED OVER $1.5 MILLION TO THE GOLF COURSE, $4.5 MILLION TO THE MARINA THEN THERE IS A WASTEWATER RATEPAYER OVER 4.3 OF THE MILLION DOLLARS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT.
IT IS A FEE THAT WE PAY THAT WAS FROM THIS.
IF THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WERE MADE SELF-SUFFICIENT 20 YEARS AGO OR 10 YEARS AGO WE WILL BE IN A BETTER FINANCIAL SHAPE THAN WE ARE TODAY. $6 MILLION COULD'VE BEEN SPENT ON PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL TO ALL THE CITY RESIDENTS. I REALIZE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE YOU GUYS INHERITED EVERY COMMISSION SEEMS TO INHERIT A MESS. I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO START ACTIVELY WORKING ON SOMEHOW MAKING ENTERPRISE FUNDS MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MS. LAWRENCE. WE INVITE LYNN KRIEGER TO THE
PODIUM. >> I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
I APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU CAN GET SET UP I'LL BE
REAL QUICK. >> THE GOLF COURSE IS BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT EVERY DAY IT IS PROFITABLE NOW.
I'M OUT THERE ONCE A WEEK CHECK IT OUT AND LOOKING OVER IT. THE MARINA IF WE CAN GET OUR THINGS STRAIGHT WITH THE DREDGING AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON A DIFFERENT METHOD IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT OVER TIME.
WE HAVE INHERITED IT ON PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS AND TRYING TO CURE THE PROBLEM SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT WE HAVE INHERITED A LOT OF BAD STUFF FROM OVER THE YEARS.
AS WELL WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO TRY TO GENERATE MORE INCOME FOR OUR CITY AND TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU. >> THINK YOU VICE MAYOR.
>> WE ALSO WELCOME THE VICE MAYOR.
>> 1313 HICKORY. >> AND GET IT TRY TO USE MY THREE MINUTES. I BROUGHT THE LAST TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
I GET SOMEWHAT CONFUSED WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON.
THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THEY HAVE A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THAT MUST IDENTIFY FUNDED AND UNFUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE COMP PLAN REQUIRES THAT AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH A 20 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THE COMP PLAN DEFINES PRIORITIES AND YOU GO DOWN A MASSIVE LIST OF PRIORITIES AND YOU PROBABLY SEE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE DECISIONS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ARE BASED ON PRIORITIES WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED AND IT MORRISON TO THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GRANT.
IF IT IS NOT ON THEIR IT IS A PROBLEM.
FOR YEARS WE DID NOT HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE HAD A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLAN AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE HE WENT TO THE COMMISSION TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THINGS WERE COMING OUT WHICH WERE NEVER REALLY DISCUSSED. I'M HOPING AS A BUDGET COMES
[01:15:02]
UP THAT YOU GET ALL THE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS THERE, YOU START QUESTIONING WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS AREN'T THERE. WE MOVE ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WERE GIDDY GET ANOTHER $90000 FOR BIKE TRAILS.ARE THOSE THINGS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD GO ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT IS THAT PROCESS OF DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY AND IS LIKE THE LAST YEAR OR TWO THAT WE HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND EFFECTIVELY WILL BE DISCOURAGING.
AND ONLY OTHER THING. I WAS WONDERING TAMMY COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION THE NEW STATE LAW WITH THE ORDINANCES AND YOU KIND OF HIT ON IT, THERE IS A COST OF THE BUSINESS THEY CANNOT CHALLENGE THEIR ORDINANCE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT COST BUT SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WE MOVE ON.
>> THINK YOU VICE MAYOR. THAT LEFT IS 45 SECONDS.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG WE ALSO WANT TO WELCOME MR. CHRIS HARTLEY TO THE PODIUM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
>> I HAVE A BUSINESS AT 1963 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET AT COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HEARD A COMMITTEE MEETING LDC WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE 5-FOOT MECHANICAL SETBACK AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT REALLY QUICK AND MAYBE OPEN IT BACK UP AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND AND IT DIED A LI QUICKLY AND SOME WAS ON COMMENTS I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER ROSS AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE SENSIBILITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE NEED THE ACCESSIBILITY. WERE BASED ON A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS. JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A POOL PUMP OR IN THE AIR CONDITIONER TWO, THREE, 4-FOOT AWAY FROM THE BOT LINE DOESN'T MEAN THEIR FENCED AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T ACCESS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND CAN'T ACCESS FROM THE REAR.
ALSO BUILDING CODES IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 32-INCH DOOR, THOSE EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN USE A 32-INCH DOOR WHY ARE WE MAKING FOLKS GIVE UP FIVE FOR THE PROPERTY FOR THE SAME EMERGENCY SERVICE TO COME THROUGH IN THE EVENT THAT THEY HAVE TO COME THROUGH. SOMETHING THAT CONCERNED ME WE IDENTIFIED 11 NEIGHBORHOODS AND FRUITY LITTLE BEACH THAT HAVE EXEMPTIONS TO THE LDCS.
YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CRANE ISLAND, MILLION PARK THEY HAVE EXEMPTIONS. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT AMELIA PARK HAS AN EXEMPTION TO THE 5-FOOT SETBACK BECAUSE WE WERE THERE ALL THE TIME WE INSTALL HOME GENERATORS AND CAN PUT THEM IN THERE. I THINK IT IS A SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF THE CODE AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR GENERATORS WAS 5-FOOT FROM COMBUSTION MATERIALS COMMISSIONER ROSS 37 CODE DOES SAY THAT BUT ALSO HAS EXEMPTIONS TO IT. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE INSTALLED WHETHER TRAIN, JENNA RACK, THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE ALL MET SO THEREFORE YOU'LL HAVE TO BE 18 INCHES OFF OF THE STRUCTURE NOT 5-FOOT THAT PUTS IT CLOSER TO THE HOME AS WELL. THE CONCERN WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT EXHAUST ENGINES. THAT TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FPA RULES AND 5-FOOT AWAY FROM ANY OPERABLE OPENING TO THE BUILDING SO YOU DON'T GET THE ACCUMULATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE BUILDINGS.
THE SAME CODES WOULD APPLY TO A NEIGHBOR AS WELL.
I THINK THAT NEGATES THAT CONCERN.
LASTLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I TELL YOU AS OF TODAY MY GENERATOR IS FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND I HAVE 40.8 HOURS THAT'S LESS THEN A MONTH THAT MY GENERATOR RUNS PRE-FOREIGN HALF YEARS HE KICKED ON AND IT PRODUCES 67 DECIBELS AVERAGES 66 - 68 AND THE AVERAGE LAWNMOWER 77.
YOU'RE USING YOUR LAWN MORE HECKUVA LOT MORE THAT I'M USING MY GENERATOR. THE GENERATOR PROVIDES RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE NEEDS, MEDICAL NEEDS MY FATHER WHEN HE WENT THROUGH CHEMO AND GOT COVID TO HAVE AN OXYGEN GENERATOR. I WOULD'VE BEEN.
WHAT IF HE HAD NOT HAD BACKUP POWER FOR HIS HOME DURING THOSE TIMES. MAYBE IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR THE NEST BEING INCONVENIENCED BY A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE IN THE EVENT THAT HAPPENS.
THE AVERAGE IS AN HOUR. WE HAVE A CATASTROPHIC THE ONLY THING YOU TO BE UPSET ABOUT IS IF I HAVE A GENERATOR AND YOU DON'T. MARIA: THANK YOU MR. HARLEY IN YOUR COMMENTS WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, ITEM 9.
>> NO REPORT, CITY ATTORNEY. >> JUST TO CLARIFY YOUR ONE OF MY TOP ENGINEERS. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT.
>> MR. MAYOR. >> BEFORE WE GO TO THE CITY
[01:20:04]
CLERK WE HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST TO SPEAK THAT JUST CAME IN FROM PETER STEVENSON. PLEASE COME ON DOWN.>> FULL NAME. >> PETER STEVENSON 1627 HIGHLAND DUNES WAY FRUITY DATA.
JUST SOME GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE BUDGET YET BUT I HAVE ONE CONCERN AND I UNDERSTAND THE FOCUS ON TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE BUDGET BALANCE AND MINIMIZE INCREASE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.
WE ARE SUFFERING BETWEEN SIX AND HALF% CPI AND EVERYTHING'S DOUBLED AND IF WE GET THE ROLL BACK TO 3.5% THEN YOU 25 YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT HAS TO BE IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS, WEIGHTY HAVE TO INFUSE ADDITIONAL CASH INTO AN OPERATING BUDGET. THERE ARE COMMENTS GOING ONTO THE PAPER THE CITY IS BUILDOUT, ANNEXATION THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT OR BUILDOUT WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE GROWTH. THIS ISLAND IS GOING TO GROW WITHIN THE CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION AND YOU HAVE 75% OF THE ISLAND WITHIN THE CITY
LIMITS BY 2050. >> NEXT THING.
WHEN YOU HAVE GROWTH AHEAD OF YOU BEFORE THE FACT THAT AFTER THE FACT READ WE HEARD THAT ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWAGE THE DISSOLUTE TIME. THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WHERE DO I HAVE TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE I HAVE TO INCUR THE REQUIREMENT. THERE WAS ONE POINT MADE COMMISSIONER ASKEY BROUGHT THE IDEA OF DOING A ZERO-BASED BUDGET GOING BACK WITH THE NEW CITY MANAGER GETS A GOOD IDEA THERE IS SOMEBODY GOING TO COME IN COLD TURKEY BUT ALSO WITH ANOTHER SET OF EYES LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE INCREASE ISSUE THAT MIGHT BE AN EXCELLENT FIRST STEP. WITH COMBINING CITY AND COUNTY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY A GOOD IDEA I'M NOT SURE THE MAJORITY OR THE CITIZENS BELIEVE IT WE HAVE A CITY 200 YEARS OLD.
IT HAS A PERSONALITY AND ITS OWN FABRIC.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AT THAT WAY.
MY CONCERN IT IS 200 YEARS OLD AND IS A FRAGILE LADY AND WE MAY NOT BE PUTTING THE INVESTMENT INTO IT TO KEEP THE FRAGILE LADY GOING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> I SHOULD'VE ASKED THIS BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT
[11. CITY CLERK REPORTS]
WISHES TO SPEAK AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WE MISSED SO FAR? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK REPORT.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> JULY 25 IS NEXT TUESDAY THE CITY COMMISSION WILL MEET FOR A SPECIAL MEETING AT 505 CAN YOU PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '23 - 24, THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 1 WHICH IS ALSO ON TUESDAY AND WILL MEET AT 5:00 T WORKSHOP WHICH WILL REPLACE THE NORMALLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. NOT A COMMISSION WORKSHOP AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP BUT THE COMMISSION WILL BE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. IT IS CONFUSING.
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT SIX.
THE FOLLOWING DAY WE WILL HAVE WEDNESDAY 6:00 P.M.
ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NEXT TUESDAY JULY 25 AT 505 AND AUGUST THE FIRST WE WON'T HAVE A WORKSHOP BUT TO MEETINGS AND AUGUST THE THIRD WEDNESDAY 6:00 P.M. WILL BE A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
[12. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
>> MOVING TO MAYOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER ROSS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO DALE MARTIN WHO WAS RECENTLY HIRED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CITY OF FLAGLER BEACH TO BE THEIR NEW CITY MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER
ANTUN. >> I WOULD GIVE ANOTHER SHOT OUT I WENT TO THE GOLF COURSE ANOTHER CURVEBALL OF A PUMP FAILURE AND I BELIEVE HE IS REALLY BEING PROACTIVE AT TRYING TO MAKE THE COURSE IMPROVE AND RADICAL TIME BEFORE WE HAVE ANY ISSUES AND WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE.
ASIDE FROM THAT I WAS PROUD TO BE THE COMMISSIONERS EVENT THIS MORNING. I TALKED WITH ALLISON AND DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKFORCE
[01:25:01]
HOUSING AS WELL AS ACCESSIBILITY AROUND THE COMMUNITY, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> I WENT TO THINK CITY STAFF THAT PUT TOGETHER A GREAT BUDGET.
I THINK WE CAN HAVE A GOOD BUDGET SEASON AND WORKSHOP YOU HAVE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. MR. HARTLEY THAT SPOKE EARLIER, HE PUT A LOT WHEN I WAS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AT THE WORKSHOP LAST MEETING. I APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE CITY ENGINEER OF GEORGIA YOU ARE A GOOD ENGINEER. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
>> I BRIEFLY WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS.
GEORGE TOPS IN THE CONTRACTOR GOT AN AWARD.
HE IS OLDEST ACTIVE CERTIFIED CONTRACTOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AT 91. I THINK THAT IS AMAZING THAT WE HAVE THE OLDEST CONTRACTOR HERE LOCALLY.
ANYWAYS I THINK THAT IS AMAZING.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE POINT.
I WENT OUT AND VISITED MR. DUMAIS AT THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL IT IS MAKING GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.
IT LOOKED AMAZING THE GREENS LOOKED AMAZING, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE DIRTY AND SANDY AND PATCH DO NOT LOOK THAT WAY ANYMORE. NORMALLY THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK AND WAS A FRUSTRATING BATTLE GETTING EVERYTHING GOING TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OF COURSE IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS GETTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS PUBLICLY TO GEORGE THOMPSON AGAIN FOR BEING SUCH A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU - THANK YOU.
I WOULD ECHO YOUR COMMENTS TO THE SHADOW FOR GEORGE THOMPSON. OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE APPRECIATION CEREMONY AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. I AM HONORED, NOT ONLY THE CONTRACTOR BUT SERVED ON FIVE DIFFERENT CITY BOARDS OVER HIS LONG CAREER IMPUNITY TO BEACH AND HE IS CERTAINLY HELPED HIS HOMETOWN BECOME A WONDERFUL PLACE AND I TRULY LIKE THAT. NEXT WEEK I WILL BE DOING A JOINT PROCLAMATION IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME TO THAT COME TO THE COUNTY CHAMBERS ON MONDAY FOR THE NATION APPRECIATION WEEK. I WILL RECOGNIZE THAT HERE A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE SEA ISLANDS OF THE LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHICH IS HOME TO THE ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION OUT-OF-STATE WITH A SEPARATE LONG-STANDING NAME IDENTIFYING AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE IN THE LONG SPEAKERS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CREOLE LANGUAGE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES BEEN DOING A JOINT PROCLAMATION ON MONDAY AND FINALLY BE ON THE LOOKOUT. WHAT F DOT ANNOUNCED TODAY WITH MULTIPLE BEFORE HIGHWAY PATROL ANOTHER FOR DAVON FIRST AGENCIES IS OPERATION SOUTHERN SLOWDOWN AND THAT IS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN FLORIDA, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS ONE, GEORGIA, GEORGIA IS ON THEIR, THE SOUTHERN SLOWDOWN IS A RENEWED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST.
DON'T GET A TICKET ON THE WAY HOME.
I THINK IT WILL ADDRESS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.