Sep 05, 2023 Arts and Culture Nassau

12:02 ON THIS CALENDAR, 11:59 THERE AND 12:01 ON THAT ONE.

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WE'LL TAKE THE 12:02 AND THE AVERAGE WOULD BE NOON.

SO. RIGHT, RIGHT.

WELL, WELCOME. WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE WEEKEND AND A HOLIDAY TODAY IS THE LABOR PART OF LABOR DAY HURRICANE.

WE HAVE SOME WORK. YEAH.

AND AND YOU SURVIVED THE HURRICANE PLEASANT WEEK.

ALL IN ALL. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU COMMITTEE COMMISSION

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

AND JASON, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND DOING THE ROLL CALL.

. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE]. YOU IN THE PACKET OF INFORMATION, THERE'S THE AUGUST 7TH MEETING MINUTES.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS, COMMENTS ON THEM, NOT HEARING ANY. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

FRAN. SECOND.

I SECOND. AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO. OKAY.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

I SEE NO ONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON ANY COMMENTS.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY.

[6.1 Approval Of $100.00 Florida Cultural Alliance Membership For One Year]

I THOUGHT THIS MADE A LOT OF SENSE AND IT GIVES US MORE THAN ANYTHING PEOPLE TO CONTACT ABOUT CERTAIN ISSUES.

SO WHEN WE COME THROUGH A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES WHAT IS DUVAL DOING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT IS ANOTHER COUNTY DOING? THIS ORGANIZATION NOT ONLY HAS A MONTHLY BLOG THAT THEY DO, BUT THEY ALSO WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE PEOPLE. SO I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE $100 FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO THE FLORIDA CULTURAL ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP.

YOU GUESS I NEED A I THOUGHT WE DID APPROVE IT.

WE DIDN'T.

WE MOVED IT ON TO SEPTEMBER 2ND SEPTEMBER.

IT'S I THINK THE MINUTES CALLED FOR APPROVAL OF LET'S SEE IF IT'S IN HERE.

I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP UNDER DISCUSSION POINTS AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT MOVED.

SO WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAYING $100 TO FLORIDA CULTURAL ALLIANCE FOR ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP.

AND I'LL SECOND THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANYBODY ELSE POSE? NO. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND, SCOTT, YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

GREAT. IT SAYS IT'S FIRST.

IT SAYS IT'S BEEN INVOICED.

YEAH. HE'S GOT THE.

I GAVE YOU AN INVOICE.

SO IF I COULD ASK UNDER WITH THE MEMBERSHIP BEING FOR THE THIS ENTITY, WILL ANY OF US BE ABLE TO GO ON AND ACCESS THAT INFORMATION? I THINK ONCE I GET BEYOND THIS PART HERE, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL THE WAYS IN AND OUT AND HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS THAT THEY PUT OUT.

YEAH, IT SHOULD BE.

IT SHOULD BE OPEN TO ANYBODY.

BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOTE.

LET'S MAKE A NOTE, JASON, ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT MEETING WE REPORT ON HOW TO ACCESS THE ACCOUNT, THE SITE.

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VERY GOOD. OKAY.

THE ARTS LEADERS FORUM AGENDA.

[6.2 Arts Leaders Forum Agenda Review]

THAT'S FOR THE MEETING ON THE 25TH.

IT'S THE FOLLOW UP OR SECOND MEETING OF THE YEAR THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THE ARTS LEADERS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATION LEADERS.

I THINK WE'VE GOT IT SET UP AT MLK FOR 10 A.M.

ON THE 25TH, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EXPAND IT A LITTLE MORE.

ASIDE FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR THREE YEAR PLAN, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE KIND OF IN SYNC WITH THAT AND THEN HAVE SOME OF THE MAIN PEOPLE RUNNING COUNTY EVENTS, THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY MAIN STREET AND CVB.

SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE OUTSIDE GROUP COMING IN AND JUST TALKING TO THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION.

SO THEY'RE HEARING WHERE THE CITY'S GOING, WHERE THE COUNTY'S GOING ON FALL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS IT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT FOR YOUR EDIFICATION.

I MOST URGENTLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE AS MANY AS YOU CAN MAKE THAT DATE AT THE MLK. THE INVITATION HAS GONE UP TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

NOT YET. THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP.

I WAITED FOR LABOR DAY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT.

OKAY. THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF THAT.

YOU'VE BEEN TO SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THAT MEETING BEFORE.

YOU SHOULD BRING YOUR OWN IDEAS AND QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO DO TO HELP THEM.

SO YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME THINGS AND EVEN GIVE YOURSELF SOME IDEAS TO BRING BACK HERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE CITY ABOUT THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY AS WELL AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COUNTY FOR THAT.

I THINK ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME IDEA OF HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE A FACTOR IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS ON HERE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR THE FORM REVIEW RESULTS OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATION SURVEY, THIS IS ON SEPTEMBER 25TH MEETING AND THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN PRIVY TO THE RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATION SURVEYS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED. I UNDERSTAND YOU DID THAT IN YOUR STRATEGIC COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT IT MIGHT BE NICE IF YOU COULD REVIEW IT NOW BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE MEETING AGAIN UNTIL OCTOBER.

RIGHT. SO AND THIS FORM WILL BE OVER, RIGHT.

BUT WE WILL THERE'S ONLY SIX QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE GOT, I BELIEVE.

RIGHT. 6 OR 7.

SEVEN. YEAH. SORRY.

SEVEN. SO WE WOULD KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AT THE MEETING AND THEORETICALLY YOU'D BE THERE IF YOU WANT IT AHEAD OF TIME.

I'M SURE. JASON, YOU HAVE THE FILE OR.

YEAH, WE COULD SEND THAT TO YOU.

YES. YEAH, I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE PRIVY OF IT IN CASE SOME OF US CANNOT BE THERE.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

I MEAN, WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL OCTOBER.

THAT MAKES US RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE THE FORUM.

VERY GOOD. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THIS MEETING, BUT IT'S JUST GOOD THAT YOU KNOW.

OKAY, YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU THIS WEEK OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE LEADERS REVIEW MEETING? OKAY. NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS A LITTLE RECAP ON WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE REPORT.

[6.3 Strategic Planning Committee Report]

THIS IS REALLY A ROUGH DRAFT, BUT VERY ROUGH.

YEAH, I MEAN, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF JUST GOT THIS.

SO BUT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO TOP LINES, JUST SO YOU KNOW HOW THIS PLAN IS COMING ABOUT, FORGET THE DETAIL.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LINE, YOU ARE ALL PART OF THE SWOT ANALYSIS WE DID ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS.

AND OUT OF THAT, WE HAD DISTILLED IT DOWN TO A BASIC 3 OR 4 IN ALL THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE USED AS A IMPETUS TO BUILD THE PLAN.

IF THE REST OF THE BOARD HAD MENTIONED THESE THINGS, INADEQUATE FUNDING, CLEARLY, NUMBER ONE, BOARD TO TWO BOARD TIE TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, SOMETIMES THAT BECOMES CUMBERSOME WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH COUNTY WIDE ISSUES, MID COUNTY DEVELOPMENT, ALL

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AND MAYBE THINKING AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO 3 TO 5 YEARS WHAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER OLD CHESTNUT THAT'S ALWAYS AROUND IS NOBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE.

SO IMPROVING AWARENESS IS ALWAYS UP THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE USED AS THE STARTING POINT TO BUILD THE PLAN.

AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH THE STRATEGIC PIECES THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

SUSTAINABILITY TIES TO FINANCE.

RELEVANCE IS COUNTYWIDE TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN IMPACT COUNTYWIDE.

WHAT WE DO, HOW WE CAN BE AN INSTRUMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO HAVE IMPACT COUNTYWIDE AND THEN OF COURSE, AWARENESS, WHICH REALLY COMES INTO THE IMPACT COUNTYWIDE ANYWAY.

SO WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS UP.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WE'RE WORKING.

YOU WILL SEE A PLAN FROM US FOR YOUR APPROVAL BY NOVEMBER.

SO ONCE WE WORK THROUGH ALL THIS, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING FINAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO REVIEW AND SUPPORT AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AND PERHAPS APPROVE OR AT LEAST FEED BACK IN AS WE MOVE ALONG.

OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A COMMENT.

PENNY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED? TO KNOW WHAT TO ADD TO THAT.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

OKAY. SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT PART.

AND THEN WE HAD SOMETHING HELD OVER.

[6.4 Discuss Proposed Board Structure]

AND WE REVIEWED THAT.

AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A DOCUMENT HERE.

YES. ON YOUR LAST PAGE, THAT WAS THE FIRST GO ROUND AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T AS MANY MEMBERS AS TYPICAL ON THE BOARD, I THOUGHT WE'D HOLD IT OVER SO WE'D GET THE REST OF THE MEMBERS, WHICH I SEE WE HAVE NOT SO IN THE SAME PLACE WE WERE LAST MONTH, BUT I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THIS NOW. SO IF YOU WANT TO PICK IT UP FOR US OR JUST GIVE US A REVIEW OF WHAT WE LEFT OFF WITH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE IDEAS THAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT WE DID PRESENT.

YEAH. SO THIS IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH.

IF YOU DO WANT TO POSTPONE IT AGAIN SO YOU HAVE THE FULL BOARD, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.

THIS IS NO RUSH. THIS IS JUST A CONVERSATION THAT SCOTT AND I HAD WITH THE COUNTY AND TRYING TO GET MORE OF A COUNTY WIDE APPROACH.

THAT'S ALL. YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

AND PENNY, I KNOW YOU CAN BACK THIS ONE UP.

WHEN WE HAD THE WEST REPRESENTATIVE FOR ON THE BOARD, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE FROM EXACTLY THAT SPOT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY FAR AWAY.

WE FINALLY DID GET BECAUSE WE GOT GOSH, HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.

MARGE. AND SHE WAS JUST DILIGENT AND JUST WONDERFUL.

AND SHE ALWAYS CAME.

AND SO BUT IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYBODY ON THE BOARD FROM THE WEST COUNTY, FROM THE WEST SIDE.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL BE FOR HILLIARD AND CALLAHAN BECAUSE THEY'RE FURTHER AWAY AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

IF WE DO GO TO THIS STRUCTURE OF GETTING THEM ON THE BOARD, IT WAS DIFFICULT.

THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

I WONDER I'M JUST CURIOUS.

THE UNINCORPORATED NASSAU COUNTY, AS YOU GO OFF THE ISLAND OVER THE BRIDGE AND YOU'RE IN STILL FERNANDINA BEACH. AND IT GOES A LONG WAY.

BUT IT'S REALLY NOT FERNANDINA BEACH, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

RIGHT. IT'S UNINCORPORATED NASSAU COUNTY.

AND YEAH, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A32034 ZIP CODE, WOULD THAT DISQUALIFY FROM THEM FOR BEING ONE OF THE UNINCORPORATED NASSAU COUNTY? NO. IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF FERNANDINA.

THERE'S REPRESENTATION.

IF YOU'RE NOT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF FERNANDINA CITY LIMITS OR CALLAHAN OR HILLIARD, THEN YOU'RE UNINCORPORATED NASSAU COUNTY.

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THE 32034.

IS THAT THE CITY LIMIT? THAT'S NOT CITY LIMITS.

NO, THE CITY LIMITS ARE DEFINED.

32034 IS ON THE ISLAND.

OFF THE ISLAND. IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY.

OKAY. BUT THE ADDRESS SAYS FERNANDINA BEACH.

BUT THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

IT'S JUST FERNANDINA BEACH AREA.

OKAY. YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOR TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN CONFUSED ABOUT.

YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN EXPLAIN IT OUT IN PARKS AND REC.

WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION OFTEN EVERY DAY OFF THE BRIDGE TO PINEY ISLAND.

THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES CITY.

YEAH. NO.

THEY'RE NOT PAYING CITY TAXES.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING CITY TRASH PICKUP, THAT KIND OF THING.

WOULD YOU ASK THEM AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THEIR CITY? YES. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO USED TO LIVE NEAR THE HOSPITAL AND HER HOUSE WAS NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.

IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIME STREET.

YEAH, IT WAS REALLY NOT IN THE CITY.

YOU'RE NOT IN THE CITY, RIGHT? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SERVICE YOU GET CITY SERVICES, TRASH AND ALL THAT UTILITIES.

OKAY. SO IF THE BOARD WISHES, WE CAN WAIT TILL YOU HAVE MORE MEMBERS.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

IF WE DO, MOVE IT ALONG IS PUT IN THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OF 7 OR 9 MEMBERS AS WELL AS MY RECOMMENDATION OF THE PEOPLE BY DISTRICT.

I SEE THAT JEFF GRAY AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PUT PEOPLE ON COMMISSIONS.

BASICALLY, THE COUNTY RUNS AN AD AS AN OPEN SEAT ON THE COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, AND SHE COLLECTS THE NAMES. I THINK IT'S SABRINA ROBINSON, WHO'S THE PUBLIC INFORMATION.

SHE COLLECTS THE NAMES AND THE RESUMES.

SHE PASSES THEM OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER.

HE LOOKS AT THEM.

WE HAVE INPUT OR NOT.

AND EACH ONE WOULD PICK ONE PERSON AND THEN THE OTHERS FOR WOULD COME OUT OF THE CITY DOING THE SAME PROCESS.

THE CITY WOULD RUN AN AD, YOU ALL COLLECT THE RESUMES AND THEN WE'D HAVE THE PEOPLE.

SO IN THAT WAY YOU SORT OF LIKE GET EVERY PIECE OF THE NASSAU COUNTY BECAUSE THE FIVE DISTRICTS ARE MANAGED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY FROM YULEE, YOU CLEARLY GOT SOMEBODY WITH HUFFMAN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND.

YOU'VE GOT MARTIN DOWN HERE, YOU'VE GOT CLINT UP IN CALLAHAN.

SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT, EASY TO DO AND WHAT I MOST ESPECIALLY WANTED, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THIS IS A POINT OF CONVERSATION. WHAT I REALLY FELT WAS MISSING WAS THE INTERACTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN A YEARLY EVENT HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OR YOU GO UP AND TALK TO THEM, YOUR OR THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO THEY WHO THEY WANT THIS BOARD TO DEAL WITH, LIKE THE HISTORIC PARK IN YULEE, YOU DON'T HEAR FROM THEM.

SO BY HAVING THEM HAVING IT STRUCTURED WHERE THEY KNOW THAT PERSON COMES FROM THEIR DISTRICT, I JUST FELT THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR WAS REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, TALKING TO BRANDI, SHE FELT LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NEED ANY MORE WORK.

THIS ISN'T ANY MORE WORK.

THEY MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO NOBODY'S ASKING THEM TO MONITOR ANY MONITOR, ANYTHING.

JUST LOOK, HERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS.

WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR FEEDBACK IF YOU WANT, BUT WE'D LIKE YOU TO PICK ONE.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ASKING A LOT.

SO I FELT GEOGRAPHICALLY THAT COVERED THE BASES A LITTLE MORE THAN THIS DID.

AND SO MY POINT WAS, COULD WE HAVE THAT FOR THE BOARD TO SEE AS A SUGGESTION NEXT MONTH, IF YOU DON'T MIND TYPING THAT UP? HOW AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PRESENTED THE WAY YOU THAT YOU WANT.

YES. MY ONLY CONCERN, JUST THINKING OFF, YOU KNOW, OFF THE CUFF HERE, ASKING A COUNT, ASKING THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON A CITY BOARD. WELL, IS A CITY BOARD ACCORDING TO WHO IT'S FOR? IT IS A CITY BOARD, TECHNICALLY CITY BOARD.

SO YOU SEE, THAT'S THE THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION.

SO SO TO ASK THE THERE WOULD BE AN ISSUE THERE.

I WANT TO I WOULD WANT TO GET WITH THE CITY.

MANAGER IN THE CITY CLERK HERE BECAUSE THEN WHY? WE WOULD NEED TO ASK THE CITY COMMISSION TO TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE A SELECTION OF 4 OR 5 TO BALANCE OUT THE NINE OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.

SO THERE'S TWO THINGS ON THE TABLE.

ONE IS HOW DO YOU FIND THE THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES AND THEN HOW DO YOU FIND FOUR CITY ARTISTS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER.

SO I AGAIN, I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE.

I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING ON A CITY BOARD, THEY STILL ARE GOING TO ARE COMING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM.

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YOU KNOW, WE CREATED THIS THING, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE STUCK TRYING TO RATIONALIZE WHY ARE WE JUST SO FOCUSED HERE WHEN WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER THINGS? WELL, WE ARE A CITY BOARD, BUT THE COUNTY DESIGNATED US AS THE LA.

RIGHT? SO THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH US.

SO THE COUNTY DIDN'T JUST GIVE US THE BOARD AND WE HAVE TO DO IT.

THE CITY COMMISSION HAS MADE THIS BOARD.

SO THE COUNTY IS THE ONE WHO VOTED THAT THE CITY BE MADE, THE CITY COMMISSION BE THE LA OVERSEEING THIS COMMITTEE.

CORRECT. THE COUNTY DESIGNATED THIS ENTITY AS THE LA.

YEAH. YEAH.

SO THERE'S I MEAN, IF YOU COULD TYPE THAT UP AND SEND IT OVER TO US, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

THE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD.

MAYBE THEY WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

I WOULD JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.

WE'LL INCLUDE IT AS A POTENTIAL OR AN OPTION FOR A NEW STRUCTURE.

BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE.

THIS IS JUST AFTER A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE COUNTY.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND WE CHANGE IT TO THAT, THAT'S FINE.

JUST SEND IT TO ME AND I'LL PUT IT IN HERE.

WELL, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION NEXT MONTH WITH ALL THESE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENT ORGANIZATIONS.

AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE VERY WELL IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.

BUT I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK, ON HOW THE ARTS AND CULTURE IS SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS BETWEEN 95 AND YULEE THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SERVICES, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, EXPECTING WHAT THEY HAD ON THE HOMES THAT THEY CAME FROM.

AND WE'VE GOT LIMITED PARKING, LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES, VENUE STRESS PLACES TO DO THINGS AND IT'S HARD TO GET NINE PEOPLE OUT OF THE 11 THAT SIT ON THIS BOARD NOW TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OUTSIDE THE CITY AND LOOK AT, WELL WHAT'S BLUEFIRE THEATER'S PROBLEM? YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT THE LIONS CLUB.

WHY ISN'T THAT ADEQUATE? AND WHAT ABOUT THE SPIN OFF OF OTHER THINGS COMING? SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION.

AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EXPLORE IT.

SURE. SO I'LL WRITE UP SOME THINGS AND YOU TAKE IT WHERE YOU NEED TO.

WE'LL JUST DISCUSS IT NEXT MONTH.

I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD.

THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, THOUGH, SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED AT THE FORUM.

NO. OKAY.

WE'RE NOT GOING. AND THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 7 OR 9.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.

WELL, WE HAD A CONVERSATION LAST.

YOU WERE HERE LAST I WAS HERE, YEAH.

TOWARD THE END, WE RECOMMENDED OR YOU AT LEAST ASKED, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT NUMBER? I FELT LIKE IF YOU HAD FIVE FROM THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, FOUR FROM THE CITY WAS PLENTY.

SO YOU HAD NINE.

AND SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, WELL, SEVEN IS A GOOD NUMBER.

I JUST FELT 11 IS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TIED TO AN ORGANIZATION SO THAT WHEN THEY MOVE OUT OF TOWN, YOU HAVE TO CALL UP THE MUSEUM AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT A VACANCY.

YOU NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY.

THAT PERSON'S NOT INVESTED ON THEIR OWN.

THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT FOR THE MUSEUM.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT PURPOSE THAT I THINK I SEE THE ORGANIZATION.

YEAH, THAT'S ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT I THINK IF THE MUSEUM ASKED SOMEONE TO BE ON THE BOARD, I THINK THEY ARE MORE COMMITTED THAN YOU THAN JUST WITH THE MUSEUM. I THINK THEY WOULD BE COMMITTED FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

OKAY. I MEAN, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

FROM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO BE VOTED ON AND THEY BECOME PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THIS COMMITTEE.

JUST BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE NO ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS.

NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

HOWEVER, THE FLAGRANT ABSENTEEISM SPEAKS VERY WELL FOR THE COMMITMENT.

OKAY. SOME OF THIS IS WAY OUT OF CONTROL.

WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND WE'VE ALL HAD PRETTY MUCH FULL COMMITTEE.

OKAY. ON BOARD.

RIGHT. ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS UP FOR CONVERSATION.

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ARE YOU AWARE OF IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CITY COMMITTEES?, WHERE WE ARE THAT HAVE COUNTY APPOINTED MEMBERS.

NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW IF THERE'S ANY PRECEDENT FOR IT.

I WAS JUST. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OKAY. ARE YOU AWARE OF ONE? YEAH. SO I CAN. THE ONE THING I CAN ADD TO THAT IS A FEW YEARS BACK, THE COMMISSION DID MAKE A LARGE PUSH BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF NON CITY RESIDENTS THAT WERE SITTING ON MULTIPLE BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THEY DID MAKE A PUSH WHERE IT BECAME YOU WERE A CITY RESIDENT TO SIT ON CITY BOARDS.

AT ONE TIME THERE WERE AN INFLUX OF NON CITY RESIDENTS.

THIS BOARD IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE SOME OF YOU REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION.

THE ORGANIZATION IS A CITY ORGANIZATION.

HOWEVER, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT ORGANIZATION MAY LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEY ARE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY.

OKAY. MY QUESTION, IS THERE A WAY THAT THESE AREAS CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED ON A MAP SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHERE WE'RE PULLING THESE PEOPLE FROM? OH, SURE. DOES THAT MAKE WHAT AREAS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE DISTRICTS. ARE THERE DISTRICTS THAT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT CITY.

BUT WHEN YOU SAY PULLING FROM THE HILLIARD AREA, CAN THAT BE DEFINED AS THE WHERE THAT IS? YEAH, WE CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE THE LIMITS WITHIN CALLAHAN.

THE LIMITS WITHIN YOU CAN SEE IT ON A MAP.

IF YOU GOOGLE IT, YOU CAN SEE IT JUST IF YOU SEARCH.

I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A MAP OF THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT.

IT'S RIGHT. THERE IS AN OFFICIAL DISTRICT.

EACH COMMISSION COMES FROM A VOTING GROUP.

OKAY. YEAH.

WHAT'S THE POPULATION OF THE CITY? 13,000 SOMETHING.

YEAH. WHAT'S THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY? 70. 80,000? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WILDLIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT, AT LEAST 50,000? 29. 30.

ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE SHOULD BE MORE FROM UNINCORPORATED NASSAU THAN THE CITY, BECAUSE IT'S A MUCH SMALLER.

THAT'S WHAT THE SWAT THING SAYS.

THINGS ARE CHANGING. LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGE.

NOBODY'S DIMINISHING WHAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR.

AND I WOULD MENTION THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE REPRESENTED THE LAST SECTION OF FIVE PEOPLE.

SO THIS IS SO THIS GOES BACK KIND OF TO THE WHOLE WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS THIS ALL STARTED WITH A CITY BOARD, ARTS AND CULTURE. IT WASN'T EVEN ARTS AND CULTURE, BUT THEN IT BECAME ARTS AND CULTURE, NASSAU AND NASSAU, BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNATED AS THE LA.

IN TURN, WE CAN GET LICENSE PLATE MONEY.

THE LICENSE PLATE MONEY IS VERY MINIMAL.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE HAVE DONE SOME GOOD THINGS WITH IT.

SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING AROUND IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY BOARD.

SO DO WE.

DOES THE CITY BOARD STAY WITH WHAT THEY HAD KIND OF DONE PREVIOUSLY? DO DO WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT TALKS ABOUT CHANGE ACN TO A 501.

C THREE. SO THAT WOULD TO ME, DISBAND THIS BOARD.

THE BOARD WOULD BECOME A 500 AND 1C3.

THE COUNTY, IF THEY WANT TO, WOULD THEN HAVE TO DESIGNATE THAT 500 AND 1C3 AS THE LOCAL OR AS THE LA.

SO THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD GO ABOUT THIS, GO ABOUT IT.

IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION.

SO. GOOD.

DOES THAT HELP KIND OF ANSWER SOME OF THOSE? AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD WHO AREN'T ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I JUST WOULD MENTION WE DID GET THE INCORPORATION PAPERS FROM THE DUVALL JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE CULTURAL COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE LA IN DUVAL COUNTY, AND IT IS A 500 1C3 AND THE LA AND IT'S BOTH AND IT WAS CREATED BACK IN THE MID 90S AND THEY SENT NOT ONLY THEIR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BUT THEY ALSO SENT THIS.

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RESULT OF SURVEYS AND WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A 500 AND 1C3 AND AS THE LA IT WAS.

HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVEN REMOTELY READY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD BUY IN FROM ALL KINDS OF ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN DUVAL COUNTY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EVEN DO THE WORK PRECEDING THE DESIGNATION.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING MAYBE TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST SAY WE WANT TO BE A501C3.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET THERE.

HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WITH STORY AND SONG? BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNATED 500 AND 13C ARTS AND CULTURE.

THAT'S THEIR NAME. THAT'S THEIR.

NO, THEY JUST DID IT.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY CAN DO THAT.

SO DEPENDING I MEAN, SO THE COUNTY COULD DESIGNATE THEM AS THE LA OR AN OFFSHOOT OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.

THEY TECHNICALLY COULD.

AND I THINK HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A 501.

C THREE IS IT WE MEET ONCE A MONTH.

EVERY TIME YOU GUYS MEET, WE HAVE TO POST A MEETING.

YOU CAN'T TALK OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS TO GET STUFF DONE UNLESS WE POST A MEETING.

SO TALKING ABOUT A 500 AND 1C3 IS IT ALLOWS YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY ON, I BELIEVE, ACCOMPLISHING CERTAIN GOALS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN GET YOU CAN APPLY TO GRANTS FROM THE STATE, FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE CITY, AND PEOPLE CAN MAKE DONATIONS AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME MONEY WHERE SUSTAINABILITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE LONG TERM PLAN.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK AT.

IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY COUNTYWIDE FOR US TO DO SOME THINGS NO MATTER WHAT STRUCTURE WE OPERATE UNDER, I THINK THE COMING WAVE OF PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS ARE CERTAINLY PRESENT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT THE 501.

C THREE PROCESS IS IT'S IT'S LENGTHY AND AND WE'LL BE VERY INVOLVED AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET EVEN REMOTELY SO YEAH AND I THINK ONE IMPORTANT THING IS REMEMBER RIGHT NOW THIS IS A CITY BOARD LIKE CATHERINE WAS SAYING.

SO, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINTING AND I KNOW SHE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT IT IS A CITY BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.

WE HAVE TO GET THE COUNTY'S APPROVAL ON A RESTRUCTURE OF THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY'RE DESIGNATING THIS AS THE.

KNOWING THE STRUCTURE.

SO IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE, THEY HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH IT.

SO BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

THE COUNTY DOESN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH LIKE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER PROCESS MEETING PROCESS.

IT WILL GO THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING PROCESS FOR APPROVAL.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE SCOTT AND I WILL NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE COUNTY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND SEE DOES THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A COUNTY WIDE APPROACH.

SO. OKAY.

ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.

VERY GOOD. I'LL WRITE SOMETHING UP AND GET IT OUT TO YOU.

AS FOR STAFF COMMENTS, THE ONLY UPDATE I WANT TO GIVE YOU.

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THERE IS A MEETING ON THE BOOKS NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR CITY STAFF.

CITY MANAGER TO MEET WITH JOE BROWN WITH THE PIRATES TO TALK ABOUT PEG-LEG PETE AND THE NEW STATUE.

IS THAT A PUBLIC MEETING? NO, THAT'S JUST YOUR.

YES, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD.

OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND SO WE'LL SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOARD STRUCTURE ON NEXT MONTH AND NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE BACK TO THE FIRST MONDAY, RIGHT? OCTOBER 2ND? YEP.

VERY GOOD. UM, LET ME JUST.

OKAY, SO STAFF GAVE US THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PIRATE BOARD MEMBERS.

DO HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING BEFORE US TODAY?

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SORT OF CHRONIC ATTENDANCE ISSUES WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW MANY MEETINGS YOU GET TO MISS BEFORE YOU'RE ASKED TO NO LONGER PARTICIPATE.

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YEAH. SO WE THERE IS THERE ARE GUIDELINES AND I WILL CONFIRM, BUT I BELIEVE THREE WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, WE DO HAVE THREE CONSECUTIVE SO WE'LL, I'LL, THERE IS THERE ARE SOME STATEMENTS WRITTEN ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

WE'LL FIND OUT AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ALREADY ABOUT A FEW PEOPLE BEING ABSENT QUITE A BIT.

SO. OKAY. BUT YES, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

AND I KNOW THAT IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE YOU APPOINTED THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION OR, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU REALLY INVESTED INTO THE BOARD? RIGHT. AND BUT WE WILL FOLLOW UP.

TIED UP. TIED TO THAT.

I THINK OUR TERM LIMITS IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT AFTER SIX YEARS, I THINK THINGS SHOULD MOVE ALONG.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE COULD PERHAPS ADD TO THE FUTURE CONVERSATION.

WELL, SCOTT, WHILE I GOT YOU UP THERE, LAST BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS NOTES OF VICE CHAIR REID EST OF ARTISTS MAKING PAINTED MURALS FOR TWO 100 CELEBRATION WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TEMPORARY ART APPLICATION PROCESS.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID HE WOULD FOLLOW UP.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S STILL KIND OF AN OPEN QUESTION.

I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH CVB WHO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT MURALS AND WANTED TO KNOW IF THE ALLIED ARTS HAD ANY SOURCES OF MURAL ARTISTS.

ET CETERA. SO I'M STICKING TO THE POSITION.

IT'S PUBLIC ART, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REVIEW.

SO I'M STAYING THERE UNLESS YOU GUYS COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE BY OCTOBER.

OKAY. AND I AND ACTUALLY, I THINK I SAW AN EMAIL GO THROUGH TODAY THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH A MEMBER FROM I CALL TDC.

SO SORRY. YEAH.

THE VISITORS BUREAU.

WE'RE MEETING WITH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THIS WEEK, SO I'LL ACTUALLY TRY TO SHOOT INTO THAT MEETING REALLY QUICKLY AND FOLLOW UP.

I'VE GOT ONE TOMORROW, BUT YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE.

YEAH. WITH THEM.

YEAH. I WAS AT A TOURIST DEVELOPMENT MEETING LAST WEEK I GUESS, AND, THAT MURAL WAS MENTIONED AS A IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THING AND IT WAS LIKE AND I KNEW THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM OUR LAST MEETING AND I WONDERED WHAT WAS HAPPENING ABOUT THAT.

I'LL TALK TO MISS DUGGER.

DUGGER ABOUT IT.

OKAY. AND I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHETHER IT WAS AN ACTUAL MURAL ON THE WALL THAT WAS PERMANENT OR IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ON A BOARD THAT COULD BE MOVED OR TAKEN DOWN.

I DIDN'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

SO I'LL FOLLOW UP CLARIFICATION.

I'LL FIND OUT SOME MORE TOMORROW ALSO.

YEAH, THANKS. WE DID ORDER MORE RACK CARDS AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING THOSE MAGNETS TODAY, BUT I DO HAVE THOSE IN MY OFFICE.

HOW MANY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE, SCOTT? UH, 200, MAYBE, HUH? YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO BRING UP AT THIS POINT IN YOUR COMMENTS? YOU'VE ADDRESSED THE PIRATE ISSUE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CATHERINE, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

OH, ONE MORE THING, SCOTT.

SORRY. I NEED TO GET THE PUBLIC ART APPLICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE.

CAN'T DO IT UNTIL YOU TELL ME THE CITY'S OKAY.

AND THAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? IT'LL BE ON A FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA.

GOTCHA. OKAY, SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT THEN.

WHAT? I WANTED TO ATTENDANCE ISSUES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. DONATIONS.

IF IN FACT WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS UNDER SOME GUIDELINES THAT YOU'VE RESEARCHED THAT ANOTHER ORGANIZATION LIKE US HAS AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT NOW.

AND IT'S SEPTEMBER.

WE WOULD NEED TO DO A LITTLE WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I WOULD THINK.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS ARE.

I THINK THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE, WHERE CAN WE TAKE IT, HOW CAN WE ADVERTISE? SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS RATHER THAN JUST SIT HERE FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS AND MAKE BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, CAN WE HAVE A WORKING COMMITTEE? CAN WE HAVE SOMEBODY HELP US UNDERSTAND? OKAY, YOU'RE ALL SET.

YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET. HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.

HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

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BRING THEM IN. DO I HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE CHECKING ACCOUNT? THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND I NEED YOUR HELP TO KIND OF PUT ME PUT US IN PLACE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.

YEAH. SO GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

I THINK WE'LL NEED TO TALK TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO BRING IN THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

PERFECT. WITH THAT, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT WE DID PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR STARTING OCTOBER 1ST THAT WE CAN ACCEPT DONATIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT BRINGS UP A WHOLE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT YOU GOING OUT AND SELLING T SHIRTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

CAN I PUT SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE? CAN I? SO BEFORE WE ANSWER THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE OF US TO FOLLOW UP WITH FINANCE AND THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

PERFECT. AND IF WE COULD GET SOME OF THAT IN THE OCTOBER MEETING, THAT'D BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WOULDN'T START TILL JANUARY ANYWAY, RIGHT? IT'S A 2024 BUDGET.

OCTOBER. WELL, YEAH, OUR FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THE DICKENS THING. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

GREAT, WONDERFUL.

APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT BIG STEP FOR US.

OKAY, THEN HAVE ONE MORE ISSUE OF JARED'S STUFF IS DONE IN NOVEMBER ALL THE TEMPORARY ART RIGHT I THINK HE PUT IT UP IN NOVEMBER.

I REMEMBER STANDING OUT THERE FREEZING IN FRONT OF THAT THING AT THE COUNTY AT THE CITY HALL.

SO HE ASKED ME WHAT'S GOING ON? SO WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC ART LATELY.

WE HAD TO TAKE SOMETHING DOWN OR WE COULD RENEW IT.

HE HAS THE RIGHT TO RENEW IT.

IS THAT NOT SO? IF WE APPROVE IT, CAN HE RENEW IT? OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN RENEW IT.

YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND IS THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW.

DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE THREE PIECES WE HAVE PLUS WE MOVED ONE FROM THE LIBRARY.

SHOULD WE GO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A CALL FOR PUBLIC ART? IS THE MURAL THING GOING TO BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF GET IN THE WAY OF THE RENEWAL OF HIS STUFF SO THAT'S ALSO COMING TO THE FORE RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE GUIDELINES.

I GUESS WE HAVE THE SAME GUIDELINES YOU WOULD HAVE, RIGHT? THE TEMPORARY ART, HOW IT RENEWS ALL THAT STUFF.

I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THAT RIGHT.

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT IT? WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PIECES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO RENEW, THEN WE CAN ASK.

IF WE DON'T WANT TO RENEW, THEN WE CAN INFORM AND LET THEM KNOW, YEAH, DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? AND THE ONE AT THE LIBRARY HE TOOK AND HE HAS NOT PLACED IT ANYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? SO HE AND HE WILL NOT PLACE IT ANYWHERE ELSE UNLESS WE ASK.

RIGHT. YEAH. HE.

YEAH. HE JUST REMOVED IT WITHOUT US KNOWING.

OKAY. SO.

I'LL IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM BECAUSE HE CALLED ME AND JUST SAID, HEY, WHAT'S THE.

WE CAN REACH OUT TO HIM. LET US TAKE LET US TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THERE'S A PROCEDURE. WE'LL TAKE CARE.

WE'LL CONTACT HIM.

JASON, CAN YOU ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT CURRENT TEMPORARY ART AND THEN WE CAN JUST GO FROM THERE AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HIS THOUGHTS ARE.

GOOD. AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO AND THEN IF HE WANTS, IF YOU WANT TO FIND A PLACE FOR THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE TOOK DOWN, THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL THEY. YEAH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH.

YEAH. YOU GOT THE MAP. OKAY.

YEAH, PERFECT.

OKAY. SO THAT WAS EVERYTHING ON MY LIST.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION? QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF, FOR ANYBODY ELSE HERE ON THE BOARD? HAVE YOU BEEN TO ANOTHER OF THE FERNANDINA? NO, NOT SINCE THE LAST ONE.

SO I HAVE TO BE IN TOUCH BECAUSE I WAS AWAY.

I NEED TO. GOOD.

I HEAR NOTHING ELSE BEING PRESENTED.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION SECOND.

SECOND. DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.