[4.1 PROCLAMATION - "BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NASSAU COUNTY WEEK" - Recognizing the week of June 24–28, 2024, as "Boys & Girls Club of Nassau County Week". Nassau County Boys & Girls Club Senior Area Director Ms. Jamie Thompson and Senior Service Director Mrs. Sherryl Smith will be in attendance to accept.]

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WHEREAS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS BELIEVED THAT BOYS WHO ROAMED THE STREETS SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE. WITH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE EXPERIENCE, THE CLUB FOCUSED ON CAPTURING BOYS' INTERESTS, IMPROVING THEIR BEHAVIOR, AND ELEVATING THEIR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS, AND WHEREAS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND GREATER NASSAU COUNTY ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS, AS SUCH, NASSAU COUNTY HAS FOUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS THAT SERVE MORE THAN 600 YOUNG PEOPLE ANNUALLY, AND WHEREAS, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY CORE VALUES INCLUDE CHILD SAFETY, ACADEMICS, FAIR PLAY, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND CHARACTER BUILDING WHICH STAND AT THE FOREFRONT OF INSTILLING LIFELONG SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS, AND WHEREAS, THROUGH THE MANY AND PROVEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMS, MONEY MATTERS, SMART MOVES, AND CAREER EXPLORATION, CLUB

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PARTICIPANTS HAVE AN ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE AND DEVELOP THE HARD AND SOFT SKILLS NECESSARY TO ENTER A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE AS DEPENDABLE AND RELIABLE EMPLOYEES OF THEIR CHOSEN PROFESSIONS, AND WHEREAS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY, IN CONCERT WITH 5,000 CLUBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, CELEBRATES NATIONAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK ANNUALLY. COLLECTIVELY, THESE CLUBS SERVE MORE THAN FOUR MILLION CHILDREN AND TEENS EACH YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRADLEY M. BEAN, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 24 THROUGH JUNE 28, 2024, AS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY FOR PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, BRADLEY M. BEAN, HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, TO BE AFFIXED THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024.

APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH NEXT WEEK IS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NASSAU COUNTY WEEK NATIONALLY AND WILL BE CELEBRATING IT HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY. WE SERVE THE CITY ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST SIDE. AGAIN, PLEASE SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND HE GETS YOU WOULD KNOW WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR CLUB TO HAVE SUPPER CAMP HAPPENING OUT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU.

HERITAGE DAY. I SEE WE HAVE PASTOR TERRY AND JUDGE -- WOULD

[4.2 PROCLAMATION - "CHRISTIAN HERITAGE DAY" - Recognizing June 29, 2024, as "Christian Heritage Day" in Fernandina Beach. Judge John M. Meisburg will be in attendance to accept the Proclamation.]

ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS PROCLAMATION, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU DOWN UP FRONT. WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SPEAKERS ] LICENSE ENEMA, JUMPING IN. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, THE PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES IS GUARANTEED TO ALL AMERICANS BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS FIRST AMENDMENT, AND WHEREAS, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA PREAMBLE ORDAINS THAT, "WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BEING GRATEFUL TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY, IN ORDER TO SECURE ITS BENEFITS, PROTECT OUR GOVERNMENT, ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER, AND GUARANTEE EQUAL CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS TO ALL, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION", AND WHEREAS, THE OFFICIAL MOTTO OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS, "IN GOD WE TRUST", AND WHEREAS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, NOTED THAT, "THE PROPITIOUS SMILES OF HEAVEN CAN NEVER BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON A NATION THAT DISREGARDS THE ETERNAL RULES OF ORDER AND RIGHT WHICH HEAVEN ITSELF HAS ORDAINED," AND WHEREAS, THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WOVEN INTO THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION IS RECOGNIZED IN THE WRITING AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SUCH RENOWNED INDIVIDUALS AS GEORGE WASHINGTON, ABIGAIL AND JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES MADISON, PATRICK HENRY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HARRY S. TRUMAN, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AND COUNTLESS OTHERS, AND WHEREAS, LEARNING ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN HERITAGE ON AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES IS IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL TO PEOPLES OF ALL FAITHS, JUST AS LEARNING ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF OTHER FAITHS IS IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL TO CHRISTIANS, AND WHEREAS, THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTRY WERE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN FROM MANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, RACES, AND CULTURES, WHO CAME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ESTABLISH A COUNTRY, "WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL," AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS RICH HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2024, IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED CHRISTIAN HERITAGE DAY, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE AND CELEBRATE BY ATTENDING CHRISTIAN HERITAGE DAY EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, BRADLEY M. BEAN, AS MAYOR HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO BE AFFIXED THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024.

LATEST MONEY, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CHRISTIAN HERITAGE DAY PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE PASTOR TERRY TO SAY A FEW WORDS

>> LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR DOING THIS TO DAVID AT OUR CHURCH, SUNDAY, A LIBERTY IS LOCAL. YOU TAKING A STAND AND MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY, FOR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE , TO HONOR THAT DAY FOR US, IT MEANS THE WORLD. AND WE PRAY FOR YOU FREQUENTLY. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND TAKING A STAND FOR YOUR FAITH AND FOR HONORING THE FAITH OF MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY. GOD BLESS YOU.

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HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SPEAKERS ] YOU GET A FREE PASS BECAUSE YOU ARE BACK.

[4.3 BUDGET SUMMARY - Comptroller Pauline Testagrose will review the May 2024 budget summary and answer any questions]

WE ARE GOING TO PICK THINGS UP IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS. WE WILL LET EVERYBODY FILTER OUT REAL QUICK. IT IS RAINING THERE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WITHOUT, WE WILL CALL BACK TO ORDER. AS WE STATED , AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THAT IS NOT NONVOTING ITEM. I SEE TWO BOOKS ARE PUT IN REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WE WILL HEAR THEM. IT WILL BE IN A LITTLE BIT FROM NOW. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT. WE WILL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON AUTUMN -- ITEM NINE. IS THAT CORRECT? I COME NINE. WE WILL JUMP ON INTO THE BUDGET SUMMARY ON FOUR-POINT THREE. TAKE IT AWAY!

>> GOOD EVENING , COMPTROLLER. HE IS THE EIGHTH LETTER REPRESENT 66 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET IN THE FISCAL YEAR. FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHERE AT 86 POINT 4% OF ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE PROPERTY TAX IS THAT 17.5 OR 99.7% OF THE BUDGET. OVERALL YEAR-TO-DATE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE AT 51 POINT 9%.

THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS OVER THE MARK OF 67 AND THAT IS DUE

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

TO MANUAL AND CHARGEABLE EXPENSES. FOR SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ENCOMPASSES UNDERPAYMENT BEEN ISSUED FOR I.T. EQUIPMENT, STREET PAVING, AND RESURFACING, THE DOWNTOWN RESILIENCY DESIGN. TENNIS COURT REFURBISHMENT, AND THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT. FOR THE GOLF COURSE, THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP REVENUE IS THAT 86.1% OF THE BUDGET. THE UTILITY FUND REVENUE EXPENSES WERE EXCEEDED EXCEPT FOR THE WATER FUND AND THAT IS DUE TO THE LARGE WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT BID FOR THE MARINA, DIESEL FUEL IS AT 72.1%

[6.1 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - INTERIM CITY MANAGER - RESOLUTION 2024-105 APPROVING AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH JEREMIAH GLISSON FOR EMPLOYMENT AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an employment agreement for Jeremiah Glisson as Interim City Manager.]

OF THE BUDGET. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ALL ABOUT THE PUBLIC ABOUT THREE HAS TIME. WE HAVE ITEMS HERE WE TAKE ARE GOING TO GO AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO GO 5-0. WITHOUT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO TAKE OFF? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? I HEAR MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE

ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES.

>> AS YOU KNOW I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME BACK MR. CHARLIE GEORGE.

HE IS NOT ON THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW , BUT HE IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT, MR. GEORGE . WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU. IN THE BRIEF MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE INTERIM DUTIES BEING TAKEN OVER BY MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THAT?

>> THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE. THIS IS HAVING JEREMIAH GLISSON AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND RETROACTIVE TO JUNE 3RD BUT ON JUNE 4TH, THE CITY COMMISSION VERBALLY, WITHOUT THE RESOLUTION AT AGREEMENT ATTACHED, NEEDED TO APPOINT MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON IN THE ABSENCE OF MR. CHARLES GEORGE. THIS AGREEMENT IS AT THE ANNUAL THE AMOUNT OF $175,000. REMEMBER, MR. GEORGE IS BEING PAID 200,000. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON CANNOT BE TERMINATED FROM THE CITY EMPLOYMENT BY THE CITY COMMISSION. BUT OF THE CITY

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COMMISSION WISHES TO, WITH A FOUR OUT OF 50, YOU CAN REMOVE HIM FROM HIS INTERIM CITY MANAGER DUTIES AND HE WILL GO BACK TO HIS DEPUTY, OR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS POSITION

FULL-TIME. >> THAT IS THE DEAL, BASICALLY.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME. >> PERFECT. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR TAMMI BACH? OKAY, THERMO SCIENTIFIC FOUR -- SEEING NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO MARK

>> MOVED. >> SO MOVED WITH THE SECOND.

>> JEREMIAH GLISSON, I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP.

[6.2 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - MAIN BEACH SOJOURN, LLLP ET AL. - RESOLUTION 2024-106 APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH MAIN BEACH SOJOURN, LLLP AND COMPASS GROUP, INC. REGARDING BUILDING PERMIT FEES CHARGED BY THE CITY IN 2019 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOTELS ON ATLANTIC AVENUE; APPROVING A REFUND OF NON-UTILITY IMPACT FEES BASED ON OVERPAYMENTS DUE TO INACCURATE SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATIONS; APPROVING A BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024; APPROVING BUDGET TRANSFERS FROM THE POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IMPACT FEE FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the refund of non-utility impact fees and interest in the amount of $68,167.72 overpaid by Compass Group, Inc. because the Hotels Project, when completed, included less square footage than the original building plans indicated, and refunding disputed building permit fees and interest in the amount of $444,780.82.]

CHARLES GEORGE, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE , AND I HOPE YOU

HAVE A SPEEDY RECOVERY. >> OKAY. WITH THAT IN MY, I WILL ALSO ISSUE A COMMENT OF KEEP IN MIND, WE WILL BE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. ON JUNE 20TH, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS FUTURE CITY MANAGER -- WE'LL HAVE A FORWARD COURT FROM OUR SEARCH. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA COMING IN FOR THAT WILL BE, WE HOPE TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE BUT IF YOU WISH TO BE PART OF THAT MEETING JUNE 20TH BACK IN THIS ROOM, 5:00. WE WILL SEE YOU THERE. CONGRATS , MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON. LET'S CALL THE ROLE.

>> VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. MAYOR

BEAN. YES. >> THAT PASSES 5-0. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 6.2. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

FOR MAIN BEACH SOJOURN, LLLP. >> THE NEXT POINTS OF THREE AND FOUR ARE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. IT SO HAPPENS THESE CASES GOT SETTLED OVER THE LAST MONTH . THEY'RE HERE BEFORE YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING, I HAVE HEARD THERE ARE COMMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MORE LAWSUITS THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE CITY. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, EVERY QUARTER I DO A LITIGATION REPORT FOR THE CITY BUT HAVE NOT ADDED ANY PAGES OR CASES.

WE MAINTAIN ABOUT THE SAME FOUR OR FIVE ONGOING CASES , NOT THE SAME CASES WITH THE SAME CHARACTERS. BUT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE CASES A YEAR. WE DO PRETTY GOOD WITH OUR LITIGATION EXPERIENCE. SO THAT IS NOT TRUE. AND ALL OF THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD PUT ALL OF OUR REPORTS, ALL OF OUR COSTS AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FACT CHECK THAT, PLEASE ASK FOR THE RECORDS ARE, DON'T BECAUSE WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE THAT YOU COULD THIS RISK IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. THE TWO HOTELS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED ON ATLANTIC AVENUE. THE MARRIOTT BRAND HOTELS. THEY ARE, I LOOKED UP TODAY FOR THEIR VALUED AT $33 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE PROBABLY IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS AS WELL. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE THAT TO US UP FRONT. THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROJECT IS 156,201 SQUARE FEET.

SO THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER, COMPASS GROUP, THEY BROUGHT THIS CLAIM ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND MAIN BEACH SOJOURN, LLLP, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. BACK IN 2019, THIS PROJECT STARTED. AND I HAVE REPAIRED SOME INFORMATION IF YOU ALL WOULD OBLIGE ME TO READ IT? LOVE YOU WANT TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. OKAY. HI

>> I THINK YOU SHOULD READ IT.

>> I DID, WHICH IS WHY I PARKED FAR AWAY. OKAY. SO THE PROJECT FOR THE TWO HOTELS BEGAN IN APRIL OF 2019. THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING BUILDING PERMITS USING NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES IS THE SAME FOR EVERY PROJECT BUILT IN THE CITY. THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER APPLIES FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND LIMITS CONSTRUCTION PLANS, INCLUDING SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, TO THE CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COLLECTS BUILDING PERMIT FEES, PLANS REVIEW FEES, AND NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES AND THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT , BASED UPON THE PLANS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER.

NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECT LIKE THIS INCLUDE FIRE, POLICE, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IMPACT FEES WHICH ARE CALCULATED USING PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION, A CONDITION SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, AND APPLYING A FORMULA APPROVED

BY CITY ORDINANCE. >> THIS PROJECT TOOK TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE WITH SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, NONUTILITY IMPACT FEET REFUNDS WERE HANDLED TO TAKE INTO THE COUNT ANY DECREASES IN SQUARE FOOTAGE

IS. >> THIS PROJECT WAS MODIFIED TO END UP WITH LESS AIR CONDITION SQUARE FOOTAGE, NECESSITATING A REFUND OF NONUTILITY FEES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR THE CITY NEVER DISPUTED THE NEED FOR NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES REFUNDS IN THIS CASE. SO CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS REFUNDING THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE, $60,167.72 IN NONUTILITY IMPACT

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FEES FROM THE IMPACT FEE , COMPASS GROUP AT ANY QUESTIONS? THAT IS A PORTION OF THE SETTLEMENT, ALTHOUGH THE CITY

DID NOT DISPUTE THAT REFUND. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE .

>> SO THE NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES , YOU JUST THAT THEY GO

INTO A SPECIAL THE COUNT . >> YES.

>> AND WE HAD LYRICAL ERROR WHERE THE POLICE WENT INTO THE FIRE AND FIREMEN INTO THE POLICE.

>> CORRECT. >> WE MADE THAT MISTAKE WITH WHATEVER THAT NUMBER WAS. THEY WENT INTO THE WRONG AREAS. DO

WE CORRECT THAT? >> YES, LONG AGO. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT FEET REFUNDS ?

>> BASICALLY YOU ARE REFUNDING A PAYMENT THAT WAS BASED UPON THE INITIAL -- AND THE NEW CALCULATIONS CAME IN? YOU PROVIDED THE REVISED?

>> YES. AND THE OTHER PART OF THE SETTLEMENT IS ALMOST $445,000. BUILDING PERMIT FEES. REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE CLAIMS BY THE PLAINTIFF, THE CITY HAS SPENT THE LAST 18 MONTHS NEGOTIATING WITH THE PLAINTIFF.

THE LAST OFFER TO SETTLE FROM THE CITY WAS REJECTED BY PLAINTIFF WHICH MEANT THE CITY, WITHOUT ANY INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THIS CASE, WITH DEFENSE COSTS COVERAGE, BASED AT LEAST 30-$60,000 AN OUTSIDE ATTORNE FEES TO DEFEND THE CITY THROUGH TRIAL. THIS LATEST SETTLEMENT WAS ACCEPTED BY PLAINTIFF AS AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 OVER THE CITY'S LAST OFFER TO AVOID FURTHER LITIGATION. THE CITY HAS SO FAR SPENT $3889 DEFENDING THIS CASE THIS INCLUDES AVIATION COSTS. THE TOTAL SETTLEMENT FOR FEES INCLUDES INTEREST AT A FLAT AMOUNT OF 5% FROM AUGUST 27, 2019, THE DECEMBER 1, 2023, FOR A TOTAL OF $444,780.82. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS , AND THESE WERE DISPUTED BUILDING PERMIT FEES BASED UPON THE LANGUAGE IN THE AFFORDABILITY CODE. THEY USE THE TERM "REASONABLE FEES CAN BE CHARGED BASED UPON WHAT THE CITY ACTUAL COSTS ARE." THOSE ARE ESTIMATED BECAUSE WE DO NOT PAY THE LAWYERS.

>> IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE CITY AND THE STATE HAS ADOPTED A NEW BUILDING CODE AND THE CITY HAS, IN KIND, AMENDED ITS BUILDING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE. WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, THEY ADOPTED THE PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE BUILDING CODE AND REQUIRES THAT ALL PERMIT THESE BE REASONABLE AND REFLECT THE ACTUAL COSTS OF THE CITY FOR PROVIDING BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTION SERVICES BUT PART OF THE DISPUTE IN THIS CASE WAS ALSO ABOUT , MANY BIG COMMERCIAL PROJECT ON INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, WE USE PRIVATE PROVIDERS BUT INSTEAD OF USING THE CITY'S BUILDING INSPECTORS TO GO INSPECT A MASSIVE PROJECT LIKE THAT , THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME.

TIME AND ENERGY. THE CONTRACTOR CAN CHOOSE TO HIRE UP DRIVER PROVIDER INSPECTOR AND PAY THEM THEIR HOURLY RATE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE CITY A BASE PERMIT FEE. THE CITY STILL HAS TO LOOK AT PLANS, EVEN IF THERE AS A PRIVATE PLAN REVIEWER ALSO. THERE ARE FEES CHARGED BY THE CITY THAT WERE DISPUTED BY THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER , COMPASS GROUP. THIS IS WHAT HAS LED TO THE SETTLEMENT. IT IS ABOUT $90,000 WORTH OF INTEREST. SO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, AND YES, WE HAD MEETINGS IN THE TRANSCRIPTS IF THIS WAS SUBTLE, IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE. WE ARE NOT VERY FAR FROM WHERE WE WERE. WE ARE ABOUT $50,000 MORE AS I SAID. IT IS REALLY UP TO YOU. I'M NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. THE ONLY THING I WOULD CAUTION YOU IS THAT IN THE COMPLAINT AND THE AMENDED COMPLAINT, THEIR CLAIMS ABOUT IMPACT FEES. EVEN THOUGH WE BELIEVE OUR IMPACT FEES ARE LEGAL, IF DISCONTINUED, IT IS POSSIBLE THOSE CLAIMS COULD GET BEEFED UP. A COMPLAINT COULD COME IN AGAIN. ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THE CITY WOULD PREVAIL AT THE END, IT WOULD STILL, IT WOULD MOSTLY GET OUR COSTS UP INTO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND IF WE HAD TO START TALKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES IN ADDITION TO HOLDING PERMITS AND PLANNING FEES. THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> SO ALL THESE FEES WERE PAID IN 2019, CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.

>> AT THE TIME HE PAID THE FEES, I KNOW SOME OF THE FEES ARE BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE. BUT THE PRIVATE PROVIDER WAS DISPUTED AT THE TIME AS WELL ? OR WAS THAT DISPUTED AFTER THE

FACT? >> BUT I COULD FIND IN THE RECORDS, WHAT I CAN FIND FROM THE EMAIL IN THE RECORDS IS

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THAT THE HE WAS PAID. I AM SURE THERE WERE AFFORDABLE AND MAY BE EMAILED DISPUTES OVER THE FEES FOR THE FACTORS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT STOOD STRONG. YOU DO NOT GET YOUR PERMIT AND YOU DO NOT GET TO START YOUR PROJECT UNLESS YOU PAY THESE FEES. THAT IS HOW WE DO WITH EVERY PROJECT THEY WERE PAID UNDER PROTEST, ESSENTIALLY. AND THE COMPASS GROUP HAS SAID AS MUCH. WE WENT ON AND TO CITED AT THE END OF THE PROJECT WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE. ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AT THE TIME LEFT THE CITY ABOUT THAT TIME. IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT . I HAD TO LOOK AT THE RECORDS AND EMAILS AND USE THE STAFF AT THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, BUT IT

TOOK SOME TIME. >> WE HAVE A QUESTION PERIOD.

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> THANK YOU.

SO WE DISCUSSED THE NONUTILITY IMPACTS. AND THE IMPACT FEES FOR THE UTILITIES, THE WASTEWATER. THOSE FEES WERE BASED OFF OF OLD DATA FROM OLD STUDIES. AND WE HAVE SINCE DONE

A NEW STUDY ? >> YES.

>> WE MADE SURE THIS NEW STUDY DOES -- FOR UTILITIES?

>> YES. SO WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE OTHER ISSUE AS WELL AS UTILITY FEES AFFECT THE UTILITY IMPACT FEES, THE ONES ASSESSED ON THIS PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT OF $265,000 FOR THAT IS WATER AND SEWER FEES. THOSE WERE PAID AND NOT DISPUTED AS OF TODAY.

BY THE COMPASS GROUP. HOWEVER, THOSE FEES WERE BASED ON THE 2015 STUDY THAT WE STILL STAND WITH, RIGHT? THE CITY COMMISSION, THEY HAVE GOTTEN AN UPDATED STUDY IN 2023, IF YOU REMEMBER. AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION WAS TO REDUCE THE WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES FOR THAT IS REGARDING UTILITY. THE NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES, BUT THE STUDIES HAVE TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE THE STATUTE CALLS FOR RECENT, LOCALIZED DATA. GOT TO KEEP THOSE UPDATED. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A NEW STUDY FOR THE NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES.

>> SAID THAT THAT WAS MY NEXT SESSION. TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING A NEW STUDY TO UPDATE OUR NONUTILITY IMPACT FEES FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY >> TWINKIE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE MAYOR STURGES , QUESTIONS?

>> TAKE YOU, MAYOR. WE ASKED FOR A LOT OF TIME WITH THIS AS YOU KNOW. PROBABLY WITH THE COMMISSION TO SPEND TIME WITH US BUT I VERY, VERY FLUENT WITH WHAT ALL IS GOING ON HERE. I SEE THERE ARE ONLY TWO ISSUES THAT WERE WITH THIS PERMIT.

ONE, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE PAYING INTEREST FOR HOLDING THIS PROJECT. THIS PORTION OF MONEY FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL IT GOT SETTLED. THAT IS WHAT IT IS FOR THE INTEREST. WHATEVER, ONE MISTAKE WAS MADE WHERE THE PERSON STAMPED THE CLAIMS. WHEN THE PERSON STAMPED THE PLANS, WE FOLLOWED PROCEDURE. THERE JUST WAS NOT A CHECKS AND BALANCE FOR THE PRIVATE PROVIDER. THE PRIVATE PROVIDER DID NOT CONVEY THAT BUT I'M TRYING TO CONVEY THIS INFORMATION TO FULLY UNDERSTAND. OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT IS CORRECT.

WE ARE RETURNING ALL THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY PLUS WHAT WE THINK IS A FAIR VALUE. SO THIS IS A SUPER FAIR SETTLEMENT FOR THE APPLICANT. I THINK THE CITY IS TREATING THE APPLICANT ABOVE

BAR. >> MORE THAN FAIR, IN MY

OPINION. >> WITH THAT, I AM MAKING THAT POINT. A MISTAKE BY THE PERSON WE HIRED FOR REVIEW FOR THE PROVIDER. IT WAS VERY BRAND-NEW , VERY BRAND-NEW IN THE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WAS JUST BROUGHT IN AS A STATE LAW PREVIOUSLY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PRIVATE PROVIDER SITUATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR YEARS AND BEEN QUANTIFIED AND STATUTE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SYMMETRIC YOUR.

>> COMMISSIONER ROSS, QUESTIONS TO MIKE

>> I THINK THEY TOLD US THIS MORNING THAT THERE WERE FEES OF

-- AN 772,000. >> ON SO THIS 400 AND -- IT IS

COMING OUT OF THAT $700,000? >> RIGHT .

>> SO YOU STILL PAID OVER $300,000 IN FEES?

>> YES . >> AND IS NOT COMING OUT OF SOME OTHER PART OF MONEY? IT IS ESSENTIALLY A REFUND OF THE

DISPUTED BILL, IF YOU WILL? >> CORRECT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS

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IMPORTANT , THE INTEREST ON DECEMBER OF 2023. THEY'RE NOT GETTING INTEREST UP TO TODAY. AND OF THE LAST TWO QUARTERS, THE LAST QUARTER OF 2023 AND THE FIRST OF 2024, THE STATUTORY INTEREST RATE WAS 9%. ON THE INTEREST WE ARE GETTING A BIT OF A DEAL TOO. I ASKED HER TO BE 5% FROM AUGUST OF 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 1 OF 2023.

>> THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW? >> THAT IS REQUIRED IF YOU ARE IN A LAWSUIT THAT IS PART OF A SETTLEMENT IF WE HAD TO PAY A JUDGMENT. THAT HE WOULD PAY THE STATUTORY INTEREST RATE THAT YOU CAN PAY POST JUDGMENT INTEREST FROM THE TIME THE JUDGMENT IS ENTERED AND YOU CAN PAY PREJUDGMENT INTEREST FOR THAT IS FROM THE TIME YOU HATED UP TO THE UPDATED FUNDS.

>> ALL REQUIRED BY THE STATE? >> YES.

>>. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? THIS TYPE OF

ACTIVITY? >> WE DID IT. BY ADJUSTING OUR BUILDING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE AND LOOKING AROUND TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND HOW THEY DO IT. THE ISSUE, THE BIG DOLLARS IN THIS CASE HAD TO DO WITH THE BIG PROJECT. I JUST SAID IT IS WORTH ALMOST $34 MILLION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, 2% IS ABOUT THE CHARGE YOU PAY FOR BUILDING PERMIT FEES THAT I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH TODAY. ON ANY PROJECT. YOU WILL PAY THAT FOR THE WELDING PERMIT AND PLAN TO GIVE HER THAT DOES NOT COUNT ENGINEERING AND STUFF. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. SO THIS NUMBER IS DISPUTED IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY FURTHER LITIGATION. THEN WE SHOULD SETTLE. OTHERWISE, WE CAN GO

FORWARD. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHAT YEAR DID WE AMEND THOSE BUILDING PERMITS?

>> I WANT TO SAY 2022. LATE 2022. REMEMBER , VICE MAYOR

STURGES? >> YES, THAT WAS OUT THE END OF 2022 WE AMENDED IT. DURING THE BUDGET .

>> YES. YEAH. >> THE 2022 BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS.

THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? OKAY, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD . WE INVITE MISS -- TO COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM. WELCOME.

>> SHEILA -- 1553 INDIGO STREET. IT IS HARD NOT TO NOTICE IT IS VERY LUCRATIVE FOR THE COMPASS GROUP TO DO GROUPS WITH THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CUT A CHECK FOR HALF $1 MILLION TO FIX SOMETHING. I STOOD UP IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN WE CHANGED THE BUILDING CODE AND OUTSOURCE THAT WHEN WE ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE UP BUSINESS INTEREST TO PROFIT FROM WHAT GETS BUILT AND DOES NOT BID IF I RECALL, WHEN THAT COMPASS STARTED, IT WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY PROPOSED AND GOT APPROVED WENT THROUGH AND GOT BILLED. SO I SEE ALL WHOLE LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THERE. IT SEEMS PEOPLE, I THINK WE WILL SEE SEVERAL THINGS TONIGHT WERE PEOPLE ARE SUING THE CITY AND IT IS QUITE LUCRATIVE. WE DO NOT LITIGATE BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT RECENTLY THAT I SPENT ABOUT $20,000 IN LAWYER'S FEES. SO $3000 TO DEFEND HALF $1 MILLION DOES NOT SEEM LIKE VERY MUCH TO ME. I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON HOW ALL THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND

>> I HEAR A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER AYSCUE AND A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR STURGES. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO DISCUSS ?

COMMISSIONER ANTUN . >> I WOULD LIKE MS. TAMMI BACH TO COME BACK UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBIC. AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LOT TO DIGEST ALL AT ONCE.

>> THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CASES THAT ARE COMING UP IN TERMS OF THE CITY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN ANY OF THESE SETTLEMENTS. THIS IS COMING FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THAT IS NOT FUNDED -- IT IS FUNDING WITH BUILDING PERMIT FEES. AND THE NEXT TWO ARE FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THESE CASES.

THEY WERE TRIP AND FALL CASES I WILL DISCUSS IN JUST A MINUTE.

I MEAN, I GUESS LITIGIOUS PEOPLE, -- CONSIDERING IT

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LUCRATIVE BUT AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS PART OF DOING BUSINESS FOR EVERY BUSINESS. WE HAVE HAD LAWSUITS ONGOING.

THERE IS NOT BEEN A YEAR WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE A LAWSUIT PENDING. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT PEOPLE AND LAWSUITS AND HOW DO WE PREVENT THIS ONE? I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB. A GOOD JOB IN ADDRESSING OUR BUILDING PERMIT FEES. WE HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT, I MEAN, ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE BOWLING DEPARTMENT -- SINCE THIS OCCURRED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT

ELSE WE CAN DO. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES AND THEN

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW BUILDING STAFF. NUMBER TWO. WHEN DID THIS

START? SAMET 2019 . >> NOBODY ON THIS COMMISSION WAS HERE THEN EXCEPT CHIP. HE WAS THE ONLY COMMISSIONER.

INAUDIBLE - OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] THAT WAS NOT FOR THIS COMMISSION. I AM NOT BLAMING CHIP. THAT WAS THE REGULATION. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AT THE TIME. I MEAN, EVEN THE ZONING OFFICIAL HAD ALL THE INFORMATION AND FOLLOWED EVERYTHING . ALL THE WAY WE DID BUSINESS BACK THEN BUT IT DID GET MODIFIED SINCE THEN. WE HAVE MADE MODIFICATIONS BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS LAWSUIT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WE ARE AWARE OF IT THAT WE ARE GETTING -- WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT WITH ANYBODY OTHER THAN YOU. AND CITY STAFF.

I THINK WE HAVE HANDLED IT THE BEST POSSIBLE WE CAN HANDLE IT.

I THINK WE NEED A SETTLEMENT AND MOVE ON. THAT IS JUST MY

OPINION. >> I MEAN, I DO NOT LIKE THESE THINGS ANY -- ANY MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITIZEN OR COMMISSIONER.

IF I COULD IDENTIFY, WE HAD NUMBER ONE. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AS YOU IDENTIFIED , MISTAKES WERE MADE. SO THAT COST MONEY WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE SOMETIMES. MISTAKES WERE MADE. WE HAD A TURNOVER. I THINK BY BUILDING OFFICIALS IN A MATTER OF THREE YEARS. OR FOUR YEARS. IT WAS A MESS. SO WE HAVE DEFINITELY STABILIZED THEY ARE. AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A CITY, I MEAN, YOU COULD CONSIDER US $100 MILLION CORPORATION. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE SPONSORED $100 MILLION CORPORATION WITH MILES AND MILES OF ROADS, SIDEWALKS, FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ALL OF ADMITTED IN THESE CHAMBERS ARE AGING. WE ARE GOING TO GET LAWSUITS. THE NEXT ONE , THE THIRD ONE DOWN, IT IS SOMEBODY FELL DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS A BIG CRACK. YOU KNOW, IF WE FIX EVERY SINGLE CRACK , WE WOULD NEED A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OR MORE CONTRACTOR DOLLARS. YOU COULD NOT. THIS IS THE COST OF NOT HAVING EVERYTHING PERFECT.

IT DOES HAPPEN. YES, WE ARE LIVING IN A LITIGIOUS SOCIETY.

>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> TO CLARIFY , UP TO TODAY, WE

SPENT $3000 IN LITIGATION? >> THAT WAS JUST MEDIATION

COSTS. >> MEDIATION. OKAY, IF WE WERE

TO TAKE THIS TO LITIGATION? >> I HAVE TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNCIL. YOU GET INTO IMPACT FEE DISPUTES. LESSON WE HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM WATER IMPACT FEES.

>> SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THE POTENTIAL LITIGATION FEES ?

>> THAT IS WHY WE SETTLED LAWSUITS. OTHERWISE, LET'S FIGHT AND SEE. I DO NOT WANT TO DO IT BUT IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY AND A LOT OF MONEY. POTENTIALLY. YOU KNOW, I DO NOT NECESSARILY THINK IT IS WISE. IF WE WANT TO DO IT, I AM NOT SAYING WE ARE GOING TO LOSE EITHER. YOU KNOW? I DO NOT THINK WE WOULD NECESSARILY LOSE THE CASE FOR THAT IS NOT WHY

YOU SETTLE A CASE. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN . DIRECT THE PSO IS OPEN TO CLARIFY -- I AM NOT GIVING THIS BUILDING EXTRA MONEY. WE ARE GIVING PART OF THEIR PAYMENT BACK.

>> AT 5%. AT 5%. 5%. UNDERSTOOD. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

>> IS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN FIGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CASES, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, WIN OR LOSE, LITIGATION DOES NOT

PAY. IT DOES NOT PAY. >> WITH THAT IN MIND , TO CLOSE OUT THE COMMENTS , THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. THESE IMPACT FEES, THEY WERE ILLEGALLY CHARGED, AND THEY WERE --

>> THE FEES WERE FINE. >> BUT THE FEES WE OVERCHARGED WERE OVERCHARGED IN 2019. SINCE THEN, WHAT IF WE DON'T? WHAT

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IS THIS COMMISSION DONE TO HELP CORRECT THAT? THE NEW COMMISSION AFTER THAT WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED THE BUILDING FEE SCHEDULE. WENT AHEAD AND FIXED IT AND MADE SURE IT IS BETTER FOR THE FUTURE. AND NOW I THINK THIS COMMISSION HERE HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE PERSON WE OVERCHARGED FOR IT IN FACT , WHO BETTER THAN TO TALK TO THIS GUY THEN VICE MAYOR STURGES WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE BUSINESS? IS THE COMMISSION , THAT IS WHAT WE SAID THAT YOU SHOULD GO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF AND TRY TO GET THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK EVERYBODY PUT INTO COMING UP WITH THE SETTLEMENT. I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING. NOBODY WINS WHEN WE GO TO CORPORATE NOT A SINGLE PERSON. THIS IS THE RIGHT CALL. IT IS TO REIMBURSE HALF OF THIS GENTLEMAN'S IMPACT FEES AND MAKE SURE -- WE'VE ALREADY FIXED OUR QUOTE FOR THE SUTURE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

COMMISSIONER ROSS, WHAT IF YOU GOT?

>> THE IMPACT FEES WERE ORIGINALLY CALCULATED ON THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET . THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY WE CHARGED IT. THEY CAME IN WITH A LOWER NUMBER. SO THE

[6.3 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - JAKUSZEWSKI - RESOLUTION 2024-107 APPROVING THE MEDIATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE CASE OF SUSAN M. JAKUSZEWSKI V. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,000; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the mediated Settlement Agreement in the matter of Susan M. Jakuszewski v. City of Fernandina Beach in the amount of $67,000.00.]

IMPACT FEES , THERE IS NO DISPUTE OVER THAT. I MEAN, THEY GAVE US THE WRONG NUMBER, WE CHARGE THE NUMBER. WHEN WE GAVE US THE RIGHT NUMBER, WE GAVE THEM MONEY BACK FOR THAT IS WHAT THAT WAS FOR THE SECOND PART. THERE IS A DISPUTE ON THE

MATTER OF FEES. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS, FOR THE CLARIFICATION. IT IS BUILDING PERMIT FEES WE ARE GOING TO REIMBURSE BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN WE TALK ON THAT. I THINK WE HAVE CORRECTED THAT FOR THE FUTURE.

WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S

CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES.

COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ITEM PASSES 5-0. ONE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I AM NOT GOING TO SAY THE NAME RANGE. SUSAN M. JAKUSZEWSKI .

>> MS. SUSAN M. JAKUSZEWSKI , THIS GOES BACK TO 2019, I THINK. 2023 -- 2020 . WE HAVE BEACH PARKING -- THE SUNDAY THERE WAS LAYING ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH A DRUNK DRIVER DROVE OVER THAT AREA. HE LANDED ON SUSAN M. JAKUSZEWSKI. THEY SAID THE CITY THAT NOT FULFILL THE DUTY TO WARN SUNBATHERS OF THIS DANGER. OF COURSE, WE DISPUTE THAT. WE DISPUTE THAT ALL ALONG IN THE LAWSUIT. THE PLAINTIFF ABOUT THIS INJURIES ARE SIGNIFICANT. SHE HAS PERMANENT GIDLEY -- KIDNEY FAILURE AND IS ON DIALYSIS BUT SHE IS IN HER 50S. SHE HAD SOME PRIOR KIDNEY STONES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU TAKE YOUR PLAINTIFFS AS YOU FIND THEM, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR PRIORS ARE. SO THIS IS COVERED BY THE CITY GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE SETTLEMENT IS RECOMMENDED AT $67,000. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH MEDIATION. AND MISS SUSAN M. JAKUSZEWSKI ONE OF THE CITY TOTAL LIMITS OF LIABILITY, WHICH ARE $200,000 . WE WERE ABLE TO SETTLE IT AT 67. THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS ON BOARD WITH THIS. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER ROSS, HE WILL ASK

, SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE HEAR THE QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSS, MY QUESTION IS THIS. SO $67,000 SETTLEMENT. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TAXPAYER MONEY?

>> THERE IS NO DEDUCTIBLE AND WE DO NOT PAY THE SETTLEMENT.

SO THAT NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS? IT IS PURELY INSURANCE. THANK YOU.

QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSS?

>> SO THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS THE RIGHT TO SETTLE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY YOU CANNOT SETTLE. AND THEN IF WE SAY THAT, THEN WE ONLY PAY UP TO THE LIMITS OF WHATEVER IT WAS BUT IF IT WAS A JUDGMENT FOR MORE THAN THAT, THEN THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK? AND IN THIS CASE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID AN EXTENSIVE EVALUATION AND THEY CAME TO THE ILLUSION THAT

IT SHOULD BE SETTLED . >> YES.

>> >> AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN?

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE

[6.4 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - GLENDA JONES - RESOLUTION 2024-108 APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE CASE OF GLENDA JONES V. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the Settlement Agreement in the matter of Glenda Jones v. City of Fernandina Beach in the amount of $70,000.00.]

THEN IS WE CHANGED THE TRAVEL LANES, INCREASED SIGNAGE. WE CUT DOWN THE -- LINE SO IT REACHES AT A HEIGHT WHERE IT

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CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES WE HAVE DONE AND THAT LOCATION AND OTHERS AS WELL.

TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER ROSS?

OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND . >> I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND. DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES 5-0. $67,000 SETTLEMENT FOR SUSAN M.

JAKUSZEWSKI. >> -- WHERE THAT SIDEWALK IS.

SHE WAS MAKING HER WAY TO WHERE SHE IS A LITTLE EARLY. SHE IS MAKING HER WAY TO A BENCH. THAT IS MY TERMINOLOGY. AND SO THE RIVERWALK SIDEWALK NEAR THE COURTHOUSE, THERE IS A CONCRETE RIBBON. THERE IS A SPACE WITH DIRT WHERE YOU SEE PEBBLES.

ABOUT SIX INCHES WIDE.

THERE IS ANOTHER RIBBON IN THE BENCH. AND SHE STEPPED INTO THAT SIX-INCH DEPRESSION AND FELL ON HER FACE . SHE NEEDED A KNEE REPLACEMENT. AFTER THAT MEDIATION, WE DETERMINED THAT $70,000 WAS THE AMOUNT THE INSURANCE COMPANY FELT WAS FAIR. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU FOR LINDA JONES WOULD YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT OR WE CANNOT SETTLE. WE RECOMMEND SETTLEMENT. SHE HAD OVER $200,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS. BUT WE SETTLED UPON, SOMEBODY HAS HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH SHE DID.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET WHAT THEY PAY TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THEY PAID OUT-OF-POCKET, OR WHAT MEANS THE CONTRACTED INSURANCE IS THAT IT IS NOWHERE WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS OR WHAT THEY

WERE BUILT. >> THERE IS NO PAIN AND SUFFERING BUILT INTO THIS IS MY POINT. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE, THERE PAIN-AND-SUFFERING CLAIMS, THAT IF YOU FACTUAL ECONOMIC MEDICAL DAMAGES THAT THEY CAN BE ADDED ON. AND NEITHER ONE, THIS CASE -- IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY

PAIN-AND-SUFFERING. >>

>> SHE IS. SHE IS WALKING AGAIN.

>> A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ROSS?

MY UNDERSTANDING. >>

>> THAT IS EXACTLY IT. THE DOWNTOWN IDOLIZATION PROJECT

[6.5 DEED OF DEDICATION - GUM STREET - RESOLUTION 2024-109 ACCEPTING A DEED OF DEDICATION FROM W.R. HOWELL COMPANY FOR 0.46 ACRES OF VACANT LAND LOCATED ON GUM STREET TO ADD TO THE CITY’S CONSERVATION ACREAGE; REQUIRING THE DEED TO BE RECORDED; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Accepts a 0.46 acre donation of land from W.R. Howell Company for conservation purposes.]

BRINGING BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE HAD A DESIGN MEETING YESTERDAY ABOUT BRINGING IN THAT PROJECT TO YOU . THE SIDEWALKS AND ALL OF THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE

AGED INFRASTRUCTURE. >> THANK YOU, CIRCUIT DWIGHT OR

A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE

>> SECOND. >> MOVE AND APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS WITH HIS -- IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST-EVER MEETING, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT. THIS IS THE ONE TIME OF YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE SETTLEMENT THAT I APPRECIATE THE TEAM WORKING WITH US AND LET'S NOT THIS OUT. MISS

RILEY? >> VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES.

COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES BY MINISTER OF

>> RESOLUTION -- ACCEPTING THE DEED OF DEDICATION FOR FIVE OR SIX ACRES OF VACANT LAND TO BE ADDED TO OR CONSERVATION INVENTORY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS IS THE AREA ON GUM STREET AT THE FIFTH STREET INTERSECTION. ANYTIME YOU CAN ENTER CONSERVATION INVENTORY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILSON?

>> THANK YOU. SO BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT LINED AND PRETTY MUCH

UNBEATABLE? >> CORRECT.

>> I'M GLAD TO SEE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PUTTING IT INTO THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO DO OTHER PROCEDURES .

THANK YOU. >> MR. WILSON, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT NUMBER? I'M LOOKING FOR A NUMBER. HOW MUCH LAND IN ACRES THAT WE HAVE ADDED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS?

>> SEVEN ACRES . >> WITH THIS ADDITION, THIS

[6.6 GRANT APPLICATIONS - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT APPROVAL WITH WOODWARD AND CURRAN INC. - RESOLUTION 2024-110 APPROVING THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF TWO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) GRANT APPLICATIONS TO SATISFY STATUTORY WATER IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS; APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH WOODWARD & CURRAN, INC. FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND GRANT PREPARATION SERVICES BY WAY OF PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes preparation and submission of applications to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for two water quality improvement grants in Fiscal Year 2024/2025; and approves the proposal from Woodard & Curran, Inc. to provide engineering design and grant preparation services in an amount not to exceed $27,000 by way of piggyback agreement to the City of Mascotte, Florida.]

COMMISSION HAS ADDED SEVEN ACRES OF LAND TO OUR CONSERVATION BUDGET. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION AND CITIZENS WHO HAVE HELPED US WITH THIS AS WELL. THIS PUTS US

AT -- >> JUST SHY OF SEVEN.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING

NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES.

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COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES. COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES.

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES 5-0.

THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS WHO BROUGHT THIS. 6.6 . GET APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT APPROVAL WITH WOODWARD AND CURRAN, INC..

>> YES, UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU , I WILL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. THIS IS RELATED TO THE WATER WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT ARE MADE ON 64. THAT IS BY THE YEAR 2032. WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE OUR SURFACE FOR DISCHARGE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ARE PLANNING TO UPGRADE THE WASTEWATER PLANT, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, AND IMPLEMENT -- SYSTEM. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH WOODWARD AND CURRAN, INC., THEY HAVE I DONE A KIND -- IDENTIFIED SOME GRANT THAT SEEM LIKELY TO QUALIFY TO HELP FUND THESE PROJECTS.

WE ARE FUNDING EARMARKED FOR THOSE PROJECTS. IF WE GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THAT. THE RESOLUTION IS FOR PREPARATION, THE STUDIES AND PREPARATION OF THE APPLICATION. THERE ARE TWO GRANTS THAT ARE NOTED ON THIS.

THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS TO THIS PROGRAM. ONE IS THE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS . THE OTHER ONE IS THE REUSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

SO THE WATER QUALITY , I'M SORRY FOR THE WATER QUALITY GRANT PROGRAM IS RELATED TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT. THAT ONE, WE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO IF IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO PURSUE THAT GRANT. FOR THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY, AWI -- THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. WILL STRONGLY THAT WE WOULD SCORE WELL AND RECEIVE FUNDING IN THAT. I HAVE GOT , FROM WOODWARD AND CURRAN, I HAVE WATSON AND PETER -- SIMMONS. MY APOLOGIES. THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

YOU MAY HAVE. >> PERFECT GRADE ANY QUESTIONS

? VICE MAYOR STURGES? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I AM GLAD TO SEE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH NOT TRYING TO SPEND -- MONEY BUT APPROVING GRANT APPLICATIONS. I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, AS

USUAL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER

ROSS? >>

>> WE STILL, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> BRIAN WATSON WITH WOODWARD AND CURRAN FOR THE SECOND GRANT IS THE WATER QUALITY GRANT. SPECIFICALLY, AS ANDRE IS MENTIONING, THAT IS MORE TIED TO YOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SPECIFICALLY. WHEN YOU'RE FIRST LOOKING AT THAT GRANT, BASED ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT TERRY COLLINS DID BACK IN 2021, IF NOT MISTAKEN. THERE'S RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE ADVANCED WASTEWATER -- SO WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THAT GRANT, WHAT IT GIVES US THE CAPABILITY TO DO IS TO DO PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING TO BASICALLY MOVE THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY BEHIND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE -- WASTEWATER TREATMENT. YOU KNOW, IT IS KIND OF, YOU BELIEVE IN MOST COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE GOING TO BE FORCED TO MOVE TO AT LEASE -- ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT EVENTUALLY. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO GO THROUGH THE POINT OF REVIEW'S ABILITY ASPECT OF THAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT WILL COME DOWN THE ROAD.

>> EXCELLENT. SO COMMISSIONER ROSS IS ASKING, WHY WOULD WE NOT FOR THIS? IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS ALL GREAT NEWS.

>> CORRECTED ONCE YOU GET TO THE Q&A WITH THE APPLICATION, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT RECEIVE A GRANT IF YOU -- IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO . APPLYING FOR THE ACTUAL GRANT IS NOT NECESSARILY TIRED TO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY ACCEPT IT IS RECOMMENDATION TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH A GRANT THAT YOU SHOULD

PURSUE IT. >> OF COURSE. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ROSS? >> AND

>> IT IS $6000 AND BASED OFF OF CONTRACTUAL BILLING.

>> SOAPING $21,000 ? >> FOR THE GRANT AS WELL AS THE

FINANCIAL. >> AND YOU CLAIM THAT A LITTLE

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BIT? >> SO THE -- THAT IS THE DUE DILIGENCE PLAN WITH WHAT YOU QUALIFY IN RELATION TO GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH IDENTIFYING -- PROJECTS, AS WELL AS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT GRANTS TO APPLY FOR AND HOW YOU HAVE TO APPLY

THOSE GRANTS MOVING FORWARD. >> AND BOTH OF THESE GRANTS ARE

DUE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS? >> CORRECT. JUNE 30TH .

>> YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM EATING THOSE DEADLINES?

>> NO, SIR. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN .

>> FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW, WHAT IS

>> OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WATERSIDE -- WATER SUPPLY GRANT WILL BE IN THE -- RAIN THREAT AND FOR THE WATER QUALITY

GRANT, IT WILL BE 14 TO 15. >> PERFECT BUT THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE WATER RESOURCE? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. SHE MET MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I THINK THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS MANDATE. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM VICE MAYOR STURGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. LET'S CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES . COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES BY MINUS WE

HAVE ITEM 6.7. BEACH ACCESS 40. >> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AND THIS IS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. MR. MAYOR, I REQUEST A FIVE MINUTE RECESS SO I CAN SPEAK WITH COMMISSIONER ROSS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS NO SECRET. I JUST NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT IT.

>> GRANTED. WE WILL CONVENE AT 7:02.

>> P.M. ET. CAPTIONER ON STANDBY. ]

[6.7 RIGHT-OF-WAY USE PERMIT - BEACH ACCESS 40 - RESOLUTION 2024-111 GRANTING A RIGHT-OF-WAY USE PERMIT TO RICHARD AND CELESTE JACKSON AT BEACH ACCESS 40 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANTING FIVE CABBAGE PALM TREES ALONG THE EXISTING BOARDWALK AND RELOCATING SANITATION RECEPTACLES FOUR FEET TO THE EAST; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves a right-of-way use permit for the placement of five cabbage palm trees and allows the existing trash cans to be shifted four feet to the east of their current location at Beach Access 40, at the adjacent private property owner's expense.]

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>> I HERE BY RECONVENE THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH COMMISSION. WE WILL JUMP IN WHERE WE LEFT OFF, 6.7. THAT IS WERE BEACH ACCESS 40. THAT IS PRESENTED I MISS TRY TO COME IS THAT CORRECT? OH, MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON JUMP

ON IT. 6.7. >> RESOLUTION 2024 -111 READING OF RIGHT-OF-WAY USE PERMIT TO RICHARD AND CELESTE JACKSON AT EACH ACCESS 40. THIS IS THE ACCESS FOR THE BOARDWALK AND WHERE IT IS AT. THE PROPERTY REST NEXT TO THAT BUT THEY COMMITTED THIS AT 47 SOUTH FLETCHER. WE REQUIRED TO BRING TO COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE THIS IS USING THE CITY'S RIGHT AWAY AND BEACH ACCESS. THAT IS IN OUR GUIDELINES WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, THE APPLICANT EXPENSE FOR I DO NOT KNOW IF MS. JACKSON IS HERE TO REPRESENT? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? APPLICANT IS GOING TO PUT IN IMPROVEMENTS AT THEIR EXPENSE. AND ALSO NATIVE PLANT DOES NOT IMPEDE PUBLIC ACCESS. SO WHILE THE CITY MANAGER APPROVED THIS, WE WANT TO CLARIFY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE LESSER OF THE COMMISSION BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS BEEN OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THERE PERFORMED RECENTLY.

>> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON. I HAVE TWO REQUEST TO SPEAK, INCLUDING MS. JACKSON. ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. JEREMIAH GLISSON? SEEING NONE -- OH.

>> KEEPING VEHICLES AWAY FROM THAT ACCESS POINT.

>> >> SO NOW ABLE TO WALK ALONG

THE ACCESS . >> CORRECT.

>> AND THE TRASH CAN STAYS WHERE IT IS? ALL RIGHT. SO THEY

HAVE CLEAR ACCESS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL OUT CELESTE JACKSON. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND

ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> THAT EVENING, COMMISSION. I AM CELESTE JACKSON AT 4020 SOUTH FLETCHER. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BEACH TRUCK AND BEACH ACCESS 40. THAT IS LOCATED NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY. WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE OVERHAUL OF THE BACK PROPERTY AND PUT IN A POOL AND LOTS OF NATIVE VEGETATION.

WHILE WE ARE ENJOYING THE NEW TRUCK, IT IS CREATED A COUPLE OF ISSUES WE ARE ASKING TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY. FIRST ISSUE IS ACCESSIBILITY. WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THERE WAS AN OLD BE TRUCK THAT WAS SITTING ON THE DOING. SOON AFTER, THE LOCK WAS REMOVED BY THE CITY AND HAVE BEEN USING A PATH ACROSS THE DUNES TO GET TO THE BEACH FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS USED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESS FROM OUR GATE TO THE WALL. BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THE AREA WITH THE INSTALL OF THE NEW BE TRUCK, AS WELL AS NEW LOCATION OF THE TRASH RECEPTACLE AND THE GUARD POST, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THE LOCK WHEN THERE IS A VEHICLE PARKED IN THE LAST SPOT THE LOCK. THE SECOND IS THE NEW WALK HAS CAUSED A PRIVACY ISSUE. WE ARE NOW FULLY EXPOSED TO PEOPLE USING THE WALK. AND IS NOW AT SOME POINT ALMOST SIX FEET HIGH. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR OUR FAMILY TO ENJOY OUR NEW HEALING YARD WHEN ANYBODY COMES DIRECTLY IN THE YARD NOW FROM THE WALK. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CONCRETE PAD AND THE TRASH RECEPTACLE BE PUSHED BACK TOWARD THE EAST SO

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THAT OUR PATH FROM THE GATE WILL NOT BE OBSTRUCTED WHEN PULLING AWAKEN OR EACH CART. THIS WOULD ENSURE WE STILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO OUR PATH AND THAT BEACH TRUCK AS HE DID BEFORE THE INSTALL. AS THIS GAIT LOCATION HAS BEEN AT REQUEST AT THIS PROPERTY SINCE AT LEAST 1993 FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNERS. THEN WE HAVE ALWAYS USED THIS PATH WHILE EASILY PULLING A CART OR BEACH WALK WAKEN UNTIL THE CHANGE WE WERE ASKING FOR A RIGHT OF USE PERMIT TO -- CABBAGE POEMS TO HELP WITH THE ISSUE OF PRIVACY. WE ALSO ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY TO BE TRUCK SURROUNDINGS. MY HUSBAND AND I WILL COVER THE COST TO HAVE THESE INSTALLED, AS WELL AS PROVIDING TEMPORARY WATER FOR THEM. THE INSULIN MAINTENANCE WILL BE OVERSEEN BY LANDSCAPE. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT DURING THE INSTALL, AND THERE'S ANY DECEPTION OF THE PLANT MATERIAL CURRENTLY THERE, WE WILL PAY FOR EITHER TO BE REPLACED OR TO BE RELOCATED.

>> THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. CABBAGE FARMS IS OUR NATIVE PALM TREES TO OUR AREA, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, MS.

JACKSON. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT STRAIGHT RING PUT IN. WEBER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IT IT IS NOT ENFORCED. PEOPLE ARE PARKING RIGHT ON THAT LINE, WE ARE NOW UNABLE TO ACCESS THAT PEER THAT HAPPENS DURING HIGH SEASON ALL THE TIME. WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, I DO NOT KNOW THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON WE ALSO HAVE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, THE BEAUTIFUL MISS --

>> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LINDA DALL. MY PURPOSE IN BEING HERE TONIGHT IS -- MY ADDRESS IS 9496 -- FERNANDINA BEACH. MY PURPOSE HERE THIS EVENING IS TO EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT. HE COORDINATED THE INSTALLATION OF THE CURRENT NEW PLANTING AT THAT SITE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE DONOR AND ALSO ENGAGED THREE CARE TO IDENTIFY SPECIES WE FELT WOULD BRIDGE WHAT THE HOMEOWNER WAS LOOKING FOR. THAT WAS HAVING PRIVACY. THEY ARE NATIVE PLANTS AND THEY WILL GROW ABOUT 25 FEET TALL. THEY WILL SPREAD OUT AND SHRUB OUT. UNLIKE A CABBAGE PULPIT OUR POSITION IS NOT TO MAKE A DECISION TO APPROVE THIS OR NOT , BUT TO KEEP THE VEGETATION THAT IS THERE. AND TO ALLOW THOSE TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND IF THERE IS A DECISION MADE TO CHANGE OR ADD A CABBAGE PALM, TO HAVE THE CITY ARBORIST INVOLVED IN THAT CONSULTATION. A CABBAGE PALM AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH IN A DRY AREA. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR CONCERNS AS WELL. WE HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THIS ON THE PLANTING THAT IS BEEN DONE. IT IS ABOUT $3000 OF DONATIONS AND WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF COMPROMISE THAT WE WERE GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY VERY EFFECTIVELY.

IF WE CAN HELP IN THE COMPROMISE, WE WILL DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THING ON, THANK YOU , MS. STAHL. DO I HEAR A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> DONE , IT WAS A CHANGE TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. THE HOMEOWNER HAS NOT ARTICULATED ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE.

PERSONALLY. BUT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE HAS NOT BEEN ARTICULATED. PUTTING THE PALM TREES AND WILL DISRUPT THE PLANS. THE MAINTENANCE PERSON , THAT MOVE THE TRASH CAN BACK FOUR FEET, THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH THERE. PUTTING GRAVEL DOWN THERE, MIGRATE, THERE IS

NO MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. >> FOR TAKING CARE OF THE GROUND OR WALKWAY. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE THAT INTO THE GULF PART PARKING SPOT. THEY WOULD GAIN ACCESS TO THIS. TO THE REST OF

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MY KNOWLEDGE, THE APPLICATION IS NOT COMPLETE. THERE WAS NO AGENDA WITH THE CITY WHICH WAS REQUIRED. THERE WAS NO -- THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS ALSO -- SO I WOULD, I THINK THE COMPROMISE , SO WE TOOK CARE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THERE IS NO PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THIS IS A CITY APPROVED PROJECT. THE CITY MANAGER IS SITTING HERE AND APPROVED THIS PROJECT.

THE NINTH OF COUNTY CONSERVATION PERSON BEDDED THE PROJECT. RELATED TO -- THOSE PLANS WILL GET , THEY WILL CREATE SCREENING. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO APPROVE THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN .

>> GOING TO THE COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONER ROSS, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. BUT I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT THE COMPROMISE , OUR SPEAKER WAS ABLE TO GIVE US -- I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS OF THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO WORK WITH KEEP NASHVILLE BEAUTIFUL AND PRESERVE MUCH OF WHAT WAS ALREADY DONE WITHOUT UNDOING

THIS. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE .

FRACTALS ARE MY COMMENTS BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO WORK AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT TO LARGELY DISTURB WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN DONE BUT ALSO ADD TO IT. THAT IS A GREAT COMPROMISE. IS ALSO NOT AT THE CITIZEN EXPENSE. I DO NOT SEE WHERE THERE IS NOT A COMPROMISE. THIS WORKS. I AM

GOOD WITH IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE

MAYOR STURGES? >> THANK YOU, THEY ARE. I WILL NOT TAKE LONG. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS GRAVEL. IF THERE IS SOME OTHER USE THAT COULD BE PUT DOWN. THE SAND . OTHER THAN GRAVEL. THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN. I'M SURE THE CITY STAFF CAN WORK THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU.

>> PERFECT. OKAY. I WILL COMMENT THAT I THINK THIS ONLY ADDS TO THE BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. COMMISSIONER ROSS WITH THE PLANT THERE BUT I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENT WAS WILLING TO COME IN AND SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY TO ADD SOME NEW BEAUTIFUL HOMES THAT ARE NATIVE PLANTS THAT WILL COMPLEMENT THE

AREA NICELY. >> ALL OF THE ABOVE IS WHAT WE NEED TO GO WITH. THEY ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. I APPRECIATE

[6.8 AERONAUTICAL GROUND LEASE - FHB AIRCRAFT HANGARS 3, LLC - RESOLUTION 2024-112 APPROVING AN AERONAUTICAL GROUND LEASE WITH FHB AIRCRAFT HANGARS 3, LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an aeronautical ground lease with FHB Hangars 3, LLC to construct a hangar facility on Airport property.]

THEM FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

>> EXCUSE ME. THIS IS NOT, YOU CANNOT SPEAK FROM THE CROWD. I WILL RESTATE WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. WE ARE VOTING ON A PERMIT THAT WILL GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IMPROVEMENTS INTO CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE ARE VOTING ON THAT IMPROVEMENT WITH INCLUDES HAVING BEAUTIFUL NATIVE PLANTS AND MAKING THAT RIGHT AWAY IMPROVED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE APPLICANT. WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE VOTE. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

>> COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES FOR MINUS YOUR KID NEXT ITEM. 6.8 , FHB AIRCRAFT HANGARS 3. MR. WILSON?

>> ITEM 6.8 , THE GROUND LEASE. WE HAVE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT OR REPRESENTING -- WE HAVE MR. COYLE HERE AND MR. CARVER HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AIRPORT. THIS IS FOR INAUDIBLE ] GROUNDLINGS WITH THE FHB AIRCRAFT HANGARS 3 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS IS FOR THE GROUND LEASE TO HANGARS. THAT IS SET WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE. STAFF

RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. @ >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILSON? SEEING NONE, I HAVE TWO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS.

LET'S CALL UP MR. DEAN. >> WELCOME, MR. DEAN.

>> HELLO. RICHARD DEAN, 4104 -- PLACE. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE BIGGER ISSUE OF LEASES. WE ALL KNOW THERE IS A TROUBLED HISTORY AND SOME LEASES WE PROBABLY WISH WERE NOT DONE THE

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WAY THEY WERE. AND I WILL TALK TO THE MANAGER PRIOR TO THIS.

>> THIS IS IN KEEPING -- THE COST. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN COST HERE. BUT $.20 PER SQUARE FOOT, THAT SEEMS TO ME A LITTLE LOW. THERE IS MONEY THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE HERE BY LEASING OUT THESE HANGARS. AND MONEY THE CITY DOES NOT GET .

THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT UP ANOTHER WAY. I THINK THIS LEASE SORT OF CHANGES THE TAXPAYERS. AND SECONDLY, I KNOW THAT IN KEEPING WITH OTHERS, MY MOM TOLD ME THAT JUST BECAUSE OTHERS ARE DOING IT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S RIGHT. SO TO SUM THIS BACK, AND THE OTHER THING WITH THE LEASE IS, ONCE AGAIN, THE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS AFTER THANK YOU YEARS.

>> THE OPTION TO -- PROBLEMATIC RENEWAL IS EVERY THANK YOU YEARS, I THINK THAT IS A BAD POLICY. WE COME BACK, LOOK AT PART OF THE FAX THANK YOU YEARS LATER. WE CANNOT LOOK AT INTO THE FUTURE. I WOULD SEND THIS BACK

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MR. --

>> JACK AMBER -- FERNANDINA BEACH. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

NONE OF WHICH I EXPECT TO BE ANSWERED, OF COURSE. BUT ONCE I INTEND TO GO ON AND RESEARCH MYSELF. WHAT IS THE CURRENT CAPACITY AND VACANCIES OF HANGARS NOW? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE NEED? IS THERE ANY MASTER PLAN DETERMINED? IS THERE ANY MASTER PLAN TO DETERMINE --

>> I WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU. >> ABOUT 50 -- COULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND GIVE US THE EXACT NUMBER? IT WAS 70 LAST TIME I CHECKED .

>> WE HAVE 89 RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN ANSWER ABOUT THE RATE TOO.

SO $.20 DOES SOUND LOW TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AN AIRPORT INDUSTRY, THAT IS VERY COMMON. IT IS BASED ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AND TO GET AN INVESTOR TO INVEST ON TRANSITING PROPERTY, THEY USUALLY GET A LOW RATE. MY LAST AIRPORT WAS ABOUT $.25 BUT AND IT WAS A MUCH MORE SOUGHT AFTER PROPERTY. BUT THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT IS -- AN AND YOU PAUSE THE TIME REAL QUICK?

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. THE LOGIC IS BECAUSE THESE AIRPORT AGREEMENTS, WE ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THEM FOR THE STRUCTURE OF THE AIRPORT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO OWN THAT INVESTMENT AT THE END OF THE LEASE. IT WILL GO BACK TO THE AIRPORT.

TO GET SOMEONE TO INVEST ONE $.5 MILLION -- 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS -- THAT IS VERY STANDARD, YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE OTHER QUESTION -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS GREAT. I NEVER EXPECTED AN ANSWER. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET ONE. THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERED A COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. AS TO THE NEED, ET CETERA.

>> IS THERE A MASTER PLAN TO DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HANGARS? THOSE THAT COULD BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE AIRPORT? OR ARE WE JUST LOOKING TO KEEP BUILDING AS WE DO ON THE ISLAND WITH NO REGARD FOR DENSITY?

>> I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THERE IS A VERY EXTENSIVE MASTER PLAN.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A PLAN AND WE ARE FOLLOWING IT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> MOTOR APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> SEEING NONE , ANY DISCUSSION?

>> VICE MAYOR? >> ONE QUESTION INVOLVES THIS AIRPLANE HANGAR.

BASICALLY, WE HAD A DISCUSSION. WHEN ENTERING THE CITY, I HAD A

[6.9 CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL AND BUDGET TRANSFER - ADUDDELL INDUSTRIES - RESOLUTION 2024-113 APPROVING ADUDDELL INDUSTRIES CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 FOR THE PECK CENTER GYMNASIUM ROOF SYSTEMS RESTORATION AND REPLACEMENT; APPROVING A BUDGET TRANSFER; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves Aduddell Industries Change Order No. 1 for the Peck Center Gymnasium roof systems restoration and approves a budget transfer in the amount of $36,772.00 for Project #23060.]

DISCUSSION WITH YOU. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO A RESEARCH STUDY? WHAT THE RENTAL RATES ARE? SHOULD WE CHANGE THEM? SO

CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? >> YES. THE RATES ARE BASED ON A STUDY WITH COMPARABLE AIRPORTS. IT COULD BE DUE FOR ANOTHER ONE HERE SOON. MAYBE NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR RIGHTS AND PEACE.

>> THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL. I AM JUST FOLLOWING UP.

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>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I THINK THERE IS QUITE A NEED FOR THIS. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE AIRPORT WAITING LIST IS SO HIGH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND KNOCK THIS OUT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. 10 FOR. YES. COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES YOU COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES FIVE MINUS YOUR GOOD COMING ON DOWN THE LINE, WE HAVE 6.9 . CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL AND

BUDGET TRANSFER. >> THANK YOU, MARY. MISS RILEY, IF YOU COULD THROW THAT UP ON THE SCREEN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE? THAT IS RESOLUTION APPROVING A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE FIRST CHANGE ORDER THEY HAVE IN THEIR RESTORATION ROOF

PROJECT. >> OKAY. HERE WE GO. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT BEGAN ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO . THIS IS A STATE APPROVED GRANT PROJECT WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL GRANT. THIS IS THE REHABILITATION OF ALL OF THE SYSTEMS HERE AT THE GYMNASIUM. THIS IS THE AERIAL VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT WE HAVE NUMBER OF ROOF SYSTEMS THERE. THE BROWN ROOF IS THE OLD TAR AND GRAVEL ROOF FOR THAT IS WHY THIS PROJECT IS ACCEPTABLE. THAT -- WHY IT IS EXPENSIVE. THAT MATERIAL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE. THIS PROJECT IS EVERYTHING WITHIN THE YELLOW FOOTPRINT. NEXT

SLIDE, PLEASE. >> THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE ARE ABOUT 80% COMPLETE. IT IS A DIFFERENT LOOK. WE HAVE ALL THE ROOFING SYSTEMS AROUND, THE ELEVATED GYMNASIUM ROOF. THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AND ONE MORE. SO ONCE -- WHAT THIS CHANGEOVER FOUR IS THERE IS DETERIORATION IN THE TRESSES AROUND THE ELEVATED ROOF. THE STRUCTURE IS IN SOUND CONDITION. THIS IS AN OLDER BUILDING AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THE CORRODED ROOF SUPPORTS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE -- THE REHABILITATION PREP. THIS

[6.10 VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT - 615 ROWLAND LANE - RESOLUTION 2024- 114 APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS; ACCEPTING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION FOR ONE PARCEL CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.53 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 615 ROWLAND LANE; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes the extension of water and wastewater services to the property owner identified whose property is located at 615 Rowland Lane, Parcel Number: 00-00-30-0660-0020-0000, and also approves the Voluntary Annexation Petition.]

CHANGE ORDER IS TO GO IN THERE AND CUT OUT AND REPLACED THOSE STRUCTURAL TRESSES.

IT IS AN EXPENSIVE ORDER. 277,000 FOR THE GOOD NEWS IS THE PRACTICE COVERING NEARLY ALL OF THIS CHANGEOVER. ALL THE CITY WOULD BE BRINGING TO THE TABLE IS $36,772 BUT WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE HECK IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNTS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.

WILSON? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ONE, MR. WILSON. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOIGT.

>> VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

COMMISSIONER ANTUN. YES. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. MAYOR

BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES 5-0. >> 6.10 IS AN ACT SECTION AGREEMENT. IT HAS FAILED ON THIS PROPERTY SO THEIR SERVICES AND IN EXCHANGE SIGNING AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THERE WILL NOT BE THE ACTUAL ANNEXATION AT THIS PROPERTY WERE CONTIGUOUS UNTIL AFTER DECEMBER. STARTING TO PROCESS ANNEXATION THEN PRINT THIS IS TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER.

>> EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. TAMMI BACH?

>> I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BASICALLY, YOU JUST --

>> NEEDS THESE. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH

THE TAXATION -- >> SO THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE SUPERVISOR WILL ACTIONS TO HANDLE ALL OF THE CITY -- WHAT THIS IS IS WE SIGN AN AGREEMENT AND WE APPROVE THAT EVERY YEAR.

WE DID THAT IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE IT IN THAT AGREEMENT, THE CITY PROMISES, BECAUSE THUS THE PRIOR -- THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION HAS TO VERIFY AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE CITY AND SO FORTH.

SO THE SUPERVISOR REQUIRES THE CITY TO FORGO OR SUSPEND ANNEXATIONS UNTIL AFTER THE CITY CERTIFIES THE ELECTION.

THAT SHOULD BE THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION OR THE NEXT DAY, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW CLOSE THE VOTE: -- COUNTS ARE. THAT WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER. WE PROBABLY PROCESS ANNEXATION STARTING IN

DECEMBER. >> THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER

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DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS. COME ON DOWN.

>> JACK AMBER, 1003 BROOME STREET, FERNANDINA BEACH. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANNEXATIONS WOULD NOT EVEN BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COMMISSION UNTIL THIS PERIOD OF TIME WAS OVER. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY THIS IS BEING PUSHED AHEAD NOW. QUEBEC EVEN THOUGH YOU SAY IT WILL BE APPROVED LATER, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT --

DISSUADED ABOUT -- >> I CAN HELP YOU.

>> GO RIGHT AHEAD . >> THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THEY ARE AGREEING TO ANNEX AT A FUTURE DATE. THEY ARE SIGNING DOCUMENTS AS THEY WILL ANNEX SOON. WE CANNOT DO IT TODAY BECAUSE THE SUPERVISOR ELECTION RESTRICTIONS WE WILL DO IT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE ARE SIGNING THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT. WE NEED TO GET THEM THE WATER.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR WATER AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO DO IT. THEY WILL SIGN THE AGREEMENT. AFTER THE ELECTION WE WILL DO IT SO THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, MAYOR.

>> I DO NOT EVEN SEE ANYWHERE IN THE PAPERWORK, ANYWHERE, WITH THE COST OF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE TO PROVIDE

WASTEWATER SERVICES. >> I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.

THAT IS A NICE ROUND ZERO -- A ROW NUMBER. IT IS ZERO.

INAUDIBLE ] THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR THE CITY IN ALL RESPECTS.

WE ARE AGREEING ON A FUTURE DATE. WILL GIVE THEM THE WATER TODAY. AND IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL ANNEX TO THAT IS WHAT THE

AGREEMENT IS >> OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO ADD TO THIS ISSUE , AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.

THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR THAT ANNEXATIONS DO NOT

[7.1 CODE AMENDMENT - ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - ORDINANCE 2024-11 AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 70, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES, BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, BY AMENDING SECTION 70-151 DEFINITIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 70-152 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION; AMENDING SECTION 70-153 OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE; AMENDING SECTION 70- 154 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FUND; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Moves administration of the Art in Public Places Program from Arts and Culture Nassau to a shared responsibility between the Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee and the Historic District Council.]

INCREASE DENSITY. THAT IS SIMPLY FALSE. EVERY TIME YOU ANNEX THE PROPERTY , INVARIABLY, THE LAND-USE CODE IS CHANGED , DENSITY GETS CHANGED. I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY TO BE FOOLED. THAT ANNEXATION THEY DO IN FACT CAUSE AN

INCREASE IN DENSITY. >> THIS HOUSE IS ALREADY HERE WHETHER OR NOT WE GIVE THEM WATER.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE HAD COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION HAD HEARD FROM THE

PUBLIC. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS. YES.

COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. YES. COMMISSIONER ANTUN . YES. VICE MAYOR STURGES. YES. MAYOR BEAN. YES. THAT PASSES FIVE MINUS.

NEXT IS THE CODE. >> IS 2024-11, BENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY MENDING CHAPTER 70, STREETS, CIDER, AND PUBLIC PLACES, BY MENDING ARTICLE THREE, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, BY MENDING SECTION 70-151 DEFINITIONS, BY MENDING SECTION 70-152 PROGRAM IN MENSTRUATION, MENDING SECTION 70-153 OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE, MENDING SECTION 70-154 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FUND, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS IS FIRST READING, BUT ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC AND SECRET BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS HAS THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD IN NASSAU COUNTY HAS BEEN CONSENTED TO TAKE ON VENTURES. THE CITY STILL HAS TO THAT TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT WORKS THAT ARE TO BE DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC PROPERTY OR IN THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY. THIS ORDINANCE HAS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BOARD AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WOULD THAT TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART PLACEMENTS AND PERMANENT PUBLIC -- ART PLACEMENTS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING

[8.1 FERNANDINA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY - One reappointment (Elaine Roberts).]

THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TO DO. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL

>> PERFECT. VICE MAYOR STURGES?

>> SORRY. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS TAMMI BACH? I HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? I PROMOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL SAY THIS IS QUITE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE. WE HAVE THE PARKS AND REC BOARD THAT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. I SEE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS WELL AS MEMBERS FROM DOWNTOWN ART. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO SURROUND THOSE BOARDS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. WE

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

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S CALL THE ROLL. IS RILEY?