[00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON. [1. CALL TO ORDER] THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING FOR OCTOBER 24TH, 2024 AT THE CITY HALL COMMISSION CHAMBERS. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. ITEM TWO. MADAM, YOU CALL THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES. ALL RIGHT. THREE OUT OF FIVE AIN'T BAD. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ITEM FOUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THE MINUTES ARE POSTED ON YOUR COMPUTER. THEY HAVE THE AUGUST MINUTES AND THEN THEY LOOK CORRECT TO ME, AND THEN THE SEPTEMBER MINUTES, WHICH SHOWED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MEETING. MOTION TO APPROVE. AYE. SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ITEM FIVE. [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITMES NOT ON THE AGENDA] PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE VISITOR IN THE AUDIENCE. DOES HE HAVE ANYTHING HE'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON AT THIS POINT? SURE. I JUST TALKED TO OUR TREASURER AND I ASKED, OH, YOU HAVE TO COME UP. SORRY. YOU'VE BEEN AWAY FROM IT TOO LONG. YES. LEE MURRAY, 2752 FIRST AVENUE, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. REPRESENTING THE FRIENDS OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB, AND I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH SINCE WE STARTED IN 2021, WHAT HAVE WE BROUGHT IN? HE SAID ABOUT $22,000, AND WE HAVE $7,000 ON HAND. JEFFREY BIGGERS AND MARK SWOPE CAME TO OUR LAST MEETING OR TWO AND ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THREE THINGS THE PRIORITIES FOR THEM. ONE WAS BUILDING BIRDHOUSES, BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD BOXES AND GETTING THEIR MEMBERS, AND [INAUDIBLE] DID A COUPLE PROTOTYPES, BUT HE USED TREATED WOOD, AND WE CAME TO FIND OUT THE BLUEBIRDS DON'T LIKE TREATED WOOD. SO JIM SIKORSKI HAS VOLUNTEERED. HE'S A WOODWORKER, AND BARRY'S GOING TO DO AND LOOKS LIKE WE MAYBE CAN MAKE THEM FOR ABOUT $15 A BIRD BOX, BUT WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THAT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE YOU CAN BUY THEM FOR $15. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS. THE SECOND WAS TO PURSUE THE AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL. THERE'S AN AUDUBON SOCIETY, THERE'S AN AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL, AND THE GOLF COURSE DID HAVE THAT. THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND WHEN CASPER MANAGEMENT WAS DOING IT, THEY PAID THE $500 FEE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A THOUSAND, AND THEN THE RENEWAL IS 500, BUT ANYWAY I PUT MARK SWOPE ON THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT IT, BUT HE'S BEEN SWAMPED FOR A MONTH, SO I'M NOT SURE IF REALLY ANY. I THINK HE'S MADE CONTACT WITH THE PERSON, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY A NEW FEE. HE WANTS TO JUST PAY THE RENEWAL FEE BECAUSE WE WANT WE WERE AT ONE TIME, AND THE THIRD WAS TO DO SOME MORE TREE TRIMMING, WHICH WE DID ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS, AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING, BUT WE GOT A LOT DONE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SUNDAY 17TH? CORRECT. SUNDAY, THE 17TH. MONDAY THE 18TH AND TUESDAY THE 19TH. WITH RON FARRELL AND ROGER LEADING THE EFFORT AGAIN. RON, BEING AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GOLF COURSE, AND ROGER IS, I THINK, STARTING ON OCTOBER 28TH, IS GOING TO BE A PART TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE GOLF COURSE. ALSO, HE'S DONE SO MUCH VOLUNTEER WORK. HE'S INCREDIBLE. SO WE WILL PAY TO HAVE THE LIFT RENTAL AND WE WILL PAY OR WE'LL BUY LUNCH FOR SOMEBODY WHO WORKS 8:30 TO 12 IN THE MORNING OR 12:30 TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE FRIENDS WILL PAY FOR THEIR LUNCH. THEY WILL HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER IF SOMEBODY HAS IT. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT WHEN I SEND OUT AN EMAIL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THAT'LL COST PROBABLY A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE TIME THE LYFT RENTAL. [00:05:01] IT'S CHEAPER TO DO IT FOR A WEEK, BUT IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING FOR THOSE GUYS. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW. OH, AND WE JUST PURCHASED WHERE OUR BOARD MEMBER, GARY. I'VE, DONATED 24 GOLF BOOKS AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PRO SHOP DONATED A GOLF BOOK. SO AS YOU WALK INTO THE GOLF COURSE, THE FOYER, AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE THE SHADOW BOX IS AT THE END ON THE LEFT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TABLE THERE, AND WE WILL HAVE A DONATION BOX FOR THE FRIENDS SO THAT PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO FILL OUT THOSE ENVELOPES THAT ARE AROUND THERE, THEY CAN PUT THAT IN THERE AND ANY DONATIONS THAT THEY WANT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START. IT'LL SAY BORROW A BOOK. RETURN A BOOK, DONATE A BOOK, AND IT WILL BE THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA BEACH LIBRARY. STARTING IT OFF WITH 24 GOLF BOOKS, AND WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT STRICTLY FOR GOLF, AND I'M HOPING SOME JUNIOR GOLFERS WILL TAKE TO THAT, AND THERE'S SOME GOOD BOOKS THAT I DONATED, SOME BOOKS AND SOME OTHER ONES. SO THAT'LL BE COMING TO FRUITION REAL SOON, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, AND ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. YEAH. I KNOW BILLY CASPER HAD THAT DESIGNATION FOR. YEAH. I BELIEVE ALMOST ALL THE TIME THEY WERE THERE. WELL, I FOUND. HOW LONG HAS THEY, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN GONE? I CAN'T REMEMBER. HE TOOK IT OVER WHEN? THREE YEARS AGO? TWO YEARS AGO? YEAH. THIS WAS BACK CERTIFICATE. I FOUND SOME CERTIFICATES IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AND IT GOES BACK TO 2014, AND THEY HAD DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I FORGET WHAT THEY ARE, BUT. SO WE'RE JUST HOPING 2014 WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THAT. I THINK SO. OKAY, WELL, LET ME ASK. THAT'S TEN YEARS AGO. YEAH, BUT I, YOU KNOW, ASK THEM OKAY. I THINK HE SAID. I THINK HE HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE SAID HE WAS NEGOTIATING WITH THE LADY THAT RUNS IT. IT'S NOT THE AUDUBON SOCIETY. I THINK IT'S CALLED AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL. THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES AND THEY ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT RELATED. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT IS I THINK THAT ONE WAS STRICTLY FOR INTERNATIONAL AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL, STRICTLY FOR GOLF COURSES OR. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN IT THAT ONE DOES AN AUDUBON FOR GOLF. WHAT WAS THAT? I FORGET WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. COOPERATION SANCTUARY PROGRAM FOR GOLF COURSES. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL. YEAH. SO MARK'S PURSUING THAT AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL MAYBE COME TO OUR MEETING TUESDAY. THIS NEXT MEETING WE'RE HAVING IS AT 4:00 ON TUESDAY, AND ONCE I EMAILED HIM BACK AND SAID THAT WE WOULD FINALIZE THE DATES ON TUESDAY, BUT CHANCES ARE WE'LL STICK TO THE SAME SCHEDULE. YOU ALL MADE IT TO GOLF COURSE, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT'S PRETTY INFORMAL. WE HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS. I'M THE PRESIDENT. AMY IS THE TREASURER. WE DON'T HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT, BUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE GARY [IANUDIBLE], WHO'S BEEN A BIG ASSET AND A BIG HELP. KENT JOHNSON. LYNN SIKORSKI. I SAY LYNN, AND KEITH MASON IS AN ENGLISH FELLOW. REALLY GOOD GUY, VERY GENEROUS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. YOU DO HAVE CONTACT WITH, LIKE ROGER OLIVER AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. AS FAR AS TREE TRIMMING GOES. MY VISION IS TO CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE EAST SIDE OF THE DRIVING RANGE OF EVERY TREE, OR MOST TREES, AND ALL THE VEGETATION OFF TO THE RIGHT WHERE YOU HAVE A VIEW STRAIGHT TO THE CREEK THROUGH THE FENCE AND THINK OF IT, IT WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE WHOLE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE RANGE, OPENING UP THE VISTA OF IT. HOWEVER, IT MIGHT BE WAY TOO BIG. ASIDE FROM WHATEVER REGULATORY PERMITS IT MIGHT BE, STARTING A PROJECT AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO DO IT. YEAH. I SAW THEY REMOVED ALL THE DEBRIS. YEAH. WELL THAT'S INTERESTING. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MURRAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. YEAH. OH, DID I MENTION ANYBODY THAT WORKS ON THE LUNCH? NO. THIS IS A WAIVER. OKAY. IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. I JUST PRINTED IT OUT. THEN YOU HAVE TO SIGN IT, AND THEN YOU GOT TO GET IT TO THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS. I'LL TELL PEOPLE IF THEY GET IT TO ME, THEN I'LL GET IT OVER TO THE REC AND PARKS, AND THAT'S JUST IF YOU IF YOU'RE HAULING DEBRIS OR ANYTHING, JUST. [00:10:07] OKAY. MOVING ON. [6.1 Golf Course Update (Effects Of Historic Rainfall / Hurricane Helene And Milton)] ITEM SIX, DISCUSSION ITEM 6.1, THE GOLF COURSE UPDATE IS MR. BIGGERS. YES, SIR. ADDRESS US ON THAT. JEFFREY BIGGERS, GENERAL MANAGER OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB. SO SOME OF THIS WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LAST MONTH, BUT AS LONG AS ALL THESE RAIN EVENTS WENT THROUGH, I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND LET ALL OF YOU KNOW AND SEE KIND OF THE PICTURES OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO I'M GOING TO GET PAM TO KIND OF START GOING THROUGH AND SHOWING SOME PICTURES. FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE MEMBERSHIP AND EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE MANY TIMES FELT A LITTLE PRESSURE TO TRY TO OPEN, AND I HAD SUPPORT THE COMMISSION YOU GUYS, WE DIDN'T NEED TO GET OPEN TOO EARLY. YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME RUTS OUT THERE WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WENT THROUGH. SO BY WAITING, IT DEFINITELY PROVED POSITIVE. I KNOW IT'S A REVENUE THING, BUT FROM THIS POINT JUST SO YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES, LET'S SAY THIS IS NUMBER ONE SOUTH. YEAH. YOU GUYS WANT TO GUESS AS WE GO THROUGH? YEAH, THAT'S ONE SOUTH, AND TO BE HONEST, I MEAN THAT WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FAIRWAY TO THE HOMEOWNERS, AND I MEAN, SOME OF THIS STUFF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN IN THIS AREA. SO JUST TO GO THROUGH. OKAY, PAM, YOU GUYS TELL THE CROSSOVER TO GET TO SOUTH. WHEN I TOOK THIS PICTURE, I WAS WITH MARK, AND THIS IS IN BETWEEN THE RAIN EVENTS AND HURRICANES. WE WERE IN ONE OF HIS CARS. WE COULDN'T HAVE TAKEN A GOLF CART THROUGH THERE. THAT'S HOW DEEP THAT WAS. IT WAS A GOOD 6 TO 8IN. OKAY, PAM. FIVE SOUTH, TWICE THIS AREA. LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE TEE BOX, IF YOU LOOK IN THE VERY BACK LEFT CORNER, THAT'S ONE OF THE TEE BOX. IT'S AN ISLAND. DO YOU SEE THAT BACK HERE? YEAH, IT'S A COMPLETE ISLAND. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER WAS COMING OUT FROM, I GUESS NEAR THAT. THE PARKWAY OVER THERE COMING ALL THE WAY ACROSS. OKAY. THIS IS IN BETWEEN NUMBER NINE, SOUTH NUMBER ONE. MARK SAID HE'S NEVER SEEN WATER THERE. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. NOT THAT MUCH. OKAY, SO THIS IS ABOUT MAYBE 180 YARDS OFF THE TEE ON FOUR NORTH, I BELIEVE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT BUTTS ACROSS TO NUMBER FIVE. THROUGH THE WOODS THERE. THE GREEN ON WEST AND ALL OF THAT AREA WAS UNDER WATER, AND A LOT OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE LIKE THIS, I MEAN, THEY STAYED FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT LEVEL WENT DOWN. OKAY. FIVE NORTH. I MEAN, THE LAKES WAY BACK OVER HERE, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TEE BOX, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER WHERE ALL THE TREES ARE. OKAY. NUMBER EIGHT NORTH. THIS AREA WENT DOWN 2 OR 3 TIMES TO WHERE IT WAS ALMOST GONE, BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE OVER HERE IN THE CORNER, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT USED TO BE A LAKE. MAY BE WAY BACK THE POND THERE, BUT NOW IT'S JUST A QUAGMIRE. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO IF YOU HIT IT OVER THERE. WE JUST HAD THE LADIES EVENT TUESDAY, AND WE TOLD THEM, STAY OUT. IF YOU HIT IT IN THERE, PLAY IT AS CASUAL. DON'T EVEN GO AFTER YOUR BALL BECAUSE IT'S STILL WET. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE CLUBHOUSE FROM THE FIRST TEE BOX HOME WEST. I MEAN, IT'S NOT AS MUCH OUT HERE, BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CART PATH TO GET TO SOUTH ALL THE WAY IN THAT AREA. IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW MUCH WATER WAS OUT HERE. OKAY. THESE LAST COUPLE OF PICTURES, THESE WERE YEAH, TWO WEST IN BETWEEN THE RAINSTORMS. THAT'S LOOKING BACK TO THE GREEN. IT'S NUMBER TWO. SO ALL THESE AREAS JUST JUST TO REITERATE TO YOU GUYS WHEN YOU PLAY GOING FORWARD WHERE ALL THIS STUFF IS SAT, IT'S BROWN, THIN. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, COME FEBRUARY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY GOING TO BE DIRT. YOU KNOW THAT BERMUDA IS COMMON BERMUDA, IT'S VERY THIN ANYWAY, AND THEN IT HAS TO SIT IN WATER TO, TO LET YOU KNOW, WE DID TRY TO GET OUT ON A COUPLE AREAS ON WEST IN BETWEEN ALL THE STORMS. PUT A LITTLE FERTILIZER OUT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KICK IT UP, AND THEN IT RAINED AGAIN. SO IT WASHED OUT. SO WE JUST SAID, WE JUST GOTTA LET IT ALL GET DOWN. SO. OKAY. THIS IS A REVERSE LOOKING ON NUMBER EIGHT TOWARDS THE TEE BOX, AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT WATER, WE COULDN'T WE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH MOWING WHERE WE COULD, BUT ALL THAT AREA IT WASN'T MOWED FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AND AT THAT POINT WE STILL HAD THE WARM ENOUGH TEMPERATURES THAT BERMUDA WAS STILL GROWING, SO. [00:15:03] OKAY. MY FAVORITE PICTURE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST PICTURE WITH MARK OUT THERE. THIS IS THIS IS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO NINE NORTH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT WHOLE LAKE, THE WHOLE FAIRWAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO ALMOST THE TEE BOX, AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE'S STANDING, CAN YOU ZOOM OUT A LITTLE PAM. YEAH. THE WATER GOT INTO THE POND, AND THIS IS WHERE WE BECAUSE WE WERE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WE WERE ABLE TO RUSH AND GET A HUGE DIESEL PUMP IN, AND WE HAD A SIX INCH HOSE AND WE PUMPED. I THINK EACH LAKE ON NORTH AND WEST TWICE OVER A WEEK OR SO PERIOD, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 20 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, AND FROM WHAT MARK TOLD ME, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO JUST ABOUT WATER. ALL 27 HOLES TEE TO GREEN FOR A MONTH. SO JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, HOW MUCH WATER THAT WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE IN BETWEEN THIS. OKAY. THIS WAS JUST TAKEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO THIS IS NUMBER I BELIEVE IT'S NUMBER ONE WEST. OKAY. PAM, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE? THAT'S NUMBER THREE WEST. ONE MORE TIME, PAM, AND THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS WHERE THE MOST WATER [INAUDIBLE]. SO DID YOU GUYS GOT TO PLAY WEST THIS WEEK? SO YOU KIND OF GOT TO SEE IT IF YOU GOT OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT THIS AREA ROPED OFF. THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE DIRT ONCE WE HIT FEBRUARY, BUT THOSE THREE AREAS, I MEAN, WE WERE TRYING TO OPEN UP TWO WEEKS PRIOR AND THEN GOT MORE RAIN AND ALL OF THAT FILLED IN AGAIN. SO WE DID GET IT ALL DRIED OUT, MOWED DOWN TO THE BEST WE COULD, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO RECOVER FROM THOSE AREAS, BUT THAT WAS A WEEK AGO, SO THIS IS HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN ABOUT A 4 TO 6 WEEK SITUATION BETWEEN THE TROPICAL STORM DEBBY, THE RAIN EVENT, HURRICANE HELENE, HURRICANE MILTON. SO BUT I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THESE PICTURES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? KIND OF WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU PLAYED. DID YOU KNOW IT WAS THIS, THIS DEEP OUT THERE? A LOT OF THAT'S LOW. A LOT OF THAT WAS FILLED IN. YOU KNOW, ON ONE AND TWO NORTH, THERE'S A SWAMP TO THE, TO THE RIGHT GOING OUT. WELL THEY WHEN THEY BUILT THAT NORTH THEY FILLED A LOT OF THAT IN WITH DIRT. THAT WAS BASICALLY IT WENT LIKE THIS DOWN TO WHERE IT[INAUDIBLE], AND THEY BUILT IT UP. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY WHAT, 15, 20FT GOING, ESPECIALLY ON TWO GOING DOWN. YEAH. YOU'RE AT EYE LEVEL. I THINK OF TREES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THERE ON NORTH, RIGHT? YEAH, ON TWO AND THEN THREE AND ONE AREN'T TOO BAD, BUT THEY'RE LOW IN THERE TOO, BUT MY POINT IS THAT IT'S BEEN LOW IN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE HAD ON THOSE RAINS, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO. TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S HAD ITS ISSUES TOO, WITH YARDS AND STREETS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE WERE IN THE SAME BOAT. SO, BUT BUT JUST TO TOP IT ALL OFF, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING IT BACK. WE'VE GOT ALL 27 HOLES OPEN, AND WE'RE PLEASED ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. JUST JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW ONE MORE TIME WHEN WE GET INTO THE WINTER WHEN THIS GRASS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, REALLY ABOUT A WEEK AGO, TEMPERATURES GOT DOWN TO AROUND 60 AT NIGHT, AND THAT'S WHEN THAT ANY BERMUDA, BUT WE HAVE COMMON JUST KIND OF STOPS GROWING. SO, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE CARD AREAS. IF YOU SEE THESE THESE AREAS, YOU KNOW, DON'T GO THROUGH WITH THE CART WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, GO AROUND WHERE THERE'S IT'S NOT AS NOT THOSE LITTLE DIPS AND EVERYTHING. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID A PERSONAL TOUR DURING THAT TIME. YOU DID I DID AND IT WAS EVERY BIT AS BAD AS YOU DESCRIBE, IF NOT WORSE IN SOME PLACES. I'M IMPRESSED HOW MUCH YOU'VE RESTORED TO IT. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO THE GOLF COURSE, BUT A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAD AMOUNT OF STANDING WATER SIMILAR IN THEIR YARDS. YEAH, PLACES YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT. SO I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA, AND IT'S GENERAL DRAINAGE, PROBABLY LIMESTONE UNDERNEATH, WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FAST AND JUST HISTORIC, LIMITED PERCOLATION OF THE WATER. IT HAD TO IT LITERALLY HAD SOME OF THOSE AREAS JUST LITERALLY HAD TO GET DOWN. EVERY TIME WE GOT CLOSE TO THAT GROUND WATER LEVEL, IT JUST WE GET RAIN AGAIN AND THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO, BUT PUMPING THOSE LAKES LIKE WE DID TWICE AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT LED EVERYTHING KIND OF FILTER IN THERE, AND THEN WE DID IT AGAIN. SO GOOD JOB. LOT OF WORK ON THOSE GUYS. YOU KNOW MARK, MARK AND HIS CREW DID A GREAT JOB THROUGH ALL THAT. SO JEFFREY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, AND I'LL RELAY THAT TO THEM. I HAVE ONE REMINISCE OF THIS WHOLE THING THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. ON ONE RAINY DAY, I WAS GOING PAST THE AIRPORT ON MY RIGHT AND THE GOLF COURSE IS ON MY LEFT, AND I SAW ALL THE SPRINKLERS RUNNING. [00:20:03] YEAH, AND I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHY WOULD THEY BE DOING THAT? SO I ASKED MARK, I SAID MARK, DID I SEE THE SPRINKLERS WHEN IT WAS RAINING? HE GOES, THAT'S HOW WE GET THE WATER OUT OF THE POND. I SAID, THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. IT WAS, AND WE DID HAVE A COUPLE PHONE CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING IT LATE AT NIGHT, BUT THIS WAS EARLY ON DURING THE RAINS, AND THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. SO WE WERE RUNNING IT ON GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. SO IT WAS NORMAL. IT JUST WAS ABNORMAL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN RAINING, BUT AT THAT POINT WE HAD TO GET THE PUMPS TO. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. GLAD YOU DID. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, JUST TO SEE ALL THOSE SPRINKLERS ON AND ON THE GREEN GRASS. DUDE, THIS IS GREAT. GREAT JOB. ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD QUESTION. IN ANTICIPATION OF, LIKE YOU SAY, FEBRUARY, WE TURN INTO A GOAT RANCH. WE'RE NOT USED TO CALL THAT. WHAT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO IN THE DESERT IS THEY GIVE EVERYBODY THE 12 INCH BY 12 INCH PATCH OF ARTIFICIAL GRASS. WELL, WE'LL HAVE GRASS OUT THERE. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE. WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE THIN IN THOSE AREAS LIKE WHAT YOU SAW IN THOSE PICTURES, THOSE BIG AREAS THAT ARE JUST BLACK, EVENTUALLY, YES, IT'S GOING TO THIN OUT TO BE KIND OF DIRT, BUT THE REST THE REST WILL STILL HAVE GRASS. IT'LL JUST BE THIN. YOU CAN STILL SEE IT THEN. IT'S NOT GOING TO. EVERY YEAR AS WE CONTINUE THIS AND MARK WORKS HIS PLAN, WE'LL GET THE COMMON BERMUDA WILL GET A LITTLE BIT STRONGER. IT'LL, YOU KNOW, DIE DOWN IN THE WINTER AND COME BACK AND WE'LL JUST KEEP THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING AND IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER, BUT THEN YOU THROW SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THERE. THIS KIND OF IMPEDES THAT PROCESS. YOU HAVE AREAS THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE SURE THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO FROM THIS WEATHER EVENT. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I GOT A QUESTION. I SAW A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR. DID WE GET A NEW TRACTOR? WE HAVE BEEN BORROWING PARKS AND REC. OKAY, I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE ARE WE ON THOSE TRACTORS YOU PUT IN? WE'VE GOT TWO FAIRWAY MOWERS THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE IN BY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER WE'RE WAITING, BUT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT KIND OF ON ORDER, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR IT TO COME IN. THE FAIRWAY MOWERS, THE GREENS, MOWERS. THE ORDER IS IN, YOU'RE JUST WAITING ON THEM TO SHIP. YES. YES SIR, YES SIR. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH I SAW THAT, I JUST WONDERED I SAID DID WE GET A NEW TRACTOR, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE BORROWING SOME STUFF. THAT'S GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. [7. WGA UPDATE] ITEM SEVEN. WE HAVE A WGA UPDATE. MISS SIKORSKI IS NOT HERE. I NOTICED THEY HAD THE BIG. I WON'T STEAL YOUR THUNDER. YOU PLEASE DO IT FOR US. I DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER, BUT I WILL JUST TALK ABOUT JUST BASICALLY ABOUT TUESDAY, OBVIOUSLY LADIES DAY HAS STARTED BACK ONCE WE GOT SOMEWHAT OPEN, BUT IT REALLY NEVER KICKED OFF BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAINS, BUT THEY HAD THEIR 27 HOLE EVENT. I'VE PUT A LITTLE BIT ON FACEBOOK ABOUT IT. IT WAS A GREAT DAY. WE HAD TONS OF COMPLIMENTS. PEOPLE HADN'T PLAYED DOWN HERE IN A WHILE AND THE COURSE CONDITIONS WERE GREAT. IT WAS 27 HOLES. MOVED ALONG PRETTY GOOD FOR THE PACE. COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE FOOD. OBVIOUSLY THE WEATHER, THEY HAD A RECORD NUMBER, 108 WOMEN PLAYED IN THE EVENT. THEY TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 60 TO 70. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS A SUCCESS. THEY SEEM TO BE HAPPY WITH IT, AND IT'S GOOD PUBLICITY FOR US TO GET OUT THAT HEY FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB. THE GOLF COURSE IS IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. SO I WAS KIND OF GOING TO LET HER TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS A SUCCESS. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR DETAILS ABOUT THAT DAY? STAFF DID GREAT. MARY POOLE, THANK YOU. GOLF SHOP DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. KRISTY IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE HAD THEM FED PRIOR AND AFTERWARDS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE TEAM AT THE GOLF ON THE GOLF COURSE HAD THE COURSE SET UP IMMACULATE, AND THAT WAS ONE THING I COULD ADD TO WITH NO PLAY OUT THERE. THE GREENS SHOULD BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE TOO, AND EVERYBODY SAID THAT BECAUSE NOBODY'S HIT, YOU KNOW, INTO THEM. NOT A LOT OF BALL MARKS. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ITEM EIGHT MGA UPDATE. [8. MGA UPDATE] MGA UPDATE IS THIS. WE HAD OUR TWO MAN BEST BALL. SIMON CARTER AND ALAN SAGE WERE THE MEDALISTS. SECOND ITEM IS WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SIGNING UP OUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS YEAR. [00:25:02] THE MEMBERSHIP COST $65 A YEAR. IT ENTITLES YOU TO PLAY IN ALL OF THE MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE A MONTH, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONE, AND THE $65 ALSO GETS YOU FOUR DINNERS FOR FREE AND AN INVITATION TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, WHICH IS ALSO FREE. THE NEXT EVENT ON OUR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IS THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP NOVEMBER 16TH AND 17TH. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MGA. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM NINE STAFF COMMENTS. [9. STAFF COMMENTS] 9.1 STAFF UPDATES. JEFFREY BIGGERS, GENERAL MANAGER, FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB. THE PACKETS I GAVE YOU, I WAS JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE. I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE NUMBERS. IT IS TWO MONTHS WORTH OF NUMBERS ON HERE, BUT TO BE HONEST, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SEPTEMBER. I WILL MAKE ONE NOTE BEING HERE THREE MONTHS GOING INTO THE FOURTH MONTH. EACH MONTH WITH OUR NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD HAVE BEEN UP FROM 2024 TO 2023. WE WERE MORE THAN $19,000 OVER WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IN AUGUST FOR TOTAL FACILITY. SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND THOSE, THAT'S KIND OF THE GOOD. OBVIOUSLY THE BAD IS WHAT SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN DURING ALL THIS RAIN THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE IN THOSE AREAS REAL QUICK AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST JUST KIND OF STOP ME. SEPTEMBER NUMBERS WE WERE CLOSED 13 DAYS. 12 DAYS. WE HAD 27 HOLES OPEN, AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE STORM HIT ON THE 12TH. OR ACTUALLY THE 13TH. THE FIRST RAIN. SO WE HAD ONE DAY WE HAD 18 HOLES RIDING AND FOUR DAYS WAS WALKING. SO IT'S ABOUT HALF AND HALF. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD. OUR AVERAGE PER ROUND WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IT WAS. IT'S JUST OUR ROUNDS WERE DOWN. WE DID 841 ROUNDS AND USUALLY WE'RE DOING 2000 TO 3000 A MONTH. SO FROM THE GOLF PERSPECTIVE EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU'RE NOT OPEN, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S DOWN. I'M GOING TO SKIP BACK TO THE LAST PAGE AND TO TIE IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE, WE WERE WITHIN $4,000 OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE. NOW, THAT JUST IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT KRISTY HAD BOOKED IN THE RESTAURANT AND THE EVENTS WE HAD, BECAUSE WE LITERALLY, AGAIN, HAD ONLY 13 DAYS WE WERE OPEN WITH GOLF CARTS. SO I FIGURE FIVE, SIX, $700 A DAY IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE. THEY'RE COMING FROM GOLF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE GOLFERS, PEOPLE PLAYING GOLF, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. SO FOR HER SHE KIND OF KEPT, YOU KNOW, KEPT THE BUILDING AFLOAT WITH REVENUE STREAMING IN EVERY DAY. WE COULD THAT WE WERE OPEN. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE DRIVING RANGE WITH THE TOP TRACER NUMBERS, IT'S THE SAME THING. THE DRIVING RANGE HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE 13TH OF SEPTEMBER. OBVIOUSLY THE GROUND'S STILL SATURATED. WE'RE STILL HAVING WATER COME DOWN FROM SIX AND ONE NORTH DOWN THERE. SOME OF THAT COULD BE SOME PIPING ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO. WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE TO DO SOME WORK ON THAT. WE'VE HAD A MEETING ON THAT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING WHEN THE GRASS STOPS GROWING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. THAT COULD HELP SOME OF THAT DRAINAGE ISSUES OVER THERE. THE OTHER ISSUE WAS HURRICANE HELENE'S WINDS PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED OUR DRIVING RANGE NETS. SO THAT'S KEEPING US CLOSED, AND I CAN TOUCH BASE ON A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DRIVING RANGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT IT. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE. I STARTED ASSESSING THE DRIVING RANGE A COUPLE DAYS AFTER HELENE TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND YOU KNOW, IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, WE HAVE APPLIED OR REACHED OUT WITH A CLAIM FOR THE INSURANCE SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS SHOWING. THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND PERSPECTIVE. WE CAN'T OPEN THE RANGE BECAUSE OF THE GAPING HOLES IN THE NETS. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT OPEN UNTIL WE GET RANGE NETS BACK UP. I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND GET QUOTES. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REPAIR THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS LEAST EXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT GET IT DONE RIGHT SO WE CAN OPEN. I WAS TALKING WITH SCOTT. I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, AND BEING NEW TO THE CITY, WE WERE LOOKING AT BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR TO DOING SOMETHING TO THAT WHOLE AREA. [00:30:05] THE POLLS ARE NOT GREAT. THE NETTING WE HAD WAS PRETTY BAD AND IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH WIND TO TAKE IT DOWN. SO WE GOT TWO OF THOSE QUOTES TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON THE THIRD, AND THEN IT'S JUST A PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH, AND ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS WITH THE CITY, THEN I CAN GET WITH THAT COMPANY THAT WE CHOOSE TO GO WITH AND START GETTING THOSE BACK UP THERE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'D BE A MAJOR BUDGETARY. IT IS PAYING FOR IT IS THE ISSUE. IT IS, BUT I'M LEARNING THAT PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SIFT THROUGH IT WITH THE HELP OF SCOTT MIKELSON AND THE CITY, AND AS SOON AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THIS GOING, WE'RE GOING TO I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. SO YES, IT IS. WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE SOME MONEY AROUND, BUT I DON'T THINK I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK MOVING MONEY AROUND WOULD COME CLOSE TO WHAT'S NEEDED. WELL YOU'RE CORRECT. CHAIR PELICAN. TO DO IT RIGHT? YES, BUT TO GET US BACK UP AND REPAIRED AND FUNCTIONAL SO WE CAN OPEN THE DRIVING RANGE, WHICH IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OH, SURE. THAT'S THE KEY, BECAUSE IT'S A REVENUE. IT'S A VERY BIG REVENUE STREAM FOR THE CLUB AND THE SOONER THE BETTER. SO THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR IT. NO, I HAVE NOT PUSHING TO GET IT DONE, YOU KNOW. COMPLETELY CORRECT. I'M GETTING TRYING TO PUSH IT, TO GET IT WHERE WE CAN START HITTING GOLF BALLS AGAIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. GOING BACK TO THE NUMBERS REAL QUICK. THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE I JUST LISTED. YOU KNOW HOW MANY DAYS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN CLOSED AND OPEN SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE SOMETHING FOR RECORD TO UNDERSTAND THE EVENTS AGAIN, I'LL JUST REITERATE ONE MORE TIME. THE TROPICAL STORM. THE RAIN EVENT WHERE WE WERE RUNNING SPRINKLERS PROBABLY AT THAT POINT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BACK TO BACK HURRICANES AND, AND WE HAD MAJOR CLEANUP AFTER HELENE. I THINK IT KNOCKED EVERYTHING OUT OF THE TREES, AND THAT TOOK ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF TO GET BACK OPEN JUST TO WALK. MILTON WAS NOT AS BAD BECAUSE I THINK IT HAD TAKEN MOST OF THAT STUFF OUT. SO MEMBERSHIP SALES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE OPENED UP MEMBERSHIP STARTING ON OCTOBER THE 1ST THE FIRST 14 DAYS AS I HAD DOWN THERE, WE'VE SOLD 110 MEMBERSHIPS. SO WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START. AS OF TODAY, WE'RE UP TO 121. SO I THINK YOU START SEEING THEM SLOWLY COME IN SO ALREADY AND WELL, 24 DAYS WE GOT 121 SOME TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP THAT WE, THAT WE SELL. MARKETING GOT TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS I'M GOING TO TRY TO USE FOR MARKETING. ONE IS A MR. PAT QUINN. HE KIND OF DOES A TRI-FOLDER THAT HAS A MAP OF THE CITY, EXCUSE ME, THE WHOLE ISLAND. IT WAS A LITTLE TENTATIVE BECAUSE HE'S NEW TO THIS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S SOLICITED VERY WELL IN THE CITY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE MAP AND OUT THERE, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THOSE. IT'S A VISITOR AND NEWCOMERS GUIDE. WE'LL HAVE TWO SPOTS ON THERE. SO A SMALL SPOT NEAR THE MAP AND THEN A QUARTER PAGE COVER. THE OTHER ONE I'M WORKING ON, I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN THIS, THIS THIS KIND OF MARKETING. I THINK WE MAY HAVE DONE IT IN 2021 WITH TOP TRACER AT THE RITZ. IT'S A SIX FOOT KIOSK, KIND OF CONCIERGE KIOSK, AND THERE WAS OPTIONS OF HOW YOU COULD RUN THE ADVERTISEMENT ON IT, BUT I BASICALLY WENT WITH THE LEAST EXPENSIVE TO GET ON THERE, AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT PAPERWORK THROUGH AND DO THAT, AND THE REASON I LIKE IT IS GOING TO MARKET THOSE FOUR HOTELS, WHICH I THINK ARE RIGHT UP. WHAT WE NEED TO GET GOLFERS OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE AND HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I THINK PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DONE SOMETHING WITH WEDDING PROS FROM TALKING WITH KRISTY AND THE RESTAURANT AND PAM. ONE WEDDING? ONE. ONE WEDDING. SO WE SPENT A BUNCH OF ADVERTISING DOLLARS, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT, I THINK. I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE AS A FACILITY, AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ON THE OCEAN. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD TRY, BUT I JUST THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND DIDN'T GET A LOT BACK OUT OF IT. WE DID ADD A RESTAURANT SIGN ON TOP OF THE PARKWAY SIGN BY THE FENCE, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, KIND OF CLEANING UP THOSE SIGNS. THE FRONT SIGN IN FRONT OF THE CLUBHOUSE. WE'VE GOT STAFF ON MAINTENANCE STAFF WORKING ON THAT. SO I THINK THEY WERE PUT IN MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. MAYBE WITH FRIENDS. IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF TOUCHING THOSE UP. SATURDAY TOURNAMENT. UPCOMING EVENTS I DID HAVE ON THERE ABOUT THIS PAST WEEK. [00:35:03] YOU DISCUSSED THAT ONE. WE HAD 26 PLAYERS FOR THAT LADIES EVENT. LIKE I SAID, RECORD KUDOS TO TO TO THE WHOLE STAFF AND ALL THOSE LADIES INVOLVED WITH PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. 108 PLAYERS AND THEN THE NEXT EVENTS WE HAVE COMING UP MONDAY AND TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, WE'RE HOPING THE WEATHER HOLDS OFF BECAUSE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE A LITTLE COOLER AND RAIN. WE HAVE WE'RE HOSTING THE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS DISTRICTS, SO, AND I GUESS THE LAST THING IS OUR FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER FOR NOVEMBER SURF AND TURF. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THIS? NO, BUT THERE IS AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. SURE. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MEETINGS? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE THAT DOWN. SO YES, WITH US BEING THE THIRD THURSDAY, I TALKED WITH SCOTT ABOUT THIS FOURTH, FOURTH, FOURTH THURSDAY. EXCUSE ME. YES. I TALKED WITH SCOTT ABOUT THIS, AND HE'S REACHED OUT TO TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MOVE A COUPLE OF THOSE. SO TAKE NOTE ON THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO TUESDAY THE 26TH. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING ON THAT SCHEDULE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE DECEMBER MEETING TO MONDAY THE 23RD. SAME TIME, 4 TO 5. WE HAVEN'T HAD CONFIRMATION YET, BUT THOSE ARE LOOKING LIKE THE BEST DATES TO HAVE THOSE TWO, AND WHEN WE GET INTO JANUARY, I'M SCHEDULED TO BE AT THE PGA SHOW IN ORLANDO, AND I THINK SCOTT SAID HE WOULD HELP OUT WITH RUNNING THE EVENT. SO WE MAY NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE JANUARY HE MAY RUN THE GOLF BOARD MEETING, BUT WE'VE GOT TIME TO LOOK AT THAT. SO THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN CONFIRMED YET, BUT YES, THOSE ARE TWO WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. WHAT'S THE TENTATIVE DECEMBER DATE AGAIN. DECEMBER, MONDAY THE 23RD. OKAY, AND OKAY. ALL THESE TIMES ARE 4:00, 4 TO 5. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET. EXACTLY. YES, SIR. AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I CAN THINK ABOUT IF ANYTHING IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEEK BEFORE, JUST IN CASE. I AGREE WITH THAT. I KIND OF LET SCOTT LOOK THROUGH THAT, AND HE WAS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED AT THE WHOLE BROAD SCHEME OF THINGS, AND I CAN MENTION IT TO HIM AS WELL. DECEMBER, WE HAVE TIME. IT'S NOVEMBER. SO NOVEMBER LOOKS GOOD. OKAY. I CAN TELL. YES, SIR. ANYTHING ELSE? NO THANK YOU. NO, SIR. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MR. CORBETT? I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE RAIN, SO I THINK SO, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING'S BEEN AS GOOD AND THE COURSE IS GOOD. WE'VE HAD GOOD WEATHER SINCE FOR THE LAST, WHAT, TEN DAYS, MAYBE. RIGHT. WHICH HAS HELPED AT LEAST DRY IT OUT. HOW ABOUT YOU? NO COMMENT, SIR. THANK YOU. I WAS GLAD TO SEE COMMISSIONER ROSS ARRIVED. HE'S BEEN A MAINSTAY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EVER MISSED ONE WHILE I'VE BEEN AT THE MEETING, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND ATTENDANCE AT OUR MEETINGS. HE'S HE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET TO US. WELL. THANK YOU. CHIP ROSS, 210 NORTH THIRD STREET. I HAVE ATTENDED THESE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I THINK EIGHT YEARS. THIS WILL BE MY LAST ONE, GUYS. SAYONARA. I THINK WE'VE TURNED THINGS AROUND. WE GOT THE GOLF COURSE OUT OF DEBT, AND HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL PROGRESS ALONG. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE MEETINGS AS JUST A CIVILIAN. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, MY ADDRESS IS CHANGING TO JACKSONVILLE, AND I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO DRIVE UP HERE FOR THE GOLF MEETINGS. OKAY. JUST A THOUGHT. IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU'RE WELCOME ANY TIME DESPITE THE FACT YOU'RE NOT COMING. THANK YOU. SIR, AND MY SECOND COMMENT. I THINK THE DRIVING RANGE SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF THE DRIVING RANGE IS NEW OR REPAIRED, BUT I CAN SEE WITH MY EYES IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. THAT'S A MAJOR PROJECT. TOTAL REBUILD. I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE DRIVING RANGE BASICALLY CAN'T BE 50 YEARS OLD AND EXPECT TO BE FUNCTIONAL. [00:40:06] SO THAT'S MY IT'S BOARD MEMBERS I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENGAGE THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC AND TO TRY TO SELL THEM ON THAT IDEA. IT'S JUST PART OF OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND AT SOME POINT, ALL OF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED IN A MAJOR WAY. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.