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          >> CALL THE FERNANDINA BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. 
          >>I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> LET US PRAY. THANK YOU GOD OF JUSTICE AND KINDNESS FOR GIVING US LIFE AND GIVING US A CHANCE TO HELP OUR CITY RESIDENTS. ASSIST US TO LISTEN WITH COMPASSION AND GOODWILL. 
          ASSIST US TO TALK WITH CHARITY AND SELF-CONTROL AND HELP US TO ACT WITH CONVICTION AND 
          CHARACTER. INSTILL A SENSE OF SERVICE IN US . WE THANK YOU >> GOD FOR THESE YOUR SERVANTS, OUR MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF AND CITY COMMISSIONERS. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE WAY OF SERVICE THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE UP ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE. WE EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO YOU, GOD, FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR RACE, AND YOUR INHERENT DIGNITY AND VALUE IN EACH PERSON AND CITY RESIDENT. WE EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR BEEN CALLED TO OR NEIGHBORS AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR CREATION. HELP US LEARN TO TRUST YOU MORE. MAY WE LEAN ON YOUR EVERLASTING ARMS TONIGHT. THEREFORE WE PRAY THAT TONIGHT'S ACTIONS MADE BY THE CITY WILL EXALT YOU. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HOW OUR LIVES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND HOW LISTENING TO AND HELPING THOSE WHO ARE MOST IN NEED OF OUR SUPPORT SERVES THE COMMON GOOD. WE HOPE THAT YOUR POWER WILL WORK IN EACH OF THESE SERVICE OF YOURS BRINGING YOUR KINGDOM TO FERNANDINA BEACH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. MAY THE VOICES OF THE MOST SILENCE TO BE HEARD CLEARLY. MAY YOUR LIGHT SHINE STRONGER. MAY YOUR TRUTH BE EXPOSED. TONIGHT, WE WILL EMPLOY THIS GOVERNING BODY TO DEFEND THEIR CAUSE OF GOD WITH 
          [4.1 PRESENTATION - NASSAU HUMANE SOCIETY - Nassau Humane Society Executive Director Chantal Scherer will present the "City Commission Dog of the Month."]
THE NAME OF JESUS IS PERFECT LOVE SETS US FREE FROM ALL OUR FEARS AMEN. 
          >> TONIGHT WISTAR PRESENTATIONS WITH A SPECIAL GUEST WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. WELCOME BACK 
          TO OUR HUMANE SOCIETY DOG OF THE MONTH. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. THIS IS BETTY. SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD. WE RESCUED HER FROM A KILL SHELTER. SHE CAME TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. SHE HAD A MATE NAMED BARNEY. BERNIE HAS FOUND A NEW HOME SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR BETTY. SHE'S GOOD WITH CHILDREN AND OTHER DOGS. SHE COMES FULLY SPAYED AND UP-TO-DATE WITH HER VACCINATIONS. SHE IS JUST LOOKING FOR A HOME. MAYOR BEAN, 
          CAN SHE COME HOME WITH YOU? >> YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE BETTY. SHE MIGHT DO REALLY WELL ON RIVERSIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU AND BETTY BEING HERE TONIGHT. HOW COULD SOMEONE 
          ADOPT BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT TODAY? >> COME TO THE SHELTER. YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE OTHER DOGS AND CATS WE HAVE. AND COME AND SEE 
          US AND YOU CAN TAKE BETTY HOME. >> PERFECT. WE APPRECIATE YOU 
          [4.2 PROCLAMATION - "EMILY ADKINS BLOOD CLOT AWARENESS MONTH" - Recognizing the month of November 2024, as "Emily Adkins Blood Clot Awareness Month." Adkins family members will be in attendance to accept the Proclamation.]
DOING A GOOD JOB AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE DO HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT. IMAGINARY GAVEL HERE EVERYBODY. THE DOG OF THE MONTH IS VERY TANTALIZING. WE DO WANT TO CALL UP TONIGHT THE ATKINS FAMILY FOR BEING HERE. WHEREAS MISS EMILY ATKINS WAS AN EXCEEDINGLY KIND AND COMPASSIONATE YOUNG WOMAN NASSAU COUNTY HEALTH CARE, ACTIVELY ENGAGED VOLUNTEER, MISS EMILY ADKINS PASSED AWAY FROM A PREVENTABLE BLOOD CLOT. HER LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY FOUNDED EMILY'S PROMISE, AN 
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ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON THE PUBLIC TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE LIFE-THREATENING RISK ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD CLOTS. AN ESTIMATED 900,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE UNITED STATES ARE AFFECTED BY BLOOD CLOTS AND THE HUNDRED THOUSAND PASS AWAY FROM PREVENTABLE BLOOD CLOTS ANNUALLY. WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION BLOOD CLOTS CAN AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL AT ANY AGE THROUGH VARIOUS RISK FACTORS SUCH AS SURGERY, CANCER TREATMENT , WHEREAS ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY EMILY'S PROMISE LED TO FORMAL ENACTMENT OF THE EMILY ADKINS PREVENTION ACT REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLICY WORKER BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE SURGEON GENERAL TO ENHANCE DETECTION OF BLOOD CLASS -- CLOTS AND WHEREAS EMILY HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ASSESS AN INDIVIDUAL'S BLOOD CLOT RISK, ADDRESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTABLISHING A BLOOD CLOT PREVENTION PLAN WITH MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATE FOR TREATMENTS THAT WILL SAVE THE LIVES OF THOSE EXPERIENCING BLOOD CLOTS BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF OUR CITY PROCLAIM OCTOBER AS EMILY ADKINS BLOOD CLOT AWARENESS MONTH. IT MAKES ME SO 
          SAD TO READ THIS. >> MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS , I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP . BLOOD CLOTS ARE KILLING MORE AMERICANS AND IT IS A RISING PROBLEM IN FLORIDA, YOU KNOW. RISING PROBLEM BECAUSE IT GOES UNDETECTED AND KILLS IN AN HOUR . EMILY DIED IN AN HOUR, LESS THAN AN HOUR . SHE WAS WORKING AND SHE PASSED AWAY TRAGICALLY. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE WORKGROUP IS DOING TO PREVENT -- TO HELP ENHANCE BLOOD CLOT PREVENTION SO WORKGROUPS MANDATED TO ISSUE A REPORT ON JANUARY FOURTH WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN EMILY'S BIRTHDAY AND THAT REPORT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS APPEAR TO BE GRAVITATING TOWARD A STATEWIDE DATA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SO YOU MIGHT SAY WELL, WE ARE COLLECTING DATA ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IT'S NOT BEING DONE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE COLLECT LOTS OF DATA ABOUT LOTS OF THINGS IN HEALTHCARE BUT WE COLLECT ZERO DATA AS RELATES TO PULMONARY EMBOLISMS, BLOOD CLOTS, AND SO THIS WOULD SORT OF CHANGE THAT. 
          THERE WOULD BE A REGISTRY SO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION, THEY'RE ALL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER THING IS A SCREENING PROCESS AND AGAIN, SCREENING FOR EVERYBODY APPROACHES THIS THEIR OWN WAY. ALL THE HOSPITALS ARE WORKING FROM DIFFERENT STANDARDS. THERE IS NO UNIFORMITY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO DANGEROUS AND TRAGIC. YOU KNOW, MAYOR BEAN MENTIONED THAT IT IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD A BABY, 12 WEEKS AFTER HAVING A CHILD. NUMBER ONE KILLER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CANCER, SECONDARY TO THE CANCER. IF YOU ARE OVER 60 , I AM OVER 60, YOUR RISK FACTOR GOES UP BY 100 FOLD. NOBODY TELLS YOU THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO, IS TO GET THE WORD OUT SO MAYOR BEING, -- MAYOR BEAN, WE ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS WITH EMILY'S PROMISE, ONE OF WHICH IS A DOCUSERIES WE ARE FILMING RIGHT NOW ALL ACROSS FLORIDA. WE ARE TALKING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, LEGISLATORS, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD BLOOD CLOT STORIES AND SADLY, MANY OF THESE STORIES ARE MISDIAGNOSES. 
          MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS ARE TRAGIC AND THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND IN SOME CASES A 48-YEAR-OLD MAN GOT TURNED AWAY FROM THE E.R., CALLED HIS WIFE ON THE WAY DOWN I-95, HAS HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, PULLS OFF AT THE REST AREA AND DIES IN THE CAR WITH THE FOUR-YER-OLD AND GOT TURNED AWAY FROM THE E.R. SO THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS GETTING MISSED. THIS IS 100% PREVENTABLE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. THIS IS A POSTER. IT HAS EMILY'S PICTURE. IT IS INTENDED TO HELP IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS CENTERED AROUND BLOOD CLOTS. IF YOU THINK YOU MEET ONE OF THESE CRITERIA YOU NEED TO BE SCREENED IMMEDIATELY. 
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MINUTES AND TIME ARE SO ESSENTIAL SO THIS IS A POSTER PROJECT WE ARE HOPING TO GET THESE POSTERS OUT IN PUBLIC SPACES, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ALL ACROSS FLORIDA. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU GUYS SINCE THE TOWN IS SO BIG NOW. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS EMILY'S COMMUNITY AND SHE LOVED THE WATERSLIDE. SHE LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS TOWN . WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMISSION, THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT BEING DONE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND FLORIDA AND I JUST AM ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TOWN WE CALL HOME, FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. QUICK 
          PICTURE TOGETHER BEFORE WE GO. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE. THIS IS AN OFF-AGENDA ONE BUT IT IS ALSO 
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NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THAT'S CALLED ON MS. CURTIN, A LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN DESCENDENT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEREAS INAUDIBLE ] NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE HELPED SHAPE AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. THEIR TRADITIONAL VALUES CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE IDEALS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT AND DETERMINATION OF THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED STATES AND AS WE REFLECT ON OUR HISTORY WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE CHAPTERS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHILE WE CANNOT UNDO THE PAIN AND TRAGEDY OF THE PAST WEEK AND SET OUT TOGETHER TO FORGE A BRIGHTER FUTURE OF PROGRESS AND HOPE. NIGHT -- IN 1944 THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS UNDER TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES TO PROTECT CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THE COMMON WELFARE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF AMERICAN INDIANS. WHEREAS THIS MONTH WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AMERICAN INDIANS HAVE MADE TO ENHANCE THE FREEDOM, PROSPERITY AND GREATNESS OF AMERICA TODAY THE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS ARE RESPECTED AND CELEBRATED AS PART OF A RICH LEGACY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THEREFORE BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS MONTH, NOVEMBER 22, AS NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND URGE EVERYBODY TO CELEBRATE THE SAME. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IN THIS POLITICAL SEASON THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT HERBERT HOOVER AND HIS VICE PRESIDENTS SERVED US FROM 1929 TO 19 33 AND EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH PRESENT SEEMS THAT FEW PEOPLE KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT'S NAMES. THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS CHARLES CURTIS AND I BRING HIM UP BECAUSE CHARLES CURTIS WAS AN AMERICAN INDIAN. HE WAS A CALL . THAT WAS A NEW TRIBE TO ME SO I LOOKED IT UP. HE WAS KAW AND DOSAGE. -- OSAGE. VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS WAS FROM TOPEKA AND TOPEKA MEANS GOOD PLACE TO PLANT POTATOES. AND KANSA MEANS PEOPLE OF THE WATER. THE KANSAS RIVER GOES THROUGH OR NEAR TOPEKA. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, MS. CAROL. WE HAVE FERNANDINA 200 , THOMAS PATRICK O'HAGAN. IS HE WITH US 
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TONIGHT? ARE YOU A PINCH HITTER? THAT IS ONLINE. CAN WE PUT OUT THE FERNANDINA 200 
          [4.4 PRESENTATION - AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY - Amelia Tree Conservancy members will be in attendance to present a Land Conservation Trust Fund donation.]
INFORMATION? IS IT ONLINE, GET PEOPLE GOING? IT IS ONLINE. OF COURSE IT IS. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO THERE BUT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT FOR THE AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY SO WE 
          WILL GO AHEAD . >> THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OF AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY, AS WELL. I AM PRESIDENT OF AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST CHALLENGE GRANT. HERE'S A CHECK FOR $2500. WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $2350 FROM SIX MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY . I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY HERE WHO HAS NOT YET MADE A CONTRIBUTION , TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THIS CHALLENGE GRANT. THE GOAL IS $25,000. THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30TH. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO FERNANDINA LAND 
          CONSERVATION TRUST FUND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THE AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY DOES. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JEREMIAH, 
          [4.5 PRESENTATION - DOWNTOWN PRELIMINARY DESIGN - Kimley-Horn Senior Landscape Architect Matt Jurney will provide a downtown preliminary design overview. (Part 1 of 2)]
IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP AND KICK OFF OUR DOWNTOWN PRELIMINARY DESIGN. 
          >> AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE WORKSHOP , WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING A FINAL DESIGN ON THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A LONG-DISCUSSED PROJECT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALKS IN PLACE FROM THE 70S, ELECTRICAL UNDER THE SIDEWALKS FROM THE 70S, AS WELL. OLD LIGHTS WE STRUGGLE TO GET PARTS FOR AND OTHER TREES THAT ARE OVER-MATURE AND NO LONGER SPECIES WE WANT IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          PROJECT. WE HAVE $1 MILLION THIS YEAR TO GET STARTED. WITH MR. JACOBS WITH THE COUNTY AS WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP WITH THIS MULTIPHASE, MULTI-YOUR PROJECT THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE AN ENDEAVOR WITH THE DOWNTOWN PAIN MAJOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM IN OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE AND PREPARE OUR DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT. 
          I WILL TURN IT OVER >> JOURNEY WITH COUNTY CORN. WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. WE NEED THIS FEEDBACK TO INCORPORATE INTO THE DESIGN AND TAKE IT TO OUR HISTORIC COUNSEL FOR THEIR 
          FEEDBACK. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND GO THROUGH THIS PROJECT WITH YOU. IT'S A JOY TO WORK WITH THE STAFF HERE. WE STARTED THIS PROBABLY BACK MARCH OR SO WITH MR. CHARLIE GEORGE. MR. GEORGE WAS PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH, REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM AND THEN JEREMIAH HAS STEPPED IN AND TAKEN UP HER MR. GEORGE WAS SO WANT TO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU, BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS. I WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS. ONE IS TO REPLACE ALL THE SIDEWALKS WITH NEW SIDEWALKS , CROSSWALKS, CURBS , CONSISTENT PAVING MATERIAL IS A MAJOR THEME FOR US. AND GETTING RID OF ALL THE 
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DIFFERENT PAVING MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND CREATE A COHESIVE DESIGN . NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE EXISTING TREES DOWNTOWN. THAT IS ONE OF YOUR JEWELS DOWNTOWN IS THE LARGE LIVE OAKS AND SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES DURING THIS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE TO PROTECT THOSE TREES AND HOW DO WE DO THAT SO WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE MORE SHADE FOR PEDESTRIANS, REPLACE AND ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE BEDS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE IRRIGATION. THE IRRIGATION IS MANY YEARS OLD SO A NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM WOULD BE NEEDED. WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE , I WILL WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE DESIGN WITH YOU BUT WE HAVE CREATED A BETTER PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AT EACH INTERSECTION WITH 88 CROSSING RAMPS -- A.D.A. CROSSING RAMPS. WE ARE TRYING TO BRING THE TOWN UP TO A.D.A. COMPLIANT SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO BRING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC THEME OF THE DOWNTOWN. WHAT YOU HAVE WORKS BEAUTIFULLY. IT IS A JEWEL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA SO WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT SO WE LEFT THE ALIGNMENT THE SAME. WE LEFT THE SIDEWALK WITH THE SAME. WE TRY TO CREATE SOME ENHANCEMENTS ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE THINK CAN BRING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO THE DOWNTOWN. AND THEN WE WANTED TO ALSO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH SITE FURNISHINGS AND THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE TRASH RECEPTACLES, BIKE RACKS, LIGHT FIXTURES . WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN WHICH WILL BRING ALL NEW LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN THAT GET RID OF THE MULTIPLE LIGHT POLES, MULTIPLE SITE FURNISHINGS . SO THIS IS THE OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN WE CAME UP WITH BACK IN JULY AND IT INCORPORATES ALL OF CENTER STREET AND ALL OF SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH FROM ASH TO ALACHUA. I WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH STARTING AT CENTER STREET AT THE RAILROAD. AGAIN WE LIKE, WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE ALIGNMENT AS IT IS BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT ALIGNMENT AND THAT INCLUDED THE SITE FURNISHINGS, NEW BIKE RACKS, TRASH RECEPTACLES. AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE INTERSECTION, WE CREATED BUMP OUTS. WHAT THAT DOES IS PROVIDE FURTHER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS THEY GET READY TO MAKE A CROSSING OF THE CROSSWALKS AND WE DID THAT AT EVERY INTERSECTION ON CENTER STREET SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH SAFER CROSSING AT EACH INTERSECTION. WE ALSO PROVIDE A.D.A. RAMPS AT EACH CROSSING WITH DETECTABLE WARNINGS AS THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. AS WE GO DOWN CENTER STREET WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC THEME BUT WITH NEW MATERIALS. AS WE GET TO FOURTH STREET , FROM 4TH TO 5TH STREET . I LIKE TO CALL THAT OUR HISTORIC BLOCK AND WE ARE INCORPORATING HISTORIC PAVERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BLOCK. WE ARE DOING THE HISTORIC PAVERS AS WELL AS WE ARE GOING TO TRY THE HISTORIC EXISTING GRANITE CURB IS OUT THERE . GOING TO TRY TO REUSE WHERE WE CAN AND MAKE THAT THE HISTORIC MATERIALS BLOCK. 
          WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT EACH CROSSWALK , WE REALIZE THERE HISTORIC PAPERS AND BRICK PAPERS AND SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY SO WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN PLACE . SOME OF THOSE WILL SHORTEN UP . WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REUSE THAT BRICK AND 
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OTHER CROSSWALKS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO, AT SEVEN STREET , WHICH I JUST SAW WHEN I DROVE IN TODAY, WE HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION THERE SO WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO TIE IN WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUT WE WILL HAVE NEW CROSSWALKS AT SEVEN STREET THAT CROSSES CENTER STREET AND SOUTH SEVENTH STREET AND NORTH SEVENTH STREET. AND THEN WE WILL COME TO AN END AT THE INTERSECTION OF EIGHTH O STREET ALL THE LANDSCAPING AGAIN THE LANDSCAPING WAS OUR MAIN GOAL WAS TO PROTECT THE LARGE LIVE OAKS, PROTECT THE TREES THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT SHADE FOR THE DOWNTOWN , SO WE ARE BUMPING OUT SOME OF THOSE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS TO CREATE A LARGER TREE ROOT ZONE FOR FUTURE GROWTH. A LOT OF THE ROOT GROWTH YOU ARE HAVING NOW IS KICKING UP SIDEWALKS, IS GOING TO CAUSE TRIP AND FALLS AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE THAT AS MUCH ROOM AS POSSIBLE FOR THAT TREE TO CONTINUE TO GROW, CONTINUE TO BE THE SHAPE-PRODUCING TREE EVERYBODY LOVES. WE ARE INCREASING THE ISLANDS AROUND THOSE IS MUCH AS WE CAN AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT OUR PARKING LOSS BUT WE DO WANT TO INCREASE THOSE ISLANDS TO PROVIDE THE GROWTH AREA THAT THEY NEED. 
          AGAIN, THE BRICK PAVERS YOU SEE HERE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY NOT WHAT WE ARE USING. WE'RE JUST MAINTAINING THE OLD ONES BUT WE ARE GOING TO USE A SHELL STONE CONCRETE FOR THE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT SO YOU CAN HAVE COHESIVE PAVEMENT THROUGHOUT ALL OF DOWNTOWN . YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC RICK CROSSWALKS AS WELL AS YOUR HISTORIC BLOCK WITH PAVERS. 
          AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL VIEW . CENTER STREET AND SECOND STREET AND THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE TO ENVISION WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN , CENTER STREET. STILL OBVIOUSLY MAINTAIN THAT LIVE OAK CANOPY AS WELL AS YOUR SABLE PALMS, AND PROPOSED OTHER TREES. AGAIN SOME OF THE SITE FURNISHINGS WE ARE NOT TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND CREATE A COHESIVE DESIGN THROUGHOUT SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TRASH CANS AND BIKE RACKS. WERE GOING TO KEEP IT A COHESIVE DESIGN THROUGHOUT AS WELL AS A NEW LIGHTING FIXTURE THAT THE CITY HAS VETTED WITH THE LIGHTING MANUFACTURERS, AND THAT WAS THE LIGHTING FIXTURE THEY HAD CHOSEN. WE HAD 60% LEVEL PLANS COMPLETED. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY THROUGH THAT DESIGN PHASE . WE ARE ABOUT 90% LEVEL RIGHT NOW . HOPE TO BE 100% VERY SOON. NEXT STEPS WE'VE COMPLETED OUR CONCEPT DESIGN INCLUDING ALL OF THE SIDE STREETS FOR SECOND THROUGH FIFTH. WE ARE AT 60% LEVEL CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO 100% CONSTRUCTION PLANS. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN FOR NEW LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL FOR ALL THE LIGHTS DOWNTOWN . WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW OUTLETS TO PLUG INTO. WE HAVE NEW LIGHTS FOR EACH TREE TO LIGHT DURING THE HOLIDAYS. AND THEN AFTER WE COMPLETE 100% DESIGNS WERE GOING TO GO TO HDC REVIEW. THEN WE WILL GO TO FULL FINAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS. AFTER FINAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE COMPLETED WE ARE HERE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND ASSIST THE CITY WITH BIDDING , ANY PROCESS IN ANY CONSTRUCTION PHASE. 
          THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, SIR. ANY WESTERNS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CLIENT AN ABSOLUTELY WE WILL DO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. I HAVE A FEW I WANT TO START OFF WITH SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS A REFRESH OF WHAT IS DOWN THERE 
          RIGHT NOW LIKE IT IS TOUCHING UP. IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SAY? >> CERTAINLY WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC FIELD TO DOWNTOWN. WE DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OR THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WORKS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN. WE WANTED TO REFRESH THE MATERIALS. SITE FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES AND THE LANDSCAPE SO YES, I WOULD SAY 
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          IT IS A REFRESH OF EVERYTHING THAT IS THERE. >> I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS IN THE PRESENTATION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I SAW IT IN THERE. I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS OTHER CROSSWALKS. THOSE WILL BE MAINTAINED. 
          >> YES, THAT IS THE PLAN. >> CROSSWALKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND FINALLY YOU MENTIONED YOU ALLUDED TO THIS LOOKING AT IT. WHAT KIND OF PARKING LOSS ARE WE TALKING 
          ABOUT? WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE? >> THE OVERALL CONCEPT DESIGN FROM DOWNTOWN WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME PARKING ON THE SIDE STREET SO WE ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME ON CENTER STREET BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THOSE LARGE LIVE OAKS AS MUCH ROOM TO GROW AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT NOW , IF WE LIVE THOSE ISLANDS AS WE ARE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SIDEWALKS, DAMAGE TO CURBS KICKING UP, SO WE WANT TO SPREAD THAT OUT, GIVE IT AS MUCH ROOM AS POSSIBLE SO WE ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME ON CENTER STREET BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT UP IN FUTURE PHASES. 
          >> WHEN YOU SAY SOME LIKE CAN YOU BALLPARK NUMBER? >> PROBABLY FOUR, FIVE AT THE 
          MOST. >> IN TOTAL? I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON 
          THIS FROM MISS MARION PHILLIPS. >> MARION PHILLIPS 724 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS I WAS LOOKING AT IT AS I DON'T KNOW WHO IS FROM HERE AND KNOWS THIS BUT IN THE LATE 70S, THE 1878 STEAKHOUSE BURIED A TIME CAPSULE AND IT IS THERE CLOSE TO THE PALACE AND IT IS UNDERNEATH THOSE BRICK AND THOSE BREAKER HISTORIC RICK AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE LIKE BRADLEY ASK THIS QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THOSE BRICK ARE PROTECTED . ARE YOU GOING TO DIG UP THE ASPHALT? ARE YOU ALL GOING TO SMOOTH OUT THAT ASPHALT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IF YOU TAKE THOSE BRICKS UP THAN THE EVERYTHING IS EVERYBODY LOVES A LITTLE SPOT RIGHT THERE BEFORE PEPPERS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT LITTLE DIP THERE? I THINK THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION. IF YOU FIND THE TIME 
          CAPSULE, DON'T OPEN IT YET. >> WAS PHILLIPS, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOUR WE WERE 
          SUPPOSED TO OPEN THAT? >> HONEST TO GOD I CAN'T BUT MY HUSBAND MIKE WORKED AT THAT STEAKHOUSE AND THE BEAR AT THAT TIME CAPSULE BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THEY WERE CURVING THE STREET. THE STREET USED TO BE STRAIGHT IN THAT IS WHEN THEY WERE CURVING IT SO THEY DID 
          BURY THE TIME CAPSULE THERE. >> THANK YOU, MS. PHILLIPS. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO PLUG THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. MAKE SURE IS IT STILL IN HERE SOMEWHERE? IT'S IN THE BUILDING SOMEWHERE. WE ARE FILLING IT OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU BRING SOME STUFF BY THE. 
          THAT TIME CAPSULE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE GENTLEMEN? THE KEY WORD IS BRICKS. WE CAN'T WAS PARKING IN A FEW FIGURE THAT OUT BUT HEY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A QUESTION 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HEADING DOWN THE LIST WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, VARIOUS DEPARTMENT BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ONE ITEM OFF THE 
          CONSENT AGENDA? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. >> WAS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES 
          [6.1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - NORTHEAST FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 630, LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO- CLC - RESOLUTION 2024-211 APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 630, LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an Amendment to the Labor Agreement between the City of Fernandina Beach and LIUNA.]
          >> YES >> COUNTRY >> YES 
          >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE >> YES. THAT PASSES  5-0. 6.1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LOCAL 630 LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH 
          AMERICA. >> THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEES CONTRACT . 
          SPECIFICALLY IT ADDRESSES TIME LIMITS YOU CAN RETROACTIVE LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES RECEIVE BECAUSE OF AN AGREEMENT THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSION. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR 
          APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE ROLE. 
          [6.2 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT - STRYKER CORPORATION - RESOLUTION 2024-212 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH STRYKER CORPORATION FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICES IN CITY FACILITIES; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an amendment to the 10-year agreement with the City's medical equipment provider to include AEDs for all City facilities.]
          >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES 
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          >> YES >> COUNTRY >> YES 
          >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES THAT PASSES 5-0. AMENDMENT 6.2 FOR STRYKER 
          CORPORATION. >> RESOLUTION 2012 -- 2024-12 TO RECOMMEND STRYKER CORPORATION FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION DEVICES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS YEAR TO STANDARDIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF AND USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS OR AED DEVICES THROUGHOUT CITY FACILITIES. AED DEVICES ARE USED TO REVIVE SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. STRYKER HAS PROVIDED A PROPOSAL IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 40 DEVICES ACROSS CITY FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $522,223 OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD. AT THE ANNUALIZED COST OF AROUND $52,222. THIS INCLUDES THE PURCHASE OF THE DEVICES, ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REPLACEMENT AS NEEDED AND WOULD PROVIDE UNIFORMITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE DEVICES. DEVICES WILL HAVE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY THAT ALLOWS FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF THE AEDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE READY TO USE AND CAN STREAMLINE AED MAINTENANCE HER DAILY WIRELESS MONITORING. CAN ALSO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WITH A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE CARDIAC EVENT TO HELP THEM RESPOND AND PROVIDE NECESSARY CARE QUICKLY. FUNDING HAS BEEN BUDGETED IN VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR TO COVER THE 
          ADDITIONAL COST. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> GOT A MOTION AND THE SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSS, GO AHEAD. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK ABOUT AEDS AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT? HERE IS WHY AEDS ARE IMPORTANT. GOING BACK IN TIME 20 YEARS AGO , OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST THE SURVIVAL RATE WAS ABOUT 1%, IF THAT. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE DEVICES THE SURVIVAL RATE OF A POSSIBLE CARDIAC ARREST IS AROUND 20 OR 30% SO IT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE SPENDING $500,000 TO DO THIS OVER 10 YEARS. THESE DEVICES REALLY DO SAVE LIVES. BUT, IF THEY ARE NOT THERE , YOU KNOW, FROM 1% TO 20 OR 30% 
          AND THAT IS WHY WE WANT THEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER ROSS. ANYBODY ELSE 
          WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS? SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE ROLE. >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES 
          [4.5 PRESENTATION - DOWNTOWN PRELIMINARY DESIGN - Kimley-Horn Senior Landscape Architect Matt Jurney will provide a downtown preliminary design overview. (Part 2 of 2)]
          >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES 
          >> COMMISSIONER ROSS >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE 
          >> YES >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES. THAT PASSES 5-0. I WAS JUST REORGANIZING. I HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT I REALIZE YOU HAD REQUESTED FOR DOWNTOWN 4.5. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT NOW? YOU CAN STILL MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THAT. MISS DEBBIE, DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY NAMED DEBBIE LOUD? IS THAT ALSO YOU? GOTCHA. I WAS LIKE WHAT'S 
          GOING ON HERE. >> THAT WAS ME. >> DEBBIE WITH IN 227 NORTH 11TH STREET. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE DOWNTOWN AND THE BRICKS AND I WATCH A LOT OF TV. 
          I WATCH RICK STEVE'S. I WATCH ALL OF THE OLYMPICS EVERY DAY. ALL THOSE PLACES STILL HAVE THEIR OLD BRICKS. I REALIZE IT'S A TRIPPING HAZARD ON SOME BUT SOME COULD BE RESET BUT PART OF THE CHARM OF OUR TOWN IS THAT PEOPLE COME TO SEE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY HERE, NOT WHAT IT WAS REPLACED WITH, BUT YOU LOOK AT THESE COUNTRIES THAT ARE ACROSS POND AND YOU SEE ALL THEIR ORIGINAL PLACES AND PEOPLE LOCKED THERE. THEY GO THERE FOR VACATIONS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SEE THE ORIGINALITY, THE ORIGIN OF HOW IT STARTED. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE CONCRETE SIDEWALKS. THEY CAN SEE THAT HERE BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU CAN SAVE THE 
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BRICKS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PAVERS IN THE SIDEWALKS, RESET THEM AGAIN IF YOU NEED TO BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO SEE THAT. THEY WANT TO SEE HOW WE USED TO BE AND HOW WE'VE GROWN TO SO JUST KEEP IT IN MIND, PLEASE. 
          [6.3 SOLE SOURCE VENDOR APPROVAL - FREEMAN WELL DRILLERS, INC. - RESOLUTION 2024-213 APPROVING FREEMAN WELL DRILLERS, INC. AS A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves Freeman Well Drillers, Inc. as a sole source vendor for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 in an amount not to exceed $127,490.]
          >> THANKS. HEADING BACK TO THE AGENDA WE HAVE 6.3, SOLE-SOURCE VENDOR APPROVAL FOR FREEMAN 
          WELL DRILLERS. >> GOOD EVENING. ANDRE DESOLATE , UTILITIES DIRECTOR. ITEM 6.3 IS THE NEXT PHASE IN REHABILITATION OF OUR DEEP WELLS. THIS IS FOR THE TWO WELLS AT NUMBER THREE LOCATED AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE FREEMAN WELL DRILLERS IS A COMPANY THAT INSTALLED THESE WAS ORIGINALLY AN THEY'VE PERFORMED ALL MAINTENANCE ON THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN THEIR WORK. THE PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF YOU REFLECT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. EVERYTHING IN THE PUMP SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ONE OF THE TIME, WE EVALUATE AND ASSESS THE CONDITIONS SO THIS COVERS US FOR ANY WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE . STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          >> PERFECT. ANY MOTIONS ON THIS? MOTION ON THE SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN 
          [6.4 SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE APPROVAL - DATA FLOW SYSTEMS - RESOLUTION 2024-214 APPROVING THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF TAC II SCADA SYSTEM PRODUCT LINE UPGRADES FROM DATA FLOW SYSTEMS FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $259,038; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the sole source purchase of TAC II SCADA product line upgrades in an amount not to exceed $259,038 from Data Flow Systems]
          >> YES >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES 
          >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ROSS 
          >> YES >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES THAT PASSES 5-0. THIS 
          .4, SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE APPROVAL FOR DATAFLOW SYSTEMS. >> 6.4 IS SOLE-SOURCE APPROVAL FOR DATAFLOW SYSTEMS. THIS IS A TELEMETRY SYSTEM WE USE FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. WE HAVE ONE OF THESE UNITS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR LIFT STATIONS. IT IS WHAT KEEPS US IN COMMUNICATION. 
          PROVIDES ANY ALARMS. NOTIFIES OPERATORS 24/7 , OF ANY ISSUES. IT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATOR ON STAFF ON DUTY 24/7. IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO REMOTELY MONITOR FROM ALL OF OUR LIFT STATIONS. THESE TCU'S ARE BEING PHASED OUT SO THIS PURCHASE REFLECTS THE NEED TO UPGRADE THESE TO THE NEW STANDARD WITH DATAFLOW SYSTEMS. WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO SWAP THESE OUT. 
          THIS REFLECTS THE COST TO REPLACE EVERYTHING IN THE SYSTEM. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THIS WHOLESALE. WE ARE TRYING TO CYCLE THESE IN AND OUT AS THE UNITS GO OUT IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE WHICH THEY ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED WE SWAP THEM OUT WITH CURRENT UNITS. STAFF 
          RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> PERFECT. ANY MOTIONS ON THIS? 
          >> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE 
          SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES 
          [6.5 SOLE SOURCE VENDOR APPROVAL - CROM COATINGS AND RESTORATIONS - RESOLUTION 2024-215 APPROVING CROM COATINGS AND RESTORATIONS, A DIVISION OF CROM, LLC, AS A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves CROM Coatings and Restorations as a sole source vendor for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 in an amount not to exceed $75,000.]
          >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ROSS 
          >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE >> YES 
          >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES THAT PASSES 5-0. ONCE AGAIN, SOLE-SOURCE VENDOR 
          APPROVAL FOR  KROM -- CROM CODINGS AND RESTORATIONS. >> THIS IS A TANK MANUFACTURER THAT CONSTRUCTED ALL OF OUR TANKS AT THE WASTEWATER PLANTS. THIS IS CONTINUING THE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS, FOR INSPECTIONS WHICH ARE REQUIRED EVERY SO OFTEN FOR DEP AS PART OF OUR SYSTEM PERMITS. ANY MAINTENANCE NEEDS , IT ALLOWS US TO GO TO THEM AS OUR PREFERRED VENDOR TO DO ANY WORK NECESSARY ON THESE TANKS, AS THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR THAT WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED. SO THERE IS NO DIRECT COST ASSOCIATED . THIS 
          IS JUST ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. >> THANK YOU. ANY MOTIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE GOT 
          A SECOND. LET'S CALL THE ROLE. >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES 
          [6.6 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - ATLANTIC PIPE SERVICES, LLC - RESOLUTION 2024-216 APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM ATLANTIC PIPE SERVICES, LLC FOR MANHOLE AND LIFT STATION REHABILITATION OF PORTIONS OF THE CITY’S GRAVITY SEWER SYSTEM BY WAY OF “PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT” TO THE CITY OF SOUTH DAYTONA, FLORIDA, CONTRACT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the proposal from Atlantic Pipe Services, LLC to perform manhole and lift station rehabilitation services for sanitary sewer by way of piggyback agreement to with City of South Daytona, Florida, Contract #780-12503-2 and Contract #20-B-005 in an amount not to exceed $51,980.21.]
          >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE 
          >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ROSS >> YES 
          >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES THAT PASSES 5-0 AND FINALLY ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE A 
          PROPOSAL APPROVAL FOR ATLANTIC PIPE SERVICES LLC. >> ITEM 6.6 IS ATLANTIC PIPE SERVICES, A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT , ACTUALLY THREE SEPARATE SCOPES OF WORK . THE FIRST IS THE FIRST PHASE OF MANHOLE REHABILITATION FOR SOME MANHOLES. WE HAVE SIX THAT ARE ON SOUTH EIGHTH STREET . THERE IN THE LINE OF TRAFFIC IF YOU'VE NOTICED THE DIPS THAT 
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MOST INTERSECTIONS, THOSE ARE MANHOLES THAT HAVE BEEN PAVED OVER THAT OF BEEN SETTLING AROUND. THESE ARE ALL BRICK STRUCTURES. THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TO GO IN , RAISE THOSE MANHOLES, INSTALL DOWN ACCESS COVER SO YOU CAN GET IN AND FULLY ASSESS THE INTEGRITY OF THE MANHOLE THEN EVALUATE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR REHABILITATION, SO THIS IS A FIRST PHASE FOR THAT . THE NEXT STEP IS FOR REHABILITATION OF A WET WELL AT STATION 23 WHICH IS IN LAKEWOOD. WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK THERE SO IT WOULD INVOLVE BYPASS PUMPING, COMING IN AND REMOVING THE EXISTING LINER AND RESTORING THE LINER TO EXTEND THAT ASSET SO THIS IS UTILIZING PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS TO ESTABLISH THE SCOPE OF WORK. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY, THIS WILL ADDRESS THE DEPTH THAT IS RIGHT 
          IN FRONT OF PEPPERS? >> I'M SORRY, SOUTH EIGHTH STREET. 
          >> THAT'S THE POTHOLE I HIT ONCE A WEEK. >> FROM DADE STREET ELM DADE CEDAR. I THINK CEDAR IS NORTHERNMOST SO THIS WILL BE NIGHTWORK BECAUSE OF THE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD IN THE TRAVEL LANES SO CONTRACT WILL BE COURTING D.O.T. ON NIGHT 
          CLOSURES TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. 
          >> WITH A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING THEM, LET'S CALL THE ROLE. 
          [7.1 AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION - One appointment (Mr. Paul Pocock).]
          >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN 
          >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE >> YES 
          >> COMMISSIONER ROSS >> YES >> MAYOR BEAN 
          >> YES, THAT PASSES. 7.1, AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE POSTPONE BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING DECEMBER 
          US WILL NOT BE HERE. >> I WILL SECOND. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON 
          THE SECOND ON THAT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? >> JUST WHAT I SAID. I THINK THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS THAT WILL BE HERE. MOST OF US WILL NOT BE HERE. I THINK THE NEW CITY COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 
          >> JUST A QUESTION FOR TAMMY. CAN THE NEW BOARD REMOVE THEM IF THEY WANT TO? 
          >> YES. >> OKAY SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I WILL SPEAK HERE, I SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE -- I THINK MR. POCOCK IS A GREAT GUY. COMMISSIONER PAT GASS HAS DONE GREAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY SHE WENT UP AGAINST DYLAN LAST TIME AND WE HAD MANY COMMENTS THAT SHE DOES GREAT WORK AND WAS SOMEBODY WE WOULD BE WILLING TO APPOINT IN THE FUTURE AND IT SO HAPPENS THERE WAS A SPOT OPEN SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO APPOINT MISS PAT GASS TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL SO I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY VOTE NO ON THIS MOTION BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER AYSCUE POINTED OUT, IT IS AND THAT WILL KIND OF THING IF ANY COMMISSION WISHES TO POLLEN THE PERSON OFTEN ANY POINT IN TIME 
          . LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL ON THIS FIRST. >> COMMISSIONER ROSS 
          >> YES >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES 
          >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE >> NO >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES 
          >> NO >> MAYOR BEAN >> NO. WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED ON THE SAND WHICH IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS SO I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON 71 IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR A MOTION ON 71 THAT WOULD BE FINE. WE COULD ALSO DO 72. 
          >> I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE 7.2. -- 7.1. I KNOW MR. PAUL POCOCK. HE IS A RETIRED COMMERCIAL 
          PILOT AND HE'S BEEN OUT OF THE AIRPORT A LONG TIME. >> I THINK IS A GREAT GUY. 
          INAUDIBLE ] >> COMMISSIONER ROSS >> YES 
          [7.2 HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL - One appointment (Ms. Pat Gass)]
          >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE 
          >> YES >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES 
          >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO YEAR 7.2 TONIGHT. 
          >> MOTION TO APPROVE PAT GASS. >> SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLE, WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK COMMISSIONER GASS HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE SERVICE. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSS, GO AHEAD. >> PAT GASS HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER BUT THE PERSON WHO IS RESIGNED AS AN ARCHITECT AND I THINK THAT KIND OF TECHNICAL 
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SUPPORT ON THAT COMMITTEE IS ESSENTIAL AND SO I WILL BE OPPOSED TO THIS APPOINTMENT BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD BE FINDING PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION CREDENTIALS. NOTHING AGAINST MISCAST. I JUST DON'T THINK 
          SHE HAS THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS. I WILL BE VOTING IT 
          BECAUSE WE LIKE PAT. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN >> YES 
          [8. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA]
          >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES >> YES >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE 
          >> YES >> COUNTRY >> NO 
          >> MAYOR BEAN >> YES. THAT PASSES FOR -1. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NO AGENDA 
          ITEMS. MS. LORI HENKE, COME ON DOWN. WELCOME, MISS HIM KEY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> LORI HENKE. 
          OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT IS A HARD JOB SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF BUT ALSO FOR CONSERVE NASSAU. I WANT TO DIRECT MY COMMENTS TO CHIP ROSS AND I WANT TO SAY, MR. ROSS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FOR SERVING AS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE PAB MEETING AND ALSO AS A CITY COMMISSIONER. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE WORK. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE RESEARCH AND ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS SEEKING CLARIFICATION WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND NOW ALL OF OUR DECISIONS IMPACT HAVING A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS DEEP ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT FERNANDINA BEACH RESIDENCE WHICH ALL SUMMIT MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL SIDES, WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR INTEGRITY AND YOUR INVESTMENT OF TIME . THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING AN INVOLVED CITIZEN. YES WE SEE YOU IN ALL KINDS OF REPORTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT INVOLVE ARCTURUS, OUR VISITORS AND 
          THANK YOU. >> MR. JACK AMBER. >> JACK AMBER, 1003 BROOME 
          STREET. FERNANDINA BEACH. >> WELCOME, JACK AMBER. >> I KNOW I GET A REPUTATION FOR ALWAYS BEEN NEGATIVE SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY GREAT CITY ELECTION. I LOVE THESE PEOPLE. 
          SO , PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BULLYING , BUT AS WE GREW UP WITH BULLYING WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE PURPOSE OF A BULLY IS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO DEAL WITH BULLIES SO THIS THING WITH RYAN , DEFINITELY NOT OVER YET, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE BIGGER BULLY. WE ARE GOING TO STOP ETHANOL FROM COMING TO THIS ISLAND. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. ON THE GOAT ISSUE, I'VE ALREADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT GOATS. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY COMMISSION KNEW ABOUT IT. I THINK IT IS KIND OF OUTLANDISH . MONEY IS BEING SPENT , AND A LOT OF MONEY. $1000 PER ACRE FOR GOAT CLEARING AND I'M TALKING TO THE FLORIDA LAND TRUST ABOUT IT. THEY ARE ALL REALLY INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE AND HOW PART OF THEIR INVESTMENT IS BEING UTILIZED. WITH THE GOATS, IT IS KIND OF LIKE USING AGENT ORANGE. EVENTUALLY THIS STUFF IS ALL GOING TO COME BACK SO I HAVE A CONCERN. ARE WE USING GOATS EVERY YEAR NOW? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET EVERY TIME A GOAT IT'S THE PLANTS AND IT GROWS BACK? IT GROWS BACK MORE HEARTY, SO IF INVASIVE SPECIES IN PLANTS IS REALLY THE GOAL YOU'RE GOING ABOUT IT ALL WRONG AND THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER WAY OF DOING IT WITHOUT SPRAYING AND 
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USING CHEMICALS. WE TALKED TO INVADER READERS. THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHER WAYS. SO AGAIN , THIS CITY GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MONEY WITHOUT PROPER PLANNING. THERE HAS BEEN NO SITE ASSESSMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USES. I KIND OF SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THAT SO AGAIN MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. THANKS AND IT'S NICE TO SAY 
          GOODBYE. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SEE YOU LATER, MR. AMBER. 
          >> ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A GUEST HERE FROM THE NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST AND I DON'T KNOW IF 
          THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME -- >> BEFORE YOU LEAVE MR. AMBER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT JEREMIAH, NEXT TIME WE CALL THE GOATS GIVE MR. AMBER, -- AMBER A CALL ABOUT THE 
          GOATS. >> THE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST IS HERE INAUDIBLE ] TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION SO I SPOKE WITH HIM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND MENTIONED THE MEETING WAS POTENTIALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS CONSERVATION. HE IS AWARE OF THE CITY USING GOATS SO YOU MAY WANT TO CALL ON HIM AT SOME POINT BEFORE HE LEAVES BECAUSE HE DID MAKE THE TRIP TO COME TO THE PODIUM. WHAT THE 
          ORGANIZATION DOES AND HOW WE MIGHT PARTNER WITH HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY I'M HAPPY TO HEAR. IS MR. ALLISON HERE RIGHT NOW? WE TALKED IN THE HALLWAY, WHICH WAS GREAT. 
          >> MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS . YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE, IT IS NOT STRONG DUE TO SOME TREATMENTS THAT I'VE NOT -- HAD BUT MY HEART IS VERY STRONG SO BEAR WITH ME. I REALLY DIDN'T MIND BEING HERE FOR THE MEETING. MY WIFE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL IN JACKSONVILLE FOR FOUR YEARS I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH FUN THESE ARE. I WAS ACTUALLY SHERIFF OF MY COUNTY A LONG TIME AGO, SO I'VE BEEN TO MY SHARE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS. I THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NORTH LAND TRUST. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS IN THIS REGION PROTECTING AND CONSERVING LAND. WE DON'T POLITIC. WE DON'T AGITATE. WE BELIEVE IN PROPERTY RIGHTS. WE BUY LAND AND THEN WE DON'T DEVELOP IT. IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE AND WE PARTNER A LOT WITH THE SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE'VE DONE ON TIGER ISLAND HERE. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ON THE ISLAND AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENT IN NASSAU COUNTY. WE HELPED GET THE PLAN PASSED AND THEN KIND OF BEEN IMPLEMENTING THAT AND WE, I BELIEVE, HALF-DOZEN CLOSINGS COMING UP . THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WILL BE ON THE ISLAND BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE JUST HAD A REFERENDUM IN CLAY COUNTY WHICH SAW 65% OF THAT COUNTY EMBRACE THE IDEA OF PLANNED CONSERVATION IN A VERY CONCERNED COUNTY SO WE ALSO HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AT THE REQUEST OF ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING IN THE CITY AND SAINT AUGUSTINE ON THE SAME SUBJECT. INTENTIONALLY OVERLAPPING A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON YOUR EXISTING CONSERVATION LANDS . AND THE ANSWER , I GUESS, IS YES. I HAVE BEEN IN AND AROUND GOVERNMENT LONG ENOUGH AND HEARD A LOT OF NOSE AND I DON'T LIKE THAT GOVERNMENT. I LIKE TO SAY OF COURSE THE ANSWER IS YES. NOW LET'S SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE, SO WE ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. WE HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT ON THE SIDE BEHIND 11TH STREET BEHIND THE SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY AND IT'S NOT USED FOR CONSERVATION 
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PURPOSES, WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE THE INCOMING JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG PARK TYING IN WITH THAT VERY RICH LEGACY IN THIS COMMUNITY WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PLACE MY WIFE AND I ARE HERE ABOUT HALF THE TIME IN THE HAPPIER PARTS OF OUR LIVES APPEAR ON NORTH STREET . WITH REGARD TO THE GOATS I WILL SAY SIMPLY THIS. OUR CONCERN IS THE CONSERVATION VALUE , AND IF I CAN BRIEFLY , THERE IS A SPECTRUM, AND ON THE FAR SIDE AS ABSOLUTE PRESERVATION THE WAY GOD MADE IT AND REALLY PEOPLE AND NOT FOR EXTREME ARE NOT MET GOD'S CREATION. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT PERSONALLY BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS PAY THE BILL AND SO I'M NOT MUCH FOR THAT FAR EXTREME. THERE ARE CASES WHERE ANY INTRUSION OF EVIL BECOMES SO DAMAGING TO THE RESOURCE THAT IT MUST BE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED AND THEN ON THE SPECTRUM FROM THAT , WILDLIFE PRESERVATION ON THIS ITEM WAS PASSED GENERATIONS AGO. THIS ISLAND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND USED NOW FOR 150 YEARS , 200 YEARS NOW, I GUESS, AND SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION , WHICH IS WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO CONSERVE THE NATURE VALUES OF A GIVEN SITE , AND PEOPLE ARE PART OF THAT EQUATION. PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT HERE AND THEN THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU BALANCE THOSE USES IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT HARM THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACCESS WHAT THEY PAID FOR, WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. IN THE CASE IN QUESTION , IN RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY FROM COMMISSIONER ROSS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY , I HAVE MY TEAM LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF GOATS, AND GOATS ARE COMMONLY USED IN CONSERVATION LANDS AS A LESS DAMAGING MEANS OF DEALING WITH INVASIVE EXOTICS. CHEMICALS ARE NOT GOOD . YOU COULD DO IT BY HAND, BUT THAT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND UNLESS YOU GOT A LOT OF ACCESS TO PRISON LABOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT IS UNFORESEEABLE ON THIS KIND OF SCALE AND THEN FROM A CONSERVATION STANDPOINT, WE HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT IT AND WE ACTUALLY ARE QUITE PLEASED MISSION I HELPED MAKE SURE THE SITE ENDED UP IN CONSERVATION INSTEAD OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHERE IT WAS HEADED, AND SO I HAVE A PARTICULARLY STRONG INTEREST IN IT AND AM WELL AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF IT SO WE ARE TIGHTLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT IT IS TREATED WITH RESPECT. WE ARE GLAD THE CITY IS NOW TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO IT, AND HOW TO MANAGE IT. WE ARE GLAD SOME SIGNAGE IS IN THE PROCESS. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE USES . GENERALLY SPEAKING, PASSIVE RECREATION IS CONSIDERED COMPATIBLE WITH CONSERVATION . WALKING, FOR INSTANCE, AND ENJOYING NATURE. 
          >> REAL QUICK, QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT YOU ARE PRO-GOAT, IS THAT 
          CORRECT? IN GENERAL? YOU SAY YOU ARE IN FURTHER NOTES? >> NO. WE ARE NOT ANTI-GOAT. 
          >> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I PERSONALLY CALLED MR. AMBER HEMS -- MYSELF AND TOLD HIM WE 
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          ARE PRO-GOAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE. 
          >> WE WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS . THE MORE AGGRESSIVE USES SUCH AS HIKING TRAILS , QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD DO A CONSERVATION OVERLAY ON ANY EXISTING LAND, THE ANSWER IS YES AND FRANKLY, IF ANYBODY OWNS ANY LAND AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO US ABOUT CONSERVING IT 
          AS PRIVATE LAND, CALL ME. I'M AVAILABLE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. LET'S CALL CHUCK OLIVO. 
          >> CHUCK OLIVO 2865 WEST SIXTH STREET AND I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE THE END OF CHIP ROSS' EXTRAORDINARY TENURE ON THE COMMISSION. I MOVED TO THE ISLAND IN 2016 AND IN 2017 CHIP WAS ON THE COMMISSION SO THE EXAMPLE OF HIS LEADERSHIP REPRESENTED HIS EARLY EXPERIENCE OF WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD AND SHOULD BE. 
          HE IS BEEN A RELIABLE DEFENDER OF THIS ISLAND'S TREASURER SINCE THAT TIME. HE HAS NOT MINDLESSLY BLOCKED ALL DEVELOPMENT BUT NEITHER HAS HE SAT BY AND WATCH DEVELOPMENT CHIP AWAY AT OUR WILD SPACES. HE HAS BEEN A VOCAL DEFENDER OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SEEING AND IT THE ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. HE HAS VOTED AGAINST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE PUSHED THAT THE ALLOWABLE BOUNDARIES OF THE OBC AS WELL AS PROJECTS IN VIOLATION OF IT IN MORE THAN JUST BEING A RELIABLE VOTE , CHIP HAS ACTED PROACTIVELY TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS OF OUR LOCAL LAWS, BRINGING IN NEW IDEAS AND PUTTING THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. HE IS A HARD-WORKING MAN OFTEN MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DRIVE PUBLIC OPINION ON ISSUES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO HIM AND THESE ISSUES THEN INVARIABLY BECAME IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT CHIP ROSS' EXAMPLE WAS SERVE AS A CHALLENGE TO FUTURE COMMISSIONERS THAT IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SHOW UP TWICE A MONTH TO VOTE ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BUT A GOOD COMMISSIONER SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOOKING OUT FOR WAYS TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC, ANTICIPATING PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ARISE IN THINKING ABOUT HOW THE TOOLS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD INCENTIVIZE RUNAWAY DEVELOPMENT. CHIP AND FAITH ROSS ALWAYS MADE CERTAIN THAT THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA WERE AWARE OF ISSUES THAT COULD THREATEN THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THEY HAD A RIGHT TO BE HEARD ON THESE ISSUES. THE PUBLIC WILL PUT UP WITH QUITE A LOT, IT SEEMS, BUT THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE BEING IGNORED OR SHUT OUT OF THE PROCESS. GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS ENGAGED IN THAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE HEARD AND HAVE VALUE. AND FOR ALL OF THAT, I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. I WISH YOU AND FAITH THE BEST AS YOU BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER IN YOUR LIVES. THANK YOU. 
          >> HELLO, TYNER CRISLER, 406 BEECH STREET. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CHIP ROSS. I HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED WITH YOU ON EVERY ISSUE BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY IS WHEN I DID NOT AGREE WITH YOU, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME YOUR EXACT REASON. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF DEALINGS WITH THE CITY ABOUT A CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THERE WERE CERTAIN TIMES WHERE I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A KAFKA NOVEL AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON CHIP ROSS TO ASK THE CORRECT QUESTIONS THAT OBEYED OUR CITIES LAWS AND FOR THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> WALTER MULL BURRELL 31 SOUTH FIFTH STREET, FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA. I WANT TO THANK ALL YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE PUT IN. I DID WANT TO MENTION ON A LIGHTER NOTE, THE RIGHT WELL FESTIVAL THAT WAS THIS WEEKEND AND DUE TO THE COMMISSIONERS, WE WERE ABLE TO PAINT A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUT THERE IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN IT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, ONE OF HOPEFULLY 350 RIGHT WELLS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THERE IS AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUT THERE PAINTED BY BRIAN BERNARD AND IT WAS DUE TO THE COMMISSIONERS VOTING FOR . 
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EVEN IF YOU VOTED AGAINST THE STONE WENT UP AND WAS A REALLY GOOD THING. WE HAD TWO, THREE YOUNG LADIES COMPETE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE EXPOSURE COMPETITION. THEY ARE THE THREE C'S OF FERNANDINA BEACH WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN SKATEBOARDING. THEY ARE CHLOE HARRELL, CANDACE HAUSER , AND COCO WALDO. THESE ARE THREE YOUNG LADIES WHO WENT OUT TO CALIFORNIA AND COMPETED IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST WOMEN SKATEBOARDING COMPETITION. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR. HER NAME IS POE BENSON. 
          SHE IS RANKED 10TH IN THE WORLD. THESE YOUNG LADIES RESPECTIVELY ARE RANKED 75TH , 58, AND 43RD IN THE WORLD . 10, 14, AND 15. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL OLYMPIC HOPEFULS THAT ARE TRAINING AND PUTTING FERNANDINA ON THE MAP IN CALIFORNIA. TONY HAWK WAS THERE AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THREE WOMEN FROM FERNANDINA BEACH COMPETING SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHO HE IS, ON THE MURAL , IT WAS THE FIRST ART PUBLICLY OWNED CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AND FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATE PARK BROUGHT THAT TO YOU. IT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY. THERE WERE APPROVALS OF OTHER THINGS THAT TOOK THREE MINUTES. IT TOOK 30 MINUTES FOR US TO DISCUSS FOR A $1500 MURAL , THINGS WERE PAST THAT WERE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TOOK THREE MINUTES. BUT IT IS ONE ARTWORK HERE IN OUR ISLAND THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT WELL OUT THERE PAINTED SO WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN SPREAD THE LOVE AND GET MORE WHALES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THE ART PROJECT AND BUSINESSES COULD APPLY AND WE COULD GET ALL THESE BUSINESSES AND QR CODE ON THEIR TALKING ABOUT WHERE TO GO TO EACH ONE OF THESE WHALES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE 
          YOUR HELP. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT WALLY SAID AND THINK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT MURAL. WE HAVE SOME PROCEED PART COMMISSIONERS UP HERE WHO REALLY WON THAT BOAT TO GET THAT MURAL UP SO I APPRECIATE YOU, WALLY, AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SUPPORT YOU. WE HAVE MISSED TAMMI KOZAK. , AND 
          DOWN. >> I SAW THE WHALE, TOO, AND IT'S PRETTY COOL. TAMMI KOZAK 322 NORTH THIRD. I WILL BE BRIEF. I'VE BEEN ATTENDING OR VIEWING CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND WATCHING AND LISTENING TO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMISSIONERS. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT CHIP ROSS CAN BE CONSIDERED A LIGHTNING ROD. 
          A LIGHTNING ROD CAN BE DEFINED IN TWO WAYS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH IT. HE CAN EITHER PROVIDE CRITICISM AND ANGER OR HE CAN KEEP THINGS GROUNDED AND PROTECTED. WHAT GOES WITHOUT DISPUTE IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME, RESEARCH, DEDICATION HE POURED INTO HIS ROLE AS COMMISSIONER. I WON'T REPEAT WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID BUT HIS RESEARCH INTO DOCUMENTS, STUDYING A VICIOUS, COMING UP WITH PLANS AND IDEAS, ATTENDING MEETINGS AND MAKING PHONE CALLS . I WILL NEVER FORGET ONE IN PARTICULAR FOR HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER I SAID HELLO WERE , DO I BULLY YOU? AND I SAID IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE ON THE SUBJECT. THE POINT IS HE TOOK THE TIME TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND TALK AND WORK THROUGH ISSUES. CONVERSELY, HE WAS SOMEONE I COULD CALL ON. WE COULD GENERALLY WORK TOGETHER TOWARD RESOLVING ISSUES. I WOULD NOT JUST GET A BOILERPLATE EMAIL BACK. HE WOULD NOT TRY TO JUST GET ME OFF THE PHONE. IF HE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HE WOULD FIND THE PERSON WHO COULD AND WOULD GET THE ISSUE DONE FOR MYSELF IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. HE ATTENDED FAR MORE MEETINGS THAN I AND ROPED ME INTO ATTENDING THEM. I WILL MISS DISCUSSING THESE WITH SOMEONE WITH SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT. I HAVE BEEN ON THE HDC FOR 10 YEARS AND CHIP HAS BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MEETING. WHAT WE DID NOT AGREE ON, I KNOW THAT HE VALUED PRESERVATION AND WHEN WE LOOKED OUT FROM THE DAY AS WE KNEW WE 
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HAD A SUPPORTER AND AN ADVOCATE OR AND IF HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING OR AGREE WITH THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DID NOT AGREE . IN THIS ARENA, YOU, CHIP, AND FAITH, WHEREVER YOU ARE OR IF YOU ARE WATCHING , THEY WALKED THE TALK. THEY PRESERVED AND CARED FOR THE BUILT-IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THE HISTORIC HOUSE RIGHT ON THE BLOCK AND RENOVATING IT IN YOUR YARD TO HELP BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE PROTECTING A STRUCTURE THAT COULD HAVE GONE INTO NEGLECT . LASTLY, THANK YOU AND FAITH FOR GETTING ME PEELED OFF THE STEPS OF MY HOUSE WHEN I FELL OFF THE ROOF AND BROKE MY BACK IN TWO PLACES. I MIGHT NOT BE HERE. I MIGHT STILL BE THERE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THESE AMAZING NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. I WILL MISS THAT OLD BEAT UP TRUCK AMBLING DOWN THE STREET, GIVING ME AN OCCASIONAL LIFT TO OPERA OR HDC OR STOPPING TO CHECK IN AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME OR MY HOUSE. LIGHTNING ROD OR NOT, YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND THANK YOU, ATC. GO, TREE FUND. WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE. 
          >> 
          >> MY NAME IS GEORGE HAVEY. I LIVE AT 1640 NORTH PARK DRIVE IN FERNANDINA BEACH . FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AND ATTENDED CITY STAFF TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AND TO BE CONCISE AND GOING TO READ FROM MY NOTES RATHER THAN TRYING TO AD LIB. IT. LAST YEAR I ATTENDED YOUR COMMISSIONERS MEETING WHEN THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF COUNTY PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH STREET WAS ON THE AGENDA. WITHOUT GOING INTO ANY OTHER DETAIL ON THAT AS YOU RECALL THAT ANNEXATION WAS APPROVED. WE NOW KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER AND ARCHITECT HAD SUBMITTED PLANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT THE TRC STAGE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR MULTIFAMILY MEDICAL COMPLEX THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE WILL INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 80 UNITS. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. IT ALSO DETAILS VEHICLE ACCESS POINTS ON 14TH AND 15TH STREET AND I RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT 15TH STREET NORTH OF NORTHPARK WHERE I LIVE IS NOT CITY -CONTROLLED. I BELIEVE THAT IS COUNTY -CONTROLLED. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE 15TH STREET SIDE, THE CLOSEST ACCESS POINT FOR THE 80 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MEDICAL ACCESS WILL BE THE 15TH STREET ENTRANCE , YOU CAN DO THE MATH ON HOW MANY CARS PER 80 UNITS, HOW MANY PEOPLE MOVING ABOUT BUT ANYWAY, LOGISTICALLY , THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES UTILIZING THAT ACCESS POINT WOULD APPROACH FROM MEDIA PARK. 
          MEDIA PARK WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TND WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN PRINCIPLES AIMED AT PROMOTING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND DIMINISHING THE FOCUS OF THE AUTOMOBILE. A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS ADDRESSED IN THE PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPING ARE INCORPORATED . BECOMING A MAJOR SHORTCUT FOR NONRESIDENTS SEEKING A BYPASS FOR MEDIAS ISLAND INCREASINGLY CLOGGED MAIN THOROUGHFARES WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY VALUES FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS OF FERNANDINA BEACH. OUR STREETS WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND CONFIGURED TO PRECLUDE SUCH USAGE AND THE PUD WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY. IN THE NEAR TERM WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC THAT WILL INVARIABLY BE GPS ROUTED THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO DEVELOP A TRAFFIC STRATEGY WHICH ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO DO AS THEY WISH ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY WITHIN LEGAL LIMITS BUT A PLAN THAT EFFORTS INCREASE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM MEDIA PARK. WE WOULD BE ASKING CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN DEVELOPING SUCH A WORKING STRATEGY AND ON A SIDE NOTE ON THE SUBJECT OF LEGAL LIMITS, THE CURRENT 
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PROPOSAL I SAW IT SHORT ON PARKING SPACES IN THAT PROJECT. IN SPITE OF THE DEVELOPER-STATE D ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING WHO IS GOING TO BE WHERE AND WHEN , I THINK IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO ASK THEM TO PRESCRIBE THE SAME BUILDING CODES THAT SHOULD BE EQUALLY ENFORCED BY FERNANDINA BEACH. AGAIN WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THE BOTTOM LINE OF THIS IS HELP FOR THE CITY AS 
          WE FACE THE IMPACTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. JEREMIAH, CAN YOU TAKE SOME OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS AND GET BACK TO 
          THE GENTLEMAN ABOUT THIS? >> I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO WANTED TO ADD MY THANKS TO MR. ROSS FOR THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED TO THE CITY IN RESIDENCE HERE. IT'S GREATLY 
          APPRECIATED. >> MISS ANNETTE CROTTY, COME ON DOWN. WHEN YOU SEND THAT EMAIL 
          CAN YOU ADD MS. CODY AS WELL ON THERE? >> THANK YOU. ANNETTE CROTTY . 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I WANT TO COMPLEMENT WHAT GEORGE WAS SAYING BECAUSE FOR MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE WE ARE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF SOUTH 15TH STREET AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE THREE YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH GOOGLE REDIRECTING TRAFFIC FROM 14TH STREET AND IN ADDITION TO GEORGE'S COMMENTS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIVING AND PROPERTY VALUES, I SEE A HUGE ISSUE FOR SAFETY. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY VEHICLES, INCLUDING MANY TRUCKS COMING DOWN THAT STREET NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STOP SIGN OR THE SPEED LIMIT AND A FAIRLY NEW EVENT IS VEHICLES TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT A DIFFICULT TERM -- TURN AND DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AROUND AN EXISTING TRAFFIC ISLAND WHICH IS REALLY AWFUL WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC SO I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOME DISASTER TO HAPPEN SO WE ARE PLEADING WITH YOU FOR SOME SUPPORT AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE TRAFFIC PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> LET'S INVITE MISS SANDY CARRIED TO COME ON DOWN. >> SANDY CAREY 1255 FOREST DRIVE. I REALLY HAD NOT PLANNED ON SPEAKING TONIGHT BUT REALIZING THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF DR. ROSS I DO WANT TO ALSO ADD MY THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT , NO MATTER WHO CAME AGAINST YOU, YOU ALWAYS STOOD YOUR GROUND AND WE WILL GREATLY MISS YOUR PRESENCE. BACK TO GOATS. THAT YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT, DID 
          YOU? >> I ACTUALLY DID NOT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE ANTI-GOAT? 
          >> I PRO PEOPLE. HOW'S THAT? LET'S JUST SAY THIS. WE HAVE MANY CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER GROUPS ON THE SILENT . KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL, AMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY, SIERRA CLUB, MASTER GARDENERS AND THEY HAVE OFTEN HELPED IN THE CITY A GREAT IDEA , AND YOU CAN DO IT AT NO COST, TO GET THESE HUMANS WHO DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INVASIVE AND NONINVASIVE PLANTS , TO PULL THE PLANTS UP. I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO, SO JUST A THOUGHT. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS THAT HAVE DONE THESE TYPES OF THINGS IN THE PAST TO PRESERVE OUR DUNES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST ONE OF OUR BEST ADVOCATES OF DUNE PRESERVATION, FRANK HOFF, WHO MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD AND KNOW ABOUT, I TRIED TO RUN DUNE BY THE MAYOR AND STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO WRITE IT AND THEY NEVER DID SO HE'S GONE AND OUR ONE CHANCE OF HAVING A DUNE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ON A BARRIER ISLAND HAS COME AND GONE. I HOPE THE NEW COMMISSION WILL LOOK AT IT FAVORABLY. THANK YOU. 
          >> SPECIFICALLY REAL QUICK, THE GOAT ISSUE, THOUGH. I WAS DOWN THERE WITH THE MAYOR AND I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE INVADER RAIDERS WERE DEALING WITH THE GOATS. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE AWARE ABOUT THAT BUT WE ARE USING ALL TYPES OF METHODS, SO WE ARE ALL -- LET'S NOT BE ANTI-GOAT HERE, FOLKS. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD GOATS OUT THERE. 
          LET'S CALL IT MR. PAUL LORI. COME ON DOWN, SIR. HOW ARE YOU FEELING TONIGHT? 
          >> GOOD. JUST DON'T START THE CLOCK YET. 
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          >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING. PAUL LORI, 11 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. HERE TONIGHT I KIND OF ALWAYS IN THE CLOUD NIGHT, KIND OF PIECED TOGETHER THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SOME OF THE LAST TIMES BUT I'M REALLY HERE FOR THE ALLIGATOR PIECE BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE STILL SITTING ON THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT ARE LEADING. MR. MAYOR , I AM GOING TO MISS YOUR YOUNG ENERGY, SO I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS A PIECE OF CREDIT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES FERNANDINA WORK. I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT CRYING. I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES FERNANDINA WORK THE BEST IS THAT THERE IS AGREEMENT , THERE IS DISAGREEMENT, BUT ABOVE ALL , WE ARE GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER AT THE PATIO, SOMEWHERE AROUND TOWN AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING STRONGER THAN JUST LOVING EACH OTHER REALLY NO MATTER WHAT. DR. ROSS, I'M NOT MISSING YOU. I DON'T MEAN THAT IN THE SENSE I'M NOT GOING TO MISS YOU. I SHOULD SAY I'M NOT SKIPPING OVER YOU BUT I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO FACE. SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT DOING WATER QUALITY TESTING AND I DID STEP IN BEFORE I WENT ON TO OPERATION AND I DID TAKE ALL THE COURSES AND EVERYTHING AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE AND BE A PART OF THAT ALSO. AGAIN, WHEN TO MISS YOUR YOUNG ENERGY, REALLY AM. I AM VERY EXCITED YOU HAVE BEEN IN HERE THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR YOUTH BECAUSE I REALLY HOPE THEY GET MORE ENGAGED IN OUR CITY. BACK TO ORIGINALLY WHY I WANTED TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE. A WHILE BACK I SENT THE COMMISSION IS BOTH HERE IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY A LETTER ON THE ALLIGATOR SITUATION THAT HAPPENED OUT AT THE BEACH AND TYPICALLY I KIND OF KNEW THE PATH THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE. I DO APPRECIATE MR. ROSS, YOUR RESPONSE AND MERE BEING, YOUR RESPONSE AND REACHING OUT AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT. HAD THREE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE COUNTY REACH OUT BUT THERE WAS A POINT WHERE I KNEW THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO RELY ON THE FWC. EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO BACK AND SAY YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY. NOW I AM GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGEOVER AND I'M SURE MR. POYNTER AND SHANICE AND JOYCE ARE LISTENING AND HOPEFULLY THEY ARE. I THINK THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT POINT WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER WITH COUNTY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT WOULD AVOID THAT SITUATION SO YES , THE FWC DOES HAVE THE FINAL AUTHORITY BUT THEY ONLY HAVE THE FINAL AUTHORITY WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLED UPON SO THERE IS A PIECE OF RECEPTION FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY CAN COME IN A COLLABORATION AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. IF BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY CAME IN AND SAID LET'S JUST CLOSE OFF THIS PORTION AND THEN LET THE ALLIGATOR -- LET THE ALLIGATOR JUST TAKE OFF, THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO CALL THE FWC AND THE ALLIGATOR WAS STILL GO ON TO LIVE SO I WILL BE BACK HERE IN THE FUTURE AND SEND A FOLLOW-UP MESSAGE TO YOU IN THE COUNTY AND AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DEVOTED TO OUR CITY. 
          >> THANK YOU. LET'S CALL UP MISS LORI PHILLIPS. >> I LIKE YOUR SHIRT. I MERION PHILLIPS. I LIVE AT 724 SOUTH SIXTH STREET IN FERNANDINA BEACH AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS EXACTLY WHAT IS ON PAUL'S SHIRT. IS THAT I LOVE FERNANDINA. I AM FROM HERE AND I LOVE THE CITY. I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO DEFEND THE TREASURES THAT WE HAVE LEFT . 
          DR. ROSS , I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON OUR CITY COMMISSION. IT TAKES COURAGE TO RUN FOR AN OFFICE. THICK SKIN AND A BACKBONE . IT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. 
          WHILE SERVING COUNTLESS HOURS ARE SPENT RESEARCHING DOCUMENTS AND TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS , WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED ON THINGS , I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY THAT I LOVE. DAVID. I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAD LOST THE RACE UNTIL TODAY. 
          IT HAS BEEN A LONG NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY , FOR FERNANDINA 
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BEACH, THAT WE LOVE . AS A NATIVE I KNOW YOUR HEART AND SOUL IS AND WAS FOR FERNANDINA. 
          I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND I THANK YOU FOR SERVING. BRADLEY. THIS ONE COMES HARD, TOO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITY. AGAIN, IT TAKES GUTS AND STRENGTH TO LEAD. FOUR YEARS AND I YOU AND I WERE AT THIS CROSSROAD. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT AS LONG AS I LIVE, RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW. ALSO, AS A NATIVE, I KNOW YOU TRIED TO DO WHAT YOU FELT WAS BEST FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST YOU. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. TODAY , WHILE I AM NOT COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE LOCAL OR THE NATIONAL ELECTION , MY HOPE IS THAT OUR CITY , OUR COUNTRY , OUR NATION, WE CAN COME TOGETHER , WORK TOGETHER AND PUT ASIDE DIFFERENCES AND END THE HATE TOWARDS OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS . IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, A DEMOCRAT OR AN NPR, I CAN AND WILL WORK WITH WHOEVER IS SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION NO MATTER THE PARTY AFFILIATION AND I PROVED THAT IN THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND I WILL ANSWER THEM IF YOU WANT TO PERSONALLY TALK TO ME BUT ACROSS PARTY LINES BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF THE DIVISION ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR NAME. I'M A DEMOCRAT. I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT AND I'M GOING TO BE A DEMOCRAT TO THE DAY I DIE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I CHOSE WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD THE DAY I TURNED 18, IN FACT, 1980 I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT CARTER SO TODAY FEELS LIKE 1980 TO ME BECAUSE HE LOST THAT ELECTION AND GOD LOVE THAT MAN. HE IS 100 YEARS OLD AND HE VOTED. EVERYTHING WE DO IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS IN LIFE. TODAY IS A NEW DAY . CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY. I PRAY YOU WILL PUT FERNANDINA FIRST WITH THE TRUST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ELECTED YOU TO SERVE BECAUSE REMEMBER , IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU, BUT IT IS ABOUT WE. 
          >> THANK YOU. MR. PETE STEVENS. >> WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME CHANGES SO WE HAVE TWO SEAT BOARDS NOW. COMPROMISE. I'VE USED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WELL NOW WE GOT A C WORD CALLED CHANGE. PETE STEPHENSON, 1627 HIGHLAND DUNES WAY, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. CHANGE IS NOT A REVOLUTION. IT IS AN EVOLUTION. WE WANT TO REMEMBER WE ARE WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY GOT A BASE. I THINK WHAT I WANT TO SAY TONIGHT THERE IS A BUNCH OF THANK YOU'S. FIRST OF ALL , IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS AND YOU ARE CHANGING. YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE. YES, SOME OF THIS TEAM UP HERE, THEY WILL BE EVOLVING BUT YOU'RE HERE. YOU PROVIDE THAT STABILITY AND BASICALLY THE BASE FROM WHICH THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. THE NEXT THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SAY WE HAVE FIVE GENTLEMEN UP HERE. EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS PUT THEIR FINGERPRINT , THEIR NAME ON CHANGE, EVOLUTION AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY SO EACH ONE HAS PROVIDED SOME BANDWIDTH. I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THEM BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T LISTEN TO THEM AND WE DON'T LOOK AT WHAT THEY INDIVIDUALLY DO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A COMPOSITE THANK YOU TO ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION AS IT STANDS TODAY . I RECOGNIZE WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES BUT THOSE CHANGES YOU DEAL WITH CHANGES EVERY TIME YOU MEET. THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGE AND NOT EVERYBODY LIKES THE CHANGE BUT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT IT IS BUT LET'S REMEMBER WE ALSO HAD A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HELP AND REALLY PUSH FORWARD A LOT OF THINGS AND YOU START OKAY DOWNTOWN WE GOT SOME NEW PLANS. THE WATER FRONT WHEELS STARTED TO SEE SOME EVOLUTION. THEY GOT THAT STARTED. THEY LIT THE FUSE SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. JOB WELL DONE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. LET'S GO TO 
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          >> CHOICE TUTEN, 2120 BEACH STREET. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE GOATS FOR SECOND BECAUSE I AM AN INVADER READER. I WANT TO AGREE THAT THE GOATS ARE, IN GENERAL, EXCELLENT FOR INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL . THEY CAN GET INTO AREAS THAT HUMANS CAN'T GET INTO, AND ONE OF THEIR PREFERRED FOODS IS VINES AND WE HAVE A MAJOR SMILE X PROBLEM IN THERE WITH SOME OTHER INVASIVE ZEND AS AN INVADER READER I DID SOME QUICK MATH . WHAT ABOUT 10 OF US WOULD GO INTO AN AREA, ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM SAY 1000 FT.÷ , WE WILL STAY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. IT IS 15 MAN-HOURS. IF WE WERE MAKING $15 AN HOUR THAT WOULD BE $225 BUT AN ACRE IS 43,000 FT.÷. IF YOU WERE TO PAY US TO CLEAR AN ACRE IT WOULD COST $10,000 AND WE DON'T DO THE GREATEST JOB EVER BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET TO THE ROOTS SO WELL. WE CAN'T FULLY GET THE ROOTS OUT. SO, WE WORKED WITH KATHY RUSSELL AT THE PROPERTY OFFICER TURNOUT. 
          IT WAS BECOMING A FIRE HAZARD. YOU CAN'T DO A CONTROLLED BURN. IT IS TOO CLOSE TO HOUSES SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET IN THERE AND GET MORE OF THE INVASIVE'S OUT. WE COULD NOT CLEAR ENOUGH OF IT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS. WE MEET TWICE A MONTH BUT WE SOMETIMES MEET FOUR TIMES A MONTH IF WE HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST WANTED US TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROPERTY BETTER , THE GOATS WERE BROUGHT IN AND THEY ARE NOT USING HERBICIDES. WHEN THEY EAT THE THINGS, THE STUFF THEY OUT, THEIR DIGESTIVE TRACT COMPLETELY DESTROYS THE SEEDS, SO THEY ARE NOT LEAVING WEED SEEDS BEHIND WHEN THEY EAT THE WEEDS , AND THEY CAN BE MOVED. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MOVED IN THESE CONTROLLED FENCES AND SO THEY ARE MOVED SO THAT THEY DON'T OVERGRAZED THE NATIVE PLANTS. YES, THEY ABSOLUTELY MIGHT NEED TO DO IT AGAIN BUT IF THEY GET IN THEIR AND DO A GREAT CONTROL THEN WE, THE HUMANS, CAN -- THEY GIVE US AN UPPER HAND. NOW WE CAN GET IN THERE AGAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE PLACES THAT WE -- EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE GO BACK TO SOME OF THE SAME PLACES BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVER WIN. THE WIN AGAINST INVASIVE PLANTS IS NEVER TO PLANT THEM. BUT FLORIDA DOES NOT HAVE VERY STRONG LAWS ON THE SALE OF INVASIVE PLANTS SO WE BUY THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. THEY ARE PRETTY AND LIBERTY SELLS THEM BUT ANYWAY, 
          I AM PRO-GOAT. >> THANK YOU AND PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THOSE FORMS BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN. IN A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS, JOYCE HAS COME OUT AS PRO-GOAT. THERE YOU GO. 
          [9. INTERIM CITY MANAGER REPORTS]
          JEREMIAH, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE CONSERVATION DONATION INITIATIVE OF COURSE WE HAVE NEW NUMBERS IN AS OF THIS EVENING . OUR BALANCE IS $21,312 . AS A REMINDER WAS THE $25,000 MARK IS MET WE BRING AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 TO THE TABLE THAN THE ANONYMOUS DONOR PROMISES ANOTHER $50,000 TO OUR FUNDS AS A REMINDER YOU CAN DONATE BY CHECK, CASH, PAYPAL IS ADVERTISED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE THENCE THROUGH THE VILLAGE TREE CONSERVANCY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION AND WORK WITH SISTER GOFUNDME'S. CITY STAFF WILL BE IN WORKING WITH THE BULLS CLUB LATER THIS WEEKEND AND THE NEXT WE WILL CONVERT PARKING LOT C AND D FOR THE PARKING LOT OPEN WHICH TAKES PLACE ON NOVEMBER 17TH SO WE WILL BE REMOVING THE CURB STOPS AND SETTING THAT UP FOR THE COURT PLAY. A COUPLE CITIZENS MENTIONED THIS. POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING THIS EVENING AND THE NOTES PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT FOR A FUTURE MEETING IS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO COME BACK WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE VARIANCE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED PARKING THAT THEY HAD REQUESTED. THE CONTRACT WITH BEATS RAKER IS COMING TO A CLOSE AND THE BEACH RAKER PROVIDES THE DAILY CLEANUP OF BEACHES AND REMOVES THE TRASH IN THE EARLY MORNINGS OUT THERE WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT. THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB, AROUND 80 TONS OF TRASH IS REMOVED FROM OUR BEACHES EVERY YEAR . 5.9 MILES OF THOSE BEACHES BELONG TO THE CITY SO THE COUNTY 
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CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID FOR BEACH CLEANING SERVICES IN THE CITY WILL JOIN THE COUNTY IN THAT EVALUATION PROCESS IF WE SELECT OUR NEXT WERE POSSIBLY THE SAME CONTRACT. OCTOBER 24TH WE HAD OUR SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING, WELL ATTENDED WITH PRESENTATIONS . WHAT IS BEEN ASKED IS WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS. RYAN HAS YET TO BRING US IN THE APPLICATION. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO SIT DOWN WITH TRC, THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE FIRST STEP IS WHAT DO YOU NEED, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO BRING FORWARD HOW DO THEY NEED TO PREPARE THEIR APPLICATION FOR REVIEW SO FIRST STEPS WOULD BE TO DISCUSS WHAT IS NEEDED TO BRING FORWARD , WHAT IS IT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR? THE SECOND STEP IS THE TRC REVIEW PROCESS TAKES PLACE. IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH CITY STAFF AND THEY REVIEW HOW IT MESHES WITH ASPECTS OF CITY CODE, THE COMP PLAN. THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND ULTIMATELY, ANY DECISION OR INTERPRETATION FALLS ON THE CITY MANAGER WITH THAT DECISION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE DONE AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MISS SARAH CAMPBELL HERE WITH US TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE HER JOINING AND GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE. SHE BEGINS HER SERVICE ON DECEMBER 2ND AND THAT IS 25 DAYS, 12 HOURS AND 18 MINUTES FROM NOW. 
          NOT THAT WE ARE COUNTING. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEREMIAH 
          AND ? CHIP LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT ONE. >> I HAD A BUNCH BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ANSWERED ONE OF THEM. I RECENTLY WENT TO THE TRC MEETING AND AT THAT MEETING IT APPEARS THAT AS WE ALL KNOW THERE WERE FIVE LOTS THERE THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD HOUSES ON THEM . 
          AND NOW ALL THOSE BUILDINGS WERE CLEARED AND NOW THEY ARE RECOMBINING LOTS. MY QUESTION IS WHY DOESN'T 1.0 3.05 WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FIRST, WHY 
          ISN'T THAT A BEING PLIED? >> ON THAT ONE I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MISS LOCKE FOR THAT OPINION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK BEFORE I STEP ASIDE FOR HER? 
          >> ACTUALLY, MS. GIBSON IS HERE TO ANSWER. >> ALL I REALLY NEED IS THAT 
          ONE QUESTION. >> HI, GOOD EVENING. KELLY GIBSON, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POSITION AND I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT YOU COMMISSIONER ROSS IS YOU HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN US ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE QUESTIONS AND SO I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AND PREPARE FOR THAT RESPONSE TONIGHT SO THANK YOU. FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION IS WHY DOESN'T SECTION SPECIFICALLY SECTION 1.0 3.05 APPLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AT THIRD AND EIGHTH STREET. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, THAT CONTAINS SEVERAL PROJECTS WITH ONE AS IT IS RESOLUTELY BEING GIVEN TO US. THAT INCLUDES A LIVE LOCAL MULTIFAMILY MIXED-USE PROGRESS PROJECT. IT HAS MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED-USE BEING ON THE THIRD SEAT -- STREET SIDE AND TWO TRIPLEX UNITS BEING ON THE FOURTH STREET SIDE. THE LAND OF ALL THE CODE SECTIONS 1.3 .03 THROUGH 1.0 3.05 HAS , SINCE ITS ORIGINAL DRAFTING AND APPROVAL AND ITS ORIGINAL INCEPTION, ALWAYS BEEN INTERPRETED AS A WHOLE AND NOT IN ISOLATION. AS SUCH, STAFF IS HELD THE STANDARDS OF THESE SECTIONS AS A WHOLE. AND ONLY HELD IT TO THE DEFINED RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICTS PROVIDED WITHIN THOSE THREE SECTIONS. INTERPRETATION IN ANY OTHER WAY WOULD SERVE TO DENY RIGHTS PROVIDED BY THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO USE IN DENSITY PROVISIONS AND SPECIFICALLY 1.0 3.03 WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING VACANT SUBSTANDARD LOTS. THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST IS LOCATED ON THIRD STREET, THE 
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MULTIFAMILY MIXED-USE PROJECT. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE COMBINING OF WHAT IS TWO PARCELS PRESENTLY THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD UP TO FIVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON IT THROUGH THE LOT COMBINATION THAT HAD OCCURRED THROUGH PRIOR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE VACANT OPEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT EXISTED THERE, THOSE SUBSTANDARD LOTS. THESE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS OF 1.03 .05 AS DIRECTED BY 1.0 3.04. WE ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT AS RELATES TO THAT SECTION OF THE PROJECT. THE AREA SPECIFIC TO FOURTH STREET CONTAINING THE R 2 ZONING DISTRICT, THIS COMBINES TWO PARCELS OF LAND WAS R 2 ZONING DISTRICTS ON THE SLOTS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY COMBINED WITH DEVELOPMENT ON IT OR HAVE VACANT OPEN LAND AND HAVE THE PREVIOUSLY SIX RESIDENTIAL LOTS ENTITLED TO IT. I UNDERSTAND AND I COMPLETELY SEE THE POINTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY AND NOT READING IT IN THAT SAME WAY AND AS SUCH, WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS OR LONGER ABOUT NEEDING CLARITY WITHIN THE CODE AND WE REALLY RECOMMEND TO STAFF , MYSELF PERSONALLY, THAT WE GET SOME TEXT AMENDMENTS IN PLACE TO CODIFY THE POSITION OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THIS ISSUE SO THAT MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WE CAN COLLECTIVELY RECOGNIZE HOW TO 
          ADDRESS THIS ASPROJECTS ARISE. >> THAT WAS A VERY NICE ANSWER BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OBTUSE. BUT YOU HAVE FIVE LOTS . THEY HAVE BUILDINGS ON THEM. 
          NOW YOU ARE TAKING THEM AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT SO I GUESS WE WILL JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE SO THANK YOU. 
          >> WILL THAT EVER COME BEFORE A FUTURE CITY COMMISSION? >> IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY CHANGE THE PROJECT SCOPE AND ANYWAY, IN A WAY THAT WOULD REQUIRE COMMISSION-LEVEL 
          APPROVAL BUT AS IT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED, IT WOULD NOT. >> GOT IT, SO BECAUSE THE 12 UNITS THAT WE APPROVED EARLIER, THE SIX DUPLEXES, BECAUSE THAT WAS REJECTED IN COURT NOW IT'S 
          GOING TO BE HOW MANY USES WITH RETAIL? >> 35. 
          [10. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]
          >> MAN. I REALLY WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY WE COULD'VE NEGOTIATED FOR 12. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S CONTINUE ON. LET'S GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. MISS TAMMI BACH, YOU GO. 
          >> AND TRYING TO SQUEEZE BACK IN HERE. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RUNNING , THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING TO SERVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [11. CITY CLERK REPORTS]
          PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU. MISS BACH. >> THE CANVASSING BOARD WILL CONVENE TOMORROW AT 4:00 P.M. TO REVIEW AN ESTIMATED 231 COUNTYWIDE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT SEAT TWO IS CURRENTLY REPORTED RESULTS, WHICH VICE MAYOR STURGIS AND CANDIDATE DENISE MINSHEW ARE IN. PROVISIONAL BALLOTS ARE A VOTING METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ELIGIBILITY VOTING REGISTRATION STATUS CANNOT BE VERIFIED AT THE POLLING LOCATIONS. EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE NOT HAVING PROPER IDENTIFICATION, REGISTERING TO VOTE AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE OR APPEARING AT THE WRONGNESS PRECINCT. THESE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS HELP PROTECT AGAINST VOTER FRAUD AND ART GOVERNED BY 101.048 OF FLORIDA STATUTE. THE NASSAU COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD WILL CONDUCT A MACHINE RECOUNT NEXT TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT 9:00 A.M. AND ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE CERTIFIED ON OR BEFORE 
          [12. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
          NOVEMBER 15TH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSS. 
          >> I WANT TO THANK -- I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO MADE ALL THE KIND COMMENTS TONIGHT , TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND TOTALLY APPRECIATED. AS I GUESS YOU'VE ALL FIGURED OUT BY NOW, I'VE BEEN ELECTED TWICE AND HAVE SERVED SEVEN YEARS AS CITY COMMISSIONER. THIS WILL BE MY LAST COMMISSIONER COMMENTS TO THE JOY OF SOME ON THE SORROW OF OTHERS, SO. ORIGINALLY TONIGHT I HAD PLANNED TO TALK ABOUT A LIST OF SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED MANY THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT IS BEST LEFT TO OTHERS. INSTEAD, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE WHO 
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HAVE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE STUFF HAPPEN IN THE CITY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR THINK ABOUT. ONE IS LINDA BELL WITH NASSAU BEAUTIFUL. SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB PLANTING TREES. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB AND I WANT TO THANK HER. ANOTHER ONE IS A FELLOW NAMED JACOB SMITH. JACOB SMITH IS THE CONSULTANT YOU NEVER HEARD OF. HE WAS HIRED BY DALE MARTIN YEARS AGO , AND HE WORKS WITH THE RAILROAD AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR JACOB SMITH , THAT SIDEWALK THAT NOW GOES FROM CENTER STREET TO ASH STREET ON THE WEST SIDE WOULD NOT OF BEEN BUILT. HE SEALED THE DEAL WITH THE RAILROAD AND GOT THEM TO GIVE US PERMISSION FOR THAT. HE HAS ALSO WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE ALACHUA STREET THINGS ARE PROBABLY BY THE END OF MARCH ALACHUA STREET WILL BE OPEN BUT WITHOUT JACOB SMITH THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED SO BIG THANK YOU TO HIM. ANOTHER ONE IS BRONSON LAMB. BACK IN 2016 THERE WAS A HURRICANE AT THE MARINA, THE ATTENUATOR AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE NEEDED A REBUILD. THERE WAS A FELLOW NAMED BRONSON LAMB WHO WAS HIRED. HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T NEED THE MONEY. AND BUT HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR BRONSON LAMB THAT MARINO WOULD STILL, NOT UNLIKE THE FIREHOUSE, STILL PROBABLY NOT BE BUILT SO HE REALLY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. THEN THERE IS PHIL SCANLAN WHO DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO OF COLON CANCER AND MIKE'S BE NOW AND MIKE GOOGLE ARE AND THE THREE OF THEM OF WORK TIRELESSLY TO COME UP WITH BIKE TRAILS IN THE CITY AND WITHOUT THEM, THE BIKE TRAILS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED SO BIG THANK YOU TO HIM. ANOTHER ONE IS A GUY NAMED LYNN WILLIAMS, WHO IS A FORMER RESIDENT, FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND WITHOUT LYNN, THE MARINA NEVER WOULD'VE GOT BUILT BECAUSE HE GOT US THE VARIANT -- VARIANCE OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A BIG THANK YOU TO HIM AND HIS LIVING OUT IN CALIFORNIA NOW WELL INTO HIS 80S AND HE ACTUALLY WAS A FORMER OLYMPIC SAILOR. HE DID GET A SILVER MEDAL IN THE OLYMPICS MANY YEARS AGO. ANOTHER PERSON IS A GUY NAMED BRANDON DIXON WHO YOU ALSO PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF. 
          HE IS AN ENGINEER TO FPU AND WITHOUT BRANDON, THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ON NORTH FRONT STREET ARE ALMOST ALL GONE. THERE ARE TWO POLES LEFT. THEY SHOULD BE GONE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. WITHOUT HIS CONTINUED WILLINGNESS AND WITHOUT PRODDING CONTRACTORS THAT SEVEN YEARS WOULD'VE BEEN EVEN LONGER SO THANK YOU TO HIM. THEN THERE IS A FELLOW SITTING HERE, ERIC BARTEL. ERIC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. HE IS THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE WATERFRONT PARK. HE DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE IDEA BUT HIS DESIGN AND PUSHING IT THROUGH AND HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT AND HE WORKS TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES, HAS SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS ON THESE THINGS. THE FINAL PERSON IS TAMMI KOZAK. 
          AND TAMMI IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS PREVENTING THE PORT FROM EXTENDING INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THAT, WENT TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND GALVANIZED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB SO BIG THANK YOU TO HER FOR THAT. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT OVER THE SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS , OUR COMMUNITY THAT TIRELESSLY WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY , MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE. BUT MY BIGGEST THANKS GOES TO MY WIFE OF 35 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHY AM HAVING A HARD TIME. ANYHOW. 
          THERE IS THE FAMOUS SIGN. NO CYAN, NO GROPING, NO EYE ROLLING AND NO GLASSES IN THE MOUTH AND THAT'S BEEN UP HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS. I HAVE NOT ALWAYS DONE IT BUT SHE HELP ME 
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WITH RESEARCH MANY TOPICS, TOLERATED PLANNING OUR LIVES AROUND MANY CITY MEETINGS. SHE PROVIDED SOUND ADVICE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SHE WAS ALREADY THERE. I JUST THANK HER. FINAL THOUGHT, HUNDRED AND 50 YEARS AGO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR JUST ENDED. IN THAT SHORT ADDRESS HE ASKED FOR QUOTE, WITH MALICE TO NONE, AND CHARITY TO ALL. MALICE TO NONE AND CHARITY TO ALL. AND I JUST BELIEVE AS A COMMUNITY IF WE FOLLOW THAT ADVICE , THAT WE WILL BE MUCH BETTER SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANKS AND THANK 
          YOU. >> I'M HUMBLED TO BE YOUR FUTURE MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND VOTED. A PROMISE TO REPRESENT YOU FAIRLY. I HOPE TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CURIOSITIES AND BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO LEADING THE CITY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. 
          IT IS BEEN A GREAT TWO YEARS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER ROSS. I KNOW WE SURE ALL HAD OUR BATTLES BUT IT WAS A GOOD TWO YEARS . DAVID, THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS AND BRADLEY, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH AND FOR SITTING HERE NEXT TO ME AND IT WILL BE 
          A GOOD TWO YEARS AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WILL SAY I PROMOTE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA 
          . >> VICE-MAYOR STURGES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WILL SAY I AM PRO GOAT. I AM ALL ABOUT COST AND KEEPING THINGS REASONABLE SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING . WHEN SHE DISCUSSED THAT I WAS LIKE, THAT IS PRETTY DIFFERENT. 
          SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE SPENT 1 MILLION $13,500 ON OUR CITY SO I THINK WE CONSTANTLY DO MAINTAIN THE BAR AS FAR AS MAINTAINING OUR CITY . NEXT, I WANT TO SAY THAT BRADLEY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER , I AM ENJOYING YOU BEING THE MAYOR AND SERVING UNDER YOU AS WELL AS ALL THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS. LASTLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY THAT I LOVE. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE RESULTS FROM THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, I AM THANKFUL TO ALL CITIZENS WHO SUPPORTED ME AND 
          WANT TO WISH OUR CITY A SUCCESS REGARDLESS. THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO WISH A FEW CONDOLENCES. DAVID MYERS PASSED AWAY. HE IS MARRIED TO ONE OF OUR LONGTIME CITY EMPLOYEES, MISS PATTY MYERS. WE HAD A SERVICE EARLIER. ALSO MS. DOROTHEA STILLWELL , YOU KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL LEGEND AND MISS PHILLY, MS. DOROTHEA, SHE STARTED A WONDERFUL LOCAL BUSINESS, POWERFUL WOMEN AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO MISS HER, AS WELL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.