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          >> PLEASE BE SEATED, WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 7TH , FERNANDINA BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER JOYCE M. TUTEN. COMMISSIONER TIM POYNTER. 
          >> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . 
          >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> PLEASE BE SEATED -- REMAIN STANDING FOR INVOCATION LED BY 
          REVEREND BERNARD THOMPSON. >> LET US PRAY, OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE COME TONIGHT OH LORD TO SAY THANK YOU , FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, FOR YOUR MULTITUDE OF TENDER MERCIES. 
          FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW YEAR. WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS NEW COMMISSION AND THIS NEW LEADERSHIP, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM NEW IDEAS THAT WILL PRODUCE POSITIVE RESULTS. NOW, LORD, WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH COMMISSION LEAGUE AND GUIDE ON A MATTER THAT IS PLEASING IN OUR SIDE. 
          WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISES, HONOR, AND THE GLORY AND THE PEOPLE OF 
          GOD SAID, AMEN. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR. OH , WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE A HUMANE SOCIETY THEN WE LOOK INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY. I HAVE BROUGHT A VERY SPECIAL DOG TODAY. HER NAME IS ROXANNE. I WAS HOPING MAYBE THEY WOULD THINK ABOUT -- ROXANNE IS 10. SHE WAS SURRENDERED TO US IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER -- DECEMBER PITCHES A GREAT TEMPERAMENT AS YOU CAN SEE. SHE DOES NOT ACT 10, SHE IS VERY HEALTHY, SHE IS GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS. SHE IS GOOD WITH CATS AS WELL. SO, SHE WAS SURRENDERED TO US, HER OWNER CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. THAT IS WONDERFUL ABOUT HAVING A HUMANE SOCIETY ON THE ISLAND. WE TAKE THOSE UNWANTED PETS IN WHEN OWNERS CANNOT KEEP THEM ANY LONGER. THIS IS ROXANNE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT TO US. WE'RE LOCATED NEAR THE AIRPORT. WE ARE OPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK APART FROM MONDAY. WE HAVE GOT 150 ANIMALS. 65 DOGS. ALL AS 
          DESERVING AS ROXANNE HERE. >> IF ONE OF US WANTED TO ADOPT ROXANNE OR ONE OF HER FURRY BUDDIES, HOW TO BE DO THAT? 
          >> YOU CAN COME VISIT US IN PERSON OR TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE. NASSAU HUMANE.ORG . HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FIND ONE 
          THAT FITS THE BILL FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [4.1 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET - Fernandina Beach Main Street Executive Director Ms. Lisa Finkelstein will provide a synopsis of projects occurring within each of the four Main Street Councils (Promotions, Economic Vitality, Organization, and Design).]
          >> THANK YOU. >> AND NOW WE HAVE ITEM 4.1. 
          OUR PRESENTATION FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET LED BY LISA FINKELSTEIN. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. I WILL WAIT FOR THAT TO COME UP. LISA FINKELSTEIN. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET. THIS IS A ORDERLY PRESENTATION. FOR THE COMMISSION. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF YEAR IN REVIEW. IS THERE A WAY TO -- THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS SEEING ON MY SCREEN. 
          JUST WANTED TO SHOW -- 
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THERE WE GO. OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A YEAR IN REVIEW. 
          JUST IN BRIEF, BUT JUST HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE WERE DOING THIS YEAR. WE SERVE MORE THAN 240 LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT MAKE UP OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICT. WE HAVE 67 MEMBER PARTNERS. THOSE ARE BUSINESSES THAT VOLUNTARILY CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT -- FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MAIN STREET . THEY ARE FROM WITHIN OUR DISTRICT PRIMARILY BUT ALSO FROM BUSINESSES IN THE REST OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY. WE HAD 61 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WORK WITH US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON OUR FOUR COUNCILS AND OUR BOARD. AND THEN, WELL, WE HAD NINE VOTING MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD AS WELL. WE CARRIED OUT OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS WHICH WERE ISLAND HOT CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL, WE DID THREE SIP AND SHOPS GENERALLY COME AUGUST, AND OCTOBER WAS THE NEW ONE. WE DID THE BLACK FRIDAY PAJAMA PARTY AGAIN WHICH IS A NEW HIT. 
          WINDOW PAINTING TWICE DURING THE YEAR AND WE DID AN EVENT ALONG STREET CALLED MUTT MANIS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. WE HAD 236 EVENT VOLUNTEERS THAT WORKED WITH US ON THE VARIOUS EVENTS. WE ADDED A NEW EVENT COORDINATOR EARLIER IN THE YEAR. SHE HAS COME ON BOARD TO HELP PRIMARILY TAKE SOME OF THAT OFF OF MY PLATE SO THAT SHE IS COORDINATING THE RUNNING OF THE EVENTS AND I CAN FOCUS ON ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS I AM WORKING ON. THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP. SOME OF OUR OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE AWARDED SIDE GRANTS FOR THREE PROJECTS THIS YEAR TOTALING $20,000. THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. WE AWARDED CURB APPEAL AWARDS IN EACH QUARTER FOR RECOGNIZING PROPERTIES OR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR BUSINESS . AND THEN WE HELD QUARTERLY NETWORKING MEET AND GREETS FOR OUR BUSINESSES. WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER. WE TRY TO TAKE A TOPIC THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. WE DO A LITTLE PROGRAM ON IT. MAYBE SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOU KNOW, WITHIN A CITY OR PROJECT, COULD BE SECURITY-RELATED. 
          SAFETY-RELATED , THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE'VE -- WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE TAX CREDIT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. WE HAVE IT HERE IN THE CITY IN PLACE BUT NOT THE COUNTY YET. WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE MEMORIAL BENCH PROGRAM. WE ADDED FOUR NEW BENCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, INCLUDING A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THEM. WE INITIATED A LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN INCLUDING A PLANT LIST THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED. AND THEN WE DID WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT GETTING THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THE BEDS THAT WE HAVEN'T SLOWLY START TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW PLANTING DESIGN SO THAT OUR LANDSCAPE DOWNTOWN IS IMPROVED. AND THEN , WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD ON ALL ACCESS MAIN STREET PILOT PROGRAM. THIS IS TO MAKE OUR BUSINESSES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. THIS COULD BE FAMILIES WITH STROLLERS, PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIRS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISION ISSUES OR HEARING ISSUES. SO, AARP IS WORKING WITH US ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR NATIONAL MAINSTREAM ORGANIZATION TO BE THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THIS. FOR MAIN STREET THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SO, WE ARE READY TO GO OUT TO PILOT IT WITH SIX OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THIS MONTH. AND THEN WE WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE NATIONAL MAIN STREET CONFERENCE IN APRIL. TO START TO GET THIS OUT TO OTHER MAIN STREETS. TO GIVE THEM THE TEMPLATE TO FOLLOW. AND THEN INTERNALLY. WE DEVELOPED A BRAND-NEW WEBSITE AND A NEW LOGO. I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN SOME OF OUR OTHER UP DATES. THAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. THAT WAS A REALLY BIG UNDERTAKING FOR US TO DO BUT WE FEEL THAT THE NEW LOGO IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGETIC AND SO THAT IT IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE. AS YOU KNOW. WE HAD SOME AWARDS AND RECOGNITION AGAIN AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE BROUGHT HOME FOUR AWARDS THERE FOR VOLUNTEER AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR. 
          SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OF THE YEAR AND THEN A BUDGET HAWK WORD FOR OUR CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL WHICH WE HAD INCREASED THE DOLLARS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP FROM THAT BY REALLY MANAGING A BUDGET ON THAT PROGRAM. WE HELD PRESERVATION 
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AWARDS. THEY ARE HELD EVERY OTHER YEAR. AND WE DID A TOUR OF HISTORIC CHURCHES WITH THAT. THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY AND EVEN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THE HAPPENS IS RESPECTFUL OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN OUR QUARTERLY MEETING GREAT. WE HAD 100 PARTICIPANTS WITH DROUGHT THE YEAR. WE HUNDRED HUNDRED AND 50 AT THE PRESENTATION TOUR. WE HAD 1200 AT OUR ISLAND YOUR FESTIVAL. FOR OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT. WHICH IS RECOGNIZING OUR VOLUNTEERS. WE HAD 37 IN OUR SIP AND SHOPS WE HAD ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 300 PEOPLE THERE. AND MUTT MANIS HAD 100 PARTICIPANTS. WE FELT LIKE OUR EVENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IS TO BRING PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA. AT TIMES WHEN BUSINESSES TYPICALLY SLOW. AND THE BUSINESSES COULD USE THAT LITTLE BUM. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IN THE LAST TWO AND HALF YEARS IS THE PLANNING AND IN THIS YEAR OF THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. -- NOT ONLY FOR MAIN STREET BUT MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IN THAT MUSEUM. JUST MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. BY THE NUMBERS, ARE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION LASTED 12 MONTHS. WE KICK IT OFF LAST YEAR AT THIS MEETING. AND IT HAS RUN THROUGH DECEMBER. WE HAD 11 COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE LEADING THAT. 
          WE SENT OUT IS 68 ORGANIZATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS. TO PARTICIPATE. WE ENDED UP WITH 36. IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. FARMERS MARKET. THE PASSPORT PROGRAM. THERE WAS A PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE MUSEUM. WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIETY INTO THE EVENTS THAT WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          MUSIC EVENTS, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE FELT A VERY SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION. AND THEN WE CULMINATED THE CELEBRATION WITH THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY. WHICH WAS HELD JUST LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1ST. THAT WAS THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY -- THE 200 ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING CORPORATION OF THE CITY. THOSE PAPERS. WE HAD 722 TICKETED ATTENDEES. THIS SAT ALONG CENTER STREET THE HAD A MEAL. 
          THE LENGTH OF THE TABLE WAS 720 FEET. WE HAD 14 PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS. THAT SUPPLY FOOD FOR EVERYBODY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. WITH 27 SPONSORS TO HELP TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE EVENT ITSELF. THE ATTENDEES WERE ABLE TO COME FOR $22 APIECE WHICH WE FELT WAS VERY REASONABLE. WE HAD AN EVEN LOWER CHILD'S PRICE BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME -- WHO WANTED TO COME AND WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON SITE AND THEY WERE WATCHING THE PROGRAM AND JUST ENJOYING ALL OF THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES, THE MUSEUMS, THE TIME CAPSULE. ALL OF THAT WAS ON-SITE. THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. WE HAD 47 VOLUNTEERS FOR MAIN STREET. WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. IT WAS QUITE A LOGISTICAL UNDERTAKING. AND THEN, JUST A FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS REPORT WAS REALLY SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AT THE END OF DECEMBER BUT DELAYED A MONTH. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF THE YEAR END NUMBERS. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SEE THAT WE WERE EITHER CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET NUMBERS AND CLOSE TO WHERE WE ENDED UP LAST YEAR. WERE YOU WILL SEE A VARIATION THAT IS NOTABLE IS IN THE MEMBER PARTNER DONATIONS LINE. 
          THAT WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN IT HAD BEEN AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD 67 MAIN STREET PARTNERS THIS PAST YEAR. THAT WAS UP FROM 55. 
          THE AMOUNT THAT EACH MEMBER PARTNER IS JUST -- CONTRIBUTING, HAS GONE UP AS WELL. THAT NUMBER HAS REALLY GONE UP WHICH IS WONDERFUL. THIS CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH CONTRIBUTION WAS UP A LITTLE BIT. BUDGET AMOUNT THAT WAS DONE FOR THE DINING DOWN CENTER PROGRAM. IN OUR EXPENSES YOU 
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WILL SEE A VARIANCE. THAT WAS PRIMARILY OUR EVENT COORDINATOR. WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD ADD A STAFF PERSON. SOMETIMES A PART-TIME STAFF PERSON. DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT WOULD FALL, OR WHAT IT WOULD EXACTLY LOOK LIKE. WE WERE A LITTLE OVER ON WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN -- GENERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WAS IN LINE. 
          SO, WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH A SURPLUS. AND AGAIN, THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING PUT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS ON SCHEDULE, WE ARE JUST GOING TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT GRANT WINNER. AT OUR JANUARY THE IN GROUP. IT WILL BE A $10,000 GRANT. ALONG EIGHTH STREET FOR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THERE IN THE EXTERIOR FACADE AND AND WILL DO ANOTHER ONE IN OUR FALL CYCLE. ANY 
          QUESTIONS? >> I KNOW I CAN SAY THAT THE DINING CENTER WAS AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL EVENT. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY PARENTS JOIN. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. TO BE A PART 
          OF THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART. 
          >> I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER TUTEN . 
          >> YET IT WAS GREAT, I ALSO THE CITY PESTILENT LISA FINKELSTEIN FROM MAINSTREET AND WILL NOW BE IN OUR NEW POSITION. TO 
          DOWNTIME DIRECTOR? >> DOWNTOWN DISTRICT MANAGER. 
          >> DOWNTOWN DISTRICT MANAGER. BECAUSE THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT -- THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS IN THE CITY. AND EVERY PIECE OF THE CITY TOUCHES IT. AND IT IS COMPLEX AND WE NEVER HAD ANYBODY TO HELP OVERSEE IT. AND 
          SO -- IT IS GREAT. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEXT MAINSTREET DIRECTOR. 
          THAT SEARCH STARTS THIS WEEK. IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANYBODY WHO 
          WANTS TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA]
FINKELSTEIN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT NOT FOR THE ITEM AGENDA. A BIT OF A STACK HE APPEARED STARTED OFF WITH MISS 
          KELLY YATES. >> LAST TIME I WAS HERE -- I SPOKE UP ABOUT CHILD EXPLOITATION. -- I BEG YOUR PARDON. IT IS 670 SPANISH WAY EAST. 
          >> NAME? >> KELLY YATES. SO, CHILD EXPLOITATION AND I WAS ASKING THE GOOD, DECENT PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE , CLASSY CONSERVATIVE STOP WORK TO SIGN OUR PETITION TO MAKE PRIDE EVENTS. I.D. 
          REQUIRED AND PROTECT CHILDREN. FROM THIS SEXUALLY DEVIANT LIFESTYLE. THE LAST EVENT WE SAW BDSM, BETTER KNOWN AS SADOMASOCHISM IN A CHILDREN'S PARK IN OUR OWN CHILDREN'S PARK HERE AT CENTRAL PARK. THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOUR CHILDREN. ANYONE YOUR CHILDREN. SO, SINCE I LAST CAME AND SPOKE HERE. I HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY FERNANDINA BEACH PRIDE WHICH -- COMMISSIONER, IS STILL THE TREASURER OF AND THIS IS A COMPLETE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CLEARLY. THIS IS A 30 ENVELOPES, 30 ENVELOPES I HAVE HERE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH PRIDE HARASSING ME. AND I WILL NOT BE QUITE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. I WILL NEVER BE QUIET. ABOUT CHILDREN, PROTECTING CHILDREN. AND I WAS VERY FORTUNATE RECENTLY TO MEET A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, ONE OF THE FASTEST HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN AMERICA. 
          AGAINST GROOMERS. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THEY ENDORSED MY PETITION. BECAUSE THEY POSSIBLY PRIDE SHOULD NOT BE IN YOUR CHILDREN. SO, I WOULD ASK YOU, GENECE MINSHEW, TO STOP HARASSING ME , THIS IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONCE AGAIN OUR WEBSITE IS CLASSY CONSERVATIVES .ORG. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, ADHERING TO YOUR STANDARDS, BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THERE WAS A MAN THAT GOT UP TWICE TO SPEAK THAT MADE A DEMEANING VIDEO OF ME, MOCKING ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ANOTHER LADY THAT WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR OVER FIVE MINUTES AND I BARELY HAD THREE MINUTES TO TALK, IT SEEMED RUSHED OFF, IT IS NOT FAIR, SEEMS TO BE A DOUBLE 
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TIERED STANDARD. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND LADY ETIQUETTE SERVICES TO GET BETTER STANDARDS HERE. THANK YOU VERY 
          MUCH. >> THANK YOU THE STATES. NEXT UP I HAVE FORMER MAYOR 
          >> GOOD EVENING, ROBIN LENTZ, 802 PARK VIEW EAST FERNANDINA BEACH. I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THREE OF YOU ARE NEWLY ELECTED BUT PRIOR TO YOUR ELECTION, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN A MULTITUDE OF CAPACITIES. AS A FORMER COMMISSIONER AND VICE MAYOR AND MIRROR MYSELF, I UNDER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT YOUR JOB IS. HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THE WAY THAT YOU CARE. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. 
          WHILE SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT MAY BRING IDEAS THAT ARE UNTRUE AND COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS HATE SPEECH. I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REFLECT ON THE POSITIVES AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUE MISS LISA FINKELSTEIN HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THEM BUT IN 2024 THE CITY ISSUED 66 SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS. THESE EVENTS RANGE FROM PRODUCTIONS LIKE THIS FROM FESTIVAL, AND DICKENS ON CENTER TO SMALLER EVENTS LIKE THE CHILI COOKOFF, OR A 5K RACE. THE MAJORITY OF THESE EVENTS RAISED FUNDS OR AWARENESS FOR DIFFERENT CAUSES FROM SCHOOLS, TO ANIMAL RESCUE, TO CELEBRATING HERITAGES. VETERANS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE EVENTS AND THE SPACES THAT HOLD THEM ARE THE VERY FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. SOMETIMES THERE ARE SO MANY EVENTS THAT I CANNOT EVEN MAKE IT TO ALL OF THEM -- THE ONES THAT I WANT TO SUPPORT. SOMETIMES THERE ARE EVENTS THAT DO NOT APPEAL TO ME. I MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO ATTEND BUT I CELEBRATE THAT THE GROUP WAS ABLE TO GET TOGETHER BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO ASSEMBLE IS THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AGAIN -- THINK THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE VARIOUS GROUPS FOR SPONSORING THESE EVENTS AND MAKING ALSO WELCOME. HARD WORK GOES INTO THE PLANNING AND COORDINATION. AND IT IS APPRECIATED AND VALUED BY THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS WALTER MOORE BROWN. PO BOX ONE FERNANDINA BEACH. HOME OF OLYMPIAN BO BENSON. I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP -- ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WE HAD. AND ONE OF THEM WE HAD WAS SKATE COMPETITION. AND THOSE TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO YOUNG LADIES WHO HAVE TAKEN OFF THIS WEEK TO GO TO CALIFORNIA. IN THE CALIFORNIA AMATEUR SKATE LEAD. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. TWO YOUNG LADIES. ONE AT THE AGE OF SEVEN AND ONE AT THE AGE OF 10. COCO WALDO AND PRIMROSE WALDO. THEY WILL BE SKATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. AMATEUR COMPETITION. 
          PART -- I WANT TO CONGRATULATE LISA FINKELSTEIN ALSO FOR MOVING UP TO THE JOB THAT YOU HAD PUT HER IN. I THINK SHE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. SO -- ONE OF THE THINGS LISA MENTIONED IS THE AMOUNT, TENANTS AND PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO THESE EVENTS. SHE IS RIGHT. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE 200 ANNIVERSARY ANYTHING THE CITY BEING A PART OF IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. OVER THE SUMMER WE HAD THE OLYMPICS AND WE HAD BO BENSON WHICH HAD OVER 3 BILLION PEOPLE WHO WATCHED THAT. 3 BILLION. PEOPLE WHO WATCHED AND HEARD FERNANDINA BEACH AND TALKED ABOUT OUR SKATEBOARDER -- SO -- IT IS VITAL FOR OUR CITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS. TO TRY AND EXPAND OUR SKATE PARK TO A BIGGER, MORE INCLUSIVE SKATE PARK, ONE THAT CAN BE KNOWN WORLDWIDE . AND WE APPRECIATE THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION WITH THE VICE MAYOR ON IT, WHO APPROVED $90,000 AND YOU GUYS, GIVEN US A 30 SO THAT WE COULD START WITH THE PHASES PART OF THAT. THERE WAS A MEETING ABOUT THAT. AND PART OF THAT 30,000 THAT HAS BEEN SPENT 
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IS TO GET THE DESIGN, CONCEPT, THEY SPOKE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE DRAINAGE -- SPOKEN ABOUT SO THAT, THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY START BUILDING THIS NEW SKATE PARK -- THAT THE DRAINAGE WILL WORK PERFECTLY FOR IT. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS -- THAT WE NEEDED TO FIND OUT WHICH WAS THE COVERS FOR ALL OF THE PARKS AND PARKING RECREATION, I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR US. HOPE EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR. IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS OUT AT THE 200 CELEBRATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. SHEILA COOK. 
          >> SHEILA COOK, 5303 INDIGO STREET. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. I KNOW THAT THIS WEEK -- WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE OPENING OF THE NEW FIRE STATION WHICH HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE. 
          AND VERY MUCH NEEDED FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THEM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR ONGOING PUNCHLIST AND THINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE OUT THERE. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONER, REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF YOU. I WAS TRYING TO TURN LEFT ONTO AIRPORT ROAD. AND SAT THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND WAS ACTUALLY SCARED TO TURN LEFT INTO THEIR -- BECAUSE OF HOW FAST THE TRAFFIC WAS COMING , LIKE FROM 200 ON THE PARKWAY. AND -- THERE IS A LOT OF CARS. I TOOK A VIDEO. I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE TRAVELED IT MANY TIMES. I WAS REALLY -- CONCERNED ABOUT SUCH A LARGE LIKE OUR LATTER TRUCKS ESPECIALLY TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVEL THAT AREA THAT ARE COMING ONTO THE ISLAND. AND THEY ARE NOT THE MOTHER THAT THE FIRE STATION WOULD BE THERE. IS QUITE A WHILE BEFORE YOU REALIZE THAT IT IS THERE. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PREVIOUS PLANS, THE EARLY FANS OF DESMOND THERE WERE SOME FLASHING LIGHTS OR SIGNAGE THAT WAS PLANNED FOR THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THAT FOR A LOT OF REASONS. OBVIOUSLY SAFETY. MAKING PEOPLE AWARE BEFORE YOU GET THOSE TWO CURVES. THE ROUNDABOUT, DENSE TREES AND CURVES. WHEN THEY ARE COMING, I MAY FILL GUILTY OF THIS MYSELF TOO. YOU CAN COME PRETTY FAST. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MAKE SURE THAT GETS BACK TO THE PLANS OF THE FIREHOUSE. HOPEFULLY FROM OUR FIRE SERVICE TO TO SERVE IN. BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. THANKS FOR THAT. AND THE OTHER -- THE EARLIER SPEAKER. IF SHE HAD A LOT OF ENVELOPES IN HER HANDS, THAT WAS ALL THE RESULT OF $2400 THAT WAS RAISED TO GO TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE. 
          HER SPEECH ON THIS FORM, EACH DONATION WAS ONE OF THE ENVELOPES THAT SHE GOT. NOT BEING HARASSED AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR DONATIONS THAT WERE MADE IN HER NAME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION 
          AT PRIDE.COM. THANK YOU. >> IN QUEUE. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. SCOTT WILLIS. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEFER UNTIL THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT? 
          >> AGENDA. WE HAVE MR. 
          >> MY NAME IS JOHN R, OLIVIA 1553 GEDDES LANE. AND I WANT TO JUST SET THE STAGE WITH RESPECT TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ETHANOL PLAN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE. WHAT BRIAN PROPOSES TO BUILD, ] ONCE THAT IS BUILT IT WILL BE A CHEMICAL REFINING PROCESS. 
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ALSO THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS, RAISED ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL, BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND NUISANCE IMPACTS. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO TWO. ANOTHER TRUTH, BRIAN'S APPLICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE INCOMPLETE. WE ALSO BELIEVE IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. AS WELL. WE THINK THE CITY WOULD BE WISE TO DECIDE THIS MATTER ON WHAT IS CLEAR AT PRESENT. AND TRY AND RESERVE WHAT IS NOT SO WELL DEVELOPED, THESE IMPACTS THAT WE WILL DISCUSS. SO -- IF NECESSARY, THERE CAN BE A DECISION AT A LATER TIME ON THAT. NO ETHANOL WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU IN THAT REGARD. I SEE THE FIRST SLIDE IS UP. THIS IS THE PLANT EDITION. COULD BE THE FASTEST BRIEFING YOU WILL EVER HAVE. HERE IT IS IN 2011. I WANT YOU TO CONCENTRATE ON THE CIRCLE, AFFLUENT CLARIFIER. 
          ] NEXT LIGHT. THIS IS A 2016 VIEW , SAME VIEW. CLARIFIER. 
          THE TWO PONDS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS TODAY. YOU HAVE THE CLARIFIER, THE TWO PONDS AND THERE IS NO THIRD POND. NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS GOING BACKWARDS. HERE IS WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARDS. THE PLANT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE. THESE BLOCKS YOU CAN KIND OF TRANSFER LITERALLY GOING TO BE SQUEEZED IN BETWEEN THE TWO REMAINING PONDS AND CLARIFIER. IN OUR OPINION, MUCH, MUCH TOO CLOSE -- ACCESS TO FIRST RESPONDERS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY UP THAT PENINSULA, ONLY GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT IN A VERY 
          DIFFICULT WAY. >> PLEASE TAKE 10 TO 15 MORE 
          SECONDS. >> THAT IS THE FIRST ISSUE. 
          SECOND ISSUE. TRAFFIC RISK. HE WANTS YOU TO IGNORE AND THE CITY CANNOT. HE SPOKE TO THIS. AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES ] HERE IS HOW THEY APPLY. NEXT SLIDE. 
          PLANT IS PLACED 100 METERS FROM THE HOUSE. THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THESE CIRCLES. BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE CITY. WITHIN THOSE CIRCLES ARE HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES AND THOUSANDS OF RESIDENCES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT WE HAVE MR. TOM 
          >> GOOD EVENING, FOLKS. THANKS FOR MOVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT 
          -- >> I NEED THE PUBLIC ADDRESS 
          FOR THE RECORD. >> TOM BUDD. THANKS FOR MOVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT UP . THANKS FOR THAT. TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING AS PRESIDENT OF OUR NONPROFIT. WE DO BUSINESS AS NO ETHANOL FERNANDINA. THE PROPOSED PLANS OF THE ETHANOL PLANT, IT IS A PARAMOUNT ISSUE FACING OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND AS IT WAS IN NOVEMBER. VOTERS EXPRESS THEMSELVES QUITE CLEARLY. THIS EVENING, MY COMMENTS LIMITED TO THE COMP RANTS A PLAN AND LDC COMPLIANCE. IN OTHER WORDS. IS THE PROPOSAL PERMITTED OR PROHIBITED USE? AGAIN, AS YOU ARE AWARE. THEY USE THIS LANGUAGE. HEAVY METAL FABRICATION, SALVAGE YARDS, CHEMICAL OR PETROLEUM MANUFACTURING. OR REFINING. 
          RUBBER AND PLASTICS MANUFACTURING OR OTHER USES GENERATING POTENTIALLY HARM ENVIRONMENTAL OR NUISANCE IMPACT. SHALL BE PROHIBITED. THREE DIFFERENT THINGS HERE THAT WILL APPLY TO THIS IN OUR OPINION. HIS APPLICATION MAKES WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE FALSE CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE MANUFACTURING 7.5 MILLION GALLONS ANNUALLY. HIGHLY 
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FLAMMABLE HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS THROUGH FERMENTATION IS NOT CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING. IT IS A LUDICROUS ARGUMENT. ONE OF SHINY OBJECTS DESIGNED TO DISTRACT YOU FROM THE OBVIOUS. 
          YOU WILL HEAR AND HAVE HEARD FROM JOHN. FROM JACK. AND OTHERS TONIGHT. WITH MORE DETAIL. PROVIDING -- PROVING WHAT HE IS PROPOSING IS NOT ONLY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING BUT ALSO CHEMICAL REFINING WHICH IS ALSO PROHIBITED USE. HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHY IT IS NOT CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND WE DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. BUT, THEY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT NOT BEING REFINING. IT IS REFINING AND THAT IS ALSO A PROHIBITED USE. 
          AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT LAST SENTENCE OF THE PARAGRAPH THAT I READ TO YOU. WERE OTHER USES GENERATING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL WHERE NUISANCE IMPACTS SHALL BE PROHIBITED. 
          MANUFACTURING, STORING, AND TRANSPORTING ETHANOL CLEARLY FITS INTO THIS PROHIBITED USE AND THE APPLICATION COULD AND SHOULD BE DENIED ON THESE GROUNDS ALONE. WE SUBMIT TO YOU THAT RYAN'S APPLICATION FAILS TO SATISFY THE PLAN ON ALL THREE OF THESE ON AMBIGUOUS PROHIBITIONS. CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING, CHEMICAL REFINING AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL, AND NUISANCE IMPACTS. THEY FAIL ON ALL THREE. AS A RESULT, THE CITY IS NOT ONLY WITHIN ITS RIGHTS BUT IT IS COMPELLED TO DENY THE APPLICATION AS A PROHIBITED USE, FURTHER IT IS COMPLETELY LOGICAL AND INDEED, PRUDENT TO DO SO WITHOUT EXHAUSTING CITY RESOURCES AND PUTTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS ANALYZING THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THEIR ARTICLE APPLICATION. WE STAND WITH THE CITY, AS WILL THOUSANDS OF OUR CITIZENS. IT IS THE RIGHT RESPONSE AT THIS TIME AND EXACTLY WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGAL OPINION LAST SPRING. ONE MORE PARAGRAPH IF I MAY, I WILL BE QUICK. OUR ORGANIZATION IS SUPPORTED BY HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS , WILLING TO OFFER FINANCIAL SUPPORT, EXPERTISE, THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF DONATING TIME TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL, NO ETHANOL FOR FERNANDINA. I FULLY SUSPECT THIS TO SUCCEED TOGETHER IN THAT GOAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. BUD. NEXT UP WE HAVE FRANKLIN HOLLAND. 
          >> I AM LOSING MY VOICE UNFORTUNATELY. FRANKLIN HOLLAND. 83 I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M A NEW MEMBER TO THE BOARD. OF NO ETHANOL FERNANDINA. I WILL JUST BRING UP TWO POINTS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. LET'S START WITH A LEGAL MEMORANDUM THAT THE CITY LASTED BE PREPARED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT COULD BE BUILT IN FERNANDINA BEACH. ONE OF THE BETTER RECOGNIZED LAW FIRMS AND LAND USE IN FLORIDA. THAT CAME TO AN UNEQUIVOCAL CONCLUSION THAT THIS PROPOSED PROJECT VIOLATES BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          IT IS VERY CLEAR -- THEIR OPINION IS EXTREME AMBIGUOUS AND THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE OPINION, I WILL JUST HIT ON REAL QUICKLY. IS FOCUSED ON JUST THAT TERM. UNAMBIGUOUS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT POINTS OUT TO THIS COMMISSION. 
          AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. IS THE TERM CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING. 
          AND DISTILLING ARE ON AMBIGUOUS TERMS. THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT LEAD AFFECT ON WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD. WHAT IT MEANS IS THE COMMISSION WILL BE MAKING THE DECISION BASED ON WORDS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION. THEY ARE WORDS THAT UNAMBIGUOUSLY SAY, YOU CANNOT, BECAUSE IT IS PROHIBITED BY THE PLANT AND THE LDC, TO HAVE EITHER CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING OR DISTILLING IN FERNANDINA BEACH. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. AND I THINK WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, THIS IS MY VIEW TO THE CITY COMMISSION. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RELY ON A LEGAL OPINION THAT WAS PROVIDED AT YOUR REQUEST , WHICH HAS FOUND UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THIS PROJECT 
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CANNOT BE BUILT AS A VIOLATION. IT IS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY THE COMP PLAN AND THE LDC. THEN YOU HAVE GOT TO LOOK ELSEWHERE TO DETERMINE WHY IT SHOULDN'T BE DETERMINED TO BE PROHIBITED BY THOSE PLANS. THE COMP PLAN AND THE LDC REFLECT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF FERNANDINA BEACH WANT. IT IS WILL THE PEOPLE -- ONE POORLY AND IN THIS CASE -- WHAT THEY DO NOT WANT. WHAT THEY DON'T WANT IS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND THEY DO NOT WANT DISTILLING. THAT IS ALL CLEAR. IT IS ALL IN THERE. 
          IT IS ALL IN THE MEMORANDUM. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. I RECOGNIZE THAT HE HAS SUBMITTED A MEMORANDUM . A WW MEMORANDUM FROM THE LAW HARM -- LAW FIRM IN TALLAHASSEE. TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT MEMORANDUM. THERE ARE QUOTES IN THAT MEMORANDUM -- A SICKLY RELIES ON AN AFFIDAVIT FROM AN EMPLOYEE FOR RYAN. IN THAT AFFIDAVIT, HE QUOTES, CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CERTAIN WRITINGS THAT HE SAID AS OUR DISMOUNT CERTIFICATES. WHEN IN FACT THEY SAY SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROCESS WIRES AN ORDER TO 
          >> WE HAVE TO BE CURTIS -- COURTEOUS TO THE OTHER PUBLIC 
          COMMENTERS. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE -- 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. I'M NOW A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF NO ETHANOL, BERNADINO. WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE THAT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. REALLY A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY ADDRESSED. IS ETHANOL MANUFACTURING -- GOING TO BE USED? THE ANSWER IS CATEGORICALLY DESPERATE A CHEMICAL REACTION OCCURS WHEN SUBSTANCES ARE FORMED BY BREAKING, FORMING, OR REARRANGING CHEMICAL BONDS. 
          THAT HAPPENS WHEN SUGARS ARE CONVERTED INTO ETHANOL. 
          UNQUESTIONABLE. CHEMICAL REACTIONS. CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING IS THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING SUBSTANCES INTO NEW CHEMICAL PRODUCTS WITH CHEMICAL REACTIONS. USING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES IN LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTIONS. CLEARLY, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS. TO PRODUCE, BASIC CHEMICALS LIKE ETHANOL, PHARMACEUTICALS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WITH THE END PRODUCT IS. IT IS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING TO PRODUCE ETHANOL AND IT IS PROHIBITED. AS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          SOME CHEMICAL REACTIONS REQUIRE SUBSTANCES CALLED CATALYSTS. 
          THINK OF THE CATALYTIC GOAL -- CONVERTERS IN YOUR CAR. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. FERMENTATION IS SIMPLY A CATALYTIC CHEMICAL REACTION. IT INVOLVES THE BREAKDOWN OF SUGAR MOLECULES TO CONVERT THEM IN TO ALCOHOL. THROUGH THE CATALYTIC REACTION WITH ENZYMES. ARE ENZYMES? PROTEINS PRODUCED BY ORGANISMS. PROTEINS ARE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. THAT IS ALL IT IS. 
          HE IS WRONG IN SAYING FERMENTATION IS NOT A CHEMICAL REACTION. HE IS ALSO PROPOSING TO SEETHANOL FROM THE COMPLEX MIXTURE OF COMPOUNDS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE PULPING PROCESS AND THE FERMENTATION BY USING FACTIONAL DESOLATION. FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION IS ONE OF THE KEY PROCESSES USED IN CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING TO SEPARATE THE COMPONENTS IN LIQUIDS. THEY ARE USING CHEMICAL REFINING, THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND OF COURSE, IT IS ALSO PROHIBITED BY THE LDC. 2-0 AS TOM WOULD SAY. ONE OF RYAN'S OUTLANDISH ARGUMENTS IS THAT THE APPLICATION WOULD BE APPROVED BECAUSE CHEMICAL FERMENTATION IS A NATURAL PROCESS. WELL, SO OUR DIFFUSION REACTIONS, SHOULD THAT OCCUR IN OUR UNIVERSE? EVERY DAY TO PRODUCE HELIUM. 
          THE REST OF THE GETS PRODUCED BY OXYGEN IN A METAL OXIDE THAT PRODUCED TOXIC METAL OXIDE. IS THE CONCLUSION THEN -- THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW TO PRODUCE ANY OF THESE MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING? SORRY. THE APPLICATION INVOLVES CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND CHEMICAL REFINING THAT CAN CAUSE HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT IS ALSO PROHIBITED 
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IN LDC. REST ASSURED WE HAVE A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, THAT WILL ASSIST THE CITY TO SUPPORT SUPPORT THE DENIAL OF RYAN'S APPLICATION. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> LAST UP FOR NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE JIMMY FERRERA. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, I APOLOGIZE, I WILL GO ON A BIT OF A RANT BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR, MY NAME IS JULIE FERRERA. FIVE A ONE-DAY HISTORY. I CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD TODAY. AS I WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE TO GO TO THE DENTIST. I WAS WELCOMED AS I WAS GETTING INTO MY CAR, BY THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO GAVE ME A VIOLATION. THAT VIOLATION WAS FOR HAVING ALGAE OR MILDEW ON MY SIDING. AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT WE HAVE A REGULATION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE A DUTY TO SOCIETY TO PRESSURE WASH YOUR HOUSE. DO I LIKE THAT I HAVE ALGAE ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE? NO, I DO NOT. BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AREA ON MY HOUSE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE MY FAMILY WAS COMING. AND THE COLOR OF THAT WAS A LOT LIGHTER THAN IT IS TODAY. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY I THINK THAT IS -- THIS IS THE WEST SIDE OF MY HOUSE. IT GETS ALL OF THE SUN. AND IT IS GREEN. AND BROWN, AND BLACK. THE EAST SIDE OF MY HOUSE COMPLETELY COVERED BY TREES THE GETS NO SON, HAS NO ALGAE, HAS NO MILDEW. I THINK THERE WAS A STICKY SOLUTION ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. MY HOUSE IN THE WEST SIDE, FACES OF SULFUR SMELLS COMING FROM HOUSE YESTERDAY. IT WAS A COFFEE -- I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE. WE OPENED THE DOOR -- OPEN THE DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, I WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY THE SMELL OF SULFUR. SO STRONGLY -- IT ALWAYS TAKES MY BREATH AWAY. I KNOW THAT I LIVE ONLY A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY BUT -- I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF POLLUTANTS AND A LOT OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR RECENTLY. AND I PROMISE YOU, THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HOUSE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS, IT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. SO, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN 14 DAYS TO COME UP WITH CLEANING MY HOUSE OR ELSE. UNFORTUNATELY, MY HOUSE IS NOT A ONE-STORY HOUSE. IT IS NOT A SIMPLE THING. IT WILL COST ABOUT $500 OR MORE. AND I REALLY -- THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY. I WILL SAY. I WILL BE IF I WILL BE FORCED INTO PAYING $500 TO PRESSURE WASH MY HOUSE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS COMING FROM POLLUTANTS IN OUR AREA. AND DESMET I DON'T LIKE THE LOCATION OF MY HOUSE, IF I COULD PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT AWAY I WOULD DO IT. BUT -- WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, WHY DID THEY PAY CLOSE TO $300,000 TO FIGHT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WERE TRYING TO GET THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE AIR POLLUTION THAT WAS COMING FROM THEIR LOCATION. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS AND WE GOT TO DO A LITTLE -- A LOT OF LOOKING 
          AT IT. THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYMORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE 
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FORMS AT THE MOMENT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. CONSENT ENGINE APPEARED ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO WANT TO PULL SOMETHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? 
          >> I WOULD MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE 
          MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND. 
          >> A SECOND. DO I HEAR ANY COMMISSION OR DISCUSSION? I AM 
          SEEING NONE. CALL ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER GENECE MINSHEW. 
          >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          [7.1 GRANT AGREEMENT TERMINATION - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) - RESOLUTION 2024-229 TERMINATING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) GRANT AGREEMENT LPA0160 IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 TO CONSTRUCT STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA TO INCLUDE OUTFALL POINTS AT CSX RAILROAD AND FRONT STREET; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes termination of the FDEP Grant Agreement LPAO160 in the amount of $250,000 for stormwater improvements to the Downtown Area to include outfall points across the CSX Railroad and Front Street.]
THAT PASSES 5-0. NEXT UP, RESOLUTIONS. 7.1. GRANT AGREEMENT TERMINATION. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOTTEN 
          INAUDIBLE ]. COME ON UP. >> GOOD EVENING. UTILITIES DIRECTOR. I HAD INTENDED TO BRING THIS ITEM , INCLUDE THIS WITH OUR LAST UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN THE STORM WATER PROJECT. I DID HAVE A DISCREPANCY IN THE AGENDA ITEM PREPARATION. WE HAD TO PUSH THIS ONE 
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SURE EVERYTHING WAS ACCA. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW FROM A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS WAS FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS CENTER STREET TO REPLACE THE STORM WATER LINES UNDER THE RAILROAD AND INSTALL SOME QUALITY STRUCTURES. PRIOR TO THE OUTFALLS. AT THE RIVER. 
          BASICALLY, THE TIMING ON THIS JUST DID NOT WORK OUT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD BOTH OF THESE OUTFALLS , GO THROUGH THE SEAWALL. ONE RIGHT AT NORTH OF REALLY BECAME JUST UNSUSTAINABLE. THE PROJECTS WERE NO LONGER FEASIBLE. THE TIMELINE ON THIS GRANT WAS RUNNING OUT. THERE WAS NO FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO RETURN. THE CITY -- NOT DISPERSED COMMISSIONER APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW 
          FROM THIS APPLICATION. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS 
          THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> THERE IS THE SECOND, ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? PLEASE 
          CALL ROLE. >> 
          [7.2 RECONSIDERATION (Quasi-Judicial) VARIANCE REQUESTS - ROADWAY STANDARDS -RESOLUTION 2024-247 APPROVING/DENYING VARIANCE REQUESTS TO DEVIATE FROM ROADWAY STANDARDS REFERENCED IN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 7.01.02(B)(2) FOR PORTIONS OF DATE STREET LOCATED EAST OF CITRONA DRIVE; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approving/denying variance requests to deviate from roadway standards referenced in Land Development Code Section 7.01.02(B)(2) to reduce tree canopy loss. The City Commission, at their December 17, 2024, Regular Meeting, considered Resolution 2024-247, which failed 3-2 (Nay: Commissioner Tuten, Mayor Antun) due to a super majority being required for deviations from roadway standards. Commissioner Minshew and Commissioner Poynter requested this matter be presented for reconsideration.]
ANTUN. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. A RECONSIDERATION OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL VARIANCE REQUEST. 
          >> YES. TO COMMISSIONERS. ASK FOR THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION. BECAUSE THE LAST OF WEIGHT REQUIRED A SUPER MAJORITY TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE WES. WE GOT THREE VOTES. TO APPROVE IT. THAT WAS NOT QUITE ENOUGH. TWO VOTES ON THE SIDE WOULD BE COMMISSIONER TUTEN. AND MAYOR 200TH ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING THIS 
          BACK FOR RECONSIDERATION. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 
          >> ANYONE CAN THINK APPEARED >> I WILL HAVE TO PASS THE GAVEL, ASK YOU TO MAKE THE SECOND. 
          >> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? 
          >> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> I GOT A DISCUSSION. YOU CAN PASS BACK. SO, IN QUASI- JUDICIAL. THANK YOU MADAME ATTORNEY FOR CLARIFYING WHO IS REQUIRED TO BRING THIS BACK FORWARD IN OUR RULES. QUASIJUDICIAL, STANDARD TO YES, WERE NO IS CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. SO, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE HERE, IS FOR US TO BRING THIS FORWARD , THERE WERE TWO NOSE. -- WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS THAT HAS NOW BROUGHT ABOUT CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ON THE NOS. I BELIEVE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCLOSED IF THAT IS GOING TO BE OPENED UP. YOU BASE YOUR DECISION SHORTLY ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. CAN BE 50% OF THE CITIZEN. IT CAN BE I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS SO I DON'T LIKE IT. IT IS EVIDENCE AS IT IS PRESENTED. CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL. SO, FOR ME. LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IF I VOTED IN THE KNOW, THEN I VOTED NO, THERE WAS NOT CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO BRING FORTH THE VARIANCE. SO, SOMETHING HAS TRANSPIRED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW -- IN MY OPINION -- NEEDS TO BE ENCLOSED -- DISCLOSED. 
          >> I'M HAPPY TO MENTION AS I DID LAST TIME WHEN I'LL FIND MY KNOW THAT IT WAS ON PROCESS AND NOT ON EVIDENCE. THE COMPLETE PACKET, IT TO THE COMMISSION BOARD. TO CHANGE THE DOCUMENT BEFORE PEOPLE HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT. I SAID THAT BEFORE AND I STAND BY 
          THAT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE LESS THAN 24 HOURS THAT WE HAD WITH THE CHANGE -- UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE WATER WAS GOING. THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION HOW THE WATER WAS GOING TO CITROEN WHEN IN FACT IT WAS GOING TO -- YOU KNOW, A -- A DRY POND. THANK 
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YOU. A DRY POND THERE. AND SO, I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK 
          TO STAFF ABOUT THAT. >> AGAIN, THAT IS NOT INAUDIBLE ] AND SUBSTANTIAL. IT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THAT REALM. THAT IS THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE AND THE REASON I'M MAKING THIS POINT, IS BECAUSE IN QUASIJUDICIAL WERE JUDGES -- YOU ARE NO LONGER MAKING THE DECISION -- DO I THINK THE PACKET WAS COMPLETE OR NOT. DID I NOT GET -- IS THE EVIDENCE THAT IS PRESENTED. SO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE, WHEN WE GET INTO QUASIJUDICIAL , YOU OPEN UP THE CITY FOR A CHALLENGE BY NOT BASING YOUR VOTE OFF OF CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR, LISTEN. I WAS IN THE YAY HERE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A VERY -- YOU KNOW -- A VERY CONCERN EFFORT WHEN WE GET INTO QUASIJUDICIAL TO NOT PUT THE CITY IN A BAD POSITIO WITH NOT BASING YOUR VOTE OFF OF CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL. THAT 
          IS IT. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. 
          >> I AGREE THAT CONFIDENT AND SUBSTANTIAL IN PRIVATION NEEDS TO BE PRESENT WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THE VARIANCE. THE REASON I ASKED FOR A RECONSIDERATION QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT -- WE WERE NOT AS A COMMISSION TOLD THAT WE NEEDED A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE ON THIS. SO, I THINK THAT IS A PROCEDURAL ERROR. IF WE HAD KNOWN IT WAS A 4-1 VOTE. WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DELAYED THIS AND MOVED IT OUT A MONTH SO THAT EVERYONE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION SO -- BY DOING A RECONSIDERATION , ALL WE'RE ASKING IS TO PUT IT BACK ON THE TABLE SO THAT THEN, EVERYONE COULD THEN HEAR WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE IS. THAT WOULD RESULT WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY HAD. I THINK WE HAD AN ERROR AND HOW IT WAS PRESENTED TO US TO BEGIN WITH AND I WANTED TO CORRECT THAT ERROR BY ASKING FOR THIS RICK -- 
          RECONSIDERATION. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING 
          NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> I APOLOGIZE. WE DID NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          >> WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BUT WE ARE JUST DOING THE 
          RECONSIDERATION. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> MAYOR AYSCUE. -- MARY ANTUN. 
          >> YES. >> THAT MOTION PASSES. NOW WE 
          WILL TAKE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO'S BEAK. THEY GO AHEAD AND TAKE AN OATH. WE HAVE A RECORD BUT THAT RECORD CAN BE AND I THINK WILL BE ADDED TO JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT IF ANY EMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK THEY 
          GET TWO ALSO. >> I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD STAND IN THE CIRCLE. PLEASE. 
          >> IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE FACTUAL STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO PRESENT TO THIS COMMISSION DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE? 
          >> YES. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> BEFORE YOU DO TAKE CARE OF ANY EVIDENCE OR COMMENTS, TO BE CLEAR IT TAKES FOUR VOTES TO APPROVE ANY VARIANCE IN THE 
          CITY. >> THANK YOU. I KNEW THAT I BELIEVE WE NOW HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I'M GOING TO SPEAK FROM A STANDPOINT OF HINDSIGHT. WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AT THE LAST MEETING. I WAS FOCUSED MORE ON MY CONCERN ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN ALONG THE PERIMETER OF RIGHT NOW BASICALLY -- IT IS VIRGIN LAND. AND AFTER REALLY LOOKING AT THE DETAILS. REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE ROAD. THE ROAD, WE ARE NOT DEVIATING FROM OUR NORMAL ROAD STRUCTURES. IT IS BASICALLY HOW WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE STORMWATER. DOING THE GUTTER AS OPPOSED TO THE SIDES. 
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AND IT WILL BENEFIT IN TERMS OF SAVING SOME TREES. WELL, I LIKE TREES. AND THAT WAS MY FOCUS. BUT I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO DESCRIBE IT AS A SUB OPTIMIZATION OF OBJECTIVES AND TERM OF MY RECOMMENDATION LAST WEEK. MY RECOMMENDATION NOW IS TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE STREET IN, WITH THE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE PROVIDED , IT WILL AFFECT ADDITIONAL TREES IN THE STREET AREA. THE 7 1/2 ACRES MAY OR MAY NOT EVER BE DEVELOPED AND BY THE TIME SOMEBODY GETS AROUND TO IT, EGAN'S CREEK MIGHT BE BEACHFRONT PROPERTY. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. STEVENSON FOR NEXT UP I HAVE CHRIS 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> INAUDIBLE ] STREET. IT IS A SINGLE DIRT ROAD. AND THAT IS THE REASON REGULATIONS WE HAVE. DEVELOPING THE LOT IS, SAVE THE TREES. IT HAS TO BE SO SMALL. THIS IS A DEAD END. A SINGLE FAMILY, INAUDIBLE ]. IT IS A PROPERTY, ALREADY HAS A HOUSE. FIVE HOUSES, SIX HOUSES GOING THROUGH IT. 
          SIDEWALKS. CURBS AND GUTTERS. NOT NECESSARY. IT IS A DEAD END. NOBODY IS GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE RIGHT IN MY FRONT YARD . INSTEAD OF CONCRETE, ASPHALT. 
          THANK YOU. >> 
          FERRERA. >> JULIE FERRERA 501 DATE HISTORY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I STAND IN SUPPORT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER -- COMMISSION MINSHEW SAID. I WAS HERE ON THE ROAD THAT NIGHT WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN. AND I DO BELIEVE IT WAS A PROCEDURAL ERROR BECAUSE THERE WAS SURPRISE IN THE ROOM TO FIND THAT THE VOTING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE -- BE A SUPER MAJORITY AND , I DID NOT HEAR THAT BE EXPLAINED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE THE VOTE WAS TAKEN. I THINK RECONSIDERATION IS IN ORDER. 
          THANK YOU. >> THINK YOU MISS FERRERA. I HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          >> TO THAT POINT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABSOLVED OF ANYTHING THAT WE DO WRONG APPEAR TO NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY. STAFF DID NOT TELL US. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF RESOLVE MYSELF OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MAY DO WRONG APPEAR, I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN ABSOLVE MYSELF OF SOME THINGS IF STAFF DID NOT TELL ME. THAT IS ALL. 
          >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> I MOVED TO APPROVE. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I 
          HEAR A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES? 
          >> I AM SORRY MR. MAYOR. IF I MAY WITH THE COMMISSION. CAN I JUST -- CAN'T JUST BE APPROVED WITH THAT KIND OF MOTION. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> RIGHT. THE MOTION. OKAY. I HEARD A MOVE TO APPROVE BUT I DID NOT -- YOU'RE STILL ON THE 
          -- >> THIS IS VARIANCE. 
          >> THEY CAN'T JUST, IN MY UNDERSTANDING BE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE DID PREPARE A MOTION . 
          >> CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? 
          >> I AM SORRY. YOU WOULD THINK I WAS AN AMATEUR AT THIS. 
          TERESA PRINCE, 303 CENTER STREET. SUITE 203 FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. I'M HERE FOR THE APPLICANT. I WAS GOING TO RE-ESTABLISH THE RECORD, RECORD COMES FOR. THAT WITH THE DENIAL WE MIGHT HAVE TO RE-ESTABLISH IT SO I DID HAVE A PRESENTATION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS APPEARED WE DID PREPARE EMOTION BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS -- THERE WERE NOT ONLY WAS THERE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VOTES BUT THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THE MOTION HOW TO MAKE AND WHAT TO SAY IN IT. WE PREPARED SOMETHING THAT NOT IF THE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IT. IT HAS ALL OF THE DID -- CONDITIONS THE CITY STAFF ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR. HER RECOMMENDATION. WE ADDED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONDITIONS THAT CAME UP IN THE MEETING. 
          WHICH HAD TO DO WITH IT TURNAROUND, HAVING CONCRETE. IN THE AREAS. JUST CLARIFYING THAT THE TEA TURNAROUND COULD HAVE CONCRETE INSTEAD OF AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. CLARIFYING THAT RECORD. THAT WE NEEDED TO DEDICATE ANY LAND THAT BECAME THE TEA TURNAROUND, THAT WAS MY CLIENTS LAND. WE HAVE ADDED 
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THAT TO THE MOTION. AS A CONDITION. AND THEN -- STAFF HAD ALWAYS ASKED THAT THESE ALL BE , ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE REVIEWED -- BY THE TRC. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THAT P LET ME JUST GET TO IT. OKAY. 
          >> THIS IS IT. >> I DID, I PUT ON ONE OF MY SLIDES. I THINK THIS IS KELLY'S. THIS IS KELLY'S. NOT THIS. I SENT IT TO YOU. OKAY. NO. I AM SO SORRY. LET ME GET TO IT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT. IS THIS A 17? NO, THIS IS THE WRONG ONE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE IT. I DID EMAIL IT TO YOU -- AND FOREMOST, HAPPY NEW YEAR, SORRY TO JUMP UP LIKE THAT. I JUST DID NOT WANT THE MOTION TO BE WRONG AND US BACK IN THE SAME BOAT AGAIN. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THIS BACKUP FOR RECONSIDERATION. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. I THINK IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST TIME AND GET THESE -- A LOT OF THESE ITEMS AIRED OUT. WE HAVE GOT A CLARIFIED MOTION THAT I THINK ADDRESSES ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT THE CITY WANTED, CITY STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. I DO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. I AGREE, WE ALL WENT INTO THIS NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WE NEEDED FOUR. HERE WE ARE. I'LL GET TO THAT PAGE IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IT. IT IS SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE. I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION IF THE RECORD WILL COME FORWARD. I DO NOT WANT TO BORE YOU. SO, AND I THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN HANDED OUT TO YOU -- MOST OF MY PRESENTATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME. I HAD ADDED A TREE CHART TO SHOW YOU WHAT WOULD BE SAVED. AND WHAT WE CHANGED IN THE RESOLUTION. YOU HAVE A BLACKLINE RESOLUTION THAT TAKES SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHERE IT DRAINED. AS WAS RAISED, SAID IT DRAINED TOWARDS CITRONA. IT IS NOT. WE CLARIFIED THAT AND WE SENT THIS MOTION TO REVIEW. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT REPRESENTS CITIES, CONDITIONS FROM STAFF AND FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. WE APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. SHALL I LEAVE YOU TO DO YOUR BUSINESS? THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> DO I HEAR THE MOTION HAS -- 
          >> APPROVAL OF VARIANCE CASE 2020 FOR 006 OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE TWO TURNAROUND ADHERES TO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. FOR CONSTRUCTION TO ENSURE SAFETY AND ACCESS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THE CONSIDERATION OF INAUDIBLE ] BE USED TO SUPPORT DRAINAGE AND REPLACEMENT NECESSARY FOR LOST TREES AND THREE, THAT THE DRIVEWAY EXCEPT ANY PORTION OF THE DRIVEWAY UTILIZED AT THE TURNAROUND. HE TURNAROUND DESIGNED TO BE UTILIZED MINIMUM , IMPERVIOUS SERVICES BY REQUIRING PERMEABLE PAVERS PORTION OF THE DRIVEWAY UTILIZED FOR THE T TURNAROUND ON EIGHT STREET SHOULD BE CONCRETE WITH THE THICKNESS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT HIGHER APPARATUS. THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY APPLICANTS PROPERTY, UTILIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THE T TURNAROUND SHALL BE DEDICATED AS A RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS BE REQUIRED TO BE REUSED AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE, TRC APPLICATION FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW OF THE FUTURE SUBDIVISION REQUEST. I MOVED -- TO APPROVE VARIANCE CASE NUMBER 2024-006. AND INAUDIBLE ]. THAT THE VARIANCE CASE 2024-006 AS PRESENTED IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIANT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN , LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO WARRANT APPROVAL AT THIS TIME AND THE VARIANCE CASE NUMBER 2024-006. MEETS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OF 
          THE GRANTING OF OUR VARIANCE. >> DO I HEAR MOTION, DO I HAVE 
          A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER COMMISSION DISCUSSION. 
          SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL ROLE. >> COMMISSION POYNTER. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSION TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN. 
          [7.3 INTENT TO PURCHASE - ETR, LLC - RESOLUTION 2025-03 APPROVING THE INTENT TO PURCHASE OF A RESCUE UNIT FROM ETR, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $435,000; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves staff sending an intent to purchase letter to ETR, LLC to purchase a Rescue Unit in Fiscal Year 2025/2026, in an amount not to exceed $435,000.]
          >> YES. THAT PASSES, 5-0. INTENT TO PURCHASE. FOR THE 
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          LLC. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS APPROVED STAFF SENDING AN ATTEMPT TO THE LLC TO PURCHASE A RESCUE UNIT. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $435,000. AS YOU KNOW IN THIS POST-COVID AREA. THE TIMES FOR EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REALLY LILY -- REALLY EXTENDED. FOR THIS TO BE BUILT. AND THAT IS WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUR INTENT LETTER NOW. SO THAT IT CAN BE PUT IN THE MANUFACTURING QUEUE. WE ARE NOT ENCUMBERING FUNDS RIGHT NOW. THIS FUND WILL BE IN NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. >> SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR 
          MOTION? >> MOVED TO THE APPROVAL OF 
          RESOLUTION. DASH 03. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSION MINSHEW >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSION TUTEN. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSION POYNTER. >> MAYOR ANTUN. ON TO SALVING 
          [7.4 AWARD OF RFQ 24-04 - WALKER CONSULTANTS - RESOLUTION 2025-04 AWARDING RFQ 24-04 TO WALKER CONSULTANTS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR REHABILITATION OF THE AMELIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE; AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approving the award of RFP 24-04 for Historic Preservation Architectural/Engineering Project Management, and authorizes negotiation with the top-ranked firm, Walker Consultants, in an amount not to exceed $130,000.]
          .4. WALKER CONSULTS. >> MR. MAYOR I WILL ASK MR. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. THOSE GO TOGETHER. >> TAKE US AWAY. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. WALKER CONSULTANTS. THIS IS IS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. FURTHER RESTORATION. THIS IS THE GRANT REQUIREMENT. FOR THE RESTORATION OF LIGHTHOUSE. MISS JACOBS IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TO ACQUIRE THESE FUNDS. VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAD TWO GRANTS TO GET FUNDING FOR. IN THE GOOD POSITION TO MAYBE GET A THIRD. THIS IS PART OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. HAVING OVERSIGHT OF THE RESTORATION OF 
          THE ICONIC STRUCTURE. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? DO I HEAR A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HARD WORK. OVER IN TALLAHASSEE TO GET THIS INTO THE BUDGET. 
          THIS WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY. IN TERMS OF THE STATE BUDGET. IT WAS A LOT -- A LOT OF WORK. BY OUR SECRETARY OF STATE WHO REALLY WENT TO FOR BAT. TO SEE THESE THE FUNDS THROUGH. I JUST WANT TO GET A SHOT OUT TO THEM. AND OUR GOOD 
          FRIEND. SECRETARY OF STATE . >> I WAS SECOND AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDS IN THE DESK TALLAHASSEE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          [7.5 AWARD OF ITB 24-23 - SPECIALIZED PROPERTY SERVICES, INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-05 AWARDING INVITATION TO BID 24-23 TO SPECIALIZED PROPERTY SERVICES, INC. FOR THE HISTORIC AMELIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATION AND REPAIRS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the award of Invitation to Bid (ITB) 24-23 to Specialized Property Services, Inc. for Historic Amelia Island Lighthouse restoration and repairs, in an amount not to exceed $1,161,843.06.]
          >> COMMISSION MINSHEW. >> THAT PASSES A 5-0. 
          >> THE RESTORATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,000,100 -- IS PART OF A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT. AND THE PRIOR RESOLUTION WAS OVERSIGHT FOR SPECIAL PROPERTY SERVICES TO PERFORM THEIR WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SPECIAL 
          PROPERTY SERVICES. >> TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> DO I HEAR A MOTION. >> MOVED TO THE APPROVAL 
          RESOLUTION. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I HEAR A SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSION DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> >> COMMISSION MINSHEW. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSION TUTEN. 
          >> YES. COMMISSION POYNTER. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSION AYSCUE. >> YES. 
          >> MAYOR ANTUN. >> THAT MOTION PASSES . 
          [7.6 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - RESOLUTION 2025-06 APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM ATLANTIC COAST ASPHALT, A DIVISION OF HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, IN AN AMOUNT OF $334,843.31, INCLUDING CONTIGENCY, FOR PHASE 1 OF THE PATCHING OF CITY STREETS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the proposal from Hubbard Construction Company for Phase 1 of the resurfacing of City streets in an amount not to exceed $334,843.31.]
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS PHASE ONE OF THE RESURFACING. 
          MR. GLISAN WANTS TO SHOW YOU THE DATA SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO USE. EIGHT ROADS IN -- 
          ANALYSIS THAT GOES WITH THAT. >> TAKE US AWAY. 
          >> AS MANSION. WE USE ROBOTICS FOR ARTISTRY SCANNING. THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE A VIEW OF THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH 
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SCANNING SOFTWARE WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT ROADS TO PAVE. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT ROADS NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED. 
          ROADS ARE RATED ON A 1-5 SCALE. ONE BEING THE BEST BUT AS YOU CAN SEE. ALL OF OUR 70 MILES OF CITY STREETS. RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT OF CITY LIMITS SURROUNDING ROWS THAT ARE NOT CITY STREETS. AND THEN WE CAN BETTER DETERMINE WHERE TO PRIORITIZE THESE ROADS. THE GOOD ROADS -- WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE GOOD ROADS RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL SEE AS PART OF YOUR PACKET. PHASE ONE FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDES PAVING FRONT STREET. WE KEEP DELAYING IT BECAUSE WE WILL BE DOING WORK AT THE WATERFRONT. IT IS AT A POINT WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT ANY LONGER. THIS IS TO PAVE FRONT STREET AND SOME OTHER ROADS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PERFORM THE STREET SCAN EVERY YEAR. BUT WHEN QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. WE USE THIS DATA. MORE CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO UTILITY WORK UNDERNEATH THE ROAD PRIOR TO PAINTING. THAT IS HOW THE DECISIONS ARE MADE. MS. CAMPBELL INTRODUCED THE ITEMS. THIS IS OUR FIRST PHASE OF PAVING FOR THIS YEAR. 625 BUDGETED AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AS 
          WE MOVE ON. >> THANK YOU. I SEE COMMISSIONER -- 625 DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR PAVING. IS THAT ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST. NOT PAVED 
          ENOUGH. >> WE TOOK A CHUNK OF THIS YEAR -- THIS IS A MILLING MACHINE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE GRANTING OF THE ROAD IN HOUSE. IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN THE FIRST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. THIS WE ARE A LITTLE LOW ON FUNDING FOR PAVING. WE SPENT MONEY ON THE EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE GUIDANCE ON WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD BE AT. NEEDS TO BE 
          HIGHER WHERE WE ARE AT NOW. >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION. 
          >> YES. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I 
          HEAR A SECOND. >> SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSION POYNTER. >> YES. COMMISSION TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. 
          [7.7 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - RESOLUTION 2025-07 APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $244,282.80 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF PORTIONS OF THE CITY'S GRAVITY SEWER SYSTEM AND STORMWATER SYSTEM VIA THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH OMNIA; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the proposal from Insituform Technologies, LLC to perform CIPP lining rehabilitation services for sanitary sewer and stormwater lines in an amount not to exceed $244,282.80 via the Cooperative Purchase Contract (#23-065-PW) with OMNIA.]
          >> MAYOR ANTUN. 
          >> THIS IS FOR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS PURCHASE. IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 244,000. $280 -- 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL OR 
          >> AND I ASK A QUESTION. >> I THE WAY. SEARCH ON YOUTUBE. CURED IN PLACE PIPE WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. TOTALLY COOL HOW IT GOES IN THERE. AND MAKES A PIPE KIND OF INSIDE OUR EXISTING PIPE. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? IS THIS GOING TO HELP CONTROL RAINWATER. I PRESUME RAINWATER SEEPS INTO HOLES AND PIPES. THEREFORE WE HAVE TOO MUCH WATER AT THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. 
          >> YES. THIS IS A STEP INTO OUR CONTINUING EFFORT TO REDUCE WHAT WE HAVE REFERRED TO EYE AND EYE. INFLOW AND INFILTRATION. THOSE ARE THE TWO MECHANISMS THAT WATER GETS INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM . AND THAT IS ADDITIONAL WATER THAT WE HAVE TO TREAT AT THE PLANT WHICH IS A COSTLY PROCESS. THIS IS -- THE SEWER SYSTEM DATES BACK TO LATE 1850S. AND THAT TIME. THEY WERE INSTALLING WHAT WERE CALLED PIPE. THAT PIPE WAS GOING ON 70 YEARS OLD. IT IS NOT AS TIGHT CEILING AS IT ONCE WAS. WE HAVE ABOUT AS HUNDRED AND 60,000 LINEAR FEET OF THAT PIPE IN OUR SYSTEM. WE HAVE LINED UP TO DATE, ABOUT 60% OF THAT. SO -- OUR STAFF ANNUALLY GOES THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATES VIDEO ANALYSIS OF OUR SEWER 
          [01:20:04]
SYSTEM AND MUCH CRITICAL AREAS AND THAT IS WHAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THIS WAS EXACTLY TO PREVENT THAT GROUND WATER INTRUSION INTO THE SYSTEM. ESSENTIALLY, THIS PROCESS CREATES A NEW PIPE WITHIN THE EXISTING CLAY PIPE. THAT PIPE CAN CHIP AWAY AND FALL APART. AND THIS NEW FIBERGLASS LINER 
          HAS THAT NEW PIPE. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MY PLEASURE. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> NO, PLEASE. MOTION ON THE FLOOR . 
          >> SECOND. >> ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? 
          SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. 
          >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. 
          [7.8 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - WEATHERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-08 APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM WEATHERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES, INC, A SUBSIDIARY OF TREMCO INC, TO PERFORM ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER MS. JOAN BEAN AUDITORIUM FAÇADE REPAIRS IN THE AMOUNT OF $124,454.17 VIA COOPERATIVE PURCHASE; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approving a proposal from Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. to perform Atlantic Recreation Center Ms. Joan Bean Auditorium facade repairs in the amount of $124,454.17.]
          >> YES. MAYOR ANTUN . >> THAT MOTION IS APPROVED. 
          5-0. 
          >> RESOLUTION .25 E- 08. TO CONTINUE THE FACADE RESTORATION OF THE AUDITORIUM. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE. ONE OF OUR OLDER FACILITIES BUILT IN 1957. AND THE MORTAR AND BRICK IS BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE. NECESSITATING THE NEED TO REPLACE THAT MORTAR. WE ALREADY DID THE WEST SIDE OF THE WALL LAST YEAR AND WE PHASED IN CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTORATION OF TWO BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND THIS IS ANOTHER EFFORT IN THAT REGARD. 
          >> STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> JUST FOR THE RECORD MAYOR, IT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER 
          TUTEN? >> AND I HAVE -- AND I ASK A QUESTION. A PROJECT ON THE SCALE, WHO DOES THIS FALL UNDER 
          AS PROJECT MANAGER? >> THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ME. 
          MISS SABATINO IS HERE, SHE IS THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR. WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND SHE WILL BE ASSISTING IN MANAGING THIS 
          PROJECT. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          >> SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR MOTION? 
          >> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I 
          HEAR A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING 
          NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. 
          [7.9 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - MUSCO SPORT LIGHTING, LLC - RESOLUTION 2025-09 APPROVING A MUSCO SPORT LIGHTING LLC PROPOSAL FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF OUTDOOR LED SPORTS LIGHTING FOR THE CENTRAL PARK TENNIS COURTS VIA A SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves a proposal from Musco Sports Lighting, LLC to purchase and install Central Park tennis courts lights, in the amount of $62,000.00, plus $13,000.00 contingency, for a total project cost not to exceed $75,000.]
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. 
          >> YES. VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. >> YES. MAYOR ANTUN. YES , THAT 
          MOTION PASSES. >> ANOTHER PROPOSAL APPROVAL FOR SPORTS LIGHTING FOR TENNIS COURTS. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR, THE SUPER -- THIS WOULD APPROVE TO INSTALL CENTRAL PARK TENNIS PARK LIGHTS. FOR TOTAL PROJECT COST NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 PER STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS OF THE FIXTURE HEADS THEMSELVES TO L.E.D. MR. MICHELSON IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY MORE DETAILED 
          QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> DO I HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER 
          QUESTIONS? >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 
          SORRY. >> OF COURSE. SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WITH THIS GO THROUGH INAUDIBLE ] IN THEIR APPROVAL? 
          >> YEAH, THIS WAS IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET, THE CAPITAL PLAN. IT HAD ALREADY GONE PAST THAT. IT WAS -- LIKE ACID INTO THE FIBER CAPITAL PLAN. WE WERE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. I DID NOT TAKE THIS SINCE IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH THE 
          BUDGET. >> MY QUESTION IS, WHO CHOOSES THE ACTUAL LIGHT? DOES THIS COMPANY? DOES MUSCO SPORT? 
          >> ARE SPORT LIGHTING, OBVIOUSLY WITH SPORTS LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX AT CENTRAL PARK. 
          THE MLK SOFTBALL FIELDS, THE BACKS OF ALL COURTS AND MLK. 
          BUCCANEER FIELD, SO WE HAVE MUSCO LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTROLLING. 
          >> OKAY. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT POLLUTION AND DARK SKY AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LIGHT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS TENNIS COURTS AND THEY WILL NOT BE ON ALL NIGHT. IS THERE A COVER. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT TURTLES, I'M JUST THINKING OF HUMAN PLEASURE OF OVER LIGHTING. 
          >> THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS, OUR LIGHTS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM AT 10:00, THEY SHUT OFF. AND THERE IS A SYSTEM THERE WE PUSH A BUTTON. THEY STAY ON FOR AN HOUR AND AT THAT POINT THEY WILL KICK OFF AND -- UNLESS SOMEONE IS THERE AND THEN YOU CONTINUALLY CAN DO THAT. THAT IS A WAY TO OBVIOUSLY REDUCE 
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          THE LIGHTING. >> IN THE FUTURE, COULD -- IN FACT I KNOW SCIENTIST, SHE HAS DONE RESEARCH ON DARK SKY AND LIGHTING AND LIGHTING TEMPERATURE AND YOU KNOW -- LIGHT SHIELDS. ESCAPE LIGHTING. LIGHTING ONLY WHAT YOU WANT. 
          >> WITH THE L.E.D. LIGHTING, WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE 
          RIGHT DIRECTION. >> SURE, FOR ENERGY SAVING. 
          >> I'M JUST LOOKING TO CONTROL. 
          >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MICHELSON? 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION BUT HAVE A, ON THE SHIRT YOU ARE 
          WEARING. >> I SUPPORT THE GOLF CLUBS. 
          >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YES. 
          [7.10 SPECIAL EVENT AND FEES WAIVER APPROVAL - 60TH ANNUAL ISLE OF EIGHT FLAGS SHRIMP FESTIVAL - RESOLUTION 2025-10 APPROVING THE 60TH ANNUAL ISLE OF EIGHT FLAGS SHRIMP FESTIVAL AND WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $76,913; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approving the 60th Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Boat Festival special event and fees waiver, in an amount not to exceed $76,913.]
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> MAYOR ANTUN. 
          >> YES. THAT MOTION PASSES. AND WE MOVE ON TO OUR 60TH ANNUAL ISLE OF EIGHT FLEXION FESTIVAL. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WOULD AUTHORIZE APPROVING THE FESTIVAL, THE EVENT FEES AND WAIVER IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 76,000 -- $76,930 PER THAT IS THE CITY SPONSORSHIP PORTION OF THE EVENT. THAT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. $1500 IS WAIVER OF THE MARINA SLIP FEES. 
          $43,000 ARE THE FEES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT TO SET A STATION -- SANITATION SOLID WASTE. AND KIND WAIVER OF EVENT , SPECIAL EVENT FEES. SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT. SHRIMP FAST DOES PAY POLICE AND FIRE DIRECTLY FOR THOSE SERVICES, THEY PAY $12,000 TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COVER THEIR EFFORTS. AND THEY PAY $20,000 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR STAFF COVERAGE. I THINK 
          ABOUT THE FESTIVAL. >> COME ON UP , 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. DO I NEED TO KNOW WHO I AM? SCOTT -- INAUDIBLE ]. I LIVE AT 61 OAK GROVE PLACE. FERNANDINA BEACH , FLORIDA. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, CITY STAFF FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THOSE. AND NOW, TRY NOT TO LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT OPERATING A COMPUTER, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. SO, WHAT IS THIS? THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. THIS IS OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY THAT IS WHY THEY HIRED BETTER. SO, THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. ALWAYS HELD THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY. THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL COMMEMORATES AND CELEBRATES FERNANDINA AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN TRIPPING INDUSTRY. IN 2025 WE WILL BE DOING OUR JUBILEE. 60 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. I DID NOT DO IT FOR 60 YEARS. THE FESTIVAL IS WOVEN INTO THE IDENTITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND WILDLY CONSIDERED THE BEST AND COASTAL FOOD AND HISTORIC DISTRICT FESTIVAL ON THE EAST COAST. 
          OKAY. WHAT DOES THE GOALS OF A FLAG SHRIMP FESTIVAL -- TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION WHETHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE?. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. FOR THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL AS A RESULT OF THOSE EFFORTS ENHANCE CULTURAL , BUSINESS AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES DURING NON-FESTIVAL. VOLUNTEERS PURCHASE KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE DO. THE ISLE OF SHRIMP FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, IS MADE UP OF 100% NONPAID VOLUNTEERS. THE GOVERNING BODY. COULD THE BOARD MEMBERS STAND UP. THIS IS MAYOR -- BETTY MEANS, AND DON, THEY ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS. WE ALSO HAVE 19 DIRECTORS. IT BREAKS DOWN. 
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INCLUDING MERCHANDISE. LOGISTICS. SPONSORSHIP. 
          SCHOLARSHIP, THE PAGEANT. APPROXIMATE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 PEOPLE THAT HELP THEM ALSO. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE LOVELY LISA IS THE BEVERAGE DIRECTOR -- I GOT EXTRA POINTS FOR DOING THAT. UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. ONE BIG THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. NONPROFITS RUN ALL OF THE FOOD BOOTHS. THEY RUN THE OFFICIAL PARKING LOTS AND THEY ALSO EARN FUNDS BY PROVIDING OTHER NECESSARY PERSONNEL TO THE FESTIVAL. THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL GENERATES MORE THAN $400,000 FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I GAVE -- I GAVE THE CITY OUR BUDGET. AND OUR BUDGET DOES NOT SHOW THAT WE ONLY GIVE OUT $15,000 TO OTHER NONPROFITS. WE DON'T CONTROL THE MONEY THAT THE NONPROFITS GET. LIKE IF YOU RUN A FOOD BOOTH. THAT PERSON, THAT GROUP, WHETHER IT IS HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS, THEY RUN A FOOD BOOTH -- THEY MAKE WHATEVER MONEY THEY MAKE -- THEY GET TO KEEP YOUR THEY GIVE US A SMALL PORTION OF IT FOR PUTTING ON THE FESTIVAL AND TO HELP PAY FOR OTHER THINGS IN THE AREA. ORGANIZATION BENEFITS FOR MANAGING FOOD BOOTHS, 15 NONPROFITS FOOD BOOTHS WERE HOSTED IN 2024. ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFITS -- GOT BENEFITS FOR MAKING FESTIVAL PARKING. AS AN EXAMPLE FOR FESTIVAL PARKING. 
          THE FERNANDINA BEACH SOFTBALL TEAM. THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM. 
          MANAGES LOT CMD , OKAY, THEY MADE $12,000. MANAGING LOT C ANDY. WHERE DID THAT MONEY DO FOR THEM? IT ALLOWED THEM TO BUY EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS. ALLOW THEM TO GO STATE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY -- TRANSPORTATION TO BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ONLY PAY FOR SO MUCH TRANSPORTATION AND WHEN THE MONEY RUNS OUT. THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN. ANOTHER BENEFIT -- IS A NONPROFIT , CONTRIBUTE TIME DURING THE FESTIVAL. THE FERNANDINA BEACH SHRINE THE BREAKS DOWN EVERY TIME WE DO A PARADE, THEY HELP SERVE BEER AND WHEN THEY SERVE BEER. THEY GET $10 AN HOUR FOR THEIR NONPROFIT. THAT CHECK IS CUT DIRECTLY TO THEIR NONPROFIT. I KNOW WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT MONEY. THAT MONEY IS ABOUT $2000 AND THEY PAY THE INSURANCE FOR THE YEAR. FOUR $2000 SO THEY CAN DO PARADES. IT IS INTERESTING HOW THAT WORKS. ALSO THERE IS A LOT OF NONPROFITS -- WE GAVE OUT $15,000 THIS YEAR. THE SKATE PARK , MIGHT HAVE GOT A LITTLE MONEY THIS YEAR. A GOOD KICK TO GET THE SKATE PARK GOING. WE GAVE OUT MONEY TO -- USUALLY WHAT WE DO TO NONPROFITS THAT DON'T -- THAT CAN'T DO ANYTHING AT SHRIMP FESTIVAL. % THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. THE TURTLE WATCH. THE BEACH LADY. 
          PITCHES GOT A THREE-PERSON CREW. -- REALLY CAN'T SPEND THE TIME TO DO THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE DO WITH THAT EXTRA MONEY. SHRIMP FESTIVAL HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $50,000, MORE THAN 100,000 VISITORS SHOW UP TO THE FESTIVAL AND APPROXIMATELY 54% OF THOSE VISITORS WERE OUTSIDE OF NASSAU COUNTY. THESE RESULTS WERE FROM THE SURVEY THAT THE CBV DID, THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE -- DID AN EXTENSIVE SURVEY FOR HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING FOR US. A LOT OF DAYTRIPPERS COME FROM JACKSONVILLE BUT THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER EVERYWHERE. FOR OTHER COUNTRIES THAT COME TO OUR LITTLE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. HOW DO WE GENERATE OUR OTHER MONEY. WE HAVE A WORKING BUDGET THIS YEAR. ABOUT 400,000. WHERE DO WE GET OUR MONEY. OUR SPONSOR, I'M HAPPY TO SAGAN IS BAPTIST 
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MEDICAL CENTER. THEY ARE ONE OF OUR SPONSORS. SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT SPONSOR AND ALSO PARADE SPONSOR IS THE RESIDENCE INN. A LOT OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES WILL HELP US IN SPONSORSHIPS. WHEN YOU SEE -- LIKE I SEE THE GUTTER GUY, ON CENTER STREET, SOMEONE THIS IS WHY IS THAT GUTTER GUY ON CENTER STREET TRYING TO HAWK GUTTERS TO ME? HE PAY $2500 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING THAT WHICH HELPS PAY FOR SHRIMP FESTIVAL. PARADE THEME THIS YEAR IS DIAMONDS ARE A SHRIMP'S BEST FRIEND. I DID NOT MAKE THIS UP BUT I LOVE IT. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WEARING DIAMONDS DURING THE PARADE. 60 AND DIAMONDS, IT IS BECAUSE DIAMONDS -- AFTER 60 YEARS COMING TO BUY HER DIAMONDS. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IT IS HELD ON THURSDAY EVENING AND TO KEEP THE POLICE HAPPY, WE ARE LIMITING IT TO 100 ENTRIES. 
          >> GOOD . >> OKAY? IT WILL BE DONE BY 
          7:22 AT NIGHT. >> APPROXIMATELY. 
          >> IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN, PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY. IT IS A HUGE, HUGE DEAL. NEW THIS YEAR, IS NASSAU PLACE. THIS IS -- I KIND OF MADE THIS -- MADE THIS MY OWN. I PUT PEOPLE IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. NASSAU PLACE IS GOING TO BE THIS STREET, SOUTH NASSAU COUNTY THAT ARE SIX PEOPLE OR LESS. SO THEY WANT TO SHOW THEIR WARES. THEY CAN COME HAVE A BOOTH AND SHOW THEIR WARES FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY. I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU SIT THERE -- IF YOU ARE CHIROPRACTOR PASSING UP HALF A THING HEY, COME SEE ME. THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW. 
          >> HE IS GIVING OUT SHIRTS. >> IT IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY WELCOMING AND EIGHT HITS -- IT BRINGS INTO THE REST OF NASSAU COUNTY, PEOPLE IN HILLIARD, CALLAHAN TO COME. AND SHOW STUFF THAT THEY HAVE. THE OTHER THING THIS YEAR, IT IS NEW THIS YEAR BUT WE HAD IT IN THE PAST. WE PAID $11,000. $9000 AND THEN ANOTHER $2000 FOR A HOTEL ROOM. WE HAVE A SHRIMP BOAT COMING FROM BRUNSWICK THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK ON THE SHRIMP BOAT. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO WALK ON THE SHRIMP BOAT DURING ALL THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL AND GET TO VIEW IT. KIDS CAN BE AT THE WHEEL TAKING PICTURES, THERE WILL BE A CAPTAIN AND HIS MATE ON THEIR TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY ON THERE. 
          ALONGSIDE OF ADDITIONAL SHRIMP BOATS THAT WE WILL HAVE AT THE DOCK. THANKS TO THE CITY , ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. AND THIS YEAR, WE ALSO INSTEAD OF -- SORRY, WE CANNOT AFFORD A DRONE SHOW. I JUST DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA $200,000 LAYING AROUND BUT WE DID EXPAND THE FIREWORKS. WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE FIREWORKS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. WE HAVE FINE ARTS, AS USUAL. WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER STREET OF FINE ARTS. AT FOURTH STREET, WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL STREET FOR FINE ARTS. THE KIDS A FUN ZONE. ANTIQUES AND VINTAGE BOOTHS. 
          AND OUR ENTERTAINMENT. THIS YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENT -- I JUST LOST THE NAME -- I CAN'T THINK LYNN, THERE IS A LADY NAMED AMBER LYNN, SHE IS A COUNTRY-WESTERN SINGER. SHE GREW UP IN CALLAHAN. AND HER DAD IS A SHERIFF'S OFFICER. AND SHE PLAYS MOSTLY IN NASHVILLE. AND SO THAT WHEN SHE'S COMING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. SHE WILL BE OUR SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINER. WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY GOOD HEADLINER FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. AND OF COURSE, I WASN'T GOING TO BE THE ONE TO GET RID OF THE SWINGING MEDALLIONS. THEY WILL BE BACK AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND I THINK THE HONEY BADGER'S ARE PLAYING BEFORE THE SWINGING MEDALLIONS. 
          THAT WILL BE GREAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS -- IF 
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YOU PUT A PRICE TAG ON THAT, IT WOULD BE REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL OF MY VOLUNTEERS DO AMAZING, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I'M REALLY GOOD AT NONPAYING JOBS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> SO, DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE. 
          >> MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE 
          ROLL. >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. 
          [7.11 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT - NASSAU COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER - RESOLUTION 2025-11 APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND NASSAU COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR SHARED SERVICES IN GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS); AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the interlocal agreement for the City's use of the Nassau County Property Appraiser's GIS system for mapping in exchange for a proportional fee of $83,200.00.]
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> YES. COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES. 
          >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. >> YES. MAYOR ANTUN. 
          >> YES. THAT MOTION MOVES FOR APPROVAL. 5-0. 
          >> THANK YOU, MIA. THE FINAL ITEM IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AT THE NASSAU COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR THE GIS SYSTEM. AS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MAPPING. 
          WE PAY THEM $83,200 PER YEAR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IT IS A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. BUT THEY HOST ALL OF OUR LAYERS. FROM STORMWATER TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I KNOW I USE THAT SITE EVERY DAY. THEY WILL ALSO CREATE SPECIALTY MAPS FOR US IF WE NEED THEM. WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU MISS CAMPBELL. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I LOVE THAT WEBSITE. I USE IT EVERY DAY. AND IT MAKES ME THINK THAT THE CITY USED TO HAVE LIKE A CITIZENS ACADEMY KIND OF THING WHERE CITIZENS COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT. AND I THINK EVEN IF WE DID NOT DO A BIG FULL-BLOWN ACADEMY LIKE SMALL LITTLE SEGMENTS AND SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT. LIKE A LITTLE HOUR SEGMENT ON HOW TO USE THAT WEBSITE BECAUSE, IT IS POWERFUL. SO MUCH INFORMATION. 
          I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW IT REALLY -- OR HOW TO USE IT. ANYWAY. IT IS AMAZING. 
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? >> I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS A GOOD DEAL EVEN -- WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS IF WE HAD TO BUY THIS OURSELVES. THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND -- IT IS MORE THAN WORTH THE MONEY WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING AND GETTING THIS ON 
          THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS CAMPBELL? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION? 
          >> OKAY. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 11. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. >> YES. 
          >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YES. 
          >> MAYOR ANTUN. >> YES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. 
          [8.1 AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION - One appointment: Mr. Gregory Cosgrove.]
NEXT UP, WE ARE ONTO OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE A .1 AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION PIN ONE APPOINTMENT. MR. GREGORY 
          COSGROVE OR DO I HEAR MOTION? >> I WOULD MOVE THE APPOINTMENT OF GREGORY COSGROVE TO THE AIRPORT. 
          >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I HEAR SECOND? 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING 
          NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. 
          >> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN PIT 
          [8.2 CODE ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS BOARD - One appointment: Mr. Mark Finkelstein.]
          >> YES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. A .2. CODE ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS ABOARD . WE HAVE MR. MARK FICKLE STEIN. 
          >> I WOULD MOVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK FINKELSTEIN TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS BOARD. 
          >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR DO I HEAR A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMOTION OR -- COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL ROLL. COMMISSONER POYNTER. 
          [8.3 HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL - One appointment: One appointment: Ms. Veronica Byrnes.]
          >> COMMISSONER POYNTER. >> YES. 
          >> MAYOR ANTUN. >> YES. LAST A .3. HISTORIC DISTRICT CANCEL. MISS VERONICA BURNS. 
          >> I WOULD MOVE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT 
          COUNCIL. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO I HEAR A SECOND? MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES. COMMISSONER POYNTER. 
          [9. PROJECT UPDATES]
          >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. 
          >> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN PIT 
          >> YES BE THAT MOTION PASSES. 5-1. YOUR PROJECT UP DATES. 
          >> THANK YOU , MAYOR PETE LB PREPARED WITH A FEW UPDATES, NUMBER OF PROJECT IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. PROVIDING JUST A FEW. THE RESTROOMS FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICES ARE IN THE WORKS. THE WATERFRONT PARK. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEET BACK. WE WILL BE WORKING ON A 
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CONTRACT WITH TBT CONTRACTING AND WILL BE ISSUING INTENT TO PROCEED. 
          INSTALLED, UTILITIES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON INSTALLING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY WILL BE MOVING IN SOON. ASHLEY ALREADY HAS ON STORMWATER. STORMWATER SYSTEM PAVING AND LANDSCAPING TO FOLLOW. THANKS TO YOUR APPROVAL AND STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. WE WILL BEGIN MAILING AND PAVING AND RESURFACING FROM SELECT STREETS LATER ON THIS MONTH. WE WILL PROVIDE NOTICES TO THOSE IMPACT RESIDENCE AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO PAVING IN THEIR AREA. DREDGING COME OUT FOR BID. THIS IS ANNUAL OR SEMIANNUAL . WE EXTENDED THE BID OPENING TO SOME QUESTIONS AND WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER AND REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS ACCORDINGLY. WE ARE SCHEDULING THIS PROJECT FOR SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THE MARINA IS ALSO OUT FOR BID. 
          THAT WILL INVOLVE CLOSING AT PARKING LOT A. ONCE WE GET THE RESULTS AND TIMELINE ON ORDER ON EQUIPMENT, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT PARKING LOT CLOSURE. MISS CAMPBELL AND I WERE AT THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE REHAB OF TAXIWAY -- OUT FOR BID ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. 
          FRIENDLY ROAD. WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          >> GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST A CITY MANAGER QUESTION. 
          >> SURE. >> I CONTINUE TO GET A LOT OF EMAILS FROM 
          AND 15TH STREET -- >> NOT AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE STAFF SENT A LONG LIST OF COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PRELIMINARY APPLICATION. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE APPLICATION. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL COME BACK WITH COMMENTS ADDRESSED ARE IT WILL COME BACK IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FORM. ARE IT WILL GO AWAY. WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. 
          >> AND THE APPLICATION -- TO THE TRC. THAT WAS DEEMED INCOMPLETE. SO THAT MEANS THAT -- THE SOONEST IT WILL COME BACK TO TRC IS EVERY 27? 
          >> THAT WOULD BE THE SOONEST IF THEIR APPLICATION GETS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE DEADLINE FOR THAT AGENDA. THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO PREPARE THE MISSING ITEMS AND THEN -- WANTS THAT IS MADE, STAFF HAS ANOTHER FIVE DAYS TO REVIEW IT FOR COMPLETENESS AGAIN. IT DEPENDS ON WHEN ALL OF THAT PLAYS OUT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? 
          [10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]
          >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES FOR YOU. IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING OF FIRE STATION TWO IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. I WILL BE MEETING WITH CHIEF ASHMAN INTERIM CHIEF IN THE MORNING TO FINALIZE THAT PROGRAM. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME SPECIAL THINGS PLANNED FOR EVERYBODY. AND ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER -- COMMISSIONER MINSHEW WILL BE TRAVELING TO JACKSONVILLE FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL AWARDS LUNCHEON. WHERE THE 200TH CELEBRATION WILL BE RECEIVING AN AWARD. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. I WAS GOING TO ENTER THE BIOETHANOL PROJECT . WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THAT. SOME HAD ASKED ME ABOUT THE DAY EXTENSION FOR THEIR MOST RECENT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET. THAT EXTENSION IS UP ON JANUARY 22ND. SO, WE WILL KNOW LATER THIS MONTH IF THEY ASKED FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OR NOT. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS. IT HAS BEEN SIX WEEKS ALREADY. AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN A LOT OF MEETINGS, 115 MEETINGS TO BE EXACT 99 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN INTERNAL. WHAT ABOUT 16 OR SO HAVE BEEN WITH EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE GROUPS I MET WITH INCLUDING LEADERSHIP, NASSAU. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE MAINSTREET ORGANIZATION. THE NASSAU COUNTY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A KUMBLE DESK A COUPLE OF MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. RESIDENCE FOR FAMILIAR PARK. THE OASIS MARINA. SUNRISE ROTARY. AMELIA ISLAND TRAILS. AND THEN LATER THIS WEEK. I WILL BE MEETING WITH SAINT RIVERS KEEPER CAN SERVE NASSAU. AND COMMISSIONER MARTIN. I AM FULLY DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IT HAS BEEN GREAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 
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CONTINUING WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. WHAT MY SIX MONTH EVALUATION AND MY 12 MONTH EVALUATION LOOK LIKE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE YET IDENTIFIED WITH SOME OF THOSE GOALS ARE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THOSE BENCHMARKS. MORE TO COME ON 
          [11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS]
THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT. 
          >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND RELEVANT TO OUR MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT WITH PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. SOME THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING OF AND TALKING WITH A PLANNING STAFF ABOUT -- WE KNOW THAT RESIDENCE -- MANY RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DENSITY AND BUILDING, THEY WILL SEE ONE HOME AND THEN TWO OR THREE HOMES GO UP. TOWNHOMES GO UP. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR PERMISSION. IS EXPLORE ENACTING A MORATORIUM ORDINANCE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. AND THIS WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS HOW WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER -- HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SUBDIVISIONS, MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT THIS WOULD DO -- IT WOULD BE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          DEVELOPMENT ORDER. SITE PLANS. POTS. PULMONARY AND FINAL PLATS. ANYTIME SOMEONEWANTS TO GO TO MORE THAN ONE HOME IN MORE THAN ONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT . ONE UNIT TO DUPLEX, ONE UNIT TO TOWNHOMES. I WOULD ASK THAT , YOU KNOW, WE TALKED IT OVER WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AND GET SOME PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN PERHAPS, PROPOSE SOMETHING TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, THE FLORIDA LAW ALLOWS YOU TO DO SIX MONTHS UP TO A YEAR. I THINK SIX MONTHS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO SHORT OF A WINDOW. BECAUSE I DO THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE -- LAND DEVELOP END CHANGES, POTENTIALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES. AND -- THIS TEMPORARY PAUSE WOULD BE FOR STAFF TO REVIEW AND STUDY THE REGULATIONS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND ALSO TO GET FEED BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE WOULD CONDUCT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. OF COURSE YOUR -- AND PREPARE AND PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IMPOTENCY CONFERENCE OF PLAN. A MORATORIUM WOULD PROVIDE THIS WINDOW TO COORDINATE WITH NASSAU COUNTY ON CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS AFFECTED SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT ARE NOT CURB AND GUTTER. AND -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WILL BRING THIS UP TOMORROW NIGHT. I SOMETHING JUST -- AN IDEA AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. BRINGING THAT IDEA UP, THAT IS A WAY FOR US -- ANY CONFUSION ABOUT 103 05, FROM STAFF TO CITIZENS TO ME. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO PAUSE. WE DON'T GET THAT MANY APPLICATIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT IF WE PUT A PAUSE ON IT. WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE UNDERLYING LOTS OR SOMETHING. 
          NOT A REGULAR. -- >> IF SOMEONE HAS A SINGLE LINE WANTS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED IN SELF ORDER. IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY LIVE LOCAL. WOULD AFFECT THINGS LIKE TURN GOLLY. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS BACH? 
          [13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
          >> -- >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SWORN IN HONORED TO BE THERE. SEEING HIM SWORN IN. LATER ON, EARLIER TODAY, I WAS ABLE -- AND HONORED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE SWEARING IN OF OUR SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. SWEARING IN. HOWEVER I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM. I WASN'T GOING TO SEE HIM TODAY. 
          WE GOT SOME GREAT LEADERS IN NASSAU COUNTY. OUR SHERIFF WAS SWORN IN RECENTLY AS WELL. GREAT GENTLEMAN. JUST UNBIASED OBSERVATION. BEST SHERIFF IN FLORIDA. BUT -- REALLY GREAT GUY. REALLY GREAT PEOPLE. I WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE MR. JOHN CRAWFORD, FORMER CLERK -- 20 YEARS THAT HE SPENT THERE WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AS WELL. GREAT LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE WILL BE MISSED BUT THAT OFFICE IS IN GOOD HANDS. AND THEN 
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RETIRED AS WELL AND I WISH HIM A HAPPY RETIREMENT. BUT HIS OFFICE IS ALSO IN GOOD HANDS WITH 
          >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF. THIS IS OUR LAST -- SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I GOT TO GO ON OUR NEW COMMISSIONER TORS, ALL THE DIRECTORS, THEY WERE GREAT. A LOT OF TIME THE STAFF GAVE ME SO MUCH INFORMATION, SO MUCH STUFF I LEARNED TO SHOW ME THINGS I DON'T EVEN KNOW I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS A REALLY -- REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. -- THE TIME AND HELP YOU TOMORROW WE HAVE A JOINT COMMISSION MEETING. THURSDAY -- AND 
          EVERYONE AS IT IS? >> 04. 
          >> THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THE ANNUAL HERE THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU , COMMISSIONER TUTEN. COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? 
          >> HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY. I REALLY ENJOYED NEW YEAR S DAY. 
          DINING DOWN CENTER STREET. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I KNOW THAT MAINSTREET HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW PARKS AND REC AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SET UP ALL OF THOSE CHAIRS AND ALL OF THOSE TABLES AND SO, I WORKED REALLY HARD ALONG WITH MAINSTREET TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP ON SATURDAY , JANUARY 18TH. THE ANNUAL MLK BREAKFAST. IT WILL BE AT 8:30 AT THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT, TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. TICKETS ARE $25 AND YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKET AT THE DOOR. AND THEN ON ACTUAL MLK HOLIDAY WHICH IS JANUARY 20TH. THERE IS THE ANNUAL PARADE. THAT IS DOWNTOWN. I THINK THAT STARTS AROUND 10 OR SOMETHING. STARTS AT THE REC CENTER. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IS A RECEPTION AT -- THE PATRICIA THOMPSON AUDITORIUM AT THE MLK CENTER AREA. I WOULD HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. THEY ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT WE NEED -- WE NEED TO HONOR AND RESPECT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. AND THEN -- I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE MAYOR. -- VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. FOR HIS RECENT ELECTION TO CHAIR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I THINK 
          THAT IS IT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> COMMISSONER POYNTER? 
          >> IVA STATEMENT I'M GOING TO READ. FOLLOWED BY A MOTION. 
          AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY'S FUTURE NEEDS, DUE TO MY LACK OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY. I HAVE DECIDED TO ASK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO PURSUE A NEW DIRECTION FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION. THIS DECISION REFLECTS MY COMMITMENT TO ALIGNING RESOURCES WITH THE EVOLVING PRIORITIES AND ENSURING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I MOVED TO TERMINATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITHOUT CAUSE BY GIVING THE CITY ATTORNEY 30 DAYS ADVANCE WRITTEN NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE OF SECTION FIVE, PARAGRAPH C, OF THE CONTRACT DATED 11 -- 13 -- 2007. 
          INAUDIBLE ] IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PROCESS TO FIND A REPLACEMENT, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THE 
          30 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I 
          HEAR A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND IT FOR 
          PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION. >> DID YOU WANT TO MENTION -- A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. 
          VICE MAYOR? >> I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES IN THE PAST THAT IF -- IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO WHEN THE TERMINATION OF DALE MARTIN HAPPENED AND I HAVE SAID IT OPENLY, VERY PUBLICLY THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS HOW THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IT WAS WRONG THE WAY THAT IT WAS DAWN -- DONE. I SAID IT MANY TIMES. WE SHOULD HAVE 
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HANDLED THAT SITUATION INFINITELY BETTER THAN WE DID. 
          AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS THE EXACT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED WITH DALE MARTIN. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW -- NO WORKSHOP. NO NOTHING. JUST TERMINATE AT THE END OF THE MEETING WITH NO OTHER DISCUSSION. IT WAS A MISTAKE THAN THE WAY WE DID IT. AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MISTAKE NOW. WE DIDN'T EVEN LEARN LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE OUR CHARTER OFFICES IN THE EMPLOYMENT. 
          INAUDIBLE ]. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. WELL. 
          WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSONER POYNTER? 
          >> JUST TO BRING THIS TO A LITTLE CLARITY. WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT GET TO DISCUSS OUR FEELINGS TOWARDS OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THIS IS THE ONLY FORMAT THAT WE HAVE. AND TO HAVE WORKSHOPS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, IS I THINK DISINGENUOUS IN ITSELF. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY , I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. I AM SHARING MY PROBLEMS AND MY ISSUES THAT I HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO OUTSIDE OF ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THE WAY I AM SPEAKING. IT IS NOT A PERSONAL THING. IT IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN HERE 17 YEARS. I HAVE WORKED WITH HER OFF AND ON FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY WOULD DO WELL TO CHANGE AND GET THE POLITICS OUT OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THAT IS WHY I AM MAKING THIS MOTION. AS PAINFUL AS IT IS -- AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. VICE MAYOR. I DO. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS SEVERAL TIMES. SEVERAL CITY MANAGERS, SAME KIND OF DEAL. THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE WAY THIS STUFF HAPPENS. SO -- I DON'T HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION TO THIS. BUT THIS IS HOW I FEEL AND THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. 
          >> ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I MUST AGREE. I APOLOGIZE, IT IS NOTHING 
          PERSONAL. PLEASE CALL ROLE. >> COMMISSONER POYNTER ? 
          >> YES. COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES. 
          >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. >> NO. MAYOR ANTUN. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES FOR -1. THAT TAKES US TO MAYOR COMMENTS. I WAS HONORED TO BE PART OF THE MEETING. THE CELEBRATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL. AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPENING A FIRE STATION TWO. UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE AT 10 A.M. BUT I HOPE TO BE THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT FOR ALL AGES. INCLUDING THE STATION TOUR. HONOR GUARD PRESENTATIONS FOR THE FLAG. 
          SPECIAL OPS. ALL WELCOME AND
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