[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY OF FERDINAND BEACH COMMISSION. IT IS FEBRUARY THE 18TH. WE SHOULD START AS WE SHOULD WITH THE 
          ROLLCALL. MRS. BEST? >> MAYOR ANTUN? VICE-MAYOR 
          AYSCUE? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? >> HERE. 
          >> WE WILL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LEAD TODAY BY 
          MINSHEW. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 
          LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INDICATION GIVEN BY THE REVEREND 
          WARDELL. AMEN. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAVING GRACE. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CITY AND ALL THE PROGRESS YOU MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITIZEN. GOD REST YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS SESSION TONIGHT THAT YOU LEAD WITH YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE , TEACHERS OUR WAY, OH , LORD, AND KEEP US IN JESUS'S 
          NAME, AMEN. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. JUST FOR A QUICK UPDATE, MAYOR ANTON SENDS HIS REGARDS. HE IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING. ALSO, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD MEETING. 
          ALSO, IF YOU ARE KEEPING SCORE AT HOME AND WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG 
          [4.1 UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACOE) - BEACH RENOURISHMENT]
ON YOUR AGENDA, ITEM 8.1 IS BEING REMOVED AS OUR ATTORNEY PRO TEM HAS OF -- ADVISED WE REMOVE THAT THIS EVENING. 
          WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE WILL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS. ITEM 4.1 THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, MISTER CORBETT HAS 
          A PRESENTATION FOR US. >> I'VE GOT YOU MISTER CORBETT, 
          OVER HERE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> IS THE MICROPHONE ON, EVERYTHING GOOD TO GO? 
          >> YES, SIR. YOUR MICROPHONE IS ALIVE. YOUR PRESENTATION -- 
          >> BEAR WITH ME. I WILL BE TURNING A BIT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BO CORBETT. I AM THE ASSIGNED MANAGER TO THE NASSAU COUNTY SHORE PROTECTION PLAN MANAGEMENT PROJECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT. I WILL BE ALSO GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE KINGS BAY MAINTENANCE STRATEGY. I'M ALSO THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THAT. I HAVE BEEN PARKS MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING SOME OF Y'ALL TODAY. I AM HAPPY TO MEET THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT HERE. HOPEFULLY, THIS PRESENTATION WILL GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND UPDATE, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE? SORRY. OKAY, SO THE TOPICS I WILL BE DISCUSSING, WE WILL GO OVER THE NASSAU COUNTY SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT, THE KEY FACTORS SCHEDULED, WHAT IS UPCOMING, AS WELL AS THE UPDATE ON THE KINGS BAY MAINTENANCE SERVICE PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY PLACEMENT LOCATION TIME FRAMES, THE EXTRACTOR SITE VISIT WE HAD RECENTLY WITH SOME OF YOUR LOCAL LEADERS AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BEACH LICENSE ON THESE TWO PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE? SO, THE NASSAU COUNTY SHORE PROTECTION PLAN PROJEC, IT WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1988 UNDER INAUDIBLE ] IN 1988. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2008 WHICH BEGAN THE 50 YEAR LIFE OF THE PROJECT. IF YOU SEE HERE IN 50 YEARS, IT WILL BE INCLUDED BUT CAN BE EXTENDED WITH AN ADDITIONAL STUDY IN 2057. IF YOU NOTICE THE RE-NOURISHMENT'S OF THIS BEACH, IT FOLLOWED HURRICANES. THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. NOTICE DOWN AT THE BLUE -- EXCUSE ME, OVER HERE, THE GREEN LABEL TELLS YOU THAT KINGS BAY MAINTENANCE STRATEGY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WITH PLACES SEEN ON THAT BEACH. TYPICALLY, THERE'S A FIVE-YEAR INTERVAL THIS BEACH IS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THAT IS BY DESIGN. 
          BECAUSE OF THE KINGS BAY EFFORT WE HAVE SLOWED THAT DOWN TO ALMOST 10 YEARS. AND IT TAKES A STORM TO PUSH US OVER THE EDGE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE COLE WITH THIS EVENT IN 2025. 'S EVENT IS IN RELATION TO STORMS. IT'S 100% FEDERALLY FUNDED. WE ARE ESTIMATING $22 MILLION. IF IT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY EVENT , THAT WOULD BE COST SHARED WITH 
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THE CITY WHICH IS THE FEDERAL SPONSOR AT 79.1%, 20.9 -- INAUDIBLE ] . NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF PROXIMITY. THE YELLOW SPOT TELLS YOU WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE BLUE PORTION FROM R■ 13, THAT S FTP FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WE USE TO LOCATE AGES. SO FROM R 13 TO R 33, THAT'S WHERE WE PLACE THE BUDGET. THAN THE BROWN AREA IS THE AREA THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT PROJECT. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE KINGS BAY PROJECT, THE LINE COMING IN, THAT IS THE KINGS BAY ENTRANCE CHANNEL. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MATERIAL TO REPLACE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE LINE AS WELL AS BELIEVE THIS WILL BE POSTED PUBLICLY SO FOLKS CAN LOOK AT THE FINER DETAILS. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS PROJECT? WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS HERE? SO, HOW MANY FOLKS KNOW WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS FOR THE BEACH? OKAY, YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS? OKAY, THE NORTHERN CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT, IF YOU TAKE A FEW STEPS FROM OCEAN AVENUE WHICH IS A SANDY ROAD, THERE IS A PHOTO TAKEN IN THE EARLY 70S. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. YOU HAVE A PILE OF ROCKS AND A 50 FOOT BEACH. THE OCEAN WAS RIGHT THERE AT HIGH TIDE. NOW IF YOU GO THERE, THIS IS ON TOP OF THE DUNE THAT IS SIX FEET ON TOP OF THAT. SO, WE COULDN'T EVEN GET THE OCEAN IN THE PICTURE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DOOMED FIELD THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP WITH VEGETATION, IT'S 100 FEET. AND THERE'S 200 FEET BEYOND THAT. 
          SO HERE IS THE IDEA TO SCALE WHAT WE WANT TO PUBLISH IN NASSAU COUNTY WITH THIS PROJECT. SO, I BELIEVE LOOKING BACK, I THINK THIS ONE TOLD THE STORY. YOU CAN LOOK AND SAY, WOW, THIS IS WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. THE HOMES ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THE DUNES AS WELL AS THE BEACH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, SO WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NASSAU COUNTY SHORE PROTECTION PLAN PROJEC. OPENING TOMORROW, HOPEFULLY, WE GET GOOD BIDS AT 2:00. WE WILL LET THE SPONSOR KNOW HOW THAT TURNS OUT, HOPEFULLY, IT TURNS OUT WELL. WHILE THIS WAS THE PICTURE OF THE IDEA WE DO THE PIPELINE, NOT QUITE LIKE THIS, WE WILL BE COMING FROM THE OCEAN, WE WILL BE COMING IN FROM THE OCEAN INSTEAD OF ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM THE JETTIES WHICH WERE SHORTER THAN THAT. THIS IS THE WAY THEY WILL BE AT EACH ACCESS. THIS IS THE PRIMARY SCHEDULE. WE ARE SAYING WORK COULD COMMENCE IN JUNE. IT STARTS AS EARLY AS APRIL. THIS IS WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR HOW WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE BEACH. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THAT. THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE KINGS BAY PROJECT. BUT THE KINGS BAY PROJECT IS NATIONAL OFFENSE. IT TAKES PRIORITY. IT NEEDS THE BEACH TO PLAY CONFLICT WITH THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MISSION. THAT'S WHY WE DO IT OUTSIDE THE TIMEFRAME. AGAIN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE BEFORE WE COMPARE THE TWO PROJECTS. BUT THIS VERSION OF THE NASSAU COUNTY BEACH NOURISHMENT WILL GO FROM SECOND STREET WHICH IS BLOCKS AHEAD OF DOLPHIN AVENUE DOWN TO THE CENTER ROAD. FROM A SLIDE LEFT OFF , THERE IS A LITTLE PART DOWN HERE -- THIS IS WHAT BEACH RE-NOURISHMENT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE PIPELINE COMES UP AND WE START BUILDING THE BEACH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, WHAT TO EXPECT? IT'S NOT EXACTLY GREAT NEWS. BUT THIS IS THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR BUILDING THE BEACH AND MAINTAINING IT TO HAVE A SOLID BEACH. THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH FOR THE SUMMER. 
          CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO STAGE EQUIPMENT AT DOLPHIN AVENUE. YOU SEE THAT IN THE WINTER, NOW IT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE SUMMERTIME. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT THAT WILL BE UNIFIES -- UTILIZED FOR THAT. BEACH ACCESS WILL BE TEMPORARILY BLOCKED. THE BEACH ACCESS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL DAY OR FOR WEEKS. IT WILL BE PERIODS OF TIME AS THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING 
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ON. IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION 24/7. THERE WILL BE BACKUP FORMS, LIGHTS, NOISE, IT'S GOING TO BE A CONSTRUCTION SITE, BUT UNDERSTAND THEY WILL BE WORKING DOWN THE BEACH. AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE WON'T HAVE MORE THAN 1000 FEET OF THAT BEACH BEING BLOCKED OFF, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN YOUR MIND, GO THERE, GO DOWN, WORKING OUR WAY, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE PUSHING SAND DOWN. THE SAND IS GOING TO BE PUMPED FROM THE OFFSHORE LOCATION, TALK ABOUT THAT, IN LONGSHORE THERE WILL BE A PLACE DREDGING MATERIAL FOR OIL HOOKUP AND PUMPING ON THE BEACH , OR, WE PLAN ON POSTING PROGRESS MAPS. THE CONTRACTOR WILL GIVE US TELLING US WHERE WE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING. TIMEFRAME WISE, REALISTICALLY, WE WILL BE THERE. 
          WE WON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT UNTIL HE READ THE CONTRACT. WE ARE STILL SUCCESSFUL WHAT THE PLAN IS. WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MEETING ONCE WE HAVE THAT. WE WILL HAVE SAFETY PERSONNEL WALKING AROUND THOSE FENCED IN AREAS. BUT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE CITY FOR SOME ASSISTANCE AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST TO COORDINATE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE. AFTER IT IS DONE, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS WHEN WE DO THE KINGS BAY WINTER VERSION, BEACH MOVES AROUND, SAND IS GOING TO MOVE, NATURE DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE IT AND STARTS MOVING STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY HAVE FORM A COUPLE FEET. THOSE MAY FORM. THE SAMPLE MOVE AROUND. 
          THEY DISAPPEAR AND COME BACK. THAT IS JUST THE PROCESS OF EQUILIBRATION, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT. YOU DON'T WANT SAND SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO MOVE AROUND. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT SEEMS INSISTENT. IT IS THERE TO PROTECT THE SHORELINE. THIS IS A 100% FUNDED PROJECT. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MONITORING THE BEACH, SEEING HOW IT'S PERFORMING, IF THERE IS ANYTHING, ANYMORE ADDITIONAL EROSION, THAT WILL BE ON US. WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. WE WILL COORDINATE WITH OTHER FOLKS LOCALLY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PERMITS. 
          AFTER ALL THIS IS DONE, THREE YEARS IS DONE, THAT WILL TRANSFER BACK TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN A MODERATED BEACH. 
          WHENEVER THERE IS A STORM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR THING. 
          THE CITY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING OVER THEIR PORTION, AND IT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHICH IS ON FILE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY? NAVAL SUBMARINE KINGS RACE STRATEGY, OKAY, THIS IS THE ONE EVERYBODY SEES EVERY WINTER. AGAIN, WE WILL PREPARE THE TWO PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NASSAU COUNTY, BUT THIS IS THE KINGS BAY PROJECT. KINGS BAY HAS TWO PLACEMENT AREAS, ONE WHICH IS DONE EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND ONE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF NASSAU COUNTY. IF YOU REMOVE THE MAP WHERE THE R 13 WAS, IT'S JUST THE NORTHERN PIECE OF THAT BECAUSE PAYS FOR THE PROJECT 100%. THE 2025-2026 EVENT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SAND DUE TO NATURAL AUTOMATIC SITUATION. NORMALLY, WE HAVE SOME SAND PLACED ON THE BEACH IN THE WINTER. BUT THIS TIME WE DIDN'T. ALL OF IT WENT TO FORT CLINCH. THE REASON WAS TO PROTECT THE FORT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO BOTH AREAS, BUT THAT SANK TO THE BOTTOM. THE MOST RESPONSIBLE THING TO PROTECT THE COURT AND TO KEEP IT SAFE FROM FURTHER EROSION AND DAMAGE FROM THAT EROSION. HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE 2026-2027 EVENT, ALL OF THE SAND WILL BE GOING TO THE NORTH BEACH AREA WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND SO, THAT WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN DECEMBER 15TH AND MARCH THE FIRST IN AT 2025-2026 TIMEFRAME. 
          YES, WE MISSED IT FOR THIS EVENT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SAND. BUT WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN THE SAND WILL BE GOING THERE. 
          THIS IS A NORTHERN PORTION. THIS IS NOT THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT. THIS IS THE KINGS BAY MAINTENANCE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, I THINK A FEW MONTHS BACK THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON THIS WORK , AND THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED AN EXTRACTOR THAT WAS MENTIONED, A SCREENING PROCESS FOR THE SAND THAT IS PLACED ON THE BEACH. AND SO, THIS IS A PROCESS THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS RECENTLY STARTED USING. THE PURPOSE IS TO ELIMINATE UNACCEPTABLE MATERIAL, MATERIAL THAT IS MAN-MADE OR OTHERWISE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BE MIXED INTO A NATURAL BEACH. THAT IS THE PURPOSE, IT IS SIMPLE. SO, IN THIS CASE, WE MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE CITIES LOCAL LEADERS. WE CAME OUT, WE SAW THE EXTRACTOR INACTION. THE EXTRACTORS FOR THE KINGS BAY PROJECT USES A TWO INCH SCREEN, THE NASSAU COUNTY USES A QUARTER INCH SCREEN. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY IN JUST A MINUTE. ALL ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL WILL BE REMOVED. BUT COMPLIANT MATERIAL -- EXCUSE ME -- 
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COMPLIANT MATERIAL WILL BE REINTRODUCED TO THE BEACH. THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THAT. I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SIZE OF THE SCREEN REFLECTS THE MATERIAL BEING DREDGED. KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS. IT WILL BECOME CLEAR WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU REINTRODUCE THE MATERIAL. SO, THE SCREEN IS GOING TO TAKE OUT THE MATERIAL THAT DOESN'T FIT IN THE SCREENS , THE EXTRACTOR IS GOING TO TAKE THE MATERIAL OUT BUT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE SCREEN. IS GOING TO BE PILED UP. THEN THAT MATERIAL WILL BE CLEARED OF ANY NONCOMPLIANT MATERIAL. YOU SEE THAT GO THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR, LOOKING FOR OTHER BITS OF WHAT EVER THAT IS NOT OKAY. 
          BUT ALL THE NATURAL MATERIAL LIKE ROCK AND SHALE THAT IS CONSIDERED COMPLIANT IS MIXED BACK INTO THE FILM. WE WANT THAT. IF YOU SEE SEASHELLS, WHEN THE OCEAN GOES, THE SHELL IS SITTING ON TOP OF SAND, RIGHT? THERE IS SAND MISSING AROUND IT. 
          THE SHELL IS HOLDING THE SAND THERE. SAME CONCEPT HERE. WE WANT ALL THIS SHELL, ROCK, WHATEVER THAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING TO BE MIXED INTO THE SAND SO IT IS RESILIENT SO THE SAND STICKS. THAT IS ON PURPOSE. THAT'S WHY WE DO IT. THE ONLY REASON WE USE THE EXTRACTOR IS TO TAKE OUT THE NASTY STUFF, WHATEVER ELSE COMES UP ON THE BEACH, BOTTLES AND OVER THE -- OTHER THINGS. SO, ANYWAY -- AND IT ALSO IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYER TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND TRUCK IT AWAY, IT WOULD BE A HUGE WASTE OF MONEY AS WELL AS IT ELIMINATES THE VALUE OF THE MATERIAL BEING MIXED BACK INTO THE SAND. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES, LET'S GET DOWN TO IT. THESE TWO PROJECTS, EVERYBODY HERE IS USED TO SEEING ANNUAL NAVAL SUBMARINE PROJECTS , THE PURPOSE OF THAT PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN SAFE NAVIGATION FROM MILITARY VESSELS, NATIONAL SECURITY, BIG DEAL, THE SUBMARINES ARE A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY TODAY'S TIME, WE WANT TO DETER ANYMORE, THAT IS THE MISSION. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. NOW, BACK IN 1986 WHEN THE NAVY WANTED TO DEEPEN THAT TO OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAID SURE, YOU CAN PUT IT IN, BUT WE GET THE SAND. ALL THE BEACH QUALITY SAND GOES FORWARD. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DO IT. YOU ARE ALL GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THAT IN 1986. 
          THE AGREEMENT. YEARS AGO, I THINK THE ADMIRAL FOR COMMUNITY REGION SOUTHEAST CAME HERE AND RECEIVED A WORD FROM THE CITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS AGREEMENT AND HOLDING TO THE AGREEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHY IT GOES TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE NASSAU COUNTY PROJECTS. THE TIMEFRAME IS ALWAYS IN THE WINTER. THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE HELD TO THAT BY ENVIRONMENTAL WINDOWS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE FOR SPECIFIC REASONS WHY WE DO IT IN THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          SO, WE WILL NOT MOVE FROM THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE -- WE DREDGED MATERIAL FROM THE NAVIGATION CHAMP. THAT IS THE CRITICAL PART OF THE SCREENINGS. IT IS TOO EXTREME BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING STUFF FROM THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL WHICH IN ESSENCE ARE BOATS THAT COME AND GO, ALL THE STUFF THAT FALLS OFF THOSE VOTES BOAT'S GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF JUNK. THIS IS A LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN THERE. SO, ALL THESE THINGS, WE WANT TO GET OUT. WE HAVE TWO INCH SCREENS, AND WHY WE GO THROUGH GREAT EFFORTS TO REMOVE THIS JUNK BUT STILL USE THE MATERIAL AS WE AGREED TO DO WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA BACK IN 1986. NASSAU COUNTY, SHIFTING GEARS, IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO PROTECT YOUR HOMES, BUSINESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT. AND TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN THE INFLUENCE OF DESIGN. DESIGN DECIDED, HOW MUCH BEACH DO WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN PREPARATION FOR HURRICANE SEASON TO DEAL WITH STORM SURGE AND OTHER THINGS? AND SO, THAT DESIGN IS SPECIFICALLY MONITORED, AND AS THAT DEGRADES OR ERODES OVER TIME, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND BUILD THIS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO, EVERY 10 YEARS, WE DO THIS. WE COME BACK AND BUILD THE BEACH, AND WE DO IT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLICT WITH THE KINGS BAY PROJECT. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BLOCKED AND PLACED IN THAT SAND BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DIG THE SAND OUT OF THE CHANNEL, YOU CAN'T DIG IT OUT OF SUBMARINES, YOU CAN KEEP YOURSELF SAFE. THAT'S WHY IT IS SEPARATE IN 
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DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME IN THE KINGSBURY PROJECT. NOW, THE BIG POINT HERE ABOUT NASSAU COUNTY, IT'S A SELECTED BAR OF SORTS. 
          WE WENT OUT AND FOUND A BAR OF SORTS THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THIS BEACH. IT IS SAND. IT IS SPECIFICALLY AND CLEARLY MATCHING , COMPATIBLE WITH THIS BEACH. SO WE DON'T HAVE A FEAR OF ANCHORS, ROPE, BEER CANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT IS OFFSHORE. 
          IT IS IN AN AREA ENGINEERING QUALITY AND MATERIAL. SO, FOR THAT REASON, YOU DON'T NEED THE GIANT SCREEN HOLES BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE SAND COMING THROUGH. THAT'S WHY IT'S A QUARTER INCH SCREEN. 
          THESE ARE THINGS WE THINK YOU MIGHT SEE WHEN DREDGING UP WATER, IT IS MOSTLY SAND. YOU MAY SEE SMALL SHELL AS WELL AS FRAGMENTS OF WHOLE SHELL. IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE WE ARE DREDGING, VERY DIFFERENT SCREENING PROCESS, JUST A DIFFERENT CONCEPT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE. IF YOU ARE SCREENING AT NASSAU COUNTY IN THE WATER AREA, YOU WILL SEE NATURALLY OCCURRING MATERIAL, YOU WILL SEE SHELL. THAT'S WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE AREA BECAUSE THE AREA IS SELECTED FOR WHAT IT HAS IN IT. IT'S GOING TO BE THAT STUFF. NOW, KINGS BAY MAINTENANCE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL GET ROCK, JUNK AND OTHER THINGS COMING OUT OF THE CHANNEL THAT ARE NOT OKAY ON THE BEACH. SO, WE SAW FIRSTHAND WHEN WE HAD THE SITE VISIT BIG CHUNKS OF STUFF COMING OUT AND BEING DROPPED INTO THE DUMPSTER. YOU COULD HEAR IT EVERY TIME THERE WAS A BIG , LOUD BANG. THE ROCK THE SIZE OF THE CAR BATTERY IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR BEACH, THOSE THINGS ARE BEING REMOVED, SO THE BEACH ITSELF HAS -- IT IS MUCH MORE NATURALLY OCCURRING. BUT ANY OF THIS MATERIAL RIGHT HERE, ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT, THAT IS NATURAL, NATURALLY OCCURRING, ACCEPTABLE SIZE, MIXED BACK INTO THE BEACH WEATHER IT IS KINGS BAY OR NASSAU COUNTY BECAUSE THAT MATERIAL IS GOING TO MAKE THE SAND STICK. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT STAY. SO, WE WANT THE MATERIAL TO BE MIXED INTO THE SAND, LOT! SORRY I KIND OF RUSHED THAT! WHAT I WANTED TO GET 
          THROUGH MOST OF IT AS I COULD. >> BEFORE WE GET QUESTIONS, A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE, DON'T WORRY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMING UP ON THE AGENDA. YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE. BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER 
          MINSHEW? >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY PUTTING TOGETHER A TOUR FOR US A FEW WEEKS AGO SO WE COULD STAND ON THE TOP OF THE RAMPARTS AND ACTUALLY WATCH WHAT THEY WERE DOING , AND HIS TEAM ENTERED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION WE HAD IN GREAT DETAIL. AND ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS THAT I THINK WE REALIZED, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMENTED ON ST. JOHNS COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR BEACH , IS THAT OUR CONTRACTS INCLUDE PUTTING THE NATURAL MATERIAL BACK ON THE BEACH. THERE CONTRACTS DID NOT. 
          THEREFORE, THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU COMPARE WHAT IS HAPPENING UP HERE. SO, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO US. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR WHOLE STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A REALLY GREAT COUPLE OF HOURS TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL WERE DOING. THANK YOU. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, I APOLOGIZE. >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THANKS WITHOUT THIS FREE SAND , WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DUMPSTERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY 
          IDEA -- >> THERE WERE FOUR DUMPSTERS FILLED WITH MOSTLY LARGE ROCK THE SIZE OF SOCCER BALLS AND BASKETBALLS, AND MIXED WITH OTHER DEBRIS. THOSE FOUR DUMPSTERS WERE REMOVED, TAKEN TO A LANDFILL, WE REPLACED THAT 
          MATERIAL ON THE BEACH. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          [4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY ]
          >> ITEM 4.2, THE BUDGET SUMMARY FOR OUR COMPTROLLER, SUSAN? 
          >> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >> I SPEAK SOFTLY, I KNOW. WHEN 
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I WAS GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY, THE LAST TIME WE TALKED WE LOOKED INTO A COUPLE POINTS. I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING AND COMPARE LAST JANUARY TO THIS JANUARY. MAKING THAT COMPARISON, GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE 69.2% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET, SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THEY WERE 67.5. SO, WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BETTER WITH COLLECTING THOSE. THE FOUR REVENUES WE REVIEW IN OUR SUMMARY REPORT, THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX, SWAPPING ONLY SURTAX, AND THE $149,000 HIGHER THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT ON THE EXPENDITURES, THEY ARE AT 24.8% OF THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW . LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE AT 26.4%. 
          SO, WE BROUGHT IN A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO THE GENERAL FUND AND SPENT A LITTLE LESS, RELATIVELY. OTHER THINGS WE NOTED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET IS LESS THIS YEAR. I KNOW THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THIS ACTIVITY. I WAS CONCERNED AT FIRST. WE WERE LOOKING AT DECLINING REVENUES. 
          WHEN I COMPARED IT AGAIN, THE END OF JANUARY, THIS YEAR , AT THE SAME POINT, THE REVENUES ARE 19,000 HIGHER THAN THEY WERE FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. I THINK WE ARE TRENDING OKAY WITH THAT. LANE CONSERVATION, WE STILL SEE THE NUMBER BEING ELEVATED ACCORDING TO WHAT WAS BUDGETED ORIGINALLY, THAT IS DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL FUND . THAT WAS ACCORDING TO THE MATCH NEEDED FOR RESOLUTION 2024 THROUGH 2021. CAPITAL FUND IMPROVEMENTS, THE EXPENDITURES , FUNDS, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PRIMARY EXPENDITURES, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, 49,000 IN JANUARY, 63,000 YEAR TO DATE. WALKOVER'S, 37,000 IN JANUARY, 55,000 YEAR TO DATE. MLK POOL MODIFICATIONS, 38,517 IN JANUARY, AND THAT CONSTITUTES THE YEAR TO DATE FOR THAT PROJECT. YEAR-TO-DATE REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES. CURRENT FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL EXPANSION RIGHT NOW IS 7.5 MILLION. IF ACTIVITIES PROCEED AS BUDGETED FOR CAPITAL EXPANSION, THE FUND BALANCE WILL DECREASE FROM 7.2 MILLION TO 3.1 MILLION, AND THAT IS BY DESIGN. WE SEE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE BY 50,000. THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE BUDGETED REVENUE, WE DID NOT BUDGET THAT MUCH IN EXPENDITURES. POLICE WILL DECREASE THE FUND BALANCE BY 160,000. WE HAVE PROJECTS WE ARE WORKING ON IN POLICE. FIRE WILL INCREASE THE BALANCE BY 80,000. 
          SO OUR BUDGETED PROJECTS ARE 80,000 LESS THAN OUR BUDGETED REVENUE. AND PARKS AND RECREATION WILL DECREASE THE FUND BALANCE BY 4 MILLION. THIS IS LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO ALVAREZ IF THAT PROCEEDS AS BUDGETED. THE TOTAL IMPACT IS 600,000. HICKORY STREET RESTROOMS, 174,000, AND THEN OUR SKATE PARK EXPANSION, THE PROJECT IS 90,000. AND I BELIEVE WE ALREADY SPENT 60,000 OF THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? 
          >> SO ALL THE NUMBERS YOU WENT THROUGH, I LOOKED AT WHAT WAS PART OF THE AGENDA. AND I DON'T SEE THAT INFORMATION HERE IF I LOOK AT WHAT THE MONTHLY REPORT IS THAT WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE AGENDA, IT DOES NOT GO INTO THE SAME DETAIL. SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME TO HAVE CONSISTENT INFORMATION. SO, I WAS SORT OF EXPECTING TO SEE WHAT YOU JUST REPORTED OUT ON PAPER. -- AS PART OF THE AGENDA PACKAGE. 
          >> IT IS INCLUDED IN THE DETAIL, AND THE DETAIL I UPLOAD IS -- IT IS A LOT. IF -- ARE YOU WANTING ME TO MODIFY THE MONTHLY MANAGEMENT SUMMARY STARR REPORT? 
          >> I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING IS, WHAT YOU JUST WENT OVER WAS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WHAT WAS ON THE MONTHLY BUDGET REPORTS. 
          RIGHT? >> THE SUMMARY REPORT, YES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THEM EUNICE REPORTS, THE DETAIL IS THERE. 
          >> OKAY, BUT THEM EUNICE REPORT IS BASICALLY A SPREADSHEET. I 
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GUESS I'M SAYING I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE STRUCTURE. WE CAN TAKE IT OFF-LINE AND TALK IN MORE DETAIL. BUT I AM -- I GET THAT'S THE POINT. AND THEN, I GUESS, THE OTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE, IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD MONEY GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE? AND WHY WE DIDN'T COLLECT RENT FROM THEM FOR ALMOST A YEAR? 
          >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. >> WHY NOT? 
          >> I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TWO MONTHS. 
          >> BUT YOU WERE IN THE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? 
          >> I WAS WORKING IN IT. >> YOU WERE NOT WORKING IN 
          FINANCE? >> I WORKED IN FINANCE UP UNTIL 
          FEBRUARY. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. 
          >> BUT I'M HAPPY TO RESEARCH IT AND GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE I CAN 
          HELP ANYONE WITH? >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL 
          RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SORRY, SORRY. IT'S MICROPHONE DELAY. I BELIEVE WE ONLY RELEASED $30,000 FOR THE SKATE PARK. IS THAT CORRECT? JUST FOR POINT OF INFORMATION? 
          >> OKAY, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THE OTHER 30 WAS IN -- 
          >> NOT YET. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, 
          [4.3 PROJECT UPDATES]
MISS CARROLL. ITEM 4.3, PROJECT UPDATES BY OUR DEPUTY CITY 
          MANAGER . >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. I WANT TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE, TIER 1 PROJECTS WE WILL BE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS, I RECOGNIZE NOW WE WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PRESENTABLE. WE WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE. MY VANTAGE POINT IS NOT APPEAR WE JUST WANT TO THERE ARE 50 PROJECTS, REALLY PURE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE OVER 100. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE IN RECENT YEARS. WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING. BUT THIS IS YOUR TOP 50. WHAT IS DEMONSTRATED IS THE DEPARTMENT, THE PROJECT MANAGER CHART, GRANT FUNDED, BUDGET, SO ON. EVERYTHING IS MOVING ALONG. NO INTENTION NEED IT. YOU WILL SEE ONCE MARKED IN YELLOW. THOSE HAVE SLOWED TO A PAUSE DUE TO REGULATORY OR COMMISSION NEED. SOME OF THESE WE HOPE WILL CHANGE TONIGHT BASED OFF OF YOUR REVIEW. 
          PROJECT READ, THEY HAVE STALLED -- STOPPED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, A LACK OF FUNDING OR AN ARREST IN SOME WAY. YOU CAN SEE THE SOCCER COMPLEX. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE EPA -- EXCUSE ME, DEP ON CLEARING OUT GRANT ASSURANCES, AND WE MARKED IT AS READ. AND WE MOVE DOWN THE LIST, STARTING FROM THE TOP, A, D, THIS PART IS MOVING ALONG. AS YOU MENTIONED ALVAREZ, REHABILITATION AND AIRPORT STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA REGULAR THIS EVENING FOR YOUR APPROVAL, THEN THOSE WILL MOVE TO GREEN TO GO. ALSO, STORMWATER PIPELINE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT. THE FAA AND FDOT HAS BEEN KIND TO US. THE MAJORITY OF ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT GRANT FUNDED. 
          THE SURVEY, I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT AS WE JUST GOT PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THAT. THE LAST WORKSHOP ON WATERFRONT RESILIENCY AND DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, YOU WILL SEE SOME NEW PROJECTS ADDED TO THE LIST. THESE ARE THINGS WE ADD THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. YOU WILL SEE DEMOLITION AND DESIGN. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE BEGIN DEVELOPING THE CRITERIA, THE CONCEPTS, PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE, THE LEASE IN THE FACILITY EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION HAS BEEN MARKED AS READ DUE TO A LACK OF AVAILABLE FUNDING TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD IN A COMPLETE, HOLISTIC WAY. THE BATHHOUSE INFORMATION IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE MARINA. 
          THE REPLACEMENT FUEL TANK DOWN THERE AT THE MARINA IS READ. THE 
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PROJECT CAME IN OVERBUDGET. WE DO NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW WITHOUT KNOWING HOW THE DEMOLITION AND FUEL LINES THAT GO FROM THE FUEL TANK OUT TO THE MARINA ARE IMPACTED. SO, WE STOPPED THAT PROJECT UNTIL WE CAN KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, MARINA, PARKS AND RECREATION, MOVING ALONG AS PLANNED, AS SCHEDULED, YOU WILL SEE A BABE RUTH BATTING CAGE, THE PROJECT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. WE HOPE TO MOVE THAT TO GREEN. AND ALSO THE LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE THE NORTH BEACH BOARDWALK IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IS A PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN. IT IS NOT BUDGETED. 
          DUE TO THE MST YOU DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PROJECTS WE WILL COMPLETE, WE MOVE THIS OUT OF NEXT YEAR INTO THIS YEAR. 
          WE CAN MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN. THIS IS TO READ DECK AND RESURFACE ARE COMPLETED. THEY ARE ALREADY DONE THIS YEAR. THE NEW PROJECT IS THE DRIVING RANGE, THE DRIVING DUE TO HURRICANE DAMAGE AT THE GOLF COURSE. Y'ALL APPROVED A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS. ONE MORE IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED, WE CAN RESTORE THE DRIVING RANGE NETTING SYSTEM AT THE GOLF COURSE. MOVING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, STATE PARK AND DESIGN, AS IT MENTIONED, WE PAUSED THAT BASED OFF SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE COMMISSION BASED OFF SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT WE GAINED AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, THEN TRAILS AND THE ROAD REMOVAL, THOSE HAVE SLOWED DOWN RIGHT NOW PENDING REALLY JUST RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITH CITY STAFF AND/OR FUNDING AS IT RELATES TO THE REMOVAL OF SCAMPI ROAD. THE REST OF IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR IS MOVING ALONG AS PLANNED. AS MARK FOUND THERE, WE HAVE $30 MILLION OF BUDGET RIGHT HERE IN THE WORKS THIS YEAR. SO, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> EXCELLENT WORK, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA. JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I WILL MAKE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. WITH NO OBJECTION FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON DECORUM, OBVIOUSLY, CAN YOU PLEASE SILENCE YOUR DEVICES SO WE DON'T HAVE THE RINGING THAT IS GOING ON? ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION, CAN YOU PLEASE HAND THAT TO OFFICER STURGIS WHO WILL GIVE IT TO CITY CLERK'S SO SHE CAN DISPERSE THAT TO THE COMMISSION? SECONDLY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE STAY BEHIND THE FIRST ROW OF LINES, AND DON'T COME UP TO THE DAIS AREA AND GO THAT WAY AS WELL. 
          THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE BACK, ALSO NOT APPROACHING THE 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
PODIUM WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING. ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE 
          COMMISSIONERS? >> NO. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE IN TO COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA. FIRST UP IS CHERYL WILSON. MS. WILSON, YOUR NAME 
          AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> CHERYL WILSON, 508 ASH 
          STREET, DOWNTOWN. >> YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. 
          >> I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION, IS HE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS? 
          >> NO, MA'AM. I DO BELIEVE THAT HE LEFT. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL HOLD MY QUESTION. I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR LISTENING TO US. I KNOW THAT FOSSIL COMMUNITY IS ACTIVE, WE APPRECIATE LISTENING TO US, GOING OUT AND DOING INSPECTIONS, THAT IS REALLY VALUABLE. THANK 
          YOU. >> MS. WILSON, IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, MISS CAMPBELL, COULD SHE -- EMAIL HER AND SHE WOULD 
          BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO HIM. >> THANK YOU. REALLY, MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE COME UP WITH SOME STANDARDS SO IN FUTURE PROJECTS WE HAVE EVERYTHING ALL LINED UP ? I WILL SEND THAT 
          QUESTION OFF. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS MISTER JAMES 
          >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIM SEAGRAVES. 
          >> NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD , PLEASE. 
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          >> 2754 OCEAN DRIVE. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          >> I AM HERE TO REPRESENT ROBERT WALKER AND BLOCKER SEPTIC SERVICES. WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS OVER 20 YEARS. WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND ANDREA WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. AS WE DISPOSE OUR TRUCKS AT THE LIME STREET FACILITY. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR DISPOSAL FEES. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO BACK TO YEARS. WE WERE STRONGLY URGED TO BUY A SEPARATOR , VERY GOOD DEVICE. IT SEPARATES THE SOLIDS FROM THE LIQUID, SOLIDS GO TO THE LANDFILL, LIQUIDS GO TO YOUR FACILITY, LIME STREET. IT COST US $25,000. ROBERT REACHED IN HIS POCKET, AND HE PURCHASED THAT UNIT. HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT HE DID IT. HE HAD IT SHIPPED FROM NORTH DAKOTA AND INSTALLED IN YOUR FACILITY. NOW, WE DID NOT REALLY AT THAT TIME HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS DISPOSAL FEES BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER ATTACK TWO YEARS AGO. WE WERE GETTING HIT FROM ALL SIDES, FUEL COSTS, INSURANCE, OUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS WENT FROM HERE TO HERE OVERNIGHT. SO, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO REVISIT SOME OF THE AREAS TO HELP STREAMLINE OUR OPERATION. HOLD ON A SECOND, HERE. SO -- WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT THAT UNIT, WE WERE HIT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR DISPOSAL FEES. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR US. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT BECAUSE IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH -- IF WE COULD HAVE A REDUCTION OF FEES, IT WOULD HELP TO AREAS. ROBERT WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF HIS MONEY, AND NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD HELP US GET STRONGER FINANCIALLY. SO, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE IS TO ASK FOR CONSIDERATION. WE ARE NOT HERE BEGGING. WE DO NOT WANT A HANDOUT. WHAT WE DO IS HARD. WHAT ANDRE DOES IS HARD. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 25 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEVEN DAYS, TWO HURRICANES, A HARD FREEZE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. SO, WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION. THAT'S REALLY IT. 
          >> YES? >> IT COULD I ASK YOU TO EMAIL THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE THE CONTACT SO WE CAN 
          HAVE CONTACT? >> WILL YOU PLEASE EMAIL THAT INFORMATION ? WE WOULD BE ABLE TO -- IN OUR ONE ON ONES WITH STAFF BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT AND SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          >> LOOK, THIS IS HARD TO ME, DOING THIS IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE IS SOMETHING I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH. SO, I APPRECIATE THE TIME, YOU KNOW, SORRY IT'S UNDER THESE KIND OF 
          CIRCUMSTANCES. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP IS MS. CONNIE NEWMAN. 
          >> I WAS GETTING READY -- >> YEAH, SO TRUE. 
          >> I APOLOGIZE. IT'S -- >> SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR PHONE UP 
          HERE. SOMEBODY LEFT A PHONE -- >> MISTER SEAGRAVES? 
          >> YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. 
          >> I APOLOGIZE. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. 
          >> MY NAME IS CONNIE NEWELL, I LIVE AT 7570 FLORIDA. SO, I'VE BEEN GOING OUT THERE TO THE FORT. I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING SO FAST TO MY EMAIL. WHEN I TOOK VIDEOS IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF SAND. I WENT DOWN TO THE WATER ON LOW TIDE, AND I FOUND A FEW LITTLE ONES, AND I FOUND THIS ONE. OKAY? SO, THIS IS 1.95 INCHES BY 1.75 INCHES. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THEY ARE GOING TO FIND FROM A TWO INCH SCREEN. OKAY? NOW, THESE ON THE NORTH BEACH, I DIDN'T MENTION THESE. THEY ARE CONSIDERABLY BIGGER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT ON THE 40 ANYMORE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 
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FIND THAT ON NORTH BEACH ANYMORE. THEY ARE DOING EVEN SMALLER SCREENS AT NORTH BEACH. AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY COMMENTING ONLINE , JUST LOOKING AT VIDEO OF THE SAND THAT IS UP THERE. -- THAT THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK. ONE LADY SAYS SHE SPENT TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR RENTING A PLACE, WALKING THE BEACH, LOOKING FOR TREASURES. SHE IS NOT COMING BACK. A LOT OF PEOPLE -- ONE GUY -- THEY SAID THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR MINDS. 
          THE WATER HEATER IS NOT PRETTY TO LOOK AT. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IS BROWN WATER. THEY ALL COME HERE FOR THE TREASURES ON THE BEACH. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING AT THE SITE, I APPRECIATE THEM MAKING TIME TO LET Y'ALL COME DO THAT. BUT WE ALL KNOW ANYBODY WHO EVER WORKED FOR ANYBODY, YOU KNOW WHEN BOSSES ARE COMING, THEY WILL BE DOING ]. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS, AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH, THAT WILL BE EVEN FINER SAND. THIS ISN'T FORT WALTON SAND WHERE YOU GOT SHOOTER SAND, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE THAT. AND PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT WALKING THE BEACH BAREFOOT BECAUSE OF A SHELL. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE WALKING THE BEACH. THAT'S ALL I 
          GOT TO SAY. >> NEXT UP, VICE-MAYOR LYNN KRIEGER? 
          >> LYNN KRIEGER, 1313 HARMONIZATION WHICH IS TRUE BY THIS COMMISSION WELL OVER TWO YEARS AGO AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, IT WAS APPROVED AT THE TBC. SO, I ASK IT TO JOIN ME IN WHAT IS GOING ON. I COULDN'T TELL BY THE AGENDA BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST BULLETS AND NO REAL DATA , AND NOW THEY SAY BEECHTREE NOURISHMENT OR HARMONIZATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO, WE HAD TO PUBLIC -- WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS, WORKSHOPS, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT BEECHTREE NOURISHMENT. THE PRIMARY PRIORITY WAS SADLER SEASIDE PARK, WHICH THEY CLAIM STILL IS, AND IT INVOLVED ARE THREE BEACHES. BECAUSE OF THIS DELAY, WE ARE DOING CATCH UP, WE HAD TO DO WORK ON SADLER, AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SEVEN-TWO, WE WILL WORK AT NORTH BEACH PARK. NORTH BEACH PARK IS IN BAD, BAD SHAPE. 
          I SENT YOU PICTURES. I SENT A LOT OF EMAILS, I GAVE THE BACKGROUND, THE WHOLE TBC ISSUE, TDC HAS 10% OF THEIR BEACH MONEY SET ASIDE, 10% OF ROOM TAX FOR BEACHES. AND INCLUDED OUR WALK OVERS, SO, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS , THE CITY HAS NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING. IF YOU DON'T ASK FOR IT, YOU DON'T GET IT. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE ASKING FOR THINGS, WE ARE MISSING OUT DOING IT. SO, WE ARE LEADING THE COUNTY DO THE HARMONIZATION WHICH MAY BE BENEFICIAL, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. SO, WHAT WE SEE IS OUR WALK OVERS GET THE CONDITION TO NORTH BEACH PARK. SO, WAS MARGINAL TO BEING UNSAFE, WAS FALLING APART. IN 2019 THIS CITY CLOSED 12 BEACH WALK OVERS OUT OF 38, I THINK THERE IS 40 SOME ACCESSES. BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE NOT TAKING CARE OF IT, WE COULD BE ASKING FOR MONEY. IN 10 YEARS, WE NEVER ASKED. SO, I RECOMMEND YOU ALL LOOK CLOSE AT THE HARMONIZATION, WHAT IS HAPPENING, TWO YEARS IS LIKE A LONG, LONG TIME FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN. AND LOOK AT -- LOOK AT THAT ORDER. I SENT YOU ALL THE 88 ORDER, LOOK WHAT WE CAN ASK FOR AND WHAT WE CAN GET. THANK YOU. I GAVE STAN OVER THERE -- 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. NEXT UP, MISTER MAC MORRIS? 
          >> MAC MORRIS, UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL CAME IN, THERE WAS A MOMENTUM THERE, AND IT'S HARD TO GET FREE FROM MOMENTUM. AND I AM NOT ASKING 
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FOR THAT PART TO STOP. I AM JUST ASKING FOR IT TO BE MODIFIED SO THERE CAN BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN. THAT PARK HAS BEEN -- THAT WATERFRONT PARK HAS BEEN IN CONTENTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS, LITERALLY. NOW, IF YOU KEEP IT AT THE SAME FOOTPRINT IT IS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT EXPANDING IT, ANY MONIES SAVED WOULD BE PUT TOWARDS THE SKATE PARK OR A BATHROOM AT NORTH BEACH PARK. BOTH OF THOSE ARE POPULAR. BY STAYING WITH THE EXISTING PLAN WHICH IS EXPANDING INTO THE PARKING AREA, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, , IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR EVENTS WITH LESS PARKING. IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR YOUTH WHEN THEY DO FUNDRAISERS MANAGING PARKING EVERY YEAR, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR DECADES. THEY USE THAT MONEY TO BUY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT. LESS MONEY FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING RID OF 48 TO 60 DEPENDING ON WHICH BOAT CAPTAIN YOU TALK TO, IT WILL EFFECT BOTH SPACES . THE BOAT TURNING IS TOO SMALL FOR PEOPLE WITH LARGER BOATS. YOU GOT A JOHN BOAT, YEAH, THAT YOU CAN TURN JUST FINE. BUT A LARGER BOAT THAN THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHEN THE BOAT OR TRAILER GETS BACKED UP BY A TOURIST TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK , THAT BACKS EVERYBODY UP. WE ARE CREATING PROBLEMS BY EXPANDING INTO THE PARKING AREA. THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, THIS EXISTING PLANE RESTRICTS THE NUMBER -- ACTUALLY REDUCES THE NUMBER OF COURTS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WHICH ALSO LIMITS THEIR GROWTH. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. SO, BY STAYING WITHIN -- AND I EMAILED ALL OF THIS TO YOU WITH OTHER HIGHLIGHTS WHICH I WON'T GET INTO BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT IT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT TO PROTECT THE PARKINGLOTS BETTER FROM INTRUSION FROM OTHER PLACES, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN YOU READ THE EMAILS THAT I SENT. THIS IS A WIN-WIN. IF YOU KEEP IT IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT, BUILD A PARK , AND BECAUSE IT IS IN A TRANSITION PHASE OF A NEW COMMISSION, IF -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CONTRACTED TO BUILD THAT PARK. SO, I WOULD WRITE ANY EXTRA, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESS IN A TRANSITION. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT IF THEY MAKE EXTRA PROFIT BECAUSE WE KEPT THE SAME FOOTPRINT. BUT WINNING FOR THE CHILDREN, WINNING FOR THE CLUB, WINNING FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, THAT IS HUGE. THAT IS WORTH THE COSTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> NEXT UP IS MISTER ALAN HOPKINS. 
          >> HELLO, ALAN HOPKINS, I LIVE AT 733 TURPIN AVENUE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DECIDED TO SERVE. IT'S NOT EASY. AND I DON'T TELL YOU THAT. YOUR FAMILY'S -- ALL OF YOU WANT TO SAY HOW BLESSED I AM TO LIVE HERE. HAVING SAID THAT , $1 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND IF YOU ALL HAD TO WORK TWO OR THREE HOURS A YEAR FOR $1 MILLION, YOU WOULD DO IT. I HOPE YOU WILL, TOO. JUST BY HAVING A COMPETITIVE BID FOR OUR BANKING IN THE CITY, WE COULD MAKE ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR. I DON'T WANT IT. ACTUALLY, I DO. I WANT IT FOR EVERYBODY HERE . 
          ALL THE TAXPAYERS HERE. BUT SPLIT IT. WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK AND RE-LOOK AT THE BANKING RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE? IT IS NOT TOO LATE. YOU GET A COMPARATIVE BID AND MAKE THE CITY $1 MILLION A YEAR? SPLIT IT WITH THE TAXPAYERS. IT'S ABOUT $1500 PER TAXPAYER, TAXPAYER, NOT CITIZEN, TAXPAYER. YOU KEEP MINE, BUT GIVE IT TO THEM. PLEASE. RE-EXAMINE THIS. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T COME HERE VERY OFTEN. I ONLY COME HERE WHEN I SEE STUFF THAT IS EGREGIOUS. THIS IS EGREGIOUS. PLEASE FIX IT. DOGE IS COMING FOR TRENT ONE -- FERNANDINA BEACH AND NASSAU 
          COUNTY. >> NEXT UP, MISTER DREW MCNALLY. 
          >> I'M SORRY -- IT IS NORMALLY DREW. 
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          >> YEAH, DREW , THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. 1741 NEIGHBORS STREET, AND I APPRECIATE LAST MONTH I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO YOU. I HEARD THERE IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHOOSE, GOING TO DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE FOR OPTING OUT OF THE 2026 TAX YEAR FOR LIVE LOCAL TAX EXEMPTIONS. AND I HOPE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE FOR THAT. LIVE LOCAL IS SOMETHING PROBABLY MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THIS ISLAND. IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FERNANDINA BEACH. YOU KNOW, I AM A WEALTH MANAGER, INVESTOR, I WILL BE DOING A REAL ESTATE PROJECT, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. IT IS THE OCEANFRONT LOCATION, BARRIER ISLANDS OF FLORIDA ARE SOME OF THE BEST PLACES YOU COULD DO THAT IN. AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO BE COGNITIVE THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO WANT TO BUILD CONDOS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN AREAS WE DID NOT INTEND THEM TO BE. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT LIVE LOCAL WAS DESIGNED TO DO. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR FORT LAUDERDALE. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE MAINLAND AREAS OF THE STATE. IT WASN'T DESIGNED FOR THE BARRIER ISLANDS. I THINK OPTING OUT IS A GREAT START. BUT I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS TO TAKE UP -- AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER AYSCUE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO BRING LAWSUITS FROM LIVE LOCAL. 
          THAT HAS TEETH. IT WILL BITE YOU. IF YOU TRY TO CIRCUMVENT IT, IT WILL BITE YOU. THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO THAT HAS NO RISK -- FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTATIVE BLACK AND SENATOR YARBOROUGH WOULD BE INTERESTED IF YOU PROPOSED TO THEM AS I HAVE, I HAVE TALKED TO THEM, I HAVE TALKED TO THE BARRIER ISLAND PARK SOCIETY, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO PRESENT TO THE LEGISLATURE OF FLORIDA TO EXEMPT BARRIER ISLANDS FROM LIVE LOCAL TOTALLY BECAUSE IT IS -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DENSITY ISSUES FOR EVACUATION. WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT LOGICAL TO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO COME IN HERE AND TRULY GET A MAJOR ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE FROM THE LOCATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE BARRIER ISLANDS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A VERY LOGICAL THING THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD CONSIDER. IF THERE WAS A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE BARRIER PARK ISLAND SOCIETY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WILL YOU TALK TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS, WE COULD LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT US OUT OF LIVE LOCAL. I THINK THEY WOULD CONSIDER. I THINK THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SEE IT AS LOGICAL BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> NEXT UP IS MRS. BAPTISTA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 
          >> BARB BAPTISTA, 1620 NECTARINE STREET , FERNANDINA BEACH. I AM HERE TO REITERATE AND EXPAND THE INVITATION FOR A COMMUNITY THAT IS TAKING PLACE THIS THURSDAY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AUDITORIUM. AND THE REASON FOR THAT MEETING IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FEEDBACK AND FINDINGS WE OBTAINED THROUGH THE WALK ABILITY AND SURVEY DONE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DISTRIBUTE OVER 500 DOOR HANGERS , AND WALKED, LITERALLY WALKED ON THE STREETS, IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREA THAT YOU PROBABLY SAW SOME OF US WITH VESTS, YELLOW VEST, MOST OF US. WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO PRESENT THAT, BUT ALSO GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE CITIZENS. THE WAY THAT THIS PROJECT IS STRUCTURED, WE NEED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMING WITH SUGGESTIONS OR INCORPORATING PIECES TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH , OR TO OUR PARTNERS HERE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS TOGETHER. AND 
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THAT MEANS OUR RESIDENCES AS WELL. SO, I INVITE YOU TO COME. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE AT 4:00, MINGLING, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MATERIALS, THEN 5:00, WE BEGIN THE PRESENTATION WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAILS. AND A DIALOGUE WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND THOSE THAT WORK AS WELL SERVING THERE. AND BY THE WAY, THE AREA IS EIGHT THROUGH 14TH IN ATLANTIC TO JASMINE. AND THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF OUR PROJECT. BITING ONE PIECE OF THE ELEPHANT AS WE CAN CHEW IT. AND SO, I AM LEAVING BEHIND BACK THERE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO TAKE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS OR TAKE A PICTURE, TEXT YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDS, LETTING THEM KNOW . IF YOU WANTED TO POST THAT IN A LOCATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE IT TOGETHER. WE DO, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS, THEY ARE NOT SMALL THINGS. IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUT NOT A LOT OF THINGS. WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE WHAT WE FOUND. 
          SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE. 
          >> YES, MA'AM? >> SO, CITY CLERK, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THIS IF WE HAVE NOT 
          ALREADY? OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, MRS. JULIE FIERA, THIS IS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          >> I MAY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE OTHER THING. THIS IS A BETTER 
          PLACE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. >> I SEE YOU HAVE 6.1 AS WELL. 
          >> I AM CONFUSED. I WILL SPEAK TO IT NOW. THIS IS ABOUT DEMOLITION. IS THAT COVERED IN 6.1? 
          >> NO, MA'AM. IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          >> OKAY, JULIE FERREIRA, 501 DATE STREET. SO, I WAS NOT CLEAR WE DECIDED TO DEMOLITION DEFINITELY DECIDED IT WAS COMING DOWN. THE LAST THAT I HEARD THE DEMOLITION WAS GOING TO COST CLOSE TO $1 MILLION. BUT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR THE BUDGET TRANSFER OF WHATEVER IS HAPPENING SO WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT FOR AN ENGINEERING PLAN. I AM HERE TO ASK IF THAT TRANSFER CAN BE EXPANDED, OR SOMEHOW IN THE SAME PROCESS WE UTILIZE TO EVALUATE THE BUILDING, TO SEE IF IT COULD WITHSTAND MOVING FORWARDS AND BEING SET ON CITY PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2005. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS EVER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. I USED TO A RIDICULOUS DECISION. THAT WAS 25 YEARS LATER. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONDITION IT IS IN. I KNOW ALSO IT WAS BUILT ON THE OLD PLATFORM, SO MAYBE BEING BUILT UPON THAT FOUNDATION MEANS IT CAN'T BE JACKED UP AND MOVED FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS THE TIME TO DO MORE THOROUGH RESEARCH. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THAT BUILDING . I THINK $1 MILLION IS A LOT TO BE TEARING DOWN A BUILDING IN ORDER TO MAYBE REPLACE IT. ANYWAY, I AM THINKING THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE COULD INITIATE AN EXPANDED ENGINEERING REPORT, AND I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT, BUT I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, I AM NOT AN ARCHITECT. BUT I THINK IF WE ARE LOOKING AT ENGINEERING, POSSIBILITIES THIS MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THE LAST MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WILL COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS A LOT OF THESE. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. HE IS DOING THE DESIGN AND ALL 
          OF THAT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. IT WILL BRING PROBABLE COST AND A NUMBER OF APPROACHES, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THOSE. 
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          >> THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT -- 
          >> COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT -- >> WE TALKED AS A COMMISSION ABOUT HAVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OVER THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP IS MISS RENÉE BOUDREAU. BREANNA, I AM SORRY. 
          >> HI, MY NAME IS BREANNA BOUDREAU, I LIVE AT 95020 LADY FISH LANE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE JUDGING. I WATCHED THE PRESENTATION, SPOKE WITH SOME COMMISSIONERS ABOUT YOUR VISIT WITH THE DREDGE PROJECT AND HOW YOU GUYS EVER SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND I AM A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT ONE POINT. HE STOOD UP HERE AND SAID, ALL THE DREDGED MATERIAL, THE ORGANIC MATERIAL NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK TO MAINTAIN THE BEACHES WHICH IS A POINT WE MADE WHEN WE SPOKE LAST TIME. BUT I AM CONFUSED BECAUSE WHY WOULD IT BE HERE BUT NOT OTHER PLACES? I UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE, WHY WOULD HE NOT WANT THOSE MATERIALS BACK IN THE OTHER PLACES BUT WANT IT HERE? IF IT'S HOLDING THE BEACH -- DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL THAT IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT THEN HE STANDS UP AND HEAR, HE SAYS, THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING THE BEACH IN PLACE. 
          THAT'S A BIT OF CONTENTION. IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. 
          IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS CLARIFICATION. WHY WOULD HE TELL YOU GUYS IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT SO WE HAULED IT ALL AWAY THEN TELLS US IT NEEDS TO BE THERE TO HOLD THE BEACH IN PLACE? I DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO OUT AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO, I HAD PEOPLE LOOKING AND SEARCHING THROUGH AT THE FORT ON THE 2 X 2 SCREENS AND PUTTING ORGANIC MATERIAL BACK. THANKFUL FOR THAT. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH SCREEN. WHY DO WE NEED SMALLER SCREENS FOR MATERIAL THAT IS NOT AS BULKY WITH NONORGANIC MATERIAL? IF IT IS CLEANER SAND, WHY WOULD YOU NEED SMALLER SCREENS FOR CLEANER SAND? WHY NOT KEEP THE BIGGER SCREENS TO LET THE OTHER STUFF COMING THROUGH? I AM NOT VERY CONFIDENT THAT ALL THE MATERIAL IS GOING TO BE GONE THROUGH WITH THE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH SCREEN SIMPLY BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT CONFIDENT IN IT. 
          PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT COMMENT. SO, YEAH. I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT IF YOU GUYS CAN GET THAT. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 
          >> AND IF YOU WILL EMAIL MISS CAMPBELL, I BELIEVE SHE WILL GET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND GET THAT TO YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU. LAST UP, MISS JACQUELINE KARE. 
          >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JACLYN FAIR, I LIVE AT 86043 WOODLAND COURT IN YULEE. I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT I HAVE RECENTLY REVIEWED SEVERAL BOOKS THAT WERE IN CIRCULATION IN THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL LIBRARIES THAT WERE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES AGAINST OBSCENITY. I FOUND IT SHOCKING HOW MANY BOOKS WERE IN THE LIBRARIES THAT WERE PORNOGRAPHIC IN NATURE, AND I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW IT ENTERED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT I AM GETTING TO IS, I KNOW HOW IMPRESSIONABLE OUR YOUTH ARE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON ACADEMICS, I HAVE FOUR YOUNG DAUGHTERS, AND WE ENJOY SPENDING OUR SUMMERS ON FERNANDINA BEACH AND AMELIA ISLAND. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED OUT HERE. AND, I JUST WANT TO PROTECT THEM FROM SEEING THE IMAGES THAT MISS YATES BROUGHT FORTH A FEW WEEKS AGO REGARDING THE PRIDE FESTIVALS. -- THAT GO ON IN FERNANDINA BEACH. THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND COMMUNITY AND SOCIETAL STANDARDS . I BELIEVE THE MATERIAL WAS TRULY OBSCENE BY COMMUNITY STANDARDS, AND NOW THAT WE ARE WELL AWARE OF ITS NATURE, I PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION TO MOVE THE PRIDE PARADE AND ALL GATHERINGS RELATED TO PRIDE TO AN AGE RESTRICTED, PRIVATE SETTING IS MANDATED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES CHAPTER 847013 , AND THAT IS IN REGARDS TO EXPOSING MINORS TO 
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HARMFUL MOTION PICTURES, EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS AND PRESENTATIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS. AND ALSO CHAPTER 847, SECTION 0133 WHICH IS ABOUT PROTECTION OF MINORS BY PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH OBSCENITY. 
          FAILURE TO ACT ON THIS MATTER IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. SO, I URGE YOU TO CALL ON THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW AND CONFIRM THE NONCOMPLIANCE OF THE CITY WITH THE STATE LAW ON THIS MATTER AND PAST ORDINANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMPLY WITH STATE LAW JUST ALLOWING PERMITS FOR SUCH EVENTS WHERE MINORS ARE 
          GATHERING. T■HANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY. WE HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST TO SPEAK, MISTER BRIAN EARNS. 
          >> HI. BRIAN EARNS , 327 N. STREET. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW THE PHOTO MISS YATES USED A PEER TO SMEAR NEIGHBORS WAS MANIPULATIVE AND PHOTOSHOPPED. IT WAS NOT ACCURATE. IT HAD IMAGES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NO LONGER IN THAT IMAGE. SHE IS HINGING HER UNHINGED RANTS ON PHOTOS THAT ARE NOT REAL! AND SHE IS SHARING THE DOCTORED PHOTOS AND MANIPULATING THE TRUTH FROM THIS PODIUM TO TRY TO COERCE THIS TOWN AND OUR COMMISSION TO BENDING TO MISGUIDED BELIEFS THAT ARE AS WORKED AS HER SO-CALLED EVIDENCE. IF THEY WERE REAL PICTURES, THEN SHE WOULD HAVE, PERHAPS, A LITTLE MORE STANDING TO SPEAK. NOT STANDING TO SPEAK, BUT TO MAKE A CASE. 
          EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK UP HERE. BUT I THINK IT IS WRONG TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE IMAGES AND TRY TO COERCE THIS COMMUNITY WITH IMAGES THAT ARE NOT REAL. HER ARGUMENT, CONSEQUENTLY, HAS NO MERIT OR STANDING LOCALLY. IN ORDER TO MANUFACTURE A CRISIS LOCALLY, SHE HAS TO DOCTOR PHOTOS THAT SHE STEALS OFF THE INTERNET THAT ARE PROVOCATIVE, WATERMARKED PHOTOS THAT ARE COPYRIGHTED AND BELONG TO SOMEBODY ELSE. THEN WHAT SHE DOES, SHE TAKES AN IMAGE WHICH LEAVES ME CURIOUS, HOW MANY MILES ARE THEY AWAY FROM FERNANDINA BEACH? ARE THEY COMING FROM ANOTHER HEMISPHERE? ARE THEY COMING FROM CALIFORNIA? BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE ISSUES ABOUT FERNANDINA BEACH THAT ARE ISSUES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE. THERE IS NO POINT TO GO AND TAKE IMAGES AND MEDIA FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD TO TRY TO LEGISLATE SOMETHING HERE. 
          LASTLY, THE VIDEO THAT SHE MADE ALSO HAS THE SAME THING. THE VIDEOS, TAKING PICTURES AND VIDEOS THAT COME FROM OTHER PLACES, THEN SHE IS USING THOSE, SHE IS STITCHING -- SHE IS EDITING VIDEOS BETWEEN LOCAL SHOTS. WHAT THAT DOES, THAT GIVES THE VIEWER -- IT TRICKS THE VIEWER TO THINKING THAT THE IMAGES YOU ARE WATCHING ARE, IN FACT, HAPPENING LOCALLY WHEN THEY ARE NOT. IF MISS YATES WOULD LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND TELL US WHERE THESE IMAGES ARE COMING FROM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMING FROM FERNANDINA BEACH. THANK YOU 
          SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA? YES, MA'AM. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, THEN WHEN YOU ARE DONE -- 
          >> 
          >> MYSTERY, I APOLOGIZE. >> MY NAME IS LIBBY DRURY, I LIVE AT 138 N. 19TH STREET IN FERNANDINA BEACH. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF E BIKES IN TOWN. I THINK WE ALL LIKE TO WALK, WE ALL LIKE TO RIDE BIKES. I HAD A SITUATION WHERE I WAS WALKING UP 18TH STREET, AND I WAS CRESTING THE HILL WITH MY DOG, AND SOMEONE ON AN E BIKE THAT WAS NOT HELMETED WAS GOING 20 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR CAME UP THE ROAD ON THE SIDEWALK AND ALMOST TOOK MYSELF AND MY DOG OUT. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY -- I DID ASK A POLICE OFFICER WHAT THE RULES WERE FOR E BIKES IN TOWN, AND THEY REALLY COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          SO, I HAVE BEEN TO THE MLK PARADE AND SEEN YOUNG KIDS ON E BIKES WITH KIDS ON THE BACK WITHOUT HELMETS, I -- THE DAY I ALMOST GOT HIT COMING OVER THE CREST OF 18TH STREET, THERE WAS ONE YOUNG FELLOW WHO HAD A HELMET ON WHO WAS RIDING IN THE STREET, THEN THE KID WHO ALMOST HIT ME DID NOT HAVE A HELMET ON 
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AND WAS ON THE SIDEWALK. SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STAY SAFE. 
          I'M JUST WORRIED SOMEONE IS REALLY GOING TO GET HURT, MAYBE I AM JUST NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE LAWS ARE. ARE THERE LAWS FOR E BIKES IN TOWN? ARE THEY STATE AND LOCAL LAWS? IF NOT, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE MORE PUBLIC WITH SIGNAGE BECAUSE I KNOW AS A REGULAR BIKER THAT IF A PEDESTRIAN IS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I KNOW I HAVE TO GO IN THE GRASS. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE WITH E BIKES, AND ALSO JUST ADDRESSING -- THIS IS NOT AN EASY CITY, A TOWN TO BIKE IN. YOU WILL HAVE A BIKE LANE THAT IS NOT SPECIFIED AS A BIKE LANE. SOME PEOPLE AT SOMETIMES CAN PARK IN IT. SO, YOU WILL BE ON THAT FOR A WHILE THEN YOU HAVE TO GO UP ON THE SIDEWALK. IT IS REALLY -- SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN BAD. AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN TRY TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, E BIKES, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE. KIDS -- TEENAGERS ARRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDEWALK, IN THE STREET, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET HURT. I ALMOST 
          DID. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU BE ABLE 
          TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT? >> YES. 
          >> MISS LIBBY, IF YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO THE POLICE 
          DEPARTMENT -- >> I'VE ALWAYS -- ALREADY SENT 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
          TO CITY MANAGER'S. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, THAT IS MISSING JULIE FIERRO ON 6.1. WOULD YOU -- YOU ARE GOOD? OKAY, SO WE ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT MEANS THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO PASS A FIVE-ZERO. THEY WILL BE REAL EASY FOR US UNLESS THERE IS ANY COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ONE OF THESE ITEMS OFF? 
          >> I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025-2027 AND RESOLUTION 2025-28. 
          >> EXCELLENT. WE HAVE A COMMOTION BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER POYNTER. IS THERE 
          ANY DISCUSSION? >> KNOW. 
          >> HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? COMMISSIONER POYNTER? VICE-MAYOR 
          [7.1 COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE, WAIVER AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - TAMMI E. BACH - RESOLUTION 2025-29 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE, WAIVER AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH CITY ATTORNEY TAMMI E. BACH FOR SEPARATION FROM CITY EMPLOYMENT; PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the Comprehensive Release, Waiver and Settlement Agreement to separate Tammi E. Bach from City employment in the amount of $77,814.85]
          AYSCUE? >> YES. THAT PASSES FOUR-ZERO. 
          MOVING ONTO RESOLUTIONS AT 7.1, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER AS WELL. 
          ACTUALLY, LET'S HAVE -- I AM ASSUMING THIS WOULD BE, MISS CAMPBELL WILL COME AND PRESENT IT, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC 
          COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. THIS WOULD BE RESOLUTION 2025-29 WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE WAIVER AND SUBTLE AGREEMENT FOR FORMER CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY BOG. 
          THIS IS RESOLUTION TO 2025-12 WHICH WAS FOR TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE, THEN PURSUANT TO HER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN, WE HAVE PRESENTED YOU WITH THIS RELEASE. 
          SO, THIS INCLUDES ALL SEVERANCE PAY AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, AND THE TOTAL COST IMPACT IS $77,814.85. STAFF RECOMMENDS 
          ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, 
          JULIE FIERRO? >> MY NAME IS JULIE FIERRO I LIVE AT 501 DATE STREET. SO, I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN CITY POLITICS SINCE DEBORAH WAS OUR ATTORNEY. I WAS HERE WHEN TAMMY WAS HIRED TO TAKE DEBORAH'S PLACE. I WANT TO SAY -- I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT I WAS REALLY EMBARRASSED BY SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT NIGHT WHEN TAMMY'S EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED. I THINK THE WAY WE DID IT WAS CLUMSY. I THINK, I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN BE MORE COMPASSIONATE AND MORE THOUGHTFUL WHEN MAKING DECISIONS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE. AND I -- I WANT TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH TAMMY'S DECISIONS, BUT I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT SHE WAS PART OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH CITY TEAM, AND I WANT TO WISH HER SUCCESS 
          IN HER NEW ENDEAVORS. >> THANK YOU, MISS FIERRO. AND THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, A MOTION IS IN ORDER. 
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          >> MOVED TO APPROVE? >> SECOND. 
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER POYNTER, SECONDED BY 10 -- COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WISH MISS BOCK WELL -- I DID ENJOY TAMMY. THERE'S ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME -- YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONTENTION WITH IT, YOU KNOW, I ONLY WISH WE HAD A PAUSE. I THINK WHEN WE HAD THE DALE VOTE, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND AND SAY, LET'S HAVE TWO WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT IT. HONESTLY, I THINK IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AMONGST US, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE REACHED, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE CONCLUSION, COMPROMISE, OR BROUGHT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESIGN . I BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE. BUT THAT IS, AS THEY SAY, WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. AND I WANT TO ASSURE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMISSION TOGETHER, AND TO LOOK FOR OUR NEXT LEGAL REPRESENTATION. SO, WITH THAT, MISS BEST, CALL THE 
          [7.2 PROPOSAL APPROVAL - BUDGET TRANSFER - DDI CONTRACTORS INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-30 APPROVING A PROPOSAL FROM DDI CONTRACTORS, INC. FOR NORTH BEACH PARK BOARDWALK MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; AUTHORIZING A BUDGET TRANSFER; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approving the DDI Contractors, Inc. proposal for North Beach Park repair and maintenance, in the amount of $60,000, and an interdepartmental budget transfer in the amount of $95,000]
          ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER? ? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE? 
          >> YES. WE ARE ON 27.2, BUDGET TRANSFER, DDI CONTRACTORS, MISS 
          KAMI? >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. IS ITEM IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025-30, PROPOSAL, APPROVAL AND BUDGET TRANSFER WITH DDI CONTRACTORS. THIS IS FOR THE NORTH BEACH BOARDWALK ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 2002 WHICH IS IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. PURCHASE IS GREATER THAN $50,000 REQUIRED, THE CITY COMMISSION'S APPROVAL, ALSO BUDGET TRANSFERS GREATER THAN $25,000 REQUIRE APPROVAL. SO, RESOLUTION 2024 IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR RESTRUCTURING, MAINTENANCE BOARDWALKS. WE REQUEST APPROVAL OF THEIR PROPOSAL FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TOTALING $55,918.44, PLUS A SMALL AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $65,000, AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFER TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FROM PARKS CONTRACTUAL ACCOUNT INTO THE PARKS REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, THAT IS AN INCREASE OF $95,000. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> I MOVE THE RESOLUTION -- 
          SORRY. >> WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER. MISS 
          JULIE FIERRO ON 7.2? >> I APOLOGIZE, COMMISSIONER. 
          >> SORRY, SORRY. >> CALM DOWN, YOU KNOW I HAVE TO 
          TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING. >> WE KNOW! WE KNOW! 
          >> SO, REDOING NORTH BEACH -- 501 DATE STREET, JULIE FIERRO. 
          REDOING THIS SPEECH IS A LONG TIME COMING. IT HAS BEEN COMING FOR QUITE A WHILE. I WONDER, WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, I READ THE PACKET. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE USING TREATED WOOD. I KNOW IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE CONSIDERED USING MANUFACTURED WOOD THAT POSSIBLY WOULD LAST LONGER . 
          WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS, I HOPE WE WOULD EVALUATE THE LONGEVITY OF THESE PLANS I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID, HOW MUCH EVALUATION WE DID, BUT I HAVE BEEN TO MAINE BEACH RECENTLY. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW WOOD THAT IS AT MAINE BEACH, IT'S NOT THAT LONG AGO. IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT, AND YOU LOOK AT THE DECKING, A LOT OF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALREADY. NOW, I'M NOT SURE -- I'M NOT SAYING MANUFACTURED WOOD WOULD LAST LONGER, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD RECONSIDER, UNDERSTAND IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE, SO DOLLAR TO DOLLAR, WOULD IT BE A BETTER SOLUTION? I DON'T KNOW. BUT I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO WALK DOWN TO MAINE BEACH AND TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS NOT BEEN VERY LONG AGO REPLACED, AND TO SEE THAT THESE ARE BIG CONSIDERATIONS. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT TREATED WOOD IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE GOING. THANK YOU. 
          >> AND VICE-MAYOR KRIEGER, WERE YOU SPEAKING ON 7.2? OKAY. I GOT YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. 
          >> 1313 HICKORY. YEAH, I STRONGLY SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD 
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WITH THIS. IT FITS INTO WHAT I SAID BEFORE. SO, I WILL MAKE A COUPLE POINTS. I WASN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT PLASTIC WOOD, BUT IT IS INTERESTING. WE DID. WE GOT LEGISLATIVE MONEY FIRST SEVEN, EIGHT, NORTH AND FIVE SOUTH. WE DID THAT WITH THE STATE MONEY AND IMPACT FUNDS. AND FOR SOME REASON, THAT SPECIFICATION FELL AWAY. IT IS -- YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, THE COST WAS PRETTY CLOSE NOW. SO, IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THIS GOES BACK TO REALLY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF OUR WALK OVERS, AND AGAIN, PDC MONEY IS THERE. IS PROBABLY $2 MILLION SITTING AT 10% BEACH. JUST SITTING THERE, SO WE SHOULD ASK FOR IT. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, IT WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. 
          >> SECOND. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER POYNTER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW -- 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DEPUTY MANAGER HAVE -- SO, WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE MANUFACTURED WOOD? I MEAN, HAVE WE LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY AND DONE ANY COMPARISON TO WHAT THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE IS? I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM 
          MAINTENANCE CAUSE. >> WE HAVE RECENTLY IN THE LAST YEAR PROJECTS . WE CAN TAKE CLOSE LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE 
          THERE'S A VIABLE OPTION. >> HAVE WE DONE IT ON THIS ONE? 
          >> WE HAVE NOT DONE IT ON THIS STUDY. 
          >> BUT THE PLANS ARE WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE 
          FUTURE? OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE. MAINTENANCE ISSUES YOU SEE WITH THAT, TO -- 
          SPEAKERS ] >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MISS 
          BEST? >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER ? 
          [7.3 AWARD OF INVITATION TO BID 25-12 - BUDGET AMENDMENT - COKER INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-31 AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (ITB) 25-12 TO COKER INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. FOR CENTRAL PARK BASEBALL FIELDS BATTING CAGE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,635.00; APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Awarding ITB 25-12 to Coker Industrial Contractors, Inc. for the Central Park Baseball Fields Batting Cage Facility construction, in the amount of $139,635.00, and approving a budget amendment to the Capital Improvement Donations/Contributions Fund account, 300 36993, and Parks Capital Improvement account, 3007210 56300 Project #25055 along with the overall City Budget from the Fernandina Beach Babe Ruth League's Donation of $89,635.00]
COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? COMMISSIONER TUTEN? VICE-MAYOR 
          AYSCUE? >> WE ARE ON 27.3, -- 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. THIS IS TO APPROVE 2025-31, AWARD OF INVITATION FOR 25-12 TO INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS. THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT TO REPLACE BATTING CAGES THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY COMMISSION HAVE BOTH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE GRANT FROM THE COUNTY FOR $50,000 FOR A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT . CITY STAFF THEN ISSUED THE INVITATION TO BID. COMPETITIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED. AND WE RECOMMEND A WARD TO CO-COST REAL FOR 139 $605. THE REMAINDER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 50,000 AND THE HUNDRED 39,000 IS GOING TO BE PAID BY FERNANDINA BEACH BABE RUTH LEAGUE. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PAYMENT TO THE CITY RICK -- COVERING THE REMAINDER. 
          THIS INCREASES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND DONATIONS CONTRIBUTION AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COUNT ALONG WITH THE ACCEPTING OF THE DONATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. STAFF 
          RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU, MS. CAMPBELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? SEEING NONE, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS, MISS 
          >> MISTER TOM -- >> 1518 NORTHPORT DRIVE, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. COMMISSIONERS. ON BEHALF OF BABE RUTH TO YOUTH ORGANIZATION , THE BOARD, AND IT'S 336 MEMBERS THIS SEASON, AN INCREASE OF 29 CHILDREN FROM LAST SPRING SEASON WITH THE GRANT GIVEN TO US BY NASSAU COUNTY APPROVED BY YOU FOR $50,000 , AND ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR THE CONTRIBUTION IN HELPING US GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY, I THANK YOU. THE BABE RUTH ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO HELP OUR YOUTH IN BASEBALL. WE HAVE DONE OUR PART OVER THE PAST 2.5 YEARS WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS BATTING CAGE , BABE RUTH 
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WILL HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER $240,000 IN 2.5 YEARS. IT IS NOT THE MONEY , BUT THE LONGEVITY OF 25 YEARS OF NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THE PARK PREVIOUS, AND NOW HAVING 25 YEARS OF NEW LIFE IN THE PARK. I WANT TO THANK SOME OF OUR DONORS THAT HAVE HELPED US REACH THOSE GOALS. FIRST, PORT BANK. MISTER CHEF FIELD, THE HELM FOUNDATION , THE DUGOUT CLUB, THE BANNER PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS CONSTITUTED ALMOST 85 BANNERS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. ALSO, THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL MONEY THAT WE HAVE GAINED FROM THE RV PARKING, AND ALSO, RON ANDERSON CHEVROLET FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT . THE BUSINESS OF FUNDRAISING AND EFFORTS COME FROM OUR OWN CITY. 
          WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. IT'S A CITY THAT SUPPORTS THE YOUTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH KEEPING IT ALIVE , AND KEEPING IT COMPETITIVE. AND WE THANK YOU. 
          ON BEHALF OF BABE RUTH, OUR BOARD AND OUR CITY, THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING OUT THERE. I KNOW WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. SO DO THE KIDS. 
          >> THANK YOU GUISE. >> OH, THE LAST THING IS, YOU 
          GUARANTEE THE $89,000. >> SO, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, LET'S JUST GET -- THEIR EGO. 
          >> WE DO LIKE TO SAY THAT. >> SECOND. 
          >> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TUTEN, WE ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER TUTEN? 
          >> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BABE RUTH. MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, EVERYBODY IS NOT AWARE THAT THEY -- THAT THE COUNTY MUNICIPAL GRANT WAS GOING TO GIVE US 50,000, AND BABE RUTH WOULD COMMIT SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT, 55,000, THEY CAME IN OVER BID, THEY STEPPED UP AND COMMITTED EVEN MORE AND FOUND THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET A LOAN TO COMMIT MORE WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO, TO GET UP TO 89,000. MY OTHER SHOUT OUT, JEREMIAH, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, THE MUNICIPAL GRANT, WHILE JEREMIAH WAS INTERIM, HE REALIZED WE HAD MISSED ASKING FOR OUR MUNICIPAL GRANT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND HE WENT BACK AND REQUESTED THE BACK PAYMENT OF IT AND GOT IT -- AM I DOING THAT RIGHT? 
          >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS FOR GETTING OUR MONEY. >> EXCELLENT, ANY FURTHER 
          DISCUSSION? >> YES, YES. THANK YOU. 
          >> AND TO FOLLOW THAT UP, THE MUNICIPAL GRANT FOR THE COUNTY GETTING EVERY YEAR, 50,000 FOR A PROJECT ALMOST PRETTY MUCH OF OUR CHOOSING, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE COMING UP. BUDGET SEASON IS COMING UP. THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THE TRACK THAT IS AROUND THE FIELD, THEY ARE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT GETS USED QUITE OFTEN. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, MUCH NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SHOUT OUT TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE CALL THE 
          ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER? 
          [7.4 AWARD OF INVITATION TO BID 25-10 - CGC, INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-32 AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF INVITATION TO BID (ITB) 25-10 TO CGC, INC. FOR BULK HANGAR B APRON REHABILITATION AT THE FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the award of ITB 25-10 to CGC, Inc. for Hangar B Apron rehabilitation, in an amount not to exceed $324,699.00]
COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE? 
          >> THAT PASSES FOUR-ZERO. WE ARE ON TO 7.4, AWARDS AND INVITATION BID , CGC. THE NEXT FEW ITEMS WILL BE MISTER COYLE FROM THE 
          AIRPORT, I BELIEVE. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 
          THE AIRPORT MANAGER, FIRST AGENDA ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS RECOMMENDATION TO CGC INC. FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF AN INVITATION BID FOR RAMP ASSOCIATED WITH HANGER B AT THE AIRPORT. IT IS A LARGE BOX THAT IS OWNED BY THE AIRPORT RELEASED TO AN ENTITY THAT PROVIDES MAINTENANCE SERVICES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAMP IT THE CITY ACCEPTED A GRANT, A 100% GRANT TO REBUILD THE PAVEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $450,000. AS PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE AGENDA, THE SUM OF THE TOTAL RECOMMENDED AWARD AND THE DESIGN AND REQUIRED ENGINEERING PIECE COMES TO $401,000. WE EXPECT TO 
          [01:35:05]
BE BELOW THE BUDGET OF THE GRANT OF THE PROJECT. 
          >> EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE. IF WE ARE BELOW THE GRANT, DOES THAT MEAN WE GIVE MONEY BACK ? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. NORMALLY, BECAUSE ANY MORE GRANTS, USUALLY, YOU HAVE A SCOPE THAT IS VERY TIGHTLY WRITTEN. THE SCOPE FOR THIS WAS THE SECOND PROJECT. SOMETIMES, YOU WILL SEE US ADD IN ADDITIONAL ITEMS IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THE STATE, SO, ONE OF THOSE I WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT ONE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME ITEMS. SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS GRANT, IT IS THE HANGER B ASPHALT. WE CAN DO IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE 
          IS NOT A LOT WE CAN FIX. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE USUALLY SET THAT PROGRAM PRICE BASED ON THE PROBABLE ESTIMATE COST FOR THE PROJECT. SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE ENGINEERS 
          WOULD GIVE US AN ESTIMATE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, A MOTION IS IN ORDER. 
          >> I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025-32. 
          >> SECOND. >> THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER POYNTER, SEEING AND HEARING NONE, MISS BEST? 
          [7.5 GRANT AGREEMENT APPROVAL - BUDGET AMENDMENT - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - AIRPORT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS - RESOLUTION 2025-33 AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRANT AGREEMENT (PTGA) #427248-2-94-01 FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS AT THE FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; APPROVING AN AIRPORT DEPARTMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves FDOT Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) #427248-2-94-01 for $500,000 in grant funding to complete drainage improvements and repairs at the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport.]
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW, COMMISSIONER POYNTER, COMMISSIONER , VICE CHAIR VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE? 
          >> WE ARE ON TO 7.5, GRANT AGREEMENT APPROVAL. 
          >> 7.5 THIS EVENING IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND GRANT FROM THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000. SOMETIMES THE STATE WILL HAVE PROJECTS THAT DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AVIATION PROGRAM OR FALLOUT WITHIN THE YEAR AND THEY WILL REACH OUT FOR COMPETITIVE SUBMITTALS FOR PROJECTS. MOST AIRPORTS KEEP A SHOVEL READY PROJECT READY TO SUBMIT. FOR US, THE PRIORITY PROJECT -- THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS WE APPLIED FOR. FIRST, THERE IS A DITCH ON THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 1331, TOWARD THE BOTTOM , RIGHT DOWN HERE. MY SHADOW IS IN THE WAY. THERE IS A LARGE OPEN DITCH. THE DITCH TRANS VERSUS THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA . FOR THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA, WE KEEP IT GRATED FOR RUNWAYS TO PROTECT THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY HAVE EXCURSION FROM THE RUNWAY. YOU WANT REASONABLE GRADING, CLEARLY, YOU DON'T WANT TO DITCH THE CORNER OF THAT, SAFETY ORDINANCE PROJECT TO COVER THAT. IT SUPPORTS A MASTER PLAN WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS AND CAPITAL PLAN FROM THE AIRPORT TO COME BACK AND DO THAT. IT IS ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED INSIDE OF ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. IT WILL HELP THE RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING WE APPLIED FOR IS FOR REHABILITATION OF CRITICAL STORMWATER COMPONENTS AT THE AIRPORT. OFTENTIMES, WHEN WE GET GRANTS FROM THE STATE TO REHABILITATE A PAVED PORTION OF THE AIRPORT, WE WILL ADD A CONNECTED PIECE OF STORMWATER. WE TRY TO REHABILITATE STORM WATER AS WE GO. THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE. WE WILL RESOLVE A NUMBER OF STORMWATER FAILURES AT THE AIRPORT THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE CAUSING SINKHOLES IN THE BOXES, JOINTS AND STORMWATER PIPES, WE WILL DO A LARGER PROJECT AND REPAIR QUITE A FEW OF OUR STORMWATER ASSETS AT THE AIRPORT, EVEN THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS AGING. TO YOUR QUESTION BEFORE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE, THERE ARE ITEMS LIKE REPLACING AIRPORT SIGNAGE, AND SOMETIMES WE CAN NEGOTIATE THOSE ITEMS. THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE PROJECT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL ITEMS. IT'S A 100% GRANT AWARDED TO 
          US. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> YEAH. >> THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU.'S BEING -- SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I MOVED TO MAKE 
          A MOTION. >> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, MISS BEST? 
          [7.6 GRANT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - TAXIWAY A REHABILITATION AND DRAINAGE INLET REPAIRS - RESOLUTION 2025- 34 AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO 1 TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRANT AGREEMENT (PTGA) #427545-4-94-01 TO INCREASE GRANT FUNDING AND EXPAND THE PROJECT SCOPE TO INCLUDE DRAINAGE INLET REPAIRS ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY A AT THE FERNANDINA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an amendment to FDOT Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) #427545-4-94-01 to increase FDOT grant funding in order to include drainage inlet repairs adjacent to Taxiway A at the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport from $168,227 to $230,727 with a 20% local match requirement for the Project.]
          >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER? COMMISSIONER TUTEN? COMMISSIONER 
          MINSHEW? VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE? >> ON TO 7.6 GRANT AGREEMENT FOR 
          THE TAXIWAY REHABILITATION. >> YES, SIR. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF THE EXISTING GRANT FROM THE STATE. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE TAX A ALPHA PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE FAA, THE STATE GIVES THE MATCHING FUNDS AS WELL. DURING THE PROJECT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AREA WE IDENTIFY THE FAILURE IRONICALLY, ALSO STORMWATER. THE STATE WAS LINKED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP US REPAIR THAT WHILE WE HAVE CONTRACTORS ON SITE DOING THE REHABILITATION PROJECT. WE HAVE A POSSIBLE BOAT FROM CONTRACTORS LISTED IN THE OFFER FOR THE RECOMMENDED GRANT THEY 
          PROVIDED HERE. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY 
          QUESTIONS? NONE? >> COMMENT -- 
          >> THE REASON WHY WE ARE GETTING ALL THESE DOLLARS IS BECAUSE 
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THESE GUYS ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, I MEAN IT. IF THEY WEREN'T DOING THE JOB AS PROFESSIONAL AS THEY ARE, THE STATE WOULD NOT BE COMING TO THEM TO SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT? SO, I WANT TO GIVE MY HATS OFF. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S 
          VERY WELL APPRECIATED. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS THAT SUPPORT US VERY WELL. THANK YOU. 
          >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, A MOTION 
          WOULD BE IN ORDER. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY 
          [7.7 FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT - HAGERTY EVENTS, LLC - RESOLUTION 2025-35 APPROVING A FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT WITH HAGERTY EVENTS, LLC, FOR THE USE OF AIRPORT FACILITIES AND PROPERTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH “THE AMELIA” AUTO EVENT IN MARCH 2025; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves a Facilities Use Agreement with Hagerty Events, LLC, for use of facilities and property on the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport in support of "The Amelia" auto event to be held in March 2025. If approved, $15,600.00 will be deposited into the Airport Fund.]
COMMISSIONER POYNTER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE 
          ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? COMMISSIONER TUTEN? VICE-MAYOR 
          AYSCUE? >> THAT PASSES, FOUR-ZERO. ON TO 
          7.7, FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT. >> AN ANNUAL FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT WE HAVE THAT WILL BRING BACK EVERY YEAR, WE KNOW INAUDIBLE ] IS COMING HERE IN MARCH. EACH YEAR, HAGGERTY EVENTS, LLC, WE PROVIDE USE TO SUPPORT FOR THAT EVENT. 
          WE HAVE A TAXIWAY WE CLOSE DOWN FOR EVENT VEHICLES, OTHER VEHICLES COME OUT TO PARK THE TRAILERS, PROVIDE PARKING IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE AIRPORT WHERE SHUTTLES RUN WITH ATTENDEES FOR THE EVENT, AND WE RECEIVE MONEY FROM THAT, THEN WE RUN OUT OUR CONFERENCE ROOM FOR WILL CALL TICKETING, VOLUNTEER PACKET PICKUP FOR THE EVENT IN THE TOTAL OF THE AMOUNT OF $15,600. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, A 
          MOTION IS IN -- >> I VOTE TO APPROVE 25-35. 
          >> I WILL SECOND. >> COME ON, KEEP UP! 
          >> I'M SORRY! >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TUTEN. ANY 
          DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LOT IS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, GREAT WORK , WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          >> MISS BEST? >> COMMISSIONER , VICE-MAYOR? 
          >> YES. THAT PASSES FOUR-ZERO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS WE 
          [9.1 FERNANDINA BEACH YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE]
STATED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, ITEM 8.1 HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND WE ARE NOW ONTO NINE .1 9.1. MORE APPOINTMENTS, THE FERNANDINA BEACH YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE MISS BEST IS GOING TO PASS OUT THE PALLETS. I WOULD LIKE TO -- YOU KNOW, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH ADVISORY IS A GREAT BOARD. WE WISH WE COULD PUT ALL ON ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THEM. SO, MARK THEIR BALLOT, NUMBER TWO, I WILL PASS MINE, THE READY. WE ARE THERE. WE WILL WAIT FOR A 
          QUICK TALLY. >> CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT THE TEACHER IN ME WANTS TO THANK ALL FIVE OF THESE MANAGERS FOR STEPPING UP? IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SELECT ONLY TWO STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, ONLY TO WIN FIVE APPLIED. I HOPE ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T GET SELECTED APPLIES AGAIN. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AN EXCELLENT BOARD. TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP THAT WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY , TO HAVE THE BOARD, THEN HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS, THAT IS AWESOME. WE LOVE TO SEE THAT, LOVE TO PROMOTE IT, ABSOLUTELY ENJOY ALL THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY, VERY 
          THANKFUL. DO WE HAVE -- >> YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE ZACHARY 
          BEATTY AND OLIVIA CAMPBELL. >> NICE. SO, I GUESS A MOTION IS 
          [10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]
IN ORDER FOR THOSE TWO? OR IS IT PAST, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION? YEAH, SO WE HAVE OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE ARE ON TO 10.1. 
          CITY MANAGER REPORTS , MISS CAMPBELL? 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. NOT MUCH TO REPORT TONIGHT, JUST THAT LAST WEEK WE HOSTED SIX LISTENING SESSIONS FOR EMPLOYEES 
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AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WE HAD 125 EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN SESSIONS AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON ALL SORTS OF TOPICS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO COMPILE ALL THE COMMENTS INTO A DOCUMENT THAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS CAN REVIEW. I THINK THERE IS ABSOLUTELY LOW HANGING FRUIT WE COULD TACKLE EASILY, AND GREAT IDEAS FROM OUR STAFF. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BETTER. TODAY AND TOMORROW WE ARE HOSTING PURCHASING TRAINING. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE SESSION TOMORROW. 
          THERE IS 70 PERSONNEL ATTENDING THOSE SESSIONS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> QUESTIONS FOR MISS CAMPBELL? >> COULD I ASK HIRING UPDATE 
          QUESTIONS? >> SURE. 
          >> FIRE CHIEF, WE HAVE TWO MORE INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK. CITY 
          ATTORNEY, WIND IS THAT CLOSE? >> NO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE CLOSING DATA IS SOON. ALSO THE RFP IS GOING OUT FOR FIRMS AS WELL. THAT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD. 
          >> WHEN IS IT GOING OUT? >> THIS WEEK. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THE PROJECT MANAGER POSTING 
          -- >> YEAH, WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU A RESOLUTION I THINK AT THE MARCH FOURTH MEETING TO TRANSFER SOME FUNDING FROM A SURPLUS AREA INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT TO COVER THAT POSITION, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT POSTED, WE HAVE THE DESCRIPTION DEVELOPED ALREADY. 
          THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? 
          >> DID YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPLICANTS FOR THE CITY 
          ATTORNEY ? IS SHE STILL HERE? >> LAST I HEARD, THERE WERE 
          NONE. >> AND THEN, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- ABOUT 
          THE SALT BARGE ISSUE ? >> YEAH. 
          >> AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CLOSE THAT GAP? 
          >> YES, I WAS NOTIFIED BY EMAIL ON FEBRUARY FIFTH OF THE LATE PAYMENTS, AND THE INVOICING COMES FROM THE MARINA, THE MARINA DOES THE BUILDING ON THAT PARTICULAR LEASE, I AM NOT SURE WHY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO CHANGE SO THERE IS LESS OF A GAP IN WHAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT KNOWS ABOUT. AS SOON AS MISTER -- WAS NOTIFIED, HE CAME IN THE NEXT DAY AND MADE A $12,000 PAYMENT, THEN I IDENTIFIED THERE WAS STILL AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE EQUIVALENT TO THREE MONTHS WORTH OF PAYMENTS, THAT'S WHEN I DRAFTED THE LETTER, SEND IT TO LEGAL FOR REVIEW TO MAKE SURE MISTER POOLE GAVE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, AND WE PROVIDED THAT YESTERDAY TO MISTER SALTMARSH. SO, THE LEASE ALLOWS FOR A 10 DAY NOTICE FOR DEFAULT, SO THE CLOCK NOW STARTED TAKING AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          THE PAST DUE AMOUNTS AND THE MARCH PAYMENT ARE DUE ON MONDAY, MARCH THIRD, AND IF THERE IS NOT COMPLIANCE, WE WILL PURSUE THE REMEDIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US UNDER THE CURRENT LEASE. 
          >> SO, THIS IS MORE OF A PROCESS QUESTION, I GUESS. YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, YOU KNOW WHO SHOULD BE SENDING YOU RENT 
          PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH. >> I BELIEVE SO. I DON'T KNOW 
          THE ANSWER TO THAT. >> WE WOULD HOPE SO. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. >> DOES THE LEASE ALLOW FOR ANY 
          PENALTY IN LATE PAYMENT? >> IT DOESN'T DESCRIBE IT AS SUCH. IT HAS A REMEDIES SECTION, AND IT IS VERY BROAD. KIND OF LIKE ANY REMEDIES ALLOWABLE UNDER THE LAW. BUT UPDATING TERMINATION OF THE LEASE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHILE RESEARCHING THE LEASE, WHAT YEAR WAS THE LEASE, THE 
          ORIGINAL LEASE SIGNED? >> THE RESOLUTION I WAS LOOKING AT I BELIEVE WAS THE 2022 ASSIGNMENT OF THE LEASE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF THAT ORIGINAL ONE. 
          >> I THINK IT WAS 207. >> 2008? 
          [11. CITY ATTORNEY PRO TEM REPORTS]
          >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD, THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MISS CAMPBELL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITY ATTORNEY PRO TEM REPORTS. 
          >> SORRY, SORRY. >> GOOD EVENING, VICE-MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FROM LEGAL ON MY PART. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MISS CAMPBELL, MISS NEWTON, MISS BESS, AND ALL THE STAFF I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AS WE TRY TO KEEP BUSINESS RUNNING IN THE CITY. WE HAVE REALLY GREAT STAFF. KUDOS TO STAFF FOR 
          [12. CITY CLERK REPORTS]
          [01:50:11]
          MAKING MY JOB EASIER. >> ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> ONTO CITY CLERK REPORTS, MISS BEST, -- 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THE CITY WORKSHOP IS SLATED TO TAKE PLACE THURSDAY, NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 27TH FROM 1:00 UNTIL 5:00 P.M., KIDS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. THANK YOU TO VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE. WE CONDUCTED OUR FIRST ELECTRONIC DAIS TRAINING . THE CLERKS OFFICE STAFF AND IT DEPARTMENT STAFF AS WELL, AND IT WAS A LITTLE CLUNKY, BUT WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH IT. WE ARE SCHEDULING TRAINING SESSIONS 
          LATER. THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS? AND JUST TO FOLLOW IT UP, IT WAS A GREAT TRAINING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 
          IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A FEATURE THAT IS SORELY NEEDED IN 
          [13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. ONTO MAIR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER POYNTER. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT WE VOTED ON LAST MEETING . THAT WAS RESOLUTION 7.2 FOR THE FIRST FEDERAL BANK , AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK UP FOR CONSIDERATION GOING FROM THREE YEARS TO ONE YEAR, AND GET THE CITY STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD ON AN RFP. THE CONTRACT WOULD BE UP IN MAY OF 2026. SO, AFTER TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND STUFF, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK UP FOR RECONSIDERATION 
          . >> YES, SIR. SO, REAL QUICKLY, JUST PROCEDURALLY SINCE COMMISSIONER HORNER WAS IN THE PREVAILING THAT WOULD JUST BE BROUGHT BACK UP IN THE NEXT 
          MEETING, CORRECT? >> WELL, SO FIRST YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER, THEN THERE WOULD BE A VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT IF THAT PASSES. IT WOULD BE AT THE NEXT VOTING AGENDA MEETING WHICH WOULD BE MARCH FOURTH. 
          >> OKAY. >> YEAH, SO I MOVED TO RECONSIDER MOTION 7.2 OF THE AGREEMENT RENEWAL. 
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION? >> I CAN SECOND IT? 
          >> ANYONE CAN SECOND. ONLY A MEMBER OF THE PREVAILING VOTE CAN MAKE THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. 
          >> I WILL SECOND IT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER POYNTER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER MINSHEW, I APOLOGIZE. 
          >> IT'S OKAY. PLUS, I AM REALLY OLD. 
          SUPPORTING THIS RECONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF -- IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE AN RFP. AND IT WASN'T DONE. I THINK IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY FOR US TO MOVE THIS TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT, AND THEN WORK ON THE RFP SO THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE EIGHT GOOD LOOK AT WHAT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS ARE FOR HOW TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. SO, I SUPPORT THIS MOVE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SOUNDS GREAT. SO, WE WILL HAVE THIS ON THE MARCH FOURTH AGENDA. 
          >> WE HAVE TO VOTE? >> WE DO HAVE TO VOTE. I AM STATING WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE MARCH FOURTH AGENDA -- MARCH 18TH AGENDA FOR RECONSIDERATION, PLENTY OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ALSO PLENTY OF TIME FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CALL THE ROLL, 
          PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER? COMMISSIONER TUTEN? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? VICE-MAYOR AYSCUE? 
          >> YES, THAT PASSES FOUR-ZERO. COMMISSIONER POYNTER, DO YOU 
          HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? >> I AM GOOD. BUT I WOULD LIKE 
          TO SAY, GREAT MEETING. >> THANKS. IT 
          >> VERY GOOD. >> I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. SINCE I NOW REPRESENT THE CITY ON THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, I'M GOING TO BRING STUFF TO THE MEETING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUBLIC NOTICE ON THIS. ON FEBRUARY 24TH, NEXT WEEK, THERE IS A SHRIMPING INDUSTRY LISTENING SESSION THAT IS HERE IN CITY HALL AT 10:00 TO 12:00. IT IS 
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BEING HOSTED BY COMMISSION, DOING ONE HERE AND ONE IN MAYPORT. I SENT THIS OUT TO SOME OF THE MARINA MEMBERS, MARIAN PHILLIPS, AND PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SHRIMPING. I HOPE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED WILL COME AND PARTICIPATE AND HERE WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S THE FIRST THING. I HAVE TWO MORE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION. IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, LAST WEEK , I ASKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE BUDGET APPROVALS, THESE APPROVALS THAT WE DO. AND I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON LONGER-TERM, OR PLANNING STRATEGY ISSUES. TO ME, A LOT OF THIS WORK WE ARE DOING TO APPROVE THESE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND BUDGET APPROVALS ARE AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR STAFFS. AND SO, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK TO US SOON WITH SOME PROPOSALS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT PROCESS, GIVE THE CITY STAFF MORE AUTHORITY, AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB THAT WE CHARGE THEM TO DO WHEN WE APPROVE A PROJECT . THEN IT IS APPROVED, AND THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE STAYING WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE NICKEL AND DIMING OUR WAY THROUGH BUDGET TRANSFERS AND MINOR THINGS. SO, I WOULD ASK THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT THAT MOVE. WHEN THE CITY STAFF COMES BACK TO US WITH THEIR PROPOSAL, YOU WILL KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING IT, BECAUSE WE ASK THEM TO LOOK AT THAT. I THINK IT'S A BIG EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCER FOR THE STAFF BECAUSE ALL IT DOES IS SLOWS THINGS DOWN WHEN WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ONE OR TWO MORE MEETINGS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF SOMETHING. 
          COME UP MAKE NEED TO BE DOING, AND ARE WELL COACHED AND ARE WELL PROFESSIONAL, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE A STAFF THAT IS GETTING THAT KIND OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT. IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM INITIAL COACHING AND TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND EXPECTATIONS AND GOAL SETTING. THE WHOLE GAMUT. SO, I HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I WOULD ASK HER AND THE REST OF HAD SENIOR STAFF TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY, AND TO, AS WE GO INTO THE VISIONING SESSION IN A WEEK OR SO, TO COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROCESSES AND PLANS WE CAN PUT IN PLACE, BECAUSE THIS STAFF DESERVES TO BE THE BEST STAFF THAT THEY CAN BE. YOU DO THAT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, AND I THINK WE ARE LACKING IN THAT AREA AND I WANT TO SEE US DO BETTER. I WANT TO SEE OUR EMPLOYEES DO BETTER. SO, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN, AS THE STAFF LOOKS THROUGH THOSE 
          THINGS. >>> LASTLY, MAYOR ANTON AND I WERE AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH BANKT SATURDAY EVENING, VERY NICE, NICE ATTENDED, AND VERY INSPIRATIONAL. HOPEFULLY THAT IS NOT WHERE HE GOT SICK, BUT I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE THERE AND REPRESENT THE CITY. WITH THAT, I AM AM DONE. 
          >> DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON WHAT COMMISSIONER MINSHEW HAS 
          MENTIONED ? >> YEAH, I THINK IT IS GREAT. AS A TEACHER THAT WAS MOVED AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, 12 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WITH THE ARMY, I SOMETIMES HAD GREAT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND SOMETIMES HAD TERRIBLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
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SO, IT ALL COMES FROM LEADERSHIP, FROM THE TOP, DOWN. 
          >> AND, SORRY-- >> NO. 
          >> SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY THERE ARE SOME THINGS I RECOGNIZE WITH OUR AGENDAS THAT COULD PROBABLY BE MOVED TO CONSENT. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THERE, BIG NUMBERS THAT COME OUT, AND THAT IS WHY I THINK THEY DON'T GET PUT ON CONSENT. BUT AS LONG AS THEY WERE THERE SO THE CITIZENS COULD SEE, THIS IS A NUMBER, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD PROBABLY BE MOVED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE COULD PROBABLY MOVE THROUGH A LOT OF OUR RESOLUTIONS IN A BETTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY, AS LONG AS THE CITIZENS ARE TABLE TO SEE. THERE IS $100,000 BUDGET TRANSFER, IT IS THERE, THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE IT ON CONSENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU SAID IN OUR ONE-ON-ONES, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET MOST OF OUR INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THAT IT IS, AND WILL STILL SEE A PASS MOST RESOLUTIONS ON THOSE THINGS. I DEFINITELY CAN AGREE WITH THAT. 
          AS YOU STATED, YOU KNOW, HIRING OUR NEW HIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ONBOARDING IS ALWAYS SO, SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF THAT. I CAN AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT TO-- 
          >> NO, NO. THE ONLY POINT I WANTED TO MAKE ON THAT, SOMETIMES IT IS, WHEN WE HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS AND WE DO IT, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, ABOUT MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS NICE FOR THE CITIZENS AND PEOPLE AT HOME TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PERSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS STANDING UP AND EXPLAINING IT, YOU LOSE SOME OF THAT IF YOU ARE NOT, IF YOU ARE SPEEDING THROUGH IT AND NOT RECOGNIZING IT. THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY HESITATION ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW AND NOT DOING ANYTHING, I THINK, THAT IS WHERE I AM COMING THROUGH, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO, IN THESE MEETINGS, TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION, NOT AS MUCH FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE ON ONES, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHEN NATE STANDS UP AND EXPLAINS AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT, AND FAA AND F-DOT, HOW WE ARE GETTING $500,000 TO DO THESE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          >> I DO TOO, AND I THINK THAT APPROVING A PROJECT IS ONE THING, AND PROJECTS NEED TO GET APPROVED AND THEY GET APPROVED A COUPLE OF TIMES, USUALLY, BUT ONCE APPROVED AND THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, THEN ALL THE INTERNAL BUDGET TRANSFERS AND STUFF DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO COME TO US. THAT WOULD BE ONE POINT. 
          THAT IS WHERE WE CAN GAIN SOME SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCIES TO LET THEM GET ON WITH GETTING ON, BECAUSE WE HAVE APPROVED THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND SOMEONE SIT UP AND TALKED ABOUT IT, IT IS ALL THE AFTER STUFF THAT SLOWS US DOWN. 
          >> YES, MA'AM. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE CAN START PUTTING MORE ROUTINE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 
          AGENDA. >> YEAH. 
          >> PROJECTS, THINGS HIGHER DOLLAR THRESHOLD WILL REMAIN ON 
          THE REGULAR MEETING. >> YES, MA'AM. I WAS GOING TO 
          MOVE US ALONG. >> JUST, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER POYNTER SAID, I COMPLETELY AGREE, MY SISTER, WHO SITS ON HER CITY COMMISSION, CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FEW THINGS WE HAVE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, HERS IS MUCH BIGGER, TO MOVE THINGS ALONG. SO I AGREE, MOVING MORE WOULD BE GREAT. HOWEVER, I DO LOVE THE TRANSPARENCY, HALF THE QUESTIONS, MORE THAN HALF THE QUESTIONS I AM ASKED, I ASK, I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY ASKED STAFF, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, HOW BIG IS OUR AGENDA PACKET THIS WEEK? THE CITY, MOST RESIDENTS AREN'T WADING THROUGH A THOUSAND PAGES OF AGENDA PACKET. I THINK IT IS A FINE LINE. MAYBE WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. PULL THINGS OFF THE AGENDA. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, I AM GOOD. THANK YOU VERY 
          MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW? 
          >> TWO THINGS REAL QUICK. ACTUALLY, HOPEFULLY I AM NOT SAYING ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE SAID, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT, I HEARD THAT MR. GOODSOLE DONATED $5,000 TO THE CITY FOR TREES ALONG THE STREET AND HE IS ALSO ALLOWING US TO USE A HUGE PIECE OF HIS PROPERTY TO STAGE EQUIPMENT THERE, AS WE OPEN IT. 
          HUGE SHOUTOUT. AND THEN SUNDAY AT 2:00 VICE MAYOR AYSCUE AND I ARE PLAYING IN THE FUNDRAISER, SO YOU CAN COME SEE ME. 
          >> AND I BELIEVE THE MAYOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AS WELL. 
          >> AND I THINK COUNTY COMMISSIONER HUBMAN IS ALSO 
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PLAYING. SHOULD BE HILARIOUS TO WATCH ME PLAY. 
          >> GOOD TIME. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> NOPE. THAT IS IT. WERE YOU GOING TO MENTION THE GOLF 
          TOURNAMENT? >> YOU GO AHEAD. 
          >> OKAY. ALSO, BEYOND THE BADGES HAS A GOLF TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY, 10:00, DO WE PRESUME THERE IS MORE, STILL SPACE TO ENTER FOR TEAMS TO ENTER THE SCRAMBLE? OR PEOPLE TO DONATE? 
          AT OUR CITY GOLF COURSE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND ON FRIDAY APRIL 25TH, 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M., THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR IT AND WE ARE GOING TO HELP OUT. IT IS THE NON-PROFIT FAIR, THE CITY OF FERN DEEN IS HOSTING IT, ON OURWEBSITE, EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER, CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER TJ ZOKAVAKOWSKI . HE IS DOING GREAT JOB, CHIEF, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO, AND ALL THAT OUR OFFICERS DO AND FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE COMMUNITY. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE ON MARCH 1ST, SAME TIME, SAME PLACE, FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY, RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU.
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