[4.1 PRESENTATION - NASSAU HUMANE SOCIETY - Nassau Humane Society Executive Director Chantel Scherer will present the "City Commission Dog of the Month." ]

COME THROUGH TO MISS VESP AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

CHANTEL SCHERER. >> ANY GAME OF THRONES IN THE ROOM? THIS IS KAHLEESHI. SHE CAME TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY TWO MONTHS AGO. SHE HERE WAS RESCUE FROM IA KILL SHELTER. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT NASSAU HUMANE IS WE RESCUE ANIMALS KILL SHELTERS TO GIVE THEM THAT SECOND CHANCE. THIS IS HER AND HER PUPPIES SECOND CHANCE. SHE IS WONDERFUL. SHE IS GOOD WITH PEOPLE. I THINK SHE JUMPED ON HALF OF YOU IN HERE.

SHE IS GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS AND I THINK SHE GETS ALONG WITH CATS. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HER YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE TO

LEARN MORE ABOUT HER. >> IF SOMEONE WANTED TO ADOPT

HER HOW WOULD THEY? >> YOU CAN STOP ME ON THE WAY OUT OR COME BY TOMORROW. WE OPEN AT 11. SHE WILL HAVE A TV DEBUT TOMORROW. I'M TAKING HER TO RIVER CITY DRIVE. SHE MAY BE DRESSED UP AS A DRAGON. WE HOPE TOMORROW IS HER LUCKY DAY.

>> I KNOW COMMISSIONER TUTON HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> I REPRESENT THE BOARD. THE COMMISSION, SIT UP WITH THE NASSAU HUMANE SOCIETY. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE SOCIETY FUNCTIONS AS OUR ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH LOST ANIMALS, STRAY ANIMALS, FOUND, DANGEROUS ANIMAL YOU CAN CALL THE HUMANE SOCIETY 24-7 EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ANIMAL ADOPTION IS NOT 24-7, THEIR ANIMAL CONTROL S FOR CITY ANIMALS. FOR COUNTY ANIMALS CALL THE COUNTY.

[4.2 PRESENTATION - FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET - Fernandina Beach Main Street Interim Executive Director Ms. Lulu Huppmann will provide a synopsis of projects occurring within each of the four Main Street Councils (Promotions, Economic Vitality, Organization, and Design).]

>> THANK YOU. >> DIFFICULT TO TELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> COME ON.

>> OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WE HAVE FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET. IF LULU IS THIS YOUR FIRST MEETING PRESENTING TO US?

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW POSITION. [APPLAUSE].

>> OKAY. MY NAME IS LULU. I'M THE NEW ED FOR THE MAIN STREET.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON THE COUNCIL AND MAIN STREET.

START WITH OUR ECONOMIC VITALITYN JANUARY THE EV COUNCIL HOSTED A MEET AND GREAT WITH OVER 55 ATTENDEES. WE WENT OVER THE PLAN AND CONDUCTED A CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION SURVEY TO FIND WHICH STRATEGIES WOULD MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR BUSINESSES DURING DISRUPTION FROM CONSTRUCTION. OUR TOP THREE OUTCOME WAS A WEEKLY EMAIL UPDATE. SIGNS THAT SAY BUSINESS IS OPEN AND INCREASED MANY MARKETING SUPPORT. THE COUNCIL WORKING ON AN AID STREET COALITION WHERE THAT WOULD WORK ON PROMOTING AND IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS FOR THE A STREET CORRIDOR. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A STEERING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF THE A STREET BUSINESSES ALONG WITH OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. AT OUR RECENT MEET AND GREET WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCED THE WINNER OF THE 2024 FALL CYCLE WINNER OF OUR

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IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE THE OUTSIDE STREET FACING PORTIONS OF PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE MATCHING GRANT COVERS UP TO 50% OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS WITH A MAX NUMB AWARD OF $10,000 FOR ANY SINGLE PROJECT. THE 2024 FALL SICKLE WINNER IS HEID'S COFFEE AND CREAM. THE SPRING SICKLE IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND THE APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 31ST IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT ONE. OUR CURB APPEAL AWARD PROGRAM HONORS PROPERTY OWNER WHO SHOWCASE COMMUNITY PRIDE BY MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES TO A HIGH STANDARD SERVING AS ABHIJIT INSPIRATION FOR OTHERS. THE WINNER FOR THE 4TH QUARTER OF 2024 WAS MARLON BREWERY AND DI STILLERY. YOU CAN SUBMIT THESE ON THE WEBSITE. THIS ONE FOR THIS QUARTER WILL BE DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL. OUR ORGANIZATION COUNCIL IS WORKING HARD AT CONTINUING LEADERSHIP PLANNING, FORMULATING AND UPDATING INTERNAL PROCESSES, REVIEWING AND UPDATES ON BOARDING POLICY FOR NEW BOARD AND COUNCILMEMBERS. THEY ALSO OVERSEE OUR MEMBER PARTNER PROGRAM AND AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 34 MEMBER PARTNERS FOR THE YEAR. OUR DESIGN COUNCIL IS PLANNING PHASES OF UTILITY BOX WRAPS AND A MURAL PROJECT. THE UTILITY BOX ALSO BE OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAND BORN MAPS. THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE THROWN IN HERE. THEY ARE FROM MY COLLECTION. THE UTILITY BOX WRAP IS FROM THE MILK ICE CREAM SHOP AND THEN THE MURAL PROJECT IS ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. OUR PROMOTION COUNCIL HELD A GALENTINES DAY SIP AND SHOP LAST MONTH. WE HAD 44 VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT IN ABOUT 128 VOLUNTEER HOURS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON I A DOWNTOWN DOLLARS PROJECT THAT WILL BE A GIFT CERTIFICATE THAT SOMEONE CAN PURCHASE ONLINE THROUGH THE MAIN STREET AND IT'LL COVER -- YOU CAN PURCHASE ANYTHING AT ANY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT DECIDE THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. THIS WILL HOPEFULLY INCREASE TRAFFIC TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS. THE UPCOMING EVENT IS THE 2025 PRESERVATION ON MAIN STREET CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD HERE. WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT 350 ATTENDEES FOR THE CONFERENCE AND WE ARE HOLDING THE SECRETARY OF STATE AWARDS CEREMONY HERE IN THE BEACH. OUR FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 31ST, THE REVENUE UPDATE MEMBER PARTNER IS UP DUE TO THE RENEWALS WE HAVE SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE 10,000 IS -- THAT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIMING FOR THIS REPORT AND ON THE EXPENSES SIDE THE PAYROLL EXPENSES WERE UP THIS YEAR SO FAR BECAUSE WE HAD TWO EMPLOYEES VERSES JUST HAVING THE ONE EMPLOYEE. THE GENERAL ADMIN WENT UP DUE TO THE INCREASE IN RENT AND THE EVENTS WILL -- WENT UP WHICH REFLECTS THE DOWN CENTER EVENT. WE ARE IN LINE WITH WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE AT THIS TIME. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU.

>> JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU. >> THANK YOU.

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

>> MOVINGO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. OUR FIRST SPEAKER WITH WE HAVE ROY AND I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME,

I APOLOGIZE. YES, SIR. >> MINE IS FOR LATER.

>> DID YOU HAVE ANNA AGAINA ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR?

>> WELL. I CAN GET UP AND SAY IT NOW.

>> HE -- ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

>> I UNDERSTAND THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK -- I'M SORRY. RON BORN. I UNDERSTAND THE COMMITTEE VOTED IN MIKE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CRAB. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HIS PAST BUT I KNOW YOU DO KNOW BECAUSE HE WAS KICKED OFF THE BOARD FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. WE IN OLD TOWN WENT UP THERE AND WENT BEFORE THIS BOARD -- NOT THIS BOARD, THE HISTORIC BOARD. I WROTE TO YOU AND I WAS GOING TO WRITE

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EVERY NIGHT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE MEETING WAS TONIGHT. JOYCE SAID THAT -- SHE THOUGHT HE APOLOGIZED AND WAS SORRY AND THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH. THAT AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR GOOD ENOUGH. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THESE GOOD PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HE DID BUT WHAT HE DID WHEN TRUMP WAS BEING ELECTED OR BEFORE THE ELECTION HE RODE THROUGH OLD TOWN ON HIS BIKE AND THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY SITTING ON THE SWING WITH HER BABY AND HE RODE BY AND YELLED A REAL BAD SAYING TO HER ABOUT TRUMP. THEN HE RODE BACK BY AND GAVE HER THE FINGER. THAT'S THIS YOUNG GIRL. SHE WAS CRYING AS SHE WENT IN THE HOUSE. SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. CAME OUT HE DID IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. SHE SAID I RECOGNIZED HIM. IT WAS HIM. SO THAT'S WHEN WE GOT ON BOARD TO GET RID OF HIM. WE DON'T WANT HIM REPRESENTING THIS CITY. I MEAN IT'S A SHAME THAT -- THEY ELECTED HIM. JOYCE SAID HE APOLOGIZED AND EVERYTHING. LET ME TELL YOU HIS APOLOGY. VERY IT RIGHT HERE FROM ROBERT TODAY.

THIS WAS HIS APOLOGY. NOW HE SAID IT DIRECTLY TO THE GIRL. I WRITE TO APOLOGIZE FOR SHOUTING ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS WRONG, PROMISE NOT TO DO IT EVER AGAIN. MY WIFE SAID SHE WILL KILL ME IF I DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. THAT'S NO APOLOGY TO HER. THE OTHER LADY HE WROTE RODE UP ON HIS BIKE AND SAW THE HUSBAND AND SAID YOU DON'T OWE ME AN APOLOGY. YOU OWE MY WIFE.

LET ME GET HER. THEN HE JUST RODE OFF. THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON MIKE IS. HE RAN A -- ON -- IN A HISTORIC TOWN AND NOBODY LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE GENERALLY HAD THE FINAL OPINION. YOU KNOW YOU -- WHEN I WENT FOR HIM IT WAS 2-2 AND HE JUST -- I KIND OF THINK I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. SO, THAT'S ANY OPINION ON MIKE AND I I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS GO. HE DOES NOT NEED TO BE REPRESENTING THE

AREA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS MICHAEL SHARP. > >> I'M MIKE SHARP AT 139TH NORTH STREET AND MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO ECHO RON'S. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS FITNESS TO SERVE ON THE CRAB OR ANY BOARD ON OUR CITY. YOU ARE ALL WARE OF HIS ACTIONS AND VERBALLY ABUSING WOMEN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE POLITICAL SIGNS IN THEIR YARD. POLICE SPRINGER WAS ON HER PORCH WITH HER 11-MONTH-OLD WHEN HE RODE UP ON HIS BIKE TWICE SHOUTING F TRUMP, AND F YOU AT HER AND GIVING HER THE FINGER. AFTER THE SECOND SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND IN TEARS. HE LATER DID THIS TO A SECOND WOMAN T WASN'T JUST A ONE TIME EVENT. HE WAS JUST CRUISING AROUND ON HIS BIKE LOOKING FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN TO ABUSE. EVERYBODY DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR OWN HOME. IMAGINE THAT. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL SUCH A BULLY AS TO BOLDLY ABUSE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT HE HOLDS POWER OVER. BECAUSE THE OLD CONTINUE RESIDENTS COMPLAINED HE WAS COMPELLED TO RESIGN AND THEN THIS COMMISSION HAS ALLOWED HIM TO BE ON THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOARD WE HAVE. THE CRAB. HE IS NOW CHAIRMAN AND YOU CAN'T PUT SOMEONE IN POSITION OF AUTHORITY THAT HOLDS AT LEAST HALF OF OUR POPULATION IN COMPLETE DISDAIN AND CONTEMPT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS ARE. HATE SPEECH IS HATE SPEECH AND YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT HATE SPEECH YOU ARE GOING TO TOLERATE. THE ANSWER SHOULD BE NONE. SEVERAL OF YOU ARE IN YOUR SEATS BECAUSE DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVES BELIEVED IN YOU AND VOTED FOR YOU. IS THIS HOW THEY WILL BE PAID BACK? REGARDLESS OF YOUR PARTY ASSOCIATION HOW MANY OF YOU MEN HERE TODAY WOULD TOLERATE A BULLY DOING THAT TO YOUR WIFE OR YOUR DAUGHTER? HOW MANY OF YOU WOMEN WOULD PUT UP WITH IT? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. IT'S NOT. THE VICTIMS DON'T THINK SO. THE OLD TOWN RESIDENTS DON'T THINK SO AND I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TOWN WHEN THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT. I'M ASKING YOU TO REMOVE LIMB FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD AT LEAST VOTE ON IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU STAND ABOUT BULLIES ABUSING WOMEN IN OUR TOWN. IF HIS ACTIONS DON'T DISQUALIFY HIM FROM SERVING ON A BOARD, WHAT DOES? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. MACK MORRIS.

>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO

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SHOOTS BUT WE ARE ALLOWING JUST ONE TURN PER PUBLIC COMMENT PER

SPEAKER. >> THAT'S NEW TO ME.

>> THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS DUE TO SOMEONE ELSE FILLING OUT TWO SHEETS AND

CLAIMING IT WAS UNFAIR. >> THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. ONE IS TO GIVE -- THE ONE THAT SENATE BILL, THAT'S TO GIVE SOMEONE CREDIT IN THIS TOWN THAT STOPPED THAT SENATE BILL.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO LIMIT ME TO ONE TOPIC.

>> IT'S JUST THREE MINUTES. >> YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR THREE MINUTES, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. I JUST WANT TOO BE CONSISTENT. IT WAS QUESTIONED IN THE PAST WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITTED TWO FORMS. I

HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. >> OKAY. I'M NOT ARGUING. I'M JUST PROCESSING. THIS IS MY HEAD BECAUSE I HAD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS TO SAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO FILTER THAT IN AND MIX IT TOGETHER IN MY HEAD SO I CAN ACCOMMODATE.

>> WE WILL ALLOW YOU AN EXTRA 13 SECONDS.

>> MAYBE 14 SECONDS. THANK YOU.

OKAY. FIRST OFF, THERE IS A WOMAN WHO SPENT DECADES IN THIS

COMMUNITY. >> NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE

RECORD. >> SORRY. I THOUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW BY NOW. MACK MORRIS. THERE'S A WOMAN WHO SPENT DECADES BUILDING HER REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND SHE USED HER INFLUENCE AND HER CONNECTIONS WITH ONE PHONE CALL TO STOP THE SENATE BILL THAT WAS GOING TO CHANGE OUR ISLAND, ALL THE ISLANDS WITH HIGHER DENSITIES. THAT PERSON IS MARINNE PHILLIPS. I WANTED HER TO GET ACCOLADES FOR THE WORK SHE DID WITH THAT PHONE CALL. NOW FOR THE SECOND PART, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. I SENT YOU ANOTHER EMAIL ABOUT THE WATERFRONT PARK. IN THAT EMAIL I LISTED SEVEN DIFFERENT THING THAT WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CURRENT PLAN. THERE'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST PURE TOURISTS. KEEP THE SAME FOOT PRINT. GET YOUR PARK, BUILD YOUR PARK. KEEP THE SAME FOOT PRINT IN THE GRASS NOW AND EVERYBODY WINS. NOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, RAISE YOUR HAND HAVE ACTUALLY MANAGED BUILDING A PARK? DONE THE FINANCING, RAISES ALL THE MONEY, HELPED DESIGN THE PARK AND MANAGED THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT? RAISE YOUR HAND. I HAVE DONE TWO. PIRATE PLAYGROUND, EAGLES CREEK PARK. I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. METHODS CAN BE DONE THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION. WE HAD PLENTY IN BOTH PARKS. DON'T VIOLATE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE -- BOTH CONTRACTORS HONOR THE AGREEMENT AND IF THERE IS AN UP CHARGE ON REDESIGNING DIMENSIONS TAKE IT OUT OF THE SAVINGS ON KEEPING THE SAME FOOT PRINT. IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE A CALL FOR A DISCUSSION AND THEN SEE IF THERE IS A WILL. I KNOW THAT AT LEAST TWO OF YOU UP THERE, THERE'S NO WAY YOU ARE GOING TO BUDGE FROM BUILDING THIS PARK.

THERE'S THREE OF YOU THAT MIGHT. THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT I'M ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE IT'S A WIN WITHIN FOR THE YOUTH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND THE CITIZENS WHO VOTED YOU IN. ANY WAY. I DID IT ALL IN TIME. SO THANK YOU SIR,.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE JENNIFER DANIELS.

>> GOOD EVENING. HOW DO YOU DO, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, PUBLIC.

I'M JENNIFER DANIELS. I GREW UP HERE. LOT OF YOU KNEW WHERE THE

VILLAS LAS. >> ADDRESS AS WELL FOR THE

RECORD. >> 1645 SOUTH.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE MANY, ARINA IS BUILT WHERE MY GRANDFATHER'S LUMBER MILL WAS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE PRIDE EVENTS. THAT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR CHILDREN. THEY GET TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY LEARN NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEONE FOR WHOEVER THEY MAY BE. LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THIS PODIUM AND COMPLAINED ABOUT OVER MEDICAL EYEING CHILDREN. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT A MOMENT. HARBOR JUST CAME OUT WITH A STUDY DONE IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ON JANUARY THE 6TH. OVER A MILLION PEOPLE STUDIED OVER FIVE YEARS THAT WERE INSUREDX OF THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE 926 RECEIVED PUBE RT Y BLOCKERS, 1,927 OF THEM RECEIVED HORMONES. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S MEDICAL

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CARE. NONE OF US WANT ANYONE -- WANT THE PUBLIC TO ADVISE ANYONE OR DISCUSS OUR PRIVATE MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANYTHING.

SEEMS SOME PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET THAT AND OTHER THAN THAT I JUST -- IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE POLICE KNOW WHO I AM. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE BUT THEY KEEP THE AREA -- THE OLD AREA THE WAY IT WAS A HALF CENTURY AGO WHEN I WAS A CHILD HERE. SEVERAL OF THE OFFICERS WERE OFFICERS FRIENDLY AND ALL OF THE POLICE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME WAY TODAY. THEY ARE COURTEOUS, FRIENDLY, APPROACHABLE, PROFESSIONAL, THEY KEEP THE BEACH WHAT IT IS. I JUST WANTED TO MANIPULATION THOSE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT WE HAVE TOM CAMERON.

>> TOM CAMERA, 1518 NORTH PARK DRIVE. I'M COMING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL AND WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MARCH THE 8TH. THIS SATURDAY, AT 9:00 A.M. FOR OPENING DAY. WE ALSO WITH IN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS WILL HOPEFULLY WILL BE STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BATTING CAGES WHICH CAME TO A TOTAL OF $140,000. THE OTHER 50* THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS SET ASIDE BY THE NASSAU COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE 90,000 WHICH WERE VERY CLOSE IN GETTING TO GO WITH THE 50,000 WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY DIVES IN AND HELPS WHEN THERE IS A PROJECT THAT THEY FEEL THEY ARE BEHIND. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS THAT ON MARCH THE 8TH YOU GUY WAS ALL PART OF THIS OPENING DAY CEREMONY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS PETE STEVENSON.

>> PETE STEVENSON. 1627 HIGHLAND DUNES WAY. FIRST, THANK YOU.

THURSDAYE MEETING WAS GREAT. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF -- SAY CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE CITY.

IT JUST SO HAPPEN THAT MOST OF THEM INVOLVED A THING CALLED THE WATERFRONT. MY CONCERN IS THE WATERFRON, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK ABOUT HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION BETWEEN 22 AND 42 YEARS. NOT MUCH CHANGE BESIDES THE GENERAL EROSION, SO FORTH. NOT MUCH IN THE POSITIVE. I THINK THAT YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK BUT MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS WE NEED SOME -- I WILL SAY A PRELIMINARY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN PLACE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. YOU HAVE THE RAILROAD. YOU HAVE -- THEY BOTH HAVE SKIN IN THIS GAME IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO FOR THE WATERFRONT. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF NOTHING ELSE WE SHOULD BE STARTING TO GET RELATIONSHIP, A TEAM, JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS IN GENERAL. WHAT ARE THE TOP ISSUES THAT THE RAILROAD HAS? DOES RIM HAVE ANY ISSUES, ARE THEY HAPPY? COME ON DOWN. GO HEAD AND TIE IN TO THE BUFFER WALL DOWN THERE AT THE NORTH END OF THE PLAIN. WE NEED TO GET STARTED F YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THE CROSSING WHICH -- IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN OPEN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. OKAY. IT'S FINALLY GOING TO GET THERE THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE THAT KIND OF TIME TO GET THE WATERFRONT GOING. WE NEED TO GO HEAD AND START LOOKING AT THESE KEY AREAS AND I WILL START WITH THE RAILROAD. THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A SET OF LAWYERS AND CONDITIONS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DEAL W LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED AND HAVE TO HAVE AND GET, START UNDERSTANDING IT BEFORE WE GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU KNOW START OF A FINAL DESIGN. SAME WITH RIAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IS ON THE SUBJECT OF -- TRYING TO GET A RETENTION WALL PUT IN DOWN TO THEM. WE NEED TO START THAT NOW. IF WE GO OUT AND TRY TO GET A PROJECT MANAGER FOR IT I DEFY YOU TO THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND SOMEONE ABLE TO DO THAT IN LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS. IT'S JUST STARTED. YOU CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG. HAVE YOU TO GET SOME

THINGS STARTED NOW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS JULIE.

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>> GOOD EVENING. 501 DATE STREET. I WAS DOWNTOWN RECENTLY AND SAW A COMMISSIONER AND MENTIONED TO THEM THAT I REALLY HOPE YOU THAT WILL INTEREST WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW GRASS IN THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE WATERFRONT DESIGN. I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING BUT WHEN I WAS DOWN AT THE POCKET PARK NEXT TO THE COFFEE SHOP THERE IS A BARE SPOT IN THE FRONT OF THE POCKET PARK BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WALK THERE AND I THINK THAT IF WE ARE REALLY MAKING A -- A PARK ON THE WATERFRONT AND WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO USE IT THAT WE COULD BE FACING ISSUES LIKE THAT AND I ALSO WALK ON THE GREENWAY AND THE CITY CUTS THE FEEWAY WAY TO SHORT SO I THINK BY PUTTING GRASS ON THE WATERFRONT WE ARE ASKING FOR PROBLEMS. I THINK IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF WATER. IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF MOWING. YOU DON'T WANT TO MOW IT TO SHORT AND THE BARE SPOTS, FROM OVER USE I THINK THAT MAYBE LIKE I SAID I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE DESIGN IS BUT IF IT INVOLVES GRASS I THINK WHICH SHOULD THINK

ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> HOW YOU DOING? POB1. HOME OF -- POPE BENSON. WANT TO BRING SOME POSITIVE STUFF OUT HERE. FROM THE MEETING WE HAD OUT HERE THIS SATURDAY I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE SMALL CAR SHOW BUT THERE IS A SKATE COMPETITION FOR EMILY ATKINS CALLED THE EMILY'S PROMISE SKATE JAM. EMILY PASSED AWAY FROM AN -- FROM -- AN EMBOLISM AND WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO BLOOD CLOTS, ANKLE FRACTURES, WHICH REALLY HIT UPON WHAT WE DO AT THE SKATE PARK AND A LOT OF KID DO FRACTURE THEIR ANKLES. WE WILL HAVE AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN COME OUT AND SEE SOME KIDS WORKING REALLY HARD IN THE AREA TO TRY TO MOVE IN ADVANCE THIS ARTFORM. ALSO, WE HAD TWO KIDS WHO COMPETED IN ST. PETE AT THE VERY FIRST STARTING OF THE FASSEL COMPETITION, THAT STANDS FOR FLORIDA AMATEUR SKATE LEAGUE. A YOUNG LADY CHLOE HAROLD TOOK PLACE AND STREET AND TOOK SECOND PLACE IN VE RT IN ST. PETERSBURG. WE HAD A YOUNG KID, 7-YEAR-OLD BOY NAMED JUD E REEVAS WHO TOOK 4TH PLACE IN STREET. JUST SOME POSITIVE STUFF FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD COUPLE DAYS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERY ONE OF YOU AND AGAIN WE ARE HONORING A YOUNG LADY WHO PASS AWAY THREE YEARS AGO IF YOU EVER LOOK UP UNDER EMILY'S PROMISE.COM YOU CAN HEAR THE STORY OF HER AND HOW IT HAPPENED WITH HER.

THERE'S A SHORT VIDEO THAT HER FATHER DUG ATKINS HAS ON THERE AND HER MOTHER JANET AKTINS WHO WAS OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION HERE IN OUR CITY. NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND REC ON THE EXPANSION AND WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE DESIGN AND CONCEPT SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS NEW SKATE PARK WILL BE. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SEE -- BE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THAT SAME PRESENTATION AT THE

BEGINNING OF APRIL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> WOW MIND TELLING US THE TIME OF THAT EVENT?

>> YES. I DO APOLOGIZE. IT IS FROM NOON TO 4:00 P.M.

>> NOON TO 4:00. >> THANK YOU.

>> TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE CAR SHOW TRAFFIC. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO ITEM 6, THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE ONE WITH TO SPEAK ON THIS

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ITEM. LIBBY DRUARY. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LIBBY DRUARY. I LIKE AT 138TH NORTH 19TH STREET. I WANTED TO GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE E BIKES. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. WE ARE -- THE STATE REGULATIONS REALLY GUIDE US IN TERMS OF E BIKES. THEY ARE THE SAME RULES OF THE ROAD THAT APPLY TO BOTH E BIKES AND HUMAN POWERED BIKES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE REGISTERED OR HAVE INSURANCE. THERE'S THREE CLASSES OF E BIKES. MOST OF THEM ARE POWERED UP UNTIL YOU HIT PEDAL POWER UNTIL YOU HIT 20 MILESSA AN HOUR. THE CLASS THREE IS WHERE YOU CAN GO 28 MILES AN HOUR. IT'S THROTTLE ACTIVATED AND POWERED BY -- ASSIST POWER. SO, THERE'S ALSO E MOTORCYCLES WHICH I WASN'T AWARE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ON THE ISLAND. THEY CAN GO HIGHER THAN THAT. SO, I WAS SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE LOCAL BIKE SHOP OWNERS. I WAS RECOMMENDED TO DO THAT.

ANYONE WHO IS UNDER 16 HAS IT WEAR A HELMET I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S -- YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S HARD TO MONITOR THAT BUT USUALLY THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON ALLOWED ON A BIKE. CITY, TOWN OR STATE AGENCIES DO HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO RESTRICT WHERE E BIKES ARE ALLOWED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ALLOWED ON THE SIDEWALKS. I KNOW STATE BOARDS ARE NOT ALLOWED BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT E BIKES. THERE'S A -- A DIFFICULTY WITH OUR BIKE LINES. THERE WAS JUAN ON 8TH%-ÚY -- HAS A LOT OF LUMBER TRUCKS ON IT AND MOST PEOPLE ARE DECIDING TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK AND NOT ON THE BIKE LANE AND THE BIKE LANES OF COURSE ON 14TH STREET AND -- ATLANTIC. THEY ARE REALLY NOT DESIGNATED BY BIKE LANES. THEY ARE REALLY JUST PARKING SPACES. AND SO I ASK THEM WHAT THE SAFETIEST WAY FOR E BIKES TO REALLY EXIST IN THE TOWN AND BASICALLY THE BIKE SHOP OWNER RECOMMENDED REALLY FOLLOWING THE LAWS SO ON OUR SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ALL THE TIME. WITH HUMAN POWERED BIKES AND WITH E BIKES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAW IS BEING ENFORCED. I KNOW OUR -- OUR OFFICERS ARE VERY BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF CO EXIST WITH BABY CARRIAGES, PEOPLE WALKING, HUMAN POWERED BIKES AND E BIKES. AND, YOU KNOW BASICALLY HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO SEE IF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE LIASONS COULD PROBABLY MEET WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND HAVE SOME KIND OF ASSEMBLY TEACHING REALLY JUST KIDS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LAWS. THAT'S WHERE -- THE MOST, MOST POSITIVE INPUT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, I WILL TAKE A MOTION UNLESS ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL SOMETHING FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 6.5. >> 6.5. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM 6.1 THROUGH 6.4 WILL REMAIN UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO PULL AN ITEM. SEEING NONE WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HEAR A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONER POINTER. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER MINCHU. >> MAYOR.

[6.5. AWARD OF INVITATION TO BID 25-08 - BUDGET TRANSFER - SOUTHERN EARTHWORKS, LLC. - RESOLUTION 2025-40 AWARDING INVITATION TO BID (ITB) 25-08 TO SOUTHERN EARTHWORKS, LLC. FOR INSTALLATION OF A WATER MAIN AND SEWER FORCE MAIN ON FRIENDLY ROAD; AUTHORIZING BUDGET TRANSFER; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Awards ITB 25-08 to Southern Earthworks, LLC for installation of a water main and sewer force main on Friendly Road and approves the associated budget transfer in the amount of $347,386.]

>> MAYOR. >> VERY. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0.

SO, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 6.5. WE HAVE OUR INVITATION TO BID FOR A BUDGET TRANSFER FROM SOUTHERN EARTH WORKS.

>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. UTILITIES DIRECTOR. RESOLUTION, 2025-40 IS A WARD BID FOR SOME WATER MAIN, FORCE MAIN WORK IN THE FRIENDLY ROAD AREA OFF BONN HAVE YOU OFF THE ISLAND AND ASSOCIATED BUDGET TRANSFERS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PROJECT. ESSENTIALLY THIS IS WE HAD A WATER MAIN ENFORCEMENT THAT WERE INSTALLED FOR THE RIVER CROSSING. THAT WAS

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DEVELOPED OR COUNTRIEN, DEVELOPED OR FUNDED THEY WERE DEDICATED TO THE CITY. THIS PROJECT IS TO EXPAND THOSE FACILITIES, TO SERVE OTHER CUSTOMERS IN THAT AREA WHO HAVE REQUESTED SERVICE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE CUSTOMER WHO IS PAID AND GONE THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PROCESS. WE ARE SEVERAL APPLICATION THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. WE HAVE KIND OF STOPPED. WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE PAYMENT WITHOUT A DATE SPECIFIC THAT THESE EXTENSIONS WOULD BE IN PLACE. SO WE HAVE CAPACITY FEES AND EXTENSION INCLUDED IN THOSE APPLICATIONS BUT -- SERVICE AREA MAY BE ABOUT 45 PARCELS THAT WILL BE SERVED BY

THE -- THIS EXTENSION. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. SO, ABOUT 45 HOMES COULD BE SERVED. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEY ALL WILL

CONNECT? >> YES. WITH THE -- THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE I THINK THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONNECTION IS VERY GREAT. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE HOMES THAT ARE THERE, YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE SEVERAL THAT THE REASON THEY ARE CONNECTING IS FAILING SEPTICS OR KNEW SLEEPMENT IF IT'S AVAILABLE THEY USUALLY LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT CITY LIMITS BUT IT IS OUR SERVICE AREA.

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. OKAY.

>> WE ARE BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL SEPTIC TANK LEAK AGE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECTED.

>> IT'S A BIT OF A LONG PROCESS. YOU -- THEY THERE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DO THE AGREEMENTS BEFORE WE CAN CONNECT THEM. THIS DOES HELP STREAM LINE IT. THE CITY IS BASICALLY HELPING FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE WILL GET PAY

BACK AS PEOPLE CONNECT. >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING

NONE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSION MINCHU.

>> POINTER. >> VICE MAYOR.

[7.1 FULL-TIME STAFF INCREASE - CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE - RESOLUTION 2025-41 APPROVING THE ADDITION OF A FULL-TIME POSITION IN THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE AND THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET TRANSFER; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves increasing the budgeted full-time headcount in the City Manager's Office to include a budget transfer to allocate funds for the Project Manager position in the amount of $14,000. ]

>> MAYOR. >> THAT PASSES 5-0 ONTO ITEM 7.

7.1 RESOLUTION. THE FULL TIME STAFF INCREASE FOR THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE. MISS CAMPBELL.

>> THIS ITEM IS TO BASICALLIA PROVE THE PROJECT MANAGER POSITION THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW AND IT APPROVES THE TRANSFER OF HEAD COUNT IN TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ALSO TRANSFERS $14,000 INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE WILL THEN PUBLISH THIS POSITION AND GET SOMEONE IN PLACE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE

RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WHAT WOULD OUR TIMELINE BE, 30, 60 DAYS BEFORE WE HAVE CANDIDATES, SECURED A CANDIDATE.

DO WE KNOW IN THIS SEARCH CAN BE DONE IN A REASON TIME FRAME?

>> HE WITH DON'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE GUEST IT POSTED. WE WILL POST IT FOR 30 DAYS AND THEN START INTERVIEW AFTER THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES APPLY THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY EXTEND THAT AND GO FROM THERE AND THEN DEPENDING ON THEIR AVAILABILITY IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED NORMALLY TWO WEEKS NOTICE, SOMETIMES UP TO 30 DAYS NOTICE, YEAH I WOULD THINK THAT -- 45 TO 60 DAY IS REASONABLE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> WHEN DID YOU ANTICIPATE IT

WOULD GET POSTED IN. >> TOMORROW IF YOU APPROVE.

>> THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND EVERYTHING IS READY.

>> YES IT IS READY. >> REGARDING THE TRANSFER THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE PACKAGE CENTER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY DO WE KNOW HOW THAT ACCOUNT IS GOING TO SUFFER? I

SEE JUST A $14,000 TRANSFER. >> YES. THAT LINE HAD $50,000 BUDGETED IN IT AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE FOREGO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEART PINE FLOORS IN THE PECULIAR CENTER AUDITORI, M. THAT WAS PROBABLY A STRETCH AND THAT WE CAN GET BY WITH ONE MORE SAND AND REFINISH AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDS WILL COME FROM. IT DOESN'T DESTROY THE LINE ITEM

COMPLETELY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20.

>> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING

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NONE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER MINCHU.

>> POINTER. >> VICE MAYOR.

[7.2 CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL - KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. - RESOLUTION 2025-42 APPROVING KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN DISTRICT FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR NORTH AND SOUTH 2ND STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,750; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc. Change Order No. 2 for design and construction documents for North and South 2nd Street in the amount of $44,750. ]

>> MAYOR. >> THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0 ONTO

7.2 A CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL. >> I WILL INVITE LIST TO COME UP

AND SPEAK ON THIS ONE. >> SO THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THE DESIGN FIRM THAT HAS PROVIDED THE DESIGN FOR THE DOWNTOWN RENOVATION THIS IS IN ADDITION OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECOND STREET GOING FROM ASH TO -- AND IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE THE DESIGN AS WE HAVE PROGRESSED WITH THIS PROJECT WE REALIZED THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO APPROACH IT IN DIFFERENT PARTS THAN WE HAD FIRST PLANNED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE UTILITIES PLACED ON THE SIDE STREETS THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND THE AMOUNT OF THIS CHANGE WOULD BE $44,750 AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

>> THE DESIGN IS NOT BUT THE REASON THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING THE WAY WE WILL DO THE PHASING ON THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES. THE UTILITY BOXES ARE POSITIONED ON THE SIDE STREETS SO IT MAKES SENSE AS WE MOVE DOWN CENTER TO INCLUDE THE SIDE STREETS WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO WORK THAT WHICH ANY WAY.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. THIS JUST GIVES US THE DESIGN TO DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

>> SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. DO YOU HEAR A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> POINTER.

>> MINCHU. >> VICE MAYOR. MAYOR.

[8.1 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT - ORDINANCE 2025-02 ESTABLISHING AND AMENDING FEES FOR FIRE, MARINA, PARKS AND RECREATION, PLANNING AND CONSERVATION, SANITATION, WATER AND WASTEWATER, (EXCLUDING WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES), FOR FY 2024/2025; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Amends the Master Fee Schedule established by Ordinance 2024-17. ]

>> AND YES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0 ONTO EIGHTH. THE ORDINANCE FIRST READING. WE HAVE THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT.

THAT WILL BE MISS CAMPBELL? >> THANK YOU MAYOR. NORMALLY YOU GET YOUR FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE ONCE A YEAR. HOWEVER THIS YEAR WITH THE CITY VIEW SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME DEPARTMENTS REALIZED THERE WERE SOME FEES THAT WERE NOT BUILT INTO THAT SYSTEM. SO THEY NEEDED TO DO UPDATES. WE WANTED TO SEE IF -- YOU DO HAVE A HANDLE OF ADJUSTMENTS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FILE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ADJUSTMENT IS FOR EMS. THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER ELEMENTS AND WE DO RECOMMEND PROCEEDING THE FIRST READING FOR THE FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> SO I HAVE -- I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT'S ACTUALLY -- IT'S IN EXHIBIT A ON PAGE 20.

IT'S THE INDOOR FACILITY RENTALS. THERE IS A NEW FEE SCHEDULE FOR A MEETING FEE AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS VICE MAYOR THOMASON CALLED ME AND SAID WHY AM I HAVING TO PAY ALL THIS MONEY TO RENT THE AUDITORIUM THAT HAS MY NAME ON IT FOR A TWO HOUR MEETING AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW BUT I WILL GO CHECK. WITH PERMISSION OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER HE ALLOWED ME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT MICHAEL SON AND WE HAD A -- SEVERAL LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CREATING A MEETING FEE FOR ANY OF OUR INDOOR FACILITIES THAT WOULD JUST BE A TWO HOUR FEE. IT'S IN HERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK THAT IT'LL GO A LONG WAY TO INCREASING THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO USE OUR FACILITIES. THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON IT AND I HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IS -- THEY PUT A 25 PERSON MAXIMUM ON IT BUT IN FACT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO I THINK IS TO AVOID PEOPLE ABUSING THIS AND USING IT FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND STUFF. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND WITH HIS PERMISSION IS THAT WE REMOVE THE 25 PERSON

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MAXIMUM AND IN THE RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT PEOPLE WOULD USE YOU CAN SET P ARAM ETER, THAT THIS IS NOT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MEETING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 26 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THEN IT GOES TO THE FOUR HOUR FEE. I THINK THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE COULD ELIMINATE THE 25 PERSON MAXIMUM AND LET THE STAFF ADJUST THE RENTAL FREEMENT APPROPRIATELY TO TAKE CARE OF ANY OF THEIR

CONCERNS. >> COMMISSIONER POINTER DO YOU

HAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT? >> I WOULD SAY -- WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE BASE -- 25 -- WHATEVER THE PRICE IS, 25 PEOPLE AND FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL PERSON THEY PAY IN ADDITION?

>> THEN WHO WILL COUNT AND -- IT'S JUST --

>> WHO WILL COUNT ANY WAY? >> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I THINK THEY WILL TRYING TO PREVENT PEOPLE ABUSING THIS AND USING FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> I UNDERSTAND BUT IT'S -- STILL THE SAME DIFFERENCE. I MEAN IF -- I MEAN IF NO ONE ONE IS THERE TO COUNT THEY CAN STILL