[00:00:01] >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS [1. CALL TO ORDER] THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MARCH THE 11TH, 2025. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MEMBER SPAULDING? >> HERE. >> MEMBER PEARLSTINE? MEMBER COCCHI? >> HERE. >> CHAIR CAMERA? >> HERE. >> VICE CHAIR MANTROY? >> HERE. >> MEMBER CURRY? >> HERE. >> MEMBER GUNN? >> HERE. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MS. MOUNTJOY. ITEM NUMBER 4, [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> I'M SORRY. >> FOUR. >> MINE ARE TO THE THE WORKSHOP. I'M SORRY. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. >> I'LL MAKE A SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> 4.2, THE MARCH 25 WORKSHOP MINUTES. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE WORKSHOP MINUTES, AND I WROTE THEM IF YOU WANT THEM, KATIE, IF THAT'S EASIER UNDER THE COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IT SAYS, MEMBER COCCHI RECOMMENDED INSTALLING A FENCE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT TO SAY A GATE. THERE'S JUST AN OPENING IN THE BREAK OF THE CEMENT WALL THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE, JUST SOME BARRIER. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD INTO THE COMMENTS THAT I WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SPACE. >> I ALSO HAD A COMMENT. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT AT THE END THAT WE ALL DISCUSSED HAVING IT NOTED THAT THE BOARD WAS IN A CONSENSUS OF NOT SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL MOTION PIECE, SO WE WANTED THAT IN THE MINUTES. DIDN'T WE SAY WE WERE GOING TO NOTE THAT EVERYBODY THERE WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT ONE AT THE END? >> I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A CONSENSUS, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE DID DISCUSS IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AGREED THAT IT WAS UNMOVED. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO SAY THAT WE WERE NOT SUPPORTING THAT. >> SCOTT MIKELSON, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. YEAH. THERE WAS A CONSENSUS AT THE WORKSHOP THAT THE PRAC BOARD DID NOT SUPPORT, AND WE CAN MAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THE MINUTES. THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON THAT. >> THAT WAS THE ONLY NOTE THAT I HAD. THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDS WITH THOSE CHANGES. >> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> NUMBER 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC? STILL DOING. NUMBER 6, DISCUSSION ITEMS. [6.1 Skate Park Expansion (Discussion Of Conceptual Design And Next Steps For Skate Park Expansion)] 6.1, I'M GOING TO BE MAKING A COUPLE OF COMMENTS REGARDING GOING FORTH WITH THE SKATE PARK EXPANSION DISCUSSION OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE SKATE PARK. I WANT TO WELCOME THE FRIENDS OF THE SKATE PARK TONIGHT. EACH ATTENDEE INVITED TO ADDRESS THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO THE COME IF EVERYONE PRESENTING COMMENTS IS SHARING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE SO THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DIVERSITY OF IDEAS AND OPINIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SET A PLAN AND SOME ATTENTION FOR THIS ITEM. FIRST, SCOTT MIKELSON, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH A BRIEF HISTORY AS HOW WE CAME TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SECOND, THEN WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WELCOMES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, [00:05:03] BOTH PRO AND CON. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE INTERESTED PARTIES ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR PROCEDURE. THIS IS A REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THE ADVISORY BOARD. AS THE CHAIRPERSON, I WILL CALL UPON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER IN WHICH I RECEIVED THE REQUEST TO SPEAK. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR PRESENTING. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT INDIVIDUALS IN THE CHAMBER DO NOT SPEAK OUT OF TURN OR WHEN A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS AT THE PODIUM. MR. SCOTT MIKELSON, WOULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY? >> YES. OF COURSE, CHAIR CAMERA. THANK YOU. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO GIVE A HISTORY OF THE SKATE PARK, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON WITH THE SKATE PARK. WITH FISCAL YEAR '24, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BUDGETED, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, ABOUT $52,000 FOR REPAIR AND FABRICATION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. WE STARTED THAT PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR '24, AND THEN WE GOT IT GOING. ULTIMATELY, WE ARE FINISHING IT THIS YEAR, FISCAL YEAR '25. THE MONEY THAT WAS NOT USED FOR THAT PROJECT WAS ROLLED OVER INTO THIS EXISTING FISCAL YEAR. BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE FABRICATING THE STANCHIONS TO HOLD THE RAMPS. THEY'RE METAL, THEY'RE BY THE BEACH, THEY'RE RUSTING. WE HAVE COMPLETED FOUR OF THOSE RAMPS. WE HAVE TWO LEFT. THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED THE WEEK OF APRIL 7TH THROUGH THE 18TH. THAT WILL BE THE FINAL COMPLETION, AND THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED. THEN AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '25, THE CITY COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED $90,000 TO BE PUT INTO THE BUDGET. THAT WAS BUDGET IN PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES. THAT $90,000 WAS FOR A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND ALSO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH COULD BE BASICALLY HANDED OUT TO CONTRACTORS IN THE BID PROCESS TO GET CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS OR TO GET PRICES TO BUILD THE SKATE PARK. THEN EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE EXISTING COMMISSION HAD APPROVED $30,000 OF THAT $90,000. THAT $30,000 THAT WAS SPENT IS BRINGING US HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE SKATE PARK. I FIRST WANTED TO THANK WALLY WHO IS HERE TODAY. MIKE, NICHOLS, WHO IS HERE TODAY. MR. PINSON, WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE TODAY. PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, AS WELL AS FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK AND THE AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY HELD MEETINGS TO COME UP WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. I PERSONALLY AM NOT A SKATER, SO THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN COMING UP WITH THIS. IS WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE SKATING COMMUNITY. WE WORKED WITH THE AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY WHO WAS OUR CONTRACTOR, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. TONIGHT, BASICALLY, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. THANK YOU FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK FOR BRINGING THESE DECK SLIDES. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS TIME, KATIE, COULD YOU PLEASE PUT UP ONTO THE TV SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL PICTURES? [00:10:08] WITH THIS, THE LAST SLIDE, WHICH WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOES GIVE AN ESTIMATED COST VALUE, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE $30,000 AS WELL. THAT CAN GO UP AND DOWN. WITH THIS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE OF A 30,000 FOOT VIEW. I WILL ASK THAT SPECIFIC DESIGN QUESTIONS MIGHT BE BETTER ANSWERED BY MIKE AND WALLY GOING INTO IT. I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL THE RAMPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK, AND THEY DO SUPPORT THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. KATIE, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THIS ONE UP FIRST? IT'S AN OVERLAY OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY. I DIDN'T BRING MY POINTER. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, I THINK TO MENTION, IS THIS AREA ABOUT RIGHT HERE WHERE IT CUTS THROUGH THERE IS THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING SKATEPARK IS. THEN WHAT IT DOES IS OBVIOUSLY GOES ALONG TARPON UP TO THE NORTH AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT BASED ON WORKING WITH THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK AND THE DESIGNERS, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME WITH. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. BUT I THINK I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT IT IS A TINY BIT BIGGER THAN ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED. AT THIS POINT, I THINK EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. IF YOU WANT TO, KATIE, YOU COULD GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE PICTURES. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME REGARDING THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, I BELIEVE AFTER THE PUBLIC SPEAKS, I WILL TRY MY BEST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. IF I CANNOT, I'M SURE WALLY AND MIKE CAN ASSIST ME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WILL TAKE A SEAT, PLEASE, AND TURN YOUR CELL PHONES OFF, PLEASE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PERSON WHO WILL TALKING TO US WILL BE MELISSA OLIVER. WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH? >> HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM MELISSA OLIVER AT 1216 1ST STREET HERE IN FERNANDINA BEACH. I AM PART OF THE TEAM OF FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK. MY FOCUS IS ON SPONSORSHIP AND COORDINATION. I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICK AND TAKE ON THAT PARK. YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING IT ON A BIG SCREEN. THIS PRETTY EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE IT COMING INTO FRUITION HERE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR ME. I GREW UP HERE IN THE 70S. I'VE HAD OVER FIVE DECADES OF WATCHING FERNANDINA. I'VE BEEN A RESTAURANT OWNER IN THE 90S. THE REASON THIS IS SO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS BECAUSE I SKATED AT MAINE BEACH AS A CHILD, AND IT WAS EVERYTHING TO ME. IT WAS JUST WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN AND THE SEA BREEZE COMING IN AND THE BEE GEES PLAYING, AND YOU'RE JUST JAMMING. I GO TO THE SKATEPARK AND I WATCH THESE GUYS, AND WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC GOING, AND THEY'RE HITTING THESE TRICKS, AND THEY'RE HITTING THESE THINGS, AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM. WE DON'T HAVE THE SKATING RINK ANYMORE. WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER SLIDES ANYMORE. MY KIDS WERE HERE IN THE 90S, AND THEY GOT THE WATER SLIDES. WE HAVE A LOT MISSING. AS FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SKATEPARK, WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING, AND WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING FROM A PLACE OF SPONSORSHIP IS MATCHING FUNDS. IT REALLY HANDCUFFED ME FOR US NOT TO GET THE FULL $90,000 SO THAT THAT WE HAVE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS. BECAUSE FROM A SPONSORSHIP PERSPECTIVE, YES, WE NEED TO MATCH DOLLARS THAT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR TOURISM IS GOING TO BRING TO THIS, [00:15:02] BECAUSE THIS IS CITY PROPERTY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE A REVENUE GENERATING SKATEPARK THAT COULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, GIVE BACK TO KIDS, GIVE BACK TO TOURISM. WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING IS WHATEVER YOU GUYS COME UP WITH US WORKING TO FIND THOSE MATCHING DOLLARS. >> BECAUSE WE DID. WE EXTENDED IT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING. WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE IT'S TIME. WE'VE GOT POE AND WHAT SHE'S DONE. WE'VE GOT KIDS BEHIND THEM. WE'VE GOT KENNY AT THE PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY, TRAINING AND TEACHING IN HIS OWN TIME. WALLY IS THERE. THIS PLACE IS NO JOKE. I REALLY DON'T THINK THE CITY OF FERNANDINA UNDERSTANDS THE CULTURE OF SKATE PARK. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VALUES OF THESE FAMILIES, OF THESE KIDS, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE PERSONALLY PUT INTO IT AS PARENTS OF SKATERS. WE'RE NOT PLAYING. WELL IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS, AND WE'RE THIS CLOSE. JUST GIVE US THE 60,000 SO WE CAN GET THE REST OF THE SPECS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO IS WE HAVE EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOWE'S HOME DEPOT. THERE MIGHT BE MAYBE THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF IT WE CAN MATCH, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME SUPPLIES IN BUILDING MATERIALS THAT WE CAN ALSO BRING IN AND WORK WITH THIS COMPANY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COST. I JUST REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW WHO WE ARE AS PARENTS AND WHAT WE'RE READY TO DO. WE JUST NEED YOU TO MEET US THERE. THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY. THIS IS YOUR LAND. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN YULE. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE. IT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT SPOT ON THE OCEAN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE. [APPLAUSE] >> COULD YOU NOT APPLAUSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> FINGERS EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO. >> GO AHEAD. PLEASE, MS OLLOWER. >> THE IMPORTANCE OF THE $60,000 NOW IS TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS GOING? >> YEAH. IT'S TO GET THE COMPLETE SCOPE OF THE WORK. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THERE'S A COMPANY IN JAPAN THAT'S MAKING AMAZING EQUIPMENT, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE IT IN THE UNITED STATES SKATE PARKS. IF WE CAN MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND WITH THE COMPANY THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE SKATE PARK, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. JUST A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD HAVE THEM BRING IN SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT. >> BUT THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING IS POINT IF YOU NEED THE ACTUAL. >> WE NEED THE SPECS. YEAH, WE NEED EVERYTHING >> OKAY. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> I DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. >> SURE. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR GROUP FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. I THINK WHEN WALLY WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY, AND THEN LEARNING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHEN YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE TO SPEAK TO US, ALL OF THE WORK THAT FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA SATE PARK DOES BESIDES JUST SKATING. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT LEAD INTO THAT, THE MENTORSHIP AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO IS COMMENDABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND HOW THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING OUR CITY DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS. I THINK THAT'S IT'S GOOD FOR OUR CITY. IT'S GOOD FOR US ALL TO HAVE BUY IN AND WORK TOGETHER, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. FOR EVERYBODY TALKS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I REALLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT THE TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT. IT'S COOL TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING. LET ME BACK UP AND SAY, I WAS A MONTH OR SO AGO. I WAS AT THE COUNTY JOINT COMMISSION WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. WHERE IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO MY SURPRISE THAT THE COUNTY WAS INTERESTED IN USING SOME OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THE BED TAX AND TO PUT FROM THE BEACH HARMONIZATION PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING. THERE'S A BIG ONE AT SEASIDE PARK, AND THERE'S ONE GOING TO BE AT MAIN BEACH. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PROJECT IS JEREMI SPEAKING OUT OF SCHOOL, MAYBE 2-5 YEARS OUT FOR MAINE BEACH TO BE STARTED. I TOTALLY MAKES SENSE IN MY MIND THAT SOMETHING OF THIS CALIBER AND THIS SCALE AND THIS COST WOULD BE DONE WITH THAT PROJECT SO THAT THERE IS A FINAL FINISHING POINT AND A BIG HURRAH OF THIS IS ALL HERE. I THINK THAT THAT TIME FRAME IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF PROMISE IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT. >> COMMUNICATED. YES. >> SUGGESTED BY THE LAST COMMISSION. [00:20:03] THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS PART TO BE AT THIS ITERATION. I JUST WANT TO JUST CAUTION THAT. I WOULD THINK THAT THE MONEY. I THINK THE $30,000 WAS WELL SPENT TO GET THESE RENDERINGS AND THIS IDEA AND I WAS SUPER HAPPY TO SEE IT. I LIKE THE DESIGN. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE TO DO SOME REALLY COOL THINGS. MY CONCERN WITH IF THE COMMISSION WERE TO ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL $60,000 RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE IN A WORLD WHERE PRICES ARE CHANGING ON A DAILY BASIS BASED ON WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING, AND THAT IF A REALISTIC PROJECT IS TWO YEARS OUT, IS THAT GOING TO BE PERTINENT TO SPEND THAT MONEY NOW? THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THE OTHER THING IS, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW FROM SCOTT, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THIS ANSWER TODAY. IF WE'RE LOOKING OUT THAT THIS PROJECT REALLY DOES HAPPEN AND IS FUNDED BY THAT BE TERMINIZATION AND NOT OUT OF OUR PARKS AND REC BUDGET, BUT OUT OF THE BEACH TERMINIZATION MONEY, WHICH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION FOR THE CITY TO BE HAVING THAT WHAT CAN WE DO AS PARKS AND REC TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAFEST MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT IN THE SHORT TERM TO GET US TO THIS. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU STILL HAVE A BUDGET THAT ROLLED INTO THIS YEAR TO COVER THAT. THAT'S. >> YEAH. >> BUT I'M TALKING LIKE IF IT'S A 2-5 YEAR PROJECT, WHAT DO WE DO? >> I STILL REALLY THINK WE NEED THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THE WORK. EVEN IF IT IS TWO, THREE, LET'S CAP IT OUT AT FOUR YEARS. LET'S SAY, HEY, LET'S NOT GO PAST FOUR YEARS, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT SCOPE, WE STILL NEED WHAT WE NEED NOW BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING MONEY. WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND I THINK THE WHOLE PICTURE, AND MAYBE WALLY NEEDS TO SPEAK MORE TO THIS BECAUSE HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUILDERS OF THE COMPANY. I THINK WE'RE SUPER FORTUNATE. WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY WHO LIVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO REALLY ARE SUPPORTING US FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, AND THEY ALSO COULD SPEAK TO THAT. BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THEM, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD HOLD THEIR PRICING FOR US. I THINK THEY WOULD PAD IT ENOUGH AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROJECT WELL ENOUGH TO GIVE US THE WHOLE SCOPE OF THE WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. MICHAEL NICHOLS. >> MICHAEL NICHOLS, 876 ATLANTIC VE DRIVE. THIS IS A GREAT DAY. THIS IS A DAY WE GOT A CONCEPT DRAW AND I WILL SAY THAT THE TEAM WORKED REALLY HARD, AND THAT THIS ACCUMULATION OF DRAWINGS CAME FROM NOT JUST AMERICA RAM COMPANY. THERE WAS INPUT FROM THE WHOLE SKATER COMMUNITY. WE HAD POE WORKED ON IT WITH US. THIS CONCEPT DRIVING CAME REALLY WELL. JUST SOME OF THE DETAILS IS THAT WE WOULDN'T MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPLEMENTS THE MAIN BEACH PARK. WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN TECHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES THAT. ALSO THAT IT SUPPORTS DIFFERENT STYLES OF SKATE. THIS PARTICULAR PARK DOES HAVE WHAT'S CALLED TRANSITION, WHICH IS UP AND DOWN SKATE VERTICAL SKATING. IT DOES HAVE STREET SKATING. THAT'S POSED TO POE'S STYLE SPEED SKATING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MET THAT IT DIDN'T MEET DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. BUT ALSO DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS AS A SKATE PARK. THIS IS REALLY A WHEEL ACTION PARK, SO BIKES, SCOOTERS, ROLLER BLADE SKATES. THIS COMPETES MORE THAN JUST SKATEBOARDER. THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. YOU'LL SEE SOME BIKES IN OUR LITTLE T SKATE PARK, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM. THAT SKATE PARK TODAY, IF YOU GO IN THERE ON THE BUSY DAY AND A LOT OF THEM ARE BUSY, IT IS OVERCAPACITY. IT'S GETTING DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS DOWN THERE SKATING. I KNOW IF YOU WALK DOWN THERE ON AUGUST AT NOON, YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY THERE, BUT GO THERE ON THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY AFTER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, THAT PLACE AFTER SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE PACKED. IT'S JUST PACKED SO MUCH THE POINT THAT KIDS CAN GET HURT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MANY, IT'S TOO DENSE. THIS DOES ANSWER THE PROBLEM FROM A GROWTH PERSPECTIVE AND IT ALL ALLOWS THEM TO SKATE SAFE BECAUSE YOU TALKING ABOUT SAFE SKATING. [NOISE] THIS ALLOWS FOR SAFER SKATING. IT'S NOT JUST FOR KIDS. I'M 61, AND I STILL SKATEBOARD. [00:25:02] I'M NOT LIKE THESE KIDS, BUT I DO LIKE TO GO ROLL AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, MY SON COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I DID ASK HIM. WHAT HE WOULD SAY, IF HE WAS HERE, HE JUST SAID, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST DAY EVER. THAT'S IN THE WORDS OF MY SON, KAI. HE'S A BIG SKATER. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. I KNOW SHI YOU BROUGHT US SOME GREAT EXAMPLES, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING OFF FLYING WITH PARKS. THERE'S A LOT OF AVENUES TO GET THERE. THE BEACH HARMONIZATION IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT THERE'S NO WE'RE TRYING TO HUNT DOWN THE GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THAT OR 200K. IT MIGHT BE A MIX OF FUNDS, AND THE APPROACH MAY BE ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT A PHASED APPROACH TO BUILD THE NORTHERN ADJACENT PART FIRST TO KEEP THE KIDS SKATING BECAUSE SCOTT DID A LOT OF WORK RECENTLY. THE PARKS DID A GREAT GREAT JOB OF REFURBISHING THE EXISTING ONES TO EXTEND THE LIFE BECAUSE THEY WERE LIT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE CAVING IN. THEY WERE DANGEROUS. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAD TO DO. BUT THAT DOES HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT PORTION OF THE PARK FOR A WHILE. WE COULD FOCUS ON SPENDING SOME TIME ON THE NORM PART AND GO TO SOUTH PARK. BUT WE MAYBE FIGURE OUT. NO, IT'S NOT. LOT OF DISCUSSION TO FIGURE OUT THE FUNDS OUT. I THINK WE CAN GET THERE. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR SCOTT. SCOTT. I'M SORRY. >> QUINN JOHNSON, PLEASE. >> QUINN JOHNSON, 97190 YORKSHIRE DRIVE, FERNANDINA AND YOU'LL LIVE BUT MY GRANDPARENTS DO LIVE IN THE CITY. A NEW SKATE PARK WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME. IT'S A SAFE, FUN PLACE TO GO SKATE, HAVE FUN. IT'S JUST, FOR THE LONGEST TIME THE SKATE PARK HAS BEEN DECAYING, FALLING APART, AND HAVING A NEW SKATE PARK WOULD OPEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO HOST CONTESTS. MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THE OLYMPICS COULD COME TO FERNANDINA. [LAUGHTER] IT WOULD JUST BE AMAZING IF THE CITY COULD FUND A NEW SKATE PARK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] POE PENSON, PLEASE. >> HELLO. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE. >> NAME AND ADDRESS. >> SORRY. POE PENSON, 2946 FIRST AVENUE. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE OF FERNANDINA. I HONESTLY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY. BUT JUST SPEAKING FROM MY HEART, A NEW SKATE PARK WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE AMAZING. FROM MY EXPERIENCE, TOO, JUST THE OTHER DAY WE MET A GROUP OF SEVEN KIDS, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, WE WERE ALL JUST IN TREKS, WE WERE LIKE, WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM? THIS IS SO CRAZY. THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YEAH, WE LIVE IN GEORGIA SOME KID WAS FROM WOODBINE. HE WAS LIKE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. ALL THESE KIDS ARE TRAVELING TO SKATE. EVEN JUST THE PARK WE HAVE NOW FROM GEORGIA. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. ANOTHER YOUNGER GIRL THAT SKATES CHLOE. SHE, HER, AND HER FAMILY, THEY LIVE IN GEORGIA. THEY COME DOWN HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM CALLAHAN. EVERYONE COMES HERE FOR THE SKATE PARK. I CAN SAY IT MYSELF, I WAS AT THE NEW SKATE PARK IN RIVERSIDE LAST NIGHT. I GO THERE A FEW TIMES A WEEK. IT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE TO JACKSONVILLE TO SKATE IN A PARK THAT'S, THE PARK WE HAVE NOW, I LOVE IT. BUT JUST FOR THE FUTURE OF SKATEBOARDING HERE, AS THE ISLAND'S POPULATION IS GROWING, TOO, AS WE ALL KNOW. MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING, MORE KIDS ARE GROWING UP HERE. IT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE ALSO MY EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WOULD SKATE WITH CLASSMATES AND STUFF, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY STOPPED SKATING. IT GOT TOO BORING THIS AND THAT. I KNOW SKATING IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT WOULD BE COOL AND INSPIRING AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE BEACH PROJECT HAPPENING, BUT IT COULD BE A COOL INCLUSION, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE WORLD. [00:30:02] I'VE BEEN A BEACH, PARK ON THE BEACH, A BUNCH OF SPECTATORS COME, AND THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AROUND. I'VE BEEN THERE. IT'S ANNOYING TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST STARING AT YOU WHILE YOU SKATE. BUT IT DRAWS A CROWD. SAME THING IN DUBAI, THERE'S A WHOLE JUST THIS CRAZY BEACH. >> THERE'S A SKATE PARK THAT HAS COVER SHADE, AND THEN IT'S DUBAI. IT'S PROBABLY EXTRAVAGANT. BUT I'LL JUST BE COOL, AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE FUNDING, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT. ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT. IT MEANS A LOT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE KIDS HERE COULD PROGRESS AND GROW. IT'S ALSO JUST A COOL PLACE, A COOL MEETING POINT BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES, SHAPE, SIZES, EVERYONE CAN COME TOGETHER JUST AROUND BASICALLY A LITTLE WOODEN, TOY, FOR THE MOST PART, AND CREATE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS AND BONDS AS I HAVE MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST A COOL THING TO SAY, AND I'M PRETTY BIG ADVOCATE FOR SKATING, AND NOW THAT IT'S IN THE OLYMPICS, I'D SAY IT'S EASIER TO GET THE OUTSIDE WORLD OUTSIDE OF SKATING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THROUGH THE OLYMPICS, I THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE AREA OF CAMARADERIE AND HOW WE'RE ALL COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER AND WE ALL WANT THE BEST FOR EACH OTHER. WE WANT EACH OTHER TO LAND THEIR TRICKS. WE WANT THAT. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S JUST A COOL SPORT. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] KENNY PINSON. >> HELLO, KENNY A PINSON, 2946 FIRST AVENUE, IS MY RESIDENCE. THERE ARE MANY BENCHMARKS IN MY HEAD THAT REVOLVE AROUND SKATEBOARDING. ONE THAT STICKS OUT TREMENDOUSLY AND I PREFER TO THIS MEETING IS COCO BEACH, FLORIDA, WHEREAS THE SCHOOLS OUT EVENT. I TOOK POE THERE WHEN SHE WAS NINE-YEARS-OLD, AND SHE WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE END OF IT. SHE ENTERED IN THE PARK, WHICH IS NOT STREET. I WAS LIKE BOWL AND SCOOTER IN THE INTERVIEW. HE LOOKED AT HER PAPERWORK. HE SAID, "POE, YOU'RE HERE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA." HE SAID, "WHERE DID YOU LEARN HOW TO DROP NINE FEET INTO THIS BOWL? SKATE OUT THE OTHER SIDE 2.5 FEET OVER THE COPAN AND COME BACK IN. WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT?" POE JUST MEEKLY SAID AT NINE-YEARS-OLD. SHE SAID CONOR. THAT'S ALL SHE HAD TO SAY. SCOOTER, THE MC OF THE EVENT, SAID HI TO MARTY UP HERE AT CONOR SAID, WHERE DID YOU LEARN HOW TO DO THIS? IT'S LIKE DRAWS A CONCLUSION HERE ABOUT POE'S ABILITIES, BUT ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S LACKING HERE IN TERMS OF A BOWL AND ALL THE KIDS WHO ARE JUST EXTRAORDINARY IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MASTER THESE FEATURES AND ELEMENTS OF SKATE PARK. OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE OLYMPIC JOURNEY, AND WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING UP IN LA IN 2028, AND WE'VE GOT A FEW HOPEFULS WHO ARE INSPIRING TO WATCH. THIS IS A BIG CALENDAR EVENT FOR OURSELVES TO MAINTAIN IN OUR PERSPECTIVES. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. PINSON. [APPLAUSE] SIERRO. >> I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ONE? >> NO. >> WHAT'S THAT? >> GO AHEAD. >> THAT'S ME. [LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU. >> HI, HELLO. MY NAME IS GENTO SIERRO. [00:35:02] SORRY, I DON'T HAVE VERY WELL HANDWRITING. MY APOLOGIES. >> IT'S FINE. >> I LIVE OVER IN CALLAHAN ON PEAT ROAD. I'M NOT VERY WELL AT REMEMBERING MY WHOLE ADDRESS CORRECTLY. I'M A LITTLE BIT NEW TO THE AREA OF FLORIDA. I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR A YEAR. BUT I THINK WITHIN THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT HERE AND THE PEOPLE I'VE MET SO FAR OUT IN THIS CROWD, I THINK THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING GOING ON HERE ON THIS BEACH, AND I'M VERY STOKED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THESE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE SKATE PARK, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT AND FOR THE CHILDREN THAT NEED IT ALSO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD. I THINK POE PUT IT IN A GOOD, A GOOD HANGOUT SPOT. I THINK IT'S VERY WELL. IT BRINGS ME BACK TO WHEN I LIVED DOWN IN CALIFORNIA. I GO AND TAKE TRIPS TO OAKLAND WITH MY DAD TO GO AND SKATE WITH HIM. WE ALWAYS GO TO THIS PLACE CALLED LIKE LOWER BOB'S. IT'S FUNNY THE WAY HOW IT STARTED UP BECAUSE IT WAS LITERALLY A BUNCH OF OUR HOMES, OUR FRIENDS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WHOLE BIG DIY SKATE PARK. THEY DID IT NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO IT, BUT MORE OF THE FACT OF IF BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, I THINK IT HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF OAKLAND GET OUT FROM LIKE THE TROUBLE SIDE OF THINGS FROM DOING BAD STUFF, AND IT GAVE THEM A REASON TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FOCUS ON WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO AT THE TIME. I THINK WITH THE SKATE PARK OUT THERE AND WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT INSIGHT, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A BIGGER AND SHARPER SIGHT FOR ESPECIALLY THE TROUBLED YOUTH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS TO HAVE A FOCUS ON SOMETHING AND TO PUT ENERGY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S RAD AND AWESOME, AND TO STRIVE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE OF EXPANDING AND MAKING MORE ON A SKATE PARK, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONE YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE. I THINK THESE PEOPLE HAVE DEFINITELY EARNED THE NEW STUFF THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> I WOULD. >> WOULD YOU [OVERLAPPING]. >> I'LL JUST FILL IT OUT. >> YOU CAN FILL IT OUT. JUST YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. >> YOU CAN FILL IT OUT. >> MISSES SPALDING, MISS COCCHI, MR. CAMERA, MISS JENNY MUNTJOY, MRS. CURRY, MR. GUNN. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE SKATE PARK AND GET TO KNOW THESE CHILDREN. THEY'RE NOT ALL CHILDREN, BUT YOU MIGHT FIND TAJ PICKING LITTLE HOLDEN UP OFF THE GROUND, DUSTING HIM OFF AND FIXING HIS HELMET. THEY JUST TREAT EACH OTHER WITH THE MOST RESPECT AND THE MOST KINDNESS. IT HAS BEEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT I HAVE EVER WATCHED. WE DID BASEBALL, AND ALL THOSE KIDS OUT THERE MEAN. JUST LIKE LIKE BEATING UP ON EACH OTHER, PUSHING EACH OTHER. OH, YOU SUCK IT, HITTING, AND THIS AND THAT. THESE KIDS, IF THEY FALL DOWN, THEY PICK EACH OTHER UP. IF THEY GO SLOW, THEY CLAP FOR EACH OTHER. IT IS THE MOST INCLUSIVE, MOST BEAUTIFUL, SWEETEST, GENTLE, BUNCH OF ROUGH NET KIDS YOU COULD EVER LAY EYES ON. COME OUT THERE AND WATCH THE MAGIC. FEEL THE LOVE AND THE JOY THAT COMES FROM THESE RELATIONSHIPS BUILDING. POE AND JASON AND QUIN. QUIN IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR AGE, BUT HE'S SITTING AND CHILLING WITH THEM. THEY COME TO MY HOUSE AND EAT. AT ANY MOMENT, YOU CAN FIND ANY OF THESE KIDS HANGING OUT IN THE BACKYARD. THEY'RE FAMILY AND THEY DESERVE THIS BIGGER, BETTER SPACE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND INVITE MORE KIDS INTO THEIR CIRCLE. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL. THANKS GUYS. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] TODD ODUM. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? MY NAME IS TODD ODUM. I RESIDE ON 879 DIANE DRIVE, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA. I WAS BORN HERE, LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. I STARTED SKATING AROUND THREE YEARS AGO, AND I WAS IN A REALLY DARK PLACE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I PLAYED BASKETBALL MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I WASN'T REALLY ACCEPTED IN THAT COMMUNITY. I GOT INTO SKATING. I'VE KNOWN POE SINCE SIXTH GRADE, [00:40:01] I'VE KNOWN JASON FOR A WHILE. I'VE KNOWN ALL THESE PEOPLE FOREVER BECAUSE I USED TO SCOOTER, BUT IT REALLY GAVE ME A BETTER OUTLET FOR MY BRAIN. I REALLY GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND REALLY JUST ENJOY MYSELF AND REALLY EXPRESS MYSELF IN A CREATIVE ASPECT. I FEEL LIKE I CAN TAKE THAT WHEREVER I WANT IN LIFE NOW THAT I DO THAT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, EXCEPT THE FACT THAT ALL THESE KIDS ARE VERY TALENTED, AND THIS WOULD REALLY EXPAND EVERYTHING FOR US. GOING INTO THE FUTURE, I FEEL LIKE FOR ALL THESE KIDS HERE, IT CAN REALLY GIVE THEM A FUTURE AS WELL AND GET THEM OUT OF HARD PLACES AND HARD TIMES. I WANT TO THANK YOU-ALL FOR ALL THIS. IT IS GREAT TO SEE JUST THIS EVEN BEING A THOUGHT FOR ME TO SEE THAT WE COULD GET A NEW PARK THAT'S CONCRETE IS AMAZING, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU-ALL. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] CANDENCE. >> HI. IT'S CADENCE HAUSER 86038 EASTPORT DRIVE. I MOVED HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND THE SKATE PARK HAS JUST CHANGED MY LIFE SINCE. I WAS INSPIRED BY EVERYONE THERE, POE INCLUDED THAT I HAD TO TRY SKATING FOR MYSELF. THAT'S WHAT GOT ME FALL IN LOVE WITH IT. I LOVE THIS PARK AND THE PEOPLE I MET, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY. I THINK A NEW PARK WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO EXPAND THINGS TO DO FOR YOUTH IN MY AREA, ESPECIALLY A BOWL, WHICH IS ON THERE. I HAVE TO DRIVE AN HOUR MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK JUST TO SKATE A BOWL. IT WOULD MEET A LOT IF WE COULD GET THIS APPROVED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HI. I HAVE MISS SARAH CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, I DID WANT TO JUMP IN HERE BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? YOU WANT TO GO FIRST, WALLY? >> SURE. >> OKAY. >> GO AHEAD, WALLY. >> MY NAME IS WALDO MARBAREO, PO BOX 1, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, HOME OF OLYMPIAN POE PENSON. EVERYONE WHO WAS UP HERE THAT SAID SOMETHING, SAID SOMETHING TRUTHFUL. THEY CAME OUT AND SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT IT. AMY, MENTIONING THE RESPECT AND THE OCCLUSION, AND THAT'S PASSIONATE SPEECH. MELISSA WITH THE SAME PASSIONATE SPEECH. TAJ SPEAKING UP HERE. CADENCE, SPEAKING UP HERE. PETE HAS JUST TURNED 16 ON SATURDAY, AND FOR HER BIRTHDAY, SHE WANTED TO COME TO OUR EVENT. IT WAS BIG FOR HER TO SPEND HER 16TH BIRTHDAY AT A SKATE COMPETITION. I NEED MY GLASSES. KENNY PINSON, MENTIONING ABOUT CONOR IN THE OLYMPICS. HE'S THE FATHER THAT STANDS OUT THERE FOR PARENTS WHO HAPPEN TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE AND HELP THE LITTLE KIDS. HE'S INSPIRING HIMSELF, SINGLE MAN TO RAISE AN OLYMPIA WOMAN. IT'S INSPIRATIONAL. GINTO COMING FROM CALLAHAN, AND THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER AND HIM SKATEBOARDING IN CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING TO TODAY. QUINN JOHNSON, SPEAKING OF HOW SAFE AND HAVING A FUN SPACE WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO HIM. MIKE NICHOLS, HE'S OUR TREASURE. HE SPOKE FACTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN FIND THIS FUNDS. EVERYTHING CAN BE FAST TRACKED. THAT TWO YEAR PLAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE BEACH HARMONIZATION, WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE CAN FAST TRACK THINGS. THINGS GET FAST TRACKED ALL THE TIME. I THINK WE NEED TO ALL LOOK INTO THAT. THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE. THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OF. POE PENSON WENT TO DUBAI AND SKATEBOARDED. YOU HAD SOMEBODY UP HERE WHO HAS SEEN THE BEST SKATE PARKS ON THE PLANET AND HAS COMPETED ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY COMPETE AT IN THIS SPORT. SHE STOOD UP HERE AND SPOKE TO YOU GUYS, AN OLYMPIAN. WE NEED TO BUILD AN OLYMPIC STYLE SKATE PARK. [00:45:03] WE NAME THAT SKATE PARK UNDER HER. WE SHOULD GET A SKATE PARK THAT'S OF THIS NAME. SHE SEES SKATE PARKS AROUND THE WORLD. IF YOU CAN EXCUSE ME, TO GIVE ME ONE MORE MINUTE, I DO APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU GOT THAT. >> THANK YOU. I SAT UP HERE WITH THESE DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THOSE CHAIRS AND HAVE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A DESIGN OF A SKATE PARK. WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THINGS. >> THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW PARK UP FRONT HERE, THE NEW YBOR ALVAREZ SOCCER FIELDS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO. NONE OF THESE AREAS HAVE PUT AN OLYMPIAN OUT THERE. THIS YOUNG LADY HAPPENED TO BE BORN IN OUR CITY. WE SHOULD BE REALLY FEELING GOOD THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WE BUILT AN OLYMPIC STYLE SKATE PARK. YOU GUYS WILL BE A PART OF THAT HISTORY. WHEN YEARS COME BY, THEY WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT, FANTASTIC PARK. YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THIS. UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE SITTING UP THERE AND COULD HELP MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL GET US A WORLD CLASS SKATE PARK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, WALLY. MS. CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SARAH CAMPBELL CITY MANAGER. WHILE THE ENERGY IS PALPABLE TODAY, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE SKATERS WHO HAVE COME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIC PROCESS. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT LEARNING SESSION ABOUT HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS AND HOW WE GET THINGS DONE TOGETHER. THE SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY IS OBVIOUSLY A FAMILY, AND THE CONCEPT IS BEAUTIFUL, AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THIS ALL THE WAY. IN THIS INSTANCE, HOWEVER, WE HAVE AN ANGEL INVESTOR, AND THAT ANGEL INVESTOR IS OUR PARTNERS AT NASSAU COUNTY. THEY HAVE ASKED US TO HIT PAUSE SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE DESIGN TO THE FINISH LINE. THEIR VISION FOR THIS IS TO MAKE IT A TOURNAMENT STYLE FACILITY. THEIR FINAL DESIGN NEEDS TO INCLUDE VENUE SEATING, PA SYSTEM, CONCESSION STANDS AND RESTROOMS, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, LIGHTING, DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION, ALL OF THE WAYS THAT THIS WILL INTEGRATE INTO THE REST OF MAIN BEACH PARK. FUNDING IT THROUGH THE TOURISM TAX DOLLARS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED BY ALL OF THE VISITORS THAT COME HERE. IT'S GOOD NEWS, AND IT'S A SLIGHT PAUSE WHILE THEY COMPLETE THE DESIGN AND GET IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN FUND IT COMPLETELY. I HOPE THAT'S RECEIVED AS GOOD NEWS. I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT NEWS FOR OUR COUNTY PARTNERS TO STEP UP AND SAY, WE'RE WILLING TO FUND THIS AND BRING IT TO FRUITION. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING, I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE, AND I HOPE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THEN. WITH THEN, LIKE YOU SAID FINALIZING DESIGN, WOULD THEY BE USING THIS DESIGN, OR ARE THEY MAKING THEIR OWN DEIGN? I KNOW THAT SOME THINGS MIGHT CHANGE, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAVE TO ADD A FEW THINGS. WOULD IT BE LIKE [OVERLAPPING]? >> NO. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN SCOTT HAD THE CONCEPT READY, IT CAME IN THE DAY BEFORE THE JOINT MEETING, AND SO WE SHARED THIS WITH THEM AT THE JOINT MEETING, AND THEY WERE SHOCKED AND SURPRISED AT HOW WELL IT FIT IN WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT THEY ALREADY HAD FOR THE PARK. I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES TO THIS CONCEPT PLAN. IT'S MORE ABOUT INTEGRATING IT WITH THE REST OF THE PARK HARMONIZATION ITEMS. >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MS. CAMPBELL. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OVERLAY OF THIS BEING LARGER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANNEXED IN. WOULD WE HAVE TO DO A FURTHER ANNEXATION MORE OF THE PARK? >> IT'S ALL PART OF MAIN BEACH PARK. IT'S ALL OWNED BY THE CITY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S [OVERLAPPING]. >> I THOUGH IT WAS LIKE A SEPARATE PARCEL OR SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO CARVE OUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT. >> YOU HAD TO VACATE [INAUDIBLE]. WE ALREADY [INAUDIBLE]. >> SORRY. >> THAT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. WE CAN CONTROL THAT. [LAUGHTER]. >> I, OF COURSE, HAVE MENTIONED TO FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA, AND TALKED ABOUT IT HERE TOO, ABOUT WHAT CULPABILITY THEY MIGHT HAVE IN BRINGING SOME FUNDS, WHETHER IT WAS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THEM, [00:50:01] WHATEVER ITERATION OF THAT THAT TAKES. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE TAKING OVER THIS PROJECT AND FUNDING IT WITH THAT MONEY SO THAT IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL COST TO TAXPAYERS. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOULD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE FALL TO THE CITY AFTER THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION? OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A BIG PARK, CONCRETE'S A BIG TICKET ITEM IN MAINTAINING THOSE THINGS. HOW DO WE GET THAT THEN INTO OUR PARKS AND REC BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR THE FUTURE? >> WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ALL THE CITY PARKS AND THEY MAINTAIN THE COUNTY PARKS. >> WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED A CITY PARK? >> IT WOULD. YEAH. IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> JUST ONE QUESTION. DO WE KNOW WHAT SLIGHT PAUSE MEANS? >> I JUST MEAN THE CITY DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE THIS THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THAT THE COUNTY WILL DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE. THEY'RE STARTING WITH SEASIDE PARK AND THEN WORKING UP TO MAIN BEACH. THIS IS, I THINK THE SECOND PROJECT IN THE QUEUE, SO THAT'S WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ABOUT. >> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MS. CAMPBELL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE TWO. WALLY, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE TO PODIUM PLEASE? >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANKS, WALLY. >> YES, SIR. >> CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW SKATING AT SKATE PARK? >> I'D LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE HAVE SKATE COMPETITIONS VARIES FROM 30-75 AS FAR AS COMPETITIONS. AT THE SKATE PARK, ON A DAILY BASIS, THERE IS THIS ONE GUY WHO BRINGS HIS CHILD UP THERE AT 7:00 AM. I THINK CADENCE WENT UP THERE THE OTHER DAY AT 6:30 OR 7:00 AM TO SKATEBOARD, SO IF YOU WERE TO KEEP TRACK, I WOULD IMAGINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE, PROBABLY BETWEEN 50-60 KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS, WITH PARENTS WALKING IN, PARENTS LEAVING. IT'S A TRIANGLE EFFECT. THEY GO FROM THE BEACH, TO THE SKATE PARK, TO THE CIRCLE K. [LAUGHTER] GOT TO GET A SLURP. >> WE'LL HAVE TO INCLUDE THE CIRCLE K IN THAT DEVELOPMENT >> I AGREE. [LAUGHTER] >> MAYBE THAT'S THE CONCESSION STANDING [OVERLAPPING]. >> IT'S A LOT OF KIDS, AND LIKE MIKE SAID, IT DOES GET TO A POINT SOMETIMES ON A WEEKEND OR SOME, THAT THERE'S WAY TOO MANY KIDS OUT THERE, AND IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE WITH KIDS RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER. >> THEY DO A GOOD JOB LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER. >> YEAH. THEY DO. YEAH. THEY HELP EACH OTHER OUT IF THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER, FOR SURE. >> WALLY, THIS IS SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. >> SURE. >> LET'S SAY TO US, COULD YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA? IF WE SAY 2-3 YEARS OUT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION BECAUSE OF THIS NEW CONCEPT OF NEW PARK AND EVERYTHING? HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT NOW? >> IF WE WERE TO HOLD HIGH LEVEL SKATE COMPETITIONS, THEN WE'RE TALKING MORE. OUR LITTLE SMALL TOWN, HOMETOWN SKATE COMPETITION, WE MIGHT HAVE THAT MANY CONTESTANTS, BUT WE PROBABLY GET 500 PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME IN AND SEE THESE THINGS. IF WE WERE TO HOST MAJOR EVENTS, FIRST OF ALL, WE'D DO ONE, WHAT'S CALLED FASL, FLORIDA AMATEUR SKATE LEAGUE, AND THOSE ATTENDANCE WOULD BE BIG, THEN YOU COULD DO, IF EVEN POSSIBLE, A DO TOUR OR THERE'S ALL SKATE COMPETITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THEY JUST BYPASS US TO GO TO OTHER CITIES FOR MAJOR COMPETITIONS. IT'S THE ONLY SKATE PARK ON THE EAST COAST THAT YOU CAN WALK TO THE WATER. WE'D LIKE TO TELL THESE KIDS TOO, THAT UNLIKE BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, [00:55:04] FOOTBALL, YOU NEED A PARENT TO SIGN YOU UP. THESE KIDS DON'T NEED A PARENT TO SIGN YOU UP. THEY COME OUT THERE. >> I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ALSO ON THAT. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT [INAUDIBLE]? >> YEAH. >> I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, MIKE. APPRECIATE IT. HAVING COMPETITIONS AT OUR SKATE PARK WILL GENERATE A LOT, PUT PEOPLE IN THE BEDS IN THE HOTELS FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND FESTIVALS. RIGHT NOW, WE DO A LOT AS FAR AS SKATE COMPETITIONS. THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE SKATE COMPETITIONS. BASEBALL, YOU PRACTICE, YOU HAVE A GAME AT THE END OF THE WEEK, FOOTBALL, PRACTICE, YOU HAVE A GAME AT THE END OF THE WEEK. ALL THESE OTHER SPORTS HAVE A GAME AT THE END OF THE WEEK. THESE KIDS WAIT MONTHS FOR A COMPETITION. HAVING A NICER SKATE PARK, WE CAN DO MORE COMPETITIONS. >> LAST IDEA THAT I HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, IS HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE SKATE PARK, RAISING FUNDS? WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THAT YOU COULD RAISE IN THE NEXT YEAR, TWO YEARS, ANTICIPATION OF WORKING WITH THE CITY? >> MILLIONS. I WOULD LIKE MY TREASURER THOUGH, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF YOU CAN ASK OUR TREASURER? WE GOT A TREASURER, WE GOT A SECRETARY, YOU GOT A PRESIDENT WHO'S GOING TO SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THE LUNGS, OR WHATEVER THEY NEED. BUT I THINK SOMEBODY WHO DEALS WITH OUR MONEY IS PROBABLY BEST TO ASK THAT QUESTION. BUT I THINK AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND WHAT WE DO, WE PUT ON THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FOOD FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A GREAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. WE HAVE THE HELMS HELMET PROGRAM WHERE WE HONOR A KID WHO LOST HIS LIFE. THEY DONATED HELMETS. WE GAVE OUT HELMETS TO KIDS. I THINK WE COULD RAISE A LOT OF MONEY. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD. I THINK THE CITY SHOULD FIND THE MONEY, OR NOT THE CITY, THE COUNTY, IF NOT THE COUNTY, THE STATE, TO BUILD THIS. BASEBALL, I'M SURE THOSE BASEBALL FIELDS WERE BUILT WITH CITY MONEY OR COUNTY MONEY. PICKLE BALL, WHATEVER YOU DO TO OTHER SPORTS, AS FAR AS BUILDING FACILITIES, BATHROOMS AT HICKORY PARK, JUST FOR PRACTICE, THE SOCCER FIELDS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE PUTTING INTO IT, BUT I'M SURE THAT THE CITY'S PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY, THE COUNTY'S PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY, AND THE STATES PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY. WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN THAT WAY. BUT IN OUR BACK POCKETS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND RAISE FUNDS. IF I SAY WE CAN RAISE FUNDS, I SAY WE COULD RAISE ABOUT $1 MILLION, IF I WANT TO GUESS. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU, WALLY IS, I KNOW THAT THE CITY STARTED THE PROGRAM, THE BASEBALL, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN A BIG PARTICIPANT OF BASEBALL IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO HOW WE GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY WORKING WITH THE CITY, WORKING WITH NASSAU COUNTY, WORKING WITH THEM, AND BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. I'LL JUST THROW OUT ONE NUMBER TO YOU. $186,000 THAT BASEBALL PUT INTO THE PARK IN THE LAST 2.5 YEARS. THAT WAS A DONATIONS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE CITY, GOT BUSINESSES TO BACK US, AND IT'S BEEN A WORTHWHILE THING WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THEY RESPONDED AND THEY HELPED US GET A BETTER PARK FOR THE FUTURE. EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS FOR THE FUTURE, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, WALLY, THAT THIS THING HAS TO BE BUILT. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT GOING FORWARD, THE MORE EFFORT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AS A UNIT, THE STRONGER WE ARE. >> I AGREE. >> THE STRONGER WE BECOME, THE MORE WE CAN ASK FOR. GOING FORWARD, WALLY, I WILL SUPPORT DOING THIS SKATE PARK FOR THE FUTURE. [01:00:05] BUT LET ME SAY TO YOU, IT'S GOT TO BE A JOINT EFFORT. >> I HOPE IN ANY WAY, I DIDN'T MISREPRESENT THAT WE WOULDN'T. I JUST HOPE THAT THIS COULD BE FUNDED TOTALLY. THAT'S ALL. I'M JUST HOPING. BUT I KNOW OUR GROUP, I MEAN, WE GOT THESE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TODAY, WE CAN RALLY AND GET THESE THINGS DONE. MELISSA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT A TEAM OF PEOPLE AND A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BACK, WHO ARE NOT PART OF THIS. >> I'M SURE THAT US WORKING WITH THE CITY IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. AS FAR AS PUTTING 168, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID BASEBALL PUT? >> IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SAID. >> WELL, WE WOULD MATCH THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> I WAS IN YOUR POSITION. I WAS PART OF THE BASEBALL, SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. >> THAT IS WHY I'M SAYING TO YOU. A JOINT EFFORT WILL MOVE A LOT FURTHER BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE, AND THIS COMMUNITY WORKS WELL WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS, WALLY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING? I REALLY WANT THAT BOWL TO JUST HAVE SOME FLIPPERS TO BE A TURTLE. RIGHT THERE. CAN YOU JUST FIGURE OUT SOME JUNK OR A HANDRAIL OR SOMETHING KIND OF CURB THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A FLIPPER? JUST A LITTLE TAIL. >> THERE YOU GO. >> YES, THANK YOU. >> I WONDER IF THEY COULD HAVE DO IT IN THE MATERIAL THAT THEY COULD JUST DO IT LIKE ON THE CONCRETE. IF THE DROP DOWNS IT, YOU CAN DO DARKER CONCRETE. >> MAYBE LIKE LITTLE HUMPS OR SOMETHING OUT THERE. I'LL SAY LIKE DIFFERENT COLOR CONCRETE OR SOMETHING THAT. [OVERLAPPING]. >> KATIE TOOK CARE OF IT. >> THANKS, KATIE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS GET BUILT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE US WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, AND I'VE COME UP WITH THREE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF THIS WORKS. WE CAN APPROVE THE CONCEPT AS DESIGNED AS IS NOW. SECOND, WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AS A GROUP. OR THIRD, WHICH I THINK IS THE BEST, APPROVE THE CONCEPT DESIGN, WORKING WITH NASSAU COUNTY TO FUND THE PROJECT TO THE BEACH HARMONIZATION. AND WHEN THAT COMES TO FRUITION, I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR JOB WELL AS A GROUP, AND THAT'S HOW I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE THREE OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE VOTE WE'RE VOTING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS STATE PARK IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? >> I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. I WOULD THINK THAT, ARE WE JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION THAT WE SUPPORT THIS IN WHATEVER? >> YES. >> OKAY. BUT ARE WE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FUND THE $60,000 RIGHT NOW OUT OF CITY MONEY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE PAUSE ON THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW? >> YEAH. >> THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU SARAH, FOR SHARING THAT. I BELIEVE THAT GOING THE DIRECTION OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY IN THE BEACH HARMONIZATION IS AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM. I THINK AT THAT POINT IS THEY WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE, AND STATING THAT IS THEY WOULD TAKE THIS EXISTING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. STAFF WOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING IT TO FRUITION. WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THAT TIMELINE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. [01:05:02] IF WE PROCEED RIGHT NOW IT WILL POSSIBLY, THE FUNDING COULD FALL ON THE CITY. LIKE MS. CAMPBELL SAID, IS THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. GOING THAT DIRECTION, I BELIEVE, STAFF WOULD WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS. IF THEY WOULD TAKE THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND MAYBE PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, I WOULD HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT, AND THE TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. DURING THE JOINT CITY COUNTY MEETING, THAT MEETING, THEY'RE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THIS. THEIR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS SEASIDE PARK WITH MAINE BEACH TO FOLLOW. >> I UNDERSTOOD THAT TIMELINE TO BE 2-5 YEARS. FIVE YEARS BEING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, IS HOW I HEARD THAT TO GET THE COMPLETION OF BOTH PARTS DONE. DID WE AGREE TO THE $90,000 BUT AGREED ONLY TO FUND THE $30,000? >> NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET, THE CURRENT CITY COMMISSION APPROVED $30,000 OF THAT TO GET THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS. >> MAYBE I'M TALKING OUT OF SCHOOL HERE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT EVEN ON A WORST CASE SCENARIO, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED TO DO THE ADDITIONAL $60,000 IF AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, IF THE COUNTY ASKED US TO DO THAT AS PART OF THE BUY IN FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE NUTS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY HERE THAT THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN THE CITY PAY CITY TAXES, AND WE ALSO PAY COUNTY TAXES BECAUSE WE ALSO LIVE IN THE COUNTY. SO IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY FINANCIALLY THAT IS A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE CITY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. IT ALSO FREES UP SOME MONEY FOR US DOWN THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS PROJECT ONGOING FOR THE FUTURE. I FULLY SUPPORT LETTING THE COUNTY TAKE THIS, AND I SEE US AS BEING A LIAISON WITH THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DON'T WANT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE WORSE THAN HAVING NO SKATE PARK AT ALL I WOULD IMAGINE. THAT THEY WOULD BE GOOD PARTNERS IN WORKING WITH THE DESIGN YOU ALREADY HAVE, I JUST SEE THAT AS A WIN FOR EVERYBODY. >> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT IN THAT CASE, GOING ALONG WITH THAT, THE MOTION AT THAT POINT WOULD BE FOR STAFF, PARKS, AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THE FUTURE OF THE SKATE PARK AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE BEACH HARMONIZATION PLAN, AND FUNDING, AND TIMELINE ASPECTS OF THAT. >> I WOULD SAY THAT AS A MOTION. IF YOU CAN CAPTURE THAT KATIE, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. CAN I JUST ADD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STAFF, MAYBE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TRY TO PUSH THE COUNTY FOR A MORE REALISTIC SAY, HEY, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH THIS. GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, AND WHAT IS A REALISTIC TIMELINE THAT WE CAN START TO PINPOINT, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ON THE FRONT END, IF POSSIBLE, OF THAT 2-5 YEARS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING. >> HOW DOES THE $60,000 FIT INTO THAT? I KIND OF LOST IT. >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY $90,000 IS WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR TO GET THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS. SO 30 FOR THE CONCEPT, AND THEN 60 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU GUYS WERE ASKING FOR TODAY. BUT AGAIN, IN MY MIND, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT NOW FOR SOMETHING THAT THE PRICE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. >> I ALSO FEEL LIKE THEIR CONTRACTORS COULD CHANGE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO DO THAT IRRIGATION, UNDERGROUND, WIRING, AND STUFF THAT COULD AFFECT THAT. SO THEN I COULD SEE THEM NEEDING TO REDO OR ADD TO THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING, SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WASTE IF WE DO IT NOT KNOWING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED INCLUDED IN IT. >> BUT DO WE THINK THE COUNTY WILL FUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT? >> THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. >> IF THE $60,000 GETS THEM TRACTION IN SOME FORM AND THEN THINGS CHANGE, WILL THE COUNTY PICK UP THAT $60,000 FOR A NEW SET OF DRAWINGS? >> WELL, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE THE $60,000 THAT [01:10:03] WE DON'T SPEND THAT AT ALL, POTENTIALLY. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD THINK IF THEY SAID, HEY, WE CAN BREAK AROUND OR WE CAN GET STARTED IN THREE MONTHS, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME TO SPEND THAT MONEY. BUT IF IT'S TWO YEARS, A LOT OF THAT CAN CHANGE AND THEN AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE REST OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AT THIS PARK, THE LIGHTING, AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, THE DRAINAGE, WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT ON TOP OF IT. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE 60 IS MORE THAN JUST DRAWINGS, IT GETS YOU IN THE ROOM WITH PEOPLE [OVERLAPPING]. >> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. ULTIMATELY, THE $60,000 WOULD THEN PROVIDE US WITH THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND SAY, WE WANT THIS BUILT, AND HERE WE NEED BIDS TO GET THIS BUILT. THAT'S WHAT THAT $60,000 IS FOR. THE $60,000 IS CURRENTLY IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT V ACCOUNT. IF IT DOESN'T GET SPENT IT STAYS THERE, AND IT WILL CONTINUOUSLY ROLL OVER. >> BUT I THOUGHT THESE GUYS WERE SAYING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, DOCUMENTS, THEY CAN GO TRY AND RAISE MORE MONEY, FIND PARTNERS, GET EQUIPMENT, ALL THESE THINGS. >> YES. >> BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY IF THE COUNTY'S FUNDING THE WHOLE THING, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> THAT'S FUNNY, THEY COULD SAVE IT'S BEEN ON SOMETHING ELSE LIKE SPONSORSHIPS OR TOURNAMENTS OR SOMETHING IF THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO FUND THE WHOLE THING, CORRECT? >> WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER IS THAT IS THE COUNTY COULD TAKE THIS CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, AND THEY COULD TAKE IT FROM HERE AND WORK WITH US ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT FUNDING ALL WORKS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND THE TIMELINE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. >> I THINK THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND THEM PICKING UP THIS WHOLE MAJORITY OF THE TAB OF THIS IS A WIN WIN WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE FERNANDINA IS GETTING A LOT OF HELP FROM NASSAU COUNTY, AND WE ARE NOW IMPROVING WHAT'S IN FERNANDINA ON THE NASSAU COUNTY DOLLAR. >> THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. >> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THOUGH, MAYBE ON IT OR SOMEWHERE THAT OR MAYBE YOU CAN TALK TO THEM THAT IF THEY MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO ANYTHING, THAT IT BE BROUGHT BEFORE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA AND PRAT. FOR SOME REASON, THEY NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT BATHROOMS OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW. IF WE, NOT JUST LIKE US, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A SAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE A REASON, BUT THEY DON'T JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH. >> I'M SURE THAT THE COUNTY WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH US GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. >> THEN I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. >> MAYBE TO JENNY'S POINT, MAYBE SOMETHING COULD BE SET UP. AGAIN, I'M SURE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OFF ON THEIR OWN TO DRIVE IN SKATE PARK, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO WORK. BUT MAYBE LIKE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH SOMEBODY FROM FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA WORKING WITH THE COUNTY JUST SO WE CAN STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS SO THAT WHEN IT GETS GOING, YOU GUYS AREN'T DELAYED ANYMORE AND IT'S MOVING. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> IT'D BE GREAT IF WHEN THEY START TO DETERMINIZATION THEY COULD START THIS FIRST, BUT I KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GO. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> MEMBER SPAULDING? >> YES. >> MEMBER PEARLSTINE? NOT HERE. MEMBER COCCHI? >> YES. >> CHAIR CAMERA? >> YES. >> VICE CHAIR MANTROY? >> YES. >> MEMBER CURRY? >> YES. >> MEMBER DAN? >> YES. THAT PASSES 50. >> IT PASSES. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] >> COULD YOU QUIETLY EXIT, PLEASE? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOO. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK IT'LL BE SUPER COOL. [OVERLAPPING] [01:15:12] >> COULD YOU TAKE THAT OUTSIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COOL. >> NUMBER 7. STAFF UPDATE. [7. STAFF COMMENTS] >> THANK YOU. YOU GUYS, THIS IS PART OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET. [INAUDIBLE] ACCESS 28 HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THAT WAS A REDECK AND A REHAND RAILING. WE HAVE INSTALLED ALL OF OUR NEW AEDS, AND STAFF IS GOING TO BE WORKING HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO WORK WITH MARY HAMBURG AND PROMOTION STAFF TO GET A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. PARKS AND RECREATION HAS THE MOST FORWARD-FACING [INAUDIBLE] THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED BY THE YOUTH SPORT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IS THERE'S ONE AT THE THE WELCOME CENTER DOWNTOWN. WE'LL BE DOING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE HERE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST FOR THAT AND FOLLOW-UPS, OBVIOUSLY, TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF WHERE ALL THE AEDS ARE LOCATED. NORTH BEACH PARK COMMENCED ON MARCH 3RD. THEY HAVE A GREAT START. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BY THERE, BUT THEY ARE UP TO THE FIRST PAVILION OF REDECKING IT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON GETTING QUOTES TO DO THE ROOFS. THERE'S TWO ROOFS ON THOSE PAVILION, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL, WHILE THE BOARDWALK IS DOWN. FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL BE REDECKING, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT THE BOARDWALK IT CONNECTS BASICALLY TWO SUBDIVISIONS. IT'S BEHIND OCEAN SOUND OFF OF JEAN LAFITTE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY USE THIS BOARDWALK, AND WE'RE GOING TO REDECK THAT BOARDWALK. SOME OF IT HAD BEEN REDECKED ALREADY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT JOB UP, SO IT'S SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> IS THAT THE ONE THAT SENT YOU THE PICTURE OF THE GIANT HOLE? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO REPLACE THAT WHOLE THING? >> WE'RE GOING TO REDECK IT. >> IS IT JUST THE TOP BOARDS? >> YES. >> JUST THE TOP BOARDS, NOT THE HANDRAILS, JUST THE TOP BOARDS. NOW, SOME OF THE DECKING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. IT WAS REPLACED A YEAR AGO OR SO, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FROM THAT SPECIFIC SPOT. >> BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BECAUSE IT'S GOT SOME OVER THE ONES AT THE BEACH DON'T REALLY GET THIS WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, BUT THAT THING GETS SO SLIMY AND SLICK. >> WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND PRESSURE WASH IT. THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO ADD SOME ADHESIVE WHERE IT DOES GET THAT. JUST BECAUSE OF THE TREE COVERAGE IT DOES [OVERLAPPING] >> I WAS WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN. >> ESPECIALLY ON A BIKE. EVEN [OVERLAPPING] >> MAYBE SLIPPERY [OVERLAPPING] >> BUT YES, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO PRESSURE WASH IT AND THEN LOOK AT POSSIBLY SOME SLIP-RESISTANT ADHESIVE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I'M SORRY. IS THE CITY FIXING THAT? YOU SAY THEY'RE REDOING A TOP? >> YES. >>> THE WHOLE THING? >> THERE WAS WE WERE WALKING AND THERE WAS A GIANT HOLE ALMOST AS BIG AS OUR FOOT. >>> THEN FINALLY, THE THIRD PHASE OF THE SKATE PARK REHABILITATION. THIS WAS MONEY THAT WAS ROLLED OVER. THAT IS EXPECTED. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE EXACT DATE, BUT THAT IS EXPECTED AS OF RIGHT NOW, APRIL 7TH THROUGH THE 18TH. THOSE STANCHIONS ARE BEING FABRICATED OFFSITE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK HERE, AND WE WILL ASSIST IN INPUTTING THAT BACK TOGETHER. THAT'S THE TWO LARGER ITEMS THAT ARE EXISTING AT THE SKATE PARK, AND THAT PROJECT THEN WILL BE COMPLETE. [01:20:01] ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED NUMBER 4. WANT I WANTED TO THANK THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AS WELL IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY ITEM NUMBER 4, THE REPOINITNG OF OF THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER POOL HAS BEEN CLOSED. THEY'RE REPOINTING THE EAST SIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM. VERY LOUD, VERY DIRTY. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK FACILITY MAINTENANCE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE SECOND PHASE OF THE REPOINTING PROCESS OF THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER. THEN ALSO COM BASICALLY IN APRIL, WE WILL BE DOING SOME WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AT THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER. THEN OUR GOAL DATE, WE HAVE ORDERED THE BATHROOMS FOR HICKORY STREET PARK. THE GOAL DATE IS MAY. I WANTED TO THANK THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, ANDRE AND JUAN'S STAFF, HELPING US THERE, AND ALSO THE FACILITY STAFF. UTILITIES HAVE BEEN RUN TO THAT LOCATION, AND ALSO UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC HAVE BEEN RUN TO THAT STATION. SO BASICALLY, WHEN WE GET THIS BATHROOM, IT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE. WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT WITH A PLUMBER, AND THEN THE COMPANY ACTUALLY PAYS AN ELECTRICIAN TO DO THE FINAL CONNECTION. WHEN IT'S HERE, IT WILL BE IN, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET GOING ON IT PRETTY QUICKLY. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE PARKS AND REC STAFF AND FACILITIES. IT REALLY LOOKS GREAT OVER THERE, THE NEW FENCING. I KNOW KELLY'S PUT IN SOME TREES. SO FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THANKS TO THEM, AND THEN THE CLEAN UP ON THE 15TH STREET SIDE OF THAT, YEAH, 15TH STORY AT HICKORY. IT REALLY LOOKS IT REALLY LOOKS GOOD OVER THERE, SO IT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE MONEY AT WORK, THANK YOU. >> I REALLY THINK THAT OUR PARKS DIVISION REALLY SHOULD BE THANKS FOR A LOT OF THEIR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY HAVE BEEN GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS SPRING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS, THAT GRASS IS GOING TO START POPPING, AND OUR FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING REALLY GREEN. I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO NOTICE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> I AM WORKING WITH BABE RUTH AND THE CONTRACTOR ON THE BATTING CAGES. ONCE AGAIN, THANK THE COUNTY FOR THEIR GRANT WITH THAT AND ALSO BABE RUTH THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIPE HERE SHORTLY. JUST TODAY, WE HAD A PRE-BID MEETING FOR THE BATHROOMS AT THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER AND THE LOCKER ROOMS. THAT BID WILL BE CLOSING ON MARCH 27TH. WE HAVE DONE THE LADIES' RESTROOMS, AND NOW WE'RE DOING THE GUY'S RESTROOMS. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT SOME PROJECTS? >> OF COURSE. >> SO I KNOW THAT OR ALVAREZ IS DELAYED? >> YES. >> WHICH MEANS THAT ELM STREET FIELDS ARE DELAYED AND I'M CURIOUS. I HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME REGARDING THE FIELDS AT ELM STREET I KNEW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DRAWINGS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE ABOUT. WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE? I GUESS MY CONCERN IS TWO PARTS. LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WHAT CAN WE BE EXPECTING AND WHAT CAN THE TIMELINE BE FOR THAT PROJECT OVER THERE TO FIGURE OUT? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT SITS. WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF RAIN THAT SITS ON THOSE FIELDS. AT ELM STREET. WHAT CAN WE DO LIKE IN THE SHORT TERM AT ELM STREET UNTIL WE GET TO THE BIGGER PART OF THAT PROJECT THAT FOLLOWS EBR WHEN CAN WE GET, LIKE THE CONCEPT DRAWINGS FOR THOSE? >> HAVE YOU HEARD ANY ISSUES OF STANDING WATER AT ELM STREET? >> I HAVE NOT. OUR STAFF JUST SPENT A WEEK AND A HALF BUILDING THAT CLAY UP FOR THEM. >> SO I HAVE IT HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO US. >> BUT THERE WERE. WE DO HAVE STANDING WATER AT EPR. >> THAT'S BEEN ONGOING, I THINK. THAT'S BEEN AND THAT WON'T BE RESOLVED UNTIL WE REBUILD THAT PRAY FOR NEY. >> [INAUDIBLE] ANY TIME THAT WE GET RAIN, IT'S A FLOW. SO UNTIL THEY DO THE THING IN CONSTRUCTION-WISE OR WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO THERE WITH THE SOCCER COMPLEX? >> SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY STANDING WATER AT ELM STREET. >> STANDING WATER IN THE GRASS, [01:25:01] IS THERE LIKE, I'VE BEEN OVER THERE QUITE A BIT, AND I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH ANY S NOTICED ANY WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE LIKE RIGHT BY THERE, AND WE GO OVER THERE TO THE PARK AND THEY RUN THE WHOLE AREA THAT KIDS LIKE TO WORK OUT, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD. SO I'LL GET SOME PICTURES AND SOME DETAILS AND SEND THAT OVER. >> THAT'D BE GREAT. TO YOU GUYS, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS. >> THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT ON THE FIELDS OVER THE MARTIN LUTHER KING REC CENTER FOR ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE. I JUST RECEIVED THE FIRST PASS. I'M NOW WORKING WITH STAFF INTERNALLY TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT THOSE EXISTING FIELDS AND HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY TWEAK THEM EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET ANOTHER SMALLER FIELD IN THERE. I AM, AT THIS POINT, PRETTY CONFIDENT. TO STATE THAT WE COULD AT LEAST GET TWO FULL-SIZE FIELDS IN THERE, WHICH WOULD BE AN UPGRADE, AND I THINK THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET ANOTHER SMALLER FIELD IN THAT AREA. >> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO INDEPENDENTLY OF EVOIR OR WE HAVE TO WAIT? >> NO, WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT. ACTUALLY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT THESE LAST TWO WEEKS AND PUSHING THAT ALONG ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, BECAUSE SO I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT IS I EVOIR IS DOWN THE LINE, EVOIR WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW AND GIVE A PLACE FOR THE GIRLS THAT PLAY AT ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, IF THEY COULD BE MOVED OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE CONSTRUCTION TAKES. SINCE WE DO HAVE TIME, THEY COULD DEPENDING ON HOW IT ALL FALLS IS THEY CAN MOVE OUT THERE, PLAY OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION AT ELM STREET. >> NO, WE DO NOT HAVE TO AND THEY WORK HAND IN HAND, BUT ELM STREET, THE FIELDS ARE MOVING ALONG. I ACTUALLY FEEL CONFIDENT I'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> SUPER. THANK YOU. >> FINISH, UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS. NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON, BUT MARKETS BY MARIAH. IT'S GOING TO BE AT CENTRAL PARK. SHE'S GONE THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION PROCESS THROUGH US. THE SPRING FLING WHEELED THING, MARCH 29 AT SKATE PARK THAT ALWAYS MESSES ME UP WHEN I SAY THAT. [LAUGHTER] TEN SOUNDS ON CENTER IS KICKING UP HERE IN APRIL. ON THE HORIZON AND THIS JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THERE IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SOFTBALL FIELDS. BUT I WANTED TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYONE'S BUSY. >> BUT THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK AT THE LOCATION. I DID SEND YOU GUYS ANOTHER E-MAIL TODAY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE DAY. IF YOU DID NOT GET IT, LOOK AT THAT TONIGHT, BUT WE SHOULD BE GETTING SOME POSSIBLE DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT CAN HELP LEAD US INTO THAT CONVERSATION. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT WELL, WON'T BE ANOTHER, BUT WE WILL BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AT OUR APRIL MEETING. THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PLAY STRUCTURE AT THE WATERFRONT PART. THEN JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS IS I WOULD LIKE TO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COLUMBARIUM, AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. AND THEN, AS STATED HERE, THE MOK SOFTBALL FIELDS. THEN FINALLY, OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 8TH. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THE DISCUSSION ON THE WATERFRONT PARK PLAY STRUCTURE, WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP ANYTHING ON THEIR END AS FAR AS GETTING STARTED? NO, WE ARE NOT HOLDING UP ANYTHING ON OUR END. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSION IS WANTING A RECOMMENDATION FROM PRAC ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THAT. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? [8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] >> I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, FERN PARKS AND REC, WE HAD OUR OPENING DAY THIS PAST SATURDAY. SOMEBODY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DO A HEAD COUNT, WHICH WAS FUNNY. FROM 10:30 TO ABOUT 12:15, 12:30, WE HAD OVER 375 PEOPLE IN THAT PARK FOR OPENING DAY. SECOND OF ALL, AFTER 12:30 TO ABOUT 1:45, [01:30:02] WE HAD ABOUT 240 PEOPLE. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU, IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY. BECAUSE OF PARKS AND REC GETTING THE FIELDS READY FOR US AND WORKING AS A PARTNERSHIP. IT LOOKED AWESOME. I GOT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DID TO ASSIST US IN GETTING IT A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY. SECOND OF ALL. TODAY, I THINK WE REALLY EXPERIENCED SOMETHING VERY WORTHWHILE THAT WE LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC. WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL WAY OF GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT PUTTING US OUT FINANCIALLY AS A CITY. IT'S A POSITIVE THING. IT'S A POSITIVE WIN ANYTIME THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AS FOR THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE ON THE BATTING CAGES AND EVERYTHING, 12-16 WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE DO BATTING CAGES OUT ON THAT FIELD. THAT WILL INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO ENHANCE THE KIDS THAT WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL. I REALLY WANT TO THANK NASSAU COUNTY FOR GIVING US $50,000. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THE BAY BRUCE COMMUNITY PUT IN ALMOST $105,000 THEY HAVE RAISED TOWARDS THAT. SO WE'VE GOT IT COVERED. AND THANK YOU. SCOTT, THANK THE CITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVING QUESTIONS? ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MEETING. [NOISE] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.