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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED SINCE IT'S 5:00.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
IN LIEU OF A CHAIR UNTIL WE HAVE A CHAIR IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JAKE CALL. THANK YOU.>> MEMBER SCHAFFER AND MEMBER NICKOLOFF ARE ABSENT.
>> IF WE CAN PLEASE RISE AND RECITE THE PLEDGE.
>> SINCE THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING AND WE'RE A NEW BOARD, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE IF WE WENT DOWN THE ROW AND EVERYBODY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AND JUST SHARED A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF SO THAT WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
MY WIFE OWNS A STORE ON CENTER STREET. TIKEN IVY.
WE HAVE THREE KIDS, BEEN MARRIED 20 YEARS IN OCTOBER.
I'M A LICENSED REALTOR AND A LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN MULTIPLE STATES.
THIS IS MY FIRST BOARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU.
>> GREG ROLAND, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF FERNANDINA BEACH IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT SINCE '94.
MY DAD WAS A LIFELONG SHRIMPING INDUSTRY PERSON, ALONG WITH DAVID COOK AND HIS PARENTS AND RELATIVES IN THE COOK SEAFOOD.
I HAVE A LOT OF VESTED INTEREST IN DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA AND WHAT GOES ON.
>> ALLEN MILLS, FERNANDINA BEACH, THE NINE BLOCKS EAST WHERE I GREW UP, ALSO SHRIMPER.
NOW CHARTERED FISHERMAN, AND HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
>> DAVID COOK, FIVE GENERATIONS LIVING. A COMMERCIAL FISHER.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.
I'M A LICENSED REALTOR AS WELL, AND JUST REALLY INTERESTED IN DOWNTOWN AND JUST KEEPING IT AS AMAZING AS IT IS.
I LIVE CLOSE TO HER ON NINTH STREET.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1989, ON TWO OPTICAL STORES HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE BOARD.
>> WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU ALL.
JUST AS AN UPDATE LAST NIGHT AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE BOARD, AND IT CHANGED OUR ALTERNATE MEMBER TO BE SOMEBODY THAT IS VOTING IF THERE IS AN ABSENCE LIKE WE HAVE TONIGHT, AND THEN ALSO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE A CITY RESIDENT, WHICH THEY WERE NOT ORIGINALLY REQUIRED TO BE.
THOSE WERE TWO MINOR CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE RESOLUTION LAST NIGHT, BUT WE ARE ALL GOOD TO GO.
[4.1 Chair and Vice-Chair Nominations]
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO SELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THE BOARD.THIS WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO WILL RUN THE MEETING AND HELP PREPARE THE AGENDA, AND THEN THE VICE CHAIR WOULD SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY IF THE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE ABSENT.
I WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT CHRIS NICKOLOFF, WHO IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT HAS RAISED HIS HAND AS AVAILABLE FOR ONE OF THOSE SPOTS.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THEM BOTH THE ABSENTEES SPOT.
>> PLEASE SAY THAT'S HOW YOU GET.
>> I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JENNY FOR THE CHAIR RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'LL JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DO THAT. IF YOU WOULD STATE IT.
>> I NOMINATE JENNY SCHAFFER TO BE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
>> CHRIS TO BE THE VICE CHAIR.
>> WHAT HAPPEN IF YOU MISS THE MEETING?
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE].
[4.2 Meeting Day]
>> THEN OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE OUR MEETING DAY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF TWO PREVIOUSLY EXISTING BOARDS.
THIS IS THE NIGHT THAT THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD MET, WHICH WAS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 5:00.
THEN THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD MET ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, ALSO AT 5:00.
>> I THINK WITH CONSISTENCE, WE'D LIKE TO GO WITH THE MONDAY NIGHT AND AT 6:00.
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>> 6:00. >> EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT?
>> THAT'S THE THIRD MONDAY, CORRECT?
>> THE NEXT MEETING WOULD THEN BE JUNE 23RD.
>> SO NEITHER OUR CHAIR OR OUR VICE CHAIR.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
DO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK? >> FILL OUT A FORM.
WE DON'T NORMALLY DO SHEETS HERE, BUT ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO SPEAK? ALAN, DO YOU WANT TO STEP IN THE AND RECOGNIZE?
>> JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
>> SCOTT MOORE, NORTH FRONT STREET, [INAUDIBLE].
I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OCEAN HIGHWAY AND PORT AUTHORITY OFFICE.
I'D LIKE TO GET A DEFINITION IF WE COULD FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES A WORKING WATERFRONT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED ABOUT INTENTION OF THE CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT HAVING NORTH FRONT STREET AND WATERFRONT IN GENERAL TO BE A WORKING WATERFRONT.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CLARITY AS NOT NECESSARILY PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ONE ABOARD THAT DOES OWN PROPERTY, ONE IN THE FRONT STREET.
WE NEED SOME CLARITY ABOUT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
>> WELL, WORKING WATERFRONTS PERTAINS TO A LOT OF AREA, WHETHER YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT THERE, YOU'VE GOT BOATS USING IT OR FREIGHT BEING HAULED IN AND OUT OR RAILWAY OR BOAT YARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> NO. IT'S DEFINED [OVERLAPPING].
>> I THINK IT'S MOSTLY IF YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT PERTAINS TO THE WATER, AND IT'S A WORKING WATERFRONT, IF IT'S ALL WATER.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESTAURANT THAT'S ON THE WATER AND A SHRIMP BOAT HERE THAT'S ON THE WATER.
>> YEAH. MOST OF THE RESTAURANTS HAVE TO BE WATER DEPENDENT TO QUALIFY FOR THAT.
THAT MEANS THAT SAY SOMEBODY COME IN FROM FISHING AND THEY SOLD THE FISH AT A RESTAURANT, IT'S NOT WATER DEPENDENT THAT WAY.
>> MOST RESTAURANTS ARE DEPENDENT BECAUSE THEY BUY SEAFOOD.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE ANYBODY ELSE LIKE SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> HELLO, THERE. I'M SHERA WILSON, 5 VOIT STREET.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WATERFRONT AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR SO MANY OF YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DOWNTOWN IN GENERAL.
I HAVE A BUSINESS ON ASH STREET, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF PARKING.
WE HAVE PARKING ISSUES ALREADY.
AS WATERFRONT DEVELOPS, AND AS BUSINESS EXPANDS INTO ASH STREET, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SOME SURVEY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY ON ASH STREET.
I DID A BIT OF A JUST SOME INVESTIGATION HERE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
THAT INCLUDES PARKING IN ALL KINDS OF ILLEGAL SPOTS BECAUSE THE PARKING ISN'T CORRECTLY MARKED.
DOTTY BS, WHO ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME HAVE CALLED THE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER 60 TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR GETTING THEIR DRIVEWAY BLOCKED.
MY DRIVEWAY'S BLOCKED CONSTANTLY.
THE CITY SPOTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE HARDWARE STORE AREN'T MARKED, AND THERE ARE TOW-AWAY SIGNS THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC FEELING COMFORTABLE PARKING THERE.
REALLY I'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD HAVE A REPORT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AS PART OF THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. I'LL HAND THIS AROUND.
THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY AWESOME, AND THIS IS PART OF,
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AS WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE RFP TO REALLY HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF WE COULD DO A REFERENDUM ON THE PARKING OVERALL SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SPEAK.SHALL I HAND THIS OVER TO GO AROUND?
>> YOU CAN, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY NOT IN THEIR PURVIEW.
IT'S NOT THE AREA THAT THIS BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH, BUT AS FAR AS STAFF GOES, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THAT WOULD BE UNDER ITEM 8.3.
>> COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, PLEASE.
>> I'LL COME RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE ROBERT'S RULES HERE.
>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
>> THE POINT OF ORDER I WANT TO ASK ABOUT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORTS, THE TOPIC I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL THEN OR IS NOW MORE APPROPRIATE SINCE IT'S A STAFF REPORT, NOT A GENERAL ITEM.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO DOWN, WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT, AND YOU WANT TO TALK ON THAT. YES, SIR, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON UP.
>> I JUST GOT SOME NOTES THERE.
GOOD EVENING, PAUL AURI, 11 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET.
FOR ME, I'VE GOT 62 YEARS OF LIFE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE WATER, SO THE WATER MEANS A LOT TO ME, WHETHER IT'S THE OCEAN OR WHETHER IT'S THE WATERWAY.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU AS CITIZENS FOR COMING ON THE BOARD AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.
I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER IN THE CITY AND OTHER CITIES, AND I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE YOUR TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE KATHY AND HER TEAM IN THE MARINA.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, FOR ALL THE ROWING THAT I DO, ALL THE TRAINING THAT WE DO.
THEN REALLY ALSO FOR THE CITY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FOR I GUESS, THE SPONSORSHIP, OR JUST HELPING US OUT WITH THE ROBOT IN AND OUT OF THE MARINA.
IT REALLY ADDS TO OUR TRAINING TIME.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'M UP HERE, I'LL DEFER TO THE PARKING.
I'M GLAD ON THAT BECAUSE I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE I HIT THE FILES ON AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ON WHY A DISCUSSION WITH THE RFP FOR PARKING IS WITH THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN AREA, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T GO BACK ALL THE WAY, SO I WAS CONFUSED ON THAT.
THE ONE BIG PIECE THAT I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS EVER SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE, I USED THE BOAT RAMP AWHILE.
I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WAS JUST FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A TIME WHEREVER, I GET A CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS, I DO A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN MY HOME, AND RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT A COMPLETE MESS IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF IT. I GET THAT.
BUT I JUST CAN'T EVER IMAGINE, AGAIN, PLEASE, EVER IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW YOU'RE JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT RAMP.
YOU CAN HAVE A RAMP AND IT'S OPEN, BUT IF THE BOATERS CAN'T GET IN AND OUT FREELY WITH THEIR TRAILERS AND THEIR BOATS, IT'S LIKE WE JUST MADE THAT BOAT RAMP COMPLETELY USE US.
I CAN'T IMAGINE EVER LIVING IN A PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR CITY, IN A STATE WHERE I CAN'T ACCESS THE WATER.
I WOULD ASK, PLEASE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE WHAT YOU FEEL, HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL JUST AS STRONGLY AS THAT, AND ALSO AS THE CITY MANAGER THAT BOAT RAMP AND THOSE TRAILERS, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO THAT FOR 24 HOURS A DAY.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE I HAVE COME OFF A LONG ROW AND SWING AROUND THAT THING AND WANTING TO PICK UP THE BOAT AND I CAN'T EVEN GET IN THERE WITH THE TRAILER.
AS FAR AS BREADS AND SEAFOOD, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALL ABOUT TO, I HOPE THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THE CITY CAN HOLD ONTO A BUILDING.
FOR ME, AS A HISTORIC HOMEOWNER NOW AND PUTTING A LOT OF PERSONAL TIME INTO IT, TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT GENERATIONS BEYOND ME CAN ENJOY THAT HOME.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHY I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT TP BUILDING STILL NOW.
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, I THINK, THE CITY'S GOT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S A STRUCTURE THAT STAYS ON THAT WATERFRONT THAT STAYS FOR GENERATIONS SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY IT AND SO THAT IT ALSO CELEBRATES THE WATER.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.
I KNOW I WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT FOR THE THREE MINUTES.
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BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A WORKING DEFINITION FOR A WATERFRONT, THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOES HAVE ONE.>> I'LL TELL YOU, I DID MEET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT THE BOAT PARKING AND TRAILER ISSUE ON MONDAY BECAUSE I WAS UPSET ABOUT IT, TOO.
WE DID CREATE SOME SPACE IN THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET.
I WENT OUT WITH JEREMIAH AND WE CHARTED OUT SOME SPACE THAT SHOULD HAVE WORKED FOR US IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET COMPLIANCE.
THE POLICE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE THE BOAT TRAILER PARKING IS NOW, THEY ARE LOOKING TO THE CITY TO CREATE BY STATUTE, BECAUSE I MY OPINION IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A TOW-AWAY ZONE.
IF YOU GET IN THERE AND THERE'S SOMEONE THAT SAY DON'T PARK HERE AND YOU PARK THERE, PEOPLE WILL RISK A TICKET, BUT THEY WILL NOT RISK THEIR CAR GETTING TOWED.
THEIR PUSHBACK TO ME WAS, WELL, YOU NEED TO GET THE CITY TO CREATE A STATUTE TO CREATE A TOW-AWAY ZONE THERE SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY ENFORCE THAT AND THEY WILL SUPPORT THAT IF IT'S SANDED DOWN BY THE CITY COMMISSIONERS.
WE DID TALK ABOUT IT. I KNOW IT WAS A MESS.
WE TRIED TO DO THE BEST WE COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD IS GETTING PUSHED OUT OF THAT SPACE OUT THERE.
BUT PARTICULARLY ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, IT WAS JUST A MESS OUT THERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD [OVERLAPPING].
>> MOVING ALONG, LET'S CONTACT OUR COMMISSIONERS AND PUSH THE LIMIT TO FORCE THE LAWS.
>> IF WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE MOMENT.
I WAS GOING TO SEE IF CATHY CHAPMAN WANTED TO PROVIDE THE MARINA UPDATE NOW,
[8.4 Oasis Marina Report]
IF YOU DON'T MIND MOVING IT UP OUT OF THE STAFF REPORT, SO SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO STAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEETING.>> ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THE MARINA UPCOMING CONTRACT AT THIS TIME, TOO?
>> [OVERLAPPING] SHE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO BE HERE FOR SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I THINK.
>> YOU WANT TO MOVE 8.4 UP IN FRONT OF NEW BUSINESS?
>> IF WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MARINA BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP AT 6.2, CAN WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THAT?
>> I THINK JEREMIAH IS GOING TO FILL THOSE QUESTIONS FOR SARAH.
>> IF THAT INTERESTS THE BOARD, WE CAN DO BOTH IF OASIS WANTS TO HANG AROUND FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CATHY CHAPMAN, MARINA MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] OASIS, MARINAS.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE MARINA OPERATIONS, WHERE WE ARE SO FAR HERE TODAY.
I'LL START WITH A BRIEF FINANCIAL REVIEW, OUR ACHIEVEMENTS TODAY, AND THEN FINISH UP WITH WHAT'S NEXT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS THAT WE HAVE LEFT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD A GREAT MAY.
MAY'S NET OPERATING INCOME WAS $149,000.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY SHRIMP FESTIVAL AND REALLY STRONG FUEL SALES AND TRANSIENT DOCKAGE.
I WILL SAY MAY IS TRADITIONALLY ONE OF OUR BUSIEST MONTHS.
WE WERE REALLY NECK AND NECK WITH LAST MAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE FOR, REALLY.
OUR YEAR-TO-DATE NOI ON THE OPERATING BUDGET IS $402,000.
WE'RE ABOUT 67% THROUGH THE YEAR.
OUR TOTAL YEAR-TO-DATE REVENUE IS $2.4 MILLION, WHICH IS 72% TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF 3.3 THAT WE BUDGETED.
WE ARE HOPPING TO MEET OUR GOAL TO MAY BUDGET THIS YEAR ON THE OPERATING SIDE.
FROM MAY, OUR BOAT COUNT, WE HAD 1,474 BOAT NIGHTS, THAT'S A LOT OF BOATS.
THAT INCLUDES THE MORINGFIELD, WHICH WAS ALSO REALLY BUSY.
THAT'S JUST A GOOD TIME TO BRING UP THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE MARINA ON NASSAU COUNTY AND DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH.
I PUT SOME FLYERS WHEN YOU CAME IN.
THIS STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT IN 2022, WHICH IS THE LATEST DATA.
BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT REGISTERED VOTERS IN NASSAU COUNTY BRING IN $36 MILLION TO THE COUNTY IN REVENUE.
THOSE 1,474 VOTES REPRESENTS A LOT OF REVENUE THAT GOES TO THE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS, BUT WE ARE BUDGETING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, ABOUT 5%.
THAT'S IN CONSIDERATION OF ANY IMPACTS THAT WE'LL GET FROM REPLACING THE FUEL TANK AND DEMOLITION OF REST.
AS YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME THROUGH, JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS TODAY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THIS YEAR.I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I BUDGETED TO HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
I INTRODUCED A COMMERCIAL HYBRID RATE, AND THIS RATE IS $38.70 PER FOOT, AND THIS IS FOR ANNUAL COMMERCIAL OPERATORS.
I HAVE CONTRACTS FOR 250-FOOT BOATS SO FAR, AND THAT REPRESENTS A REVENUE INCREASE OF ABOUT $50,000 PER YEAR.
THAT RATE, I SHOULD SAY, REPRESENTS WHAT WE WOULD MAKE IF WE WERE CHARGING TRANSIT RATES ALL YEAR LONG.
IT'S NO LOSS TO REVENUE BY HAVING THESE TWO BOATS COME IN.
THAT WAS REALLY WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE GETTING GREAT REVIEWS ON THAT, AND THE VOTERS REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT.
THERE'S SOME PICTURES UP THERE, I THINK THAT CAME OUT NICE.
WE'VE REPLACED TWO OBSOLETE PEDESTALS ON E DOCK THAT WERE BROKEN AND NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED.
THE BOARDWALK ON V LOT RIGHT THERE WAS IMPROVED UPON BEFORE SHRIMP FESTIVAL.
WE DID OUR MAINTENANCE DREDGING IN THE SPRING, 16,000 CUBIC YARDS WERE DREDGED FROM THE MARINA.
WHAT THAT GOT US WAS ABOUT 7-8 FEET IN THE FAIRWAY IN FRONT OF THE D DOCK AND WHERE THE BOAT RAMP IS, AND ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 8-10 FEET IN THE FAIRWAY BETWEEN D AND E DOCKS.
THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. THEN WHAT'S NEXT? WE'VE GOT THE SLOW SEASON COMING UP.
WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE REST OF OUR BUDGETED PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE.N WE'RE GOING TO ADD NEW PEDESTALS TO THE END OF D DOCK.
THAT'S THAT LONG OUTSIDE DOCK, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 120 FEET OUT THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DOCK WITH NO PEDESTALS.
WE ARE GOING TO ADD TWO MORE PEDESTALS THERE.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND BRING A LITTLE EXTRA ELECTRICAL REVENUE TO THE DOCKS TO THE MARINA.
WE'RE GOING TO RAISE A JUNCTION BOX.
WE'VE GOT KING TIDES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR ELECTRICITY THAT SUPPLIES TO THE SPENCERS.
THOSE JUNCTION BOXES ARE GOING TO BE RAISED UP ABOVE THE WATER LINE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING ON HURRICANE PREPARATION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING OVER OUR PLAN WITH OUR STAFF.
THE STAFF SIGNS OFF ON IT EVERY YEAR, SO THEY UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESSES.
WE'RE LOADING UP ON SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED FOR THAT AND JUST GENERALLY HOPING THAT WE DODGE THE BULLET AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
THEN I'LL JUST FINISH WITH A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THE MARINA.
WE ARE RATED NUMBER 1 WITH OASIS MARINAS IN FIVE-STAR REVIEWS.
WE HAVE THE MOST FIVE-STAR REVIEWS OF THEIR FULL PORTFOLIO, AND I ALWAYS GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THE STAFF AND THE TEAM DOWN ON THE DOCKS.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING, COURTEOUS, AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM DOWN THERE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, OR I'LL TAKE THE QUESTIONS LATER.
>> WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND THE RENEWAL OF IT, IS THAT PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE THIS EVENING?
>> THAT'S LATER, I THINK, I BELIEVE IN 6.2.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD FUEL 100% RUNNING, FOR HOW MANY MONTHS?
>> WE'RE COMING UP. IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE 12 MONTHS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ONLY 11 MONTHS.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT 11 MONTHS.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE WITHOUT UNLEADED FOR SIX MONTHS, AND WE WERE WITHOUT DIESEL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
>> WE HAVEN'T HAD A FULL YEAR IN FIVE YEARS THAT SHELL HAS BEEN OPERATING OASIS WITH FUEL CELLS.
>> WE REALLY HAVE NOT HAD A FULL YEAR.
>> CATHY, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RESERVATIONS ARE MADE THROUGH THE SNAG-A-SLIP PROGRAM VERSUS HOW MANY YOU TAKE OVER THE PHONE? SURE. SNAG-A-SLIP RESERVATIONS ARE TAKEN EITHER WHEN THE BOATER USES THE HALF AND THEY MAKE THE RESERVATION THEMSELVES, WITH THEIR SNAG-A-SLIP APP OR THE FERNANDINA WEBSITE HAS THAT, THEY CALL IT A WIDGET OR SOMETHING, AND IT'S A SNAG'S LINK.
WHEN YOU MAKE A RESERVATION ON OUR WEBSITE, IT ALSO BECOMES A SNAG-A-SLIP RESERVATION.
I CAN SAY WE HAVE REDUCED THE RATE.
THE SNAG-A-SLIP FEES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO AROUND 4.9% FROM SEVEN AT ITS HIGHEST.
WE ARE SEEING A REDUCTION IN THAT AND WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO SNAG REDUCING THEIR RATES SOMEWHAT, AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING A LOT OF RESERVATIONS IN-HOUSE.
IT IMPROVES THE GUEST EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY CAN JUST CALL AND SAY, IF YOU STAYED WITH US BEFORE, WE CAN JUST PULL UP THEIR INFORMATION, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO REPOPULATE EVERYTHING ONLINE, SO WHEN THEY GO ONLINE, IF THEY CALL, WE HAVE TO ASK THEM REDUNDANT QUESTIONS.
WE'RE SEEING AN IMPACT IN REDUCED FEES.
>> THAT FEE, IS THAT PAID DIRECTLY BY THE CONSUMER OR IS THAT PASSED ALONG TO THE CITY? HOW DOES THAT WORK?
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>> THAT FEE IS REALLY PAID BY US. IT'S A FEE.
>> PAID BY US, OASIS, OR US CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH?
>> THE CITY. IT'S A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET.
>> LAST YEAR, YOU HAD OVER $70,000 IN SNAG-A-SLIP.
IF THEY CAME IN AND THEY'VE PAID BEFORE, SO YOU JUST TAKE THEIR INFORMATION, AND THEN YOU STILL GET THAT FOUR OR 7% CONTRACT? SNAG-A-SLIP STILL GETS A PERCENT?
>> NO. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THE RESERVATIONS IN-HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, IN OUR OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED MARINA GO, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE BOATERS' INFORMATION ALREADY THERE.
IT'S A MUCH NICER EXPERIENCE, AND THERE'S NO FEE INVOLVED.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MUCH. Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND THOSE BATHROOMS ARE AWESOME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE USED THEM, AND ESPECIALLY MY CLIENTS. THEY LOVE THEM.
THEY SAID THAT'S THE BEST BATHROOM THEY EVER USED, AND THEY ALWAYS SMELL NICE AND CLEAN.
THAT'S A MAJOR. [NOISE] THANK YOU.
[6.1 Brett's Demolition/Replacement Presentation]
HE'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE BRETT'S DEMOLITION REPLACEMENT KICKSTART DISCUSSION.>> THANK YOU, LISA. WELCOME, NEW WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL AND PEOPLE HERE [INAUDIBLE] OUT AS WELL. GOOD TO SEE YOU TURNOUT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT SENSITIVE COMMUNITY TO THE GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK.
DOUBT YOU [INAUDIBLE] ENGAGEMENT IN THESE OPERATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT COMMUNITY HERE AND FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
FIRST MEETING, WE GET SOME GROWING PAINS AND ALREADY HAS BEEN POINTED OUT SOME OF THE BACKUP WAS NOT PRESENTED WITH THE AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
LACK OF CONSISTENCY WITH SOME OF OUR ADVISORY BOARDS ON THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] FOR REMINDING US OF THAT, CATCHING THAT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE GOING FORWARD THAT THE BACKUP, NOT ALWAYS IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT THE BACKUP THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR A NEWER OLD BUSINESS WILL BE THERE FOR THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, WE WANT TO GET INTO A PRESENTATION THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN. DID WE SWITCH OVER? IT'S GOING TO BE THE PODIUM NUMBER 1.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN, AND THIS IS PROVIDED BY PASSERO IT IS NOT CITY'S PRESENTATION.
THEY GIVE US PERMISSION TO SHARE THIS.
WE WON ON THAT SKI SWITCH RIGHT THERE BEHIND LISA'S LAPTOP.
>> AS I MENTIONED, PASSERO WAS HIRED TO DEVELOP SOME PROBABLE CAUSE FOR DEMOLITION, SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO BUDGET FOR, AND TO DEVELOP SOME CONCEPTS ALONG WITH PROBABLE COURSE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BRETT'S AREA.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS PASSERO'S PRESENTATION, JUST SHARING FOR YOUR INFORMATION BECAUSE AS HANDED DOWN BY THE CITY COMMISSION, THEY WOULD LIKE THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD TO PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WOULD WE GO BACK WITH BRETT'S.
THIS IS JUST ONE ASPECT OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE WORKING ON A SURVEY AND ALSO HAVING A TOWN HALL COMING UP SO WE CAN GIVE THE MAXIMUM OUTREACH POSSIBLE AND FEED BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
DON'T EXPECT THIS TO BE SOLVED TONIGHT.
YOU ALL SET A MEETING FOR YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, AND THAT WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE NEXT WORKSHOP THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BRETT'S AREA.
SO DON'T FEEL COMPELLED TO COME CONSENSUS TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO GO BACK THERE.
WE'LL DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.
IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE WHILE WE'RE HERE AND THE REASON FOR THE DEMOLITION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF BRETT'S.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY WORD FOR WORD.
I KNOW WE REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE CONCEPTS AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS.
SECTION 3 IS THE AREA TO BE DEMOLISHED, PICTURED THERE, AND 1 AND 2 ARE THE AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPROVED AND FACILITATE THE UTILITIES, THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE REMOVED THAT ARE CURRENTLY AROUND THE FOOTPRINT OF BRETT'S.
A NECESSARY COMPONENT IS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTHERNMOST DOCK AT TIMBER DECK, JUST JUST SOUTH OF BRETT'S AND BUILD THE SERVICES THERE AND RENOVATE THAT BOARDWALK, AND THEN DEMOLITION THE BRETT'S FOOTPRINT, AND THOSE SERVICES WILL ALLOW FOR FUELING TO CONTINUE AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE MARINA BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A VERY COMPLICATED SURGICAL PROCEDURE HERE.
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YOU'RE REMOVING A BUILDING, HALF ON LAND, HALF OUT INTO THE WATER IN AN ACTIVE ONGOING MARINA.IT'S A CHALLENGING TASK, ESPECIALLY WITH BRETT'S BEING THE CENTER POINT OF THAT WORKING MARINA WITH ALL THE SERVICES, THE DOCKS AROUND IT, HOLDING THOSE SEWER ELECTRICAL LINES OUT THERE TO THE MARINA DOCKS.
THIS WILL BE SENT OUT TO YOU ALL, AND WE HAVE THESE PLANES AVAILABLE TO SHARE AS WELL SINCE IT WASN'T PART OF THE BACKUP.
BUT THIS IS THE DETAIL OF WHAT ALL WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN.
IN RED IS WHERE A BARGE WOULD COME IN.
ALSO, SHADOW IN RED IS WHERE A CRANE WOULD WORK ON THAT DEMOLITION, AND THIS IS THE DETAIL AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOLITION.
THE DEMOLITION, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS OF THIS OPERATION BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO BUILD SOME NEW SYSTEMS IN PLACE JUST TO FACILITATE REMOVING THE OLD.
THE EXAMPLE AS YOU'LL SEE ON THEIR FUEL SYSTEM, YOU NEED TO RELOCATE THE FUEL LINES AND FUEL SYSTEM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE.
YOU'RE QUESTIONING HOW LONG HAVE BEEN OFF WITHOUT FUEL? YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT FUEL THE ENTIRE TIME OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE LOOKING NOW ON TO DESIGNING THE NEW FUEL SYSTEM, RELOCATING IT MAKING THAT PART OF THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE THE DOCK THAT WE RENOVATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MARINA AND SWITCH OVER SO THEN YOU CAN DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE FUEL LINES OUT THERE TO THE BREAKWATER DOCK ATTENUATOR RUN ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRETT'S UNDERNEATH THE DECK SIDE ARE THERE.
SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT PASSERO CAME BACK WITH, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE SIMPLEST APPROACH.
THIS IS A DO NOTHING APPROACH.
THIS IS REMOVING BRETT'S AND CONNECTING DOCK A THERE.
INCREASE YOUR DOCKAGE, BUT CONNECTING IT TO THAT NEW RENOVATED STRUCTURE THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BRETT'S, AND THE PROBABLE COST IS 300-365,000.
THIS IS THE MOST SIMPLE, DO NOTHING APPROACH.
IT'S JUST LIKE BRETT'S WENT AWAY.
THE SECOND WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF CONCEPT A AND EXTENDING THAT DOCK SPACE OVER TOWARD LAND.
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT CONNECTING PIECE RIGHT THERE, AND PROBABLE COST ARE 870-1.1 MILLION.
>> NEXT IS EXPANDING THAT STRUCTURE AND PUSHING OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
THIS IS WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING BRETT STRUCTURE.
THE INSTRUCTIONS TO PASS ROW HAS BEEN TO AS ONCE THE COMMISSION APPROVES PERMITTING IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PERMITTING THE MOST POSSIBLE, AND WE NEED TO PULL BACK DURING THE PERMANENT PROCESS.
IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT THAN TO TRY TO ASK FOR MORE.
THIS IS THE FULL FOOTPRINT OF DECK STRUCTURE. A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
ALLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM FOR AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES, AND THAT PUTS YOU IN AT 1.3-1.6 MILLION.
NEXT IS THAT SAME DECK STRUCTURE, ALL THIS SCALABLE, SO THIS IS THE SAME STRUCTURE AND THEN ADDING A PAVILION ON IT.
YOU'LL SEE A CONCEPT LATER ON THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT PAVILION WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THAT'S 1.5-1.8 MILLION.
NEXT IS GOING ALL WAY BACK TO DO NOTHING, PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY FOR DOCK A AND THEN PROVIDING A RESTAURANT ON LAND. THAT COMES IN A 1.5.
THIS WOULD BE LIKE A 3,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT, A MUCH SMALLER 1,500 SQUARE FOOT OR SO RESTAURANT, AND THIS WILL BE FULLY ON LAND.
YOU WOULD NOT NEED FOR APPROVAL FOR THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT OUT TO THE WATERS, BUT THAT THE PROBABLE COST FOR THAT WAS 1.3 OF 1.5.
THIS IS ALL ASPECTS OF OUTSIDE DEMOLITION.
THIS WOULD BE THE FULL OPEN DECK, THE PAVILION, AND THEN THE RESTAURANT ON LAND.
SO THIS IS ALL STILL VERY MUCH IN DEVELOPMENT.
THE GOAL IS TO, THE LEASE WITH THE CENTER STREET RESTAURANT GROUP ENDS THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
WE DON'T WANT A VACANT BUILDING THERE THAT START 2026.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES FROM FUNDING TO FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO IN ITS PLACE TO TIMING EVERYTHING AND WITH THE BUDGET, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALL THAT, SO THAT WHEN THIS RESTAURANT THIS LEASE IS VACATED, WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO DO THE DEMOLITION AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
LAST THING WE WANT IS ONCE AGAIN A EMPTY BUILDING AT THE AT OUR WATERFRONT AT THE END OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO THESE SOME CONCEPTS AND RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR IT.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK AT, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, AND THIS IS SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
SO THIS IS NOTHING THAT'S BEEN, SIGNED OFF SEAL.
THERE'S NO ENGINEERING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THESE ARE JUST PROBABLE CAUSES AND AND CONCEPTS OF WHAT COULD GO THERE.
[00:35:01]
I CAN BACK UP TO ANY PART.ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO ENGAGE YOU ALL FOR RECOMMENDATION, SINCE YOU'RE PART OF THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
THIS IS VERY MUCH A WATERFRONT PROJECT.
AND THEN SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE.
AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO MAYBE TAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
WE'LL SEND THIS OUT SO THIS WILL BE PART OF NEXT MEETING'S BACKUP, BUT YOU'LL ALSO HAVE IT IF YOU WANT TO DIG INTO THE BEATS ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.
SO I'M LIMITED WHAT I CAN DO ON QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT PART I'M A PASSER OR AN ENGINEER, BUT I'M WILLING TO HELP WHERE I CAN IF IT'S WITHIN MY WHEEL HOUSE.
>> WHAT'S THE ZONING THERE? JEREMY.
>> LOOKING TO JAKE. I AM NOT SURE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT.
>> IF IT WAS ON A MAP IN FRONT OF ME, I'D SAY C 3.
IT IS RIGHT HERE TO, LIGHT GRAY. WHAT IS THAT I 1?
>> THAT'S THE INDUSTRIAL WATER FRONT.
>> HOW FAR DOES IT GO NORTH AND SOUTH? WE CAN SWITCH BACK OVER.
>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION OR CAN THEY SWITCH OVER?
>> THAT'S FINE. I DON'T SEE, I DON'T NEED IT OR JUST A ZONING.
I KNOW THEY CHANGED SOME OF THAT TO RECREATIONAL.
>> THE GRAY IS INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT.
>> IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO TO THE VENTURA BUILDING AND EXCEPT FOR WHAT THE SEMI ZONES?
>> IT IS STILL INCLUDED IN IT, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T OWN THAT?
>> IS IT POSSIBLE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE BRETT OUT THAT INSTEAD OF DOING A WHOLE DECK ALL THE WAY OUT TO WHERE IT IS NOW TO COME BACK, EVEN WITH, I GUESS THAT'S A AND E DOC SO THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSTRICTING THE FLOW.
>> YES. BUT LET ME LAY BACK UP I FAIL TO MENTION ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
THE EXISTING BULKHEAD UNDERNEATH BRETT, IT'S VERY OLD.
A CONCERN IS ALL THE YEARS OF DEBRIS ACCUMULATE DEBRIS, MUD, EVERYTHING'S UNDER BRETT.
IT'S SOMEWHAT SUPPORTING A DETERIORATED SEA WALL.
WE'VE RECENTLY HAD SOME ISSUES IN SECTION A, PARKING LOT A. I'M LOOK AT MR. ARAR THAT BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS THIS LAST WEEK AND WE KNOW THAT THAT OLD STRUCTURE HAS HOLES IN IT AND SOIL IS UNDERMINING THE OUTGOING TIDE.
A KNOWN LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO GO TO DO DEMOLITION AND THE BULKS FALL IN.
WE NEED A $2 MILLION CHANGE ORDER.
WE ALREADY MAKING PLANS TO USE SOME OF OUR SEE WALL CONSTRUCTION MONEY AND STATE APPROPRIATION THAT WE HAVE.
TO AND WHEN YOU'RE MOBILIZED, YOU HAVE YOUR CRANE, YOU HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT TO ADDRESS THAT 120 FOOT SECTION OF SEA OF BULKHEAD, THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S A TIE IN THERE IN HINDSIGHT, BUILDING A RESTAURANT OVER TWO JOINT SECTION SEAWALL.
HALF IN LAND, HALF IN THE WATER IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST MOVE FROM A MAINTENANCE FRIENDLY APPROACH, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THAT IS A CONSIDERATION GOING FORWARD.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FORTHCOMING DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE BULKHEAD DESIGN THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING ON, THE SEAWALL DESIGN, WORKING THAT INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA.
>> CAN WE TAKE THIS IN TWO PARTS, LIKE, CREATE THAT DECK OUT THERE AS FAR AS WE WANT TO AND PREPARE THE LANDSIDE FOR AN EVENTUAL RESTAURANT, WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
NONE OF US ARE RESTAURANTS, THAT WOULD KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD THERE.
I THINK PROBABLY HAVING SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THAT INDUSTRY TO SAY, I THINK THIS WOULD WORK, AND MAYBE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT PAUL SAID ABOUT THE CITY OWNING THAT BUILDING.
I MEAN, EVERY PLACE I'VE EVER LEASED HAS EITHER BEEN TO BUILD A SUIT, OR THEY GAVE ME THE SHELL, AND I BUILT IT OUT, AND THEN THEY GAVE ME SOME REDUCTION AND RENT FOR SOME AMOUNT OF TIME TO HELP ME COVER SOME OF THAT COST.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST EVEN IF WE DON'T BUILD THE RESTAURANT RIGHT AWAY, AT LEAST PREPARE THAT LAND THERE TO DO IT, AND WITH THE ANTICIPATION HOPEFULLY OF SOMETHING NICE BEING THERE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
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>> TIM I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS CONSTRUCTION AND TEARING DOWN THAT THE BULKHEAD WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED?
>> YES. ONCE THE BULKHEAD IS REPLACED, THEN INSTEAD OF EXTENDING THE DECK OUT, AS FAR AS IT IS THAT CONSTRUCTS THE CURRENT, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT DOES, IF IT JUST BACKED UP HALF OF THAT AND THEN THE RESTAURANT ON THE LAND SIDE AND THEN A DECK TO DO WITH.
THEN YOU GET MORE FLOW IN THE MARINA ITSELF TO HELP OUT WITH THE DREDGING.
>> PART OF THE REASON WHY THE DEMOLITION COST IS HIGH.
YOU'RE DOING IT OVER WATER. I MEAN, THAT'S A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COMPLICATION.
BUT WE'RE MADE IT CLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST REMOVING THE BUILDING AND LEAVING THE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S CAUSING FLOW PROBLEMS, HAS FOR YEARS.
IT'S NOT THERE'S AN OPTION TO GO BACK OVER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
MY THERE'S TWO STRUCTURES THERE.
THERE'S THE BRETTS FOUNDATION, THAT'S BUILT SOMEWHAT ON AND AROUND THE PRIOR TP STRUCTURE.
THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT AND THE DREDGING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY CREATING A DAM FOR THE OUTGOING TIDE, OR DEFINITELY NOT HELPING THE OUTGOING TIDE BECAUSE IT HITS THAT.
YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE THE WATER AND SEE AS THE WATER YOU GET OUT THERE BY THE ATTENUATOR, THE WATER IS MOVING FURTHER IN, IT JUST PILES UP BEHIND BRETT.
SO THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVING THOSE OLD PILINGS, WHETHER THEY PULL THEM UP OR [NOISE] EXCAVATE AROUND THE AREA AND CUT THEM OFF, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS DEMOLITION A LITTLE CHALLENGING, BUT YOU GOT TO PULL OF THAT OLD DEBRIS OLD DEBRIS OF THE OLD PILING PITH.
>> JEREMIAH ON THE DEMO PERMITS, WHO HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT? JUST THE CITY ALONE OR THE STATE, THE CORE?
>> ALL OF THEM. HAVE ALL STARTED WORKING ON THAT YET?
>> YES. WE JUST RECEIVED THE WORK ORDER FROM PASS ROW ON THE NEXT STEPS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TAKING TO THE COMMISSION 1 JULY.
WE'RE TALKING WITH OUR COMPTROLLER EARLIER TODAY, WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN THIS YEAR AND PULL THE MONEY TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
BUT THEY WOULD WE WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL FIRM THAT WOULD WORK ON THE PERMANENT ASPECT OF IT.
THAT'S PART OF THIS WORK ORDERS IN FRONT OF US.
AGAIN, TO THE DEGREE OF WHAT AGENCY NEEDS TO TOUCH IT, FOR A DEMOLITION OVER WATER.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S IN LINE TO ENGAGE WITH PASS ROW AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP TO PUSH THOSE PERMITS THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE DID LEARN THAT IF YOU DO JUST THAT SEGMENT OF SEAWALL WITH DEMOLITION, THAT PERMIT GOES A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
IF YOU TRY TO GET OUT OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET FOR [INAUDIBLE] OF A CERTAIN LENGTH, THAT GOES TO A HIGHER LEVEL WITH THE CORE, AND THEN THE REVIEW GOES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12-18 MONTHS.
THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IS WITHIN THAT SHORTER WINDOW.
OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE COMPLICATED OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITHIN THE WATER TRIGGERS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REVIEW.
WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US NOW APPEARS TO BE A RELATIVELY QUICK SIX TO EIGHT MONTH REVIEW.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION. THE PILINGS AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.
I MEAN, THE CONCRETE AND ALL THAT.
WHAT IS THE PLAN TO DO THAT? IS THAT POSSIBLE TO PUT IT AT A REEF INSIDE, LIKE THERE A SPOOL SIDE OFF OF THE PIER? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU ALL LOOKED AT THAT?
>> WE'RE EXPLORING IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR WAS LOOKING AT SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CREATING OFFSHORE REEF AND WHAT'S REQUIRED WITH THAT.
WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH OUR ENGINEERING FIRM PASS ROW INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY DOING THAT.
YOU GOT TO DISPOSE OF ALL THOSE PILINGS AND THOSE ARE VERY LARGE.
YOU CUT THEM OFF AND TAKE THEM OF ISLAND SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT INTO THE WATERS AND CREATE ARTIFICIAL REEF, SO FLOORING THAT.
>> THAT'S WHERE THE WELCOME STATION IS AT FA, ACTUALLY, FA. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JEREMIAH? LIKE JEREMIAH MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING PRIOR TO THAT COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU CAN SPEND SOME TIME ON IT.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THEN, ANY SUPPORT THAT YOU CAN OFFER FOR CITIZENS TAKING THE SURVEY AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC OUTREACH ON JUNE 24 WOULD BE GREAT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM?
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I AS RESPECTS TO MICHAEL SHARP'S QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTAURANT.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO BUILD A RESTAURANT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE AS TAXPAYERS WOULD WANT THE CITY TO OWN THE RESTAURANT.
WE'RE NOT A RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST THING ON THE LIST.
I DON'T GET IT. MAYBE YOU ALL CAN HELP WITH THAT.
>> YOU AGREE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY WOULD WANT TO BUILD A RESTAURANT.
WE OWN A RESTAURANT NOW AT THE CITY GOLF COURSE, AND IT'S JUST FARE FOR THE GOLFERS.
BUT I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
THEN YOU LOSE A TAX REVENUE ON THE STRUCTURE IF WE OWN THE BUILDING.
IF SOMEONE ELSE WERE TO COME IN AND BUILD IT.
>> IF YOU LEASED IT OUT TO MR. SHAW, I MEAN, MR. SALT MARSH HAS ALREADY GOT A CONTRACT WITH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD TO BUILD THERE.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A BUILD.
[OVERLAPPING] LET HIM BUILD IT.
THEN AFTER 40 YEARS IT COMES TO THE CITY'S PROPERTY, AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BECOME LIKE BRETT.
>> WELL, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE COULD BUILD IT?
>> IT'S JUST A POSSIBILITY. I DO KNOW THAT HE HAS A CONTRACT TO BUILD A RESTAURANT IN PARKING LOTS, C AND D. BUT FROM WHERE I LOOKED AT, I MEAN, THERE'S VERY MUCH ROOM.
THERE'S PROBABLY GET MORE ROOM OUT OF BEING THERE WHERE BRETT'S IS THAN HE WOULD BE AT THE PARK AND THE FRONT CENTER AND LET HIM PAY.
>> HE COULD SPEND HIS MONEY TO BUILD IT AND.
>> THE CITY, THE TAXES ON THE STRUCTURE AND ALL THAT, MA'AM.
I'M JUST THINKING IT. IT'S A WIN, WIN, IF WE DON'T OWN IT.
>> WE JUST NEED TO DO A LAND LEASE.
LESS THE MIGHT BUILD STRUCTURE.
THESE IN A FOOTPRINT AND GO FROM THERE.
BUT THEN YOU LOSE ALL PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY?
>> YOU LOSE ALL PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BECOME NO LONGER PUBLIC VENUE, BECOMES A PRIVATE ENTITY.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER KEEP THAT IN MIND IF WE WANT OPEN PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR WATERFRONT.
WHEN YOU BUILD A BUILDING DOWN THERE, IT BECOMES A PRIVATE ENTITY WHO CONTROLS THAT WHOLE AREA.
>> WE OWN BRETT'S BUILDING NOW?
>> HOW CAN THEY RESTRICT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT DURING SHRIMP FEST?
>> I KNOW THEY DO. BUT WE OWN THE BUILDING.
>> I THINK IT WAS A STRUCTURE THINGS WHY THEY BLOCKED IT OFF DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT AND STRUCTURE.
>> THEY ONLY LET A FEW PEOPLE IN.
>> JUST WAIT FOR PERMISSION. MAC MORRIS A21 PARKVIEW.
JUST BRIEFLY ON A VERY BACKGROUND, BUT I WAS HOLDING A FISHING ROD BEFORE I COULD WALK.
MY EDUCATION IS MARINE SCIENCES AND BUSINESS.
THAT BOARD WALK BETWEEN BRETZ'S AND THE BOAT RAMP.
I WORKED AS A CARPENTER ON THAT.
I HAVE BLOOD AND SWEAT IN THIS MARINA.
I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF, WITH MR. SALT MARSH, THAT HIS CURRENT LEASE IS LIMITED TO 1,200 SQUARE FEET.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WALKER'S LANDING IS LIKE.
AT THE VERY LEAST, THE CITY COULD LOOK AT BUILDING A STRUCTURE LIKE THAT SO THAT IT COULD BE RENTED OUT AND THE CITY CAN MAKE MONEY OFF THE STRUCTURE AND PAY FOR ITS OWN UPKEEP.
IT COULD BE RENTED OUT FOR WEDDINGS OR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, IF WE HAD A WALKER'S LIFE STRUCTURE THERE.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A CAN EVER DECK OUT OF THE WATER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY PIES YOU CAN SUPPORT WITH THE SAME TRUSSES THAT YOU USE FOR FREEWAY OVERPASSES, CONCRETE AND STEEL, WHICH WILL SUPPORT A LOT OF WEIGHT, AND THEY CAN BE IT COULD BE ANCHORED UNDER THE NEW BILL.
ANYWAY, I LIKE THE PLAN OF CONTINUING ALONG AND GETTING IT ALL DONE LIKE JEREMIAH SAID PASS ROW PRESENTED.
IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE I'VE SUBMITTED SOME BACKGROUND ASSISTANCE TO PASS ROW FOR DEMOLITION.
JUST TO SEE IF THEY HAD HAD COVERED IT OR NOT.
THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ON THAT PART YET, BUT THEY SAID, THANK YOU.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT PAUL SAID ALREADY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME UP HERE IN BEING PARKS. THANK YOU.
[00:50:07]
>> GOOD EVENING. KEVIN MCCARTHY, 1701 CLINCH DRIVE, AND I'M THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF EMILIA RIVER CRUISES F. I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT IN AND NOW FOR 25 YEARS.
THIS IS MY 25TH YEAR IN BUSINESS, SO KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE IT.
I AGREE THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF BOON DOG HAS BEEN.
BRETZ HAS BEEN MOON DOG THE CITY SINCE IT IS A CONCEPTION, BASICALLY.
TO PUT ANOTHER MARINA ON THE WATERFRONT TO COMPETE WITH MARINAS IN TOWN DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE CITY TO DEVELOP THAT IN ANY WAY, IN MY OPINION.
I WANT TO PLAN A SEE TONIGHT, AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
I THINK ANY STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT ON THE WATERFRONT SHOULD BE MARINA RELATED. TO HELP THE MARINA.
THERE ARE PROBABLY 30-35 BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE OUT OF PREMIA ARENA, MYSELF INCLUDED.
WE'RE REALLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A TOURIST INDUSTRY HERE.
THE TOURISTS ARE THE ONE WHO DO THE CHARTER FISHING, WHO DO THE BOAT RIDES, THE PIRATE SHIP NOW IS THERE.
WE GOT THE CRAIG CAPS AND THE JET SKIS, AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OPERATORS ARE WORKING THERE.
MY VISION WOULD BE THAT IF YOU EVER GO TO ST. AUGUSTINE, THEY HAVE A CITY MANA THERE, AND THE FACILITY THAT'S BUILT ON SHORE IN ST. AUGUSTINE IS, OF COURSE, THE RESTROOMS AND THE SHOWERS FOR BOATERS.
BUT WOULD YOU ENTER IT IS A COURTYARD WITH CONCESSIONAIRES, THE BOAT PEOPLE, THE SAILORS, THE PIRATE SHIP, ECHO TOURS.
THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE KIOSKS IN THIS BUILDING, AND YOU WALK RIGHT INTO IT, THE COURTYARD AS YOU WALK IN.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IF THE CITY WERE GOING TO BUILD A STRUCTURE THERE, THEY COULD BUILD IT AND ACCOMMODATE THE BUSINESSES.
THE CHARTER CAPTAINS COULD HAVE THEIR OWN KIOSKS, LIKE MINE.
THE PIRATE BOAT COULD HAVE THEIR OWN, AND THE OTHER VENDORS WHO LEASE THOSE BUILDINGS, THOSE SPACES FROM THE CITY QUITE EASILY.
IT COULD BE A RELATIVELY SMALL BUILDING TO HAVE RESTROOMS THERE FACILITIES, PERHAPS A LITTLE CONCESSION FOR DRINKS AND SODAS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT GEAR IT MORE TOWARDS THE MARINA.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BUILD A RESTAURANT THERE, NOW YOU'RE ATTRACTING MORE PEOPLE TO THE WATERFRONT WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOATING OF THE MARINA, THEY'RE JUST HERE TO HAVE DINNER.
IF YOU HAVE CONCESSIONS WORKING THERE THAT ARE BOAT RELATED, WATERFRONT RELATED, NOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MANA.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PERHAPS BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE WATER RELATED, MARINA RELATED.
>> I'D LIKE TO YOU THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.
I APPRECIATE KEVIN'S EXPERIENCE HERE AND I'VE KNOWN KEVIN FOR A LONG TIME. I LIKE IT.
BUT I DID THE MATH AND ON THE LIGHT SIDE OF PEOPLE THAT WENT INTO THAT RESTAURANT SINCE IT'S BEEN OPENED.
IT'S BEEN OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE INTO THAT RESTAURANT. WALK THROUGH THE DOORS.
WHEN I GO TO A WATERFRONT COMMUNITY TO VISIT, I LOOK FOR A WATERFRONT RESTAURANT TO GO TO.
WHEN I GO TO ANOTHER MARINA, I LOOK FOR A WATERFRONT RESTAURANT TO EAT AT AT THE MARINA.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE WE SHOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR BUILDING THAT BUILDING.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TO A TOWN LIKE OURS, EXPECT TO SEE A WATERFRONT RESTAURANT SOMEWHERE. WE SHOULD HAVE ONE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER RESTAURANT ON THE WATER.
WE HAVE SALT LIFE OR SALTY PELICAN AS A CROSS.
I'VE BEEN THERE HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
I GO DOWN THERE PRETTY OFTEN TO SEE THE SUNSET.
THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO SEE THE SUNSET THAN BETTS WATERWAY CAFE.
AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WANT TO SEE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT THERE.
MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT HAVING A ROOFTOP ELEMENT WITH VIEWS OF THE RIVER AND THE CITY WOULD BE WONDERFUL AND BRETZ IS A LANDMARK THERE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS OR SO, AND PEOPLE EXPECTED TO BE THERE IN A WATERFRONT COMMUNITY.
I ONLY GET ONE VOTE HERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE MINE'S GOING.
[6.2 Oasis Marina Contract Renewal]
>> FOR NOW, WE'LL ABLE THAT, AND WE'LL BRING IT UP NEXT TIME.
JEREMIAH, YOU WANT TO LEAD OFF THE DISCUSSION ON THE OA CONTRACT
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>> THANK YOU, LISA. OUR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OASIS MARINAS, THE MANAGER AT THE MARINA COMES TO AN END THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE ENGAGE WITH THEM IN 2020, AND THAT CONTRACT FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT ENDS WITH THEM DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
THE CONTRACTS WRITTEN SUCH THAT THEY REQUIRE 120 DAYS NOTICE PRIOR TO OTHERWISE, DO A AUTOMATIC OVER YEAR TO YEAR.
THE COMMISSION WILL BE VISITING THIS JULY 1 AS WELL AT THAT WORKSHOP ABOUT STEPS FORWARD.
THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BRING IT TO YOU YOUR AWARENESS FOR TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, IF THIS CARRIES MEETING, THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BOARD ON PATH FORWARD FOR THE MANAGEMENT MARINA.
YOU REALLY HAVE THREE PATHS IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE ONE IS DO NOTHING, AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ONCE WE GOT TO THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROLL OVER FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST PATH, AT LEAST RESISTANT APPROACH TO JUST DO A ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR.
SECOND PATH WOULD BE GO OUT FOR RP AND SEE WHAT OTHER PROPOSALS COME TO THE TABLE.
I THINK EVERYONE'S AGREEMENT OA IS DONE A GOOD JOB IN INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY.
GO OUT FOR PROPOSALS AND SEE WHAT COMES TO THE TABLE FROM OTHER FIRMS. THERE HAS BEEN SOME OTHER MARINA MANAGERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED INTEREST AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO OUT FOR BID.
THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE BRING OPERATIONS IN HOUSE.
WELL, THE CHALLENGE OF THAT IS WHAT ALL YOU JUST SAW.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE STICKY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS IT IS DIFFICULT ON ALL THREE PATHS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE JUST A FULLY FUNCTIONAL OPERATING MARINA.
WE'RE PREPARED HERE WITHIN NINE, 12 MONTHS TO GO IN THERE AND RIP THE MIDDLE OUT OF IT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY DISRUPTIVE PROCESS.
YOU'LL BE MOVING BOATS AROUND.
THERE'LL BE SOME IMPACT FUELING.
THERE'S UNDISCOVERABLE THINGS THAT WILL BE DISCOVERED.
THERE'LL BE NOISE, THERE'LL BE CONGESTION, AND THAT'S JUST PART OF IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR DUST THING UNTIL WE GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
THAT'S A NECESSARY THAT'S A CONSIDERATION ON WHATEVER OTHER THREE PATHS THAT WE CHOOSE.
WE WOULD LIKE THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF TO THE CITY COMMISSION RATHER.
WE WOULD OF COURSE, PASS THAT ON AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
ONCE AGAIN, NOT A DECISION THAT YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE TONIGHT, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE BY YOUR NEXT MEETING, WOULD LIKE SOME CONSENSUS OR RECOMMENDATION OF WHICH OF THOSE THREE PATHS THE WIDE FRONT ADVISORY, WHAT WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE.
>> JEREMIAH, THAT WHETHER OR NOT OASIS AND THE COMPANY IS INVOLVED IN THIS NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORK, WE COULD THEORETICALLY RETAIN 100% OF THE STAFF.
OASIS THE ORGANIZATION WON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS HERE LOCALLY, ASSUMING THAT WE RETAIN KATHY, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER LIKE YOU OR ANOTHER ONE LOOKING OVER THE WHOLE PROJECT.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
>>> THEY'RE IN THE CONTRACT DOES ADDRESS THAT, AND THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IF YOU WERE TO RETAIN EXISTING OASIS STAFF.
BUT THAT'S IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT FOR THAT REASON. YES.
>> JUST FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THERE'S ALAN I'VE STUDIED THIS CONTRACT QUITE A BIT, AND THE OASIS GETS $4,000 A MONTH AND WE PAY 100% OF JUST ABOUT EVERY EXPENSE INVOLVED, INCLUDING THEIR UNIFORMS AND SAY OASIS MARINA.
THE CITY PAYS FOR THAT. WE ALSO PAY HIM 1.5% OF THE GROSS OF THE MARINA REVENUE, EXCLUDING FUEL SALES.
WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT FUEL A BUNCH OF TIMES.
IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THEIR BOTTOM LINE AT ALL, BECAUSE THEIR MONEY IS NOT TIED TO FUEL.
WE'RE EXPECTING 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR THIS YEAR IN REVENUE, AND THEY GET 1.5% OF THAT.
WE COULD ACTUALLY DO SIGNIFICANTLY LESS BUSINESS AND NET MORE MONEY FOR THE MARINA BY NOT HAVING THAT WE COULD RETAIN THE SAME EMPLOYEES, WHICH I ADVOCATE FOR.
I'M A BIG KATHY FAN, AND I THINK SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
THE OTHER PEOPLE THERE AT THE MARINA DO A GREAT JOB, TOO. THEIR CITY EMPLOYEES.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE GIVE AWAY 1.5% OF OUR GROSS? THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE MONEY EVER IS NOT NET AS A GROSS MONEY.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A GOOD REASON, IN MY VIEW, TO KEEP THEM THEY'RE ON THE CITY STAFF,
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BASICALLY, ANYWAY, WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL OF THEIR EXPENSES.>> I HAVE TO AGREE, JUST LIKE I ASKED KATHY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A FULL YEAR SINCE THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE WITH FUEL.
NOW THAT WE HAVE HAD FUEL, NOW THAT THE YACHTS THAT COME THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE MAKE OUR BIG PROFIT AT.
I MEAN, WE PAID OASIS ALMOST $122,000 LAST YEAR.
WE'RE SPENDING $45,000 IN ADVERTISEMENT, WHICH WE DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING BECAUSE THIS IS AN AWESOME MARINA FIRST IN FLORIDA.
$70,000 IN SNAG SLIP WHEN THEY'RE ANSWERING THE PHONE, AND THEN THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK AND SENDING IT TO SNAGER SLIP.
WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY THREE YEARS WITHOUT 100% OF THE MARINA.
ALREADY, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF OUR TRANSIT BUSINESS TO PORT CONSOLIDATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALIZED THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SHRIMP BOAT DOCK.
THEY CAN BUY FUEL THERE, SO THEY ARE STOPPING THERE BEFORE THEY COME GET GET FUEL.
HAD THAT BEEN SOMEONE RUNNING AT MARINA, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GOT FUEL AND OUR FUEL PROBLEM FIXED A LOT SOONER.
I THINK THAT KATHY IS AN AWESOME MARINA ADVANTAGE, WHICH SINCE SHE'S TAKEN OVER, IT'S DONE A LOT BETTER, I BELIEVE.
IN A CONTRACT, WE HAD TO PAY $25,000 BECAUSE OF A GOOD YEAR.
I SAY WE KEEP KATHY AND THE ONE OTHER PERSON THAT SHE WANTS, IF IT'S NATE OR WHOEVER IT IS $10,000.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT $35,000 VERSUS $225,000.
NOW, I'M NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST, BUT I THINK THE CITY NEEDS THE MONEY.
WE JUST NOW THIS YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE INSURANCE.
THAT'S WE'RE ALREADY IN THE BLACK. WE'RE GOOD.
THAT'S 400 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLAR THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR INSURANCE, AND THAT FMA WILL STILL COVER IF WE GET HIT BY STORM.
THAT MARINA WOULD BE PAYING FOR ITSELF, AND I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SINCE DAY ONE, EVEN WHATEVER WEST CO WAS IN THERE THE PREVIOUS ONE.
I SAY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS KEEPING IT IN THE HOUSE WITH KATHY ONBOARD.
I THINK THE CITY RESIDENTS AND THE CITY TAXPAYERS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BACK IN OUR POCKETS THAT WE SPEND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> I AGREE. IT'S GROSS DOLLARS THEY GET OFF MONEY.
>> THAT'S MONEY RIGHT OFF RIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> THERE'S NOT A PERFORMANCE CRITERIA BUILT IN?
>> IT JUST SAYS THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO FORM.
NO FUEL, THEY SELL THE FUEL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S A DISINCENTIVE FOR THEM TO EVEN HAVE THE FUEL PUMP WORKING.
THAT'S MORE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
HERE IT IS RIGHT THERE IN THE IN THE LAST PAGE OF THE CONTRACT.
YOU PAY ALL THE BILLS, AND I'LL PUT MY NAME ON THE AC CHARTER [OVERLAPPING]
>> A COPY OF THAT, I HAVE A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT.
>> YES. [OVERLAPPING] I THOUGHT [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT AN EMAIL ON IT PRINTED IT OUT.
>> ANYWAY, WE COULD DO LESS BUSINESS AND MAKE MORE MONEY, BASICALLY. COME TO BOSS.
>> SARA CAMPBELL CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUT ON THIS.
IT'S NOT AS QUICK AND DIRTY AS ALL OF THAT.
I LIKE THE MATH, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THERE.
I WOULD JUST URGE CAUTION IN WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION WE DO MAKE TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
A COUPLE OF MAJOR DIFFERENCES ARE THE BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT THE CITY OFFERS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT OASIS OFFERS. IT'S NOT A WASH.
WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES, THAT PRICE WILL GO UP ABOUT 40% PER EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF WHAT THEY MAKE ALREADY.
THE INSURANCE THING IS NOT QUITE SETTLED OUT YET.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LEAVING IT IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE.
BUT REGARDLESS, EVEN IF INSURANCE GOES AWAY, THE LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT KATHY HAS PROVIDED FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD GAIN ON THE INSURANCE SIDE, SO WE'RE NOT IN THE BLACK BY ANY MEASURE.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I LOVE ALL THREE DIRECTIONS ON THE CONVERSATION AND THE POTENTIAL, BUT IT'S NOT AS BLACK AND WHITE IN MY OPINION.
>> NOW, WE STILL PAY BENEFITS PACKAGES WE JUST PAY THE STRAIGHT UP HOURLY RATE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING ABOVE THAT?
>> CORRECT. I MEAN, WE PAY A LUMP SUM TO OASIS FOR ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THEN WHAT THEY OFFER IN BENEFITS TO THEIR EMPLOYEES IS NOT IN OUR HANDS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE NOT ON A DEFINED BENEFIT INJURY PLAN.
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THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME INSURANCE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE.THEIR BENEFIT LEVEL IS FAR LESS THAN WHAT WE PAY FOR THEM.
IF A CITY EMPLOYEE MADE $100,000, THE CITY'S ALSO CONTRIBUTING ABOUT $40,000 IN BENEFITS RELATED TO THAT FULL TIME EMPLOYEE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MARK THERE.
TYPICALLY WHERE GOVERNMENTS START TO LOSE THE BIDDING MORE IN A CORPORATE GAME IS ON THAT BENEFIT SIDE.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FULL TIME VERSUS PART TIME PEOPLE?
>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT THREE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
>> ACTUALLY, IT'S FULL TIME SEVEN AND THREE PART TIME.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE, I'M NOT SURE OF THE MATH ON THIS.
MIKE AND TELL MAY KNOW THAT WHAT WE PAY THE CITY PAYS TO OASIS FOR EMPLOYEES, WHATEVER THE GROSS IS, IF WE KEPT THAT MONEY, HOW MANY CITY EMPLOYEES COULD HAVE? MY QUESTION IS, ARE THEY REDUCING THE BENEFIT PACKAGE FOR THEIR CURRENT OASIS AND RAKING IT OFF THE TOP? KEEPING SOME OF IT FOR THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF MATCHING WHAT A REGULAR CITY WORKER WOULD GET.
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ANALYSIS.
TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND CALCULATE WHAT WE THINK THOSE WAGES AND BENEFITS WOULD BE.
>> I THINK THAT'S FAIRLY REASONABLE TO ASK. I WOULD THINK.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE PAYING THEM ENOUGH TO HIRE SEVEN PEOPLE AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING KATHY AND HER CREW THE SAME BENEFITS A REGULAR CITY WORKER MAKES, I WOULD MIND.
WHY SHOULD WE GIVE THE MONEY TO THEM?
>> HOPE SO. YEAH. THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT IS I THINK THERE'S SOME EXTRA ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED. BEFORE [OVERLAPPING]
>> FIRM OF OUR RECOMMENDATION.
>> WOULD YOU NEED THE SAME LABOR FORCE, LIKE, THEY HAVE SEVEN AND THREE, SEVEN FULL TIME, THREE PART TIME, IF YOU WERE TO TRANSITION WHERE THE CITY IS NOW THE EMPLOYER, IS IT THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED? BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING IT WAS KATHY AND MAYBE NATE, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PERSONNEL [OVERLAPPING]
>> KATHY'S. I CAN'T DO IT WITH TWO PEOPLE[LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK SHE'S STAFFED TO THE LEVEL THAT SHE DEEMS IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY.
>> KATHY, DO YOU HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS ALL YEAR LONG.
WHENEVER IT'S NOT TRANSIT SEASON SAY IN THE FALL, DO WE BACK OFF OF THAT SEVEN?
>> WE DON'T BECAUSE WE DO MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WHEN IT'S SLOW SOME KEEP THOSE GUYS WORK ON REPLACING [INAUDIBLE] BOARDS AND A PILINGS AND SPRAYING OYSTERS AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN SLOWS
>> SARA. ONE QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY?
>> I HAD SOME CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TODAY, THAT CONTRACT WILL BE ON JUNE 17TH, THAT'LL BE ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA.
THEN SHE HAS A PRIVATE PRACTICE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.
WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT AUGUST 1ST [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE COULD GET AN ATTORNEY TO THUMB THROUGH SOME OF THIS CONTRACT TO GIVE US MORE.
>> WELL [OVERLAPPING] STILL A FULL SERVICE WITH US FOR THE TIME BEING SO WE CAN RELY ON HIM IF WE NEED.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A CLEAR DECISION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? YOU'VE MADE NOTES THEN ON WHAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT.
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TOO.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT? [INAUDIBLE]
[7.1 Review of Prior Meeting Minutes from CRA and Marina Advisory Boards]
AS FAR AS OLD BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY MINUTES TO APPROVE OR LOOK AT, BUT I DID PULL SOME OF THE TOPICS OUT OF BOTH THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES AND THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES.JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE A SENSE FOR WHAT TYPES OF THINGS EACH GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ITEMS FROM THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SLATE FOR A FUTURE AGENDA HERE WITH THIS GROUP.
ON THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD, IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE RECENT MONTHS, THE ELECTRICAL FEE WAS DISCUSSED BUT ALSO PUT TO REST.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BOAT TRAILER PARKING WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION REALLY FOR BOTH.
THE CONTRACT RENEWAL, WHICH COVERED, AND THEN RESULTS OF THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY MEETING THAT WAS HELD HERE IN CITY HALL AND THE FOLLOW UP DISCUSSIONS TO THAT.
THEN THE BRETT'S DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY STAY ON THIS AGENDA.
THEN AS FAR AS THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD,
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SINCE THEY WERE FORMED AGAIN, THEY HAD SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ON THE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES DOCUMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THE CRA PLAN.THE CRA PLAN ITSELF STILL NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
IT FUNDAMENTALLY THE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES, THAT'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF IT, AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT THE REST OF IT NEEDS SOME OF THE PROJECTS UPDATED.
RIGHT NOW THAT IS WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PUT ON FUTURE AGENDAS HERE SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE INPUT TO IT.
THEN THE NORTH SECOND STREET PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT IN THE STAFF UPDATES LATER.
CRA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS PART OF THIS BOARD, WILL NOW HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT TYPE OF THING.
ANNUALLY, WE'LL GET FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU, FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THE TIF, WHICH IS THE TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCING.
THAT'S THE INCOME THAT OR THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED FROM THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TAX THE ASSESSED VALUE ON THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CRA FROM THE BASE YEAR TILL NOW.
THE BASE YEAR IS 2013 FOR OUR CRA.
WHATEVER THAT DIFFERENCE IS, THEN A PORTION OF BOTH THE COUNTY AND CITY TAXES COME INTO THE CRA TO BE USED FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE CRA.
WE'LL BE WANTING TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT IS USED.
IT'S USED TO REPAY DEBT RELATED TO THE ALACHUA STREET PROJECT PRIMARILY IN THE PAST.
THEN AGAIN, THE BRETT'S DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN ON BOTH AGENDAS, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT ON.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO AT A HIGH LEVEL, GO OVER THIS SO THAT EVERYBODY HAD A SENSE FOR WHAT THE OTHER WAS DOING AS WE NOW MOVE ON AS A GROUP HERE.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANYTHING HERE, WE CAN MOVE ON.
IT WAS REALLY JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
>> WELL, YOU'D BE CREATING AN AGENDA FOR US FOR THIS NEXT MEETING? HOW IS THAT.
>> TYPICALLY, JAKE AND I WOULD WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO PUT AN AGENDA TOGETHER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NOTES FROM THIS MEETING BASED ON THINGS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED HERE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT AT ANY POINT, ANY OF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO EITHER OF US WITH SUGGESTIONS AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE'RE ALL CONNECTED NOW VIA EMAIL.
YEAH. I KNOW JEREMIAH MENTIONED THIS.
THERE WAS A LACK OF SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION ON THIS AGENDA.
REALLY JUST, AS THIS WAS OUR INAUGURAL MEETING, THIS WAS AN AGENDA THAT WE PUT TOGETHER BASED ON THINGS THAT WERE, WE HAD DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY THIS CONTRACT AND BRETT'S DEMOLITION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU UPDATES ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE CRA.
BUT YEAH, WELL, WE'LL HAVE MINUTES TO POST AND ALL OF THE THINGS GOING FORWARD, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.
THEN I GUESS WE CAN MOVE INTO THE STAFF REPORT. JAKE, DO YOU WANT TO.
[8.1 CRA Project Spreadsheet Review]
>> GOOD EVENING, JACOB PLATT, PROJECT COORDINATOR.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CRA.
CALL OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTIES.
THE GOAL HERE, IT IDENTIFIES THE OWNER, THE LAND USE, AND THE IDEA IS TO TRACK WHAT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OR WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THE PROPERTY IF IT'S JUST SITTING VACANT OR IF THEY'RE IN A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF PROJECT, WE TRACK THAT HERE ON THESE COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT JUST TO UPDATE YOU AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITY'S PROCESS WHERE ANY TYPE OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS AT.
LIKE LISA SAID, WE WILL PROVIDE THIS TO YOU AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.
AT THE BOTTOM, WHAT WE HAVE IS A LIST OF WATERFRONT AND CRA PUBLIC PROJECTS, THE HIGHER LEVEL PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING, AND WE PROVIDE STATUS AND A GENERAL JUST QUICK NOTE ON WHERE IT'S AT.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE EVERYTHING FROM THE RESILIENCY SYSTEM, WHICH IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT, WHICH WILL BE AT THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE 17TH.THE RAILROAD SAFETY, WHICH IS REALLY THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS THAT WERE UPGRADED AT ASH CENTER, AND WHAT WE JUST COMPLETED AT ALACHUA STREET.
OBVIOUSLY, THE WATERFRONT PARK THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A MAJOR PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT DOWNTOWN AND TIES TO THE WATERFRONT IS WHAT COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE AREA SIX DRAINAGE PLAN.
THAT'S A DRAINAGE SYSTEM UPGRADE TO ASH STREET.
YOU'LL SEE THEY ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING THOSE PLANS AND MOVING QUICKLY TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT.
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, WHICH THE PLANS ARE FOR CENTER STREET ARE 100% COMPLETE, AND NOW WE'RE STUDYING SIDE STREETS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW TO YOU HERE NEXT IS A NORTH SECOND STREET STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PRINT PLAN.
WE JUST GOT ALACHUA STREET OPEN, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE CITY'S LOOKING THIS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER TO MAKE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO FORMALIZE THE PARKING THERE FROM ALACHUA TO BROOM STREET, CLEAN UP THE MILLINGS, AND PROVIDE NICE, BIG SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING.
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON ALACHUA STREET, AND IT'LL BE CONTINUATION OF WHAT YOU SEE FROM CENTER STREET TO ALACHUA STREET ON NORTH SECOND.
WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE MAKING A CONNECTION FROM THE SIDEWALK THAT'S AT THE SALTY PELICAN TO ALACHUA STREET AND COMPLETE THAT FENCING ALONG FRONT STREET TO REALLY PROVIDE A NICE CONNECTION THERE FOR PEDESTRIANS THROUGHOUT THAT WATERFRONT CORRIDOR.
THIS IS A LIST. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL UPDATE THIS.
IT'S GOT YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTIES AS THOSE CHANGE, WE UPDATE THAT STUFF AND YOUR PUBLIC PROJECTS, WHICH WILL CONTINUALLY BE UPDATED.
I WANTED TO START OFF JUST SHOWING YOU A COUPLE OF AERIAL IMAGES OF ALACHUA STREET.
THIS WAS JUST AFTER THE LANDSCAPING WAS INSTALLED.
AND WHAT, YOU'RE NOT SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. HERE IS A ALACHUA STREET.
THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE 8.5 FOOT SIDEWALKS, THE LANDSCAPING, PARALLEL SPACES ON BOTH SIDES.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LONG ANTICIPATED OPENING OF ALACHUA STREET.
WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE RAILROAD ON GETTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED, AND CITY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB BETWEEN UTILITIES, STREETS DEPARTMENT.
ALL CITY STAFF MEMBERS HAD THEIR HANDS IN ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE TONIGHT IS NOW YOU HAVE THIS NICE NEW OPENING AT ALACHUA AND THE CITY PROPERTY HERE AT 101 NORTH FRONT STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT IT BARRICADED AND PEOPLE ARE STILL PARKING THERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SIMPLE SKETCH OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO MAKE THERE TO PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC ACCESS AT THAT LOCATION.
THIS IS LOOKING AT IT. FROM THE WEST.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS DEBRIS THAT'S ALONG THE SHORELINE.
IT'S NOT JUST AT THE CITY PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
HERE'S A STRAIGHT UP AERIAL VIEW.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD HAS A BEND IN IT BECAUSE WE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE SAFETY SIGNALS HERE AT ALACHUA TO GET THE RAILROAD TO OPEN THE STREET.
THERE'S A SLIGHT BEND HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME PARKING IMPROVEMENTS ON EITHER SIDE AND MAINTAINING THIS VIEW CORRIDOR.
THIS IS THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION AT THE WATERFRONT PARK.
WE ARE CURRENTLY, THEY'VE GOT FOOTINGS FOR THE BATHROOM AND PAVILION FOUNDATION DUG, THE WEATHERS KEEP GIVING US A LITTLE HARD TIME TO GET VERTICAL, BUT YOU'LL SOON SEE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE.
BUT THESE ARE JUST A FEW AERIAL SHOTS THAT YOU REALLY GET A GOOD PERSPECTIVE OF THE MARINA AND HOW THE PARK FITS INTO IT.
>> THIS IS THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF ALACHUA STREET THAT WE LOOKED AT.
FROM AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY JUST SAW THE AERIAL.
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BUT FOR AN ORIENTATION, HERE'S A ALACHUA STREET, FRONT STREET.THESE YELLOW LINES ARE WHAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED OPEN PER OUR CRA DESIGN GUIDELINES, THAT'S A 60 FOOT VIEW CORRIDOR, WHICH MATCHES YOUR RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH.
WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS 11 PARKING SPACES, 10 REGULAR SPACES, ONE HANDICAP SPACE.
YOU'LL HAVE A CROSSWALK ACROSS THE TRACKS THAT CONNECTS TO YOUR NEW STREETSCAPE AT ALACHUA.
THEN SIX MORE SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE VIEW CORRIDOR.
WE WOULD GET IN THERE AND CLEAN THAT UP AND AGAIN, ADD MORE PARKING AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY, PEOPLE FISHING.
I'VE GOT PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN LAWN CHAIRS ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON OUT THERE.
IT'S ALREADY ORGANICALLY TURNED INTO A BETTER PUBLIC SPACE JUST WITH THE STREET BEING OPEN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PLAN? ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING PARKING TO THE SPACE, ANY THOUGHTS?
>> I KNOW IT'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WOULD LOVE [NOISE] TO VIEW FISHING.
IT'S TOUGH TO FISH RIGHT THERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEBRIS.
>> A NICE SMALL DOCK THAT WENT OUT THERE A LITTLE WAYS WOULD BE AWESOME, IF THAT WE COULD FIND SOME FUNDING FOR THAT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SPACE THERE AND PEOPLE FISH AND ENJOY THE SUNSET RIGHT THERE.
>> AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LOOK AT CLEANING UP THE SHORELINE.
WE HAVE SOME OPEN CELL, LARGE PAVERS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE SOUTHERN END OF PARKING LOT C AND D THAT THEY USE TO STABILIZE THE SHORELINE, AND THEN THEY PLANTED THEM WITH DIFFERENT MARSH GRASSES, AND IT'S REALLY DONE GREAT.
YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THE BLOCKS THROUGH THE GRASS NOW AND WE'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE LEFTOVER AT THE CITY YARD THAT WORKING THROUGH WHAT KIND OF PERMIT WE NEED THROUGH DEP, BUT LOOKING TO STABILIZE THAT AND CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT.
THERE'S SOME REBAR AND AND OTHER THINGS DOWN THERE THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE NICE IDEA OF A FISHING HERE.
>> THEY'RE NOT ALL ALLOWED TO FISH IN THE MARINA.
I KNOW FISHING SIGNS SUPPOSED TO EVERYWHERE, AND THE WATER IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO FISH THERE ANYWAY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD FISHING SPOT IF YOU COULD MAKE IT WORK.
>> THAT'S THE QUICK RUNDOWN ON THE 101 NORTH FRONT STREET PROPERTY WITH SOME PARKING IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ANTICIPATE DOING THIS WORK TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER WHEN WE MOBILIZE AND DO THIS WORK HERE ON NORTH SECOND.
SO WHILE WE HAVE OUR ASPHALT AND CONCRETE CONTRACTORS IN TOWN DOING THIS WORK, WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING THAT WORK AT 101 NORTH FRONT STREET.
THIS AREA HERE, JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR BEARINGS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FROM ALACHUA STREET HERE AT STANDARD MARINE ALL THE WAY TO BROOME STREET.
CURRENTLY HAVE PERPENDICULAR PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE AND UNIMPROVED FREE FOR ALL PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE.
YOU'VE GOT THE BROOME STREET PARKING LOT HERE.
THERE'S TWO DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE LOCATED HERE.
WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THIS DRIVEWAY, MAINTAIN THIS ADS SPOT, AND ADD FOUR SPACES IN THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING.
THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE ALL THE WAY TO THIS AREA.
WE'LL ADD FOUR SPACES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT SECTION OF NORTH SECOND STREET.
IT SHOWS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, PLAN IS TO ONE WAY THE STREET, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE STREETSCAPE FROM CENTER TO ALACHUA.
WE WOULD EXTEND THAT TO BROOME STREET.
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MATCH THE STREETSCAPE WITH THE WIDE SIDEWALKS, EIGHT AND A HALF FEET ALL THE WAY UP TO BROOME STREET.
YOU WOULD CONTINUE THAT STREETSCAPE ALONG SECOND STREET ALL THE WAY TO BROOME.
THIS PLAN AT 39 FORMALIZED BASES IN THIS SECTION OF THE CRA.
THE INTENT IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WORK.
IT'S GOING TO OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE HDC IN JUNE AND THEN ON TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FUNDS IN JULY.
THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES WORKING WITH FPU TO UNDERGROUND THOSE UTILITIES THAT ARE THERE.
[01:25:05]
FPS ALREADY GOT THAT DESIGN WHERE THESE UTILITIES WILL GO AWAY.THAT'S IT. QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD?
>> THIS IS A PLAN THAT THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD HAD ALREADY GONE, REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AND BUT THIS IS AN UPDATED VERSION BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS GROUP JUST FOR ANOTHER LOOK AND AN UPDATE.
>> DEFINITELY WON'T CONGEST THE TRAFFIC NEED SELF RIGHT THERE.
I'VE PARKED UP THAT AREA ACROSS FROM THE CITY PARKING LOT WHERE THE GRAVEL IS AND WITH THE ANGLE PARKING, IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR A PICKUP TRUCK? BECAUSE THE PARKING THAT WAS MADE UP THERE WASN'T BIG ENOUGH.
YOU STILL HAD YOUR BUMPER STICK OUT ON THE ROAD?
>> YES, SIR. WITH THE NARROWING THE STREET WILL ACTUALLY BE NARROWED.
>> WHEN YOU ONE WAY IT, YOU'LL NARROW THE STREET TO PROVIDE FOR THAT ANGLED PARKING AND THE PARALLEL. IT'LL MATCH.
IF YOU CAN TRUCKS PARK HERE ALL THE TIME, IT'S THE SAME AS THIS STREETSCAPE RIGHT HERE.
>> YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
>> ON THE CRA, TALLAHASSEE IS TRYING TO SUNSET FLORIDA CRAS.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OURS?
>> IT WOULD. AT LEAST WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IF THAT HAD GONE THROUGH, IT WOULD HAVE OUR EXPIRATION IS 2053.
IT WOULD HAVE MOVED IT UP TO 2045.
BUT IT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WOULD HAVE MADE IT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO NEW PROJECTS AND NO NEW FUNDING IN CRAS AFTER OCTOBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.
>> GOOD BECAUSE I WAS FOLLOWING IT AND I LOST TRACK OF IT.
THAT'S WHY I LOST TRACK OF IT.
>> YEAH. EXACTLY AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT IT WAS GOING TO GET PULLED INTO ANOTHER ONE. IT DID NOT.
BUT THERE IS STILL CONCERN THAT IT WILL COME BACK IN THE NEXT SESSION, SO THANKS. YOU'RE GOOD?
>> GOOD. AS LONG AS BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.
YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS END OF THIS SUMMER.
>> THEN THE LAST TWO STAFF UPDATES THAT WE HAD,
[8.2 Temporary Kiosk Request]
WE HAVE HAD A TEMPORARY KIOSK REQUEST FROM THE NEW PIRATE SHIP THAT WOULD LIKE A KIOSK SIMILAR TO WHAT [NOISE] RIVER CRUISES HAS.THIS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY VERY TEMPORARY BECAUSE ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS THERE OBVIOUSLY THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT REQUEST WAS MADE AND JUST SEE IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD BE A VERY TEMPORARY SITUATION AT THIS POINT.
SOMETHING TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND, I THINK, AS KEVIN POINTED OUT, BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY AS WELL, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT ON EITHER KIOSKS OR SOME ACCOMMODATION FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON THE WATER THAT MAY NEED A LOCATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEEDED ANYMORE BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS CHANGES, WHATEVER? SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BRETT'S REDEVELOPMENT.
>> WE ARE THEY GOING TO PUT KEVIN FOR THIS PROCESS.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN YET FOR WHERE YOUR KIOSK IS GOING TO BE?
>> NO, NOT WHILE THIS CONSTRUCTION GOES ON.
>> YEAH, SO CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, YEAH.
THEN FINALLY, AS FAR AS STAFF UPDATES,
[8.3 Paid Parking RFP]
THE PAID PARKING RFP HAS BEEN OUT.THE BIDS ARE DUE BACK TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ONCE THOSE BIDS ARE OPENED THAT WE CAN SHARE.
WE'LL PRESENT OPTIONS HERE, AND THE REASON BEING THAT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT LOT A AND LOT B.
THAT WOULD FALL SQUARELY WITHIN THE CRA.
OTHERWISE, OBVIOUSLY, THE DOWNTOWN PARKING ITSELF IS NOT NECESSARILY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD, BUT LOT A AND LOT B, WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE INPUT FROM THIS GROUP ON WHATEVER MIGHT BE PROPOSED FOR THOSE AREAS AND WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE.
[01:30:03]
WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU WHEN WE HAVE SOME SENSE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.>> I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT WHERE DO WE END AND THE CITY BEGINS?
>> WE CAN PUT A MPA BECAUSE IT WILL COVER THE ENDS.
THAT IS THE PINK LINE ON THIS FEW BACKS OUT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BETTER.
>> CENTER STREET IS THERE, SO YOU CAN SEE IT INCLUDES SOME AREA TO THE SOUTH, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ARTISAN TOWN HOMES THAT ARE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD AND GOES DOWN AS FAR AS BEACH IN THAT LITTLE SECTION, AND THEN IT GOES UP NORTH AS FAR AS WICKET BOW IN THAT SECTION.
THIS BOUNDARY DETERMINES WHAT PROPERTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE CRA AND THEREFORE DETERMINES THE TIP, THE DOLLARS THAT COME BACK.
THERE ARE AS JAKE SAID EARLIER ON THAT SPREADSHEET, THERE ARE 83 PROPERTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS.
SOME OF WHICH ARE CITY OWNED, BUT MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT THIS GROUP IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
THEN TO THAT POINT, JUST AS INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ON THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD, THE CITY COMMISSION, ACTS AS THE CRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SO THEY MEET ONCE A QUARTER AS THEIR WORKSHOP.
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT THIS GROUP WOULD WANT TO OR NEED TO SHARE WITH THEM IS DONE DURING THAT TIME OR CAN BE PASSED ALONG BY STAFF.
BUT USUALLY, THIS GROUP WILL DO A PRESENTATION, WHEN WE'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WATERFRONT AREA OR PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
ALL OF THAT IS DONE AT THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I BELIEVE I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THE DATES ON THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS, BUT I BELIEVE.
>> IS IN JULY. WE'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU AND THEN THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ALL WE HAD IN OUR STAFF UPDATES.
>> I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. SURE.
>> MIKE LADNEVICH, FERNANDINA OBSERVER, 124 NORTH FOURTH IS THE ADDRESS FOR THE OBSERVER.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE AND YOU ALL ARE REGULATED BY THE SUNSHINE LAWS OF THE STATE.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT BODY, AND I'VE BEEN A JOURNALIST FOR 50 YEARS.
INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BOARD ARE PUBLIC RECORD AND YOU SERVED THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH AND THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE ARE TRYING AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT AND TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING, THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR OVER AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES, AND I'VE SEEN DOCUMENT AFTER DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO YOU ALL.
I'VE SEEN DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, THE OASIS CONTRACT THAT YOU REFERRED TO, WAS IT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SO THEY COULD COMMENT ON IT IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING.
THE [INAUDIBLE] DID AN IN DEPTH REPORT ON ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT JEREMIAH DID.
THAT [INAUDIBLE] REPORT IS NOT HERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ OR FOR YOU TO READ.
YOU SHOULD READ IT AND YOU SHOULD READ EACH ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS AND REALLY IN DEPTH WHAT [INAUDIBLE] SAID ABOUT IT.
THIS IS NOT GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE.
I'M HERE TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD.
PLEASE HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MEETINGS AND TO COMMENT.
THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE IS ALL ABOUT.
[01:35:04]
THAT IS WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT.I URGE YOU TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
IF YOU DO THE FISHING DOCK LIKE MR. SHARP SUGGESTED OR ASKED, I WROTE I DESIGNED AND WROTE THE FISHING DOCK AND THE KAYAK DOCK, AND I WROTE THE RFP FOR IT.
THAT WAS SOME YEARS AGO SO I'M OUT OF PRACTICE, BUT I DID ALL THAT.
SO MY HEART AND SOUL IS IN THIS CITY. I LOVE THIS TOWN.
NOW, PAID PARKING THAT WAS BASED ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT HAD OCCUPANCY, AND THE CENTER STREET AND THE SIDE STREETS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT ACCURATE FOR OCCUPANCY BECAUSE WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2-300 OR POSSIBLY MORE BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF, RETAIL STAFF, BAR AND RESTAURANT STAFF, PARKING IN THOSE PLACES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
ONCE PAID PARKING GOES IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PAY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE.
WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO, PARKING LOT C AND B? THERE GOES THE ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT PARK.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE HTC PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, BECAUSE I WATCHED IT HAPPEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT BECOMES POST-NEGATIVE.
THERE'S NO CONFIDENT THE COST KEEP GOING UP FOR ENFORCEMENT.
SIGN IN THE NEIGHBORING STREETS, THEN THERE HAS TO BE ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT.
THEN EVENTUALLY METERS GO ON STREETS.
I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN THREE TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
THE BASIS ISN'T ACCURATE I KNOW THESE PER WENT OUT AND THEY COUNTED AND THEY DID AN ACCURATE COUNT.
IT WASN'T ACCURATE ON WHOSE CARS THOSE WERE.
MAJORITY OF THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES THAT WORK DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S INFORMATION THAT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR YOU TO KNOW GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DO HAVE A MEETING, JUST LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF YOU GO TO THE AGENDA ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S GOT ALL THE PACKAGE WHERE WE CAN DOWNLOAD.
ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD IF THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I THINK THAT WOULD ANSWER A LOT OF PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW THAT WAY, JUST LIKE HE DIDN'T HAVE A COPY THERE, THAT WOULD HELP EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS CITIZENS.
>> EXACTLY. WE DID NOT HAVE THAT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION.
>> I LIKE TO GET A PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT, [LAUGHTER] SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS FOR ME.
POLAR 11 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND I WOULD LIKE THE CITY KNOWS IF THEY PUT OUT AN RFP, THEY HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW IT COULD ONLY BE EVEN A MINUTE, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION.
I'VE BEEN IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 30-SOMETHING YEARS SO I KNOW THE WAY GOVERNMENT OPERATES AT TIMES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM A CITIZEN AND A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, THIS WHOLE PARKING THING SEEMS AND SOMETIMES I DIG WEIRD.
IT'S WEIRD THE WAY IT'S ALL HAPPENING.
I MEAN, ONE DAY I WAS GOING TO GET COFFEE AND I WENT DOWN SECOND STREET AND ALL THE ENFORCEMENT SIGNS ARE GONE.
WHEN YOU OPERATE LIKE THAT, AND CITIZENS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND YOU'RE JUST SEEING THIS THING ROLL OUT.
I JUST KNOW HOW THINGS CAN ROLL OUT.
AGAIN, I KNOW WHERE YOUR POSTURE IS AS AN ADVISORY BOARD.
I GET THAT. MY VOICE RIGHT NOW IS A VOICE THAT'S HOPEFULLY GOING SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT.
THERE IS A COMMISSIONER THAT'S IN HERE, AND I COULD JUST SAY THERE'S JUST NOT THINGS THAT ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
IT'S FUNKY WITH WITH THE WHOLE PARKING THING.
PLEASE WHEN YOU GET IN THERE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS, HAVE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE AROUND GOVERNMENT PRETTY WELL.
[01:40:04]
FOR MYSELF, AND I WENT TO THE WEBSITE JUST TO GO EDUCATE MYSELF ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PARKING, YOU CAN'T EVEN DO THAT USUALLY FROM JUST FROM CENTRAL HOME, AND THAT I THINK I COME HERE AND I'M GOING TO EDUCATE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY CITY FOR PARKING.I'M A RETIRED DUDE, BUT I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PASSION FOR THIS TOWN AND WHY I'VE MOVED HERE AND THE CHARACTER OF THIS TOWN, THE ESSENCE OF THE INTIMACY OF THIS TOWN AND IT'S GETTING LOST, AND IT REALLY DOES WORRY ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT'S EVERYTHING WHY I MOVED HERE.
I JUST LOVE THE INTIMACY OF ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S JUST STARTING TO GET REAL.
BUT WHILE I'M UP HERE, DO YOU HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON A BOARD, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF THE MAP, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOT BOUNCED AROUND.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR THE BOAT RAMP, IS THAT UNDER PARKS OR X OR IS IT UNDER THIS ADVISORY BOARD? WHERE DOES THE BOAT RAMP FALL UNDER? IS IT THE CRA?
>> THE BOAT RAMP IS WITHIN THE CRA, YES.
>> IT'S IN WITH THE CRA. BUT WHEN WE WERE HERE, THE COMMISSIONERS TOLD US ALL THE FUNDING THOUGH COMES FROM PARKS AND RAMP IS THAT WHERE IS THE FUNDING.
>> TYPICALLY IT FALL UNDER THE MARINA FUNDING IF THERE WERE FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE BUDGETED ANY EXPENDITURES FOR THE BOAT RAMP ITSELF.
>> IF I CAN ASK AND SOMEBODY CAN SHOOT YOU BACK IN THE EMAIL, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OUT, BUT I THINK IT IS AN OPEN QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE MAB, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP ONE COMMISSIONER GOT UP AND SAID, THAT'S REALLY FALLS UNDER THE PREVIEW OF PARKS AND RAMP. I WOULD LIKE.
>> I THINK IT ISN'T IN A BUDGET BECAUSE THERE ISN'T AN ONGOING EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT RESILIENCY PROJECT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REPAIR AND RECONFIGURING IT, SO IT LINES UP BETTER, AND IT'S EASIER TO BACK INTO AND EVERYTHING.
THAT WOULD ALL BE PART OF THAT SECTION OF THE RESILIENCY PROJECT.
IT WOULD FALL UNDER A SPECIAL PROJECT, NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN A DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE PURVIEW OF BRINGING TO THE ATTENTION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MARINA ADVISORY BOARD, SO NOW WILL BE THIS BOARD, AS FAR AS IF THERE WERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CRA.
>> WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT THOUGH TO REHAB THAT?
>> CORRECT. THAT IS TIED TO RESILIENCY PLAN, YES. THE SHORELINE RESILIENCY.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT FROM THIS BOARD. I JUST KNOW FROM GOING TO PREVIOUSLY. RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PARKING RFP.
IT IS ONLINE ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT HAS GONE OUT.
LIKE I SAID, WE WON'T GET ANYTHING BACK UNTIL TOMORROW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN THAT.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU SINCE THERE ARE CITY FOLKS HERE, THERE'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT CAN JUST EVEN GIVE US A MINUTE OVER THE CITY'S.
>> THAT'S REALLY ALL WE KNOW AT THIS POINT.
WE GAVE THEM CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, BASICALLY THE AREA THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE PREMIUM PARKING AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, HOURS OR DAYS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE PARKING.
BUT REALLY, WE TRIED TO LEAVE IT AS OPEN-ENDED AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE WOULD SEE IF WE GOT SOME PROPOSALS THAT WERE CREATIVE OR OFFERED SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS TO GENERATE REVENUE TO COVER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UNTIL WE OPEN THEM, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THEM.
BUT ALL OF THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT'S DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 24TH MEETING.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY JEFF FREEZE, 2811 TURTLE SHORTS DRIVE HERE ON THE ISLAND.
ALSO OWNER OF A STREET PARLOR DOWN THE STREET ON THAT STREET.
I GUESS I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THAT'S NOT DIRECTED THIS COMMITTEE, BUT MORE ON RFPS FOR THE PARKING.
AS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE, I'VE NOT SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HEARSAY.
I GUESS I EXPRESSED CONCERNS BECAUSE WHEN I OPENED MY BUSINESS UP A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I LOOKED AT ALL THE FUTURE LAND USE REPORTS ALL THE WAY OUT TO CALLAHAN.
I WATCHED THE DEVELOPMENT COMING, AND I'M JUST DOING SIMPLE MATH, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF HOMES GOING INTO WILDLIFE, THOSE PEOPLE DO DUMP INTO THE DOWNTOWN WEEKEND.
[01:45:03]
WE'RE JUST SO INADEQUATELY TO PAUL'S POINT, NOT WELL EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE VOLUME OF PARKING THAT'S COMING AT US.I GUESS MY REQUEST TO THE CITY IS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO NAVIGATE THAT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW, OFF-STREET PARKING IS NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER, AND PAID PARKING.
THAT IS GOING TO INJURE THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOWN HERE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AUXILIARY THOUGHT ABOUT LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.
MY MAIN QUESTION IS HOW MANY RFPS WERE ISSUED? DID YOU GET HOW MANY BIDS WE WERE GIVEN?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT. WE WILL RECEIVE THEM TOMORROW.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE'RE GETTING.
>> YEAH. I THINK FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE FROM AGAIN, I'M GOING OFF HEARSAY, BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING INFORMATION.
IF ASTRET IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT, AND THAT IS FREE PARKING, AND THE PREMIER PARKING IS DOWN, THEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FLOOD ASTRET AND PARK THE CARS ALL UP AND DOWN THERE, AND WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES, I THINK IT WAS MY POINT OF EMPLOYEES TAKING UP THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE THERE.
I'VE GOT NINE EMPLOYEES, THE PATIO NEXT TO US HAS 42 EMPLOYEES.
GUESS WHAT, ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE PARKING ON OFF-STREET PARKING AROUND ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES.
NOW YOU DON'T KNOW WILD LIKE AT 110,000 HOMES, WHATEVER THE STAFF IS GOING TO BE FOR THEM FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS WHEN THOSE PEOPLE DUMP IT ON THE WEEKEND, WE JUST ARE NOT WELL EQUIPPED.
LOOK AT ST. OXEN, FOR EXAMPLE.
HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE. MY REQUEST IS THAT WE REALLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE.
WE GET THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INVOLVED TO GET FEEDBACK SO WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR HISTORIC COMMUNITY.
>> HI. MY NAME IS MARIANO TRIANO, 344 TARPON AVENUE.
I ALSO THE OWNER OF KEEPING CAFE, 31 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.
I REALLY HAD NO INTENTION TODAY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO EDUCATE MYSELF IF JEREMIAH WAS GOING TO GO OVER THE RFP AND THE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
BUT I REALLY FELT I NEEDED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE TODAY, AND IT ACTUALLY GOES ALONG WHAT PAUL SAID AND IN REFERENCE TO MESSAGING.
THERE'S NO ANIMOSITY IN THE MESSAGE THAT I'M GIVING OUT RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S A GENUINE AND RESPECTFUL REQUEST FOR SERVICE.
TODAY, MYSELF, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL BOUTIQUE OWNER AND A LOCAL MUSICIAN, WALKED MOST OF DOWNTOWN, GIVING OUT SIGNS OF NO PAY PARKING FOR THOSE WHO WERE OPPOSED TO PAY PARKING.
WHAT WAS STAGGERING WAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE FOLKS HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, AND THE FEW WHO DID WERE SHOCKED THAT IT WAS MOVING FORWARD SO QUICKLY.
WE WENT TO NEARLY 40 BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, 37 TO THE EXACT, ALL WITHIN THE PREMIUM PARKING FOOTPRINT.
THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF PANIC, WHICH OFTEN COMES WHEN YOU FEEL THAT YOU WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MAIN STREET PROGRAM.
WE RELY HEAVILY ON THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM TO KEEP US UP TO DATE ON THE CITY ISSUES THAT AFFECT US.
WE GET A WEEKLY EMAIL FROM MAIN STREET THAT THERE'S EVEN A SEGMENT CALLED WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
STREET CLOSURES, UPCOMING EVENTS, TRASH ISSUES, THEY KEEP US IN THE LOOP OF ALL THINGS, CITY ISSUES, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SORRY. THESE EMAILS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, BUT AFTER TALKING TO CLOSE TO 40 BUSINESSES TODAY, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT PAID PARKING INFORMATION IS NOT GETTING TO THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MAIN STREET STANDS ON THIS.
THEY CAN STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT IF WE'RE ON DIFFERENT SIDES, WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO ADVOCATE FOR US, BUT WE ARE URGING THEM TO PASS ALONG THE PAID PARKING INFORMATION AND LET THE BUSINESSES DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHERE THEY WANT TO STAND.
THE RECORD OUT OF THE 37 BUSINESSES THAT WE TALKED TO, NOT ONE WAS FOR PAID PARKING.
ALL WE ASK IS TO PLEASE GIVE US THE INFORMATION TO ARM OURSELVES, EDUCATE OURSELVES, AND REALLY ATTRACT, BE AN ADVOCATE, OR JUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY, BUT KEEPING US IN THE DARK IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> I'LL JUST ADDRESS THAT QUICKLY BECAUSE NO, I'M STILL THE BOARD LIAISON, NOT STILL, I'M NOW THE BOARD LIAISON FOR THE CITY ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD, AND SO THEY ARE PLANNING TO HOLD A PARKING LIKE A BUSINESS GATHERING ON JUNE 18.
SEEMS LATE. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE RFPS YET, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY INFORMATION TO SHARE AT THIS POINT.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE, THEN WE'LL KNOW THE RFPS BE ONLINE.
[01:50:03]
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT WE OPEN THE BIDS TOMORROW, MAYBE.BUT ANYWAY, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SHARING INFORMATION, THAT IS PLANNED, AND MAIN STREET IS ALSO DOING A SURVEY THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO THE BUSINESSES.
THE BOARD HAS NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THIS, RATHER A POSITION OF WANTING TO HELP, SHARE INFORMATION ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, AND THEN SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY WOULD THEN BRING TO THE COMMISSION.
THAT'S FROM A MAIN STREET PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THEY ARE. JUST AS INFORMATION.
>> THE RFPS DON'T FALL UNDER THE SAME PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS AS OTHER DOCUMENTS UNTIL THE SELECTION PROCESS PLAYS OUT BECAUSE WHEN IT'S A BID, BASICALLY IT'S A SEALED BID.
YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE BIDDERS COMPARE NOTES, AND SO THE CITY COMMISSION WILL GO THROUGH THAT SELECTION PROCESS.
THEN THERE'S A CERTAIN TIMELINE OF WHEN THOSE BIDS CAN BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT THE CITY CLERK MANAGES ALL OF THAT FOR US, AND AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE TO BE RELEASED, THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.
BUT TYPICALLY, IT'S NOT UNTIL THEY APPEAR IN THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA PACKET.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.