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>> I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025.ABSENT. MEMBER CURRY. MEMBER GUNN.
>> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> NUMBER 4, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES,
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE OCTOBER REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITMES NOT ON THE AGENDA]
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK?
>> YOU CAN COME UP HERE, JUSTIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST START WITH NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> JUSTIN KIMBALL, 2039 INDIGO STREET HERE IN FERNANDINA BEACH.
JUST FILLED IN QUICKLY. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS MEETING WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT.
I WAS SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH TOMORROW'S MEETING.
I JUST CAME TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS OR TO RAISE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT AMELIA ISLAND YOUTH SOCCER, AND WHAT PLAN MAY BE IN THE WORKS OR WHAT THOUGHTS WE COULD BE WORKING ON TO FIND A PLACE FOR KIDS OF THIS AREA TO PLAY SOCCER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN USING YBOR FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THAT IS NOW IN SERIOUS QUESTION.
I FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN IN QUESTION FOR YEARS.
HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING. HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
WHERE IT'S GETTING PUSHED OFF, IT GETS PUSHED OFF, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE SEEMS TO BE A POTENTIAL TIMELINE WITH BUILDING HANGERS AT THE AIRPORT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE.
WE HAD A PLAN IN THE WORKS TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE HAD SOME MONEY FROM THE COUNTY WITH THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH TO BUY LAND NEXT DOOR ON SOFTBALL FIELD TO REBUILD SOMETHING THERE.
THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN HAS JUST DISAPPEARED MAYBE.
I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW THERE'S SOME TALK OF GIVING THAT BACK TO THE COUNTY.
MAYBE THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M JUST JUST SPEAKING.
AMELIA ISLAND YOUTH SOCCER THIS FALL HAD ALMOST 800 KIDS OUT THERE.
I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY, BUT I KNOW 800 KIDS IS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER.
I THINK 45% ROUGHLY, I'D HAVE TO FIND THE EXACT NUMBERS, WE'RE 32034 AREA CODE.
IT'S HARD TO BREAK DOWN ALL THAT DATA BY SPECIFIC ADDRESS, SEE THE RESIDENTS OR NOT, BUT IT'S QUITE A BIT OF KIDS.
IT'S ONE OF THE LOWEST COST SPORTS IN THE ISLAND.
WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO ANY KID THAT EVER ASKED, ANY FAMILY THAT EVER ASKED, COME OUT AND PLAY.
WE HAD ANYWHERE FROM U4 ALL THE WAY UP TO ESSENTIALLY U19 GIRLS AND BOYS.
EVERYBODY'S REPRESENTED, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS SERVICE THAT WE'VE BEEN FRIGHTING WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY SEEMS TO BE THERE MAY NOT BE A PLACE FOR US TO EVEN DO IT.
THAT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW A PANIC FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH SOCCER, A LOT OF FAMILIES.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK OF ALL STUFF MOVING TO HICKORY POSSIBLY.
HICKORY IS NOT BIG ENOUGH. IS THERE A PLAN? IS THERE TIME FOR A PLAN? IS SOCCER JUST GOING TO GET SHAFTED? EXCUSE MY FRENCH, BECAUSE I ALSO FEEL LIKE SOCCER THROUGH THE YEARS HASN'T RAISED BIG STINK.
WE'VE JUST BEEN OVER HERE AT YBOR DOING OUR OWN BUSINESS, PROVIDING SERVICE FOR A LOT OF KIDS.
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OUR FIELDS AREN'T VERY GOOD, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE OTHER SPORTS HERE.WHEN WE LOOK AT CENTRAL PARK, THOSE FIELDS LOOK IMMACULATE.
WHEN WE HAVE TEAMS FROM JACKSONVILLE COME UP, FIRST THING THE KIDS SAY, THE PARENTS SAY IS WOW, THIS LOOKS BAD.
WE WOULD JUST LIKE A PLACE TO PLAY, SO SOMETHING TO DO YOU THINK OF.
WE'D LIKE A PLAN IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, SOMETHING TO TELL THE PARENTS.
I KNOW I'M HERE SPEAKING TONIGHT.
>> I USED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE BOARD WITH SOCCER.
I'M NOT CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE PUSHING TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE INPUT TO YOU GUYS AND A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT THESE MEETINGS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHAKE UP TONIGHT BECAUSE OF TOMORROW'S HOLIDAY, BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> CAN WE ANSWER A COUPLE OF HIS QUESTIONS? I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF GAPS, JUSTIN, I THINK.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL PIECE OF IT, [NOISE] THINGS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S FAA LAND OUT THERE.
WHEN THE HANGERS AND THE WHOLE TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY AND THAT WHOLE DEAL, THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT DELAY IS.
NOW, IT JUST WENT OUT TO AN APPRAISAL.
WE HAD TO GET AN APPRAISAL AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO, IF WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURCHASE IT, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S THE PRICE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY AS A CITY FOR OUR OWN LAND HAS DOUBLED.
IS THAT FAIR? IS THAT WHAT THE APPRAISAL IS THAT HIGH?
>> YEAH. SCOTT MICHAELSON, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
YES. WE RECENTLY WENT OUT TO GET AN APPRAISAL FOR THE LAND, AND THE PRICE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
BUT MY PLAN TONIGHT WAS TO SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT AND THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE OUR WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER 2ND.
THE WHOLE YBOR ALVAREZ SPORTS COMPLEX WITH THE NEW APPRAISAL, AND SO STAFF CAN GET SOME DIRECTION ON HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
MR. KIMBALL IS RIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PURCHASING THAT LAND.
ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD PURCHASING IT? IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD PURCHASING IT, IT'S HICKORY STREET GOING TO BE A STOP CARE, AND WHERE WITH THOSE POSSIBLY AWARE OF CERTAIN [INAUDIBLE].
>> I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SCOTT LEMAN, WHO I BELIEVE HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION, AND FULL DISCLOSURE OF MY COUSIN'S HUSBAND, WHO'S ALSO ON THE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND JUST SAY JUSTIN, I'VE ASKED SCOTT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T HAVE BEYOND WHAT INITIALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE ON THE ISLAND FOR SOCCER, BUT ASKING THAT WE COULD HAVE WITH THE COUNTY A WORKSHOP, A SUMMIT THING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE, NOT JUST TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT Y'ALL HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS OUT IN THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, SO THAT WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLIMENTARY AND NOT NECESSARILY COMPETING, BUT REALLY FILLING THE NEEDS OF ALL THE YOUTH SPORTS.
>> THE DECEMBER 2ND WORKSHOP IS GOING TO GIVE STAFF MUCH NEEDED DIRECTION ON THIS.
IT ALSO IS GOING TO TIE IN, I THINK, WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A PARKS AND RECREATION OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
IT'S ALL GOING TO TIE IN TOGETHER.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TOO WITH THE STUFF THAT NOW HAS HAPPENED WITH MLK BEING ON HOLD AND THREE YEARS AGO, ONE KNEE JERK REACTION CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION OF A LOT OF THESE DELAYS, AND ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUFFERING.
THE SPACE THAT THEY DO HAVE IS INADEQUATE.
IF YOU SPIT ON THAT FIELD OUT THERE, IT'S WET FOR FOUR DAYS.
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>> THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT. WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A
>> YES. LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE CRAZY AMOUNT OF RAIN, THAT REALLY IMPACTED THOSE FIELDS.
>> I'M JUST THINKING NOT JUST IN THE LONG TERM OF HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A MASTER PLAN, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING FOR MLK AND FOR SOCCER, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE TWO GROUPS.
WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING IN THE NEAR SHORT TERM TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO WHAT MIGHT BE, THREE, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY THREE YEARS BEHIND, STILL TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, NOW IT'S VERY APPARENT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT YBOR. THAT'S MY OPINION.
I HOPE ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE WILL COME OUT ON THE 2ND AT THE WORKSHOP FIVE O'CLOCK, 4:30, COME EARLY. [LAUGHTER]
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NUMBER 6, AN UPDATE ON THE WATERFRONT PARK.
[6.1 Update On Waterfront Park (Staff To Give Update On Waterfront Park Project)]
>> CHAIR CAMERA, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK DEPUTY CITY MANAGER GLISSON FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS GOING TO GIVE US A PRAT AND UPDATE ON THE WATERFRONT PLAN.
THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME.
WE APPRECIATE HIM BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. WITH YOU HERE IS JEREMIAH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HERE.
I WANT TO FIND A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WATERFRONT PARK.
WE'VE HAD SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW DUE TO SOME CHANGES IN THE USE OF THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK.
I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THAT.
KBT CONTRACTING IS THE CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE WATERFRONT PARK AND THIS ILLUSTRATIVE SITE MAP OF THAT PARK.
PROJECT BEGAN AROUND MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
IT WAS A ONE YEAR PROJECT, SO WE KNEW FROM THE START IT WAS GOING TO MOVE SLOWLY LARGELY DUE TO THE SEASONAL PLANTINGS OF SOME OF THE TREES AND THEN THE PAVILLION STRUCTURE.
IT WAS A BACK LOG ON SOME OF THE MATERIALS RELATED TO THAT, SO THE CONTRACT LARGELY WAS SET UP WITH THAT IN MIND.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD PORTION OVER HERE RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA, THE PARK WAS DESIGNED AROUND THAT LEASE AGREEMENT.
WE HAD A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD AND THE [INAUDIBLE] THE SAME.
>> SALTMARSH HOSPITALITY GROUP, A LONG TERM LEASE WITH THAT EXPIRING 2028.
THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AROUND THAT, KNOWING THAT THIS SEGMENT OF SEA WALL RIGHT HERE IS INCOMPLETE, AND THE RESTAURANT FORCE BEING IN THE WAY OF THAT, BUT WE COULD REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT WITH THAT FACILITY THERE, AND WE HAD TO WAIT THAT OUT.
THE PARK WAS DESIGNED AROUND THAT.
AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, THE TENANT CHOSE TO TERMINATE THAT LEASE EARLY, TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS HIS EFFORTS ELSEWHERE.
THE COMMISSION APPROVED THAT EARLY TERMINATION OF THAT LEASE, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THAT LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD ENTERPRISES.
WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT FREES UP THIS ENTIRE PORTION OF THE PARK THAT WE WERE NOT PREPARED TO ADDRESS.
WE WENT TO THE COMMISSION WITH A WORK ORDER, A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE MONEY TO INCORPORATE THE DESIGN OF THIS PORTION OF THE PARK.
AT YOUR HOME, YOU HAVE THE FRONT DOOR, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE SIDE DOOR THAT OFTEN GETS USED MORE THAN THE FRONT DOOR.
WE KNOW THAT AS PEOPLE COME OVER FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA FROM CENTER STREET, THEY'LL LIKELY, UNLESS YOU'RE PARKING HERE IN THE WATERFRONT PARKING LOT, YOU ARE GOING TO COME INTO THAT SIDE DOOR.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CONSIDERATION.
ONE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THOMAS & HUTTON THAT DID THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE PARK THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
THEY GAVE US A WORK ORDER TO GO BACK AND DESIGN THAT, THIS PORTION HERE, AND ALSO TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE, HOW DO WE SAY THIS, IT CAN BE SIGNIFICANT VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD GO INTO THIS PORTION OF THE PARK BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THIS SEGMENT OF SEA WALL HERE THAT NEEDS TO GO IN AND THAT'S A FEW YEARS OUT.
THAT WOULD BE IN COORDINATION WITH A REHAB OF THE BOAT RAMP
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AND POSSIBLY A REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THAT.WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO GO THERE, NEED TO BE SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS AND IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD STILL WORK FROM THAT AREA HERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT'S SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT GOES, OUR CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER CAN CLAIM OFF, COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE GRANULAR LEVEL, BUT HE'S HAD SOME RECENT MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MANAGEMENT WITH KBT CONTRACTING AND ACCELERATED THE TIMELINE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE THIS PROJECT DONE AROUND FEBRUARY 2026.
A LOT OF THE SITE FURNISHINGS THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ORDERED, THAT'S BENCHES, TRASH CANS, THE LARGE PICK AND TABLE HERE, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE INVITATION TO BID FOR ALL THE TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
YOU REALLY SEE DECEMBER ON THROUGH FEBRUARY AT GRAY LATCH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF IT COMING TOGETHER.
ONCE ALL THE LANDSCAPING GOES, YOU'LL SEE IT COME TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY THERE.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE A CONCEPT WITH THOMAS & HUTTON, WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS SMALLER PORTION OF THE WATERFRONT PARK THAT WASN'T REALLY GOING TO BE DESIGNED INTO THIS PLAN, BUT IT WILL BE NOW.
>> WHAT THINGS CAN BE THERE THAT YOU'RE SAYING FLAT? WOULD IT JUST BE PAVERS, SOMETHING.
>> LOW-LEVEL HARDSCAPING, STUFF THAT IF YOU HAD TO WORK THERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.
THERE IS A CONCEPT I'LL SHARE.
IT WAS JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRM.
THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT OF WHAT SOME THINGS THAT COULD GO THERE FROM A LOCAL ARCHITECT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW, THE EXISTING AREA OF THE PARK IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA.
THIS IS SOME LOW-LEVEL LANDSCAPING AND SOME HARDSCAPE THAT COULD PROVIDE AN ENTRANCE INTO THE PART FROM THE NORTH THAT WOULD STILL FACILITATE ACCESS HERE FROM A CRANE OR OTHER WORK HERE ONCE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD GOES AWAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
THOMAS & HUTTON IS WORKING ON DESIGN.
WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S LOW MAINTENANCE, LOW COST BECAUSE OF FUTURE OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.
REGARDING ATLANTIC SEAFOOD, THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS, AND LET'S GRAB THAT.
>> ROUND THAT STREET VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
THE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, HAS BEEN DEEMED A UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED, PENDING A STRUCTURE REVIEW BY ENGINEERING FIRM.
THAT BUILDING IS, UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW WITH THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS.
ABOUT 40 SQUARE FOOT OF THE BUILDING IS OVER THE MEAN HIGH WATER LINE, WHICH NECESSITATES THE CORE TO PROVIDE A PERMIT.
AS THAT THE CORE DOES NOT MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
FROM A PERMITTING REGULATORY STANDPOINT, BUT WE HAVE ACCELERATED THIS DUE TO BE AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE, AND IT'S THE LOWEST LEVEL OF PERMITTING REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUT OVER WATER, IT'S JUST OVER THE MANI WATER LINE.
WHAT'S CONSIDERED A SECTION TEN MAINTENANCE PERMIT, SO IT'S THE EASIEST OF THE PERMITS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED WITH THE ARMY CORPS.
WE DID GET WORK TODAY THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PERMIT IS IN HAND, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A 30 DAY TURNAROUND.
WE ALREADY HAVE QUOTES FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT DOES GO TO HDC HERE THIS MONTH.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS SEE DEMOLISHED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT, AS WE FIRST BEGAN DISCUSSION, IS THE REMOVAL OF THAT STRUCTURE THAT NOW PROVIDES FOR THIS SPACE TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE WATERFRONT PARK.
>> HOW FAR OUT ARE WE TALKING TO COMPLETE THAT PORTION OF THE SEAWALL? TWO YEARS, THREE, FIVE YEARS, WE'RE NOT SURE?
I WOULD SAY IT'S A THREE TO FIVE YEAR.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW FAR WE CAN GET WITH BREADTHS, BECAUSE THAT SECTION OF SEAWALL UNDERNEATH BREADTHS IS A PRIORITY, AND THAT AREA IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE VERSUS, HOW FAR YOU GET THAT MONEY DEPENDS ON HOW FAR YOU CAN START WORKING BACKWARDS, TO THIS POINT WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
NOW, THERE'S ALSO SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE WITH A TIMELINE, A TIME LIMIT ON IT TO INSTALL A SEGMENT OF SEA WALL HERE ALONG FRONT STREET.
IN OUR SEA WALL MASTER PLAN, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT HERE WITH THE RYAN BERM.
OUR WATER RESILIENCY PLAN WOULD TIE IN TO THE RYAN BERM HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH PORT.
BUT BECAUSE THIS WALL WOULD NOT REQUIRE PERMITTING,
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IT WOULD BE A BURN SYSTEM ON OUR PROPERTY.IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE CORE PERMITTING.
YOU'LL LIKELY SEE CONSTRUCTION OF EARTH AND BURN SYSTEM HERE ALONG FRONT STREET TO TIE INTO COOK'S PROPERTY, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN SOONER THAN THAN SOME OF THE OTHER SEA WALL WORK WILL BE.
WHAT'S ANOTHER STEP IN BRIDGING THAT GAP AND BUILDING THAT RESILIENCY SYSTEM.
YOU'LL SEE THE BRETT'S DEMOLITION, AS ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, LOOKING AT JUNE MAY TO JUNE FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION TO GET UNDERWAY, AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING REPLACEMENT OF THE BULKHEAD.
THERE'S ONE THERE NOW. PLACE OF THAT BULKHEAD WITH THE NEW SEA WALL SYSTEM THERE IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEMOLITION OF BREATHS.
THEN WE'LL BE OVER HERE WORKING ON A COMPLETION OF THE WATERFRONT PARK AND THEN THIS NEW NORTHERN AREA HERE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE, BRUGE THAT GAP.
WE NORTH HERE FROM THE WATERFRONT PARK, WORK NORTH THE BOAT RAMP AND CONNECT THE BREATS, AND THEN CONTINUE WORKING NORTH TO REALLY TOWARD THE PORT.
>> THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SPOT THE SEAWALL, THOUGH, WAS BECAUSE, INITIALLY, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WE THOUGHT THAT SALTMARSH MAY BUILD A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO GO BACK IN THAT SPOT.
WE HADN'T REALLY COUNTED ON HAVING THAT SPACE RIGHT AS PARK SPACE? DO WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE IT AS PARK SPACE, OR COULD THAT PROPERTY THAT AREA BE CONSIDERED AS AN EXPANSION OF THE BOAT RAMP? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
INSTEAD OF WE ALREADY HAVE, I FEEL LIKE A REALLY GREAT PARK SPACE.
MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT'S NOT PARKS NECESSARILY, BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
WE COULD MAYBE BUY SOME OR EARN SOME GOODWILL FOR I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE TO BE PARKED IN THAT SPACE?
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONCE THAT DEMOLITION IS DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE NEW PARK AND THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THIS BLIGHTED DEMOLITION SPOT THERE.
NEEDS TO BE SOME A MINUTE CLEANUP TO BUY SOME TIME.
I MEAN, AND IN OUR FIRST CALL WITH THOMAS HUNT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE BOAT RAMPS STILL BE ACCESSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE THERE OR SOMETHING THAT ACCOMMODATE ANY FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU NEED TO GET BACK AND FORTH FROM THE BOAT RAMP TO THE BOAT TRAILER PARKING AREA DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A CONTRACT FROM THEM YET, BUT I DEFINITELY TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE AND NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
WE MAY TRAMP ALL THIS DOWN IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOT TO CLEAN IT UP AND NOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, MAKE IT HARMONIOUS WITH THE WATERFRONT PARK THAT WILL [INAUDIBLE].
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE PLAY STRUCTURE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
>> THERE'S NOT. I MEAN, THERE WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO.
I GUESS IT WOULD BE AN UPDATE.
THERE'S TWO CLIMBING STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING ON PRICING FOR THAT.
I KNOW LISA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING ABOUT UPDATED QUOTES ON TWO CLIMBING STRUCTURES THAT WOULD WORK WITHIN THAT 27 FOOT.
>> CAUSE WE GOT A GRANT TO OFFSET.
I FORGET, WAS IT HORIZON MAYBE THAT GAVE US A GRANT?
>> THEY ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY, I'M SURE.
T WILL PROVIDE FOR A CLIMATE FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING OF THAT SPACE THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED.
I WAS JUST IN ST. SIMON'S FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PARK AND LIKE, IF YOU GO TO ST. MARY'S OR LIKE EVEN THOUGH WHEN THEY'RE DOING IN JACKSONVILLE WHERE THE LANDING WAS THE VERY SIMILAR PARKS THAT ALSO HAVE A NICE BIG PLAY STRUCTURE FOR THE KIDS, SO RIGHT ON THE WATER.
BUT THAT'S JUST AN IDEA, EVEN IF IT'S NOT NOW, BUT AFTER THE SEA WALL.
>> JEREMIAH. IF WE FLATTEN IT AND JUST PAVE IT, IT GIVES US MORE OPTIONS LATER DOWN THE ROAD, THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT PART OF THE BOAT RAMP OR WHATEVER, IT WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FIX, SO IT WOULDN'T COST A LOT OF MONEY TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING BOAT RAMPS THERE.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT HOW MUCH OF A SEA WALL DO WE HAVE TO BUILD THERE IF ANY?
>> YOU HAVE ABOUT A 50 FOOT SEGMENT THERE, ASSUMING THE BOAT RAMP DOESN'T MOVE. THE NORTH OR SOUTH.
THAT SECTION SEA WALL IF THAT SEGMENT INCLUDES REDOING THE DOCK SYSTEM AND A GATE SYSTEM THERE FOR THE BOAT RAMP.
ATHOS A SMALL SECTION, THERE'S MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE OF WHERE THE BOAT RAMP IS IN.
YOUR BOAT RAMP NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED INTO THIS SECTION OF SEA WATER.
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WHAT'S NOT VISIBLE HERE, WE CAN PULL UP FROM GOOGLE EARTH HERE.IS YOU HAVE A PINCH POINT RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS A BUILDING THAT WAS INSTALLED WAY BACK IN THE 70S.
THIS IS THE VOTERS RESTROOMS HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S RIGHT UP FIRST, IT'S NOT DOESN'T MEET FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S A VERY LOW LEVEL BUILDING.
THAT'S WHY FLOODS DURING STORMS. BUT IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SEA WALL THAT'S THERE.
I MEAN WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THAT FACILITY TOO.
BECAUSE YOU'RE LIMITED IN WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THE BOAT WRECK TO THE NORTH, YOU'RE LIMITED IN WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE SEA WALL SYSTEM HERE RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA.
IT JUST CREATES SOME CHALLENGE THERE BECAUSE THAT PINCH POINT.
>> THE 50 FOOT SMALL SECTION HERE.
IT IS A SMALL SECTION, BUT WITH THE BOAT RAMP, THAT FACILITY THERE, YOU DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGE.
>> IF ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THAT SPACE IS ONLY TEMPORARY AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY?
WHEN IT'S TEMPORARY, WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE MAKE IT LOOK NICE, PUT A COUPLE OF PAVERS DOWN, KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS UNTIL THE CITY DECIDES HOW THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE REST OF THE BOAT RAMP AND EVERYTHING THERE WITH THE SEAWALL.
MY THING IS TO MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN JUST LET IT RIDE UNTIL WE GET A FINAL PROJECT WITH EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WE CAN ADVANCE THIS WITHOUT COSTING US TOO MUCH MONEY.
THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE GAVE THOMAS AND HUTTON IS THAT, DESIGN SOMETHING HERE TO MAKE IT LOOK DECENT.
WE WANTED TO BLEND WITH THE WATERFRONT PARK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WORK HERE SOON.
WE'VE GOT AN OPERATING BOAT RAMP HERE THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MATERIAL THE NEXT FEW YEARS SO TAKE THAT CONSIDER.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU AS WE'LL GET THIS CONTROL IN HAND.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. HOW OLD IS THAT STRUCTURE SEAFOOD?
>> 1960S. RECORD BACK TO 1960.
>> ARE WE PAYING FOR THE DEMOLITION?
>> YES. LONG TERM LEASE, BUT IT'S A CITY OWNED.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, JEREMIAH. I APPRECIATE IT.
[7. STAFF COMMENTS]
REPORT. THANK YOU.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, JEFFY VIGER.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR GOLF STAFF UPDATE.
I'LL START WITH THE GOLF SHOTS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I GO STOP ME. OCTOBER WE HAD.
GOLF REVENUES WERE UP 5% COMPARED TO LAST OCTOBER.
WE DID ALMOST 4,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF COMPARED TO 2,844 IN OCTOBER 2024.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GOLF REVENUE, 179,000 COMPARED TO 96,000.
IT MEANS, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A GOOD MONTH, 129 ROUNDS OF GOLF PER DAY AVERAGE COMPARED TO 91 THE YEAR PRIOR, AND OUR AVERAGE CARD AND GREENS FEE PER ROUND WAS UP TO 30/30 $3 A MONTH.
WHEN THE WEATHER'S NICE, OF COURSE CONTINUES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
WE'VE HAD GOOD THINGS GOING AT THE GOLF COURSE STARTS WITH THE GOLFS ON THE GOLF COURSE.
>> IS IT WEATHER A LOT THIS MONTH? I MEAN, THESE ARE BIG.
>> WEATHER BIG JUST WAS GREAT.
I MEAN, WE GOT THROUGH ALL THE MED OF SEPTEMBER.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN THE GOLF COURSE, AFFORDABILITY.
MEMBERSHIPS NUMBERS ARE GOING UP.
I THINK WE'LL PLATEAU AT SOME POINT, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEEN GOOD.
THAT ALSO CARRIES OVER INTO THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SIDE OF IT.
WE ALMOST DID $50,000 IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
THOSE TYPES OF NUMBERS ARE TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTIES,
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DECEMBER, SO IT WAS A REALLY REALLY GOOD OCTOBER THERE.WE HAD 27 TOTAL EVENTS AND WRAPPING UP OUR SPAR GOLF FOR OCTOBER, WHICH WE PLAN ON BRINGING BACK AGAIN IN APRIL.
OCTOBER 1, WE HAD OUR MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST, 36 SERVED, ON THE 21ST.
WE HAD OUR LATEST 27TH LE TOURNAMENT, WE SERVED 112, AND WE HAD 28 FOR OCTOBER 1.
THOSE NUMBERS FOR THIS MONTH FOR 58% FOR OCTOBER.
BOTH OF THOSE AREAS HAD A REALLY GOOD MONTH AND NOVEMBERS STARTED OFF REALLY GOOD AS WELL.
CONSIDERING AS COLD AS IT WAS TODAY, HE STILL DID OVER $100 TODAY WHEN I LEFT THE OFFICE.
IT'S CONTINUED. WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEXT TWO DAYS GOES.
IT'S SO COLD IN THE MORNINGS BUT SWITCHING GEAR TO GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, OUR NORTH WELL PROJECT.
THE FINAL PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS OUR RADIO CONTROLS.
THAT WILL BE WITH PRO PUMPS AND CONTROLS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING AND COORDINATING THEM COMING IN AND PUTTING THOSE RADIOS IN AS WELL AS OUR ANNUAL SERVICE.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE, ORDERING THOSE PARTS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS IN THE NEXT MONTH.
THAT IMAGE THAT'S AN IMAGE OF THE PUMP HOUSE.
WE HAVE THE GOLF COURSE TO SEE WHAT THAT PUMP HOUSE IS.
IT WAS PUT IN REPLACED IN TWO THAN 2023.
THE CONTROLS WILL HELP US TALK TO THAT PUMP HOUSE IN BETWEEN THE WELLS.
SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE GOLF CLUBHOUSE.
WE JUST HAD IT RECENTLY PRESSURE WASHED.
IN MY TENURE, IT HASN'T BEEN CLEANED FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
HOPEFULLY THAT'LL REPRESENT US AS WE GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
OTHER EVENTS, OUR FRIENDS OF FERN OF BACH ANNUAL TREE TRIMMING HAS BEEN GOING ON AND IT'S BEEN GREAT UP UNTIL WE'VE HAD A COUPLE KINKS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S REALLY OPENED UP THE GOLF COURSE, TO ALLOW US TO GROW MORE GRASS AS WE MOVE INTO THE GROWING SEASON NEXT YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF DEAD TREES REMOVED THAT WERE PERMITTED.
SCHEDULED THIS PAST THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH, BOTH OF THOSE WERE ON SOUTH.
THEY GOT TWO BATCHES OF THOSE TREES OUT.
THEY STILL HAVE TWO MORE TO GO AND WE'LL BE GETTING THOSE HOPEFULLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
THEY WERE PUSHED TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THOSE IN TWO DAYS.
THEY'LL BE COMING BACK TO FINISHING THAT. EQUIPMENT ORDERS.
WE HAVE MOWER SPREADERS, UTILITY CARTS, BLOWER AND JOHN DEER GATOR, ALL THOSE ON THE BOOKS THAT COME IN THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST UPDATE WE'VE GOT OUR TWO UTILITY CARTS.
THESE ARE CARTS THAT GET THE GUYS OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE TO DO ALL THEIR PROJECTS SHOULD BE DELIVERED THIS THURSDAY.
THAT'S EXCITING NEW MAINTENANCE STAFF.
SPEAKING OF THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME BILL GRIFFITH, OUR NEW GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ FROM HIS BIO ORIGINALLY FROM WILLIAMSTON, FLORIDA, BILL BUILT STRONG FOUNDATION IN TURF AND SOIL SCIENCES WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRONOMY AND SOULS FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AT 1 MILLION ISLAND PLANTATION WHERE HE GAINED ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE IN GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
STANDOUT EARLY ACHIEVEMENT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO A FULL SCALE CONSTRUCTION AND GROW IN OF LONG POINT GOLF COURSE, WHICH PROVIDED HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN TURF ESTABLISHMENT AND GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT.
HE'S HELD SEVERAL SUPERINTENDENT ROLE OF PREMIER COURSES, INCLUDING TIMKANA COUNTRY CLUB, WHERE HE OVERSAW A COMPLETE GOLF COURSE RENOVATION, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
HE'S ALSO LID OPERATIONS A SUPERINTENDENT AT ORANGE PARK COUNTRY CLUB, NORTH HAMPTON GOLF CLUB, AMA NATIONAL, EXCUSE ME, AMO NATIONAL GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING MULTIPLE HIGH LEVEL RENOVATIONS, NEW GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENTS.
HILL BRINGS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN GOLF COURSE, CONSTRUCTION, TURF MANAGEMENT, TEAM LEADERSHIP.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM IMPLEMENTING THESE IDEAS AND VISIONS, AND WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORT TO TREND TO THE GOLF COURSE.
HE'S BEEN GREAT SO FAR, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM AND HE'S LOCAL IN THE AREA, LIVES ON THE ISLAND, 5 MINUTES FROM THE GOLF COURSE. IT'S A GOOD THING.
IF YOU'RE EVER OUT AND HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET HIM, HE'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU.
GO FROM THERE, MEMBERSHIP SALES.
AS OF TUESDAY THE FOURTH, WE HAD 149 SOLD.
I THINK WE'VE SOLD THREE OR FOUR MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE IS 25 MORE THAN WE HAD AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.
I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED THAT GET OUR ROUNDS UP BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE JOIN NOW THEY'RE PLAYING MORE GOLF, SO THEY'RE PAYING THE PART FEES.
OUR GOAL WAS 200 MEMBERSHIPS, SEE IF WE GET TO THAT.
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INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] WE'LL JUST SEE AS WE GET INTO THE WINTER MONTHS, SOME OF THE SNOWBIRDS COME DOWN, THEY MAY JOIN IT'S NOW GOING TO CARRY OVER ALL THE NEXT YEAR.WE'LL JUST SEE WHERE THAT GOES FROM THEIR MEMBERSHIPS.
>> MARKETING, TIE THIS IN OUR NORMAL NEWSLETTER WE SEND OUT BY MONTHLY, NEWS- LEADER, AMELIA NOW, AMELIA NATIONAL.
WE'RE ALWAYS USING THOSE LOCALLY AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND OTHER AREAS TO MARKET IN THE AREA.
A BIG ONE WE DO INTERNALLY IS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, AND THAT'S THE IMAGES I HAVE ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES OF THIS.
TO GO THROUGH THESE WERE ALL LISTED WITH IMAGES ON FACEBOOK.
LARRY BROUGHT A SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
THAT SATURDAY TOURNAMENT ON THE 18TH, HAD 44 PLAYERS, RAISED MONEY FOR THAT SCHOLARSHIP.
AGAIN 21ST, GREAT DAY 27 HOLE LADIES, TOURNAMENT 112 LADIES THAT'S FULL FIELD FOR THEM AND 6.5 HOURS ON THE GOLF.
THE 23RD, WE HAD THE WOMEN'S NEWCOMER'S ELECTION.
THEY SET UP ALL OF THAT THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, AND HAD A GARAGE SALE.
WE DO A NUMBER OF THESE EACH YEAR.
I JUST COMPLETELY FILLED UP THE CLUBHOUSE.
COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, WE HAD THE 50TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION FOR FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED.
ON THE 27TH, BOYS AND GIRLS HAD THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAD THAT LAST NUMBER OF YEARS AT FERNANDINA BEACH.
I HEARD THEY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATES FOR THE REGIONAL LAST WEEK, BUT THEN I FOUND OUT THEY DIDN'T.
SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE WITH SOME OF THE SCORING.
THEY WERE A LITTLE UPSET WITH THAT [LAUGHTER].
THEY DID HAVE A GREAT YEAR, AND THEY DID HAVE ONE GIRL AND THE GIRLS TEAM QUALIFY FOR STATE.
GOING TO UPCOMING EVENTS IN NOVEMBER, A COUPLE OF THESE HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
AS ALWAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, WE HAVE OUR BLITZ, 24 EVENTS SCHEDULED THAT WAS NOVEMBER.
A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED.
WE WENT FROM HAVING ONE OF THE BUSIEST REGULAR DAYS ON HALLOWEEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE FRIDAY BEFORE GEORGIA, FLORIDA.
WE DID ABOUT 240 PLAYERS THAT DAY AND TURNED AROUND AND HAD 100 PLAYER GOLF TOURNAMENT THE NEXT DAY.
THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME RUNNING THIS EVENT, THE TWO OR MORE CHARITY CLASSIC RAISES MONEY FOR CAREGIVERS, NURSES.
THE TOURNAMENT COORDINATORS DID, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM BACK NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WAS A BIG DAY THAT TRANSITIONED OVER TO A PRIVATE PARTY WE HAD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 80-100 COME VIEW THE GEORGIA FLORIDA FOOTBALL GAME, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO SCOTT AND PARKS BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED US TO USE A NUMBER OF TABLES AND CHAIRS THAT WE HAD TO SET UP AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT FOR SETTING THEM UP IN THAT ROOM TO HAVE TV IN THE OTHER ROOM TO WATCH THE GAME.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. TO RENT OUT THE REST OF THE MONTH.
NOT A LOT GOING ON UNTIL WE GET INTO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY TIME.
BUT WE HAVE OUR BENCH GOLF MGA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ON TWO WEEKS ON THE 22ND AND 23RD.
THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WE'LL BE HAVING A THANKSGIVING ON A ROLL SPECIAL FOR LUNCH.
WE HAVE A BRIDAL SHADOW AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON THE 29TH. THAT UPCOMING GOLF COURSE.
WITH THAT SAID, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GOLF COURSE?
>> YES. I WANT TO GIVE A MENTION TO LEE MURRAY'S FRIENDS OF THE GOLF COURSE, AGAIN, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T TO HIS OWN HORN VERY MUCH, BUT THE WORK THEY DO, THE AESTHETICS OF THE FRISBEE AND TRIMS GRAPE, AND IT ALSO PROMOTES THE BETTER GROWTH AND HEALTH OF THE GREENS AND TEAS AND FAIRWAYS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESPONSE CREDIT FOR PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE COURSE AS FAR AS BETTER GROWING CONDITIONS CORRECT.
>> IS THIS THE THIRD YEAR? THIRD YEAR WE'VE TRIED TO DO.
YEAH. THE BIG PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO HELP THE OPENING OF THE CANOPY OF THE GOLF COURSE.
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO IT EACH YEAR, AND IT JUST KIND OF TAKES A BIT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE AWAY.
WITH OUR PRACTICES OF GROWING GRASS, IT HAS MADE THE GOLF COURSE TURNED TO FORWARD.
>> SECOND POINT, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND PARTS OF THE GREAT AS FAR AS ACQUIRING NEW EQUIPMENT.
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I'M CONCERNED THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WEATHER COVERAGE OVER THAT SOME OF THAT NEW EQUIPMENT WITH ALL THE NEW PIECES THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD.>> WE'LL BE SENDING SOME BACK WHEN THEY COME IN, BUT WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED DOING A LIEN TO.
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO COVER SOME OF THAT BECAUSE YES, THERE IS A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT BUILDING HAD SOME ISSUES A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT CAUSED IT TO BE SMALLER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW SO YES, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED.
>> THANK YOU. JUST CLARIFY THE LIEN TO IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
>> FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE 27.
>> THERE'S STILL POTENTIAL THAT SOME EQUIPMENT COULD BE SITTING OUT FOR.
WOULD NOT BE PUTTING ANY OF OUT THERE.
>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS ON THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
>> HE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HE'S GOT NOT JUST THE CREDENTIALS, BUT HE'S A PROVEN FACT HE'S A PROVEN COMMODITY OUT THERE TO HELP FURTHER ALONG HOW GOOD THE GOLF COURSES BECOME.
>> YEAH. YOU SHOULD BE, AND IT WAS A GREAT HIRE.
>> CAN WE GET HIM TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LAWNS? [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY'RE NOT I WAS JUST THINKING MAYBE SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HE HAS COULD BE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MAYBE WE COULD WE GOT A LOT OF GRASS AROUND THIS CITY. WELL DONE.
>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR YOU WAS THE MEMBERSHIP? YES. I KNOW WERE, THE GOAL WAS 200 FOR THE YEAR.
WHERE ARE YOU SEEING YOUR INCREASES? ARE YOU SEEING IT WITH WOMEN? OR ARE YOU SEEING IT WITH MEN?
>> I THINK SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE SEEING ARE ON BOTH SIDES, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD COURSES CLOSED IN THE LAST YEAR COME AND SEEN US AND PLAY THROUGH THE SEASON, AWAITING THEIR COURSE TO OPEN, AND SOME HAVE STAYED ON AND REJOINED.
THEY'VE BEEN TO THE CLUB AND SAID, OR HAVE MET OUR WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND HAVE ENJOYED THAT SO MUCH THAT THEY DECIDED TO JOIN BOTH.
SO RIGHT NOW, I SEE US BEING RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
OUR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THAT.
BUT I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE WE GO DOWN THE LINE AS WE HAVE MORE INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGH THE SEASON OF THE SNOWBIRDS.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST, IS BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP THAT WENT FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.
I WOULDN'T EVEN DETER PEOPLE FROM JOINING BECAUSE JUST WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR, JUST PAY TO PLAY.
AS WE SEE PEOPLE MOVE TO THE AREA, WE'LL HAVE THAT OPTION, AND WE'LL SEE MORE OF THAT AS WE GET TOWARDS MAYBE DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY [INAUDIBLE] ALL YEAR.
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PART WAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GETTING FROM THE RANGE.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE GULF FORCES HAD AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
I JUST CHECKED AND STARTED FOLLOWING.
IF ANY OF US ARE ON INSTAGRAM, YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THEM.
AS THINGS ARE POSTED, JUST LIKE THEM, AND IT GETS IN THE ALGORITHM AND IT GOES THROUGH AND IF EVERYONE IN THE CITY DID THAT, I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP JUST GET THE WORD OUT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
>> YOU COULD DO, LIKE VIDEOS. LIKE ONCE A WEEK.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. NOW, I'VE WORKED WITH MARY HAMBURG.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS OF SOME THINGS WE CAN DO AND ACTUALLY, SCOTT AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE IN THE PAST.
WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE PROMOTING THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> PROMOTING THE MEMBERSHIPS AND JUST THE THINGS BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, SOMETIMES PEOPLE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO, I THINK THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE GOLF COURSE FOR SURE AND NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU BE PROMOTING THAT IN THE WAY THAT IT'S A GOOD SUCCESS,
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BUT AS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT OUR GOLF COURSE IS IT'S AN INVESTMENT.IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IT'S A GEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN BE I THINK YOU'RE ON TRACK TO GET THIS IN THE BLOCK SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR ALL OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST FOR THE GOLF COURSE, BUT ALL OF THE CITY.
I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT AND BE AWARE OF THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
>> SCOTT MICHAELSON PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
I AS WELL WANTED TO THANK MR. MURRAY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE GOLF COURSE.
I AM A TRUE BELIEVER THAT THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AT THE GOLF COURSE IS DEFINITELY HELPING OVERALL WITH THE GRASS GROWING AND JUST ALL THEY DO.
I DID TAKE SOME NOTES, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING TOO, SO I AGREE WITH ALL THAT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE.
THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO PARK AND RECREATION SIDE.
I HAVE SOME IMPORTANT UPDATES.
I JUST WANT A LITTLE CHANGE HERE.
NO TO PUT YOU ON IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS?
>>WHERE WE GO AND A WORKSHOP THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED SOMEWHAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
>> YES. SINCE YOU'VE SEEN THE NEW SPECIAL EVENT GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN AT A STANDSTILL.
WE WERE WITHOUT A CITY ATTORNEY FOR A LONG TIME.
JUST RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR A WORKSHOP IN THE NEXT MONTH, MAYBE JANUARY.
WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE, BUT ONCE WE GET THAT DATE, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW SO THAT YOU CAN ATTEND, IF YOU'D LIKE.
REALLY WHAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING IS THE HISTORY, ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HEARD HERE OF HOW THE PROCESS HAS BEEN AND WHAT IS CHANGED IN THE NEW GUIDELINES.
THEN THAT WILL ALSO INCORPORATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS BOARD MADE.
AND THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT YOU DID NOT SEE IS WE REFORMATTED THE WHOLE GUIDELINES.
IT USED TO BE VERY PRETTY AND IN CANVA, BUT JUST WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, WE DID REFORMAT IT.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE WORKSHOP, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ALARMED THAT WE CHANGED EVERYTHING.
WE JUST CHANGED THE WAY IT LOOKS, NOT THE MEAT AND POTATOES.
BUT BESIDES THAT, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.
>> I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT THERE IS THAT WE AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE OF IT, BUT WE DID PRESENT THE SPECIAL EVENT PROCEDURES APPLICATION TO YOU, AND YOU DID HAVE I KNOW AT LEAST A COUPLE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WANTED IN THERE? WE DID INCORPORATE THOSE.
THEN I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHEN WE KNOW THE DATE THAT A WORKSHOP THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE WILL MAKE YOU AWARE OF THOSE IN THE COMING FUTURE?
FIRST OF ALL, I WAS GOING TO ASK, CAN YOU E MAIL THAT TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T I PROBABLY HAVE IT SOMEWHERE, BUT THAT WAS REALLY A LONG TIME AGO, AND A LOT'S HAPPENED.
A LOT. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS TALKED ABOUT HERE OR IF IT WAS IN A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, BUT IS IT IS PROVISIONS FOR THE NEW WATERFRONT PARK IMPLEMENTED IN THAT?
>> AT THE WORKSHOP, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH STREET CLOSURES VERSUS DOWNTOWN, LIKE WHAT THAT IS ALL ENCOMPASSED IN THE WORKSHOP, ONE OF OUR [OVERLAPPING].
>> ONE SPECIFIC THING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
>> WILL BE AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AT THAT WORKSHOP ON CERTAIN EVENTS AND WHERE THEY GO AND SHUTTING DOWN STREETS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION ON THAT.
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>> WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
JUMPING INTO PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE IS BACH ACES 35 IS NOW COMPLETE.
WE HAVE MOVED ON TO BACH ACES 34.
AND BASICALLY, WE CALL IT THE SA TAX.
WE ARE GOING TO BE THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO BEACH ACCESS 33.
WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE MOVING ALONG WITH THE BEACH ACCESS PRETTY WELL.
>> THEN A FINAL QUICK UPDATE ON BEACH ACCESS IS BEACH ACCESS NINE.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A DESIGN.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT JASMINE ACCESS, SO WE'RE SEEING IF WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO THAT DESIGN.
>> WHEN YOU SAY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LIKE [OVERLAPPING].
>> LIGHTS AND NOT YELLOW AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THERE'LL BE MORE OF A FORMAL CROSSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JASMINE STREET.
>> WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS AND THEY'LL SHOOT RIGHT ACROSS.
DEPENDING ON MONEY, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADD A DECK THAT WOULD LEAD UP TO THAT BOARDWALK.
SO WHEN PEOPLE COME ACROSS THE STREET, THEY COULD GO RIGHT UP INTO A RAMP.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. WE DON'T.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN.
>> AND SCOTT, WHEN YOU'RE BECAUSE I CAN'T RECALL.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE, SO ARE WE JUST IN A REGULAR ROTATION NOW OF THE BEACH WALKOVERS, OR IS THIS REALLY STILL CLEANING UP LIKE, LONG TERM THINGS TO GET SO WE CAN GET TO A REGULAR ROTATION?
I BELIEVE WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE WALKS THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY FINE, AND WE'RE REDOCKING THEM, THE ONES THAT WE CAN RED.
MYSELF AND GLENN, THE PROJECT MANAGER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A SCOPE OF WORK TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR BEACH ACCESSES STRUCTURALLY, AND ALSO TO LOOK AT A POSSIBLE PLAN OF WHAT ONES THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN, MOVING FORWARD.
A COMBINATION OF BOTH. BUT WE DO HAVE MANY BOARDWALKS THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY FINE THAT, WE CAN GET AWAY WITH SPENDING $30,000 TO RE DECK THEM INSTEAD OF REDOING THE PILINGS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF AND SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> IF YOU HAD TO GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL OVERALL BOARDWALKS THAT WE HAVE, ARE WE LIKE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION LIKE 75% OR LESS THAN THAT.
>> THAT`S ACTUALLY FINE. WELL, THAT ARE JUST IN GOOD CONDITION REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO?
>> WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT STRUCTURALLY, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK A DECENT STRUCTURAL REPORT.
>> I THINK A FEW OF OUR BOARDWALKS ARE A STRUCTURAL.
>> OUR LIGHTING DETECTION SYSTEM, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO START THE UPGRADE OF OUR LIGHTING DETECTION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE OUR PARKS.
WE DID START AT OCEAN RESCUE THAT IS NOW INSTALLED.
WE WERE LITERALLY RUNNING OUT OF PARTS.
>> DOES THAT COME OUT OF PARKS AND REC BUDGET OR IS THAT OCEAN RESCUE BUDGET?
>> [OVERLAPPING] PARKS AND RECREATION. THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE AT OUR PARKS THAT WOULD INCLUDE MAIN BEACH, SLANT REC CENTER.
EBO ALVAREZ, MLK CENTER, CENTRAL PARK.
THIS SPECIFIC ONE REALLY IS GEARED TOWARDS SEASIDE PARK AND THEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
>> THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS, DOES IT REALLY BELONG A FUNCTION OF OCEAN RESCUE OR REALLY FOR PARKS.
>> IT'S POSITIONED AT THE OCEAN RESCUE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE OF OUR MAIN BEACH PARKS, SO IT WOULD BE TIED TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME NEW CHANGES WITH THE TDC MONIES THAT WE CAN HAVE.
IF WE IF THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD TIE THAT STUFF TO OCEAN RESCUE, THEN IT COMES OUT OF THE PARKS AND REC BUDGET AND BELONGS THEN TO OCEAN RESCUE.
>> TIED TO ONE OF OUR WHAT WE WOULD SAY, OUR THREE OR FOUR MAIN BEACH PARKS ACCESSES, MEANING MAIN BEACH SEASIDE PARK, NORTH BEACH PARK.
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE CREATIVE [LAUGHTER].
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>> WE HAVE INITIATED THE PURCHASE.
WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF GREENFIELD OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT WE REPLACED THE MAJORITY OF THAT AT EAGAN CREEK PARK EXCEPT FOR TWO PIECES.
WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THAT OFFICE HERE.
WE HAVE INTERIOR PAINTING AT THE ARC FITNESS CENTER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, SO THE STUFF THAT WAS PLACED IN THE BUDGET IS STUFF THAT WE'RE REALLY INITIATING RIGHT NOW.
THEN THE THIRD PHASE OF WINDOW REPLACEMENT AT THE ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER AS WELL.
THEN NUMBER 9-11, I THINK IS SOME EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HERE.
NUMBER 9 SAYS, JOE VELARDI FIELD.
THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET, NEW FENCING AND NETTING, SO WE DO HAVE THAT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT REVOLVES AROUND THE QUESTION OF THE SPORTS FIELDS.
WE ARE GOING TO REFENCE THE JOE VELARDI IN ITS EXISTING CONDITION.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REPLACE THE NETTING THAT IS THERE.
THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.
>> WHERE'S THE NETTING BEHIND [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE NETTING IN LEFT FIELD BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING STREET, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO NETTING BEHIND BEHIND THE HOME PLATE.
>> WOULD THOSE THINGS BE JUST CONSIDERED LIKE MAINTENANCE THINGS BECAUSE WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, IN THE COMMISSION MEETING, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AT SOME POINT MAYBE MAKING THAT THE THIRD FIELD?
>> THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND THEN THE OTHER CONVERSATION WITH JOE VELARDI FIELD WOULD BE INCORPORATING INTO OUR CIP OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND POSSIBLY IN THE EXPANSION ACCOUNT OF PUTTING LIGHTS AT JOE VELARDI FIELD.
>> ANTICIPATION OF THE LIGHTS AT JOE VELARDI, ARE WE TALKING 26 OR 27?
>> THAT IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET TO DO RIGHT NOW.
IF MONEY GOT MOVED AROUND, THEN THEN POSSIBLY.
>> CAN THE LIGHTS BE PART OF IMPACT.
>> NO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS HAS A NEW PROJECT.
>> THOSE LIGHTS POSSIBLY COULD BE USED AS IMPACT FEE, I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN EXPANSION BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIGHTS THERE RIGHT.
>> THERE'S NO LIGHTS THERE AT ALL NOW.
>> THAT'S YOU CAN EXPAND IT IF IT'S NOT REPLACING SOMETHING.
>> POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT.
JUST TO UPDATE THE IT'S AN IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR YOU ALL.
MOVING DOWN TO NUMBER 10 IS THE MLK FIELDS PARK REDEVELOPMENT CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 4TH.
WE DID HAVE THE NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING.
WE'RE FOLLOWING BACK UP, BUT THE DIRECTION WAS THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO PROCEED WITH A THREE FIELD LAYOUT.
THERE WAS THERE THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF POSSIBLY THERE'S SOME OPTIONS HERE IS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, GETTING A SCOPE OF WORK TOGETHER.
BUT THE MASTER PLAN, I BELIEVE, AS MEMBER KOKI HAD MENTIONED TO EARLIER TONIGHT IS THAT TAKES TIME.
IT COULD BE A YEAR, IT COULD BE A YEAR AND A HALF TO START IMPLEMENTING ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, MAYBE AT THE SAME TIME WE WORK WITH A TWO FIELD APPROACH AND UPDATE. JOE VELARDI.
ALL OF THIS STUFF TIES TOGETHER.
I THINK THEN THAT THE DECEMBER 2ND MEETING IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND WE'LL GET SOME MORE DIRECTION ON HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE E ALVAREZ DOES PLAY INTO ALL OF THIS STUFF.
>>THE OUTCOME OF EBR WILL DIRECT US ON HOW FAR WE CAN GO WITH JO VLAD AND MLK.
>> HOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONNECTION.
>> BASICALLY, I THINK THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER IN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SPORTS FIELDS.
>> THEY'RE SPORTS FIELDS THAT'S HOW.
>> ONE HAS A DIRECT THEY'RE DIFFERENT SPORTS.
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THE CONVERSATION IS ALL COMBINED.>> BASICALLY FROM THAT WORKSHOP WAS IS THAT WE ARE NOT PROCEEDING WITH A THREE FIELD LAYOUT THAT WE ORIGINALLY THAT THE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORTED, AND THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF AT A LITTLE BIT OF A STANDSTILL.
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
>> WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT? WHY DID THEY NOT GO FOR THE THREE FIELD?
>> THE I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS SOME COMMUNITY PUSHBACK IN THE AREA AND THAT THERE WAS A FEELING OF THAT THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE TO INCORPORATE ALL THAT WAS THAT IS THAT IS EXISTING THERE AND MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, THAT SOME OF THAT STUFF THAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE WITH THAT LAYOUT?
>> GOT IT. THANKS. NO. I MEAN, I'M IN WATCHING THAT MEETING, I DON'T KNOW THAT I TOOK AWAY.
I THOUGHT I ALSO HEARD, COMMENT THAT THEY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO POTENTIALLY MEET WITH MORE OF THE RESIDENTS AND OPEN AND POTENTIALLY A WHAT DO YOU CALL IT TOWN HALL TYPE? BEFORE REALLY BEFORE A FINAL DECISION WAS MADE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS PUSHBACK THAT MAYBE POSSIBLY WASN'T EXPRESSED TO US AT THIS MEETING WHEN WE MADE OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT SOUND LIKE IT WASN'T A FINAL DECISION FOR TO FIELD, BUT I MEAN, I I COULD FEEL A LEANING FOR TWO, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT UNLESS THERE WAS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE YOU'VE RECEIVED.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A DECISION WAY.
HONESTLY. I DO THINK THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED IT THAT THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION FROM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THEY THEY DID MAKE US AWARE THAT THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTING THAT THREE FIELD LAYOUT.
>> IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THAT MEETING THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A WORKSHOP WITH BOTH GROUPS IN A LIKE IN THE TOWN HALL SETTING.
I WOULD BE ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING THAT WORKSHOP SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD RESOLVE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE ON.
THERE'S A THING THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
I THINK HAVING BOTH PARTIES HERE AND HAVING THAT WORKSHOP, I THINK WOULD ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE A BETTER EITHER MAKE A BETTER DECISION OR MAKE A DECISION THAT'S CONDUCIVE THAT EVERYBODY CAN LIVE WITH?
>>I THINK THAT'S WHAT MEMBER SNYDER WAS JUST.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER ASSESSMENT.
>> THEN ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THOSE UPDATES?
>> ARE WE ONLY ON NUMBER 10, OR DID WE.
>> YES, AND THEN AND THEN NUMBER 11 IS I AM WORKING THROUGH.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. EVA ALVAREZ UPDATE.
THE UPDATE ON THAT IS THAT I LITERALLY JUST FOUND THAT OUT WAS DECEMBER 2ND IS A WORKSHOP.
AT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY DID RECEIVE A NEW APPRAISAL.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE BEING DISCUSSED AND THE PRICE TO PURCHASE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
I KNOW THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
THE MASTER PLAN, WE'RE WORKING ON A SCOPE OF WORK AND WHAT IT WOULD ALL ENTAIL, BASICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW FIGURING OUT THE SCOPE RELATED TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT MASTER PLAN.
>> THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL AND REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT PREVIOUSLY GAVE US THEIR SCOPE AND THEIR DESIGN.
I HAVE REACHED BACK OUT TO THEM TO GET AN UPDATED PRICE BASED ON COMMISSION DIRECTION,
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SO I'M DOING THAT AS WELL.THERE ARE UPDATES THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD ON THAT.
>> THAT'S FOR IT BASED, THAT'S FOR A PHASED.
AGAIN, IT WAS A LONG TIME LET'S TOPS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
>> I THINK GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAPPENED WITH THAT WAS THE MATERIAL WITH THE COLUMBARIUM, THE SIZE, THE COST, AND SEEING IF WE COULD COME TO A POSSIBLE SMALLER LOCATION.
AND YES, IT WOULD BE A PHASED APPROACH.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE LARGE SCALE ITEM, IS, HOW CAN WE GET THIS STARTED AND THEN IT IT CAN GROW FROM THERE SO YES, IT WOULD BE A PHASED APPROACH.
>> HEY, SCOTT. IS THERE A GOOD PLACE TO FIND THE HISTORY OF THE SOCCER FIELDS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LIKE BOPPING AROUND, LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BUY THE FIELDS, AND THEN WE WEREN'T HANGERS WERE COMING IN AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, BUT NOW WE'RE NOT.
IS THERE AN EASY WAY TO TRACK ALL OF THAT? I WAS JUST GOING BACK IN OLD MEETINGS.
>> I THINK ONE THING THAT I COULD DO IS I COULD SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU AND MR. COYLE, WHO'S OUR AIRPORT MANAGER.
I CAN I CAN MEET WITH YOU OFFLINE.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IS WE WILL KNOW A LOT MORE DECEMBER 2ND.
>> IT'D BE NICE TO GO INTO THAT WORKSHOP WITH THE HISTORY. FOR ME, ANYWAY.
>> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT IS PRESENTED BECAUSE STAFF WILL BE LEADING THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE HISTORY WILL BE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT POINT.
>> WELL, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHERE WE CAN IF IT'S LIKE AN EDUCATION SESSION FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
>> I THINK IT'S A AN EDUCATION SESSION ALONG WITH, HERE THE FACTS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
>> WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY JUST GOING TO HEAR ABOUT, WHERE WE ARE NOW, RIGHT? WHERE I THINK YOU'RE ASKING HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT.
>> HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I SAW SCOTT IN ACE HARDWARE THE OTHER DAY, AND HE SAID, ARE YOU HELPING US WITH OUR SOCCER FIELDS? LUCKILY, I HAD TO RUSH OUT BECAUSE I COULDN'T ANSWER NO.
>> NO, AND I THINK IT AND LIKE, THE REASON WHY IT BECAME A THING BECAUSE WE WERE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE SOCCER FIELDS FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS AND WE WERE GOING ALL THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE AND THINGS, WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT.
THEN BECAUSE IT'S ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, AND THE FAA HAS FIRST RIGHTS OF REFUSAL TO THAT PROPERTY FOR AVIATION USAGE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THE LAND, AND THEN THE FAA HAS TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE.
IT WAS A LOT OF BUREAUCRATIC STUFF TO EVEN ACQUIRE IT, EVEN IF WE HAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO BUILD SOME AIRPLANE HANGARS OUT THERE. THEY WOULD DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN FORMER MAYOR BEAN SAID, I THINK WE SHOULD BUY THAT LAND, AND WE SHOULD DO THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN DON'T QUOTE ME ON ALL OF THIS, BUT $1.8 MILLION FROM THE CITY.
THEN WE WOULD TAKE $1.8 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY.
THEY AGREED TO GIVE US THAT, AND WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A SOCCER COMPLEX OUT THERE ON ALL OF THAT PROPERTY.
BUT OUT THERE NOW ARE TWO SOFTBALL FIELDS.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT IS IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BUILD THE EXISTING SOCCER COMPLEX AND MOVE IT OVER TO WHERE THE EXISTING SOFTHALL FIELDS ARE CURRENTLY.
WE WOULD BE TAKING UP ABOUT HALF OF THE ACREAGE, NOT QUITE, BUT THE CITY WOULD BE BUYING ABOUT HALF OF THAT COMPLEX FROM THE CITY AIRPORT.
>> THAT'S HOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT BECAUSE OF THEN THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE THERE, AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO USE THAT LAND FOR SOCCER. FOR SOCCER.
THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE GOT TO REPLACE THOSE SOFTBALL FIELD SOMEWHERE, AND THAT WAS THEN THE EXPANSION OF MLK TO GET MORE FIELDS OVER THERE SO THE SOFTBALL PLAYERS CAN MOVE THERE.
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BUT THEN WE HAD TO WAIT BECAUSE PART OF THE PROPERTY AT MLK WAS HOUSING OCEAN RESCUE.AND WE WERE WAITING FOR OCEAN RESCUE TO GET OUT OF THERE WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE NEW FIREHOUSE, WHICH WAS DELAYED SIX MONTHS FOR AN AT&T TELEPHONE POLE.
>> IT'S JUST BEEN A CHAIN REACTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND THIS HAS NOW BEEN A THREE YEAR PROCESS.
PARKS AND REC WAS TRYING TO WAIT, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND A TON OF MONEY AND EFFORT, MAKING THESE FEELS REALLY GOOD WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TEAR THEM UP TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW.
THEY HAVE ALL CONTINUE TO ERODE.
THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF PARKS AND REC BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU TO DO, BUT THIS HAS JUST THEN SNOWBALLED INTO THEN IT WAS WELL, THE SOFTBALL PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PLACES TO GO.
NOW WE'RE DOING THE WATERFRONT PARK, AND NOW PATANK DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND THEY WANT [INAUDIBLE].
REMEMBER THAT WHOLE THING AND EVERYBODY'S MAD, AND NOBODY'S NEEDS ARE GETTING MET.
AGAIN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO LOOK FORWARD, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, TO PLAN SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL HAVE TO DO BUSINESS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THESE KIDS ARE DOING SPORTS FOUR SEASONS A YEAR.
>> BUT DID WE LOSE THE FUNDING TO PURCHASE THE YEARS IN THE 1.8 OR THE 1.6?
>> WELL, THE 1.8 WE WERE USING WAS ON IMPACT FEES.
>> I THOUGHT WE LOST EVERYTHING [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE APPRAISAL THAT WE WERE WORKING OFF WAS AN OLDER APPRAISAL.
THE NEW APPRAISAL IT'S MUCH LARGER.
WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT THERE IS A NEW APPRAISAL OUT THERE, AND THE COST FACTORS HAVE DEFINITELY INCREASED, HAS ANYBODY GONE BACK TO NASSAU COUNTY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THEIR PORTION?
>> THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY.
I DO NOT KNOW IF IT'S BEEN RELATED TO THEM GIVING US ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THERE HAS BEEN TALKS OF POSSIBLY RE-APPROPRIATING FUNDS AND NASSAU COUNTY HAS LAND.
THEY HAVE LAND, WE DON'T, IN THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING MORE FIELDS OUT THERE.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. ON THE TWO DECEMBER WORKSHOP, IS EBO ALVAREZ THE ONLY TOPIC AT THAT WORKSHOP? I ONLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS LAST WEEK, THE WORKSHOP HAD TWO ISSUES AND ONE OVER THE OTHER, AND JUST SEEM LIKE ON THE AGENDA FOR [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'LL FOLLOW UP JEREMY AND ASK HIM, BUT I THINK WITH EBO BEING A LARGE DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE.
>> YES. IT WILL ALSO GIVE THE COMMUNITY TIME TO SPEAK.
WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF COMING DOWN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. ANY QUESTIONS? AS ALWAYS, WE ATTACH THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION TO THIS, AND ALSO, IT'S A BUSY TIME OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS RUNS THROUGH US.
WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAVE A LARGE FESTIVAL AT CENTRAL PARK THAT WE CALL ADI FEST, WHICH IS IMPORTANT EVENT.
A LOT OF KIDS WILL BE THERE, SO PRETTY COOL EVENT.
CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, AND THEN THE BLACK FRIDAY, PAJAMA PARTY, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE THAT IS TIED TO THAT AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING DOWNTOWN.
WE WILL SEND OUT INVITATIONS FOR THAT, BUT THAT WILL BE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
THEN THE LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE, PARKS AND RECREATION IS GOING TO HAVE A FLOAT IN THAT PARADE.
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WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.THEN THERE'S THE, I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT A BREAK THROUGH A BIKE RIDE ON DECEMBER 6TH.
AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE A TON OF EVENTS GOING ON.
>> SCOTT, WHEN WE HAVE THE NEW PARK, WILL THE CHRISTMAS TREE PROBABLY STILL BE WHERE IT IS NOW, OR WOULD IT LIKELY MOVE MAYBE TO THE PARK? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'VE MADE THAT DETERMINATION.
I KNOW THIS CHRISTMAS, IT WILL BE IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION AS PAST.
I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD HAVE OR MAYBE WE HAVE ONE THERE.
>> IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING JUST WHILE WE'RE THINKING OF IT INSTEAD OF WHEN IT COMES UP BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHERE IT IS NOW IS THEN THAT'LL MOSTLY JUST BE PARKING THAT WAY AND THEN MAYBE MORE ACTIVITY DOWN TOWARDS THE PARK.
>> THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE POCKET PARK AREA.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? I HAVE HEARD RUMORS THAT PEOPLE WHO OWN THE PROPERTY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON IT FOR A WHILE.
>> I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DID REVIEW OUR USE ON THAT SO WE DO HAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
>> JUST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AT THIS POINT?
>> YES. WITH SOME POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAY BE DOING, MINOR.
>> WE NEVER KNOW. BUT WITH DICKENS, YEAH.
>> THAT WOULD BE WITH DICKENS ON PARKS AND REC WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
>> [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. LIKE TO START.
[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANY COMMENTS?>> SHAWN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THE SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS, CAN YOU SEND IT TO ALL OF US? THANK YOU.
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHEILA, JUST THE WHOLE TOPIC THAT'S GOING ON AND EVEN AT THE WORKSHOP WITH THE COMMISSION, THERE'S CLEARLY A NEED FOR SEVERAL OF OUR SPORTS, PARTICULARLY SOFTBALL AND SOCCER IN IT.
LIKE SHEILA SAID, WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOMETHING RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THE NEED IN THESE ISSUES.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO WAIT, AND WE WANT TO WAIT ON A BIG GRAND PLAN, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME INTERIM SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO PARKS AND REC AND THE CITY FOR CONTINUING TO ALLOW US TO USE MLK FOR THE COLD NIGHT SHELTER FOR THE EXTREME WEATHER SHELTER.
I KNOW MEMBER SPAULDING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OVER VOLUNTEERING, I THINK MAYBE, IS IT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW?
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE NOW.
I'M GOING OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TOMORROW TO WORK THERE, SO IF YOU HAVE SOME FREE TIME AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, THERE'S SOME SHIFTS YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR.
IF YOU WATCH THE WEATHER, THERE WILL ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO SIGN UP THEN IF IT'S BELOW 40 DEGREES.
>> THANKS, MEMBER KOKI FOR MENTIONING THAT.
I DID MEAN TO SAY THAT, I DID FORGET.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO KATIE.
SHE REALLY HANDLES A LOT OF THAT, AND IT IS OPEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND THAT IS AT THE MLK CENTER, AND IT IF IT'S BELOW 40 DEGREES.
IT IS OPEN TONIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD, KATIE.
>> THANKS, KATIE. THEN ALSO, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, I THINK I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME, ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PEG LEG PETE.
AGAIN, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT ALL THE ART INSTALLATIONS IN GENERAL AND REALLY THE LIABILITY THAT'S INCURRED WITH THIS, WHAT HAPPENS.
HOW DO WE AVOID ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE THIS? I KNOW SOME OF THAT WAS WITH ATTORNEY BACH LEAVING, BUT WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT?
>> RIGHT NOW, THE PUBLIC ART APPLICATION IS SITTING IN LEGALS Q TO REVIEW.
ONCE IT'S REVIEWED, IT SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE SEEN IT AND WORKED ON IT SO IT'LL GO STRAIGHT TO COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
THEN I DON'T BELIEVE IT NEEDS ANOTHER ORDINANCE CHANGE BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH ONE,
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SO IT'LL JUST GO TO COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN IT'LL BE ACTIVE.INSIDE OF THAT APPLICATION, WE DISCUSSED POTENTIALLY HAVING A CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST SO THAT, WHO PUTS IT UP, WHO TAKES IT DOWN, WHO OWNS THE ART.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE IN THIS APPLICATION, SO THOSE QUESTIONS AREN'T.
>> I WAS THINKING AS I WAS WATCHING THIS SITUATION UNFOLD, I FELT LIKE WE HAD COVERED A GREAT MANY OF THOSE ISSUES, BUT THEN I ALSO FELT LIKE WE WERE ALSO SEEING SOME THINGS LIKE, WHO COULD HAVE EVEN DUNK THAT? SOMEBODY HAVING COME INS IN THERE, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY THINKING TOO OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A TIME LIMIT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THINGS ARE FOREVER.
MAYBE THEY ARE, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT, AND REALLY CONSIDERING WHAT THOSE TIME FRAMES ARE.
>> IN THE APPLICATION, IT DOES STATE LIKE THE WEAR AND TEAR OF AN OBJECT, AND THE ARTIST IS SUPPOSED TO TELL US HOW LONG IT WILL LAST AND WHAT THEY EXPECT TO HAPPEN WHEN IT EXPIRES OR WEARS AND TEARS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE ARTISTS WOULD BE ASKED TO PROVIDE TO US WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION.
>> WE WILL DO NEXT MONTH IN OUR STAFF REPORT.
JUST MAYBE GIVE YOU GUYS JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE WE TOOK THE MAJORITY OF THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS WANTED IN THERE AND DID INCORPORATE IT.
IT WAS FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT DID TALK ABOUT MURALS, ONE YEAR UP TO FIVE YEARS, DOES THE CITY OWN IT? DOES THE ARTIST OWN IT? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? IT DOES INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I THINK JUST MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE UPDATE ON ALL OF THAT STUFF WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I THINK BASICALLY THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF US THAT WAS ON THE BOARD, AT THE TIME THAT WE MADE THAT DECISION ON THE ART.
I THINK HAVING EVERYBODY UPDATED AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROCESS WAS AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT WHERE WE STAND TODAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND WITHOUT A CITY ATTORNEY IN PLACE, IT PUSHED IT BACK EVEN MORE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY, IT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROBABLY APPROVE THE ART.
I THINK YOU GUYS DESERVE TO SEE AND HEAR WHAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR THE ART.
>> WE'LL PUT IT ON IN OUR STAFF UPDATE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON IT.
>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING. [LAUGHTER]
>> VERY QUICKLY, I THINK, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN THE PIKE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M PUSHING MORE FOR WORKSHOPS SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE MLK.
I THINK WE NEED MORE WORKSHOPS TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND GOING FORWARD WITH ANY PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE SOCCER, WHETHER IT BE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL FIELDS, WHETHER IT BE THE CALIBERIUM THAT'S COMING UP.
I THINK THE WORKSHOPS WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL FOR WORKSHOPS, I THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DURING OUR MEETING, IT CAN BE A SEPARATE MEETING WHERE WE CAN BE MORE PART OF THE SITUATION THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER, A MORE UNIFIED DECISION AFTER WE HEAR EVERYTHING.
SECOND OF ALL, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT PARKS AND REC THIS YEAR HAS MADE MANY INROADS IN IMPROVING WHAT I THINK IS A BETTER CITY, BOTH WITH CENTRAL PARK, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL OUR FACILITIES HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN THIS LAST 12 MONTHS.
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I THINK THE GOLF COURSE IS DEFINITELY A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS.I COMMEND YOU MR. JEFFREY ON YOUR ABILITY TO PUSH IT FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO SAY WE HAVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE COMING MONTHS WILL EVEN MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRYING YEAR AND A LOT OF ISSUES, AND YOU GUYS HAVE STUCK IN HERE AND HELPED WITH THE SOLUTIONS.
I WANT TO WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> STANDING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, TOMORROW IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY.
I KNOW I WAS PART OF IT ALSO, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAD A PART OF VETERANS DAY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE THANKSGIVING DAY.
I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
PLEASE ENJOY THOSE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AT THANKSGIVING.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL SEE YOU GUYS AT THE DECEMBER MEETING IN THIS MEETING [NOISE].
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.