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

SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY CLERK , AND ANY SPEAKING FROM THE PODIUM SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE OR MYSELF. THAT TAKES US INTO ITEM 4.1. WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET. COME ON UP.

>> GOOD EVENING. I AM LORI HARTMAN , THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. I AM HERE TO PRESENT OUR QUARTERLY REPORT. FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET WORKS OFF OF A FOUR-POINT APPROACH INCLUDING PROMOTIONS, ORGANIZATION, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND DESIGN. OUR ORGANIZATION COUNCIL THIS PAST QUARTER, THE COUNCIL IS IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET.

THEY RUN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THIS PAST QUARTER THEY FOCUSED ON ACQUIRING NEW MEMBERS FOR COUNCIL AND STARTED GOING OVER THE 2026 STRATEGIC LAND. OUR DESIGN COUNCIL WHO WORKS TOWARD BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS IN THE CITY, WE WERE BUSY THIS QUARTER WITH UPDATING THE PEDESTRIAN WAYFINDING SIGNS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE MUSEUM TO CREATE AN INTERPRETIVE SIGN IN FRONT OF THE STANDARD MARINE BUILDING.

IT'S REALLY NICE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT YET BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T YOU HAVE TO. IT HAS A MAP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD MARINE WHICH WAS ALSO CALLED THE HEWITT BUILDING. THE HISTORY OF THAT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE . WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR UTILITY BOX WRAP PROJECT. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND SOME HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES OF BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO STRETCH THEM SO STILL WORKING ON THAT. THE PROMOTIONS COUNCIL KEEPS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND UP-TO-DATE. THIS PAST QUARTER, WE HAD OUR 2025 ISLAND HOP CRAFT BEER AND SPIRITS FESTIVAL. WE SOLD A LITTLE OVER 1100 TICKETS, WE LOGGED 320 VOLUNTEER HOURS , WE HAD 38 FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDORS, 10 MARKET VENDORS AND TWO BANDS THIS YEAR. WE HELD OUR HALLOWEEN SIP AND SHOP LOGGED ABOUT 110 VOLUNTEER HOURS AND 150 TICKETS WERE SOLD. WE ALSO MOVED THE CHECK-IN TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE CENTURY 21 BUILDING AND PEPPERS. WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE TRAFFIC FURTHER DOWN CENTER STREET TOWARDS EIGHTH STREET VERSUS HAVING EVERYBODY STARTING AT POCKET PARK AND GOING TO THE WEST SIDE OF CENTER STREET. OUR BLACK FRIDAY PAJAMA PARTY WAS A SUCCESS. I SENT OUT A BUSINESS SURVEY AND OVERALL, PRETTY MUCH EVERY BUSINESS SAID THAT THEY DID REALLY GREAT SALES AND HAD HIGHER SALES THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. WE WORK WITH THE

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FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ART DEPARTMENT FOR THE HOLIDAY WINDOW PAINTING AND THE WINDOWS ARE STILL PAINTED RIGHT NOW WITH HOLIDAY FIGURES. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSINESS RECRUITMENT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN DOLLARS PROJECT WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE INCREMENTS OF FIVE DOLLARS AND $10 AND FOR PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES THAT IS WHERE THESE CERTIFICATES CAN BE SENT. IN RETURN THEY RETURN THEM TO MAIN STREET AND WE WILL PAY THEM BACK DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR SO THEY WON'T BE USING ANY MONEY FOR THAT . WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE RECRUITING THE BUSINESS IS AT THIS TIME FOR THAT. OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY COUNCIL, THIS IS WHERE WE SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS WITHIN THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING IN OUR ALL ACCESS MAIN STREET PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE CERTIFY BUSINESSES BY A CHECKLIST BASED ON OUR FOUR-POINT APPROACH.

CERTIFICATION PROVIDES THAT THE BUSINESS IS ACCESSIBLE BY CUSTOMERS WITH DISABILITIES AND OF ALL ABILITIES. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 15 BUSINESSES CHECKED OFF AND CERTIFIED FOR THIS. THIS PAST QUARTER WE HAD TWO UN F STUDENTS COME AND VISIT. THEY CHECKED OFF TWO BUSINESSES AND WENT OVER OUR PROGRAM WITH US AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO A PROJECT FOR THEIR BUSINESS CLASS . I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE RESULTS OF THAT SO THERE IS MORE TO COME ON THAT. WE HAD TWO BUSINESS MEETING GREETS IN THE PAST QUARTER , JUST THE WAY THAT THEY FELL. THE MORNING ONE WAS AT FIRST LOVE BREWING WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 30 ATTENDEES AND THE LAST ONE LAST MONTH WAS AT FERNANDINA FOSSILS AND WE HAD ABOUT 12 PEOPLE FOR OUR EVENING ONE. OUR A STREET COALITION, THE EIGHTH STREET COALITION IS A STEERING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE A STREET CORRIDOR TO GIVE INPUT TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR . ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS RECOMMENDING LIGHTING IN DARK SPOTS ON A STREET AND THEY REALLY HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING THIS QUARTER MEETING WITH F. FDOT AND THE CITY AND THE PLAN IS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR TO CHANGE OUT THE LIGHTS ON A STREET TO MAKE IT BRIGHTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE AWARD IS QUARTERLY AND I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE Q4 CURB APPEAL AWARD. THAT RECOGNIZES BUSINESSES FOR MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTY AT A HIGH STANDARD REFLECTING THEIR COMMUNITY PRIDE. THIS CURB APPEAL AWARD THIS QUARTER WENT TO SAXON BLUE LOCATED NEXT TO HOT PAUSE ON EIGHTH STREET. THEY ARE A HOME TO CORE, CLOTHING, GIFTS, VINYL RECORDS AND EVENT SPACE. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE I RECOMMEND YOU GO AND SEE IT. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO.

SO THEY WON A THIS, THEY WERE NOMINATED FOR THEIR AESTHETIC CHANGES THEY MADE TO THE BUILDING . THEY PAINTED THE BUILDING WHITE, IT WAS COVERED WITH MURALS AND VINES AND THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED THEM SAID THAT THEY LOVED THAT BLUE SIGN.

SO THIS IS OUR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE ENDING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER 30. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, WE ARE AT A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION . YEAR TO DATE REVENUE TOTALS ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER $522,000 WHICH IS WELL AHEAD OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET DRIVEN LARGELY BY A SUCCESSFUL -- BY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERS, GRANTS, AND STRONG EVEN PERFORMANCES. THIS YEAR ALSO WE TOOK ON THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING PROJECT WHICH WAS A BIG PART OF THE GRANT REVENUE. OUR EXPENSES ARE COMING IN AT $260,000 WHICH IS STILL REMAINING UNDER BUDGET WHILE STILL FULLY SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS. THIS LEAVES US WITH AN OPERATING SURPLUS OF ABOUT $258,000. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT SHOWN THE LIGHTING PROJECT BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE EXPENSES YET WHICH IS ABOUT 200 GRAND FOR THAT. SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2025, AND

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I FEEL REALLY BAD I FORGOT TO PUT OUR LOVELY DINING DOWN CENTER THAT WE KICKED THE YEAR OFF WITH. THE 720 FOOT TABLE THAT RAN DOWN CENTER STREET WHERE WE HAD A HUGE COMMUNITY LUNCHEON WITH ABOUT 722 ATTENDEES , WE TURNED 10 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. WE DID SOME SHIFTING AND CHANGES IN THE BOARD AND WE NOW HAVE 11 BOARD MEMBERS, 34 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 53 PARTNERS THIS YEAR. THERE WAS ABOUT 240 BUSINESSES IN OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICT. WE UTILIZED 196 VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND THINGS THAT WE DID. INCLUDING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND LOGGED OVER 1800 VOLUNTEER HOURS. WE HAD THREE SIP AND SHOPS, ISLAND HOP, OUR PAJAMA PARTY, BLACK FRIDAY AND THEN ALSO THE PRESERVATION OF MAIN STREET WHICH WAS HELD IN JULY AND WAS A WEEKLONG CONFERENCE FOR PRESERVATIONIST ARCHITECT AND OTHER MAIN STREETS TO COME HERE. WE DID TWO WINDOW PAINTING THINGS THIS YEAR. WE DID A SHRIMP FESTIVAL AND THE PRE-SHRIMP FEST , SUPPORTED THE SIDEWALK SALE . WE SOLD THREE NEW MEMORIAL BENCHES, REDID SIX MEMORIAL BENCH PLAQUES AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMORIAL BENCH ALSO IN THE WORKS THAT WAS THE ONE THAT SITS IN FRONT OF CAFÉ CARIBOU. AND THEN ALSO OUR DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PROJECT THAT WE TOOK OVER THIS YEAR. ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL MAGICAL LIGHTS DOWN CENTER STREET. IT'S MY FAVORITE. COMING UP IN 2026, WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND OUR MEMORIAL BENCH PROGRAM DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT PARK. WE JUST PURCHASED 22 BENCHES FOR THAT AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO START A SIGN GRANT WHICH IS GOING TO MATCH UP TO $1000 FOR ANY BUSINESS WITHIN THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT THAT WAY WE CAN HELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE CITY AND WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE AND HELPING GET A NEW SIGN. AND THEN ALSO THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESERVATION TOUR AND AWARDS .

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. JUST ONE MORE THING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS LISA FINKELSTEIN FOR BEING A WONDERFUL MENTOR TO ME AND TODAY IS HER LAST DAY AND I WILL MISS HER. BUT WELCOME ABOARD, KATIE.

>> WE WILL MISS HER AS WELL. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

>> THE INTERPRETIVE SIGN THAT WAS DONE , IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE AROUND OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN? WAS THIS JUST THE FIRST ONE? IS THERE A LONG-TERM

PLAN FOR THIS? >> WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAN COMPLETELY MAPPED OUT BUT ALSO ALONG THE WATERFRONT WE WERE THINKING OF HAVING SOME SIGNAGE ABOUT THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE THIS MANY YEARS AGO. BUILDINGS AROUND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT THAT IS THE PLAN. IT'S IN MY BUDGET FOR THAT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE , THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR

[4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY - Comptroller Susan Carless will review the November 2025 budget summary and be available to answer any questions.]

HARD WORK THIS YEAR AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM 4.2, BUDGET SUMMARY .

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? I AM SOFT-SPOKEN. IT IS NOVEMBER ALREADY AND WE ARE REPORTING ON THE SECOND PERIOD OF OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR AS HARD AS IT IS TO AGREE -- TO BELIEVE. WE ARE 16.7% COMPLETE FOR OUR YEAR AND WE ALWAYS START OUT WITH GENERAL FUND REVENUES. THIS CHART AS USUAL SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BY REVENUE SOURCE. FOR NOVEMBER PROPERTY TAXES , ARE THE BIGGEST PORTION OF REVENUES FOLLOWED BY

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SALES, USE AND UTILITY TAXES . THEN WE LOOK AT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THAT TO SEE HOW WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE COMPARE AND LOOK FOR TRENDS . THIS YEAR ONE NOTE, $273,000 A PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS WERE RECEIVED THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS DECEMBER WHICH BRINGS THE YEAR TO DATE FOR NOVEMBER, TWO $4,522,079 AND AN INCREASE OF $21,000 FROM LAST YEAR.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES HAVE DECREASED DUE TO THE DELAY OF RECEIPTS CALLED -- CAUSED BY THE VIOLATION AND CONFIRMED THAT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND SHOULD SHOW ON NOVEMBER'S REPORT. DO WE HAVE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION? JUST A NOTE SINCE WE ARE STARTING THE NEW YEAR I HAVE ADDED A LITTLE MORE, IT'S REVIEW FOR MOST PEOPLE BUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HEARD MY SPIEL THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDES CITYWIDE SERVICES.

THE PIE CHART SHOWN IS GROUPED BY FUNCTION AND SHOWS THE PERCENT OF EACH GROUP IN RELATION TO OVERALL FUND BUDGET.

DEPARTMENTS EXCEEDING 60.7 OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OUR CITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS AT 20.9%, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ON FRONT PAYMENT WHICH DISTORTS YOUR BUDGETED FIGURE. $17,500, WE PAID FOR THAT. CITY CLERK IS AT 24% AND THAT WAS DUE TO ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT WE PAY UP FRONT . FINANCE, 23.3%, SAME THING. ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS, NON-DEPARTMENTAL. 18.2% AND IT INCLUDES THE DECEMBER HUMANE SOCIETY SO WE FRONTLOAD THAT HE MEANT AND PAID IN ADVANCE AND IT DISTORTS. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AT 17.7% AND THAT IS ALSO ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS. ALL OF THAT IS RECURRING AND NORMAL EXPENDITURES. SIGNIFICANT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. CITY CLERK, $94,000 FOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT ON ANNUAL GORDON EATING SOFTWARE AND THAT IS ON THIS SLIDE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THE CIVIC CLERK IS VERY HAPPY. FINANCE, $70,000 FOR NEW BUDGETING SOFTWARE AND WE ARE ALSO VERY HAPPY. STREETS $25,000 FOR TWO NEW MOWERS AND PARTS FOR NEW MOWERS AND A TOP DRESSER. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND WE ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO LAST YEAR, $11.2 MILLION RIGHT NOW. $11.7 LAST YEAR . YEAR TO DATE DIDN'T GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES BY $17,249. SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BALANCES. AS SHOWN, ALL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS HAVE POSITED BALANCES, FUNDS FOR WHICH EXPENDITURES EXCEED REVENUES INCLUDE THE BUILDING FUND, THE WASTE WATER CAPACITY FEES AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT FUND. THEY PAID ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUPPORT IN OCTOBER , 145 AND 146 OF INCREASED REVENUES COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. I DID SOME ANALYSIS AND IT WAS SHOWN THAT WE JUST HAD AN UNUSUAL ITEM LAST YEAR BUT ARE CONTINUING TO ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON TRACK FOR OUR BUDGET SO YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN DECEMBER. MOVING ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. IT'S JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF THE FOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. THE DIFFERENT FUNDS EXIST TO SET ASIDE CAPITAL EXPENSES SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE , SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT PURCHASES LIKE STREET SWEEPERS AND RESCUE VEHICLES AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS OR REPLACEMENTS. THERE ARE FOUR FUNDS BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES WITH ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS FOR USE. NOVEMBER EXPENDITURES FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS INCLUDE 23,475 TO COMPLETE BEACH ACCESS 74, 60,005 AND 41 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SEAWALL AND 300. 13 OF 53 FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING AREA SIX WHICH IS RIGHT HERE WHERE CITY HALL IS LOCATED AND $58,830 FOR SLUDGE TRANSFER PUMPS . FOR CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND 310, THE ONLY

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EXPENDITURE WE HAD WAS 19,484, THE WATERFRONT PARK SO WE ARE EARLY IN THE YEAR ON THAT. I PUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CAPITAL EXPANSION SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT PROJECTS ARE BUDGETED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE STAND AND AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. THEN TO TALK ABOUT ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THEY ARE EVALUATED BASED ON OPERATIONS AND THE RESULTS ARE REPORTED AS CHANGED IN THAT POSITION WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE FUNDS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT. CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY FOR CASH FLOW ANALYSIS SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILED REPORT YOU WILL NOTICE I ADDED A SECTION AND A LITTLE CLARIFICATION FOR THAT. YEAR TO DATE ALL ENTERPRISE FUNDS HAVE A POSITIVE NET POSITION MEANING THAT INCOME FROM OPERATIONS EXCEEDS OPERATING EXPENSES.

NOVEMBER CAPITAL EXPENDITURES INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF TWO MOWERS AND AN ATTACHMENT FOR THE GOLF COURSE, A GENERATOR FOR THE FUEL FARM AT THE AIRPORT AND A UTILITY CRANE AND TRUCK FOR WASTEWATER. A REVERSIBLE COMPACTOR FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY

[4.3 PROJECT UPDATES - Deputy City Manager Jeremiah Glisson will provide an update on current and/or pending projects.]

QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 4.3, PROJECT UPDATES WITH DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JEREMIAH GLISSON.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE WILL TAKE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS EVENING. YOU ARE USED TO SEEING THE REGULAR MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATED OF ALL THE MONTHLY PROJECTS. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND KIND OF GET YOUR MIND INTO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO WE WILL BE STARTING THE 2026 VISION SECTION AND YOU CAN'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE YOU'VE BEEN. WE'VE DONE A LOT THIS YEAR. FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THIS IS A PRIORITY GOAL THAT YOU ALL HAD AND ALL THE PROJECTS , WE IDENTIFIED THE NEED AND PRIORITIZED SOLUTIONS AND ONE OF THE NEEDS WAS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE REALM OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT. PART OF THAT WAS IDENTIFYING A POSITION FOR A PROJECT MANAGER AND THAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS. WE DEVELOP SOME NEW WORK PROCESSES, SOME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, ROLLED OUT THE NEW AND IMPROVED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL SOLUTION PLAN. NUMEROUS MASTER PLANS ARE UNDERWAY WHICH WILL PROVIDE A TWENTY-YEAR LOOK AND AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 2025, OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THOSE $40 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2025. THESE ARE TIER 1 CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE BIG COMMUNITY FACING PROJECTS OVER $50,000 RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN EVERY DAY BY ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES THAT JUST DO NOT MEET THE HIGH-LEVEL DISABILITIES OF THOSE ARE NOT REALLY MENTIONED HERE BUT THEY HAPPEN EACH AND EVERY DAY. AS A REMINDER THE 2026 VISIONING SESSION FOR FEBRUARY 12. LET'S DIVE INTO UTILITIES. WATER ENTERPRISE, VERY COMPLEX OPERATION. THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO 10,000 ACCOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT HAPPENS 150+ MILES OF PLUMBING, THREE WATER PLANT FACILITIES, SIX DEEP WELLS AND 12 TRANSFER PUMPS. SOME KEY PROJECTS WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND HAVE COMPLETED IS THE FRIENDLY ROAD FORCE MAIN EXTENSION, THE WATER REPLACEMENT PROJECT WHICH IS A PHASED PROJECT REPLACING 3100 M THIS YEAR AND GOING WITH THE NEW SMART METER THAT WILL HAVE A DIGITAL INTERFACE. THE REHABILITATION OF TWO DEEP WELLS WHICH PULL THE WATER UP FROM THE MERIDIAN AQUIFER, DISTRIBUTE UP INTO THE WATER TOWER AND THROUGH DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AND THEN WE HAD A MAJOR REPLACEMENT AND A LETTER SAYING THE TEAM WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE THOROUGHNESS ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FACILITIES PROGRAM. DEP DOESN'T DO THAT SO THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED . ACCOMMODATION FROM THAT STATE OFFICE IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND WE RECEIVED THAT JUST THE OTHER DAY. ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE YOU TURN ON THE FAUCET, THE WATER COMES OUT, FLUSH THE TOILET IT GOES AWAY AND THAT GOES AWAY THROUGH 140 MILES OF LEMMING THROUGH 40 LIFT STATIONS THAT OPERATE THROUGH FORCE MAINS. A MASTER-PLANNED FACILITY PICTURED HERE , OTHER

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MAJOR PROJECTS HAVE HAPPEN THIS YEAR. THE FORCE MAIN EXTENSION FOR $200,000, AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE 39 LIFT STATIONS. NOT ALL OUR AUTOMATED . ONLY 39 HAVE AUTOMATION AND CONTROLS IN PLACE AND 28 OF THOSE STATIONS HAVE GENERATORS IN PLACE SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERATOR NETWORK IS THROUGH WASTEWATER. WHEN POWER GOES DOWN THE WATER KEEPS FLOWING AND DOESN'T BACK UP INTO YOUR HOUSE. CIP LINING WHICH IS THE CURE IT IN PLACE PIPE" TECHNOLOGY WE BEEN USING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, THAT'S A CONTINUAL MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR AS WELL. STORM WATER. AREA FIVE DRAINAGE PROJECT WAS A BASE FOR THE OPENING. AND THEN 11 PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE RECORD RAINFALL THAT WE HAD IN 2024 INCREASES 1500 HRS. WITHIN THESE 11 PROJECTS.

YOU ALREADY HERE IS ALL OF THAT RECORD RAINFALL HAPPENED THERE FOR THE END OF 2024 AND CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IDENTIFYING THESE NEW PROBLEM AREAS. AREA 6 IS THE ASH STREET REGION PROJECT. THAT IS IDENTIFIED BY OUR MASTER PLAN. THAT PROJECT IS IN PROGRESS AS FAR AS DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION FOR 2026 , I MENTION THIS WILL BE GOING TO BID 2026. THE MASTER PLAN IS IN PROJECT AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT HAVE TAKEN A LONG LOOK THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU HERE NEXT YEAR . A PART OF THAT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS, THE FIRST OF 2026 TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON SOME KEY COMPONENTS OF THE MASTER PLAN. PARKS AND RECREATION WITH GOLF FALLING UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION AS AN ENTERPRISE, WE HAVE A LOT. WE ARE A SMALL COMMUNITY WITH BIG-CITY CHALLENGES, WE HAVE A WATERFRONT TO THE WEST AND THE EAST, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES AND IT COMES WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE CITY OPERATES 20 SPORTS FIELDS, 13 PLAY COURTS, AND OVER 700 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. SOME KEY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE NEARING COMPLETION LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATERFRONT PARK AND THE COMPLETION DATE IS FOR THE VERY FIRST OF 2026. RECONSTRUCTION SKATE PARK FACILITY, CONVERTING LIGHTING TO OUR TENNIS COURTS, RESURFACING THE MLK POOL DECK, REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVING RANGE AT THE GOLF COURSE DUE TO AN INSURANCE CLAIM AND THEN A BIG PLUG FOR PARKS AND RECREATION THIS YEAR FOR PRIORITIZING A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES IN THE BUDGET TO BE REHABBED WITHIN THE BEACH ACCESS NETWORK. WE HAVE 34 STRUCTURES WITHIN 47 ACCESS POINTS AND A LOT OF DECKING. 80,000 FT.÷ OF DECKING. THAT'S THE FLORIDA SUPER WALMART IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING. IT'S A LOT OF SURFACE AREA THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET THROUGH THE GREENWAY AND TO GET TO THE BEACH AND OF THOSE STRUCTURES AT THE BEACH FIVE WERE REDONE THIS YEAR AND ARE PREPARING TO GET UNDERWAY. WE ARE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW FOR ACCESS 9 TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THAT STRUCTURE. CONTINUING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION THE BEACH IS OPEN SPACE AND IT IS CONSIDERED RECREATION. WE HAVE MILES OF BEACH, THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. THE KINGS BAY INTEREST CHANNEL JUDGING AND NASSAU COUNTY SURE REHABILITATION PROJECT FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , NOT OUR PRICE TAG. IT'S A GOOD THING, AT $20 MILLION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO 614 S. FLETCHER. THAT IS THE BUILDING WITH THE YELLOW ARROW POINTED DOWN TO IT. ONE IS A PICTURE FROM 1983, THE FDEP ARCHIVE AND THE OTHER WAS THIS YEAR. LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF THE BEACH. THE SHORELINE HAS WIDENED BY 200' AS AVERAGED SINCE 1974. A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS AND THAT SHOWS THAT.

FACILITIES, WE OWN A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES AND THOSE REQUIRE FACILITIES. WE HAD THE RECONSIDER -- THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ONE FACILITY, ADDED A RESTAURANT FACILITY TO THE STATE PARK AND THE LEASE EXTENSION WAS APPROVED BY YOU ALL AT THE LAST MEETING. THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRE STATION 2 HAPPENED WITH THE 1978 FACILITY AT SEASIDE BEACH BEING REPURPOSED FOR AN OCEAN RESCUE FACILITY AND THE RESTORATION OF OUR OLDEST FACILITY, 1838 AMELIA NIGHT -- AMELIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE THROUGH STATE APPROPRIATIONS AND PHASE 2 WHICH WAS INTERIOR WORK SCHEDULED TO GET UNDERWAY SPRING OF 2026. ADDITIONALLY WITH FACILITIES IS MENTIONED WE HAVE A LOT. CENTRAL PARK WE SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF BATTING CAGES IN

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COORDINATION WITH BABE RUTH, CITY HALL RECEIVED NEW WINDOWS AND THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER FACILITY FIVE BUILDING COMPLEX SAW NEW ROCKER LOCKER ROOMS, REPOINTING OF THE BRICK EXTERIOR AND WE ARE WRAPPING UP REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS FOR THIS FIVE FACILITY COMPLEX. AIRPORT. A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT AND CONTINUES TO BE A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE. WE WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THE NEW NUMBERS TODAY, 52,000 LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS PER YEAR. THIS YEAR WE SAW THE REHAB OF TAXIWAY A, HANGAR B APRON, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TUNE OF $600,000 ARE IN THE WORKS AND COMPLETING INSTALLATION OF A MOBILE AND FIXED GENERATED SYSTEM, FULLY GRANT FUNDED PROVIDING THE ENTIRE FACILITY WITH FUEL AND THE TERMINAL CAN OPERATE IN THE ABSENCE OF POWER. THE MASTER PLAN IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS IN COORDINATION WITH THE FAA AS WELL. THE MARINA THIS YEAR WE SAW THE SOUTHERN BASIN DREDGING PROJECT HAPPEN TO THE TUNE OF $1.1 MILLION. THERE WAS A BATHHOUSE RENOVATION, PEDESTALS AND TRANSFORMERS ALONG SOME OF THOSE AND WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID FOR THE REHAB OF G AND B BECAUSE ONCE THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE BOATS WILL BE LOCATED TO THESE DOCS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEMOLITION THAT WILL HAPPEN SUMMER OF 2026. OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSET REPLACEMENT.

$20 MILLION FLEET AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE THAT IS COORDINATED THROUGH A PLANNED ROTATION PLAN . FISCAL YEAR 25 SAW $1.9 MILLION ASSET REPLACEMENT. YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE, THIS IS WHERE NEW ASSETS COME IN AND REPLACEMENTS ARE RETIRED AND THIS YEAR THE $3.1 MILLION PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE ASSET. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO RECEIVE DELIVERIES FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE ASSETS.

TRANSPORTATION WILL INCLUDE BOTH ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. WE HAD A RECORD $990,000 BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 - 26 AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE PHASE I OF PAVING AND ALSO HAD A STRONG BUDGET LAST YEAR SO IN 2025 WE HAVE PAVED 5.6 MILES OF OUR 70 MILES OF CITY ROADS. WE PUT A BIG DENT IN STRAIGHT RESURFACING SO THAT HAS BEEN MUCH APPRECIATED AND THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE WORK.

WE HAD NEW SIDEWALKS ON THE BEACH STREET TRAIL SYSTEM AND THAT WAS PAID FOR BY IMPACT FEES. WHILE WE ARE MENTIONING TRAILS, NEXT TO THE CONTINUATION OF SEGMENT 4 OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM FROM SIMMONS ROAD DOWN SADLER AND DOWN 14TH STREET WILL BE GETTING UNDERWAY SO THE TRAIL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR AND WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATION STUDY CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AND A ROAD ASSESSMENT REPORT IS BEING DONE IN COURT NATION WITH COUNTY FOR ALL THE ROADS IN NASSAU COUNTY. WE WILL GET A COMPREHENSIVE PAVING CONDITION INDEX TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS IN UPCOMING YEARS AS TO WHAT ROADS WE ARE PAVING, WHY, AND WHEN. WE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE DETOUR TO TALK ABOUT NORTH SECOND STREET. THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT BECAUSE OF SPILLOVER FULLY FUNDED BY THE CRA DISTRICT, OR THE PROJECT WAS FULLY WITHIN THE CRA DISTRICT AND WE THE CITY ACTED AS A GC SO WE MANAGED THIS PROJECT. NOW A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT, A PICTURE AND THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

>> THANK YOU, PROJECT MANAGER. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE STARTED THE PROJECT ON AUGUST 4, WE COMPLETED IT , SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS NOVEMBER 17. THAT WAS 102 CALENDAR DAYS. WE HAD SIX WEATHER DELAY DAYS WHICH ACTUALLY WAS LOWER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED SO IT TOOK US 69 WORKING DAYS TO BUILD THAT PROJECT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE WERE THE GC BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS WHO DID GREAT WORK AND WERE GREAT PARTNERS. JACK'S UTILITY, GEFORCE STRIPING, ENERGY SCAPES, MAY FENCING, HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION, AND OTHERS ALL WORKED WITH US ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO PULL THIS OFF. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT WAS A MIXED PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF WHO DID THAT. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE COMPLETED THIS AS FAST WITHOUT THEIR DILIGENT HARD WORK AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR MOST OF STAFF A BIG PORTION OF THE PROJECT THEY HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE PARTICULARLY IN STREETS SO TO BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH FOR US WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT. SO WE HAD

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FACILITIES WHICH WAS PART OF IT BECAUSE WHILE THE STREETLIGHTS ARE NOT THERE YET IT IS WIRED FOR THAT SO WE CAN GET THEM PUT IN. WE HAD STORMWATER STARTING THE PROJECT WITH PUTTING NEW STORM WATER THROUGHOUT THE STREET. STREETS AND SIGNS PARTICIPATED . WATER WAS ALSO THERE. THEY PUT IN THE WATER METERS FOR US FOR YOUR NEGATION AND THEN WASTEWATER WAS ALSO THERE TO DO CLEANING AND THAT SORT OF THING SO TOTAL LABOR HOURS INTERNALLY WERE 1626 HOURS FROM STAFF FOR A TOTAL COST OF AROUND $74,000 IN LABOR. EQUIPMENT USE WAS $176,000 SO TOTAL COST FOR IN-HOUSE WAS $194,000 AND THEN AS YOU KNOW WE CAME BACK AND UPDATED OUR BUDGET FOR CONTRACTORS. A TOTAL COST OF $650,000, JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT TO PULL THIS OFF. WE HAD ONE OR TWO MINOR PUNCHLIST ITEMS LEFT AND THEN THE PROJECT WILL BE FULLY COMPLETE. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PULL THIS OFF AND TO PULL IT OFF IN THAT SHORT OF A TIME IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. THANK YOU.

>> THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AND PROJECTS UNDERWAY THAT ARE NOT SO COMMUNITY FACING. WE HAVE SOFTWARE PROJECTS UNDERWAY, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, BUDGETING SOFTWARE, CRITICAL HARDWARE REPLACEMENT THAT IT DOES. WE ONLY KNOW WHEN IT'S NOT WORKING BUT THEY KEEP IT ALL WORKING AND KEEP THE SYSTEM SECURE AND THAT'S AN ANNUAL RECURRING EXPENSE TO KEEP ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS WORKING. AS MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF MASTER PLANS UNDERWAY, PARKS AND RECREATION WILL FOLLOW AND THEN THE DESIGN AND COORDINATION OF A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS CURRENTLY HAPPENING. THE SEAWALL DESIGN, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, SEAWALL WORK , THE RECLAIM BEACH HARMONIZATION AND THE -- FIELD REDEVELOPMENT SO IN CONCLUSION WE ARE AT A UNIQUE TIME IN RECENT HISTORY. WE HAVE A LOT OF MAJOR PROJECTS COMING TOGETHER AT THIS JUNCTURE AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGE HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AS MENTIONED THE GOAL WAS TO STAY OUT OF THE WEARING OUT PERIOD IS PICTURED TO THE TOP RIGHT. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE AND THE GOAL IS TO GET BACK INTO THE PREVENTION PERIOD WHERE WE ARE REPLACING ASSETS BEFORE THEY FAIL AND NOT AFTER. THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR HELPING MAKE THIS YEAR HAPPEN THROUGH A ROBUST VISIONING SESSION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER ROUND IN 2026. OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? E GREAT JOB.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN IN A REALLY LONG TIME. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS. THIS IS CERTAINLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND IT MAKES ME PROUD THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THESE NEW CHALLENGES AND WE ARE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEM. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

>> I WANT TO REITERATE THE SAME AND THANK YOU FOR THAT INCREDIBLY BROAD VIEW BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR SMALL TOWN IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT

ALTOGETHER, STAFF WHO HELPED. >> WHAT BUDGET YEAR WAS THIS

FOR? >> THIS IS 2025. OUR BUDGET YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER 30 SO JUST GRABBED 2025.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WILL ECHO THE REMARKS. IT'S

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KIND OF AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH GETS DONE IN A YEAR WHEN YOU SEE IT AGENDA BY AGENDA. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT MUCH. THAT TAKES US INTO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND OUR FIRST

SPEAKER WILL BE MISS DUGGER. >> GOOD EVENING. RE: DUGGER WITH THE AMELIA ISLAND CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. I AM JUST SIMPLY HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. OUR TEAM IS COMING OFF OF A SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND OF DICKENS ON CENTER AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, I HAVE A LONG LIST AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ IT

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WITHIN MY THREE MINUTES. I APOLOGIZE IF I GO OVER. THE CITY OF FERNANDINA , THE FERNANDINA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AUXILIARY, CHIEF AND COMMANDER , THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TEAM INCLUDING RETIREE BISHOP. DEPUTY CHIEF HIGGINBOTHAM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SCOTT'S TEAM AT ARCS AND RECREATION, THE NEW TEAM AT THE CITY MARINA. LULU AND MAIN STREET, THE RANDY MAXWELL -- ELECTRICIAN, THAT WAS HUGE. JEREMIAH AND GLENN THANK YOU BOTH FORGETTING SECOND STREET OPEN FOR US. VICE MAYOR I SAW YOU READING AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL. COMMISSIONER I SAW YOU JUDGING. COMMISSIONER MINSHEW I SAW YOU AT THE WELCOME CENTER. VICE MAYOR AYSCUE AND COMMISSIONER POYNTER I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE BUT I DIDN'T SEE YOU SO MY APOLOGIES. IS CAMPBELL THANK YOU FOR DRESSING UP. YOU ALL COULD TAKE SOME NOTES FROM THIS CAMPBELL, LOOKING AT Y'ALL . YOU DID, I APOLOGIZE. AND YOU LOOKED GREAT. RETIRED CHIEF SILCOX EVEN CAME BACK SO WE GOT TO SEE HIM BUT REALLY , THIS IS A LOCAL LABOR OF LOVE. OUR BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, RETAILS, MERCHANTS, LODGING PARTNERS . WE HAD SEVERAL CITY IN HOTELS THAT WERE SOLD OUT THIS WEEKEND SO THAT WAS A BIG BOOST AS WE GO INTO OUR SLOW SEASON. BUT REALLY IT'S THE MORE THAN 100 NONPROFIT ART NURSE AND LOCAL VENDORS, SUPPLIERS , OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS. WAS VOLUNTEERS. THE BOOK FESTIVAL, DANCE FESTIVAL, HUMANE SOCIETY, THE OPERA, THE HOPE HOUSE. NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD , THE ROYAL AMELIA DANCE ACADEMY. THE YMCA. KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL. FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS. THE FIFTH GRADE KINDNESS CLUB AT EMMA LOVE HARDY. THE FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND THEN THE SAINT MICHAEL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WERE OUR VOLUNTEERS. THEY ARE THE ELVES THAT WORK IN THE KIDS ZONE AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE TAURUS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. IF I MISSED ANYBODY THAT IS TOTALLY MY FAULT AND A LACK OF SLEEP. BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS EVENT WAS CREATED 11 YEARS AGO TO BRING FOLKS BACK DOWNTOWN DURING OUR TRADITIONALLY SLOW SEASON AND I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEAM , FROM VENDORS, FROM BUSINESSES. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE. WE HAD A TWO HOUR AFTER ACTION MEETING TODAY . WE ALL NEEDED COFFEE AFTER THAT BUT -- THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

ONE SECOND I PROMISE. GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR CUSTOMS READY FOR 2026. OUR TEAM WILL START PLANNING VERY EARLY JANUARY AND DICKENS ON CENTER WILL BE THE 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH OF 2026 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

>> FOR THE RECORD I WAS DRESSED UP IN THE FULL NINE.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THAT. SORRY. THANK Y'ALL.

>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MISTER PETE STEVENSON.

>> PETE STEVENSON. 116 SEVEN HIGHLAND DUNES WAY. I HAD TO GET UP YOU TONIGHT AFTER I HEARD A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.

FANTASTIC CITY AND I HAVE TO WISH A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

THAT I AM HERE GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WET WATER. THERE IS ACTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTY TO ADD JUST, MODIFY THE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED WHEN STRUCTURES ARE BUILT, ET CETERA ET CETERA. MY CONCERN IS IF THE COUNTY PASSES THE FEE STRUCTURE AND I HAVE A DATE ON IT, THE LAST ONE I HAD WAS NOVEMBER 4, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DATED, BUT IT COULD STYMIE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY. I THINK OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY WITHIN THE CITY TO SERIOUSLY GO AFTER DOING THE REDEVELOPMENT. WE SEE IT WITH PUBLIX AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS WE LIKE TO INTERJECT THE ABILITY FOR

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DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND RE-UTILIZE, REPURPOSE AN EXISTING STRUCTURE RATHER THAN ADDING TO IT. WE WANT TO MANAGE GROWTH. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO KIND OF GROW WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LOGISTICS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. I THINK THE IDEA IS IF YOU CAN REDEVELOP , I WILL TAKE AN EXAMPLE, TUESDAY MORNING THE BUILDING IS SITTING THERE. I WOULD LOVE FOR MAY BE ANOTHER GROCERY STORE OR A MEAT MARKET OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO GO IN THERE. THE PROBLEM IS, SOME OF THESE FEES WOULD CAUSE THAT TO PROBABLY BE A DECISION PROCESS THAT A DEVELOPER WOULD NOT BOTHER TO COVER. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. THIS IS KIND OF WORST-CASE BECAUSE THE FEES ARE GOING TO BE TAILORED BASED UPON IF IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW RESTAURANT VERSUS A RESTAURANT THAT'S GOING TO BE A HOTEL, SO ON. THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES BUT I GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES, THE FEE, THE MOBILITY FEE WOULD BE $11,000 FOR THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH. WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE RIGHT DOWN ON 14TH STREET. IT'S $120,000 PER 1000 FT.÷ SO A 4000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IS GOING TO PAY ALMOST HALF $1 MILLION IN FEES. THAT'S NO BREAKS, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING. THAT IS JUST IN FEES. TOMORROW THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS GOING TO HAVE A MEETING AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.

IT'S UNDER ORDINANCE 2025 - 063 AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANY OF YOU THAT CAN MAY WANT TO GO TO THAT MEETING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF IT PASSES IT CAN BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE ALSO HAVE ANNEXATION WHICH BRINGS 18 ACRES OF LAND AND ANYWAY THAT COULD TURN OUT TO BE AS A GOES INTO LIKE A NURSING HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, COULD BE $300,000 OF NEW REQUIREMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. 31 S. FIFTH STREET FERNANDINA BEACH FOR THE HOME OF OLYMPIAN BO BENSON AND I ONLY SAY THAT FOR ONE REASON ONLY, BECAUSE AS AN OLD MAN, I FEEL PROUD THAT WE HAVE AN OLYMPIAN IN OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN A SPORT AS A KID THAT I ENDURED. YOU FAIL SO MUCH AND THAT SPORT AND YOU LEARN HW TO SUCCEED. DICKENS ON CENTER STREET WAS AMAZING. FANTASTIC. THE DRONE SHOW , TO ME LOOKED LIKE A REVENUE SOURCE CITY. BUYS A BUNCH OF DRONES, GET LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PAY TO HAVE THEIR LOGO IN THE AIR FOR THE WEEKEND AND WE DO THIS ONCE A MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE CHARGE THEM A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO GET THEIR LOGO OUT THERE AND WE FILL OUR CITIES DOWNTOWN TO WATCH THOSE DRONE SHOWS. I THINK THAT MAY BE A REVENUE SOURCE WE CAN LOOK AT. LAST WEEKEND WE HAD OUR FUTURE OLYMPIAN SKATEBOARD AT A COMPETITION IN TAMPA, FLORIDA AND IT WAS CALLED THE BORDER SERIES. THIS YOUNG LADY TOOK FIRST PLACE IN WOMEN'S STREET. SHE TOOK FIRST PLACE IN WOMEN'S WERT , WOMEN'S MINI RAMP, AND SHE TOOK FIRST PLACE OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR REPRESENTING FERNANDINA BEACH. WE ALSO HAD JUDE RIVAS WHO IS AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO TOOK FIRST PLACE IN STREET AND TOOK FIRST PLACE IN OVERALL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR REPRESENTING FERNANDINA BEACH, AS WELL. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT WE DO HAVE THESE KIDS WHO ARE TAKING SKATEBOARDING TO THE DIFFERENT LEVEL, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR OLYMPIANS AND IT'S INSPIRATIONAL FOR THESE KIDS TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THIS YOUNG LADY TO LOOK UP TO. WE

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ALSO GAVE OUT FOUR SKATEBOARDS THIS WEEKEND TO KIDS WHO HAVE NEVER SKATED BEFORE. I WANT TO IMPLORE A LOT OF THE LADIES THAT WE HAVE UP HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THIS GIRL POWER GOING. I HAD SPOKEN TO THE FORMER MAYOR AND SHE MIGHT TAKE THAT ON. I WISH EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS A MERRY CHRISTMAS . I AM GOING TO SCULLY'S TO PLAY TRIVIA ON TUESDAY.

>> THANK YOU MISTER BARREIRO. I DON'T KNOW IS HAPPY HOUR IS

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STILL RUNNING. >> WITH NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS I WILL BRING US TO ITEM 6 WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE PLEASE START. THAT MOTION PASSES 5 - 0 WHICH BRINGS US INTO THE SINGLE

[7.1 TEMPORARY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT - NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM - RESOLUTION 2025-227 APPROVING A TEMPORARY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND INTEROPERABILITY OF PURVIS FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves a Temporary Interlocal Agreement with Nassau County to integrate City fire dispatch operations, for a period of three months at no cost to the City.]

RESOLUTION, ITEM 7.1, A TEMPORARY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

>> THANK YOU, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF 2025 - 227 A TEMPORARY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NASSAU COUNTY WHICH WOULD BE FOR THREE MONTHS AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM AND OUR PURPOSE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO DETERMINE WHETHER INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. THERE IS NO PAYMENT DUE FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTH PERIOD BUT IF WE DECIDE TO MAKE THIS A PERMANENT CONNECTION THERE WOULD BE SOME FUNDING NEEDED. WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE. WE DID NOT CONSIDER THIS COST WHEN WE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

CHIEF HOMES AND THE IT DIRECTOR WORKER ARE HERE TO ANSWER THE MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONNECTION BUT WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL,

THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS CAMPBELL OR FIRE CHIEF AND STAFF?

>> IF CHIEF COULD COME UP AND JUST EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT AND WHY THIS MIGHT COST A LOT IF WE MOVE

FORWARD WITH IT? >> I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PURVIS SYSTEM. THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS THIS AND THEY BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE STATION.

FOR US HERE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND WE WERE NEVER REALLY BROUGHT INTO THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE OF IT BECAUSE IT'S ON A DISPATCH END SO BASED ON THAT IT GIVES US , AND IT'S WAY MORE THAN JUST AN ALERT TONE. IT ALSO WORKS THE LIGHTS AND THE DOORS SO IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO UP. IT HAS A DOORBELL PART OF IT AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND THEY ARE ALWAYS BUILDING MORE COMPONENTS TO IT SO IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM BEING ABLE TO ALERT FIREFIGHTERS FOR CALLS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT THE SYSTEM WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED THROUGH NASSAU COUNTY. IT IS THROUGH THE DISPATCH THERE AND WITH THAT CONNECTION ANY OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ARE WAY OVER MY HEAD AND WILL HAVE TO GO TO IT. I DO THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM AND THE DEPARTMENTS NEED THESE TYPES OF THINGS SO, AM I

ANSWERING THOSE? >> JUST WONDERING WHY IT WASN'T JUST INCLUDED WITH THE COUNTY SINCE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN

DOING THAT >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WHATEVER DID HAPPEN THAT WAS PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT TYPE IS. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE BEEN INTO SOMEWHAT, WE HAVE IT SET UP , IT'S READY TO GO, THERE ARE SOME CONNECTION ISSUES BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY WHERE I DON'T THINK IT WAS SEEN AHEAD OF TIME SO BASED ON THAT, THERE IS AN AMOUNT THEY ARE WANTING US TO PAY BUT THIS IS ASKING FOR A TEMPORARY CONNECTION SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE INSTALLED, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS AND IT'S GOOD TO GO, EVERYTHING ON OUR END IS GOOD WHILE WE FINALIZE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

>> HOW ARE YOU GETTING ALERTED TODAY?

>> IT IS STILL ALERTED THROUGH THE DISPATCH SYSTEM SO IT COMES OVER AND WILL BE A LOUD TONE BUT IS NOT THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM SUCH

AS WHAT PURVIS IS GOING TO BE. >> AFTER THREE MONTHS YOU WILL DO AN ASSESSMENT AND DO WE HAVE SOME IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE

ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> I CAN PASS OUT A SHEET TO EVERYBODY . I ASKED FOR THIS COST ANALYSIS . WE WERE

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CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO INSTALL OUR OWN SERVER AND RUN IT ON OUR OWN SYSTEM SO WE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE A LITTLE ANALYSIS BASED SOME OF THE COUNTY WOULD CHARGE US IF WE STUCK WITH THEM AT THE END OF THIS THREE MONTHS IT'S A $10,000 START UP COST AND $12,000 A YEAR IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE OUR OWN SERVER IS CLOSER TO $50,000 AND ABOUT $7800 A YEAR SO THE ANNUAL OPERATING COST IS MUCH LOWER BUT THE INITIAL START UP COST IS SIGNIFICANT AND WE WOULD NOT CATCH UP UNTIL BETWEEN YEARS NINE AND 10. AND BY THAT POINT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT SERVER REPLACEMENT ANYWAY. EVEN IF WE DO HAVE TO PAY A FEE AT THE END OF THIS THREE MONTH PERIOD I BELIEVE THAT GOING UNDER THE COUNTY SYSTEM IS MORE OF A

COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THAT. >> WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER SYSTEMS AND DEMONSTRATED THOSE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING EVERY BASE WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> SO REGARDLESS , ALL THE DISPATCH COMES FROM THE 911

CENTER IN THE COUNTY, RIGHT? >> YES MA'AM.

>> SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT SYSTEM WE PUT IN WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONNECTION THROUGH THEM SO THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF FEED WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE--

>> THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING. >> IT DIRECTOR. THERE IS AN EXISTING CONNECTION THAT SOME OF THE DATA FLOWS THROUGH. BY THE WAY THIS ROLLOUT PROJECT, IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVEN YEARS AND WE WERE JUST LEFT IN THE DARK ON A LOT OF IT UNTIL THE PAST FEW MONTHS SO WE ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP. THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF GETTING THE DATA FROM POINT A TO POINT B ARE NOT THAT DIFFICULT. THAT IS THE SIMPLEST PART OF THE PROJECT. THE DIFFICULT PART OUR POLITICS , POLICIES, PERSONALITIES AND DECIDING WHAT SYSTEM WE WANT TO USE AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT.

>> SO HOW ARE WE CONNECTED? >> WE HAVE A VPN BETWEEN US AND

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> AND IT CARRIES MORE THAN JUST THIS TRAFFIC OR THIS IS A DEDICATED VPN JUST FOR DISPATCH?

>> IT'S A DEDICATED VPN FOR DISPATCH.

>> AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER DEDICATED DISPATCH FOR VPN FOR

POLICE? >> YES. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PD AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A DISTINCTLY SEPARATE ONE.

>> SO THIS CONNECTION WE COULD USE REGARDLESS OF WHICH SYSTEM

WE END UP WITH? MAYBE? >> THE ANSWER AS WE UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS NO. THE VPN MAY BE ABLE TO BE USED IF WE WENT WITH OUR OWN SERVER OR ANOTHER PIECE OF SOFTWARE. IN

>> SO THE EASIEST WAY TO GO WOULD BE TO USE THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND WE CAN WORK OUT POLITICS PERSONALITIES AND

WHATEVER ELSE? >> EASIEST? I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO MY ANSWER, THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS ARE NOT THAT DIFFICULT. THEY ARE REALLY NOT. IT'S MOVING DATA AROUND. WE DO

THAT ALL DAY EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GENTLEMAN. DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? PLEASE START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION

[8.1 (Legislative) VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION - 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY - ORDINANCE 2025-15 ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 18.11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATE AT 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY, CORNER OF BAILEY ROAD, CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Request voluntary annexation of properties located at 0 Amelia Island Parkway, corner of Bailey Road, parcels 00-00-30- 044B-0040-0000 + 00-00-30-044B-0041-0000, totaling approximately 18.11 deeded acres of land, contiguous to the City limits.]

PASSES WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR ORDINANCES. FOR FIRST READING ITEM A .1 WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE HEARING INVOLUNTARY-- OF

VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. >> ORDINANCE 2025 - 15, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF FERNANDINA BEACH FOR THE ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 18.11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY AND BAILEY ROAD CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS, AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS ITEM IS LEGISLATIVE AND YOU WILL BE VOTING ON THIS ON FIRST READING

TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY?

>> TRYING TO GET A POWERPOINT UP.

>> PROJECT MANAGER. WE HAVE THREE ISSUES BUT WE ARE GOING TO

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TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE AND THE PURPOSE IS THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE STARTING WITH TODAY AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROPERTIES FRONTING-- KENNY'S GET TO THE NEXT ONE? THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT . I THINK , LET'S GO BACK. I HAVE TO DO THEM A CERTAIN WAY SO THE PURPOSE IS VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GO THROUGH ASSIGNMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY AS WELL AS THE ZONING DISTRICT . FOR PROPERTIES FRONTING C-2, AMELIA ISLAND, BAILEY ROAD LOCATED BEHIND PARCEL LETTER A SO IT MAKES SENSE. SO FIRST WE ARE LOOKING AT , THE POLICY DECISION IS TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE ANNEX OR NOT. THAT'S THE KEY POLICY DECISION ON THIS FIRST ONE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AND WITH THAT THE TWO PARCELS-- SORRY. I AND OUR PLANNING MANAGER ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SPECIFIC ONE.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> MR. MAYOR I WOULD POINT OUT AS IT STATES ON THE RECORD, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE INCREASING THE CITY'S TAX BASE WHICH IS IN THE SUMMARY. IT CAN LEAD TO ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW MANY BUILDING SITES ARE CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY AND HOW MANY UNDERLYING LOTS ARE CONTAINED ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S ONE ON EACH OF THE TWO AND UNDER THE CITY, REGULATIONS HOW MANY LOTS AND BUILDING SITES ARE ALLOWED THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL LOTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER ANY SUBDIVISION MUST MAINTAIN A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 50' AND ADDITIONALLY WHERE ONE OR MORE LOTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO A MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS RATIO OF 60% SO THAT IS SOME OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE RECORD.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE OF THIS IS FOR YOU OR FOR MISS PEARSON. IT'S REGARDING THE BUFFER SPACE BETWEEN PARCEL

B AND THE R-1 DEVELOPMENT. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

>> THE ONE THAT WAS JUST UP THAT SHOWED THE PARCELS. MY QUESTION IS, PARCEL B, THE TENSION POND, IF IT ENTERS THE CITY AS COMMERCIAL ZONING IT IS ADJACENT TO R-1 RESIDENTIAL ZONING. AND IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUFFERS BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING , THAT'S A TYPE C BUFFER THAT WOULD NEED TO BE 15' OF SOLID HEAD SCREEN, TREES, TREES EVERY HUNDRED FEET, BLAH BLAH BLAH AND IT'S WIDE OPEN NOW. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR BIKE ON THAT. THAT'S THE SIMMONS ROAD EXTENSION . A BEAUTIFUL BIKE PATH AND IT'S A WIDE OPEN . HOW WILL THAT WORK IF THIS IS ANNEXED ? IS THAT GOING TO

REQUIRE A VARIANCE? >> CORRECT THE APPLICANT HAS TWO CHOICES. HE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DESIGN A BUFFER AND ALSO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE MAINTENANCE AND THE CRITERIA FOR THE POND WHICH COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED, OR HE COULD SEEK A VARIANCE. OR WE HAVE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO A COMBINATION OF FENCING AND LANDSCAPING SO UNLESS THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT PROVIDED THE SAME BUFFERING

AS THE 15' . >> OKAY BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION IS , I AM GUESSING A TON OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON SPANISH

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WAY AND BACK UP TO THAT RETENTION POND, WOULD NOT WANT A VARIANCE LIKE THAT. THEY SORT OF HAVE A WATERVIEW RIGHT NOW AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BUT I PRESUME IT'S BREAKIN THE RULES SO SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION HAS TO BE MADE. WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS BE INFORMED THAT A VARIANCE IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE SOUGHT SO THEY COULD WEIGH IN AND SAY PLEASE GIVE THEM A VARIANCE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN OUR WATERVIEW?

>> THE PROPERTY IS POSTED UNDER OUR CODE, MAILERS WERE SENT OUT TO ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND IT'S ADVERTISED AS WELL SO THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF NOTICE. AND FOR THE PUBLIC IF YOU RECEIVE A VERY INNOCENT LOOKING ENVELOPE IN THE MAIL THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUNK MAIL IT'S THE NOTICE. OPEN IT. SOMETIMES NOW IT'S COMING ON A CARD. IS AT THE POSTCARD NOW? THERE IS A POSTCARD THAT'S A LITTLE MORE IDENTIFIABLE. SO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE.

>> MY SECOND QUESTION, I WATCHED THE PAB MEETING AND THERE WERE MANY RESIDENTS WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING ALL THROUGHOUT THAT AREA AND NOT JUST A LONG SPANISH WAY BUT HOW IT HAS MIGRATED SINCE LAKESIDE HAS GONE IN HOW IT HAS MIGRATED SOUTH. I DO SEEM TO RECALL THAT A WETLAND DELINEATION WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT DELINEATION AND WE WOULD REQUEST THAT DURING THE DRC. IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT AND IT WOULD NEED

TO BE CURRENT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY THERE'S NO DELINEATION SHOWN ON PARCEL A .

IT'S THE PARCEL WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THERE IS SOME WOODLAND DELINEATED BUT ALL RIGHT.

>> THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM AS WELL BECAUSE OF OTHER RESOURCES WE HAVE THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO WETLANDS ON EITHER PARCEL.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. SO PARCEL B WHICH ENTAILS THE ENTIRE OH TIRE POND WHY WOULD THAT NOT COME IN AS CONSERVATION OR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR SOMETHING ON IT? I GUESS I AND PARCEL IN FRONT OF LAKESIDE ASSISTED LIVING, THERE IS SOME EXCESS BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE POND WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE AS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SO THERE WILL HAVE TO BE MODIFICATIONS AND THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER CONSERVATION.

>> IT SEEMS I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D WANT TO PAY TAXES ON IT , BUT WHATEVER. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS PEARSON? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> I THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD

LIKE TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 9601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD REPRESENTING THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND I'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER SINCE I STARTED WORKING, SO 25, GOING ON 30 YEARS. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THE C-2 IS SERVING A C-2 USE AND CURRENTLY IT SHOULD BE ZONED THE SAME. WHEN YOU GO INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD YOU DON'T HAVE A RETENTION POND ZONED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAME THING WITH A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE POND WAS DESIGNED TO TRY AND SERVICE THE WHOLE SITE RATHER THAN HAVE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PONDS . IT DOES NOT QUITE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE ENTIRE REMAINING SITE BUT TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER TUTEN 'S QUESTION ABOUT WETLANDS THERE WAS A DELINEATION DONE BY PARCEL A AND THERE'S ANOTHER 8 ACRES IN FRONT OF LAKESIDE AND

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THE WETLAND DETERMINATION HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE PERIOD HAS RUN ON THAT.

THERE IS A WETLAND ON THE 8 ACRE PARCEL AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NONE SHOWN. WITH REGARD TO THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE R-1 ZONING AREA I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD COME AS A NONCONFORMING USE SO NO BUFFER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED UNLESS SOMETHING WAS CHANGED ABOUT THE POND AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AND PAY THE FEE FOR A VARIANCE TO SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TWO BUILDS THE BUFFER WHICH NOBODY WANTS US TO DO. I THINK CALLING IT A NONCONFORMING USE WOULD PROBABLY ACHIEVE THAT IN A BETTER WAY. THOSE OF THE THREE MAIN POINTS WE ARE ASKING ABOUT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND TO RELY ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IN THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER TUTEN?

>> NO NO , I SAW THAT JEREMIAH PUT THE MAP UP AND THAT'S THE GIS POTENTIAL WETLAND MAPPING SO THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS BASED PURELY ON SOIL AND ELEVATION BUT GIVEN THAT IT HAS HAD A BOOTS ON THE GROUND WETLAND DELINEATION MAP THIS MODEL HAS POTENTIAL OMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONS ADDED IN AND NOT ADDED IN SO AS LONG AS THERE'S A WETLAND DELINEATION.

>> A CORE DELINEATION WAS NOT NECESSARY BUT THE BROWN AREA WITHIN THE POND WAS A PIT DUG IN THE EARLY 70S AND IT WAS PRETTY GROSS SO IT WAS CLEANED UP AND THAT WAS HANDLED THROUGH ST.

JOHN S RIVER. WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THEIR MAINTENANCE

REQUIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING. >> NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE.

>> ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? >> NO I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT I OFTEN SAY WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH A LOT THAT IS LIKELY TO GET DEVELOP AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR VISION SESSION COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, IF WE THE COMMISSION AND THE RESIDENCE APPROVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING INTO CONSERVATION WE COULD PURCHASE MORE PARCELS TO CONSERVE THEM BUT IF A PROPERTY OWNER OWNS A PROPERTY THAT THEY BEEN PAYING TAXES ON FOREVER THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT WITHIN OUR CODE TO DEVELOP IT. ONE THING I WILL SAY , THE PORTION THAT FRONTS AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY AS AN FYI WAS CALLED A RESORT OVERLAY ON IT AND THE ENTIRE MINT OF THE PARKWAY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A 15 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG IT FOR DEVELOPMENT SO YOU STILL HAVE THAT SENSE OF DRIVING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PARKWAY . I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS . ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS DRIVING ME IS THAT THE CITY HAS MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. THERE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO BE 60% IMPERVIOUS SURFACE WHEREAS THE COUNTY WOULD ALLOW 70%. SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT, TREE MITIGATION RULES ARE DIFFERENT, THE CITY IF WE ANNEX THIS, IF IT'S GOING TO GET DEVELOPED EITHER WAY AND WE ANNEX IT FIRST IT WILL GET DEVELOPED UNDER A STRICT STANDARD.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION PLEASE START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES 5 - 0 WHICH BRINGS

[8.2 (Legislative) FUTURE LAND USE MAP ASSIGNMENT - 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY - ORDINANCE 2025-16 ASSIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC) FOR 18.11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY, CORNER OF BAILEY ROAD, CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Request for Future Land Use Map category of General Commercial (GC), for the properties located at 0 Amelia Island Parkway, corner of Bailey Road, parcels 00-00-30-044B-0040-0000 + 00-00-30-044B-0041- 0000, totaling approximately 18.11 acres of land, contiguous to the City limits.]

US TO ITEM 8.2. FUTURE LAND USE MAP ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SAME

PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

ORDINANCE 2025 - 16, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA ASSIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY AND BAILEY ROAD. CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 18.11 ACRES OF LAND AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE REACTIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS ITEM IS ALSO LEGISLATIVE AND YOU WILL VOTE ON IT TONIGHT ON FIRST

READING. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR

SHE OR STAFF? >> I DO.

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>> QUESTION FOR STAFF. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE MIXED-USE? I KNOW THE DEVELOPER WANTED IT BROUGHT IN THAT COMMERCIAL AND THEY WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT THAT WAY BUT WOULD IT BE FEASIBILITY FOR IT TO BE MIXED-USE?

>> STAFF DOES CONSIDER ALL THE DIFFERENT ZONING'S WHEN WE ARE EVALUATING ASSIGNING ZONING AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T CONSIDER OTHER ZONING'S. THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS APPLIED THE ZONING DISTRICT SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY ZONING DISTRICT RICH IN THIS CASE IS COMMERCIAL AND IN FACT THE PETITION THAT WAS FILLED OUT ACTUALLY STATES THAT THE CITY WILL ADOPT A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND A ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THE CURRENT NASSAU COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WHICH IS COMMERCIAL AND CONSIDER THE ALLOWABLE USES IN BOTH. THAT'S THE REASON WHY. ANOTHER REASON WHY FOR COMMERCIAL, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE BUT THE OTHER PART LIKE FOR MIXED-USE WAS THAT MIXED-USE SEEMS TO BE DEVELOPING AS STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL. WE ARE NOT SEEING MIXED-USE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A VIABLE ONE BUT BECAUSE OF THE FIRST THING I SAID ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT, WE DIDN'T RECOMMEND THAT. STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN AIRPORT CAN RAISE CONCERNS OF NOISE, AIR POLLUTION AND SAFETY HAZARDS SO STRICTLY HAVING RESIDENTIAL THAT CLOSE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT. ALSO CONSIDERING THAT ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL, R-1 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT ONE THAT WOULD BE CONTIGUOUS. THAT WOULD BE A SPOT ZONING SCENARIO AND FINALLY ONE THING WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE SAME PROPERTY BROUGHT FORTH TO THE COMMISSION WHERE THE APPLICANT WAS SEEKING IS STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT WAS DENIED IN ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THE PERMITTED DENSITY THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THAT ZONING WHICH IS WHAT THE REQUEST WAS WHICH IS THE SAME AS AN MU-1 WHICH WE DID

NOT THINK WAS APPROPRIATE . >> I APPRECIATE THAT SO MY STATEMENT GOES WOULD YOU BRING UP -- WHEN YOU BRING UP THE VISIONING SESSION IS LOOKING AT THESE THINGS FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW THE GAME HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ONE TRIED TO COME ON THE R-1 WITH THE LAST COMMERCIAL BECAUSE LIVE LOCAL ALLOWS ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL OR MIXED-USE TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TO IT AT 34 UNITS PER ACRE SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU TALK ABOUT 34 UNITS AND ACRE THAT IS QUITE INTENSIVE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO IS LOOK AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW WITHIN THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING AND DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE IF WE COULD ENTICE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE GOING TO COME IN AND DEVELOP ANYWAYS TO MAYBE LOOK AT POTENTIALLY DOING A P.U.D. HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THAT? TO ME HAVING THE ABILITY TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL IS BETTER THAN THE RUMOR OF IT BEING A NURSING HOME BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU A NURSING HOME WHILE IT'S GREAT IN COMMERCIAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY A BUNCH OF TAXES, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR IT TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE CITY THAT WAY. BUT A NURSING HOME ALSO STRESSES FIRE RESCUE SIGNIFICANTLY. YOU PULL THE NUMBERS AND SEE IT. IT HAPPENS. SO IF WE COULD ENTICE OR SAY MAYBE WE HAVE A BETTER WAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK INTO THESE THINGS BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE IS SAY LET'S DO COMMERCIAL, LET'S TO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IN THEORY IT IS LESS UNITS RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TO IT BUT THAT HAS CHANGED. LIVE LOCAL HAS CHANGED THAT TO ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, I KNOW THAT IT'S SPOT ZONING AND THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER TO BE R-1 BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS IMPACTED THAN THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT IT CAN BE. SO TO ME I THINK WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THAT. WE NEED TO GET OUT OF LIVE LOCAL MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW. THIS TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION FOR ME AND I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH IT, I THINK IT'S GREAT. WE WILL

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WORK THROUGH ANY OTHER ISSUES WE NEED TO AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AWESOME BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VISIONING SESSION AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. TO ANOTHER POINT YOU HAVE THESE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 25 YEARS OR SO, HOWEVER LONG. IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO PUT THEM INTO A NON-BUILDING STATE THERE'S WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN OFFER TO SAY IF YOU WILL SIGN A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT, IF YOU SIGN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE WILL PAY YOUR TAXES FOR YOU. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT IN CONSERVATION. IT SAVES THE LAND OWNER TAXES, WE GET IT IS CONSERVATION FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS. THESE ARE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE A SIX LORD BECAUSE THERE'S THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT FROM A DIFFERENT ASPECT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THAT'S REALLY ALL MY COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE INFO ON THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO TO WORK ON IT.

>> I SEE NO OTHER REQUEST TO SPEAK. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION?

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I WOULD A VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT CONSERVATION AND TAX TRADE-OFFS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO COULD CARVE OUT PIECES OF THEIR PROPERTY AND PUT THEM INTO PERMANENT CONSERVATION AND PROTECT THEM FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE CONSERVATION IS ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE DEED. WOULD IT INCENTIVIZE SOMEONE? AND WHAT A POTENTIALLY BE A TAX TRADE-OFFS? I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE VISION SESSION.

>> WE START THE VOTE. THAT PASSES 5 - 0 WHICH BRINGS US TO

[8.3 (Quasi-Judicial) ZONING MAP ASSIGNMENT - 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY - ORDINANCE 2025-17 ASSIGNING A ZONING MAP CATEGORY OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (C-2) FOR 18.11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 0 AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY, CORNER OF BAILEY ROAD, CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Request assignment of a Zoning Map category of General Commercial (C-2), for the properties located at 0 Amelia Island Parkway, corner of Bailey Road, parcels 00-00-30-044B-0040-0000 + 00-00-30-044B- 0041-0000, totaling approximately 18.11 acres of land, contiguous to the City limits.]

ITEM 8.3, AND THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL ITEM FOR ZONING

MAP ASSIGNMENTS. >> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR ORDINANCE 2025 - 17 OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA ASSIGNING A ZONING CATEGORY OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY AND BAILEY ROAD. ID NUMBERS 00 - 00 - 30 - 044B - 0040 - 0000, 00 - 00 - 30 - 044B - 00 41 - 0000 TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 18.11 ACRES OF LAND , PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AS YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS IS A QUASIJUDICIAL MATTER. THE PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE FOR THIS FIRST READING TONIGHT IS THE COMMISSION CAN BE ASKED TO DISCLOSE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. YOU WILL HEAR AN OVERVIEW ABOUT REZONING FROM STAFF. TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY FORMS FILLED OUT FOR SPEAKING CARDS AND THEN IN KEEPING WITH PAST PRACTICES, THE COMMISSION WILL NOT GENERALLY DISCUSS OR VOTE ON REZONING THIS EVENING. THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING IS GOING TO BE ADVERTISED LIKE ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES ARE, IN THE PAPER AND AT THE SECOND READING WE WILL HOLD THE QUASI JUDICIAL MEETING.

STATUS REPORT WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE, WE WILL TAKE TESTIMONY AND HOLD THE FORMAL HEARING AT THAT TIME. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE AT SECOND READING AND WITH THAT IF STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW?

>> I THINK MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS THE SAME ON ALL THREE CASES BUT TO CONCENTRATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE ZONING DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND WILL BE A CONTINUATION AND IN LINE WITH THE ANNEXATION PETITION OF THE SIGNING OF ZONING THAT IS SIMILAR . WE ARE RECOMMENDING C-2. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE USES WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHICH ALIGN A LOT WITH THE COUNTY. NOT ALL, THEY ARE NOT THE EXACT SAME BUT CLOSE TO MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT WAS MISSING EARLIER IS THAT LIVE LOCAL COULD ALLOW FOR AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN A NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> MR. MAYOR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS IN CASE

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YOU DO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION IF THERE ARE ANY DISCLOSURES TO BE

MADE ON THIS ONE. >> COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE HAD X PARTAKE COMMUNICATIONS?-- X PARTAKE COMMUNICATIONS?

>> WE DON'T DISCLOSE SPEAKING TO STAFF DO WE?

>> I GUESS I SPOKE TO THE FOUR OF YOU.

>> YOU CAN SPEAK TO ME. >> THAT'S RIGHT. PLANNING STAFF IF YOU SPEAK TO THEM THAT'S GIVING AND PRESENTING EVIDENCE.

>> WHAT ABOUT WATCHING A MEETING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY?

>> NO. >> I DID SPEAK TO RICHARD POPE, AN ENGINEER WHO VOLUNTEERS AND I SPOKE TO AN ENGINEER WHO VOLUNTEERS FOR CONSERVE NASSAU AND WHO HELP BUILD THAT.

>> OTHER THAN SPEAKING TO STAFF I HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMMUNICATIONS. WITH THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ?

>> NO WE ARE NOT. IF YOU HAVE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS?

>> IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

>> THIS IS THE ANTI-CLIMACTIC PARK. WE JUST MOVE ON TO SECOND READING AND IT'S THE SECOND READING , THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING WILL BE HELD AND EVIDENCE WILL BE ENTERED INTO

[9.1 FERNANDINA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY - One reappointment (Regina M. Moore)]

THE RECORD AND WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> WHICH BRINGS US TO ITEM 9, BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE 9.1, FERNANDINA BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY AND A REAPPOINTMENT

FOR MISS REGINA MOORE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE START THE VOTE. THAT PASSES 5 -

[9.2 PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD — One appointment (Nassau County School Board Representative - Director of Facilities and Maintenance Trey Robertson)]

0 WHICH BRINGS US TO 9.2 THE PLANNING AND ADVISORY BOARD. ONE APPOINTMENT IN THIS IS THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANY

ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? >> AS ALWAYS I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR VOLUNTEERING ON OUR BOARDS.

>> I WILL ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS. PLEASE START THE

VOTE. >> THE NONVOTING MEMBER. I WILL

[10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

THANK HIM ANYWAY. >> MOVING TO CITY MANAGER

REPORTS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS A CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSIONS WE MET WITH SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE APPROACH, SOME CHANGES YET TO COME FOR THEM . OVERALL I THINK SINCE WE HAD THE PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE THEY BEEN PROVIDING AS WE ESCALATE ITEMS TO THEM. I DO NOT HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING ITEMS AND I FEEL IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO IT HAS BEEN SLOW WITH CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO US. A COUPLE OF UPDATES , THEY SHARED SOME YEAR TO DATE STATISTICS. THE AVERAGE HOLD TIME YEAR TO DATE IS SEVEN MINUTES 23 SECONDS. THE AVERAGE TIME ON THE PHONE IS 10 MINUTES 34 SECONDS . ABANDONMENT RATE MEANING SOMEONE IS ON HOLD OR THEY DROP OFF THE CALL IS 28% WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY LIKE TO SEE AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT NUMBER DOWN. THEY SHARED WITH US WHERE THE CALL CENTERS ARE LOCATED, WHAT STAFFING LOOKS LIKE. SOME INTERESTING THINGS WE WERE NOT AWARE OF IS THAT MONDAYS ARE THE HIGHEST VOLUME CALL DAYS WHICH IS WHEN THEY REALLY SPIKE PARTICULARLY AROUND LUNCHTIME ON MONDAYS AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 3:00 P.M. SO JUST A WORD TO THE WISE IF YOU ARE CALLING DURING THOSE TIMES YOU WILL CERTAINLY EXPERIENCE LONGER THAN NORMAL HOLD TIMES.