[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:15] >> >> ZACH. HERE. >> I'M HERE. >> JACOB. >> HERE. >> OLIVIA. >> HERE. >> PLAY. >> HERE. >> STEPHEN. >> HERE. >> ZADIE'S NOT HERE. [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] >> EVERYONE, TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING MINUTES. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? >> A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> IT'S MOTION APPROVES 76S6. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA] TODAY WITH PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE. QUITE A CROWD TODAY. PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. >> MY NAME IS NIA SADLER, ADDRESS 204 A STREET. I WORK IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I'M A PLANNER TOO. I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS YOUR ATTENTION TO AN EVENT THAT I'VE HELPED PLAN WITH KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL AND SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPS ON THE ISLAND. IT'S A CONCERT FOR CONSERVATION, AND I'LL PLEASE PASS OUT THIS FLYER, IF THAT'S OKAY. PICK ONE, AND I'LL GIVE IT TO MARY. THIS EVENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT EGAN CREEK PARK ON FEBRUARY 22, FROM 2-4 ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE SECOND EVENT IN A SERIES WHERE WE'RE FACILITATING AN APPRECIATION AWARENESS FOR CONSERVATION, AND COMBINING THAT WITH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. WE HAD A BAND LAST TIME, BUT THIS EVENT WILL BE AN OPEN-MIC STYLE, SO MUSICIANS OR POETS WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND TAKE SOME TIME TO PERFORM AND SHARE THEIR TALENTS WITH THE CROWD. WE'LL HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS FROM DUGAL AUDUBON AND WILD BOK IN LIMITED, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LOU DUVAL, WHICH IS A DARK SKY INITIATIVE TO HELP MIGRATING BIRDS. THIS CONCERT THEME IS BIRDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF EXHIBITORS, PRIMARILY IN EDUCATION. IT'S A FREE EVENT, AND IT'LL BE A DONATION-BASED FUNDRAISER. THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE ARE INCLINED TO DONATE TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION EDUCATION EFFORTS ACROSS NASA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU. YOU WANT US TO JUST SPREAD THE WORD WITH THE YOUTH? >> YOU CAN SPREAD THE WORD TO THE YOUTH. YOU GUYS WOULD LOVE TO SEE THERE. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN THE YOUTH IN THE CITY WHO HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN BIRDS OR CONSERVATION, THEY'RE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME AND RESERVE SOME TIME FOR OPEN-MIC. >> DEFINITELY, ZADIE. WE CAN PUT HER ON THE MIC. ZADIE. GREG. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> IF MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS DOWN BELOW, YOU CAN ASK MARY IF YOU NEED MY PHONE NUMBER OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MIA. SURE. >> NEXT UP. >> HI, HEERA, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS FIELD DAY WITH THE KIDS FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR EASTER EGG HUNT. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE ATTENDED IT LAST YEAR, BUT MARY WAS GOING TO PULL UP SOME PICTURES. WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THIS WAS OUR FIRST ONE EVER. WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF KIDS COME. I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY ALMOST 1,000 PEOPLE. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND WE NEEDED A LOT OF HELP. IT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT, INVITING Y'ALL TO COME TO, AND YOU COULD SET UP A BOOTH TO SELL THINGS. MAYBE NOT FOOD, BUT MORE EASTER ESC PROPS TO SELL TO THE KIDS THERE. IT'S REALLY FUN. WE DO IT IN AGE BRACKETS. WE SET UP LINES OF EASTER EGGS, AND THEN THE KIDS, DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE, GO AND PICK EGGS, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A LINE THAT THEY GO THROUGH WHERE THEY DUMP THE EGGS, [00:05:04] THEY GET PRIZES, AND THEN YOU COULD BE THE END OF THAT LINE WHERE YOU'RE SELLING ITEMS. THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE HITTING THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND BEING PART OF A LARGER EVENT, YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO GET PEOPLE. >> THIS WOULD BE IN LIEU OF THE FIELD DAY? >> YES. >> WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? >> CORRECT. >> I HAVE PICTURES OF BEFORE. IT HAPPENED, BUT I DON'T HAVE THEM. >> INSTEAD OF THE FIELD DATE, OR REPLACE IT, I THINK. SEND THIS TO APRIL. >> WHAT'S THE DATE OF THE EASTER EGG HUNT? >> I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH. IT'S LIKE THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, BUT I CAN'T GET THE EXACT DATE. >> WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING THIS LAST WEEK OF MARCH? >> I THINK SO, THAT WOULD BE REP. >> I THINK THAT YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE. WHEREAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR YOUR FIELD DAY? >> WE HAD IT ON MARCH 13, WHAT WE HAD FOR THE FIELD DAY. >> OH, THAT'S NOT EVEN KNOWN. >> BUT I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE. >> WE KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE HERE. >> YES. I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> THAT'S ALL, MR. EGGS. >> YOU COULD, THAT'D BE CUTE. >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD. >> THERE'S LIKE ONE HAS, LIKE, A BIG PRIZE INSIDE. >> THEN WE CAN RIP EVERYONE ELSE OFF. >> OKAY, GREAT. >> I GUESS DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT TO CHANGE. >> WE'RE ABOUT THE NEXT THING, FIELD DAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS SECTION? Y'ALL RECOGNIZE JOE FROM THE PIRATES, AND THEN KATIE NEXT TO HIM. SHE IS OUR NEW DOWNTOWN COORDINATOR. SHE ISN'T NEW TO THE CITY. SHE'S WORKED HERE FOREVER, IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. FOREVER, WE STARTED AROUND THE SAME TIME. I DON'T THINK THIS GROUP DID THE SUNSHINE ETHICS TRAINING WITH KATIE, BUT SHE'S BEEN IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SHE'S JUST MOVED OVER TO CITY HALL. SHE'S REPLACING THAT LADY LISA WHO CAME AND TALKED TO US. DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE PIRATE? IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT KATIE IS OUR DOWNTOWN COORDINATOR, AND JOE IS A PIRATE. THEY'RE HERE FOR MANY THINGS THAT ARE MOSTLY LISTED. KATIE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE FOR A SECOND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE FIELD DAY DISCUSSION NOW, I THINK. SURE. I'LL BE HERE. >> THEN, WERE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS. FIELD DAY. [6.1 Field Day.] WE HAD A PROPOSAL TO NOW CHANGE OUR FIELD DAY EVENT TO AN EASTER EGG HUNT, WHERE WE'RE GUARANTEED TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, AND WE CAN MAKE SOME MONEY. >> IT IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH 21. >> 21ST, WHICH I THINK WORKS BETTER. >> LET'S CHECK OUR CALENDARS AND BE SURE. >> BUT I DID WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT CLAY DID. WE PUT IN WORK [OVERLAPPING]. >> FOR SO LONG, I WAS UP FOR IT. >> DID SOME RESEARCH. >> WHY MAKE IT GO BIG? >> YOU SAID 22ND? I THINK I'LL BE FREE ON THE 21ST. LOOK, GUYS, I HAD THE PROFIT MARGINS FOR US, ACTUALLY. >> PROFIT MARGINS. >> NO, I WAS HAPPY THAT YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. >> NOW WE'RE NOT DOING THIS, THOUGH. >> WELL, SO AT THE EASTER EGG HUNT, THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED ANYONE YET. I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING FOOD TRUCKS. THEN CAITLIN'S IDEA WAS, ALL COULD SELL, YOU COULD DO ORIENTAL TRADING AND GET LIKE EASTER EGG EARS OR, LIKE, PLACE IT. THAT'D BE FUNNY IF YOU DID MYSTERY EGGS, OR YOU DO A RAFFLE. >> IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE A CLAW MACHINE. WE COULD DO LIKE A HUMAN CLAW MACHINE. >> THAT'S VERY CUTE. >> THEN YOU JUST DROP THE EGGS, AND THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING. >> SOUNDS LIKE A NORMAL CLOB MACHINE. IS THIS A SPECIAL EVENT? WE WILL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS. I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING TO HAVE TWO. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TOWARDS FOOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO, AND THEY'RE GIVING OUT CANDY. YOU DON'T WANT TO SELL CANDY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT BUNNY EARS, LITTLE. >> YOU GIVE OUT BASKETS? >> WE GIVE OUT JUST A LITTLE GOODY BAG OF STUFF WITH, LIKE, STICKERS AND CANDY. IT'S MAINLY CANDY, THOUGH. >> BUT YOU COULD SELL LIKE THE KIDS HAVE TO COLLECT THE EGGS. YOU COULD SELL BASKETS OR BAGS. >> YOU COULD SELL BASKETS; WE ASK THAT THEY BRING THEIR OWN BASKETS, AND THEN THEY LINE UP, THEY GET THE EGGS. THE EGGS ARE EMPTY THAT THEY'RE PICKING, AND THEN THEY GET THEIR GOODY BAG AT THE END. YOU COULD BE THERE. THE EVENT STARTS AT 11. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GET THERE AROUND NINE WHEN SETUP STARTS. HELP WITH SETUP, SET UP YOUR BOOTH. WE HAVE A TENT THAT YOU CAN BORROW, AND THEN WHATEVER YOU PLAN ON DOING. WE CAN HELP YOU. >> SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK NOW WE SHOULD HAVE A MOTION TO KIND OF CHANGE THE EVENT. >> DO YOU FEEL OKAY WITH THAT, CLAY AND ZADIE? [00:10:02] >> I MEAN, I THINK IT'S FINE WITH ME BECAUSE THE REAL PURPOSE IS TO GET SOME MONEY OFF. I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF GUARANTEED PEOPLE HERE, THEN IT'LL BE [OVERLAPPING]. >> I DO HAVE THE PICTURES. I WILL SEND THEM TO MYSELF. I WASN'T PREPARED. >> HOW LONG IS THIS EVENT? >> LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS IN TOTAL. >> WHAT DO YOU ALL DO FOR 2 HOURS? LIKE, ARE THERE [OVERLAPPING]? >> IS JUST THAT THE KIDS COME IN WAVES BY AGE. YOU HAVE 0-1, 2-3, 4-5. IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS FOR THE WHOLE THING TO GO THROUGH. THEN, YOU HAVE A FAMILY WITH THREE KIDS. THEY HAVE TO STAY THE ENTIRETY OF THE TIME. >> IS THERE EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF TYING IN MAYBE A GAME OR TWO FOR THE KIDS? >> YOU COULD. I MEAN, JUST FROM EXPERIENCE, THE KIDS ARE EITHER TIRED AFTER, OR THEY WANT TO GO RUN OFF THEIR ENERGY AT THE PARK, BUT YOU CAN TRY; YOU COULD SET UP A GAME SECTION. ANOTHER IDEA THAT JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD IS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, ONE OF YOU COULD BE A BUNNY AND SELL PHOTOS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY. >> ZADIE. >> SIGN ZADIE FOR THAT ONE. >> ZADIE IS ANOTHER OPTION. I THINK YOU HAVE WHAT ONE MORE MEANING? ONE MORE MEETING AND TELL THEM. >> BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, DOING INSTEAD OF SELLING SOMETHING, YOU COULD SET UP LIKE A PHOTO PROP AREA AND THEN JUST HAVE A DONATION BUCKET OR SOMETHING. >> BUT WE CAN ALSO SELL EGGS. >> WE CAN PUT LITTLE TOYS INSIDE THE EGGS AND THEN. >> YOU COULD DO BOTH. YOU COULD DO A MYSTERY EGG AND AN EASTER BUNNY. >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT, IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY HANDLING MONEY. THAT STUFF. >> WELL, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T HAVE MY COMPUTER. >> YOU GO TO MAKE. >> IT'S NOT WORKING ABOUT COMPUTER. [OVERLAPPING] >> NO. IT TURNED IT ON. IT'S NOT CONNECTING. >> WE'RE HERE. [OVERLAPPING] >> ONTO THE PIRATE NAMING CONTEST. >> DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO. >> BUT I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION. >> I MOTION TO CHANGE THE FIELD DAY TO THE EASTER ECON. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> THIS MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO ZERO. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PIRATE NAMING CONTEST, [6.2 Pirate naming contest.] WHICH ZACH HAS PUT SOME WORK IN ON. TELL US ABOUT IT, ZACH. >> ALL NEED FOR US TO DO IT IS JUST TO GET ALL TO HAVE I MADE A MICROSOFT FORMS THING THAT WE CAN SEND OUT AND I MADE IT WITH OUR SCHOOL ACCOUNT SO THE SCHOOL KIDS CAN OPEN IT. ALL I NEED IS JUST CLAY, YOU SAID YOU WOULD FIGURE OUT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN OLIVIA, YOU SAID YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'LL JUST HAVE MARY SEND YOU ALL THE LINKS, SO THEN ALL CAN TRY AND FIGURE OUT TALKING TO THEM AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. ALL THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IS WE CAN JUST TELL THEM, TELL THE TEACHERS TO PROMOTE THIS, AND TELL THEM THAT I DON'T KNOW, TELL THEM THERE'S A PRIZE WHEN THERE'S NOT, OR SOMETHING. >> I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD THING FOR MAYBE THE GIFTED CLASSES OR THE LEADERSHIP CLASS. I FEEL LIKE TORY FRENCH COULD MAKE A BIG PUSH FOR THAT FOR ALL THE CLASS DO IT. BECAUSE I MEAN, EVEN IF A FEW CLASSES ARE PUSHED TO DO IT, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S STILL A GOOD AMOUNT. WE'LL HAVE TO, I MEAN, WE'LL GET AT LEAST SOMETHING. >> I MEAN, WE'RE HOPING FOR WHAT, LIKE, 100 ENTRIES. >> THAT'S NOT EVEN BIGS. >> WHAT'S THE PLAN? ARE YOU SPLITTING THEM UP, READING THEM, AND RANKING THEM? >> I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE YEAH. I THINK THAT ONCE WE'RE SAYING IT'S OVER, WE SHOULD JUST ALL LOOK AT THEM AND JUST PICK OUT ONES THAT WE THINK ARE GOOD OR INTERESTING, AND THEN JUST COME BACK TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT. >> THAT'S WISE. >> THAT'S THE BEST IDEA. THEN, WHEN DO WE THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THIS DUE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY? >> THE GRAND OPENING OF THE WATER PARK IS GOING TO BE IN APRIL. >> APRIL. MAYBE EVEN MARCH IS. IT COULD BE WHEN IT'S FINALIZED, BUT THE THING IS, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSTANTLY GETTING TONS OF PEOPLE PUTTING IN STUFF. WE CAN STILL LOOK THROUGH IT WHILE IT'S COMING IN. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK THROUGH THIS IF WE CAN'T MEET OUTSIDE OF THIS? >> THE LINK, I CAN HAVE THE DATA GET SENT TO YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN SEND IT OUT. >> THE TOP FIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN SHUT IN BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE NEED A WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT IT. NO. >> I FEEL LIKE JUST GET EVERYBODY BRING THE TOP FIVE, AND WE JUST TALK ABOUT A MEETING. [00:15:01] >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. NEXT MEETING IS WHEN? >> THE NEXT MEETING IS ON FEBRUARY 25. WOULD WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT THERE, OR WOULD WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ON MARCH 1? >> ONLY MARCH 20. >> WE HAVE OUR MARCH MEETINGS, WHICH CAN BE WEIRD. NO. >> IT'S THE 25TH. >> THE MARCH 1 IS ALSO. >> 25TH OF MARCH. >> THIS MIGHT BE A WORKSHOP. IF IT'S MARCH I GUESS IT'LL DEPEND ON WHEN WE HAVE THE DATE FOR THE OPENING BECAUSE IF IT'S IN EARLY APRIL, THEN THAT'S JUST SUCH A QUICK TURNAROUND TO TELL THE KID AND THEN HAVE THEM, BECAUSE I THINK THE IDEA RIGHT IS THAT WE WOULD ANNOUNCE THEM OR HONOR THEM AT THE GRAND OPENING WITH THE STATUE AT THE SAME TIME. THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S CUTTING IT CLOSE. >> WE CAN DO THE 15TH, 13TH. WE COULD DO MARCH 11 FOR A WORKSHOP. IT'S A WEDNESDAY. THEN THAT WAY, WE HAVE WHAT THREE WEEKS? >> OR I MEAN, YOU GUYS COULD ALSO READ THEM, AND THEN EACH OF YOU SEND ME YOUR TOP FIVE, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING, AND I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> ARE YOU SENT? >> DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, JOE AND KATIE, ABOUT SO FAR? >> IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT COORDINATOR. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE YOUR ULTIMATE DECISION? ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT IN A WORKSHOP, OR ARE YOU GOING TO THE TOP FIVE AND THEN SEND IT OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA LAND AND HAVE IT ANNOUNCED? >> I WAS THINKING WE WERE JUST GOING TO PICK OUT WHICHEVER ONE WE WORKED THE BEST. >> MAYBE WE COULD ALL OF US NOMINATE ONE THAT WE REALLY LIKE AND THEN JUST GO THROUGH THOSE AND FIGURE OUT WHICH IS THE BEST. >> THE FPU, WE JUST DID THE CONTEST FOR THE SHRIMP DROP, AND THEY PUT THEIR FINALISTS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF THEIR WEBSITE. THEY ANNOUNCED IT JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE SHRIMP DROP. THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD WANT TO DO YOUR REVIEW, IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO ORDER A PLAQUE, IF WE WANTED TO PUT THE MAIN PART ON A PLAQUE OR HAVE THAT BACK STORY. THINK ABOUT THAT IN TIME FRAMES OF WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TEMPORARY AND THEN HAVE THAT PLAQUE ON ORDER AND INSTALL IT AFTER THE FACT. >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A PLAQUE? >> IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> BECAUSE IF WE DO THE 11TH FOR A WORKSHOP, THAT GIVES YOU GUYS THREE WEEKS TO GET A PLAQUE, AND THEN WE CAN TELL THE KIDS, AND WE CAN ALSO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEIR STORY IF THEY WANT. >> THE STORY WON'T BE ON THE PLAQUE, IT WILL? >> NO, THE STORY WON'T BE ON THE PLAQUE, BUT I THOUGHT [OVERLAPPING] THEY WOULD READ IT. THEY CAN READ IT THERE. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, THE WINNER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT OUT LOUD IF THEY WANT, OR ONE OF US WILL, IF NO ONE WANTS TO READ IT. >> WE DID HAVE A CALL WITH T-MOBILE AND JUST TOLD THEM THAT WE WANT TO DO AN OPENING, AND OUR BUDGET WAS ABOUT $2,000, AND HE SAID HE WAS INTERESTED; HE JUST HAD TO TALK TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE AND LET US KNOW. I NEED TO REMIND MYSELF TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM. >> COULD YOU ALSO TELL HIM WE WOULD YOU BE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO A ZOOM CALL WITH HIM TO SELL IT TO HIM? >> MARCH 11TH, DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT IN AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR A WORKSHOP? DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? >> IS IT FEBRUARY 11TH? >> MARCH. >> MARCH. >> WE CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. WHEN SHOULD WE CLOSE IT? SHOULD WE BE CLOSING IT ON MARCH 11TH, OR SHOULD IT BE CLOSED SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS OPEN FOR AS LONG AS WHAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT. >> I THINK CLOSING ON 11TH IS THE SMARTEST BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] >> JUST AS MUCH AS WE CAN. >> WE CAN STILL HAVE THE DEADLINE AS MARCH 11TH. >> YEAH, OR MAYBE LIKE MARCH 10TH. >> NO, BLESS YOU. BUT DON'T YOU HAVE TO READ THEM AND COME WITH YOUR FAVORITE ONE? >> YES, I THOUGHT THE POINT OF THE WORKSHOP WAS WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS IT TOGETHER [OVERLAPPING] >> YOU SHOULD STILL COME WITH ONES THAT YOU LIKE. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY READ THEM. THE WORKSHOP IS NOT FOR IT. >> LET'S CLOSE IT ON THE NINTH. >> YOU WANT TO DO THE FRIDAY BEFORE. >> LET'S SAY WE GET LIKE 100 RESPONSES, THOUGH, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DIVIDE THAT UP BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE A PRETTY LONG TIME? [00:20:03] >> I CAN MAKE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION TOWARD THE END, AND IF IT'S LIKE 1,000 RESPONSES ARE OUT. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. WE CAN DO THAT. >> THAT'S SMART. WE COULD CLOSE IT THE FRIDAY BEFORE, WHICH IS THE SIXTH, IF THAT MADE SENSE, JUST CLOSING IT ON. >> NO [OVERLAPPING] >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT WHAT CAITLIN BROUGHT UP, PUSH-BACK, OR JUST HURT FEELINGS ABOUT NOT INCLUDING HOME-SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL KIDS? >> WE CAN SEND THEM OUT AN EMAIL AND BE LIKE, WE'RE GIVING THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THIS, WE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP YOU OUT. >> I CAN PUT IT IN THE PAPER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE CAN ADVERTISE IT, BUT THEN I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE FORM TO MAKE IT AGE-SPECIFIC [OVERLAPPING] >> WE CAN JUST POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL AND STUFF. >> THE THING IS, EVEN IF YOU PUT, WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST PUTTING, I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE. WHEN YOU'RE A 30-YEAR-OLD [LAUGHTER] I DON'T TRUST PEOPLE LIKE THAT. THEN WE'RE CALLING SOMEONE UP, AND IT'S LIKE, I'LL COME AND READ MY STORY. >> WHAT DO WE DO? [LAUGHTER] >> I DON'T KNOW. >> ANOTHER THING, ZACH. WE HAVE TO GET THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. >> I CAN HAVE RECORDS OF WHAT THEIR SCHOOL EMAIL IS, SO THEN WE KNOW WHO IT IS. >> BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO WRITE THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT. >> GO TO THEM AT THE SCHOOL. >> IS IT GOING TO BE THAT BIG A DEAL IF WE DON'T INCLUDE OTHER KIDS? >> I FEEL IT'S NOT THAT CRAZY. IT'S A CITY THING. >> PUBLIC SCHOOL. >> THAT IS TRUE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> DO YOU THINK ANYONE WILL ACTUALLY BE OFFENDED? >> WHAT? >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET OFFENDED, OR IS THIS JUST [OVERLAPPING] >> I THINK THE KID WHO MADE THE PIRATE IS HOME-SCHOOLED. >> YES, HE IS. HE'S IN MY [LAUGHTER] CLASS. >> YOU STILL THINK THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT YOU? >> NO. >> THE KID WHO ACTUALLY SCULPTED THE PIRATE IS HOME-SCHOOLED? [LAUGHTER] >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> JETT PAXTON IS HOME-SCHOOLED? >> YEAH, HE IS. >> WHAT IF HIS FRIENDS WANT TO DO IT? [OVERLAPPING] >> WHY DON'T YOU PUT REQUIRED? >> EIGHTEEN YEARS AND YOUNGER. >> NO, REQUIRE THEM TO PUT THEIR BIRTHDAY. NO? >> I STILL DON'T TRUST THIS. >> I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE RISK. >> THAT WOULD BE CRAZY. WHO IS GOING TO LIE TO WIN A CONTEST WHERE WE'RE NOT EVEN OFFERING MONEY? >> YEAH, I DOUBT IT. >> I STILL DON'T TRUST PEOPLE. BUT I'LL DO IT, BUT STILL. >> BUT THEN WE DO NEED TO ASK FOR THE CONTACT INFORMATION, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN CALL THEM AND FIND OUT. >> BECAUSE PARENTS ARE NOT GOING TO WANT THEM TO BE, NOW, PUT IN YOUR EMAIL AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER, YOUR BIRTHDAY. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> THEY CAN JUST PUT IN THEIR CONTACT, AND THEN IF WE CALL THEM AND THEY'RE CLEARLY NOT A KID, THEY GOING TO HAVE. >> BUT SAY A SIXTH GRADER, THEIR PARENTS, IT'S SAYING, PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER. >> THEN PUT PARENTS' PHONE NUMBER, SPECIFY THAT IN THERE. >> STILL, BUT IT'S LIKE WOULD PARENTS WANT THEIR KID PUTTING SOMETHING ONLINE? >> I THINK WE ARE THINKING INTO THIS TOO MUCH. >> I DON'T THINK THIS IS THAT CRAZY. >> BUT NO, FOR ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, YOU NEED A CONTACT INFORMATION. > YES, JUST PUT NUMBER AND EMAIL FOR PARENTS. >> BUT OLIVIA HAD A GOOD POINT THAT EVEN VIRTUAL SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL STILL HAVE THE FOCUS EMAIL ADDRESS [OVERLAPPING] >> OR ST. MICHAEL'S. >> YEAH. ST. MICHAEL'S. >> WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY THIS LINK IS FOR THE PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN WE CAN SAY IF YOU ARE NOT THERE AND YOU'RE INTERESTED, THEY CAN EMAIL ME AND JUST SEND ME A SUBMISSION. >> THERE YOU GO. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. >> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT. >> RIGHT, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EMAIL AN ADULT. >> THAT'S SMART. >> I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> ACTUALLY, MAYBE THIS IS HOW WE GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH T-MOBILE, IS ONE OF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM ABOUT SPONSORING THIS CONTEST. >> WHAT'S THERE TO SPONSOR? >> IF THEY WANTED TO GIVE A $100 STIPEND TO WHOEVER WINS. ARE YOU PARTICIPATING? YOU COULD PARTICIPATE [OVERLAPPING] >> THEN GET THE $100 STIPEND. >> WAIT, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR OURSELVES. >> WAIT, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEN SPLIT IT. >> YOU CAN'T. >> ETHICS, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. >> CLAY HICKS HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS. >> I REALLY LIKE PLAYS. >> WHAT ARE OUR TASKS? HOW IS THIS GETTING OUT? HOW ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE? >> I THOUGHT WE HAVE TO TELL. OLIVIA'S TELLING MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> IF YOU'LL SEND IT TO ME. >> CLAY'S TELLING. >> YOU'RE GOING TO ADD WHAT ON HERE, ZACH. >> I WILL CHANGE THE LENGTH OF THE BACKSTORY. I WILL MAKE IT SO CLOSES ON THE SIXTH. [00:25:03] THEN I DON'T NEED TO ADD THE GRADE THING. THAT'S IT. >> SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN, ZACH. >> THOUGHTS. WE ARE GOOD? >> THE NAME AND THE BACK STORY GO TOGETHER? >> [OVERLAPPING] THEY CAN BE SEPARATE. >> LET HIM DO SEPARATE. >> DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY THAT, SO WE DON'T GET SUED? >> THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO WINNERS? >> YEAH, WE COULD HAVE TWO WINNERS. >> I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT CRAZY. >> WE NEED TO ASK T-MOBILE FOR TWO STIPENDS [LAUGHTER] >> OR ONE OF 100 AND GET 50,50. >> WAIT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? LET'S SAY, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SWAP THE NAMES OUT LIKE A BACK STORY WITH THIS. >> NO, I THINK IT HAS TO GO TOGETHER. >> NO. BECAUSE WHAT IF THE STORY IS PERTAINING TO THIS ONE PIRATE, AND THEN WE PICK ANOTHER ONE. >> YOU CHANGE THE NAME. >> PUT IN THE NAME. THE STORY CAN BE GOOD, BUT THE NAME COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW. WE CAN GO BY. >> LEGAL LIST. THEY HAVE TO SIGN SO. WE HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE RIGHTS TO USE THIS STORY AND NAME STUFF. >> I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY BUT I WOULD PROBABLY PUT IN SOME WAIVER IN ENGLISH SAYING WE GET THE RIGHTS FROM THE CITY. >> BUT YEAH, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE SEPARATE BECAUSE WHAT IF SOMEONE COMES UP WITH A REALLY GOOD NAME, BUT THEIR STORY IS [OVERLAPPING] >> IS JUST LIKE THAT. >> THE STORY CHOPPED. YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND NOW HE'S A PIRATE. >> IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THE NAME WOULD GO WITH THE STORY. LIKE IF THE NAME IS UNICORN BOB THEN IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT [OVERLAPPING] >> IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE HOW THEY GET THEIR NAME. >> YEAH, BUT LET'S SAY THEY TRAVELED ACROSS THE BLACK SEA TO GET TO BLAH, BLAH AND WALKED ACROSS THE GLOBE [LAUGHTER] WE CAN STILL CHANGE THE NAME. >> NO. SOMETHING LIKE THE BACKGROUND OF WHY THEY GOT THEIR NAME. >> THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE NEED TO SPECIFY THAT IT MIGHT BE CHANGED. IF IT'S GOOD, BUT IT PERFECTLY GOES TO THE STORY, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO USE IT IF WE DON'T LIKE ONE ASPECT OF IT. IT HAS TO BE—. >> NO, BUT THEN THE STORY BECOMES TRASH. >> WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP THEM TOGETHER? >> WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, I THINK. IT'S NOT. >> YEAH. >> I THINK [OVERLAPPING] >> KEEP THEM TOGETHER? YEAH. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. >> I GUESS—. >> BUT WE STILL NEED TO SAY THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO THE USE OF THE CITY. >> YEAH. I'LL DO THAT. >> TRIVIA NIGHT RECAP. >> ALL RIGHT, TRIVIA NIGHT RECAPPING. [6.3 Trivia Night Recap.] >> NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR TRIVIA NIGHT RECAP. >> MOSTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY. GREAT JOB, ZACH [APPLAUSE] >> YES, GOOD JOB. >> YOU KILLED. THAT WAS SO GOOD. >> GOOD JOB TO ZACH. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND WE MADE LIKE 100 BUCKS. >> HUNDRED? >> I THINK WE MADE MORE THAN THAT. >> TWO HUNDRED. >> EVEN BETTER. >> THE COMPANY SENT US A CHECK FOR $250. WE ACTUALLY DID DISCUSS WE COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR THE PIRATE CONTEST IF YOU WANTED. >> WE NEED THAT MONEY. >> T-MOBILE IS WHO WE NEED. >> WE FINALLY GOT A BUDGET AND NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. >> WHAT? >> DID WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SHIRTS? >> NO, THE CITY BOUGHT THEM FOR US. >> OH, OKAY. NEVER MIND. SORRY. >> THAT WAS ALL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT'S OUR BEST EVENT YET. >> IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT. IT WAS FUN. >> YEAH, IT WAS FUN. >> I FEEL PEOPLE WERE THERE. >> YEAH, THEY WERE INTO IT. YOU HAD GREAT QUESTIONS. >> Y'ALL ENJOYED IT. >> I HAD FUN. >> YEAH, EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BEING MEAN TO ME [LAUGHTER] >> YOU DID GREAT. >> YOU GUYS WERE BEING MEAN. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON [7.1 Waterfront Park Grand Opening.] TO NEW BUSINESS: OUR WATERFRONT PARK GRAND OPENING. >> THAT WAS BASICALLY WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT WE TALKED TO T-MOBILE, THEY'RE INTERESTED. WE HAVE TO JUST GET THE FINAL WORD. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A BAND DOING THE PIRATE CONTEST AND REVEALING THE WINNER. >> DO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL DATE? >> YEAH. >> PART OF IT IS THAT T-MOBILE, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE INVOLVED AT ALL, IS BECAUSE THEY GAVE US A GRANT TO GET A PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE. WE HAVE TO GET THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE INSTALLED DOWN THERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. >> ALL RIGHT. [00:30:01] >> JEREMIAH HAS A SEGMENT FOR YOU GUYS, TOO. >> SWEET. SOUNDS GOOD. >> WHENEVER YOU WANT TO. >> I THINK WE'RE SKIMMING PAST THIS A LITTLE TOO QUICK, THOUGH. BECAUSE WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW FOR THE WATERFRONT PARK? >> WHAT'S THERE TO DO? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LAST TIME, IT WAS A WHOLE EVENT THAT WE HAD. WHAT ARE WE COMPLETELY OMITTING FROM OUR LAST EVENT? NO FOOD TRUCKS. >> THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A STAGE. THE ONLY FINANCIAL ASPECT WOULD BE TO PAY FOR THE BAND. BUT THERE'S A STAGE DOWN THERE ALREADY. >> THERE'S A SOUND SYSTEM TOO. >> THERE'S A SOUND SYSTEM AND LIGHTING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF IS ALREADY DOWN THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. >> OH, REALLY? >> UH-HUH. IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR AS FAR AS TIMES, DATES, ANY OF THAT STUFF. >> YEAH, SO I THINK WE CAN'T REALLY PLAN IT TOO MUCH FAR. >> YEAH. I THINK I ASKED THE BANDS AND THEY WERE LIKE, YOU'RE ASKING US A LOT IN BANDS WHEN IT WAS ONLY LIKE TWO MONTHS OR SOMETHING. >> THAT WAS JUST THE ONE BAND. BUT AFTER SEEING IT, IT WASN'T THAT OFFICIAL, SO I CAN SEE WHY IT WAS LIKE THAT. >> BUT HONEY BADGERS ARE NOT LIKE THAT. THEY WANT TO KNOW AS SOON AS WE KNOW. BUT HOW DO WE FIND OUT? HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE? >> IS THAT A GLEN QUESTION? >> WHEN DO Y'ALL MEET AGAIN? MARCH? FEBRUARY? >> FEBRUARY 25TH. >> WE'LL HAVE A FIRMED UPDATE THEN, BUT FOR SURE, HARD OPENING, OFFICIAL OPENING SOMETIME 1ST OF APRIL. SOFT OPENING IN MARCH. WE'LL KNOW MORE NEXT MEETING BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE GOOD FOR SOFT. >> WE'RE NOT THE SOFT OPENING, THOUGH, RIGHT? >> YOU'RE THE OPENING. >> THE OPENING. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. [7.2 Beyond the Badges Golf Tournament.] >> LET'S MOVE ON TO BEYOND THE BADGES GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH ISN'T APPLICABLE ANYMORE. >> NO, IT'S COMING UP. I WAS WONDERING BASED ON YOUR RESPONSE, I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> DID I READ IT INCORRECTLY? >> IT'S FEBRUARY 21ST. >> OH, MY GOSH. I THOUGHT IT WAS JANUARY 21ST. >> WAIT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS? >> I'LL SHOW YOU. >> IT FELT LIKE HE THINKS I'M CRAZY. >> BEYOND THE BADGES, I THOUGHT YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. BEYOND THE BADGES IS A CHARITY GOLF SCRAMBLE. IT'S THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE MONEY GOES TO SCHOLARSHIPS. TINA WAS SAYING IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER BECAUSE YOU ALL COULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM. >> WAIT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN AND I APOLOGIZE. >> IT'S OKAY. BUT BASICALLY, THEY HAVEN'T SOLD ALL THEIR TICKETS YET, THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL MORE TICKETS. SHE JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW ABOUT IT SO YOU COULD TELL YOUR GOLFING FRIENDS. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> I'LL EMAIL THIS FLIER TO YOU. >> YEAH. TELL HER, SORRY FOR OUR STUPID CHAIRPERSON [LAUGHTER] >> YOU CAN'T READ [LAUGHTER]. >> I SAID, I'M SORRY I READ THIS LATE, THE DATE'S ALREADY PASSED. >> WAIT, YOU SAID THAT? >> IT'S OKAY. IT'S PUBLIC RECORD. YOU JUST SAID I'M SORRY FOR MY LATE RESPONSE. >> IT WAS IN MY JUNK EMAIL SOMEHOW. IS THAT WHY? >> NO, IT WASN'T IN MY JUNK EMAIL. >> PLEASE LET US KNOW. >> HE WAS JUST LIKE, THANKS, BUT NO THANKS. >> LET ME KNOW ABOUT OTHER EVENTS. >> YEAH. >> WITHOUT THE CONTEXT OF YOU NOT KNOWING. IT'S LIKE LET ME KNOW ABOUT OTHER EVENTS, WHATEVER. >> TELL ME WHEN YOU DO A TRIVIA NIGHT. >> THAT WAS ALL. I'LL EMAIL YOU THAT FLIER PLUS THE CONSERVATION FLIER, AND WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I SAID I SHOULD SEND YOU? DO YOU WANT TO GO JEREMIAH? [8. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS] >> SURE. I'LL TAKE OVER. MONA CONTROL HERE FOR A SECOND CASE. I WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING. PROJECT UPDATE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO TALK ABOUT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ME OUT HERE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WE'VE GOT SIX OF YOU HERE TODAY AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AS DETERMINED BY A RANDOM WHEEL GENERATOR HERE, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO RAISE THE SUBJECT OF INTEREST HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT. ALL RIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. WHO'S GOING TO GO FIRST? PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE A QUESTION BY THE TIME THIS WHEEL'S DONE, ONE OF YOU, YOU'RE READY? >> OH, COOL. >> THERE YOU GO. CLAY, YOU'RE ON THE SPOT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT, CLAY? WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR? >> YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT HERE. >> THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN ROOM. >> YEAH. >> ANYTHING IN THE CITY? I FEEL LIKE YOU ALREADY COVERED LIKE PAID PARKING, WHICH IS THE MAIN THING. [00:35:04] DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY UPDATES ON HOW THAT WILL WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK DOWN HERE WHO AREN'T CITY RESIDENTS? >> PAID PARKING PROGRAM. GOOD QUESTION. SCHEDULED PRE-REGISTRATION SCHEDULED TO GET UNDERWAY FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, AND THEN TEMPORARY SIGNAGE WILL GO UP AROUND THE DOWNTOWN, ADVISING THAT THE PROGRAMS WILL BECOME ACTIVE OF FEBRUARY 16. AS A REMINDER, JUST THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS PAID PARKING. THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING SPACES HERE BEHIND CITY HALL, NEXT SLIDE OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LATA, WHERE THERE'S FREE PARKING. THE WATERFRONT PARK, 74 PARKING SPACES THERE, FREE PARKING. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, CITY RESIDENTS WILL APPLY AND YOUR PLATE ON YOUR VEHICLE WILL BECOME YOUR PERMIT, AND YOU CAN PARK IN ANY OF THE SURFACE LOTS EVERY DAY FOR UP TO EIGHT HOURS ON THE STREET FOR UP TO FOUR HOURS WITHIN THE ZONE, NO COST TO A CITY RESIDENT. IF YOU'RE NOT A CITY RESIDENT, YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL PERMIT. YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO PAY $124 FOR THE ANNUAL PERMIT, AND YOU GET ALL THE SAME RIGHTS AS A CITY RESIDENT. OR, ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN PARK OUTSIDE THE ZONE AND DON'T TO WORRY ABOUT IT AT ALL, SO YOU GOT A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THERE. OR YOU CAN PAY TO PARK $2 APPLICABLE FEES AND TAXES PER HOUR TO PARK. BUT THAT'S A SUMMATION OF THE COST AND EXPENSE, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO FBFL.USFORD/PARKING. SIGNAGE WILL BE GOING UP HERE NEXT WEEK. >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS WILL GO TO YOU-ALL AND WHAT PERCENTAGE WILL GO TO WHATEVER COMPANY FBL. >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THERE'S TWO MODELS WHEN IT COMES TO PAID PARKING, AND THERE'S A REVENUE SHARING MODEL, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS WHERE PERCENT OF THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN, A PORTION OF IT GOES TO THE COMPANY. THIS IS NOT THAT MODEL. THIS IS A FIXED COST, SO THE FIXED COST FOR THEM TO OPERATE THE PAID PARKING PROGRAMS, $326,000 A YEAR, AND THEN WHATEVER THE REVENUE IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IF WE BRING IN 329,000, IT'S A WASH. WE BRING IN 1 MILLION, AND IT'S ABOUT A 30% COST TO DO THE BUSINESS, SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN, BUT IT'S NOT A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE REVENUE, LIKE SOME COMPANIES ARE. >> I GUESS. CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS ON WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO MAKE WITH IT IN THE FIRST LIKE CALENDAR YEAR? >> 1.8 TO 2.3 MILLION IS WHAT'S BEEN PROJECTED. BUT IT IS BASED ON SOME ASSUMPTIONS, AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW, AND THERE'S A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH IT. YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GET THE PROGRAM UNDERWAY AND YOU HAVE GOOD DATA TO PULL FROM TO BETTER FORECAST THOSE ASSUMPTIONS. >> ARE YOU GUYS SHARING THAT DATA? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GOOD TO SEE THAT. >> IS THERE, LIKE A POSSIBILITY THAT IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL IN YOU GUYS' EYES, IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY? THAT CAN ALWAYS CHANGE BY THE NEW COMMISSIONERS? >> IT'S A POL DECISION MADE BY THE COMMISSION. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE'S CURRENT LITIGATION INVOLVING PAID PARKING TO STOP IT OR DELAY IT, AND THERE'S A BALLOT INITIATED TO PUT IT ON THE REFERENDUM TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE OR KEEP IT IN LATER ON THIS YEAR. THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE THE OUTLOOK OF PAID PARKING, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, A COMMISSION COULD CHANGE AS WELL. >> IS THIS AN ELECTION YEAR OR NO OR US? >> IT IS. >> IT IS? >> YES. >> SOMEONE'S PROBABLY MOST LIKELY WIN ON THE ASSUMPTION OF SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE PARK IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR LOTS YEAR. >> IT'LL ALSO BE ON THE BALLOT? >> YES. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO? IT'LL BE ON THE BALLOT. >> I JUST THINK THAT, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT LIVED? >> YEAH. >> WE'LL SEE. NEXT. >> WHAT WAS YOU THINKING? GOT OVER, RIGHT? >> YES. >> WE ARE A LINE. EMMA. WHEN DO YOU THINK THEY'LL GET RID OF BAILEY FIELDS FOR THE AIRPORT? >> EBO ALVAREZ? >> YES. >> WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE FAA. WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE MIA INU SOCCER ON THAT. IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGING PROJECT. THERE'S T HANGERS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN PLACE OF THE CURRENT SOCCER FIELDS. THE COST TO BUY THAT LAND FROM THE AIRPORT IS 3.5 MILLION, AND IT'S LIKE, WAIT. WHY DID WE HAVE TO BUY LAND FROM OURSELVES CAUSE THE CITY OWNED AIRPORT. THERE'S A LOT FEDERAL GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO AIRPORT LAND, AND THEY REGULATE OUR AIRPORT, SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BY THEIR RULES IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A OPERABLE AIRPORT. THE QUESTION OF THAT IS, DON'T KNOW, REALLY? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH 3, TO FURTHER DISCUSS WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. ONE OF THEM IS MOVING PLAY TO HICKORY PARK AND COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY ON BUILDING SOME FIELDS OFF ISLAND, [00:40:02] BUYING THOSE FIELDS THERE, WHERE AT THE AIRPORT NOW FROM THE AIRPORT, SO THEY ARE NO LONGER AIRPORT PROPERTY. OR BUYING ANOTHER PARCEL OF LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED ABOUT 15 ACRES AND BUILDING NEW FIELDS, SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THREE. IT'S JUST EACH ONE'S QUITE AN UNDERTAKING AND WHICH PATH IS THE RIGHT ONE YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US. >> BUT IF YOU BOUGHT THE LAND FOR LIKE 3 MILLION, HOW COULD YOU PRODUCE AS MUCH MONEY THROUGH, LIKE THE SOCCER ASSOCIATIONS, LIKE THAT'S OVER 3 MILLION TO LIKE. >> YOU'RE NOT. YOU WON'T. >> IT'S JUST LIKE THE CITY? >> IT WOULD BE JUST THE CITY SUPPORTING AMENITY THROUGH TAXES, REALLY, SO THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE AMENITIES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, IT'S WHAT YOUR TAXES GO FOR. BOARDWALKS AT THE BEACH, MAINE BEACH PARK, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT'D BE AMENITY, BUT NO, IT WOULD NOT GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH THE HANGERS WOOD. >> THE HANGERS WOOD? >> YES, SO GET PAID OFF BY THE HANGERS. >> HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE HANGERS? >> HAVE ONE OF THOSE HANGERS? >> SIZE LIKE AN AIRPLANE HANGER. LIKE, DO YOU KNOW, LIKE THE RENT FOR THAT? >> IT VARIES ON SIZE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. THERE'S A WAITING LIST RIGHT NOW, LIKE 90 SOMETHING PEOPLE IN LINE FOR A T HANGER. WOW. BUT IT DOES THERE'S A WAITING LIST AND THE COSTS ARE SET BASED OFF OF WHEN YOU GOT IN ON THAT, SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU CAN AFFORD THE PLANE, YOU CAN AFFORD THE HANGER [LAUGHTER]. >> LOOKING LIKE OLIVIA HERE. OLIVIA, WHAT YOU GOT? >> [MUSIC] I THINK YOU WENT OVER THIS THE LAST MEETING, JUST LIKE, WITH THE DOCS AND EVERYTHING IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW GOING ON LIKE DOWNTOWN? >> THE DOWNTOWN ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO DOWNTOWN? >> BUT THE DOCS? WHAT DID THEY DECIDED [OVERLAPPING] >> ALL THE BRETS. >> THE DEMOLITION OF TWO THINGS. ATLANTIC SEAFOODS COMING DOWN NEXT WEEK, GUYS. THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, THE DEMOLITION OF THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK. WE'VE FINALLY GOT A PERMIT FROM THE CORE, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THAT STRUCTURE, SO IT'S THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE. ATLANTIC SEAFOOD. NEXT, WHICH WILL FOLLOW IS THE DEMOLITION OF BRETS. THAT'S WHAT'S OVER THE WATERFRONT, AND THAT'S STILL BEING EVALUATED BY THE CORE, AND THIS WHOLE RESTAURANT AND THE DOCK WILL COME OUT, A WHOLE NEW DOCK SYSTEM WILL GO IN, AND THEN THE MARINA WILL RECONNECT TO A NEW DOCK SYSTEM. THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS SUMMER, SO THERE'S A LOT TO THAT. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING PROJECT WE'RE DELAYING THAT UNTIL AFTER SHRIMP FESTIVAL. WE EXPECT DEMOLITION OF BRETS TO HAPPEN AROUND JUNE JULY OF THIS YEAR. GOOD QUESTION. >> WE ONLY GOT THREE LEFT? THINKING ZACH LOOK AT THAT. ZACH, WHAT YOU GOT? >> [MUSIC] WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? >> MY FAVORITE PROJECT I LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE. WE'RE DOING ANOTHER INTERIOR RENOVATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, IT'S NOT SUCH A DIVISIVE TOPIC AS OTHER THINGS, IT'S EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE AND LOVES THE LIGHTHOUSE. IT'S OUR OLDEST BUILDING. NOT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE, WE DO, SO WE HAVE SOME MORE INTERIOR WORK THAT'S GETTING READY TO GET UNDERWAY. YOU ALL WILL GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT IT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO IT. IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL BUILDING, IT'S AN ICONIC STRUCTURE. IT'S A COOL THING FOR A COMMUNITY TO HAVE, AND BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT PRESERVES THAT FOR YEARS TO COME, IT'S AN HONOR. IT'S A SIMPLE PROJECT, JUST TAKING CARE OF IT. BUT THE LIGHTHOUSE, TAKING CARE OF THAT OVER LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A REWARDING ONE. IT'S SIMPLE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS A LOT OF COMPLEXITY TO IT, SO IT'S A FUN ONE, AND WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE. WAIT, IS THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER ON CITY PAY ROLL? >> THERE IS NO LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER. IT'S FULLY AUTOMATED. WE USED TO HAVE ONE YEARS AGO. BUT NO, IT'S FULLY AUTOMATED, IT IS A WORKING LIGHTHOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHT 16 MILES OFF LAND. IT IS THE OLDEST OPERATING LIGHTHOUSE IN FLORIDA. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE ONLY LIGHTHOUSES IN THE COUNTRY TO EVER BE IN TWO DIFFERENT STATES IN THIS LIFETIME. I'LL GIVE YOU A GUESS WHERE THAT OTHER STATE WAS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LIVED BEFORE COMING TO FLORIDA, AND HE SHOULD GET THAT. >> TOLD US THIS ONE I FORGOT. >> THAT'S A GOOD GUESS. LIVED IN GEORGIA, CUMBERLAND ISLAND BEFORE BEING DISASSEMBLED AND COMING HERE, AND IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 1838, [00:45:01] SO PRETTY COOL LITTLE STORY BEHIND IT. BUT THE LIGHTHOUSE I'D SAY. >> THAT WAS ZACH. EMMA'S, RIGHT? >> NOW, SHE'S BACK, I GUESS. >> BACK'S OUT. WE'RE DOWN TO STEPHEN JACOB. PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON HERE. IT'S BETTER BE A GOOD QUESTION, JACOB. >> THIS IS MORE OF A HYPOTHETICAL, LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. WOULD WE EVER CONSIDER SELLING BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, MOVING THOSE OFF ISLAND, SELLING THAT FOR REAL ESTATE, AND THEN SELLING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MOVE AND PUT, LIKE ALVAREZ FIELDS THERE EXTENDING THE CENTRAL PARK AREA. JUST LIKE PUTTING THE SCHOOL BOARD MORE LOCALIZED BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, BETWEEN HILLARD, CALLAHAN, IE, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE ISLAND, SO IT'S NOT CENTRALIZED TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD GO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD BUY. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY THE LAND, BUT THAT COULD BE WHERE LIKE THE SOCCER FIELDS AND A NEW LIKE SPORTS FACILITY COULD GO. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> I GOT SOME COMMENTS ON THAT. THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT CITY PROPERTY. >> NO, IT'S NOT? >> NO. YOU GOT THREE MAJOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HERE TAXING AUTHORITIES HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY. YOU'VE GOT THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA, SO THEIR BUDGET, THEIR PROGRAMS FULLY APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE. THE SCHOOL BOARD THEY'RE ON ATLANTIC. THE SCHOOLS ARE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AND PURVIEW OF THE NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THEM ONCE, SOMETIMES TWICE A YEAR AND DISCUSS COMMUNITY ISSUES, AND THEIR AGING SCHOOL BOARD THERE THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE 50S AND 60S. IT'S AT THE END OF ITS LIFE. THE SCHOOLS ARE OLD, AS YOU REFERENCED, AND THEY ARE DOING A FULL FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT HER, AND TO DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS. CENTRALLY LOCATING, AND NO DOUBT, WILL BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS YOU WHERE AMELIA, FERNANDES BUILD OUT, SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IS HAPPENING OFF ISLAND. I KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME AGE FACILITIES HERE AND MORE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFF ISLAND. I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THEIR LONG THEIR 510 YEAR PLAN. DON'T NEED TO SPIN. [LAUGHTER] STEPHEN, WHAT YOU GOT? >> MY QUESTION IS TO DO WITH THE BEACH BOARDWALKS I FOLLOW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT FROM TIME TO TIME. I'LL SEE LIKE A CERTAIN BOARDWALK IS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT LIKE BECAUSE THAT CERTAIN BOARDWALK IS HAVING ITS OWN ISSUES, OR IS IT JUST LIKE LIKE A SCHEDULE LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE REPLACED. >> WE HAVE 6 MILES OF CITY BEACHES AND ABOUT 50 ACCESSES, BUT ABOUT 30 STRUCTURES, SO THAT'S A LOT. A LOT OF WOODEN STRUCTURES. THEY'RE ALWAYS NEEDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE SCHEDULED REHAB OF BOARDWALKS. THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT A 25 TO 30 YEAR LIFESPAN. ABOUT AT THE HALFWAY POINT, YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND REPLACE ALL THE DECKING AND RAILING, SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KNOCK OUT QUITE A FEW, RIGHT NOW, IS IT 39, MARY, THAT'S CLOSED? WE'RE CLOSING 39 TO DO A REDECK ON IT. >> FOLLOWING THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? >> ABSOLUTELY FROM TIME TO TIME. >> A QUESTION I ASK. >> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THEM HERE LATELY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO CLOSE THOSE DOWN, DO THAT MAINTENANCE OVER THE WINTER. DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN THE SUMMER, SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE KNOCKING OUT. THE NEXT ONE TO BE ACTUALLY NOT REHABBED, BUT REPLACED IS RIGHT THERE AT JASMINE, NUMBER 9. JASMINE AND SOUTH FLETCHER. THE STATE JUST PUT IN A NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SYSTEM. A WHOLE NEW STRUCTURE IS IN PERMITTING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WILL GO IN IN SPRING, AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE FOR THE YEAR. BUT WE'VE REHABBED, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE BOARDWALKS SO FAR OVER THE WINTER, AND WE GOT ONE TO TOTALLY REPLACE, BUT THAT'S PART OF OUR JUST REGULAR SCHEDULED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. GOOD QUESTION. >> IS THERE ANOTHER DREDGING PROJECT COMING UP? >> THERE IS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOBILIZED NOW. THEY'RE DREDGING THE KINGS BAY ENTRANCE CHANNEL. THIS IS SO THE SUBMARINES CAN GET IN AND OUT FROM THE KINGS BAY NAVAL BASE. THAT'S AN ANNUAL PROJECT THE SAND IS REMOVED FROM THE CHANNEL IT'S PLACED AROUND PORT CLINCH, THE NORTHERN END OF AMELIA. THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE DONE BY MID MARCH, SO IT WON'T HAVE A BIG IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY OTHER THAN SEEING ALL THE EQUIPMENT THERE AT MAINE BEACH AND THE DOLPHIN PARKING LOT, SO THAT PROJECT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. GOOD QUESTIONS, GUYS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, [00:50:02] WHAT AT? I THINK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [9. NEXT MEETING DATE] >> NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEETING DATE, OUR REPORTS AND COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT. ANYONE NEW PROPOSALS SO FAR. THERE IS TRAINING. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS ONE FEBRUARY 25TH. >> FEBRUARY 25. >> LET'S SEE IF WORKS. I DO NEED TO CHECK IF THERE'S A TEN. THEY'LL HAVE LIKE WEIGHT LIFTING BE ON THAT DAY. >> WHAT DAY IS THAT? 25TH, WEDNESDAY, I THINK. >> THEN IF YOU'RE PUTTING SOMETHING ON YOUR CALENDAR, GO AHEAD AND PUT THE WORKSHOP IN THERE. MARCH 11. >> I HAVE A WEIGHT LIFTING MEET, SO NOT SURE I'LL BE ON THAT. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE 25TH. >> YOU CAN TELL ME YOUR TOPIC. >> 25TH WORKS FOR ME. >> I CAN BE THERE ON THE 25TH. >> FEBRUARY 25. >> LET ME. ACTUALLY CHECK THE 11TH, TOO. I HAVE NOTHING ON THE 11TH. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON 11TH I HAVE SOMETHING ON 25TH? >> NO. ARE WE STILL KEEPING THE 25TH OR ARE REMOVING? >> IF I'M THE ONLY ONE, THEN AS WELL. >> IT'S FINE. EVERYONE KEEPING THE DATE? >> YES. >> SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.