Feb 10, 2026 Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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CALLING THEM FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY THE 10TH, 2026.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MEMBER SNYDER MEMBER SPAULDING VICE CHAIR COCCHI YES.

MEMBER PEARLSTINE YEAH.

CHAIR CAMERA HERE MEMBER MOUNTJOY HERE.

MEMBER CURRY HERE MEMBER GUNN HERE AND MEMBER PELICAN HERE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITMES NOT ON THE AGENDA]

THAT'S MY FIRST MEETING.

YEAH, ONE COMMENT. I REPRESENT A CONDO. I'M THE HOA PRESIDENT AT OCEAN VIEW VILLAS. IT'S THE CONDO UNIT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MAIN BEACH. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE EXPANSION OF THE SKATE PARK, WHICH WE'D BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE EXPANSION. SO, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DETAILS AND INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS, THERE ARE NINE OF US THERE, ABOUT HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO END UP, HOURS OF OPERATION, NOISE, LIGHTS, ANY OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AND THE TIMING ON THAT. ANYBODY HERE HAVE ANY OF THE DETAILS? WE'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND AFTER JULY 4TH.

WE'VE SEEN PRELIMINARY DIAGRAMS AND DESIGNS, AND WE'RE JUST CONCERNED THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE AND HOW LATE THEY'LL BE OPEN.

I THINK THE LAST DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY WERE WITH THE COUNTY. WAS TALKING ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE SKATE PARK TO USE SOME OF THE TDC FUNDS.

THAT WILL BE PART OF THE MAIN BEACH EXPANSION.

THE BEACH HARMONIZATION.

THE BEACH HARMONIZATION.

YES, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS AWAY. IS THAT SCOTT? IS THAT WHAT YOU UNDERSTANDING SCOTT? SCOTT? YES SIR YEAH, PLEASE EXPLAIN THE LAND, THAT WAS THE EXPANSION. WE DID AGREE ON THAT.

YES, SO SCOTT MICHAELSON, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

MYSELF AND MR. HALL HAVE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH EMAILS. WE JUST HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP YET. BUT AT THE LAST POINT, WE DID SPEND $30,000 FOR CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS, AND IT DID EXPAND. MEMBER COCCHI IS CORRECT THAT IT WAS THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD AS WE WERE LOOKING AT A THREE- TO FIVE-YEAR TIME FRAME, WHICH WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO BEACH HARMONIZATION. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS NOT A DEFINITE ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT, NOR HAS ANY MONEY TECHNICALLY BEEN. IT HASN'T EVEN DECIDED IF THERE WAS OR IS GOING TO BE AN EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE IT'S AT A VERY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AT THIS POINT. SO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I THINK WE CAN SET SOMETIMES UP. I KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE CAN SET SOMETIMES UP AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

PERFECT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, TO THE HOA. YEAH, SUPER.

ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. -- THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO, WITH BEACH HARMONIZATION, BEACH HARMONIZATION IS WORKING.

WITH THE TDC AND THE COUNTY AND HITTING SPECIFIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS TO MAKE IT VERY UNIFORMED. OUR ONES WITHIN THE CITY WOULD BE SEASIDE PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT AT SADLER, MAIN BEACH WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT AS WELL, AND NORTH BEACH PARK. SO THOSE ARE OUR

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AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY'VE DISCUSSED THINGS LIKE POSSIBLY REDOING LIKE SOME OF THE WALKWAYS, PLAYGROUND, LIKE SOME OF THAT STUFF AT THE PARK.

YEAH.

MAIN BEACH.

SO, UNIFORMITY— REPLACED AND KIND OF MAKING IT ALL LOOK NICE.

SIGNAGE, ALSO PLAYGROUND FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE PARKS, AND, AND, YEAH, BOARDWALKS.

WHAT ELSE? I'M JUST THINKING AT MAIN BEACH.

ARE THEY DOING THE BATHROOMS? BATHROOMS. I THINK THE BATHROOMS WOULD STAY, BUT IT WOULD BASICALLY BE TAKING THE PARKS AND MAKING THEM UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY LIMITS STOP AS YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH, AROUND BEACH ACCESS 40, BUT I KNOW PETERS POINT WOULD BE INCLUDED. I THINK SCOTT ROAD IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL. YEP. YEP.

SO, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU THIS WEEK. WE'LL SET UP A TIME TO MEET AND WE CAN HAVE, I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WAS PROPOSED, THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

IT'S NOT URGENT.

IT IS NOT URGENT. IF IT WAS A RUMOR, THERE IS NO CONSTRUCTION PLANNED AT ALL. YEAH.

AND IT'S NOT A GIANT EXPANSION.

THERE'S LIKE A SMALL, UNUSABLE SLIVER OF GRASS THAT WAS KIND OF ANNEXED INTO WHAT THEY CAN USE FOR THE SKATE PARK. SO, IT'LL BASICALLY JUST BE IMPROVING THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THERE NOW. THE RAMPS AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ARE BUILT OUT OF A MATERIAL. IT CORRODES IT, IT DOES. THIS IS MORE OF LIKE POOLS, AND MORE CONCRETE… MORE CONCRETE RELATED, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING. I WANT TO SAY IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE DOUBLE, LIKE IT WAS LIKE SMALLER THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW NEXT TO IT, SO IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT TAKING OVER THAT WHOLE… WE DON'T PLAN FOR HALFWAY OUT? NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVEN DOUBLING THE SIZE OF IT. IT LOOKS BIGGER, I FEEL LIKE, WHEN IT'S ALL DRAWN OUT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS...

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SCOTT.

I CAN SHOW YOU… IT'S NOT LIKE A MASS OF IT.

AND I CAN SHOW YOU, THERE'S PALM TREES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE EXISTING LOCATIONS, WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE IT WOULD PUSH TO THE NORTH.

AND IT'S MORE LANDSCAPED AND LIKE DESIGNED INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF LIKE THE SKATE PARK IS THERE, AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

IT'S MORE INTENTIONAL.

THE THREE THINGS I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR IS THE VIEW, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE NOISY. THE LIGHTS. IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT TO A PICKLEBALL COURT.

BUT THE LIGHTS HAVE TO MEET BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE BEACH. THERE ARE SPECIAL SPECIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET FOR THE SEA TURTLES.

SO, IT WON'T BE. ..

BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO LIGHTS.

YEAH, SO I MEAN, WITH THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT AS OF RIGHT NOW IS IT'S REALLY NOT MOVING FORWARD.

I DO THINK THAT IT COULD RESURFACE. I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH WITH BEACH HARMONIZATION AND THE PLAN WAS IN ABOUT A THREE-TO-FIVE-YEAR TIME FRAME BECAUSE THEIR PRIORITY IS SEASIDE PARK. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR BEACH HARMONIZATION. SO THEN ONCE WE DO GET TO MAIN BEACH, THAT'S GOOD. KIND OF THE TIME FRAME. SO, I BELIEVE THEN, AS WE DO WORK THROUGH MAIN BEACH, ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING AT MAIN BEACH. AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS DISCUSSED MIGHT COME OUT. SO, IT'S NOT ALL SET IN STONE AS OF RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU NEED TO, WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS WHETHER IT BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

WELL, SO, YEAH, SO, CHAIR CAMERA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I THINK I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. HALL. AND I THINK HE, POSSIBLY BEING THE HOA PRESIDENT, I THINK, COULD REPORT BACK TO WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT, THE CONDO THERE.

THAT'S PERFECT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

[6.1 Committee Member Community Outreach (Assigning Members To High Level Projects And Initiatives)]

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THAT'S MY OBJECTIVE. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, AND THE MORE THAT EACH COMMITTEE KNOWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON CAN EXPRESS IT BACK TO THIS BOARD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO ADD, SUBTRACT OR DIVIDE.

I DO. I WOULD LIKE, I'M GLAD TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, ABOUT HAVING LIAISONS, AND I AM NOT SURE…AND I'M WONDERING IF IT SHOULDN'T BE MORE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS INSTEAD OF LIKE, SPECIFIC PLACES, ONLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, WELL, ONE THING, WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN HERE, IT MIGHT PUT US IN DANGER WITH THE SUNSHINE LAWS, BECAUSE HOW DOES THAT IF THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE? WELL, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR WHAT IS HAPPENING. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE ATTENDING A COMMISSION MEETING JUST TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN REPORTING BACK TO THE BOARD, THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S IN THE SUNSHINE IF YOU WERE ATTENDING A MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE SUNSHINE, OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND WE WILL, AND THEN WE WILL POST A NOTICE OF…AND BLANKING ON THE WORD.

GATHERING GATHERING THANK YOU, I WAS SAYING, COMMENCEMENT, BUT YEAH.

I'M WONDERING, TOO, BECAUSE, LIKE, OKAY, SO, IT PERTAINS TO BOSQUE BELLO, BUT IT'S LIKE THE FRIENDS OF BOSQUE BELLO OR THE BABE RUTH AT THE BASEBALL FIELD OR THE YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIES TO THAT. I THINK IT'S MORE ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED THE LIAISONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THAT CAN COME TO THIS PLACE AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE REQUIRES A SECOND LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVITY TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AND TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND HOW DOES IT WORK WITH SUNSHINE LAWS? IF, LIKE, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S ASSIGNED TO BOSCO BELLA, OR TWO PEOPLE ARE ASSIGNED TO BOSCO BELLA, AND THEY MEET WITH SOMEBODY FROM FRIENDS OF BOSCO BELLA, AND IF THEY MEET, AND, LIKE SCOTT OR KATIE ARE THERE, IS THAT ALLOWED? YEAH OR IS THAT NOT ALLOWED FOR THEM TO, LIKE, RATHER THAN TRYING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS WHEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TRY AND COME, LIKE, IF SOMEBODY WENT, IF THE TWO LIAISONS WENT AND WALKED THE PROPERTY WITH THE PERSON AND SCOTT, THEN ARE THEY ALLOWED TO ALL BE THERE AND TALK OR NO? YOU ARE, YEAH, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO POST A NOTICE OF GATHERING.

BUT THEN THEY COULD REPORT BACK. AND IF EVERYBODY WANTED TO ATTEND, BUT THEN IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE EVERYBODY EVERY TIME.

LIKE, YOU COULD DO SMALLER GROUP, FIELD TRIP, OUTING, MEETING.

YEAH, SO BASICALLY, IF YOU WERE TO SET UP A MEETING OR A WORKSHOP WITH BOSS BELL AND SAY, TWO OF YOU GO, WE WOULD JUST POST A NOTICE OF GATHERING. AND THIS COULD BE A TRIAL, AND IF IT BECOMES TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW… YEAH WE'LL WORK IT OUT, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING SO MANY MEETINGS THAT WERE POSTING NOTICE OF GATHERINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK.

AND YOU COULD ALSO TAKE TURNS, LIKE IF YOU'RE ONLY HAVING A MEETING WITH SOMEONE, THEN YOU COULD SEPARATELY HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.

RIGHT.

AND THEN REPORT BACK, YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION, AND THEN YOU CAN REPORT BACK SEPARATELY, IF THAT WAS THE ROUTE YOU WANTED TO TAKE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS REALLY TO MAKE US BETTER INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN A PARTICULAR AREA. AND THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT IT, THE BETTER WE CAN TELL THE COMMITTEE HERE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

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BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE AT LEAST ONE PERSON PER ITEM.

AND IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE US BETTER AS A BOARD.

SO, DO YOU WANT US TO WRITE OUR NAME IN AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU? YEAH, JUST PUT YOUR NAME, JUST GIVE IT TO...

YEAH, OR, I MEAN, IT CAN BE A DISCUSSION AND I CAN READ IT UP ON THE BOARD. OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I THINK A COUPLE OF GOOD POINTS WERE MADE. SO, MEMBER COCCHI MADE A POINT ABOUT YOUTH SPORTS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS, AND I THINK I WAS READING YOU, RIGHT. THAT WAS KIND OF THE INTENT WITH THAT SPECIFIC ONE WITH YOUTH SPORTS, ALL THE YOUTH SPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE. FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS WITH AMELIA ISLAND YOUTH SOCCER, BABE RUTH BASEBALL, ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, THE LACROSSE ORGANIZATION, THE FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION. SO THAT ONE PERTAINS TO THAT. AND THEN I ALSO THINK ANOTHER GOOD POINT THAT WAS MADE WAS THE FRIENDS GROUP THAT PERTAIN TO EACH ONE OF THESE AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. IF IT'S GOLF RELATED, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FRIENDS GROUP. IF IT'S BOSCO BELLA, HAVING FRIENDS WITH THE FRIENDS OF BOSCO BELLA GROUP. IF IT'S RELATED TO THE UPCOMING COLUMBARIUM, THAT PROJECTS THAT FALL WITHIN THERE. SO, IT'S NOT JUST STAFF THAT IS ALWAYS HAVING THESE IN REPORTING. IT'S ACTUALLY YOUR HEARINGS. YOU PERSONALLY ARE HEARING FROM THEM. SO, YOU ARE ALSO ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD TO GET ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. SO THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS.

AND I GUESS MY HEARTBURN IS NOT WITH... LIKE ALL OF THE CATEGORIES, EXCEPT FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS. AND I'LL JUST BRING IT. AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC, BECAUSE THAT LUMPS ALL OF THE YOUTH SPORTS. AND THOSE ARE THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY ALL RIGHT NOW FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THE SPACE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S TOO LUMPED TOGETHER, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SEPARATION.

MEANING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING USE SPORTS IN HAVING A LIST, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAYING, FOR EXAMPLE, MR. CAMERA, CHAIR CAMERA WOULD BE WITH ELM STREET, LITTLE LEAGUE, AND THEN WE WOULD BREAK THOSE SPECIFIC UP. SO NOT ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC PEOPLE ARE REPORTING TO EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS? WELL, I'M SAYING, AND IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC HOW WE'RE ALREADY HERE.

WHEN THE GOLF FOLKS, WHEN THAT BOARD GOT CONDENSED AND WE HAVE TWO GOLF REPRESENTATIVES HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE THERE. YOU'RE IN IT. YOU KNOW THAT. WE HAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE WITH TOM BEING INVOLVED WITH BABE RUTH. I'VE TRIED TO BRING SOME KNOWLEDGE JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH SOCCER. SO, TO ME, IT NEEDS TO BE A BOARD LIAISON ADVOCATE THAT KIND OF SPEAKS UP FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BABE, RUTH NEEDS THIS AND SOCCER IS SAYING, HEY, WE NEED THOSE SAME FIELDS FOR THIS, WE COULD. QUASI BE HAVING SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION HERE, SAYING, OH, YEAH, BUT THAT WON'T WORK BECAUSE X, Y AND Z. SO IT JUST GIVES US A SEPARATE LAYER OF KNOWLEDGE. WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THOSE GROUPS COME TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING AND SHOW UP LIKE THEY HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR. WE THEY WOULD BASICALLY HAVE AN ADVOCATE OR A LIAISON ON THIS BOARD. AND I THINK IF YOU'RE USING ALL OF THOSE FIELD SPORTS, ALL LUMPED TOGETHER. SO IS SO THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US. BY TOM. SO IF WE WANT TO PITCH SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND I CAN START, I CAN WRITE A QUICK LIST UP THERE. WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. OR, I MEAN, WE COULD SIT AND MAKE A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS TODAY AND THEN COME BACK AND REASSIGN THEM.

JUST THAT WE DON'T, WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYONE. AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN CHAIR CAMERA'S MOUTH, BUT I THINK THAT WAS HIS INTENT.

I THINK, IF I'M READING IT RIGHT.

BUT DID THIS NOT COME FROM THE TOWN HALL, THE SOCCER TOWN? NO, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WELL, I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER? YEAH. WE CAN DISCUSS IT THEN. BUT I JUST, AGAIN, I THINK THAT MOST OF THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS, THE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, FALL UNDER YOUTH SPORTS. AND EVERYWHERE ELSE ONLY JUST HAS LIKE ONE SMALL. SHOULD WE DO, I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF PARKS THAT WE COULD ALL HAVE FIVE THAT WE'RE LIAISONS FOR. AND STILL NOT

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EVERYBODY HAS A NEED. BUT SHOULD WE HAVE LIAISONS MORE BASED ON, LIKE, PROJECTS ONGOING OR UPCOMING THAT ARE, LIKE, REPORTING TO THE DIFFERENT AND HEARING FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT? AND THEN, LIKE, IF THERE'S SOME NEW PROJECT, LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE A NEW PROJECT COMING ON THE PIPELINE. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO BE A LIAISON FOR IT WHO'S REACHING OUT TO THEM? AND, LIKE, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW. NOBODY AT THE LIGHTHOUSE NEEDS ANYTHING. MAYBE THEY DO. I'M JUST THROWING SOMETHING OUT THERE.

BUT SO BECAUSE THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE LIAISON FOR, THAT, MAYBE AREN'T EVEN DOING ANYTHING. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD HAVE QUITE A FEW ASSIGNED TO ALL OF US, WHICH ISN'T THE PROBLEM. I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE BETTER OFF TO HAVE LIAISONS FOR CURRENT OR UPCOMING PROJECTS WHO ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT HOAS, GROUPS.

NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN REPORTING BACK AND MEETING AND GETTING INFORMATION, AND THAT HELPS YOU. THERE ARE SOME GROUPS THAT ARE SMALLER, OR, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE THE FRIENDS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO MAYBE WE HAVE A LIST AND WE CAN TAKE THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS AND GIVE YOU KNOW, ASSIGN A PERSON TO THOSE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEN, IF THERE'S A SMALLER THING, MAYBE A PERSON CAN SIGN UP FOR TWO OR THREE OF THOSE SMALLER THINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY COME UP.

BUT THAT WAY, IF, LIKE THE FRIENDS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE HAD SOMETHING THEY NEEDED, THEY WOULD KNOW THAT. THEY COULD COME TO WHATEVER PERSON ON THIS BOARD AS THEIR CONTACT.

IN ADDITION TO THE PARKS AND REC STAFF TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THEY COULD BE ASSIGNED.

BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE FIELD SPORTS THINGS RIGHT NOW ARE HUGE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO SO MANY OF THEM. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE IT... IT GETS CONVOLUTED AND THEN... I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY YOU THINK WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL. IF YOU THINK WE JUST ASSIGN TO ORGANIZATIONS OR PROJECTS, OR HOW YOU GUYS THINK IT MIGHT... IF I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I'M LISTENING TO YOUR DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD START.

LET'S BREAK IT INTO CATEGORIES AND THEN START THINKING OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT FALL IN THOSE CATEGORIES. AND THEN, IF IT BECOMES TOO MUCH FOR TWO PEOPLE TO HANDLE, THEN WE CAN ADD ANOTHER PERSON.

OR START GOING TO ORGANIZATIONS RATHER THAN CATEGORIES. THIS IS A GOOD START. I MEAN, I JUST RATTLED OFF A LIST FROM MY BRAIN OF ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT'S LARGE, AND THERE'S MORE THAT WE, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAVE FRIENDS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, BUT WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO WE REALLY WOULD HAVE TO DO A THOUGHTFUL LIST. SO I THINK IF WE SEPARATE IT INTO CATEGORIES, WE CAN THEN.

COME BACK WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES, AND IF YOU NEED TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON OR DISTRIBUTE THE ORGANIZATIONS OUT. BROAD, BROADER THAN THIS, WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK THAT'S A SOLUTION. THEN WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. THIS IS JUST THE START. YEAH, I, I AGREE, I THINK IT'S JUST THE START, I CAN. I CAN SEE IT WORKING BOTH WAYS. I CAN SEE THAT WE COULD COME UP AND WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THIS BACK. I THINK, LIKE KATIE SAID, I THINK IT'S A GREAT START. WE COULD COME AND BRING THIS BACK, OR WE CAN TALK THROUGH IT TONIGHT. WE CAN COME UP WITH THE MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH YOUTH SPORTS RIGHT NOW.

SO, I MEAN, AND I KNOW SHE JUST LISTED THOSE. SO, LIKE MEMBER KOKI SAID, WE COULD ASSIGN ONE PERSON TO EACH ONE OF THOSE. AND YOU MAY HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED TO TWO OF THEM. AND I THINK THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN, I MEAN, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK OF FIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. AND THEN WE, MAYBE IF IT'S EVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, OR AS WE KNOW THEY'RE REALLY COMING FORWARD, WE SAY, HERE ARE FIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. WE WANT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO NOT ONLY YOUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THEN THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. MAYBE YOU ADD THEN ONE OR TWO OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. IT'S MORE THE ULTIMATE GOAL, HOWEVER, WE DECIDE TO DO IT. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET HERE, EVERYBODY. THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS. THE ONLY LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS IS THAT I WANT THIS BOARD TO BE A WORKING BOARD. I JUST DON'T WANT US TO WALK IN HERE AND NOT BE ABLE.

BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE PASSIONS, WHY WE WENT ON PARKS AND REC.

AND THOSE PASSIONS SHOULD BE

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AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN ONE OF THESE PASSIONS, THAT SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL. THAT SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL FOR 26.

YOU KNOW, IT CAN CHANGE IN 27.

BUT 26, I DON'T CARE IF WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO SIX YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE COVERING THEM.

I DON'T CARE. I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT SOMEBODY AND SAYS, WE CAN GO TO A MEETING, WE CAN LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE CAN ADVOCATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO TAKE NOTES, AND THEN SHARE IT WITH THIS BOARD, BECAUSE ALL OF US CAN'T BE AT THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE FORTUNATE. WE'RE A VERY LARGE BOARD, AND WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST ON THIS BOARD FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I HOPE I FOUND YOUR PASSION IN ONE OF THESE. AND IF WE DID, THEN PUT YOUR NAME ON IT. SO PUT OUR NAME ON IT AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. PUT OUR NAME ON IT AND GIVE IT TO KATIE. OR WE CAN JUST CALL IT OUT. JUST CALL IT OUT IF YOU WANT. CAN I ASK WHAT THE PUBLIC ART IS? LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE AREAS? SO PUBLIC ART RIGHT NOW IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO TO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE HISTORY, WE USED TO HAVE A BOARD CALLED ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU. THEY WERE A SEPARATE ADVISORY BOARD IN THE CITY THAT PARKS AND RECREATION OVERSAW. WE LIAISONED FOR. THEY SUNSETTED OR ENDED THEIR BOARD. AND WE ABSORBED THE DUTIES OF THAT BOARD HERE IN PRATT.

SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO PUT ART IN ONE OF OUR PARKS, LIKE THE MURAL OF THE RIGHT WHALE AT MAIN BEACH. THEY WOULD PUT AN APPLICATION IN AND YOU WOULD REVIEW IT AND THEN APPROVE IT OR DENY IT. AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST, SLEW OF THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, IT'S PENDING AND LEGAL. WE HAVEN'T HAD A CITY ATTORNEY FOR A WHILE, SO IT'S IN HER QUEUE, BUT IT WASN'T AT THE TOP, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HER TO PROVE IT, BUT I THINK WE'VE WORKED OUT THE KINKS AND WE'RE READY TO, READY TO GO. SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF, THAT WOULD BE, IN MY MIND, THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE ASSIGNED, THAT WOULD, IF ART WAS PROPOSED, THEY WOULD TALK TO THE ARTIST, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE LOCATION, SEE LOCATIONS TO SUGGEST, THAT WOULD BE THERE. AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE WAY THAT THE CITY, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING ON THE COMMISSIONERS. AGENDA TO APPROVE THE NEW ART FORMS AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S HOW THAT WILL WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD. I'LL GO NEXT. I'VE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH DEANNA ABOUT MAYBE WORKING TOGETHER TO DO A. FRIENDS OF THE PARKS OR GARDENS, OR, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THE SPORTS PARKS, BUT SIMMONS PARK. THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW, AND WORKING WITH LELAND ON, THANK YOU. NATIVE PLANTINGS AT SOME OF THE PARKS. AND SO MY INTEREST WOULD BE SORT OF, AND BOSCOBELLO, SORT OF WORKING SOMEHOW TO HELP ORGANIZE A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP, PLANT, WEED. THE VOLUNTEER GARDEN AT CENTRAL PARK. THERE ARE PLACES THAT JUST WOULD... SOUNDS PERFECT. SO IS THAT PARKS? WHEN IT SAYS PARKS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO PARKS WOULD BE ANY OF OUR PASSIVE PARKS, OR OUR PARKS THAT HAVE PLAYGROUNDS.

SO NONE OF OUR SPORTS FIELDS, PARKS. OKAY. I'LL DO THE PARKS FOR PLAYGROUNDS, AND I'LL DO YOUTH SPORTS. AND I WOULD INCLUDE BLASPHODELO. I DID PUT YOU ON THERE. OKAY. I'M SORRY, JENNY. WHICH, MS. MEMBER MONTOY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE YOU SAID? I'LL DO YOUTH SPORTS. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CLAIM A SPOT ON GOLF. NO WAY. THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE, JANELLE. OH, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I SHOULD... I'LL TAKE THE OTHER SPOT ON GOLF. I BET YOU WOULD. I'M SURPRISED. I THINK I'LL DEFER MY SECOND ONE AND JUST LET EVERYBODY FILL OUT.

AND SO I'LL GET THERE FIRST.

THAT'S GREAT. THANKS, JOHN.

JACK? I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUTH SPORTS AND THE ATHLETIC FIELDS ALSO. THAT KICKS ME OUT.

WELL, YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT.

TO ME, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE ANYWAY.

YEAH, IT IS. I AGREE. GO AHEAD.

WHICH I WOULD ALSO MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR GOLF, TOO, IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY THERE AND IN IT. LIKE, BECAUSE, IF YOU RECALL, I ASKED FOR THIS MORE

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AND AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE MORE GEARED TOWARDS ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW ALL OF THE THINGS ABOUT BABE RUTH, AND WE HAVE TO RELY ON YOU, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T GIVE US GOOD INFORMATION. YOU DO, BUT I'M SAYING, TO HAVE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES, OR A FULL THOUGHT OF PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. I AGREE. I COULD ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING LIKE ONE PERSON WHO'S REALLY INVOLVED IN GOLF, WHO CAN LIKE. REPORT BACK ON THEIR MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT ARE LIKE SOME OF THAT. AND THEN MAYBE ONE THAT'S NOT WHO WOULD.

EITHER WAY, I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE THE INTEREST THAT I COULD SEE.

HOW, HAVING SOMEBODY, YEAH, BUT YOU'D BE HAVING TO GO THERE OR DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY DO. THIS SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT MAKING MORE WORK FOR EVERYBODY. IT SHOULD BE JUST IF YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT AND YOU CAN SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. IT'S NOT EXTRA WORK. JUST LOOKING FOR EXTRA WORK TO DO IS PROBABLY NOT. IF YOU DON'T, YOU GO BY, I MEAN, IF A PERSON NEVER GOES BY THE GOLF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE WORK FOR THEM TO START GOING TO THE GOLF COURSE. WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE INTEREST IN OTHER THINGS, WHETHER IT'S THE SPORTS OR THE PLAYGROUND. I THINK IT SHOULD BE, YOU FILL IT OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY INVOLVED WITH IT. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE AREAS THAT PRETTY MUCH NOBODY WANTS, POSSIBLY. THEN WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT AND FIGURE WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT. AND THE STATEMENT WAS TO GO TO THE MEETINGS WITH WHOEVER AND REPORT BACK.

IT'S NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS.

IT'S NOT TO INFORM US. AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD DO THAT.

BUT THE CONTRARY TO THAT, TOO, THOUGH, IS IF YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO, LIKE YOU ALL, ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMMERSED IN THE GOLF, YOU UNDERSTAND IT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IT AND DON'T SEE IT.

SO LEARNING THAT IS. I THINK HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A PLAYER AND A USER OF THE GOLF COURSE OR WHATEVER, BUT ALSO FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT IMMERSED IN THAT TO SEE IT, THEY MAY COME FROM IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND A DIFFERENT IDEA AND CONVERSATION. AND I THINK THAT THOSE PERSPECTIVES ARE WHAT'S IMPORTANT. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU DO JUST PLAY GOLF, THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE CITY, THE WHOLE CITY, THAT'S THE WHOLE CITY'S GOLF COURSE. SO I THINK HAVING THOSE PERSPECTIVES IS IMPORTANT. SO, TO ME, IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE HAD A BALANCE OF MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS IT AND SOMEBODY WHO IS LEARNING AND ASKING QUESTIONS. ISN'T THAT OUR JOB? THEY COME WITH THE INFORMATION AND THEN WE'RE THE ONES THAT CAN HAVE THE IDEAS AND TALK ABOUT IT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE WORK. RIGHT, I AGREE.

IT'S MORE OF A LEARNING CURVE. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. I WOULD WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT HERE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. GOLF COURSE REPRESENTATIVES MEET HERE AS PART OF PARKS AND REC, AND WE TRY TO CONTRIBUTE INTO THE OTHER AREAS, AND WE'RE BOTH HAPPY TO DO IT, I'M SURE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE GOLF COURSE IS NOT PART OF PARKS AND REC. THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT IS NOT UNDER PARKS AND REC. IT'S A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUND, STILL. AND SO, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE. IT'S JUST. THE GOLF COURSE'S VIEWPOINT IS PRESENTED HERE, AND THE GOLF COURSE MANAGER ALSO PRESENTS HIS INFORMATION IN THIS FORUM. SINCE THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD WAS DISBANDED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, PARKS AND REC DOES NOT CONTROL THE GOLF COURSE. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT, SCOTT? SO, MEMBER PELICAN IS CORRECT THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS AN ENTERPRISE. FUND IT'S NOT A GENERAL, UM, IT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL FUND. SO I OVERSEE AND WORK WITH JEFFREY. SO, PARKS AND REC, MEANING MYSELF, ARE INVOLVED WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE, IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GOLF COURSE. BUT THE GOLF COURSE FUNDS ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

UNDER THE ORG CHART, IT FALLS UNDER PARKS AND RECS DOES IT NOT, IT DOES FALL UNDER, YES.

SO YES, I THINK, YES, IT DOES.

BUT ALSO, THE FUNDS ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE.

CORRECT. I THINK THAT WAS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE... IT'S SOMEWHAT WHAT I WAS SAYING. IT PROBABLY DOESN'T TOTALLY CAPTURE IT. FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL BRING IT UP RIGHT NOW, THIS ISSUE WITH... THE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND MENTIONING THEIR DESIGNS ON THE GOLF COURSE. WELL, IT'S

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BUT IT'S NOT OURS TO GIVE OR TAKE REGARDING THE GOLF COURSE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION, THOUGH, JOHN.

WELL, NOT AT THIS, NOT PRESENT HERE, BUT AT THE YOUTH SOCCER COMMITTEE, THEY DID. SO I THINK, SO REGARDING THIS BOARD, IF SOMETHING IS BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD REGARDING PARKS AND RECREATION OR GOLF, I DO THINK IT DOES GO THROUGH HERE. AND RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THIS BOARD IF IT'S THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION.

OR, THE GOLF COURSE CAN BE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION BASED ON WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION OR THE GOLF COURSE. YES, I SAID MY PIECE, THANK YOU. SO OKAY, WHY DON'T WE TRY IT OUT WITH HOW IT IS, WITH TWO GOLF PEOPLE AND THAT? AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, SINCE WE'RE JUST DOING A TRIAL RUN, EVERYTHING, WE CAN CHANGE IT, WE CAN SWITCH IT UP. IF A PROJECT COMES UP, IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T SEPARATELY GO AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ABOUT A PROJECT IN ANY OTHER DIVISION. YOU'RE NOT LOCKED IN. ANYONE CAN GO TALK ANYWHERE. IT'S JUST THESE TWO. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT, AN EXTRA EFFORT, TO GET AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS THEY CAN ON THAT TOPIC. SO IT DOESN'T PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS OR GOING ANYWHERE. AND THIS IS JUST A START. BECAUSE IF YOU FIND OUT SOMETHING THAT'S RELEVANT TO PARKS AND REC, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BENEFIT ANY OF US, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE BENEFIT OF THIS WHOLE THING IS TO BRING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THAT CONCERNS PARKS AND REC AND THESE BREAKDOWN OF THINGS THAT WE COVER. GO AHEAD, SHAWNA. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? BEYOND GOLF, MY NEXT INTEREST WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CAPITAL PLANNING MASTER PLAN.

FEE SCHEDULE? THAT TOO.

GREAT. YOU ALREADY PUT TWO.

I'VE GOT MY TWO. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN JUST PLUG ME IN ANYWHERE.

SHEILA, IF YOU'D RATHER DO YOUTH SPORTS OR SOMETHING, I CAN TAKE A SECOND ONE THAT NO ONE IS ON TO. NO, I REALLY DON'T. I MEAN, THAT'S FINE.

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE PRETTY INVOLVED IN THAT, SO I'M HAPPY TO DO LIKE... ONLY IN THE WAY THAT I HOPE CONVERSATIONS WILL BE HAPPENING. SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS HAVING THEM, I'M HAPPY FOR THAT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE... I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SKATEBOARD, SKATE PARK. THAT ONE OF YOUR CHOICES. THAT'S NOT ONE OF YOUR OPTIONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE. AIR CAMERA. NO.

OH, YOU TOOK IT OFF? WELL, THERE'S PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, GOLF, CAPITAL PLANNING. SO THAT WOULD FALL UNDER PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS? YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO PEOPLE ALREADY IN THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'LL GO WITH THE MASTER PLANNING, CAPITAL PLANNING. OKAY. I'D BE GLAD TO BE ON FACILITIES, KATIE. I'LL DO FACILITIES AS WELL BECAUSE I'M AT A PARK A DAY PRETTY MUCH, SO IT KIND OF FALLS INTO THAT. OKAY. YEAH, YOU CAN STOP ME ANYWHERE FOR MY SECOND ONE IF YOU WANT.

SO THE OPTIONS WE HAVE LEFT ARE WE HAVE ONE OPENING IN BOSCOVELO, TWO IN PUBLIC ART.

MEMBER CURRY, DID YOU WANT PUBLIC ART? SURE. OKAY. AND I'LL TAKE... THAT SECOND SPOT, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. AND MAYBE SPECIAL EVENT. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT, TOO. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS, BUT IT SOUNDS FUN.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB. WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT I TEND TO EVERY SINGLE EVENT. IT'S NOT HARD TO DO. IT'S ONLY NINE.

IT'S NOT HARD TO DO. OKAY, I THINK, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE IN BOSBELLO. DOES EVERYONE HAVE TWO? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. IS

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ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE SOMEBODY, LIKE... THAT'S FINE. .APPROACH.

US. OR, LIKE, A THOUGHT OR A CONTACT, WE CAN BE LIKE, HEY, GREAT. WELL, ONE REALLY QUICK THING TO ADD TO THIS IS THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT, SO IT CAN BE ADJUSTED. IF THIS IS NOT WORKING, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. IT'S A GOOD START. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE ONE, I'M SORRY, CAN WE HAVE ONE OTHER CATEGORY THAT IS LIKE WITH THE COUNTY? CAN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE? LIKE, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, ACTUALLY. LORRAINE CAN DO THIS.

I ALSO DON'T, I LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE, AS THE FISCAL YEARS COME, IF WE KIND OF CAN PLAN FOR THE PROJECTS. OR IF YOU KNOW LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HELP MEETING WITH, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE H.O.I.

PRESIDENCY, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO SAY, HEY, I HAVE THIS, CAN WE ASSIGN IT, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT AS THINGS COME UP, BECAUSE THEN, ESPECIALLY BIGGER PROJECTS, WE NEED TO MEET WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S A CATEGORY. OH, GOSH. HERE WE GO.

OKAY. SO IF TWO OF US ARE GOING TO MEET AT.

BOSQUE VELO, WE NEED TO LET YOU KNOW SO THAT YOU CAN PUBLISH IT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MEET TOGETHER AT BOSQUE VELO, THEN YES. WE WOULD HAVE TO POST A NOTICE OF GATHERING. SO JUST AS LONG AS YOU LET SCOTT OR I KNOW. IF YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING. OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ANOTHER MEMBER AND SOMEONE ELSE, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL COORDINATE IT FOR YOU.

AND NOT TO PUT THAT ON SCOTT'S PLATE, I CAN DO ALL OF THAT.

SO EMAIL ME. IF I SEND JOHN AN EMAIL SAYING I'M GOING TO GO TO BOSCO BELLA AND WALK AROUND, IS THAT OKAY? NO. I SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND YOU TELL JOHN THAT I'M GOING TO... YES, AND I'LL TELL YOU IF JOHN'S IS... SO ONE OF THE THINGS HERE THAT IS IMPORTANT IS, SO, FOR EXAMPLE...

IF THE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE HAVING A MEETING AND THEY'RE PUTTING ON A MEETING, IF YOU WERE TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ANOTHER MEMBER, THEY'RE JUST LISTENING. WE MAY, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE GOING TO BE THERE, DO A NOTICE OF GATHERING.

BUT THE INTENT IS NOT TO NECESSARILY HAVE SET UP ALL OF THESE MEETINGS. LIKE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MEET WITH SOMEONE SEPARATELY. OR GO TO MEETINGS THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE HAVING. IF IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE, YES, WE ARE SETTING UP A POSSIBLE MEETING, THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAD THAT ARE COMING TO THIS BOARD, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO POST IT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW AT WEST BELLA, THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING ON, BUT THERE WILL BE THE COLUMN BEARING. YES, SO THAT WILL...

ANYTHING THEY DO, WE CAN GO ATTEND.

BUT IF WE WANT TO WALK AROUND WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE CEMETERY, WE NEED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. NO, YOU COULDN'T WALK AROUND WITH ME TALKING ABOUT THE CEMETERY STUFF WITHOUT IT BEING NOTICED.

RIGHT, BUT IF JOHN AND I WANTED TO GO. RIGHT, ANOTHER MEMBER, YOU CANNOT. THAT'S CORRECT.

JUST ANY MEMBER. ANY MEMBER.

WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT. I COULD GO ON MY OWN, BUT I CAN'T GO AND. WE COULD GO AND NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ABOUT AT SOME POINT.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE COLUMBARIUM CONVERSATION, YEAH, THAT'S. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE LEADING THAT DISCUSSION, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THE MEETINGS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I GOT A QUESTION ON THIS THEN. SO FRIENDS OF LIKE, IF I GO TO THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA GOLF CLUB, MEETING AND MEMBER

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OKAY, SO I COULD ATTEND THE MEETINGS, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU'RE GATHERING INFORMATION AND BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

NO, OKAY. IT'S MORE SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO A FRIENDS OF GOLF MEETING. AND YOU AND MEMBER PELICAN ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OR A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON HERE, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IN THE SUNSHINE. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. IF I WANT TO INVITE MS. MALTROY TO A BABE RUTH MEETING, DO I NEED TO... TELL YOU THAT SHE WILL BE ATTENDING? THE INVITATION WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH US TO HER. SO YOU WOULD HAVE. IF YOU WERE GOING TO SEND HER AN EMAIL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEND IT TO ME AND I WOULD SEND IT TO HER. BUT SHE CAN GO AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT AGAIN NOT GOING TO DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD VOTE ON HERE. CAN YOU SEND IT TO ME AND JUST PUT YOU GUYS ON IT? SO THE LIKE, HEY, JUST FYI THIS MEETING IF YOU ARE AT A MEETING WITH ANOTHER...

IF YOU'RE AT A MEETING WITH ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, I THINK THAT IS RELATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LET US KNOW. IF YOU'RE THERE GATHERING INFORMATION, IT'S OKAY TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. WE CAN FOLLOW UP IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH AN EMAIL, JUST OF LIKE... DO'S AND DON'TS JUST TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I THINK IT WOULD ALSO MAYBE BE HELPFUL IF WE GAVE EXAMPLES OF SOME MEETINGS THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT ARE JUST OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD. BASED OFF OF THE DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE IT FOR LOOKING AT THIS AND GIVING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR US TO MAKE US BETTER INFORMED.

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

WITH THAT SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GOLF UPDATE. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW AS WE GET THROUGH EACH ONE AND DISCUSS.

STARTING OUT WITH THE GOLF, JANUARY NUMBERS FOR THE GOLF SHOP. IT'S QUITE AMAZING ON ALL THESE NUMBERS, WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR JANUARY.

BECAUSE THIS JANUARY, COMPARED TO LAST JANUARY, WAS, I WOULD SAY, WEATHER-WISE, JUST AS BAD. IF NOT BETTER, IF NOT WORSE. SO, WITH THAT SAID, WITH OUR GOLF REVENUE, WE WERE UP 76% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE DID ABOUT 800 AND SOME ROUNDS MORE FOR THE MONTH. WE AVERAGED 108 ROUNDS A DAY, WHEREAS WE AVERAGED ABOUT 80 LAST YEAR. TOTAL GOLF COURSE REVENUES WERE A LITTLE OVER $127,000, WHERE WE WERE AT ABOUT $72,000 LAST YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN CART FEES, GREEN FEES. PRO SHOP SALES ARE A LITTLE HIGH THERE FOR US, BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH JANUARY IS WHEN WE INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE FEES WITH OUR HANDICAP SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHAT GOLFERS HAVE TO KIND OF EQUALIZE THE FIELD WHEN THEY PLAY GOLF, AND THOSE COME IN TYPICALLY IN JANUARY FROM OUR THREE LARGE GROUPS, OUR 9-HOLE LADIES, OUR 18-HOLE LADIES, AND OUR 18-HOLE MEN'S ASSOCIATION. WITH THAT SAID, OUR AVERAGE CARTON FEE AND GREEN FEE WAS UP OVER $30 WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVERY ROUND PLAYED. AS OPPOSED TO $26 IN JANUARY OF 25. GOING INTO FOOD AND BEVERAGE, IT WAS UP 40%, WHICH IS, IT WAS GREAT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS. WE WERE UP ALMOST $10,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE. I'VE LISTED THERE 21 EVENTS WE'VE HAD. WE AVERAGED BETWEEN 20, 25 EVENTS A MONTH. AS YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, I THINK A COUPLE OF THE BIG ONES WE HAD.

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE WAS

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THEY WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED.

THEY WERE THE WHODUNIT PLAYERS THEATER. I THINK I'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE HOPING THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND USE US AGAIN IN MAY, MAYBE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS IN MAY.

SO THE ITALIAN DINNER WE HAD WAS DECENTLY ATTENDED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. WE HAD 37. TYPICALLY, THOSE DINNERS, 25 TO 35 IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. WE COULD GET MORE.

GOING ON TO GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, THAT NORTHWELL PROJECT, I'VE BEEN ON TOP OF THAT. THEY STILL HAD SOME BACK-ORDERED PARKS. I SPOKE WITH LEE WILLIAMS WITH THE COMPANY THIS MORNING OR EMAILED HIM, AND HE SAID HE'S HOPING. END OF THE WEEK, FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE IN, AND WE CAN SCHEDULE TO GET THAT OUT FOR A WEEK.

SERVICE AND GET THOSE PARTS IN, SO WE HAVE RADIO CONTROLS FOR OUR WELLS. WE'VE JUST BEEN TAKING SOME TIME THERE ON THAT. THE IRRIGATION CONTROL SYSTEM, WE HAD A PRE-BID MEETING ON JANUARY 27TH AND WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING BIDS HERE ON THE 12TH. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE COMPANY, THE VENDOR WE WANT TO USE.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR A COMPANY TO INSTALL. WE'RE HOPING THESE VENDORS MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT THEMSELVES AT THAT POINT AND WE'LL GET THAT SYSTEM PUT IN. THE COLD WEATHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, LIKE I SAID IN JANUARY, I MEAN, CONSIDERING THOSE NUMBERS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN STARTING GOLFERS TILL ABOUT 9.30 OF 10.

THIS REMINDS ME OF WHEN I WAS WORKING IN NORTH CAROLINA. YOU HAVE A LOT OF FROST DELAYS THERE. WE WOULDN'T SCHEDULE OUR FIRST TEE TIME TILL 9 O'CLOCK. HAVEN'T HAD A LOT IN THE MORNING, BUT GOLFERS HAVE COME OUT AFTERWARDS ONCE IT'S WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WE WERE...

REMEMBER, SNYDER BROUGHT UP ABOUT TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH VIA DEL REY. POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD PUT OUT THOSE SPEED TRAILERS, SO THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

WE HAVE NOTICED A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE, BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. HE'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD. SO THAT HAS HELPED. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS, WE ARE AT 167 AS OF FEBRUARY 2ND. I THINK WE MAY HAVE ADDED A FEW MORE HERE IN THE LAST WEEK. SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 95% OF BUDGET, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OVER THAT. WE HAD A GENTLEMAN JOIN AND HIS SON JOINED THE OTHER DAY. I THINK THEY WILL INCREASE. I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE AS WE GET INTO THE SPRING AND THE WEATHER WARMS UP. DO YOU STILL HAVE ISSUES WHERE IT CROSSES IF YOU DON'T TURN, WHERE IT'S CLOSED AND GO ON BUCCANEER, WHERE THE CART PATH CROSSES THE MAIN ROAD THERE? IT'S BEEN VERY...

CHALLENGING, YES, IS THAT LIKE? I WENT DOWN THERE TWICE THIS WEEKEND AND I WAS WONDERING IF LIKE AN EXTRA SIGN FOR CARS THAT ARE GOING TO... I WOULD LOVE IT, BUT I KNOW THAT'S ALSO A COUNTY. THAT'S A COUNTY CONTROLLED ROAD. WE COULD REACH OUT AND ASK FOR IT. I NOTICED THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

THERE WAS A GOLF CART BOTH TIMES THAT I STOPPED FOR.

BUT I WAS LIKE, I BET THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. I KNOW A BUNCH OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COME ON THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND FROM JACKSON BEACH IN THE MORNING IN TRUCKS AND STUFF. WHO, HONESTLY, MIGHT NOT REALLY BE AWARE THAT IT CROSSES RIGHT THERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKWAY. YEAH, ON THE PARKWAY, IF YOU DON'T TURN THERE. AND THEN THE STRIPES ON THE ROAD.

YEAH. IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TALK WITH, AND MAYBE THIS WOULD BE AN ASK OF JEREMIAH, BECAUSE WHEN THEY BUILT THE NEW FIREHOUSE, THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FLASHING LIGHTS. IT'S REALLY HARD COMING AROUND THAT PARKWAY TO TELL WHEN THE FIRE TRUCK IS COMING OUT OF THERE. AND PEOPLE GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPEED IF THEY'RE COMING.

LIKE FROM 200 ON THE PARKWAY.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOOK OUT OF THAT PROJECT WAS THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND THEY WERE GOING TO ASK THAT THOSE BE PUT BACK IN. BUT IT HAD TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY TO DO THAT. SO IT MAY BE A PERTINENT THING TO SAY, OKAY, WHEN YOU GUYS FINISH THAT ROUNDABOUT.

PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA, MAYBE WE COULD DO THAT FOR THE CITY GOLF COURSE AND THE FIRE STATION, AND MAYBE HAVE IT DONE AT ONE TIME. I JUST MEANT SOMETHING TEMPORARY RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE FLASHING, THERE ARE FLASHING LIGHTS.

THERE IS FLASHING LIGHTS.

THERE ARE FLASHING LIGHTS.

BUT I MEAN, PERMANENT, TOO, BUT WHEN I STOPPED FOR THE GOLF CART THE OTHER DAY, THREE CARS WENT THE OTHER WAY BEFORE ANYONE STOPPED FOR THE CART. AND I WAS LIKE, SORRY, I'M STOPPED HERE. AND THEY, I MEAN, THEY WERE FLYING. AND I FELT LIKE IF THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU WERE GOING, MAYBE YOU COULDN'T SEE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE, A LOT OF VISUAL. AND IT'S REALLY, I'M THINKING THAT IT'S.

LIKE THE TEMPORARY, YOU KNOW, ROAD WORK OR GOLF CART CROSS, THE TEMPORARY BIGGER ONE FOR TWO MONTHS THAT SOMEONE CAN PUT UP. THAT'S LIKE, HEY, IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO THIS.

BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CARS, SO THERE'S NOT GOING

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YEAH, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S THERE.

YES, YEAH, I THINK YELLOW WOULD GIVE IT MORE. WELL, I KNOW THAT IS ALL WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT, AND WE DID GET THEM TO REPAINT IT. OF COURSE, WE DID CHECK ON THE FLASHING LIGHTS. I JUST THOUGHT, LIKE, THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT SAY, HEY, SLOW DOWN, GOLF CART CROSSING. AND THERE'S, LIKE, THE CONSTRUCTION ONES THAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THAT SAY, LIKE, MY DADDY'S WORKING. AND YOU SEE, THEY PUT ALL THE MESSAGES ON THE LIGHT-UP ONES, BUT YOU COULD PUT, LIKE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL SEEN THEM AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, LIKE THE LIGHT UP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THE SIGN, BUT IF THEY COULD PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S LIKE GOLF CART CROSSING AHEAD.

SO THERE'S NO SIGNAGE RIGHT NOW, ASIDE FROM THE ROAD MARKINGS? THERE'S NOTHING EXTRA. THERE'S THE REGULAR SIGNS, BUT THERE'S NOT ANYTHING EXTRA FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T USUALLY GO THAT WAY. I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE, EVEN, YOU GUYS KNOW, THE CROSSWALK ON ATLANTIC TO CITRONA, GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL? YES. I SWEAR TO GOD, WHERE THAT THING IS, MY BRAIN JUST DOES NOT REGISTER THAT AT ALL. THAT LIGHT FLASHES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AND I'M LOOKING BEYOND THAT. AND TWICE I HAVE COME UP ON THAT AND NOT EVEN, AND I KNOW IT'S THERE. I JUST THINK, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE LIVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST AREN'T HERE EVERY DAY.

THEY DON'T KNOW, AND SO PLACES LIKE THAT GET TWICE AS DANGEROUS JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T EXPECTING IT. THAT'S WHY I WORRY ABOUT THAT FIRE TRUCK GETTING T-BONED COMING OUT OF THE. THE THING THAT I WAS HOPING FOR WAS THAT WE PUT THE TWO YELLOW LINES DOWN AND THEN WRITE GOLF CROSSING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

IT'D HAVE TO BE THROUGH THE COUNTY. I KNOW WE REACHED OUT TO GET THEM TO PAINT. THAT WOULD BRING OUT WHAT I FEEL IS A SIGNIFICANT WARNING. THAT YOU CAN PUT GOLF CROSSING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I DON'T KNOW, AND JEREMIAH WOULD KNOW BETTER BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT LAST YEAR WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN THEY FINISH THAT ROUNDABOUT AND THE TIMBER TO TIDES, WHATEVER THE BIKE TRAIL IS, I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REPAVE THAT ROAD. SO I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S A PRIME TIME TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. OH, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU THIS FOR THOSE WHO DO IT.

CANOPY. A STREET THAT GOES THROUGH, CROSSES FROM BUCCANEER OVER TO, BE CAREFUL. THERE IS, THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER THERE. AND THERE SHOULD BE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING THAT AS A CUT-THROUGH. YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO CUT-THROUGHS. AND THAT CUT-THROUGH HAS NOW BECOME A COMMUNITY THING. AND THEY'VE ASKED THE POLICE AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PUT A SIGN IN THERE FOR SPEEDING. SO BE CAREFUL.

OKAY. NEXT, I THINK THE BIGGEST EXCITEMENT WE'VE GOT AT THE CLUB RIGHT NOW IS OUR CLUBHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT IMAGE THERE, THAT WAS FROM ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO. AS OF NOW, ALL THAT BAR AREA HAS BEEN PAINTED.

WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE MIRROR IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO COLUMNS. TVS ARE UP.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET CABLE INSTALLED FOR THOSE THREE TVS IN THE PRO SHOP ON FRIDAY. IT'S REALLY COMING AROUND. AND WE HOPE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO TWO WEEKS WE MAY BE COMPLETED BECAUSE FLOORING IS IN AS WELL. I THINK THAT STILL HAS THE RUG THERE. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ONCE WE GET THAT COMPLETED, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF GRAND REOPENING. AND POTENTIALLY START HAVING HAPPY HOURS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, MAYBE EVEN INCORPORATE TWO NIGHTS A WEEK. TUESDAYS. WE HAVE OUR SPARK GOLF STARTING BACK UP IN APRIL, AND WE'VE STAYED OPEN A LITTLE LATER JUST FOR THAT EVENT LAST YEAR.

BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 10 TO 20 GOLFERS, SO MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT. IT JUST DEPENDS ON OUR STAFFING LEVELS, AND ONCE WE GET THIS OPEN, WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, HAVE A FEW BEERS, HAVE A FEW DRINKS. I THOUGHT I SAW THREE HIGH TOPS IN THERE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, AT THIS TIME OF THIS PHOTO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM PUT TOGETHER YET, BUT YES, THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR HIGH TOPS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE OTHER END OF THE AREA.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT THE BAR.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED A PICTURE THAT WE HAD OF THE GOLF COURSE, KIND OF A LAYOUT THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE OTHER ROOMS.

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JEFFREY, I THINK THIS IS SO COOL. THIS LOOKS SO GREAT.

WE'RE EXCITED. I TELL YOU, THE CITY MANAGER HAS HELPED A LOT.

SHE'S GOT AN EYE FOR THIS. AND HAS HELPED A LOT. AND IT KIND OF EXPANDED. IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST GENERALLY THE BAR AREA, BUT NOW IT'S THE WHOLE ENTRYWAY. I THINK YOU SAW LAST MONTH WE HAD THE FIRST PAINTING OF THE ENTRYWAY AREA. IT LOOKS A LOT MORE BRIGHT THROUGH THERE. AND WE'VE GOT A COMBINATION OF KIND OF A GRAY AND A WHITE BETWEEN THE COLUMNS. AND WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO INCREASE MAYBE THE OPTION OF HAVING A FEW MORE WEDDINGS OUT THERE, DEFINITELY WEDDING RECEPTIONS.

SO, YEAH, I HOPE YOU GUYS ALL COME OUT ONCE WE GET IT OPEN.

WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GO DOWN TO MARKETING. I MEAN, SOME OF THIS IS MARKETING. WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE FACEBOOK POSTS. WE'RE INCLUDING SOME OF THIS UPDATE IN THAT, AS WELL AS ANY TOURNAMENTS OR ANY KIND OF EVENTS WE HAVE. AS WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THAT'S ONE AREA WE PUT IN.

FACEBOOK WAS WITH OUR MURDER MYSTERY. I PUT A LITTLE NOTE IN THERE FROM THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE. THIS WAS SENT TO OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGER, CHRISTY BENJAMIN.

CHRISTY, THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US TO MAKE THE MYSTERY AT UPTON HOUSE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCES.

THEIR FEEDBACK WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT THE SHOW, VENUE, AND THE FOOD. SO THAT'S GOOD. WE HOPE WE KEEP THEM.

GOING INTO THE LAST COUPLE EVENTS, I JUST SAID, I MENTIONED ITALIAN NIGHT. WE ALSO HAD A TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, THE 31ST. THIS WAS KIND OF A SPINOFF FOR A TOURNAMENT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN APRIL. THEY JUST WANTED TO TEST US OUT. SOME OF THESE GUYS THAT RUN THIS TOUR PLAYED US A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

SET UP A TOURNAMENT IN APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHERE THEY'LL HAVE AROUND 100 PLAYERS. AND THOSE 41 PLAYERS THAT PLAYED ON THE 31ST BRAVED IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 41 WITH LIGHT RAIN. SO ANYTIME WE CAN HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND GET 40 OR 50 GOLFERS WHEN IT'S THAT KIND OF WEATHER, IT'S KIND OF A STEAL ON THE GOLF COURSE. AND I THINK MORE THAN HALF OF THEM. HAD DINNER OR HAD SOMETHING TO EAT FOLLOWING. SO, MOVING FORWARD INTO UPCOMING FEBRUARY EVENTS. SOME OF THIS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. I DID WANT TO MENTION SATURDAY, THE 7TH, WE HAD FERNANDINI'S PRIDE OUT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENING. THEY HAD 100 PLUS IN THE VENUE. IT WENT FROM 6 O'CLOCK TO 10 O'CLOCK.

THE OTHER EVENTS WE'VE HAD, WE HAD OUR MGA EVENT, WHICH HAD, I THINK THEY ENDED UP WITH 20. 24 INSTEAD OF 32 ON THAT SATURDAY. THEY PLAYED A THREE-MAN DEAL. THAT TOURNAMENT TURNED OUT WELL. AND THE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH, THE CITY HAS THEIR VISITING SESSION ON THURSDAY AT THE CLUB. WE HAVE THE NORTH FLORIDA ROLLING GOLF TOURNAMENT. ON THE SATURDAY TO THE SATURDAY, THE 14TH AT 9, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING AROUND 100 PLAYERS. IF YOU LOOK DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM ON THE 21ST AND THE 27TH. WE HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS BEYOND THE BADGES TOURNAMENT ON THE 21ST AND THE DUGOUT CLUB BASEBALL TOURNAMENT ON THE 27TH. THOSE ARE TWO EVENTS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EVENTS. I HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE BOOKED IN APRIL. THEY ARE TAKING SOME OF OUR SATURDAYS UP. BUT THIS IS THE WAY WE GENERATE MORE REVENUE WITH THESE EVENTS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE USING OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, I MEAN, THE GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS IS WHAT'S GETTING THESE PEOPLE OUT. I MET WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT RUNS A TOURNAMENT IN NOVEMBER THAT USED TO USE THE GOLF COURSE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND THE OTHER COURSES ON THE ISLAND ARE GETTING A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THEIR TOURNAMENTS. AND BECAUSE OUR COURSE CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING AND WE HAVE 27 HOLES, WHICH GIVES US OPTIONS TO STILL HAVE PLAY OUT. AND HAVE SOME OF THESE EVENTS, IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. SO THAT'S MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS, GET MORE EVENTS OUT, HAVE MORE TOURNAMENTS, HOPEFULLY USE OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS GOING FORWARD. AND I GUESS THE LAST THING.

WITH THAT SAID, FRIDAY, THE 20TH, IS PRIME RIB NIGHT. THIS IS ONE OF OUR... BIGGEST ATTENDED. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY GOT ABOUT ALMOST 40 SIGNED UP.

SO I THINK THE DEADLINE'S NEXT MONDAY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING OUT, VERY HIGH POSSIBILITY. WE HAVE THE BAR RENOVATIONS COMPLETED.

SO CALL CHRISTY AND SIGN UP.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FEEL FREE, I'LL ANSWER. ONE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER. OPENING YOUR SALES OF YOUR GUEST PASSES AGAIN.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANTED IT DONE THE DAY THAT YOU PURCHASED YOUR MEMBERSHIP, BUT I KNOW THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS THAT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS BECAUSE A LOT OF CLUBS REQUIRE GUEST PASSES BE PURCHASED IN THE MONTH OF

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THIS WAS WHAT I CONSIDERED SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE MEMBERS WHEN THEY JOINED. SO WE DON'T JUST SELL THE GUEST PASSES, IT'S FOR YOU WHEN YOU JOIN YOUR MEMBERSHIP. AND I ALWAYS AGREE TO SELL UP TO THREE. SO I DON'T MIND IF WE HAVE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, EXISTING ANNUAL MEMBERS. THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T PURCHASE THEIR THREE AND WOULD LIKE TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. I THINK WE COULD WORK SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT, ABSOLUTELY, BUT WE DON'T JUST, WE'RE NOT JUST SELLING GUEST PASSES.

TO THE TO THE PUBLIC. NO, NOT, NOT TO THE PUBLIC, TO MEMBERS. YEAH, THIS IS A BOOK OF 10. YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT ALL YEAR LONG, ONE BOOK OF 10. YEAH, I MEAN.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE, EVERYBODY'S ASKING, WHAT? WELL, IF DO THEY NOT WANT OUR 500 LIKE UP FRONT? BECAUSE THERE'S? THERE'S NO GUARANTEE ALL 10 OR 10 PASSES ARE GOING TO GET USED. EVEN SO, THE MEMBERS ESSENTIALLY GIVING YOU THE CASH, WE'RE TRACKING THEM AND THEY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ARE WE'RE ALL USED.

LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T SELL AS MANY. YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT ABSOLUTELY, JUST LOOK AT IT, GIVE IT ANOTHER CONSIDERATION AND LET US KNOW. OKAY, I MIGHT CONSIDER THAT. MM-HMM, I MEAN, IS A MEMBER LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF GUEST PASSES YOU CAN BUY PER YEAR? YEAH, I LIMITED. THEY COULD BUY THREE 10 ROUND PASSES WHEN THEY JOINED FOR THE YEAR AND. AND.

BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF THEIR GUESTS PLAYING FOR A REDUCED RATE AS WELL.

THE THEORY IS WE'VE HAD, I KNOW, SOME OF THOSE PASSES MAY BE NOT ALWAYS USED BY THE MEMBER. THEY MAY BE GIVEN THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE. SO I'M TRYING TO LIMIT THAT TO THE MEMBERSHIP. THE ONLY ONES THEY CAN USE IS WHEN THEY JOIN THE CLUB, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION TO BUY.

YES, SIR. NEVER MIND. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE GOLF CLUB. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO BE GIVING THE PROJECT UPDATE TODAY.

SORRY, I'VE GOTTEN NASALLY AS THE NIGHT HAS GONE ON, SO I APOLOGIZE. MY ALLERGIES ARE BOTHERING ME. SO FOR PROJECTS, THE BEACH ACCESS 39 REDECKING STARTED THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY. THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE THIRD PHASE OF THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT AT ARC AND PHASE ONE OF MLK, THE PRE-BID MEETING, HAPPENED ON JANUARY 29TH. AND THE BID OPENS ON FEBRUARY 24TH. THE LAST WINDOWS, I BELIEVE, IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BEACH ACCESS 9, THE JASMINE ACCESS, THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. THE INITIAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE COLUMBARIUM HAVE GONE THROUGH. HOW ABOUT JASMINE? WHAT'S THE TIMING OF THAT? IS THAT LIKE BY THIS SUMMER PROJECT OR WHAT? I'LL JUST PLAY UP A PICTURE QUICK. SO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT AS WELL THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU. IS THAT A DRAWING OR, LIKE, A RENDERING? IT IS AN ENGINEERING DRAWING, SO I CAN HELP GUIDE THROUGH KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO THE GOAL IS FOR THAT TO BE BUILT BEFORE TURTLE SEASON. IT CANNOT. YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO, CAN YOU EXPAND IT? LIKE ZOOM? YEAH. YEAH. SO IT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT. IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH IT. IS THAT GOOD? SO THAT'S THE OLD ONE. IF YOU CAN, GO DOWN. YOU'RE SAYING, IF IT CAN'T BE DONE BY THE START OF TURTLE SEASON, IT'LL HAVE TO GET TO NEXT YEAR. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. THAT IS CORRECT.

SO. IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, I'M SURE YOU ARE, ON SOUTH FLETCHER, IT'S A STATE ROAD.

THEY JUST PUT A NEW CROSSING THERE. THERE USED TO BE A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT, SO THEY ADDED A NEW CROSSING THERE. SO WE INCORPORATED THIS INTO THAT, HOPING THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS USE THIS CROSSOVER THAT LIVE. ON THE JASMINE

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UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS JUST STAIRS. SO WE INCORPORATED A RAMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS ABOVE THE DUNES.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY PARKING AWAY. THE PARKING WOULD STAY THE SAME AS IT IS. SO YOU'D HAVE A RAMP THAT WOULD COME HERE AND THEN HEAD NORTH. AND THEN ALSO IF YOU PARK HERE, WE DESIGNED STAIRS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN ACCESSED IT OUT THROUGH THAT WAY. HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA WOULD USE THIS CROSSING TO CROSS THE STREET AND THEN USE THE RAMP TO GO UP AND THEN OUT OVER THE BOARDWALK. IF YOU PARK THERE, YOU COULD COME THIS DIRECTION, USE THE STAIRS AND HEAD OUT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE IDEA. AND HOW MANY SPOTS ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE PARKING SPOTS? YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME.

ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE... IS TO HOPE TO POSSIBLY PUT SOME ALUMINUM POLES THERE TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE TO PARK PARALLEL. IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO PARK PARALLEL LIKE THAT, WE CAN FIT IN MORE CARS, SIX TO EIGHT.

PARALLEL, LIKE A DIAGONAL? OH, NOT PARALLEL. I SHOULD SAY DIAGONAL. YES. BUT IF WE WERE TO IMPROVE THAT IN PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD INCLUDE A LOT MORE.

PERMITTING, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODES. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A GRAVEL PARKING LOT.

SO THE PARK AND EVERYONE IS AWARE. IF SOMEONE DRIVES RIGHT IN, OR TWO PEOPLE DRIVE RIGHT INTO THAT PARKING LOT, THEN FOUR OR FIVE CARS CAN ONLY FIT IN THERE. IT'S KIND OF BASED ON WHO PARKS THERE. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CURBS THAT YOU CAN TAP INTO THE GRAVEL. THAT SHOW LIKE, PULL UP TO THESE AND PUT THEM INTO SPOTS. YEAH, SO WE EITHER WE WOULD DO THAT, OR, SECONDLY, IS POSSIBLY DO THAT. AND POLES, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE LIKE LITTLE PARKING SIGNS TO GET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING. AND SO THE CRAZY LIGHT CROSSWALK THING THAT THEY'VE PUT IN ON THE CORNER OF JASMINE AND FLETCHER, THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM. I'M JUST THINKING, TOO, WE'RE JUST NOW PUTTING IN LIKE THREE TIMES AS MUCH DECKING AS IS CURRENTLY THERE.

IT'S A VERY POPULAR ACCESS. I'M THERE EVERY WEEKEND. SOMETIMES YOU'RE THREE DAYS AND PARK IN THOSE CRAZY SPOTS WITH PEOPLE.

BUT I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, I WAS JUST SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT OF DECKING THAT'S GOING IN THERE. I KIND OF ASSUMED WE WERE ADDING A RAMP. WE WERE ADDING A RAMP TO NOT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BEACH THERE WITHOUT ANY STAIRS.

BUT THERE ARE TWO SETS OF STAIRS STILL WHEN USING THE RAMP, CORRECT? SO IF YOU...

LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST ROLL A WAGON. IF YOU'RE WALKING UP THERE, IT'S NOT... LIKE, WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING RAMP, I WAS LIKE... SAME KIND OF THING. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT SEEMS NECESSARY. AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS IF YOU'RE WALKING AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR WAGON AND ALL YOUR STUFF IN YOUR HOUSE, THAT WOULD BE NICE. BECAUSE THERE'D BE NO STAIRS.

BUT ZOOMED IN ON THIS, THERE'S TWO SETS OF STAIRS FOR EVEN THE PEOPLE USING THE RAMP.

SO THAT DOESN'T... YEAH, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO... I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DUNE IN A SHORT AREA. SO IT'D BE...

AND YOU HAVE TO GO SO HIGH OVER THE DUNE. THAT IS CORRECT.

AND ALL OF THOSE. AND THAT'S BASED... WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE. I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME. I MEAN, I COULD AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A PRETTY STEEP STEP WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING ALL YOUR LOOT UP THERE. BUT WHY DO WE NEED ALL THAT DECKING? THE IDEA WAS FOR TO HAVE A LIKE YOU SAID, IS THAT THERE ARE TWO SETS OF STEPS. BUT MAINLY, ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS IS TO KEEP THE KIDS AND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WALKING TO THERE. OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. THIS YELLOW THING IS THROWING ME OFF. I KEEP LOSING

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OKAY, SO THE COLUMBARIUM. SO WE'RE IN THE, WE INITIATED THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE UPDATES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. OUR PARKS AND OUR PARKS CREW HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR DIVISION DEPARTMENT THIS WINTER. SO THE BIG TICKET ITEMS ARE THE BOLLARDS AT CENTRAL PARK. FALL FIELD MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR FALL FIELDS, GETTING THEM READY FOR THE SPRING SEASON.

BOLLARDS AT THE CEMETERY, POWER WASHING, AND PAINTING THE TRACK AT EAKINS CREEK PARK. AND THEN WE ARE INSTALLING MULCH IN ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, OR REPLENISHING THE MULCH. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A PROJECT UPDATE VIDEO NEXT MONDAY.

SCOTT WILL BE GOING AROUND AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE PROJECTS, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON OUR FACEBOOK, AND I CAN SEND IT TO YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK. BUT OUR CREW HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST TODAY OR YESTERDAY REPLACED THE BINS BY THE MAIN WALKWAY AT MAIN BEACH PARK. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE BURNED DOWN.

THEY WERE, YES. THEY LOOK GREAT NOW, BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON OCEAN AVENUE. BINS BEING BURNED DOWN, LIKE FIREWORK DISPOSAL.

RIGHT, YEAH. SO WE TRIED THIS YEAR TO GET AHEAD OF THE FIREWORK DISPOSAL, AND WE PUT OUT SOME WARNING SIGNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

ABOUT PUTTING WATER OVER YOUR FIREWORKS BEFORE YOU THROW THEM OUT, OR MAKING SURE THEY'RE COOLED DOWN BEFORE YOU THROW THEM OUT. BUT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S, WE USUALLY LOSE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO GARBAGE CANS, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE PEOPLE DISPOSE OF THEIR FIREWORKS.

BEFORE EXTINGUISHING THEM. ARE THOSE FIREWORKS PERMITTED? THEY'RE ALLOWED ON THE BEACH OR IN THAT AREA? I BELIEVE THEY ARE ON THE BEACH, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK BACK. I THINK ONLY ON THOSE DAYS. ONLY ON THOSE DAYS, YEAH. NOT LIKE PAST MIDNIGHT? RIGHT.

OKAY, THANK YOU. WE TRY. WHAT IF YOU PUT THE TRASH CANS OUTSIDE OF THE ENCLOSURES ON THOSE DAYS? DOES THAT WORK? MAYBE REMOVE THEM ON THOSE. I WAS LIKE, COULD YOU SET IT TO, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE. YEAH, I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WOULD STILL PUT THEM IN THE ENCLOSURE. NOT THINKING ABOUT IT, YEAH. SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST. BUT I BELIEVE THIS LAST HOLIDAY WASN'T AS BAD AS THE ONE BEFORE BECAUSE THE ONE BEFORE WE DID HAVE SOME OF OUR BOARDWALKS. GET DAMAGED, SO WE'LL TAKE A TRASH CAN OVER A BOARDWALK. OKAY, SO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS TOMORROW WE ARE TAKING A GROUP OF SENIORS TO SEE MRS. DOUBTFIRE IN JACKSONVILLE. WE HAVE OUR SENIOR MEET-AND-GREET ON FEBRUARY 19TH AT THE MLK REC CENTER AT 1:30. WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT COMING UP FEBRUARY 28TH, AND THEN FINALLY, OUR EASTER EGG. HUNT FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AT CENTRAL PARK ON MARCH 21ST AT 11 A.M. AND THAT'S HELD BY OUR DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AGAIN. UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS, WE HAVE A MEN'S SENIOR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT FEBRUARY 27TH TO MARCH 1ST AT IBAR ALVAREZ. WE HAVE THE AMELIA CONCOURSE COMING MARCH 5TH TO 8TH DOWNTOWN. THAT IS LIKE A PRE-EVENT, SO THEY BRING THE CARS DOWNTOWN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAVE OUR CLASSIC MOTORSPORT AMELIA KICKOFF AT MEAN BEACH ON MARCH 6TH. THAT'S TECHNICALLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONCOURSE OR THE AMELIA CONCOURSE, BUT THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR THAT ONE. AND THEN OUR FIRST SOUNDS ON CENTER OF THE SEASON WILL BE MARCH 6TH. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG WEEKEND. IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG WEEKEND.

THAT IS EARLIER THAN NORMAL, RIGHT? I THINK WITHIN A WEEK OR SO. THEY WERE IN APRIL OR MAY BEFORE. YEAH, WE DID HAVE THESE EVENTS HAPPEN TOGETHER LAST YEAR. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT THEY AREN'T AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, FOR SURE, BUT NOT. WELL, AND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE DOWN THERE IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF BACKUPS, I THINK. AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE GROCERY STORE. YEAH. SO STAY HOME THAT WEEKEND. ONE GROCERY STORE, THAT'S WHERE THE ROADS CLOSED.

AND THEN JUST OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT MARCH 10TH. THAT'S ALL.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

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THANK YOU. I REGISTERED MY CARS FOR FREE PARKING. YESTERDAY, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY EACH HOUSE ONLY GETS TWO. SO WE HAVE THREE CARS IN OUR HOUSE AND WE HAVE TWO FREE. IT'S SO STRANGE TO ME. YOU CAN GET A THIRD.

FOR $24. FOR THE, YEAH. I KNOW IT'S $24, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST KIND OF FUNNY. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE REGISTERED, SO. NO COMMENT.

OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. MARCH THE 7TH IS OPENING DAY AT BABE RUTH.

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES, COME ON OUT. WE'LL HAVE 13 TEAMS PLAYING THAT DAY.

SO IT'S A JAM-PACKED DAY.

JUMBO SHRIMP WILL BE THERE AND A COUPLE OTHER MASCOTS WILL BE THERE. WE'LL HAVE A MOON BOUNCE. A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF FOR THE KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF AND WISHING YOU ALL WOULD BE THERE. SECOND OF ALL, WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT CENTRAL PARK. IT'S NOT JUST A BASEBALL FIELD, IT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD.

THIS WEEK I WENT OUT, NO, STARTING LAST MONDAY FROM 8 TO 9 O'CLOCK. I JUST SAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR THREE DAYS, FROM 8 TO 9 A.M. AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF DOGS ON THE FIELDS. SO WE DO HAVE A SIGN OUT THERE THAT SAYS NO PETS ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS. THE FIELDS ARE OPEN WITH AN OPEN GATE. 24-7 NOW.

AND I JUST LIKE TO KNOW, SCOTT, WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO AVOID THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOGS ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS, SO IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WAS A... A PUSH TO HAVE THE FIELDS OPEN.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE FIELDS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN 24-7, SO THE PUBLIC CAN USE THEM. IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH, BEING THAT IT IS DURING THE DAY THAT YOU SAW THE DOGS, THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED ON ALL OF OUR SPORTS FIELDS THAT DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED. ULTIMATELY, I THINK, IF YOU SEE IT, I KNOW YOU REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO ME. I THINK THE INCIDENT HAS TO BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY AND PROBABLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO THEY CAN COME. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY. OR HAVE OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT. IF YOU REPORT IT TO ME IMMEDIATELY, OR WE'RE SEEING IT, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE GET ONE OF OUR PARKS STAFF THERE TO INFORM THEM OF THE RULES.

IF SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO ESCALATE IT. OKAY. I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP. IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE EVIDENT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT, I DON'T MIND IF THE FIELDS ARE OPEN, REALLY DON'T. YEAH, OUR SPORTS FIELDS ARE, WE DO HAVE SIGNS AND DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED, ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

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HE DIDN'T DRIVE. SO I DO THINK IT'S BEST FOR, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO NECESSARILY HAVE A CONVERSATION. I THINK THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE HAD AT A PARKS AND RECREATION POINT FIRST. IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT AND THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THAT RULE, THEN I THINK WE WOULD ESCALATE IT.

WITHOUT A DOUBT. I AGREE.

PROBABLY THE SAME PEOPLE COMING EVERY DAY WITH THEIR DOGS, AND ONCE THEY'RE NOTIFIED, THEN MAYBE IT WILL... YEAH.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY, AND ENJOY YOUR DAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? WITH THAT,MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.