[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 MEETING OF THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD TO ORDER.
PLEASE JOIN ME 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.
AND MEMBERS SHARP AND NIKOLOFF ARE ABSENT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAY HAVE A MOTION.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL FOR THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING MINUTES.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
SO THEN STAFF REPORTS IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEEDED TO CHANGE ON THE AGENDA UM IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD UM WE CAN DO THE MARINA MANAGEMENT UPDATE BUT WE CAN HOLD THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN WHICH IS 5.2 UNTIL AFTER UM THE FRONT STREET DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS 7.1 OBJECTIONS TO THAT NO PROBLEM MADAM SHERIFF IT'S PROBABLY I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE FRONT STREET DEVELOPMENT RIGHT OFF THE BAT I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY AND I KNOW STEVE AND THEN HIS CREW WOULD LIKE SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR PRESENTATION PERSON THAT'S OKAY GOOD OKAY THEY FIRST THE FRONT STREET DEVELOPMENT YOUR NAME
[7.1 FRONT STREET DEVELOPMENT]
FOR THE RECORD YES RON FLICK EIGHT SIX ONE ONE NINE SHELTER ISLAND DRIVE REPRESENTING THE ZERO FRONT STREET SIMMONS FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS THAT I'M GONNA PASS OUT TO YOU THANK YOU, SIR.ARE YOU ASKING AT ALL? IS THAT ON? IT'S ON NOW.
I'LL BE SHOWING EACH OF THESE.
I'LL BE SHOWING EACH OF THESE.
SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN SO THAT I CAN ACCENTUATE OR SORT OF ZOOM AND SHOW FEATURES AND ELEMENTS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE YOUR SATISFACTION TO START WITH TRYING TO PUT A NAME TO THIS THING.
THIS IS SORT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START.
AND THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT FOR ONE RESTAURANT OR ONE BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A MONUMENT.
SIGN ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE COLOR OF STACK STONE MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT THE CONCEPT IS HERE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE FIRST AND SO THAT IT CAN CAPTURE THE PEDESTRIAN CENTERED ACCESS ON CENTER STREET AND AND MOVE YOU 50 FEET DOWN THIS 100 FEET 100 YARDS DOWN THE STREET INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT I'M GOING TO TRY TO BLOW THESE UP.
BASICALLY, WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK THROUGH HERE IS, SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE SPACE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY.
OUT INTO THE WATER ABOUT 200 FEET ON THIS SIDE AND ON THE NORTH SIDE IT CONTINUES AT ABOUT 225 FEET IT'S A 200 FOOT OF FRONTAGE TOTAL ABOUT 63 FEET BEFORE THE BEND OF THE BUTLER ACT LINE AND THEN IT
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TURNS NORTH NORTHEAST BUTLER ACT LINE DOES IN THIS CASE AND TRAVELS ANOTHER HUNDRED AND 37 FEET SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOTAL OF 200 FEET OF FRONTAGE NEXT, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET THIS THING GOING RIGHT.THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE DO SPACE PLANNING WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVER BUILD AND EXCEED OUR LIMITS BY THE CRA LIMITATION OF THE 0.75 FLOOR AIR RATIO.
SO WITH THE ACREAGE I CAN BLOW IT UP.
IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN IT'S REAL SMALL PRINT BUT AS YOU CAN SEE GET RID OF THIS.
IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF TOTAL SITE AREA, DEVELOPABLE AREA.
FROM THE BUTLER ACT LINE, YOU GOT 37,815 SQUARE FEET OF LAND AREA TO DEAL WITH.
SO WE HAVE 0.75 FAR INSIDE YOUR CRA, AS WELL AS THE WATERFRONT.
ONE AND THE SAME IN THIS CASE.
MAX BUILDING HEIGHT OF 30 FEET.
ESSENTIALLY, IT LIMITS US TO ABOUT A TWO-STORY BUILDING.
FIRST FLOOR BUILDING AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW WE USE IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
BECAUSE OF THE VE ZONE AND FLOOD ZONE REQUIREMENTS HERE, YOU'RE UP IN THE AIR AT 14 FEET.
TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE AND AND THE CITY'S FLOODPLAIN SO WHILE I THINK IT'S TWO POINT TWO POINT FOUR TWELVE POINT FOUR FEET IS THE BFE PLUS THE TWO FEET OF FREEBOARD HEIGHT WHICH TAKE YOU TO THE FIRST FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION WHICH IN THIS CASE IS 14.4 LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST FLOOR AREA WHICH I'VE GOT ON THIS FIRST SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN SEE PRIMARILY WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS FOCUS ON RESTAURANTS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST GATHERING SPACE FOR GATHERING OF PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS A BIT LARGER THAN BRETT.
WAS OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT SQUARE FOOTAGES OF BRETT'S I DON'T KNOW THAT COUNTING ALL THE PORCH AREA YOU MAY KNOW ALL THAT BUT THE POINT OF IT IS IS TO GET A RESTAURANT THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO WHICH YOU GATHER LOTS OF FAMILIES AND LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS AT EACH MEAL SETTING, TWO TO THREE SETTINGS AT A MEAL FEATURE FOR PREDOMINANTLY LUNCH AND DINNER.
WE'RE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE DECIDED WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE TWO, ONE, OR THREE MEALS.
I'M GOING TO FEATURE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE GREEN AREA IS THE RESTAURANT SPACE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE BLUE AREA DOWN HERE, BLUISH PURPLE SORT OF.
IT'S GOING TO BE A RETAIL MARINE STORE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT IT BEING A WELCOME CENTER.
AND THEN BACK FRONTING ON FRONT STREET BEHIND US WE'VE GOT RETAIL DOWN THE FLANK, DOWN THE FRONTAGE SIDE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME SMALLER RETAIL SHOPS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SOME VENDORS THAT, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY IS AN ISSUE.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOME VENDORS DOING SMALL THINGS AND DISPLAYS.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY FOR TWO OF THOSE.
OR I'M SORRY ONE OF THOSE OR TWO OF THOSE OVER IN THIS NEXT RETAIL SPACE TO THE SOUTH THIS RETAIL OR OUR RESTROOMS ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC RESTROOMS FOR ALL THE RETAIL USERS AND THE PEDESTRIANS OF AMELIA RIVER WORSE AND BOATERS AS WELL.
THE RETAIL SPACE CAN BE SPLIT.
WE'VE GOT IT, IT'LL BE BUILT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN SPLIT IT INTO TWO UNITS OR EVEN FOUR UNITS.
WE'RE STILL AT THE, JUST IMAGINE ALL OF THIS IS AT 14 FEET ELEVATION
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ABOVE SEA LEVEL.SO IT'S UP ABOUT SEVEN FEET TO SEVEN AND A HALF FEET FROM CURRENT GRADE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO SHOW ELEVATORS ON EACH END OF THE PROPERTY AND STAIRWELL ACCESSES, RAMPS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHAT WE'RE SHOWING AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE IMAGES IN A FEW MINUTES.
IT'S THIS LOADING AND TRASH AREA WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP SO OUR DUMPSTERS ARE ENCLOSED BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST ENCLOSED OR ENCLOSED DOWN INSIDE UNDER THE BUILDING SO THEY'RE DOWN WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN AREA IS AND WE INTEND TO USE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, WHEN WE DO HAVE LARGE PICKUPS OR MULTIPLE DUMPSTER TYPES, WE WOULD PROBABLY TRACK RUN THEM SO THEY CAN BE WINCHED IN AND OUT FOR PICKUP.
AND THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT EXPOSED AND FILLING YOUR DUMPSTERS FULL OF WATER AND SOUP AND A MESS DURING A STORM EVENT.
WE'VE TRIED TO OUTLINE SOME LOADING SPACE TO MEET THE THAT'S THIS OBVIOUSLY MEETS THE MINIMUM CITY REQUIREMENTS JACOB AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS RADIUS IS GOING TO PROBABLY CHANGE QUITE A BIT RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE VERY BOTTOM BOTTOM END OF THE SCREEN BECAUSE FRONT STREET DOESN'T EXACTLY HAVE WHY VERY WIDE LANES SO THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE TURNING RADIUS SO WE MAY HAVE TO INCREASE OUR RADIUS HERE IN THEIR 20-FOOT SETBACK AREA UP ON THE THE NORTH SIDE YOU CAN JUST SEE YOUR SETBACKS THE MINIMUM SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR US IS THE 15 FEET AND OBVIOUSLY OUT IN THE WATER WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE 20 FOOT CLEAR AREA FOR TRAFFICKING BOATS YOU'VE GOT THE SAME THING DOWN HERE AND WE'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF OUR 15-FOOT BARRIER HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO JAM A LOT IN A SMALL SPACE RIGHT THERE NOT MUCH PLAY SPACE OKAY NEXT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE SO THAT YOU'LL SORT OF UNDERSTAND HOW THIS I'M GOING TO SLIDE DOWN TO THIS LAST SLIDE.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN EARLIER, AND I'M GOING TO...
THESE ARE JUST LARGE RECTANGLES TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT THE BUILDING, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I'M TRYING TO SHOW HOW THE SPACE IS MANAGED, AND WE'RE PUSHING MOST OF THE HEIGHT.
OUT OVER WATER NOT OVER FRONT STREET BECAUSE IT WOULD LOOK HUGE IF IT WERE OVER FRONT STREET COUNTING THE SEVEN AND A HALF EIGHT FEET ABOVE CURRENT GRADE RIGHT NOW TO GET YOU TO THE 14 FEET SO OUT YOU CAN SEE JUST TO MATCH WITH THE CITY'S PLAN, ASSUMING THE SEAWALL CONTINUES AND HITS ITS SCHEDULE, YOU SEE THIS LARGE PILE COLUMN.
BASICALLY, IF THE SEAWALL AS IT OCCURS AS PLANNED OCCURS, THAT GOES ALONG OUR BUTLER ACT LINE, AND BASICALLY THE CAP, WHICH TAKES IT FROM 7 FEET, WHICH IS, I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 7 FEET, RIGHT? 7 FEET, BUT THE BACK OF IT IS THE 9 FEET, WHICH IS CONCRETE.
IT'S A CONCRETE CAP, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT.
SO WHEN WE BUILD THE PILES TO BE THE BACK OF THE WALL HOLDING THE SEAWALL, WE'RE JUST TAKING OURS UP ANOTHER 7 FEET TALLER.
A BULKHEAD YES WELL YOU CALL IT A BULKHEAD I CALL IT A SEAWALL BUT SAME THING YOU'RE RIGHT UH IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND UP THERE SO IT CARRIES OUR STRUCTURE AND THAT WAY IT'S ALL CARRIED ON ONE PLANE AT THE 14 FEET FOR THE FIRST LEVEL YOU CAN SEE OUR SUPPORT FACILITIES.
IT DOESN'T SHOW THE BUILDING ON THE END BECAUSE I CAN'T SHOW EVERY CUT IN DETAIL, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH DEPTH.
THIS IS NOT A RETAIL RESTAURANT AND BAR.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MARINE SHOP, THE PURPLE.
THE LIGHTER PURPLE IN THE BACK WHICH OVERLOOKS FRONT STREET RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH.
FRONT STREET'S RIGHT OUT HERE ON THE BACK SIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'LL HAVE RETAIL THAT'LL BE OVERSEEING THAT.
NOW YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY WE KEPT THIS AND TOOK THE SECOND STORY AND PUSHED IT ALL FORWARD OVER THE WATER BECAUSE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A PRETTY GIANT BUILDING.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR FEATURE THAT WE HAVE
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BETWEEN SOME OF OUR RETAIL SHOPS AND THE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT FACILITIES.THAT'S WHERE WE'LL CREATE AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE THAT SORT OF FALLS IN LINE WITH YOUR DESIGN GUIDELINES ON THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT, WHICH THE HDC WILL BE LOOKING AT.
WITH ALL THIS IN MIND, THE CHARACTER OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS STILL, YOU'LL SEE THE WATER SIDE HAS SOME OF THE BRETT'S CHARACTER THAT WAS THERE AND SOME OF THE NORTHEASTERN SEABOARD CHARACTER.
THAT'S WHY THIS ELEVATION HERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING ABOUT EIGHT FEET.
BUT IN REALITY, THIS WILL BE AT ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF FEET.
GRADE AND THIS STAYS OPEN BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN A VE ZONE YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BREAKAWAY WALLS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF ON THE BACK WALL SO HERE WE'RE CREATING A SHUTTER EFFECT SO THAT IT CAN THE FLOOD WATERS CAN BLOW IN BLOW OUT JUST LIKE IT BE REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE THAT'S YOUR FIRST OCCUPIABLE LEVEL.
IN OTHER WORDS, LEVEL WILL HAVE OUR RESOURCES, OUR POWER, AND EVERYTHING PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED AT THIS WHITE BAND LEVEL THAT YOU SEE RIGHT ACROSS HERE.
AND EVERYTHING'S ON TOP OF IT.
THESE ARE THE FOUR RETAIL SHOPS THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE PURPLE PICTURE BEFORE.
THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S SHOWN AS A RIDGED BECAUSE IT CAN STAY UNDER THE 30 FEET.
I'M WELL UNDER THE 30 FEET HERE, AND WE MAY KEEP THAT APERTURE THAT WAY BECAUSE ARCHITECTURALLY IT'S VERY APPEALING.
WHEN YOU TAKE IT AND YOU SHORTEN IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A GREATER PROPENSITY TO SEE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND OTHER THINGS BEHIND IT THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE MAIN RESTAURANT.
SO WE USE THE THAT SINGLE SLOPE ROOF ELEVATED ROOF JUST TO PUT SOME ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES.
THIS IS THIS WILL BE WHAT YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUSLY HERE WHERE IT SAYS SIGNAGE AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH HERE AND UP HERE THOSE WILL BE THE TWO ENTRY PORTS THAT WILL GO ON THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN GO VERTICAL SO THAT YOU'RE UP ON THE PEDESTRIAN LANDING AREA, WHICH IS IT BASICALLY AT 14 A FEE NEXT IS A, BETWEEN THOSE, THE RETAIL AND THE BACK OF THE RESTAURANT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE, WE'RE SHOWING A BREEZEWAY THERE, BUT IF WE USE THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, WHICH BASICALLY TAKES TYPICALLY A CENTER RIDGE ROOF.
AND YOU ELEVATE IT LIKE YOU USED TO HAVE WHERE I GREW UP, TOBACCO BARNS, AND YOU USED TO RAISE THE CENTER ROOF UP SO YOU HAD RAFTERS, AND THAT WAY IT COULD BREATHE UP TOP AND KEEP THE HEAT OUT, THE UPPER LEVEL.
WELL, THAT'S IN YOUR WAREHOUSING GUIDELINES.
FOR STRUCTURE HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT AND MAKE IT A BREEZEWAY TO COVER OUR PEDESTRIANS SO THAT ONCE YOU'RE ON THE PROPERTY AND YOU'RE WALKING BETWEEN SHOPS THE SIX FIVE OR SIX SHOPS OR SO THAT ARE HERE YOU'RE COVERED YOU CAN HAVE FANS AND PEOPLE ARE INSIDE AND PLUS THEN YOU HAVE RESTROOM FACILITIES WITHIN THE SAME HALLWAY I'M JUST SHOWING YOU ABOUT HALF OF THE HALLWAY IN THIS PERSPECTIVE.
BUT THE ARCHITECTURE HERE IS WILL MATCH SIMILAR TO THAT A-FRAME RIDGE SINGLE RIDGE ROOF IN THE CENTER CENTER RIDGE ROOF AND OF COURSE THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE THAT WILL OCCUR IN HERE WHILE WE HAVE THE THE APPEAL OF THE DOWN HOME LOOK WHERE YOU HAVE MORE SCONCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ALSO HAVE HIGHLIGHT SCONCE SO THAT WE CAN LIGHT THE HALLWAY.
JUST FOR SAFE TRAVEL AND APPEARANCE.
THIS GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FRONT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS FEATURE RIGHT
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HERE.BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU'RE AT 14 FEET, YOU'VE GOT A 7-FOOT DECK TO GO DOWN TO, WHICH IS THE ELEVATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOARDWALK THAT TRANSITIONS NORTH AND SOUTH UP THE ENTIRE WATERFRONT.
THAT WAY THAT'S STILL THERE, AND WE PROVIDE THE ACCESS, THE RAMPS THAT GET YOU DOWN TO THAT LEVEL TO GET TO THE MARINA.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
NOW YOUR LAST SLIDE, AND THIS IS SORT OF OUR SHOWPIECE.
WE'VE TAKEN THE CHARACTER ELEMENTS OF ANYWHERE FROM THE NORTHEAST, THE NANTUCKET MARKET, THE NEWPORT LOOK AND ARCHITECTURE, AS WELL AS, LIKE I SAY, THERE ARE ELEMENTS HERE THAT ARE A LOT LIKE BREADS.
WE HAVEN'T PUT ALL THE WHAT I WOULD CALL GINGERBREAD, YOU KNOW, FANCY BRACKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT YET BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE...
STRUCTURE MATCHES THE WINDOW THE MASSING OF WINDOWS AND THE BEAUTY OF IT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO SELL AS PART OF THE RESTAURANT FEATURE OR ANY PEDESTRIAN FEATURE IS WHERE YOU ARE YOU'RE AT THE MARINA IT ACCENTUATES THE BEAUTY OF THE MARINA AND YOU REMEMBER ON THE BACK WALL WHERE YOU HAD THE FLOW THROUGH SO IN CASE THERE'S HIGH WATER EVENT ABOVE NINE FEET BETWEEN THAT AT NIGHT.
NINE FOOT CAP OF THE SEAWALL BETWEEN THERE AND THE 14 FOOT MARK THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE THERE FOR SO THAT ALLOWS FLOODING AND FLOW OUT TO OCCUR BEHIND THE SEAWALL AND THEN IT'LL SETTLE BACK DOWN ON ITS OWN.
THE HYDROLOGY WILL PULL IT BACK DOWN.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES, AND YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE SEAWALL WOULD BE RUNNING.
AND THEN WE TIE IT INTO THE CITY HERE.
WE HOLD IT HERE, AND THE CITY WILL WORK WITH US, AND WE'LL DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TIE IT IN TO THE NEXT PLACE, OR LEAVE IT SO THAT YOU CAN TIE IT IN WITH WHATEVER GETS DEVELOPED NORTH OF US, WHICH IS THE T-HEAD INTERSECTION OFF OF ALACHUA, BASICALLY.
WE TRIED TO USE SOMETHING TO SOFTEN IT A BIT.
YES, THESE WILL BE CHANGED QUITE OFTEN, PROBABLY EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SALT AND EVENING SUN.
BUT THEY'VE REALLY IMPROVED THEM.
WE USE THEM TO ACCENTUATE A LOT OF OCEANFRONT PROPERTIES TO ADD COLOR.
AND WE MAY EVEN ADD SOME MORE COLOR AND THINGS UP HERE ON TOP.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE.
THE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINE BOX THAT WE BELIEVE SETS A GOOD HIGH BAR FOR EVERYBODY THAT DEVELOPS NORTH OF US AND SOUTH OF US ON THE WATERFRONT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE PART THAT I WAS ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND JUST WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH VISIT FLORIDA.
AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, BACK IN, WHAT WAS IT, 1963? 63.
THE VERY FIRST MARINE WELCOME STATION, PROBABLY IN THE COUNTRY, FOR SURE IN FLORIDA, WAS DONE HERE.
THAT WAS WHAT WE EVENTUALLY NICKNAMED THE TP LATER ON.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH VISIT FLORIDA AND THEIR DIRECTOR OF WELCOME CENTERS FOR ALL STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND THEY'RE JUST EXCITED THAT WE'D BE WILLING TO HELP RECREATE THAT AS NOT ONLY AS AN ELEMENT FOR MARINE TRAVEL, BUT IT'S A HISTORICAL ELEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST ONE EVER CREATED.
AND I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF ATTACHMENT.
TO IT AND THEY WANT IT TO COME BACK.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM IN A WAY OF DOING THAT.
MOST OF THAT'S GOING TO BE SIGNAGE AND WHAT WE PUT IN THE BUILDING.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HISTORICAL ELEMENTS THAT WE WILL FEATURE INSIDE THIS FIRST BAY OF BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S ABOUT 40 FOOT OF FRONTAGE THERE AND IT'S ABOUT 2,200 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE.
AND IN DOING THAT, TO BE ABLE TO ACCENTUATE ELEMENTS.
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WELCOME CENTER ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE POSTED HERE AND APPROVED THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, THIS IS MORE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, SO IT'LL BE UP AT, RIGHT AT THE HEIGHT LIMIT OF THE PROPERTY AND SO FORTH.THIS MAY BE AN INTERIOR OFFICE, SO WE CAN CAPITALIZE NOT HAVING A LOT OF DEAD SPACE IN THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SMALL OFFICE.
IT'S ONLY LIKE 300 SQUARE FEET, 400 SQUARE FEET.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN HERE.
I TALKED ABOUT THE RETAIL AND SHOPS.
GOODNESS, THIS THING'S SENSITIVE.
ON THE BACKSIDE, BASICALLY, THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE APPROXIMATELY A 300-SEAT RESTAURANT.
IT'S ABOUT 6,200 FEET, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT MAYBE.
AND THOSE DETAILS WILL BECOME...
MORE OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE FINISH OUR FINAL SITE PLAN AND OUR FINAL ARCHITECTURAL.
BUT WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT 28,000 SQUARE FOOT LIMIT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FAR REQUIREMENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 26,400 SQUARE FEET.
SEE A LOT OF GROWTH IN IT REALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND STILL PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND NOT HAVE BIG LONG FLAT BARNS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CREATE IT WE COULD CREATE IT LIKE A WAREHOUSE BUT WE THINK THIS CREATES CHARACTER AND APPEAL TO THE WATERFRONT BY HAVING VIEW AREAS AND THIS IS PARTIALLY COVERED AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BOTTOM RESTAURANT, THE LARGER RESTAURANT, HAS PARTIALLY COVERED AREA FOR VIEWING AND PEDESTRIAN WALKING AND ACTIVITY.
AND THE UPPER RESTAURANT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A 200 TO 250 SEAT CAPABILITY, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 200 INITIALLY.
WILL BE ON THE UPPER DECK AND IT HAS JUST OPEN OBSERVATION OUT ON THE DECK.
SO IF PEOPLE HAVE WEDDINGS THERE, THEY CAN GO OUTDOORS AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SETTING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK OFF INTO THE WESTERN SUNSET ACROSS THE HARBOR.
THIS AREA, WHICH WILL BE, IT'S REASONABLY FLAT ACROSS HERE SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, ROOM FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE TO GATHER FOR EVENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT'S INSIDE APPROXIMATELY A 300-SEAT RESTAURANT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESENT.
MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT IT, WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT IT, SO THAT WE CAN ACCENTUATE THOSE THINGS WHEN WE GO TO HDC, BECAUSE THIS IS SORT OF THE FIRST BUILDING, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S THERE.
SO SOMEBODY'S GOT TO SET A BAR.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SET IT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL, BUT NOT OVERSTATE IT.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SO ORNATE THAT IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S MAINTAINABLE.
PRESENTABLE AND IT'S NOT LOST A LOT OF THE APPEAL THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE USED TO IS A THAT LITTLE BIT OF FRONT PORCH APPEAL THAT BRETT'S ALWAYS HAD FOR YEARS FOR 50 YEARS FOUR YEARS QUESTIONS COMMENTS YOU WANT ME TO BACK UP AND EXPLAIN OR ANSWER ANYTHING GO AT IT YES, MA'AM.
JUST REAL QUICK, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY, REALLY THRILLED TO HEAR OF A RESTAURANT OPTION ON THE WATER.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
ABOUT THAT AND I LOVE THE ICONIC ELEMENT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE CORNER THERE YES MA'AM THAT'S FOR THE FUTURE ARENA SO LATER IN TODAY BUT SO VERY VERY GOOD WITH THAT MY COMMENT MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT DESIGN WOULD BE WHEN I WAS STUDYING CRA GUIDELINES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY REALLY TALKED HEAVILY ABOUT SETBACKS, OFFSET, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I DID THAT,
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BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TRY TO NOT HAVE THE WALL EFFECT.AND SO FROM HERE IT FEELS LIKE, OH, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OFFSETS, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHT ACROSS.
KNOW IF Y'ALL REALLY UM HOW WE WERE ABLE TO A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE IS IT'S A 200 FOOT PARCEL THAT SORT OF GETS REDUCED BY ABOUT 23 FEET RIGHT OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE SORT OF A STRANGE L SHAPE IN THE LAND THAT WE OVERLAP WITH THE CITY AND THAT'S WHY THIS UH LET ME GO BACK TO THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE OH ALL RIGHT THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE THAT YOU SEE ON THE END, THIS IS CLOSER TO THE CURRENT CITY PROPERTY.
THE CITY PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE OVER 15 TO 20 FEET FROM THERE.
THAT'S WHERE TRANSFORMERS ARE CURRENTLY DUMPSTERS THAT ARE NOT COVERED OR TRYING TO DRESS THAT UP SO THE APPEARANCE OF ALL THAT OCCURS AND THEN THE WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A OPEN OBSERVATION THING BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF A SINGLE BUILDING SITTING THERE IN BETWEEN THAT BUILDING AND THE BALANCE OF THIS THERE'S ABOUT A 10-FOOT BREEZEWAY THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.
WE'VE NOT DECIDED TO ROOF THAT YET, BUT WE MAY DO THAT.
BUT JUST BECAUSE WHEN A CUSTOMER SHOWS UP, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CREATING COVERED YOUR COVERED.
AND YOU CAN GET INTO ANY FACILITY, BASICALLY, ANY OF THE ENTRANCES FROM A COVERED POSITION, FROM A BREEZEWAY BETWEEN THESE TWO BUILDINGS, OR DOWN HERE BECAUSE THAT'S A STAIRWELL AND ELEVATOR MATCH.
SO BASICALLY THIS RAMPS UP TO THE START OF THE STAIRWELL.
YOU HAVE THE SAME CONFIGURATION DOWN HERE, WHICH IS BETWEEN THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF OFF AT AN ANGLE, IT SORT OF TAKES AWAY THE FACT THAT THERE IS A BREEZEWAY THERE, BUT THERE IS A BREEZEWAY OF ABOUT 10 TO 14 FEET.
I THINK SPECIFICALLY THE GUIDELINES THAT I'M REFERRING TO FOR THE CRA ARE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE BACK AND FORTH AND VARIED ROOF LINES WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD OKAY THAT WAS I FEEL LIKE YOU NAILED IT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS ONE IT FELT A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAT BUT AGAIN I'M I'M NOT AS BRUSHED UP ON THE GUIDELINES BUT THAT WAS THE ONE SPECIFIC ONE THAT REALLY HOUNDED ON ME I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISTANCES THAT THE CITY HAS TYPICALLY HELD I DON'T THINK IT SAYS THAT OTHER THAN WHEN YOU COVER A BLOCK FOR EXAMPLE THEY DON'T WANT A STRAIGHT BLOCK WHICH IS LIKE 330 FEET 400 FEET, WHICH IS A BLOCK FROM A LATCH AT THE CENTER.
THAT'S WHY THEY MAKE YOU HAVE A CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VIEW QUARTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY THEN.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT THAT LONG, AND IT'S LIMITED BY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE WHACKING OFF 20 FEET ON ONE SIDE, ANOTHER 15 FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE, PLUS WE'RE DOING 10 IN THE MIDDLE.
SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT MORE AS INDIVIDUAL.
TALK AT ONE TIME WE HAD I THINK IT WAS UH THESE DORMERS WERE ALMOST THE POSITION OF SHORTER GABLES SO IT MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS SEVERAL BUILDINGS WALL TO WALL TO EACH OTHER BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND IF THAT COMES WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA I'M HOPING THAT OUR ATRIUM IN THE MIDDLE THAT HAS THE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT CENTER RIDGE ELEVATED BY THREE FEET TWO FEET I'M HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO REWORK THE ROOF SO THAT I CAN GET THAT TO SHOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON IT NOBODY CAN SEE IT UNLESS YOU'RE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY OR NORTH OF THE PROPERTY BUT INSIDE THE PROPERTY IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU JUST CAN'T SEE HOW MUCH EFFORT AND MONEY YOU SPEND TO MAKE IT VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
EXTEND THE BULKHEAD NORTH TO THE VENTURA BUILDING SO YOU CAN SQUARE IT OFF SO THE CITY OR SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DEVELOP IT THEY CAN MATCH IT I'LL BE UP TO THE STABILITY YOU KNOW HOW IT MAKES THAT L IN THERE CAN'T WE I MEAN YOU OWN THE WATER RIGHTS KEEPS YOU RUN THAT EXTEND THAT BULKHEAD NORTH SO HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT L IN THERE THE L ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BE ON THE NORTH SIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE IT UM WHEN THE PROPERTY GOES OUT COMES IN AND GOES BACK YOU KNOW, MAKES IT INVERTED L.
YEAH, I MEAN, THERE IS PLANS TO EXTEND THE BULKHEAD NORTH.
I MEAN, IF THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
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SO, I MEAN, THEN THAT COULD HELP OUT WITH THEM AS WELL AS THE CITY.BECAUSE THAT'S THE CITY'S PROPERTY A BIG YEAR AGO.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER ON WITH THE MOFFITT NICKEL PLAN, HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE THOSE TOGETHER SO WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY AND HOPEFULLY SOME OTHER PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AS WELL.
THE LIGHTHOUSE IN FACT IT LOOKS LIKE THE EIGHT FLAGS LIGHTHOUSE YEAH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT WAY IT CAN BEAR THE FLAGS AND HOPEFULLY I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN VERNON THANK YOU THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL THAT'S MR SIMMONS GOAL I LIKE TO LIKE YOUR SLOGAN CHOP DINE AND UNWIND YEAH A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT THE THE VISITOR UH VISIT FLORIDA GUY THAT RUNS ALL WELCOME.
STATIONS OR WELCOME CENTERS FOR FLORIDA YOU LIKE THAT PART BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT WAS GOOD BACK TO THAT ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS CONCERNS YOU CAN SEE OUR DOWN RAMPS TO GET US DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET DOWN ALMOST FIVE FEET HERE FIVE FEET TO THIS LEVEL AND START I THINK WE HAVE IT'S A ACTUALLY, CLOSER TO SEVEN FEET.
SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MATCH ALL THE TRANSITIONS FOR ADA TO GET EVERYBODY DOWN THERE.
THAT'S ALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OVER THERE.
YEAH, YOU CAN'T SEE ONE OVER SOUTH.
IT'S ON THE DRAWING, BUT IT'S NOT ON.
WE TOOK SHOTS FROM THE NORTH AS IF YOU'RE BOATING IN TO FERNANDINA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDES JUST TO GET UP AND DOWN AND SUPPORT MARINE OPERATIONS.
IS THAT STARTING FROM WHERE YOU'RE BACKFILLING THE DIRT HERE? 30 FEET STARTS.
BY THE ESTABLISHED BFE PLUS FREEBOARD.
SO LIKE IF YOU OWN A HOUSE DOWNTOWN WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGER SAYS YOUR FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL HAS TO START, THAT'S WHERE YOU MEASURE FROM.
NOW, IF I HAVE TO BUILD MORE STRUCTURE ABOVE THAT, THAT'S ON ME.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR STUDIES IS A THREE-AND-A-HALF-FOOT STRUCTURE, HORIZONTAL PLANE STRUCTURE.
WELL, IF I DO THAT, I'M GOING TO BE A FOOT-AND-A-HALF ABOVE, SO THAT MEANS I'VE ONLY GOT 28-AND-A-HALF FEET TO WORK WITH.
TO GET TO THAT 30 FOOT MARK AND THE 30 FOOT MARK GOES UP TO THE OCCUPIABLE SPACE THE CEILING BASICALLY AND THE AND WE USE MANSARDS OR OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS TO BASICALLY HIDE AIR CONDITION AND MECHANICAL THINGS ON THE ROOF COMMERCIALLY YOU CAN DO THAT YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT RESIDENTIALLY IN FERRANDINA AND THAT PROTECTS THE EQUIPMENT TOO.
I MEAN YOU GET IT UP, YOU TRY TO PUT PARAPET WALLS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY A FAKE ROOF, RUNNING AROUND IT TO GIVE IT THE ELEVATION TO PROTECT.
I THOUGHT YOU BUILT FROM THE AVERAGE OF THE FOUR CORNERS, BUT I GUESS I DON'T KNOW COMMERCIALISM.
I THINK THAT JUST ABOUT ALL JURISDICTIONS IN FLORIDA HAVE CHANGED TO THE...
FLOODPLAIN MANAGER CONTROLS IT BECAUSE IN REALITY, THAT ELEVATION IS CONTROLLED BY WHAT YOU CAN INSURE AND CAN'T INSURE.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S CREATED COMP PLANS AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES TO MATCH THAT PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE STATE.
THERE'S A FEW FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET, BUT ALL IN ALL, THE CITY'S BEEN THERE, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I THINK THEY MADE THE DECISION TO GO TO...
TWO FOOT, WHAT, THREE YEARS AGO? FOUR YEARS AGO? 2019.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET LOWER INSURANCE RATES FOR A FLOOD.
THIS MARINA, THIS IS A PRIVATE MARINA? WE'RE PLANNING THE MARINA.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SLIPS WE CREATE IN OUR FACILITIES, IT'LL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN 33, 35 SLIPS TOTAL, BOAT COUNT.
THAT'S STILL, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS PART STARTED SO I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT TO CONNECT TO AND WHERE.
BUT THE IDEA IS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPATIBLE TO ALL THE SETBACKS, WHICH MEANS ON THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY WE HAVE TO SET IN THE 20-FOOT DRIVE, YOU
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KNOW, ACCESS WAY IN AND OUT OF YOUR MARINA, JUST LIKE THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO FOR US, OR ANY PROPERTY.YOUR NORTH AND SOUTH PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO GIVE 20 FEET RIGHT AWAY FOR BOATS, BOAT TRAVEL.
I'M SURE RON MENTIONED IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD IT CORRECTLY.
THAT WALKWAY ON THE WATER SIDE? YES, SIR.
THAT'LL TIE INTO THE CITY'S WALKWAY EVENTUALLY ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF YOUR PROPERTY? YES.
BUT RIGHT UP HERE, THIS IS GOING TO TIE DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THE TIE-IN.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SORT OF TALKED ABOUT WHERE THAT IS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO SLANT SO THAT WHEN AND IF THE CITY BUILDS THE WALL IT CONNECTS AND THAT WAY YOU HAVE A CLEAN FLOW SO ONCE THAT CONNECTION IS MADE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH END I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO CONNECT TO YOU WELL ON THE NORTH THAT'S GOOD I LIKE IT IT'LL BE ALL OF US THAT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24-7 AND WE HAVE THIS CREATED IN A WAY SO THAT WE CAN UH BAR UP BASICALLY SO IF I HAD TO SECURE THE SITE STORM EVENT YOU CAN STILL GET UP AND DOWN THE BOARDWALK AND IT'S STILL CONTROLLED BY THE CITY BECAUSE IT'LL BE A ACCESS EASEMENT BASICALLY ON THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW THE BOARDWALK TO FEATURE JUST LIKE A PUBLIC IN OTHER WORDS IT'LL BE ATTACHED TO IT JUST LIKE A UM I MEAN I MEAN UH THE FISH HOUSE USED TO BE IT USED TO BE WHEN HEIDI WAS THERE YOU COULD GO ALL THE WAY FROM ISLAND SEAFOOD TO THIS CITY BACK IN THE DAY THE SHRIMP BOATS TIED UP WHERE YOU CAN WALK SO THE PUBLIC CAN GO UP AND DOWN THAT WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT'S THE SAME PROPERTY THAT HEIDI HAD THAT WAS WIDE OPEN I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT BUT I I GET THE DRIFT BUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL AND YOU PROVIDE A PUBLIC ACCESS SO THAT THE PILINGS ARE STILL THERE PUBLIC STILL HAS IT AND THE IDEA IS WE GOT WE'RE WE'RE AGREEING THAT WHEN AND IF ALL THAT OCCURS THEN WE YOU HAVE TO MATCH TO IT SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO OKAY FEEDBACK OR GUIDANCE WE CAN GIVE THEM SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF BLOWBACK FROM WASH THE SHORES HERE.
AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BE DIGGING INTO SOME OF THESE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, BUILDINGS THAT WAS THERE THAT BLOCKED THE WATERFRONT.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE 1900S.
YOU'RE JUST BRINGING HISTORY BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GRAB SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE.
IT WAS ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THE WATERFRONT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.
I'M STICKING WITH A GABLE-TYPE ROOF.
BECAUSE THAT WAS MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
AND ON SOME OF THOSE CRA GUIDELINES, THEY GOT A BUNCH OF METAL BUILDINGS AND I-BEAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
STILL EXPOSED THAT YOU WOULD NEVER EXPOSE.
WELL, AT THAT TIME, WAY BACK, THAT WAS IT.
BUT FOR US, I MEAN, WE'VE THOUGHT AND LOOKED AT OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S TIMBER EFFECTS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED DOING.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE BROW, THE...
OF THESE GABLES I MEAN I CAN CREATE A TIMBER EFFECT THAT GIVES THAT APPEAL BUT IT'S NOT TECH IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT IT IS BUT IT CREATES THAT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT WE'VE WE'VE NOT SHOWN EVERY ITEM THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BUT THOSE ARE THAT'S WHY WE WERE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE BREEZEWAY BECAUSE I THINK I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA WE ARE IN HOT FLORIDA AND OR WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS IT DOESN'T JUST DRIZZLE IT POURS SO IF WE IF WE GET PEDESTRIANS UP ON THE PLATFORM TO KEEP PEDESTRIANS THERE, WE'RE THINKING THE BREEZE, USE THAT LOFT, ELEVATED BRIDGE LOFT, AND USE THAT TO BE A BREEZEWAY COVER.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN SOME OUTDOOR MALLS MORE AND MORE NOW.
THEY'RE STARTING TO DO THAT TO KEEP US OUT.
TO ECHO WHAT DAVID SAID, IF YOU LOOK AT A COOK & COOK SEAFOOD AND A.B.
COOK, THE LAST SEAFOOD THERE, THE ONLY TWO PACKING HOUSES THAT ARE THERE, AND EVEN TRINGALLIS, THEY STILL HAVE THAT HEART.
SO YOU LIKE THIS, BUT YOU THINK THAT THAT FEATURE ELEMENT, LIKE IF I DID IT OUT OF TIMBERED EFFECT LOOK, COULD ACHIEVE THE SAME KIND OF STRUCTURE LOOK? WELL, I'M OKAY WITH WHAT YOU GOT THERE.
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THEY HAD TO USE WHAT THEY HAD.
THERE'S SO MUCH OTHER STUFF OUT THERE NOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT LIKE IT WAS OLD-DAY STUFF,
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YOU KNOW? RIGHT.BUT, I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE CREATING HISTORY MYSELF.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING.
IT WAS ALREADY HERE AT ONE TIME.
YEAH, THIS ARCHITECTURE ISN'T HERE TO STAY FOR 10 YEARS.
THIS ARCHITECTURE IS HERE TO STAY FOR 100 YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO CREATE, SOMETHING THAT CAN DO THAT, THAT'S MAINTAINABLE, DURABLE.
AND IT IS LIKE A LEGACY PROPERTY WE WOULD CALL IT OTHER WORKS OF LIFE A LEGACY PROPERTY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER YOU'LL RECOGNIZE AND YOU'LL ALWAYS GO BACK TO BECAUSE YOU GOT TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE PEDESTRIANS AND INVITING AND I THINK ARCHITECTURALLY IT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER ABOUT BRETT SO I'VE TRIED TO KEEP THAT PORCH APPEAL AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THERE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE.
I THINK YOU'D NEED TO CLOSE IN THAT FAR END BUILDING WITH A ROOF TO KEEP IT DRY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG ASSET FOR YOU.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE STREET SIDE THERE? YEAH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
BACK TOWARD THE PROPERTY LINE, CITY PROPERTY LINE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN HERE? THAT'S THE NORTH SIDE.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BACK HERE ON THIS AREA? YEAH, LOOK AT ME.
I'VE GOT INTO THE OTHER YEAH I CALCULATED MY BREEZEWAYS SO THAT IF I HAVE ENOUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE I MEAN WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR CUSTOMERS DRIVE TO THE SUN SO I THINK THE BREEZEWAY WORKS BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT 700 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL BREEZEWAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE STAIRWELL THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND THE WALKWAYS TO GET YOU INTO THAT RETAIL AREA AND THEN YOUR OWN SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S ON OUR LIST, AND THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
THOSE DUMPSTERS THAT WAS ON THE NORTH A PARKING LOT, THAT WAS FOR BRETT'S.
ARE THEY GOING TO GO AWAY NOW THAT BRETT'S GONE AWAY? I THOUGHT THOSE WERE SALTY PELICAN, I THINK, USES THEM.
SALTY PELICAN MIGHT HAVE USED ONE, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS BRETT'S.
I DIDN'T KNOW SALTY PELICAN WAS GOING TO MOVE IT OVER.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE DUMPSTER SITUATION BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DUMPSTERS DOWN HERE SOUTH OF THE BOAT RAMP AS WELL.
WELL SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT YEAH THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE YEAH I MEAN THEY'RE ALREADY BEEN RIGHT HERE YEAH THERE'S PLENTY ROOM THERE THEY CAN WALK THEM I MEAN OPEN THAT UP YEAH THAT WAS BRETT'S DUMPSTER OKAY SO IF YOU HAVE ONE THING I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU HAD ONE THING THAT YOU COULD HAVE INPUT TO CHANGE I GOT YOURS BUT YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER WHAT WOULD IT BE I WOULD MAKE THE FRONT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE BACK.
SO INCREASE GABLE AND REDUCE THE DORMER.
HOW ABOUT IT, MR. ROLLER? I THINK I LIKE THE CONCEPT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I INITIALLY THINK OF WHEN THE FIRST VISUAL THAT IT REMINDS ME OF THE ELIZABETH POINT LODGE WHEN DAVE AND SUSAN CAPELS FIRST STARTED BUILDING EVERYBODY.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS KNOWN AND THEY KNOW THEY WERE 40 FOREVER TWO OF THE BEST PEOPLE TO COME ALONG HERE IN FERNANDINA AND I THINK THAT REMINDS ME OF WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE FOR THE WATERFRONT SO I THINK THAT'S COMPLIMENT WOULD TAKE I THINK IT IS THANK YOU FINEST PEOPLE AROUND AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MASSAGE THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK I'M WITH WITH THOSE ABOUT THE FRONT SIDE THE FRONT BEING FRONT STREET SIDE OKAY MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE I'M NOT QUITE AS FLAT BUT JUST HOW DO WE GET MORE ELEMENTS THAT KIND OF BREAK STUFF I CAN GABLE SOME STUFF THERE MAKE IT WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER INSTEAD OF DORMERS THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT SO THAT'S THREE OF YOU ON THAT BOAT I'VE GOT IT.
I LIKE IT LIKE IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING.
COMING FROM THE ROAD AND IT JUST LIKE, BOOM, IT BLOWS OUT AT YOU.
COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THAT WAS A FULL TWO-STORY AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP 30 FEET? IT'S HUGE.
WE'D RATHER SPEND OUR MONEY ON THE WATER SIDE ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE COME TO SEE.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DISTRACTION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE TO EAT DINNER ON THE RIVER.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A BIG PLUS.
I'LL MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS AND YOU'RE GETTING READY.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
AND MR. SIMMONS, I KNOW THIS IS A PASSION PROJECT AS WELL.
I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO THANK YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY
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FOR PUTTING SO MUCH FAITH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING THAT.I'M SORRY, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME UP TO THE STAND.
YEAH, MY NAME IS STEVE SIMMONS, 1822 HIGHLAND DRIVE IN FERNANDINA BEACH.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 42 YEARS FOR THE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN BUILDING THE RIGHT THING HERE.
BUT I WANTED BASICALLY TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE WOULD BE COMPETING WITH, WHATEVER IT WOULD BE.
AND WHEN BRETT'S WAS DECIDED TO BE MOVED FROM THE LOCATION WHERE IT WAS DESIGNED TO WHERE IT GOT MOVED TO, THEN THAT COMPLICATED WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE.
HERE WITH BUILDING ANOTHER RESTAURANT RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WE JUST BASICALLY PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD AT THAT TIME.
BUT THE MAIN THING IN COMING UP WITH THE DESIGN HERE WAS THAT I WANTED SOMETHING WITH ALL THE NEEDS ALL OF THE TIME, OKAY? AND WHEN FAMILIES WOULD COME TO FERNANDINA, THEY WOULD ALREADY KNOW BY HEARING FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT THEY NEED TO VISIT THIS BUILDING, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT, THEY WOULD COME AND ENJOY THIS.
AND THEN WE STARTED GETTING INTO THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARINE WILSON STATION AND THE MORE I STUDIED THAT THE MORE I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE A SHAME NOT TO BRING THAT DESIGNATION BACK TO FERNANDINA BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ANOTHER WELCOME CENTER ON THE ENTIRE INTERCOASTAL WATER SYSTEM OKAY, AND SO AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BRING THAT HISTORICAL EVENT BACK TO FERNANDINA AND I THINK IN ITSELF THAT WOULD BE A LIGHTHOUSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE JUST WANT IT TO BE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE FOR OUR LOCAL CITIZENS HERE IN FERNANDINA AND AMELIA ISLAND AND ALL OF NASSAU COUNTY, AND ANYBODY THAT COMES TO VISIT FERNANDINA, THEY WILL GO BACK AND TELL THEIR NEIGHBORS, YOU NEED TO GO TO SEE THAT BUILDING ON THE WATERFRONT.
YOU NEED TO BE DOWN THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
WE WANT IT TO FIT ALL THE NEEDS, BASICALLY, ALL OF THE TIME, AND WE'RE GETTING TO A REAL COMFORT LEVEL.
THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITH THIS BUILDING AND WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT IT BACK ON THE MAP IS THE FIRST STOP IN FLORIDA COMING IN AND THE LAST STOP GOING OUT AND GET SOME OF THESE FOLKS TO PULL IN AND ENJOY A FEW DAYS WHILE THEY'RE WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND I THINK I THINK WE CAN DO IT WITH WITH WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THERE THANK YOU WE DEFINITELY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THE WITH VISIT FLORIDA FOLKS.
WHO ARE VERY ENCOURAGING TO US.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH THEM THE PAST WEEK.
SO THEY WERE ENCOURAGING TO US.
SO I HOPE YOU DO THE SAME AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD.
DON'T THEY DO PART OF THAT FLORIDA MEMORY? SIR? ARE THEY HOOKED UP WITH THAT FLORIDA MEMORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ON THE STATE? COULD BE.
I JUST KNOW THE GUY THAT'S THE VP FOR VISIT FLORIDA IS THE GUY WHO DOES ALL WAY.
WELCOME CENTERS FOR FLORIDA BUT HE WANTS THIS WELCOME STATION WHICH IS WHAT THEY CALL MARINE STATION AND HE JUST HE WAS HE AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON HIS STAFF ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE AFTER IT SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE STEVE'S TP UP THERE YOU KNOW I LIKE THE LOOK OF HIS BETTER THANKS I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS ON FOR YOUR RECORD OKAY IT'S LOADED TO YOU OKAY QUICKLY MOVE TO STAFF REPORTS, GET SOME IMPORTANT UPDATES,
[5.1 MARINA MANAGEMENT UPDATE]
RECOMMENDATIONS.SO, MARINA MANAGEMENT UPDATE? MORE.
JEREMIAH GLISSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I'LL START OFF HERE BEFORE THEY CAN PULL THE AGENDA UP AND GET BACK TO WHERE WE'RE GOING.
BUT THIS BOARD MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION AND BY VOTE TO RECOMMEND BRINGING THE CITY MARINA MANAGEMENT IN-HOUSE, AND THE CITY COMMISSION DID.
VOTE THAT DIRECTION AT THE LAST MEETING.
I THINK IT WAS A 2017 MEETING.
317 MEETING TO BRING THAT IN-HOUSE.
WE ALREADY BEGAN WORKING THAT DIRECTION BASED OFF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.
SEE FROM THE AT THE VISIONING SESSION THAT THE COMMISSION HAD SO CHRIS HAS BEEN BEEN WORKING VERY HEAVILY QUICKLY ON DOING THAT THE TRANSITION IS APRIL 1ST AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS A LOT OF COMPONENTS DO THAT AGAIN CHARLOTTE WE CAN PULL UP THE SHOW ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING ON TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN EVERYTHING FROM ONBOARDING STAFF TRANSFERRING INSURANCES CONTRACTS SETTING UP A SOFTWARE A LOT OF STUFF SO THEY'RE GONNA PULL THAT UP HERE SHORTLY I BELIEVE AND CHRIS CAN PROVIDE SOME
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, CHRIS FERGUSON, MARINA GENERAL MANAGER.HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING? THAT'S NOT ME.
ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF FINANCIAL OVERVIEW AS TO SORT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY YEAR OVER YEAR.
TOTAL REVENUE, $129,000, ALMOST $130,000 GROSS REVENUE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
TRANSIENT ABOUT 58,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR ANNUAL WHICH IS OUR LONG-TERM ANNUAL CONTRACTS I'M JUST OVER 27,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR SO REALLY SEEING SOME SOME GREAT PACE WE'VE HAD A FEW BOATS THAT ARE ARE MISSING SIGNED ANNUAL CONTRACTS BOATS HADN'T COME IN YET THEY'VE BEEN PAYING FOR MONTHS ONE OF THEM JUST CAME IN IF YOU'RE DOWN BY THE MARINA YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE 61 FOOT NORDHAVEN SHE'S A BEAUTY ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BOAT UM NET FUEL REVENUE UH 20 000 AHEAD OF UH OF LAST YEAR WE'RE OPERATING AT ABOUT A 32 PERCENT MARGIN LAST YEAR ABOUT 31 SO A LITTLE BIT STRONGER MARGIN LABOR.
WE ARE ABOUT 6,300 OVER LAST YEAR.
BUT ABOUT 29,000 UNDER BUDGET YEAR TO DATE.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN WATCHING LABOR, UTILIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE WHERE WE CAN IN ORDER TO BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
TOTAL EXPENSES, WE ARE 58,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR, 130,000 UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
BUT SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROJECT TIMING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE, THE PROJECT DOWN ON THE DINGHY DOCK COME APRIL 15TH.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO NOTE WHICH I KNOW WAS ASKED IN THE LAST MEETING WAS THE BAD DEBT FROM SNAGASLIP AND IT'S IT'S A PAINFUL NUMBER.
IT'S FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE WRITING OFF FOR THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS ABOUT ANOTHER TWENTY THOUSAND LAST YEAR.
TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS BEING WRITTEN OFF IS SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT, IF ANY, RECOURSE THE CITY HAS IN REFERENCE TO RECLAIMING ANY OF THAT REVENUE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT.
RATHER THAN WRITING IT OFF IN EACH MONTH THAT IT OCCURRED, THE COMPANY HAD JUST CARRIED IT.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT TRANSITION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, IT ALL HAD TO BE WRITTEN OFF IN ONE.
SO, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, OF COURSE, BUT AN INCREASE OF $37,000 IN CREDIT CARD FEES.
I WILL SAY, AND I MENTIONED IT IN THE LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE, WITH THE ADDITION OF DACWA, GETTING RID OF MARINAGO.
MARINAGO, WE WERE CHARGED ABOUT 8.4% PROCESSING FEES PER TRANSACTION.
WITH DACA WILL BE AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT AND A 15 CENT PER TRANSACTION FEE SO THE PROJECTED SAVINGS IS IS IN AND AROUND THE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR MARK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO JUST IN THAT TRANSITION FROM ONE SOFTWARE TO THE NEXT SO WE SHOULD START TO SEE SOME REALLY NICE SAVINGS WHEN IT COMES TO CREDIT CARD FEES WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE ACH AND THINGS ALONG THAT LINE ALL THE FEATURES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE, AGAIN, CONTINUING TO OPERATE IN AND AROUND THE SAME LEVEL, ABOUT 4,600 UNDER LAST YEAR.
AND NOI, 32,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR, SO A LOT OF 16% GAIN YEAR OVER YEAR.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF A PINCH WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS, BUT WE'VE GOT TRANSIENT SEASON RAMPING UP EARLY.
I THINK WE'VE GOT 13 OR 15 BOATS TONIGHT, AND IT'S NOT EVEN APRIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A REALLY.
NICE PACE AND I THINK WITH THE ROLLING OUT OF DACQUA WHICH IS IN MY OPINION THE THE MOST STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING SOFTWARE YOU CAN HAVE IN THIS INDUSTRY IT'S GOING TO EXPOSE US TO YOU KNOW TENS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL BOATERS UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE YEAH SURE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE ATTORNEY IS ALREADY LOOKING AT.
AT ABOUT THAT DEBT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE OASIS OR NOT YEAH THERE'S THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OASIS AND IS PURSUING WHAT LEGAL ACTIONS AND GROUNDS THE CITY MAY HAVE IN REFERENCE TO THAT ISSUE YEAH JUST AN
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UPDATE, JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES HERE.THE MANAGEMENT TRANSITION, WHICH JEREMIAH REFERENCED, IT IS, TO SAY IT'S BEEN A HUGE UNDERTAKING, IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, LEAVING OASIS, COMING TO THE CITY, I THINK IS THE GREATEST THING FOR THE MARINA, FOR MYSELF, FOR MY TEAM.
AND IT HAS BEEN A TRUE TEAM EFFORT TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT THAT WE ARE.
MAKING THIS TRANSITION TO WHERE WE ARE TO DATE TO REACHING THAT APRIL 1ST TIMELINE CITY CITY HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ASSIST AND IN REFERENCE TO THE GANTT CHART WE DID PUT A GANTT CHART TOGETHER AND IT JUST SORT OF BREAKS DOWN IT JUST SORT OF BREAKS DOWN EVERYTHING THAT WE SORT OF WE NEED TO DO INTO NINE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S SORT OF SUB-GANTT CHARTS UNDER EACH CATEGORY, BUT MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACT TERMINATION, TRANSITION TERMS, PERSONNEL, ONBOARDING, HUMAN RESOURCES, THE INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS, IT TRANSITIONS, AND YOU'RE TALKING SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, WEBSITES, SOFTWARE OPERATING SYSTEMS, CONTRACTS, AND LEASES.
WE HAD TO REDO AND REWRITE ALL OF THE LEASES, GET THOSE INCORPORATED INTO THE DACA PLATFORM.
LICENSES AND PERMITS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LICENSE AND PERMITS THAT ARE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.
THERE ARE ALSO A FAIR FAIR AMOUNT THAT ARE IN THE NAME OF OASIS SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MIGRATING THOSE OVER TO THE CITY FINANCIAL AND BUDGET TRANSITION, VENDORS, AP, I MEAN IT JUST IT GOES ON AND ON MARKETING, BRANDING TRANSITION, WATERWAY GUIDE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY AND THEN ESTATE COMPLIANCE, GROUND LEASES, THINGS ALONG THAT LINE.
SO IT'S, AND LIKE I SAID, IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE SUB GANTT CHARTS.
I MEAN, JUST DACWA ALONE, YOU'VE GOT CONTRACTS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
SLIPS AND THIS IS IN THE SYSTEM SLIPS SET UP PRICING CATEGORIES MARKETING IT INTEGRATION TRANSIENT DATA TRANSFER POS SYSTEM INVENTORY INTEGRATION AND THAT'S JUST DOC WHAT WHICH IS ONE LINE ITEM UP HERE SO AND WE HAVE A BUSINESS TO OPERATE AT THE SAME TIME SO TO SAY IT'S BEEN A HUGE UNDERTAKING UH IT HAS BEEN A MASSIVE CHALLENGE BUT UM AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART WE ARE WE ARE TAKING AWAY RIGHT ON TARGET SO COME APRIL APRIL 1, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL HIT THAT APRIL 1 MARK.
THERE'LL BE SOME FINE-TUNING OF THINGS THEREAFTER THAT AREN'T NECESSARY TO ROLL OUT APRIL 1, BUT WE ARE READY TO GO AND EXCITED.
AND I WILL SAY, JUST EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE DACA ROLLED OUT IN ITS FULL FORCE, WE HAVE A VERY BASIC PLATFORM AT THIS POINT.
APRIL 1, EVERYTHING GOES WIDE OPEN.
BUT IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, WE'VE PICKED UP NINE TRANSIENT RESERVATIONS.
RESERVATIONS IN THE LAST TWO DAYS JUST FROM THE BASIC PLATFORM.
SO WHEN I SAY THE FLOODGATES ARE GOING TO OPEN, FLOODGATES ARE GOING TO OPEN, AND WE ARE EXCITED.
WE JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LAST.
AND TOW IT TO THE DECK WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN JUST A REAL QUICK UPDATE, THE DINGHY DOCK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WERE DELAYED FOR MATERIALS THAT STARTS APRIL 15TH. WE WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF MAY, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE REHAB OF THAT DOCK.
IT'S IN TOUGH CONDITION RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GONNA BE A NICE ADDITION AND A MUCH BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY AND THE WATERFRONT, ESPECIALLY BEING AN EXTENSION OF THE WATERFRONT PARK.
UM, THE AQUA BIKES THAT ARE DOWN THERE, UM, WE, THOSE BIKES, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE, THE, THE LEGAL STEPS, CHECKED ALL THE BOXES.
APRIL 27TH, THEY WILL BE LISTED ON GOVDEALS AND MAY 4TH, THEY WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
UM, THEY'LL BE REMOVED AND RELOCATED IN ADVANCE OF THE PROJECT STARTING.
UM, BUT THEY WILL BE PERMANENTLY REMOVED NO LATER THAN MAY 4TH. AND THE MOORING FIELD, WE ARE.
ARE GOING UH WE'RE SUBMITTING A REQUISITION UH TOMORROW TO BASICALLY REDO ALL OF THE RIGGING FOR THE MOORING FIELD WE HAVE UM WE'VE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF THE CONDITION AND THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE RIGGING THE SHACKLES UM SWIVELS SO ON AND SO FORTH UH WE'LL BE GOING FROM 14 TO 16 MOORINGS WHEN
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IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE IF WE DO HAVE TWO PENNANTS THAT WE LOST WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THOSE.SO WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY WITHIN ABOUT A 60-DAY TIME FRAME HAVE THE MOORING FIELD BACK TO 16 WITH ALL NEW HARDWARE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN RELY ON 100%.
THE AQUA BIKES CAN WE TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WATER AND STORE THEM AT THE CITY PROPERTY SOMEWHERE? THEY WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE WATER EACH ONE HAS TO HAVE A NOTICE ON IT SO WE'RE LEAVING THEM IN THE WATER AS LONG AS WE CAN WE ALSO HAVE A NOTICE IN THE BOATERS LOUNGE AS WELL AS THE DOCK OFFICE WE HAVE TO HAVE IT THREE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE THE MARINA BUT AS OF APRIL 15TH OR SOONER, BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT STARTING, THEY WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AND RELOCATED TO THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
I'M SORRY? THEY'VE BEEN THERE A WHILE.
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT THEY WILL BE GONE SHORTLY.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST SORT OF A BRIEF UPDATE FOR ME AS TO WHERE WE ARE.
AND LIKE I SAID, TRANSIENT SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
I MEAN, APRIL 1 IS REALLY SORT OF THE KICKOFF.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING BOATS MOVING EARLY, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.
AND I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE THIS TRANSIENT SEASON, OF COURSE, IS THE RAPIDLY INCREASING FUEL PRICES, SO THE COST OF FUEL.
SO WE'RE KEEPING A REAL CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
WHEN WE SEE A DROP IN FUEL PRICING, OF COURSE, WE'RE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT DROP AND INCREASE THE VOLUME OF FUEL THAT WE BRING IN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL COSTS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE EASY.
YOU AFTER THIS THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING BUT IT'S UH WE I GUESS THAT WE ARE WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED.
I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S GREAT THINGS TO COME FOR THE MARINA THE WHOLE WATERFRONT AND TO HAVE PERSONALLY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS COULD NOT BE MORE THANKFUL THANK YOU, THANK YOU YES, WE WANTED
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TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.THIS IS A PROPOSAL FROM MOFFITT AND NICKEL FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF A TWO-PART PLAN WE'RE CALLING OUR HARBOR MASTER PLAN.
THE FIRST PHASE IS FOCUSED ON THOSE EIGHT OR NINE PROPERTIES STARTING WITH THE SIMMONS PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO THE PORT AND REALLY FLUSHING OUT NOW THAT WE HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR THE SIMMONS PARCEL PICKING BACK OUR PARTIALLY DESIGNED SEAWALL AND INTEGRATING THAT INTO THE PLAN AND THEN TALKING WITH THE REST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE NORTH END OF FRONT STREET ABOUT THEIR GOALS FOR THEIR PROPERTY AND TRYING TO COORDINATE, HAVE THE CITY COORDINATE ANY KIND OF PERMITTING, SOME OF THE DESIGN EFFORT THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE FOR THE SEAWALL.
SO IT'S AN EFFORT, THIS FIRST PHASE REALLY TO ENGAGE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, LOOK AT THE EXISTING PLANS WE HAVE.
AS FAR AS PERMITTING LIKELIHOOD THE PROPOSED WALL AND JUST GETTING THESE GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS BACK TALKING AND LOOKING HOW WE CAN MOVE IN IN A DIRECTION OF REDEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE FIRST PHASE IS BROKEN INTO DIFFERENT DELIVERABLES UM BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THE INTENT THE CITY MANAGER HAS AUTHORITY TO SIGN WITH THE PROPOSAL THE GROUP'S EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD IT'S ABOUT A 16-WEEK PROJECT TIMELINE THAT THEY'VE GOT OUTLINED CONSISTING OF ESTABLISHING SOME BASELINE CONDITIONS DOING SOME ANALYSIS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEN THE ULTIMATE ULTIMATELY BE A FIRST PHASE PLAN THAT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED.
CAN YOU SLIDE THAT PHOTO ALL THE WAY UP SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
THE RED AREA IS THE PHASE ONE AREA.
WHERE'S THE ZOOM AT? THERE IT IS.
LIKE I SAID, IT STARTS AT THE NORTH END OF PARKING LOT A AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FORT PROPERTY.
IT DOES INCLUDE THE OCEAN HIGHWAY PORT AUTHORITY THAT OWNS THIS SITE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE OTHER COUPLE MORE CONSOLIDATED COOK & COOK CAVANAUGH, GOODSALL AND THEN THE CITY PARCEL SO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE LOOKING
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AT AS THIS BOARD'S TALKED ABOUT A FISHING PIER AT 101 NORTH FRONT STREET AND HOW WE DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY AS WELL IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK OR THOUGHTS? WE COULD EXTEND THAT BULKHEAD FROM WHERE STEVE'S TALKING ABOUT DOING.THAT WOULD BE NICE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN A BULKHEAD OUT TO THERE.
IT WOULD HELP WITH THE SEAWALL, AND PLUS YOU CAN RECLAIM A LOT OF PROPERTY.
YEAH, SO PART OF, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY STARTED DOWN ON THE DESIGN OF THE NEXT PHASES OF THE WATERFRONT.
PHASE FIVE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PLANS FOR THE CITY'S PROPERTY ALONG WITH MR. GOODSELL'S PROPERTY AND MR. CAVANAUGH'S.
HERE SHOWS WHERE THAT BULKHEAD WOULD GO.
OH, TO EXTEND IT? YEAH, THAT'D BE NICE.
SO THEY WILL BE ENGAGING US IN THAT EFFORT, PICKING THOSE PLANS BACK UP.
THEY DO A LOT OF LARGE PORT WORK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, SO THEY'VE GOT GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARMY CORPS' REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE.
MY QUESTION WITH THAT IS, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF HOW TO FRAME IT, CAN THEY COME UP WITH PLAN A SAYING THAT EVERYONE WOULD WORK WITH US AND PLAN B IS IF THEY AREN'T RESPONDING? YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PARTICIPATION.
USING THIS TIME, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE PLAN A, PLAN B FOR PHASE ONE, PHASE FIVE.
WE HAVE PERMISSION TO GO FROM STEMMONS PROPERTY TO VENTURA, WHICH IS THE CITY'S UP AND TO TRINGALES.
AND THEN YOU COULD, THAT'D BE PLAN A.
PLAN B WHENEVER THE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THERE'S NORTH AND MR. GOODSELL AND MR. CAVANAUGH THE REASON WE DESIGNED THEY GAVE US PERMISSION AND JOINED OUR APPLICATION WHEN WE INITIALLY APPLIED THE ARMY CORPS UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T, IF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AREN'T GOING TO WORK WITH US, UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
HOW FAR DOES IT GO? UM, AT BROOM STREET, YOU'RE ALMOST AT ELEVATION NINE ANYWAYS.
SO THE PROTECTION LEVEL THERE, IT'S REALLY THESE FOUR PROPERTIES ARE THE MOST CRITICAL.
UM, AND IT'S JUST ENGAGING THE OTHER WATERFRONT PROPERTIES.
IF THEY WANT TO JOIN US AND LOOK AT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ECONOMIC I'M DONE.
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD HELP THEM WITH IF THEY'VE GOT YOU KNOW YOU STILL HAVE THE OLD WHAT'S THE IT WAS A THERE WAS A RESTAURANT THERE NORTH OF BEACON FISHERIES AT ONE POINT NO YEAH THAT'S A COOK A BE COOKED YEAH FISH HOUSE YES THAT WAS THE FERNANDINA SEAFOOD YEAH AND I KNOW BEACON FISHERIES HAS BOUGHT THE PROPERTY SINCE WE INITIALLY ENGAGED SO IT'S IT'S A CONVERSATION AS A PLANNING EXERCISE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT FRONT STREET LOOKS LIKE.
CITY'S CURRENTLY DOING A DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF RECOMMENDATION ABOUT ASH AND ALACHUA STREETS, HOW ALL THAT TIES TOGETHER.
PUTTING AN EASEMENT ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY SO WE CAN ADD THE BULKHEAD? ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE NEVER FINALIZED, BUT YES, ESSENTIALLY THERE'D BE SOME SORT OF EASEMENT OR DEEDING OF PROPERTY.
HAVE TO GET INTO MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO IT'S TRULY A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE CITY IS ABLE, THE WHOLE INTENT IS THE CITY'S...
IS ABLE TO LEVERAGE A LITTLE MORE PERMITTING WISE AND PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER IN A PACKAGE THAT'S WHY THE CITY WOULD TAKE THE LEAD AND TRYING TO PERMIT IT AND THEN FROM THAT POINT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION AND FUNDING ALL THOSE DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT AND THERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THOSE TYPE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY'LL BRING TO THE TABLE DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY HAD FOR HAVING THIS? 16 WEEKS TOTAL.
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TO LAST PAGE.WILL THEY BRING THAT HERE AND PRESENT IT TO US? ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE'D HAVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY, THEY'VE GOT SOME KICKOFF, THEY'VE GOT A KICKOFF MEETING AND THEN ATTENDANCE OF A COUPLE OTHER MEETINGS.
AFTER THEY DO THEIR KICKOFF WITH CITY STAFF, AND WHETHER IT'S BEFORE OR AFTER THEY TRY TO START MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'LL BE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS.
SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
WHILE I'VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MENTION A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
THE CITY COMMISSION FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING ON 1-15.
WE'VE GOT QUOTE COST AND IDEA OF DEMOLITION.
I'M PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME SKETCHES FOR PARKING.
SO IT'LL PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY WITH DEMOLITION AND ESTABLISHING.
THAT IS ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE AREA.
WATERFRONT PARK GRAND OPENINGS, APRIL 11TH.
THEY'RE FINISHING OUT CONCRETE TOMORROW AND WRAPPING UP THE REST OF THE LANDSCAPING THIS WEEK.
PLAYGROUND GETS DELIVERED ON WEDNESDAY.
SHOULD START INSTALLING THAT NEXT MONDAY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE TABLE INSTALLATION OCCUR ALONG WITH MOVING OF THE SHRIMP MONUMENT AND THE ANCHOR INTO THE PARK AND THE...
AT THE GRAND OPENING THE NEW NAME FOR THE PIRATE STATUE WILL BE UNVEILED SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE AREA SIX AS YOU SEE OUT HERE'S UTILITY PROJECTS MOVING ALONG PROBABLY NEXT MONTH I HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA PHASE TWO OF THE WATERFRONT, WHAT WE'RE JUST CALLING PHASE TWO OF THE WATERFRONT PARK, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION.
HE'S GOT SOME THINGS THAT THEY'VE MADE TWEAKS TO, AND WE SHOULD HAVE AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST ON THIS HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOUR REVIEW AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'LL BE WHERE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD WAS GOING SOUTH.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT HERE AT ONE POINT WITH THE LEASEHOLD.
SO IT'S BASICALLY CARRYING THE SAME RHYTHM AND THEMES THAT YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
SOME OF THE SAME PLANT MATERIALS, PLANT PALETTE.
TALKING THROUGH WHETHER THIS IS A ROOFED GAZEBO STRUCTURE WITH...
MARY'S THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT WAS CONSTANTLY BROUGHT UP THE SWINGS.
I THINK I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A NICE EXTENSION THERE DON'T WE NEED TO REZONE THAT PROPERTY WHICH PROPERTY? WE DO IT IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO ANOTHER CITY PARCEL THAT'S LARGER, AND IF YOU COMBINE THE PARCELS, TECHNICALLY THE ZONING, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY BUYING IT AND THE CITY OWNING IT.
BUT YES, THE INTENT IS TO REZONE IT.
IT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR STANDALONE PARKING.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE GETTING FARTHER ALONG ON THE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT PLANS.
IT'S GOING TO TRC ON THURSDAY AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THE DEMOLITION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINA ON APRIL 6TH.
TRYING TO GET A MANDATORY PRE-BID AND QUICK TURNAROUND TRYING TO GET THIS AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY WITH THE INTENT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION START SHORTLY FOLLOWING SHRIMP FESTIVAL PROBABLY SOMETIME IN JUNE.
I KNOW WE DID NOT WORK ON THIS AT ALL THIS IS NOT OUR BOARD'S DESIGN.
I GUESS IF YOU COULD HELP ME TELL THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE JUST WHY IT IS IN THIS SHAPE.
THE SHAPE WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE HTC AS WELL.
PART OF THEIR MOTION WAS FOR TO ELIMINATE THE POLYMORPHIC.
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GEOMETRY BASICALLY SQUARED UP SO YES THAT'S PART OF THE CONDITIONAL HTC APPROVAL PART OF THE REASON IT'S GOT SOME BUMP OUTS AND WEIRD CONFIGURATION YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT THE SAME SIZE AS FAR AS THE FOOTPRINT FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT, PERMITTING.BUT YEAH, I ENVISION THE SOUTH SIDE, THOSE LITTLE TRIANGLE PIECES THAT JUT IN JUST BEING SQUARED OFF.
WE WANT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE BUMP OUTS WERE INTENDED, ONE, TO PROVIDE CONNECTION TO THE FLOATING DOCKS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE SORT OF GATHERING SPACE OUTSIDE THE MAIN CORRIDOR, THAT MAIN 16-FOOT PIER.
BUT YES IT WAS REFERRED TO AS A SEAHORSE SHRIMPY LOOKING STRUCTURE FROM THE AERIAL I TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF IT I JUST OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE'RE IN A HURRY WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS I JUST THIS IS GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER AND IT'S JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT AND IT'S STILL OUT OF WOOD THERE'LL BE COMPOSITE POSTS AND COMPOSITE DECKING.
AND THE PURPLE IS EXTENDED DOCKS? CORRECT.
AND THE RED IS THE RAMPS? CORRECT.
A HYPERBOLIC, WHATEVER YOU SAID.
POLYMORPHIC SO WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BRING THE FINALIZED VERSION BACK TO YOU THAT WAS A CONDITION OF THEIR FINAL APPROVAL YOU DO HAVE A RED LINE SO YOU'RE YOU'RE KNOCKING OUT THAT VOID THAT'S THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ARE THEY GONNA BRING THAT DOCK OUT YEAH, THAT...
OH, THAT WAS ME JUST PLAYING AROUND.
I WAS TRYING TO SKETCH WHAT...
I MEAN, THAT LOOKS MORE PROFESSIONAL, BUT...
SO I ENVISIONED SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMING BACK TO YOU.
I THINK IT WOULD ALL BE BETTER, MORE UNIFORM, STRAIGHT LINE.
AND ALL THESE LITTLE INDENTS BACK AND FORTH.
THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE ON THE WATERFRONT THAT HAPPENS.
IF YOU KEEP IT UP WITH TRADITION.
I AGREE WITH THAT, AND THAT'S HOW THE BOARD FELT IT.
TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR GRIDDED STREET PATTERN.
WE'RE VERY LINEAR IN OUR LAYOUT, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED HERE, NOT JUST SOME ODD.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF ADDING ANOTHER ICONIC SOMETHING ON THIS STRUCTURE? I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD NO SAY IN THE DESIGN OF THIS OR HOW IT LOOKS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I'M WITH DAVID.
A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL LINES AND THINGS FOR BOAT DOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NO, IF HE WAS COMING TO A MARINA, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO TIE YOUR BOAT UP IN THAT INDENT.
YOU'D WANT TO TIE IT ON A STRAIGHT LINE.
I LIKE THE WAY THAT THEY DID THAT ANGLE.
FOR EDOT BECAUSE IT OPENS IT UP MORE SO YOU KNOW UNDERNEATH THE DOCK FLOW IT DOESN'T TURN INTO A FUNNEL RIGHT THERE THAT'S THE ONLY POSITIVE THING I SEE THERE AND YOU DO GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF DOCKAGE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE RENDERING THAT WAS SENT TO US AND IT'S EVEN STRANGER OF COURSE IT LOOKS.
YOU MADE IT STRAIGHT ACROSS LIKE YOUR RED LINE.
LIKE IT'S SO ANGLE-Y FOR NO REASON.
IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN PUT ON THE END TO TRY TO TAKE YOUR EYE AWAY FROM THE DOCK? SO WE STILL HAVE TO PUT THE RELOCATED NEW NOAA STATION.
WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH NOAA RIGHT NOW SO THAT IT GETS THE OLDEST OR...
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METAL BOX THAT IT IS NOW.THEY'RE GONNA DRESS IT UP, PUT IT IN A NICE BOX, PROVIDE SOME HISTORY TO THE TIDE GAUGE.
OR SHRIMP THE SHARK THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOCATE OUT THERE BUT THE DESIGN INTENT WAS TO WHATEVER GETS BUILT BACK AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE GOES TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE LAND SIDE OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER YOU ADD A PAVILION OR SOME SORT OF COVERED SEATING OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A WITHOUT ANY SHADE OUT THERE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HOT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
HOW LONG IS THAT GANGWAY FROM THE MAIN? DOCK TO A AND C.
HOW LONG WAS THE ONE THAT BROKE? I DON'T RECALL.
I THINK IT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT.
AND SO PART OF THE DESIGN AND THE CHALLENGE WITH THE PROJECT IS FUEL.
THE EXISTING FUEL TANKS, WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE CAPACITY, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH TRYING TO DECARBONIZE.
DECONSTRUCT THE CENTER OF THE MARINA BY TAKING DOWN BRETTS KEEP THE PIER USABLE AND FUEL AS ACTIVE AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING SO ESSENTIALLY THE BARGE WILL COME IN AND START TEARING DOWN BRETTS THEY WILL TAKE THE OLD, BASICALLY BUILD A TUNNEL OVER THE EXISTING PIER AND ACCESS TO THE MARINA.
SO, LIKE IN CITIES WHEN THEY'RE WORKING, MAINTAIN A SAFE PATH TO THE ATTENUATOR DOCK, TEAR DOWN BRETTES, THEN START REBUILDING THE NEW FACILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE, NEW PIER ON THE NORTH SIDE, MAKE THE CONNECTIONS, GET THE UTILITIES INSTALLED.
AND THEN MAKE THE CONNECTIONS TO FLIP OVER THE FUEL SYSTEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO IT'S THE FUEL WE'RE NOT READING WE'RE NOT MOVING THE TANKS RIGHT THEY UNDERSTAND THE SAME EXACT PLACE ARE WE GONNA MOVE IT AT ONE TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE PARKING LOT BE HERE THEY'RE GONNA STAY IN PARKING LOT A WHERE THEY ARE THIS TIME YES WE'RE POTENTIALLY TALKING ABOUT REUTILIZING THEM AND THEY STILL HAVE SOME LIFESPAN TO THEM BUT I KNOW CHRIS WANTS SOME MORE SOME BIGGER FUEL TANKS CHALLENGE WITH REMOVING AND REPLACING THEM IS VERY EXPENSIVE SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BUT RIGHT NOW THE INTENT IS IF THEY WERE TO BE RIPPED UP AND REPLACED THAT THEY WOULD STAY BASICALLY IN THAT AREA NOT MOVE TO PARKING LOT B LIKE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUT ALL THE 90S THAT CREATED THE SLOW FUELING ISSUE AND HAVE NOW CREATED A FEW SWEEPS.
YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE TWO BINS, TWO SWEEPS TO GET OUT TO THE FUELING, WHICH SHOULD HELP.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO REALIGN THE GAS LINES? I DON'T KNOW IF CHRIS WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THE DESIGN.
HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH PASTOREAU.
IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT HE'S PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
SO IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, HE CAN CERTAINLY CHIME IN.
I WANT IT TO BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT THIS ALSO NEEDS TO BE LIKE THIS IS A VERY ICONIC PART OF OUR TOWN AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NAILED THAT AT ALL IS THERE IT WHO DO WE NEED TO PUT OUR INPUT TO? OR IS IT OR IS THIS JUST A DONE DEAL? LIKE I SAID, THE HTC HAD STRONG OPINIONS AND MADE IT PART OF THEIR CONDITION.
SO I THINK NOW'S THE TIME FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN.
AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A LETTER, MAYBE, OR...
SUMMARIZE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE'LL CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH MR. KRAMOV BECAUSE HE KNOWS WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO PASS ROW TO ADDRESS HTC COMMENTS.
THAT'S IN THE FUEL LINE SO THE WAY I SEE IT UNLESS YOU TEAR THAT PARKING LOT UP YOU CAN END UP WITH FIVE AGAIN THE FUEL LINE IS GONNA RUN UP UNDERNEATH THE THAT 80-FOOT GANGWAY, CORRECT? IT IS SO, HOW ARE YOU GONNA HOW ARE YOU GONNA CHANGE IT BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE YOU COME OUT OF THERE, YOU HIT THE BRAKE WHERE YOU TAKE A LEFT, THEN YOU GO EAST, THEN YOU GO SOUTH, THEN YOU GO WEST, AND THEN YOU TURN DOWN AND GO AGAIN.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THAT? THE WAY THAT'S DESIGNED, YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON THE PIPING THAT'S BEING USED, IT HAS MUCH MORE
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FLEXIBILITY THAN A LOT OF THE RIGID HDPE PIPE.SO RATHER THAN HAVING A 90, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SWEEPING COURSE BECAUSE THE 90S IS WHERE YOU LOSE CAPACITY.
EVERY SINGLE 90, YOU LOSE CAPACITY.
SO, AS JAKE WAS SAYING, THE LINES ARE GOING TO BE DESIGNED TO SWOOP AND BEND AND ELIMINATE AS MANY OF THE 90S AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FLOW.
WE'RE ALSO, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN APPROVED OR NOT, BUT LOOKING AT DISPENSERS WITH A HIGHER VOLUME AND CAPACITY, NEW CONTROL SYSTEMS, ET CETERA.
AS JAKE MENTIONED, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT THERE'S LIFE LEFT IN THE TANK.
HAVE BIGGER TANKS UM BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING TANKS OUT OF THE GROUND UM YOU KNOW THE THE WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE BASICALLY CREATING A SWIMMING POOL BUT THEN TRYING TO BUILD A CONTAINMENT AREA TO PUT THOSE BACK IN WET SET THOSE TANKS IT'S UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE I MEAN IT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT UM BUT YOU KNOW CAN WE WORK WITH THE WITH THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE, YES, I THINK FOR THE LONG HAUL, IT'S UP THAT WE ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO LOOK AT INCREASING THE VOLUME THAT THE NEW TANKS WOULD HOLD AS OPPOSED TO FIVE AND FIFTEEN MORE OF A 10 TO 20 000 10 000 GAS 20 000 DIESEL BECAUSE I AS I MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS EVEN WITH 10 000 GALLONS IN A DIESEL TANK IN THE GROUND YOU CAN STILL ORDER FULL TANKER TRUCK 7,500 GALLONS SO AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY WE BASICALLY UM, WE GOT 17, FIVE, 17,500 GALLONS IN THAT TANK.
WHAT DO WE HAVE NOW? IT'S THE 5,000 GAS, 15,000 DIESEL.
BUT REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT THE 90% RULE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT 12, FIVE, 13, FIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS.
SO YOU CAN ONLY, YOU CAN ONLY PUT IN 90%, BUT THE TANK WILL HOLD.
CHRIS FERGUSON, GENERAL MANAGER, MARINE.
WELL, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
CHRIS, WHAT'S THE FLOW DOWN THERE NOW COMING OUT OF THIS? HOW MUCH IS THAT? HOW MANY GALLONS A MINUTE? IT'S ABOUT 18, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE AT 40.
SO, AND WITH NEW MOST OF THE BOATS STAND AT 40 GALLONS A MINUTE IS MY QUESTION.
I'M SORRY? CAN MOST OF THE BOATS THAT YOU FUEL STAND 40 GALLONS A MINUTE? THE BIG BOATS, YES.
THE SMALLER SAILBOATS, IF WE WERE TO BRING IN NEW DISPENSERS, A LOT OF THE NEW DISPENSERS, THEY HAVE A.
VALVE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLOSE TO SLOW DOWN IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE UM THE FLOW OF THE FUEL AND THE COST PER PER FUEL PER GALLON YOU'RE JUST ABLE TO SLOW DOWN THAT PACE SO EVEN IF SOMEBODY WENT WIDE OPEN ON THE HANDLE WE COULD SLOW IT DOWN TO WHERE A SAILBOAT COULD TAKE IT AT FIVE GALLONS A MINUTE BUT FOR THE BIG BOATS THAT ARE TAKING FUEL THAT VALVE WOULD BE WIDE OPEN SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT IF WE HAD THAT.
THAT LUXURY AND THAT INCORPORATED IN WITH NEW DISPENSERS AND NEW HOSE RAILS THAT A FUEL LINE IS GOING TO BE BIGGER IN OTHER WORDS WHEN YOU REPLACE IT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER DIAMETER IT CAN PUMP MORE FUEL FROM THE TANK I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY THE SIZE IF THAT'S INCREASING MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SWEEPS REALLY HELP, LIKE CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT, ELIMINATING THE 90S, THEREFORE INCREASING THE CAPACITY, THE FLOW.
MOST DIESEL LINES ARE THREE INCHES.
FOR DELIVERY LINES, THEY'RE THREE INCHES OUT TO THE DISPENSERS IN A MARINA.
AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH A HIGH FLOW, LIKE DIRECT DROP, THAN THEY'RE LARGER.
IF YOU PUT A SWEEP IN THERE, IT WON'T HURT ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT DOING, A SWEEP.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO A SWEEP AT THE ELBOW RIGHT THERE, AND THEN YOU DO ANOTHER SWEEP UNDERNEATH THE DOCK, AND THEN A SWEEP AT THE RIM.
AND THE DOCK STAYS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME VALVES THAT THE FLORIDA PETROLEUM HAD, WHERE YOU CONTROLLED THE VALVE.
I KNOW THEY PUMP ABOUT 100 GALLONS A MINUTE DOWN THERE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU SET UP IN THE VENT.
IT'S ALL IN THE VENTING ANYHOW.
REAL QUICK BEFORE WE SWITCH TO THE NEXT, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC AND QUICKLY RAPID FIRE THAT YOU WANT ME TO PUT IN THIS EMAIL? OR DESIGN? YEAH, GO BACK TO TRADITION.BUILDING INSTEAD OF UP.
STRAIGHT LINE INSTEAD OF ALL THESE WHATEVER HE WANTS TO CALL IT A SEAHORSE.
IT'S A POLY SOMETHING, WHATEVER JAKE SAID.
IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING ICONIC ON THE DOCK.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO ALREADY OVER TIME.
TAKE THE NOOKS OUT AND GO STRAIGHT LINE.
[01:35:01]
ON THE SOUTH SIDE.ANYTHING SPECIAL WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE END OF THE DOCK? FLAT AS A PANCAKE.
ONE OF THE NEW BUSINESS, IS THAT RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, NO, PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO YOU NEED THAT? PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME STATE YOUR NAME? ANYTHING? HMM.
[7.2 CRA PLAN SUPPLEMENT APPROVAL]
MOVING FORWARD NEW BUSINESS.SO AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED TO YOU VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CRA SUPPLEMENT THAT WAS LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR US SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION AND OUR PROPOSED SUPPLEMENT THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS SO THIS IS FOR YOUR COMMENTS FEEDBACK APPROVAL SO HOW WE GOT HERE, UPON THE REVIEW OF SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WERE USING CRA FUNDING, LEGAL AND FINANCE WERE DOING THEIR REVIEWS, AND THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN THE LEGISLATION REGARDING CRAS AND...
AND HOW TO USE THE FUNDING SOURCES, AND THEY FOUND SOME DEFICIENCIES IN OUR PLAN.
NOT THAT THE PLAN WAS DEFICIENT AT THE TIME.
IT'S THE CHANGES IN LEGISLATION ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE REQUIREMENTS TO IT.
SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE DEFICIENCIES, WE CAN DO A SUPPLEMENT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR OBJECTIVES, YOUR STRATEGIES, AMEND YOUR CRA IN ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL.
IT'S BASICALLY STAYING THE SAME.
WE'RE JUST ENHANCING IT WITH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECTS, UPDATING SOME OF THE COST ESTIMATES.
IF YOU WANT TO FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO ON PAGE 37 OF THE 2005 PLAN, THIS IS THE MATRIX THAT TALKS ABOUT YOUR CANDIDATE PROJECTS AND THE OPINION OF COSTS, WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR COSTS FROM.
A LITTLE BIT SPARSE AND THIS IS WHERE LEGAL AND FINANCE FOUND THERE TO BE A COUPLE OF DEFICIENCIES IN HERE SO THIS SUPPLEMENT WILL TAKE THIS MATRIX AND REPLACE IT WITH A AN UPDATED ONE AND THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET IT'S THE SAME PROJECTS IT LISTS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, BASICALLY ANYTHING, ANYWHERE THAT WE CAN GET MONEY THAT WE CAN USE IN THE CRA IS AVAILABLE TO US, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US AS A FUNDING SOURCE.
WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT.
WE'VE UPDATED THE COST BASED ON 2026 DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 2005 DOLLARS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ADDED IN ADDITIONAL PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS AND THEN RELATED THIS BACK TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PRIORITIZED THAT SO THAT IS ALL IT IS IT IS THE SAME PROJECTS IN GENERAL UM IT LISTS A COUPLE OF ADDITION ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES UH IT PROVIDES A MORE REALISTIC ESTIMATED COST AND GOES INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR EACH PROJECT AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS UM AND THEN WE DO HAVE TWO SLIGHT TWEAKS TO THE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINA FACILITY AND WHERE BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THOSE OBJECTIVES IN IT WILL HELP US UTILIZE CRA FUNDING AND OTHER AVAILABLE SOURCES AS PART OF OUR CRA PLAN TO NOT THE SEAHORSE, BUT WHATEVER BECOMES OF THE FINAL PLAN FOR THE SEAHORSE WILL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY UTILIZE SOME CRA MONEY FOR THAT.
AND THEN UNDER OBJECTIVE 5, IF YOU LOOK AT STRATEGY 5.5, THIS IS WHERE THAT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT JAKE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER COMES INTO PLAY.
AT SEAWALL BULKHEADS AND WORKING TOGETHER FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT LAND OWNERS TO HAVE RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS.
IT JUST MORE CLEARLY STATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS TO MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE RESILIENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR REVIEW, YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR COMMENTS,
[01:40:01]
AND...AND THIS WILL GO TO THE PAB AND THEN ON TO CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE WHERE THE DOLLARS WERE.
IS THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE PROJECTS? SO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COSTS ARE IN $2,005, AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE CLOSE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER COSTS FOR THE PROJECTS NOW THAT WE'RE...
20 YEARS LATER, COSTS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, THEY'RE ESTIMATED COSTS.
WE COULD PUT ANYTHING IN THERE, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC IN 2026 DOLLARS.
WAS ANY OF THIS FOR THE LIGHTING ON 2ND STREET AND NORTH 2ND? WE DID USE CRA FUNDING FOR THE 2ND STREET PROJECT.
WE HAVEN'T FUNDED THE LIGHTING OF IT YET.
BUT WE'RE WORKING ON BUDGETING FOR A LOT OF LIGHTING ON ALACHUA AND NORTH 2ND STREET.
SO THIS IS MAINLY RIGHT THERE BY BRATSTON, THE WATERFRONT PROJECT RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A MARINA REDEVELOPMENT, UNDERGROUND CONVERSION OF ELECTRICAL.
SEA WALL DESIGN, RESILIENCY, EFFORTS, AND UPDATING THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN.
BOARD DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR IS THAT GOING TO BE SUBMITTED? APPROVED.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GOING.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE APPROVAL OF CRA PLAN SUPPLEMENTAL.
ANY OPPOSED? ARE WE STILL IN THE CRA? YEAH BUT THAT'S FOR THAT BUDGET DO WE HAVE ANY SAY SO ON ON THE DIRECTION OF SAY SECOND STREETS IN THE CRA BUT THE REST OF THEM WITH THIS TRAFFIC FLOW AND ALL DOWNTOWN NOW IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET IT FROM BEACH STREET TO BROOM STREET THE SAME WAY FROM ASH TO OCHOA'S LIKE NORTH AND SOUTH ODD AND EVEN BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME OFF OF 3RD STREET AND YOU'RE COMING FROM YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NORTH YOU TRY TO GO IT'S A TRAFFIC JAM.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE ALACHUA AND ASHES-FIXEN OPEN TO HAVE THE DIRECTION, SAY 2ND STREET FROM HERE, FROM BEACH STREET TO BROOME STREET NORTH, 3RD IS HEADING SOUTH JUST LIKE IT IS NOW, ODD AND EVEN.
THE WAY TRAFFIC IS NOW, I MEAN YOU GET A STANDSTILL AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
AND THE WAY THAT THE PARKING IS WITH THIS PARKING DEAL GOING ON, IT'S IT'S GETTING TO BE.
AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP FLOW EVERYTHING.
I KNOW THAT THAT ONE PART OF THE CRA IS IN OUR SAY.
I JUST WONDERED IF WE COULD TAKE IT SOMEWHERE TO GET THAT GOING.
YEAH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE BEING STUDIED.
THERE WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION COMING FORWARD HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
JUST LIKE ON 30TH AND 4TH, YOU'RE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
SO ONLY ONE CAR CAN GET THROUGH THERE.
THAT'S WHY I JUST THINK IT WOULD HELP THE FLOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE NEW THE NEW DOWNTOWN THING AND THAT YEAH THAT WILL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IS THAT DATA AND INFORMATION BECOMES SHARED BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND COMMENTS.
GOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO? AS JUST FROM THE STAFF SIDE, I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MEMBER PERKO HAS RESIGNED.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, MEMBER MARINEL'S TERM CAME UP IN DECEMBER AND SHE DID NOT OPT TO RENEW.
SO THIS IS AN UNUSUAL BOARD FOR THE CITY AND IT HAS EIGHT MEMBERS AND ONE OF THEM IS NOT VOTING.
WITH US BEING DOWN TO SIX MEMBERS.
I WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD IF YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO HAVE A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD
[01:45:02]
WHERE EVERYONE IS A VOTING MEMBER.IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF THE OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME OF WHO'S THE NON-VOTING MEMBER.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES? I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO FLOAT THAT IDEA BECAUSE WE'RE AT SIX MEMBERS NOW AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES WITH THAT ODD NON-VOTING MEMBER IF IF WE WENT FORWARD WITH AMENDING THE RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT REMOVING ANY BOARD MEMBERS WE WOULD JUST BE ADVERTISING A SINGLE VACANCY I THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? PLEASE.
MAKE A MOTION WE GO TO SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS ALL VOTING AND WE LEAVE THE EIGHT NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
WHO'S THAT LAST? MEMBERS I KNOW EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN PREREQUISITES SO I LEFT THAT NOTE UPSTAIRS BUT THERE'S TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE UM FLIP HOLDERS THERE'S TWO THAT ARE PROFESSIONALS THERE'S ONE THAT LIVES WITHIN THE CRA THERE'S ONE THAT'S A PROPERTY OWNER OF THE CRA AND THEN THERE'S TWO THAT ARE JUST CITY RESIDENTS AND UM IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PROBABLY ELIMINATE JUST ONE OF THE REGULAR CITY RESIDENT POSITIONS IF THAT WORKS FOR Y'ALL I MEAN WHAT IS THE OPEN THAT'S ONE OF THE OPEN ONES MHM SO I THINK IT'S ONE PROFESSIONAL AND ONE GENERAL CITY RESIDENT ARE THE TWO OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO I GUESS WE WOULDN'T WANT THE PROFESSIONAL.
WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THAT POSITION, AND WE WOULD ELIMINATE ONE OF THE GENERAL CITY RESIDENT POSITIONS WITH THAT.
SO THAT WAY YOU STILL HAVE TWO PROFESSIONALS ON THE BOARD? I'M A CITY.
WHO LIVES IN THE CRA? DID YOU SAY ONE HAS TO LIVE IN THE CRA? ONE HAS TO LIVE IN THE CRA OR WITHIN A MILE.
AND THEN ONE OTHER QUICK ITEM.
MOST OF THE OTHER BOARDS DO MEET AT 5.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST MAYBE SOME CONFLICTS ABOUT MEETING AT 5.
IS THERE ANY AVAILABILITY FOR MEETING AT MAYBE A 5.30? THESE MEETINGS ARE TENDING TO RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LONG.
I MEAN THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON.
I GOTTA TALK TO THE CHAIR ABOUT MAKING THIS FASTER.
WELL I MEAN WE HAD A BIG PRESENTATION AND ALL.
USUALLY WE'RE OUT OF HERE WAY BEFORE NOW.
I'M GOOD AT FIVE, GOOD AT FOUR.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE WITH ME, BUT MOVE IT UP.
Y'ALL WANT TO MOVE IT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS MORE.
YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MEMBER.
I'M DOING GOOD TO BE HERE AT SIX, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SEASON.
YOU KNOW, I'M A SLIP HOLDER WHEN I WORK, SO I DON'T GET IN.
SOMETIMES I HAVE TO COME IN IN MY FISHING CLOTHES.
[8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS]
IT'S ONLY ONE TO THAT MONTH.ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OR COMMENTS? I'LL PAY THAT DOWN TOP, NOT ME.
ARE WE STILL NEEDING TO BRING IN OUR IDEAS TO DO THAT PLAN? YES.
SO BECAUSE THIS WAS A HEAVY AGENDA, I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING TO IT.
BUT AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN AND BRINGING IN SOME ITEMS. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ENCOMPASSING THAT WORK PLAN.
SO I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GETTING SOME CLEAR EXPECTATIONS ON THAT AND BE MORE PREPARED FOR THAT NEXT MEETING.
[9. NEXT MEETING DATE]
DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY APRIL 27TH AT 6 P.M. SUPPORT[01:50:03]
THAT PROJECT YEAH, THANKS FOR LISTENING I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF TUNE AND IT'S GONNA BE DONE INTO THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A CONCEPTUAL BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OBSTACLES THEY GOT ACROSS BUT I THINK FAR SITTING ON THIS BOARD YOU KNOW, WILLING TO HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN.YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. IT'S A LONG TIME BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT THEY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, DESIGNING IT, AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WITH DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PERMITTING. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXCITED AS THIS BOARD AND FOR OUR DOWNTOWN AND THE WATERFRONT. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ICONIC PROJECT. SO THANKS FOR THAT SUPPORT. AND IT'LL STILL GO THROUGH. IT CAME TO TRC AS A FIRST STEP, SO THEY'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF TECHNICAL ENGINEERING, SITE DESIGN WORK TO DO, BUT IT'LL MOVE ON TO HTC FOR SOME COMMENTS HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BIG PLUS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE COUNTY, AND FOR CITIZENS AND THE TOURISTS.
IT'S GONNA BE A BIG ADDITION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US WORKING WITH CHRIS AND GOING IN-HOUSE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS TO START OUT AT THE MARINA, AND THEY CAN MOVE UP IN THE CITY. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IT'S A LONG TIME OVERDUE IN MY EYES, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE BOARD FINALLY THE COMMISSIONERS FINALLY TOOK ACTION AND DID IT YEAH AND THE PROJECT SIDE I MEAN YOU IMAGINE THAT'S NOT THAT'S A VERY COSTLY CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO ADD TREMENDOUS VALUE TO OUR TIF FUND FOR THE CRA MMHMM HE'S GOING TO FUND THE WHOLE SEAWALL COME ON NOW WE GOT PARKING ALL RIGHT. OKAY, WELL, WITHOUT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.