[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL TODAY'S MEETING INTO ORDER. EVERYONE 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. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME TO OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING FOR OUR BOARD UP HERE BESIDES OLIVIA. OLIVIA IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE MALLET INTO THE NEXT TERM. SO, CAN YOU DO ROLL ONE LAST TIME FOR US, EMMA? ZACH? HERE. I'M HERE. JACOB? HERE. CLAY? HERE. STEVEN? HERE. OLIVIA? HERE. ZAY? [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] WE HAVE QUORUM. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT ALL THREE OF OUR MINUTES THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED. WE NEED TO DO THAT TO KIND OF WRAP UP OUR WHOLE TERM, SO TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT EACH OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALLY. 3 NEW JURORS. WHAT DID WE EVER SAY ABOUT THE STORY AND SONG THING? THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA. IT'S ON OUR AGENDA. WE'RE DOING THAT. OKAY. THAT WAS PRETTY FUN LAST TIME. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ALL 3 INDIVIDUALLY, OR— NO, YOU CAN DO IT ALL TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT? ALL RIGHT, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ALL 3 MINUTES, SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU, EMMA, YOU DID A GREAT JOB AS SECRETARY. THANK YOU. OH, YOU'RE ALL YOUR WORK. ALL RIGHT, THIS MOTION PASSES, UH, 6 TO 0. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO WHICH WE'RE GOING TO UNLESS LUCY OR LULU, ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND WE'RE [6.1 Amelia River Waterfront Park Grand Opening Recap.] GOING TO MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS AND TALK ABOUT THE AMELIA RIVER WATERFRONT PARK GRAND OPENING, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING THERE. I THINK IT WENT GREAT. THE PARK'S AWESOME. DID YOUR, JOEY. YEAH. YEAH, WAS HE HAPPY? YEAH, HE SEEMED FINE, AND HE LIKE CAME UP TO ME THE NEXT DAY AND WAS LIKE, OH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SO I THINK HE LIKED IT. IS THERE GONNA BE A PLAQUE THAT SAYS CAPTAIN CLINCH PUT ON THE PIRATE OR NO? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE, BUT— THEY SHOULD PUT HIS NAME ON IT. YEAH, NO, HE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET A PLAQUE AFTER WE ANNOUNCED THE NAME. OKAY. AND ALSO, I WAS, I HAVEN'T POSTED, LIKE, I HAD THAT ONE PICTURE OF YOU ALL WITH JET PAXTON IN FRONT OF IT, AND I SHOULD POST IT AND JUST SAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ATTEND DON'T KNOW THE NAME. YEAH. BUT Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB. THAT WAS GREAT. ME TOO. WHAT ABOUT THE, Y'ALL MADE HOW MUCH MONEY FOR THE SNOW CONES? LIKE $100 SOMETHING? YEAH, LIKE $120. YEAH, $800. YES, SIR. YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT WITH YOU, OLIVIA. YEAH, BE AS ROUGH AS OUR BUDGET THAT WE GOT PASSED ON TO US. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS GOT [7.1 Story and Song: Thursday, May 14, 5:00pm.] ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT OLD BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES US ON TO NEW BUSINESS. STORY AND SONG. YEAH, I REMEMBER REPLYING SAYING THAT I WANTED TO DO THIS BECAUSE I MISSED THE ORIGINAL STORY AND SONG THAT YOU GUYS DID SO WELL AT THAT I WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. IT WAS KIND OF— IT WAS KIND OF— IT WAS WEIRD. IT WAS LIKE A PRESS CONFERENCE. YEAH, I KNOW. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING INTERVIEWING US. I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE MORE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE, IF ANYTHING. WELL, SO I WROTE TO HIM AND I SAID,BECAUSE DIDN'T ONE TIME Y'ALL SHOWED UP AND HE FORGOT? YES, I CAME THERE WITH LIKE AN IPAD AND READY TO DO— [00:05:01] LIKE I HAD MEETING NOTES PREPARED AND THEY HAD US COME BACK. HE WROTE TO SAY, DID YOU STILL WANT THE YAC KIDS AND HOW SHOULD THEY PREPARE? AND HE SAID IT'S A FILM SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION PREPARATION IS NOT NECESSARY. IF ANYTHING, WE ASK YOU GUYS TO SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF OTHER STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO RECREATIONAL DRUG USE. WE'RE GOING TO BE OUTING ALL OF OUR FRIENDS. IF THEY DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM, PERHAPS THEY CAN SPECULATE WHY THAT'S THE CASE. SO YEAH, IT DOES SOUND LIKE Y'ALL ARE JUST GOING TO BE LIKE, HEY, LET'S JUST— ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S ALL AGREE IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL. WE, AS A COMMITTEE, WE SUPPORT RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE IN MINORS. STOP THAT. SORRY, I'M KIDDING. HEY, WE DO NOT. THAT IS JUST— HEY, THAT IS NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION. JACOB KOWALSKI DOES NOT APPROVE. I DON'T APPROVE EITHER. YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT TO THE FUTURE MAYOR. YEAH, COME ON. WAIT, I AM WONDERING HOW LONG THE MOVIE IS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT YOU TO WATCH IT AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT. BETTER NOT BE OVER 45 MINUTES. IT'S IN THE SUMMER ANYWAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. THAT IS TRUE. WAIT, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED UP THERE? YEAH. WAIT, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE A, WELL, IT'S LIKE BASICALLY ESPRESSO BECAUSE ALL OUR TESTS— OH WAIT, YEAH, NO, I'M DONE ON THE 11TH. WHAT AM I SAYING? GREENAGERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. GREENAGERS UNDER THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I CANNOT WAIT. SAME WITH THE 3-EYE ANIMAL. THEY START NAME-DROPPING US IN IT? HOLD ON, I GOT THE THING PASTING. GO TO IT. SO SCREENAGERS UNDER THE END. 70 MINUTES. WHERE DOES IT SAY 70? I JUST LOOKED IT UP. OH WAIT, IS IT THAT ONE THOUGH, OR IS THAT THE OLD ONE? BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIES. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE IN THE SERIES. SCREENAGERS UNDER THE END. HOW LONG IS THAT ONE? THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW. YEAH, I THINK IT'S THEIR VOLUME. I THINK IT'S 7. LOOK AT THIS! LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! YO, WHAT IS THIS? YOU JUST MISSED THE BEST PART. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT. FULL VERSION, 70 MINUTES. IT SAYS CLASSROOM, 50. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. VAPING EVERY DAY FOR 3 YEARS. SO, IS THAT TOO MUCH OF IT? I MEAN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE IF THIS IS TOO MUCH OF A COMMITMENT. I'M THIS IS NOT A COMMITMENT. I WILL BE THERE. IT'S FINE. IT'S PRETTY FUN TO GO UP THERE AND TALK ABOUT, 14TH. THAT'S THE DAY AFTER MY PREVIEW DATE. GOSH. WOW. YEAH, NO, THIS IS GREAT. I'LL BE THERE. OKAY. OKAY. SO, THE TIME, DO Y'ALL HAVE ALL THAT OR DO YOU NEED ME TO REMIND YOU? GOT IT. THURSDAY, MAY 14TH AT 5 PM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MAKING SURE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE YOU GOT MEETINGS AND THINGS? YOU KNOW ME. NO, I JUST MIGHT HAVE AN AP TEST AT 5 PM. IS THAT STORY AND SONGS? OH, I CAN'T GO. MOVIES? THAT'S WHEN, BACCALAUREATE IS. THE WHAT? IT'S BACCALAUREATE. IT'S LIKE A BASICALLY A GRADUATION CHURCH SERVICE AT THE SCHOOL. THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT? YEAH. SO, I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THIS AT 5 PM. IT'S AT 6, SO, I MEAN, IF THE MOVIE'S 70 MINUTES, THEN, I CAN BE THERE. ZACH CAN BE THERE. YEP, I CAN BE THERE. SO JUST YOU TWO? OKAY, GREAT. ARE WE DONE? SO, IS MAY 27TH THE RIGHT DATE OR IS IT MAY 20TH? WHAT'D YOU SAY TODAY? LET ME SEE. HOLD ON. MAY ON YOUR TEXT YOU SAID MAY 20TH. MAY 20TH, OKAY. SO, THIS IS WRONG. I'LL CHANGE IT. WAIT, SHE SAID MAY 27TH. NO, SHE DIDN'T. OH, YOU ASKED US MAY 27TH AND THEN YOU CHANGED IT. I ASKED MAY 27TH, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR THE PARKS AND REC CREW, SO IT'S MAY 20TH. OKAY, OKAY. SO, THE TEXT WAS CORRECT. THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND ONE. SO, MAY 20TH, 3:15. INSTEAD OF COMING HERE, WE'LL JUST MEET AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. THIS IS OPTIONAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. WAIT, WE'RE GETTING CAKE, RIGHT? WE'RE GETTING CAKE. CHIO CAKE. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DRONE AND WE CAN TAKE YOUR PICTURE FROM THE TOP. OKAY, WAIT, WHEN IS IT? MAY 20TH FROM WHAT TIME? MAY 20TH AT 3:15. AND WE'LL MEET THERE WITH CASSIE AND THE PARKS CREW, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA WALK UP TO THE TOP, AND THEN JEREMIAH CAN HAVE A DRONE AND TAKE YOUR PICTURE AND STUFF. WE CAN DO INDIVIDUAL ONES, GROUP PHOTOS, SO GOOD. AND THEN I'LL HAVE CAKE. WHAT KIND OF CAKE DO YOU WANT? BIRTHDAY CAKE. BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR HER BIRTHDAY, THAT'S HER BIRTHDAY. THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY. MAY 20TH? YEAH. OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME. NO, I, IT'S OKAY. BUT IT'S AT 3:15, SO, I MEAN, IT WON'T BE LONG. I HAD A CAKE FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR, [00:10:01] SO. AND YOU CAN COME TOO, LULU, IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY. BUT NOBODY ELSE. OKAY. THIS IS A VERY SHORT MEETING, SO I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO MISS IT. YOU CAN SIT HERE IF YOU WANT. DO YOU WANT TO SIT HERE? YEAH. IF YOU CAN BROADCAST THIS, I CAN JUST PLUG IN AND SHOW THEM STUFF. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? HEY, HOW ARE YOU? IS THIS YOUR LAST MEETING? IS THIS ALL OF YOUR MEETINGS? IT IS, YES. WOW. WE STILL HAVE OUR LIGHTHOUSE FIELD TRIP. OKAY. YES, I TOLD THEM THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL HAVE A DRONE THERE TO TAKE THEIR PICTURES. YEAH, I WON'T, SO WHEN IS THAT? YOU WE'RE DOING IT THE 20TH, SO YOU CAN COME. OKAY, BECAUSE YEAH, I'M GONNA BE OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT TODAY? WE JUST DID A RECAP OF WHAT, ABOUT THE WATERFRONT PARK, AND WE HAVE NO NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR LAST MEETING, EXCEPT FOR OLIVIA. IS THERE ANY DO WE PLAY ANY PART IN THE VOTING OF NEXT PEOPLE? YEAH, YOU JUST APPLY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPLY AGAIN. I'LL DOUBLE-CHECK TO MAKE SURE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WILL SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION. YOU COULD SUBMIT IT AT ANY TIME, LULU, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ON A COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA AND THEY'LL VOTE. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE SO WE CAN START IN AUGUST, LIKE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST. SO, ARE THOSE APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW? YEAH, THEY'RE ALWAYS OPEN BECAUSE IT'S THE APPLICATION IS GENERIC FOR BOARDS, ALL BOARDS. SO WHEN YOU GO THERE, THERE'LL BE A DROPDOWN THAT SAYS YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY'LL SELECT AND THEN JUST SAY IN THERE THAT YOUR, YOUR GRADE, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL THEM THAT I WANT, YOU KNOW, UNDERCLASSMEN. AND YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE YEC. PERFECT. OKAY. BUT OTHERWISE, NO. I MEAN, WE— THE COMMISSION IS THE ONE WHO PICKS. I FEEL LIKE LAST TIME, BECAUSE WHEN ZACHARY APPLIED, THERE WERE LIKE 10 PEOPLE. THERE WERE, RIGHT? THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME SORT OF SAY, RIGHT? WELL, I TOLD THEM THAT OLIVIA WAS IN BECAUSE IT WAS THERE WERE TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE, AND SO I TOLD THEM THAT OLIVIA WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND WE WANTED TO KEEP HER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I REMEMBER LETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW TO APPLY. YEAH, YOU MADE LIKE A GROUP CHAT AND LIKE HALF THE PEOPLE IN THERE DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE APPLICATIONS THAT, YEAH, PEOPLE WHO ARE ADULTS DON'T KNOW IF THEY LIVE IN THE CITY OR NOT. THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING WITH PAID PARKING. YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA PULL UP A MAP AND SEE WHERE PEOPLE, SAME ISSUE WITH MEMBERSHIPS AT THE REC CENTER. DO YOU NEED ME TO CHANGE THE SCREEN? NO, I HAVE IT HERE. SO, SO LAST [8. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS] NIGHT,SITTING AT HOME, WE PROVIDED A PROJECT UPDATE TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE BEACH HARMONIZATION PROJECT. DO ANY OF Y'ALL REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THAT BEACH HARMONIZATION PROJECT? THEY'RE TRYING TO LIKE EXPAND THE DUNES. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE SO RELATED TO USING TOURISM DOLLARS GENERATED AT THE BEACH IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY AND BRINGING THOSE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED THROUGH TOURISM TAXES, PUTTING THEM BACK INTO OUR 7 BEACH PARKS. SO WE HAVE 7 BEACH PARKS WITHIN THE COUNTY, STARTING AT THE NORTH END. YOU HAVE A NORTH BEACH PARK, MAIN BEACH, SEASIDE, PIERS POINT, ON DOWN SCOTT ROAD, BURNEY PARK, AMERICAN BEACH. SO IT'S, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE BRANDING PROJECT IS WHAT IT IS. AND LAST NIGHT, IT'S BEEN IN DESIGN PLANNING FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING CLOSE TO THAT BECOMING A REALITY. THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE SEASIDE PARK. THIS IS ALL FAMILIAR TO YOU. THIS IS WHERE YOU DRIVE ONTO THE BEACH HERE AT SEASIDE. THIS IS THE ROUNDABOUT. AND THIS IS SEASIDE PARK. AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE, IS A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THERE, REPLACING ALL THESE SHADE STRUCTURES. PAVING, PUTTING CONCRETE DOWN HERE TO GET RID OF ALL THESE EROSION POTHOLING ISSUES. YEP, AND PUTTING IN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, REPLACING THE BOARDWALKS, ALL NEW LANDSCAPING, NEW SIGNAGE, AND THEN COMPLETELY REDOING THIS ROUNDABOUT. ALSO, YOU'LL SEE HERE SHORTLY, IT WILL INVOLVE REMOVING WHAT'S CALLED A SUICIDE LANE. FURTHER DOWN HERE AND IMPROVING THE MEDIAN AND REPAVING PORTIONS OF SADLER ROAD HERE. SO THIS IS KIND OF A RENDERING OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS PROJECT IS LIKELY TO BEGIN FALL OF THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PORTION OF THE PROJECT. YOU SEE OVER HERE IN THE RED THIS IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SEAT, THE PARK PORTION OF THE PROJECT. THIS OTHER PROJECT HERE IS FULLY WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OTHER THAN IT [00:15:02] TIES IN HERE TO THE CITY. SO THERE'S A RENDERING HERE OF WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE. AND THAT'S HERE NOW. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. THEN WE'LL DRIVE BACK HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT COMING. YOU CAN SEE THE PAVER AREA HERE, NEW SIDEWALKS, ALL NEW LANDSCAPING, ALL THIS, ALL THE BOARDWALKS, THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE REPLACED. AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S NOT PICTURED RIGHT HERE IS THE CONCRETE DRIVE AISLE THAT GETS OUT ONTO THE BEACH. HERE'S SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES THAT WILL BE GOING IN THERE: ALL NEW BENCHES, NEW BIKE RACKS, NEW RINSE RACKS. NEW DECK MATERIAL. SO IT'S A COMPLETE REIMAGINING AND A COMPLETE REDO OF THE SIGNAGE, THE WHOLE PARK THERE. SO OUR PORTION IS LIKE 30% OF THE PROJECT. THE REST OF IT'S BEING FUNDED BY TOURISM DOLLARS. THIS IS SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE MATERIALS THAT THEY'LL BE USING. EVERYTHING'S NATIVE. BUT YEAH, I'LL BACK UP TO THAT RENDERING SO YOU GET ANOTHER IDEA. BUT YEAH, IN PLACE OF ALL THE LIME ROCK THAT'S HERE NOW, CONCRETE DRIVE AISLES, BRICK PAVERS, ALL NEW SHADE STRUCTURES, REALLY A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA. SAME AMOUNT OF PARKING SPOTS? YEAH. WHEN IS THIS SUPPOSED TO START? LET'S START FALL THIS YEAR AND IDEALLY BE COMPLETED OVER THE WINTER AND BE READY TO GO FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S NICE. WHY AM I RAISING MY HAND? WILL THE ROUTE- HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE LIKE IMPACTED FROM THAT? SO THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET. THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET. THAT'S IT'S … I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER I CAN GIVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE TO MEET WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S FULLY MANAGED BY THE COUNTY.IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN CONCERT WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE FRONT END, AT THE SAME TIME ON THE BACK END, WE DON'T KNOW YET. ALL WE KNOW IS, IS THE PORTION THAT'S GOING TO PERTAIN TO US HERE, WHICH IS THE SEASIDE PARK. SO YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WHAT'S THERE NOW HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2003, 2004. IT'S, UH, IT'S 23 YEARS OLD, SO IT'S TIME TO DO A COMPLETE, UPDATE ON THAT. SO, WE DECIDED THAT SEASIDE WOULD BE FIRST. IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE TDC, THE COUNTY, AND THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE PARK AND THE DETERIORATION. IT NEEDS THE MOST AMOUNT OF WORK. IT'S HIGHLY VISITED. THERE'S TWO BEACH, UH, TWO BEACH PARKS THAT RECEIVE, THREE MOST VISITED PARKS ARE GOING TO BE PETER'S POINT, MAIN BEACH, AND THIS ONE. BUT THIS ONE IS IN THE BIGGEST STATE OF DISREPAIR, SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS PHASE ONE OF THIS MULTI-YEAR MASTER PLAN PARK OVERHAUL. SO YEAH, THAT'S TO COME. SO HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE LIKE THE WHOLE PROJECT ACROSS ALL THE PARKS LASTING? PROBABLY ABOUT 10 YEARS. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO DO THAT. BUT THE FIRST THING IS GOING TO BE SEASIDE, AND THEN ALSO, AS YOU SAW HERE, THE SIGNAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS A BRANDING INITIATIVE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL NEW SIGNAGE, NOT JUST AT THIS PARK BUT AT ALL THE BEACH ACCESSES. SO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL COME LATER, BUT AT ALL OF YOUR BEACH ACCESSES, YOU'LL SEE ALL NEW SIGNS GO UP TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, IT'S A HARMONIZATION PROJECT TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK INTENTIONAL AND TO START SAYING THAT, RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE CITY, COUNTY, AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. IT'S LIKE THIS IS ALL AMELIA ISLAND, THIS IS ALL, YOU KNOW, FERNANDINA BEACH, COUNTY BEACHES. WE WANT THERE TO BE SOME CONTINUITY THERE. WILL THEY CHANGE? RIGHT NOW, TO GO ON TO PETER'S POINT OR AMERICAN, YOU HAVE TO BE A COUNTY RESIDENT. IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE? OPERATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE OPERATIONS OF WHO GOES ON THE BEACH WILL CHANGE. THAT'S REALLY OUT OF OUR PURVIEW. BUT POSSIBLY, YEAH, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AT PETERS POINT. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A COMMON THEME WITH WHAT THE LAST SET OF COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN DOING WITH REPAVEMENT AND RESTORATION, AND I LIKE IT. I LIKE THE NEW CONCRETE EVERYWHERE. DO THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, LIKE SLIDERS, DAIRY QUEEN, ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE THOUGHTS? I'M SURE. I'M SURE. THERE WAS A MASSIVE OUTREACH THAT HAPPENED 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, SURVEYS. SO, THERE WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BEFORE THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CONSTRUCTION, OF COURSE, JUST LIKE ANY PROJECT, THERE WILL BE SOME DISCOMFORT THERE WITH, HEY, WE WENT TO SHUT THIS DOWN FOR A WHILE TO MAKE IT BETTER. SO WHILE [00:20:01] THERE'S SUPPORT THEORETICALLY, THERE LIKELY WON'T BE WHEN YOU GO TO DO THE WORK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PARDON OUR DUST, YOU GOT TO TEAR IT ALL UP TO MAKE IT BETTER. EVERYONE EXPERIENCES THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE AT THE ROUNDABOUT. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, 9,000 CARS A DAY GO UP AND DOWN THE MILLION PARKWAY. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN MAKE THAT EASY TO DETOUR 9,000 VEHICLES. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO GO AROUND. THERE'S ONLY 2 BRIDGES ON THIS ISLAND AND OFF THIS ISLAND. AND A MAJOR ROADWAY IS THE MILLION PARKWAY AND BUCCANEER TRAIL. AND YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THAT DOWN TO MAKE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THAT CREATES TRAFFIC JAMS. IT'S ALL PART OF IT. TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WILL BE OPENED UP HERE LIKELY BEFORE SHRIMP FESTIVAL. SO AT LEAST ONE SIDE, BUCCANEER TRAIL, IT WILL BE OPENING UP. SO THAT WILL HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ALONG SOUTH FLETCHER, SIMMONS ROAD, SOUTH 14TH, ALL THAT. I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR JUST YOU'VE BEEN OUT THAT WAY AND SAW THE TRAFFIC. IT'S A MESS. THEIR PROM WAS AT AMELIA RIVER. YEAH, WE HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A MESS. IT'S A MESS. BUT AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE MUCH IMPROVED HERE WITHIN A WEEK. SOUNDS GOOD. WHEN IS THE 50-YEAR PLANNING MEETING? THAT'S LIKE MEANT FOR THE RESIDENTS. IT'S 2050 VISIONING MEETING. IS THAT… YEAH, THAT WAS ADVERTISED LAST NIGHT. I, IT'S ON FACEBOOK. YEAH, I THINK I SAW THAT. WHEN IS THAT? I THINK I'LL COME TO IT. IT'S OKAY, IT'S ON THE, UM, THE CITY CALENDAR AND ON FACEBOOK. I MADE AN INVITE. THERE'S ONE ON THE 27TH OF APRIL AT THE PEC CENTER— OH, AT MLK, AND THEN THERE IS ONE IN MAY AT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THEY'RE BOTH— I MADE FACEBOOK EVENTS FOR BOTH OF THEM. THE ONE IN MAY IS THE 11TH AT THE GOLF COURSE. BUT DID YOU SEE THEY HAD A TABLE AT THE WATERFRONT PARK TOO? YES. SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, BECAUSE ALL OF— THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST LIKE FERNANDINA BEACH OR ELSEWHERE. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S OLD TOWN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT POCKETS. SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO GIVE EACH NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE A NAME AND A IDENTITY. IT'S LIKE AMELIA CITY, ISN'T THAT WHAT IT IS? LIKE, OR WHAT IS IT CALLED? YEAH, ONCE THEY'RE MORE SOUTH THAN THE ISLAND, OR IS THAT PART OF THE CITY? COUNTY? YEAH, IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S CALLED AMELIA CITY. FRANKLIN TOWN. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY, LAST BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY BEFORE YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY MANAGER ANYMORE? YEAH, WHEN'S THAT ROAD GOING TO BE DONE? IT'LL BE OPEN MONDAY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. CRAZY, RIGHT? REALLY? YEAH. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT. NO? AND I THOUGHT WE ADVERTISED 60 DAYS. I THOUGHT WE ADVERTISED 6 MONTHS. SO THE PROJECT, THIS PORTION, THIS IS PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE MOST INVASIVE. THEY DUG A HUGE HOLE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH HERE. THAT IS GOING TO BE, IT'S BEING BACKFILLED NOW. THEY'LL BE BRINGING IN LIME ROCK TOMORROW. THEY'LL BE PREPPING THE SURFACE FOR PAVING. THEY'LL BE PAVING ON SATURDAY. IT'LL BE OPEN ON MONDAY. THE INTENT IS, IT WAS IN THE CONTRACT TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR SHRIMP FESTIVAL. SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE PROJECT. ONCE SHRIMP FESTIVAL IS OVER, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN AND DO OTHER STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, BORE UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD, PUNCH A HOLE IN THE SEAWALL FOR THE OUTFALL INTO THE RIVER, AND THEN GOING UP ASH STREET HERE MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS INVOLVED OR COMPLEX AS WHAT'S HERE NOW. BUT YEAH, COME BACK DOWN HERE MONDAY. IF IT'S NOT OPEN, I'LL BE AN APOLOGY, I GUESS. LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE THIS HUGE SWIMMING POOL, AND THEN THEY PUT THIS HUGE, WHAT'S IT CALLED, A WET WELL? IT'S LIKE THIS CONCRETE SQUARE IN THE WALK— IN THE GROUND, AND I GUESS THAT LIKE COLLECTS ALL THE WATER AND STUFF SO IT DOESN'T FLOOD SO MUCH HERE. IT WAS NEAT TO WATCH IN THE WINDOW. I WAS JUST THINKING, HOW DOES THE CITY MANAGE, LIKE, HOW MANY VENDORS THERE ARE GOING TO BE AT SHRIMP FEST AND WHO GETS TO BE A VENDOR? SO THE SHRIMP FESTIVAL IS COMPLETELY, IT'S A 501(C)(3), IT'S A NONPROFIT, IS COMPLETELY SELF-SUPPORTING. IT RUNS ITSELF. SO THERE'S A, YOU GO TO SHRIMPFESTIVAL.COM IS THE WEBSITE. THEY HAVE A FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY HAVE A CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY, ALL THAT. THEY FULLY MANAGE. IT'S A CO-SPONSORED EVENT, SO THE CITY DOES CONTRIBUTE SOME FUNDING TO IT. WE HELP THEM, BUT THE EVENT ITSELF HAS BEEN HERE FOR 61 YEARS NOW. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S ITS OWN STANDALONE COMMUNITY NONPROFIT. [00:25:03] OKAY. AND THE CURRENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SHRIMP FEST IS RUNNING FOR CITY COMMISSION. OH REALLY? IT'S COOL. BUT THE CITY, I MEAN, I JUST SCHEDULED A POST THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TOMORROW TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS TO DO. LIKE THE WASTEWATER CREWS HAVE TO COME AND CLEAN OUT ALL THE SEWERS BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXTRA ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING DOWN HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE BOAT RAMP. BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF WORKS FOR WEEKS IN ADVANCE TO GET READY FOR IT, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS CLEAN. THEY CLEAN THE BATHROOMS. EVERY HOUR. BUT EVEN TODAY, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE SHRIMP FEST VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY TODAY, AND THE SHRIMP FEST PEOPLE ARE TAKING ON CLEANING THE BATHROOMS EVERY SINGLE HOUR. WHAT'S THE INFLUX OF, LIKE, PEOPLE THAT WE GET DURING SHRIMP FEST? IT VARIES, UH, 100, 150,000 PEOPLE. WOW, WOW, THAT'S CRAZY. YEAH, CRAZY OUR ISLAND CAN SUPPORT THAT MANY PEOPLE. DO Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THE LATEST PAID PARKING NUMBERS? YES, I SEE IT. DO YOU HAVE THEM? THEY SAW THE VIDEO AND, UM, ONE OF THEIR— SOMEBODY HAD COMMENTED ON THE INSTAGRAM POST THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO CREATE A REMIX OF THIS TRACK, AND THEY KNOW HIM. THE POSITIVE WAY? NO. THAT IS TRUE. NO? IT'S SO FUNNY SEEING WEEKEND PEOPLE WILL STILL PAY FOR IT. ARE YOU ALL FRIENDLY WITH ANDREW LEFIER STILL? YEAH. YEAH. DO Y'ALL KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE POCKET PARK? YEAH, I KNOW THAT WELL, THE PLANS THAT USED TO, THEY WANTED IT TO BE A RESTAURANT, BUT THEN THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE. AND THEN NOW, ARE THEY REFUSING? YOU TOLD ME THAT. NO, I'M ASKING. I DON'T KNOW. THE LAST I HEARD WAS THEY TRIED TO SELL IT TO THE CITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY COMMISSIONER SAID NO. WAIT, WHY WOULD ANDREW KNOW? BECAUSE HIS PARENTS OWN IT. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THE POCKET PARK. THE ONE BETWEEN THE COFFEE SHOP AND LEMONGRASS. OH, THEY OWN THAT LAND? OR THE TREE? THE CHRISTMAS TREE? THE WISHING TREE? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH IT NOW. I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RENT IT OUT TO THE CITY. OKAY. OR LEASE IT OUT TO THE CITY. I MEAN, I'M SPECULATING RIGHT NOW. I JUST REMEMBER ANDREW TELLING ME ABOUT IT A WHILE AGO, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE A RECOLLECTION OF IT ANYMORE. OKAY. THIS IS AS OF THE END OF LAST WEEK, AS OF LAST WEEKEND. SO IT'S ABOUT 3 OR 4 DAYS OLD. WE GET A WEEKLY REPORT. TOTAL HOURLY REVENUE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, GROSS REVENUE, IS $251,000. PERMIT REVENUE IS $169,000. SO IF YOU WERE TO ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER, IT'S AROUND $420,000 OR SO. BY NOW, IT'S BEEN 4 DAYS SINCE WE GOT THE REPORT, WE'RE PROBABLY PUSHING CLOSER TO ABOUT $450,000 GROSS REVENUE. IS THAT BEHIND OR OVER ESTIMATES? WASN'T IT ESTIMATED TO MAKE LIKE $2 MILLION A YEAR? THE PROJECTIONS WERE $2 MILLION. WE SAW— WE SOFTENED, YOU KNOW, THE HOURLY RATE AND THE PERMIT RATE AND ALL THAT TO, YOU KNOW, EASE INTO THE PROGRAM. WE'RE STILL NOT TO THE BUSY SEASON YET. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SPRING BREAK AND WE'VE SEEN A HUGE SPIKE IN NUMBERS. MATTER OF FACT, TO GIVE YOU— SO WE'RE TRENDING LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED, JACOB, BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TO THE BUSY SEASON, AND SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO TELL. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT LIKE FEBRUARY, THESE ARE THE DAILY COUNTS. SO I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN SEE, BUT WE'LL GRAB MARCH HERE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, WE FIRST STARTED FEBRUARY, LET ME BACK UP. YOU KNOW, FIRST DAY WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, $3,300, $2,200, $2,400, $3,400. YOU CAN SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR EACH DAY. HERE'S THE WEEKEND, SO IT RAMPS UP TO $5,800. BUT YEAH, $1,900, $1,800, $2,100, THAT WAS FEBRUARY. ONCE YOU ACTUALLY BEGIN ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN GET AN IDEA. YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS: $6,500, $2,500, $4,300, $6,600. AND ONCE SPRING BREAK HIT, YOU CAN REALLY GET AN IDEA OF INCREASED REVENUE. SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT? $5,700, $6,700, $9,900, $2,500. SO I MEAN, RIGHT HERE, LOOK AT THE MONTH— THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL: $5,900 A DAY. MARCH WAS $4,100 A DAY. FEBRUARY WAS LESS THAN $3,000 A DAY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE INCREASED BY NEARLY 50% FROM MONTH TO MONTH. SO ARE THERE LIKE ANY CITY-LED OR INDEPENDENT STUDIES TO SEE HOW IT AFFECTS THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN? BECAUSE LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING A PERCENTAGE [00:30:02] OF THE TAXES FROM THE CITY BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, CORRECT? IS THAT, OR AM I MAKING THAT UP? LIKE, IS THERE NOT A TAX, UM, THAT YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT ON THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN? THERE'S NO SPECIAL TAX. IT'S NOT A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT. IT'S JUST REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LIKE ANYONE, ANY PROPERTY WOULD HAVE. DO WE KNOW, LIKE, SO DO WE KNOW OF ANY STUDIES LIKE THAT TO SEE IF LIKE WHAT THE CITY'S MAKING ON THIS, UM, KIND OF EVENS OUT WITH WHAT BUSINESSES MIGHT BE LOSING OUT ON? THERE'S BEEN NO, NO, THERE'S BEEN NO CITY-LED STUDY ON THAT. WE DO KNOW BUSINESSES COME AND GO EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE THAT DATA GOING BACK YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT COME AND GO EACH YEAR, BUT THIS PROGRAM'S STILL NEW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY, REALLY CAN'T POINT TO ANY KIND OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TWO, RIGHT? SO DOES THE MONEY THAT THIS RAISES JUST GO TO LIKE A GENERAL CITY FUND, OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT YOU SO IT'S SPECIFIED TO DOWNTOWN, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE MONEY IS LOCKBOX FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST PILING UP, YOU KNOW, AND WHETHER WE USE THAT TO GO OUT AND GET A LOAN TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF BIG STUFF AT ONE TIME AND THEN USE THAT MONEY TO START PAYING THAT BACK, OR WE JUST START MOVING ANYTHING RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN INTO THAT FUND. BUT YEAH, THERE'S ALREADY, ONCE THE EXPENSES ARE CARVED OUT, THERE'S ALREADY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S SITTING THERE. THAT'S GROWING. SPEAKING OF, DO YOU GUYS ALL HAVE YOUR PERMITS? YEAH, I DO. YOU GOT, DO YOU GUYS, DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE THE PERMITS FOR YOUR HOUSE, OR YOU JUST, YOUR PARENTS? I HAVE IT FOR MY HOUSE, OR LIKE, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU GUYS JUST HAVE AN EXTRA ONE, DON'T YOU? I HAVE AN EXTRA ONE. YEAH, MY DAD DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY, SO I JUST GOT IT FROM MY MOM'S HOUSE. OH, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S CRAZY. AND THEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS. YEAH, IT'S WILD HOW IT'S KIND OF CARVED AROUND. YEAH, WHEN WERE THE CITY LIMITS DECIDED? BECAUSE IT LOOKS PRETTY GERRYMANDERED. IT IS. IT IS. SO WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN AND GET CITY WATER OR SEWER, RIGHT, THEY HAVE TO SIGN WHAT'S CALLED A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT IF ANY OTHER CITY PROPERTY TOUCHES ON THEM, THEN THEY HAVE TO COME INTO THE CITY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES LIKE THAT THAT AS OTHER ONES COME IN, THEY AUTOMATICALLY KIND OF BECOME PART OF THE CITY NETWORK. SO WE CONTINUE TO ANNEX IN. WE CONTINUE TO GET NEW, BUT YEAH, TO GET TO WHERE YOU HAVE MORE, IT DOES TAKE A BIT OF A FINGERLING KIND OF WEIRD APPROACH. IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND PAY CITY TAXES UNTIL YOU NEED SOMETHING. SO ONCE YOU NEED, LIKE MY SEPTIC TANK'S FAILING, I NEED IT, IT COSTS $30,000 FOR A NEW ONE OR I CAN TIE INTO CITY SERVICE, THAT'S WHAT PROMPTS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO JOIN THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE USE JOINT WATER AND SEWER SERVICES. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN WELL, HAVE YOUR OWN SEPTIC, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, BUT UM, FOR YOU TO COME IN, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY. SO WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR JOINING THE CITY? YOU HAVE TO BE TOUCHING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY, IT NEEDS TO BE CONTIGUOUS TO OTHER CITY PROPERTIES. OKAY. I WAS GONNA SAY, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE JUST SOMEBODY WAS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS LIKE, I WANT TO BE IN THE CITY. AND THAT WAS PROBABLY LIKE THE DEVELOPERS THAT MADE THAT DECISION. YEAH. THERE'S A FEE INVOLVED IN IT WITH IT TOO. AND, BUT IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO COMMISSION MEETING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDAS, YOU'LL SEE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. LIKE, THERE'S LIKE ONE OR TWO ON, I WOULD SAY, ALMOST EVERY MEETING. SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING TO COME IN, BUT THE COMMISSIONER IS TO SAY. SO I WONDER IF THE CITY WILL EVER EXPAND UNTIL IT'S LIKE BASICALLY THE WHOLE ISLAND. DO YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE— LIKE, THE CITY IS THE LIFEGUARD, THAT'S IT. SO LIKE ALL THE COUNTY BEACHES AND STUFF HAVE CITY LIFEGUARDS. REALLY? COUNTY LIFEGUARDS. I GUESS THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO REASON TO HAVE THEM ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT FOR HERE, SO MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAVE THE CITY DO IT. AND WE USE, UM, DISPATCH IS ONLY FOR THE COUNTY, SO WE PROVIDE THE OCEAN RESCUE LIFEGUARDS AND THE COUNTY PROVIDES 911 DISPATCH. SO WHEN YOU CALL 911, IT GOES TO THE COUNTY AND THEN THEY DECIDE, YOU KNOW, IF IT GOES TO THE CITY OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. NO, BECAUSE THEN IT'S LIKE IF YOU CALL AND YOU'RE LIKE, "OH, ARE YOU IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY?" YOU KNOW, LIKE, JUST LIKE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, [00:35:01] PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, SO YOU JUST CALL DISPATCH AND THEN THEY JUST SEND WHOEVER'S CLOSEST. OKAY, THAT'S TRUE. SO THERE'S NO LIKE GIANT LONG-TERM PROJECTS COMING UP? THAT'S BEACH HARMONIZATION. BESIDES THAT, ATLANTIC AVENUE IS GOING TO BE REPAVED. OH REALLY? THAT'S A MAJOR PROJECT, ABOUT TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS. UM, CONCERN IS, IS IF THE COUNTY DOES SATELLITE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND WE DO THE STATE'S DOING ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS. TWO BIG ROADS GOING TO THE BEACH ARE GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EVERYONE WILL BE GOING DOWN JASMINE, AND EVERYBODY ON JASMINE WILL BE COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL THE TRAFFIC. SO THAT'S A STATE PROJECT. THE COUNTY PROJECT'S ON SADLER ROAD. THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT. SO THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WILL BE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE TWO ROADS GOING TO THE BEACH. BUT BOTH OF THOSE ARE ON THE HORIZON. WITHIN PROBABLY 60 DAYS, MAYBE 90 AT THE MOST, BRETZ IS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN AND THAT WHOLE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL GET UNDERWAY. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECTS IN MODERN-DAY FERNANDINA HISTORY AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES. IT'S $7 TO $10 MILLION FOR ALL THAT WORK TO HAPPEN. TEAR DOWN BRETZ. REBUILD THE SECTION OF SEAWALL THERE, RECONNECT THE MARINA BACK, ALL NEW FUELING, ELECTRIC, EVERYTHING OUT THERE TO THE MARINA. SO IT'S QUITE AN UNDERTAKING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THAT SURVEY AND YOU COULD VOTE ON WHAT YOU WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH, THEY ENDED UP THE BASIC ONE, NO BUILDING. YEAH, SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE DOCKS AND NO PAVILION OR ANYTHING. UM, I THINK THERE'S SORT OF LIKE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SIT DOWN, BUT THERE'S NO BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS, IS HAVING ANOTHER RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING. YEAH, EXPENSIVE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WE CAN BE DONE WITH EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD [9. NEXT MEETING DATE] TO SEEING YOU NEXT— NEXT MAY 20TH. NEXT MEETING DATE, MAY 20TH, 03:15. WHAT'S THAT CALLED? THE LIGHTHOUSE. IS IT CONSIDERED LIKE A WORKSHOP OR A MEETING? I THINK I'M GONNA CANCEL OUR REGULAR MEETING. SOMETIME. I DON'T KNOW, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.