[00:00:02] MAY 26TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE [1. CALL TO ORDER] CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. BOARD SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ROLL CALL. MEMBER STEWART? HERE. MEMBER NICKOLOFF? HERE. MEMBER SMITH? HERE. MEMBER SHARPE? HERE. MEMBER ROLAND? HERE. MEMBER MILLS? HERE. MEMBER COOK? HERE. CHAIR SCHAFFER? HERE. ALL RIGHT, 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, EVERYONE STUDIED THE [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MINUTES THOROUGHLY? ANY OTHER CHANGES? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. I HAD SENT YOU A FEW, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, OKAY, JUST A FEW TWEAKS, BUT YES, I OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT. DO ANY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA? OKAY, CRUISING [6.1. MARINA MANAGER REPORT] RIGHT ALONG. WE'VE GOT STAFF REPORTS, MARINA UPDATES. MARINA MANAGER CHRIS FERGUSON WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, CHRIS FERGUSON, MARINA GENERAL MANAGER. HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL REALLY JUST WANT TO GIVE A SORT OF A FINANCIAL UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE FOR THE YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR, ETC., AS WELL AS SORT OF SOME PERFORMANCE FOR THE, FOR THE MONTH. TO DATE, TOTAL REVENUE, WE'RE OPERATING AT ABOUT $188,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. ABSOLUTELY SKYROCKETED. WE'RE $103,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. ANNUAL DOCKAGE, $45,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY RECONFIGURED, HOW WE'VE POSITIONED SOME OF OUR VESSELS. AND AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN ANOTHER NEW ANNUAL BEAUTIFUL 63-FOOT PRESTIGE MOTOR YACHT. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY HELPING US TO RAPIDLY CLOSE THE GAP OF THE REVENUE THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE FLOW HOMES. WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE CLOSED THAT GAP 100%. NET FUEL REVENUE, WE'RE ABOUT $48,000, ALMOST $49,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S OPERATING AT A 33.9% MARGIN, WHICH IS A REALLY STRONG MARGIN EVEN IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES WITH FUEL PRICES. LAST YEAR THIS TIME WE WERE AT ABOUT A 32% MARGIN. R&M, AGAIN, ABOUT $53,000 UNDER BUDGET. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT MOVES AROUND SLIGHTLY IN THE FACT BASED ON WHEN PROJECTS WERE DONE LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, ET CETERA BUT FOR, SWITCHING OVER, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT INFORMATION YEAR OVER YEAR? OKAY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, ANNUAL DOCKAGE JUST SHY OF ABOUT 48,000. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE ADDING ANOTHER 63-FOOT VESSEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COMING YEAR. TRANSIENT REVENUE LAST MONTH, WE DID $126,000 IN TRANSIENT REVENUE. THAT EQUATES TO 530 NIGHTS WE HAVE ACCESS TO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE DATA NOW THAT WE'RE UTILIZING DAQWA. SO THERE'S 530 NIGHTS, TRANSIENT NIGHTS. MOORING REVENUE ABOUT $5,400, WHICH EQUATES TO 208 NIGHTS. FUEL REVENUE $258,000, TOTAL OF 43,000 AND CHANGE IN GALLONS. ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH I'LL MENTION NEXT MONTH AT THE MEETING WHEN WE GET THE FINAL TOTALS, BUT AS OF TODAY WALKING UP TO THIS MEETING, WE'VE DONE OVER 78,000 GALLONS IN FUEL SALES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY ALONE, WHICH EQUATES TO $458,000 IN GROSS REVENUE. SO WE HAVE JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY SETTING IT ON FIRE. AND DINGHY DOCK, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DINGHY DOCK FROM MOORINGS, FROM, ANCHORAGE, AS WELL AS DOCK AND DINES, ABOUT $3,200 IN REVENUE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AS WELL. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT APRIL, BEEN A PHENOMENAL MAY, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. TOTAL REVENUE, THAT'S GROSS REVENUE? TOTAL REVENUE, YES, THAT IS GROSS REVENUE. SO TODAY [00:05:01] WE'VE DONE $2.1 MILLION IN GROSS REVENUE. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT WE HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. BEFORE, THE ISSUE OF HAVING CAMERA COVERAGE ON THE DOCKS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING? YEAH, WE HAVE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WITH THE TRANSITION THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH BRETT'S COMING DOWN, ET CETERA, RIGHT NOW IT'S A RING CAMERA SYSTEM. WE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING THE PROCESS, AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THE WIRING THAT'S GOING IN. WE'LL BE ADDING 5 NEW DOME-TYPE CAMERAS DOWN ON THE FUEL SHED, WHICH WILL BE COVERING ALL OF, YOU KNOW, C AND D DOCK AS WELL AS OVER TO A AND B. WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE WITH THE BOARDWALK, ETC., WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED ANY NEW CAMERAS OVER THERE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT, BACK OUT. BUT THE MIGRATION HAS BEGUN AWAY FROM THE RING CAMERAS AND MOVEMENT TOWARDS A STATE-OF-THE-ART, YOU KNOW, DOME AND DIRECTIONAL CAMERA THAT WILL GIVE TREMENDOUS CLARITY. WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE RING CAMERAS AND REPLACE THEM WITH THESE HARDWIRED I GUESS THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME HARDWARE CAMERAS, CORRECT? THEN MAYBE YOU COULD, AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE, PUT SOME OF THOSE RING CAMERAS ON, ON THE E-DOCK AND EVEN FACING TOWARDS WHERE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE SO YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. WELL, ONE OF THE ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE CAMERAS THAT WILL BE ON THE FUEL SHED WILL BE FACING A DOCK AND B DOCK. ANOTHER WILL BE FACING THE GANGWAY. WE HAVE CAMERAS ON E DOCK AND F DOCK AND G DOCK, BUT THE NEW CAMERAS ARE REALLY THEY'RE ALL BASED AROUND THE FUEL SHED BUT MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. AND AGAIN, THE VOLUME OF CAMERAS WILL INCREASE AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. OKAY. WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING ON MOVING THE BOATS FROM A DOCK OVER TO IS IT G DOCK WHERE EVERYBODY'S MOVING TO? G DOCK, AND THEN WE'LL BE UTILIZING SOME OF C DOCK AS WELL. I BELIEVE THE PROJECT TIMELINE, THE COMMENCEMENT DATE, IS IN AND AROUND AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MOVE THOSE BOATS IN AND AROUND. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR POSITION AS LONG AS WE CAN. BUT ONCE WE KNOW THE DEFINITIVE DATE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN AWARDED, SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND WE KNOW THE START DATE, PROBABLY A WEEK IN ADVANCE WE'LL BE MOVING THOSE VESSELS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THEIR HOME ACCORDING EXCUSE ME, WHEN IS THE START DATE? I THINK HE'S GOT A LITTLE MORE UPDATES TO GIVE US. MY BAD, SORRY. YEAH, NO WORRIES. I TOOK THAT AS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. I'LL DEFER TO THE EXPERT IN THE FIELD. JUST, JUST UPDATES FROM OUR END. THE DINGHY DOCK REHAB TURNED OUT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. THAT'S COMPLETE. SUPER HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. AQUA BIKE DISPOSITION. WE GOT RID OF THE AQUA BIKES. WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM UP FOR SALE ON GOVDEALS FOR ABOUT $50, AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP YIELDING ABOUT $1,600 FOR, FOR THOSE. I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST IT'S ALL PARTS. I MEAN, SOMEBODY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE TWO DECENT ONES OUT OF IT. BUT REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE GONE, HAVE THAT EYESORE OUT. MOORING FIELD, THAT PROJECT HAS STARTED. THE DIVER IS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR, UH, HE HAS THE GPS COORDINATES TRYING TO FIND TWO THAT SORT OF LOST EVERYTHING, LOST ALL THE RIGGING. THE CHAIN IS DOWN IN THE MUD, BUT WE HAVE THE GPS COORDINATE. ONCE WE HAVE THOSE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL BE TRADING OUT ALL THE HARDWARE ON THE REMAINING 14 WITH THE INTENT TO GO BACK TO 16, AND THEN EACH YEAR LOOK TO INCREASE THE VOLUME BASED ON MARKET DEMAND. BY 5 OR 6 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, KINGFISH TOURNAMENT, CAPTAIN'S MEETING IS 7 O'CLOCK FRIDAY EVENING, LINES IN, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S 6:30 IN THE MORNING, I THINK. AND THEN WEIGH-IN IS FROM 3 TO 5 ON SATURDAY. WHERE ARE WE POSITIONING THEM? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT AT THE PARK EARLIER. IS IT STILL GOING TO PARK OR ARE YOU GOING BACK TO ADOT? EVERYTHING IS TAKING PLACE IN THE PARK. THE WEIGH-IN WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PAVILION. IN THAT, IN THAT GRASSY AREA. SO THE WAY THEY'RE NOT COMING BY BOAT, THEY'RE NOT PULLING UP TO THE DOCK RIGHT THERE, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE COMING IN HIGH TIDE IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LOW TIDE IF THEY HAVE TO WEIGH IN, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THE SMALLER BOATS WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE BOARDWALK TO THE DINGHY DOCK. EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE BOARDWALK WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR WEIGH-IN. AWESOME. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT THE CAPTAINS COME IN, BASICALLY BOW UP TO THE DOCK, UNLOAD AN ANGLER AND THEIR FISH, AND THEN BACK OUT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ROOM FOR OTHERS COMING IN AND OUT. ANY LARGER VESSEL THAT MAY DRAW TOO MUCH, BEING LOW TIDE, WE'RE UTILIZING SEA DOCK, THE OUTSIDE OF SEA WHERE THE BIG CRUISE SHIPS GO. WE'LL BE UTILIZING THAT LINEAR DOCKAGE FOR THE LARGER VESSELS, BUT SAME CONCEPT. TIE UP, [00:10:02] UNLOAD YOUR FISH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO THROW LINES AND YOU'LL BE FLOATING OFF AWAITING, YOU KNOW, YOUR WEIGH-IN RESULTS, AND THEN COME PICK UP YOUR ANGLER AND OFF YOU GO. I'M EXCITED. AND SO EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE SET UP IN THE PARK? CORRECT. THAT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. THAT'D BE A BIG FIRST BIG EVENT AT THE PARK. THAT'S EXCITING. YEAH, AND WE'VE ASKED THE WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME EXTRA DOCK CARTS TO HELP FACILITATE THE DEMAND. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ASKED THAT THE TOURNAMENT COORDINATORS HAVE A GATOR OR A GOLF CART. I THINK THEY HAVE HAD A GOLF CART DONATED BY ONE OF THE GOLF CART COMPANIES TO HELP TRANSPORT ESPECIALLY THOSE BOAT THOSE ANGLERS THAT ARE OVER ON C DOCK WITH THEIR FISH. IT'S A LONG HAUL TO GET TO THE WEIGH-IN, SO TO HELP TRANSPORT THEM TO AND FROM THE WEIGH-IN AND GET THEM BACK TO THEIR BOAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TRANSPORT THE FISH BEFORE IT LOSES TOO MUCH WEIGHT. COOL. EXCITING. WHEN I CAME IN THE OTHER DAY FROM OFFICE THIS WAS FRIDAY THE BIG CRUISE SHIP WAS OUT THERE. AND THEY WERE PUMPING SOME BROWN WATER OUTSIDE OF THAT BOAT. NOW THE SHERIFF HAPPENED TO BE OUT THERE, SO I'M FRIENDS WITH HIM, SO I HAD HIM COME OVER AND HE WENT AND TALKED TO THE ENGINEER, AND THE ENGINEER SAID IT WAS, UH, IT WASN'T OUT OF THE HEAD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUT, BUT IT WAS WHATEVER THEY FLUSHED THEIR MOTORS OUT WITH OR WHATEVER. BUT I HAVE SOME VIDEO, I'LL SHOW YOU LATER. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT OUR DOCK RIGHT THERE IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE THEM TO PURGE WHATEVER THEY'RE PURGING THERE BECAUSE IT IS STRAIGHT UP BROWN. IT MADE THE WATER ALL AROUND THAT BOAT BROWN AS IT COULD BE. IT LOOKED UNPLEASANT AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO AT OUR MARINA. YEAH, NO, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. SO IF YOU HAVE THE VIDEO, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. I DO. DID IT SMELL? I DIDN'T GET THAT CLOSE. AND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TO DATE. I MEAN, THESE ARE JUST REVIEWS FROM DAKWA FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE STAYED WITH US THE MONTH OF MAY. YOU CAN READ THROUGH THEM, THEY'RE ALL 5-STAR REVIEWS. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY JUST TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE TERRIFIC, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF TIMES, GREAT MARINA, EXCELLENT FACILITY. I LOVE THE ONE THAT SAYS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND NOW THEY USE DAKWA. GREAT JUST GREAT, JUST GREAT, EVERYTHING IS PROMISED, CLEAN, COURTEOUS, FRIENDLY. I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE IMAGE THAT WE WANT FOR THE MARINA. THIS IS THE IMAGE THAT WE WANT TO PORTRAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY, REALLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND CONTINUALLY WORK TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAM ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I THINK THE FINANCIAL RESULTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE WRITTEN TESTAMENT FROM THOSE WHO COME TO VISIT US IS A SIGN THAT WE'RE REALLY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO DECIDED TO HAVE EVEN BIGGER FUEL TANKS? IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED? I THINK THE I MEAN, I'LL LET GLEN SPEAK ON IT FURTHER, BUT I BELIEVE FOR NOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, PLEASE STOP ME IF I'M NOT CORRECT, BUT I BELIEVE THE TANKS WILL BE STAYING APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE FOR THE TIME BEING. WE MAY BE DOING JUST FROM THE SEAWALL OUT IN THIS PHASE. BUT EVEN IF WE KEEP THE $5,000 AND $15,000, WE CAN OPERATE WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES AND THOSE PARAMETERS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE MAY BE SOME LIFE LEFT IN THE TANKS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S OUTSIDE MY PURVIEW. I'D REALLY DEFER TO GLENN ON THAT. I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST SENT YOU THAT VIDEO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I LIKE THE REVIEWS. VERY GOOD. YEAH, GOOD JOB ON THE REVIEWS. ALL RIGHT, [6.2. PROJECT UPDATE] PROJECT UPDATE. WE'LL HEAR FROM CITY STAFF ON PROJECT UPDATES WITHIN THE CRA. GLEN CROMOFF, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE CRA, SO I'LL START WITH, WITH THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE MARINA REHABILITATION, BUT IT'S ALL, IT'S, AND THAT INCLUDES BRETT'S DEMO, BUILDING THE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE MARINA FUNCTIONING AGAIN WITH A NEW DOCK AND PIER. AND THEN FUELING IS INCLUDED IN THAT. AND THEN THE SEAWALL, PART OF THE SEAWALL IS INCLUDED IN ALL OF THAT. SO TO THE, TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FUEL, IT'S BASED ON BID REALLY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE DID A BUNCH OF BID ADDITIVES. SO IF THE BIDS COME IN GREAT, WE CAN ADD EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO THE PROJECT. AND WE'RE IN A GOOD BID ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE HUNGRY AND THEY'RE NOT DON'T HAVE A LOT, TON OF WORK RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US. BAD ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, BUT GOOD ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, WHICH IS THE BALANCE OF THINGS. SO WE IT WENT [00:15:01] TO ADD LAST WEEK. SO NOW ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE LOOKING AT IT. WE'VE HAD 4, I THINK, PLAN SETS PULLED SO FAR AND A COUPLE OF DAYS OVER A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT SO FAR. WE WILL DO A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING. I THINK THAT'S JUNE 6TH. DID WE LEAVE IT JUNE 6TH? I THINK WE DID. I THINK SO. AND WE WILL GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW AND THEN WE'LL WALK THEM OUT TO THE SITE. ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN BIDDING, THEY NEED TO BE AT THAT. AND THEN BID OPENING WILL BE JULY 2ND. SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF LITTLE DELAYS IN OUR PROJECT. WE HAD HOPED TO TAKE THIS OUT IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, BUT WITH PERMITTING, THE FUELING WE NEEDED TO GET THE FUELING RIGHT SO WE COULD BID IT CORRECTLY. SO WE HAD SOME DESIGN CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE OVERCOME AT THIS POINT. SO ONCE WE OPEN BIDS, WE WILL DO A ON JULY 7TH AT THE BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING, THEY'LL DO A WORKSHOP. WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE PROJECT, FINAL PROJECT, AND THE BID, WHAT WE GOT FOR BIDS AT THAT WORKSHOP. AND THEN THE 21ST, WE'LL ASK FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT. SO THAT IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CONTRACTOR. THEY HAVE 30 DAYS ONCE WE ISSUE IT TO THEM TO GET STARTED. WE'LL DO A PRECONSTRUCTION WHERE WE GIVE THEM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, PROBABLY THE PROBABLY THAT SAME WEEK, BUT THEY HAVE 30 DAYS. BUT FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING ON THE STREET, THEY'LL WANT TO JUMP RIGHT ON IT. SO WE'RE OUR TENTATIVE START DATE IS THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, BUT IF THEY'RE READY AND THEY WANT TO GO AND THEY GET ALL THE PAPERWORK INTO US, THEN WE WANT THEM TO GO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKELY TEARDOWN OF BRETZ SOMEWHERE AROUND LABOR DAY ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THEY GET GEARED UP AND GET PEOPLE IN HERE. IT IS PROJECTED TO BE AN 18-MONTH PROJECT. WE'RE HOPING FOR LESS. WE THINK BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS IT SHOULD BE 16 MONTHS. DEPENDS LARGELY ON HOW MUCH OF IT WE DO. THE FUELING WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE KNOW WHEN WE PUT A PIER WHEN WE PUT THE PIER IN, WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANYTHING UNDER THE PIER AFTER THE FACT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BASE FUEL, WE WILL DO IT FROM, FROM THE SEAWALL OUT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MESS WITH PIERCING THE SEAWALL. AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HANG SOMETHING UNDERNEATH SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW. SO WE THAT'S GOING TO BE MANDATORY. I KNOW ONE THING THAT I'VE TALKED WITH CHRIS BY THE WAY, CHRIS IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS. HE'LL BE INVITED TO THE HIM AND HIS TEAM WILL BE INVITED TO ALL OF THE WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS. I COMMITTED TO HIM THAT WE WOULD DO THE BEST WE COULD TO KEEP HIS MOMENTUM GOING. WE DO NOT WANT TO HURT THAT IF WE CAN POSSIBLY HELP IT. THAT'LL BE A CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S A CHALLENGE I THINK THAT WE CAN MEET. SO I THINK THAT'S THE BULK OF THAT. AGAIN, WE'RE NOW IN THAT PHASE WHERE WE CAN'T TALK TO CONTRACTORS. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO GET ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER, ASK US QUESTIONS, PUT THOSE OUT IN AMENDMENTS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SO THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD BID. WE DO THINK THAT WE DID A GOOD JOB ON THE BID DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE A SPEC BOOK THAT'S 342 PAGES, SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, AND WE KNOW THAT THE MORE SPECIFIC WE GET, THE BETTER BID THEY CAN GIVE US. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT IS. SO THE NEXT THAT'LL TAKE A LOT OF JAKE AND MAI'S TIME HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THERE. WE HAVE SEGMENT 1, WHICH IS DOWN BY THE COOK PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT, THE MARINA ONE. OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT US TO BE WITHOUT FUEL? WE HAVE PUT A LIMIT IN IT FROM 4 TO 8 WEEKS MAXIMUM. DEPENDS ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS GO AND HOW THE CONTRACTOR PLANS TO DO THAT. BUT WE'VE ALLOWED THEM THAT WINDOW. WE'RE WORK AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS, OF COURSE. WE DO NOT WANT IT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE WORKING TO SCHEDULE THE CONTRACTOR ON WHEN THAT WOULD WHEN THE DOWNTIME AND THE FUEL WOULD BE. THERE IS KIND OF A TEMPORARY PIECE TO THAT IN THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO IN ORDER [00:20:01] TO DO THE DECONSTRUCTION OF BREST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE FUEL LINE. AND, AND IT'LL BE LAYING ON THE FRONT OF THE BARGE THROUGH THERE, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY WORK PRETTY WELL TO DO THAT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP FUELING FOR MOST OF IT. IT'S THAT TRANSITION TIME THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. OUR BUSY SEASON IS APRIL TO JUNE 1ST COMING UP, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSIENT SEASON COMING BACK NORTH. YEAH. IS WHEN DO YOU PREDICT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE FUEL LINES? WHAT, WHAT TIME FRAME IN THERE? WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AROUND THAT THE BEST WAY WE CAN. AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR. IT'S WRITTEN IN SPECS THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK AROUND THOSE, THOSE TIME FRAMES AND ALSO THE TWO BIG EVENTS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN AS WELL. AND HOW ABOUT THE, UM, SO THE PARKING LOT A IS STILL GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL PROBABLY AUGUST THEN, AVAILABLE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, IT'LL BE OPEN UNTIL THE DAY THEY THEY'RE GOING TO MOW BIN. AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WE'LL ANNOUNCE IT AND PUT IT OUT THERE. SUPER QUICK NOTE. I'M RECOVERING FROM ALACHUA STREET AND THAT CONTRACT WITH THAT CONTRACTOR THAT THE CITY DID. AND THERE WASN'T, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT JUST THERE WASN'T VERBIAGE THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM TAKING IT FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. YES. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC PAIN POINTS IF THEY DON'T HIT THAT TIMELINE? YEAH, OUR CONTRACT IS THE ATTORNEY AND I ARE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW IRONCLAD OUR CONTRACT IS. THEY HAVE 460 DAYS, CALENDAR DAYS, TO GET THE PROJECT FINISHED, AND THAT IS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IN A PROJECT THIS COMPLICATED AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND, IT ACTUALLY WILL IS PRETTY TIGHT. AND IF THEY GO OVER THAT AND THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS, OTHER AREAS AND TIMELINES THEY NEED TO MEET, THEN WE CAN DO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, AND OUR CONTRACT IS PRETTY TIGHT ABOUT THAT. SO I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I THAT JAKE AND I HAVE THAT TOOL TO USE. WELL, THE LACCHO IS FROM THE BEGINNING OF WHEN IT STARTED. AND SO THEY JUST, WHENEVER THE EVERYTHING HIT THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACT STARTED. SO THEY JUST LEFT EVERYTHING AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS AND DIDN'T BRING IT. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. YEAH. MY TWO CENTS. NO, I TOTALLY AGREE. THAT'S THE KEY TO, TO THIS IS KEEPING THEM MOVING AND GETTING THEM STARTED. THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO START FROM WHEN WE GIVE THEM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. PERFECT. THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND DO IT OR THERE'S A BREACH OF CONTRACT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. OKAY. ARE THERE INCENTIVES TO GET DONE EARLY? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND, AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE DID NOT GIVE THEM INCENTIVES IN THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WE WANTED THEM TO RUSH THROUGH IT BECAUSE ISSUES. HOWEVER, WE DID PUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TO OFFER REDESIGN AND REDESIGN IDEAS AND HAVE VALUE ADD TO THE, TO THE PROJECT. SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT REDUCES OUR COST BY $100,000, WE WILL GIVE THEM 25% OF IT. SO THAT'S WE'LL TAKE 75% AS A SAVINGS AND WE'LL GIVE THEM 25. SO THAT IS AN INCENTIVE. FOR THEM, NOT SO MUCH TIME-BASED, BUT MORE DESIGN-TYPE-BASED. AND THAT WAS KIND OF OUR MEET-IN-THE-MIDDLE TYPE THING. IF, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE BIDDING THE PARK TODAY, WE WOULD BID THAT ON AN INCENTIVE BASIS. SO IT'S THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THAT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THAT. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. OKAY, SO I STARTED ON TO AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THIS ONE AND WE'LL BE GIVING YOU MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATES ONCE WE START. I'LL COME IN EVERY MONTH, JAKE AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE SORT OF THINGS. WE'RE ON SEGMENT 1, WHICH IS BETWEEN THE PARK AND COOKS. WE'VE HAD A FEW INTERESTING PART OF THE PROCESS. WE STAYED OUT OF THE WETLANDS SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE PERMITTED. AND THEN, AND EVERYONE SAID YOU DON'T NEED TO BE PERMITTED, AND THEN EVERYONE SAID, YOU NEED A PERMIT FROM US. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH PERMITTING ISSUES. WE HAD HOPED TO BID THIS IN MARCH. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY SOMETIME END OF JUNE WHEN WE TAKE THIS ONE TO ADD IN THE STREETS. THIS PROJECT WILL NOT BE A LONG ONE. WE'RE FIGURING BETWEEN 6 AND 9 MONTHS, PROBABLY ON THE LOW ON THE LIGHT SIDE. AND WE HAVE [00:25:04] ALREADY STARTED THE UNDERGROUNDING, FPU TO UNDERGROUND THE POWER OUT THERE. WE HAVE A WATER LINE TO MOVE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE WALL TO GO IN. ONE THING THAT WE DID HAVE TO DO AS PART OF A DESIGN THING IS THE ROAD WILL BE TILTED SO WE DON'T HAVE PUDDLING AGAINST THE WALL. SO IT WON'T BE CROWNED. IT'LL BE MOVED TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE AND GO INTO THE TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS? HUH? TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS. WELL, IN THE DITCH BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS. BUT WE THINK WE'VE GOT JAKE AND I ARE REVIEWING ALL THE PLAN SETS AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS RIGHT NOW FOR FINAL PREP TO TO GO TO ADD. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE IS. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THERE IS THE STAGING AREA. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF PLACE TO STAGE. WE ALSO HAVE THE PARK BEING UTILIZED, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THAT CONTRACT IS MAKING SURE THE CONTRACTOR KNOWS THAT, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS, AND THEY'VE GOT TO WORK AROUND EVENTS THAT ARE IN THE PARK AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. WE HAVE YOU SKIPPING AROUND BECAUSE I'M JUST YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. QUESTION THERE. YEAH, IS THAT GOING TO BE AN OPEN DRAINAGE DITCH OR IS THAT GOING TO BE PIPE WITH DRAINS IN IT? IT'LL REMAIN THE WAY THAT IT IS TODAY, SO THAT DITCH ON THE EAST SIDE WILL STAY GRASS. ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IS THAT DO WE PUT IN 2 PIPES OR 3 PIPES? IF WE PUT IN 3 PIPES, WE MIGHT GET DELAYED, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED, A FUTURE NEED. WE PUT IN 2, WE CAN, WE CAN GO FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES WE'RE BALANCING. BUT FOR WATER QUALITY AND ALL THAT TO GO TO THE WETLANDS, IT'S BETTER IF THE DITCH STAYS OPEN. OKAY, SO SINCE, SINCE THAT WALL SEEMS TO BENEFIT THE RAILROAD? HAVE WE APPROACHED THEM AT ALL TO ASSIST WITH SOME FUNDING? I WOULD LOVE TO SAY YES. THE RAILROAD, YOU KNOW, THEY LAUGH AT US MOST OF THE TIME. BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL FOLKS ON THE RAILROADS. SO NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT OR ASKED FOR THAT. BUT THEY'VE BEEN REAL, COOPERATIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US TO GET ALL OF THE STUFF ACROSS THE RAILROAD AND, AND, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH, WITH THEIRS. SO WE'VE COMMUNICATED REALLY WELL WITH THEM. BUT AS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS NO CITY FUNDING, DIRECT CITY FUNDING GOING INTO THIS OTHER THAN JAKE AND MY SALARY. THIS IS FUNDED BY THE FIRST GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE THE DESIGN WAS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE STATE AS WELL. AND THAT WALL, THAT'S IT. ONCE IT GETS TO DAVID COOK'S PROPERTY RIGHT THERE, IT'S NOT GOING ANY FURTHER SOUTH. IT IS. WE, WE ARE STOPPING IT THERE BECAUSE OF, OF OUR CURRENT LACK OF RELATIONSHIP WITH RIAM, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. SO WE CAN'T GET ON THEIR PROPERTY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON THEIR PROPERTY AND TIE INTO THE THERE'S A SWALE THERE AND, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO NOT A SWALE, A BERM. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TIE INTO THAT, AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL ONCE WE GET AGREEMENTS SETTLED AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD THIS UP FOR THAT. SO, OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS THE PARK EXTENSION, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE THIS IS JUST A WE'RE IN THE IDEA PHASE. SO WE KNOW THAT LAST TIME YOU GUYS SHARED A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC INPUT. WE'VE HAD CERTAINLY IN THE STAFF AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'VE LOOKED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO JAKE AND I MEET SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS WITH A DESIGNER TO GIVE THEM ALL THAT INFORMATION. I'VE BEEN PROVIDING THEM A LOT OF THAT SORT OF THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONCERNS TO ADDRESS, SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE FINAL DESIGN BACK HERE AND RUN IT THROUGH ALL OF THE BOARDS THAT WE NEED TO. BUT I MEAN, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THIS BOARD, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE GO TO BID. AGAIN, THIS IS THESE ARE IDEAS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE, THE ACTUAL DESIGN TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS INTERACT BETTER. [00:30:03] I NOTICED DOWN THERE AT THE PARK Y'ALL HAD IT ALREADY MARKED OFF. Y'ALL HAD IT SPRAY PAINTED OFF THE ROUNDABOUT LIKE THAT AND EVERYTHING DOWN THERE. YEAH, I DID THAT THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE KATIE AND I MET WITH, UH, SOME SENIOR MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS YESTERDAY AFTER THE CEREMONY. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO SPRAY PAINT IT OUT SO THEY COULD VISUALIZE WHERE THAT CIRCLE IS IN RELATION TO THE EXISTING WITH THE BOAT RAMP AND EVERYTHING THAT'S DOWN THERE. DID Y'ALL MARK OUT ANYTHING TO DO LIKE A STAGING AREA FOR US? I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AND CHANGING THE WHITE LINES FOR THE STOPS, SO WE GOT MORE ROOM FOR TRAILERS AND STUFF. NO, WE'RE CERTAINLY STILL TALKING. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR DESIGNERS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS Y'ALL'S COMMENTS THERE. IT WAS MERELY MAKING THEM ABLE TO SEE THAT CIRCLE AND HOW THE TWO SIDEWALKS FIT INTO, UM, TO THAT PHASE OF THE PARK. THAT'S ALL WE DID. WELL, IF YOU MAKE THOSE CHANGES THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, THAT WOULD BE CHANGED, WOULDN'T IT? THAT WOULD MOVE, THAT WOULD NOT BE THERE ANYMORE. AND I, AND, AND YOU WEREN'T HERE THE LAST WEEK, BUT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO THE FISHERMEN HERE. THIS THE PARK IS GREAT, WE HAVE A PARK, BUT THAT'S THE WATERFRONT AND IT'S THE DOCK. AND, AND YOU SHOULD, I THINK, MAKE THAT A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE DESIGN ELEMENT THERE, THAT WE HAVE A LOADING ZONE TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF THAT MAIN ROAD. IT'S A TRAFFIC HAZARD. IT'S NOT IT IS IT'S REALLY TERRIBLE HAVING TO PULL ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK WITH YOUR TRUCK AND THEN TRY TO BACK A BOAT INTO THERE. THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE A LOADING RAMP, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO SHOVE ALL THAT STUFF TO THE SOUTH THERE AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT LESS PARK. WE NEED TO GIVE A NOD TO THE, TO THE FISHERMEN HERE THAT USE THAT RAMP ALL THE TIME. CAN YOU EXPLAIN NOT EVERYBODY IS, HAS A BOAT WATCHING LIKE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING IN THAT LOADING ZONE? SO IN, IN THE LOADING ZONE, FOR ONE THING, IF YOU'LL MAKE IT WIDE ENOUGH, WE CAN GET OFF OF THE ROAD COMPLETELY. IF WE CAN IF YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE EDGE OFF OF THAT, THAT CURB ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT WHERE THE, THE BIG BUILDING IS, SO THAT WE COULD WE COULD SWING INTO THAT, YEAH, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACK OFF SO THAT WE CAN SWING INTO THAT, THAT LOADING RAMP THAT, THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, THAT LOADING ZONE, AND BE ABLE TO JUST BACK RIGHT OUT OF THAT AND INTO THE, THE BOAT RAMP. OTHERWISE, WE'RE COMING ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND PROBABLY THE RAILROAD TRACK EVERY TIME. AND YOU SEE THAT WHITE LINE? YOU GOT THE DOUBLE LINE GOING WAY UP THERE. THE STOP SIGN'S RIGHT HERE, BUT YOU GOT THE LINE TO STOP AT WAY UP THERE, AND THAT IS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. YOU STOP TO BACK UP A BOAT, SOMEBODY'S ABOUT TO HIT YOU. THE BOAT RAMP'S BEEN THERE SINCE '50S, '60S. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A PART OF DOWNTOWN. WE NEED TO UTILIZE IT AND MAKE ROOM FOR IT. YOU CAN, INSTEAD OF WHERE THOSE PALM TREES ARE AND ON YOUR SIGN THERE THAT YOU MADE FOR THAT, RIGHT IN THERE WHERE THOSE PALM TREES ARE, YOU COULD DO THAT AS A LOADING ZONE. YOU HAVE A CIRCLE WHERE BRETT'S, I MEAN, UM, ATLANTIC SEAFOOD USED TO BE. THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR YOU SO A GUY CAN PULL IN THERE, TAKE HIS STRAPS OFF, GET HIS STUFF READY, THEN HE CAN BACK RIGHT IN THERE WITHOUT STOPPING TRAFFIC. AND THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM IF YOU PULL BACK THE PARK BACK UP THERE. THE PARK. YEP. RIGHT THERE BY THAT CIRCLE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER. RIGHT THERE. YEAH. RIGHT THERE. MAKE THAT THE LOADING ZONE. SO WHEN THEY COME IN OFF OF IF THEY COME IN OFF OF ASH, IF THEY COME DOWN THROUGH CENTER AND THEY PULL IN, THEY CAN PULL RIGHT THERE IN CASE THEY HAVE TO UNLOAD. AND YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WHERE THEY CAN JUST BACK RIGHT UP. THEY'RE NOT STOPPING TRAFFIC. IT MAKES THINGS SMOOTHER. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DESIGN THE PARK AROUND THE BOAT LOADING VERSUS THE BOAT LOADING AROUND THE PARK. YOU GOT A LOT OF PARK OUT THERE. WE'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE FOR THE BOATERS. UNDERSTOOD. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS OUT THERE. SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE BOATERS. THAT'S A PART OF IT. YOU HAVE WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED THERE. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY LUCKY SO FAR THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOAT OR PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT, BUT YOU COULD EASILY HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. TO YOUR POINT ON THE WHITE LINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT REDESIGNING THAT INTERSECTION TO BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME TO IT, BOATERS, YOU DON'T KNOW I MEAN, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE IT? THE REST OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, THEY'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE IT, AND THE PEDESTRIANS AREN'T REALLY CLEAR ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE IT EITHER. SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO SOLVE ALL THREE OF THOSE PROBLEMS WHATEVER DESIGN WE COME UP WITH. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS THAT BUILDING TO THE NORTH. IT DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE FLOOD CONTROL CRITERIA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND IT'S AGING OUT, AND IT DOESN'T FUNCTION REALLY WELL AS A RESTROOM. I MEAN, IT FLOODS WHENEVER WE HAVE KING TIDES AND [00:35:01] ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE FIX THAT PROBLEM AS WELL AS SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BECAUSE THE BUILDING ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IT CAUSES A SIGHT DISTANCE PROBLEM, AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO CURL IN AND COME OUT AND HANDLE THAT INTERSECTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING AT THIS POINT TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK THE BEST. AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR DESIGNERS TO COME UP WITH WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF OPTIONS ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BRING TO YOU AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE. I THINK THAT'S IT'S CLEARLY A CHALLENGE. I MEAN, JAKE AND I HAVE SPENT I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE TIME HERE WITH THE CITY WALKING BACK AND FORTH TO THAT PARK. SO I'VE SEEN ALL KINDS OF CONFLICTS. I'VE SEEN HOW HARD IT IS. I DON'T OWN A BOAT ANYMORE, BUT I USED TO, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT DYNAMIC WORKS. AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF CHALLENGES THERE WE'VE GOT TO FIX, AND WE WANT TO GIVE THE BEST PRODUCT. AGAIN, THIS IS A SCHEMATIC. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'LL END UP LOOKING LIKE IN THE END. SO ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEDESTRIANS SO BADLY, WHY CAN'T YOU PUT A LITTLE LIGHT THERE LIKE THEY DO ON ATLANTIC? WE CAN'T YEAH, YOU CAN PUT A LIGHT THERE SO SOMEBODY'S WALKING, THEY CAN BOOM, EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER CAN SEE IT, A BOAT VERSUS WHATEVER. I MEAN, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE NOWADAYS, THEY WALK OUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHO YOU ARE, THEY WALK OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. SO THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM. YES, SIR. AND, AND IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE, PUT A LIGHT UP RIGHT THERE. BUT THAT HAS BEEN A MARINA WORKING AREA, AND JUST TO BUILD A PARK AND TO PUSH ALL THAT MARINA PART OUT OF IT THAT'S NOT RIGHT TO THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH. I THINK YOU NEED TO INQUIRE AND, YOU KNOW, COMPENSATE FOR THAT TO KEEP THAT PART OF HERITAGE WITH US. AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES IS THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD A SEAWALL THROUGH THE BOAT RAMP. SO THAT'S IT'S NOT AN INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S AN ENGINEERING CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT WORK WHEN WE HAVE TO PUT IN A PLANK SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THAT AREA? BECAUSE THAT AREA IS A BIG FLOOD THING. SO THOSE ARE ALL PART OF, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE LITTLE AREA HAS A LOT OF THINGS TO FIX. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THE ENGINEERING DESIGN SOLUTIONS. AND WE STILL, FROM WHERE THE PARK EXISTS TODAY, REALLY TO ALL THE WAY NORTH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN THERE'S A BUILDING THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE. THERE'S ANOTHER THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT ACTUALLY COULD BE MOVED IF WE WANTED TO. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A BLANK SLATE AT THIS POINT. AND OUR NEW RESTAURANT DOWN I MEAN, OUR NEW BATHROOM AT THE OTHER AT THE PARK ISN'T ANY HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING BATHROOM. THAT'S TRUE, EXCEPT IT HAS I MEAN, SO LET'S PUT THE SEAWALL UP, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO I MEAN, THAT'S YOU JUST MADE A COMMENT ABOUT IT, SO I'M JUST GOING SO I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WHENEVER THEY BUILT THAT RED BATHROOMS OVER THERE, THAT'S THE SAME LEVELS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FLOOD ZONE. UNDERSTOOD. BUT IT HAS, IT HAS DIFFERENT FEATURES THAT ALLOW IT NOT TO FLOOD LIKE THE OTHER ONE DOES. YES, 100%. THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO THIS. AND I GUESS THE OTHER PART ON THIS IS THAT THERE IS NO PRESSING TIMELINE ON THIS. RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT GETTING IT RIGHT. WE'LL BUDGET FOR IT AND THEN WE'LL DESIGN IT AND BUILD IT WHEN, WHEN WE GET IT RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR STAFF'S COMMITMENT TO DOING THAT. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER PROJECTS, RIGHT? THAT'S 3 OF THEM WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A QUARTER MILE OF EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S AFTER WE HAD ONE THAT WE JUST FINISHED THAT WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, TWEAKING. THE PARK WILL HAVE TWEAKS ON IT UNTIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR. IS THERE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEND TO THE DESIGNER THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? YEAH, ONCE, ONCE WE CONSOLIDATE THEM, SURE, WE'LL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE ALL THOSE TO YOU. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU KEEP IN MIND IT'S A WORKING WATERFRONT. NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED SHORESIDE FACILITIES AND THE DOCKS, YOU THIS NEEDS TO GO HAND IN HAND. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR A WEIGH STATION. IF THEY HAD TOURNAMENTS INSTEAD OF USING SOMETHING ELSE. THERE'S ENOUGH LAND TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PARK, BUT FOCUS IN ON THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE LIST, IS WHAT ARE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF YOU ALL HAVE IDEAS ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE PARK SITE BUT IN THE AREA RIGHT AROUND THE MARINA OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER, OTHER PLACES THAT MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S KIND [00:40:01] OF SET ALL OF US OFF THE FIRST TIME THAT WE SAW THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT OUR LAST MEETING. IT HAD NO NOTHING FOR THE BOATERS AND THE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN DOWN THERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT A PARK. WELL, THAT'S THE WATERFRONT AND THE DOCK AND THE MARINA. SO WHY DON'T WE MAKE THAT OUR FIRST PRIORITY IN THAT SECTION WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE PARK CAN, CAN BE WORKED AROUND THE NEEDS OF THE BOATERS THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A WORKING WATERFRONT, WORKING WATERFRONT, AND THEN ALL WE DO IS PUT A PARK OVER THERE. SO I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO GIVE SOME, SOME DEFERENCE TO THE BOATERS' NEEDS HERE IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE. WE, WE HEAR YOU. OKAY. SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS IS ALSO IS WHEN YOU START DOING SOMETHING THERE, WATER-RELATED IS A VERY HOT WORD WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE STATE TRYING TO GET PERMITS. YEAH, IS IT WATER-RELATED? IF IT'S WATER-RELATED, THEY SHOVE IT THROUGH PRETTY EASY, BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEY'RE GONNA BOG YOU RIGHT DOWN. WELL, EASY IS RELATIVE AT THIS POINT, BUT YES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE NEXT THING THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP IS WE ARE WORKING ON THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS NORTH OF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRETT'S AND OUR PROPERTY THERE. BUT WE HAVE A PHASE 2 PLANNED, WHICH IS PART OF THIS, PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING. WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, HELPING DEFINE THE ENTIRE PART OF THE OF THE WATERFRONT, WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT WORKING WATERFRONT MEANS TODAY. BECAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE THE, YOU KNOW, THE MARINA ISN'T DONE GROWING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT ANYTHING UNTIL WE'RE FORCED TO LIMIT STUFF. SO AGAIN, THAT GOES TO THAT TIMELINE PIECE. IF WE'RE NOT READY TO BUILD THE PARK OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT, WE'RE NOT READY. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE ONCE YOU BUILD IT, IT'S THERE FOR THE NEXT 40 OR 50 YEARS. I AGREE. IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE IN A RUSH LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT. SLOW DOWN, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH, I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE NOT IN A RUSH. WE'VE GOT SO I JUST MENTIONED ALL THOSE PROJECTS. WE ALSO, WE HAVE THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE A TRAFFIC A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE'LL BRING TO YOU NEXT MONTH, THE RESULTS OF THAT. WE HAVE WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS GOING OUT, AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, THAT'S AT 60% DESIGN. WE'RE DOING REVIEW, UM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH FPU TO DO THE UNDERGROUNDING. SO THAT HAS 3 PHASES TO, TO IT. IT HAS WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY. WE'VE GOT 3 PHASES OF REBUILDING DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE UNDERGROUNDING. WE, WE ALSO ARE UNDERTAKING FINAL DESIGN FOR MLK PARK, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF HERE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING, UM, YOU CAN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. SOMETIME JAKE AND I HAVE TO SLEEP. SO TAKING OUR TIME AND GETTING THEM RIGHT AND MAKING SURE THE PUZZLE PIECES FIT, ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERFRONT. IT'S A, IT'S A BLANK SLATE, AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE, AND WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. SO I THINK I COVERED THEM ALL AT THIS POINT. YEAH, THE ONLY THING I'D ADD ABOUT THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN IS THE MOFFETT-NICHOL TEAM IS COMING INTO TOWN THIS THURSDAY. WE'RE MEETING WITH AS MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE, WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN, AND IT'S GOING WELL. WE'VE COMPLETED KIND OF ALL THE INTERNAL STAFF, INTERVIEWS SO FAR. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT PROJECT NORTH OF FRITZ? THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, YEAH, BUT WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THERE'S ONE TO THE SOUTH, OKAY, OF THE PARK THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. AND SO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT PROJECT'S LONG AND IT'S GONNA IT GOES TO THE HDC IN JUNE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO HEAR THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK BECAUSE OF THE SCALE. AND, BUT I BELIEVE THE OWNER AND THE DESIGN TEAM HAVE EVERY INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD, AND IT'S ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ITS PUBLIC DISCUSSION BEFORE THEY GET TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE SEAWALL PIECE OF IT. THEY ARE BUILDING A SEAWALL THAT WILL TIE INTO OURS ON EITHER SIDE, AND THEN WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ON WHAT THE MARINA COMPONENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE COULD HOPEFULLY POTENTIALLY WORK WITH THEM ON EXTENDING A, B, AND [00:45:02] POTENTIALLY C DOCK AS FAR NORTH AS WE CAN, WHICH WHICH MATERIAL BUILDING? WHICH WE OWN, THE CITY. YEAH, SO STEVE WILL LET Y'ALL HAVE LEASE TO GO FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO, TO TRINGALL'S. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE NOW. THEY KNOW THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE WANT TO HAVE WITH THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT DOING THAT, THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START ADDING IN FAIRWAYS ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS PROPERTY, HIS MARINA, HIS MARINA FACILITY USE IS GOING TO BE QUITE LIMITED. SO I THINK, I THINK IT'LL BE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO, UH, TO ALL WORK IN ONE DIRECTION INSTEAD OF CHOPPING OFF OUR NOSE TO SPIDER'S FACE, KIND OF. ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD BRING THAT BULKHEAD TO THE WEST AND GOES NORTH WITH IT SO IT FOLLOWS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT COMES IN AND GOES, MAKES A LITTLE DOG LEG. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD WE INTENDED. THAT COULD BE GREAT. THAT'D BE AWESOME. AND THEN YOUR AND THEN, IN MOST OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH 101 FRONT STREET. SO BOOM, WE'RE THERE, RIGHT? THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'LL HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT. YEAH. THE PIPE THIS HAS BEEN A MINUTE, TALKED ABOUT THIS THE CRUSHED PIPE UNDER ALACHUA, UNDER THE RAILROAD, DID THAT GET FIXED? IT'S NOT TOTALLY, NO. WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, WE GOT TO WORK WITH THE RAILROAD TO DO THAT. WE ARE WORKING ON I THINK THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN OUR STAFF HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT AND GETTING SOME OTHER PROJECTS, BUT IT'S IN THEIR WORK PLAN. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH ANDRE AND TREY TO SEE WHERE IT IS ON THE SCHEDULE. IT'S GOING TO GET FORGOTTEN. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FORGOTTEN. IT'S SINKING. IT AIN'T GOING TO GET FORGOTTEN. IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S DIPPING DOWN. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FORGOTTEN. IF Y'ALL KNEW HOW MUCH MONEY IS ABOUT TO BE INVESTED IN THAT AREA, AND IF ONE TINY LITTLE TITLE ANYTHING AND ALL THAT'S FLOODED BECAUSE AND WE KNEW THERE WAS A CRUSHED PIPE. WE, WE ARE, WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE, THE IMPACTS, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH, PUSH FOR THAT PROJECT TO GET DONE. THE CRUSHED PIPE ISN'T WHAT'S GOING TO FLOOD THE AREA. IT'S NOT. IT DOESN'T HELP. OKAY, WELL, JUST NOW I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING, KEEP ASKING. IT'S FINE. AND I NEED A BETTER ANSWER. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG MANY MONTHS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DRAIN THOUGH. WHENEVER THEY FIX IT RIGHT THERE, ARE THEY GOING TO FIX IT ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER? BECAUSE THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH IT DOWN TO THE WATER AS WELL. YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE NEXT PART OF THE SEAWALL, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP BECAUSE WE CAN WE CAN PUT BAFFLES IN THERE SO IT FLOWS ONE WAY AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO IT'S ALL PART OF THAT PROJECT, NOT THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT. BUT YES, THE PIPE THERE IS SIZED RIGHT. IT'S JUST NOT FUNCTIONING THE WAY WE NEED IT TO. YEAH, IT'S NOT PROPER FLOW. NO, NO. SO WE'RE ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THAT PHASE. AND I THINK FOR JAKE AND I, ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT SIDE, THEN WE CAN GET INTO DESIGNING AND GETTING THAT MOVING. DEVELOPMENT ON WHICH SIDE, THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE? YEAH, IN BETWEEN OUR TWO PROPERTIES. SIMMONS. ONCE, ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, NOW WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN PULL OFF OF IT, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU. WE BEAT HIM UP SUFFICIENTLY THIS TIME. I MAY NOT BE BACK NEXT TIME, BUT I WILL BE BACK IN JULY TO REPORT ON THE BID AND ALL THE SCHEDULES FOR BRETT'S. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE WELL, I WILL BE NEXT TIME BECAUSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC STUDY AS WELL. SO, AND YOU WILL BE THE FIRST GROUP TO SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WORK PLAN. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UPS FROM YOUR QUESTIONS LAST WEEK, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY HANDICAPPED SPACES WE HAD ON OR NEAR CENTER STREET. HERE'S A LITTLE MAP. NOW LET ME CAN YOU ZOOM IN ON YES, I DO. SO THERE ARE 3 ON CENTER STREET DIRECTLY. THERE ARE 9 ON ADJACENT, NUMBERED STREET NEAR THE CORNER, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY OFF-CENTER BUT THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE CORNER. AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY. SO THERE'S YOUR MAP. THERE'S A LITTLE PAID PARKING UPDATE ON GROSS REVENUE. WE DID SHUT IT OFF FOR SHRIMP FESTIVAL. UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THERE. AND THEN YOU ALSO ASKED ABOUT, [00:50:01] WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE BLUE BUILDING AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PARKING LOT. SO JAKE HAS WORKED ON THAT DESIGN. I JUST DID A LITTLE SKETCH OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT. THIS IS YOUR EXISTING PARKING CONFIGURATION HERE. I APOLOGIZE, IT'S HARD TO SEE. E, BUT THOSE BLUE LINES REPRESENT 61 PARKING SPACES. AND ALL I DID TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE IS EXTEND AND MAINTAIN THE DRIVE AISLES THAT YOU HAVE THERE IN PARKING LOT E NOW. THAT BROUGHT US TO A TOTAL OF 51 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IN THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THE BLUE BUILDING IS NOW. SO 112 PARKING SPACES OVER THERE. PAVED OR NOT PAVED? WE'RE IT'S ACTUALLY GOT A REALLY NICE SLAB, IF WE CAN, AND IT KIND OF RAMPS UP TO THE SLAB HEIGHT HERE. WE'RE SEEING WE'RE GETTING TWO BIDS, ONE FOR JUST DEMOING THE BLOCK PORTION AND SEEING IF WE CAN USE THE SLAB FOR THE PARKING SURFACE, UM, AND THEN A SECOND BID TO DEMO THE BUILDING AND THE SLAB, AND THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY IT WOULD JUST BE A GRAVEL LOT FOR THAT AREA. WELL, THAT PARKING LOT IS NOT PAID PARKING NOW, IS IT? NO, SHE SAID PAVED, I THINK. OKAY. PAVED. P-A-V-E-D. NO, IT'S NOT. IT WON'T BE PAVED. OKAY. PAVED GETS MY EAR. THAT'S EXCITING. WHAT'S THE NET REVENUE OUT OF THE PAID PARKING, YOU KNOW, OFFHAND, INSTEAD OF THE GROSS? SO THEY DO A TRUE-UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND THE END OF THE MONTH IS IN JUST A COUPLE DAYS, SO WE USUALLY GET THOSE FIGURES RIGHT AROUND JUNE, LIKE, 5TH OF THE MONTH. AND SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THERE. I THINK IT'S LIKE SO $398,000. I THINK IT WAS LIKE $274,000 AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. IS THAT IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS? OR PROJECTIONS, OR WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? SO, UM, I THINK SO. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD SUPER CLEAR PROJECTIONS. SOME PEOPLE WERE TALKING, YOU KNOW, DOING $1 MILLION REVENUE, $2 MILLION. THERE'S A REALLY BIG GAP IN BETWEEN THERE, AND I THINK WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTING TO, TO LAND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE. SO THAT'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN. SO, OKAY, WELL, THEY'RE GONNA BREAK THAT UP, JUST PUT IT IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE KNOW THAT. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN JUST SOME PICTURES ABOUT TOWN DURING SHRIMP FESTIVAL. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE THAT SOLAR PANEL GETS SOME THAT'S A PRICELESS PHOTO. I KNOW HER. YEAH, IT WAS FUN. A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, GOING BACK TO THAT PAID PARKING, WHENEVER THEY PUT THE PAID PARKING IN, THAT WAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE BOND FOR THE SEAWALL. NOW I'M HEARING THAT IT'S GOING TO DO OTHER THINGS. THE SEAWALL IS BEING PAID FOR PRIMARILY OUT OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'VE GOT $9 MILLION SECURED TOWARD THE SEAWALL, SO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME PROJECT. BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS TALK OF DOING A REVENUE BOND AND USING THE BIG PARKING MONEY TO SECURE THE BOND. ANY, ANY BOND WOULD NOT BE VIABLE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS, 2 YEARS, YOU CAN'T UNLESS WE KNOW THAT IT IS A VIABLE REVENUE SOURCE. SO WE CAN'T DO A BOND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VIABLE REVENUE SOURCE. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE HAPPENING TOMORROW FOR SURE. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE DOWNTOWN. THAT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECT IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY, UM, AND THE WAY TO GET IT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY FASHION, ONE OF THOSE METHODS WOULD BE TO GET A BOND TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT AND DO IT IN A TIGHTER TIMELINE. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE DOING IT PIECEMEAL OVER 15 TO 20 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE REVENUE, SO. OKAY. BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING RIGHT THIS SECOND. ANY OTHER UPDATES? SO, OKAY, MOVING TO OLD BUSINESS. WE HAVE [7.1. WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD WORK PLAN ] THE DRAFT WORK PLAN BEFORE US TONIGHT. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT I SENT TO YOU ALL IN ADVANCE, SO I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE STUDIED IT. CHAIR SCHAEFER ALSO PROVIDED AN OPTION, SO THEY'RE BOTH THERE IN YOUR [00:55:01] PACKET. I HOPE YOU TOOK A LOOK. IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, IF YOU WANT TO MASH THEM UP, IF YOU WANT TO CUT FROM ONE OR THE OTHER SO ONE THING THAT I NOTICED IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC COLUMN AND THEN GO DOWN TO THE SECOND SECOND BOX ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE UNDER ACTIVITIES, REVIEW THE BOAT RAMP AREA AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY. I THINK WE SHOULD ADD ON ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. THAT AREA IS PRETTY CONGESTED AND I THINK, I MEAN, IT JUST GOES ALONG WITH THE DISCUSSION WE HAD TONIGHT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND THAT WE NEED TO ALSO THINK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY. POSSIBILITY, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK AND CONSENSUS. AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST TACKLE ONE OF THESE THINGS AT EACH MEETING. HOW ARE WE GOING TO I MEAN, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN TO TACKLE THESE THINGS AND JUST HAVE IT OUT THERE AS A BIG MASS OF PROJECTS TO LOOK AT, WE OBVIOUSLY WON'T GET MUCH DONE. SO ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ONE THING AT A TIME? AND IF WE ARE, WHAT ORDER ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THOSE THINGS IN? I THINK THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE TO HAVE A WORK PLAN. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A WORK PLAN. PLAN. NOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS IN THE ONE THAT I DRAFTED BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING. A LOT OF THESE ARE CONCURRENT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING PROJECTS AS PROJECTS COME UP WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF THE MR. SIMMONS COMES BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON HIS PROPERTY AND WANTS YOU TO REVIEW IT, IF IT'S IT'S NOT IN YOUR WORK PLAN TO REVIEW IT THAT MONTH, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY NOT HELP US WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO. SO AS THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMING, SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE CONCURRENT. YOU CAN TAKE AREAS AND FOCUS ON THE, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE CRA PLAN, TAKE CHUNKS OF THAT GOING WHILE WE'RE CONCURRENTLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP AND HOW THOSE ARE INTERACTING WITH THE WATERFRONT. I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION THEN, THAT LET'S JUST SAY ANALYZE, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC STUDY. IS THAT GOING TO BE A LINE ITEM ON ONE OF OUR MEETINGS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MEETING? AND THAT WILL DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT LIKELY BE NEXT MONTH. OKAY. FOR YOU TO SEE AT LEAST AN INITIAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY FOR DOWNTOWN TO BE PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK ON. THE CONSULTANTS ARE FINALIZING THAT PLAN. THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT TO US, AND THEN IT'LL COME TO YOU. SOME OF THESE COULD GO COULD BE OUT OF ORDER TOO. I MEAN, WE REQUESTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT INPUT ON THE PLANS AS THEY COME FORWARD. AND SO, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THAT COULD BE INCLUDED HERE AND THEN COME FORWARD. SO LOOKS GOOD TO ME. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. I'M GLAD WE JUST WENT WITH 3. I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS. YEAH, WELL, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAD SENT HER AND DISCUSSED. I JUST TOOK IT AND I TRIED TO CONDENSE IT TO MAKE IT EVEN SMALLER, BUT IT WAS THE SAME THINGS FOR THE MOST PART. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM ONE OR THE OTHER THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, SUBTRACT? I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL STUDIED THIS HEAVY. I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS PRETTY I THINK IT'S PRETTY CONCISE. AND JUST THERE WE GO. WELL, IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT, WE'LL FIND OUT. EXCELLENT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THAT'S PLENTY. BUT I THINK IT JUST IDENTIFIES NOT STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT STUFF THAT OUR FILTER. [01:00:01] YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. COME THROUGH US. YEAH, I LIKE THE PRIORITY THAT IS, IS THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT FIRST, THEN THE DOWNTOWN, AND THEN THE CRA. THAT'S WHERE MY THAT'S WHERE MY INTERESTS ARE, IS THE WATERFRONT, AND THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I'LL VOTE FOR THAT. DO WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS, OR I'VE GOT TO PRESENT IT TO THIS COMMISSION. OH, SO WE DO HAVE TO FINALIZE SOMETHING TONIGHT. LIKE THE WAY YOU HAD IT LISTED ON THAT THE OTHER PAGE THERE WAS THE RIVER, THE WATERFRONT, THEN THE DOWNTOWN, AND THEN THE CRA. I MEAN, MOST OF THE ACTION IS DEVELOPING, ALL CONSTRUCTION AND ALL IS IN THE, THE MARINA AREA. AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW, I MEAN, YOU GOT A LOT OF SO NOW, CHAIR, DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT? DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? WE DO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING SOMETHING FROM THE THAT YOU GUYS HAD PROVIDED THIS FEEDBACK AND TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING ON THE OTHER ONE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY BROAD ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN COVER JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH, I WOULD SAY. DOES IT? YEAH, IT COVERS EVERYTHING. YES, KATIE OR JAKE, DOES IT MATTER WHICH COLUMN IS FIRST? IS IT IF IT MATTERS TO YOU, WE CAN CHANGE IT. THAT IT WAS NOT PUT IN ANY PRIORITY ORDER. THE MILLIARD WATERFRONT WAS IN THE SECOND POSITION AND NOT THE FIRST ONE, SO DOES IT REALLY MATTER? I MEAN, NO, WE CAN MOVE THIS. I DON'T CARE EITHER. IT'S ALL ORGANIZED. THEY'RE ALL WELL, ALAN HAD A CONCERN ON THE OTHER PAGE THERE. HE WAS JUST HAVE SO THERE'S TWO SEPARATE YEAH, THAT'S JANAE'S OPTIONS. YEAH, THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE OPTIONS, BUT WE CAN YEAH, COMBINE THAT VERSION BECAUSE IT, TO ME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BROADER AND THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT LEEWAY. OKAY, WE CAN MOVE THIS COLUMN, BUT WE CAN SWAP THE COLUMNS AND MAKE THE THEY'RE NOT PRIORITIZED. NOT PRIORITIZED. I WAS YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE? I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AGAIN. I LIKE YOUR VERSION EITHER WAY THIS TIME, MORE CONCISE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH THIS IS YOUR PLAN, SO YOU HAVE TO LIKE IT. IT IS BROAD. ARE WE ADOPTING ONE OR THE OTHER OF THESE? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO? WE DO. YOU HAVE TO ADOPT SOMETHING TONIGHT, IDEALLY TONIGHT. SO EITHER CHANGE ONE OR WE GOT TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? THERE IS NOT. THERE'S NOT. ARE THESE TWO THINGS NOT THEY'RE THE SAME. THEY'RE THE SAME THING, JUST WORDED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. THERE'S TWO FORMATS OF THE SAME CONCEPT. I TOOK OUT I JUST MADE IT AS EASY AND AS SHORT AS I COULD JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME READING LOTS OF THINGS. I WOULD ALSO LEAN TOWARDS JENNY'S PLAN. IT SEEMS MORE CONCISE AND EASIER TO LOOK AT TO ME. AND, AND WHEN YOU PUT WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT ACCESS ACROSS THE TOP, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO FIRST, AND I AGREE WITH THAT TOO. SO I I'M MORE INCLINED TO SAY THIS SECOND PLAN, THAT THE JENNINGS WATERFRONT ADVISORY PLAN I WOULD SUPPORT JENNY'S PLAN. I'LL SUPPORT IT. BUT LIKE, AT THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS, UM, THERE IS NO LANGUAGE DESCRIBING THE BOAT RAMP SPECIFICALLY. DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF, CONSIDERATION, IMPORTANCE FOR US. DO YOU WANT TO PASS IT IN THERE? WE CAN, I MEAN, WE CAN ACT. IT SAYS FOR THE OUTCOME, IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY. CAN WE ADD TO THIS AT A LATER DATE? CAN WE ADD TO IT NOW BEFORE WE DO IT? YEAH, WE CAN ADD WHATEVER WE NEED. I AGREE THAT SOMETHING, THE KEY ACTIVITIES WOULD BE, BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT NEW PARK AREA AND BOAT RAMP ACCESS. SOMETHING I CAN'T PULL UP. SO HOW ABOUT THE MAYBE A GOAL WOULD BE ENHANCED PUBLIC ACCESS, CONNECTIVITY, [01:05:01] AND ACTIVATION ALONG THE AMELIA RIVER WATERFRONT. I'LL SEE, WE COULD FIT SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP IN THERE AS A GOAL. MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, WITH AN EMPHASIS, ON, BOATER ACCESS AT THE BOAT RAMP AND FUNCTIONABILITY THERE. BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE OTHER ONE ABOUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP. YEAH, ON THAT OTHER ONE, REVIEW THE BOAT RAMP AREA AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY, WHICH BACKING ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND A RAILROAD TRACK IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO FOREVER. AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THE ACCESSIBILITY PORTION IN THERE TO ADD, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. WELL, THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1962. YEAH, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IF Y'ALL NEED ME TO BACK THE TRAILER RIGHT, BUT YOU DID HAVE A WATERFRONT PARK THERE. YEAH, WE HAD A BOATYARD AND A FUEL DOCK DOWN THERE. IT WAS THE SAME THING. THEY BUILT STRIP CLUBS THERE. POPULATION'S INCREASING. ATLANTIC SEAFOOD WAS ALWAYS THERE. I WAS GOING TO SAY ATLANTIC SEAFOOD. WAS THERE WITH THE PARKING SPOTS. WITH PARKING SPOTS. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MORE ACCESS NOW THAN YOU DID 3 MONTHS AGO. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S MORE THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC ON FRONT STREET THERE GOING TOWARDS THE PARK, BACK AND FORTH, MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN 1962, I'M GOING TO SAY. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S FREE PARKING DOWN THERE. EVERYBODY GOES TO FREE SPOTS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BOATS HAVE GROWN AND THE TRUCKS. IT DOES SPECIFY REVIEW PHASE 2 PARK PLANS WITH THE OUTCOME TO BE IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY AND INCREASED WATERFRONT ACTIVITY. UNDER THAT GOAL, DID YOU WANT THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVATION ALONG THE AMELIA RIVER WATERFRONT WITH A FOCUS ON WORKING WATERFRONT FEATURES? SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? I WANT TO SEE IF WE GO WITH JENNY'S, I WANT TO SEE PHYSICALLY BOAT RAMP IN THERE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WORDS IN THERE. YEAH, BOAT RAMP, BECAUSE WE DON'T KEEP SAYING BOAT RAMP, THEY'RE GOING TO PHASE THAT BOAT RAMP OUT. IT'S IN THERE. THE GOAL IS TO EVALUATE BOAT RAMP SAFETY. YEAH, NO, WE'RE NOT ON NOT ON THAT. IT'S THE SECOND ONE THERE. THE FIRST ONE IS ON THERE. WELL, IT SAYS WATERFRONT ACCESS, SO WATERFRONT AND BOAT RAMP ACCESS. BEAUTIFUL AREA AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT SAFETY. OKAY, WELL, WE JUST NEED TO ADD SOME MORE VERBIAGE FOR BOAT RAMP. OR, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY. I AGREE, SOMEWHERE IN THERE. IF YOU WANT IT, NOW IT'S TIME TO GET IT. YEAH, TELL ME WHERE YOU WANT IT. DO YOU WANT IT UNDER GOALS OR AT KEY ACTIVITIES? I WOULD SAY GOLD BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO GET A, UM, A STAGING AREA FOR THE TRAILER AND BOATS BEFORE THEY DO THE PARK. YEAH, SO I WOULD SAY UNDER GOLD. SO THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A STAGING AREA FOR THE DINGHY BARTLES, DO THEY? THEY DO. THEY HAVE A GIANT PARKING LOT. THEY GOT A HUGE SPOT FOR IT. YEAH. I GOT A LOT MORE PROPERTY OUT THERE. YEAH, SO LET'S SEE, HOW ABOUT INCREASE THE VERBIAGE THAT WE HAVE ON THE FIRST ONE AND WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP. REVIEW THE BOAT RAMP AREA AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY, RIGHT, BOATER ACCESSIBILITY, AND PUT THAT UNDER GOALS. ON THE FIRST WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT ACCESS UNDER GOALS. DOES THAT FIT BETTER UNDER ACTIVITIES SINCE REVIEWING IS OH. WE HAVE MORE OF ACTIVE. WE HAVE REVIEWED 2 PARK PLANS UNDER WATERFRONT AS A COMMITTEE. HOW ABOUT UNDER AN OUTCOME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE FINAL OUTCOME. THE OUTCOME, WE WOULD HAVE REVIEWED IT ALREADY, YOU KNOW. AND, UH, PROVIDE FOR IMPROVED SAFETY AND BOATER ACCESSIBILITY AT THE BOAT RAMP. INCREASE, INCREASE WATERFRONT ACTIVITY, BOAT RAMP ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY, AND PUBLIC USE WITH IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY. BOAT RAMP AREA WITH ACCESSIBILITY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, UNDER KEY ACTIVITIES? CORRECT. DID YOU SAY OUTCOMES OR KEY [01:10:02] ACTIVITIES? OH WAIT, OUTCOMES. OUTCOMES. OUTCOMES. OUTCOMES. LAST ONE. THE TOP FAR RIGHT, THE LAST COLUMN OF YOURS AND UNDER OUTCOMES, THE TOP ONE, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT YOURS, THAT'S WHERE WE PUT IT. ANYTHING ELSE BETWEEN THE TWO THAT YOU WANT TO ADD VERBIAGE TO? EVALUATE BOAT RAMP SAFETY. ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT? WE WANT TO WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BOATER ACCESSIBILITY, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO WORD THAT, BOATER ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF THE BOAT RAMP. OKAY, SO UNDER GOALS FOR THE FIRST ONE, I HAVE ENHANCED PUBLIC ACCESS, CONNECTIVITY, AND ACTIVE REVITALIZATION ALONG THE AMELIA RIVER WATERFRONT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BOATER ACCESSIBILITY. AND THEN ONE OF THE OUTCOMES, INCREASED WATERFRONT ACTIVITY AND PUBLIC USE WITH IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY AND BOAT RAMP USE. I LIKE IT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YES, THAT'S GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. BUT I'M ALSO ADDING SAFETY IN THERE. OKAY, GOOD. DOES THAT WORK? YES. YES. ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PULL FROM THE OTHER ONE? ON THE DOWNTOWN MOBILITY UP THERE, WE COULD WORK IN THOSE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS WHEN THEY GO ACROSS, ESPECIALLY THAT AREA. I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL WORK ON, BUT WELL, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL IN THERE. IT SAYS IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. YEAH. I SEE. I WOULD THINK THAT YOU COULD TAKE THAT BULLET POINT OUT OF THE KEY ACTIVITY WITH DOWNTOWN MOBILITY AND SAFETY, THE EVALUATE BOAT RAMP SAFETY IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT IN THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS AREA. I THINK IT FITS MORE THERE THAN THE, UH, YEAH, DOWNTOWN MOBILITY. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY, I'M FINE WITH THAT. WE'RE DOING GOOD ON TIME, GUYS. DON'T JINX IT. WE ARE DOING GOOD. ANY ANYTHING ELSE TO TAKE OR REMOVE? ADD OR REMOVE? A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE, UH, THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR '26 TO 27 AS PRESENTED AND WITH THE CORRECTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED. SECOND. WHO IS THE SECOND? ME. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB. [8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS] YAY, WE DID SOMETHING TONIGHT. YEAH, WE DID SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER REPORTS? OR COMMENTS? I HAVE SOMETHING. YES, SIR. THIS IS MY LAST MEETING. I SENT MY RESIGNATION LETTER IN. I'M GOING TO RESIGN. JUST, I HAVE I'M ON THE FIRE POLICE PENSION BOARD, AND IT KEEPS ME BUSY BEING A TRUSTEE. AND I THINK IT'S I'VE BEEN ON THE WATERFRONT BOARD AND THE MARINE ADVISORY BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO LET SOME NEW SET OF EYES COME IN. AND, UH, BECAUSE YOU GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS, WE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON. SO I'VE ENJOYED BEING ON BOARD WITH YOU. YEAH, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS TOO. I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK, AND, UM, I SEE YOU GUYS CONTINUING THAT. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER NOT SAD NEWS? WE GAIN 2 AND LOSE 1. IT'S A TOUGH CROWD, ALAN. WELL, THAT MEANS MR. JEFF STEWART BECOMES A VOTING MEMBER, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A VACANCY FOR AN ALTERNATE. YAY! OKAY, PAID FOR PERMITTING FOR STANDARD MARINE. AWESOME, NICE. MOVING FORWARD. DON'T WANT IT TO FLOOD. NO, WE'RE FINE. WE'RE JUST CLEANING IT UP RIGHT NOW, SO, AND MAKING IT LOOK NICE. AND, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT WHAT MORE [01:15:01] OF THE INTENTION IS FOR THE BUILDING IN THE MONTHS TO COME. SO GOOD. CAN WE SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER PROPERTIES DOWN THERE? I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT TOO. I CAN SHARE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ALMOST THERE. THE CLIFFHANGER. ALMOST THERE. WE'RE GETTING THERE. UM, APPRECIATE MIA AND HER QUICK RESPONSES TO CLIENTS' QUESTIONS. THEY'RE COMING TO OUR NEXT TRC MEETING WITH THE PLAN. GREAT. ALL RIGHT, IS THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF YOURS, YOURS, THAT, THAT LOT TO THE WEST, RIGHT? IS THAT BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS? IS THAT YOUR PROPERTY? WHAT OLD NET SHOP YOU RIGHT THERE, THAT'S ALL MINE. OKAY. WHO BOUGHT THE OTHER PROPERTY WHERE THE NET SHOP USED TO BE? THE NEXT ONE OVER THERE? YEAH, MR. DICK GOODSELL OWNS ALL OF THAT. MR. GOODSELL OWNS THIS AND THE WATERFRONT PIECE. HE DOES? SO HE OWNS OH WOW, YEAH, YEAH, TRANGALLI TOO. YEAH. OH NO. YEAH, WELL, THE OLD YEAH, THAT'S TRANGALLI. YEAH, OKAY, NOT THE OTHER. NO, THAT'S COOK AND COOK ON DOWN NEXT ONE. YEAH, THAT'S OUR OLD FISH HOUSE. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE OTHER PROPERTY BEHIND US. OKAY, ALL [9. NEXT MEETING DATE] RIGHT, THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR REPORTS. NEXT MEETING, WHEN, WHEN IS, SIMMONS THEN GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF THE, UH, HDC? THIRD WEDNESDAY THIRD THURSDAY OF JUNE. OKAY, WHATEVER. DID HE ALREADY GO TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY? THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING. THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING. YEAH, OUR MEETING'S THE 4TH MONDAY. THEIRS IS THE 3RD THURSDAY, SO RIGHT BEFORE. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU. GREAT, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY. GO TO IT, IT'S WORTH GOING TO. OR YOU CAN GO TO IT. OF COURSE, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. SO WHAT'S THE DATE OF OUR NEXT? IT'S ON MY CALENDAR ACCURATELY. 22ND. 22ND. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED MONDAY, JUNE 22ND. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.