Jun 09, 2026 Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

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READY. WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

HERE. MEMBER SPAULDING.

HERE.

MEMBER PEARLSTINE. YES. VICE CHAIR COCCHI.

YES. CHAIR CAMERA. MEMBER MOUNTJOY.

HERE. MEMBER CURRY. MEMBER GUNN.

AND MEMBER PELICAN. HERE.

OKAY, IF YOU WOULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? OH, SORRY, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT

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

I'M BETH ANDERSON, AND I LIVE AT 3 302 LIGHTHOUSE LANE. AND I SAW THE MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO LAST MONTH WHEN SCOTT MICHELSON PRESENTED MRS. CAMPBELL'S POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THE CHANGES TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW IT OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO THE HISTORIC SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. MAYBE YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE IT. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THAT.

I SAW IT FOR THE HISTORIC COMMITTEE. ANYWAY, MY FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WAS A HANG TAG ON MY FRONT DOOR FROM A GENTLEMAN WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND HE CAME TO SEE ME THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE FENCE IN MY BACKYARD. I SAID, OH REALLY, THAT'S WONDERFUL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WELL, I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, REPLACING THE FENCE, AND HE WENT INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WAS PLANNED, AND IT INCLUDED A REFENCING THE ENTIRE AREA, PUTTING IN A NEW PARKING LOT HALFWAY UP THE ROAD, SO PEOPLE COULD TURN AROUND AND GO BACK DOWN THE NARROW ENTRANCE, REMOVING THE GATE THAT'S PRESENTLY THERE UP ABOUT 75 FEET. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE WANTED TO DO THAT, AND HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY EITHER.

SO I TALKED TO JANICE MINSHEW, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE PURPOSE WAS TO MONETIZE THE LIGHTHOUSE, THAT WE COULD MAKE $1 MILLION IF WE WOULD JUST ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME UP AND GO IN THE LIGHTHOUSE, UP THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND GO ONTO THE GROUNDS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE.

AND I SAID, OH, OK. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF MOVING THE GATE SO PEOPLE COULD COME UP 24/7? AND SHE SAID, WELL, NO, THE PARKS ARE CLOSED AT NIGHT. SO I GUESS SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT PEOPLE COME UP TO THE EXISTING GATE NOW 24/7 BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT THERE.

I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT. AND SOMETIMES THEY PARTY THERE. SO IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE WOULD BUILD A PARKING LOT OR A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND AND GO DOWN THE HILL AND WITH HEADLIGHTS ON AT NIGHT FACING RIGHT INTO PHYLLIS'S BEDROOM.

AND I DIDN'T I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. IF WE WANT TO MONETIZE IT, JUST OPEN THE DOORS AND LET PEOPLE COME AND CHARGE ADMISSION. PUT LIKE A GATE THAT JUST GOES UP AND DOWN AND LET PEOPLE GO IN WHEN IT'S OPEN AND OPEN IT.

BUT IF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD NEED TO EITHER FERRY PEOPLE UP THERE OR TAKE ADMISSION AT THE REC CENTER OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. BUT TO BUILD A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK DOWN THE HILL ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, IT JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T COMPUTE. IT'S KIND OF CONCERNING TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

AND I RECALL TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FENCES, BUT MR. MICHELSON, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN KIND OF GIVING SOME EXPLANATION HERE? BECAUSE I RECALL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE SHUTTLES

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SO I HAVE RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS FROM SOME RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE, ON LIGHTHOUSE LANE AND LIGHTHOUSE CIRCLE. AND THERE WAS OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO, OR WE DID. I THINK THERE WAS 4 RESIDENTS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING, AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, ABOUT PUTTING IN A NEW FENCE.

THE FENCE UP THERE CURRENTLY IS A CHAIN-LINK FENCE. NOT IN GOOD SHAPE. SO THE MAIN FOCUS IS TO IMPROVE THE LOOKS OF THE GROUNDS.

WE ARE SO TO REGARDING THAT, IT IS REGARD THAT IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE FENCE, AND ALSO THE PAVERS AROUND THE BASE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON. SO AS YOU SEE, I THINK THAT IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE, NOT ON THE SIDE OF MISS ANDERSON'S.

SO SOME OF THE FENCING DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. MISS ANDERSON'S BACKYARD DOES BACK UP RIGHT TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.

SO THAT WOULD BE A FENCE THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO REPLACE IF POSSIBLE, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT OUR FENCE. AND THEN THE AT THE BASE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE ARE PAVERS, OR THEY'RE NOT PAVERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN LANDSCAPED AND IT'S JUST CONSTANT, LIKE FLOWERS ARE PUT IN THERE. THE IRRIGATION DOESN'T WORK.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT A BASE OF PAVERS IN THERE. SO JUST TO KEEP IT LOOKING BETTER. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE DO HAVE A GOAL TO MAKE THE LIGHTHOUSE MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY.

THERE IS SOME OPTIONS THERE TO, FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND VIEW THE LIGHTHOUSE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.

ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, WE HAVE LIGHTHOUSE TOURS. THEY COME TO THE, THE RECREATION CENTER AND WE DRIVE A BUS UP THERE AND THEY, AND THEY DO A TOUR.

THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED BY USING A BUS AFTER THE LIGHTHOUSE TOUR IS DONE. WE THEY COULD DO AN EXTRA FEE TO CLIMB THE LIGHTHOUSE, SIGN A WAIVER AND CLIMB THE LIGHTHOUSE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ON THE INTERIOR OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE, THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WE'RE NOT READY YET. WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE A PROPOSAL TO PRAC.

WE'RE NOT, TO, ON HOW EXACTLY WE ARE GOING TO DO THE GUIDED TOURS, IF IT'S A SELF-GUIDED TOUR. WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH OUR COMPLETE PLAN YET. SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, KATIE, MYSELF ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, DEVELOP AN IDEA, PLAN, AND THEN TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THEN WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE.

IF IT'S ON LIGHTHOUSE CIRCLE, IF IT'S ON LIGHTHOUSE LANE, HOW WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN THAT IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

AND CAN YOU ADDRESS I THINK I HEARD YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE GATES, WHICH I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE NOW OR WHAT THEY WOULD BE, BUT MOST PARKS CLOSE AT DUSK OR YEAH, SO AT MIDNIGHT OR DARK, SOME OF THE BEACH ACCESSES AFTER MIDNIGHT, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO, THEY CLOSE. BUT SO WITH THAT IS THERE IS ONE LANE, O'HAGAN LANE, THAT GOES UP RIGHT BETWEEN TWO HOUSES THERE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THE TIMES EVERYONE WILL DRIVE UP THERE, THEY'LL SEE THAT IT'S LOCKED, THERE'S A GATE HALFWAY UP, AND THEN YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO BACK DOWN. NOT A GREAT SITUATION. SO WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A COMPLETE PLAN YET.

THERE IS AN IDEA OF MAYBE WE LEAVE THAT GATE THERE, AND THEN JUST DURING THE DAY, THAT GATE COULD POSSIBLY OPEN, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A GATE UP HIGHER. WHY DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER GATE? EXCUSE ME. SO, SO MY POINT IS, IS WE'RE NOT READY YET.

OKAY. OKAY, SO BEFORE ANY CHANGES ARE MADE OR ANYTHING IS IMPLEMENTED, THEN YOU WOULD BE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

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I'M SORRY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, YOU CAN COME BACK UP. SO THE EXISTING GATE IS IF OPEN, CARS CAN TRAVERSE UP THAT HILL AND GO TO THE UPPER PARKING LOT THAT SURROUNDS THE LIGHTHOUSE.

IF, IF THEY WE COULD DO TOURS EVERY DAY.

WHY ARE THEY RESTRICTED TO ONLY 2 DAYS A MONTH? IF WE REALLY WANT THEM, TAKE THEM UP THERE. LET EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO UP THERE GO UP THERE AND PAY A FEE TO GO UP THERE.

BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO STOP HALFWAY.

THEN YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE GIVING THEM ANOTHER 75 FEET AND THEY STILL GOT TO WALK UP ANOTHER 150. I DON'T GET WHY YOU WOULD NEED TO PUT ANOTHER GATE UP.

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.

WHY DO YOU NEED A SECOND GATE? SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'RE IN THE VERY INFANCY OF THIS, SO. OKAY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TOURS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE SELF-GUIDED TOURS? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DOCENT UP THERE? SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ALL OF THAT STUFF. THE OTHER IDEA WAS TO IF, IF WE DID MOVE THE GATE UP FURTHER, THERE COULD BE A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS SO THEY COULD PARK UP THERE AND WALK UP THERE. THE FURTHER YOU GET UP THERE, THE WHOLE OTHER AREA IS WOODED.

SO, AND IF NO ONE'S UP THERE, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDER VANDALISM AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. SO THE IDEA WAS TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE FENCE. THAT WAS THE INITIAL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAD TALKS OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPROVE THE USER, THE USER FACE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE.

AND ONCE WE COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE WILL INCORPORATE THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE CLOSE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, AND THEN YOU CAN FILL OUT A FORM AFTERWARDS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS PATTY SORENSON, 2016 HIGHLAND DRIVE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THESE THIS, AND WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM GOAL, AND WHAT'S THE BUDGET? IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THESE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE GOT TO REPAIR THE LIGHTHOUSE BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORIC VALUE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT.

SO IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, BUT NOT EXPANDING THE FENCE AND ALL THAT.

IS THAT CONSIDERED PART OF THE LIGHTHOUSE? AND, YOU KNOW, REPAVING IT, I CAN SEE THAT'S PART OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. BUT THE FENCE AND WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THE LIGHTHOUSE? TO OPEN IT UP TO PEOPLE, BUT IS THAT REALLY THE GOAL? AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE? SO YOU'VE OPENED IT UP, YOU'RE EARNING REVENUE.

WHERE'S THE BUDGET THAT SHOWS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN IT? YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN, MAINTAIN, YOU'RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND SO YOU NEED A BUDGET AND YOU NEED A LONG-TERM GOAL AND YOU NEED THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IN PLACE.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU COULD FILL OUT A WARM, PLEASE.

THANKS.

JUST A QUICK, TO ANSWER ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS THE FENCE IS, IS BUDGETED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR '26, BUDGET TO REPLACE THAT. THOSE PAVERS WERE, ACTUALLY DONATED TO US, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TO GET A PRICE TO HAVE THEM INSTALLED. AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE REPAIRS THAT ARE DONE BY THE LIGHTHOUSE ARE, THROUGH GRANTS WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A GRANT THROUGH THE FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION TO MATCH THOSE STATE DOLLARS, BUT THE IDEA OF ALSO GETTING THIS OPEN AND HAVING MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE IS GOING TO ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE CAN MATCH STATE GRANTS AS, AS THOSE COME UP. IF WE HAVE TO. QUESTION ON THE FENCING THAT'S BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.

DO YOU HAVE I MEAN, IS THERE DO YOU HAVE A DIAGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT COULD SHOW, LIKE, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE WEST SIDE FENCING. YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, KATIE, CAN YOU GO DOWN TO MIGHT HELP CLARIFY IF YOU

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RIGHT THERE. YEAH, SO IT IS THE RIGHT HERE THERE'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT RUNS ALONG THERE THAT'S FALLING APART. THAT'S A 4-FOOT FENCE.

UH, AND THEN RIGHT HERE IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE, ON THE WESTERN SIDE. THIS ONE, THAT'S OUR FENCE, AND THEN THE ONE THAT BACKS UP TO THE NEXT PROPERTY, I BELIEVE WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL. THAT BACKS UP, THAT'S THE NEXT PROPERTY UP.

AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE FENCE RIGHT THERE AND CREATING THE, THE, THE GATE A LITTLE FURTHER UP.

SO IT'S HALFWAY UP. I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT IF IT'S CLOSED AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE UP THERE, WHY WOULD WE WANT THEM TO GO ALL THE WAY UP AT ALL? INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WOULDN'T THE GATE BE BETTER OFF AT THE STREET? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, DOWN ON, ON LIGHTHOUSE CIRCLE.

I MEAN, AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I'VE ONLY EVER BEEN UP THERE ONE TIME. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWN OVER HERE? YEAH, LIKE AS YOU'RE GOING UP THAT DRIVEWAY. SO AGAIN, I WOULD THINK IF WE WERE SO WE WOULD BLOCK OFF THE GUY'S DRIVEWAY IS ALSO ON O'HAGAN LANE.

THAT'S HALFWAY UP THAT DRIVE.

SO THAT'S WHY THE FENCE IS ALREADY IT'S FURTHER UP ANYWAY? YES. YEP.

MA'AM, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU SO THE FENCE AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS DIAGRAM WHERE THE EXISTING GATE IS NOW, WHERE IT SAYS REMOVE VEHICLE GATE, WELL, THAT FENCE THAT THEY CAME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IS THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT'S MY LOT RIGHT THERE, THAT FIRST LOT IN THAT YELLOW BOX. THAT'S MY LOT, AND IT GOES 75 FEET UP.

MY LOT'S 110, SO IT'S ABOUT 75 FEET UP. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY LINE. SO MY GATE, MY FENCE ISN'T EVEN INCLUDED.

THE ONE THAT THEY CAME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT, IT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDED. MY POINT IS THAT IF, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP RIGHT NOW TODAY THEY COME UP AND THEY STOP AT THAT GATE AND THEY'D HAVE TO BACK DOWN NOT VERY FAR.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING IT. I'VE BEEN THERE 20 YEARS. NOBODY'S EVER RUN INTO ANYTHING.

THE, SO THE, THE DISTANCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP IS 75 MORE FEET, BUT IF YOU PUT THAT PARKING AREA THAT THEY'RE THAT IS SHOWN ON THIS DIAGRAM, THEY'RE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO UP THERE 24/7, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND, AND MY HOUSE HAPPENS TO SIT RIGHT THERE, AND I HAVE WINDOWS IN THE BACK, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT CONDUCIVE.

BUT I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD EVEN NEED THAT.

THAT'S THAT GATE, THAT WHERE IT SAYS PEDESTRIAN GATE.

IF YOU'RE GONNA OPEN THE LIGHTHOUSE, OPEN IT UP. LET PEOPLE COME IN THE DAYTIME.

RUN A BUS FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT 7 DAYS A WEEK.

ANYBODY CAN COME ALL DAY LONG.

TEST IT OUT, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COME BEFORE YOU PUT ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I NEED TO FILL THIS CRABTREE. OH, AND I LIVE AT THE BOTTOM OF O'HAGAN.

SO ALL OF THIS SORRY, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? AND I'M PHYLLIS CRABTREE. I'M AT 212 LIGHTHOUSE CIRCLE. SO WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE BACKING UP, YES, THEY HAVE BACKED UP.

THE PEOPLE ARE COMING UP TO THE GATE DURING THE DAY, AND THEY'RE COMING AROUND THE CORNER, AND I SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CAR TAGS FROM GEORGIA, TENNESSEE, WHEREVER. SO THEY'RE COMING UP TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS PILING UP BEHIND THEM, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL BACKING UP. AND THEY'VE EITHER BACKED UP INTO MY YARD, AND I'VE HAD WORKERS THERE, THEY SLAMMED INTO WORKERS' VEHICLES.

SO YES, PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY THE CURRENT GATE IS NOT OPEN DURING THE DAY. YOU OPEN IT ON SATURDAYS FROM 11 TO 2.

IT'S NOT MONITORED. YES, YOU'RE CIRCLING ON THE FIRST AND THE THIRD, BUT EVERY SATURDAY IT'S OPEN, BUT IT'S NOT MONITORED.

NOBODY'S DONE ANY VANDALISM,

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OPEN THE GATE UP DURING THE DAY. I SIT OUT THERE IN THE YARD AND I SEE CAR AFTER CAR AFTER CAR COME UP, THEY PULL UP, THEY GET OUT, THEY TAKE THEIR PICTURES, AND THEN HERE WE GO DOWN THE BACK, BACKING UP.

THEY'RE EITHER BACKING UP THE PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS OR THEY'RE BACKING UP ALL THE WAY DOWN ONTO LIGHTHOUSE CIRCLE.

YOU HAVE THE CEMETERY THAT THE GUY GOES BY EVERY EVENING AND CLOSES THE GATE. THAT SAME GUY COULD COME BY AND CLOSE THAT GATE. IF YOU OPENED IT UP, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE TONS OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY WOULD GO UP THERE, THEY COULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP, READ THE LITTLE SIGN AND TURN AROUND AND COME BACK DOWN DURING THE DAY.

AND YES, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT COME IN THE EVENING, BUT IT'S MAINLY DURING THE DAY. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, YES, YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE AND IT SAYS IT'S ONLY OPEN ON SATURDAYS, BUT I TOO, I'VE BEEN OUT, I'VE TAKEN MY GRANDKIDS OUT, I'VE TAKEN FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT, AND WHEN YOU GO OUT HERE ON THE RIVER CRUISE THING TO CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GUESS WHAT THEY'RE ADVERTISING WHEN YOU'RE GOING BY? OH, GO BY THE LIGHTHOUSE! AND I WENT, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND I AM STANDING CONSTANTLY OUT IN MY YARD GOING, THE LIGHTHOUSE IS CLOSED, THE LIGHTHOUSE IS CLOSED.

I SAID, IT'S ONLY OPEN ON SATURDAYS. WHY? I DON'T KNOW WHY. OPEN IT UP AND THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF YOUR PROBLEMS BEFORE YOU INVEST SOME MONEY IN A PARKING LOT.

LET IT GO OPEN DURING THE DAY. AND THEN I SEE WHERE Y'ALL STARTED YOUR TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE.

WHATEVER Y'ALL DID WITH THE LITTLE MULCH, I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THE MULCH ENDED UP AT, AND THE DIRT.

BECAUSE I CALLED, AND I HAD TO CALL THE CITY, AND THEY CAME OUT WITH A SCOOPER GETTING THE DIRT AND STUFF OUT IN FRONT. THEY CAME AND POURED THIS GOD-AWFUL LOOKING BLACK CURB IN FRONT OF MY YARD TO STOP THE STUFF FROM COMING IN MY YARD. SO NOW THEY'VE RAN IT DOWN, SO NOW IT'S 3 DOORS DOWN IS WHERE IT'S ENDED UP.

AND THEN I CAN, IN MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD IN THE BACK BY HIS GARAGE, THAT'S WHERE ALL YOUR MULCH WENT THAT WAS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO THERE'S ALREADY A PROBLEM WITH THE RUNOFF AND WHATEVER Y'ALL HAVE DONE. AND THERE WAS LIKE A GAP WHEN THE PAPE, THE UP THERE BY THE GATE, AND YOU CAN SEE ANYTIME IT RAINS, OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN LATELY, BUT WHERE THE RUNOFF IS AND IT RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

SO YOU PUT A YOU PAVE SOMETHING UP THERE AND THERE'S NOT SOME KIND OF SYSTEM GOING ON, ALL THAT WATER IS GOING TO BE GOING SOMEWHERE. WATER GOES DOWNHILL AND IT'S GOING TO GO IN MY YARD. BUT I THINK BEFORE YOU INVEST ANY MONEY, OPEN UP THE GATE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HAVE THE GUY CLOSE IT WHEN HE'S CLOSING UP THE CEMETERY GATE.

THANK YOU, MISS. OKAY, SO YEAH, SO JUST, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS, AND, AND I, I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, IS THE PLAN IS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS EVERYONE'S IDEAS? WHAT DO THE NEIGHBORS THINK? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? THE IDEA OF OPENING IT UP, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IT STAFFED? WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH ALL THAT STUFF BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING. SO I JUST WANT THE NEIGHBORS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU GUYS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, AND, AND WE WILL COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. OKAY, MOVING IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE

[6.1 Waterfront Park Phase II (Update From Staff On Conceptual Plan)]

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE WATERFRONT PARK. FIRST OFF, HOW DID WE GET HERE? WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS NEXT PHASE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE YEARS, PROBABLY, BECAUSE THE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD LEASE RAN THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER OF '28. WHEN THAT LEASE CAME UP AND THEY VACATED IT EARLY, IT AFFORDED THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO START LOOKING AT WHAT THAT CONCEPT LOOKED LIKE FOR THE NEXT NORTHERN PHASE OF THE PARK TO THE BOAT RAMP.

CITY COMMISSION GAVE APPROVAL TO GO BACK TO THE DESIGNER OF THE ORIGINAL PARK AND WORK THROUGH CONCEPT DESIGNS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, ONCE WE GET SOME CONSENSUS ON THAT, ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGNS.

SO WE GOT HERE,

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AND THEN WE HAD A TOWN HALL IN THE PARK LAST WEEK. THEN WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO GATHER ALL THOSE FEEDBACKS AND THEN TAKE THAT AND SIT DOWN WITH THE DESIGNER AND GO BACK THROUGH WHAT THE NEXT ITERATION OF THIS CONCEPT LOOKS LIKE. WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH PROBABLY 30% AND 60% DESIGNS, GET THAT STUFF TWEAKED OUT, GO BACK THROUGH ALL OF THE BOARDS AND GET FINAL APPROVAL THROUGH THE BOARDS WE NEED.

THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR DESIGN APPROVAL IS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL, SO THEY'LL BE THE ONES ISSUING THE COA FOR THE DESIGN. AND IT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE GLOBAL SCALE OF WHERE THIS FITS IN OUR DESIGN FOR THE RESILIENCY SYSTEM ON THE PARK. JUST SO HAPPENS THAT PHASE 2 IN THE KINLEY HORN PLAN IS PHASE 2 OF THE WATERFRONT PARK. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PERMITTING WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A 45-FOOT SECTION UP TO THE BOAT RAMP, A NEW BOAT RAMP TO BE BUILT AFTER THE IN THE CURRENT LOCATION, SO A FULLY DESIGNED NEW BOAT RAMP THERE. SEGMENT 3, WHICH IS IN PARKING LOT B. SEGMENT 4, WHICH IS PARKING LOT A.

PORTIONS OF PHASE 3 AND 4 WILL BE BUILT WITH THE BRETT'S DEMOLITION AND MARINA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST A BLOW-UP OF SEGMENT 2, SHOWING YOU THE 45-FOOT SECTION THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE PARK NOW.

THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD GO ACROSS WHERE THE BOAT RAMP IS BOAT RAMP DESIGN, AND THEN A CROSS-SECTION OF THE ELEVATED STRUCTURAL SLAB THAT WOULD BE THAT 45 FEET TAKING YOU FROM WHERE THE RIVERWALK STOPS NOW TO THE EDGE OF THE BOAT RAMP. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO GETTING BACK INTO THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT THIS CONCEPT HAS, STARTING ON THE NORTH END CLOSEST TO THE BOAT RAMP, THE LARGE CIRCLE, THAT'S A 30-FOOT, APPROXIMATELY 30-FOOT CIRCLE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COMMEMORATIVE PLAZA EARLY ON IN THIS DESIGN, PROBABLY BACK IN MARCH, STARTED TALKING WITH THE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, THE DIFFERENT VETERANS COUNCILS THAT ARE COMPRISED IN NASSAU COUNTY, ABOUT MOVING THE MEMORIAL, VETERANS MEMORIAL, THAT'S AT THE END OF CENTER IN PARKING LOT A TO A MORE FITTING LOCATION THAT AFFORDS ITSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.

WE'VE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL NEW FEEDBACK AT THE TOWN HALL LAST WEEK.

WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOATING COMMUNITY AND THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD ABOUT THEIR DESIRES AND NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT COULD BE DONE NOW THAT ATLANTIC SEAFOOD'S GONE.

THE AREA THAT'S HATCHED, AREAS 3 AND 8, THOSE ARE A PAVER AREA. WE ENVISION THE LARGE PAVERS THAT ARE BEHIND THE PAVILION NOW, A SEATING AREA. 8'S KIND OF HATCHING OUT WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME SHADE STRUCTURE.

THERE'S TALK ABOUT SWINGING BENCHES LIKE PORCH SWINGS. THE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL DESIGN IN THAT AREA WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A SITTING AREA IN THE NORTH END AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW AND, AND LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN BASIN, BUT ALSO SEE THE OPERATIONS AT THE BOAT RAMP. ONE THING THAT'S GOT TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THERE IS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD NORTH IN THE WATERFRONT PARK AND GET CLOSEST TO THE BOAT RAMP, YOUR SEAWALL IS GOING UP IN ELEVATION BECAUSE GROUND ELEVATION IS GOING DOWN.

THE TOP OF THE SEAWALL STAYS THE SAME HEIGHT, BUT IT'S GROWING. SO WHEN YOU'RE AT THE BOAT RAMP, THE SEAWALL IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 4 FEET HIGH. SO HAVING SEATING IN THAT AREA, IF IT'S NOT ELEVATED, IS REALLY GOING TO YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR PERSPECTIVES AREN'T GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

AREA 4 HERE IS ANOTHER LAWN SPACE. IT COULD BE RENTED OUT, COULD BE USED FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS. WE ENVISION, YOU KNOW, IF THIS SERVICE MONUMENT MOVES HERE, MOVING THE MEMORIAL DAY, VETERANS DAY TYPE EVENTS HERE.

ITEM 2 IS JUST ANOTHER CIRCLE.

THE CIRCLES ARE CARRIED OUT THE SAME THEMES THROUGH THE EXISTING PARK.

THAT'S A 20-FOOT CIRCLE THAT COULD BE USED FOR PUBLIC ART, SOME SORT OF MEMORIAL TO THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY, ANOTHER SHRIMPING MONUMENT.

ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. THAT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

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SO WE'RE HERE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. WE ARE IN CONCEPT AND LOVE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU, JACOB.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WITH QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? I JUST ALWAYS BRING UP NATIVE PLANTS. YOU'VE DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB WITH NATIVE PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY, BUT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT OUT THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. TO KEEP THAT GOING.

AND I HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE AT NIGHT TO THE WATERFRONT PARK, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME PRETTY BRIGHT LIGHTING, WHICH IS, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I NEED TO GO AND LOOK AT IT.

BUT DO WE NEED REALLY BRIGHT LIGHTS AT NIGHT OUT THERE? YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT'S WORTH SEEING. IT'S THERE, IT'S LIT UP, AND THERE'S UPLIGHTING.

WE'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF COMMENTS ON THE LIGHTING, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DARK SKY AND, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S IN OUR DOWNTOWN, A PLACE WHERE EVEN AT NIGHT IT'S HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AND HIGHLY USED, THE LIGHTING TO ME IS A SAFETY COMPONENT THAT WE'VE GOT TO KIND OF FIND THAT BALANCE.

BUT YES, I DEFINITELY WILL GO AND LOOK AT IT.

I JUST WANTED TO KEEP IT IN MY HEAD AND GO THERE AND LOOK.

YEP. JEN? MISS RELAFORD? I WAS AT THE PRESENTATION AT THE TOWN HALL, AND I DIDN'T GET TO DRAW ON YOUR DRAWINGS THERE BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF THE BOATERS THAT HAD SOME CONCERN WITH THE HOW THEY NAVIGATE THE BOAT RAMP.

AND SO EVERYTHING HAD WRAPPED UP BY THE TIME I WAS DONE THERE, SO I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A DRAWING TODAY TO KATIE. SHE SHARED WITH SOME POSSIBILITIES OF HOW TO USE THAT AND THEN MAYBE BE ABLE TO MOVE THE MONUMENT LIKE INTO THAT NUMBER 4 SPOT AS A THIS IS AN OPTION. AND THEN MY OTHER COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE SWINGS, I DON'T I MEAN, THE STRUCTURE THAT'S PROPOSED LIKE OVER THE SWINGS, I PERSONALLY DON'T LOVE THAT.

I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD JUST BE KIND OF OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUTSIDE. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HIGH THAT WALL IS THERE BECAUSE THE SWING WOULD HAVE TO BE UP PRETTY HIGH TO BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE WALL, LIKE IF YOU WERE SITTING. AND I WAS THINKING THAT THE SWINGS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A PLACE, JUST LIKE WE HAVE THE MEMORIAL BENCHES, LIKE THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD SELL THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOR A MEMORIAL SO THAT SOMEBODY'S NAME COULD BE ON THERE.

AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THESE GRANITE-LOOKING PAVERS, IF THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT ARE LIKE INTENDED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MONUMENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT ALSO, JUST LIKE YOU HAVE MEMORIAL BRICKS, LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE TOO THAT WE CAN MEMORIALIZE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A PART OF THAT PARK. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SWINGS BECAUSE I WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, I FELT LIKE THERE'S EVEN OTHER PLACES IN THE EXISTING PARK WHERE YOU COULD ADD SOME MORE BENCHES OR SWINGS, ESPECIALLY LIKE OVER SHRIMP FEST. IT WAS REALLY BUSY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE.

SO IT PEOPLE COULD PURCHASE THEM AND COULD ADD SOME IN.

EVEN IF YOU JUST ADDED SOME LITTLE LIKE FREESTANDING, YOU KNOW, YEAH, A LITTLE LIKE A-FRAME THAT SWINGS LIKE ON THE OTHER END OR SOMETHING.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A NICE TOUCH, AND OVER TIME PEOPLE COULD PURCHASE THEM FOR BECAUSE MY PERSONAL FAVORITE PLACE TO SEE THE SUNSET IS DOWN BY THAT OTHER GAZEBO DOWN NEAR THE PATONG, LIKE THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE.

YEAH, SURE. BUT IT'S OVER THERE. YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE GRASSY AREA THERE THAT WOULD BE BE PERFECT FOR ONE.

AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE THERE'S A COUPLE MORE BENCHES AROUND THE PLAYGROUND THAT HAVE TO GO IN. AND AS THE NEXT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE THINGS WE'LL WORK THROUGH AND CERTAINLY LOOK TO ADD WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. I THINK GOING BACK AGAIN TO THE, THE PAVER AREA AND THE SWINGS, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF VIEWING SEATING AREA, IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO BE ELEVATED TO GET YOU THAT VIEW THAT YOU WANT OVER THE SOUTHERN BASIN.

SO THOSE ARE A DESIGN ELEMENT THAT WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE TO WORK OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY ACCESSIBLE AND ALL OF THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT KIND OF TWO OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DID HERE

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AND TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST THE MONUMENT AND LOOK AT ALL OF THAT. THE OTHER THING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONUMENT, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS DURING THE MEETING AND THEN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS AFTERWARDS ABOUT FLOPPING SWITCHING THE TWO CIRCLES SO THAT THE MONUMENT'S NOT KIND OF AT THAT DOESN'T FEEL JAMMED IN THAT CORNER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CERTAINLY BE DISCUSSING AND LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE ALL THAT FIT AND NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE SQUEEZING ANYBODY IN ONE PARTICULAR PLACE.

AND THEN AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT LOADING ZONE WITH THE BOATERS AND THE PARK USE, YOU GO DOWN THERE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, WHETHER IT'S ELDERLY FOLKS, WE'VE SEEN COUPLES IN THEIR 20S, THEY COME TO THAT INTERSECTION AND YOU KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT TRAFFIC'S USING THE BOAT RAMP, YOU KNOW, HOW ALL THAT WORKS. WE NOW HAVE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT GO DOWN ASH STREET, GO TO THAT PARK AND USE THE PLAYGROUND.

SO ACCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH IN WORKING WITH THE BOAT RAMP AND MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND HOW THAT WORKS COMING BACK TO DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY STUDYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET RIGHT WITH, WITH ALL OF THAT. SO, BUT YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE SEEING THIS AGAIN.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AT THE WATERFRONT PARK. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HAVING THE TOWN HALL MEETING DOWN THERE WAS EXCELLENT.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE, AND, IT WAS WELL, WELL ATTENDED, SO THAT'S ALSO A GOOD THING.

AND, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT COMES NEXT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM

[6.2 Fernandina Beach Golf Club (5-Year Capital Investment Plan)]

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

JEFFREY BIGGERS, GENERAL MANAGER FOR NANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB. SO THIS PRESENTATION REVIEWS THE 5-YEAR GOLF CLUB CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN AND FOCUSES ON OUR GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT AND OUR GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES ROTATE ON A 5-YEAR PLAN THAT ADDRESSES OUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS.

STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THIS PLAN YEARLY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WE'RE GOING INTO YEAR 3 OF THIS PLAN, IN FISCAL YEAR '27, AS IT BEGAN IN FISCAL YEAR '25.

THE GOAL TO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT NEEDS ON THE EQUIPMENT SIDE AND GET A RESALE VALUE FOR OUR OLDER EQUIPMENT TO OFFSET THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THESE NEW PURCHASES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT '26, FISCAL YEAR '26, ALL THAT EQUIPMENT HAS ALREADY COME IN. SO THOSE ARE THE PRICES WE PAID ON THAT EQUIPMENT.

JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD WAS 8 TO 14 YEARS OLD. SO OUT OF THOSE 7 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, OR THOSE 7 UNITS, 5 ARE REPLACEMENTS AND ONE WAS A PURE PURCHASE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE CUSHMAN UTILITY CARTS.

ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WAS ACTUALLY A UNIT THAT WE USED THAT WAS, WE USED FROM PARKS AND REC AT THE TIME.

SO THAT UNIT IS BACK AND SOLD, BUT WE DON'T GET THE FUNDS FOR IT. SO WHEN ALL THAT'S SAID AND DONE, THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH THE AGE ON THEM AND THEIR USAGE ONLY TOTALED ABOUT $2,500 WE GOT BACK FOR THEM. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PLAN, IS TO TRY TO CONDENSE THAT 5 YEARS SO THAT WE'RE ROTATING OUR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT 4 TO 5, 6 YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY BACK FROM THOSE PIECES WHEN WE REPLACE THEM. IF YOU LOOK DOWN FURTHER, GOLF CARTS. SO WE'RE IN YEAR 3 OF OUR GOLF CARTS IN SEPTEMBER '26.

WE HAVE A 5-YEAR LOAN ON THOSE.

THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET TO 6 TO 7 YEARS OUT WITH THESE AND NOT HAVE A PAYMENT. WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY GO.

I THINK THE BATTERIES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. IT'S ABOUT KEEPING THE REST OF THE GOLF CART INTACT. SO WE MAY BE HAVING TO ASSESS THAT DOWN THE LINE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, GOING INTO SEPTEMBER WILL BE 3 YEARS ON THESE GOLF CARTS.

WERE PURCHASED, I THINK, IN SEPTEMBER OF '23. A COUPLE OF THE OTHER PURCHASES WE HAD THIS YEAR: THE IRRIGATION COMPUTER UPGRADE. THAT WAS A SYSTEM THAT WE HAD FROM 2016 THAT WAS ANTIQUATED.

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AND OUR DRIVING RANGE DISPENSER, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT PRIOR, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I FELT WE NEEDED BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HELPING IN THE GOLF SHOP.

NOW PEOPLE CAN JUST PURCHASE GOLF BALLS AT THE DRIVING RANGE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME INSIDE. WE DON'T HAVE TO LOAD GOLF BALLS INSIDE ANYMORE. IT'S ALL OUT NEAR THE DRIVING RANGE.

NEXT SLIDE. WHEN WE GO TO 2027, EACH YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO PURCHASE. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TWEAK THESE WITH MYSELF AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, LOOKING AT EACH PIECE AND SEEING HOW LONG WE THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO LAST. MOST PIECES, AGAIN, 4 TO 6 YEARS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE 6, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

UH, I'VE TALKED TO MY SALES REP WITH JOHN DEERE AND HE GAVE US ESTIMATES ON THOSE. THOSE UNITS ARE 6 TO 13 YEARS OLD. WE THINK AT THAT POINT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET THESE PIECES, WE MAYBE GET AROUND $20,000 TO $22,000 FOR THOSE.

SO EVEN WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF PIECES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN A 6 TO 7 TO 8 TO 13 YEAR OUT RANGE. AND JEFFREY, JUST NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT SURE, TO JUST TO VERIFY, WE I THINK THAT SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WASN'T HAPPENING IN THE PAST TOO WAS WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE PLACES TO KEEP THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH NOW WE DO. SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO BETTER STORE, BETTER CARE FOR, AND I WILL HAVE SOME OF THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE CAPITAL.

BUT YES, WE DO, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR EQUIPMENT AS A WHOLE. AS WELL AS KEEP ITS VALUE, KEEP IT FOR 4 TO 5 YEARS, TURN IT IN, GET MORE MONEY FROM IT. AND YES, AS WE'VE INCREASED, WE NEED MORE ROOM, AT OUR MAINTENANCE BUILDING.

NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU GO TO 2028, AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE PIECES ARE 5 TO 9 YEARS OLD. SO AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO 5 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THAT WINDOW'S CLOSING IN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM UNDER THE GOLF CARTS, THAT'LL BE OUR LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. AND THE GRINDERS, THE REELS, AND THE BED KNIVES, THOSE ARE UNITS THAT ACTUALLY SHARPEN OUR MACHINES. WE DON'T HAVE A BED KNIFE GRINDER RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE A REEL ONE.

IT'S HANGING IN THERE, BUT WE HAVE PUSHED THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE PUSHED BACK FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET IT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ASSESS THE WHOLE PLAN AND WHAT DO WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

NEXT SLIDE.

WHEN WE GO INTO '29, AGAIN, THESE UNITS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, ARE IN THAT 5-YEAR RANGE. THE FAIRWAY MOWER, THE PRO SPRAYER, AND BOTH GREENS MOWER VERTICUTTERS THOSE ARE UNITS THAT, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED IN 2024-25, SO THEY'LL BE IN THAT 5 YEARS AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MUCH, MUCH MORE MONEY OUT OF THOSE UNITS WHEN WE RESELL THEM. AND AGAIN, AT THE BOTTOM, NO GOLF CARTS.

SO IF WE CAN GET THROUGH A YEAR, POSSIBLY TWO, BEFORE WE HAVE TO SELL THOSE, THAT WOULD BE A BONUS. NEXT SLIDE. FISCAL YEAR '30, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE UNITS WILL BE REPLACED, FROM PURCHASES THAT WE HAD AT THE START OF THIS PLAN.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO TIGHTEN THAT GAP. AND FISCAL YEAR '31, AGAIN, ALL THESE WILL BE ASSESSING. I DID WANT TO MENTION, ONE THING WITH THAT, WITH, WITH THE BLOWER THERE.

WE JUST PURCHASED A BLOWER. WE THINK THEY CAN LAST LONGER THAN 5 TO 7 YEARS. ALSO, ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAD A CUSHMAN CART THAT WAS A 2018, AND THAT UNIT, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP HAVING TO PUT ANOTHER ENGINE IN IT LAST YEAR, SO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO LAST A LITTLE LONGER.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING THESE AS NEEDED. NEXT SLIDE. SO ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY, FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE ASSESSING WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE GOLF COURSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE AS THE BUDGET ALLOWS.

2027 UPCOMING YEAR.

THE TWO BIGGEST NEEDS WE HAVE, REHABILITATION THATS OUR BIG WELL THAT WAS OUR ONLY SOURCE OF WATER UNTIL THIS PAST YEAR.

ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT IS REQUESTING AN INSPECTION ON THIS WELL THAT CAN INCLUDE CLEANING, TREATMENT. IT'LL HAVE A CAMERA INSPECTION. POSSIBLY WE MAY HAVE TO LINE THAT UNIT.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST, BUT ESTIMATES TALKING WITH FREEMAN WELLS, THEY'RE GUESSING AROUND $150,000.

UNTIL THEY GET

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SO THAT WILL BE OUR SECOND SOURCE OF WATER AND WILL BE OUR ACTUAL ONLY SOURCE OF WATER NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DIVE INTO THIS PROJECT. AND OF COURSE, DOWN THE LINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE 5-YEAR RANGE OF GETTING RECLAIMED WATER FROM AND THAT WILL CHANGE THE WHOLE GAME PLAN WITH OUR WELLS.

TO MENTION WHAT YOU HAD SAID ABOUT STORAGE, YES, WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE SOME TYPE OF LEAN-TO SHED OR BUILD SOMETHING OUT THERE.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FIRE MAYBE A DECADE AGO THAT TOOK SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE BUILDING OUT. WHICH TOOK SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT OUT, WHICH TOOK AREAS TO STORE IT.

SO AS WE'RE BUILDING THAT EQUIPMENT UP, WE NEED MORE AREAS TO STORE.

SO THE, THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS VERY TIGHT, AND THAT'S THE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. AS WE ADD MORE EQUIPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A NEW UNIT TO COVER IT. CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2028 AND MOVING FORWARD: OUR RESTROOMS, WE WANT TO UPGRADE THOSE TO CITY WATER.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SEPTIC..

WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO THAT OVER 3 YEARS. THE PLAN IS TO DO ONE BATHROOM AT A TIME.

AS YOU KNOW DIDN'T KNOW WE HAVE ONE ON OUR NORTH COURSE, ONE ON OUR SOUTH COURSE, AND ONE ON OUR WEST COURSE. THE PRACTICE AREA, I ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN THE BUDGET TO START THIS YEAR, BUT LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS, WE DECIDED TO MOVE IT BACK.

OUR PUTTING GREEN IS PROBABLY THE WORST GREEN AT THE FACILITY, AND RIGHT NOW I'M IN DISCUSSIONS WITH KIND OF WITH SCOTT AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE SODDING THAT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IN THE NEXT MONTH.

AND PARKING LOT RESURFACING, FROM WHAT I COULD FIND, THIS WAS MAYBE IN THE BUDGET TO BE DONE IN '23-'24. IT'S A LARGE EXPENSE, AND, I MOVED IT TO FISCAL YEAR '28, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IF WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THAT AT THAT TIME. GOING INTO '29, CLUBHOUSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM RESTORATION.

DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THE IRRIGATION AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE ACTUALLY WORKED, SO WE'VE LOOKED INTO THAT. THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT LOOKED INTO THAT, GOT A COUPLE ESTIMATES ON WHAT THAT WILL COST, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET INTO THAT AND MAYBE MAKE AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. TEE BOX AND BUNKER RENOVATIONS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO TEE BOXES, YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOME TYPE OF SMALL RENOVATION MAYBE EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS LEVELING OUT OUR TEE BOXES. I KNOW MY GOLFERS HERE THAT PLAY PROBABLY KNOW THEY'RE NOT THE FLATTEST TEE BOXES, THEY'RE A LITTLE UNEVEN.

SO IF YOU DO A SMALL RENOVATION UP TO A LARGE, I MEAN, DOING THE COMPLETE TEE BOXES AND DOING THEM ALL, THAT COULD BE ABOUT EVERY 15 TO 20 YEARS.

SAME THING KIND OF GOES FOR THE BUNKER RENOVATIONS. THEY NEED SAND AND DRAINAGE ABOUT EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS, SOME TYPE OF WORK DONE.

AND THE LAST TIME EITHER OF THOSE WERE DONE, I, I, I DON'T HAVE RECORD, BUT I'M WORKING WITH OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, 2029, LET'S LOOK TO DOING, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. AND FINALLY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS GOING INTO '30. MAINTENANCE BUILDING, THAT BUILDING LOOKING TO MAYBE HAVE IT COMPLETELY REDONE.

A ROOF REPLACEMENT, I THINK MAYBE THE LAST TIME THE ROOF WAS 2014 OR '15. AND A COMPLETE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE. AND THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE, HIGH-END PROJECT.

BUT MOST GOLF COURSES, YOU GET ABOUT 25 TO 30 YEARS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ACTUAL PIPES IN THE GROUND. THAT WATER EVERYTHING.

AND IF WE GOT INTO THAT, MAYBE LOOK AT EVEN MORE RENOVATION, TYING MAYBE THE GOLF COURSE INTO IT. IT ALL DEPENDS ABOUT FINDING THE MONEY TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE, THE PLAN WE HAVE GOING FORWARD, AT LEAST IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS, FOR OUR EQUIPMENT AND GOLF COURSE PROJECTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING ON WHAT YOU SEE THERE NUMBER-WISE OR ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW. ANYONE? QUESTIONS? YES. IT'S KIND OF A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU KNOW THE LIFETIME OF A CERTAIN EQUIPMENT IS AND SELLING IT ON AND MAKING MONEY FROM THAT IN ORDER TO IT IS.

SO THE GOAL IS LIKE, I THINK ONE OF OUR FIRST BIG PURCHASES, WE MY FIRST YEAR HERE, WE GOT TWO 2 FAIRWAY MOWERS, WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE UNITS, AND WE DO GET SOME GOVERNMENT PRICING, BUT THEY WERE JUST UNDER $100,000 APIECE. WE GOT 2 GREENS MOWERS, WHICH WERE AROUND $45,000. THE GOAL IS, YOU KNOW, IN 4 OR 5 YEARS, MAYBE WE GET $35,000 OR $45,000 OUT OF THAT AND THEN BUY ANOTHER $100,000 UNIT INSTEAD OF WHAT WE JUST SPENT WAS PRETTY MUCH $90,000 ON THAT UNIT BECAUSE

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SO WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST OF DOING THIS TYPE OF ROTATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE STARTED. YES.

OKAY, BUT YOU ARE ALSO BALANCING MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE MORE OUT OF THE YES, LIKE OUR BLOWERS.

IF WE CAN DO AN ENGINE AND MAKE SOMETHING LAST LONGER, AND WE PROBABLY WON'T LOOK TO DO TWO FAIRWAY MOWERS AND TWO GREENS MOWERS THE SAME YEAR AGAIN. MAYBE STAGGER, LET ONE LAST 5 YEARS AND ONE GO 4 OR 5 AND 6, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ARE THE BIG UNITS THAT HAVE HIGHER EXPENSES.

JEFFREY, HAS THE BREAKDOWNS ON THE EQUIPMENT, HAS THAT IMPROVED ONCE YOU MOVE TO NEWER EQUIPMENT? HAVE YOU HAD LIMITED BREAKDOWNS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, DOWNTIME ON IT? I THINK WE HAVE MORE NEWER EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING MUCH BETTER, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THOSE. BUT YES, WE STILL ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. SO WE STILL HAVE UNITS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE AGE ON THEM.

AND WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? DO WE WANT TO TRY TO FIX THIS? AND IF NOT, ARE WE KNOW THIS PIECE IS GOING TO BE NEW NEXT YEAR, CAN WE HOLD OFF? AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A POINT WHERE IF IT DOES RAIN A LITTLE MORE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOWING A LOT OF GRASS THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. SO WHAT'S YOUR AVERAGE WARRANTY ON THESE MOTORIZED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

THE WARRANTY ON THESE, I HONESTLY, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH ONE. I KNOW JOHN DEERE HAS DIFFERENT WARRANTIES, TORO HAS DIFFERENT WARRANTIES, BUT, YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, HOW TO LOOK AT THIS, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD SEE, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SOME HIGH-TICKET ITEMS. AND JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO, TO BE MOVING TOWARDS BEING INDEPENDENT IN THAT REGARD. IT IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TO KEEP THINGS MAINTAINED AND HOPEFULLY GENERATING THE REVENUE THAT AND REVENUE IS GETTING BETTER EACH YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS TO GET LESS AND LESS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT COULD BE HALF OR LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

REVENUES ARE THERE, COURSE CONDITIONS ARE BETTER.

WE THANK THE CITY FOR THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S MAKING THE GOLF COURSE BETTER AND THE INVESTMENT IN US TO GET BETTER, AND THAT IS THE GOAL. YES, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL, AND I FELT LIKE THE LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU SAID IN THERE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE, MIGHT NOT, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF IT.

I THOUGHT IT SEEMED VERY THOROUGH SO THAT EVERYONE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S COMING, WHAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE PUSHED BASED ON DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU,

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO STAFF COMMENTS. SO THE GOLF CLUB AND PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL FINISH THIS UP WITH PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATES. AND, THANK YOU, JEFFREY, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I THINK IT REALLY DOES SHOW.

AND I THINK WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BASED ON WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO SHOW WITH THE GOLF COURSE, I THINK JEFFREY DOWNPLAYED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE THE I THINK WE MIGHT BE AT HALF OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN FISCAL YEAR '27. OUR REVENUES ARE SHOWING REALLY GOOD AT THE GOLF COURSE, AND WE MIGHT EVEN BE LESS THAN THAT.

AND DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, JEFFREY ALWAYS SAYS IS YOU CAN GOLF IN A DROUGHT. HOPEFULLY WE GET RAIN AT NIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE NICE.

BUT THE NUMBERS, IF YOU COMPARE THE LAST QUARTER, THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AND YOU INSERT THOSE NUMBERS INTO THIS QUARTER, IT MIGHT EVEN BE LESS THAN HALF.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE GOLF COURSE BASED ON THOSE REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

SO, THANKS JEFFREY FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. SO PARKS AND RECREATION, WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE KIND OF A LOT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOU GUYS. SO THE MLK FIELDS ARE PROCEEDING. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE ARCHITECT ON CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS.

WE'VE HAD A FIRST PHASE OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT THOSE TO YOU. I'M WORKING WITH JAKE AND MR. GLENN AKRAMOFF, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WITH THAT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE HELPING GET THOSE THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. SO WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THAT, THE TWO-FIELD, IF YOU REMEMBER.

WE WILL BE SURE TO WORK WITH THE ELM STREET

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WE DID MAKE A PRESENTATION TO HDC WITH THE COLUMBARIUM AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ON THAT.

AFTER THOSE ARE COMPLETE, WE WILL GO BACK TO HDC FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. THIS HAS BEEN ON THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THE THIRD PHASE OF THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT. BEACH ACCESS 9, WE ARE COMING UP WITH A NEW DESIGN ON THAT. FDEP DID RESPOND TO US AND THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS AND AFTER TALKING WITH OUR ENGINEERS, CHANGES TO THAT DESIGN THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SHOWED YOU.

IT'S SOMETHING ONCE WE FINALIZE, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO LOOK FORWARD, OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING AT TAKING THE BOARDWALK OUT PAST THE FRONTAL DUNE AS WELL.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED TO SEE THAT'S HER SPACE.

BUT I WAS CURIOUS, THE NEW CROSSWALK THERE IS GREAT.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE USING IT ALREADY. LIKE, IT WORKS MUCH BETTER THAN THE CAR DODGING THAT WOULD GO ON THERE BEFORE. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE CAUTION LIGHT.

IS THE CAUTION LIGHT GONNA COME BACK? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD FOLLOW UP ON. I BELIEVE JEREMIAH WOULD HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON IT.

IS IT'S A STATE ROAD. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT FROM THE STATE, AND MAYBE THIS IS PART OF THE SAFETY CONVERSATION YOU GUYS HAVE AS YOU'RE BUILDING THROUGH THAT. I DON'T, AT NIGHTTIME I WAS COMING HOME ON FLETCHER AND I WAS AT MAIN BEACH BEFORE I REALIZED I MISSED THE TURN BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS RELIED ON THE CAUTION LIGHT BEING THERE, SO I MISSED IT.

BUT MY CONCERN WAS PEOPLE COMING DOWN THE HILL FROM JASMINE INTO THAT INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT THERE WAS HELPFUL.

LIKE, YOU I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE OCEAN WAS THERE, IF YOU WERE JUST SOMEBODY DRIVING UNFAMILIAR, WHATEVER, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THE LIGHTS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THAT PARKING LOT AREA, MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD KEEP GOING AND YOU WOULD BE INTO THE INTERSECTION, REALLY.

YES, I CAN BRING THAT UP AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND REPORT BACK. OR SOMETHING, IT JUST, MAYBE I WAS JUST FEELING LAZY, LIKE I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE THE TURN. WHAT DID IT COME DOWN WITH ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORK THEY WERE DOING ON FLETCHER? I THOUGHT IT CAME DOWN AS PART OF THIS CROSSWALK THING, BUT AGAIN, I ALWAYS USED IT FOR LIKE A LANE MARKER.

I NOTICED IT'S GONE TOO, BECAUSE I DRIVE FLETCHER A LOT AT NIGHT, BUT I WAS WONDERING DOING.

BUT YOU SAID THAT, I WAS LIKE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL THE POWER LINES, AND I WONDER IF LIKE IT WAS TAKING I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH THE CROSSWALK, BUT I WAS ALSO THAT'S ONE THING I COULD PAY BETTER ATTENTION.

BUT THE, THE CONCERN THAT I HAD THEN WAS ESPECIALLY AT DARK, AT NIGHTTIME, COMING DOWN THAT HILL, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, LIKE IT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.

YEAH, SO, SO LET ME LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU.

NUMBER 5, MET WITH HDC REGARDING THE LIGHTHOUSE FENCE AND THE PAVERS SURROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. STAFF IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE. WE WILL WORK WITH NEIGHBORS AS WE LOOK TO IMPROVE THIS MOVING FORWARD.

SO I THINK WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, IS THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. SO WE WILL COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN, AND I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AS WE DEVELOP A PLAN.

ONCE WE HAVE A PLAN, I WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, AND BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY GET THE APPROPRIATE APPROVALS.

IBOR ALVAREZ SOCCER COMPLEX, I DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL REGARDING THAT. EARLIER, OR ACTUALLY JUST AFTER OUR LAST MEETING WITH THOSE UPDATES. I ALSO EMAILED THEM TO AMELIA ISLAND YOUTH SOCCER.

SO IF, WHEN I HEAR MORE ON THAT, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. AND THEN THE PARKS AND REC EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. AND THEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, AS YOU REMEMBER, THAT DID GO TO THE COMMISSION.

A FEW MONTHS AGO. WE ARE WORKING TO GET THAT BACK ONTO THE COMMISSION WITH AN UPDATED SCOPE OF WORK AS, AS THEY SUGGESTED WE DO. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ALWAYS ATTACH TO THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS.

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THIS IS A VERY POPULAR TIME.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER AND THE HEAT PICKS UP, IT DOES SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS WILL BE UPDATED AND TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.

SO WE HAVE THE SURF SKATE AND FILM FESTIVAL COMING ON JUNE 20TH. THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY AT THE TIGER ISLAND ROOM, BUT THEY WILL BE CLOSING THE STREET DOWN, WHICH IS 2ND STREET IN BETWEEN THE TIGER ROOM AND THE PALACE. THEY PLAN TO HAVE SOME VENDORS THERE, BUT THE FILM WILL BE SHOWN INSIDE OF THE TIGER ROOM.

MAKE MUSIC DAY WILL BE JUNE 21ST. THAT'S IN VARIOUS PLACES DOWNTOWN INCLUDING THE WATERFRONT PARK. CHRISTIAN HERITAGE PARADE AND FESTIVAL WILL BE JUNE 27TH.

IT WILL FOLLOW THE NORMAL PARADE ROUTE, ASSUMING THE CONSTRUCTION ON ASH STREET IS COMPLETE. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL DO SIMILAR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DID WITH THE PREVIOUS PARADES THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FESTIVAL AT CENTRAL PARK. SOUNDS ON CENTER, JULY 3RD, AND THEN LIGHT UP AMELIA WILL BE ON JULY 4TH AT THE WATERFRONT PARK.

KATIE, THEY DID NOT PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR JUNETEENTH? NO, SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THEY DID NOT. OKAY, IS THAT IT? YEAH. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBER COMMONS.

NOPE, NOPE. OH, I'M SORRY, JEFFREY, I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE COULD SKIP IT. NO, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

THAT'S THE PART SCOTT MY APOLOGIES.

THAT'S OKAY. I KNOW WE'RE ALL HUNGRY. OKAY, GOLF UPDATE NUMBERS-WISE.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOLF SHOP, MAY NUMBERS, REVENUES WERE UP 14% FROM THE PREVIOUS MAY. ROUNDS WERE SLIGHTLY DOWN. WE AVERAGED ABOUT 129 ROUNDS A DAY.

WHERE IT WAS 132 THE MAY BEFORE, BUT REVENUES WERE UP SLIGHTLY.

WE DID $180,437 IN GOLF COURSE REVENUE COMPARED TO $158,720 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO? A LOT OF THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO OUR RATES INCREASING.

SO OUR CART FEES WENT UP LAST YEAR, OUR GREEN FEES WENT UP SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY YEAR SOMEWHERE IN OUR RATES AND FEES TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SMALL INCREMENTS GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT NOT PRICING US OUT OF THE MARKET. WELL, AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY 2 OR 3 GOLF COURSES IN THE ISLAND AREA THAT YOU CAN PLAY AS THE PUBLIC, AND WE WANT TO BE THE ONE EVERYBODY COMES TO.

SO, FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUMBERS, THEY'RE UP SLIGHTLY. 19% FROM THE PREVIOUS MAY. WE HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS THIS MONTH, THIS PAST MONTH IN MAY.

I THINK A COUPLE I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, THE NEIL HAMPTON, THE FREEMAN 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, THOSE BOTH GENERATED GOOD REVENUES.

AND WHEN YOU GET IN TOWARDS THE END OF LAST MONTH, OUR PRIME RIB DINNER HAD 44, WHICH WAS NOT BAD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND WE HAD A MILITARY MESS HALL DINNER, ON THE 20TH.

THAT WE WERE REALLY PACKED AND STAYED IN LATE THAT EVENING FOR THAT EVENT. GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON THERE. WE'RE VERTICUTTING GREENS, SUMMER ROTATION ON OUR TUESDAYS WHEN OUR 9 HOLES ARE CLOSED.

WE'RE DOING THAT, THAT IMAGE THERE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THAT DOES. IT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE LINES OR ROWS. SO THE GRASSES WE HAVE ON OUR GREENS, IT'S AN OLDER BERMUDA, AND IT LIKES TO GROW A LOT IN THE HEAT IN THE SUMMER, AND IT GROWS KIND OF LIKE THIS OVER ON ITSELF INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT UP.

SO VERTICUTTING REALLY HELPS DETHATCH THAT AND GIVES IT ALLOWED TO GROW UP SO WE CAN CUT IT AND IT HAS A TRUER ROLL AND NOT BE AS BUMPY OR BOUNCY.

WHEN THE GREENS KIND OF GET INTO THE MORE DORMANT STATE IN THE FALL, THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THEM GET A LOT FIRMER AND FASTER. SO THIS HELPS HOPEFULLY DURING THE SUMMER, BETWEEN THAT AND MAYBE APPLYING SOME, SOME GROWTH REGULATORS SO THAT THE GRASSES DON'T GROW AS MUCH IN THE SUMMERTIME TO CONTROL THAT SPEED AND THAT, THAT SMOOTHNESS OF THE GREENS.

SO VERTICUTTING, IT INVOLVES RUNNING A MOWER EQUIPPED WITH THIN VERTICAL SPINNING BLADES THROUGH THE GOLF GREENS.

INSTEAD OF CUTTING THE GRASS HORIZONTALLY, IT SLICES DOWNWARD INTO THE TURF TO REMOVE EXCESS THATCH AND ENCOURAGES DENSER TURF, CONTROLS WEEDS,

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WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AROUND THE DRIVING RANGE. WE GET A LOT OF THAT, THAT TYPE OF MULCH FOR FREE, BUT WE WANT TO GET SOME REALLY NICE PINE BARK AND PUT IT AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE AREAS IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE CONSIDERING POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING END OF THIS MONTH INTO JULY WITH SODDING THE ACTUAL WHOLE PUTTING GREEN.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CHECK OUR BUDGET, SEE WHAT THE WEATHER'S LIKE, AND GO FROM THERE. I DID WANT TO SHOW A COUPLE PICTURES OF WHAT WE HAD GOING ON THIS MONTH. THAT MESS HALL DINNER ON THE 20TH.

ON THE 24TH, WE HAD THE NORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF TOUR. I I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT TOURS THAT THE KIDS' JUNIOR TOURS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN JUNE, WHICH IS THE FIRST TEE, AND ALL OF THESE EVENTS JUST SHOWCASE THE GOLF COURSE.

IT GETS THE PARENTS OUT TO SEE IT, AND I'M GOING TO PROMOTE JUNIOR GOLF AS LONG AS I'M HERE. THE MORE KIDS WE GET IN, THEY COULD BE OUR FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE GOLF CLUB. SO, AND ON THE 19TH, WE WRAPPED UP OUR FERNANDINA BEACH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY SCRAMBLE.

THEY HAD 24 PLAYERS, REALLY GOOD TURNOUT, AND NOW THEY'RE INTO THEIR SUMMER GOLF.

MEMBERSHIP SALES, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE WE'VE HIT 100% OF OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS SO AWESOME. WE HAVE 182 MEMBERS WHERE WE HAD 163 LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, AND THAT GENERATED FOR THIS YEAR AS OF RIGHT NOW ABOUT $60,000+ MORE IN MEMBERSHIP FEES.

SO THE GOAL IS, I STILL THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE 4 OR 5 MORE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR JOIN, BECAUSE THAT MEMBERSHIP DOES RUN FROM THE TIME YOU SIGN UP ONE FULL YEAR INSTEAD OF IN OUR FISCAL YEAR. MARKETING.

SO AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE OUR JULY NEWSLETTER OUT ON THE 1ST.

WE'RE STILL CONSTANTLY, GETTING STAFF TO DO FACEBOOK POSTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CLUB. AND MOST RECENTLY, MY FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGER, CHRISTY BENJAMIN, HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET US A DESIGN TO GO INTO THE 2026 AMELIA ISLANDER MAGAZINE FOR THEIR WEDDING ISSUE, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN THAT. AND WE'VE ALSO ATTACHED THIS TO OUR WEBSITE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF GOOGLE AI, BUT THAT IS A PICTURE OF NUMBER 1 WEST, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE WOODS. THE REST OF IT, WE'LL DO WHATEVER THE WEDDING VENUE WANTS. AND WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A WEDDING SCHEDULED THIS FALL.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ONE IN ABOUT 3 YEARS. WE DO TONS OF RECEPTIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WEDDING THIS FALL.

SO, AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST COUPLE PAGES, JUST UPCOMING EVENTS.

AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE OUR MEN'S BULLETS ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, LADIES' DAYS ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. WE HAVE AROUND 29 EVENTS SCHEDULED.

ON THE 4TH, WE HAD THE CLASS BOUT, THE COASTAL LADIES ASSOCIATION SUMMER PLAY.

THAT'S THEIR KICKOFF. THEY, THEY HAVE 12 WEEKS OF IT IN THE SUMMER, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, AND WE WERE THE FIRST COURSE THEY WENT TO. AND THEY POSSIBLY I TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO HOLD OFF AT 72 PLAYERS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAD GOING ON, AND THEY FILLED IT UP.

SO, AND AGAIN, ON THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE THE FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE AROUND 48 PLAYERS.

AND OUR DINNER FOR THIS MONTH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS ACTUALLY A COMBINATION TOURNAMENT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT'S A 9-HOLE, PAR 3 TOURNAMENT, SHOTGUN AT 4:30 ON JUNE 19TH, AND THEN WE'LL BE HAVING DINNER FOLLOWING.

AND YOU CAN SIGN UP IN THE PRO SHOP. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GOLF COURSE AND OUR GOLF UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

MR. PELICAN, I WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE COMMUNITY INPUT REGARDING THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUNDS. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE OPPOSED TO ACCESS, THEY JUST WANTED US TO APPROACH IT IN A PRACTICAL WAY. SO I FIND THAT VERY ENCOURAGING AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.

WE'LL COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR THEM AS WELL AS ALLOWING GREATER ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

I AGREE. I LIVE RIGHT THERE BY THE LIGHTHOUSE AND I WALK BY THERE FREQUENTLY, AND I ALMOST EVERY TIME I'M WALKING, A STROLLER, A DOG, AND SOMEONE'S TURNING AROUND AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND THEY'LL ASK ME, LIKE, IS THE LIGHTHOUSE OPEN? YOU KNOW, AND SO I THINK MORE ACCESS WOULD BE NICE AND MAYBE A BETTER TURNAROUND OPTION. I

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BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTAND ALL THEIR COMMENTS. SO I WOULD THINK AT NIGHT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY NEED TO BE UP THERE. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON'T THINK THEY DO EITHER, BUT I THINK IT'S THAT YOU GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY LANE UP TO THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.

SO THEN, LIKE, IF PEOPLE TRY TO GO UP AND SEE IT NOT KNOWING THERE'S A GATE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THERE'S A GATE TILL YOU TURN IF IT'S DARK, YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT TILL YOU TURN ON THE LITTLE ROAD, AND IT'S NOT FAR, BUT THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO GET BACK SOMEHOW. GOT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE STREET AT NIGHT, THEY CLOSE THE GATE AND THEY SAID, COOL, BUT THERE'S A DRIVEWAY.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE, DON'T GO UP HERE. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT. I JUST THERE'S A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO WORK YET.

THE POSITIONING OF THE FENCES, AND WE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT KEEPING THE EXISTING FENCE WHERE IT WAS, SO AT NIGHT, AT A CERTAIN TIME, YOU SHUT THAT FENCE OFF SO YOU COULDN'T EVEN PARK.

BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF A PARKING LOT AND ADDING A PARKING LOT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE WILL COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN. WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. AS A COMMUNITY. AWESOME, THANK YOU.

SHAWNA? I MEAN, I THINK LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT TIME TO ADDRESS A LOT OF MAYBE SOME CURRENT CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE VISIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE GATE, AND IS THERE A WAY TO ADD ANOTHER STOP, LOWER SIGNAGE, WHATEVER. THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT GET LOOKED AT, BUT I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. AND I THINK JUST COMMUNICATING THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE KEY IS.

AND NOTHING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOUR STAFF WAS OUT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT FENCES, BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE MINUTE SOMEBODY STEPS ONTO SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL PROPERTY AND STARTS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE CITY WANTS TO THROW A FENCE IN YOUR YARD, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T PROVIDED THEM SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THAT WAS REALLY A BIG PIECE OF IT, I THINK. BUT NO, I AGREE, YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM IT, BUT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEIR INPUT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

YEAH, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, THE ONE LADY WHO SPOKE TOO ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A HILL THERE, SO I THINK DURING THIS TIME AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS IS WORKING WITH THE STORMWATER AND ANDRE AND HIS TEAM TO FIX SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WITH THE WATER RUNNING OFF THAT HILL.

SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY, MS. PAULMAN, NOTHING? OKAY. NO.

OKAY, WELL, I WAS OUT DOING WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE LAST MONTH, WHICH WAS GOING TO ALL THE PARKS LOOKING FOR ART INSTALLATION PLACES.

SO I WENT AND I WENT TO A BUNCH OF PLACES YESTERDAY AND THE GUYS WERE ALL OUT WORKING. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO APPRECIATE THE PARKS AND REC STAFF. THEY'RE OUT GETTING THE FIELDS.

I KNOW IT'S HARD WITH THE DROUGHT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH NO RAIN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AND I WAS JOKING WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND THE COMMENT WAS MADE IS WOW, IF YOU JUST STOPPED MOWING THE GRASS FOR A MONTH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE SEE VERY OFTEN ALL OF THE WORK THAT GETS DONE IN OUR CITY, AND THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF FOR THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TOM IS TRAVELING THIS MONTH, I'LL BE TRAVELING NEXT MONTH, AND, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TODAY IS MY LAST MEETING ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. I AM HAVING TWINS IN THE FALL. WHY DID I TRY? AND SO, I DECIDED THAT MAYBE I NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AT HOME FOR A FEW MONTHS.

AND SO, HOPEFULLY I'LL BE BACK, YOU KNOW, IN 2 YEARS OR SOMETHING. BUT YEAH, I FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A 5 AND A 2-YEAR-OLD RIGHT NOW. AND SO I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 4 OF THEM, IT MIGHT BE A LOT FOR A FEW MONTHS.

SO, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. AND HOPEFULLY EVEN WITH THAT, YOU CAN EMAIL US OR TELL US ALL THE THINGS THAT THE LITTLE ONES WILL WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. I'M SURE I'LL BE IN ALL THE PARKS A LOT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON OUR COMMITTEE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. YEAH. YEAH.

MEMBER MOUNTJOY, I JUST WANT TO, SAY FROM OUR STAFF IS YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE MISSED. HOPEFULLY, YOUR SON WILL BE CHECKING OUT THE PLAYGROUND. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SEND ME ANY EMAILS, WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. AND ALSO, WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN, WHENEVER THAT MAY BE, YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK. SO FOR SURE.

YEAH, I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON IT. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE QUITE A FEW MONTHS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET OUT AND MAKE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STAY UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

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I HAVE A VERY TEENAGER. YEAH, I'LL TAKE ANY BABY HOLDERS.

OKAY, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.