[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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THE JUNE 22ND, 2026 MEETING OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. BOARD SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.
MEMBER COOK? HERE. MEMBER MILLS? HERE.
MEMBER SHARP? HERE. MEMBER STEWART? HERE. CHAIR SCHAEFER? HERE. AND MEMBERS ROLAND AND SMITH ARE ABSENT TODAY. ALL RIGHT.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUALLY, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAVE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? I DID SEND KATIE. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL.THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING HELD ON MAY 26TH. YOU DID GET THE EMAIL? YES, MA'AM.
DO I NEED TO GO OVER THOSE NOTES? I CAN PULL IT UP.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS? I'M PULLING THOSE UP.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF MISSPELLINGS. AND SOME DUPLICATE WORDS.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
PUBLIC COMMENT DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS OKAY CAN YOU HEAR ME YEAH YOU CAN HEAR ME UM MY NAME IS RICK HATES AND MY ADDRESS IS 104 NORTH 17TH STREET AND SO I JUST MOVED HERE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO FROM GAINESVILLE BUT BEFORE THAT I WAS IN BEAUFORT SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH HAS HAD A MARINA AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT SO I APPRECIATE THE WATERFRONT AND I'M ON THE WATER PROBABLY A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK ON THE ICW AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE BOSTON WHALER THAT YOU KNOW I RUN AROUND IN AND I JUST I JUST THINK THAT UM YOU KNOW I WAS OUT LAST WEEK WITH MY COUSIN WHO'S FROM THE COAST GUARD AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT WE'RE FISHING A LITTLE BIT BUT YOU KNOW MAYBE THERE'S MORE THAT I COULD DO AND I'M 60 TIME I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SO I UNDERSTAND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND I UNDERSTAND MEASURABLE RESULTS AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE BOARD YOU KNOW AND AS FAR AS LIKE GETTING OUT IN THE WATER I WAS THINKING ABOUT DERELICT BOATS I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE FISHING AND KIND OF CONTINUING THE BOATING PROCESS UM I DID THE CAR SHOW WHEN I CAME HERE AND WE'RE MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WE WERE TRYING TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE AND I THINK WE PROBABLY GOT THE SAME KIND OF SITUATION HERE IN FERNANDINA SO I LOVE THE WATER AND AND I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES UM PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL AFTER I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AND MAYBE LEAVE A CARD OR SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT'S OKAY WONDERFUL ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ANYTHING ARE YOU LOOKING TO JOIN THE BOARD IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I WAS CONSIDERING THIS SIR I WANT TO KIND OF SEE HOW YOU GUYS WORKED AND YES I ABSOLUTELY I WOULD BE CONSIDERING WE HAVE AVAILABILITY WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER SPOT THAT IS OPENED UP AND UM I HAVE A CARD OVER HERE IF YOU WANT TO GRAB IT SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL I'LL BE HONORED YEAH I'LL UH SEND YOU THE APPLICATION FORM OKAY NICE TO MEET WE LOVE A GOOD VOLUNTEER SEE OKAY THANK YOU GUYS ONE MORE GUY BRING HIM ALL RIGHT ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OKAY OKAY GOT STAFF REPORT[6.1. MARINA MANAGER REPORT]
MARINA UPDATES MR CHRIS FERGUSON HE IS OUR MARINA MANAGER YEAH GOOD EVENING EVERYONE CHRIS FERGUSON MARINA GENERAL MANAGER UM TODAY IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE A BRIEF UPDATE UM ON THE FINANCIALS OF UH OF LAST MONTH SORT OF OUR PERFORMANCE WE'RE REALLY JUST IN UH IN STRAIGHT OPERATING MODE AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WHICH I'LL REPORT ON NEXT MONTH BUT UM YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL THEY'RE FINISHED AND HAVE SOME GLAMOUR SHOTS FOR YOU SO UM REALLY JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE UH SOME OF THE REVENUE UM TO DATE TOTAL[00:05:01]
REVENUE WE'RE UP UH OVER LAST YEAR ABOUT 395 000 TRANSIENT UH ALMOST 91 000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR IN ANNUAL UM JUST ABOUT 61 000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR SO UM MARINA IS UH STAYING REALLY QUITE FULL GOT A NUMBER OF LARGE BOATS IN UM CURRENTLY FROM A TRANSIENT PERSPECTIVE BUT UH AND IN THE WAIT LIST JUST CONTINUES TO TO GROW SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT UM NET FUEL REVENUE YOU STILL WILL SEE THAT WE ARE OPERATING A LITTLE BIT BELOW LAST YEAR UM YOU KNOW THE COST OF FUEL ABSOLUTELY KILLED US UM AND IN ORDER TO DRIVE TRANSIENT REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE VOLUME WE HAD TO DROP OUR PRICE WE COULDN'T HOLD OUR SAME MARGIN IF WE DIDN'T DROP OUR MARGIN WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THE BOATS COME THROUGH AND YOU'LL SEE FROM THE TRANSIENT REVENUE THAT I'M GOING TO REPORT ON IT ABSOLUTELY WORKED IN OUR FAVOR WE WERE UNBELIEVABLY BUSY BUT AT 450 ALMOST FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON AT OUR COST WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SELL FUEL AT SEVEN BASICALLY ALMOST KNOCKING ON THE DOOR EIGHT DOLLARS A GALLON AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE AREN'T CALLING CAPTAINS OWNERS AREN'T CALLING TO INQUIRE WHAT OUR DAILY DOCKET RATE IS THEY'RE CALLING AND INQUIRING WHAT OUR FUEL IS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE TAKING THOUSAND TWO THOUSAND THREE THOUSAND GALLONS AT A POP SO UM WE ARE BACK AT OUR AT OUR STANDARD MARGIN WE HAVE SEEN FUEL COSTS COME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT UM BUT UM WE ARE TRAILING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND LAST YEAR AGAIN JUST BECAUSE OF THE SKYROCKETING FUEL COSTS THAT WE ALL DEALT WITH UM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS UH RNM 77 000 UNDER BUDGET UM AGAIN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW REPORT ON THOSE NEXT WEEK UM OR SORRY NEXT MONTH UH ANNUAL DOCKAGE FOR THE UH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY JUST SHY OF 51 000 IN ANNUAL IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY I THINK THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ONLY A HALF A MONTH FOR OUR OUR LAST AND FINAL ANNUAL FOR THE TIME BEING UM SO WE'LL BE OVER 51 000 UH NEXT MONTH UH TRANSIENT REVENUE REALLY I MEAN WE'RE A DOLLAR SHY OF 150 000 UH FOR THE MONTH SO SUPER STRONG TRANSIENT UH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 877 NIGHTS IN IN ONE MONTH SO EXTREMELY BUSY UH MOORING REVENUE 43 000 FUEL REVENUE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS UH 87 000 GALLONS OF FUEL SOLD SO UH AGAIN I THINK THE TRANSIENT REVENUE AT 150 000 THE VOLUME THAT WE MOVED UM THAT WAS REALLY THE PLAN OF ATTACK IS TO GET THE BOATS INTO THE MARINA WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOWER MARGIN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT TRAFFIC IS EVERYTHING UM DINGHY DOCK UH WE DID ABOUT 1600 IN IN REVENUE AND OVERALL JUST UH JUST A GREAT UH GREAT MAY JUNE IS IS TRACKING IN THE SAME FASHION NOT SEEING THE SAME VOLUME OF BOATS BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF TRANSIENT SEASON BUT UM THERE'S MANY A DAYS THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO REALLY WORK OUR BIRTHING PLAN TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC THAT IS COMING IN ON A NIGHTLY BASIS SO UH ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS WHAT WAS OUR TRANSIENT REVENUE FOR LAST YEAR I MEAN COMPARATIVELY TRANSIENT REVENUE FOR LAST YEAR FOR THE UH FOR THE MONTH I THINK WE WERE ONE 28 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU WE'RE I THINK WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 TO 20 000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR FOR THE MONTH DO YOU KNOW IF THAT THE NEW PROJECT THE NEW WATERFRONT PROJECT THAT THEY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A MARINA COMPONENT TO ARE THOSE GOING TO BE OUR SLIPS IS THEY GOING TO BE PART OF OUR MARINA OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A SEPARATE PRIVATELY OWNED SET OF SLIPS THERE HONESTLY I I I WOULD DEFER TO TO GLENN ON UH SORT OF THE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE MARINA I I WILL SAY IF UH IF I HAVE MY DRUTHERS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US EXPAND OUR MARINA AND THEN POTENTIALLY LEASE BACK SPACE OR HOWEVER THAT MAY WORK FOR ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE WATERFRONT UM BUT AGAIN I I THINK I'LL I'LL DEFER TO GLENN TO TO ANSWER SORT OF LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE LONG-TERM MASTER PLAN FOR THE UH FOR THE WATERFRONT BUT WOULD I LIKE TO HAVE MORE SLIPS DO I THINK WE COULD FILL THEM QUICKLY 100 AND I I THINK OUR WAIT LIST IS UH IS TESTAMENT TO THAT AND AGAIN THE NUMBER OF TRANSIENT BOATS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS ESPECIALLY DURING TRANSIENT SEASON JUST WARRANTS THE FACT THAT WE COULD EASILY USE A LARGER FACILITY ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION DO WE UM GO UP IN OUR TRANSIENT LIKE NIGHTLY RATE IF WE HAVE TO LOWER THE GAS IS THAT A STRATEGY WE[00:10:01]
HAVE OR ALL THE ALL THE RATES ARE ACTUALLY SET BY COMMISSION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS NOW THE RATES DO VARY BASED ON OFF SEASON ON YOU KNOW HIGH SEASON LOW SEASON AND HOLIDAYS THERE IS A VARIANCE IN THE NIGHTLY RATE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR DYNAMIC PRICING UM ON A DAILY BASIS IT'S STRUCTURED FOR THE YEAR BASED ON COMMISSION APPROVAL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OKAY I'M JUST THINKING OF IT ALONG YOU KNOW I THINK AS IN LIKE VRBO AND AIRBNB HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH DYNAMIC RATES BUT YEAH HAVE YOU DO OTHER MARINAS DO THAT OR IS IT ALWAYS PRETTY PRIVATE EQUITY MARINAS DO AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW DOCKWOOD DOES HAVE A COMPONENT IN THERE UM SO YOU CAN TRACK OCCUPANCY AND WRITTEN FUTURE RESERVATIONS AND INCORPORATE DYNAMIC PRICING BUT AGAIN BASED ON OUR PRICING WHICH IS SET BY COMMISSION ANNUALLY WE ARE STRUCTURED UM YOU KNOW TO THAT TO THAT PRICE STRUCTURE ON ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU EVER THINK YOU NEED A CHANGE IN THAT AREA WELL WE WE ADDRESS I MEAN WE ADDRESS OUR ANNUAL RATES BOTH FROM AN ANNUAL PERSPECTIVE RECREATIONAL COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS TRANSIENT MONTHLY SEASONAL WEEKLY DINGHY DOCK RATES WE ADDRESS AND LOOK AT THE MARKET ANNUALLY AND PRESENT THOSE TO COMMISSION UM AS TO WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO INCORPORATE DYNAMIC PRICING I I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT I'M NOT SURE IF IF THAT WOULD RECEIVE COMMISSION APPROVAL OR NOT OKAY BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA JUST THINKING ANYBODY ELSE DOING A GREAT JOB THANK YOU CHRIS DO YOU GET ANY INPUT UM FROM THE LIKE MONTH-LONG TRANSIENT STONE THAT COMES STAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE ABOUT THE PAID PARKING ISSUES DOES ANYBODY TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ADDRESS COME TO ME ON THE DOCK ABOUT THAT I'M JUST CURIOUS YEAH I MEAN PEOPLE DO ASK BUT WE DO HAVE A WINDOW TAG FOR ALL OF OUR OUR LONGER TERM STAYS THE WHAT USED TO OR I GUESS WHAT STILL IS PARKING LOT A AND B IS YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS FOR LONG-TERM PARKING THAT IS PAID PARKING AND PAID PARKING ONLY BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS SOUTH OF THE BOAT RAMP THE PARK PARKING LOT E IS ALL NON-FEE BASED AND WITH THAT PLACARD THAT DOES ALLOW FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING IN THE PARK AND IN PARKING LOT E IT JUST REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT A FEW MORE STEPS TO GET FROM A TO B FROM YOUR VEHICLE TO THE MARINA YEAH I JUST BECAUSE I'M THERE ON THE DOCK I HAD PEOPLE APPROACH ME AND SOMEBODY WHO WAS PRETTY UPSET THE OTHER DAY AND CAME UP AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'RE GETTING AN INPUTTER YEAH I MEAN WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF PUSHBACK I MEAN UM THAT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE WINDOW PLACARDS AS HAS BEEN A REAL BENEFIT YEAH UM YOU KNOW I THINK WHEN IT'S POURING RAIN OUTSIDE IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING HAVING TO TRAVERSE FROM A TO B THROUGH THE RAIN BUT YOU KNOW I THINK WE'VE UM YOU KNOW COVERED ALL OF THE ISSUES AND THE OVERNIGHT PARKING WAS THE BIGGIE AND UM YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE PLACARDS NOW I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT RESOLVES THE ISSUE AND THE SURFACE LOTS ARE EIGHT HOURS THERE RIGHT I'M SORRY THE SURFACE LOTS ARE EIGHT HOURS CORRECT CORRECT YEAH AT THE END BUT THAT THAT IS THE THE PLACARDS THAT WE HAVE 24 ARE I MEAN THOSE ARE JUST FOR THE NON-PAID PARKING AREA TO PAY TO STAY OVERNIGHT OKAY SO IF IF YOU CAME IN ON A BOAT FOR FOR A MONTH AND YOU HAD A VEHICLE YOU NEED A PLACE TO PARK IT THAT PLACARD ALLOWS YOU TO DO SO AT THE PARK IT DOESN'T COVER ANY EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH OR AUTHORIZE YOU TO PARK WITHIN THE FOUR HOUR OR THE EIGHT HOUR PARKING AREA OKAY IS PARKING LOT UM A AND B IS THAT IN THAT UH THAT'S NOT 24 HOURS PARKING THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK OVERNIGHT THAT IS CORRECT EVEN IF YOU'RE STAYING AT THE MARINA THAT IS CORRECT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PARK IN THE OTHER MARINA SO ANY PERSON THAT LIVES ON THEIR BOAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK AT A AND B IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVERNIGHT IS IN C AND D CORRECT UH THEY SHOULD BE DOWN AND DOWN IN THE PARK OR OVER IN E LOT AS WELL WHICH IS RIGHT UP OVER HERE YEAH SOUTH OF UM ASH CORRECT YES YES THAT'S A GROCERY HAUL WE HAVE DOC CARDS THERE'S UNLOADING ZONE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS[00:15:01]
THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER THING I JUST ON THE NEXT SLIDE I JUST WANTED TO UM TO SHOW EVERYBODY IS YOU KNOW LAST TIME I WAS STANDING HERE WE DID ALL OF THE YOU KNOW SOME OF THE FIVE STAR REVIEWS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY I MEAN I KNOW WE'RE IN JUNE NOW BUT IT JUST CONTINUES I MEAN WE'RE WE'RE GETTING TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM OUR CUSTOMERS NOT ONLY REGARDING STAFF JUST REGARDING THE FACILITY REGARDING FERNANDINA BEACH UM I I I TELL EVERYBODY I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME A BETTER LOCATION FOR A MARINA THAN TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT COMMUNITY LIKE FERNANDINA BEACH LITERALLY STEPS FROM YOUR VESSEL I MEAN IT'S JUST UNHEARD OF SO UM THE THE THE MOMENTUM THE MARKET SHARE CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE'RE UH WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT GREAT WORK A LOT GOOD REVIEWS GREAT AWESOME ANYTHING ELSE I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THOSE TOO YEAH ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE THINGS OUT THERE THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE NEXT MONTH AS WELL SO ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU[6.2. PROJECT UPDATE]
OKAY WE HAVE CITY UPDATES NEXT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER GLENN AND THEN WE'VE GOT DOWNTOWN COORDINATOR OKAY CITY PROJECT UPDATES I LOVE THIS PART I KNOW IT'S YOUR FAVORITE IT IS PROGRESS I'M WAITING FOR THE POWER POINT THAT'S ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING GLENN ACROMOFF UH DEPUTY CITY MANAGER UM SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF OF REPORTS TODAY BUT I THINK THE UM IT'S NOT REALLY THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM BUT IT IT COULD BE UM I THINK WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK PLAN AND HOW UM HOW THINGS CAN MOVE FORWARD UM BUT I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE UH A LITTLE SIDE SIDE NOTE ON THAT BEFORE WE GET IN THERE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO BUT I WANT TO SET THE TONE A LITTLE BIT UM I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT THIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS IN A IS AN AREA IN A ERA OF TRANSITION AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH TRANSITIONS I'VE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF THEM WITH COMMUNITIES IS THAT UM HOW DO YOU TAKE THE HISTORY AND WHAT WAS TO COMBINE IT WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE OR WHAT CAN BE MAYBE WHAT CAN BE IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT UM AND THAT'S CHALLENGING AND I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS RIGHT NOW IS THAT FACT SO I HEAR A LOT OF WORDS LIKE PROTECT LIKE UH FIGHT FOR AND THOSE ARE NOT WORDS THAT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER USE BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THAT'S WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO PROTECT AND WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR WHAT UM WHAT IS AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE UM I KNOW THAT IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT EVENING FOR THE CHAIR THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STAFF GETS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND YES WE'RE PAID FOR IT AND YOU'RE VOLUNTEERS AND I I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE AS STAFF HONOR THAT YOU YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME UM IT'S IT AND WE SEE IT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK WE DO TO SUPPORT YOUR IN YOUR YOU AND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM BUT WE DO KNOW HOW THAT FEELS WE GET THAT REGULARLY WE HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM THIS BOARD SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I WANT TO OFFER IS THAT NUMBER ONE WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY AS STAFF WE'RE NOT THE ENEMY OF THE COMMUNITY WE'RE NOT THE ENEMY TO YOU NUMBER TWO IS WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT THE ENEMY RIGHT I THINK THAT'S THE THING WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU COME UP WITH IDEAS WE WANT TO USE THEM WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO ENACT THEM WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MISS ANYTHING AND SOMETIMES WE DO BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK WITH YOU AND CREATE A COMMUNITY AND I SAID THIS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE THAT YOU HELP SET THE POLICY SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ROLE AND GETTING YOUR ROLE YOU HELP CREATE THE POLICY THAT THE COMMISSION GIVES US TO IMPLEMENT AND IT'S OUR JOB TO GIVE YOU THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT AND WHEN THE POLICY IS IS ADOPTED IT'S OUR JOB TO DELIVER THAT POLICY EVEN IF IT'S NOT GREAT POLICY AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY WE'LL TELL YOU IF IT'S NOT WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD AND WHY BUT IF YOU IMPLEMENT IT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF DOES THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS DO I KNOW THAT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PAST STAFF THERE ARE STAFF OUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THERE HAVE BEEN STAFF HERE THAT DON'T SEE THEIR ROLE THAT WAY YES BUT THAT IS NOT THE STAFF[00:20:01]
OF TODAY AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO EARN YOUR TRUST AND PROVE THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO DO SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK PLAN A LITTLE BIT AND I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT UM HAVE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN I'LL I'LL BE GLAD TO COME BACK AND DO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN I'VE SAT ON A A PLANNING BOARD SO AND I CHAIRED IT SO I I FELT THAT AS WELL AND AND WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THE ROLE TO BE WHEN I WAS DOING IT IS RESEARCH RESEARCHING ISSUES THAT THE COMMISSION CAN'T THEY CAN'T GET INTO THE WEEDS LIKE YOU CAN THEY DON'T KNOW THE ISSUES AS WELL AS YOU DO YOU'RE ALL ON HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CERTAIN EXPERTISE AND A CERTAIN PASSION UM THE OTHER THE NEXT ONE IS TO RECOMMEND YOU USING ALL OF THAT RESEARCH TO RECOMMEND A DIRECTION AND I KNOW YOU'RE A NEWLY FORMED BOARD AND IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO TO DO SOME OF THAT THE OTHER PART IS THE CONNECTION YOU ACTUALLY ARE CONNECTING MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS A BOARD AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO OUR COMMUNITY GROWING AND THEN YOU ALSO REPRESENT THOSE GROUPS IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN TRYING TO TO DELIVER A GREAT WATERFRONT AND I KNOW BASED ON WATCHING YOU WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT YOU'RE ALL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS WELL WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THE CITY UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS A STAFF ALSO LOVE THIS CITY AND SO UM THAT'S OUR CONNECTION SO I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND LET YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN I'LL BE GLAD TO GO GO OVER WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER AFTER THAT OKAY SO TALK ABOUT UM IF YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION UM ABOUT HOW LAST WEEK WENT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS FEELINGS ARE ON THAT AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE FOR US THAT FALL WITHIN THAT WORK PLAN AND HOW WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO WELL WELL JENNY SO TELL US ABOUT YOUR YOUR VISIT TO THIS CITY QUESTION I PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION UM YOU KNOW AND I DEFINITELY UM WAS APPRECIATIVE AND HIGHLIGHTED HOW WE HAVE SUCH A KNOWLEDGEABLE BOARD I'VE BEEN ON PLANNING BOARD BEFORE I'VE BEEN ON UM THE CRA BOARD AND THINGS YOU KNOW PROJECTS WOULD COME TO YOU BUT THEN THIS IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT AND SO WHEN WE REPRESENTED A WORK PLAN ONE OF US REALLY SPECIFICALLY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT A WORK PLAN WAS AND HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE THAT FROM THE CRA GUIDELINES AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I EXPLAINED TO THEM AND SHE WANTED TO HAVE MORE I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS BUT UM UM COMMISSIONER MINSHU DID HAVE FEEDBACK THAT SHE WAS WANTING MORE DELIVERABLES WHAT ARE ACHIEVEMENTS MORE TIME FRAMES WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS LIKE THE TRAFFIC STUDY HADN'T EVEN COME IN YET WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE OTHER YOU KNOW MASTER PLAN IS COMING IN AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING AND I I DEFINITELY ALWAYS APPRECIATE FEEDBACK UM IS IT OUR JOB TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN TASKS THOUGH OR TO BE TASKED AND THEN TO THEN TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM FROM US WELL THAT THAT'S WHERE I'VE STRUGGLED IN THE PAST THE QUESTION BECAUSE THINGS ALWAYS CAME TO US AND I AND I CAN HELP WITH THAT SO I I THE THE TYPICAL WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK IS THAT IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH RIGHT YOU KNOW THE EXPERTISE FOR FOR STAFF WE'RE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT YOU DEVELOPING YOUR WORK PLAN BUT THE ULTIMATE VISION OF HOW YOU YOU ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE COMMISSION YOU ARE YOU ARE THEIR ADVISORY BOARD SO UM SHOULD WE BE BRINGING THESE PROJECTS TO YOU TO GET YOUR OPINIONS ON THEM AND ARE WE YES SO THAT'S GOT TO BE PART OF THE WORK PLAN THAT MAYBE IS JUST AN ONGOING THING LIKE AN ONGOING WORK WORK ITEM BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS YOU KNOW WHERE WHERE EVERYTHING'S CONNECTED THAT'S THE HARD PART OF CREATE CREATING IT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IN THIS CITY AND IT'S VERY TYPICAL IN MOST CITIES IS THERE'S NO COHESIVE VISION WE HAVE RULES ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT THEY AREN'T COHESIVE TO CONNECT TO GET US WHAT WE WANT WHAT WE TRULY WANT AS A COMMUNITY OUR LDC DOESN'T DO IT OUR CRA PLAN ISN'T FULLY DONE THAT ALTHOUGH YOU'RE THE NEWEST ONE THAT YOU GUYS WORKED ON IT'S REALLY CLOSE UM SO WE HAVE TO GET THOSE THINGS THROUGH AND GET THOSE TO GO BUT[00:25:01]
I I REC HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I RECOMMEND AND I'LL RECOMMEND IT TO EVERY BOARD I RECOMMENDED THE PAB UM THIS MORNING UM CHAIR IS THAT THE CHAIRS SHOULD BE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR REGULARLY WHOEVER THE MAYOR IS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT CONNECTION THAT'S A WAY YOU CAN START HAVING THAT WORK PLAN DISCUSSION THE CHAIR BRINGS IT BACK HERE AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE THOSE VIABLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUR REAL WORK PLAN IS SO IT'S A COMBINATION YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS YOU YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT NOTE NEED TO BE WORKED ON BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE THAT YOU WANT TO CONNECT INTO COMMISSION'S GOT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU STAFF'S GOT TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT ROLE AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT BUT I THINK I THINK THAT TO ME THAT'S THE ANSWER IT'S A MIXED APPROACH BUT IT HAS TO BE UM VALIDATED BY THE COMMISSION I GOT A QUESTION WE WERE ALL AT THE MEETING THE BIG PROJECTS COMING UP THERE IS UM PARKING LOT C IT'S A BIG ISSUE IT CAN HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE BOAT RAMP TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS MIKE AND I WERE THERE WE HAD OUR SAY I MEAN THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT WHOLE PARKING LOT NOTHING BUT A MEMORIAL FOR VETERANS AND I MEAN THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF FOR FOR VETERANS AROUND THIS IN FERNANDINA WHAT CAME OF THAT I MEAN WE HAVEN'T HEARD I WOULD I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA TO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE I MEAN THAT'S A HUGE AREA WHERE YOU COULD DEDICATE A THIRD OF THAT PARKING LOT TO THE BOAT RAMP MAKING IT EASIER ACCESSIBLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY IN A LOADING ZONE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT GET THAT THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE GAVE ALL OF THAT INPUT TO THE DESIGNERS SO AS WE SAID THAT WAS A THAT WAS NOT A DESIGN IT WAS A SCHEMATIC IT WAS A IT WAS A RENDERING OF WHAT COULD BE NOT WHAT IS GOING TO BE BUT WHAT COULD BE AND I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE THE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN US AND YOU IS THAT WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT'S AN IDEA WE HAD THE WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE OR THE OVER THERE THE AND HEARD EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS AND SO WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE BEST WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN SO UM THE BOAT LAUNCH HAS TO BE A BIG PART RIGHT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT BUT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE SO WE NEED TO MEET THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE KNEW THAT THE THE MEMORIAL WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE SO WE'RE MAKING THOSE CHANGES IT TAKES ABOUT 45 DAYS OR SO TO GET THE DESIGNER TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT THEY THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROJECT THEY'RE WORKING ON AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN UPDATE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST GROUP WELL THAT'S MY POINT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE WERE THE LAST ONES TO HEAR ABOUT THAT OR I WAS THIS BOARD WAS THE LAST ONE TO HEAR ABOUT IT THEY DREW IT ALL OUT AND IT WAS GOING ON THEY HAD ALREADY TALKED TO THE UM TO THE UM TO THE UH TO THE UH THAT JUNE TOMORROW AND EVERYBODY ELSE BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ABOUT IT'S JUST THE WATERFRONT SURE YOU SHOULD COME TO US AND SAY HEY LOOK WE HAVE THIS AREA WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT WHAT IS Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT YOUR ACTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHEN YOU SEE WE SEE STAFF OUT PAINTING UH AREAS OF OF A PARKING LOT THAT TO SHOW THE VETERANS WHAT'S GOING TO BE HERE BUT WHERE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT AT ALL RIGHT AND AFTER WE WE'VE TOLD YOU THAT THAT WELL THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLAN FOR US THAT'S THE BOAT RAMP IT'S THE MARINA AND WE'RE THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD AND IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN TO A CONCEPT DRAWING WITHOUT COMING TO US FIRST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY WANTS NOT NOT WHAT SOMEBODY IN STAFF THINKS IT OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL I AM A VETERAN I AM ALL FOR VETERANS SURE SO I I APPRECIATE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A VETERANS MEMORIAL DOWN THERE BUT THAT IS THE BOAT RAMP AND THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED DOWN THERE AND IT SHOULD HAVE COME TO THIS PLACE FIRST BEFORE IT EVER GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING HERE'S WHAT IT IS AND WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA PAINT SOME STUFF OUT THERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO THEN THEN HE TOOK IT TO THE TO THE VETERANS PEOPLE WITHOUT EVER GETTING INDICATING TO THEM THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT GETTING SOME KIND OF EVEN ANY KIND OF CONSENSUS FROM US AT ALL SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD NO I TOLD YOU I TOTALLY STOP GAP BUT THEN WE'RE NOT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF ON OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM THE COMMISSION WHAT WE WANT TO PUT ON TOTALLY AGENDA SO WE THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH OUR WORK PLAN AS WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO RESEARCH AND START WORKING ON AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT RIGHT YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S ON YOUR HEARTS AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE[00:30:03]
AND AND WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY BUT I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT YOU HAVE MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT STAFF DECIDED THAT THAT WAS THE WAY IT IS THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED NOW I UNDERSTAND AND I HEAR YOU'RE LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU YOU WANT TO BE HEARD FIRST ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WATERFRONT ITEMS WE HEAR THAT AND AND I COMMIT TO DOING THAT AND AND IF YOU FEEL IT WAS A MISTAKE OKAY WE WE'RE GOING TO BRING SCHEMATICS HERE FOR IDEAS AND THEN WE'LL TEAR THEM APART THAT'S YOUR ROLE TO GIVE US INPUT WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT UM AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE DISRESPECTED AS A BOARD BECAUSE WE DID THAT THEN I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND IT WAS NOT AN END-ALL BEAT-ALL NOW I KNOW THAT STAFF SOMETIMES IN THE PAST HAVE DONE THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M DOING AS THE PROJECT PERSON I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU WHAT YOU NEED I'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES IF WE BUILD SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HATES WE HAVE FAILED BEYOND FAILURE SO IF IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE BOATERS THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ALL THE PARK USERS AND WE FAILED AND THAT MEANS THAT WE WE DIDN'T LISTEN SO WE DID LISTEN WE WILL PROVE THAT TO YOU AND I COMMIT TO DO THAT TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN ALL I CAN DO IS PROVE THAT AND UNTIL I PROVE IT I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE ME UNTIL BUT WHEN I DO I EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT SO AGAIN I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS DYNAMIC IS WE NEED TO KEEP KEEP WORKING CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL I WANT A REALLY AWESOME WATERFRONT YOU WANT A REALLY AWESOME WATERFRONT SO LET'S TO ME THAT'S THE WHOLE THING I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU YOU ARE THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD IT'S IT'S YOUR JOB TO HELP US DELIVER THAT AND AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT WELL ONE OF THE IDEAS ME AND KATIE WERE DISCUSSING WAS TO UM HAVE HER BE NOTIFIED WHENEVER THERE'S A PERMIT OR A TRC MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED BY PLANNING BOARD OR TRC OR HOW TO GET THAT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SINCE NOBODY IS FORCED TO COME AND SEE US FIRST RIGHT BUT SO WE CAN DO OUR JOB AND NOT JUST BE SCRAMBLING THE LAST SECOND HAVE YOU KNOW THREE DAYS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO RESEARCH LIKE YOU SAID 100 UM IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN WE WE CAN UM HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT CONSIDER IT DONE WE WE WE WE ARE EASY WELL UM I OVERSEE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHICH LEADS TO TRC SO UM THAT'S THAT'S AN EASY ONE AND UM WE HAVE WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS ON THE TRC WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF AD HOC MEMBERS WHO WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE THEY'LL JUMP IN WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH KATIE THAT WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CRA OR THE DOWNTOWN SHE SHE JUMPS IN AND IS PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND PART OF THE COMMENTING PIECE THAT WAY SHE KNOWS SHE CAN COMMENT BUT SHE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE YOU YOU ARE ALL NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS GOING ON AND AND PLUG YOU INTO THE PROCESS SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHEN THE CITY DOES FOR EXAMPLE THE PHASE TWO OF THE PARK THERE'S A PERMIT PULLED THERE IS SO THEN WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO IT I WOULD HOPE YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED BEFORE SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE THE DRAFT DESIGN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE DESIGN WITH THE INPUT IT WILL NOT BE THE 100 DESIGN IT WILL BE LIKELY THE 60 DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN BRING THAT TO YOU GET YOUR INPUT GO YES NO WE NEED TO TWEAK THIS THEN WE'LL TAKE IT AROUND THE LOOP AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK AT 90 TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT IT RIGHT AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE THAT'S WHAT I'M USED TO AS A PROCESS BUT BUT THIS WE'RE FIXING PROCESSES AND THAT'S PART OF IT SO YEAH ABSOLUTELY YOU'LL KNOW AND YOU'LL KNOW WHEN THE PERMIT'S PULLED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY MAY WANT TO BECAUSE OF YOUR ROLE YOU MAY WANT TO BE PRESENT WHEN THE GROUND'S BROKEN OR YOU KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THAT SO WE WANT TO HONOR THAT AS WELL DO YOU HAVE MORE POINTS THANK YOU VERY MUCH DO YOU HAVE MORE POINTS YOU WANTED TO BRING ABOUT THE PLAN UM I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING TO DIFFERENT PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE WORKFLOWS SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO IF SOMETHING IS PINPOINTED WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THE WATER FRONT THE CRA AREA I CAN GET THAT NOTIFICATION FOR THOSE[00:35:02]
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN AND LOOKING AT TOO THAT'S IN YOUR WORK PLAN SO WHEN THE AS THAT WORKFLOW IS BEING DEVELOPED I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A NOTIFICATION THE SAME WAY THAT THE HISTORIC PLANNER GETS A NOTIFICATION AND THE FIRE MARSHAL AND WE ALL GET IT UM SO THEN I CAN PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO YOU THE SAME WAY THAT YOU KNOW WHEN WE PUBLISH THE TRC AGENDA IN THE HDC MEETINGS THESE PAST WEEKS I SENT IT OVER TO YOU ALL SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW UM SO YOU COULD EITHER WATCH THE MEETING COME TO THE MEETING OR AT LEAST HAVE AN IDEA THAT WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS MORE FOREIGN WITH THAT THANK YOU SO MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTIME SOMETHING POPS UP ON ANY OF THOSE AGENDAS HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO GET A NOTIFICATION AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN PERMITTING UM BUT I'M GOING TO GET THAT TO YOU SO YOU ARE GOING TO GET LOTS OF EMAILS FROM ME WITH MEETING AGENDAS AND I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW THANK YOU GLENN THE UM THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED DOWN THERE I WAS I SAT IN A PART OF THE MEETING OF THE HTC THE OTHER NIGHT AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT BOARD MUST APPROVE OR IS IT JUST THAT THEY AGAIN ARE THEY ACTING AS AN ADVISORY IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY THERE OR ARE THEY AN APPROVING AUTHORITY THERE NO AND IN THAT CASE THEY'RE THEY HAVE DUAL ROLES AS A BOARD BUT IN THAT CASE THEY NEED TO APPROVE THEY NEED TO APPROVE THE DESIGN AND THE THERE THEY HAVE UM THEY HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THE OUTSIDE AESTHETICS AS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE CRA HISTORIC DISTRICT PIECE SO YES IT'S A REGULATORY BOARD IN THAT CASE AND WHICH IS WHY IT IT'S NOT IT'S COMING BACK RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH SO SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING I I RECOMMEND A COUPLE THINGS TO HELP WITH THIS I THINK WHEN WE DO THE STAFF UP THE PROJECT UPDATE WE SHOULD BREAK IT INTO TWO PIECES ONE'S THE THE PUBLIC THE CITY UPDATE AND THE OTHER ONE'S PRIVATE UM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CRA I THINK THAT WOULD HELP DIVIDE THE TWO WE KIND OF DID THAT TONIGHT IN OUR POWERPOINT AS WE MOVE FORWARD BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO COME SPEAK TO IT BUT ALSO FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS AND US TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED THE MARINA PIECE OF THAT PROJECT THEY SAID YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER IS THAT GOING TO BE PRIVATE OR WELL THE END I THINK THE ANSWER IS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I INITIALLY MET WITH THEM THAT I HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE WE AT THE WORST NEED SYNERGY AT AT THE BEST WOULD BE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING ON OPERATIONS WHICH I AS AS MR FERGUSON SAID WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO OPERATE IT FOR THEM AND COLLABORATE ON THAT IF WE DO THAT THEN THAT MEANS IT'S SYNERGISTIC WITH OUR OURS AND NOT UM AND NOT DETRIMENTAL AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN IT'S CONCERNED FOR US I I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR YOU WHO HAS THE WATER RIGHTS THERE UM THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION DO THEY HAVE THE WATER RIGHTS IF THEY DO THEIR PROPERTY YEAH I THINK THEY DO THEY HAVE THE RIPARIAN RIGHTS AND THEY HAVE THE BUTLER LINE THE BUTLER ACT LINE AS WELL UM BUT AGAIN THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE CRA AND IT'S ITS DESIGN IS THAT WE CAN PARTNER AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN MAYBE YOU COULD OUTSIDE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY THEY HAVE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD THEY DO WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAD WE HAD THREE ASKS THAT WAS ONE SECOND ONE WAS THE SEAWALL AND IN BUILDING WHAT CONGRUENT WITH OURS THEY'VE AGREED TO THAT ALREADY AND THEN HAVING A WATER CONNECTIVITY WATER WALK I MEAN THAT'S REALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO COME OFF OF RIGHT FOR THE ABSOLUTELY UM ABSOLUTELY I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY TWO MILLION DOLLAR SECTION AND THEY'RE DOING THE BULKHEAD THEY'RE RUNNING THAT BULKHEAD TO ADD TO OURS AND GOING FORWARD WITH IT RIGHT AND SO SO WE'RE WORK WE GOT TO WORK WITH THEM TO CONNECT TO IT BUT I THINK YES THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE UM AND UM BEEN SUPER COLLABORATIVE ON THIS AND SO I THINK IT'S GOOD SO TO KIND OF FINALIZE THE BULLET POINT ABOUT THE WORK PLAN DO WE NEED TO COMPLETELY REDO IT DO THEY NEED TO VOTE ON IT LIKE WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE I I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD BECAUSE I WAS THERE TOO UM IS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HELP YOU REWORK IT A LITTLE BIT TO MEET SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA I DO THINK THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO YOUR POINT THAT TO TO HAVE DELIVERABLES THE DELIVERABLES WILL COME FROM THE FIRST WORK PLAN RIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER THE THINGS[00:40:02]
THAT YOU PUT ON IT SO YOU CAPTURED THE PASSION PART SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL PART THAT YOU'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED LET'S INCLUDE THAT IN THE WORK PLAN AND LET LET KATIE AND JAKE AND I PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU WE KNOW KIND OF WHERE YOUR HEART IS NOW SO LET US PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT UM THAT WILL MEET THEIR THEIR NEEDS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY MEET YOURS SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING DO WE KNOW MORE OF THEIR NEEDS AT THIS POINT I DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT MORE FEEDBACK I I THINK I THINK YOU AND I CAN WORK ON THAT IN THAT AS I ENCOURAGED I THINK YOU SHOULD MEET WITH THE MAYOR OR OR COMMISSIONER MINSHU AND GET SOME MORE SPECIFICS I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME AND I THINK THAT CAN HELP AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH AN AGENDA ITEM AND AND WALK WALK THROUGH IT AND DISCUSS EVERYTHING AND YOU CAN SAY YES NO YES NO AND WE'LL WE'LL GET IT RIGHT AND THEN WE'LL SUBMIT IT TO THEM AGAIN I THINK THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH AS LONG AS YOU ALL SUPPORT THAT JENNY ARE YOU ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE TIME TO EVEN GO AND MEET WITH THE MAYOR WEEKLY OR I DON'T SAY WEEKLY I THINK THIS IS A ONCE YOU KNOW ONCE EVERY QUARTER EVEN I MEAN IT'S IT'S NOT A WEEKLY THING IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT AND WE CAN AGAIN COORDINATE TO HELP WITH THAT I KNOW I WISH I DON'T KNOW EVEN IF THEY SENT AN EMAIL LIKE HERE'S SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE WANT YOU TO WORK ON UM NO I MEAN I'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN I THINK THAT'S THAT'S FAIR I THINK WE CAN YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE ON HOW TO HELP IT BE MOST EFFECTIVE AS THE CHAIR TO GET TO GET BRING BACK WITH WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT YOU NEED WE WILL DO IT OKAY OKAY SO THEN LET'S GET TO THE THE REST OF THE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S ON THERE THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN WE ARE UM I THINK WE'RE BRINGING THAT IN IN JULY AS A DISCUSSION ITEM SO UM I SENT YOU ALL A THE TRAFFIC STUDY WELL I SENT YOU ALL THE TRAFFIC WE'LL GO OVER THAT WE'LL GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT I SENT YOU ALL ANOTHER EMAIL ASKING FOR YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING UM THE CONSULTANTS WERE MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND NOW THEY'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT PARTICULAR SECTION LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THE WATERFRONT NOW AND SOME CHALLENGES THAT YOU SEE SO THEY'VE MET WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS UM THEY HAVE MET WITH SOME OF THE LIKE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THEY MET WITH CHRIS FROM THE MARINA AND NOW THEY WANT TO MEET WITH YOU BEFORE THEY PUT TOGETHER THEIR DRAFT PLAN SO I SENT SOME DATES UM AT THE VERY WE CAN DO THIS NOW WE CAN DO THIS AT THE END OF THE MEETING LET'S KNOCK IT OUT WE CAN LET'S DO IT LET'S DO IT THE MOST BEST FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN SO FAR WAS UM ON THE 13TH YES WHICH IS A THURSDAY THAT'S GOOD FOR ME THE 13TH IS A MONDAY WHICH IS A MONDAY AT ONE SO I'VE HAD IT I'VE I'VE I'VE HAD AVAILABILITY ALL DAY I KNOW REMEMBER STEWART YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY BUT I GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY WERE AVAILABLE I HAVE TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT WHO HAVEN'T RESPONDED YET UM HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THE 13TH 13TH THAT VIBES BETTER FOR ME I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL WHAT YEAH I'M GOOD I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE I RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL WHAT DID I SAY YOU DID YOU SAID YOU WERE AVAILABLE ALL DAY ON THE 13TH FIVE O'CLOCK WORKS GOOD FOR ME AND DAVID WE GOT A LITTLE GIRLS FOOTBALL GAME I'M ALREADY MISSING RIGHT NOW ON THE 13TH AT NIGHT MAYBE NO WAY IT'S TOO HOT THEY'RE THEY'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW UM SO WE CAN BE I THINK PRETTY FLEXIBLE I SAID ONE OR TWO ON THE 13TH UM WE DON'T ANY CHANCE FOR ONE NOT TO I CAN'T BE AT ONE BECAUSE I GOTTA I WON'T GET IN AT THE TIME WE I WE CAN TALK TO THE CONSOLE AND WE CAN YEAH WE CAN WAIT AND SEE UM WHAT THE OTHER TWO HAVE FOR AVAILABILITY AS WELL UM AND GO FROM THERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY JUST BECAUSE IT IS A SPECIAL MEETING WE SOMETIMES DON'T GET EVERYBODY FOR A REGULAR MEETING SO WE'LL[00:45:01]
DO THE BEST TO GET EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN UM THEY'LL BE VIA ZOOM SO IF WE NEED TO IF WE CAN HAVE A YOU KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT VIA ZOOM AS WELL WE NEED TO IF YOU JUST DO ANOTHER EMAIL IF NOT I'LL I'LL MAKE FIVE WORK I'LL MISS MY DAUGHTER'S LAST MAN I FEEL SO BAD APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE WELL WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'LL SEE WHAT UH MEMBERS ROLAND AND SMITH COME BACK WITH WHEN THEY GET OKAY BACK AS WELL ALL RIGHT DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT THOUGHTS MR SHARP I DON'T I'M GOING TO PUT IT TEMPORARILY FOR THE 13TH SO YEAH IF YOU CAN KIND OF PLACEHOLDER THE 13TH RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST AVAILABILITY TIME TBD OKAY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE UM SO THAT WAY THIS IS BEFORE THE PLAN COMES TO YOU AS A DRAFT YOU'RE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE CONSULTANT AND GET SO THEY CAN INCORPORATE YOUR FEEDBACK INTO THEIR DRAFT PLAN AND THEN AFTER THAT EITHER IN YOU KNOW LATE JULY PROBABLY AUGUST DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THEY CAN TURN THAT AROUND THE DRAFT PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AS A BOARD UH FIRST OKAY CORRECT OKAY ALL RIGHT SO CHECK BOX THAT ON THE WORK PLAN UM THE NEXT THING ON HERE UH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRESERVING HISTORY UM AT THE FIRST DISCUSSIONS OF THE WATERFRONT PARK THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE CRAB BOARD TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE MAIN STREET WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP THE MANTLE IN PROVIDING FUNDING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY UM AND WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT THAT SIGNAGE LOOKS LIKE HOW IT'S PRESENTED ALONG THE WATERFRONT WHAT IT SHOULD SAY FROM HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW THE RAILWAY ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO UM WITH YOUR GO AHEAD THEY ARE THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT COLLABORATION WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE NEXT MEETING SO I THINK WE MENTIONED LIKE ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE SO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SO THAT WAY THEY COULD WORK ON DESIGNS AND BRING IT BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY INTEGRATED AS A PART IS UM ONE MEMBER OF YOUR BOARD TO BE A PART OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE SO START THINKING ABOUT WHO MIGHT KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY HISTORY OH WOW HISTORIAN HISTORIAN DAVID COOK WHO LITERALLY HAS A STAKE ON THE WATERFRONT BEEN VOLUNTOLD I THINK WOW INTERESTING YOU'VE GOT A MONTH TO STEW ON IT MAYBE SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN JULY AND UM YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FUNDING THE PROJECT AND WORKING WITH THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE UM YOU KNOW PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MUSEUM GETTING DESIGNS TOGETHER AND THEN HAVING A MEMBER OF THE BOARD BE PART OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO BRING FORTH THE DESIGN AND THEN HAVE ALL OF THE DESIGNS UP AND THEN WOULD BE APPROVED THROUGH YOUR BOARD GREAT NEWS THAT'S REALLY I REACHED OUT TO THE TELLY OFFICE FAMILY SEE IF I COULD GET SOME OLD PHOTOS THEY HAD BUT I THEY HADN'T REACHED BACK TO ME UH JUST BEEN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WOW THAT'S INCREDIBLE NICK IS A GOOD MAN FOR ALL OF THAT HE'S GOT A LOT OF HISTORY FOR THAT ALL RIGHT I'LL LET I'LL LET MAIN STREET KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD MR COOK OKAY THANK YOU UM AND THEN FINALLY ON MY BULLET POINTS FOR UM MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR WORK PLAN THE CRAB HAD PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPDATED CRA PLAN UH STAFF MESSED UP HERE WE FAILED TO GET IT ACROSS THROUGH THE FULL APPROVAL PROCESS SO THAT'S COMPLETELY ON US WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GIVE THE CRAB RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD WE MIGHT GIVE THIS TO YOU IN A YOU KNOW A WEEK OR SO SO YOU HAVE SOME HOMEWORK YOU CAN MULL IT OVER WHILE YOU'RE ON YOUR BOAT WITH BEVERAGE OF YOUR CHOICE RED LINE IT UM SEE IF THERE'S ANY PIECES MISSING THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN A YEAR WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AT THE WATERFRONT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THERE AREN'T ANY LITTLE BITS AND PIECES WE ARE MISSING BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET[00:50:01]
THIS AMENDMENT UM PRESENTED TO THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD WHICH IS THE COMMISSION AS THE CRA THEN UM ADOPTED VIA RESOLUTION SO IT BECOMES A FORMAL PART OF THE CRA PLAN AS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE AGAIN IT HASN'T BEEN REALLY LOOKED AT SINCE 2013 UM AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMISSION ACTING AS THE CRA WAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE UM THIS IS MORE OF A LIVING DOCUMENT SO LET'S GET THIS PIECE ACROSS SO HOMEWORK YOU'LL SEND THE LINK I WILL SEND THE LINK BE READY BY NEXT MEETING NEXT MEETING LET'S HAVE SOME BE PREPARED TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AND UM WITH WITH COMMENTS OKAY COOL GOOD ALL RIGHT PROJECT TIME OR DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO GO THAT'S IN OUR PROJECT UPDATE IT IS OKAY SO YOU'RE WAITING YOU'RE JUST AHEAD OF US WE'RE READY OKAY ALL RIGHT READY GO AHEAD WELL FIRST LET'S LET'S START WITH TRAFFIC YEAH LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC UH STUDY SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF IT BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT IT AT COMMISSION WHEN I WHEN WE TALKED TO TO THEM ABOUT IT UM WE DID NOT GO INTO GREAT DETAIL WITH THEM LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WITH YOU UM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING UM I WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE THE WHAT DROVE THIS IS IS I I BELIEVE THAT HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS OFF AND ON FOR A LONG TIME SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE HAVE DECIDED AS A STAFF IS LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO GET PEOPLE TO STUDY IT IF WE NEED THAT AND THEN MAKE A DECISION AND THAT BECOMES THE FINAL DECISION SO UM THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME OF THOSE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IS WE HAD WE HAVE WE'VE SHARED OUR SOME OF OUR CONCERNS I THINK UM KATE'S TREE IS A BIG A BIG THING GIVING IT MORE SPACE THAT THAT'S A POSITIVE OF THE OUTCOME WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW BECAUSE OF THIS WE'VE GOTTEN TO SEE WEIRD TRAFFIC FLOWS SO WE GET TO SEE HOW THINGS HOW PEOPLE TRY TO NAVIGATE THE DOWNTOWN ONE OF THE KEY DRIVERS OF THIS THOUGH IS WHEN WE WHEN WE REDO THE DOWNTOWN WE ARE GOING TO DISRUPT CENTER STREET FOR A PERIOD OF AS MUCH AS TWO YEARS HOPEFULLY LESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO FOR SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FLOW AROUND THAT AND MAKE THINGS SMOOTH UH THERE'S YOU KNOW THERE'S PARKING IMPLICATIONS THERE'S UM PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHICH THEY LOOKED AT WE ALSO LOOKED AT UM DELIVERIES WE HAVE A WE HAVE A TON OF RESTAURANTS WHICH TAKE DAILY DELIVERIES MANY OF OUR UH OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES DO TAKE DAILY AT THE VERY LEAST UH WEEKLY DELIVERIES SO THERE'S DELIVERY TRUCKS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND HOW WE GET THEM TO FLOW IN AND OUT UM AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE WHERE THE STUDY WENT SO CAN YOU CLARIFY REDO THE DOWNTOWN YES IT'S A REVITALIZATION THE RECORD YEAH ABSOLUTELY I'M GLAD TO DO THAT SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE REVITALIZATION WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS NAMED BEFORE I CAME HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO REFRESH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING SO WE KNOW THAT THE UNEVENNESS OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS AND AND UM SIGNAGE AND THE THE BRICKS THE BRICK CROSSWALKS AND THE UH BRICK WORK AND THE SEATING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THE LIGHTING IS IS IN FAILURE UM SOME OF THE LIGHTS DON'T WORK WE WE CAN'T REPLACE I MEAN THEY'RE THEY'RE 50 YEARS OLD AND THAT'S THEY'RE GETTING TO THE END OF LIFE SO IT'S IT'S ENHANCING ALL OF THAT TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE FULL LIFE AND NEW AND UM AND AGAIN THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS UM IT MAKES IT MORE APPEALING TO BE THERE AND SAFER TO BE THERE AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE THE FOCUS OF IT WE ALSO WILL BE UM UNDERGROUNDING UM DRAINAGE POWER WE'LL BE WORKING ON DRAINAGE I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S A I MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A SEAWALL THAT DRAINAGE NEEDS TO HAVE A GATE IN THERE BECAUSE IT GOES ALL THE WAY UNDERNEATH THE MARINA THERE EXACTLY AND THEN UH WE ALSO ARE GOING TO REDO THE WATER LINES THE WATER LINES ARE 50 YEARS OLD AS WELL UM ACTUALLY THEY'RE A LOT OLDER THAN THAT UM AND THEN UM WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER PIECES BECAUSE THE OTHER PART ABOUT THE DRAINAGE IS THAT WE HAVE ZERO LOT LINES DOWN CENTER STREET ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE ADJACENT TO OUR SIDEWALK THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT STORM WATER SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEIR STORM[00:55:01]
WATER IN A WAY THAT IS THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WE KNOW THE RULE IS KEEP YOUR WATER ON YOUR ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH THOSE ANSWERS AND SINCE WE'RE REDOING IT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT ISSUE THE OTHER ISSUE WE'LL LOOK TO TRY TO FIX IS THE THE GARBAGE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AS WE DESIGN THINGS SO THAT'S SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OKAY SO I HAVE A COUPLE PICTURES OF POTENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS ONE WAY SO THIS IS ASH STREET NEAR SEVENTH SO WHERE KATE'S TREE IS YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG GREEN AREA YEAH AND THIS IS NOT FINAL THIS IS A A CONCEPT OF HOW IT COULD BE YEAH THERE'S THERE IS NO DESIGN FOR THIS SO THERE'S A LOT OF INPUT TO BE HAD SO BECAUSE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON UM ON KATE'S TREE WE WERE GOING TO PINCH IT TO THE NORTH AND WE MAY TAKE SIDEWALK OUT ON ONE SIDE AND CHANGE THE PEDESTRIAN FLOW BUT WE HAD A BRANCH COME DOWN THAT MAY WE MAY CHANGE IT WE MAY NOT RIGHT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO GIVE IT MORE ROOM AND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE POSITIVES I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IS CUT WHERE YOU WOULD COME IN OFF OF EIGHTH AND ON ALACHUA ONE WAY ALACHUA COME DOWN TO FRONT STREET FRONT STREET WOULD BE BOTH WAYS AND THEN YOU WOULD COME DOWN ASH STREET ONE WAY THE THE TWO AREAS THAT WOULD STILL REMAIN UH TWO WAY TRAFFIC ARE UM FROM SECOND TO FRONT BOTH SIDES BECAUSE YOU YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW SOME SOME ADDITIONAL FLOW FROM FRONT STREET BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THERE UM AND FRONT STREET WOULD REMAIN TWO TWO WAY AS WELL THAT WHEN I READ THAT IT LOOKED LIKE YOU THE PLAN WAS FOR THAT TO BE ON THE FIVE YEAR PLUS PART OF THAT PLAN RIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL FOR WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ATTACK EARLIER AS OPPOSED TO LATER SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE THIS TRAFFIC THIS GOOD TRAFFIC FLOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED WHEN YOU'RE WORKING DOWNTOWN PLUS UH GOING DOWN UH EITHER ONE OF THOSE STREETS WITH TRAFFIC PARKED ON BOTH SIDES IS LIKE PLAYING CHICKEN EVERY DAY I DO IT ALL THE TIME IT'S A IT'S A NIGHTMARE SO WHY IS IT WHY WOULD WE PUSH THAT BACK AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THAT AS TO ONE OF OUR FIRST PART OF THE PLAN WE WON'T I THINK THAT THAT WAS IN THEIR THOUGHT PATTERN OURS OURS AS STAFF TO YOUR POINT IS WELL WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS NOW WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES TO TO MEET INCLUDING ADA AND A NUMBER OF ACCESS ISSUES WHAT WE FEEL WE SHOULD DO IT FIRST WE FEEL IN THE PROJECT WE DO YEAH IT SHOULD BE PHASE ONE IS PHASE ONE ONE A IS THE POWER UNDERGROUNDING AND THIS AND THEN WE GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF OF GETTING CENTER STREET AND THE SIDE STREETS THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME OKAY THEN WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE SO YEAH I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNOW WE HAD SHARED WITH THEM WHAT OUR PLAN WAS BUT UM THEY DIDN'T KNOW SO I THINK I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT SHOULD GET APPROVED WE'LL LOOK INTO UM HOWEVER IT GETS APPROVED WE'LL LOOK INTO FUN GETTING IT FUNDED AND MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE START THE THE OTHER PROJECT IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THIRD AND FOURTH GOING JUST LIKE YOU HAVE UM OR SECOND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO TO BROOM ONE WAY CAN YOU DO THIRD FROM BROOM ALL THE WAY TO BEACH HEAD SOUTH AND FORTH THE SAME WAY BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE TURN IN AND OFF I MEAN THEY JUST THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE SO CLUTTERED EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET A PARKING LOT CLOSER TO ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND STORES THE MAIN ONES AND I THINK THAT IF YOU WOULD DO THOSE TWO STREETS AS WELL ONE WAY WOULD HELP FLOW OUT TOO YEAH I THINK THERE'S NOT ABSOLUTELY AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ABSOLUTELY YEAH BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES OFF OF THIRD STREET AND YOU AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAD SOUTH AND SOMEBODY'S GOING NORTH THERE'S NO THERE'S NO GIVE YEAH YOU KNOW I I EXPERIENCED THAT THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE YEAH I GOT STUCK I'M LIKE OH WHERE AM I GOING I MEAN IT GOES I MEAN I THINK FROM FIFTH STREET ON YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC BUT I THINK THE IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN THEY'RE ON RIGHT NOW IS YEP NEEDS TO AND WE'RE READING THIS AND WE'RE REDOING THOSE STREETS AS PART OF THIS UH[01:00:01]
PROJECT SO YOU KNOW STRIPING AND AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AFTER THE FACT WOULD MAKE THAT POSSIBLE SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE LIST TO TAKE A LOOK AT YEAH BECAUSE YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE SECOND STREET IS I MEAN THAT'S NICE A LOT OF PARKING PLACES AND ALL THEN YOU DO THE SAME FOR THE OTHER TWO YEARS I THINK IT'LL HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY KEEPING FRONT STREET TWO WAYS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND DATE OR THAT WAY YOU HAVE THREE WAYS TO GET DOWNTOWN WHENEVER YOU WHEN CENTER STREET IS CLOSED YEP SO YOU'VE GOT THREE WAYS TO MOVE IN AND OUT ABSOLUTELY OKAY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE THIS AND CERTAINLY AS YOU REVIEW THE PLAN AND LOOK AT IT IN MORE DETAIL FEEL FREE TO SEND SEND ME AN EMAIL IF YOU IF YOU GOT OTHER THINGS AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO INCLUDE IT IN THE INPUT SO I THINK THE BIG THE THING I DIDN'T FIND JUST AGAIN DIDN'T GO THROUGH 265 PAGES ALL TOGETHER YET IMPORTANT BUT UM JUST HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WE HAVE NOW ON ASH AND IT MIGHT BE IN HERE AND HOW MANY MORE IT'S IN THERE YEAH UM I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE IS IT I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NUMBER YEAH YEAH THERE'S A THERE'S A NET GAIN ON BOTH SIDES UM AND ACTUALLY PUTTING HANDICAP PARKING SPOTS ON BOTH ASH AND ALACHUA YEAH WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW WITH THE ROADS AS WE HAVE THEM TO MAKE AN ADA COMPLIANT SPOT I THINK SAFETY WISE IT MAKES SENSE IT'S SO HARD TO LIKE SEE AROUND THE CARS AND WE DID LOSE A TON OF PARKING SPOTS AFTER THEY JUST STRIPED UM THE ROADS SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE PARKING ON ASH UM I DID FIND IT JUST A QUICK COMMENT I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT TO THAT THEY RECOMMENDED MORE MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE ON CENTER AND THEN TAPER IT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH AVAILABILITY ONE BLOCK OFF OF EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH AND UM TRY TO PUSH TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT MORE TO NOT JUST CENTER STREET YEAH THAT WAS INTERESTING AND I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PATTERNS THAT START TO EVOLVE YEAH BUT I I ALSO THINK THAT IT'LL NATURALLY HAPPEN WHEN WE DO THE CONSTRUCTION WE'LL CREATE THAT PATTERN NOW WHETHER IT STAYS IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION BUT WE'LL CREATE THAT PATTERN WHEN WE HAVE WE HAVE PARTS OF CENTER CLOSED TEMPORARILY I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS KNOCKED OUT SECOND STREET THOUGH I MEAN THAT NORTH SECOND YEAH I DON'T SEE THAT TWO YEARS BUT WELL YEAH UM THAT ONE TOOK US 67 DAYS BUT BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S UH UM IT'S MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING UNDERGROUND WE'RE DOING DOING SOME MORE WORK BUT UM I'M SAYING TWO YEARS BECAUSE I WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS UM IF WE CAN IF WE CAN DO BETTER WE WILL AND THE MORE CLOSER WE GET TO DESIGN THE MORE WE'LL KNOW WHAT'S THE ETA ON ASH THIS PRESENT ONE GOING ON NOW WHAT IS WHEN WILL THE WHEN WILL THAT BE COMPLETELY DONE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE MONTH THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING UM TO UM OPEN THIS PART UM ANOTHER WEEK YEAH THEY UM IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES THEN FROM SECOND STREET UP TO FOURTH SHOULD BE PAVED MIDWEEK UM THEY STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO GET THE NEW OUTFALL WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE PHASE ONE A ONE B UM OF THIS PROJECT SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BORE UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD UH SO THAT'LL BE A FEW MORE WEEKS ON THAT SIDE SO IN BETWEEN FRONT AND SECOND IS STILL GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER UM BUT THIS PART SHOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL ONCE THAT BORE HAS BEEN COMPLETED THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING A SECTION BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH STREET TO UM ADD PIPE AND CAPACITY WHAT ABOUT BUT IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THOSE LARGE STRUCTURES IT'S JUST EXPANDING OF THE LIKE REPLACEMENT OF THE PIPE FOR THE CAPACITY THEY'LL DO A PIPE THEY'LL DO A PIPE BURSTING ISN'T THAT WHAT ARE THEY IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS YEAH I'VE BEEN TOLD YEAH YOU WON'T YOU WON'T SEE IT OTHER THAN THE PATCHING HOW ABOUT FROM SECOND STREET TO THE BOAT RAMP WHAT PHASE WILL THAT BE DONE WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO A FOUR SECTION THAT'S THE RAILWAY YEAH THE BORE IS GOING TO GO FROM THE RAILROAD ALL THE WAY UNDERNEATH TO WHERE ATLANTIC SEAFOOD WAS SO IT'S[01:05:02]
ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER SO THE STORM WATER IS GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE PROBABLY IT'LL THREE TO FOUR MORE WEEKS YEAH MAYBE JUST FOUR YEAH IT'LL ONLY TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS TO DO THE PROJECT PIECE IT'S THE PERMITTING AND COORDINATING WITH THE RAILROAD THAT'S THAT'S THE THE CHALLENGE BUT SHOULD WE COORDINATE ALACHO STREET SMASH PIPE AT THE SAME TIME TO BORE UNDER THE RAILROAD WE DON'T HAVE TO BORE FOR THAT ONE WE JUST HAVE TO FIX IT WE DON'T NEED TWO ROADS CLOSING ONE TIME I'M GOING TO BRING ON ONLY ONE TIME THAT'S RIGHT I'M GOING TO BRING THE UH THE STORMWATER OR THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR UM UP HERE TO BECAUSE I KEEP REMINDING HIM THAT YOU EVERY TIME I COME HERE YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME ABOUT IT I ASKED THE QUESTIONS BUT I MEAN I'VE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION FOR PROBABLY A YEAR NOW THOUGH YEAH WELL BEFORE I DON'T KNOW I'VE BEEN BUGGING JAKE KEEP DOING IT AND THE HOMETOWN FOURTH OF JULY EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ENTIRELY AT THE WATERFRONT PARK SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BORING UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WHEN WE'VE GOT LOTS OF PEOPLE HEADED DOWN TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS AND ENJOY MUSIC AND VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS ETC I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE WATER BACK AT THE OFFICE SO OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT ONE SO WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE OR TWO RIGHT ARE YOU GUYS GOOD SO FAR I MEAN AGAIN I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION OKAY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS WHEN DO WHEN THEY HOW FAR OUT DO THEY WANT TO BEFORE THEY CHANGE THIS ONE WAY UM THAT'S A COMMISSION DISCUSSION SO UM WE WILL TAKE IT TO THEM NEXT I THINK DO WE TAKE IT TO SOMEWHERE ELSE I THINK IT GOES THEM NEXT THEY'LL TELL US IF THEY SUPPORT IT OR NOT AND THEN MAKE A VOTE AND THEN WE WILL UM SHOULD THEY DO THAT WE WILL FIND FUNDING AND BEGIN DESIGN YEAH I'M NOT QUITE IN LOVE WITH IT YET SURE SURE AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO I KNOW I'VE LOOKED AT IT OVER THE YEARS THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN AROUND AND BEACH STREET USED TO BE OPEN ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK YEAH YOU KNOW CENTER ROAD AND ALACHUA I MEAN IT JUST FEELS LIKE ALL OF US GOING AWAY WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ACCESS AND I I THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO GET A FIRE TRUCK DOWN HERE YOU HAD SOMETHING AT THE MARINA IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN THE SNAKE TRAIL DOWN THE CENTER STREET YOU KNOW AND TRY TO GET THERE AND DODGING ALL THE TRAFFIC AND IT'S JUST JUST GOT MORE CONCERNS THAN I HAVE POSITIVE ABOUT IT SURE AND AND POLICE AND FIRE ARE REVIEWING IT AS WELL YEAH SO BUT YES UNDERSTOOD GOT TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO IT YEAH SO ALL RIGHT OKAY DO WE HAVE I HAVE A COUPLE MORE READY RIGHT GO AHEAD UM HARBOR MASTER PLAN I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST RED BOX IS WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND UM THEN WE'LL GET THE DRAFT AFTER THAT OKAY SO TALKING ABOUT UM SEGMENT ONE OF THE SEAWALL UM THE PARK IS SEGMENT ZERO BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DONE AND WE DIDN'T LABEL IT THAT WAY BEFORE THIS UM SO THIS THIS SEGMENT IS GOING TO BID IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IT'LL BE ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROJECT UM WHERE WE'VE WE'RE LIKE A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM GETTING FINAL PERMITS ON IT AND UM WE'LL GO TO BID AND THEN OR GO TO ADD GET THE BID AND MOVE FORWARD UM THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MONEY THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE THIS IS THE ACTUAL GRANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THIS IT'S A TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THE ENTIRE THING WAS DESIGNED IN A FROM A ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT SO AT THIS POINT UM WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY CITY MONEY OTHER THAN CITY TIME ON IT UM IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS IS A WATER MAIN WE GOT TO MOVE THE WATER MAIN BECAUSE IT'D BE IN THE MIDDLE UH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WE'VE GOT A TRANSITION FROM THE PARK THERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO WE GOT TO MAKE A TURN AND AND HEAD DOWN FRONT STREET THERE UM YOU WILL SEE THAT IT WILL WILL END AT THE COOK PROPERTY UM BECAUSE UH IT IT LONG TERM IT'S SUPPOSED TO TIE INTO THE RYAN BERM BUT AS YOU KNOW THOUGH THAT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT LAST SECTION UM BLANK AND COME BACK AND DO THAT LATER UM THIS IS PROBABLY THE LEAST COMPLICATED AND EASIEST PART OF THE SEAWALL PROJECT UM IT'S A IT'S A PILING EVERYTHING'S OUT OF THE WAY CURRENTLY THE UH FPU IS UNDERGROUNDING RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THE THE POWER LINES WOULD BE IN THE WAY OF DRIVING WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THOSE IN THE POWER LINE ON THE GROUND I KNOW THEY THEY'VE GOT THE PIPE RUN YEAH WHEN ARE[01:10:02]
THEY GOING TO COMPLETE I DON'T HAVE THEY HAVEN'T WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE OKAY JAKE HAS A CALL INTO THEM IT'S NOT LONG THOUGH UM WE THAT OUR OUR DEAL WAS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE DONE BEFORE WE GOT A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD UM BECAUSE LIKE LIKE HAPPENED AT SECOND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFERING PRIORITIES AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN PULL OFF AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN ONE AND ALL TO BE DONE SO SO UH MY GUESS IS IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS BUT WE'LL GET A FINAL NUMBER TO YOU SO THAT'S THAT ONE UM WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE I THINK I THINK WE GOT THAT HANDLED SO GO AHEAD UM SO THIS IS THE THE MARINA REHAB REDEVELOPMENT THE BRETT'S DEMO WE OPEN BIDS ON JULY 2ND UM THE UH WE HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH THE COMMISSION SCHEDULED ON THE 7TH AND WE WILL OUTLINE FUNDING WE'LL OUTLINE WHAT THE BID IS OR PERSPECTIVE WE'LL STILL BE DOING RESEARCH BUT THE PERSPECTIVE LOW BID AND THEN WALK THROUGH THE THE PROJECT ITSELF AND THE TIMING WE DON'T CONTROL TOTAL TIMING THE CONTRACTOR DOES THAT UM AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY ON THAT UH GOOD NEWS IS WE HAD WE HAD 28 PEOPLE HERE FOR THE BID OPENING OR THE BIT PRE-BID MEETING UM FILLED THE ROOM WHICH IS NOT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT UM WE GOT A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS UH OUR BID PACKAGE IS UM WITH THE DESIGN PLANS IS 385 PAGES SO WE GOT VERY SPECIFIC TO GET TO GET A GOOD CLEAN BID THEY ASK QUESTIONS WHICH TELLS US THEY'RE THEY'RE MITIGATING THEIR RISK UM AND THAT USUALLY IS A GOOD SIGN OF A GOOD BID THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR UM IT WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECT THE CITY'S EVER DONE REGARDLESS OF WHAT PRICE WE GET UM SO THERE WILL BE STICKER SHOCK FOR SOME UM BUT UM THAT'S YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE WAY THINGS COST TODAY UM BUT IT IS A GOOD BIDDING ENVIRONMENT AT THIS POINT SO THAT'S A POSITIVE IS THE SHIP STORE THE LITTLE MARINA STORE IS THAT PART OF THE REHAB THERE OR OR NOT NO WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ALL THAT UM THEY'RE GONNA MOVE FOR NOW INTO WHERE CHRIS'S OFFICE IS THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT PART OF THE PROJECT UM THEY'RE WORKING ON UM KEEPING EVERYTHING RUNNING FOR THE FUEL DISPENSARY ROOM THERE AND UM WE'LL KEEP THAT RUNNING AS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND THEN UM PHASE THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE UM LOOKING AT GETTING THEM A PERMANENT HOME WHERE THAT SHOULD BE UM WHAT THAT SHOULD BE AND HOW IT SHOULD LOOK SO UM THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK YOU'RE NOT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT BEING ON ON THE DOCK STRUCTURE ITSELF YEAH TO ME WE WE WE CAN DO BOTH SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I I TALK WITH THE DESIGNER IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE PIER WILL HOLD UP A BUILDING IF WE WANT TO PUT IT THERE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS NOW BUT WE KNOW WE NEED SOMETHING SO IS THAT THE RIGHT PLACE I THINK THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO ASK AND IF IT IS THEN THAT'S WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT THERE SO THEY WILL MAKE SURE IT'S IT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THAT THAT PINK AREA THAT'S ON THE UM THE END OF THE DOCK THERE WHAT IS THAT THAT IS WE WE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PINK VERSUS THE OTHER COLOR AND I'M COLORBLIND SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL BUT THE THOSE ARE BIT CALLED WE DID BID ADDITIVES SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PRICE IS AND WHAT WE CAN BUILD TODAY SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BID ADS UM WELL THAT THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING ONE RUNS TO NOW SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THAT PART THEN POSSIBLY YEAH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ALL OUT YEAH BUT AND I AND I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH IT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS IS THE PIER ITSELF AND FULLY BUILDING ALL OF THAT THE ORANGE IS TO FULLY DEVELOP THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DID WE DID A BID ADD A WHICH IS THE ORANGE RIGHT AND THEN THE PINK IS B SO IF EVERY WE WE'RE ALLOWING US AND THE COMMISSION TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT WE WANT TO FUND FIRST SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE BROKE DOWN THE PRIORITY OKAY ON DOCK E ALL THE POWER AND ALL IS FLOATING ON THAT DOCK WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO RECHANGE WHERE IS THAT POWER GOING IT'S GOING TO STAY WHERE IT IS OH YOU'RE JUST GOING TO TIE INTO THE CORRECT AND THERE'LL BE SOME ADS TO THE DOCK ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO TO BRING[01:15:01]
UP BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THE PIER NORTH A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT IT IS AND SOME OF THAT'S CONSTRUCTION PHASING BECAUSE THE WHERE THE PIER IS NOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OPEN BECAUSE YOU NEED TO ACCESS AND THEN WE'LL REBUILD THE NEW ONE PUT EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH IT WE NEED TO AND THEN TEAR OUT THE OLD ONE AND CONNECT THE TWO THE TWO UH DOCKS SO STAGING IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND UM I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO CHRIS BECAUSE HE'S HIS HE AND HIS TEAM ARE KICKING BUTT RIGHT NOW AND I I WANT TO KEEP THEM DOING THAT AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN WE KNOW THERE'LL BE IMPACTS BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE WE WILL INCLUDE I'LL BE BACK EVERY MONTH ONCE WE START UM TO UPDATE YOU AND GIVE YOU HERE'S WHERE WE ARE HERE'S WHAT WE SPENT HERE'S WHAT THINGS ARE GOING ON I ALSO UM RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE DURING THAT PROJECT AT LEAST QUARTERLY UM WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR MEETING AND WALK OVER THERE IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON SO ARE YOU PLANNING ON TRYING TO HAVE ACCESS DURING THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD TO ALL OF THE YEP DUCKS YEAH YEP OKAY THE ONLY ONES THAT WON'T HAVE ACCESS IS A AND B BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE OUR UH OUR BARGE WILL BE IN THERE THAT'LL TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN BUT BUT YES THAT'S THE PLAN AND STILL STARTING IN AUGUST TO BE DETERMINED AUGUST 10TH IS OUR OUR TENTATIVE START DATE UM THAT'S UP TO THE CONTRACTOR BUT FROM WHAT WE HEARD AT THE PRE-BID THEY UH MOST OF THEM WANT TO GET STARTED FAIRLY QUICKLY SO WE THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DATE SO THE EXISTING WOODEN DOCK THAT'S SOUTH OF BRETT'S IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO STAY THERE WHILE Y'ALL TEAR DOWN THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE YES IT'S IT'S GONNA THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ALL THE CONTRACTORS WHEN WE WALKED OVER THERE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED THERE'S POWER YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT RUNS FUEL LINES THERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE THERE ABSOLUTELY SO ON THE FUEL LINES WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN A TEMPORARY ONE THAT GOES OVER THE FRONT OF THE BARGE CONNECT TO THE THE CURRENT LINES AND THEN COME ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE BARGE TO KEEP THE FUEL RUNNING AS MUCH AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THERE'LL BE A THERE'LL BE A CONVERSION TIMELINE UM WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A FOUR TO EIGHT WEEK WINDOW UM WHERE FUEL WOULD BE DOWN UM CHRIS AND I ARE PUSHING FOR FOUR WEEKS BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS AND ALL THE AND ALL THE UM THE RUBBLE FROM BRETT'S AND ALL THAT WHEN THE BARGE AND CRANE DOES THIS THING WHERE ARE THEY PUTTING THE MATERIAL ARE THEY PUTTING IN PARKING LOT A OR ARE THEY PUTTING ON ANOTHER BARGE THEY GOTTA PUT EVERYTHING'S GOT TO BE BARGE WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM TAKE THEY'LL THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS SO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE CONCRETE DEBRIS CAN GO ON TRUCKS IF IT'S WASHED OFF EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING BY BARGE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO POLLUTE OUR TOWN CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ME TOO IT'S AN EXCITING COMPLICATED BUT EXCITING PROJECT AND UM WE'RE WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE BRETT'S ITSELF WILL WILL COME DOWN SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER UM SO IT IT WILL BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOK WHEN THAT THING COMES OUT BRETT'S DREW A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN AND I KNOW THAT THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS HAVE TO BE FEELING IT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO GO EAT THERE AND THEN THEY LIKE TO GO SHOP YEP SO THE TOWN'S HURTING FROM NOT HAVING A RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN FOR SURE NO PLANS FOR EXTENDED POWER OR WATER OUTAGE AS FAR AS DURING CONSTRUCTION YEAH YEAH THEY'RE THEY'RE WE WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BUT WE PLANNED FOR WAS WE'RE WORKING HARD AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TOLD THEM WAS NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS AND AND OUR ENGINEERING FIRM FEELS THAT'S REALISTIC AND WE GOT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM THE FROM THE CONTRACTOR SO WE THINK THEY FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT WE KNOW THERE'S CONVERSIONS AND MOVE AROUNDS THAT MAY MAY ALLOW IT TO BE DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT UM BUT WE THINK WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT ALL RIGHT MOVING FORWARD WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CRA OKAY SO UM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM YOU MENTIONED ALREADY I THINK THE HDC MEETING UM OF THE 18TH THAT THEY CONTINUED THE THE UH THE SIMMONS PROPERTY PROJECT UH THE WHARF I THINK IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT UM THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES BUT BUT YOU KNOW OVERALL THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS AND TO YOUR TO YOUR POINT ABOUT A RESTAURANT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THAT UM SO THAT COULD DEFINITELY HELP UM THAT'LL BE ONGOING UM SO KEEP AN EYE ON HDC[01:20:01]
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK US UM I'M UP ON THAT ONE AND KEEP UP WITH THAT ONE ON A DAILY BASIS SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED YOU YOU HAVE A QUESTION GLAD TO ANSWER THAT UH 101 BROOM STREET WHICH IS A HOTEL CONCEPT IS NOW IN PERMITTING UM THAT ANTICIPATED FOR A PERMIT RELEASE HERE VERY SOON AND THAT PROJECT WILL START UM AND THEN 101 ALACHUA WENT TO TRC UM THEY WERE GIVEN FEEDBACK THEY CAME TO FIRST STEPS UM AND SO THAT THERE WAS JUST A US GIVING THEM FEEDBACK AND TECHNICAL ADVICE UM THEY TOOK THAT AWAY UM THERE'S POTENTIAL OF NINE TOWN HOMES THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO GET ALL NINE UM BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AND UM IT WAS A POSITIVE INTERACTION I THINK THEY WERE WANTING TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED THEM TO DO THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE IS ONE THING THAT CAME UP THERE THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT UM IS THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH HAVING SOME OF THESE SMALL ZERO LOT LINE LOTS MEETING THE TREE REQUIREMENTS PUTTING BIG TREES ON A ZERO LOT LINE LOT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WHEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP IT ALL IS A CHALLENGE SO WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH APPLICANT AS WE COME THROUGH FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE INTENT OF THE REGULATION AND THERE ARE SOME SOME UH FLEXIBILITY THAT WE CAN WE CAN GIVE THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT HEALTHY TREES RIGHT TREE RIGHT PLACE SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE SOME OF THESE IN THE DOWNTOWN THEY WILL THAT WILL COME UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE I GOT ONE QUESTION DO YOU GLENN LET ME JUST OFF BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW TALL THAT THE HAMPTON INN IS WHAT THE HEIGHT IS ON THAT IN I THINK IT'S IT'S 45 FEET I THINK BUT I CAN GET THAT VERIFY THAT NUMBER JUST CURIOUS YEAH I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT IT IS AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ALLOWED HERE I THINK OR IT WAS WHEN IT WAS BUILT ANYWAY SO SOMEONE POSTED ONLINE AN 85 FOOT BUILDING AND SAID THIS IS 42 FEET AND EVERYONE WENT THE ZERK YEAH SO PUTTING THAT OUT THERE YEAH AND HOW HOW MANY STORIES IS THE UM HOTEL CONCEPT GOING TO BE UH TWO I THINK IT'S TWO YEAH IT'S TWO IT'S TWO 11 FEET UNDERNEATH AND THEN TWO OFF YES PARKING UNDERNEATH YEAH IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PARKING UNDERNEATH BUT UM AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S 11 FEET IT'S AT THE 11 FOOT MARK UM BUT IT'S NOT I DON'T THINK IT'S 11 FEET FROM GRADE SO BUT IT IS TWO STORIES AND IT'S UM THE CONCEPT METAL HAS BEEN THROUGH TRC HTC ALL THAT BEFORE MY TIME SO ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALL WE GOT AWESOME THAT'S ALL WE GOT NOW SO I'M GOING ON DOWNTOWN THERE IS YOU'RE ON YOUR HOT SEAT I DON'T MIND THAT TO ME I LIKE I LIKE DELIVERING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY IS A GREAT PLACE BECAUSE I CHOSE TO LIVE HERE TOO SO FOR THAT VERY REASON JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU DID SO[7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL RIGHT WE'VE GOT MEMBER REPORTS COMMENTS DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY REPORTS OR COMMENTS ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BRING SMASHED PIPE UNDERNEATH ALACHUA HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT OKAY JUST SEND SEND ME AN EMAIL LEAVE ME THAT REQUEST SOUNDS GOOD ESPECIALLY WITH THE NINE TOWNHOMES COMING UP RIGHT THERE NEED GOOD WATER FLOW OKAY ANYONE ELSE WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE ABOUT THIS UH PARKING LOT PARKING LOT UM SEAT THERE WITH THE MARINA AND ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE BOATING AND PEDESTRIANS EVERYTHING ELSE ANOTHER COMMENT WAS WE JUST GOT THIS TRAFFIC REPORT FOUR DAYS AGO SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO GIVE ANY DEEP ADVICE TO THE COMMISSION AS THEY MAKE THIS DECISION BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING WITH DESIGNING IF IT MOVES FORWARD AND UM PUT A LOT MORE UM PUT A LOT MORE TIME INTO IT ALL RIGHT ANYTHING ELSE OKAY KATIE YOU'LL EMAIL US TO FINALIZE THAT DATE[8. NEXT MEETING DATE]
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BUT LOOKING AT JULY 13TH AT FIVE AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY JULY 27TH AT 6 P.M EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME WITH THAT I'M STARTING WE ADJOURN