[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] >> GOOD EVENING FOLKS AND WELCOME TO OUR JULY 21ST, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. >> MAYOR ANTUN. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER TUTTEN. >> 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. >> AS WE COME BEFORE YOU WHOSE NAME IS ABOVE ALL NAMES, WE ASK YOU GIVE YOUR HOLY WISDOM TO OUR MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY WHO WE HOLD DEAR. WOULD YOU HELP EVERY SPEAKER SPEAK WITH RESPECT FOR ALL PRESENT WHOSE INTERESTS AND POINTS OF VIEW DIFFER FROM THEIR OWN. GIVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >> YOU MAY BE SEATED. AND AS A POINT OF ORDER, FOLKS, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD IN ADDITION TO ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED. I WILL ASK YOU TO SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE MOMENT. IF YOU ARE TO SPEAK, PLEASE ADDRESS MYSELF, THE MAYOR OR THE COMMISSION OF THE WHOLE. DO NOT SOLICIT DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE. PHOTOS OR MEDIA SHOULD REFRAIN FROM CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE [4.1 AMELIA ISLAND CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU — Community Engagement Director Maurie Dugger and Downs & St. Germain President Joseph St. Germain will present tourism trend updates.] DAIS TO TAKE PHOTOS. WITH THAT, ITEM 4.1, FROM THE AMELIA ISLAND CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU. WE HAVE MS. MAURIE DUGGERS, COME ON UP. >> GOOD EVENING. JEREMIAH IS JOSEPH ON THE LINE? >> YES HE IS. >> JUST A SECOND HERE TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE A SCREEN. >> WHILE WE'RE GETTING HIM ON THE LINE, YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, SOME OF OUR NEW MARKETING IMAGES. SO ONE OF THEM IS A LITTLE BOY CHASING HIS SISTER, WHICH SORT OF FEELS LIKE MY HOUSEHOLD RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANK Y'ALL FOR THE INVITATION TO COME AND PRESENT. ON THE LINE WITH US IS JOSEPH ST. GERMAIN. JOSEPH IS THE BEST AT WHAT HE DOES, HE DOES NOT ONLY ALL OF OUR RESEARCH DATA BUT ALSO DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND OF COURSE, THE UNITED STATES. JOSEPH IS ACTUALLY OUT IN OREGON FOR THE DESTINATION'S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WILL BE JOINING ME IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. NORMALLY WHEN I START THIS PRESENTATION, I START WITH A HISTORY BOOK, I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICK TODAY. WE JUST WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT TOURISM, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, WHERE IT GOES AND THEN WHY ALL THOSE PEOPLE TAKING PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE SALOON IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. AS YOU CAN TELL BY THIS SLIDE, TOURISM HAS BEEN PART OF FLORIDA'S STORY SINCE THE BEGINNING. AMELIA ISLAND HAS BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE THEME PARK, CRUISE SHIPS AND MATCHING FAMILY TEE SHIRTS. RAILROADS AND STEAM SHIPS, OBVIOUSLY FIRST BROUGHT THE VISITORS HERE TO FERNANDINA AND AS AMERICANS BEGAN TO MOVE AND INTERSTATES, HIGHWAYS AND AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE ISLAND AS A DESTINATION. THROUGH MASS TOURISM THROUGH THE 70S AND UP TO AND JUST BEFORE COVID, YOU KNOW PEOPLE EVERYBODY WAS COMING TO FLORIDA AND COVID HAPPENED AND STOPPED COMING TO FLORIDA. PEOPLE WANTED SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND VERY AUTHENTIC PLACES WHERE THEY COULD HAVE SPACE AND STILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. SO, FORTUNATELY, WE ALREADY HAD THE BEACHES. WE ALREADY HAVE OUR HISTORY. OUR SMALL-TOWN CHARM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO INVENT ANY OF THAT. AS TOURISM GREW, IN THE 70S, FLORIDA LEGISLATURE REALIZED THAT VISITORS BRING ECONOMIC BENEFITS, BUT THEY ALSO BRING TRASH AND TRAFFIC AND KIND EVER NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE NEAREST [00:05:03] PUBLIC RESTROOM IS. THAT'S WHY THE STATE CREATED THE TOURISM TAX OR TDT ALLOWING THE COUNTY TO COLLECT ON SHORT TERM STAYS AND REINVEST IN TOURISM, BEACHES, EVENTS AND VISITOR-RELATED FACILITIES. THE IDEA IS SIMPLE. VISITORS HELP PAY FOR THE SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT SUPPORT THEIR VISIT RATHER THAN LEAVING THE ENTIRE BUILD TO THE RESIDENTS. TODAY, OF COURSE 67 COUNTIES IN FLORIDA, 62 OF THEM COLLECT THE TDT. THERE IS A SMALL LITTLE SOME OF OUR SMALLER COUNTIES JUST IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PART OF THE STATE DON'T. BUT, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE COLLECTING. NEXT SLIDE. JUST BRIEFLY THIS HISTORY OF THE TDT HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY. NASSAU COUNTIES VOTERED APPROVED THE TAX IN 1988 WHEN THE COLLECTION BEGAN IN 1989. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 SORRY, I JUST TURNED 50, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD ANYTHING IS. AND INCREASED OVER THE TIME. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 5% CURRENT RATE. THIS TAX IS ONLY COLLECTED ON HOTELS, MOTELS, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, VACATION RENTALS ON THE ISLAND. SO OUR B& BS AND PAID LODGING. RESIDENTS DO NOT PAY THE TAX UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO CHECK IN AND HAVE A STAYCATION. THE COUNTY COMMISSION ADMINISTERS THE FUNDING BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AMELIA ISLAND TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, ALL MANAGED BY FLORIDA STATUTE. LEGAL TDT USE, IT IS RESTRICTED. FUNDING CAN ONLY BE USED FOR EVENTS SUCH AS TOURISM, MARKETING, VISITOR-GENERATED EVENTS, MUSEUMS AND EVENTS AND RESEARCH, TOURIST WEBSITE, VISITOR APPS, DEVELOPMENT ECOTOURISM ET CETERA. NEXT SLIDE. WE CALL THIS OUR ALPHABET SOUP SLIDE. WE HAVE OVERSIGHT FROM THE BOCC, THE TDC, THE CVB, THE CLERK OF THE COURT, COUNTY ATTORNEY, MANAGER AND COMMISSION. THAT'S BEFORE WE ASK THE STATE AGENCIES TO GET INVOLVED. EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS AN OVERSIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE INVITED EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT OVERSIGHT IS IMPORTANT. AND TDT SPENDING GOES A LONG WAY. IT GOES THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF REVIEW BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THE SPENDING PART OF IT. NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN'T SEE THE STATUTE BUT IT'S THERE I PROMISE. IN 2005, OR I'M SORRY, 2025, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE GAVE COUNTIES A COUPLE NEW OPTIONS FOR USING TDT. CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAY QUALIFY AND THERE'S FAIRLY SERIOUS HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH. THE PROJECT MUST SUPPORT TOURISM, LAST AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND RECEIVE A TOUR IMPACT ANALYSIS. IT CANNOT COVER MORE THAN 70% OF THE PROJECT AND 40% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE MUST STILL GO TOWARDS TOURISM MARKETING. THE STATE ALSO GAVE COAST LINE COUNTIES OR COASTAL COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE GULF OF MEXICO THE ABILITY TO FUND LIFE GUARDS. FOR FERNANDINA BEACH, THAT CREATES A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL. THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST FOURTHISH, WOULD HELP FUND THE LIFE GUARDS WITH THE CITY AND THEN SAVE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND APPROXIMATELY $300,000 A YEAR. THE CVB ITSELF WE ARE FUNDED ONLY BY THE 5% TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX. WE DO NOT TAKE TAX DOLLARS FROM RESIDENTS. WE DO NOT SELL MEMBERSHIP FEES WE DO NOT FUNDRAISE OUR DO BAKE SALES. OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY $11.6 MILLION AND THAT SUPPORTS TOURISM, MARKETING OUR EVENTS, BEACH SERVICES INVESTMENTS THAT BENEFIT VISITORS AND THE COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A BRIEF SECOND HERE TO TALK THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OF LATE. [00:10:04] PREVIOUS TO THIS PAST YEAR, THESE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WE WERE 65% MARKETING. 15% ADMIN. 10% TRAVEL TRADE AND 10% BEACH IMPROVEMENTS. WITH THE NEW LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WE HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY. COMING INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR OUR NEW ALLOCATIONS ARE 62.3 % FOR DESTINATION MARKETING. THAT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER, 50% OF THAT NUMBER, THAT 50% IS ACTUALLY FOR MARKETING. THE OTHER 14.1 OR WHATEVER IT IS IS ACTUALLY OUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS 14.8 % IS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. LOSER AND RECREATION IS 14.3. AND THEN 8.8 % IS FOR THE COUNTY, THE CLERK, THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ANY OF THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS. AND ALSO, DICKENS CENTER. NEXT SLIDE. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING GOES AND HOW IT COMES BACK TO PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. AND SPECIFICALLY THE CITY. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, AND THAT'S THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUCKETS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, ABOUT $1.6 MILLION WENT DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE CITY. THAT INCLUDED THE BEACH CLEANING WHICH WAS 100%. EVENTS, HOLIDAY LIGHTING, WHICH WE HAVE PAID FOREVER. THE WELCOME CENTER, OUR OPERATIONS THERE. AND TRASH RESTROOM SERVICES AND THEN OF COURSE, DICKENS ON CENTER AND THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY. IN ADDITION, $2.6 MILLION FROM VACATION RENTAL PROPERTY TAXES AND HOTEL PROPERTY TAXES ARE GENERATED HERE ON THE ISLAND THAT GO BACK TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY MENTION THE $4.2 MILLION IN GENERAL MARKETING, DESTINATION MARKETING. 55% OF OUR PAID LODGING IS HERE IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA. AND SO WHERE ARE WE ARE TALKING DIRECTLY ABOUT HOW WE SPEND MONEY AND WHERE IT GOES, WE ALWAYS USE THE 55% PIECE OF THAT. THAT WILL ADJUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH THE HOLIDAY INN COMING ON BOARD. THE OCEAN COAST BEING CLOSED. AND SO, THAT MIGHT CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT. AGAIN, THE AICBB MAKES A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL IN-KIND BENEFITS. THE HOLIDAY WREATHS WE RECENTLY BOUGHT. THE PRACTICE FIELD AT FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. THE FILM COMMISSION, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM. NEXT SLIDE. SO, 2025, WE JUST HAD OUR VALUE OF VISITOR REPORT. WE HAD JUST OVER A MILLION VISITORS. WE HAD 213,000 DAY TRIPPERS. 196,000 FOLKS STAYING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND I WOULD GUESS YOU MIGHT HAVE FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE. OUR NUMBERS HAVE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. THE PLAN MODELS HAVE BEEN UPDATED SO OUR DIRECT SPENDING WAS ALMOST $700 MILLION AND INDIRECT SPENDING WAS $816 MILLION. WE'RE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYER, NASSAU 20% OF THE JOBS. 21% OF ALL SPENDING. 24% OF GAS TAX AND TRANSPORTATION TAX AND OF COURSE, $11.6 MILLION IN TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX. I WILL STOP RIGHT THERE AND LET JOSEPH TAKE IT FROM HERE. JOSEPH HAS SOME, OUR EVERY QUARTER WE DO A VISITOR PROFILE. AND HOW OUR NUMBERS ARE TRACKING AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO I WANT HIM TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU, MAURIE AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I AM JOSEPH ST. GERMAIN AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE APRIL THROUGH JUNE STATISTIC. I WILL HIT THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS AND GET TO THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE [00:15:04] ON DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH SPECIFICALLY, WHICH THIS BOARD IS VERY INTERESTING. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM OVERALL. NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. OVER THE COURSE OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE, WE COMPLETED OVER 548 SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY INCLUDING SOME AT DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. MAURIE HIT THE SEASON, OR YEAR LONG NUMBERS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT APRIL THROUGH JUNE LOOKED LIKE. OVER 355,000 VISITORS. 234,000 FILLED ROOMS. $234 MILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY BRINGING MONEY INTO THE DESTINATION AND FINALLY NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF ALL YOUR HOTELS AND VACATION RENTALS WERE FILLED. THERE WAS A LITTLE DROP YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY RATE. I'M NOT TRYING TO DO A WHOLE THING ON OCCUPANCY RATE AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS. THE DEMAND WAS THE SAME BUT MORE UNITS AVAILABLE. ALL THE OCCUPANCY FIGURES. I WILL TRY TO HUSTLE THROUGH THIS. JUST KIND OF THESE ARE NUMBERS THE TDC HAS. I WILL MENTION NATIONAL TRENDS HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY, WE LOOK AT YOUR OCCUPANCY AND DATA. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED BAG ACROSS THE STATE. HAVING WHILE VISITATION WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SPENDING TENDS TO BE A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENTLY ACROSS THE STATE APRIL THROUGH JUNE PERIOD. IF WE MOVE FORWARD A SLIDE, THERE MAYBE A SECTION HEADER. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF YOUR VISITOR OVERALL. THE MEDIAN AGE IS AROUND 50 THAT. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE CHILDREN. WE DON'T INTERVIEW CHILDREN RESPECTFULLY, THAT'S JUST YOUR AVERAGE AGE. THAT'S A LITTLE OVER WHAT WE SEE ACROSS STATE AS A WHOLE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IS OVER $150,000 WERE TRAVEL PARTY SIZE OF 3.1. A LITTLE MORE FAMILIES AND YOU KNOW, YOUR TYPICAL TRAVEL PARTY INCLUDES DAY TRIPPERS. THE OVERNIGHT FOLKS ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY. THE AVERAGE TRAVEL PARTY 4.1 BRINGING $554 TO THE DESTINATION. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. TRYING TO KEEP THIS BROAD. REALLY LOOKING AT A LOT OF DRY MARKETS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA. THE REASON WE TEND TO SEE THIS AND I'M STEPPING ON THE NATIONAL TRENDS. THE GENERAL CONSUMER SENTIMENT ISN'T HIGH SO PEOPLE ARE SPENDING LESS MONEY. ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THERE IS 60, 70 SLIDES WE HAVE OF DATA EVERY QUARTER. IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I KNOW YOU FOLKS HAVE A LOT TO COVER TODAY. I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE DATA FOR WHY PEOPLE VISIT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH. THE NUMBER ONE REASON IS DINING. NEARLY EVERYONE THAT COMES TO DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH IS EATING SOMETHING AND SHOPPING. THERE'S A LITTLE LESS SIGHTSEEING THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT, THE ONE THING WHERE YOU SEE [00:20:05] THE DROP IN SIGHTSEEING FROM 20% IN 1985 TO 62% THIS YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME, WE SEE INCREASES IN SHOPPING, NIGHT LIFE, ANTIQUE SHOPS. RIVER CRUISES, ART GALLERIES. REALLY THE YEAR OVER YEAR DIFFERENCE IS MORE OF A PURPOSEFUL VISIT. NOT LESS PEOPLE COMING BUT HAVE MORE OF A REASON FOR COMING OVERALL. WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN. I'M TRYING TO FOCUS MY TIME. THIS IS INSIGHTS THE TDC SEES. WE INCLUDE WITH EVERY PRESENTATION TO BASICALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE, HOW THEY PLAN THEIR TRIPS SO THEY CAN BETTER MARKET. IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE GET BACK TO THE FERNANDINA BEACH QUESTIONS. WHEN ARE PEOPLE VISITING? THE MOST COMMON COME IN THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE CAN PICK MULTIPLE OF THESE. WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE COMING IN THE MORNING OVERALL IN 2026. AGAIN THE AFTERNOON IS HEAVY AND THE EVENING IS STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING. AGAIN ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION FOR EVERY PERSON WHO COMES TO THE ISLAND AVERAGE 2.3 TRIPS TO DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH. GRANTED AS MAURIED, SOME PEOPLE ARE STAYING THERE. IT'S NOT HARD TO GET THERE. IF THEY ARE STAYING SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE ISLAND DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT COMING TO FERNANDINA BEACH. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS HOW CAN AN AREA BE IMPROVED? WE FOCUS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IT. WE ALWAYS ASK HOW CAN WE DO BETTER. ANY TIME PEOPLE TEND TO FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE, I WANT TO NOTE AS WE ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, IT'S OVERWHELMING POSITIVE WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT DOWNTOWN FERNANDINA BEACH. THEY LEFT THE HISTORY AND PRESERVATION, THE SHADE AND HOW IT'S DOG FRIENDLY, QUAINT AND WALKABLE. YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN. OR YOU DON'T GET THAT IN MANY PLACES. ESPECIALLY WHERE A LOT OF YOUR VISITORS ARE COMING FROM. THE ATLANTA, JACKSONVILLE, ORLANDOS OF THE WORLD. THERE JUST ISN'T MANY PLACES LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO NOTE, THEY NOTED PARKING SIGNAGE, HANDICAP AND REMOVING PAID PARKING. THERE ISN'T A LARGE CLAMORING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO REMOVE PAID PARKING. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, ANY TIME SOMETHING CHANGES, ANY TIME WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DESTINATIONS AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES OVER THE YEARS. ANY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE THERE TENDS TO BE SOME SORT OF PUSH BACK IN THAT LEVEL OF PUSH BACK IS JUST WHAT WE TEND TO SEE IN MOST OTHER PLACES WHERE WE SEE IT. IT'S NOTHING DRAMATIC BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOME WHEN THINGS CHANGE OVERALL. AND THEN I BELIEVE, IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST ONE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. IT IS. BUT OVERALL, YOU KNOW I WILL HAND IT BACK TO MAURIE. SORRY, SOME NATIONAL TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT MAURIE WANTED ME TO TOUCH ON. WE SAW A LOT MORE FAMILY TRIPS. AND SAW THAT ON AMELIA ISLAND. I MENTIONED AS WE SAW APRIL THROUGH JUNE, IT WAS A MIXED BAG ACROSS THE STATE. SOME ARE UP, SOME ARE DOWN. AMELIA ISLAND. WE SAW LESS VISITATION AND AN INCREASE IN SPEND. OVERALL FOR SOMETHING NOT A MASSIVE GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT, THAT IS A GOOD THING WITH LESS PEOPLE AND MORE MONEY COMING TO THE DESTINATION. WITH THE PAID PARKING, THERE HASN'T BEEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS THERE BUT NOT, WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE ANY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE BEING MADE. BUT YEAH, WITH THAT, I WILL SEE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS AND PASS IT BACK TO MAURIE. >> THANK YOU, JOSEPH. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I WILL SEND TO ALL OF YOU THE ENTIRE VISITOR PROFILE THAT JOSEPH WAS REFERRING TO TOMORROW AFTER IT'S PRESENTED TO THE TDC BOARD. YOU ALL WILL SEE THAT ENTIRE DECK. HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MS. DUGGERS AND JOSEPH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? >> NO, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL. AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TELL ME THAT NOBODY ON THE SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND COMES TO DOWNTOWN. THIS PROVES THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A COMPLETELY ACCURATE STATEMENT. THE OTHER THING AND I KNOW BECAUSE I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MAURIE AND HER TEAM ABOUT THIS ALREADY IS THAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON EXPERIENCES. SO THEY WANT, THEY'RE GOING OUT ON THE CRUISES AND THEY'RE GOING HORSEBACK RIDING AND GOING TO SURF CAMP. [00:25:05] THEY'RE DOING EXPERIENTIAL THINGS WHICH MEANS IF YOU HAVE A RETAIL SHOP WHERE YOU ARE SELLING A LOT OF SMALL ITEMS OR MORE TOURIST RELATED ITEMS, THAT IS A CAUSE AND EFFECT. SO PEOPLE ARE BEING CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SPEND AND THEY'RE SPENDING ON EXPERIENCES. AND LESS ON TEE SHIRTS AND M MEMRABILIA. PARTICULARLY FOR THE BUSINESS ORGANIZES MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IS YOUR PRODUCT MIX APPROPRIATE FOR THE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE YOU KNOW IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS TOO. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, AND I APOLOGIZE WE WENT LONGER THAN WE WERE GIVEN SO THAT IS ON ME. BUT, YOU KNOW IF WE CAN, WE WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL QUARTERLY SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE. >> CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? >> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE FUNDING. IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY FAR BACK. >> ALLOCATIONS. >> PIE CHART ALLOCATION. >> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? >> MY QUESTION IS, THE SAME QUESTION I HEAR FROM SO MANY PEOPLE. A, THE ALLOCATION CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG IS CONTROLLED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOT BY Y'ALL. >> CORRECT. >> BY STATE STATUTE. >> CORRECT. >> SO IN THE NEW ALLOCATIONS, 62.3 % DESTINATION AND MARKETING. YOU SAID SALARIES ARE IN THERE TOO? >> YES, SO OUR PART OF THE NEW ALLOCATION WE CONTROL IS THE 62%. OF THAT 62%, 50% OF THAT IS MARKETING. SO THE REST OF THAT IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. OUR LEASE, SALARIES AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> OKAY. OKAY. SO IN THE STATE STATUTE, 6, SECTION D OF THAT 40% HAS TO GO TO MARKETING. >> CORRECT. >> SO THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO 46. >> IT'S 50.2. >> OKAY. AND I PRINTED IT BECAUSE I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO ASK ME ABOUT. >> YOU KNOW JOYCE. >> I DO. I CAME PREPARED. >> YES. D AT LEAST 40% OF ALL TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE COLLECTED AS PROVIDED BY THIS SUB SECTION. >> OKAY. I SUPER APPRECIATE THE $300,000 TOWARDS LIFEGUARDS AND THE CHANGE IN LEGISLATION. BUT, AS WE APPROACH BUDGET SEASON, WE DO THE COUNTY BEACHES ALSO AND THE COUNTY, LET ME GET MY NUMBERS ISSUE THE COUNTY HAD BEEN GIVING US 200 AND NOT ANYMORE BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE GIVING US -- >> FIVE. >> FIVE. SO, CORRECT >> IT'S A 300 DIFFERENCE. >> AND IF I CAN, JUST TO NOT TO OPEN ANOTHER CAN OF WORMS BUT I'M GOING TO. THE NEXT SLIDE, NEXT ONE. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THERE'S $4.6 MILLION IN RESERVES FOR BEACH RESTORATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> I THINK THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS YOUR MARKETING IS LARGELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE SEASONS. CORRECT. >> CORRECT. SO YOU ARE FOCUS YOUR MARKETING ON NOT DURING THE THREE OR FOUR CORE SUMMER MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS BUT ON THE SHOULDERS IN THE SPRING, AND THE FALL AND THE WINTER. >> CORRECT. >> WHERE TOURISM IS TRADITIONALLY DOWN. YOUR FOCUS IS TO FILL THE GAPS SO WE HAVE A BALANCED A LOT OF VISITORS ALL YEAR LONG SO THAT ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES CAN HAVE STEADY INCOME FOR 12 MONTHS NOT JUST FOR THREE MONTHS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE I'M AFRAID JEREMIAH IS GOING TO KICK ME OUT. I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE THE NEXT TIME PRESENT SORT OF OUR MARKETING PLAN AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE DO NOT MARKET DURING FOURTH OF JULY OR THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL VISITORS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. [00:30:02] AMELIA ISLAND DINING MONTH TO GET FOLKS BACK TO SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER HAS NOW BECOME OUR SLOW SEASON. DICKENS ON CENTER. 12 YEARS AGO, THERE WASN'T A LOT HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING. SO, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE INVESTMENTS THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE BACK DOWNTOWN TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO REALLY HAVE A GREAT SEASON. YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN DOWNTOWN WAS CLOSED IN JANUARY FOR COUPLE WEEKS. WE STARTED RESTAURANT WEEK TO GET LOCALS AND OUR VISITORS BACK IN THERE. REALLY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MARKET IN THE NORTHEAST OR IN OUR COLD WEATHER AREAS, STARTING IN ROUGHLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO SNOW IN CANADA. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO SNOW IN THE UPPER NORTHWEST. WHEREVER THAT IS, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO SNOW SO WE START OUR COLD WEATHER MARKETING EARLIER SO WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT I'M GOING TO BE COLD IN FEBRUARY, WHERE DO I WANT TO GO? WE'RE VERY TARGETED. EVERYTHING WE DO IS DATA DRIVEN. WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR EVERYTHING. AND SO, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO SNAPSHOT OF THAT MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER AFTERWARDS. >> THANK YOU MS. DUGGER AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOSEPH ONLINE. >> THANK YOU. I WILL GIVE IT A MINUTE TO GET OUR RECORDING DISCONNECTED. [4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY — Comptroller Susan Carless will review the June 2026 budget summary and be available to answer any questions.] ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO 4.2, OUR BUDGET SUMMER FROM OUR COMPTROLLER, MS. CARLESS. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE BUDGET SUMMARY FOR JUNE. SO WE'RE 75% COMPLETE WITH OUR BUDGET YEAR. AS USUAL WE WILL BEGIN WITH GENERAL FUND REVENUES. THIS IS THE REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. AS WE CAN SEE, LESS OF OUR INCOME AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR COMES FROM TAXES AND MORE COMES FROM CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND THE FUNDS WE GET FROM GRANTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. OVERALL, REVENUES ARE TRENDING WELL. THEY ARE 92.9 % OF BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR. LAST YEAR THE SAME TIME WE WERE AROUND 93.5 %. YEAR TO DATE, RECEIPTS BY TYPE ARE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. THEY EXCEED LAST YEAR BY $1.7 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDES CITY WIDE SERVICES. WE GROUP THOSE SERVICES BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS BY FUNCTION. THIS PIE CHART SHOWS THE PERCENT OF EACH GROUP IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WERE THE BREAK DOWN BY FUNCTION IS CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR PERIODS. DEPARTMENTS EXCEEDING 75% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WAS IN RELATION TO PERSONNEL BUDGETING. THE LIBRARIES AT 75.3 %. SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE FOR JUNE. WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY OF $24,000 AND $160,000 FOR TWO NEW POLICE VEHICLES. YEAR TO DATE, FUND BALANCE $2.7 MILLION GREATER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THIS IS OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BALANCES. FUNDS FOR WHICH EXPENDITURES EXCEED REVENUES INCLUDE TREE TRUST, BUILDING AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES. THEY WERE NO UNUSUAL RECEIPTS OR EXPENDITURES IN JUNE FOR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES THIS PERIOD. OUR $71,000 FOR SIDEWALKS AND [00:35:01] CURBING AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. $748,000 FOR THE AREA 6 DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT FUND, FUND 330. WE HAVE $19,000 FOR AERATOR AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. YEAR TO DATE, TOTALS FOR THE CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND ARE REFLECTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE EXPENDITURE $1.8 MILLION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY IS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE 115 NORTH STREET PROPERTY. RECREATION, $759,000 AND MLK SOFTBALL FIELDS WERE WILL THE PROJECTS BUDGETS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN AMOUNTS REMAINING TO BE SPENT. YEAR TO DATE ALL ENTERPRISE FUND SAYS HAVE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN NET POSITION. THAT MEANS THAT INCOME FROM OPERATIONS EXCEEDING OPERATING SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IS THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN. TAXI WAY AT THE AIRPORT $67,000 AND HANGAR B ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR $24,000. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THIS >> GREAT. THANK YOU. [4.3 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — City Attorney Teresa Prince will discuss select issues which impact municipal operations that passed during Florida's 2026/2027 Legislative Session] >> SEEING NONE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. AND THAT WILL TAKE US INTO ITEM 4.3. OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY MS. TERESA PRINCE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. WILSON WILL BRING IT UP FOR ME. WHILE HE IS UPLOADING THE PRESENTATION, I WILL REMIND US WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. THIS IS OUR THIRD UPDATE BECAUSE WHERE WE STARTED HOUSE BILL 665 AND THE LIVE LOCAL ACT UPDATES. THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AD VALOREM AND SENATE BILL. TONIGHT WE WILL COVER HOUSE BILL 399 AND HOUSE BILL 927 AND GENERALLY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT AFFECTS IN THERE. YOU CAN TURN THEM OFF. AND GENERALLY I FORGET TO THANK MS. JACOBS UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING. MS. JACOBS AND MS. PEARSON WORKED HARD ON THIS. THIS IS LAND USE AND LOCAL LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE JEREMIAH. HOUSE BILL 399 AT FIRST BLUSH WAS CAUSED CONCERN BUT AS WE LOOKED AT IT MORE CLOSELY. THIS ONLY IMPACTS A FEW, THIS IS HOW WE SET OUR FEES. THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THE BUILDING OFFICIALS LEGISLATION WHERE NOW THEY HAVE TO BE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE DIRECT AND REASONABLE COSTS. WE ALSO CAN NO LONGER BASE OUR COSTS AND FEES ON THE PROJECT VALUATION AND WE DO HAVE DO PUBLISH THEM. WE DO PUBLISH OUR RATES ON OUR PLANNING WEBSITE. THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ADOPT THEM EVERY YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. AND WHAT I HAD JUMPED AHEAD TO IS THAT IN 399, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT COMPATIBILITY OF ALLOWABLE RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND OUR RESIDENTIAL LAND USE PLAN. THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS AS TO COMPATIBILITY. HOUR IN OUR LANE DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIAL USES OR CONDITIONAL USES THAT TALK ABOUT COMPATIBILITY. IN R 1, 2, 3. THERE ARE JUST ALLOWABLE USES. SO THIS DOESN'T IMPACT US AS HEAVILY AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS. IT DOES IMPACT A COUPLE OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGULATIONS AND COMP PLAN. WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE EAR AMENDMENTS. AND YES, NEXT SLIDE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DENY ANY KIND OF LAND USE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DECISION HAS TO BE SPECIFIED WITH THE PARTICULARITY. THERE HAS TO BE WRITTEN FINDINGS. THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO FIND WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD OR COMMISSION IF THERE'S ENGAGEMENT MEASURE AND YOU CANNOT DO IT ON COMMUNITY FEEL, NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL. THOSE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT DENIAL. BUT YOU CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS IF YOU THINK THERE [00:40:03] ARE MITIGATING FACTORS AND HERE AGAIN, WHEN I SPOKE WITH MS. PEARSON. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO IMPACT US MORE WHEN WE LOOK AT CHANGES TO THE CODE IN THE FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE. THE EXCEPTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE AND COMMUNITY FEEL. WE CAN REQUIRE THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LAND USES OF RURAL AGRICULTURAL OR MIXED USE. ANY KIND OF COMPATIBILITY. IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR PUDS. IF YOU WANT TO USE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND COMPATIBILITY OR MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE AND HISTORIC DISTRICT WOULD ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THIS. NEXT SLIDE. THE OTHER FINAL CAVEAT AT THE END OF THIS NEWLY-CREATED SECTION. IT ALSO DOESN'T PROHIBIT THE CITY FROM DENYING IT BASED ON ANY OTHER MATTER INCONSISTENT WITH OUR COMP PLAN OR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. ALONGSIDE YOU DO IT OTHER THAN COMMUNITY CHARACTER, NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL. THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS, HOUSE BILL 399 WILL NOT IMPACT US. NEXT SLIDE IS OVERALL STATEMENT. ACCOUNTIVENESS TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. MITIGATION IF WE ARE GOING TO RELY ON RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. WE WILL DEVELOP OUR APPLICATION FEES WHEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON. AS OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN REZONINGS, THEY DO GIVE YOU PROCEDURAL FINDINGS AND NECESSITY IN THE STAFF REPORTS. NEXT SLIDE. THAT CONCLUDES 399. SO HOUSE BILL 927 WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT. IT'S OVER 40 PAGES. THE FIRST 13 ARE RELATED TO COUNTIES AND FORTUNATELY, AND I DID CULL IT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO PLATS. HE'S DEADLINES ARE JANUARY 1ST OF 2027. SAME WITH HB 399. WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT THEM TO YOU A LITTLE LATER. WE DO HAVE TO CREATE A PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION SERVICES PROGRAM. SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A PRE-APPLICATION. YOU CAN MEET WITH STAFF AND WE HAVE A FIRST LOOK AT OUR TRC. WE WILL HAVE TO CREATE A CONSULTATION SERVICES CONSULTANT SERVICES PROGRAM OF EITHER THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND THE BILL THEY CALL IT CONTRACTORS. BUT THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, CERTIFIED PLANNERS. NOT THE TRADITIONAL THOUGHT OF A CONTRACTOR. BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CREATE THAT AND ARE WORKING ON CREATING THAT BECAUSE APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUTSIDE SOURCES TO REVIEW THINGS. NEXT SLIDE. THEY CAN RETAIN A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL OF THEIR CHOOSING AS LONG AS THEY MEET THEY'RE ON OUR LIST AND MEET THE CIRCUMSTANCES. ON THIS ONE, IT'S THE THIRD BULLET THE APPLICANT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PROFESSIONALS COST. THAT WILL NOT FALL ON US. WE CAN AGAIN JUST LIKE YOU SAW IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS BILL, WE CAN'T CONDITION, DELAY OR DENY A CONDITION DEPENDING ON WHO THEY PICKED AS A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL AS LONG AS THEY ARE QUALIFIED AND DOES REQUIRE US TO TURN OVER RECORDS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IF THEY NEED THEM IN ORDER TO APPROVE. NEXT SLIDE. THEN WE HAVE THE DEADLINES THAT WE ALSO SAW IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SIDE. ONCE IT COMES IN FOR PRE APPLICATION, WE HAVE THE FIVE BUSINESS DAYS TO DEEM COMPLETE. IF NOT, DEEMED COMPLETE WITHOUT CONDITIONS. THEN WE HAVE 45 DAYS TO TAKE THE FINAL ACTION. IF NOT, AGAIN, IT'S DEEMED APPROVED WITHOUT CONDITIONS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT. THAT IS FOR THE PRE-APPLICATION TO GET YOU TO FINAL. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER AT THIS POINT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE JEREMIAH. AND AGAIN, THE OVERALL -- IT ALSO AFFECTS OUR PLAT STATUTE WHICH AMENDS CHAPTER 177 IN THE FLORIDA STATUTE AND IN THAT, AGAIN, AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO USE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO EXPEDITE THE PLAT REVIEW. WE DO ENGAGE A SURVEYOR ALREADY TO LOOK AT PLATS AFTER THE DEVELOPER'S SURVEYOR HAS PROVIDED A PLAT. IT DOES PROHIBIT US NOW FROM HAVING ANY ADDITIONAL LOCAL PROCEDURES OR CONDITIONS. YOU KNOW IN 2025, WE HAD THAT AMENDMENT TO THE PLAT SECTION THAT LIMITED WHAT WE COULD DO FOR REVIEW. THIS ALSO SAYS WE CAN'T REQUIRE ANY MORE CONDITIONS THAN WHAT THE STATE STATUTE PROVIDES FOR. THE CITY'S LEGAL INTERN AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS [00:45:03] LOOKED AT THIS TO GET INFORMATION TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS IS FAR, I HAVEN'T SEEN CONCERNS. THEN, AGAIN WE HAVE TO -- WE REQUIRE BONDING FOR OUR PLATS AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH JURISDICTIONS WEREN'T DOING IT, IT REQUIRES US TO ACCEPT NORMAL TYPES OF BONDS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THAT SORT OF THING WHICH WE ALREADY DO. THE ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS A FIVE-YEAR VESTED RIGHT. IF THEY DO NOT MOVE TO FINAL, THEY HAVE UP TO FIVE YEARS. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE CODES COULD CHANGE OR WHAT NOT. SO NOW THEY CAN WAIT THE FIVE YEARS. NEXT SLIDE JEREMIAH, PLEASE. SO JUST OVERALL, I THINK BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST ONE. WE FOR 927. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE QUALIFIED REGISTRY AND HAVE TO HAVE THIS PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION PROGRAM. THE AUTOMATIC COMPLETENESS AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IF WE DON'T THINGS WITHIN FIVE AND 45 DAYS, IT EXPANDS THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING FOR EXPEDITED RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING AND YOU KNOW, LIMITS OUR PERMITTING CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES UNDER 177 AND JUST STRENGTHENS THE APPLICANT'S RIGHTS TO USE THE QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR OR PROFESSIONAL. THAT'S THE END OF HOUSE BILL 927. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER BILLS DO DISCUSS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MISS PRINCE ON OUR LEGAL UPDATES. [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ALONG INTO ITEM 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SUBMITTED A FORM REQUESTING TO SPEAK, PLEASE DO SO NOW. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN DO SO NOW AND WILL BE ADDRESSED WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. JOSEPH P. HELMS. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND SIR, NAME AND ADDRESS. >> JOSEPH HELMS. I LIVE AT 965 CHAD STREET HERE IN FERNANDINA BEACH. CITY RESIDENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I WANTED TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU GUYS ALL OUR DEEP APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE HELMS FAMILY AND THE BOARD FOR THE COLLIN HELMS FOUNDATION. WE KNOW IT'S BEEN WITH THE HELP OF MR. TOM CAMERA FROM THE FERNANDINA BABE RUTH LEAGUE TO GET THIS ACTIVELY PUSHED ACROSS THE BOARD. IT WAS VOTED POSITIVELY BY ALL OF YOU GUYS. WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE REALLY HAD NO IDEA OR ANY EXPECTATIONS OF ANYTHING TO COME FROM OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT WE HAD. AND HERE WE ARE SEVEN YEARS LATER AND HAVE A REALLY SOUND BUSINESS MODEL AND IT'S A SUSTAINABLE THING AND EACH YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER KID ON TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND EACH YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A LOT OF FUNDS DIRECTLY BACK TO THE BABE RUTH FUND OR THE HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL. ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT. IT'S SUCH A TREMENDOUSLY FANTASTIC GESTURE TO HAVE OUR SON'S NAME ON THE BATTING CAGES. IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO OUR FAMILY AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY. EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HAS BEEN SUCH A BIG PART OF HELPING OUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR SON'S NAME. AND IT'S REALLY MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON US AND WE HOPE TO DO THE SAME THING IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE REALLY, REAL APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. WILLIAM HOSENDORPH. >> GOOD MORNING, 1907 SOUTH 11TH STREET. THIS IS PERTAINING TO THE TRAFFIC GOING ON FROM EAST -- >> SIR. POINT OF ORDER. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE >> HE DID. >> I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR >> YES. HE DID. >> ALSO WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING ON RUNNING STOP SIGNS, THE OTHER DAY, I WAS SITTING THERE AND THE POLICE RAN THE STOP SIGN. SO I GO UP TO HIM AND ASKED HIM, HEY, CAN YOU WRITE YOURSELF A TICKET OR SOMETHING. HE TOLD ME NO, I DON'T HAVE TO. OFFICER EVAN. HE SAYS EVERYBODY KNOWS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO KNOWS YOU. [00:50:01] WHAT IF YOU HIT A KID AND THE KIDS ARE OUT THERE PLAYING AND THE CARS ARE GOING THROUGH. I HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE BEFORE. I WENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE, COULD THEY GET SOME KIND OF WAY TO SPEED BUMPS TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ONLY GOT ONE SIGN THAT SAYS CHILDREN AT PLAY. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY GOT THEM DOWN ON THE OTHER END. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET HURT. IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. >> THANK YOU, MR. HOUSENDORPH. WE WILL SPEAK TO OUR POLICE CHIEF AND FIGURE OUT STRATEGIES. >> NEXT UP MR. MICHAEL SHARP. >> >> I'M MIKE SHARP, 130 KNIGHT STREET. I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN VOTER FOR OVER 45 YEARS. MOST OF THE TIME I VOTE STRAIGHT DOWN THE REPUBLICAN TICKET UNLESS I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT A CANDIDATE OR SOMEBODY I CAN'T STOMACH VOTING FOR LIKE COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT A PATHETIC JOB I THINK YOU'RE DOING AS A CITY COMMISSIONER. YOU SIT THERE WITH YOUR SAD FACE LIKE SOMEONE STOLE YOUR LOLLIPOP AND ADD NOTHING MEANINGFUL OR CONSTRUCTIVE TO THE CONVERSATION. YOU EVEN SAID OUT LOUD YOU WEREN'T GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. WHAT ARE WE PAYING YOU FOR? LAST WEEK I POSTED SOMETHING SAYING CITY TAXPAYERS PAY CITY AND COUNTY TAX DOLLARS WHICH WE DO. YOU GAVE A CRYPTIC MESSAGE, KIRSTI WHO NEVER SAID AN UNKIND THING TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE SAID DO WE NOT. WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING. YOU REPLIED WITH A DIATRIBE THAT INCLUDED WITH THE LIE THAT CITY RESIDENTS PAY ALL THE SAME CITY TAXES NEEDS TO STOP. IT'S SHEER IGNORANCE. DO YOU THINK CHRISTY AND I ARE IGNORANT? WE DON'T PAY ALL THE COUNTY TAXES BUT WE PAY A LOT. THEY PAY NO CITY TAXES. I'M SURE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO ME BUT YOU SAID TO CHRISTY, YOU FEEL TOUGH BANGING THAT OUT TO A WOMAN TRYING TO BULLY SOMEBODY? I HAVE GOT UNFRIENDLY ADVICE FOR YOU. YOU CAN STATE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ME. BUT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL HOW YOU SPEAK TO CHRISTY IN THE FUTURE. LATER ON COMMISSIONER AYSCUE RESPONDS TO A POST FROM SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAYS HE'S ALREADY EMBARRASSED MR. SHARP ON THIS ISSUE. DO YOU THINK YOUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO EMBARRASS YOUR CONSTITUENTS? YOU REALLY THINK THAT BECAUSE I SAID CITY TAXPAYERS PAY COUNTY AND CITY TAXES AND WE DO AND YOU POINT OUT WE DON'T PAY ALL TAXES I HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED. WHAT IS EMBARRASSING YOU COLLECT A PAYCHECK AND BEAR NOTHING. YOU COST TAXPAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY PARTICIPATING IN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE AN ILLEGAL RECALL OF TWO OF YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND GOT BOUNCED OUT OF COURT AFTER COSTING TAXPAYERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. YOU WANT THE CITY TAXPAYERS TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR $12.5 MILLION OF COSTS FOR THE DEMOLITION -- BUT YOU HAVE OFFERED NO PLAUSIBLE WAY TO PAY FOR THAT EXCEPT [00:55:50] PARADISE. THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN. LOOKING FORWARD COMING BACK THIS FALL AND DOING TRAINING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SORRY, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BEFORE I LEFT, THE CAPITAL FIRE CHIEF AND THEY WERE JAZZED ON US TRAINING WITH REFERENCES. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I APPRECIATE >> NOT ON THE AGENDA IS MS. JUDY GER ERA. >> SO I HAVE A PICTURORIAL PRESENTATION. >> NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> ONE THING I'M GOING TO SAY. WE HAVE A NEW SOUND SYSTEM IN THIS ROOM AND IT'S HARDER TO HEAR WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE THAN WE HAD THE OLD SOUND SYSTEM. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A VOLUME IN HERE THAT WE CAN TURN UP. BUT I'M SITTING ON ROW 2. IT WAS VERY HARD TO LISTEN TO TERESA. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS HARD TO HEAR PAUL. BUT, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. THIS PICTURORIAL THING DOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THIS IS HAPPENED TO MY PROPERTY THREE TIMES NOW. AND IT'S BY THE CITY STREETS DEPARTMENT. AT THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY HAVE SPRAYED AROUND THE TELEPHONE POLE, AROUND THE STUMPS OF THE PALM TREES THEY CUT DOWN ON MY PROPERTY AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT. YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THEY SPRAYED AROUND MY STOP SIGN. IT'S NOT MY STOP SIGN. IT'S IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I MOW THE YARD ALL THE TIME. THERE'S NO REASON, THERE'S NO WEEDS GROWING UP NEXT TO THE ELECTRIC POLE OR THE STOP SIGN. AND THEN I TAKE A LITTLE WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. THEY DID NOT SPRAY AROUND THEIR STOP SIGN. WALKING FURTHER DOWN, ONE BLOCK TO THE EAST, ONE BLOCK TO THE WEST, THEY'RE NOT SPRAYING AROUND THOSE UTILITY POLES. AND OTHER STOP SIGNS, I DROVE DOWN THIRD STREET TODAY. IT'S NICELY MOWED IN THE VERGE BY THE VFW. I DON'T KNOW IF THE VFW DOES THAT THEMSELVES. BUT THOSE SIGNS ALONG THIRD STREET AREN'T SPRAYED AROUND. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED ON MY PROPERTY. ONE TIME I SPOKE TO JEREMIAH AND ASKED THEM TO KEEP THEM OFF MY PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG A CIRCLE THAT IS AROUND THE TELEPHONE POLE BUT IT'S NOT SMALL. I'M REALLY TIRED OF IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY NOBODY ELSE GETS IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY MY PALM TREES GOT CUT DOWN WHEN THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE PALM TREES UNDER THEIR UTILITY POLES. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GETTING REALLY OLD. I'M GOING TO REPLANT THERE. [01:00:02] THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. I WILL BRING YOU TO A COMPARISON OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST FOR ME TO WATER THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PLANTING GROUND COVER AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PLANTING GRASS BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO KEEP A LAWN VITAL IN FERNANDINA AND THIS HAPPENS. AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT BECAUSE THESE PICTURES ARE SMALL, THESE ARE BIG CIRCLES IN MY LAWN. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PAY THE STREETS PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND OR DRIVE AROUND AND -- >> THANK YOU, MS. GUERRERA. [6. CONSENT AGENDA] >> I HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS TO SPEAK NOT ON THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 6. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO PULL? >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MS. BEST START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0 WHICH [7.1 FACILITY NAMING - CENTRAL PARK BATTING CAGES - RESOLUTION 2026- 88 APPROVES NAMING THE CENTRAL PARK BATTING CAGES THE “COLLIN HELMS CAGES” IN MEMORY OF MR. COLLIN HELMS; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Names the Central Park Batting Cages, located at 1200 Atlantic Avenue, the "Collin Helms Cages".] BRINGS US TO ITEM 7. OUR RESOLUTIONS. STARTING WITH 7.1. OUR FACILITY NAMING FOR THE CENTRAL PARK BATTING CAGES. MS. CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF 26-88. THIS IS THE NAMING OF THE CENTRAL PARK BATTING CAGES. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FERNANDINA BEACH BABE RUTH LEAGUE. IT'S TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF COLLIN HELMS AND OUR DESIRE IS TO NAME THE CAGES THE COLLIN HELMS CAGES. AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COLLIN HELMS FOUNDATION AND ALL THEIR SUPPORT FOR YOUTH SPORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. STAFF RECOMMENDS SUPPORT, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. MS. CAMPBELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? >> I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT THING TO DO, AND WE NEED TO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR MEMORY AND SO, I THINK IT'S I'M VERY HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS. >> I AGREE, IT'S KIND OF AMAZING TO SEE 10 YEARS I WORKED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM AND COLLIN WAS IN THE FIRST PROGRAM YEAR WE STARTED. WE MISS HIM DEARLY. MS. BEST, PLEASE START THE VOTE. [7.2 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND BUDGET TRANSFER - KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. - RESOLUTION 2026-89 APPROVING KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN, REPLACEMENT, AND RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING POTABLE WATER SYSTEM WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AREA; AUTHORIZING ACCOMPANYING BUDGET TRANSFER; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Agreement Amendment No. 4 to provide professional engineering services for the design, replacement, and relocation of the potable water system within the Downtown Streetscape Improvements Project area, in the amount of $326,535 (includes contingency).] THAT MOTION PASSES 5.0. 7.2, AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND BUDGET TRANSFER FOR KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES. MS. CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2026-89. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION DESIGN. THIS COMPONENT OF THE DESIGN SPECIFICALLY IS FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE WATER MAIN THAT GOES UNDERNEATH CENTER STREET. THE PROJECT IS $326,535 AND THIS WILL COME OUT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT RESERVE ACCOUNT. STAFF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU. MS. CAMPBELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-89. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MS. BEST PLEASE START THE VOTE. [7.3 AERONAUTICAL GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT — AMELIA ISLAND AIR, LLC — RESOLUTION 2026-90 APPROVING AN AERONAUTICAL GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH AMELIA ISLAND AIR, LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves an aeronautical ground lease agreement with Amelia Island Air, LLC to construct a box hangar on Airport property.] THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. 7.3, AERONAUTICAL GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT. MS. CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2026-90. THIS IS FOR A LEASE DOWNTOWN AT THE AIRPORT BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND AMELIA ISLAND LLC. THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT THE HANGAR. THIS IS THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT AND INCREASE AIRPORT REVENUE BY $667.92 A MONTH ADJUSTED ANNUALLY WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. MR. COIL IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU, MR. CAMPBELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COIL? >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MS. BEST, PLEASE START THE VOTE. [7.4 FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN - RESOLUTION 2026-91 ADOPTING THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026/2027 THROUGH 2030/2031; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Adopts the five-year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2026/2027 through 2030/2031.] [01:05:04] >> THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE-0. WHICH BRINGS US TO 7.4. OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. >> THANK YOU MAYOR, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2026-91. WHICH WILL ADOPT OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. ONE OF EARLY STEPS IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. STAFF DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I WILL TURN OVER TO MR. GLISTEN AND CARLESS AND BROWN TO PRESENT >> THANK YOU, MS. CAMPBELL. AS SHE JUST MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR LOOK FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. ANTICIPATING START AND STOP AND FUNDING SOURCE. BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES EVOLVE, THIS WILL COME BACK AS PART OF FINAL ADOPTION OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND NO CHANGES DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE BEGAN IN SYNC WITH OUR NORMAL BUDGET. THIS IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE CITY BUDGET. THIS IS IN THE COMP PLAN AND CITY CHARTER. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW PROGRAM, CLEAR GOV THAT MS. BROWN HAS BEEN BUILDING THE SOFTWARE TO USE AND I WILL HAND OVER TO HER. >> HELLO, ALICIA BROWN, BUDGET ANALYST. I APPRECIATE YOU VOTING TO APPROVE WE PURCHASE THIS PROGRAM. IT WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER. WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING IN OCTOBER. THE IMPLEMENTATION WAS $20,000. IT'S A $50,000 ANNUAL FEE. WHAT IS CLEAR GOV? IN THE PAST, BUDGET PROCESS HASN'T MANUAL, USING AVENUE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS AND TURNING THEM TO PDFS AND UTILIZING THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT CITY. THIS IS A CLOUD-BASED PLANNING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THE CITY TO STREAM LINE THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT PROVIDED A MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THIS PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR CIP AND A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. WHY CLEAR GOV? CLEAR GOV PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL AND BUDGETING FEATURES NEEDED TO DIGITALIZE THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOOK. THE PRODUCT IS USER FRIENDLY AND PROVIDED SIMPLICITY AND READY TO USE. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEAMLESS AND PROVIDED VIRTUAL AND ONLY TRAINING. I PUT A COUPLE BULLET POINTS. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BETTER FINANCIAL PLANS. BENEFITS TO THE STAFF AND LAST PART WAS BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET BOOK. I BELIEVE HAVING A DIGITAL BOOK AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SEARCH, WILL BE MORE USER FRIENDLY SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. >> THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF. THE PROCESS ITSELF. AS THE CITY MAINTAINS A CAPITAL PROJECT TEAM AND WE REVIEW ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS. WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE PROJECT. WE DO THAT TWICE A MONTH. THIS INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEPARTMENTS FROM PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGING OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEY ARE EVALUATED AS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, SCHEDULED AND PRIORITIZED BASISED OFF COMMUNITY NEEDS. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE PRESENTS THAT RECOMMENDED CIP TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. A LITTLE DIVE INTO THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT'S A BIG ONE. $47 MILLION. OUR LAST CAPITAL PLAN AND THE ONE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS $41 MILLION. THIS IS A BIG STEP UP AND LARGELY DUE TO MAJOR PROJECTS. THE NEXT ONE THE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT. YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. WE DISCUSSED THAT IN DETAIL. WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND SIZEABLE UPGRADES AS THEY PREPARE FOR RECLAIMED LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT THERE IN 2032. THERE'S AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS COMING YEAR. RUN WAY 331. FLEET FACILITY REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES. OF COURSE THE MLK SPORTS FIELD AND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE SEEN PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND REFLECTED AND WHY YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. IDEA WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. THE OTHER FUNDS SHOULD POINT TO THAT, BUT A MAJORITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE FISCAL YEAR 2027 IS RELATED TO ENTERPRISE FUND [01:10:03] SAYS. MARINA AIRPORT AND WASTEWATER IS CAPTURING A LOT OF THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANTS. THANKS FOR MISS JACOBS AND OUR LOBBYIST FOR PUSHING ON THE STATE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS COMING THROUGH. WE HAVE FINANCING AS PART OF THE $47 MILLION PLAN. GENERAL FUND IS A MUCH SMALLER PART OF THE PIE WITH $6.8 MILLION AND IMPACT FEES. WE HAVE RECREATIONAL PROJECTS AND THE IMPACT FEES WILL HELP FUND. SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WOULD BE THE CRA. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOVERY FUND ON THE POLICE SIDE OF THINGS. THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR IN THE SOFTWARE. WE HAVE SCHEDULING IMPROVEMENTS AND WORKING WITH INTERNALLY WITH STAFF AND WITHIN OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND WE'RE IN THE THROWS OF A NUMBER OF MASTER PLANS. THAT WILL START BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE FIVE YEAR AND 20 YEAR PLAN PER OUR COMP PLAN. THE MASTER PLAN YOU'RE A PART OF AND MASTER PLAN. HARBOR MASTER PLAN. PARKS AND RECREATION. YOU PROVED IT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. WE BEGIN THAT PROJECT AND ON THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND VISION 2050. YOU APPROVED THE AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENT AND THIS HASN'T BEEN APPROVED SINCE 2025. THIS WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AGAIN. IT IS AN ACTIVE LIVE DOCUMENT. WE'RE MAKING CHANGES ALL THE TIME. IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET LATER ON THIS SUMMER. >> THANK YOU MR. GLISTEN. >> THANK YOU MS. BROWN. ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF OR DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 2026-91. >> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> MOTION AND SECONDED. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR SOMEONE WHO LOVES PROCESS. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE YEAH. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BRING SOFTWARE IN THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING WELL AND HELPING. I MET EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH ALICIA, JEREMIAH TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE BETTER IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES AS ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PROCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE. FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU CAN TELL ME IT'S GOING TO COST $2 MILLION FOR THIS. WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE IS THE $2 MILLION COMING FROM. IF IT'S COMING FROM MULTIPLE POTS, I WANT TO KNOW THAT TOO. SO I CAN TICK AND TILE THESE THINGS TOGETHER. AGAIN, A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM OF STAFF AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE WAY THE CITY INTERFACES WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DOES THEIR LONG-TERM PLANNING. SO GOOD JOB. TANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. I WOULD SECOND TO STAFF. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE THE FORMAT IS SO DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR'S. IT'S BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED AND IT WAS EASY TO READ AND YEAH, WHEN I ASK SARAH, I'M LIKE WHERE DID THIS NEW FORMAT COME FROM? I HEARD IT WAS BUILT IN AND TALKING TO OUR OTHER SOFTWARE, IT'S REALLY GREAT. REALLY HAPPY. >> MS. BEST, PLEASE START THE VOTE. [7.5 MARINA REDEVELOPMENT — RESOLUTION 2026-92 AUTHORIZING DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT; AWARDING INVITATION TO BID 26-10 FOR FERNANDINA BEACH MARINA REDEVELOPMENT TO BAKER CONSULTING & ENGINEERING, LLC DBA BAKER DESIGN BUILD; AUTHORIZING PASSERO ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION; AUTHORIZING WSB, LLC FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION; AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER CONTINGENCY SPENDING AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZING BUDGET TRANSFERS; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: awards Invitation to Bid ("ITB") 26-10 for Fernandina Beach Marina Redevelopment to Baker Design Build; authorizing Passero Associates, LLC for construction administration and observation; authorizing WSB, LLC for construction inspection; authorizing demolition; authorizing seawall construction; authorizing City Manager contract negotiation authority and contingency spending authority; authorizing budget transfers; authorizing Project cost in the amount of $12,582,900.83.] THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. THE FINAL ITEM FOR RESOLUTIONS, 7.5. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS RESOLUTION 2026-92. WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CONTRACTS AND ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTIONS FOR THE WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT. TO EXPLAIN THE COST THAT ARE INCLUDED AND THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THIS. WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST MONTH WORKSHOP. WE COVERED A LOT OF IT. MR. CRUMB IS HERE TO PUT THE FINAL BOW AND MOVE FORWARD. >> BEFORE I START, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I THINK WE UNDERSOLD A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT PLAN IS REALLY BEEN CREATED. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS, AND JEREMIAH AND MS. BROWN HAVE [01:15:03] WORKED INCREDIBLY AND TO IMPLEMENT A SOFTWARE FROM OCTOBER UNTIL NOW IS AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THAT. SO THANK YOU. SO, ON TO THE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT. WE WENT OVER THIS. THERE'S A COUPLE CHANGES HERE. WE WILL GO OVER THE GOALS AND DESIGN OVERVIEW BECAUSE WE DID THAT IN THE WORKSHOP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND WE COMMITTED TO WAS A COMMUNICATION PLAN. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WE WILL GO OVER BIDS AND COSTS. WE'VE GOTTEN THOSE REFINED. WE HAVE THE FUNDING PLAN REFINED AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PROJECT START UP. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO, WE WENT OVER THESE AND DID ADD ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS OVER ARCHING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF END OF LIFE STRUCTURES INCLUDING BRETT'S ITSELF THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE. THAT IS REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE AND ALL THE OTHER GOALS ARE STILL APPROPRIATE. NEXT SLIDE. SO, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT IS, THE PROJECT WAS BID LIKE. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT I HAVE CALLED THE CAP. WHICH WAS SUPPORTED IN THE WORKSHOP AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REST OF IT IN A FEW MINUTES. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE WERE THE BID ADDS. WE DID A BUNCH OF BID ADDS TO PICK AND CHOOSE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND HAVE A VIABLE PROJECT. SO AS A REMINDER, WE HAD SAID THE CAP ON BID BASIS BID A WHICH IS THE STRUCTURE AND THE WALL. WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THE CAP. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO NORTH AND SOUTH EXTENSIONS. WE RECOMMENDED OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PUT THE CAP ON AND NOT DO THE EXTENSIONS AND THEN ON BASE BID B WAS THE FUELLING SYSTEM. WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THE OVER WATER ONLY, WHICH IS KIND OF MANDATORY. WE DON'T WANT TO REBUILD AND DO ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION. ONCE WE FINISH CONSTRUCTION AND THE LAND SIDE CAN BE PHASED IN AT A LATER DATE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE WERE THE COSTS AS A REMINDER ON BASE BID A. WHEN WE GET TO THE COST, WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PIER EXTENSION, THE TWO BASE BID, THE ADD 2 AND 3 WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL AND RECOMMENDATION. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE DREDGING AREA. THIS IS PART OF THE PROJECT. AND JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T HERE AT THE WORKSHOP, THIS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES DREDGING REMOVING BRETTS AND THE CURRENT WALL AND PUTTING IN NEW SEAWALL, RESILIENCY WALL IN AS WELL AS REPLACING THE PIER AND THEN DOING THE OVER WATER FUELLING. SO, WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AS A STAFF TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST IS TO HAVE COMMUNICATION PLANS. WE HAVE NOT ONLY ALL OF OUR STUFF BUT IN PARTICULAR OUR PROJECTS. AND BEING A HIGH PROFILE LARGE PROJECT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP SOME OF THE EXAMPLES BUT WE DO HAVE UPDATED OUR PROJECT WEBSITE AND SO ALL OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION WILL BE ON THERE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO POST BECAUSE WE'RE DOING INSPECTION WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, THEY WILL PROVIDE US A WEEKLY UPDATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE TASKS WERE THAT WERE DONE. AND WHAT IS COMING IN THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT WEEK. WE DID A FACT SHEET. WE ARE DOING SOME A NUMBER OF, WE'RE DOING IN-PERSON MEETINGS WITH THE MEDIA OUTLETS AND TOWN HALL STAKEHOLDER. THE MAIN MARINA USERS AND AS WELL AS I THINK I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MEETINGS. A PROJECT THIS SIZE TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION. WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS. WE WILL HAVE ONE WITH THE STAFF JUST THE STAFF FOR THE CITY. WE WILL HAVE ONE WITH THE PROJECT STAFF AS WELL AS FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THE FINANCE STAYS ON. WE WILL DO THAT TWICE A MONTH TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING STAYS ON PROGRESS AND WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES. AND THEN WE CAN PLAN FOR THOSE CHANGE ORDERS AND ALL THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS. [01:20:03] WE WILL ALSO BE KEEPING THE STAKEHOLDERS UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WHEN BIG EVENTS HAPPEN, WE MAY HAVE A TOWN HALL TO KEEP THEM UPDATED AS PART OF THE PROCESS. WE WILL SOMEWHAT MIRROR THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PROJECT OUT HERE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL TO DATE AND THEN WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR MEETING EVERY WEEK TO GO OVER WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND GO OVER WHAT KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. CAN YOU BRING UP THE FACT SHEETS. >> LET'S WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION AND SHARE. WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAD. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FLOW OF THOSE. YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF 2026, THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON. AND WE'RE DOING A NUMBER OF BIDDING. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE PHASING INTO 2027. 27 IS A BUSY YEAR FOR SURE. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT AS LONG AS YOU WOULD THINK. SO WE'RE WORKING ON PLANNING ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THESE NEEDS WITH STAFF TIME. AND THE PROJECT TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE REST OF CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER. BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF DESIGNS GOING ON. DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF THE NEXT BIG PROJECTS. WE'RE GOING TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE SCHEDULE THEM BECAUSE OF IMPACTING THE BUSINESSES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. A LOT OF THIS DEPENDS, OF COURSE ON FUNDING. WHEN YOU SEE THE BEACH HARMONIZATION MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER. WE ARE PREPARING TO GO TO BID IN SEPTEMBER FOR THAT. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AND JUST HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THE CONSULTANT. SO, WE'RE, YOU CAN SEE THESE KIND OF MATCH YOUR PRIORITIES AS YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM TO US THE LAST TWO YEARS. I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEAWALL PIECES. BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A PIECE OF SEGMENT THREE AND A PIECE OF SEGMENT FOUR IN THE PROCESS. WE WILL HAVE TO FINISH THOSE AT AND TIME. WE WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH ONE PIECE OF THOSE AND MOST OF ALL OF THE REST OF IT WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE. WE MADE NEED A LITTLE MORE. SEGMENT TWO IS AROUND THE BOAT LAUNCH. THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BOAT LAUNCH BECAUSE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR GRANT PROCESS. THERE MAYBE, THERE WILL BE MAYOR A FUTURE ARE FOR HELP OR A LITTLE BIT OF SCHEDULE CHANGE. SO WE CAN MEET THE NEED, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS AND WE MADE COMMITMENTS AND OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THOSE. SO, BAKER DESIGN BUILD IS THE LOW BID. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING TONIGHT THAT YOU APPROVE THEIR BID. WE HAVE REVIEWED IT, THE CONSULTANT REVIEWED IN DETAIL AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR BID AND ALL OF THEIR TABU TABULATIONS. SO HERE'S THE COST THAT WE HAVE. BROKEN DOWN. WE HAVE BASE BID A, WHICH AS I HIGHLIGHTED WAS THE BASE OF PUTTING THE NEW PIER IN AS WELL AS THE SEAWALL AND DOING THE DEMOLITION. BASE BID A ADD WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO THE PIER EXTENSION TO THE WEST. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ADD TWO AND THREE AT THIS POINT. THE BASE BID B FUELLING SYSTEM OVER THE WATER AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, AND CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE LAST TIME. ONE IS KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE PAPERWORK AND CHANGES. AND DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING AND ONE IS OBSERVING TO MAKE SURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT'S BEING BUILT AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO. WE ALSO RECOMMEND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION. AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE NEED DAILY DOCUMENTATION ON THIS. ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE SO MANY FUNDING SOURCES WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS DONE WHEN. AND THEN WE DID A PROJECT CONTINGENCY AND AS A REMINDER THAT IS BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES WITH THE BASE PROJECT. IT'S 10% CONTINGENCY AND WITH [01:25:02] THE WALL BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DIGGING THAT IS THAT 15% TO MAKE SURE WE COVER THAT. AND THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL COST TO A LITTLE OVER 12.5. I WILL HIGHLIGHT WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER DIFFERENCE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IN RECENT PROJECTS IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME INTERNAL IMPACTS SO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES FOR THIS AND ONE OF QUESTIONS YOU ASKED LAST AT THE WORKSHOP, ARE WE PLANNING FOR IMPACT TO THE MARINA OPERATIONS? WE HAD TO MOVE IT AND COMMUNICATION STUFF AROUND. THAT'S A COST THAT SHOULD BE INCURRED. SO WE ADDED AN EXTRA $50,000 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THAT BECAUSE OUR IT DEPARTMENT DID THAT WORK. AND GOT THAT STUFF SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT COST. IT'S NOT FAIR TO COVER IT WITHIN THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS BECAUSE IT WAS UNPLANNED FOR BY THEM. HERE'S WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. WE ARE TAKING THE FROM THE LINE OF CREDIT. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER THERE. WE HAVE THE FLORIDA STATE GRANT UP TO $3 MILLION AND AS A REMINDER, ACTUALLY HAVE $8 MILLION APPROVED. TWO MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON SEGMENT ONE APPROXIMATELY. WE WILL TAKE SOME FROM PAID PARKING AND USE CRA RESERVES AND WE HAVE THE FINE GRANT THAT DOES THE DREDGING, THAT IS A 50% OR 100% MATCH. WE PAY FOR THAT THROUGH OUR MARINA OPERATIONS FUND AND THEN WE WILL GET REIMBURSED BY THE GRANT. SO THAT'S OUR TOTAL OF 12.6 FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. AT THIS POINT. SO THE NEXT STEPS. AWARD BID TONIGHT SHOULD THAT BE YOUR WILL AND THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN MIDDLE TO THE END OF AUGUST, DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACTOR'S SCHEDULE. WE HAVE 480 DAYS. WE HAVE IT SHUTDOWN FOR SHRIMP FEST AND SMALLER ONES. BRETTS WILL COME DOWN BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND OUR TENTATIVE COMPLETION DATE IS DECEMBER 3RD, 2027. I HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE ASPECTS THAT CAN HAPPEN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED YOU IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN SPEND UP TO THAT CONTINGENCY WITHOUT COMING BACK TO YOU. AND THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND WE FELT LIKE WE GOT DIRECTION TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. ALL THE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT VALUE ENGINEERING. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO COME TO US, AND WE EXPECT SOME OF THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT TO COME UP WITH A WAY BETTER WAYS TO BUILD. AND SAVE MONEY ON THE PROJECT. AND AS A REMINDER, THEY GET 25% OF THAT AND WE GET 75% OF THE BENEFIT. I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, TONIGHT IS CONSIDERATION OF AWARD. THEN WE WILL BEGIN THE DOCUMENT AND BUDGET PREPARATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE. THERE'S MULTIPLE FUNDS AND WILL BE A COMPLICATED LITTLE EXERCISE FOR US INTERNALLY. THE DOCUMENT PREPARATION IS FOR ALSO THE CONTRACTOR. THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO GET BONDS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTD AND WE'RE PROTECTED. WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. WE HAVE STARTED, WE WILL DO A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR EARLY AUGUST, AND THEN WE WILL START THE PROJECT IN MID AUGUST. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHEN THAT, THAT HAPPENS. THERE WILL BE MOBILIZATION FIRST. SO THERE WILL BE A WEEK OR TWO OF JUST BRINGING IN EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WHEN THEY START TO WORK WE WILL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN THAT KICK OFF IS. THE SO DID YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE? >> YEAH, I CAN PULL OUT OF THAT. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. >> BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE WE'RE STARTING TO CREATE SOME STANDARD COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE THESE FLYERS AND SEE THESE COMMUNICATIONS THING THEY KNOW, IT'S A CITY PROJECT. AND KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS WHEN THEY DO THAT. >> MEANTIME WE'RE PULLING THIS UP. HAVE CHALLENGES SHARING TWO SCREENS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> FIRE AWAY. >> THE -- I SAW ON THE SCHEDULE THE TOWN HALL PLAN FOR JULY 28TH. WHEN AND WHERE? HERE? >> IT'S GOING TO BE IN HERE. I THINK IT'S AT -- IT'S IN THE [01:30:06] AFTERNOON. I WILL GET THAT. >> AND IT'S PRIMARILY FOR THE -- >> FOR THE MARINA SLIP >> YES. >> OKAY. AND YES. ALL OF THE MAIN MARINA OPERATORS WILL BE THERE. >> 2:00 P.M. THE CITY MANAGER IS SAYING. OKAY. AND MY OTHER QUESTION, OR ACTUALLY COMMENT. YOU SAID SIGNAGE WITH QR CODES. MEANING LIKE YOU KNOW, AT THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE SIGNAGE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON? >> YEAH, IT WILL TAKE THEM THE WEBSITE. >> OKAY. >> SO IT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE PAGE AND TAKE THEM INTO THAT SO IF THEY'RE STANDING THERE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. >> MY VOTE, CAN WE HAVE A BIG THANK YOU SIGN THAT SAYS THANK YOU, OR A LITTLE THANK YOU SIGN THAT SAYS THANK YOU STATE FOR YOUR GRANTS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE VISITORS AND THEIR PAID PARKING FUNDS ARE HELPING. >> THERE WILL BE A SIGN. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE A SIGN. >> IF YOU REMEMBER THE SIGN UP FOR THE PARK. IT WILL BE, THERE'S ONE THAT GOES UP THERE. THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATION. >> THANK YOU. SO YES. THAT WILL BE UP THERE AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE PARTNERS. >> GREAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FANTASTIC. >> OKAY. PART OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. >> LET'S DO THIS -- >> YEAH, PART OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT HE MENTIONED IS OUR CITY WEBSITE. HAS A NEWLY-DEVELOPED PROJECT PAGE AND THE HOME FOR ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE HERE UNDER THE MARINA REDEVELOPMENT. BOATERS WILL COME TO DOWN PROVIDE A DIRECT, HEY, WE'RE THIS WILL BE THE HOME PAGE WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT THE INFORMATION AND REGULAR UPDATES OF THE PROJECT. AS MENTION THERE'S A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING AND THAT IS JULY 28TH AT 2 P.M. BOTH AVAILABLE ONLINE AND HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WHERE WE CAN TALK WITH ALL THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT, THOSE THAT OPERATE AT THE MARINA OR BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE ADJACENT TO THE MARINA AND WE'RE ALSO WORKIING N A RACK CARD IF YOU WILL, A BASIC FACT SHEET WE KNOW EVERYONE WILL NOT GO TO THE WEBSITE AND WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT OF THE WHAT, THE WHY THE HOW AND THIS IS STILL IN DRAFT THIS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WELCOME CENTER AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND SHARED WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE WATER FRONT AND THIS WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND UNDER OUR NEWS FLASH HERE WE'LL PROVIDE REGULAR NEWS UPDATES AND THERE'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS DOES GO OUT TO PEOPLE AND IT WILL GIVE YOU ALERTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE WATER FRONT PROJECT. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT REALLY IS -- THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE THE WATERFRONT SO IT BEARS A HEAVY COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT'S FAR REACHING, DETAILED AND REDUNDANT. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THE MOMENT. >> I HAVE A COUPLE. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> SO YOUR NUMBER UP THERE WAS 12-6. THIS AUTHORIZATION IS 12-582 DO REWELL NEED TO AMEND THIS. >> NO, MAYOR. THROUGH THE MAYOR. I WASN'T THROUGH THE FUNDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH MS. KARL OHS OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND ALL ADDED UP TO 12.6 MILLION. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT'S JUST WHERE THE MONEY LIVES IN THE FUNDS BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR 12-52900. PLUS THE 50,000. >> SO WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THE 50,000 TO THIS. >> IT'S ALREADY IN THERE . >> IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. I DIDN'T READ THE CURRENT RESOLUTION. >> SECTION 6. >> AND THE OTHER -- I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLEAR, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER PAGE? SO ALL SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE VENDERS WHO ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THIS DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE OBSERVATION, THE INSTRUCTION FOR EXAMPLE. >> CORRECT. >> THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION? >> WITH ONE EXCEPTION, WE WILL BE BACK NEXT MEETING TO DO S SOME -- DO AN UPDATE THROUGH THE PASSERO CONTRACT FOR PREVIOUS DESIGN ITEMS BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS INCLUDED. >> EVERYTHING BUT PASSERO. >> PASSERO IS CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND OBSERVATION ARE IN THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. SO EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED. >> OKAY. AND I DON'T MEAN TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROJECT MANAGE THIS? AND WHO'S -- WHO'S HEAD IS PAINTED RED AND HOW THIS IS [01:35:01] EXACTLY GOING TO WORK. >> I'D BE GLAD TO. AS YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF MY STRENGTHS IS TEAM BUILDING. SO WE HAVE JAKE AND I AND KATIE NEWTON BECAUSE SHE'S PART OF THE DOWNTOWN WILL BE THE IN-HOUSE COMPONENT OF THIS PROCESS. SO -- JAKE, WE'VE DIVIDED IT UP INTO REALLY THREE PORTIONS. SO YWE'RE NOT ALL DOING EVERYTHING BUT THAT'S WHY WE MEET EVERY WEEK TO TALK. IM FOCUSED ON THE CONSULTANT SIDE AND INSPECTION SIDE AND FINANCIAL PIECE. AS FAR AS OVERSEEING THAT AND WORKING THROUGH THAT. MS. NEWTON IS FOCUSED ON THE -- ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUR -- ARE TRACKING ALL THE FINANCESAL PIECES AND POS AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND MS. PLATT IS THE ONE WHO IS COORDINATING DIRECTLY WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SO HE -- AND THIS IS THE ROLE, WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS PROCESS WITH -- AND IT WORKS WITH THE WITH THE WATERFRONT PARK. SO WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS THERE, WE KNOW AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STREAM LINE EVERYTHING BUT THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE TEAM; RIGHT? WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR WHO WILL BE OUT THERE EVERYDAY. HE'LL BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN THE -- AND THEN WE HAVE THE PASSERO TEAM THAT WILL BE WITH US. WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR TEAM AND THEN THEY HAVE COUURSESY PEOPLE WHO WILL PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL, THOSE WHO DESIGNED IT AND WHO WILL BE PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THIS ISN'T TWO PEOPLE DOING THIS; RIGHT? THIS IS PROBABLY A TEAM OF 8 MANAGING THIS ONE PROJECT. DOES IT TAKE THAT MANY? SURE IT DOES. >> YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST. >> BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW THE REST OF THE OTHER THINGS FLOW INTO THIS, WE KNOW WHEN THEY COME, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLAN WHEN THINGS COME AND WHEN THINGS MOVE, THE HEAVY LIFTS FOR US ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT AND THEN -- AND WHEN WE CHANGE BUDGET SEASON AND THEN WHEN WE FINISH THE PROJECT. THOSE ARE THE HEAVY LIFT TIMES. THE OTHER TIMES YOU GET IN A RHYTHM AND THINGS MOVE ALONG. AND YOU KEEP MEETING. >> WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE -- THE SCHEDULING AND YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THIS GETS DONE AND THIS HAS TO BE DONE. WHO'S DOING THAT. >> SO -- WHO'S BASICALLY GOING TO DO THAT. >> WELL THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE SCHEDULE. THAT'S THEIR JOB. OUR JOB IS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT SCHEDULE BUT THAT'S THEIR JOB. SO THEY WILL BE GIVING US ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND AGAIN THEY HAVE A FULL TEAM AND I DIDN'T MENTION THEM AS PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEY HAVE A PARTNER AND THEY HAVE A FULL TEAM INCLUDING SUPER INTENDANT ON SITE SO WHEN YOU TALK YOU GOT A TEAM OF 15 DEALING ON A PROJECT WITH A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND THAT'S EXCLUDEING ALL OF THE SUBS AND ALL OF THE WORKERS THAT ARE ON SITE. >> SO AT THE END OF THE DAY YOUR HEAD IS PAINTED RED. THIS IS YOUR PROJECT. >> YES. >> WELL, I THINK, THE COMMISSION CAN ONLY HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE. BUT THE TEAM UNDERSTANDS VERY CLEARLY WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS ARE. >> MAKE NO MISTAKES, SHE'LL HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE. [LAUGHTER]. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS LIKE THE OTHER PROJECT, THAT SLIDE. SO WHO'S DOING ALL THAT OTHER STUFF? >> THAT -- IT'S THE SAME THING, RIGHT, I'M OVERSEEING THE PROCESS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK, SO IF WE TALK ABOUT BEACH HARMENIZATION WE HAVE COUNTY PARTNERS, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT DOING THAT, WE WILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF THAT SO IT WILL BE THE SAME MODEL. AND THEN SAME THING WITH MLK PARK AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO PROJECTS, WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE PARKS TEAM THAT SCOTT AND HIS TEAM WORK WITH US, THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND WE NEED TO HAND IT OFF TO THEM WHEN IT'S FINISHED SO THEY ARE PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT GOES WITH THE COLUMN BEARING AND WALK OVER NUMBER NINE AS WELL. I'M NOT -- AGAIN, WE'RE -- WE MAY ASK FOR OTHER RESOURCES WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED AND I DO HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER ABOUT US TO GET SOME HOURS HERE IN THE FUTURE. BUT I AM -- YOU KNOW, I JOKED LAST TIME THAT WE NEED TO SLEEP BUT I'M NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS ON TIME AND WHEN -- BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT IT UP I KNOW IF WE PUT UP OUR HAND AND SAY WE CAN'T HANDLE ANYMORE THEN YOU'LL HELP US OUT. BUT WE'LL -- WE WILL NOT -- I WILL NOT LET THAT GO TO THE OH [01:40:07] NO, WE'RE ALL BURNED OUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE. >> IT'S NOT A MATTER OF YOU'RE ALL BURNED OUT BUT THINGS START SLIPPING AND THINGS DON'T GET DONE ON TIME AND IT'S NOT COMPLETE IN DECEMBER IT'S COMPLETE IN APRIL OF THE NEXT YEAR. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. >> IT CAN HAPPEN. >> I'VE WORKED BIG PROJECTS TOO AND WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE DATES SLIDE. >> WELL, LET'S BE CLEAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THINGS GO SIDEWAYS ON CERTAIN DAYS AS YOU KNOW, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THAT HAPPENS. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO MANAGE EVERY DETAIL. IT'S OUR JOB TO SOLVE THE PRO PROBLEMS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE TO BE THERE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND SOLVE THE PR PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S OUR STAFF ROLE IN THIS. >> I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED -- I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT. I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO AND THAT IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO THINK THAT THE LIMITED STAFF THAT THE CITY HAS CAN ACTUALLY DO ALL THIS IN THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU PUT OUT BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES. BUT I'M JUST TELLING YEAH THAT IT'S A REALLY BIG CONCERN FOR ME AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. >> I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU ALL WOULD. I SEE THAT AS YOUR ROLE. >> AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS I WENT TO BAKER'S WEBSITE SO A LOT OF THEIR WORK IS REALLY DESIGN, NOT BUILD. BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR WEBSITE. I DIDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY THERE BUT I LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE -- SO I AM ASSUMING THAT Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY BUILD THIS? >> YEAH, WE DID. >> NOT JUST DESIGN IT. >> WE DID ALL THE RESEARCH ON THIS AND TALKED TO SOME OF THEIR BUILD CLIENTS AND THEY WERE ALL VERY POSITIVE. >> OKAY. >> SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE REASON THAT I'M MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT DELIVERING THIS IS THAT I WORKED FOR A COMMUNITY THAT WAS NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS AND WE HAD A STAFF SMALLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE CONSIDERABLY AND WE DELIVERED 40 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS IN TWO YEARS. MUCH LIKE THAT LIST YOU'RE LOOKING AT. >> OKAY. >> SO IF I HADN'T DONE IT BEFORE, I MIGHT HAVE MORE OF A CONCERN. BUT I ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE IN THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE. >> OKAY. WELL, GOOD. OKAY. I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR M MR. WROMWELL, I HAVE ONE AUDIENCE MEMBER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. >> I JUST HAVE ONE PICKY QUESTION WHEN I LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, WHEN I LOOK AT THE HOURS, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE WSB, THEY ARE 124 HOURS DOES THAT INCLUDE TRAVEL OR BOOTS ON THE GROUND HOURS. >> IT'S BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND HOURS. THEIR INSPECTOR LIVES ON THE ISLAND. >> EVEN BETTER. GREAT. >> THANK YOU, MR. CROMWELL. THE ONLY SPEAKER FOR THIS AGENDA IS MS. JEULIE FERERA. >> JULIE, 501 DATE STREET I'VE HAD LONG TERM QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUTHERN RESILIENCY SEA WALL FROM PARKING LOT D SOUTH AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SAID AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS IS LANDSLIDE CAN BE LAND SIDE CAN BE ADDED IN LATER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN EXPLANATION OF WHAT'S CALLED SEGMENT THREE AND FOUR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEGMENT THREE AND FOUR ARE BUT I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS THE SOUTHERN RESILIENCY WALL THAT GOES FROM PARKING LOT D DOWN TO COOKS PROPERTY. AND I'D LIKE THE CITY -- DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO MAYBE EXPLAIN SOME THINGS TO THE PUBLIC. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK THE STAKEHOLDERS IN SOMETHING THAT'S THIS BIG ARE THE RESIDENCES AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE AT A MARINA AND I THINK HAVING A MEETING WITH RESIDENTS WOULD ALSO BE EFFICIENT FOR THE CITY TO CON CONSIDER. BUT I'M INTERESTED IN THE SOUTHERN SEA WALL, HOW IT WOULD WORK FROM PARKING LOT D TO COOK'S PROPERTY. THERE'S A WORKING MARSH THERE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE FORSAKING A DIRT ROAD NOBODY [01:45:04] USES EXCEPT FOR A FEW PEOPLE GOING TO MR. COOK'S PROPERTY. I GOT SOME LONG TERM QUESTIONS AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT CAN EXPLAIN IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. FERARA AND I DO BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF GET WITH YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS. WITH NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DEC ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. PLEASE START THE VOTE. >> I TIMED OUT. >> YES. >> THAT MOTION PASSES. [8.1 (Legislative) HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES - 2026 AMENDMENTS — ORDINANCE 2026-09 AMENDING THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: The adoption of updated Historic Downtown Design Guidelines, which will be referred to as the 2026 Historic Downtown Design Guidelines.] 5-0 WHICH BRINGS US TO ITEM 8 OUR SECOND READING FOR ORDINANCES, LEGISLATIVE FOR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES. MS. CAMPBELL AND MS. PRINCE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDER AUDIENCE 009 SECOND READING PRESENTED TO YOU AT A PREVIOUS MEETING OUR STAFF PRESENTED THE UPDATES TO OUR HISTORIC DESIGN GUIDELINES. I BELIEVE YOU MADE A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS THAT NIGHT AND THOSE HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THESE GUIDELINES. FOR FINAL ADOPTION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. PRINCE FOR SECOND READING. >> THANK YOU, MS. CAMPBELL. ORDER INNOCENCE 2026O9 IN THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA AMENDING THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THERE'S A LITTLE SCRIVENER'S ERROR THAT WE CAN FIX AND ALSO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING SO IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS IF YOU COULD ENTERTAIN THAT BEFORE YOU ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. >> CERTAINLY. AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DO NOT HAVE ANY FORMS TO SPEAK. IF NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECONDED. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, MS. BEST PLEASE START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES 0 5-0 AS WELL AND FIRST MEETING WE HAVE 5-0 WE [9. CITY MANAGER REPORTS] CAN ALL AGREE AT ONCE. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, MS. CAMPBELL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUPLE OF THINGS TO REPORT ON, ONE OUR CITIZEN'S ACADEMY KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT WITH 30 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS AND THEY HAVE 8 MORE SESSIONS AHEAD OF THEM BUT IT WAS A GREAT FIRST NIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WITH THIS GROUP. THEY ARE REALLY EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY ALREADY SOME SURPRISES AS THEY GOT TO TOUR CITY HALL AND LEARN ABOUT WHO WORKS IN THIS BUILDING AND WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT -- A GREAT PROCESS FOR US. I PARTICIPATED IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE LAST WEEK. ONE WAS TO TALK WITH SOME BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING STORM WATER RATE ADJUSTMENT. SO WE WILL TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT ON AUGUST 4TH BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE ENGAGING ACTIVELY WITH THOSE TOP -- THOSE TOP USERS AND THEN MET WITH THE ISLAND BUSINESS COUNCIL ON MONDAY AND HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS JUST UPDATES ABOUT CITY PROJECTS. NORMALLY TONIGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU OUR SECOND QUARTER STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE BUT WE'RE GOING DO THAT AS A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING SO THAT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? [10. CITY CLERK REPORTS] SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE TO CITY CLERK REPORT MS. BEST. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE CITY OF COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING DATES TO ACCOMMODATE ELECTIONS, AUGUST 19TH AFTER THE TUESDAY PRIMARY AND THE NOVEMBER 4TH CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEET WILLING BE HELD ON A WEDNESDAY ALSO TO ACCOMMODATE THE TUESDAY GENERAL ELECTION EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS AUGUST 6TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AT THE ATLANTIC AVENUE RECREATION CENTER AND ■AS A REMINDER THE FIRST SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING ON JULY 28TH TO ESTABLISH THE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27. >> THANK YOU, MS. BEST. [11. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS] ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY CLERK. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS. MS. PRINCE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ONE ITEM I WANTED TO RAISE WE'VE RECEIVED CALLS ABOUT THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE SO I WANT TO EXTEND TO ANY RESIDENTS THAT YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR CITY HALL, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR A COPY OF THE ACTUAL ORDER INNOCENCE. IT'S ORDINANCE 2025-11 THAT WAS [01:50:01] AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CHARTER 141 AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW THE VOTE IF THEY VOTED YES OR NO WHAT THEY WOULD MEAN SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU JUST GET A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE AND YOU KNOW, A YES VOTE WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND NO VOTE WOULD BE AGAINST THE ORDINANCE. AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE ADD MORE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE JOINT RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO SEE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS SIMPLY A SYNOPSIS AND WE'RE RESTRICTED TO 75 WORDS, WE'RE RESTRICTED TO A TITLE OF 15 SO NO MATTER WHAT THE MEASURE IS I ALWAYS SUGGEST YOU GET A COPY. SO WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE, WE ALSO HAVE THE CHARTER AVAILABLE AT MY OFFICE. SECOND, THE PLEDGERS WHO HAVE COME TO THE COMMISSION TABLE, CHAMBERS, A COUPLE OF TIMES HAVE FILED SUIT. THEY FILED AN EMERGENCY MOTIONER TO AN INJUNCTION AND DECLARETORY ACTION. I BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION THE JUDGE HAS DENIED BUT HAS SET A HEARING AUGUST 3RD PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING SO WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION TO DEFEND BUT I WILL BE DEFENDING IT PRIOR TO THAT DATE THAT YOU APPROVE IT. AND WE HAVE TURNED IT OVER TO PIGEON AND WE STILL HAVE COVERAGE AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MS. PRINCE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? [12. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS] SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER POINTER. >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY TOWN HALL MEETING WHICH WOULD NORMALLY BE NEXT TUE TUESDAY, I'LL CANCEL BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR SETTING THE PROPOSED RATE. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK IT REALLY IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD AND I THINK THE LAST TWO OR THREE THINGS WE'VE SEEN COMING FROM THE STAFF, THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN, THE HISTORIC GUIDELINES ARE REAL AND THIS ARE REALLY EXAMPLES OF JUST A WHOLE BETTER PROCESS AND BETTER WORK PRODUCT COMING OUT OF STAFF THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS FOR THE CHIEF. SO TODAY IN MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS THIS THING SHOWED UP FROM -- I DON'T KNOW WHY, FROM THE JACKSON VILLE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY PUT TOGETHER ABOUT EBIKES AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE VIDEO AND A RACK CARD AND A BROCHURE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD COMP REHENSIVE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO -- I KNOW YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR. SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO MAYBE LOOK -- CHECK IT OUT. AND TALK TO YOUR COUNTERPARTS DOWN TO IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE BE ABLE TO SAVE A MINUTE OR TWO AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SOME STUFF I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YEP, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WAS WALKING MY DOG ON MY STREET THE OTHER DAY AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STREETS BECAUSE THERE'S A MONSTER OAK IN MY PATH THAT HAS A CURVED SIDEWALK AROUND IT AND THE SIDEWALK GOT BUMPED EVEN FURTHER OUT IF YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK NEAR YOU, RIGHT IN JER JEREMIAH, EVEN A TINY SECTION THAT HAS AN ISSUE, THE CITY WANTS TO DO AND IS OUT AND ABOUT FIXING SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW SO THAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE. I CAME TO THE CITIZEN'S ACADEMY LAST NIGHT, IT WAS EXTREMELY COOL. I SEE SOME MEMBERS HERE TO SEE 30 RESIDENTS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S A MUL MULTIPLER EFFECT IN MY OPINION, PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABILITY IT AND THEY TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND A CITY IS SO COMPLEX IT'S EXCITING SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO ATTEND AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT CLASS MS. CAMPBELL, MR. JEREMIAH AND ANOTHER ARE GOING TO BE THE PRESENTERS. DO YOU HAVE AN OKAY ON THAT? THE MLK FIELD DESIGN, THERE'S A TOWN HALL FOR THAT, ISN'T THAT NEXT? TOMORROW? IS IT TOMORROW? WEDNESDAY THE 22ND. AT 6 P.M. >> YEP, IT'S AT 6 P.M. [01:55:02] AT THE MLK CENTER. >> OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT. THERE'S ALSO A TOWN HALL THAT THE STATE F DOT IS PRESENTING ABOUT ATLANTIC AVENUE. IT'S ON THURSDAY AUGUST 27TH. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE TIME. BUT IT'S ABOUT WORK THEY ARE GOING TO DO ON ATLANTIC AVENUE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO AND LASTLY I WAS AT THE POLICE STATION REAL BRIEFLY TODAY BECAUSE I FOUND MY SO SON'S -- I DON'T KNOW, MEDICATION FROM WHEN HE GOT HIS TEETH OUT, WHATEVER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A DRUG TAKEBACK PROGRAM. IT'S SO GREAT. YOU CAN JUST DROP MEDICATION -- DO NOT FLUSH MEDICATION. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TURNED BACK IN AND BURNED ACTUALLY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MR. SHARP'S COMMENTS AND GIVE THEM JUST A BIT OF CONTEXT. PAID PARKING HAS BEEN THE MOST DEVICIVE ISSUE THIS COMMUNITY HAS SEEN SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. IT'S PITTED CITY RESIDENT AGAINST CITY RESIDENT. IT HAS TORN THE CITY AND COUNTY APART WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. IT HAS JUST BEEN A COMPLETE AND UTTER DISASTER WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO PUT FORTH BEING PRO-PAID PARKING, I'M PERFECTLY OKAY WITH IT. BUT WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IS SPEAK DOWN TO OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND TELL THEM YOU DON'T PAY CITY TAXES AND WE PAY ALL THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR JOB AS COMMISSIONER'S IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. SO LET'S EDUCATE HERE. EVERY RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY PAYS A COUNTY TAX. YOU HAVE TO PAY IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COURT. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS. 14TH STREET IS A COUNTY ROAD. SO IS SADLER. THE MAIN THOROUGH FARE -- THAT'S WHY WE PAY THE COUNTY TAX AND CITY TAXES AS WELL WHICH THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR COMING FORWARD AND HAVING THE BUDGET HEARING THAT YOU HAD AND RECORDED AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CITY TAXES. BUT WHAT CITY RESIDENTS DON'T PAY IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS A MUNICIPAL SERVICES FUND. THAT THOSE COUNTY RESIDENTS PAY TO OFFSET THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY USE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE DON'T IN THE CITY. SO TO SAY THAT WE, AS CITY RESIDENTS, PAY ALL THE COUNTY TAXES, WE DON'T. AND IT'S A MISNOMER THAT NEEDS TO STOP. AND MR. SHARP ISN'T THE ONLY ONE. ACTUALLY, FORMER MAYOR ROBIN LI LINTZ DID NOT KNOW THIS I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SIT UP IN THIS CHAIR AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW TAXES WORK IN YOUR COUNTY AND CITY AND YET WANT TO GRANDSTAND AND DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY EVEN MORE. AND I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY HE BROUGHT UP THE POLITICAL AFFILIATION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. IF ANYBODY HAS EVER SEEN TO A MAJOR DISRUPTER WHEN SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO DO ALL OF WHAT SHE WAS DOING TO DISRUPT OUR COMMUNITY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM CALLING YOU OUT. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT JUST A TAD BIT OF CONTEXT THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY TORN APART WITH MISINFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOK DOWN ON THEIR NEIGHBOR AND THEIR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BRING IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR. ALL RIGHT TO RESET THE MOOD A LITTLE BIT HERE I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE EAST NINE BAR AND GRILL HAVE ONE MORE WEEK LEFT TO JULY THE HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS SO PLEASE COME ON DOWN 4-7 THIS FRIDAY AND WE HAVE THE SUMMER SUNSET CONCERT SERIES JULY 26TH AT SUNDAY AT THE WATERFRONT PARK AND UPDATED START TIME IS 7 P.M. TO AVOID THE HEAT AND HAVE THE SUN DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND WE'LL HAVE MERELLY AND THE GROOVE. AND HEAVY CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF JANE WILL, A SCHOOL EDUCATOR RENOUNCED FOR KINDNESS, LOVE AND FAMILY AND UNWAVERING FAITH. SHE WILL WILL DEEPLY MISSED. THANK YOU * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.