Aug 11, 2026 Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

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WELCOME TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING FOR AUGUST 11, 2026. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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[6.1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Field And Park Redevelopment (Recommendation Of Support For Design To The City Commission)]

FIELD AND PARK. SCOTT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SCOTT MIKELSON, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. KATIE'S GOING TO POP UP THIS LITTLE SLIDE PRESENTATION. AND THEN, KATIE, AS WE DISCUSS, ONCE WE GET TO ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU CHANGE THAT OUT.

OKAY.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

BEFORE YOU, I THINK WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS REGARDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK. EXCITED THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IN THAT PARK AREA WITH THE FIELDS. IT IS REALLY TIME FOR AN UPGRADE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. SO TONIGHT, JUST REGARDING THE FERNANDINA BEACH, THE MLK PARK JUNIOR REHABILITATION, IF YOU CAN MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, PLEASE. KATIE.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AREA.

WE JUST RECENTLY TOOK THESE PICTURES WITH A DRONE.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO NOT ONLY REDEVELOP THE FIELDS, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO REDEVELOP THE PARK FEATURES WITHIN THAT AREA AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT. THE FACILITY ITSELF STAYS.

THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THAT.

THE POOL AREA CHANGES. THE SPLASH.

THE POOL AREA DOES NOT CHANGE.

THE SPLASH AREA DOES NOT CHANGE.

SOME OF THE FEATURES WOULD STAY IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT THEY WOULD GET.

WOULD GET AN UPGRADE. BUT MAINLY TONIGHT IS A DISCUSSION.

AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR THROUGH FOR PRAC IS A RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT TO THE COMMISSION TO PROCEED WITH A SPECIFIC OPTION ON THESE FIELDS. SO AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I WILL BE ASKING FOR THAT WHEN MOVING FORWARD.

SO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE.

A BRIEF TIMELINE ON THIS. IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT, BACK TO JANUARY 12TH OF 2025. WE HELD A TOWN HALL AND THAT WAS FOR BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT, THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM. WE DISCUSSED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

PARK, WE DISCUSSED YBOR ALVAREZ AND CENTRAL PARK LIFT STATION. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT ALL. AND THEN OCTOBER, WE DO JUMP HERE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, BUT IN OCTOBER 14TH OF 2025, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.

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WE GOT DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A TWO FIELD OPTION ALONG WITH REDEVELOPING THE PARK AREA. AND THEN CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 7TH OF 2026, THEY APPROVED A TASK ORDER FOR HALF ASSOCIATES, HALF ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH FOR THE DESIGN TEAM. AND THEN WE HELD MEETINGS WITH ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION AND HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL.

THOSE WERE JULY 13, ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, JULY 14 WITH THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN. AND THEN FOLLOWING UP THE WEEK AFTER JULY 22, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY, SO BEFORE WE, BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH, WITH OPTIONS AND I'M GOING TO BE, I'M GOING TO BE READY TO MAKE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. BUT I REALLY THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT. WE WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS THAT WORKED FOR EVERYBODY. SO, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE. THEY WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS. I THINK THEIR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I WANT TO THANK THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION FOR COMING TO THE TABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM WORKING THROUGH THIS AND COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY, OKAY, SO, SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THREE OPTIONS.

AFTER I SHOW YOU THESE THREE OPTIONS, I WILL GIVE YOU THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING. SO BASICALLY DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHAT REALLY CAME OUT OF IT WAS IS THAT THE TWO FIELDS THAT IN THE BEST LOCATION THAT WE COULD IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE HOME BASES WOULD BE KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY, FACING IN THE OUTFIELD, FACING EAST.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS IS IT'S A VERY TIGHT AREA.

WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT. SO WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE FIELDS.

A SO CALLED NORMAL FIELD FOR LITTLE LEAGUE WOULD BE ABOUT 200FT.

BUT WITH THAT IS WE JUST. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE AREA THE WAY THESE FIELDS CAN FIT INTO THERE. BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT AREA FOR LITTLE LEAGUE AND WITH SOME ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. SO LITTLE LEAGUE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE OR NOT CONTINUE, BUT THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THIS, THIS LAYOUT DOES NOT HAVE THE 200FT OR 200FT IS THE MINIMUM FOR THEIR TOURNAMENTS? WELL, SO WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY 200FT MEANING THE MINIMUM. SO YOU CAN GO 10% BELOW THAT AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WITH THE OUTFIELD FENCE, WE CAN RAISE THE OUTFIELD FENCE WHICH THEN MAKES THE TRAVEL OF THE BALL TO GO OVER THAT FIELD, THE 200 WHATEVER THAT IF IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE INSTEAD OF A SIX FOOT FENCE, YOU.

YOU CAN RAISE THE FENCE. SO SO MAINLY THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT TONIGHT WOULD BE OPTION ONE AND TWO.

AND WE DID, AND WE DID THROW IN ANOTHER OPTION WHERE THE FIELDS DO FIT COMPLETELY. IT.

THERE WOULD BE OPPOSITION WITH THAT THOUGH. SO OPTION ONE AND I THINK THAT'S ON THERE.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE FIELDS GOING DOWN. LET'S JUST CALL THIS FIELD ONE. THIS WOULD BE RIGHT FIELD. THIS WOULD BE RIGHT FIELD AND THAT WOULD BE LEFT FIELD OF THE OTHER OF THE OTHER FIELD THAT'S AT 190. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE, IT DOESN'T FIT. AND WHEN YOU

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WE'RE BASICALLY PUSHING INTO THE ROAD, WE'RE PUSHING INTO ELM STREET AND WE'RE PUSHING INTO FIRST STREET.

IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T FIT.

SCOTT. AND FORGIVE ME AS I DON'T KNOW ALL THE THE RULES OF. AND I UNDERSTAND THE FENCE BEING HIGHER IN THE OUTFIELD.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD GAIN. YOU GET THE LOFT DISTANCE WITH THE HIGHER FENCE. AND I LIKE IT IN THAT ORIENTATION.

BUT CAN YOU NOT DO SOMETHING EQUALLY TO, TO BACK THAT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE? SO YOU DON'T GET IT.

NO, I'M TALKING DOWN WHERE THE ARROW IS.

YEAH. SO CAN IF YOU WERE TO BRING THAT PORTION OF THE FIELD BACK INTO LIKE INTO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY, COULD YOU.

THAT'S WHERE WE DO SOME FENCING. YEAH.

SO IN OPTION TWO, BASICALLY WHAT IT SHOWS IS 180FT IS GOING TO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT BACK AND IF KATIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU PULL THAT UP RIGHT NOW? SO THIS WOULD BE OPTION TWO.

IT SHOWS WHERE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE RIGHT OF WAY A LITTLE BIT, BUT NO ROAD ISSUES.

SO AS YOU KNOW NOW THE FIELD SITS OFF OF THE RIGHT OF WAY A LITTLE BIT.

I'M WORKING WITH GLENN AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH US PUSH. WE OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE CITY OWNS THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO PUSHING INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY A LITTLE BIT.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING. INSTEAD OF 190, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 180. AND THEN YOU RAISE THE FENCE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

SO OPTION TWO SHOWS THAT WE SHORTEN IT A LITTLE BIT IN LEFT AND RIGHT FIELD ON EACH ONE OF THOSE FIELDS.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE. I THINK BY PUTTING AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE IT MEETS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO ASK US TO DO.

AND THEN BECAUSE I MEAN MOST OF WHAT'S GOING IN THAT AREA IS FOUL BALLS REALLY. RIGHT.

WELL, IT DOES ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE LEFT FIELD. SO I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY THAT IT WOULDN'T BE JUST FOUL BALLS.

BUT ANYTHING DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE IS YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SHORTER PORCH THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND SAME THING DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD.

AND THEN DOES THIS LAYOUT. I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT NEEDING ENOUGH AREA IN BETWEEN THE TWO FIELDS. DOES THIS GIVE THAT CUSHION THAT YOU KNOW THAT IT NEEDS FOR ALL THE DUGOUTS AND THE.

IT DOES AND ALL THAT.

YES.

SO THIS IS WITH. AND IT SAYS IT ON. IT'S. IT'S A 20 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE FIELDS.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT IN THIS SITUATION IT IS A BUFFER THAT WE CAN DO.

IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE WHERE WE COULD INCORPORATE RIGHT HERE THERE'S TWO DUGOUTS.

SO BOTH WILL HAVE DUGOUTS FOR EACH TEAM ON THERE.

I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION WHERE THEY MIGHT WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE ATTACHED.

BUT THIS SHOWS WHERE WE CAN FIT TWO DUGOUTS. AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS IN THE.

IN THE FORM UP THERE THAT WE CAN PUT SOME SMALL BLEACHERS IN THERE AS WELL.

I DEFINITELY LIKE ON THE. I LIKE THIS ORIENTATION AND BEING CLOSER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY KIND OF WOODED BETWEEN THOSE HOUSES OR IT COULD BE. RIGHT.

SO THERE'S A LARGE WOOD LINE THAT WE ACTUALLY IN THIS ONE THAT WE UPDATED, WE HAVE PUSHED IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST. WE WILL PUSH IT AS FAR EAST AS WE CAN BASED ON IF WE'RE GOING TO AFFECT ANY TREES.

SO WE HAVE PUSHED IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST TO HELP. OKAY SO MOVING ALONG THE FIELD ORIENTATION WOULD BE FACING TO THE EAST. BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO REALLY BE DISCUSSED IS YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT HERE.

SEE THE PARKING LOT.

THE PARKING LOT CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A MIDDLE ROW, SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THE PARKING LOT A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE A CENTER LINE TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE PARKING. THE BASKETBALL COURT WOULD STAY WHERE IT IS, THE HORSESHOE PIT, WHICH KIND OF SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.

THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH.

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ONE OTHER THING THAT WE DID MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON THIS IS THAT A LOT OF THIS CENTER AREA WAS CONCRETE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT CONCRETE OUT OF THE CENTER AREA AND CREATE MORE GRASSY AREA.

THERE IS SOME CONCRETE STILL IN THERE, THOUGH. KIND OF HELPS YOU LEAD TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF.

OF THE PARK. SO SOME OF THAT STUFF WOULD STAY IN THERE. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HEARD, TOO, IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, REMOVE SOME OF THAT. THAT CONCRETE AND MAKE IT MORE GRASSY AREA. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A PARK, SO I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

CAN YOU POINT OUT WHERE THE HORSESHOE PIT AREA WOULD BE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE HORSESHOE PIT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE. OKAY.

NORMALLY THE HORSESHOE PIT IS ABOUT RIGHT IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THE BASKETBALL COURT WOULD STAY WHERE IT IS.

OKAY.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SHADED AREA WHERE THE WORKOUT EQUIPMENT IS. THAT WOULD STAY WHERE IT IS AS WELL. AND ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A VERY LARGE PAVILION THAT IS USED QUITE OFTEN.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK, THAT WE KEEP THAT PAVILION IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

WE'LL KIND OF PULL IT DOWN HERE INTO THAT CORNER SO IT DOESN'T SHOOT OUT INTO THE MIDDLE. SO IT CREATES MORE OF AN OPEN PLAY AREA, GRASSY AREA.

I THINK IT'S NICE, TOO, THE WAY IT'S ORIENTED, THAT IT CAN FACE OUT INTO THAT COURTYARD OR GRASSY AREA, SO FROM THE SIDE INSTEAD OF JUST FROM ONE END.

AND THEN ALSO, SCOTT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE REALLY QUICKLY, THIS.

THIS PICTURE THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN WAS SENT TO US TODAY. SO IT'S NOT IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. WE CAN SEND THIS OUT AFTER THE FACT, BUT I SEE THAT SOME OF YOU ARE LOOKING CONFUSED AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T MATCH. SO WE CAN SEND THIS OUT TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING.

YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.

SO I LIKE THE PARKING LOT, HOW IT DEFINITELY NEEDS THAT EXTRA ROW. BUT I'M WONDERING JUST THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT NOW BEING MORE HAVING MORE CARS IN THERE IF THAT WOULD BE LIKE SOME HAVE A DIRECTION FLOW WHERE LIKE A ONE WAY OR RIGHT.

AND WE WILL HAVE DIRECTIONAL AREA ARROWS IN THERE LIKE WE DO AT ATLANTIC AS WELL.

IT'LL BE MORE DEFINED SO PEOPLE WILL. AND THEN ANOTHER THING ALSO IS, IS THAT WE WILL AS OF RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS IS HAVING ADDITIONAL PARKING AROUND ON THE, ON THE AROUND LIKE ELM STREET, FIRST STREET AND HOW WE MAKE THAT WORK. DO WE POSSIBLY EVEN PUSH THE. THE SIDEWALKS IN A LITTLE BIT SO THEN PEOPLE COULD PARK AT A DIAGONAL TO WHERE WE COULD GET ADDITION IN THERE? YEAH, I WOULD THINK DEFINITELY.

LIKE IF YOU'RE LIKE WITH THE FENCING AND THE STUFF IN THE OUTFIELD, WHAT IS THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE AT THE BOTTOM FIELD? WHAT IS THAT TO THE RIGHT? KEEP GOING UP THAT. WHAT, WHAT IS. NO, TO THE LEFT. WHAT IS THAT NOTE DOWN THAT. WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PARKING.

AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S. IT'S STORMWATER. SO AS WE DEVELOP THIS IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS.

THEY'LL BE LIKE, THOSE WILL BE DRY PONDS.

THEY'LL BE VERY SMALL SWALES WHERE WHEN IT POURS, IT'S GOING TO FILL UP, BUT THEN IT WILL LITERALLY JUST, YOU KNOW IT WILL DISSOLVE INTO THE GROUND SO I THINK THAT BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULDN'T REALLY BE TRAVELING OR BEING IN THE BACK OF THE PARK THERE. SO I WOULD THINK YOU COULD GET A LOT OF DIAGONAL PARKING IN THAT AREA AND THEN DRIVING THE TRAFFIC, THE WALKING TRAFFIC UP TOWARDS THE THE ACTIVITY AREAS.

SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING BACK IN THAT AREA.

THERE IS A WALK OR A SIDEWALK THAT WE PUT IN THERE THAT WOULD RUN ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.

THERE'S ALSO BATTING CAGES THAT WOULD BE BACK THERE AS WELL.

ORIGINALLY WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IN MOVING THE WEIGHT EQUIPMENT, BUT IT'S IN A GREAT SPOT RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY MOVE IT? AND THEN IS THAT CONCESSION, THAT KIND OF DIAMOND Y KIND OF THING WHERE IT SAYS 44 OR 25FT, IS THAT THE CONCESSION. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE? YES.

YEAH. SO THAT IS THE CONCESSION AREA. IT WOULD BE A TWO STORY BUILDING.

FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, THAT'S IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY.

JUST LIKE AT BABE RUTH. IF YOU LOOK AT BABE RUTH, THEY HAVE A TWO STORY BUILDING, PEOPLE CALLING THE GAMES TO.

AND ALSO STORAGE WITHIN THAT CONCESSION. WE

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THIS IS A NEW ADDITION.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT GO. IT COULD POSSIBLY GO IN PLACE OF ONE OF THESE SMALLER PAVILIONS.

BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD A SMALLER BATHROOM AREA. SO THEN BABE RUTH, OUR ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE HAS THEIR BATHROOMS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A BATHROOM LIKE TWO UNISEX BATHROOMS IN THAT AREA FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST USING THE PARK.

LIKE THE ONES IN HICKORY.

RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. YEAH AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS? SEE THE THREE. I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE TREES. THOSE THREE. THE TRIANGLE OF TREES KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT IS UP. UP BEYOND THAT? YEAH.

SO. SO JUST TO THE NORTH IS ANOTHER PAVILION.

THERE ACTUALLY IS A PAVILION THAT SITS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THERE. WE WOULD BE REDOING ALL THE PAVILIONS, BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PAVILION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT PAVILION IS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USE THE PLAYGROUND THERE.

SO WE WOULD KEEP THE PLAYGROUND. WE HAVE THE SHADE STRUCTURE. THE SURFACING IS NOT DOING VERY WELL. SO WE WANT TO REDO THE ENTIRE SURFACING ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT. WE WOULD WANT TO DO THE SAME THING ALONG WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT.

SO THIS OPTION HAS TWO FULL SIZE FIELDS THAT WOULD BE LIT AND IT KEEPS ALL OF THE CURRENT COMPONENTS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CURRENTLY USE IN THE PARK. IS THAT ACCURATE? ARE WE LOSING ANYTHING? I AM COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT YES, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO.

WE DO NOT.

WHEN YOU SAY TWO FULL SIZE FIELDS, IT'S NOT 200FT TO TOURNAMENT REGULATION. IT MEETS OUR THE NEEDS OF THE ELM STREET. YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OPTION? WE CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW IT.

SO THEN WE'LL MOVE TO OPTION THREE. AND THIS WAS JUST THROWN OUT THERE. I AM.

STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THIS.

THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE THE.

THE ALL FIELDS ARE 200FT COMPLETELY AROUND. WHAT THIS ULTIMATELY DOES DO IS IT TAKES THE PARK AREA AND THAT WOULD GO AWAY. SO STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THIS. IT KIND OF MOVES THE AREA THAT IS.

THAT WAS RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA.

IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING A LOT OF THAT UP INTO THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE PARK.

I REALLY DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT JUST BEING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OPEN SPACE, JUST IN THAT ORIENTATION. BECAUSE HAVING SUPER HIGH FENCES, LIKE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, I THINK IT'S NOT GOOD. I LIKE THE WAY YOU HAVE IT WHERE IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE HIGHER FENCE KIND OF GOES UP INTO THE TREE.

AND THEN WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS, IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHER FENCE, WE WILL HAVE TO PUT NETTING DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE THAT EXTENDS PAST DEFENSE. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO PUT NETTING DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, BASICALLY, WHICH WOULD RUN ALONG PARTS OF ELM STREET AND PARTS OF FIR TO PROTECT THE ROAD AND IN CARS AS WELL.

WITH THAT SAID, IS STAFF, THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM IS RECOMMENDING OPTION TWO.

SO WHAT WAS THE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE? MAYBE I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO ONE. YEP.

SO ONE AND TWO. ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO IS.

OPTION ONE IS 190FT AND IT. IT PUSHES INTO ELM STREET AND IT PUSHES INTO FIRST STREET.

AND I JUST. YEAH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO. OKAY.

IT HAS THE SAME. IT HAS THE.

IT HAS THE SAME BUFFERS. IT'S JUST THE LEFT AND RIGHT FIELD LINES ARE.

ARE LONGER. WE CAN GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET BY RAISING THE FENCE BY RAISING THE FENCE.

AGAIN, I LIKE HAVING THE HIGHER FENCING IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT LIKE, OBSTRUCTING THE MAIN PARTS OF THE PARK WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE.

LIKE THAT LAYOUT PERSONALLY.

YEAH.

SO PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF IS RECOMMENDING OPTION TWO.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TONIGHT. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME

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ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS MEETS THE NEEDS OF ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE. IN ADDITION TO THAT IS WE ARE WORKING FORWARD AND IT IS IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO LIGHT JOE VELARDE FIELD.

SO I DO HAVE FUNDS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO LIGHT THAT. SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT AWAY AS WELL.

BUT EVERYTHING WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM WILL.

WILL STAY.

AND WE WILL HAVE TWO FIELDS THAT ARE.

THAT ARE LIT.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT.

SO LET'S JUST SAY. LET'S JUST SAY THIS PLAN OR WHATEVER PLAN GETS APPROVED. I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S A TIME THAT THIS PROJECT HAS TO HAPPEN THAT THEY CAN'T USE THE FIELDS. IS THAT.

YES.

SO THEIR FALL SEASON WILL TAKE PLACE I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIME ON WHEN WE CAN DO CONSTRUCTION. I THINK IT WOULD BE EARLY. IT WOULD BE LATE THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR EARLY 2027.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEIR NEXT. IT'S POSSIBLE SEASON COULD NOT BE IMPACTED OR.

I DON'T, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME FRAME. IT'S.

IT'S TOO FAR AWAY.

IT'S TOO HARD TO SAY.

AND I GUESS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING TOO IS IF WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JOE VELARDI AND GETTING THAT LIT FOR THEM, THAT AT LEAST WOULD ESSENTIALLY LEAVE THEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE RULES, BUT THIS WOULD. THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY LEAVE THEM WITH A FIELD THAT THEY COULD PLAY IN WHILE THIS PARK IS BEING FINISHED. YEAH.

SO I WILL. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT MOVES ALONG WHEN IN FISCAL YEAR 2027.

OKAY, SO. OR.

GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. NO, I MEAN IF, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK NOW WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE HERE AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN GO. WELL, AND I DO WANT TO SAY. AND KATIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE SLIDESHOW? AND THEN WE DID GET.

RIGHT.

WE DID GET A LETTER FROM.

THIS IS THE LETTER FROM THE LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE HAS BEEN.

HAS BEEN ITCHING TO.

TO GET SOMETHING DONE OVER THERE.

SO, SO THEY DO SUPPORT THIS, THIS LAYOUT.

I THINK, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO HAVE THAT AND SHOW THAT.

THAT THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SAYS LITTLE LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 200 FOOT OUTFIELD FENCE DIMENSION. THAT SAID, FIELDS THAT FALL WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10% OF DISTANCES ARE TYPICALLY CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL WHEN FEASIBLE. A HIGHER OUTFIELD FENCE CAN ALSO HELP ACHIEVE THE LEVEL OF PLAY IN FIELD CHARACTERISTICS.

LITTLE LEASE DRIVES, AS YOU DESCRIBED, YOUR TWO AREAS OF 180FT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

AND THEN, KATIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO THE FINAL SLIDE, I JUST PUT THIS IN MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

WE WOULD.

THE MONEY IS CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S BEEN ENCUMBERED.

BUT WE WOULD, WE WOULD PRESENT SOMETIME IN OCTOBER EITHER THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING OR THE SECOND COMMISSION MEETING TO GET THEIR SUPPORT TO PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.

THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET EVERYTHING SET. AND THEN PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPLETE FUNDING PACKAGE TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT. BASICALLY, WHEN I SAY THAT WHAT PERCENTAGE CAN BE USED FOR IMPACT FEES, WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? AND THEN GLENNOFF, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER, WOULD BE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN I PUT ON HERE CONSTRUCTION CALENDAR YEAR 2027.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.

COULD YOU REITERATE THE REASONS WHY OPTION THREE FOR REJECTING THAT? YEAH, OF COURSE. MAJOR REASONS.

YEAH.

I THINK THE. THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON THERE IS THAT IT CURRENTLY TAKES UP THE EXISTING. WHAT I WOULD CALL THE MAIN AREA BETWEEN.

IT ACTUALLY WOULD SOT RIGHT OVER THE HORSESHOE PIT.

IT WOULD TAKE UP AN AREA THAT.

WHERE THE LARGE PAVILION CURRENTLY SITS.

IN THAT AREA, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUSH THE BASKETBALL COURT ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE WESTERN PART IN THAT CORNER. AND THEN BASICALLY IT'S THE MAIN WALKWAY BETWEEN THAT PARK AREA AND

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I JUST. I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD. I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME RESISTANCE.

IS MY MAIN.

OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. YEP.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT, MR. KAMARA, IF WE COULD LET THE. THE PUBLIC SPEAK, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AFTER THAT FOR CLARIFICATION, THEN I THINK JUST LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU. YEP.

REVEREND THOMPSON, GOOD EVENING. REVEREND BERNARD THOMPSON, 1311 BEACH STREET, BERNARDINO BEACH, FLORIDA. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS. BEEN INVOLVED IN IT INTIMATELY FROM THE BEGINNING. A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE, A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM IN FAVOR IN PRINCIPLE FOR THIS OPTION NUMBER TWO WITH SOME TWEAKS. SCOTT AND MYSELF MET NUMEROUS TIMES OUT AT THE FIELD, LOOKED AT THINGS. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE PARK, THE COMMUNITY, THE SUNDAY FUND DAY, THE HORSESHOE GUYS, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE THE PARK BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE IS TALKING TO THEM AND GETTING THEIR INPUT AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. THIS LARGE PAVILION IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IS WAY UP HERE. I WANTED IT DOWN HERE. THE PUBLIC WANTS IT DOWN HERE. AND THIS IS PRETTY RIGHT HERE.

BUT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN FUNCTION OVER FORM. THIS LOOKS PRETTY, BUT IF YOU SWING THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THAT OPENS UP A LOT MORE ROOM WITH TWO TO THREE PAVILIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH ROOM AS POSSIBLE THERE. SURE, IT LOOKS PRETTIER LIKE THAT, BUT YOU GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IF YOU TAKE THAT PAVILION, THE EAST SIDE OF IT, AND SWING IT DOWNWARD. OKAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, I AM TICKLED TO DEATH WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE NOW AS THE FIELDS.

OKAY. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE 180FT, WHICH IS 10% OF THE 200. WHY NOT JUST MAKE THE WHOLE FIELD 180, CENTER FIELD, RIGHT FIELD, LEFT FIELD, AND THEN PUT THE FENCE UP ALL THE WAY AROUND.

AESTHETICALLY, IT WOULD LOOK BETTER THAN HAVING 200 STRAIGHTAWAY CENTER FIELD. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GRADUATE THE FENCE AND THAT MIGHT NOT LOOK.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER DOING THAT. AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE BOOK SAYS THE RECOMMENDATION IS 200FT.

BUT AS WE KNOW NOW, YOU CAN BE WITHIN 10% OF THAT, WHICH IS 180. I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

IT WOULD BE UNIFORM ALL THE WAY AROUND AND YOU COULD EVEN MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO MAYBE PUT SOME BLEACHERS OUT THERE IN CENTER FIELD.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

BUT IN PRINCIPLE, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE.

CONTINUE, CONTINUE, REVEREND THOMPSON.

NO, NO, I'M GOOD. I SAY WHAT I HAD TO SAY. BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT. AND ALSO LET ME SAY THIS. THE FIELD OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS CHARLES ALBERT FIELD. YEAH.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING ONE OF THE FIELDS BE CHARLES ALBERT FIELD. NO, NOTHING'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE OTHER ONE.

PERSONALLY, I THINK BOTH OF THEM OUGHT TO BE CHARLES ALBERT FIELDS WITH AN S. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. I WOULD THINK AESTHETICALLY WE'RE NOT GRADUATING FENCES, THAT THEY'RE ALL JUST THE SAME HEIGHT.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO GRADUATE IF YOU HAVE 200 STRAIGHTAWAY CENTER AND 180 ON THE ENDS.

YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON TOP OF THE 200FT AND HAVE IT BE THE SAME AS AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON TOP OF 180. THE FENCE WOULD HAVE TO GRADUATE DOWN. IN FACT,

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HE'S RIGHT. YEAH.

SO THE WAY THAT I WAS ENVISIONING IT WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.

SO I THINK BEFORE WE.

THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK I HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL. BUT MY.

IN THE WAY I ENVISION THAT WITH THAT, THAT FENCE WOULD BE 8FT UNTIL WE GOT TO A POINT. THEN IT WOULD DROP DOWN AT AN ANGLE AND GO LIKE THAT.

INSTEAD OF THE GRADUAL CHANGE, YOU'D ALMOST HAVE TO.

YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GO TO A POINT WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THIS IS 180. WHERE DOES IT GET TO BE? WHERE IT IS THE 200 YARDS OR 200FT WHERE THEN YOU WOULD DROP IT DOWN AT.

AT AN EXACT ANGLE AND THEN GO.

THE ONLY WAY IT WILL BE EVEN ALL THE WAY AROUND IS TO HAVE IT GRADUATED. YOU CAN'T GO TO A POINT AND DROP DOWN.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE THE FOOTAGE IS STILL NOT THE SAME. YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED AT THE CENTER FIELD LINE AND WORK YOUR WAY UP TO THE EIGHT FEET.

SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IT HAS TO BE EXTENDED.

IT HAS TO BE. IT HAS TO LOOK.

RIGHT.

YES. AND I WOULD APPLY. SO I DO INTERIORS. NOT.

YEAH, SO I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

I THINK WE'LL.

WE OBVIOUSLY CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND I WILL ALSO WORK WITH.

YOU KNOW, IT DOES STATE THAT.

IF WE'RE 10%, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN WORK THROUGH.

AND THEN MY QUESTION, I GUESS, REVEREND THOMPSON, IF YOU TAKE THE PAVILION WHERE IT'S NOT AT AN ANGLE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A LITTLE. I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT MUCH MORE NECESSARILY IN THE GREEN SPACE TO DO THAT.

BUT I'M JUST ASKING. I WOULD THINK IF YOU LINE IT UP FURTHER DOWN, THEN YOU'RE JUST REALLY CLOSE TO THE STREET.

AND THAT'S. AND THAT'S WHERE I WANTED.

I'M TELLING YOU WHY.

THERE'S A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE THAT COME OUT THERE FOR EVENTS AND WITH THE BIG PAVILION WAY UP THERE, THEY'RE ON THEIR WALK OR THEIR STICK AND THEY GOT TO GO A HALF A BLOCK IN TO GET TO THE PAVILION. THE CLOSER IT IS TO THE STREET, THE LESS DISTANCE THEY HAVE TO WALK TO GET TO THE PAVILION. THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT. I'M OUT THERE. I KNOW WHO'S OUT THERE. OKAY. OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS COMING? ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? IF IT'S CONCERNING THIS, LET'S. LET'S PUT IT ALL OUT RIGHT NOW FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD.

MR. CAMARO, WHAT HE'S ASKING IS THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO, THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

THAT'S WHAT.

SO, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS COME A HUGE LONG WAY FROM THE.

FROM WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO STRAIGHTEN UP A PAVILION AND FIGURE OUT THAT FENCING. YEP.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S. I WOULD APPLAUD EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED AND TAKEN THIS MATTER.

THIS HAS COME A LONG WAY.

I. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WAS STARTED. I WAS WITH THIS PROJECT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, WHENEVER THAT WAS. I JUST WANT TO SAY BOTH TO THE GUARDSMEN AND TO LITTLE LEAGUE. I AM SO GLAD THAT WE GOT TO THIS POINT WHERE EVERYBODY HAD SOME GIVE AND SOME TAKE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS THING SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S A ONE SHOT DEAL. WE GET ONE SHOT AT THE APPLE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO I THINK, SCOTT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. WE LOOK INTO THEM AND THEN YOU CAN GET BACK TO BOTH PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT. YEAH.

THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO ADD IS, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. SO DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I MEAN, I CONTINUALLY WANT TO HAVE KEEP ELM STREET SPORTSMAN'S INVOLVED, KEEP ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE.

SO WE GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES AT THE END OF THIS. SO OBVIOUSLY DURING THE ENTIRE THING, COMMUNICATION LINES WILL BE OPEN WITHOUT A DOUBT. YEAH.

CAN YOU. OKAY, WAIT, TOM.

OR NO. CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US ON THE NAMING OF FIELDS? YEP.

SO HOW THAT WORKS OR REVEREND THOMPSON'S. REVEREND THOMPSON IS CORRECT. THE.

THE CURRENT FIELD THAT IS THERE, THAT'S LIT. IT'S THE LARGE FIELD, IS. IS NAMED AFTER MR. CHARLES ALBERT. IF.

IF THERE IS.

THAT WOULD GO TO THE

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YES. SO WE WOULD. I COULD WORK WITH.

WITH HIM AND WE WOULD JUST FILL OUT THE FORM AND THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED AT ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS. AND PERSONALLY, I WOULD THINK THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE HISTORY OF THAT FIELD, THE. THE CENTER ITSELF, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSISTENCY'S SAKE THAT WE INCORPORATE THEM.

THIS IS THE FIELD RIGHT HERE.

YEAH. THE LARGER FIELD THAT IS CURRENTLY CHARLES ALBERT FIELD. RIGHT.

BUT I JUST THINK THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROGRAM EXISTS AND IS GROWING BECAUSE OF THAT, AND IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND IT'S A FEEDER PROGRAM FOR ALL THE GIRLS THAT ARE GOING INTO SOFTBALL IN THE HIGHSCHOOL PROGRAM AT FBHS OR. YEAH.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR. SO WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE A MOTION OF 6 SUPPORT FOR OPTION 2.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS WITH SOME CONSIDERATION FOR SOME OF THE AFOREMENTIONED POSSIBLE CHANGES. BUT IN THIS LAYOUT, IN THE ORIENTATION WHICH WE SEE IT.

HOLD ON FOR A SECOND BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION. WAIT ONE SECOND.

SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

SO THERE WAS A MOTION, I THINK.

LET'S HAVE A SECOND AND THEN YOU HAVE DISCUSSION. OKAY.

SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR MS. SHEILA'S MOTION? SECOND. OKAY.

SO THERE'S SECOND.

NOW, LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

MY COMMENT IS COMMUNITIES GIVING GOOD INPUT WHERE THEY WANT CERTAIN FEATURES AND ONES THEY WANT TO REMAIN AND WHERE THEY WANT TO REMAIN. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE FIELDS THEMSELVES, THE LITTLE LEAGUE OR THE SOFTBALL LEAGUES KIND OF HAVE A GREATER INPUT AS FAR AS THE DESIGN, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE FENCE HEIGHT OR THE TRANSITIONS. LET KIND OF LEAVE THAT UP TO THE ATHLETIC SIDE OF IT.

AND I'M SURE, I MEAN, MOST.

THERE'S NOT A MAJOR LEAGUE PARK IN THE WORLD. WELL, THERE MAY BE SOME, BUT DON'T HAVE UNIFORM FENCE DIMENSIONS IN THE OUTFIELD. SO MY THING IS WE KIND OF. I WOULD LEAN TOWARD LETTING THAT PART OF IT BE DRIVEN BY THE ATHLETICS CONCERNS.

OKAY.

BASICALLY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME OF THE FENCE 200FT AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO 180, YOU DO THAT, BUT YOU KEEP IT. YOU KEEP AT LEAST HALF THE FIELD OR TWO THIRDS OF THE FIELD CAN BE 200FT.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IF WE DO LESS THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR TOURNAMENTS AND THEY CAN'T HAVE TOURNAMENT.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A TOURNAMENT FOR SPENDING A TON OF MONEY AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. SO I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HAS BEEN DRIVING THIS IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONFORMITY TO THEIR TOURNAMENT RULES IS THERE. AND HOW CAN WE DO THAT? BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE FINITE SPACE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE REAL. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST COMPROMISE THAT I'VE SEEN. THAT DOESN'T EITHER COMPLETELY ERODE THE PARK. GIVE THEM ONE FULL SIZE AND THEN ONE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST, OKAY, PARK THIS, THIS GETS US TWO FULL SIZE PARKS AND KEEPS THE COMMUNITY COMPONENTS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO, TO OTHER GROUPS. SO I THINK IT'S. AGAIN, I APPLAUD EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO THIS. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST THAT WE'VE SEEN.

JACK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I MEAN, I THINK JOHN MAKES A GOOD POINT. I'M LOOKING AT THIS WONDERING WHY IT DOESN'T WORK.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES WORK WITH THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WE HAVE. AND IT. I KNOW THE FIELDS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN YOU WOULD.

YOU WOULD WANT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WORKS. AND IF THE, THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE FIELD ACCEPT, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLAN.

YEAH, I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE. I GO THERE A LOT WITH MY KIDS. THEY LOVE THAT PLAYGROUND AND THE POOL.

SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY DUE FOR A FACELIFT, AND IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE, FULLY SUPPORT OPTION.

OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS FROM A BASEBALL POINT OF VIEW AND FROM A COMMUNITY POINT OF VIEW. THIS PAST WEEKEND LITERALLY HELD THEIR WORLD SERIES. FLORIDA CAME

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MY NAME IS LEONARD PETERSON.

I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I'VE BEEN IN LITTLE LEAGUE, I'VE BEEN IN SOFTBALL. I'VE BEEN FOOTBALL. I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. LISTEN, I CAME TO YOU, SCOTT, AND I SAID, SCOTT, LET'S DO THIS.

DO THE FIELDS FIRST.

WE WOULD HAVE GOT 200, 200, 200, 200.

THEN ADDING.

YOU CAN'T ADD IN. WE TALKING ABOUT SOFTBALL FIELDS, BUT Y' ALL PUTTING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF AROUND, AND WE AIN'T GOT TO FEEL THAT 200, 200 AND 200. I'VE BEEN A DIRECTOR. YOU CANNOT DO 180, 200, 180. I DON'T CARE WHERE Y' ALL TALK TO. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DOING A DISTRICT AND STUFF, IT GOTTA BE 200, 200, 180, 180 180. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

CALL THE PEOPLE AND CHECK AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEREVER YOU GOT THAT FROM IS NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COULD YOU FILL OUT THE FORM WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE? I JUST SIGNED IT.

I SEALED IT UP.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, CAN IT NOT BE? SO I JUST. JUST TO CONFIRM, I WILL MAKE SURE BEFORE WE PROCEED.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IF IT NEEDS TO BE 180, 180 AND 180, 180. IT WILL BE 180, 180 AND 180.

AND IT JUST MOVES THAT OVER A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT.

SO WE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE LITTLE LEAGUE IS ABLE TO HAVE THESE TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE FIELDS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE.

EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN. LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THERE WAS MS. RIVERA, THERE WAS A MOTION AND THERE. WAS THERE A SECOND? YES.

OKAY. SO SHE'LL CALL THEM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MEMBER SNYDER? YES.

VICE CHAIR COCCHI? YES. CHAIR CAMERA? YES.

MEMBER CURRY? YES. MEMBER GUN? YES.

MEMBER PELICAN? YES.

THAT PASSES. 5, 0.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT NEWS.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE THAT WE WILL, AS I SAID, IN OCTOBER AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT WHEN IT DOES GO TO THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPORT MOVING TO THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

WILL YOU BACK UP AGAIN STILL? SCOTT, YOU'RE BACK UP AGAIN.

OH, JEFFREY. OH, OKAY.

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

FIRST THING I WANT TO START OFF WITH IS 22 DAYS OF HEAT INDEX. OVER 100, 105, NO RAIN. MAYBE WE HAD SIX DAYS OF RAIN, LESS THAN SIX INCHES.

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BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AT 151 ROUNDS A DAY FROM LAST JULY TO 129 THIS JULY, WE WERE AT 107 ROUNDS A DAY IN 2024. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE AS A WHOLE AT THIS POINT, WE ARE STILL WELL AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

AND AS FAR AS ROUNDS GO, ABOUT TWO, A LITTLE OVER 2,000 ROUNDS MORE WITH TWO MONTHS LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. ANOTHER GOOD BONUS THERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GREEN FEE, CART FEE PER ROUND AVERAGE, THAT'S UP A COUPLE DOLLARS. SO WHEN THEY ARE COMING TO PLAY, WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE MORE REVENUE OUT OF THE ROUNDS OF GOLF. SO OVERALL, NOT A BAD JULY. IT'S TRENDING KIND OF THE SIMILAR WAY RIGHT NOW IN AUGUST THROUGH ABOUT THE FIRST SIX OR SEVEN DAYS, WE WERE A LITTLE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. BUT THE LAST COUPLE DAYS WHERE WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. IT. IT SLOWED SOME. WHEN WE LOOK AT FOOD AND BEVERAGE JULY NUMBERS, THEY ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOO. ONE EVENT WE HAD LAST JULY WAS A LARGE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION THAT GENERATED AROUND ABOUT FIVE, SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

AS I MAKE NOTE OF A COUPLE OF EVENTS IN JULY THAT WERE KIND OF BIG FOR US. FIRST TEAM NORTH FLORIDA, THEY'RE JUNIORS. THEY ONLY HAD 22, WHICH WAS A LITTLE DOWN FROM WHAT THEY HAD SCHEDULED IN JUNE.

BUT WE RESCHEDULED THAT EVENT.

WE HAD A CHAMBER LUNCHEON WHICH HAD 55, WHICH I WILL SHOW A FEW PICTURES OF THAT LATER. AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION ON JULY 30, FOR A FEW OF YOU THAT WERE THERE, WE HAD OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY. I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL.

IT WAS KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE OPERATION. WE HAD PARKS AND REC GOLF AND THE MARINA.

WE HAD A LITTLE ICEBREAKER TO START THAT OUT. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE HAD EVER PLAYED GOLF OR BEEN AROUND GOLF. AND WE HAD 30 CITIZENS THERE, SO THAT WAS REALLY UNIQUE TO GET THEM OUT AND TRY A COUPLE 12 FOOT PUTTS. SOME PEOPLE HIT THEM A LITTLE FURTHER THAN 12FT, BUT IT WAS GOOD. AND THEN FROM THERE I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY GREAT. SO IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THAT OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE. AS I GET INTO GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, THAT WEATHER AFFECTS AERIFICATION AS WELL. WE'VE COMPLETED TWO WEEKS OF VERIFICATION ON OUR WEST AND SOUTH COURSE.

AND THIS WEEK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING NORTH DONE. SO WE'LL HAVE ALL 18 HOLES COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. AND ALL 27 HOLES WILL BE BACK OPEN ON MONDAY.

IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE.

THE NEWS LEADER RAN AN ARTICLE ON THE 5TH. IF ANYBODY SAW THAT KIND OF TOOK WHAT WE HAD, WE PUT ON FACEBOOK AND REALLY GOOD PICTURES OF THE GUYS OUT THERE WORKING. I ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND APPRECIATED ALL THOSE GUYS BECAUSE THAT FIRST WEEK HEAT INDEXES WERE HIGH. I TOOK THEM SOME DRINKS OUT THERE. I SAID, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS GETTING READY TO BE A START OF A LONG THREE WEEKS OUT THERE. AND WE'RE HOPING SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO HELP SOME OF THE ROOT ROT WE HAVE ON THE GREENS AND GET THESE GREENS BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING INTO THE FALL. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, WE HAVE A. I'M IN CONTACT WITH BURBANK SPORTS NETS ABOUT GETTING THEM TO COME OUT AND DO SOME REPAIRS.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY AND OUR REPAIRS ARE KIND OF LOW ON THEIR TOTEM POLE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT TO HELP ANCHORING SOME OF THOSE NETS. AND A COUPLE TEARS, SMALL TEARS WE HAVE IN IT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS OUR BULK FERTILIZER APPLICATION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO OUT. THERE'LL BE A TRUCK GOING DOWN, EVERY GRAIN, I MEAN EVERY FAIRWAY. AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH WALL TO WALL. SO IT DOES ROUGHS, FAIRWAYS, TEE BOXES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE GREEN. AND WE DO ABOUT TWO OR THREE OF THESE A YEAR.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

THE NEXT COUPLE PAGES JUST SHOWING A FEW PICTURES THAT RAIN OUT WITH OUR FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA, THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON, WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED. WE HAD SENATOR STATE SENATOR CLARK CLAY YARBOROUGH SPEAK AT THAT.

FROM THERE, WHEN WE GET INTO ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS, REALLY DOING WELL THERE FROM A STANDPOINT OF THIS YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST JULY, WHEN YOU ADD IN THE MEMBERSHIPS WE'VE HAD THAT JOINED IN JULY, WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 4 OR $5,000 DIFFERENCE FOR TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY FOR 26 COMPARED TO 25. WE SOLD SEVEN MEMBERSHIPS IN JULY COMPARED TO ZERO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 107% BUDGET THERE. SO WITH THOSE NUMBERS BEING SLIGHTLY DOWN. A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH MARKETING. I'VE GOT THE HOTEL SERVICES SOUTHERN DISTRICT WITH LISA ROBBINS. I MET WITH HER AGAIN MET WITH HER LAST YEAR. WE'RE IN A CONCIERGE BOOK WITH THE HOTELS. WE'RE ALSO DOING ANOTHER SPECIAL WITH GOLF NOW FOR AUGUST. AND

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AND WHEN THE SEASON TURNS IN OCTOBER. SO WITH HOTEL SERVICES SOUTHERN DISTRICT, WE'RE FOLLOWING THEM.

THEY DID A FACEBOOK POST OF US IN JULY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT. THAT CONCIERGE BOOK, WE'RE ON LIKE THE THIRD PAGE THAT SHOWS IT'S A LITTLE SMALL BOOK THAT'S IN EVERYBODY'S ROOM. SO IT GOES THROUGH AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL ITEMS. FERNANDINA BEACH.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT. SCULLY'S IRISH PUB, AMELIA RIVER CRUISES, SUMMER HOUSE REALTY, GREGOR MCGREGOR'S V'S PIZZA AND A MILLION ISLAND HORSEBACK.

THEY'RE ALL WHEN YOU FLIP THROUGH THERE, THINGS TO DO.

AND I THINK WE'RE ONE OF THE TWO GOLF COURSES THAT ARE IN THAT.

SO THE GOLF NOW THIS IS OUR SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR AUGUST FROM 11 TO 3. IF YOU BOOK TWO PLAYERS OR FOUR PLAYERS, WE'RE DISCOUNTING IT DOWN TO JUST UNDER $60. WHEN OUR NORMAL RATE IS 75. AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR COMPETITION IS CHARGING IN THEIR TWILIGHT RATES FOR ONLINE, AND WE'RE REDUCING SOME OF THOSE AS NEEDED AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLOWER SUMMER MONTHS. WITH THAT SAID, GOING INTO UPCOMING AUGUST EVENTS, AND I'M GOING TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT TOO INTO SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE USUALLY JUNE, JULY, AUGUST CAN BE A LITTLE SLOWER. WE JUST HAD OUR PARENT, JUNIOR. FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS. WE HAD IT THIS PAST SATURDAY. WE HAD 24 PLAYERS WITH 12 TEAMS. VERY SUCCESSFUL. MR. MICHELSON PLAYED IN IT, CAME IN SECOND.

JACK GUNN PLAYED IT, CAME IN FOURTH. FOURTH.

WE GET NO LOVE.

I WAS GETTING OUT OF FOUR, BY THE WAY, BUT FOUR OUT OF FOUR, BUT REALLY INEXPENSIVE GETTING THE YOUNG KIDS OUT. AND WE HAD ALL AGES, SO WE HAD SOME YOUNGER KIDS AND WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL. I REALLY PUSHED THE HIGH SCHOOL HOPING WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEIR PRACTICE IS MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AND THEY STARTED LAST WEEK, SO. SO WE GOT THREE WEEKS OF PRACTICE WITH TRYOUTS TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HEY, JEFFREY. I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT IS, BUT I'LL PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER.

BUT THEY USUALLY HAVE.

IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY'LL HAVE AN EVENT WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THESE CLUBS, LIKE COME OUT FOR THE GOLF CLUB, OR THEY HAVE CHURCH CLUBS, ALL THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH REACHING OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO SEE IF YOU COULD SET UP A BOOTH THERE, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME KIDS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO DO IT THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT WANT TO GET SOME EXPOSURE. YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS REACHING OUT FOR KIDS. THEY PROBABLY HAVE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

OKAY.

WITH SCHOOL, DO THAT.

SO LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT ON THE 22ND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING SPARK THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THEY DO HAVE A FALL LEAGUE THAT RUNS SEPTEMBER THROUGH AUGUST THAT YOU'LL SIGN UP FOR SEPARATELY, BUT I'M CERTAIN IT'LL BE THE SAME. FOLKS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN.

LAST YEAR WE WERE DOING ABOUT 14 TO 16 PLAYERS. WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 8 TO 10. AND THAT LEADS ME INTO SEPTEMBER. I DON'T HAVE ON THE LIST HERE, BUT A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE DOING ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.

WE'VE RESCHEDULED OUR BIRDIES, BREWS AND BARBECUE, SO MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP. AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THAT OUT SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE OF RAIN. I SAY RAIN WITH IT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY DAYS IT RAINED IS WHEN WE HAD AN EVENT GOING ON OUTSIDE.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. AND WE'RE GOING TO TIE IN SEPTEMBER NOT ONLY WITH A MONTHLY DINNER IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TIE IN SOME NFL JAGS GAMES. SO ONE O' CLOCK GAMES. WE'RE GOING TO MARKET, MARKET THOSE WITH LIKE MAYBE A TOUCHDOWN SPECIAL AND $3 DRAFTS. AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO ATTACK THE TWO SUNDAYS THAT THEY PLAY AT 9:30. SO THEY HAVE BACK TO BACK SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER, I THINK THE 11TH AND THE 18TH WHERE IT'S IN LONDON. IT'LL BE A 9:30 KICKOFF AND FROM 9 TO 12 WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH BREAKFAST AND A BOTTOMLESS MIMOSA. IF YOU WANTED TO COME TO THE CLUB FOR LIKE 27, $28 IN THERE. SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT GOES OVER. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GOLF UPDATE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE, JUST LOOKING FOR COOLER WEATHER AND STILL A LITTLE MORE RAIN.

I WILL TELL YOU, I AM ONE OF THE ATTENDEES OF THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND AS THEY CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CITY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. BUT I

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I MEAN IT WAS SCHEDULED FROM 6 TO 8. IT WENT WELL AFTER 8 O' CLOCK AND I THOUGHT THE WHOLE GROUP WAS EXTREMELY ENGAGED DURING THE WHOLE EVENT. SO REALLY GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, JUST A FEW UPDATES ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE. OBVIOUSLY WE WENT THROUGH THE MO OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING FIELDS CHARLES ALBERT FIELD TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. I REALLY ONCE AGAIN WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO ELM STREET LITTLE LEAGUE, THEIR ASSISTANCE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THE ELM STREET SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT EVERYONE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THE COLUMBARIUM, WE ARE 80% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THAT WILL BE A PROJECT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN FISCAL YEAR 27. IT IS IN THE BUDGET. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT MUCH NEEDED FOR THE CEMETERY.

AND THEN THIS HAS BEEN ON HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT WE DID GET NEWS IN THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON HAVING TO PUSH SOME OF THIS PROJECT TO FISCAL YEAR 27.

BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS THE END OF AUGUST AND THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER OF THE WINDOWS AT THE ARC AND THE MLK CENTER, AS WELL AS THE STOREFRONT WINDOWS AT THOSE FACILITIES.

AND THEN BEACH ACCESS 9 HAS BEEN ON THERE FOR SOME TIME.

THAT WILL BE A PROJECT THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN FISCAL YEAR 27.

WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM FROM THEM VERY SHORTLY.

THEY GET 90 DAYS. ONCE THAT'S SUBMITTED.

WE DID HAVE TO RESUBMIT THAT. THAT'S FOR THE BEACH ACCESS 9 AT JASMINE STREET, WHICH WILL WE DID MAKE A CHANGE AND IT WILL GO OUT OVER THE FRONTAL DUNE.

A QUICK UPDATE ON YBOR ALVAREZ. AS I STATED BEFORE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS. A QUICK UPDATE IS THE AIRPORT MANAGER, AIRPORT DIRECTOR NATHAN COYLE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH JEREMIAH ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER.

THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE TO DEVELOP A PACKAGE OF THE APPRAISALS.

THERE HAS TO BE MULTIPLE APPRAISALS OF THE LAND THAT'S GOING TO BE PURCHASED AND ALSO WHAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE LIKE WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE GOING TO SIT. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MOVING THEM OVER IN THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

THEN WE MOVE TO THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WHERE WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE, BUT IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE THE FIRST OR SECOND AS OF RIGHT NOW. IT COULD CHANGE THE FIRST OR SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER THAT WE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION ABOUT HOW WOULD THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD HERE'S THE APPRAISAL PRICES WE WILL HAVE THAT AT THAT POINT AND THEN WILL WE BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO PURCHASE IT OR THAT'S WHEN A DECISION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE.

SO THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN IN SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. AS WE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, I WILL MAKE SURE I'M WORKING AND LETTING THE AMELIA ISLAND UN SOCCER ORGANIZATION KNOW AS WELL AS YOU GUYS TOO. I JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATE ON THAT.

I HAD A SITUATION THIS WEEK WHERE A COMMISSIONER CALLED THE FIELD IBOR ALVAREZ. AND SO A PERSON WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS THE PERSON THAT THOSE FIELDS WERE NAMED AFTER HAS SAID THAT THE PRONUNCIATION WAS INCORRECT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WOULD LOVE IT IF PARKS AND REC COULD GET THE OFFICIAL PRONUNCIATION. BECAUSE I MEAN YBOR LIKE YBOR CITY. I MEAN THAT'S A KNOWN THAT'S HOW YOU SAY THE CITY, BUT APPARENTLY THE PERSON WHO THIS IS NAMED AFTER, THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM SAY IT. EBO. IBO SO I WOULD LIKE TO, ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEONE'S NAME, WE SHOULD BE PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO. AND I'M ONLY MAKING IT A THING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF IT COMES FROM PARKS AND PARKS AND REC, AND THEN WE ASK OUR COMMISSIONERS OR THE CITY OFFICIALS TO USE THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, THAT THAT COULD HELP IN MOVING THAT ALONG.

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I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE PETTY, BUT I JUST. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT THING.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

SO DID WE HEAR.

I THOUGHT WE WENT TO THE AIRPORT AND PRESENTED THE IDEA OF LEAVING THE SOCCER FIELDS WHERE THEY ARE. DID THEY EVER COME BACK TO US WITH, LIKE, COMMENT ON THAT? NO.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER YET. OKAY.

BUT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT WILL BE PUT TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, HERE.

HERE IT ALL IS HERE.

HERE'S THE PRICE THE FAA HAS APPROVED.

IF THEY HAVE, OR IF THEY. IF THEY HAVEN'T, THAT BECOMES A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

BUT IF THEY HAVE APPROVED IT, WHERE.

WHEN WE INITIALLY HAD.

WHEN OUR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT KEEPING IT, THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER OF THE PRICING AND THE. THE LAYOUT OF WHAT WE WOULD BE BUYING.

OKAY. YEAH.

AND THEN I THINK I WANT TO. I WANT TO MENTION MS. RIVERA'S NAME HERE.

PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WE HAVE BEEN. ALL OUR DELIVERABLES ARE DUE, WERE DUE TODAY. WE MET THAT DEADLINE. SO WE HAVE PRESENTED THEM WITH ALL THOSE DELIVERABLES, AND WE'LL START THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY. IF THEY NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF THE MASTER PLAN, SO THAT A LOT OF WORK ON OUR SHOULDERS THERE. SO THANK YOU, KATIE, FOR YOUR TIME ON THAT. AS ALWAYS, WE DO PUT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION TOGETHER. DIANA, THANK YOU FOR.

FOR DOING THAT. DIANA IS SITTING HERE WITH US TONIGHT FOR ASSISTANCE. AND THEN. AND THEN FINALLY, KATIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH THE UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THEN OUR. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 8TH. MAYBE IT'LL BE A LITTLE COOLER AT THAT POINT. ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS, THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING NEWS, IS WITH.

WITH THE GOLF COURSE, WE ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET. WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY. WE ARE SELF SUFFICIENT. THAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE GOLF TEAM, THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. BIGGERS AND WE'RE EXCITED. SO GOING INTO, INTO FISCAL YEAR 27, WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY. IF YOU REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE HAD $890,000. SO TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET. SO HARD WORK AND THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING THE CITY GOLF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CAPITAL PROJECT? THAT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.

THE EQUIPMENT.

AND WE'RE STRATEGICALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED, WE DECIDED TO DEFER A FEW THINGS.

BUT YEAH, THE CAPITAL, THE CAPITAL IS BUILT IN, INTO THAT. BUT AS WE GO, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS WE'LL HAVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR REVENUE SITS AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

EQUIPMENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART ALSO THOUGH, LIKE THE, THE PUTTING GREEN THAT SITS OUT.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS PEOPLE SEE.

WE HAVE SOME ISSUES. SO WE DID DECIDE TO DEFER THAT TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BUT IT'S A LARGE PROJECT IF IT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 60 TO $100,000. SO WE'LL TRY TO REFINE THAT PRICE AND THEN IT WILL GO INTO, WE'LL, WE'LL SUBMIT IT IN NEXT YEAR'S, IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO WE GOT TO PICK AND CHOOSE WISELY AS WE GO FORWARD.

BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE PRETTY, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WELL DONE.

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OKAY, SO THE UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT THAT WE HAVE IS THE TERRY KELLY SKATE JAM AND 5K ON AUGUST 20TH AT MAIN BEACH.

THE RUN IS AROUND MAIN BEACH AND THEN THE EVENT IS AT THE SKATE PARK THERE. OUR THIRD SUNSET CONCERT SERIES EVENT WILL BE ON AUGUST 23RD AT THE WATERFRONT PARK. IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MOM'S FAVORITE BAND.

THEY CAME OUT TWO HOUR LAST CONCERT TO CHECK IT OUT AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN FINALLY SOUNDS ON CENTER WILL BE SEPTEMBER 4TH FROM 6 TO 8 AT CENTER STREET.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SHEILA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE GOLF COURSE WHERE IT'S AT, NOT ONLY CONDITION BUT FINANCIALLY. THAT'S, I MEAN THAT'S A VERY EXCITING THING.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD AND ANYBODY THAT'S A MEMBER THERE TO CONTINUE TO PROJECT THAT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I THINK STILL

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SO THE MORE WE CAN GENERATE POSITIVE AND REALLY LET THEM KNOW THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING GREAT WORK, GREAT THINGS. WE NEED TO DO THAT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

I HAVE NOTHING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE PARENT YOUTH GOLF OUTING WAS AMAZING. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO GOOD GETTING LITTLE KIDS OUT THERE AND PLAYING IN LIKE A KIND OF A GOLF OUTING FORMAT AND IN THE GOLF CARTS AND THE WHOLE THING. AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE MORNING AND REALLY WELL DONE.

AND THE HOT DOGS WERE HUGE.

THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

PRETTY GOOD, CHAD.

SO I'M GONNA. I'M GONNA TRY TO GET A FOURSOME FOR THE BIRDIE AND BRUISE BECAUSE THAT LOOKS FUN TOO.

HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE HOT DOG.

NOTHING FOR ME.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO JEFFREY AND TO SCOTT. I'VE ONLY HEARD POSITIVE THINGS WITH YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.

YOU GUYS DID IT. YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. EVERYTHING WAS VERY POSITIVE WITH THAT. SO I THINK THEY. THEY TRULY GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE. WHAT OUR DIVISION DOES FOR.

FOR THE CITY AND WHAT IT MEANS.

SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. IT HAS BEEN 103 TO 110 OUT THERE THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE PARK IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON. WE KICK OFF BABE RUTH KICKS OFF BASEBALL IN TWO WEEKS FOR THE FALL. SO GOT 285 KIDS THIS YEAR AND 90 OF THEM ARE T BALLERS UNDER THE AGE OF SIX.

WHAT AGE DOES IT SAY? IT'S AMAZING. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.