[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          > GOOD EVENING FOLKS AND WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST 19TH REGULAR SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MAYOR ANTON. 
          >> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR ASKEW. 
          >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> COMMISSIONER POINTER. 
          >> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY 
          COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> 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. 
          >> PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND 
          SACRAMENT. >> YES THANK YOU. 
          >> GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THE LEADERS HERE AND FOR BEECHAM. 
          AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING WE REMEMBER THAT EACH PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED THIS ROOM CARRY SOMETHING UNSEEN, BE NEAR TO THOSE WHO HAVE ARRIVED ANXIOUS, LONELY, BURDENED BY PAIN OR GRIEVING OR SORROW KNOWN ONLY TO YOU. 
          SURROUND THEM WITH YOUR PEACE AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE WHO COME REJOICING WITH GOOD HEALTH AND GRATEFUL HEARTS AND JOYFUL ANTICIPATION. RECEIVE THEIR JOY AS AN OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING. WE PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND FOR ALL WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. 
          ENDING, PATIENTS TO LISTEN, COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, HUMILITY TO CONSIDER DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES AND DISCERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          MAY THEIR DELIBERATIONS BE GUIDED BY INTEGRITY COMPASSION AND A GENUINE DESIRE TO SERVE. BLESS THE CITIZENS OF FERNANDINA BEACH. HELP US TO BE NEIGHBORS WHO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, CITIZENS WHO PARTICIPATE WITH GRACE AND A COMMUNITY THAT MAKES ROOM FOR BOTH OUR DIFFERENCES AND THE THINGS WE HOLD IN COMMON, WHERE THERE IS DIVISION, BRING UNDERSTANDING. WERE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY, BRING WISDOM. WERE THERE IS HARDSHIP, BRING HOPE, END WHERE THERE IS ABUNDANCE, TEACH US GRATITUDE AND GENEROSITY. MAY ALL THAT IS SAID AND DONE IN THIS MEETING CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOURISHING OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE COMMON GOOD, IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY AMEN. 
          >> THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. 
          AND JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER FOR DECORUM IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER REQUEST. 
          IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO ADDRESS MYSELF AND THE COMMISSION NOT SOLICIT DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE. ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED ARE ALSO TO BE SUBMITTED TO MADAM CLERK AND IF YOU WISH TO TAKE ANY PHOTOS PLEASE AVOID CROSSING THE DAIS AND AT THIS 
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TIME I ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE ANY CELLULAR DEVICES ARE ON SILENT. 
          WITH THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS EXPRESSED THROUGH STAFF THERE'S A DESIRE ON THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME. 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE A DISCUSSION ON THE PAID PARKING. 
          IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA SO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES WE HAVE TO DO THAT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY COMMISSION DISCUSSION BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER FOR THIS DISCUSSION TO MOVE ON A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. SUPERMAJORITY VOTE AS IN FOUR 
          OUT OF FIVE. >> JUST TO GET ON TO THE AGENDA 
          TO DISCUSS IT. >> JUST TO DISCUSS NOT TO VOTE. 
          >> WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT IF WE DON'T 
          DISCUSS IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. 
          I NEED A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON A LOT OF THINGS. 
          >> NOBODY IS ASKING YOU TO. DISCUSSION. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY I'D LOVE A DISCUSSION. 
          >> MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. SO WE WILL MOVE THAT DISCUSSION ITEM PARLIAMENTARY ORDER MADAM ATTORNEY. 
          WE HAVE THAT NOW BEFORE PRESENTATION OR WE MOVE THAT 
          INTO SIX OR SEVEN. >> WE SHOULD DO IT NOW. 
          >> THE MOTION WAS TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA. 
          IT WASN'T SPECIFIC SO IT WAS INTENDED TO BE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO MR. MAYOR YOU CAN PUT IT NOW OR YOU CAN PLACE IT AFTER 
          CONSENT. >> MIXTURE. 
          >> WE DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE 
          TACKLE THIS NOW. >> POINT OF ORDER MR. MAYOR 
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MR. MORRIS YOU CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE 
          THANK YOU. >> HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. 
          FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NO PARKING ADVOCATES ON THEIR VICTORY LAST NIGHT. THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN AND THE RESULTS ARE CLEAR AND I ACCEPT IT. 
          I AM NOT PARTICULARLY SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME. 
          THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST PAID PARKING WAS SUSTAINED, AGGRESSIVE AND EXTRAORDINARILY WELL FUNDED. 
          ACCORDING TO THE REPORTED FIGURES, $77,811.26 WAS SPENT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS KEEPING THIS ISSUE FRONT AND CENTER. 
          THROUGH LAWSUITS CATEGORYCOMPETITIONS, EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGNING AND A STEADY DRUMBEAT OF CLAIMS BUT WHAT PAID PARKING WOULD SUPPOSEDLY DO TO DOWNTOWN. 
          THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $18.67 FOR EVERY ONE OF THE 4168 YES VOTES. 
          IT WORKED. SO NOW THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER, THE ELECTION IS OVER, AND PAID PARKING NEEDS TO BE OVER. 
          TONIGHT I AM FORMALLY ASKING THE CITY MANAGERS TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO TERMINATE OUR CONTRACT WITH ONE PARKING AS EARLY AS LEGAL DATE LEGALLY PERMITTED. 
          I'M ALSO ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE CITIZEN INITIATED ORDINANCE AND BRING IT BACK, BRING BACK A REPLACEMENT ORDINANCE THAT FAITHFULLY REFLECTS THE DECISION OF THE VOTERS WHILE PROVIDING LANGUAGE THAT IS CLEAR, LEGALLY SOUND AND ENFORCEABLE. THE VOTERS HAVE ESTABLISHED THE POLICY DIRECTION. IT IS NOW OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICY CAN BE PROPERLY ADMINISTERED. 
          THE VOTERS HAVE ESTABLISHED THE POLICY. 
          IT IS OUR JOB TO IMPLEMENT IT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE. 
          VOTING AGAINST PAID PARKING DOES NOT MAKE OUR BILLS DISAPPEAR. 
          IT DOES NOT REPAIR OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS. 
          IT DOES NOT REPLACE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT DOES NOT FUND OUR WATERFRONT AND IT DOES NOT ERASE THE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION IN PARKING REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATED USING IN THE WATERFRONT PARK. 
          THOSE NEEDS ARE STILL HERE. THOSE COSTS ARE STILL HERE. 
          AND SOMEBODY STILL HAS TO PAY FOR THEM. 
          FOR MONTHS I HAVE SAID THAT ONE OF THE REASONS I SUPPORTED PAID PARKING WAS BECAUSE I BELIEVE A REASONABLE WAYS FOR VISITORS TO HELP PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY USE. 
          THE VOTERS HAVE REJECTED THAT APPROACH AND I ACCEPT THAT DECISION. BUT I WILL NOT PRETEND THAT THAT DECISION DOES NOT COME WITHOUT A FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE. 
          THE QUESTION BEFORE US NOW IS VERY SIMPLE. 
          IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO COLLECT THIS REVENUE FROM PAID PARKING THEN WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET IT CAN WE THERE'S NO MAGIC REVENUE SOURCE. THERE IS NO FREE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE'S NO RESPONSIBLE BUDGET IN WHICH WE SIMPLY AGAIN IGNORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LONG TERM NEEDS BECAUSE THE FUNDING CONVERSATION IS UNCOMFORTABLE. EARLIER IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS I PROPOSED SETTING A TENTATIVE RATE OF 4.85. 
          SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY PAID PARKING REVENUE WOULD NOT MATERIALIZE. 
          THAT POSSIBILITY IS NOW REALITY. THEREFORE ON THE 26TH, 27 BUDGET YEAR I. WILL AGAIN SUPPORT AN INCREASED MILLAGE RATE. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY EXAMINE ANOTHER OPTION. OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL AND CONTINUING INVESTMENT AND IF THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT VISITORS CONTRIBUTING THROUGH PAID PARKING THEN WE SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER A DEDICATED DOWNTOWN TAXING DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO FUND THESE NEEDS. SO AGAIN I'M ASKING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH A DISTRICT WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. THIS WOULD INCLUDE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES, PROTECTED REVENUES AND IMPACT ON PROPERTY OWNERS. THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION PUBLICLY WITH FACTS AND NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ALL OF US. 
          BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY NEEDS. 
          I HAVE CONSEQUENTLY ARGUED THAT FERNANDINA BEACH SHOULD DIVERSIFY ITS REVENUE AND REDUCE ITS DEPENDANCE ON PROPERTY TAXES. THE VOTERS HAVE NOW CLEARLY SAID 
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NOT THROUGH PAID PARKING. I HAVE HEARD THAT AND I RESPECT THAT RESULT AND I WILL ACT ON IT. 
          BUT GOVERNING REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST SAYING NO TO REVENUE SOURCES. IT REQUIRES DECIDING WHAT COMES NEXT. SO NOW WE TURN THE PAGE PAID PARKING IS FINISHED IN MY OPINION. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE NOT. 
          WATERFRONT PROJECT IS NOT. OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE NOT FINISHED. THE VOTERS ANSWERED THE QUESTIN ON PAID PARKING. BUT NOW THIS COMMISSION HAS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON HOW WE PAY FOR WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO START TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. >> DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO BE MADE FROM THE COMMISSION AT THIS MOMENT? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. 
          WHEN WE EMBARKED ON THIS YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE WERE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS THAT WERE NOT ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS. AND FOR SIX MONTHS WE ASKED ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH ANY KIND OF IDEAS THAT WERE ACTUALLY WORKABLE. NO ONE DID. 
          WE EMBARKED ON A PAID PARKING THAT WOULD NOT HINDER THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. HAD ASKED FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING TO ENJOY OUR CITY TO HELP PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND THE UPKEEP OF THE CITY THAT THEY WERE COMING IN ENJOYING AND ALSO WEARING OUT. WE WERE TOLD WE TRIED IT BEFORE. 
          IT DIDN'T WORK. WOULDN'T WORK AGAIN. 
          PROOF OF CONCEPT. IT WORKED. 
          WHEN WE WERE GENERATING 100 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS NET EVERY MONTH THAT'S WORKING. 90% OF THE DOLLARS WERE GENERATED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE 32034. 
          THEY WERE COMING FROM JACKSONVILLE, GEORGIA, ST. AUGUSTINE BUT NOT FROM THE RESIDENTS HERE. 
          SO WE ARE WALKING AWAY FROM $100,000 A MONTH, REVENUES THAT WE NEED TO FIX OUR TOWN. SO AS I UNDERSTAND THIS VOTE, THE CITIZENS SAYING IT'S ALL ON US. 
          SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR IT. THE BILLS DON'T GO AWAY IT'S ALL ON US. COMMISSION AFTER COMMISSION HAS KICKED THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW. WASN'T EVEN A DISCUSSION THREE YEARS AGO ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE IT DOWN AND THE DOLLARS IT WAS GOING TO COST. SO WHEN PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SAY YOU JUST NEED TO SHARPEN YOUR PENCIL, HOW SHARP CAN $22 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET WHEN YOU THROW $12 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT, HOW SHARP OF A PENCIL, WHAT PROGRAMS DOES A CITY NOT WANT TO HAVE CAN WE DO THAT ONE TO HAVE POLICE OR FIRE CAN WE DO THEY NOT WANT TO HAVE PARKS? THIS ALL COSTS MONEY. WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA, PROVED THE CONCEPT BUT NOW THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT THAT SO 
          IT'S ALL ON US NOW. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          >> I GUESS I WILL SPEAK. I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE RESIDENTS. I AM THINKING OF, I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO MAYBE FOUR WHEN I HELPED FORM CONSERVE NASSAU. 
          WE PRESSED THE CITY FOR A DUNE ORDINANCE. 
          BROUGHT AN ORDINANCE. WE HAVE CONCERNED NASA HAS ON THEIR BOARD A DUNE GEOMORPHOLOGIST WE WROTE A GREAT DUNE ORDINANCE. WE STILL HAVE IT. 
          CHIP ROSS SUGGESTS IT TO US DO AN INITIATIVE. 
          GET SIGNATURES. FORCE IT INTO AN ORDINANCE. 
          AND WE OPTED NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
          NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY SITTING HERE WE CAN'T GO. 
          WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THE DUNE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE STATE PASSED SB 180 THAT'S HANDCUFFING US ON CHANGING LAND USE ORDINANCES THAT WE WOULD BE AT RISK OF SUING. 
          SO I APPLAUD THE RESIDENTS TO RAISE MONEY COME TOGETHER, PUSH THIS, HAVE A SUCCESSFUL VOTE AND PRESS THEIR INTEREST. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          I DO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER POYNTE. 
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SORRY I GET IT. I WILL I. WILL GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY THAT THE FIVE OF US UNDERSTAND THE CITY BUDGET BETTER THAN 99% OF RESIDENTS I. WILL GUESS. 
          I THINK THAT'S FAIR. IT'S A 400 PAGE BUDGET. 
          IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I AM -- I. AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MINSHEW WE PURPOSELY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE RULE, BUT WE PURPOSEFULLY, THE CITY MANAGER WANTED US TO SET THAT SHE BUILT THE BUDGET AROUND THE ROLLBACK 
          RATE WHICH WAS 4.577. >> MODIFIED ROLLBACK. 
          >> 4.544 THANK YOU. THE CITY BUT THE CITY MANAGER ALSO GAVE US AN OPTION OF HERE'S ANOTHER RATE THAT IF YOU ALL VOTE TO GET RID OF PAID PARKING THAT $1.5 MILLION, THEN HERE'S THE RATE YOU WOULD NEED TO CAPTURE THAT MONEY BACK SO THAT'S THE RATE WE TEMPORARILY CHOSE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR TAX, PROPOSED TAX BILL TODAY. I GOT MINE. 
          YOU ARE HOLDING YOURS. I GOT MINE. 
          SO YOUR TAX BILL THAT YOU GOT MAILED HOME TO YOU IS TEMPORARILY, IS PROPOSED TEMPORARILY BUILT AROUND THAT HIGHER RATE THAT WE CHOSE, 4.85. YOU SEE IT ON. 
          >> 4.8530. SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. SORRY. 
          YEAH, AND SO, YEAH. I NEED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM STAFF. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF, IS THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING? THANK YOU. 
          ARE WE JUST GOING TO TAKE THE EASY ROUTE AND GO TO THAT AND STAY AT THAT BECAUSE THAT MILLAGE RATE IS NOT CERTIFIED UNTIL SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER WE HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED AND FINALIZE THE MILLAGE RATE. WE ARE LEGALLY BY FLORIDA STATE LAW LEGALLY ALLOWED TO LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE FROM WHAT WE CHOSE LAST MONTH WE ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO RAISE IT FROM WHAT WE CHOSE WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOOPS AND NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC AND WHATNOT. 
          SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION WE CHOSE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE THAT'S ON OUR TAX BILLS SO I KNOW I. WOULD HAVE VOTED TO LOWER THAT RATE BACK DOWN IF WE KEPT IF WE VOTE TO KEEP PAID PARKING BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE WOULD HAVE NOT BUDGETED FOR THE $1.5 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT I NEED FROM STAFF IS ARE WE TAKING IF WE VOTE, FIRST OF SOME FUTURE AGENDA. I DO NOT WANT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. I NEED A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE JUST TAKE THE EASY ROUTE AND CHOOSE TO STICK WITH THAT HIGHER TAX RATE SO THAT WE CAN RECOUP THAT $1.5 MILLION, OR CAN YOU GIVE US A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPTIONS OF WHERE WE GET $1.5 MILLION, WHAT PROGRAM ARE WE CUTTING, WHAT BEACH ACCESS ARE WE CLOSING, WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING, WHAT MAINTENANCE ARE WE DEFERRING, WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE WE NOT DOING CAN WE WE ARE NOT BUYING ALVAREZ. WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ESCAPE PARKING. MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES. 
          I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MONEY. BECAUSE THE FIVE OF US VOTED WE VOTED 50 TO TO DEAL WITH BRITZ. THAT WAS WE VOTED OUT A VISION PLAN WE VOTED FIVE OH THAT THAT WAS THE NUMBER 1 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FACING THE CITY. 
          AND THAT WE WANTED THE STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AND WE VOTED 50 AGAIN FOR THE STAFF TO PUT OUT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL TO GET BACK SOME PLANS FOR WHAT ON EARTH WE COULD DO FOR IT AND THEN WE VOTED 5-0 ON THE CHEAPEST OPTION FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH IT. NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED, ONCE IT'S DOWN THEY'RE GOING TO DO A HUGE DREDGING PROJECT WHILE IT'S OPEN. THE SEA WALL IS 100 YEARS OLD. 
          THEY ARE GOING TO REBUILD THAT. THEY NEED TO MOVE FUEL LINES. 
          THEY NEED TO REBUILD THE DOCK TO CONNECT ALL THE FLOATING THAT THE ACTUAL WALKWAY TO CONNECT THE FLOATING DOCKS. 
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THIS IS $12.8 MILLION PROJECT. LARGEST PROJECT IN CITY HISTORY. 
          WE VOTED 5-0 TO DO THIS PROJECT. THE FUNDING FOR THAT $7 MILLION OF THAT FUNDING IS A LINE OF CREDIT THAT WE ACTUALLY ONLY VOTED FOR 4-1. THE COMMISSIONER VOTED AGAINST IT. WE ALSO VOTED 5-0 THAT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT FUNDING WOULD COME FROM PAID PARKING. SO WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM NOW IF WE VOTE TO GET RID OF IT CAN WE AS COMMISSIONER POYNTER SAID IT DOESN'T GROW OUT OF THIN AIR. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE 4000 SOME VOTERS WHO VOTED YES FOR THIS. 
          AND BY THE WAY I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO VOTED YES FOR THIS WHO ACTUALLY DO SUPPORT PAID PARKING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T READ IT AS A MANDATE AGAINST PAID PARKING BECAUS IT WAS QUITE CLEAR IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION THAT THIS IS NOT A RETROACTIVE REMOVAL OF PAID PARKING. 
          WOULD REQUIRE A VOTER REFERENDUM TO EXPAND OR SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE IT SO I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY. 
          HAPPY COLLECTING A MILLION DOLLARS FROM VISITORS. 
          BUT DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT EXPAND. 
          TO THE BEACHES OR WHATNOT. WHICH I DON'T WANT IT TO GO TO THE BEACHES EITHER. BUT, YEAH, IN ADDITION TO THE $4 MILLION, I THINK THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY ARE THE COUNTY RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PAYING TO PARK BEFORE AND NOW THEY ARE NOT GOING, THEY POTENTIALLY WON'T HAVE TO PAY IN THE FUTURE, AND THEY ARE SUPER HAPPY TO LEAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE TAXPAYERS BACKS BECAUSE THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS TOLD US OVER AND OVER THAT THE TOURISTS THEMSELVES DON'T CARE. WE IN GENERAL HAVE A VERY HIGH END TOURIST ON THIS ISLAND AND TOURISTS EXPECT TO PAY FOR PARKING AND THEY DON'T CARE. THEY ARE HAPPY TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF BUCKS. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IF WE END THIS CONTRACT, I KNOW WE BUILT IN AN ABILITY TO PULL OUT OF THE CONTRACT, IN CASE OF THIS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY, SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING I. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF. HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD WE LOSE TO ONE PARKING OUR VENDOR IF WE PULLED OUT. 
          I'M SORRY THAT WAS A LOT. I WILL SHUT UP NOW. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR. I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET THAT I'M FAIRLY POLITICAL NERD. 
          I LOOK AT THINGS I LOOK AT POLLING I LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS SO I DON'T BLAME MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR IGNORING SOCIAL MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA IS WHAT IT IS. 
          WE GOT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF EMAILS ABOUT PAID PARKING THAT'S A SIGN BUT IS IT AS SIGNIFICANT? NO IT'S VERY EASY TO GET ON A COMPUTER ON THOSE LITTLE DEVICES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HAND ALL THE TIME AND SEND AN EMAIL OR SEND SOMETHING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I MADE THIS COMMENT ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN THE PETITION PROCESS STARTED. 
          SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS A LONG TIME. 
          AND I'VE SEEN A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE IN THE COUNTY NEED 750 PETITIONS TO GET ON THE BALLOT AND COULDN'T HARDLY DO IT IN A COUNTY OF 75000. AND THAT PETITION GROUP GOT THAT MUCH IN A WEEKEND. THAT RIGHT THERE SHOULD HAVE SIGNALED THAT IT IS A FACT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE AGAINST THIS AND THAT NUMBER OF 75 TO 25% WAS GOING TO SHOW UP IN A BALLOT BOX. IT JUST WAS. 
          COMMISSIONER MINSHEW MENTIONED THE $80,000. 
          THAT'S THE OTHER BIG SIGN. MOST PEOPLE MAY GET OFF THEIR COUCH AND GO SIGN A PETITION BUT THEY PROBABLY WON'T GIVE YOU THEIR MONEY AND $80,000 IT'S REALLY NOT A BIG NUMBER IN TODAY'S WORLD BUT WHEN DOING IT AT TEN AND 15, $50 AT A TIME THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL. THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE SIGN THIS THING WAS GOING TO GET THROTTLED AT THE BALLOT BOX AND ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED, THIS IS A BOONDOGGLE OF THIS COMMISSION'S OWN MAKING. ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED WAS TO VOTE ON IT BEFORE IT GOT IMPLEMENTED. 
          THAT'S ALL THEY WANT TO PUKE IF WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PLAN I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IF WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PLAN AND WE HAD CAME TO THE CITIZENS AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING OF DOING, WILL YOU SIGN OFF, YOU HAD A CHANCE. 
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YOU LEGITIMATELY HAD A CHANCE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT IT AND SAY I. NEED THE FUNDING, I WANT SOME TRAFFIC CALMING, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE BUT IT JUST GOT PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REGARD FOR ALL THE SIGNS THAT WERE THERE. AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO SAY WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE MONEY? WE CREATED THIS BOONDOGGLE. WE DID IT. 
          THIS COMMISSION DID THIS. SO I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR US AT ALL. I DON'T FEEL SORRY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. WE CREATED THIS MESS SO TO GO TO THE CITIZENS NOW AND GO WOE IS US HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT WHEN WE WEREN'T LISTENING TO THEM FOR MONTHS, I THINK IT'S ON THE FIVE OF US TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          AND AS FAR AS IT GOES AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE AND CHANGING THE ORDINANCE OR TRYING TO REDO IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THE CITIZENS REALLY WANT THIS IN THE CHARTER THEY DON'T WANT AN ORDINANCE. GO AND TALK TO THEM THEY WANT IT IN THE CHARTER NO DIFFERENT THEN YOU CAN'T GET RID OF POLICE AND FIRE WITHOUT A REFERENDUM. YOU CAN'T SELL RECREATIONAL LAND WITHOUT A REFERENDUM. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. 
          THEY WANT FULL CONTROL OF THIS. THEY WANT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE COMMISSION'S HANDS THEY DON'T WANT AN ORDINANCE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE STILL PLAYING GAMES WITH THIS ISSUE. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE PUT IT ON A BALLOT AND IF THEY DIDN'T WANT IT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CHARTER REVIEW AND WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. BUT I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR THIS COMMISSION AT ALL. TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF IT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK GOING TO THE CITIZENS AND SAYING GIVE US MORE OF YOUR MONEY IS THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT. 
          I'M ALL FOR GETTING RID OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S OBVIOUS. THIS THING GOT THROTTLED, THROTTLED AT THE BALLOT BOX. IT'S CLEAR. 
          IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF IT. I AGREE 100% ON BOARD ON HOW TO GATHER THIS THING AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          AND THEN IT NEEDS TO GO IN THE CHARTER IT NEEDS TO BE A CHARTER REVIEW IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE BALLOT FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IT IN THE CHARTER BECAUSE THAT IS A PRETTY CLEAR SIGN THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. THEY WANT A VOTE ON PAID PARKING IF IT COMES IN. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT ISSUE. IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TO TALK TO THE CITIZENS AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ON THIS ISSUE. SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO LET'S GET IT DONE. I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY AND GET RID OF IT. JOKINGLY I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE TODAY. YOU CAN PROBABLY TAKE THOSE SIGNS AND SELL THEM. I'M TELLING YOU, THE RESIDENTS WILL PAY A PRETTY GOOD PENNY TO KEEP ONE OF THESE SIGNS. 
          PUT THEM ON THE AUCTION JUST LIKE WE DID THE SIGN AND I PROMISE WE WILL RECRUIT SOME OF THE MONEY. 
          THE CITIZENS WILL BE ON BOARD WITH THAT. 
          IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CREATIVE WAY TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF DOLLARS BACK IN OUR POCKETS STIK THOSE THINGS ON EBAY AND SEE HOW FAST THEY SELL. THAT'S IT. 
          >> I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS THE PLAN WORKED AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DEFER TO THE SYSTEM'S. 
          I FIND IT NOTHING SHORT OF OBNOXIOUS FOR YOU TO SAY I DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THIS COMMISSION. THERE'S NO ONE ASKING FOR SYMPATHIES. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO STOP GRANDSTANDING BECAUSE YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED THAT BEING SAID I. WOULD LIKE TO LET COMMISSIONER POYNTER START. 
          >> I HAVE A FEW ISSUES WITH WHAT VICE MAYOR JUST SPEWED. 
          WE HAVE AN EXPENSE. THE CITY HAS BEEN KICKING DOWN THIS ROAD FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND IT'S GOT TO START GETTING FIXED. THIS COMMISSION HAS TAKEN THE BOLD MOVE APPARENTLY TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING NOT ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DID. VICE MAYOR I ASK YOU, VOTED TO TAKE DOWN BRATS BUT DIDN'T VOTE TO FUND IT. 
          HE'S VOTED FOR HAVING SOCCER FIELDS BUT NOT TO FUND IT. 
          SKATE PARKS, NO FUNDING. IT'S SO EASY TO SIT UP HERE AND JUST SAY NO. NO. 
          ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S FOUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUS. NOW TO SIT THERE AND SAY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING AND JUST WAITED FOR THE VOTES, WE PROVED PAID PARKING WORKS. NOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST WAITED, WELL TO WHAT CAN WE HAVE YOU HEARD ALL YEAR BECAUSE I HAVEN'T, WE NEED A PARKING GARAGE. 
          THERE'S NO PLACES TO PARK. HAS ANYONE HEARD THAT? 
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NOT ALL YEAR. WHY? BECAUSE ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE PARKING OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING ZONE THAT ARE PARKED THERE FOR EIGHT HOURS IN A DAY. 
          THEY ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING ZONE. 
          I HAVE SPOKEN TO SO MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE SAYING I CAN FINALLY COME DOWN AND BE ABLE TO PULL IN AND FIND A SPOT WHICH I NEVER WAS ABLE TO DO BEFORE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL TAKEN BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. THESE BUSINESSES ARE NOT OPENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COFFEE SHOP UNTIL 11:00. 
          BUT ALL THE PARKING SPACES WERE TAKEN. 
          SO THE OBNOXIOUS VIDEOS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING SAYING LOOK THERE'S NO ONE HERE, ECONOMIC DISASTER ZONE. WHO ARE THEY KIDDING? THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CALMED TRAFFIC. WE HAVE MADE 100 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. WE HAVE PUT THOSE TAXES ON THE TAXPAYERS. OUTSIDE PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THIS. SO I DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THIS COMMISSION AND I DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE COMMUNITY SAID IT'S ON US. WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN BRATS IT'S ON US TAKE THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM OUTSIDE ON US NOW. THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY. 
          I SAID IT BEFORE. THAT BILL IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. ALL THESE STREETS THAT HAVE TO GET FIXED. EMAILS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE SAYING MY WATER IS NOT WORKING HERE, THE SIDEWALK IS CRACKED. 
          OKAY I GET IT AND I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          BUT NOW WE HAVE TO FIX IT AND YOU DON'T FIX IT WITH A PLAN OF WISHES SO I'M HAPPY WE DID IT. I'M HAPPY WE APPROVED THE CONCEPT OF IT AND SOMEDAY IT WILL COME BACK. 
          BUT FOR NOW I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          >> I CAN MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE MOVE INSTRUCT CITY STAFF TO RESCIND THE AGREEMENT OF CONVERSATIONS 
          TOMORROW. >> SECOND. 
          >> HOLD ON. >> MOTION TO SECOND BUT YOU HAVE 
          THE FLOOR. >> I VOTED 5-0 TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AS DISCUSSION AS A VOTING ITEM. 
          >> I DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE. I UNDERSTAND YOU DIDN'T. 
          >> THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 4-1 AND ONE HAVE GONE ON THE AGENDA HERE CAN I SPEAK? I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER POYNTER. PAID PARKING ABSOLUTELY WORKED. 
          THE DAY THE SIGNS WENT UP AND I AM SUPER NERVOUSLY CAME DOWN EIGHTH AND TURNED ONTO CENTER BECAUSE I WAS SO NERVOUS TO SEE HOW UGLY THE SIGNS WERE GOING TO BE. 
          I'M DRIVING ALONG LIKE WHAT THE HECK. 
          THEY SAID THEY WERE PUTTING THEM UP TODAY. 
          BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE THE SIGNS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOWER, BROWN HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMITTEE COUNCIL DESIGNED THEM THEY ARE PARALLEL TO THE STREET SO THEY ARE REALLY FOR THE PARKED CAR. 
          YEAH, ARE THEY BEAUTIFUL CAN WE NO. 
          DID THEY DESTROY OUR DOWNTOWN? NO. 
          HERE'S THE CRAZY THING. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER POYNTER. PAID PARKING WILL COME BACK BECAUSE PROBABLY NOT FROM THIS COMMISSION AND YOU DON'T, HALF THIS COMMISSION WILL BE GONE BUT BECAUSE WE PROVED IT WORKED AND BECAUSE THIS CITY A 14000 PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DROWNED BY TOURISTS THE WAY BARCELONA AND VENICE AND TAHITI AND YOU NAME THE HIGH END DESTINATION PLACE THAT VISITORS ARE OVERWHELMING BECAUSE, AND THE PEOPLE CAN'T KEEP UP. 
          SO WE VOTE TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR OUR VISITORS BUT WORSE FOR US, WORSE FOR OURSELVES. I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT. 
          COMMISSIONER I. DO COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER ASK YOU NEED TO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. 
          YOU SAID YOU ARE A POLITICAL AND THAT AGGRAVATES ME ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HERE TO PLAY POLITICS. 
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THIS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 55 AND ZERO TO ACTUALLY GET IT FIXED OKAY BUT THEN IN NOVEMBER 2025 WE VOTED 4-1. 
          YOU VOTED AGAINST $7 MILLION LINE OF CREDIT THAT YOU VOTED 5-0 FOR THE CITY TO GO FIND THE FUNDING. 
          BUT WHEN THEY FOUND THE FUNDING YOU VOTED 4-1 AGAINST IT. 
          AND THAT'S HALF THE MONEY TO PAY FOR BRETT'S. 
          AND THEN APPROVE THE PLAN A MONTH AGO TO USE $1.5 MILLION OF PAID PARKING FOR IT. AND THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION YOU VOTED TO HIRE THREE FIREFIGHTERS BUT YOU ALL DIDN'T FUND THEM YOU PAID FOR THEM OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND. 
          WE HAD TO FUND THEM. OUR COMMISSION HAD TO ADD $700,000 TO IT. I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO COUNTLESS SKATE PARK PEOPLE THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION DIDN'T FUND A MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD IT. THEY PUT $90,000 IN THERE FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WE HAVE RELEASED 30,000 OF THAT FOR DESIGN BUT WE WILL NOT RELEASE THE ADDITIONAL THOUSAND. 
          IT'S SITTING AS A LINE ITEM IN PARKS AND REC BUDGET. 
          UNLESS WE HAD THE FUNDING FOR IT. 
          THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION DID NOT FULLY FUND PAVING. 
          THE CITY HAS 75 MILES OF PAVED ROADS. 
          IF WE STAY ON A 25 YEAR CYCLE OF PAVING WE HAVE TO PAVE 3 MILES A YEAR. THEY ROLLED BACK THE TAX RATE BECAUSE THAT'S SUPER POLITICAL. THAT SELLS REALLY WELL. 
          ROLLBACK RATE SELLS REALLY WELL ON FACEBOOK. 
          ROLL IT BACK IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 
          WHAT DID WE HAVE TO DO? THAT'S NOT SMART. 
          I'M NOT HERE ABOUT POLITICS. I'M NOT HERE TO PLEASE PEOPLE. 
          I'M HERE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE RESIDENTS WHO STILL WANT THE CITY TO FUNCTION, WHO WANT A SEAWALL FOR WHEN WE HAVE THE BIG STORM. IT'S NOT IF. 
          IS WHEN. WHEN THE BIG STORM COMES. 
          THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH DOWNTOWN. 
          WE'LL WISH WE HAD OUR UGLY PAID PARKING SIGNS BACK. 
          YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. IF YOU VOTE FOR SOMETHING YOU 
          HAVE TO VOTE TO FUND IT. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER 
          COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. 
          LAST ON THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW, THE CITIZENS INITIATIVE WAS ADDED AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN USED. 
          SO IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROCESS. 
          IF THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THIS AS A CHARTER AMENDMENT INSTEAD OF A CITIZENS INITIATIVE NEXT YEAR IN 2027 WILL BE A CHARTER REVIEW YEAR, AND WE WILL SELECT A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE WHO WILL THEN REVIEW THE CHARTER, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, BRING THEM BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION. 
          WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CHARTERS AMENDMENTS MOVE FORWARD AND THEY WOULD BE ON THE 2028 BALLOT. 
          SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE LIKE. 
          THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE, YOU SEE ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS HERE TONIGHT. IT'S BECAUSE ON THE AGENDA WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE $309,000 FOR THEIR UNION CONTRACT TO GIVE THEM RAISES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE EFFECTIVE POLICE OFFICERS AND TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY. AND I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THAT. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT $300,000 INCREASE COMES OUT OF TAXES. IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF ENTERPRISE FUNDS. IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF GRANTS. 
          IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOUR BASIS TAX IS TIED TO YOUR MILLAGE RATES. WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CUTTING MILLAGE RATES, SO THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES ON HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THE $309,000 IS GOING TO COME TO PAY FOR THESE 
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FINE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TO TAKE CARE OF US. AND WITH THAT I. WOULD LIKE TO 
          CALL THE QUESTION. >> VICE MAYOR STILL HAS HIS. 
          >> FIRST OFF I DIDN'T GET WHAT I WANTED THE CITIZENS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT VOTED ON IT. I HAD A SINGULAR VOTE. 
          I DIDN'T GET WHAT I WANTED. I WAS SIMPLY JUST PARROTING WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME. 75 TO 25% CLIP. 
          DID I TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAD CHANGED THEIR MINDS WHO WERE AGAINST PAID PARKING AND TURNED AROUND AND SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT I CAN GO PARK? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT'S ONLY 25% OF THE PEOPLE. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE NUMBERS SHOOK OUT. IF WE ARE GOING TO SIT HERE AND I WILL GO THROUGH MY VOTING RECORD IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT TO RESPOND TO THE POLITICAL THING, I JUST UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS, UNDERSTAND HOW POLLING WORKS. 
          I UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THAT WORKS BETTER THAN MOST IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I DO. TO SAY I'M A POLITICAL I CAN SIT HERE AND THAT'S WHY I CAN SIT HERE AND TELL YOU ALMOST 700 PETITIONS SIGNED IN A WEEKEND IS SOMETHING. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FOLLOWED POLITICS FOR DECADES AND CAN TELL YOU IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 
          LET'S GO THROUGH MY VOTING RECORD, SEEING AS THIS COMMISSION STUCK ITS HEAD IN THE SAND ON EVEN COMING OUT WHETHER YOU WOULD OR YOU WOULDN'T SUPPORT THE VOTE OR WHAT YOU WOULD DO OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OR HOW MUCH TURNOUT EVERYBODY'S HEAD WAS IN THE SAND WHEN IT COMES TO IT. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING DOWN BRETTS ABSOLUTELY. 
          HAVE NO PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. 4-1 VOTE ON BORROWING MONEY CACTUS COMMISSION NEVER EXPLAINED WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO USE PAID PARKING TO SECURE REVENUE BOND THAT WAS NEVER EVER BROUGHT UP. I WAS AGAINST USING PAID PARKING FOR REVENUE BOND BECAUSE IT WASN'T EVER CLEARLY STATED. 
          THAT'S WHY I WAS 4-1 THAT. 5-0 ON A VOTE TO TAKE IT DOWN AND FUND IT I HAVE NO PROBLEMS BECAUSE $1.5 MILLION WE CAN FIND, WE NEED YOU TO TAKE IT DOWN NOT TO MENTION AGAIN THIS COMMISSION NEVER STATED CLEARLY IF YOU WOULD GET RID OF PAID PARKING REGARDLESS. SO HOW WAS I TO KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU'D GET RID OF PAID PARKING, WHY WOULD I VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IT? IF YOU SAID BY THE WAY BEFORE WE TAKE THIS VOTE, IF PAID PARKING ENDS UP LIKE THIS WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF IT SO MAYBE WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO FIND $1.5 MILLION I. WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WAS DONE. 
          AS FAR AS I KNEW NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE, PAID PARKING WAS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS COMMISSION NEVER WENT ON RECORD AND SAID I'M GOING TO DO THIS IF THIS HAPPENS. NONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED UNTIL TONIGHT. NONE OF THEM HAPPENED. 
          NOBODY WAS ON RECORD AND I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT ARE WE DOING, AND NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT PURELY SO THAT'S WHY I VOTED HOW I VOTED. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS EXPLAINING MY VOTES TO ANYBODY THE LAST THING ON THE FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAD A GRANT SAFER GRANT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO FOR. 
          DID I KNOW WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET THE GRANT? YES, I KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET THE GRANT ■BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS AND CAN TELL YOU WHY WE WOULDN'T GET IT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT MONEY IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          I KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHY WE PUT MONEY IN CONTINGENCY TO FUND THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR SIX MONTHS ONLY WHEN WE DID THE MODIFIED ROLLBACK RATE WE RAISED THE REVENUE ENOUGH TO COVER THOSE POSITIONS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DID THE MODIFIED ROLLBACK RATE THAT YEAR WAS TO COVER IT I GET TIRED OF SEEING THE SUN LINE THAT WE FUNDED THEM OUT OF CONTINGENCY WHEN WE ALREADY KNEW THE GAME WAS GETTING PLAYED IN D.C. AND TALLAHASSEE. 
          SO I KNEW THAT WHICH I SAID LET'S PUT IT IN CONTINGENCY SO WHEN WE DON'T GET IT WE CAN PUT THEM ON FOR SIX MONTHS BUT DO THE MODIFIED ROLLBACK RATE AND FUND THEM FOREVER. 
          THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO AWAY BUT REAPPEARS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THEY'RE. I SAID THAT MULTIPLE TIMES ON RECORD BUT PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP SAYING BUT THEY WANT TO SAY AND DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME SO I HAVE NO PROBLEMS EXPLAINING THAT EITHER. 
          IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE ARGUING SO MUCH OVER THIS AND WHY THIS COMMISSION IS DEFENDING THIS STILL. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS COMMISSION THINKS PAID PARKING IS COMING BACK. 
          THIS THING WAS THROTTLED. THERE'S NO SENSE TALKING ABOUT IT ANY MORE. LET'S GET RID OF IT. 
          LET'S START THE HEALING PROCESS AND BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER SO WE CAN QUIT FIGHTING OVER THIS ISSUE AND ACTUALLY 
          ACCOMPLISH SOME REAL GOALS. >> COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE THE 
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          FLOOR. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE YOU ARE OFF BY A YEAR WITH THE FIREFIGHTER FUNDING. WE ADDED THE FIREFIGHTER FUNDING 
          WHEN WE WENT TO THE RATE WE DID. >> YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME WHEN I WAS SITTING UP HERE AND WAS IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS WITH JEREMIAH WHO WAS THE MANAGER AT THE TIME THAT THAT'S WHAT DID AND DIDN'T HAPPEN. YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME THAT I WAS SITTING HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. 
          JEREMIAH WAS THAT NOT THE CASE? WERE WE NOT SITTING UP THERE AND SAYING CONTINGENCY AND DO THE MODIFIED ROLLBACK. 
          DID WE NOT DO THE MODIFIED ROLLBACK RATE? 
          >> LET'S REFOCUS THE DISCUSSION. >> I WANT TO FOCUS ON BEING SAID YOU OFF A YEAR WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THIS CHAIR WHEN IT 
          HAPPENED WITH JEREMIAH. >> ALL RIGHT I WILL CONCEDE. 
          >> YOU ALL CONCEDE. YOU ARE NOT CONCEDING ANYTHING. 
          YOU ARE BRINGING UP AN UNFACTUAL THING. 
          IT IS FACT THAT IT HAPPENED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO WRAP THIS UP. 
          >> I'M NOT DONE. >> OKAY. 
          TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, YOU DID GET WHAT YOU WANTED BECAUSE YOU DONATED $500 TO THE CITIZENS FOR PAID AGAINST PAID PARKING. 
          BECAUSE IT'S DONATIONS ARE PUBLIC RECORD ON THE SUPERVISOR ELECTION WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALL GO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE DONATIONS CAME FROM. AND WHEN WE VOTED ON NOVEMBER FOURTH, 2025 AT THE TWO HOUR AND SEVEN MINUTE MARK IN THAT MEETING FOR THE LINE OF CREDIT WE VOTED 4-1, YOU DID NOT ASK A SINGLE QUESTION YOU DID NOT SAY A SINGLE THING. 
          PLEASE DON'T TELL ME YOU ARE NOT CLEAR HOW THAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE PAID BACK. YOU VOTED AGAINST $7 MILLION OF FUNDING BUT THEN TURNED SO THAT YOU COULD SAY TO THE VOTERS YOU'RE AGAINST PAID PARKING BUT THEN YOU TURNED AROUND AND VOTED FOR $12 MILLION PROJECT 5-0. YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. 
          AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. NONE OF US WENT ON RECORD WITH HOW WE WERE GOING TO VOTE IF THIS INITIATIVE PASSED. 
          BECAUSE WE WERE ADVISED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY TO NOT MAKE OUR OPINION PUBLIC BECAUSE IT WOULD TURN INTO A POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF THE SUNSHINE ACT IF WE UNDERSTOOD OR KNEW EACH OTHER'S 
          POSITION. >> IT IS NOT. 
          >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          >> WHAT I WANT TO BRING UP ABOUT NOT GOING ON THE RECORD, AND I'LL BE QUITE HONEST HERE. IF IT WAS 49-51I WOULDN'T BE SAYING WE ARE GETTING RID OF PAID PARKING HERE BECAUSE IT'S WORKED. RIGHT. 
          SO WHEN I WAS CORNERED FOUR MONTHS AGO THEN OF COURSE I MADE THAT STATEMENT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO A HYPOTHETICAL. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. 
          IF IT'S 90-10 GET RID OF IT, WELL THAT'S ONE THING. 
          IF IT'S 49-51 THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 
          THAT MEANS HALF THE PEOPLE WANTED AND HALF THE PEOPLE DON'T. THAT'S WHY IT'S REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO COME OUT. 
          NOW I KNOW. NOW I'M ON THE RECORD. 
          THAT'S HOW YOU DO BUSINESS. YOU DON'T TRY TO WORK HARD TO MANIPULATE AND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT. 
          WE ARE JUST DOING OUR JOB. AND WE PUT IT OUT THERE AND THE COMMUNITY SAID NO BUT WHAT WE DID DO IS PROVED OUR POINT THE POINT IS IT WORKS AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY SOMEDAY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK, IT WILL. AND THE REASON WHY IT WILL IS BECAUSE AT SOME POINT OUR CITY IS NOT GROWING. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WEARING IT OUT ARE GROWING. 
          NASSAU COUNTY IS GROWING. THEY ARE COMING HERE. 
          WE ARE FLIPPING THE BILL FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'VE GOT 39 WALKOVERS? IT'S COSTING A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EACH WALKOVER. HOW LONG CAN THE RESIDENTS OF FERNANDINA CONTINUE ON THEIR REPLACE BOARDWALKS UP AND DOWN THE OCEAN SO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY IN NASSAU COUNTY 
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CAN USE THEM? AT SOME POINT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SAY WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS ANYMORE. 
          IT'S COSTING TOO MUCH AND WE NEED HELP. 
          AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET HELP FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IT TAXING AUTHORITY HERE. 
          ALL WE GET IS FRANCHISEES AND TAXES THAT'S ALL WE GET. 
          SO WE CAN'T ADD EXTRA TAXES PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING JUST ADD ANOTHER PENNY ON THE SALES TAX. WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE. 
          WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO THAT SO ALL THE IDEAS PEOPLE MANUFACTURED, NONE OF THEM ARE USABLE. 
          THE ONLY ONES WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH TO THIS DAY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY WAS PAID PARKING IN DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU NO ONE WAS COMPLAINING. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE AND USING OUR SERVICES WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING. 
          THEY ARE WALKING UP. >> THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION FROM 
          THE AUDIENCE. >> WALKING UP USING THEIR IPHONE OR THEIR PHONE AND THEY ARE PAYING THEIR MONEY AND THEY 
          ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COMMISSIONERS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE PUBLIC. 
          >> CERTAINLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO CLARIFY. COULD YOU HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC WITHOUT VIOLATING SUNSHINE, YES, I BELIEVE YOU COULD HAVE. MUST HAVE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER. 
          WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT ADVOCATING CERTAINLY WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEND MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS A BALLOT MEASURE. 
          WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEND PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO IN A SETTING WHERE IN A TOWN HALL OR SOMETHING WHERE COMMISSIONER HAD BEEN ASKED THEY COULD HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR OPINION I BELIEVE ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE NOT OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON THERE. SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE COMMISSIONER. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS UNDER 286.0114 SUB TWO MAY BE PLANNING TO DO THIS MAYOR BEFORE YOU TAKE A VOTE YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. 
          GENERALLY IT'S ALREADY ON YOUR AGENDA AND THEY CAN PUT THEIR REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR IN BUT BEFORE DECISION IS MADE WE DO HAVE TO ALLOW THAT AND IT WASN'T SURE IF WE WOULD GET THERE BEFORE THE VOTE WAS CALLED SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT 
          OPPORTUNITY. >> BUT FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES THAT WAS THE MISUNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOUR ADVICE TO COMMISSIONER TUTEN WAS YOU CANNOT SPEAK AT THIS AT A 
          MEETING. >> HOW IS A PHRASE THAT COMMISSIONER CANNOT GIVE HER OPINION AT AN OPEN PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING LIKE TONIGHT SITTING ON A DAIS THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT TO GIVE THAT OPINION IF I GAVE IT. 
          >> THAT WASN'T MY UNDERSTANDING BUT IF I MISUNDERSTOOD I. COULD HAVE ONE ON ONE TO ANYBODY SURE THAT'S ON ME. 
          >> YOU COULD HAVE UNDER COMMISSIONER. 
          >> WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. IF IT'S A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON ANY OTHER TOPIC THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF SUNSHINE IN GENERAL IS TO BRING IT UP IN THE SUNSHINE. 
          YOU'RE GETTING MAD AT ME BLAMING ME AND SAYING THINGS THAT I WAS DOING THAT YOU WEREN'T EVEN ON THIS COMMISSION AT THE TIME THAT I KNOW AND YOU'RE A YEAR AND A HALF IN AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SUNSHINE THAT'S A BASIC PRINCIPAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA GOVERNMENT. THERE'S ACTUALLY A BIG BOOK THAT TELLS YOU YES, YOU CAN'T GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC WITH ANOTHER COMMISSIONER AND SIT ONE ON ONE WITHOUT IT BEING PUBLICLY NOTICED AND START TALKING THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. 
          BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS WE COME IN HERE AND WE DISCUSS THINGS. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. 
          BECAUSE NOW THE PUBLIC GETS TO SEE IT THERE'S NOTES BEING RECORDED. THAT'S HOW GOVERNING IN THE SUNSHINE WORKS. AND WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU NEEDED THAT CLARIFIED ANYWAYS. 
          IT'S A BASIC PRINCIPAL IN FLORIDA GOVERNMENT. 
          I WILL CONCEDE YOUR WORDS THAT YOU'VE ONLY LIVED HERE FIVE YEARS SO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND FLORIDA LAW LIKE I DO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF 48 OF MY LIFE SO I DON'T GET THAT. 
          BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME YOU RAN FOR OFFICE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND IT'S A BASIC PRINCIPLE AND A BIG OLD HANDBOOK ABOUT IT AND A LOT OF STATUTES THAT GO WITH IT. 
          >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE. 
          >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING ONE MORE COMMENT TO WHAT COMMISSIONER 
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POYNTER SAID. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS. I'M SUPER HAPPY TO SUPPORT THEIR RACE TONIGHT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND THEY LIVE OVER THE BRIDGE. AND THEREFORE THEY ARE ENTICED TO HIGHER PAY DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE. 
          SO WE NEED TO COMPETE WITH COMPETITIVE PAY. 
          SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAVE AN UNUSUALLY LARGE 14,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ALSO SERVE A MILLION TOURISTS EVERY YEAR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BEACH WALKOVERS. 
          JUST FOR THE RECORD SINCE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR MORE PEOPLE TO GET EDUCATION. 
          THE CITY HAS 6 MILES OF BEACHES AND WE HAVE ALMOST 60 PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS. THAT'S TEN PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS PER MILE 6 MILES OF BEACH AND ALMOST 60 PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS. 
          THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND THE COUNTY BEACHES 4 MILES OF BEACH, AND FOUR PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS. 
          1,100,000 NOW OVER THE BRIDGE TEN YEARS FROM NOW 10,200,000 OVER THE BRIDGE, WHEN THEY COME TO THIS ISLAND TO GO TO THE BEACH THEY DO NOT GO TO COUNTY BEACHES FOR THE MOST PART. 
          THEY COME TO CITY BEACHES. AND WE ALL PAY FOR THAT. 
          AND AT SOME POINT OUR TAXES WILL GET SO HIGH IN ORDER TO FUND THAT THAT WE WILL EITHER CHOOSE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES OR WE WILL CHOOSE TO SEEK SOME MONEY FROM THEM, TO HELP PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'VE USED. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> DO I HAVE ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE FILL OUT A FORM IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY. 
          MR. MORRIS I. HAVE ONE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND MR. STEVENSON I. WILL TAKE HIS AND YOU CAN GO NEXT TO MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. CITY RESIDENT. 
          PLEASE MR. MAYOR CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY HAVE RECEIVED $9 MILLION IN STATE GRANTS FOR FORESEEABLE, AND THE CITY HAS A $7 MILLION LINE OF CREDIT FOR WORK DOWN IN THE WATERFRONT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT PAID PARKING BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE ALREADY SORTED. 
          BUT I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT. SO I WILL ADMIT THAT UP FRONT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YESTERDAY 48.63% OF CITY VOTERS IN A MIDTERM ELECTION VOTED WHICH IS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE VOTING IN A MIDTERM ELECTION. 
          OF THE 5565 VOTERS WHO VOTED ON THE PAID PARKING ORDINANCE, 75% VOTED TO APPROVE IT. THEY WANT CONTROL OVER PAID PARKING IN THE CITY. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING HEARD. THEY HAVE VERIFIED NUMBERS FROM NASSAU COUNTY AND CITY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD 18 MONTHS OF DIVISION AND UPSET AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO TOLD ME THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES, MANY OF THEM DOWN, SOME FLAT, SOME ARE DOWN AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOODS SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LEADING THIS COMMUNITY INTO RECONCILIATION, HEALING AND FORGIVENESS. 
          YOU ARE OUR LEADERS. WE RELY ON YOU TO LEAD THIS COMMUNITY AND BE THE LEADERS OF HEALING AND FORGIVENESS. 
          WE NEED THAT FROM YOU NOW. RESCINDING CANCELING THE PAID PARKING CONTRACT IS WHAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS SAID WE WANTED. 
          WE NEED YOU TO LEAD US ALL THE WAY THERE. 
          TO BRING US BACK TOGETHER AND TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY COME BACK TOGETHER AND HEAL. WE NEED YOU TO STEP UP AND BE THIS KIND OF LEADERS FOR US RIGHT NOW. 
          PLEASE BE THOSE KIND OF LEADERS. THANK YOU. 
          >> MR. STEVENSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          >> STEVENSON 1627 HIGHLAND DUNES WAY FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO STOP THIS AWARD. 
          THERE'S A WAR GOING ON IN THE CITY. 
          WE HAVE GOT TO START HOLDING HANDS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD TONIGHT EITHER BLAME OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY SOLUTIONS. 
          I'M GOING TO LOOK AT IT VERY MYOPICALLY FROM WHAT THIS VOTE 
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DID. IF YOU ASSUME WITHIN I THINK FACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 9000 TAX BILLS COMING OUT MOST OF YOU HAVE YOUR TRIM NOTICE TODAY, AND IF WE ARE SHORT A MILLION FIVE AND WE HAVE 9000 VOTERS THAT MEANS ON AVERAGE EVERY CITIZEN WHO'S IN THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY ANOTHER 
          $167. >> IF YOU WOULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE I'M SORRY. EVERY CITIZEN WILL PAY AN EXTRA $167 A YEAR TO COVER THAT MILLION FIVE THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET NOW IF PAID PARKING GOES AWAY. 
          I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MYOPICALLY THAT'S IT. 
          I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY OFFER A SOLUTION FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY. THE OTHER POINT IS THAT MONEY THAT WE GOT ON THAT LOAN LINE OF CREDIT WAS A REPAY 'S. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A REPAY PROCESS. I'VE GOT THE MONEY YEP BANK SAYS YOU'VE GOT IT. THEY ALSO SAY YOU'LL PAY IT BACK WITH INTEREST WHICH IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE FOUR TO FIVE% RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO IT. 
          WE ARE GOING ROUND AND AROUND. I WANT TO START HEARING SOME SOLUTIONS. BUT I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $167 A YEAR IN TAXES THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PAY BEFORE ASSUMING THE PLAYING FIELD WAS LEVEL. 
          THAT COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          IF I TAKE ALL THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE WHOLE ISSUE ON PAID PARKING WE COULD NEVER SOLVE THE HUNGER FLIGHT PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTY FROM THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT AND THAT'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT FOR THAT END OF MY DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU MR. STEVENSON. NEXT I HAVE MR. CHRISTNER. 
          >> 406 BEECH STREET. I WAS WATCHING THIS FROM HOME AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST PAID PARKING. 
          YOU KNOW THAT. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU ALL. YOU AL ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING YOU NEED TO HUG IT OUT AND GO FOR A DRINK AT PJ'S. I WILL JOIN YOU IF YOU CARE TO 
          GO. >> SCULLY'S. 
          >> SCULLY'S? WHATEVER. 
          JUST SOME THOUGHTS. WE'RE IN A PICKLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          OUR CITY BUDGET HAS EXPLODED. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED. 
          THERE'S BROKEN SIDEWALKS. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE WATERFRONT RESILIENCY. I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN ON THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE READING MEETINGS AND THAT'S A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE CITY HAS HIRED A WATERFRONT CONSULTANT WHO IF YOU WATCH THE MEETINGS THEIR JOB IS TO WORK ON RESILIENCY AND ALSO PAVING THE WAY FOR DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP FRONT STREET. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I PARTICULARLY WANT. MAYBE OTHERS IN THIS ROOM DO BUT WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS, FOR THE WATERFRONT CONSULTANT AND INSTEAD TO PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS AN EFFICIENCY EXPERT CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH. I USED TO WORK, I HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING FOR ONE OF THE FINEST EFFICIENCY EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY FROM DOW CHEMICAL. THIS MAN WAS AMAZING. 
          HE WAS NOT WELL LIKED. BUT HE TOOK A BUDGET FOR ORGANIZATION THAT WAS JUST ABOUT TO FAIL, AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE. A GREAT THINK TANK AND HE RECOVERED THIS THINK TANK. AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE SO WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE THE 2026-27 BUDGET REBUILD IT FROM THE GROUND UP, HAVE AN EFFICIENCY EXPERT LOOK AT IT, SPLIT THE FUNDS THAT ARE FOR WATERFRONT RESILIENCY FROM DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY RESILIENCY, SPEND MONEY ON SIDEWALKS, THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I THINK THIS CAN BE DONE AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF FIGHTING SO MUCH AND I DIDN'T LIKE SEEING THE COMMISSION FIGHTING LIKE IT IS. 
          IT DOESN'T SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITIZENS. SO PLEASE JUST GET ALONG. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. 
          I SEE NO OTHER REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          OTHER THAN MADAM CLERK. NEXT UP IS BARB. 
          I GET THAT RIGHT? >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS BARB. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE CITIZEN PAID PARKING INITIATIVE. 
          THAT SAID MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS VOTE WAS ABOUT HOW FUTURE PAID PARKING DECISIONS ARE MADE. 
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MY VOTE WAS FOR A MECHANISM FOR A CITIZEN, FOR CITIZEN INPUT GOING FORWARD NOT A VOTE TO RESCIND THE PAID PARKING PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER POYNTER WAS SAYING. COMMISSIONER TUTEN WAS SAYING. 
          MOST OF THE TIME I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. 
          I WAS NOT AGREEING WITH HER TONIGHT BUT FOR ME THOSE THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. WHAT I VOTED FOR WAS FOR THE FUTURE AFTER AUGUST, WHAT IS BEING INTERPRETED IS THAT I WAS VOTING FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING. I WAS NOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THAT SAME THING HAPPENED. I DID GET ON THE VOTER NASSAU COUNTY APPRAISER BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          I'M NOT A POLITICAL NERD. BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD DIG INTO WHAT I CAN LEARN. THERE WERE 400 PEOPLE THAT VOTED TO THE CITIZENS AGAINST PAID PARKING INITIATIVE IN QUARTER FOUR. THAT'S 400. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT AS A HUGE MANDATE. 
          THE VOTES ARE IN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE THINKING THE SAME WAY. ANYWAYS I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING 
          YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. 
          WITH NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK I WILL ENTERTAIN MISS BEST 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> CAN WE GET AN EXPLANTION, 
          REPEATED MOTION? >> THE MOTION IS BASICALLY TO RESCIND THE CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          >> OKAY. >> THAT'S IT PRETTY SIMPLE. 
          [4.1 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL — Deputy City Manager Glenn Akramoff and Northeast Florida Regional Council partners will present Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Review ("EAR") recommendations and the associated 2050 Vision Plan findings.]
          >> THAT PASSED 54-1 MAYOR. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. 
          THAT WILL MOVE US ALONG INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS ITEM 4.1, COMP 
          PLAN EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL. >> DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CROMWELL 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO THE 
          NO VOTE WAS. >> I WAS. 
          >> OKAY. >> MAYOR COULD I REQUEST WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS BEFORE WE DIG IN TO 
          >> WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE QUICK 
          RECESS. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE VISION 2050, NDAR PROCESS. 
          WE DID SOME REPORTING OUT BEFORE. 
          I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FROM THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL IN JUST A SECOND BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WELL THIS PROCESS WENT. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN STAFF AND THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE GOT TO INTERACT WITH THEM, THE STAFF, TWO STAFFS WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER TO BRING ALL THIS TO YOU TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HOPE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN THE FUTURE AND POSSIBLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. GOING TO BRING THE TEAM UP HERE AND LET THEM GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          IT'S BEEN A GOOD EVENING I AM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          AND I HAVE HAD THE IMMENSE PLEASURE OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CITY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. AND WE HAVE WORKED ON CONDUCTING THE 2050 VISION UPDATING YOUR EVALUATION APPRAISAL REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. I'VE GOT A CLICKER AND I HOPE IT WORKS. SO YOUR TEAM THAT DID A FABULOUS JOB DURING THIS PROCESS WAS MARGARET PEARSON, THE DIRECTOR AND MIA AND MCKENNA ALSO HELPED WITH CORRALLING THE FOLKS AT OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GOING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING OUT WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT THE CITY. SO FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ERIC ANDERSON IS OUR DEPUTY CEO I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND THEN BEN BENNETT IS ALSO HELPING ON THE TEAM, SO WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST 
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WAY TO UPDATE THE 2045 VISION AND FIND THE ANSWERS YOUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR QUESTIONS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT AS I SAID WAS TO DO THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE 163, AND YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND A LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHETHER YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS YOUR CITY HAS ESTABLISHED OR THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN SOME REGARD. 
          AND SO AS I GET TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION I. WILL SHARE WITH YOU THOSE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPENED NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT LETTER. 
          THERE ARE SOME UPDATES THAT ARE REQUIRED, LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. PART OF THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN THAT WAS NEVER ADOPTED AND SO YOU HAVE A YEAR AS A CITY TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU FOR TRANSMITTAL AND ADOPTION. SO AS I HAVE SHARED THE 2045 PLAN THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY, IT DEVELOPED SOME THEMES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS AT THAT TIME. 
          THEY WERE PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, LIVABILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS WITH TRANSPORTATION. SO WE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO AFFIRM THAT THOSE WERE STILL IMPORTANT BEINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO FOCUS ON AND UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. SO, SO OUR SURVEY RESULTS, RESULTED IN SOME DIFFERENT THINGS YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD FIVE THEMES YOU WERE WORKING WITH SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AFTER THIS EXERCISE WERE ACTUALLY SIX THEMES. 
          THEY WERE PRESERVATION OF COMMUNITY CHARACTER, MANAGED GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT COMPATIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION, WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LIVABILITY. SO HOW WE GOT TO THESE THEMES WAS WE ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS OVER THESE MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE WENT OUT TO THE OPENING OF THE BEACHES, TO THE OPENING OF PUBLIX, TO THE SEA TURTLE FESTIVAL AND WE ALSO HAD DESIGNATED COMMUNITY MEETINS IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED. MOST PEOPLE WERE OVER 65, AND MOST PEOPLE WERE RETIRED OR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD FROM THE PAB LAST WEEK WAS HOW DO WE GET THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR BE INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          WE TALKED TO A TON OF 40-50 YEAR OLDS, THAT WOULD BE I GUESS THE YOUNGER FOLKS THAT COULD AFFORD HOUSES WITHIN THE CITY OR RENTALS OR ANY OTHER WAY THEY CAN FIT IN AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS TO SPEAK WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL THAT THE CITY HAS. SO I THINK MARGARET WAS GOING TO PLAN ON INVOLVING THEM IN MORE OF THE FUTURE TALKS TO GET THEIR INPUT AS WELL. SO MOST RESPONDENTS WERE FULL TIME RESIDENTS THAT LIVED HERE OVER 20 YEARS. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAP WE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER SHOWING THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AS THEY NATURALLY FALL WITHIN THE CITY. THESE ARE NOT HARD LINE BOUNDARIES BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DID ASK WAS DID THIS REPRESENT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN A WELL THOUGHT OUT WAY. SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE SAID YES, IT DID REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          BUT WE ALSO HEARD WAS THAT COMPATIBILITY WITH REDEVELOPMENT ISN'T NECESSARILY HAPPENING IN A WAY THAT THE CITY WOULD CALL ORGANIC. THEY ARE COMING IN AND TEARING DOWN HOMES AND PUTTING UP SOMETHING THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN FIX THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE SAID THEY OWN THEIR OWN HOME AND THAT THE 
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MAP THAT I PREVIOUSLY SHOWED WAS REFLECTIVE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS WANTED A SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PRESERVED WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE MORE WALKING AND BIKING PATHS. THESE WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM ROADS. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE CONGESTION IN THE CITY AND THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AND HAVING DEDICATED MULTI-USE PATHS WOULD ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION WHETHER IT IS BIKING, WALKING, GOLF CARTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT BUT AGAIN AS THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, THERE'S COSTS TO IMPLEMENTING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          SO THE CITY INVESTMENT CHOICES WERE PRETTY EQUALLY DIVIDED. 
          WITH PRESERVATION OF CHARACTER BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON. 
          WOULD THAT BEING SOMEWHAT NEBULOUS TERM, PRESERVATION OF CHARACTER, THAT'S A TERM THAT WE CAN CRAFT LANGUAGE IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT RESPONSE TO THAT AND THEN PUT THAT IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY WITH ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. OVER DEVELOPMENT -- WHAT DID I. DO? THERE WE GO. 
          OVER DEVELOPMENT EMERGED AS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SO IN SAYING THAT, IT IS WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU ARE ALLOWING. IS IT INFILL DEVELOPMENT, IS IT REDEVELOPMENT, IS IT GREENFIELD OR BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT? THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO THE TERM OVERDEVELOPMENT. SO THIS QUESTION IS EVIDENCE OF FERNANDINA BEING A CAR CENTRIC COMMUNITY. 
          HOWEVER, PEOPLE HAVE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING PREVIOUSLY ABOUT GETTING OFF THE ROADS AND TAKING NONCONFLICT PATH WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND HOW YOU CAN GO A BLOCK AND TAKE YOU 5 MINUTES ON A GOLF CART BUT IT MAY TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES IN A CAR BASED ON THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION CIRCULATION. SO THIS IS THE PRIMARY MODE OF. 
          IT SHOWS THAT THE CARS ARE PRIMARILY WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN USE. 
          SO SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO TAKING OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE DISTANCE AND LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND WHETHER YOU CAN EXPAND ON WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE BUILT OR WHETHER YOU FIND NEW ROUTES. IT'S EASILY LOOKED IN A DEEP DIVE IN YOUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. RESPONDENTS VOICED THAT THE TREE CANOPY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT TO BE PRIORITIZED, AND BURYING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADD TO THE ISLAND'S RESILIENCY. 
          I THOUGHT THIS QUESTION WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING THAT THEY DIDN'T PUT THE BEACHES AS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUT THEY PUT THE TREE CANOPY IN PRESERVING THE GREEN SPACES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          MOST RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THE WATERFRONT IS A PLACE THEY VISIT REGULARLY AND THAT THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY WHEN PLANNING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO HERE ARE THE NEXT STEPS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 163 FOR THE CITY. SO WE LOOKED TO UPDATE YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THESE ARE THE GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES THAT STAFF AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IS RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY THAT THEY NEED TO UPDATE. 
          THEY HAVE TO DO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, SOME TIME FRAMES, BUT AGAIN THESE POLICIES WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR TRANSMITTAL AND ADOPTION. WE ALSO NEED TO INCORPORATE RESILIENCY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE OF LAND USE AMENDMENTS, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT IN PLACE SINCE YOUR LAST AMENDMENT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS? SO THE EAR AS I SAID ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE COMP PLAN. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROCESS. WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY RESPONDENTS WITH THE SURVEY AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED. 
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WE BEAT DOWN THE DOOR PRETTY HEAVILY BUT WE ONLY HAD AROUND 150 RESPONDENTS. BUT WE POSTED IT EVERYWHERE AND EVERY PLACE WE COULD. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT IT THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS. >> AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE CITY WHO SITS ON THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL I. ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          THEY HIDE THEIR LIFE UNDER A BUSHEL AND WE ARE OPTING NOT AWARE OF ALL THE REALLY GREAT WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO. 
          AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH JENNY FOR A WHILE NOW AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR US. 
          >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I THINK IT WAS. 
          >> I CAME TO A COUPLE. YOU SAW FIRST HAND HOW IT WAS AN OPEN DIALOG AND WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH THE RESIDENTS TO SAY HOW THEY FELT. SO THANK YOU. 
          [4.2 PROJECT/OPERATION UPDATES — Deputy City Manager Jeremiah Glisson will provide an update on pending projects and operations.]
          >> THANK YOU TO THE NORTHEAST PART OF REGIONAL COUNCIL. 
          OUR NEXT PRESENTATIONS ARE PROJECT AND OPERATION UPDATES FROM OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SABINA THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE WILL GIVE THIS JUST A SECOND TO TRANSFER OVER. 
          AS WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECT REPORT WE ARE ABOUT 83% THROUGH THE YEAR. YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THESE AS A REMINDER. GREEN IS IN PROGRESS ON TRACK. 
          YELLOW IS AT RISK RED SUSPENDED OFF TRACK AND BLUE IS MARKED AS COMPLETED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BLUE ON THE SCREEN. WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE SPENT OVER A YEAR AND SOME CHANGE AIRPORT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST EXPANDING MORE THAN ONE OR TWO FISCAL YEARS SO IT'S A LONG LENGTHY EFFORT. BUT WE'LL DIVE INTO A FEW OF THESE. WE HAVE UPDATES SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST. FIRST OF ALL NUMBER 13, BEACH HARMONIZATION IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S MARKED AS REGULATORY. 
          WE NEED YOUR VOTE AND THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE COUNTY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND WE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ITEM LATER TONIGHT PARTICULARLY THE LOCAL AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          NUMBER 19 IS 115 SOUTH SECOND STREET. 
          THE ACQUISITION WAS THE HEAVY PART AND IT'S ALREADY OCCURRED. 
          WE OPENED BIDS ON THAT. THIS FRIDAY. 
          AND THE AWARD TWO BIDS WILL COME BACK QUICKLY SEPTEMBER FIRST MEETING. THAT'S THE GOAL FOR THAT. 
          AND SCHEDULING DEMOLITION BY MID-SEPTEMBER. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED APPROVAL SO ALL WE NEED IS AWARDED BID FROM. 
          WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          21 TO 22 IS PART OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE TO RECREATION FACILITIES. IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER. 
          WE ARE JUST IN THE FINAL STAGES OF REPLACING WINDOWS AND DOORS THROUGHOUT BOTH ATLANTIC REC CENTER AND MLK. 
          THIS IS JUST REGULAR END OF LIFE TYPE ITEMS TO THE OLDER BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT FACILITY. WE HAVE NEWER BUILDINGS BOTH COMPLEXES AND THIS IS REPLACING WINDOWS AND DOORS AND SOME OF THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE 50S. 
          NUMBER 29 REPLACEMENT NUMBER 9 JASMINE, THAT PROJECT IS STILL IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PERMITTING THAT IS BEING DEFERRED TILL FISCAL YEAR 27 AND THAT WILL ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS ADDED TO THAT PROJECT TO GET THAT STRUCTURE OUT TO WHERE THEY WANTED IT. AS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS IS BOARDWALK GETTING PRICEY AND $225,000 ITEM INTO THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET WHICH IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          THE GOAL IS TO BID THAT IN SYNC WITH BEACH HARMONZATION TO MEET YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT THERE IS SOME EFFICIENCY AND SCALE IF WE 
          >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? IS BEACH ACCESS CURRENTLY A BOARD WALK? 
          >> IT IS. >> IN DISREPAIR. 
          >> IT IS. >> THIS PLAN IS TO TEAR IT DOWN OR REDECK IT OR REBUILD THE WHOLE THING? 
          >> REBUILD THE WHOLE THING AND CONSTRUCTION INTO THE FRONTAL. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> ACTUALLY THAT WAS MY QUESTION, THAT'S WHAT FDB DID COME BACK, THEY WANTED TO GO 
          FURTHER OUT. >> YES. 
          >> THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY, IF YOU KNOW THAT ACCESS POINT IT DOES NOT GO OUT FAR ENOUGH. AS SOON AS PEOPLE STEP OFF AND LI LIKE ANTS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          >> THIS IS A TIDAL FLOOD PRONE AREA, NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT. 
          >> SO WHY IS IT DEFERRING? >> DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO GET IT WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE AND TURTLE SEASON ON US, AND IT'S SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN IN '27. 32, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY 
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TALK ABOUT UNTIL IT'S NOT WORKING ON DAYS LIKE THIS, AC REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE 150 SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS YOU CAN IMAGINE BUILDINGS AND LARGE ATLANTIC REC AND A DOZEN PLUS SYSTEMS THAT KEEP THAT BUILDING CONTROLLED AND TWO MORE AND MARK THAT OFF COMPLETED. 
          AND REPLACE SYSTEMS FROM LIBRARY AND PET ATLANTIC REC AND R & M AND YOU THINK ABOUT AC EXCEPT WHEN NOT WORKING. 
          AND 35 STREET  HAD DELAYS HAPPE AFTERNOON RAIN DELAYED THE PROJECTS AND BACK ON SCHEDULE AND DOING 1.3 MILES OF ROAD IN THE CITY, THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER. 
          >> CHAIR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          >> YEAH. >> ON BUILD MILTON YOU ARE DOING THAT AND NOTICED THAT THEY SCRAPED OFF THE OLD SPEED BUMPS 
          PULL THEM BACK? >> YEAH, THEY WILL COME BACK. 
          >> THEY ARE GOING TO BE LITTLE-- >> NO. 
          >> THEY ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? 
          >> YEAH. 39, AREA 6 IN THE FINAL STAGES OF COMPLETION. THEY ARE AT THE 4TH AND 5TH STREET AREA AND DONE BY THE WEEKEND, THIS PROJECT IS 20 DAYS PAST THE DEADLINE AND HAD BORING WORK THAT IS COMPLETE AND FILLING IN GRADING AND PAVING HAPPEN NEXT WEEK AND PAVING FOLLOW. AND WHILE THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY AND HAD ASHHAY CLOSED AND KATE STREET WAS RECENTERED AND THANKFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THAT SURPRISE FAILURE OF THE TREE, NOT FAILURE BUT AGE OUT. 53 IS CLINCH WATER MAIN SURFACE EXTENSION THAT, WORK IS COMPLETE. 
          THAT ADDS INCREASED CAPACITY AND AS YOU KNOW THE UTILITY SERVES MORE THAN JUST CITY RESIDENTS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARY. AND NUMBER 59 IS OUR CITYVIEW IMPLEMENTATION, MR. AKRAMOFF IS WORKING TO BRING THIS TO THE FINISH LINE AND IN TRAINING THIS WEEK AND TO GO LIVE IS END OF THE MONTH. THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE BUILD THAT HAS HAD NUMEROUS SETBACKS AND FINAL HERE HERE AT THE FINISH LINE. NEXT MONTH WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES AND MORE TURN BLUE AS WE GET READY TO WRAP UP THE END OF 
          THE FISCAL YEAR. >> YOU DID NOT TALK ABOUT THE 
          REDS. >> THE? 
          >> THE REDS. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIVE INTO 
          THE REDS? >> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, 
          CAN'T READ FROM HERE. >> STILL IN REVIEW AND ALVARESS, 
          AND IN PROCESS. >> I'LL JUMP IN THERE, MR. COYLE HAS RECEIVED THE THREE QUOTES FOR THE APPRAISALS. 
          SO THOSE ARE UNDERWAY AND SHOULD BE DONE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. 
          ONCE WE HAVE ALL THREE APPRAISALS, WE WILL COME TO THE COMMISSION--EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE REQUEST TO PURCHASE THE LAND TO THE FAA, WHETHER YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH THAT STEP OR NOT. 
          ONCE WE HAVE THE APPRAISALS IN HAND WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU. 
          >> OKAY. >> MLK THAT INTERIOR REMODEL HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THE ENTIRE PRIORITY IS ENTIRE SPORTS FIELD REDEVELOPMENT AND WORKING ON THAT PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WE REALLOCATED THAT FUNDING TO THE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND NOT HAPPENING FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO 
          WITH THE REC CENTERS. >> JUST AGE OUT FOR THE REPORT. 
          >> WE DON'T AGE IT OFF UNTIL WE START THE NEW YEAR. 
          OTHERWISE WHERE DID THAT PROJECT GO. 
          IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND THE FUNDS USED ELSEWHERE, AND OTHER STUFF IN THE STATE OF SUSPENSION UNTIL WE GET REGULATORY APPROVAL AND 
          SOME IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. >> CHAIR, ONE QUESTION, 1.7 MILLION FOR HARMONIZATION IS THAT OUR 30% MATCH? 
          >> YES, THAT'S OUR MATCH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. 
          GLISSON. >> NO. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. 
          [4.3 BUDGET SUMMARY - Comptroller Susan Carless will review the July 2026 budget summary and be available to answer any questions]
GLISSON AND STAFF FOR ALL THE PROJECTS GETTING DONE. 
          NEXT ITEM IS BUDGET IS SUMMARY, 4.3 WITH COMPTROLLER, MS. 
          CARLESS. >> GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU HEAR ME 
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          OKAY? >> YES. 
          J>> OKAY, THIS IS THE BUDGET SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY ALREADY. SO IT'S A 10TH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 83.3% OF THE TOTAL YEAR IS COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. 
          AND WE WILL START WITH GENERAL FUND REVENUES. 
          THIS MONTH I DID THE REVENUE BY SOURCE FOR THE MONTH. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR SEEING LESS COME IN FROM TAXES AND MORE FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
          AND FOR JULY THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE WAS $1,084,000 AND THE BREAKDOWN WHERE WE GOT IT FROM. MORE ABOUT GENERAL FUND REVENUES. YEAR-TO-DATE THE RECEIPTS EXCEED THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR 1.4 MILLION. 
          MOST LINES TRENDING AS EXPECTED. SALE TAX REVENUES AND FINES AND FORFEITURES ARE TRENDING LOW. THE REASON MOST RECENT POPULATION SHOWS THAT THE CITY'S PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL COUNTY POPULATION IS DECLINING. AND WE GET ALLOCATED SALES TAX BASED ON OUR PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY CALCULATION. 
          >> SORRY, IT WAS LIKE 11%, DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW? 
          >> I DO NOT. I HAD THAT NUMBER WHEN I WROTE THIS BUT NOT IN MY HEAD APOLOGIZE, I CAN GET THAT BACK 
          TO YOU THOUGH. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> REDUCTION OF REVENUES FROM FINES AND FORFEITURES RELATED DURING PAID PARKING WE SHIFTED ENFORCEMENT AND THE FINES REVENUE WE WERE SEEING FOR PARKING WAS RECORDED IN FUND 147. THIS IS A YEAR-TO-DATE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION. IF ANYONE IS NEW OR HASN'T SEEN MY PRESENTATION BEFORE, FUNCTION JUST MEANS WE GROUPED SIMILAR SERVICES INTO A FUND. SO POLICE, FIRE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THOSE OPERATIONSES ARE ALL GROUPED AS PUBLIC SAFETY AS AN EXAMPLE. AND THEN FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          THE ONLY DEPARTMENT AT THIS POINT EXCEEDING 83.3% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES IS THE CITY MANAGER AND IT'S ONLY AT 84.9%. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF TRANSIT PERSONNEL COSTS RELATED TO PTO, AND OTHER BENEFITS. 
          THOSE ARE ONCE A YEAR THINGS THAT IMPACT IT. 
          WE WILL SEE THAT LEVEL OUT AS THE YEAR CONTINUES. 
          SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES FOR JULY, 80,000 FOR NEW POLICE VEHICLES AND EMS SERVICES. PART OF THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FEES TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEDICARE PROGRAM. 
          DIRECTLY TO THAT.STS RELATED - AND THEN WE HAD 40,000 FOR OCEAN RESCUE TO ADD MOTOR RADIOS FOR THEM. 
          HERE ARE YEAR-TO-DATE GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES BY 4.2 MILLION. AND THE FUND BALANCE YEAR-TO-DATE IS 2.5 MILLION GREATER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, JUST REMINDER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS EXIST BECAUSE THERE IS A LEGAL RESTRICTION OF HOW WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY AND HOW WE GET THE MONEY. FUNDS FOR WHICH EXPENDITURES EXCEED REVENUE INCLUDE TREE TRUST, BUILDING AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES. AND THE ONLY REALLY SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE FOR THESE FUNDS THIS PERIOD IS CRA PAID 9,000 ON THE HARBOR MASTER PLAN. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS REALLY ROUTINE. MOVING TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. YEAR-TO-DATE ON THE SLIDE, EXPENDITURES FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS THIS PERIOD IS 59,1 SEVENTY FOR MLK SOFTBALL FIELDS. 
          FUND 315, OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND WASTEWATER 
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IMPROVEMENTS DID NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES THIS PERIOD. OUR CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND IS OUR IMPACT FEES. AND YEAR-TO-DATE THE TOTALS ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. EXPENDITURES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY IS 1.8 MILLION FOR ACQUISITION AND 115 NORTH SECOND STREET AND 67,000 FOR NEW SIDEWALKS. 
          YEAR TO DATE RECREATION SPENDING 7, 400 FOR SOCCER COMPLEX. 
          THE WATERFRONT PARK. 26,732 FOR CEMETERY. 
          AND THE MLK SOFTBALL FIELDS. AND THE AGENDA PACKET INCLUDES A REPORT FOR THIS AND GIVES MORE DETAIL AND TALKS ABOUT PROJECTS BUDGETED AND NOT COMPLETED FOR THIS FUND. 
          YEAR TO DATE, ALL ENTERPRISE FUNDS HAVE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THAT POSITION, THAT MEANS THAT THE INCOME FROM OPERATION EXCEEDS OPERATING EXPENSES. SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR JULY INCLUDE 36,000 FOR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND THEN THE CLINCH DRIVE WATER MAIN. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU MS. CARLESS, ANY 
          QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, GREAT JOB. 
          [4.4 INVESTMENT SUMMARY — Comptroller Susan Carless will review the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 third quarter Investment Summary and be available to answer any questions]
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH IT'S SO THOROUGH AND SO MUCH 
          INFORMATION, APPRECIATE IT. >> KEEP YOU IN THERE AT THE 4.4 
          FOR INVESTMENT SUMMARY THEN. >> OKAY. 
          THE SLIDE SHOWS THE RESOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED AN INVESTMENT POLICY AND IT IS THAT POLICY THAT REQUIRES THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED. 
          JUST REMINDER THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY OF CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY OF FUNDS AND INVESTMENT OF INCOME IN THAT ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. THE SLIDE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT TYPES CURRENTLY USED TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE. 
          THE BALANCE FOR FIRST FEDERAL IS INCLUDED FOR COMPARISON AS QUIRED BY THE INVESTMENT POLICY. IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW DGT ELIGIBLE CERTIFICATES MEANS THEY CAN BE CLEARED THROUGH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST. THIS IS BREAKDOWN BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MEET THE POLICY NOT HAVE MORE THAN 50% IN AN INSTITUTION OR CATEGORY. IT SAYS THAT NO MORE THAN 50% OF CITY FUNDS THROUGH INVESTMENT OR DEALER AND NO MORE THAN 20% OF CITY FUNDS INVESTED BEYOND FIVE YEARS WITH SAME MATURITY DATE. 
          THE BALANCES SHOWN ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THERE POLICY. 
          THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENT RETURNS. 
          OUR INVESTMENT POLICY CURRENTLY STATES THAT OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE IS 3%. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE INCREASED RETURNS FROM THE CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE MERIS BANK AT FIRST FEDERAL. WE MOVED ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION TO INVESTMENTS AND WE CHANGED TYPE OF INVESTMENT WE ARE WORKING WITH THERE TO INCREASE OUR LIWIDITY. 
          WE WENT FROM INSURED CASH SUITE TO MONEY MARKET. 
          THE CHANGE GUARANTEED US HIGHER EARNINGS YIELD AND INCREASE LIQUIDITY TO FUND MAJOR PROJECTS. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
          [4.5 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE — City Attorney Teresa Prince will discuss select issues which impact municipal operations that passed during Florida's 2026/2027 Legislative Session.]
          TIME AND HARD WORK. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          >> THAT WILL BRING US TO 4.5, OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TAKE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TERESA PRINCE. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT MR. GLISSON IS GOING TO HELP ME. I CAN GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM IF YOU NEED ME TO. OKAY. 
          TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1329, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES WHILE WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION TO BE BROUGHT UP. WHAT WE REVIEWED THUS FAR OUR ATTORNEY-CLIENT EXEMPTION AND THE LIVED LOCAL UPDATES AND 
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL BILL AND LOCAL LAND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHERE WE HAVE BEEN THUS FAR, WHY I HAVE BROKEN INTO SO MANY. 
          TONIGHT IS 1329, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY ACT. A LOT OF THESE REQUIREMENTS IN THE LEGISLATION, THE CITY ALREADY DOES, AND AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION YOU WILL SEE CHECK MARKS WHERE THE CITY IS ALREADY PUTTING THESE ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET. 
          AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO NOW POST IN WHICH WE DO TENTATIVE BUDGET OR FINAL BUDGET MUST BE POSTED ON THE MUNICIPALITIES WEBSITE. AND THE SECOND BUBBLE ON IS NOT CHECKED BECAUSE NOW WE PUT THREE YEARS OF OUR BUDGET OUR WEBSITE. 
          NOW REQUIRED TO DO FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE PROCEEDING FOUR YEARS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NARRATIVE AND ANALYSIS AND GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT GOING FORWARD TO THE EXTENT WE ARE NOT DOING IT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE JEREMIAH. ON THIS SLIDE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING EVERY REQUIREMENT THAT WAS REPRESENTED. WE GIVE THE SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY FUND AND BY DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION. 
          AND SUMMARY OF CAPITAL EXPENSES BY THE CAPITAL PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND STAFFING IN OUR BUDGET CURRENTLY AND FOR PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK BUT DOING IT FOR SOME TIME. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE INITIATING NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. WILL BE THAT 10% REDUCTION THAT YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE A BUDGET WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AND DO A BUDGET REDUCTION EXERCISE. 
          AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPROMISE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRE SERVICES WHEN THAT PRESENTATION IS MADE. WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS DOING THAT IN 2026--NO, 2027-28 BUDGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE OTHER--SOME OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET MUST BE POSTED IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING. AT LEAST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARING. AND REMAIN FOR AT LEAST 45 DAYS THE FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET MUST BE POSTED WITHIN 30 DAYS AND REMAIN FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. SO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE ARE KEEPING THE FOUR YEARS UP NOT KEEPING UP FOR THE FULL FIVE BUT WE WILL DO THAT. WE GIVE A SUMMARY OF JOB TITLE AND SALARY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET. 
          NOW WE HAVE TO INCLUDE NAMES OF THE EMPLOYEES. 
          SO THAT WILL BE A NEW REQUIREMENT NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR TO BE PUBLISHED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 30 OF EACH YEAR. 
          AND I DID SPEAK WITH FINANCE AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CALENDAR AND WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT IF WE NEED TO DO ANY CHANGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS BILL ALSO COVERED IMPACT FEES THAT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. 
          A PORTION OF THAT WAS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026. 
          AND AMENDED CHAPTER 163 OF THE CODE TO REQUIRE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUDY WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO INCREASE YOUR IMPACT FEES THAT YOU NOW, WE WILL NOW BE CAPPED AT 100% INCREASE OVER FOUR YEARS. EVEN WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO ABOVE 100%. AND THEN 1329 ESTABLISHED A PROCESS OF IMPACT FEE OVER PAVEMENT TO BE REFUNDED. 
          THAT WAS NEW IN THE LEGISLATION THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. 
          NEXT SLIDE JEREMIAH. SO FINALLY THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THIS EVENING, AND IT SAYS 2026-27 BUDGET CYCLE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR THE QUARTERLY REPORTS. 
          BECAUSE THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST A SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES QUARTERLY. STARTING IN OUR FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. SO FOR THAT THE THINGS WE CAN DO, JANUARY 1, WE WILL HAVE TO DO. 
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BUT OTHERWISE THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND WHAT YOU ARE ADOPTING AND REVIEWING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AND LAST MONTH--AUGUST, THIS MONTH WILL BE UNDER THE CURRENT LAW. 
          AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE BILLS TO COVER AT ANOTHER MEETING, WITH THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE BUDGET SUMMARY. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS FOR 
          CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS TIME? >> THESE ARE ALL REALLY HELPFUL, THANK YOU AND IT GIVES UPDATE TRACK TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE ON 
          TRACK, YAY. >> YEAH, SUPER HELPFUL I APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION WITH THE LINE ITEM AND CHECK MARK, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU MS. PRINCE. 
          [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA]
WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CITY ATTORNEY, MOVE INTO ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WE HAVE FOLKS WAITING FOR SOME TIME. START WITH BOMAN FAMILY, LADIES FIRST. MS. WILA. 
          >> HI, I'M WILLOW BOWEN, I LIVE IN FERNANDINA BEACH, 2108. 
          I AM 10 YEARS OLD AND I AM GOING TO [INAUDIBLE] WITH MY BROTHER NEXT YEAR AND I'M GOING TO BE A FUTURE THINKER, THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP NEXT? 
          >> HI, I AM HENRY BOWMAN, I AM EIGHT YEARS OLD. 
          AND I LIVE IN 2108 SAP WILLOW COURT. 
          AND I AM GOING TO SUBMIT A FILM WITH MY SISTER AND I AM GOING TO BE A FUTURE FILMMAKER OF FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. BOWMAN. >> GOOD FOR YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR, I HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THE FILM FESTIVAL THEY HAD SENT TO CITY CLERK THIS WEEK. 
          FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE EVENT ON JUNE 20 ON NORTH SECOND STREET. 
          IT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS ON OUR END. 
          AND WE HAD 28 FILMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED INTO OUR FILM FESTIVAL INTERNATIONALLY AND WE HAD TO SCREEN 18, WE HAD TO REJECT A FEW THAT DIDN'T MEET THE GUIDELINES AND SCREENED 18 AND GAVE OVER $8,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES TO FILMMAKERS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES. AND WITH THAT 30 VENDORS ON NORTH SECOND STREET AND SPONSORS THAT WERE PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL. AND IT REALLY WAS A GREAT TIME, SCREENINGS DURING THE DAY. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE TECHNOLOGY GLITCHES AND COVERED QUICKLY. 
          BEING THE FIRST TIME AND CONFIDENT NEXT YEAR IT WILL GO EVEN SMOOTHER. IS THERE A CLICKER? NEXT ONE PLEASE. SO WE HAD--THESE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TRACK THE PROGRESS, SURE THAT WE HAD WELL OVER 700 ATTENDEES, THE EVENT RAN FROM 1-9 P.M. AND WE CLOSED DOWN THE TIGER ISLAND AND IT HAD ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE AND VENDORS HAPPY WITH THE EVENT. THAT BEING SAID, EVERYBODY SEEMED LIKE THEY BENEFITED FROM THE EVENT DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WHAT I AM SAYING NOW, BUT NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT THE VISION IS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          I WANT TO EXPAND IT OUT OF THE TIGER ISLAND ROOM AND GET MORE DOWNTOWN INVOLVED. SCREENING ALL THE FILMS WHAT I - ENVISION MULTIPLE DAYS OF SCREENING AND AREAS DOWNTOWN. 
          AND NOT JUST TIGER ISLAND BUT FINAL VIEWING AND THURSDAY NIGHT VIEWING AND FRIDAY NIGHT VIEWING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN TOWN AND STAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. HAVING MORE EVENTS COULD HELP SOLVE SOME FINANCIAL DEFICIT IN THE CITY. 
          AND THANK YOU AND I SUBMITTED A PERMIT FOR NEXT FESTIVAL AND WHEN THAT COMES UP I WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU, AND THE MAYOR AND I WENT AND WE READ THE PROCLAMATION. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND WE BOTH 
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ENJOYED BEING THERE. IT WAS FUN. 
          >> AND WE WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR TOO. 
          >> WELL YOU WON'T. >> NOT AS THE MAYOR. 
          [LAUGHTER] LAST SPEAKER THAT SUBMITTED A REQUEST IS MR. BERROW, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK. 
          >> WALTER BERROW, FERNANDINA BEACH, HOME OF FUTURE OLYMPIAN COCO WALDO. THIS SATURDAY NORMALLY PUT IN A PROCLAMATION READING, I DO APOLOGIZE TO OUR GROUP FOR NOT GETTING IT IN ON TIME. BUT THIS IS OUR 10TH ANNUAL TERRY KELLY SKATE COMPETITION. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 10 YEARS, GIVING OUT SKATEBOARDS TO KIDS AND PUTTING ON COMPETITIONS AND GIVING THE KIDS THE ABILITY TO COMPETE IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER. UNLIKE OTHER SPORTS WHICH THEY DO THAT EVERY WEEKEND. THESE KIDS WAIT FOR MONTHS FOR AN EVENT. AND SO THE FIRST THREE WAS WON BY PO PINSON AND WE KNEW WE HAD A STAR BACK THEN JUST LIKE WE KNOW WE HAVE A STAR RIGHT NOW. WE HONOR PARENTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR THE TERRY KELLY, WE HONOR PARENTS THAT GO SEE THEIR KIDS AT SPORTING EVENTS WHETHER SKATEBOARDING, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, YOU ARE GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. AND WE GET THE KIDS TO APPLAUD THE PARENTS TO COME OUT AND WITNESS THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THESE EVENTS. ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SURF SKATE FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENED, IT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME, APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT THERE. BRINGING TO LIGHT THE KIDS WHO DON'T SKATE OR WHO DON'T SURF BUT DO THE FILMING, LIKE WILLOW AND HENRY WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE. WHO HAD TO WAIT THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND HE WAS FALLING ASLEEP HERE. 
          THEY'RE MISSING THEIR DINNERS AND THEIR TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES RIGHT NOW TO BE OUT HERE TO SPEAK YOU GUYS AND AN HONOR TO BE AROUND THESE KIDS TO SHOW THEM HOW CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY HAPPENS. AND PROBABLY WASN'T A GOOD SHOW FOR THEM EARLY ON AS IT BEGAN. BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO SEE THOSE THINGS AS WELL. SO WE HAD COCO WALDO WHO JUST TOOK FIRST PLACE IN A COMPETITION IN WOODWARD, PENNSYLVANIA, THE LARGEST SKATING VENUE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND SHE WON AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SKATING SLS IN PARIS, FRANCE OCTOBER 3. 
          11 YEAR-OLD. GOING TO PARIS, FRANCE TO COMPETE AND REPRESENTING FERNANDINA BEACH. 
          SO WE SEE THE PATH. WE SEE THE PATH THAT SHE'S GOING. WE SEE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE GOT A GIRL WHO POTENTIALLY MAKING IT TO THE OLYMPICS FOR THE U.S. 
          ANOTHER ONE. AND GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SKATE PARK DURING THE PAID PARKING. 
          I'M GLAD THAT IT'S STILL IN THE FOREFRONT AND STILL POSSIBILITY SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL APPROVE THAT 60,000 THAT IS LEFT 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
          SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. 
          WITH NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK AND MOVE TO ITEM 6, CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WISH TO STRIKE ANY ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. 
          [7.1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING — COASTAL FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT  ASSOCIATION — RESOLUTION 2026-103 APPROVING THE COASTAL FLORIDA POLICE  BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; AUTHORIZING  ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION;  AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the Coastal Florida Police  Benevolent Association Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to Article 16.5-Paid Time Off,  Article 17.5-Wages, and Article 31-Duration, Modification and Renegotiation, effective October 1,  2026; approximate fiscal impact $309,000. ]
AND TO ITEM 7, RESOLUTIONS, AND BEGIN WITH 7.1. 
          MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING — COASTAL FLORIDA POLICE 
          BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION — >> THANK YOU MAYOR, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2026-103, WHICH IS OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE UNION. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE AGREED TO OPEN THIS YEAR WAS WAGES. 
          SO WE DID MAKE SOME WAGE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          HAVE CHIEF COME UP AND DESCRIBE THE ADJUSTMENT THAT IS WE'RE MAKING BUT WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SALARIES CATEGORY AND TO THE PAID TIME OFF CATEGORY. 
          BUT WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE OVERALL IMPACT THIS FISCAL YEAR IS 309,000 AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO WE MET WITH THE UNION SEVERAL TIMES. AND ULTIMATELY AGREED UPON A NEW 
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STEP PLAN. AND PLACING EVERYONE FOR YEARS OF SERVICE INTO THEIR APPROPRIATE STEP. 
          AND IT INCLUDED A RAISE OF STARTING SALARY TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE WITH OUR LOCAL AGENCIES. 
          WE FELT LIKE OUR STARTING SALARY WAS NOT COMPETITIVE, IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO GET QUALITY APPLICANTS. 
          WITH THAT SAID, WE REDUCED THE SALE BACK TIME FROM 20 HOURS TO 60 HOURS AND A COMPROMISE THAT UNION AGREED UPON TO HELP FUND SOME SALARY INCREASE. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR POLICE CHIEF AT THIS TIME. 
          >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, APPENDIX A, THE STEPS, STEPS 1-25 IS THAT 
          ACTUAL 1 YEAR, 2 YEARS? >> YES, THAT WAS PART OF THE INITIATIVE TO PUT PEOPLE IN APPROPRIATE STEP BECAUSE WE HAD 
          PEOPLE MISALIGNED. >> THANK YOU GREAT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I AM CURIOUS, WHEN YOU DO YOUR STEP ANALYSIS, WHEN YOU BRING SOMEBODY IN THAT HAS PREVIOUS SERVICE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, DO YOU GIVE THEM SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR TIME AND TITLE AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS SO 
          THEY COME IN A DIFFERENT STEP? >> WE DO IF THEY MEET THE THRESHOLD AND COME IN A STEP HIGHER OR TWO STEPS HIGHER IF 20 YEARS OR MORE OF SERVICE, THEY WOULD BE SKEWED FROM THE PERSON 
          THAT STARTED CAREER HERE. >> THANK YOU, I WAS CURIOUS, 
          THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. >> APPRECIATE YOU. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. 
          >> ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, START THE VOTE. 
          [7.2 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT — NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS — RESOLUTION 2026-104 APPROVING THE NASSAU COUNTY BOARD  OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR AMELIA ISLAND  BEACHFRONT BRANDING HARMONIZATION AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE ENHANCEMENT  INITIATIVE AND ADDENDUM NO. 1 FOR SEASIDE PARK HARMONIZATION PROJECT;  AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AND  PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Approves the Amelia Island Beachfront  Branding Harmonization and Visitor Experience Enhancement Initiative and Addendum No. 1 for the  Seaside Park Harmonization Project. ]
THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0, WHICH BRINGS US TO 7.2, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OF NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 
          >> THIS IS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE MUCH ANTICIPATED BEACH HARMONIZATION PROJECT. MR. GLISSON WILL SHARE SOME SLIDES FOR A MOMENT AND TEE THIS UP TO SAY THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE CITY IS NOT GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES. THIS PROJECT BRINGS THAT TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO FRUITION. WE RECEIVE 70% OF PROJECT COSTS COMING FROM NASSAU COUNTY TOURIST TAX DOLLARS AND THE CITY TO MATCH 30% OF OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS AND TURNOVER TO JEREMIAH TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND AND WHAT IS INCLUDED, WE DO RECOMMEND 
          APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU MS. CAMPBELL AND VICE MAYOR WE DID NOT APPROVE YOUR CONCERNS BUT OF THE INITIATIVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT BY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          A LITTLE HOW WE GOT HERE, THE BEACH HARMONIZATION PROJECT IS AN EFFORT WITH THE TOURISM COUNCIL AND CITY AND VISITOR BUREAU, AS MS. CAMPBELL MENTIONED A LONG EFFORT THAT IS OCCURRING. THE GOALS OF THIS PLAN TO CREATE A LONG INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR THE DOLLARS TO FIND ROLE FOR THE PARKS AND BALANCE TOURISM WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE FIRST PROJECT WITHIN THIS PLAN IS SEASIDE PARK. 
          AGAIN THIS CONVERSATION BEGAN BACK IN 2021 AS THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR USING THOSE TBT DOLLARS AND PUT BACK INTO THE BEACHES. YOU SEE THE JOURNEY HOW WE GOT THERE AND LAST TIME TALKED ABOUT IT IN APRIL, AND DID A PROJECT UPDATE WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM DESIGNING THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN TAKE YOU FROM HERE WHERE WE ARE GOING AND AT NOW 
          AND NEXT STEPS. >> THANK YOU MR. AKRAMOFF, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, A TWIST THAT WE WILL LEAD THE PROCESS AND DO THE BIDDING. AND WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS CASH FLOW OF COURSE BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING A LOT OF THINGS. AND IN THE INTERLOCAL THEY AGREED TO FRONT US 3 MILLION BEFORE WE GET STARTED SO WE 
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DON'T HAVE THE CASH FLOW PROBLEMS. AS YOU KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND LET ALONE OURS AND THEIRS. AND THEY AGREED AND THAT WAS A POSITIVE AND EXPEDITE AND GET THE CONTRACTOR PAID THROUGH THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE PROJECT. WE SECURE TWO-YEAR PHASING, NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING THAT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE PROJECT REDO SOME SADDLER ROAD PROJECT COUNTY HAS A PROJECT OF THEIR OWN IN THAT SITE. THEY ARE BEHIND US IN THIS, IT MAY NOT COINCIDE BUT WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND FINANCIALLY AND PHASING. 
          AS I MENTIONED WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE HALF DO THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND OBSERVATION. AT A VERY LOW LEVEL. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR PROPOSAL. YOU WILL SEE THAT AFTER WE BID THE PROJECT. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE--BEFORE I GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BID, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD BIDDING ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE WANT TO GET IT OUT. AND WE ALSO WANT THE SCHEDULE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SUMMER SEASON NEXT TIME. 
          AND WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO DO THAT VERY THING. 
          WE DON'T THINK THIS IS A LONG PROJECT, SO WHEN YOU HIGHLIGHT ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THE BOARDWALKS AND SHADE STRUCTURES WILL ALL BE REPLACED. AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOING THE FOOTINGS, AND ALSO REPLACED AS PART OF THAT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. TO WORK AROUND THE CURRENT ONES BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. THERE WILL BE NEW STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A CHALLENGE IN THE ROADWAY AS YOU ENTER THE BEACH RIGHT THERE. 
          AND WE DO SOME FLOODING IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE PUT IN UNDERNEATH AND THAT WILL CREATE HARDSCAPES OVER THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE STORMWATER. IT WILL ALSO ONE OF THE POSITIVES THERE IS THE TRACKING THAT WE GET ALL THE WAY INTO THE ROUNDABOUT, WILL BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          WE DO KNOW THERE IS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY THAT WILL BE ENHANCED BUT THINK OVERALL IT WILL BE POSITIVE. 
          WE WILL BE DOING PAVERS IN THE PARKING SPACES AND NEW SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. LOTS OF NEW LANDSCAPING AND SO MORE TREES AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          AND A MAJOR PART OF THIS HARMONIZATION IS THE SIGNAGE PART OF THE PROCESS, THAT'S THE MARKETING AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND THERE WILL BE SOME NEW LIGHTING. AND IT ALL BE TURTLE FRIENDLY LIGHTING. AND LOW-LEVEL LIGHTING BUT GOING TO PUT SOME LIGHTING IN THERE. BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF USE IN THE EVENING. YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS OR WANT ME 
          TO FINISH? >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> OKAY, SO THE COUNTY HAS THIS ON THEIR AGENDA TO APPROVE AFTER WE DO. WE ARE CURRENTLY HALF IS GIVING US THE FINAL STEPS TO GET TO THE BIDDING ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLISH AN INVITATION IN SEPTEMBER, KEEP US ON SCHEDULE AND A 30-45 DAY BID, AS I SAID THE BIDDING ENVIRONMENT IS GOOD AND FILL THE ROOM WITH THE BIDS AND DO THAT AGAIN IF WE CAN. 
          AND ONCE WE GET THAT AND DOING LIKE REGULARLY BRING THE AWARD TO BID TO YOU AND BRING EVERYTHING. 
          BRING HALF, HALF'S CONTRACTS AND ANY OTHER CONTRACTS WE DO PLUS CONTINGENCY WE PUT ON THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL GET EVERYTHING GOING, MOST OF THE PERMITTING IS FINISHED. ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING IS READY TO GO. THE ONLY PERMITTING WE WOULD HAVE AT THIS POINT IS OUR INTERNAL BUILDING PERMITS. 
          AND ELECTRIC PERMITS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PULLED BY THE CONTRACTOR. 
          WE DO SOME FLORIDA COMMUNITY TRUST WORK THAT IS MOSTLY ON MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THAT SITE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, CATHY DOING THAT LONG BEFORE SHE RETIRED. 
          AND PATTY NOW HAS TAKEN UP THAT MANTLE AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PLANS AND FINALIZE THAT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND GET TO THEM. 
          AS OUR GENERAL PRACTICE IN STAKEHOLDERS MEETING PLANNING THAT AS SOON AS WE HAVE A BID SCHEDULE. 
          ONCE WE START THAT, WE WILL START THOSE MEETINGS. 
          AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN, WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL WHE WHEN WE BRING BACK THE BID. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING DECEMBER, MAYBE END OF NOVEMBER, WE'LL GET STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS IS NOT A LONG-TERM PROJECT. THIS IS NOT--MAYBE NOT EVEN A 
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SIX-MONTH PROJECT. IT WILL TURN AROUND FAST AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE, OUR GOAL IS BY APRIL 1 WE WILL SEE HOW WE DO. 
          SO THAT WHEN OUR PEAK SEASON STARTS THEY CAN FULLY USE THE BEACH. AND THAT IS PART OF THE PHASING PROCESS, DO THE HARDSCAPES AND THE ENTRY TO THE BEACH FIRST. 
          SO THAT WE CAN NOT INHIBIT GETTING OUR VISITORS ON THE BEACH. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DISCIPLINE CITY MANAGER AKRAMOFF OR GLISSON. 
          >> I HAVE THREE. >> FIRE AWAY. 
          >> JEREMIAH, COULD YOU PUT ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES BACK, THE WHERE ARE WE NOW SLIDE. THAT ONE, YES. 
          THAT SIGN, THAT ALMOST IDENTICAL SIGN IS NORTH BEACH PARK, IT'S ABOUT THE FUNDING. I WANT IT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT 100% OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PARK CAME FROM THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY TRUST. I TEXTED CATHY RUSSELL AND SEASIDE AND NORTH BEACH PARK WERE MAJOR TARGETS OF OURS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP INVASIVE PLANTS OUT OF THOSE AREAS BY OUR GRANT AGREEMENT. SO I'M SUPER HAPPY TO SAY THAT PATTY HAS TAKEN UP THE MANTLE AND KEEP US ON TRACK WITH THAT. 
          AWESOME. MY SECOND THING, ON EXHIBIT C, ON PAGE 32. IF ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO LOOK, JUST GET OUT--THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE DRIVE-IN ENTRANCE. I SEE NOW THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN IS PERVIOUS PAVERS. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE SAND. THE BLOWING SAND AND THE DRY SAND. MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PERVIOUS PAVERS WORK AND YOU HAVE ROCKS BETWEEN THE PAVERS THAT CREATE VOIDS FOR WATER TO GET DOWN. AND IF YOU FILL THOSE VOIDS WITH 
          SAND, IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. >> NOT NECESSARILY. 
          >> OKAY. >> THEY ARE ALSO BUILT TO HAVE THE WATER GO THROUGH THEM. THEMSELVES. 
          >> OKAY. >> SO THERE IS BOTH OF THOSE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN HAVING DONE THESE IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN. 
          SAND IS NOT A BAD THING IT GO THROUGH IT GENERALLY AND ALSO A MAINTENANCE PROCESS THAT NEED TO DO REGULARLY AND KEEP UP WITH 
          THAT. >> GREAT. 
          AND LAST ONE IS MY FAVORITE TOPICS THE NATIVE PLANT LIST AND IT'S ALL NATIVE BUT THAT SOMEBODY HAS THEIR EYES. 
          WE DID A GREAT JOB HAVING EYES ON THE PLANTS ON THE WATERFRONT PARK. THESE NOT ONLY BY OUR RULE BUT OUR AGREEMENT GRANT RULES HAVE TO BE 100% NATIVE. 
          >> RIGHT. >> I HAVE NO OTHER TO SPEAK FROM THE COMMISSION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK SIR. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE. 
          MS. BEST START THE VOTE. THAT VOTE PASSES 5-0, THAT 
          [7.3 GRANT APPLICATION — FLORIDA FIREFIGHTER CANCER DECONTAMINATION  EQUIPMENT — RESOLUTION 2026-105 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A FLORIDA  DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL,  FIREFIGHTER CANCER DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM  APPLICATION; AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS;  AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis:  Authorizes submission of a Florida Chief Financial Officer, State Fire Marshall, Florida Firefighter  Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program application for thirty-six particulate-blocking  hoods and structural firefighting gloves, in the amount of $10,964.88, which requires a 25% City match,  in the amount of $2,741.22. ]
BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL RESOLUTION FOR THE EVENING, 7.3, GRANT APPLICATION FOR FLORIDA FIREFIGHTER CANCER DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT. MS. CAMPBELL TAKE US AWAY AND 
          MS. JACOBS IF ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2026-105. THIS GRANT PROGRAM IS FOR FIREFIGHTER CANCER DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A DUPLICATE SET OF GLOVES AND HOODS. AND CITY PORTION OF THE GRANT IS 25%. THIS GRANT WOULD COVER 75% AND STAFF RECOMMENDS SUBMITTAL OF THIS APPLICATION, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, HAVE MS. JACOBS SPEAK TO IT. 
          >> THANK YOU, QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, POYNTER, JUST KIDDING, YOU ARE ANNOYED WITH MY QUESTIONS. 
          EXHIBIT A, SPEAKING FOR THE SMALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, DO ALL OF THE GLOVE SIZES HAVE TO BE SIZE LARGE? I AM THINKING OF NASA THEY HAD TO RESIZE THE SUITS, ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M DONE. 
          >> NOTED WE WILL MAKE SURE TO ADJUST OUR ORDER. 
          >> I'M SURE THE CHIEF IS ON IT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 
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COMMISSIONER. WELL, WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          >> MOTION. >> SECOND. 
          >> ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          MS. BEST START THE VOTES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. 
          [8.1 PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN — ORDINANCE 2026-15 AMENDING THE PAY AND  CLASSIFICATION PLAN ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE 2025-10 PURSUANT TO CHARTER  SECTION 30 AND CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 62-247; AUTHORIZING  ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING FOR  SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Updates the pay and  classification plan per Municipal Code Section 62-247. ]
AND TO ITEM 8, 8.1, PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN. 
          MS. CAMPBELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THIS IS 2026-15 THERE IS A HANDFUL OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND TURNOVER TO MS. PRINCE FOR THE FIRST READING. 
          >> THANK YOU, MANAGER CAMPBELL. ORDINANCE 2026-15, FERNANDINA BEACH AMENDING THE PAY ESTABLISHEDED BY ORDINANCE 2025-10 PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 30 AND CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 62-247 AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. 
          >> ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE. 
          MS. BEST START THE VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0 AND 
          [9.1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN — One City  Commission appointee vacancy; one applicant: Mr. James Rauschenberger.  ]
BRINGS US TO ITEM 9. BOARD OF APPOINTMENTS, 9.1, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL EMPLOYEY'S PENSION--EMPLOYEE'S 
          PENSION PLAN. >> I MOVE MR. RAUSCHENBERGER. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DESIG ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. 
          SEEING NONE, START THE VOTE. THAT PASSES 5-0, THAT BRINGS US 
          [9.2 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE — One vacancy; two applicants: Peter J.  Kasiski and Richard Reily.  ]
TO 9.2, OUR PARKS AND REC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE VACANCY AND TO AP--TWO APPLICANTS. MR. KASICKI AND MR. REILY. 
          >> WHILE PASSING THESE OUT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. KASICKI, IF I AM SAYING THAT CORRECTLY. 
          AND HE HAS AN INTERESTING BACKGROUND FROM THE NAVY. 
          HE HAS LOTS OF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT ADVISORY BOARDS SHOULD BE AND HOW THEY COULD BETTER HELP US IN THE CITY AND AS COMMISSIONERS. 
          AND HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 
          IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM AND I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. I THINK HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD. 
          >> I WILL ECHO THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE TAKE OUR TALLY? CAST YOUR VOTE AND PASS THEM DOWN TO MADAM CLERK. WHILE THOSE ARE BEING TABULATED. 
          I WANT TO REITERATE FOR ANY FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ON AN ADVISORY BOARD, WE WELCOME YOU TO APPLY. WE LOVE WHEN THE CITIZENS ARE PART OF THE PROCESS AND BRING A BREATH OF KNOWLEDGE. 
          >> 5-0 FOR MR. KASICKI. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, 
          [10. CITY MANAGER REPORTS ]
LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING ON THE BOARD. 
          ITEM 10, CITY MANAGER REPORTS, MS. CAMPBELL. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR, ONE THING WE DIDN'T GET INTO THE TERMINATION CLAUSE OF THE ONE PARKING AGREEMENT IN OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER BUT I DO HAVE IT HANDY. THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO GIVE 90 DAY NOTICE OF CANCELLATION. SO WE WILL PROVIDE THAT NOTICE TO THE VENDOR TOMORROW. BUT THAT PUTS US AT ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER TERMINATION OF THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME COSTS THAT WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND. 
          90 DAYS OF THE PARKING MANAGER'S SALARY, NOT TO EXCEED $16,250. 
          AND 30 DAYS OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SALARY NOT TO EXCEED 
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$16,900. DO WE HAVE PRORATED COSTS TO THE 
          SIGNAGE? >> TWO YEARS OF SIGNAGE. 
          >> WE HAVE PRORATED CASTS TO SIGNAGE AND BECAUSE THAT FUND ACCRUING AND PAY FOR THOSE EXPENSES OUT OF THAT FUND. 
          AND I ASSUME CONTINUE TO HAVE REVENUE FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS AT A MINIMUM. ALL I HAVE FOR YOU AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS--THAT IS NOT TRUE, I BROUGHT A VISUAL AID. 
          I MENTIONED AT ONE OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT THE COUNCIL ON AGING MADE A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION THIS YEAR RELATED TO THE PEPPER TREE APARTMENT ISSUE. 
          THIS IS A COPY OF THAT REQUEST. I DID ATTEND THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HEARD FROM A LOT OF GROUPS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I GUESS GET A SENSE FROM YOU WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3. 
          >> I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I ATTENDED THIS MEETING AS WELL. 
          THIS IS A RATHER UNUSUAL SITUATION. 
          PEPPER TREE APARTMENTS OFF OF LIME AND 15TH, THERE IS 55 RESIDENTS. THE PROPERTY WAS CREATED UNDER A 30-YEAR LOAN FROM SDA AND THAT LOAN HAS COME TO MATURATION AND IS BEING SOLD. AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, CURRENTLY TODAY IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY, THIS LITTLE ENCLAVE. 
          AND ASSUME THEY ARE ON CITY WATER AND SEWER ANY POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY COMMERCIALLY OR RESIDENTIALLY WOULD IN ALL LIKELIHOOD COME INTO THE CITY ANYWAY. 
          WE WOULD GAIN SOME TAX REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY AT A LOSS AS TO WHERE TO GO. 
          LITERALLY THEY WILL MOSTLY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY IN NASSAU COUNTY. THEY ARE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE OR MOVE TO DUVAL COUNTY OR SOMEWHERE AROUND KINGSLAND WHERE THERE IS SERVICES AVAILABLE. 
          AND THERE IS A VARIETY OF PEOPLE, ELDERLY, PRETTY MUCH ALL LOW INCOME AND SOME DISABLED. IT'S A VARIETY OF NEEDS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE. AND WHAT COUNCIL OF AGING HAS DONE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL THAT CREATES A TRANSITION MANAGER THAT WILL BE DEDICATED ON HELP THESE PEOPLE FIND HOUSING AND PROVIDE SOME FUNDING. 
          SO THAT WE CAN HELP, THEY CAN HELP PAY FOR THEIR MOVING COSTS OR SETTING UP DEPOSITS IN NEW APARTMENTS AND $50,000 COMMITMENT FROM BAPTIST NASSAU, TO PAY. 
          SHE'S ASKED US AND ASKED THE COUNTY FOR 50,000. 
          I THINK THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS $3--230,000. 
          THERE ARE PARTNERS IN DUVAL COUNTY THAT CAME TO THE MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT THE SERVICES THEY CAN PROVIDE. 
          AND HELP. SO THEY ALSO ARE PROBABLY IN-KIND SERVICES THAT CAN COME TOGETHER AND HELP FUND AND BRIDGE THE GAP. I THINK IT IS--AND THE NEXT PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY THAT IS IN THIS SAME SITUATION IS COUNTRY SIDE, WHICH I THINK IS OUT IN THE COUNTY. 
          AND 11 YEARS AWAY WHAT I THINK I REMEMBER THEM SAYING. 
          THIS IS KIND OF A SUDDEN THING THAT HAPPENED TO THESE FOLKS. 
          THEY NEED OUR HELP AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE, WE HAVE CONTINGENCY MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN GET $50,000 TO HELP THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY IN THIS CRISIS. WHETHER WE TAKE IT OUT OF THIS YEAR'S CONTINGENCY FUNDS THAT ARE YET UNTOUCHED OR PUT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. IT IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION AND HOPEFULLY ONE OFF. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AN AGAIN FOR 
          A WHILE. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? COUNTRY SIDE IS THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE THERE IS SIX OR SEVEN. 
          >> THESE--HAS TO DO HOW THEY WERE CREATED. 
          THEY WERE CREATED UNDER LOANS FROM USDA. 
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          >> MY UNDERSTANDING. >> ALL 30 YEAR LOANS AND THE NEXT 30 YEAR LOAN THAT COMES TO MATURITY I WANT TO SAY IS COUNTRY SIDE AND THEY SAID IN THE MEETING 11 YEARS OUT. 
          >> OKAY, BECAUSE I SPOKE TO A LOCAL REALTOR THAT SAID WE HAVE SEVEN ON THE ISLAND. LIKE ALL WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE CITY LIMITS AND A BUNCH OF THEM ABOUT TO FALL. 
          >> WE WERE TOLD IN A MEETING AND PEOPLE THERE FROM REPRESENTATIVE BLACK AND REPRESENTATIVE--SENATOR YARBOROUGH AND REPRESENTATIVE BEAN'S OFFICE. 
          >> 11 YEARS. >> AND THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE. THERE WAS A LOT OF HORSE POWER IN THE ROOM. AND THIS IS THE IMMEDIATE NEED. 
          AND I WOULD ASK THAT THIS COMMISSION FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND $50,000 TO HELP COUNCIL OF AGING HELP THESE PEOPLE GET 
          RELCATED SAFELY. >> AND THIS SITS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          >> WELL--TECHNICALLY THEY ARE COUNTY. 
          AND IT'S A LITTLE TINY ENCLAVE. AND ALL LIKELIHOOD WHEN THIS PROPERTY IS REDEVELOPED IT WILL COME INTO THE CITY AND INCREASE 
          OUR TAX BASE. >> ADJACENT? 
          >> YES, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WEIRD 
          LITTLE ENCLAVE. >> MY CONCERN IS WE'RE TAKING TAXPAYER DOLLARS HERE AND HELPING PEOPLE RELOCATE OUT OF 
          MAYBE EVEN OUT OF NASSAU COUNTY. >> PROBABLY. 
          >> SO I'M NOT SURE I'M SUPPORTIVE, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCIL OF AGING AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT THEY HAVE. 
          I AM CONCERNED TO TAKE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HELP MOVE PEOPLE TO ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE. WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          WHEN WE'RE HURTING FOR IT AS WELL. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND. >> I'M NOT AS GUN HOE ON THIS. 
          >> THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, WHEN THE PROPERTY GETS REDEVELOPED AND COME INTO THE CITY AND INCREASE OUR TAX BASE. 
          >> WE CAN USE THAT ARGUMENT A LOT WITH DEVELOPERS ONCE THEY COME IN AND GOING TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY, GIVE THEM SOME MONEY. 
          I'M JUST SAYING. >> AND YOU SAID GETTING $50,000 FROM BAPTIST OR ANY MONEY FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY 
          COMMISSIONERS? >> THEY ASKED FOR 50,000. 
          >> ANY IDEA TO CHOOSE TO FUND THAT? 
          >> WE DON'T KNOW AND COULD MAKE OUR FUNDING CONTINGENT ON THEY REACH 80% OF THEIR GOAL. AND WE'LL WRITE THEM A CHECK. 
          THE COUNTY GIVES THEM 50 AND WE WILL GIVE THEM 50. 
          OR DON'T DO IT AT ALL. IT'S REALLY WHAT IS THE PLEASURE 
          OF THIS COMMISSION. >> I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MINSHEW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO DO SOMETHING. IF IT CAUSES US TO GET CREATIVE, WHETHER CONTINGENCY OR WHETHER IT'S--YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 
          IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, IT REALLY IS, AND I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER POYNTER'S STANCE COMPLETELY. 
          I GET IT, I COMPLETELY GET IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. I MEAN IT'S DIFFICULT, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER, THERE IS OTHER ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE THERE. 
          BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD FIND A SOLUTION HERE THAT WORKS. 
          AND SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER MINSHEW HAS PARTED DOWN A PATH OF A GOOD BRAINSTORMING IDEA OF HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT. 
          >> I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO SAY WE'LL COMMIT $50,000 WHEN YOU REACH THIS LEVEL OF GOAL. AND TO SAY YES, YOU CAN PUT US ON THE LIST, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT YOU A CHECK UNTIL WE SEE WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE WANT TO SEE, WHICH THE COUNTY DO THEIR 50 OR YOU'RE GOING TO GET $150,000 TOTAL OUT OF YOUR 230. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU 50. THERE IS LOTS OF WAYS TO SLICE 
          AND DICE THIS. >> I WOULD ECHO THE CONCERNS AND BOTH IN FAVOR OF. THIS I THINK THIS IS A VERY WORTHY GOAL TO LOOK FOR. I DO SHARE COMMISSIONER POYNTER'S CONCERNS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO RELOCATE PEOPLE AND 
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NOT OPPOSED TO HEAR FROM STAFF WHERE IT COULD COME FROM. 
          AND THOSE WATCHING IN THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC/PRIVATE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO CHIP IN HERE, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME CONSENSUS 
          TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION. >> I'M WITH COMMISSIONER POYNTER, I THINK THE COUNCIL ON AGING DOES INCREDIBLE WORK. 
          I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY GOT VERY LITTLE NOTICE. 
          THEY LITERALLY GOT A LETTER IN THEIR MAILBOX THAT SAYS HEY YOUR RENT IS TIMES COME JANUARY 1 KIND OF THING. 
          BUT THEY'RE NOT CITY RESIDENTS. AND WE LITERALLY JUST VOTED TO THROW AWAY $1.5 MILLION AND I CANNOT VOTE TO--I MEAN THE MONEY THAT THE NO-PAID PARKING COMMITTEE RAISED, COULDN'T WE RAISE 50,000. DO A FUNDRAISER INSTEAD, RAISE $50,000 INSTEAD OF USING CITY TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          >> THERE IS ONE CREATIVE OPTION, TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO 
          CONSIDER THAT? >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK ITO THAT. 13% OF THE CITY RESIDENTS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. AND THAT'S $34,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. 
          >> I THINK WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS CONSENSUS TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION. 
          >> YES, I WILL LISTEN, SORRY I'M IN THE WEEDS. 
          >> MS. CAMPBELL I BELIEVE YOU HAVE DIRECTION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL BEFORE REPORTS. 
          [11. CITY CLERK REPORTS ]
          ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, SIR, HAPPY TO ANSWER 
          QESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME. >> CITY CLERK REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER ELECT SCOTT ENGRESS WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AND TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AT THE CITY'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND UNDERSTANDS THAT PUBLIC RECORDS LAW APPLIES AND EVEN THOUGH HASN'T TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE. AND THANK YOU TO FORMER VICE MAYOR LYNN KRIEGER AND STACEY MCMONICAL, TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF SACRIFICING AND PUBLIC EXPOSURE AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. 
          >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND ECHO SENTIMENTS TO CANDIDATES 
          [12. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS ]
AND READY IN NEXT TWO YEARS. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, ANNOUNCE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON A CASE THAT APPROVED TONIGHT. WE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 1 AT 4 P.M. ON THE MATTER OF MR. AND MRS. PLEDGER AND FERNANDINA BEACH. AND THAT WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION THEY FILED. 
          THERE WAS A HEARING TODAY ON THE INJUNCTION HEARING ON THE HEARING THAT PLEDGERS DISCIPLED THAT INJUNCTION DENIED. 
          ORALLY THERE IS AN ORDER ENTERED IN NEXT 10 DAYS AND NEXT STEP DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION ON THEIR CASE. 
          AND AGAIN THAT IS NOVEMBER FONP 1-- 
          SEPTEMBER 1. >> YES, I NEED TO BE ACCURATE ABOUT THAT, REQUIRED BY LAW. IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 1 AT 4 P.M. 
          PRIOR TO YOUR WORKSHOP AT 5. AND WANTED TO WELCOME COMMISSIONER ELECT ENGLISH AS WELL AND I REACHED OUT TO HIM TODAY AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WE SET A SESSION ON TRAINING ON SUNSHINE LAW AND PUBLIC RECORDS. AND WANT TO APOLOGIZE AND ON ME IF COMMISSIONER TUTEN MISUNDERSTOOD MY ADVISE ON THE 
          SUNSHINE LAW. >> THAT'S ON ME. 
          >> AND WORK TOWARDS THAT WITH MR. ENGLISH WHEN WE DO HIS TRAINING. THANK YOU ALL I HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PRINCE. 
          >> ON THAT NOTE AND A CLARIFICATION TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS YOU ALSO FALL UNDER SUNSHINE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS IT COMES TO YOUR POSITION AS ON THAT BOARD, YOUR E-MAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALL UNDER SUNSHINE. 
          JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          [13. MAYOR/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ]
          [02:30:01]
          >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. MOVE INTO MAYOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER POYNTER. 
          >> I GOT NUTHIN'. >> COMMISSIONER MIS MINSHEW. 
          >> LAST WEEK THE CITY MANAGER AND I WOULDN'T TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES STATE CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA. GLAD THAT I DON'T LIVE THERE. 
          OVER 1,000 PEOPLE THERE FROM 411 CITIES THAT ARE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAD REALLY GREAT SPEAKERS AND DORIS GOODWIN THAT IS A PULITZER PRIZE AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER, INTERESTING GUY JEFFERSON FISHER THAT TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS WAS ANOTHER BIG SPEAKER. A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS. CITY MANAGER CAMPBELL WAS ON ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS TALKING ABOUT CITY MANAGER AND CITY COMMISSION RELATIONSHIPS. AND SO--AND THEN THERE WERE PROBABLY I DON'T KNOW 100-150 VENDORS THERE. 
          AND A GREAT BIG EXHIBITION. IT WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS THE FIRST ONE I ATTENDED AND I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO. I FEEL TO SHOULD DEGREE IT LET'S YOU FEEL REENERGIZED AND EXCITED TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN WHAT OTHER CITIES IN OUR STATE ARE DOING. 
          AND THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH. 
          AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE LEARN FROM THEM. 
          SO IT WAS GREAT. AND AGAIN I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TUTEN. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, THAT'S GREAT, A HUGE TIME AND EFFORT AND YOU BRING YOUR EXPERTISE BACK TO US. 
          THREE QUICK THINGS, ONE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, MONTH FROM NOW, KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL IS HOSTING THEIR NATIONAL CLEAN UP THEY DO EVERY YEAR. SIGN UP ON LINE AND YOU CAN SIGN AT LOFTY CREEK. REMINDER TO SAVE THE DATE FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, HUMANE SOCIETY IS HAVING THEIR FUND RA RAISER. 
          OKTOBERFEST. AND LASTLY ALMOST 200 MILLION BIRDS MIGRATED LAST NIGHT. IT'S FALL MIGRATION. 
          PLEASE TURN YOUR LIGHTS OFF, ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS TO TURN THEIR LIGHTS OFF, THE BIRDS NAVIGATE BY THE STARS. 
          CONFUSE OUR HOMES AND BUILDINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A PROCLAMATION TO THE CITY TO BECOME AN APPROACH OF GREATER DARK SKY ESPECIALLY DURING MIGRATION. 
          WE DO SO MUCH FOR OUR TURTLES WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR OUR BIRDS. 
          WE ARE ON THE ATLANTIC FLY WAY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FLY WAYS IN THE WORLD. AND BIRDS SMASH INTO OUR WINDOWS WHEN THEY ARE MIGRATING. BECAUSE THEY ARE CONFUSED. 
          DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR, FALL AND SPRING, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION IN JACKSONVILLE THAT PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO WALK THE PERIMETER OF SKYSCRAPERS AT DAWN SO THEY CAN PICK UP THE THOUSANDS OF DEAD BIRDS EVERY MORNING. 
          AND CATALOG WHAT SPECIES WERE KILLED. 
          AND THEY GOT A PROCLAMATION AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND WITH A LOT OF BUILDINGS TO LIGHTS OUT DURING MIGRATION. SO CLOSE YOUR BLINDS, ALL OF YOUR FANCY LIGHTS SHINING ON THE PALM TREES. 
          TURN EVERYTHING OFF PLEASE. THANKS. 
          THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          VICE MAYOR. >> AIRPORT NOISE. 
          THIS GOT BROUGHT UP LAST MEETING AND THERE IS A GROUP THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT AIRPORT NOISE AND THEY WOULD LIKE A WORKSHOP. 
          I KNOW IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WORKSHOP BUT NOW I GUESS THEY WANT TO DO ONE SEPARATE FROM THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD WITH NATE. 
          IN NOVEMBER. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT AND ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN WORKSHOP EVEN BEFORE THEN. OR HOW WE WANTED TO HANDLE IT. 
          I'M JUST PASSING ALONG THE INFORMATION THAT THE GROUP SOUNDED LIKE THEY WANTED MORE TO HAVE THEIR OWN WITHOUT SHARING 
          SO TO SPEAK THE STAGE WITH NATE. >> I MEAN I HAVE MET WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. 
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THEY SAY A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          BUT THEY HAVE NO ANSWER YET FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 
          I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW SETTING UP A SEPARATE WORKSHOP, WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS, WE DO ONE WORKSHOP A MONTH AND THAT'S NOT HIGH ON MY PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. I EXPRESSED THAT TO THEM, I SAID YOU NEED TO GET MORE STUFF TOGETHER. 
          BECAUSE WHAT THEY PRESENTED TO ME WAS MORE QUESTIONS AND 
          ANSWERS. >> SO I SPOKE WITH CITY MANAGER CAMPBELL ABOUT IT. I ALSO MET WITH THEM AS WELL AS WITH MR. COYLE AND I MET WITH THEM. 
          WHAT WE RECOMMENDED, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A NOISE CONTOUR STUDY THAT THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING ON. 
          THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AND THEN THE NOVEMBER 1, FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, WHATEVER DATE THAT IS. THAT WORKSHOP WILL BE A WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY MR. COYLE AND PART OF THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN FOLKS. SPECIFICALLY AROUND NOISE AND AROUND THE NOISE CONTOURS. SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY WAS ONCE WE KNOW HOW LONG THEIR PRESENTATION IS. 
          IF THEY'VE GOT A 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION OR 45-MINUTE PRESENTATION IT MAKES A BIG DIFF DIFFERENCE. IF THEY HAVE A RELATIVE QUICK PRESENTATION PERHAPS GIVE THIS NEW COALITION 15-20 MINUTES ON THAT WORKSHOP FOR THEM TO PRESENT THEIR THOUGHTS AND DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. WITHOUT TAKING UP ANOTHER WHOLE WORKSHOP. SO KIND OF WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM MR. COYLE AS TO EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME HE NEEDS ON A WORKSHOP. AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          DOES THAT SEEM REASONABLE? >> WHEN YOU SAID IT LAST MEETING IT WAS REASONABLE AND MADE SENSE TO ME. 
          I WASN'T TRYING TO SAY THAT, AND THE E-MAILS WHAT I RECEIVED, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED. 
          I DON'T MIND BRINGING IT BACK UP AND WHAT YOU SAID IS REASONABLE, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH IT. I ASSUMED THAT EVERYONE HAD MET AFTER ME AND I THINK EVERYONE DID. 
          BUT-- >> I GOT THE SAME E-MAIL FROM THEM THIS WEEK ASKING ABOUT THE WORKSHOP. 
          AND I WANTED TO TALK WITH CITY MANAGER CAMPBELL BEFORE I RESPONDED BACK TO THEM. AND I CAN TALK TO MR. COYLE TOMORROW AND SEE IF HE HAS AN IDEA ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO GIVE THEM 15 MINUTES. 
          >> SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT MR. COYLE WOULD HAVE, THEY MIGHT 
          BE FINDING OUT THAT AT WORKSHOP. >> I KNOW, YOU KNOW THEY ARE FRUSTRATED AND WANT THE TOUCH AND GO'S TO DISAPPEAR. 
          THAT'S NOT A REALISTIC. >> DECREASE, NOT DISAPPEAR. 
          TO BE FAIR. >> NO, I MET WITH THEM TOO, THEY WOULD LIKE THEM TO DISAPPEAR. BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT AND HEAR WHAT MR. COYLE AND HIS CONSULTANTS HAVE TO SAY, OTHERWISE I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
          INFORMATION. >> YEAH, I--30,000 FOOT VIEW, NO PUN INTENDED. JUST GETTING EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TOGETHER, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM WITH IT. 
          MR. COYLE IS GOING TO HAVE HIS RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND I KNOW THEY ARE DOING RESEARCH AND THEY WILL BE READY TO GO. I THINK THIS IS A BROADER COMMUNITY TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD. 
          SO HOWEVER THIS COMMISSION WISHES TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM SIMPLY TRYING TO ADVOCATE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION OUT IN THE OPEN. 
          AND WE ALLOW THE CITIZENS THE AVAILABILITY TO PRESENT TO THIS COMMISSION THEIR CONCERNS. BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY EFFORT NOT NECESSRILY PURE CITY JUST HAPPENS THAT WE 
          RUN THE AIRPORT. >> I AGREE AND TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER I HEAR FROM THE NOISE EXPERTS DOING THE MASTER PLAN. 
          OTHERWISE I GOT NUTHIN' TO SAY BUT GOSH. 
          I'M WAITING FOR INFORMATION TOO. SO THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHTS ON 
          IT. >> I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM ALSO, YEAH IF YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH HOW LONG MR. COYLE THINKS HE WILL BE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE 
          CAN DO BOTH THAT WILL BE GREAT. >> OKAY, ALL I HAD. 
          >> I WILL TAKE THAT ACTION ITEM. >> THANK YOU. 
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          >> VICE MAYOR. >> I GOT A FEW THINGS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE GONE ONLINE THE CITY WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED AND ON REDESIGN. I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER MARY FOR HER HARD WORK AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT MADAM CLERK OFFICE. 
          AND AS A FLOWER GIVE AWAY AND THAT FLOWER FEELING TO GIVE AWAY 200 BUD VASE OF FRESH-CUT FLOWERS STOP BY MLK CENTER TO GET YOURS AND ONE TO SHARE. THE THIRD CONCERT SERIES IS THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 23, BRING FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND CHAIRS AND ENJOY YOUR MOM'S FAVORITE BAND. FERNANDINA BEACH MAIN STREET CONGRATS TO MAIN STREET FOR THE GRANT AWARD FOR ALL ACCESS MAIN STREET CERTIFICATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO APRIME ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. EXCELSIOR ACCREDITATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXCELSIOR DESIGNATION THE HIGHEST AWARD TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT PD HAS MAINTAINED COMPLIANCE FOR RIGOROUS STANDARDS FOR LAST 15 SUCCESSFUL YEARS ACROSS THREE ACCREDITATION CYCLES. 
          AND TO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS I HAD E-MAILS REQUESTING NAMING OF OUR ATLANTIC POOL AFTER LOUISE BOWERS THAT PASSED AT 106 YEARS OLD AND NO VOTE OR DEBATE AND PUT IN YOUR LAP TO CONSIDER AND
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.