[Item 1] [00:00:05] >> THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FERNANDINA BEACH TRYING FOR JUNE 10, 2020. KELLY, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> OKAY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WANT YOU ALL TO GO WITH ME, WE [Item 2] ARE GOING TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THERE IS THE FLAG. VERY GOOD. 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. >> THANK YOU EVERYBODY. BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. KELLY GIBSON, COULD YOU JUST REVIEW FOR US, AND ANY CITIZENS WHO ARE OBSERVING HOW THE CONDUCT OF THE MEETING IS GOING TO WORK. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE HAD BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN A VIRTUAL SETTING. PARTICULARLY IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT HOW CITIZENS WHO WISH TO COMMENT CAN GO ABOUT DOING THAT. >> THIS EVENING, WE HAVE BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON PARTICIPATION FOR THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THOSE WHO ARE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A LOGIN AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY'S AGENDA FORMAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN PARTICIPATING LIVE WITH YOU. I CURRENTLY CANNOT HAVE ANY VIRTUAL PARTICIPATIONS. PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT WAY. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE HERE, AND THEY WISH TO SPEAK AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY. WE CAN CALL UPON THEM, AT THAT TIME. THAT IS IT. THAT IS HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE WITH US. >> OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT THE MEETING TODAY VIRTUALLY? VICTORIA? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, I CAN. >> I KNOW THE CITY COMMISSION HELD THE SECOND READING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR BOARD SAYING ALL REGULAR MEMBERS AS OPPOSED TO FIVE REGULAR AND TWO ALTERNATES, IS THAT RIGHT? IS NOT OFFICIAL, OR ARE WE STILL NONVOTING MEMBERS UNTIL SOME POINT IN TIME. >> COULD ONE OF YOU ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE? >> RIGHT NOW, IT HAS ONLY BEEN THROUGH FIRST READING. WITH THAT SAID, YOU DO HAVE TWO MEMBER ABSENCES THIS EVENING. I THINK HE WOULD GO AHEAD AND APPOINT TO THE TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS. >> OKAY. WE WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT THIS MEETING, RIGHT? >> YES. >> YES. BOTH OF THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS ARE SEATED TONIGHT AS REGULAR VOTING MEMBERS AND WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. >> YEAH, I AM SORRY. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK LAST TIME IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING FOR SOME OF THE PUBLIC TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PARTICIPATE. HOPEFULLY, WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT KELLY AND HER STAFF HAVE MADE THAT WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE TODAY. >> DO YOU WANT US JUST TO RAISE OUR HANDS IF WE WANT TO COMMENT? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT ELECTRONICALLY. FOR ME IT IS EASIER IF YOU SIMPLY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. WHEN YOU'RE DONE TALKING, PUT YOUR HAND DOWN. I WILL DO MY BEST TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND CALL YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM FOR [Item 3] ACTION IS REVIEW APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 21. ARE THERE ANY BOARD COMMENTS? [00:05:03] >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. >> SECOND. TRAN28 OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. [Item 5] THAT TAKES THIS TO OLD BUSINESS. THERE NOTHING UNDER OLD BUSINESS. THEN IT TAKES US TO NEW BUSINESS, IT TAKES US TO REVIEW OF PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20/21 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY MANAGER IS HERE. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIS PRESENCE IF HE IS INDEED THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID DO LAST YEAR. THE REVIEW OF THE CIP IS IMPORTANT. IT DOES REPRESENT ONE WAY THAT THE CITY PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MYSELF. ONE IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ONE WAY FOR US -- IF THERE ARE COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, ONE WAY TO EXPRESS THAT WOULD BE TO SEND A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION. IF THERE IS A NEED TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IS A WAY TO DO IT. SO WE WILL KIND OF SEE HOW THE CONVERSATION GOES. BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WANT TO ASK KELLY TO PROVIDE ANY OVERVIEW OF THE CIP THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. AND THEN I WILL ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO WEIGH IN WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS FIRST, BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD COMMENTS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> SURE. THIS EVENING, YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT AND THE CIP PLAN ITSELF. THIS IS DIRECTED THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT WHICH PEAKS TO PLANNING REVIEW OCCURRING WITH THE ANNUAL CIP. AS CHAIR CLARK HAS POINTED OUT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW IS TO ALLOW FOR THIS BOARD, AS OF A PLANNING AGENCY TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT, OR COMMENTS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY WISH TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING THAT THEY HANDLE GOING THROUGH THE FINALIZATION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR. I WILL LET CITY MANAGER MARTIN, SPEAK TO THAT, AND WHAT THAT INVOLVES. AS YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE CIP, YOU WILL SEE A SERIES OF JUSTIFICATION STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THE TABLE, INCLUDING THE CIP WHICH PROVIDES A DIRECT LINKAGE TO THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUTLINED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EACH DIRECTOR WHO IS PREPARING THE JUSTIFICATION AND THE PROJECT DETAILS FOR EACH LISTED PROJECT DOES PROVIDE A CORRELATION BACK TO THE APPLICABLE POLICY STATEMENTS AND FALLS ON THE COPPER HAS A PLAN. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS PART OF YOUR REVIEWS. WITH THE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MARTIN TO DISCUSS IN GREATER DETAIL. >> THANK YOU, MS. GIBSON. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU SERVING ON THE PAB, YOUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE IS A APPRECIATED. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK PAULINE, WHO IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN LEADING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE WHICH PUT THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER. THE DOCUMENT STILL REMAINS IN DRAFT FORM. IT WILL EVENTUALLY, FOLLOWING YOUR COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CITY COMMISSION COMMENTS, BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON JULY 20. IT WILL BE PUBLICLY PRESENTED ON JULY 21. THIS REPRESENTS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PREPARED BY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THERE ARE PROJECTS, FOR THE LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THEY HANG OUT IN YEARS FOUR AND FIVE, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN OPPORTUNITIES COME UP AND WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, SO THEY SIT ON THE HORIZON. BUT, IN MANY WAYS THEY ARE PLACEHOLDERS FOR THAT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS THE JUSTIFICATION. A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS YOU WILL SEE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. THERE IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL FUND IT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. [00:10:12] I THINK WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. >> THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BUT I'M GOING TO HOLD MINE UNTIL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANYBODY ON THE BOARD WHO CARES TO COMMENT. >> THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD TO REVIEW THIS. I MAY ASK SOME PRETTY STUPID QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ABOUT THE VEHICLES, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR PURCHASE IN THIS BUDGET. MAINLY, WHERE THESE PURCHASES OF VEHICLES ALREADY PLANNED IN A PREVIOUS FIVE-YEAR PLAN? HAVE THESE FINALLY ROLLED OVER INTO THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE BUDGETING FOR? THE 2021 YEAR, THE ONLY ONE I SEE IS A NEW AD IS THE FORD RANGER FOR THE ARBORIST. ACCORDING TO THE FLEET TO SURPLUS PLAN ACCLIMATE -- RECOMMENDED ACTION FORM LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A NEW AD FOR A VEHICLE. I AM JUST CURIOUS, A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES, SOME OF THEM ARE MAYBE NOT QUITE SO OLD. I AM USED TO DEALING WITH ALL VEHICLES, IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE THEY ARE ON THE PREVIOUS FIVE-YEAR PLAN? >> IF I MAY, MR. CLARK. YEAH, THIS IS PART OF THE EFFORT THAT MR. GLISSON PUTS TOGETHER VEHICLE PLAN THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCE IN RESELLING CITY VEHICLES. WE DO TEND TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLES RELATIVELY EARLY. BASICALLY BECAUSE WE GET THE HIGHEST RESALE VALUE FOR THEM. HE MONITORS THE MARKETS TO DETERMINE WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO SELL THOSE VEHICLES. I THINK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE VEHICLE PURCHASING PLAN, THE ROTATION OF VEHICLES WAS NOT AS WELL-PLANNED AS IT IS NOW. WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE OF VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, AND HE STAYS TRUE TO THAT VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN. >> THANK YOU. WHEN WE BUY THEM, SOME ARE NEW, SOME ARE PERHAPS USED EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON BUYING. THE NEW EQUIPMENT -- DO WE UTILIZE THE STATE UM, UM VEHICLE UM, THE UM THE VEHICLE PURCHASING UM CAPABILITIES? >> YES, WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE VEHICLE PURCHASING PLANS. >> WE BUY THEM OFF OF THE STATE BID. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> MR. BARTON, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? >> YES, WE DO BY THE VEHICLES OFF OF THE STATE BIDS. I DO KNOW A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES ARE PURCHASED THROUGH DUFAULT FORD. THEY HAVE A VOLUME THAT BASICALLY DRIVES THE PRICES DOWN A LOT OF THE POLICE VEHICLES ARE THROUGH DUFAULT FORD. WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE PURCHASING CONTRACTS AND THE STATE BIDS THAT WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF THOSE PURCHASES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. MS. SCHAEFER, AND THEN MR. STEVENSON. >> UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND STOP ME IF THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT UM TIME TO BRING THIS UP IN THIS TALK. BUT, I JUST HAD QUESTIONS WITH THE LINE ITEMS FOR THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT BOARDWALK IMPROVEMENT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT INCLUDED EXPANDING THE MARINA IN THE FUTURE? OR, RAISING FRONT TO STRAIGHT. I DID NOT KNOW WHICH LINE ITEM ACTUALLY ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE ISSUES? I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT UM JUST WATER UM -- LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE FOR FRONT STREET IN THE AREA. I COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MY SEARCH SEE ANYTHING PARTICULAR TO THOSE ITEMS IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT. [INAUDIBLE] >> THERE IS SOME CAPITAL FUNDING FOR FRONT STREET. [00:15:14] [INAUDIBLE] I BELIEVE THERE IS $300,000 FOR WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT. HE ALSO PROJECTS THROUGH THE STATE, OR THE SHORELINE STABILIZATION PROJECT AS WELL. TENTATIVELY, WE ARE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE VIA PUBLIC FORUM OR PUBLIC INPUT SESSION OR OUTREACH LOOKING AT JULY 11 OR JULY 18. THEY WILL BE FINALIZED TO DETERMINE IF THAT MEETING OR THAT OUTREACH EFFORT WAS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 4. OBVIOUSLY THE PANDEMIC THREW THAT SCHEDULE. WERE GOING TO GET BACK ON THE BICYCLE AND SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS ON THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE EARLY TO MID JULY MEETING. PERHAPS ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OR DISINVESTMENT IN THE WATERFRONT. >> OKAY. YEAH, I THOUGHT $300,000 DEFINITELY WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THOSE, EVEN IF WE DID NOT DO ANY UM IMPROVEMENTS, JUST THE STABILIZATION OF THE AREA I THOUGHT IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE BIT LOW. I'M GLAD WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ON THAT. >> LET ME BE CLEAR, THERE IS STATE FUNDING IN EXCESS OF THE $300,000. WE'VE APPLIED FOR ROUGHLY 40 AND A 50,000-DOLLAR RANCH IF WE DO A BOARDWALK DOWN AT THE PARK. THERE IS $300,000 THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED FOR THE WATERFRONT. THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF MONIES BEING PURSUED. >> OKAY. >> WE HAVE PUT IN A 27 MILLION-DOLLAR APPLICATION TO THE U.S. CONGRESS FOR THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT. THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT, 27 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT TO BE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOPEFULLY CONGRESS WILL APPROVE THAT FOR US THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME AWESOME FUNDING. >> GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. >> MR. STEVENSON? >> JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL COMMENTS. ONE WITH THE WHOLE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS -- WELL, THE MARINA, I WILL CALL IT THE WET SIDE OF THE SEAWALL. I THINK THAT IS STILL THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION. I DID NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE A CRA PROJECT OUT THERE IN 2025 THAT INVOLVES THE SEAWALL. IT IS LISTED UNDER THE PARKS AND REC SIDE, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A MARINA PROJECT. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND -- IS THAT LONG-TERM CRA PROJECT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW? OR, IS THAT A SEPARATE PLANNING ACTIVITY? [INAUDIBLE] THAT IS RELATED TO THE SHORELINE STABILIZATION SEAWALL PROJECT. THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, MR. STEVENSON. I'M TRYING TO FIND EXACTLY -- >> IS THAT UP THERE NORTH OF THE AREA THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. THAT IS LISTED UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. >> THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS, BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON AND SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAND SIDE AND THE WET SIDE OF THE MARINA PROJECT IN THE DOWNTOWN. IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE A SUMMARY THAT SHOWS WHAT BOTH OF THE PARKSIDE AND THE MARINA SIDE ARE DOING MONETARILY AND LOOK AT A CRITICAL PATH OF WHAT IS THE CRITICAL PATH? IF FOR SOME REASON, SOME OF THE FUNDS WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE PARKSIDE, DOES THAT EFFECT MAY WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE WET SIDE INDIRECTLY. PURELY AS A PLANNING TOOL. I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE CRITICAL PATH BETWEEN THESE TWO SETS OF FUNDING TOOLS? >> THE MARINA IS THE ENTERPRISE [00:20:07] FUNDS. THEY ARE BASICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE MARINA WHICH IS THE WET SIDE. THE CITY DID REVIEW AND GO OUT FOR PROPOSALS FOR MARINE MANAGEMENT. WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DECISION FOR MANAGEMENT -- WE WILL CONFIRM WHAT ARE THE MARINA RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT ARE THE PARK AND REC RESPONSIBILITIES? >> OKAY. THAT IS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> MS. ROBLES? >> IN DEVELOPING ANY BUDGET, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE YOUR REVENUES ARE COMING FROM AND HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AFFORD ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY CAPITAL. GIVEN THE RECESSION THAT WE ARE IN, AND UM, THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL OF THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO LAND FOR THIS YEAR, AND NEXT? HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION OF THAT IN THIS BUDGET? HAS THERE BEEN UM THE EXERCISE -- I KNOW THIS WILL COME UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PERHAPS THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD PUT OFF FOR ONE YEAR IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE TO UM, YOU KNOW, PEAK THEM ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, BUT DELAY THEM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT UM THE CAPITAL BUDGET UM, YOU KNOW, MATCHES UP WITH OUR RESOURCES. HAS THERE BEEN SOME CONVERSATION OF A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOT TO IN LINE? JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES UM OF WHY WE WOULD DO THIS? UM, OBVIOUSLY THE INDICATOR SAY UM IS TO UM WHICH ARE PRETTY HIGH, THIS IS CONVERTING THE MLK BALLFIELDS TO PLAYING FIELDS. IT IS TO $30,000. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS BUDGET, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD SLIDE INTO NEXT YEAR? UM, I ALSO LOOKED AT UM, DOWN IN THE GOLF COURSE AND, AGAIN, FORGIVE ME IF I AM ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS. I'M LOOKING AT THE GREEN RECONSTRUCTION AS $250,000 FOR THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR IN THE YEAR AFTER. I ASSUME THAT IS PART OF THE NEW GOLF COURSE UM MARKETING STRATEGY. IF THAT IS WHAT THAT IS, THEN THERE IS A PLAN ARE BEASTLY FOR THAT. AGAIN, I AM JUST GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LARGE CAPITAL NUMBERS TO SEE IF THAT PROCESS -- TO SEE IF SOME AREAS CAN BE PUSHED BACK CAPITAL MONEY IS CAPITAL MONEY, UNLESS YOU GET A REALLY GOOD UM% WITH D.O.T., OR SOME REALLY GREAT TO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THEN I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR MONEY UM, I ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. >> WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE REVENUE CHALLENGES LEADING TO NEXT YEAR. UM, THE IMPACT OF PROPERTY VALUES IS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED MINIMAL. PROPERTY VALUES WERE ACTUALLY SET BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IN JANUARY. UM THAT WAS BEFORE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE VIRUS. UM WE HAVE THE FIGURES FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE CAYMAN COMPARABLE AT 6% AND TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF 9%. UM PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUE TO RISE AT A VERY SIGNIFICANT RATE. LAST YEAR OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE WAS 14%. SO, THE PREPONDERANCE OF CITY REVENUES ALLOCATE FOR PROPERTY TAX. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE NUMBERS FROM THE STATE WE ARE TWO OF THE REVENUES FROM THE STATE SUCH AS SALES TAX, GAS TAX. THOSE REVENUES ARE PROTECTED UM BY THE STATE. IT WAS SEE THOSE NUMBERS LATER THIS MONTH OR IN JULY. WE WILL GET THOSE NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADJUST SO IT [00:25:06] WON'T HAMPER OUR EFFORTS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MR. BENNETT? >> I HAVE A TWO-PART QUESTION. ONE IS, UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE BALLFIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A COST FOR REPLACEMENT OF FENCING OF OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. MY QUESTION THERE WOULD BE, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT USE THOSE FACILITIES. HAVE WE ASKED THE COUNTY FOR ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME OF THOSE COSTS? THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION IS; I ALSO SEE QUITE A BIT OF EXPENSES DUE TO THE BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE, REPLACING VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS. NOW THAT WE HAVE THREE HOTEL SOON TO BE COMPLETED WHICH AS MORE PEOPLE TO THE BEACH, ARE WE GOING TO ASK THE PBC FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP US DEAL WITH THOSE EXTRA PEOPLE ON THE BEACH? >> ALRIGHT,, FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION, YES, I WILL BE SENDING A LETTER TO THE COUNTY INDICATING INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE ATHLETIC FIELD, WHETHER IT IS THE BALL, THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE NON- CITY RESIDENTS. WE ARE ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS. DISTINGUISH IT BY SAYING THEY ARE NON- CITY RESIDENTS. THEY HAD A PARKS AND REC MEETING YESTERDAY. VERY FEW, IF ANY ARE DIRECTED TO THE CITY OR THE ISLAND. THE INTENT IS TO ASK THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE UPGRADE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF CITY RECREATIONS. SINCE NON- CITY RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE. THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION, THE CITY DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY DIRECT MONEY FROM THE PBC. THAT IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION. THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY HAS ASKED THEM TO PAY FOR IS APPROXIMATELY $25,000 A YEAR TO EMPTY BEACH TRASH CANS. IT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED TO THE CITY THROUGH THE TBC. AGAIN, WE CAN ASK FOR MORE MONEY [INAUDIBLE] WE ASKED, WE CAN KEEP ASKING. 1020 THANK YOU. >> MR. STEVENSON? >> I JUST ONE LAST QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU CONCERNING THE ARENA, WHICH PART OF THE CITY, FROM A DEPARTMENTAL STANDPOINT IS GOING TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEAWALL STRUCTURE ITSELF >> THAT WILL NOT BE THE MARINA, THAT WOULD BE THE PARK SUBTRACT APARTMENT. >> OKAY. >> THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION. I'M LOOKING AT THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FUND. UM, I SEE THEY HAVE ASSIGNED PROJECTS AND MONEY FOR, I WAS WONDERING IF MR. MARTIN COULD UM, TELL ME IF THERE IS A PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE UM AT SADLER AND 14TH STREET? I CAME TO THE INTERSECTION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, DURING THE THUNDERSTORM, AND UM, THE WATER THAT UM, THE TRAFFIC UM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 14TH STREET BY THE SHOPS COME ACROSS THE STREET FROM CVS, WAS SO DEEP THAT PEOPLE WERE HAVING TO GO INTO THE OTHER LANE IN ORDER TO GO STRAIGHT. UM, I KEPT LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF A DRAIN IN THE AREA, AND I DID NOT SEE THAT THERE WAS A DRAIN. IT COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED OVER WITH WATER. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A CITY ISSUE OR A COUNTY ISSUE? IT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT WAS WELL FLOODED YESTERDAY. >> 14TH STREET SOUTH OF SATHER, ACTUALLY 14TH STREET PERIOD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTH 14TH STREET, THAT IS A CITY ROAD. THAT IS A COMMON ISSUE. [00:30:05] I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. >> PERHAPS -- >> I WILL BRING THAT TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY I WAS LATE, I LOST TRACK OF TIME. I HAVE TWO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, ONE TO MR. BENNETT'S QUESTION UM , IF THE COUNTY COMES BACK AND SAYS THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING ANY OF THE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, ARE WE THEN PULLING THEM OUT OF THE BUDGET, OR ADJUSTING THE BUDGET? >> THAT WILL BECOME A POLITICAL DECISION. I THINK -- LET ME USE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, WHICH AS MR. BENNETT INDICATED IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE YOU ACTUALLY PUSH THAT OFF FOR SOME REASON NOW. QUESTION NOW BECOMES IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT? [INAUDIBLE] THAT WILL HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE. IS IT A POSITION NOW WHERE THE FENCE REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED HOW WE CAN JUST SAY THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT AND WE WILL JUST SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT? >> OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION GOES BACK TO UM WHAT MR. ROBLES WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CARS. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO CHANGE CARS OUT EARLIER THEN MAYBE WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT THEY GET A BETTER RESALE VALUE ON THEM. HAS THERE ACTUALLY BEEN A COST ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE REAL COST OF EXTENDING THOSE CARS OUT TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE, OR SELLING THEM FOR A MINOR AMOUNT OF MONEY VERSUS ACTUALLY SELLING THEM EARLIER AND CONTINUING TO ROLL IT OVER. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE WOULD ROLL CARS OUT BEFORE THE END OF LIFE. UM, MOST PLACES TRY TO GET AS MUCH MILEAGE AS THEY CAN OUT OF THEIR CARS. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF REAL ANALYSIS WAS DONE TO COME TO THAT DECISION? >> I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT WAS PART OF THE PACKET. >> I BELIEVE THE JUSTIFICATION FORMS WERE. I KNOW THAT UM JEREMIAH PROVIDES A ROBUST ANALYSIS OF WHY WE HAVE THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN THE WAY THAT WE DO? THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE CAN FORWARD ONTO THE BOARDMEMBER'S TO BETTER ILLUSTRATE. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THANKS, KELLY. HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT VEHICLES. I UNDERSTAND AT ONE POINT, WE HAD A WATER TRUCK THAT WOULD GO AROUND AND WATER UM PLANTS, TREES AND STUFF. AND THEN IT WAS UM SOLD DURING THE RECESSION. IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPLACED. BASED ON OUR DESIRE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR TREE CANOPY, ARE THERE PLANS TO REPLACE OR BUY A WATER TRUCK? >> I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE PLAN TO FIND OUT WHAT IS IN THERE. I THINK THE TRUCK WAS ONLY UTILIZED FOR SUPPORTING THE DOWNTOWN FLOWER REPLACEMENTS. I CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AND GET BACK TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE WATER TRUCK. >> ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IF WE, IN FACTS, ARE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THIS TREE CANOPY AND GETTING MORE TREES. YOU KNOW, HOW YOU WATER AND MAINTAIN THAT TREE FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS LIFE, IS VERY CRITICAL TO ITS SUCCESS. SO, IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT IN MORE DETAIL. KELLY, MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO AS FAR AS PLANNING. THANK YOU. >> MR. STEVENSON, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? >> JUST A COMMENT. WE DID SOME REPLACEMENT, THROUGH ROTARY, HAD SOME NEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE PACK CENTER. THE DECISION THERE WAS THEY NEEDED WATER EVERY DAY. I THINK THEY CALL IT A TREE GATOR, OR A TANK THAT FITS AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE. THEY ONLY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUT WATER IN ONCE A WEEK. THAT WAS JUST DONE MANUALLY. THAT WAS AROUND HER. IT WAS ALSO ALONG A FENCE AREA THAT WAS NOT READILY ACCESSIBLE BY ANY VEHICLE. THAT SEEMED TO WORK. THE TREES WILL ALL SURVIVE. [00:35:02] >> OKAY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD BEFORE THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE AND THAT WE GOT RID OF A WATERING TRACK THAT UM IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO UM, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN TREES AND LANDSCAPING. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH E BACK OF A CAR OR SOMETHING. >> THAT IS A GOOD POINT. >> THANKS. >> MS. ROBLES. >> ON THE FLEET PURCHASE SURPLUS PLAN THAT WE WERE GIVEN A COPY OF, COULD SOMEONE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS? I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET NUMBER IN GREEN, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR EPL MEANS OR THIS MEANS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE ADAGE: ARE IN THE BUDGET, AND SOME THAT ARE IN THE REPL ARE IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN SOME ARE NOT. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CORRELATES BACK TO OUR BUDGET REVIEW? I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS FORM IS. >> JUST ONE MOMENT. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU. >> THE ACRONYMS ARE REPLACEMENT AND ADDITIONAL. REPL IS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. >> THIS REPORT THEN SAYS OF ALL OF THE VEHICLES IN OUR BUDGET, SUCH AS VEHICLES, I SEE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A CATERPILLAR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT THINGS, TRAILERS, EQUIPMENT UM. SO, YOU ARE SAYING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IT IS A TOTAL OF $925,000. ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE LOWER NUMBERS, IN THE WASTE WATER REPLACE ASSET NUMBER 341 WITH AN EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENT OF $6000. AS TINY AS THIS IS, I DID NOT SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE ON THIS BUDGET? I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THIS RECOMMENDED ACTION CORRELATES TO OUR BUDGET? >> YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE ARE CERTAIN LOWER EXPENDITURE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT DO NOT RISE TO OUR CITY DEFINITION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. SO, THE SMALLER BUDGET -- THEY ARE IN THE BUDGET BUT THEY ARE NOT IN THE CAPITAL PLAN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT RISE TO THE CITIES DEFINITION OF CAPITAL ACQUISITION. >> IF I COULD ASK, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE CITIES CAPITAL ASSET? >> $25,000. RIGHT? >> $25,000, BUT HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT HAVE TO LAST? >> THAT IS WHAT PAULINE IS GETTING. THAT IS IDENTIFYING THE CITY PURCHASING POLICY. >> KELLY IS GETTING THAT. >> I THINK IT IS 25 AND FIVE. >> SO, WHAT I ASSUME THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE FUNDS, UNDER MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, THE $75,000 FOR THE SHEER, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT THAT IS CAPITALIZED? >> YEAH, SEVERAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. CORRECT. >> OKAY. IT IS BOUGHT AS A PACKAGE FROM THE PROVIDER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> IN THAT CASE, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT INDIVIDUAL PIECE WILL BE LESS THAN $25,000 EACH. IF BOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY THEY WOULD NOT BE CAPITALIZED? >> NO. IF I REMEMBER QUICKLY, ALL PIECES ARE UNDER $25,000. >> SO THEN THERE ARE THREE PIECES, NO MORE THAN THREE? >> CORRECT. [00:40:03] >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER BOARD COMMENTS, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. THE FIRST ONE, AND MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, FROM MY STANDPOINT IS THAT THE WHOLE MATTER OF TREES AND CONSERVATION IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT HAS CONSUMED OUR ATTENTION, AS A BOARD IN THE COMMUNITY THIS PAST YEAR OR SO, IT HAS BEEN A MATTER OF TREES AND THE CONSERVATION LAND. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE NEITHER ONE OF THOSE REFLECTED IN THE CIP. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT FUNDING IS ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET. IT SEEMS TO ME THE CIP IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO FOND THOSE ACTIVITIES. THE CIP, UNLIKE OTHER BUDGETING DOCUMENTS, HAS A TIMEFRAME TO IT. IT HAS A FIVE YEAR. YOU HAVE THIS ABILITY TO SORT OF TURN OUT A PLAN, IF YOU WILL, TO DO TREEPLANTING OR ACQUIRE CONSERVATION LAND. I UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING SOURCES, PARTICULARLY FOR CONSERVATION LAND CAN INCLUDE NON- CITY DOLLARS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IN THE CASE OF TREES THERE SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR RE- PLANTING PROGRAM. THERE SHOULD BE A PLAN TO DO THAT AND FUNDING TO DO IT. I RECOGNIZE THE FUNDS ARE SCARCE, SO IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FIND IT AT THE LEVEL THAT WE LIKE TO SEE, I THINK HAVING TO REFLECTED IN THE CIP GIVES YOU A THING TO TALK ABOUT AND HAVE A DISCUSSION IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY WITHOUT CONTEXT. FUNDING SOURCES MAY BE PRIVATE IN SOME INSTANCES. IT SEEMS TO ME, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH SUBJECT HERE THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A REFLECTION IN THE CIP THAT WOULD ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. THEY ARE RELATED, BUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS. TREES AND CONSERVATION IT MIGHT BE REFLECTED IN THE CIP FOR THE REASONS THAT I SAID. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, JUST TO MENTION, BEACH WALK SAID. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME REAL CONTROVERSY AROUND THOSE ISSUES. I NOTICE THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN 2021 FOR BEACH WALKOVER'S. I JUST HAD A DETAILED COMMENT ABOUT THAT. I SUGGEST CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO BUILDING RAMPS AS OPPOSED TO STEPS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE GETTING UP AND DOWN STEPS. I KNOW RAMPS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THERE HAS TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE BEACH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE PULLING A WAGON, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. OR THEY ARE AMBULATORY, OR WHATEVER THAT A RAMP IS AN EASIER THING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO NEGOTIATE. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY SAYING THE FUNDING SHOULDN'T BE THERE. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DETAIL AND DESIGN ON THAT. UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION ACTUALLY, EXPANDING OUT WHAT SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID. WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING AND WHETHER WE SHOULD REDUCE FUNDING GOING INTO THE FUTURE, OR BECAUSE TIMES ARE DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW. I WOULD OFFER THIS OBSERVATION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE OF THE CIP, LOOKS LIKE THIS, YOU ALL HAVE IT. IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER IS A LISTING OF PRIORITIES. AS PRIORITIES A-E. I WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS A PRETTY WELL THOUGHT OF PRIORITIES. PRIORITY ONE HAS THINGS LIKE PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO FULFILL A STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATE, OR FILE REGULATORY REQUIREMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE THINGS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY A, SHOULD IN EVERY CASE POSSIBLE PROCEED. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO DELAY THOSE THINGS. I THINK IT COULD BE VERY DAMAGING DOWN THE LINE NOT TO PURSUE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY A. THE LOWER PRIORITY PROJECTS I THINK THERE IS MORE FLEXIBILITY. THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED AS PRIORITY A GENERALLY, I THINK OUGHT NOT BE DELAYED WITHOUT SOME COMPELLING REASON. TO ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, UNDER PRIORITY BE, THERE'S AN ITEM NUMBER FIVE THAT SAYS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL REDUCE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY BE PROJECT. I WOULD JUST SAY, IF THERE IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT [00:45:08] CAN ACTUALLY SAVE US MONEY, YOU KNOW, YOU PAY ME NOW OR YOU PAY ME LATER RATE IF YOU CAN SPEND SOME MONEY NOW THAT IMPROVES YOUR OPERATING COSTS. THAT THOSE REALLY OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED IN MY JUDGMENT. AS A PRIORITY A. IF WE HAVE THAT KIND OF BENEFICIAL EFFECT. MY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ARE JUST REALLY REFLECTING ON THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID. THE MERINO WHARF DOWN THERE, IT SEEMS TO ME, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND A LOT OF PASSION AND INTEREST IN DOING AND CLEARLY A NEED FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT MARTIN'S RESPONSE THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AND NO MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. THERE ARE GRANT FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF A DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC AND REPRESENT CITY POLICY. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE, A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHERE THE CITY'S GOING WITH THAT. MAYBE SIMPLY A NARRATIVE DISCUSSION. MAYBE FUNDING IS SHOWN. [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING A COMMITMENT TO THESE MARINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAY THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. QUITE SPECIFICALLY BY MR. STEVENSON AND MS. SCHAEFER. I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THRASHED OUT A BIT MOORE ONE THE CIP AND A REFLECTION OF THE LONG COMMITMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. I AM GOING TO STOP THERE. SEE IF ANY OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AGREE WITH WHAT I HAVE SAID, OR NOT? THE REASON I ASK THAT, WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU IS THAT WE DRAFT A LETTER THAT COMES FROM THE PAB TO THE COMMISSION, AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT OUTLINES THE POINTS THAT YOU HAVE ALL MADE AND SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM US. WE ARE NOT ACTING IN A SENSE TO SAY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE CIP. I THINK IT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE COMMISSION. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU. I WILL STOP AND SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT I SAID, PARTICULARLY ON THE TREES ON THE CONSERVATION ITEMS? MS. ROBLES? >> I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU UM , MR. CHAIRMAN. UM I AGREE WITH YOU ON HAVING A LINE ITEM FOR TREES. AS YOU MENTION, UM, CERTAINLY IN THE TIMES WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW UM , YOU KNOW STARTING WITH MAYBE A SMALL NUMBER GETTING IT ON THE BUDGET. OVER A FIVE-YEAR BUDGET THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, INCREASING BY CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES. PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS OR TO MEET THE GOAL OF THE TIMELINE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS LAID OUT TO US OR INDICATED. UM, I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY A VERY WISE SUGGESTION. I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU PUTTING SOME MONEY TOWARDS CONSERVATION. IT COULD EASILY BE IDENTIFIED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE BUDGET WHERE IT INDICATES WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM. PERHAPS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING BEFORE PRIVATE FUNDING AS WELL. SOME TYPE OF CAUTIONARY -- I THINK PUTTING A LIEN ON THAT IN THE BUDGET CERTAINLY UM COMPLEMENTS THE DIRECTION THAT WE ON THE PAB HAVE MANY LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. >> IT ALLOWS FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. PEOPLE CAN SAY, WE ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY OR NOT ENOUGH. AT LEAST THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. NOW YOU DON'T HOLD THE DISCUSSION. >> EXACTLY. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? MS. SCHAEFER? >> WE DIDN'T GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO SAY IF THEY DID HAVE ANY OF THOSE LINE ITEMS, OR CONSERVATION. SURELY WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THERE. I DID WANT TO ADD, I AM WITH YOU. I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE BEACH RAMPS. I WAS HEARTBROKEN. I MEAN, THAT WAS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THE PEOPLE. I HAVE CLIENTS WHO CAN'T GET TO THE BEACH BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. IF WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO? IF WE NEED TO WRITE A LETTER OR SOMETHING REALLY PUSHING THE ISSUE. BUT, MY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT DOWNTOWN. DOING A LINE ITEM, OPENING UP [00:50:03] ALACHUA STREET. IN THE CROSS OVER THERE. AS WELL AS RAISING FRONT STREET SO WE CAN UM KEEP EVERYTHING HOW IT NEEDS TO BE. I GUESS IF THAT IS HOW IT NEEDS TO LOOK, WRITING A LETTER IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE. UM, I GUESS AS A MATTER OF JUST THIS UM DISCUSSION, IT REALLY WOULD BE HELPFUL, I FEEL LIKE, IF WE HAD LINE ITEMS ON THIS CAPITAL PLAN. SO WE COULD SAY LINE 57, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD GET TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS FORM FOR THE FUTURE. THAT IS JUST A SIDE NOTE. >> YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL -- IF THE COMMISSIO IS INTERESTED IN THE PAB COMMENTS, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT NEXT YEAR, THIS TIME, TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION SO YOU CAN GET TO IT. GETTING A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS WITHOUT A LOT OF CONTEXT AND EXPLANATION MAKES IT PRETTY DIFFICULT MS. ROBLES SET A NUMBER OF TIMES, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK MANY OF US HAVE DONE A VERY MUCH. IT'S HARD TO BE INTELLIGENT AND IS HOPEFUL AS WE COULD BE. MAYBE NEXT YEAR, AT THIS TIME THERE BE A LITTLE MORE OF AN ELABORATE PROCESS TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS AND REALLY GET YOUR INPUT SO THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT. MR. STEVENSON? >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. IN MY BUSINESS BACKGROUND, A TREE WOULD NOT BE DEFINED AS A PIECE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. I AM USED TO BEING ABLE TO DEPRECIATE A CAPITAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. NORMALLY, A PIECE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS ONE ITEM THAT HAS A BAG OF $5000. IT HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF GREATER THAN ONE YEAR. I'M GOING TO PRESUME THAT WE ARE USING A FORM OF DEPRECIATION ON, YOU KNOW, OUR FLEET AND SO FORTH OVER TIME FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT. MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU PUT A LINE ITEM IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR THINGS LIKE TREES, DOES THAT ACTUALLY FIT THE DEFINITION? >> NO, IT DOES NOT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE ISSUES. WE HAVE A CONSERVATION FUND WHICH IS THE MONEY THAT IS SET ASIDE THAT IS USED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION LAND IT IS CAPITALIZED IN THE CONSERVATION FORM WHICH IS A SEPARATE FUND THAN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE COUNT THE TREES, THEY ARE NOT CAPITALIZED. TREE PLANTING IS INCLUDED IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET. THERE IS AN APPROPRIATION FOR TREES. AS FAR AS WALKOVER'S, WE ARE WORKING ON PLANS TO COME UP WITH ENHANCING THE WALKOVER'S. THE WALKOVER'S HAVE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC VENTING AT THE ENGINEER PLANT. [INAUDIBLE] IN REGARDS TO THE WATERFRONT, THAT IS WHY THE PROPOSED PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT, IN JULY IS CRITICAL. BECAUSE, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WASN'T ONE OF THE BOARDS I CAME TO. THE CITY COMMISSION REVIEWED SOME CONCEPTS OVER THE WATERFRONT AND THIS IS GOING BACK TO FEBRUARY, I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY. THOSE CONSULTANTS WORKED WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY COMMISSIONERS. [00:55:18] MAIN STREET MARINE ADVISORY. THOSE CONCEPTS, THE CITY COMMISSION CAME TO A CONSENSUS THAT WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS CONCEPT E, WAS A PREFERRED CONCEPT. WE THEN WENT TO EACH OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SHARED THAT CONCEPT E. FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED. THERE ARE OBVIOUS THE MORE QUESTIONS AS TO THE DETAILS ON LEVELS OF FUNDING. THE CONCEPT WAS GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED BY ALL OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE NEXT STEP WAS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL, WAS TO HAVE A DAYLONG PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM AND INVITE THE PUBLIC IN TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONCEPT E. WE WILL NOW DO THAT IN JULY. THE APPETITE, GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IS THE APPETITE WITH THIS LIKELY TO BE EXPENSIVE PROJECT. [INAUDIBLE] IF WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE STILL FEEL STRONGLY GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT GIVES THE COMMISSION DIRECTION ON WHAT TO ADD, DELETE, OR CHANGE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. IT WILL BE CRITICAL IN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE WATERFRONT AREA I THINK THAT COVERED THE ISSUES THAT YOU RAISED. >> MS. ROBLES, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> NO. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS? I WOULD JUST SAY, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT DEPRECIATION OF ASSETS BUT, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH IT IN THIS CONTEXT. IT USUALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE LIFE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING. LANCE, IN THE CASE OF CONSERVATION LAND IS PERMANENT. THERE IS NO ISSUE ABOUT ITS DURABILITY. TREES ARE PLANTED WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL BE THERE FOR DECADES. I DON'T ACCEPT THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE THING TO PUT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THAT. MINE IS THAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NO OTHER COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THIS? MS. ROBLES? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UM, UM PASS ON OUR COMMENTS, IN A LETTER FORM TO THE CITY COMMISSION BASED ON OUR COMMENTS TODAY. UM AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE UM ON THE ITEMS THAT UM WE HAVE PARTICULARLY POINTED OUT UM REFERENCING TREES , CONSERVATION LAND, UM -- YEAH, AND CONSERVATION LAND. IS THAT THE MOTION YOU WOULD LIKE? >> THAT IS FINE. IS THERE GOING TO BE A SECOND TO THAT? >> I WILL SECOND IT. >> MS. BOCK, A QUESTION FOR YOU, IS A MOTION BY A NONVOTING MEMBER, CAN WE DO THAT? >> YES, YOU CAN DO THAT. >> OKAY. EXCELLENT. THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL OF THOSE IN IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I SEE 4 YESES. ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BEFORE THE VOTE IS TAKEN IT IS REQUIRED BE ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE VOTE. >> I APOLOGIZE. LET'S HOLD ON THAT FINAL PHOTO LET'S ASK FOR ANY CITIZEN COMMENT. >> IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT MR. MEADOWS IS GOING TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE HIS COMMENTS >> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME, AND ADDRESS. >> HE WILL WANT TO SPEAK HERE SO THAT WAY THEY CAN BETTER HEAR YOU. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING -- [INAUDIBLE] I WAS WONDERING, DO WE HAVE AN [01:00:03] INDEPENDENT TAX IN THE CITY -- 1020 NO, WE DO NOT. >> MR. MEADOWS ASKED ABOUT THE TDC TAX MONIES AND THOSE DO NOT COME TO THE CITY COULD HE ASKED AS THE CITY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VET TAX? IN OUR ANSWER WAS NO PARTS. IT IS NOT ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW. BELIEVE ME, THOSE ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES, WE LOOK AT THOSE ALL OF THE TIME. THE STATE OF FLORIDA TELLS MUNICIPALITIES EXACTLY WHAT TAXES THAT THEY CAN IMPOSE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. WE IMPOSE ALL THAT WE CAN. >> WE HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE -- >> WE ARE PART OF THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY COLLECTS THE VET TAXES, AND THEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY CAN SPEND THE MONEY ON. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE TOURISM RELATED. THE CITY'S BENEFITS, OR PART OF IT COMES FROM WHAT THEY PUT INTO THE BEACHES. COUNTYWIDE. >> OKAY. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. MY NAME IS MIKE MEADOWS, I LIVE AT 2601 VIA DEL CITY. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING >> IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT, MR. >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE VOTE AGAIN. NOW THAT WE HAVE ENDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED? ONE IN OPPOSITION AND 4 YES. OKAY. [Item 6] THAT BRINGS US TO BOARD BUSINESS THIS IS A AN ITEM THAT I ASKED KELLY TO PUT ON THE AGENDA HAVING TO DO WITH AN UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOP MAKO. SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION, MANY MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EAR PROCESS IN THE FOLLOWING COMP PLAN AND LDC UPDATE. ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WE MADE, AT THAT TIME, WAS THAT THE PROCESS BY WHICH THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PREPARED, AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTED HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE DOCUMENTS ON THE PLAN ITSELF IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF YOU, BUT I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROCESSES IN MY LIFETIME WHERE AN AWFUL LOT OF EFFORT GOES INTO A PLANNING DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, AND STAFF RESOURCES, A LOT OF CITIZEN INPUT THAT THE PLANS AND UP SITTING ON THE SHELF, NOBODY REALLY READS THEM OR PAYS MUCH ATTENTION TO THEM. THAT IS CLEARLY WHAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN HERE. IN OUR CASE AS A PAB MEMBER, THE COMP PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE REALLY SORT OF LIKE OUR BIBLES IN THE SENSE THAT THEY SET THE BASIS FOR MUCH OF WHAT WE REVIEW, THINK ABOUT WHEN WE ACT ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE US. WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT, HOW THE CITY GOES ABOUT GETTING THESE PLANS PREPARED AND ADOPTED AND PUT FORTH IS IMPORTANT. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, AS THE CITY IS NOW BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS THAT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES ESTABLISHING SOME SORT OF A COMMITTEE PROCESS, IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES TO HELP CRAFT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND AND HIRING THE CONSULTANT IF THERE IS TO BE CONSULTANTS REVIEWING THE WORK THAT IS TO BE DONE, AND MANAGING IT. ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, NOT AFTER IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN. IN SUCH A COMMITTEE, MY VIEW, WOULD INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE PAB, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, PERHAPS OTHER CITY BOARDS, GENERAL CITIZENS RE-, THIS IS A GROUP THAT COULD BE PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I MEAN, THE VERY BEGINNING IN THE SENSE OF CRAFTING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT IS TO BE DONE, THE END PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, HIRING CONSULTANTS. IF YOU DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING, RATHER THAN TOWARDS THE END, YOU ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO END UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS SOME BUY-IN. [01:05:01] THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU WANT. YOU WANT A PLAN THAT SUCCEEDS THAT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IS IN THERE, AND YOU HAVE A REALLY STRONG FOUNDATION FOR IT. IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THEN IT IS LESS LIKELY THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PRODUCT AT THE END THAT IS THIS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WANTED TO BE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. IF THERE IS IS AGREEMENT FROM ALL OF YOU, THIS MAY JUST BE ME TALKING, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO THE COMMISSION, AND TO THE CITY MANAGER OUTLINING THAT. JUST SUGGESTING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS MIGHT WORK. >> YOU ARE SUGGESTING A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD FUNCTION AS LEADERSHIP Q&A THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE? >> I AM. >> OKAY. I MEAN, I THINK IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. IT IS HOW MOST OF THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS GET HANDLED IN A PRIVATE SECTOR. UM, IT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY COMMON PROCESS. ANYTHING YOU WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE WOULD BE USED TO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD STRONGLY URGE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT IT SERIOUSLY, IT IS UM COME A PRETTY STANDARD PROCESS AND A VERY GOOD WAY TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES COLLECTIVELY. >> I'M ALSO SAYING I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO IT NOW, NOT WAIT MONTHS. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND NEEDS TO BE THE FIRST THING THAT GETS DONE. >> MR. BENNETT? >> MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSION IF WE WERE GOING TO LOOK FOR A TOTAL REWRITE, OR WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO INITIALLY FIX THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC CURRENTLY. MY FIRST OPINION IS THAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME FUNDING PROBLEMS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WOULD BE TO NOT DO A COMPLETE REWRITE, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS THAT NEED FIXING. I MEAN, OUR CURRENT PLAN WAS AN AWARD-WINNING PLAN. I THINK WE COULD FIX MANY OF THOSE ITEMS OURSELVES WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR CONSULTANTS AND DO THAT THIS YEAR. YOUR COMMENTS? >> WILL, UM, IT IS YOUR COMMENTS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MINE ON THIS. I THINK IF YOU DO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CRAFT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. I'M REALLY SAYING, WHAT DO YOU PAY SOMEBODY TO DO FOR YOU, WHAT IS A CONSULTANT GOING TO DO? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOURSELF? IN THE FORMAT TO I AM TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU COULD SAY SOME OF THE WORK PRODUCT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAN BE DONE BY OUR OWN RESOURCES. OTHER PARTS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE OTHER TYPES OF TALENT AND SKILLS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. I'M NOT REALLY SAYING THAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. I'M TALKING ABOUT CRAFTING THIS PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY, LAUNCHING IT THE RIGHT WAY. I THINK YOU WILL GET TO A BETTER END IF YOU HAVE BROADER SUPPORT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW YOU'RE DOING IT. >> HAS A DECISION BEEN MADE TO DO A TOTAL REWRITE OR A FIX? >> MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET. I THINK MR. BRENT WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE FIX WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR SO WE CAN FINISH THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THEN POTENTIALLY, IN THE FUTURE THEN CONSIDER THE REWRITE. THAT WOULD, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE WITHOUT INPUTS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS. >> I THINK MR. BENNETT, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. THING ONE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME STATES REQUIREMENTS ABOUT UPDATING THE COMP PLAN THAT COME FROM THE EIR PROCESS. THAT IS A NARROWER FOCUS. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROCEEDING TO GET THAT WORKED OUT. WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR PLANNING IN OUR LDC. I THINK THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER. I THINK THE THING THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO GET TO NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT HOW TO DO SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY IS MOVING TO GET THAT WORK DONE QUICKLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. ON TALKING ABOUT THE BROADER LOOK AT THE CONFERENCE A PLAN IN THE LDC. THAT IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING [01:10:06] SHOULD HAVE A PROCESS WHERE I THINK YOU ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW YOU LAUNCH IT. YOU BUILD SUPPORT FROM DAY ONE ON IT. >> SUGGESTIONS? MS. ROBLES? >> AND PERHAPS KELLY COULD GIVE US HER THOUGHTS ON THIS? >> SURE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS. AS CHAIR CLARK HASN'T POINTED OUT, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE3 EFFORTS HERE. THE FIRST IS OBTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE EVALUATION AND REPORTS POINTED OUT. WE ARE WORKING VERY QUICKLY TO GET THAT PROVIDED BACK TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1. THOSE ARE THREE PRIMARY AREAS THAT WERE POINTED OUT, PAROL FLOOD, SEASONAL POPULATION AND OUR WATER SUPPLY PLAN. THOSE THREE TOPIC AREAS WE ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THROUGH MEETINGS IN JULY WITH THE BOARD, AND THEN BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION IN AUGUST FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE. THOSE TOPICS IN THE WAY THAT THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED WILL BE VERY UM SORT OF BOILERPLATE, WE KNOW TO BE ACCEPTABLE POLICY STATEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE STATE AND WILL SERVE TO ACCOMPLISH UM ADDRESSING THE MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS. THEY WILL BE ANYTHING THAT IS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL, NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL EFFORTS OF THE CITY, OR FORCE ACTION THAT IS BEYOND JUST OBTAINING MINIMUM STATE COMPLIANCE. THAT IS ONE SEPARATE FACTION ON ITS OWN SEPARATE TRACK. UM, BUT, AS PART OF THE EAR DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER AND FOLLOW-UP WITH THE COMMISSION IN EARLY FEBRUARY, UM, OR MAY LATE JANUARY, IT WAS DIRECTED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT TO A LARGER REVISION TO THE COMPANY HAS A PLAN UM, AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE OF IT WHICH IS OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. UM, THE MAIN THING THAT WE FOUND OUT FROM THE EAR PROCESS IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS EVERYTHING. OUR COMP PLAN WHILE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND AWARD-WINNING, AND HAS FAILED IN ITS FULL IMPLEMENTATION INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO, UM, I THINK WHAT MR. BENNETT IS POINTING OUT IS THAT WE MAY NOT NEED TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN REVISING THE COPPER HAS A PLAN ITSELF. THERE MAY BE SOME TWEAKS THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST AND ACCOUNT FOR BEYOND THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS. BUT, THE BULK OF EFFORTS REALLY NEEDS TO BE SPENT IN REVISING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE COMP PLAN AND THE DIRECTION THAT IS PROVIDING. UM, TO GET US TO REALLY WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS A VISION FOR WHAT IT SEES UM WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA. UM, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REALLY IS BETTER REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY DESIRES AND VISION. SO, THAT, I THINK IS WHERE WE WILL SPEND THE MAJORITY OF ENERGY UM WITH ANY SERVICES THAT WE GO THROUGH. UM, BUT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BIT OF AN UPDATE, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US. THE CITY HAS RECENTLY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. JUST A QUALIFICATION BASE APPROACH AT THIS.TO OBTAIN SERVICES FROM A PLANNING AND ZONING CONSULTANT TO REVISE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THAT OVERALL REVISION. THAT WAS RELEASED JUNE 5 FOR PUBLICATION. IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UM, THERE IS ANOTHER WEBSITE THAT THE CITY USES FOR BEING ABLE TO PUSH INFORMATION OUT TO DIFFERENT VENDORS. UM, AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS THERE WILL BE A REVIEW WITH THEM WITH A PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD FIRST. UM, BASED ON THAT INITIAL REVIEW WE ARE LOOKING AT AUGUST FOR THAT TO OCCUR. >> THE BENEFIT OF GOING WITH THE REQUEST OF QUALIFICATIONS APPROACH IS THAT WE CAN THEN WORK WITH ANY OF THOSE VENDORS THAT WE FIND TO BE THE TOP VENDORS WHO WILL BE MOST CAPABLE IN PROVIDING THE UM CHANGES TO THE CODE THAT ARE KEEPING WITH WHERE WE ARE AT IS A COMMUNITY, AND WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY TO THEN PROVIDE FOR A SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT IS MUCH MORE DETAILED. THAT IS WHERE I REALLY SEE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A STEERING COMMITTEE REALLY ENGAGED AT THAT.IN DEVISING THE EXACT SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE COME OUT OF THAT PROCESS. THEN ALLOCATING INTERNAL RESOURCES VERSUS HOW WE ARE [01:15:04] GOING TO BRING IN EXTERNAL EXPERTISE. SO, RIGHT NOW, YOUR AUGUST MEETING LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU WOULD SEE THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONSULTANTS AND WE HAVE PROVIDED, WITH THE DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION UM THAT WOULD THEN GO TO THE COMMISSION AND WE WOULD UM ASK THEM FOR SOME DECISION-MAKING ON HOW TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT VENDORS. THAT IS JUST WHERE WE ARE OUT ON IT. >> KELLY, IF VIC BOARD -- IF THE BOARD WERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY MANAGER TO DO WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED HERE, WHEN SHOULD THAT OCCUR IF WE WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD? DOES IT HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK? WHAT IS THE TIMING? >> THE RFQ'S OUTCOME IT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AS OF JUNE 5. THAT IS OUT WHERE YOU SHOULD GET SUBMITTALS AND NO LATER THAN JULY 8. AND THEN, IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING BOARD BY AUGUST 12. HE WOULD HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIALS TO REVIEW IT AFTER JULY 16. UM, ALMOST A MONTH TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE MATERIALS AND THEN PRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD UM, BEFORE HE GOES TO THE COMMISSION. WHAT THIS WILL DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ORDINAL RANKING OF THOSE FIRMS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. UM, AND THEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE MATERIALS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD GO TO THE COMMISSION FOR DIRECTION ON, YOU KNOW, PROCEEDING AND WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT VENDORS. I THINK IT IS IN BETWEEN, SORT OF WHERE WE ARE AT WITH PAB PRESENTATION AND THEN STARTING TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO DEVISE THAT SCOPE AND LIST OF DELIVERABLES THAT WE WANT TO SEE. I THINK NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT SO THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE IT INTO THE NEXT STEPS AND ACTIVITIES THAT NEED TO OCCUR. >> MS. ROBLES? >> WHAT TIME WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM TO HELP FACILITATE THIS PROCESS? >> I THINK FOLLOWING YOUR AUGUS. AFTER AUGUST WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WILL REVIEW THE MATERIALS THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED AND FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE REVIEW TEAM AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE REALLY WANT TO GEAR UP TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE UM PROVIDE INPUT. >> MS. ROBLES? >> WHO IS THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, I MEAN, THE UM -- IS THAT AN TWO IN-HOUSE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR UM THE UM QUALIFICATIONS? ALL OF THE VENDORS WHO HAVE APPLIED? >> THE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN UM FULLY APPOINTED AT THIS POINT. >> IT WOULD BE CITY, UM, LIKE DEPARTMENT HEADS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> MOST LIKELY. ALSO LOOKING TO INCLUDE A FORMER PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER. UM, WE HAVE FORMER BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE IN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY PREVIOUSLY. I THINK BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CITIZEN INPUT ON THE INITIAL REVIEW PHASE WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. >> I THINK SO, TOO. OKAY. >> MR. STEVENSON? >> RICK, YOU BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF VERY GOOD POINTS. I WOULD ALMOST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE JUST AS THE PAB, NEXT MONTH, HAD ANOTHER DISCUSSION. YOU ARE BROADENING THE FIELD, SO TO SPEAK, IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S IDEAS. RIGHT NOW, JUST THROW THEM OUT THERE, IF NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AS A BOARD, CALLING IT SOME MORE INTENSIVE BRAINSTORMING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD WORK THE BEST AND I THINK A LITTLE EXTRA RUNWAY WOULD NOT HURT. >> THAT IS A FAIR POINT. >> KELLY, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN PUT IN THE 2020 BUDGET REQUEST TO FUND THIS PROJECT? >> I ANTICIPATE THIS BEING ROUGHLY 12-18 MONTH PROCESS. I HAVE REQUESTED $250,000. >> 2021 OR TWO ACROSS TWO YEARS? >> TWO CROSS TWO YEARS OR YOU HAVE IT ALLOCATIVE IN 2021 [01:20:06] ANTICIPATING THAT WE MAY NEED TO SHIFT IT YEARS. >> THANKS. BY THE WAY, I AGREE WITH MR. PETERSON THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO SIT DOWN AGAIN, AS A GROUP AND TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE WANT THIS TO REALLY WORK UM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND, RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD WANT A STEERING COMMITTEE FORMS, AND WHAT ARE THE SKILL SETS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE ON A LEADERSHIP TEAM LIKE THIS? >> WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, AND MR. STEVENSON I THINK CAPTURE THIS IS; DO NOT SEND A LETTER NOW, BUT YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA TO HAVE A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION MAY BE STAFF CAN COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD PREFER TO DO, RATHER THAN SEND SOMETHING OFF TO THE COMMISSION NOW? >> THAT WOULD BE MY APPROACH. >> OKAY. OTHERS? >> I AGREE. I THINK WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PERCOLATE ON THIS. AND THEN GATHER A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE. >> THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I WILL SAY THIS TO KELLY, THIS GETS ON THE NEXT AGENDA. YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND MATERIAL, AND THEN AT THAT TIME YOU CAN KIND OF COME I THINK, PERHAPS PROVIDE BETTER GUIDANCE TO THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS. DOES THAT REFLECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> I THINK SO. >> I WOULD AGREE. >> ALRIGHT. I I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY? WHAT CAN HAPPEN? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS? I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING. I THINK WE ALL GOT AN E-MAIL FROM BENJAMIN MORRISON ASKING FOR SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT CODE REGARDING CERTAIN KINDS OF ROOFS. >> I DID NOT GET THAT. >> NEITHER DID I. >> CAN I SUGGEST, KELLY, THAT WE GET THAT TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD AND THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION BACK TO STAFF AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH IT. MR. STEVENSON? >> UM, RICK, I HAD SENT AN E-MAIL TO KELLY TODAY TO SEE ABOUT ADDING IT FOR DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT. THAT HAS SOME OTHER IMPLICATIONS I WAS EXPOSED TO IN A DIFFERENT CITY, AND A DIFFERENT CITY, DIFFERENT TIME ABOUT THE WHOLE THING ON WHAT I WILL CALL EXTERIOR DISPLAYS THAT ARE ELECTRONIC AND SO FORTH. IT HAS POTENTIALLY GOT -- IT COULD BE A VERY COMPLICATED PATH. I REALLY DO THINK BETWEEN HISTORICAL DISTRICT AND THE PAB WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT. IT HAS SOME SUBTLETIES WHICH CAN COME AS I SAID, IT CAN BE A ROCKY SLOPE. THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT EVEN GOT INVOLVED IN PUBLIC PORNOGRAPHY. FROM WHAT LITTLE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIG THROUGH, I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING IN ANY OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT WOULD PREVENT THE EXTERNAL DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT COULD BE FIVE BY 8 FEET. THE OTHER THING I WILL TELL YOU, EVEN IF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHETHER IT BE A FLATSCREEN, OR WHATEVER, THEY HEADED INSIDE THE BUILDING, WITH A VERY LARGE PLATE GLASS WINDOW, SO THE DISPLAY WAS ONLY VISIBLE TO THE OUTSIDE. I THINK THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE AN AREA WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT BE ATTEMPTED. I DO THINK WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN AN ANT HILL. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> FAIR ENOUGH. MR. BENNETT? >> CAN WE PUT THIS ITEM ON OUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA AND POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION ON IT? >> KELLY? >> NO. NOT TO TAKE ACTION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF NUANCES OF WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED THROUGH, UM, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COUNCIL THROUGH BOARD MEMBER, BENJAMIN MORRISON. IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE DELIBERATION THAN TO SIMPLY ADD THE AGENDA ITEM. THERE IS ALSO, UM, A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO APPLY CITYWIDE [01:25:03] VERSUS JUST WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. UM, AND THEN WE NEED TO ALSO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS, AS HE SUGGESTED, SOLAR PANELS. ANY TYPE OF REGULATION TIED TO ENERGY SAVING DEVICES THE CITY OF FLORIDA -- STATE OF FLORIDA ARE FAIRLY LIMITED IN UM HOW WE ADDRESS THEM. THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS WITHIN HISTORIC DISTRICTS BUT THEY ARE ALSO FAIRLY LIMITED. UM, IT MAY BE BETTER IN SOME WAYS TO LEAVE IT WITHOUT REGULATION TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY. BUT, UM, BOTH THE ENERGY-SAVING DEVICES AND THE TELE- COMMISSION PIECE OF IT I NEED TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. AND THEN WE REALLY NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THESE PROVISIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR EXTERIOR MONITORS, TVS, UM DO WE WANT THEM TO APPLY CITYWIDE OR JUST TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT? MY OTHER CONCERN, I REALLY THINK WE WANT TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION ON THIS IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY ITEM THAT WE SPEND TIME WORKING ON RIGHT NOW? VERSUS OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THE CITY COMMISSION? >> NOT SEEING E-MAIL, NOT QUITE SURE OF ALL OF THE ITEMS SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. SO, MY REQUEST IS LET'S PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA SO WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT IT AND THEN MAYBE NOT TAKE ANY ACTION THAT NIGHT, BUT AT LEAST WE STARTED THE PROCESS RATHER THAN DELAYING IT FOR HIM NOT SURE HOW LONG. AND THEN WE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA. >> I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL SEEN IT. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IT, QUICKLY, MR. MORRISON WHO SITS ON THE HISTORIC COMMISSION SENT AN E-MAIL OUT TO KELLY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE, I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES MYSELF. THE ISSUE IS ABOUT PLACING TVS IN RESTAURANTS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT WOULD FACE OUT TO THE STREET SO THAT THEY COULD BE SEEN FROM THE STREET, AND NOT UM , UM, SHELTERED OR COVERED IN SOME WAY SO THAT THEY ARE ONLY FACING IN OR CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN THE APPLICANT AGREED TO BE DISCREET WITH HOW THEY WERE PUT THEIR TVS IN, BECAUSE THERE IS NO RULES RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE ALSO SOME RESTAURANTS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT CURRENTLY HAVE TVS THAT THEY HAD IN THE STREET. THERE IS A BUNCH OF ISSUES THERE. IN THE E-MAIL THAT WAS SENT, MRT OF OTHER THINGS, TOO. LIKE SOLAR PANELS, AND UM, UM, FENCING AROUND UM TRASH RECEPTACLES, TV ANTENNAS, AND A WHOLE LITANY OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, KELLY IS RIGHT, WE NEED SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL THIS REALLY IS. AND THEN WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NEED TO DO OUR OWN RESEARCH AND TALK ABOUT IT UM. BASED ON THIS DECISION, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DECIDE IF THIS IS AN HISTORIC DISTRICT ISSUE, OR IF IT IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE? THAT IS HOW IT ALL STARTED. >> MR. BENNETT? >> IS THIS A SINGLE-MEMBER ON THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT PRESENTING A PROBLEM? OR DO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ACTUAL ITEM THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT? DO WE KNOW THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT EXACTLY. I SPOKE TO ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TO GET THEIR TAKE ON IT. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE -- HOW THE LETTER HAD BEEN SENT OUT? THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM -- >> KELLY JUST SENT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. >> THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONFUSION. >> OKAY. >> THINK IT IS A SITUATION WHERE , MY EXPANSE HAS BEEN, IT DID BECOME AN ISSUE, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE DIFFERENCE WAS IT WAS A FACILITY PROJECTING A SCREEN DISPLAY ON ANOTHER BUILDING, ACROSS THE STREET. THERE WASN'T ANY WAY TO REGULATE IT. IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. IT'S PROBABLY GOT MORE POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE OF THE PACKAGE OF ELECTRONICS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I BE [01:30:01] RECOGNIZED? >> YES, YOU MAY. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU TO ILLUMINATE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I WAS AT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT MEETING WHEN THIS CAME UP. THE ISSUE REFERS DIRECTLY TO THE BOATHOUSE WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US. TVS BEING VISIBLE, UM, NOT ONLY FROM THE SIDEWALK, BUT ALSO IN THE STREET. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES. UM, THE FIRST ISSUE IS ONE OF ANESTHETICS. UM, HOW DO TV MONITORS UM, THAT FAR OUT IMPACT THE HISTORIC LOOK OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF BUILDINGS? SO, THAT IS ISSUE. THE SECOND ISSUE IN PLAY IS THAT OF SAFETY. IF YOU CAN SEE TVS FROM THE SIDEWALK, AND FROM THE ACTUAL STREET, WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS, AND DRIVERS, THEY OBVIOUSLY A DISTRACTION. SO, BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS NEARING COMPLETION, UM, THERE IS AN URGENCY FACTOR TO THIS AREA IN MY MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER COME ON MONDAY, I RAISED THIS VERY ISSUE ON HOW BEST TO EXPEDITE THIS ISSUE OF? NOT MEANING TO BYPASS THE PAB. IF WE HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY TO ADDRESS, SPECIFICALLY THE BOATHOUSE, AND THEN WE FINE OUR ACTIONS LATER, PERHAPS CITYWIDE, BEYOND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT IS HOW DO WE BEST DO THAT QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE PROBLEM THAT IS IN FRONT OF US? THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. UM, I PLAN TO RAISE THIS AT TUESDAY'S COMMISSION MEETING. AGAIN, ASK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY MANAGER ON HOW TO EXPEDITE IT? I AM SURE HE WILL GET WITH UM, MS. GIBSON TO BEST DO THAT. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. THAT IS THE BACKGROUND. >> JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU, IN TERMS OF TIMING AND THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU DESCRIBED THERE. THE PAB HASN'T REALLY SEEN THE REQUEST AND WE ARE NOT IN ANY POSITION TO TAKE AN ACTION ON IT TONIGHT. IF THE COMMISSION TAKES THE SET, ONE OF OUR MEMBER SUGGESTED GETTING SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. IF THAT CAN HAPPEN, I THINK THE PAB WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF A DIRECTION AT THE NEXT MEETING. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE EVERYBODY? IF WE PULL THAT OUT? I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH IT TONIGHT. IF THERE IS CERTAINLY EXPRESSION FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD DO A LOT TO MOVE THIS ALONG. >> I AGREE. >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. SO, KELLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT ACTION THE COMMISSION TAKES, THEY SHOULD BE ON OUR NEXT AGENDA. >> FOR THE RECORD, I WILL GIVE MY ADDRESS, 1586 CANOPY DRIVE, FERNANDINA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. SCHAEFER? >> JUST A SUGGESTION, IF THEY COULD LET US KNOW HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT PEOPLE, SEVERAL OTHER PLACES ALL ALONG CENTER STREET THAT ALREADY HAVE TVS FACING OUTWARD AS WELL AS DIFFERENT DISPLAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW GRANDFATHERED IN WOODWORK INTO WHAT THEY ARE ADVISING US TO DO OR ASKING US TO DO? >> I THING TO CONSIDER WOULD BE THE PHYSICAL SIZE, TO? WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ITEMS? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD, HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE IT, BUT WE JUST LOST A MEMBER, ON THE BOARD, AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO AT LEAST PUT A NOTE OF THINK YOU OUT FROM ALL OF US FOR ALL OF HIS WORK ON THE PAB OVER THE YEARS. >> THAT SEEMS PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE. KELLY, THERE WAS A NAME THAT WAS MENTIONED, I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE IT ON THIS AGENDA, REPLACEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH, AND APPLICATION SUBMITTED >> YES. I KNOW EARLIER TODAY, I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE E-MAIL OF MS. GETTING OR WHO HAS REQUESTED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS THE ONLY APPLICANT WE HAVE AT THIS [01:35:04] POINT IN TIME FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION TO FILL THAT REPLACEMENT. >> KELLY, ARE WE BEING ASKED IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TO THE COMMISSION? >> YES, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION. WITH PROVIDING SOME DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT PERSON IS A BOARD MEMBER. THAT WAY THEY CAN PROCEED WITH PUTTING IT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE COMMISSION AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION OF THAT APPOINTMENT. >> HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THAT? I HAVE SEEN IT AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR MS. FOX, SHE STILL HERE? >> YES. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. >> UM THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP PROCESS AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR OUR BOARD IS UP FOR READING ON JUNE 16? >> YES. >> SO, UM, HOW DOES THIS ALL FIT TOGETHER? AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, UM, THIS BOARD VACANCY HAS NOT BEEN ADVERTISED ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AT ALL. WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO UM ASK THAT IT BE ADVERTISED? FOR OTHER APPLICANTS, BEFORE WE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? REALLY COME TWO QUESTIONS, FIRST OF ALL, HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO WORK TOGETHER SO IF THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVES THAT READING ON THE 16TH, DOES IT GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY? UM, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO WORK? AND THEN I FEEL STRONGLY THAT BOARD VACANCIES SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROPERLY ADVERTISED BEFORE APPLICANTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENTS. >> OKAY. UM, FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION, REGARDING HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO WORK TOGETHER? FIRST, THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL AMEND THE LDC WILL BE IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A 10 DAY DELAY. IT IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. IF IT IS APPROVED ON JUNE 16, YOU ALL WILL BE REGULAR VOTING MEMBERS ON JUNE 16. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, FROM TALKING TO COMMISSIONERS THAT THERE IS NOT A DESIRE -- THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A SPECIFIC ACTION IF THEY WANTED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY COLLECTIVELY, NOT THEIR NOMINATIONS. IF THEY WANTED TO APPOINT OTHERS IN YOUR SEATS. I'M NOT SURE YOU ARE EVEN CONSIDERING THAT. BUT, THE INTENT IS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM TALKING WITH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS IS TO LEAVE YOU ALL IN PLACE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I AM COMING UP WITH NOW, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED IT YET, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, MR. STEVENSON IS A NOMINEE. THE TERM UNDER THE OLD ORDINANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO END WHEN MAYOR MILLER, ANYWAY, MAYOR MILLER, I THINK, OR PHIL CHAPMAN, PART OF ME. I KNOW IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS ENDING THIS YEAR. MR. CHAPMAN'S TERM ENDS WHEN THE NEXT PERSON TAKES OFFICE. HE IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION. THOSE TERMS UNDER THE OLD ORDINANCE NO LONGER APPLY. WE NOW HAVE UM, I MEAN, I'M SORT OF THINKING OUT LOUD HERE, TOO. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS HOW WE ARE GOING TO SET THE TERMS? GENERALLY THEY ARE THREE YEAR TERMS FOR PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS , AND THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO ADOPTED WAS TO ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT ALL TERMS WILL END DECEMBER 30. IF YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR TERM, YOU GET TO SERVE THREE YEARS, BUT IT ENDS AT THE END OF DECEMBER. FOR THE PLANNING BOARD, WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYBODY'S TERM ENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE DECEMBER 31, YET GIVES YOU ENOUGH TIME UM, IN THREE YEARS. WHEN WE MEET WITH YOU THE NEXT TIME, WE WILL HAVE THIS ALL BUTTONED UP AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR TERMS ARE. THE INTENT IS TO LEAVE YOU ALL IN PLACE IF YOU WILLING TO SERVE AND POTENTIALLY TO HAVE YOU IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, -- THEY WILL RESET TERMS JANUARY 1, IS HOW THEY ARE TO DO IT. [01:40:02] WE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE HOW WE STAGGER EVERYBODY. WE CAN'T HAVE FIVE MEMBERS THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON DECEMBER 31. WHATEVER YEAR THAT HAPPENS. SO. REGARDING NUMBER TWO, ADVERTISING? IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY ADVERTISE TO FILL BOARD VACANCIES. I DEFINITELY SEE HER POINT. THIS, I DON'T BELIEVE, WE ADVERTISE FOR IT. I DON'T THINK WE ADVERTISE FOR ANY OF THE BOARD VACANCIES. IT'S NOT THAT PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD IS ALONE IN THIS. HISTORICALLY, I THINK, WE ARE HAVING A BETTER TURNOUT. WE HISTORICALLY HAVE PROBLEMS FILLING SEATS. ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SERVE, BASICALLY, THEY WERE APPOINTED. WE LOOKED AT THE RESUME, THEY FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION, YOU WANT TO SERVE? YOU ARE ON. WE DO HAVE MORE INTEREST NOW. I THINK IF THE BOARD AGREES, OR THE MAJORITY AGREES, YOU COULD ALL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION NOT TO APPOINT THIS PERSON RIGHT AWAY, BUT INSTEAD TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU ARE ADVERTISING THE POSITION. >> I THINK THAT POINT IS A GOOD ONE. IN THIS CASE THOUGH, THERE IS SOME SENSE OF URGENCY. I THINK THIS PERSON LOOKS TO BE VERY QUALIFIED. I WOULD URGE YOU TO PASS ALONG A POSITIVE COMMENT TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT IT. NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE COMMENT. IT OUGHT TO BE APPLIED FOR FUTURE VACANCIES. >> THEY DO POST VACANCIES ON YOUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN WHERE IT SAYS THERE ARE TWO BOARD VACANCIES AVAILABLE. [INAUDIBLE] I DO THINK THEY ADVERTISED THEM, NUMBER ONE. SO, I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW. BUT, I AM PRETTY SURE I SEEN IT ON THE FULL WEBSITE. >> NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON, I KNOW OF HER, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HER ACTIVE ON FACEBOOK AND OTHER THINGS. BUT, SHE'S ONLY BEEN A CITY RESIDENT FOR FIVE MONTHS. I ASSUME THAT MEANS SHE MOVED INTO THE CITY FROM THE COUNTY. BUT, UM, THAT IS NOT A VERY LONG TIME TO BE A CITY RESIDENT AND GET SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE ADVISORY BOARD WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW THE PERSON PERSONALLY, AT ALL. THAT'S IT. >> MR. STEVENSON? >> I WOULD AGREE WITH GINNY'S IN TERMS OF WHAT I WILL CALL SETTLE TIME WITHIN THE CITY AND SO FORTH. SHE DOES BRING A FRESH SET OF SKILLS TO THE TABLE IN AN AREA THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION ON FROM THE HEALTHCARE SIDE. I LOOK AT THAT IS A PLUS. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SHE HAS BEEN IN SOME LEADERSHIP ROLES. I THINK THE QUESTION WOULD HAVE TO PLEAD A LITTLE BIT TOWARD JUST SOME TIME AND UNDERSTANDING OUR CITY. CHECHNYA K. BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THIS? >> I WOULD RECOMMEND DEFERRING A RECOMMENDATION. >> IS THAT A MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE IT A MOTION. >> IS THERE A? >> SECOND. >> MS. ROBLES DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> DISCUSSION. >> S. >> I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHAT WE PASSED ON TO THE CITY COMMISSION THAT IT IS NO WAY REFLECTING, NEGATIVELY ON THIS APPLICANT. THAT THERE IS -- THE ONLY NEGATIVE THAT WE HAVE POINTED OUT, BUT THAT UM COME I THINK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WOULD BE CONSIDERED WITH ANY OTHER UM CANDIDATE JUST AS EQUALLY AND FAIRLY UM, AND THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING IT TONIGHT -- SHOULDN'T BE A NEGATIVE REFLECTION ON THE CANDIDATE. >> WELL, I THINK IT IS HARD TO AVOID THAT PERCEPTION. UNLESS SHE WOULD PUT SOMETHING TO YOUR MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU WANT THE COMMISSION TO ADVERTISE [01:45:01] THIS, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. OTHERWISE, I'M AFRAID IT HAS A PERCEPTION. >> I WOULD AGREE. NOW IT'S KIND OF OFFENSIVE. I DON'T WANT TO THROW HER OUT AS A CANDIDATE. SHE MIGHT WELL BRING, YOU KNOW, I FRESH VIEW. SO, LET ME JUST TO RESCIND MY MOTION. DO WE WANT TO RE- CRAFT IT? AND JUST SAY THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO DEFER OUR RECOMMENDATION UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING? >> JUST A THOUGHT. JUST A THOUGHT. I THINK YOU ARE BETTER OFF ACCEPTING THIS ONE. THE SENDING ALONG A SEPARATE SUGGESTION TO THE COMMISSION THAT THEY DO A BETTER JOB OF ADVERTISING THIS POSITION. I THINK HER POINT IS RIGHT ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU AVOID THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE IF YOU REJECT, OR PASS ON THIS, OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE? I WOULD SUGGEST TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY TO LET THIS PERSON SERVE OR RECOMMEND FORWARD. SUGGEST THEY DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUTREACH. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD POINT. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPLY IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THE OPENING. >> THERE IS A SPOT ON THE WEBSITE FOR BOYD AND COMMITTEE AGENCY. IT CURRENTLY SAYS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS TWO ALTERNATE VACANCIES, BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ONE, AND AIRPORT ADVISORY HAS ONE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON THAT THESE CAN'T BE ADVERTISED HERE AND PROMOTED OUT, USING SOCIAL MEDIA, TOGETHER A LIST OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR BOARD APPOINTMENTS. >> THAT IS A GREAT POINT. IT SHOULD HAPPEN. MR. BENNETT DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> I'M SORRY, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME I HAD IT MUTED. I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO SET IT ONTO THE COMMISSION, THEY DECIDE ANYWAY AND WOULD KNOW RECOMMENDATION AT ALL. IF WE KEEP WAITING, IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE WE GET THAT SEVENTH MEMBER ON OUR BOARD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING A LOT MORE WORK. >> THERE MAY BE MORE COMPLICATIONS TO COME. MS. SCHAEFER,. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. BENNETT. I WAS INTERESTED ALREADY AND JOINING, I WANTED TO LEARN MORE AND BE INVOLVED. THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THE ONES THAT LOOKED AT MY RESUME, AND THEY WERE ONES TO DECIDE. I TRUST HER OPINION. >> IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CITY, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED TO BE ON VARIOUS BOARDS, MAY BE WHATEVER THAT BOARD IS, MAY BE THAT PAB PART OF THAT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD IN THE CITY. IF YOU ARE ASKING MORE PEOPLE? >> MS. ROBLES? >> I SEE THE WISDOM OF WHAT MR. BENNETT IS SAYING. I THINK, PERHAPS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. >> THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE TABLE. MR. STEVENSON DID YOU WANT TO REVISE YOUR MOTION? >> HERE HE DID THAT. >> HE RESCINDED. >> ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTION OR MOTION THEREFORE? >> I JUST MAKE A MOTION TO SEND IT ONTO THE THE CITY WOULD KNOW RECOMMENDATION. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. ONE IN OPPOSITION, 4 OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE UNDER BOARD BUSINESS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BRING UP? MR. STEVENSON? >> LET'S PUT A BIG THANK YOU TO GREG ROWLAND ON THE RECORD. >> GOT IT. HOW DO YOU WANT THAT DONE? DO YOU WANT A LETTER SENT TO HIM , OR SOME EXPRESSION IN SOME WAY? >> I'M NOT SURE WITH THE APPROPRIATE ETIQUETTE IS ON THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, MAY BE FROM KELLY. >> IN THE PAST, THE COMMISSION, I THINK, KELLY'S DIRECTION DIDN'T YOU PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF PROCLAMATION, OR A THINK YOUR CERTIFICATE OR SOMETHING TO BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE RESIGNED? [01:50:06] >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WE CAN REQUEST A PROCLAMATION AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING TO PROVIDE THANKS FOR HIS SERVICE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING HIS LONG TENURE ON THIS BOARD, AND HIS VALUE TO THE CITY. >> AGREE. >> OKAY. KELLY, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOWN AND YOU WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT? >> YES. >> OKAY. IF THERE IS NO OTHER BOARD BUSINESS ITEMS, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORT, NUMBER SEVEN. [Item 7] KELLY GIBSON. >> I HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU THAT BOARDS TRACKER, FOR YOUR AWARENESS. THE VARIOUS BOARD ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ONGOING HERE WITHIN THE PLANNING, RESERVATION DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE HERE, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE HER RIGHT NOW, MISS SHELLEY, WHO IS NOW WORKING IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS OUR PLANNING TECHNICIAN. SHE IS WORKING ALONGSIDE SYLVIE TO LEARN ABOUT DOING ALL OF HER BOARDS, AND TAKING MEANING -- MEETING MINUTES. IN FUTURE MEETING SHE WAS HERE. WE ALSO HAVE DAPHNE FOREHAND WHO HAS STARTED AS A PLANNER ONE, WORKING WITH THE CITY. I DO WANT TO WELCOME BOTH OF THEM. I'M NOT SURE I HAD PROVIDED THAT UPDATE PREVIOUSLY. THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON IS THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EAR. IN JULY, ACTUALLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A PACKET OF MATERIALS COME ON FRIDAY, IF IT'S ON FRIDAY WILL PROBABLY BE MONDAY THAT IS THE INITIAL UM WORK FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS. I'M ALSO WORKING TO GET EVERYTHING PACKAGE AND AVAILABLE ONLINE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME PUBLIC INPUT PROVIDED UM THROUGH OUR WEBSITE UM THAT WOULD CREATE SOME E-MAILS THAT ARE SENT 10. THAT WOULD GIVE OPPORTUNITY UM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR JULY MEETING, OUR REGULAR MEETING I WAS GOING TO HAVE AN INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN ALLOW FOR A LONGER PUBLIC COMMENT TIMEFRAME WITH IT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE JULY 22 EXTRA MEETING TO HAVE THIS BOARD TAKE ACTION ON THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS. UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY BETWEEN ROUGHLY THE 15TH OF JUNE THROUGH THE 22ND OF JULY WE WILL HAVE A PRETTY EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT TIMEFRAME. DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE IN BIG PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PERSON. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. IF THE BOARD FEELS THAT WE NEED EXTRA UM MEETINGS, AND PERSON MEETINGS, UM, I'M HAPPY AT LOOKING TO DO THAT IN THE MONTH OF JULY. UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT. BUTTS, UM, GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THOSE CHANGES AND REALLY THE INTENT BEHIND THEM AND SIMPLY ADDRESSING LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS, I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEEDED TO PUSH FOR. BETTER UTILIZE OUR AVAILABLE DIGITAL RESOURCES. UM. >> MS. ROBLES? >> KELLY, CAN YOU GIVE US UM, A DATE, THE LIST OF DATES THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT ON OUR CALENDARS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE A LOT GOING ON BETWEEN UM THOSE EAR AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ARE TALKING, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE REVIEWS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE. THERE A LOT GOING ON IN JULY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GETS ALL OF THAT ON MY CALENDAR. >> SURE. I WILL ASK FOR THOSE DATES ON THE CIP SO YOU CAN BE FORMED OF THAT AS WELL AS THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS. FOR NOW, UM, LOOK AT THE REGULAR MEETING DATE WHICH WILL BE JULY 8, AND A SECOND MEETING DATE OF JULY 22. >> OKAY. THESE WILL NEED TO BE IN PERSON. I BELIEVE THE WAY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS READ, AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM IN PERSON AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE ANY OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SPECIFICALLY, ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S LAST EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS STATED VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UM, THEY END ON JUNE 30. [01:55:05] BUT, THAT MEANS THAT NOW A QUORUM HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS. AS KELLY SAID, UM, SOME OF YOU CAN ATTEND VIRTUALLY AS LONG AS WE HAVE A PHYSICAL FORM. HOW WE DO THAT IS UP TO YOU. WHAT WE WILL DO, UM, IF I MIGHT JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A SEPARATE CAMERA THAT WE NORMALLY DO THAT IS POINTING UP HERE TOWARDS THE DAIS, YOU CANNOT SEE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CHAMBERS, FOR A COMMISSION MEETING WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, SIX CHAIRS AND THEN A COUPLE IN THE CORNERS, THAT IS IT IN TERMS OF PARTICIPANTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, STAFF, THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE CHAMBERS. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE, EVEN IF IT WAS A VERY, CONTENTIOUS, OR INTERESTING TOPIC THAT YOU WOULD HAVE COME BEFORE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHEN -- AND DEFINITELY COME AS FAR AS WE'RE ARE CONCERNED, KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PANDEMIC, WE WILL HAVE BASICALLY NO MORE THAN 15-20 PEOPLE TOTALLY SPREAD AROUND THROUGH THE CHAIRS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE EXES ON THEM WHERE YOU CAN SIT, AND OTHERWISE THE CHAIRS ARE ALL STACKED. IF YOU DO COME IN PERSON, THAT IS HOW THE REST OF THE CHAMBERS LOOK AS THEY LOOK UP HERE EITHER. UP HERE, INSTEAD OF SITTING SIDE-BY-SIDE LIKE WE HAVE THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE EACH CHAIR IN BETWEEN IS MARKED OFF, NOBODY CAN SIT THERE, OR WE REMOVE THE CHAIR ALTOGETHER, SO YOU ARE SEPARATED BY 6 FEET. UM COME ALSO, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IF YOU WATCH, THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE WEARING MASKS. WE ALL KNOW THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO WEAR FACE MAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, DON'T. YOU WILL BE SEPARATED, SO WILL THE AUDIENCE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT CONCERN? >> I HAVE ONE. HAVING A DIFFERENT MEETING LOCATION THAT IS BIGGER SO THAT THE SEATING CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE BEING SPACED OUT? >> THAT IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. TO DO THAT, YES, TECHNICALLY, AND BE ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. THAT IS THAT SOMEBODY TAKE BY HAND, THE MINUTES THAT WE REMEMBER SEEING, FROM YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO. THEY WERE BASICALLY SHORTHANDED SKETCH NOTES OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING AND RECORDING THE VOTES. WE HAVE CAMERAS, DON'T FORGET WE LIVE STREAM THIS. WE HAVE IT ON TELEVISION, AND WE AUDIO RECORD ITS, AND WE CANNOT DO THAT OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS. THAT IS WHY ALL OF THE MEETINGS HAVE MOVED HERE. IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. I MEAN,, AND REMEMBER THIS, TOO, THAT TO SOME EXTENT, I MEAN, I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE COMMISSION YET, IT IS POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES THAT IF WE WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE THEY CAN JUST CALL IN, OR ZOOM IN, WE DON'T HAVE VIDEO, BUT WE HAVE AUDIO. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON I UNDERSTAND IF THEY WANT TO COME IN PERSON. IF WERE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S NOT SAFE TO DO THAT, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING COMMENTS IF IT WEIGHS. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. BENNETT? >> BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, AND IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS AND HAVE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, CAN WE SPLIT THE MEETING SO SOME ARE VIRTUAL AND SOME ARE PRESENT? >> YES, FOR BOARD MEMBERS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT PHYSICALLY, WE CAN DECIDE WHO IS HERE IN PERSON AND WHO ATTEND VIRTUALLY. THE OTHER OPTION IS OF ALL SEVEN OF YOU ATTEND, ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT OF, AND IT IS HERE, IF I LOOK IN THE OTHER DIRECTION IT'S BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THEM. I THOUGHT ABOUT OUR LARGER BOARDS THAT HAVE MORE THAN FIVE MEMBERS, WE WOULD NOT FIT UP HERE AND BE ABLE TO SEPARATE. BUT, WE DO HAVE TABLES THAT WE HAVE SET UP IN A SQUARE BEFORE WHEN WE HAVE THE CITY COMMISSION MEET WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION. AS I WAS SAYING, WE HAVE A CAMERA THAT IS MOBILE. WE HAVE CAMERAS THAT ARE SET IN HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR THESE MEETINGS IS MOBILE AND IT COULD BE MOVED ANYWHERE IN THE ROOM. IF WE ALL WANT TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND YOU WON'T -- YOU DON'T WANT TO DECIDE WHO STAYS HOME AND WHO COMES IN PERSON, WE CAN SET UP A TABLE LIKE IN A SQUARE FASHION WEAR, YOU KNOW, [02:00:06] YOU CAN ALL BE SEPARATED. THAT OBVIOUSLY TAKES AWAY THE CHAMBERS FOR GUESTS THAT MAY COME IN, IN PERSON. IT ALLOWS YOU ALL TO BE HERE. >> MR. STEVENSON. >> I ATTENDED THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING LAST TUESDAY. BASICALLY YOU HAD THE FIVE COMMISSIONERS SITTING UP AT THE FRONT COME ACROSS THE DESK, AND THEN TAMMY, AND MR. MARTIN, AND LESSEE, IT WAS 70 ELSE THEY HAD TABLES SET OVER ON THE EAST SIDE TOWARDS KELLY'S OFFICE. I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL FOR THE FIRST PASS. THERE WAS ENOUGH SEPARATION. WE COULD GET EVERYBODY SEATED IF WE HAD FIVE OF US UP AT THE FRONT, AND THEN TO OVER TO ONE SIDE. I THINK WE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 10-12 CHAIRS. WE HAD A COUPLE OF REPORTERS THERE AND SO FORTH. IT WORKED. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER QUESTIONS AND SO ON CAME UP WERE SATISFACTORILY COVERED. I THINK WE CAN DO IT. I THINK WE CAN DO IT WITH ALL SEVEN OF US THERE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE SPREAD OUT. >> MR. BENNETT? >> HE IS ASSUMING WE ALL WANT TO BE THERE. [LAUGHTER] DID TAMMY SAY WE HAD TO HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM? >> YES. FOR IF YOU NEED TO BE HERE IN PERSON. TRAN24 OF US IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS? >> YES. THERE WAS ONLY SIX OF YOU ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW. I SUPPOSE BEFORE YOUR JULY 8TH MEETING, THEY COULD BE APPOINTED ON THE SEVEN. >> TECHNICALLY WE ARE STILL A FIVE PERSON BOARD. >> TECHNICALLY WE ARE STILL A FIVE PERSON BOARD, BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE HAS NOT BEEN AMENDED. TRAN21 IS COMING UP FOR VOTE AGAIN? >> TUESDAY, THE 16TH. THIS COMING TUESDAY. >> BEFORE OUR JULY MEETING, WE WILL BE A BOARD OF 7. IF THE ORDINANCE PASSES ON SECOND READING? >> YES. >> IF WE SAT IN A SQUARE ON THE FLOOR, LIKE YOU ARE SUGGESTING, COULDN'T YOU ALSO PUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UP ON THE DAIS WHERE EVERY OTHER CHAIR, THAT IS SOME EXTRA SEATING, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY WE CAN DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS, YES. THIS IS NOT HALLOWED GROUND OR ANYTHING, JUST A DESK. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU KAPUT FOR OR FIVE PEOPLE UP ON THE DAIS AND THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DOWN IN THE SECOND ROW IN FRONT. THERE IS A LOT OF CONFIGURATIONS AND OPTIONS I THINK FOR HOW YOU CAN SET YOURSELF UP. >> TAMMY, OR KELLY, WHAT WAS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE VENUE TO A BIGGER PLACE? >> NO. I MEAN, I STARTED WITH AN EXPLANATION. WE DON'T HAVE THE AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT TO CARRY AROUND WITH US. AS MUCH AS WE THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, RIGHT? THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT MORE, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT OUR LIVE STREAMING AND WATCHING ON THEIR COMPUTERS, OR WATCHING ON THE COMCAST CHANNEL. THEY WOULD BE EXCLUDED COMPLETELY, BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MEETING LIVE STREAMING, OR EVEN RECORDED FOR PLAYBACK LATER. >> IS IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT MOBILE? >> YES. IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE OUR CAMERAS -- THE ONE CAMERA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ALLOWING YOU, I'M NOT SURE IT'S DOING THE RECORDING -- >> WE ARE RECORDING. >> ANYWAY. THE ANSWER IS, IN MY MIND, NO, I AM NOT THE TECHNICAL EXPERT, BUT [02:05:06] THAT IS WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE TELLING ME, THE ANSWER IS NO. >> IT'S AN OBSERVATION. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO LIVE IN THAT ROOM. SOME PEOPLE WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT OLDER PEOPLE, LIKE ME, ARE GOING TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT GOING TO A ROOM LIKE THAT, PARTICIPATING IN A MEETING. I THINK SOME CITIZENS FEEL THE SAME WAY. >> I'M JUST SAYING -- I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE, AND I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO GO AWAY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. >> THAT IS WHY, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, NO MATTER WHAT ANY OF THE ADMINISTRATION HERE IN THE CITY, OR CITY COMMISSIONERS MIGHT FEEL, IT HAS BEEN MY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TELL YOU, TO TELL THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY, IT IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PARTICIPATION VIRTUALLY. FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME. PHYSICAL PRESENCE, IN THE ROOM. I MEAN, THIS DARN PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED A BUNCH OF ISSUES IN NOT REGARD. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE CAN ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS UM. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SHORT OF PUTTING US IN AN AUDITORIUM FOR ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, AND WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE PLACE I CAN THINK OF TO DO THAT UM, THAT WE CUT OFF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT STILL ARE GOING TO WANT TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME THAT. IF ANY OF YOU DO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND AN E-MAIL, OR YOUR THOUGHTS TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY CLERK. >> I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THERE TECHNICAL ISSUES ABOUT MAKING IT UM AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE TECHNOLOGICALLY. BUT, I THINK IT CAN BE DONE. IT WOULD BE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. >> TO PLACES OF WORK AND SERVE, SET OF ONE. THIS WILL BE A MORE PERMANENT BASIS WITH THE LANDING REC CENTER OR THE GOLF COURSE. OPEN UP THE GOLF COURSE DINING AREA. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S A MUCH BIGGER ROOM THAN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS THERE. >> IT IS. >> IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE INVESTMENT IN STORM OF -- SOME FORM OF ELECTRONIC MUNICATION. >> ASK YOURSELF, IS IT WORTH THE INVESTMENT TO DO THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT IS THE QUESTION. IT'S NOT THAT IT CAN'T BE DONE. WHAT IS THE COST OF DOING IT AND IS IT WORTH IT? >> THAT IS TRUE. >> WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER, WHEN WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> I'M GOING TO MOVE OFF FROM STAFF REPORT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS AT? I HAVE ONE REPORT -- ONE COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THE PLANNING ACTIVITY REPORT KELLY GLOSSED OVER IT. SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER A TEMPLATE FOR OVERVIEWING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STAFF REVIEW. I THINK IT IS A GREAT REPORT. SHE HAS TAKEN THIS INITIATIVE. I THINK SHE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE LAST MEETING THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW. I FOUND IT VERY INFORMATIVE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND I'M CLUELESS. I CAN LOOK AT THIS AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. I FIND IT VERY HELPFUL. I HOPE THE BOARD MEMBERS DO AS WELL. >> DITTO. >> YES. >> OKAY. [Items 8 & 9] I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. APPARENTLY THERE SOMEBODY THERE IN THE ROOM. IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD , STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. >> MY NAME ONCE AGAIN IS MIKE MEADOWS, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A NUMBER OF YOU THAT HAD NO PROBLEM COMING HERE, WHY DON'T YOU DECIDE THAT FIRST AND SEE IF THERE IS KNOWN FOR, LET THE OTHER 2-3 STAY HOME. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WILL COME. IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF WHAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH. IT'S ALSO A QUESTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT COMES TO THE MEETINGS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE GOING TO THAT. I SUGGEST IT MIGHT BE OLDER PEOPLE, LIKE ME, WHO MIGHT SAY THAT. I THINK WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OURSELVES. BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, MR. STEVENS? >> I WOULD SECOND EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID. >> OKAY. >> SO WOULD I. THE NUMBERS KEEP GOING UP, IF YOU HAVE LOOKED OUT THE NUMBERS FROM THE LAST 8-10 DAYS. [02:10:06] THEY ARE HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE INFECTIONS OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY THE NEXT YEAR. I HAVE A REAL, I GUESS, QUESTION ABOUT MYSELF ATTENDING A COMMISSION MEETING, IN THE CHAMBER. YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING PROPER PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. >> MR. BENNETT, YOU ARE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. I TRACK THE NUMBERS EVERY DAY. THEY ARE NOT GOING DOWN HERE. OUR BURGER IS PRETTY SAFE. THEY ARE INCREASING HERE. AND THEY ARE INCREASING A LOT IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. I THINK ANYBODY WHO SAYS THAT IS NOT TRUE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NUMBERS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE AUDIENCE? >> NO. >> IF NOT, I THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO THE END. I DID HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE OF A PERSONAL NATURE. I SAT HERE THINKING MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS SOONER WHEN YOU ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT BOARD APPOINTEES. SO, WHEN MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS WAS OUR HOME FOREVER. WE WERE NEVER GOING TO BE MOVING AGAIN. THOSE WERE FAMOUS LAST WORDS, BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS OFFERED A JOB IN ATLANTA. SHE ACCEPTED. WE PUT OUR HOUSE ON THE MARKETS, IT SOLD FASTER THAN I COULD POSSIBLY BELIEVE. WE ARE MOVING TO ATLANTA, IN ABOUT A MONTH. THIS IS MY LAST PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. I KNOW I COULD HAVE JUST SENT A LETTER, BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU IN A MEETING LIKE THIS. I WANTED TO LEAVE IT TO THE END, SO I DID NOT BECOME A TOPIC WHEN YOU GOING TO OTHER DELIBERATIONS. I WILL SAY, I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THIS. IT IS A GREAT TOWN. THIS IS A GREAT BOARD. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED AT THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT REALLY INTELLIGENCE THAT SHE WILL BRING TO THIS PROCESS YOU DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A SAD THING FOR ME TO LEAVE AND NOT BE PART OF A GOING FORWARD. THAT IS THE WAY LIFE IS. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING. I WILL SUBMIT MY FORMAL RESIGNATION. I HAVE NOTIFIED CITY MANAGER OF THIS. BUT, UM, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING PUBLICLY TO YOU ALL SO I'M SAYING IT NOW. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. I APPRECIATE YOU. I TRY TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, SOMEBODY BEAT ME TO IT. CONGRATULATIONS! >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THINK YOU HAVE HELPED US SET THIS BOARDS DIRECTIVES, ATTITUDE AND COMMITMENT. IT HAS BEEN A AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. >> VERY KIND OF YOU TO SAY. THANK YOU. IT ALL GOES TO YOU, THIS IS VERY MUCH A GROUP THING. AND, UM, YOU ARE A GREAT GROUP. YOU NEED TO HANG IN THERE. SPEAK YOUR MIND. DON'T LET SOMEBODY TELL YOU NOT TO SPEAK UP AND SAY WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AND DO WHAT YOU THINK. OKAY. IF THERE IS NO OTHER COMMENTS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. >> GOOD * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.