Jan 08, 2024 Commission Meeting

OKAY. WELCOME NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTS, GUESTS, AND I SEE SOME OF OUR ATLANTIC BEACH VOLUNTEERS

[ CALL TO ORDER]

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SO IF YOU'LL JOIN WITH ME, PLEASE.

DEAR LORD, AS WE ENTER THIS NEW YEAR AS THE ATLANTIC BEACH COMMISSION, WATCH OVER AND GUIDE US TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE OUR CITIZENS, CITY STAFF, AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT KEEP US SAFE REMIND US ALWAYS THAT WE ARE SERVANTS TO THE PEOPLE.

HELP US TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE TO SERVE WITHOUT ARROGANCE AND INSTEAD GIVE US HUMILITY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

THIS WE PRAY.

AMEN. 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.

THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF ATLANTIC BEACH, DATED MONDAY JANUARY 8TH, WILL NOW COME TO ORDER DONNA, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? THANK YOU, DONNA.

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SO WE'LL START WITH SEPTEMBER 11TH ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? WE JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES A SARCASTIC COMMENT MAKES IT INTO THE BEACH'S LEADER AND I DO LOVE THE LIGHTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY WE'LL ADD THAT TO TODAY'S MINUTES.

[CHUCKLING] YEAH, BUT THAT WAS LIKE IT WAS REPORTED FOR THE 11TH.

ALL RIGHT, SO HEARING NO CORRECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, THOSE WILL STAND AS SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 13TH.

ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE. THOSE MINUTES WILL ALSO STAND AS PRESENTED NOVEMBER 27TH.

HEARING NONE. THE MINUTES STAND AS SUBMITTED, AND FINALLY DECEMBER 11TH.

HEARING NONE.

THOSE MINUTES WILL ALSO STAND AS SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU WE'LL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO COURTESY OF FLOOR OF THE FLOOR TO THE VISITORS, BUT I WANT TO START WITH A SPECIAL, UM PIECE.

[2. COURTESY OF FLOOR TO VISITORS]

IT WAS IT A WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO.

OKAY, AND AND INCLEMENT WEATHER PREVAILED THAT DAY, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, BUT I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY.

WELL. GOOD EVENING AS MAYOR SAID, I'M THE REGENT OF THE JEAN RIBAULT CHAPTER.

WE SERVICE THE BEACHES AREA OF JACKSONVILLE, AND OUR SOCIETY'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND PATRIOTISM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE THE LOCATION COORDINATORS FOR WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA HERE IN ATLANTIC BEACH, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CEREMONY WITH ITS ORIGINS DATING BACK TO 1992. THERE ARE OVER 4100 LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY ON DECEMBER 16TH THAT WERE PART OF THIS CEREMONY, AND OVER 2.5 MILLION VOLUNTEERS GATHERED AS ONE NATION TO REMEMBER, HONOR AND TEACH IN ATLANTIC BEACH.

ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS NOT WHAT WE'D HOPED FOR, WE HAD OVER 350 RESIDENTS WHO HONORED OUR 642 VETERANS BURIED AT BEACHES MEMORIAL PARK WITH REMEMBRANCE READS.

THEY WERE PLACED ON THE GRAVES.

THE VETERANS NAMES WERE SPOKEN OUT LOUD.

THEY WERE THANKED FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND OUR YOUTH WERE TAUGHT THE MEANING OF HONOR AND SACRIFICE.

TONIGHT I AM HERE TO THANK GIVE HEARTFELT THANKS FROM THE JEAN RIBAULT CHAPTER TO THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH FOR CONTINUING ITS SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

HAVING COMPLETED OUR THIRD YEAR WITH YOUR HELP, WE HAD AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

IT WAS AN EVENT THAT THE ATLANTIC BEACH COMMUNITY HAS TRULY EMBRACED, AND EVEN WITH POOR WEATHER, WE SAW MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE THAN THE YEAR

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NOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK SHERRY SAUCERMAN OUR CHAIR TO COME UP AND WE WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION.

SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD JUST COME DOWN UPFRONT SO LESLIE CAN PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE.

MAYOR CURTIS FORD.

ALL RIGHT, AND I DON'T THINK CHIEF IS HERE, SO WILL BILL KILLINGSWORTH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME DOWN, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE KEVIN HOGENCAMP.

ALL RIGHT. CHASE JAMISON, LIEUTENANT CHASE, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE.

HE HAD A CLASS TODAY.

OH, GREAT. YOU MADE IT GOOD, CHASE.

WONDERFUL, AND OFFICER JOHN GLOVER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT, AND SO THESE ARE THE CITY EMPLOYEES OR SOME OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES.

NO HE'S NOT.

YEAH. THAT'S OKAY THAT VOLUNTEERED TO HELP US ON THAT DAY, AND LESLIE'S PRESENTING THEM WITH A CERTIFICATE, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND THEN MOVE ON TO OUR CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS, AND.

YEAH, WE'LL DROP THOSE OFF.

SO, CHASE, WE USUALLY GO AHEAD AND DROP THEM OFF IN A SEPARATE THING, BUT YOU TAKE YOURS PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS, AND I THANK YOU.

WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE TONIGHT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

DOING THE BEST I CAN HERE.

[CHUCKLING] OKAY. OKAY.

[INAUDIBLE] TRADE.

[INAUDIBLE] DID WE CALL YOU? YES, YES WE DID, [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. NOW, OUR CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS, JONI LYON AND I KNOW SHE'S COME EVERY YEAR, SO THANK YOU, JONI, AND I KNOW OTHERS HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE YEARS AS WELL.

MARK STEWART, IS HE HERE? OKAY, JOE ESPARZA, SAW HIM, YES.

BOB [INAUDIBLE].

HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT.

STEVE EDWARDS.

SUSAN RYAN, AND LINDA AND DAN DUNN.

THESE CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS HELPED MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS SECURE AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING BEHIND AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING THE CEMETERY.

SO WE DID NOT CAUSE A PUBLIC NUISANCE BY HAVING OUR ATTENDEES PARK IN UNAUTHORIZED AREAS AND CAUSE ANY RUCKUS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

SORRY. OOPS, SORRY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SHERRY AND LESLIE.

THEIR MISSION, I WANT TO RESTATE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT, IS TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE, AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME, AND I SAW THIS IN ACTION, TWO WEEKS AGO, IS TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION THE VALUE OF FREEDOM, AND SO WE SO APPRECIATE YOU AND I, ONE OF OUR VERY OWN COMMISSIONER KELLY IS A LONG TERM MEMBER OF THE DAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I KNOW SHE'S BEEN THERE EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THERE, AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THAT GREAT ORGANIZATION.

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OKAY NOW WE'LL OPEN UP TO REGULAR COURTESY OF THE FLOOR PUBLIC COMMENTS DONNA, DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE SPEAKING? WE HAVE MEGAN AND PATTI NOTTINGHAM.

THEY WISH TO COME UP TOGETHER.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY I THINK I'VE MET MOST OF YOU, MEGAN.

WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS NOW JESSICA RING IS OUR COMMISSIONER.

SHE LIVES NEAR US OUR FAMILIES ARE GROWING UP VERY CLOSE BY, AND I THINK OUR.

I KNOW TONIGHT DOESN'T HAVE OUR ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE DID WANT TO GET OUR FEEDBACK AND OVERALL POSITIONING OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO GET SPEED TABLES PUT IN ON MAIN STREET.

WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.

WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. SHE'S MY SISTER IN LAW.

OUR HUSBANDS, OUR BROTHERS AND OUR KIDS ARE 4 TO 8 YEARS OLD THERE ARE 14 KIDS, GIVE OR TAKE, ON THE STREET JUST FROM NINTH STREET TO 14TH STREET ON MAIN, AND WE PLAY OUTSIDE CONSTANTLY WE HAVE A VERY, VERY BAD, DANGEROUS SPEED PROBLEM ON OUR STREET. WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

WE'VE SUBMITTED VIDEOS OF SPEEDERS TO THE POLICE JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS FAR.

WE HAVE MOST RECENTLY BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A PETITION.

SO WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND WE SPOKE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ON MAIN STREET.

WE DIDN'T ENCOUNTER A SINGLE PERSON THAT SAID, NO, THEY ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF SPEED TABLES ON OUR STREET.

THEY'VE SEEN US PLAY CONSTANTLY.

THEY HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEMS CONSTANTLY WE'VE HAD PEOPLE GO 60 MILES AN HOUR DOWN OUR STREET.

WE'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY.

THERE'S NO SET TIME.

THAT TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE PARKING REINSTALLED ON THE STREET, WHICH HAS HELPED A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE CAN MAKE THOSE BOTTLENECK AREAS BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINS, THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS HAD SEVERAL REPORTS DONE OF SPEED, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE, HE DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF SPEED TABLES, BUT ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE CONSTANTLY DEAL WITH IT CONSTANTLY.

WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THIS, SO WE JUST KIND OF KEEP HITTING ROADBLOCKS.

WE KEEP GETTING FEEDBACK OF SAYING WE'RE NOT SURE WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION, OR WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE ON THE PROCESS.

WE DON'T KNOW THE NEXT STEPS, BUT TO US, THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE NEXT STEP IS PUT IN A SPEED TABLE.

THAT'S ALL WE WANT. WE WANT.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CITY OFFICIALS.

THEY'VE SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE PUT IN.

THEY HAVE SPECIFIC AREAS MARKED OFF FOR IT, WHICH IS GREAT BUT SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING TO GET ONE PROJECT DONE IS VERY ALARMING TO OUR NEIGHBORS ON THAT STREET. IT'S LIKE, IF YOU CAN'T PUT IN SPEED TABLES ON ONE STREET THAT EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR OF.

HONESTLY, WHAT ELSE CAN'T YOU DO? SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.

WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR CITY COMMISSION.

WE'RE VERY WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK FROM JESSICA AND SHE'S BEEN FANTASTIC THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH US.

SO WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST.

SO IF WE CAN GET ANY FEEDBACK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WORKED IN MEDICAL, SO I DON'T LIKE TO USE ABSOLUTES.

WE DIDN'T TAKE ALL OF THEM THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE COULD FROM JUST THE TIMING, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS RECEPTIVE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. SO YOU'RE TRYING TO PICK GOOD TIMING, BUT WE DID GET MORE THAN THE ALLOTTED AMOUNT.

I HAVE A FEW MORE TONIGHT WELCOME TO GATHER MORE.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS? CAN WE TAKE AWAY THE APPARATUSES? IT WASN'T INCLUDED ON THE PETITION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY WORDING THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THERE AND THEN HAVE A COMMON AGREEMENT ON.

SO THAT WAS EVEN BROKEN DOWN VERY NICELY TO PROVIDE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND SHOW ONE WOULD BE BETWEEN THIS POINT, TWO WOULD BE BETWEEN THAT POINT, BUT I DO JUST HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, YEAH, I JUST I DON'T SEE THE ESPECIALLY MAYBE THE MIDDLE PARTS.

THAT WAS JUST I WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT WAS A COMMON WHAT ABOUT THAT? AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE CIRCLE? WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE BENEFIT OF THE CIRCLE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, APPRECIATE THAT DID ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE TO EVEN GIVE US THE PROPER WORDING TO GATHER THAT PETITION AND KNOW THAT I JUST WANTED TO VERBALIZE THAT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS AIDS OR ABETS THE PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THERE IS A GOOD

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IF I MAY, I THIS WE USUALLY DO NOT HAVE POINT COUNTERPOINT OR REBUTTAL DURING THIS SEGMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE AND I HEAR YOU AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN ON THIS.

I, LIKE YOU, SIX YEARS IS A LITTLE LONG TO ACCOMPLISH A SIMPLE THING, BUT I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY JUST WHISPERED IN MY EAR THAT OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, MR. KILLINGSWORTH, HAS APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF THE THREE SPEED TABLES THAT WERE PROPOSED AND PUT IT OUT FOR RFP.

SO THAT'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, BILL, FOR TAKING NOTICE OF THAT.

YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME WITH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THAT IS A SIMPLE BEGINNING TO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

NO, AND THANK YOU FOR THERE'S MANY PARTS TO THE PUZZLE THAT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, AND THEN CHANGING OF GUARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HEAR US OUT.

PLEASE COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN.

THANK YOU. IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR. YES. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE BOLLARDS FOR THE CHICANE.

SO THAT'LL ALL COME OUT AND THEN THE SPEED BUMPS WILL COME IN.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

BRINKLEY. HARRELL.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH AND ALL OF YOU, AND KEVIN, ROLL TIDE, AT LEAST WE BEAT AUBURN AND GEORGIA, THIS YEAR TEXAS.

SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM THREE B ON THE AGENDA.

IT'S MERELY AN UPDATE FROM CITY STAFF, BUT STILL IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IF YOU CHECKED ALL YOUR EMAILS.

I BLASTED THREE EMAILS TO Y'ALL THIS MORNING THAT I FORWARDED THREE EMAILS TO YOU THIS MORNING, DATING BACK TO LAST APRIL, WHEN THE TWO TOWN HALLS OR WORKSHOPS OR THE ON SITE WAS BEING HELD.

I ATTENDED ALL OF THEM.

I GAVE ALL MY INPUT I'VE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STAFF AND, WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY I THINK 350,000 WAS BUDGETED, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER BILL THAN THAT FOR THE 200 FOOT STRETCH OF AHERN STREET THAT THIS APPLIES TO. IT'S ONLY BETWEEN EAST COAST AND OCEAN BOULEVARD BACK.

ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST DURING A MEETING WHEN YOU VOTED ON THE RESOLUTION TO FUND CMT CONSULTANTS FOR $68,000 TO PUT A PLAN INTO EFFECT.

THERE WAS A PROPOSED PLAN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THERE WAS CONVERSATION AT THAT AUGUST 28TH MEETING ABOUT, IS THIS A FINAL PLAN? OH NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT A FINAL PLAN, STAFF SAID; IT CAN BE CHANGED.

IT CAN BE ALTERED SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AND I LOOK BACK AT THE AUGUST 28TH AGENDA, IT'S THE SAME DIAGRAM THAT WAS USED BACK IN AUGUST.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

THEY'VE GIVEN YOU AN OPTION OF OH ONE PLAN.

OH, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.

THEY'VE GIVEN YOU THE FINAL PLAN AND IT'S NOT A BAD PLAN.

UNTIL THAT NEW BUILDING AT NUMBER 42 EAST COAST DRIVE OPENS UP THE NEW THREE STORY BUILDING REMEMBER THE MEETINGS ABOUT THE 35 FOOT HEIGHT RESTRICTION AND ALL THAT? IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BUILDING, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THAT BUILDING COMES RIGHT ON TO EAST COAST DRIVE, WHERE THE SIDEWALK CONTINUES ON ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AHERN STREET. OKAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY BUILDING AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY STAFF APPROVED IN THE BUILDING PLAN WAS 35 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS, 44 BICYCLE SPOTS.

OKAY, SO WHY DOES THIS PLAN FAIL ONCE THAT BUILDING OPENS? WELL, THERE'S NO CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S AN ODD OFFSET.

STREETS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A FOUR WAY STOP.

ONE BLOCK DOWN AT FIRST STREET HAS BEEN A FOUR WAY.

STOP FOR OVER 2025 YEARS.

OKAY, THE NEXT INTERSECTIONS AROUND THAT AT OCEAN AND AHERN AND OCEAN AND FIRST STREET ARE ALL FOUR WAY STOPS.

WHAT IS REMISS IS HAVING A FOUR WAY STOP RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THAT BUILDING AND HAVING A CROSSWALK THAT CONTINUES ON RIGHT ACROSS EAST COAST DRIVE INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THAT BUILDING, BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN A CHOICE.

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ALL OF YOU DO, AND MR. KILLINGSWORTH SOON WILL, BUT NO ONE INVOLVED IN THIS, NONE OF THE CONSULTANTS, NONE OF THE CITY STAFF EVEN LIVE IN ATLANTIC BEACH, AND I'M FURIOUS THAT MY VOICE AND THE VOICE OF MANY OTHERS IS NOT BEING HEARD AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

SO THIS PLAN, THIS REBUILD PLAN, WILL FAIL.

ONCE THAT BUILDING OPENS UP, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET SEVERELY INJURED IF NOT KILLED AT THAT INTERSECTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REACT.

SO LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE.

ALL THE ARGUMENTS FOR THIS ARE SPELLED OUT IN THOSE THREE EMAILS THAT I FORWARDED TO Y'ALL THIS MORNING.

I'VE GOTTEN SOME RESPONSE OVER THE MONTHS FROM SOME OF THE STAFF, BUT NOT REALLY MUCH DID I SAY I ATTENDED BOTH THE TOWN HALLS OR WORKSHOPS OR WHAT HAVE YOU? OH MY GOODNESS, I HAVEN'T TALKED THAT LONG, HAVE I? I SPOKE TO AMANDA ASKEW.

I SPOKE TO THE INITIAL CMT GUY AND THIS HASN'T EVEN COME BEFORE THE STOP COMMITTEE, WHICH I'M PART OF, BUT I'M HERE JUST AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT RIGHT NOW, AND THE CITY'S OWN CONNECTIVITY PLAN ON PAGES 95 AND 96 SHOW THE CONCEPT OF BIKE LANES ON THAT STRETCH OF AHERN, BUT YET NOT THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR AGENDA.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEPARATE PAGE THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO YOU, YOU CAN TELL THE INK LINES THAT I WROTE ON THERE.

OKAY. WHERE 12 PARKING SPOTS ARE BEING ADDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE WIDTH OF THAT STREET TO ADD THE BIKE LANES.

THEIR MATH IS NOT QUITE RIGHT.

OKAY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR A NINE FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AHERN WHEN ALL YOU HAVE OVER THERE IS RESIDENCES.

ALL THE PARKING IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND BEACHES TOWN CENTERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SO ALL THE PEDESTRIAN FLOW IS GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AHERN STREET, CROSSING RIGHT OVER WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT A STOP SIGN OR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK INTO THE NEW BUILDING.

SO LET'S BE PROACTIVE AND REQUIRE THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND AT LEAST GIVE YOU A SECOND OPTION SO THAT MY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND ATLANTIC BEACH RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M SORRY I WENT OVER, BUT I HAD A LONG NEW YEAR'S INTRODUCTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. HARRELL.

DON, ARE THERE OTHERS? NO, SIR. OKAY ARE THERE ANY OF OUR GUESTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. HEARING NONE.

WE'LL CLOSE COURTESY OF THE FLOOR AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM THREE.

[3. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

THERE ARE I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING.

GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE.

EXCUSE ME.

THE ARBOR DAY ON JANUARY 19TH, THERE WILL BE A FLAG RAISING IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 10 A.M.

IN THE CHAMBERS AT JANUARY 20TH THERE'S A COMMISSION WORKSHOP SCHEDULED MONDAY THE 22ND TO GO OVER THE CHAPTER 24 AND COMP PLAN UPDATES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AT THAT TIME DISCUSS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT STRICTLY ENFORCING THE CODE WE CAN DO THAT.

STAFF DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THAT WHICH WE THINK SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

SO I'M ENCOURAGING THAT OCCUR AT THAT WORKSHOP AS WELL, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM ON THE CALENDAR WAS THE PRIORITY SETTING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 29TH.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME TIME IN WHICH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES TALLAHASSEE DAY IS SCHEDULED.

SO AT LEAST ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THAT.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR FACILITATOR AND WE CAN PUSH THAT TO FEBRUARY.

SO AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, I'LL GIVE YOU A NEW DATE FOR THAT, AND THAT IS THE 90 DAY CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS DO YOU SEE ANY ERRORS IN THE 90 DAY CALENDAR? I JUST WANT TO ADD THIS WAS THIS JUST CAME THROUGH TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TODAY THAT THERE'S A MARTIN LUTHER KING CEREMONY THAT'S HAPPENING ON SATURDAY THE 13TH AT 11 A.M..

SO THAT COULD BE ADDED, AND I ALSO WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING PLANNED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY AT THE JAX BEACH PAVILION, AND IF SO, IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE CALENDAR WHEN WE DO KNOW.

MLK IS WELL DONE, AND I'M GOING TO ADD ON TO THAT.

I AM UNFORTUNATELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT EVENT ON SATURDAY WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT? BUT ANYWAYS, FOR MLK.

SO I'VE ASKED MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. BOLE, TO STAND IN FOR ME, AND HE'S AGREED.

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LAST YEAR'S EVENT WAS EXCELLENT.

IT WAS FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED.

IT WAS A LITTLE NIPPY OUT, BUT AND BREEZY, BUT CERTAINLY WORTHWHILE, AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU CAN MAKE IT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CORRECTIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO ACCEPT THE 90 DAY CALENDAR AS PRESENTED AND AMENDED? OKAY. YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT, MR. KILLINGSWORTH? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE AHERN.

I'D LIKE TO AMANDA, TO COME UP AND GIVE A UPDATE ON THAT.

THE UPDATE THAT SHE'S PROVIDING IS BASICALLY WHAT IS DONE AT THE 30% PLAN, AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE 60% PLAN.

SO THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

AMANDA. HI, GOOD EVENING.

AMANDA ASKEW, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING, AND AS YOU RECALL, THIS CAME OUT OF THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN.

THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN IS A GENERAL DOCUMENT PROVIDING GUIDANCE, HOPEFULLY CONNECTING PARKS, PLACES AND SCHOOLS TO OUR COMMERCIAL AREA AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO IT WAS A GENERAL DOCUMENT IT DID SPECIFICALLY SHOW A BIKE LANE ON THERE, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS JUST AN IDEA TO GET THESE CONNECTIONS OUT THERE SO AS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STURDIVANT-AHERN CONNECTION, AND THIS PROPOSED CONNECTION WOULD GO FROM SEMINOLE ALL THE WAY TO THE OCEAN.

SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE EAST WEST IN A BACK DOOR KIND OF TO ATLANTIC BOULEVARD BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT BLOCK, THE MOST CRITICAL BLOCK THAT THERE'S THE MOST CONFLICTS IS RIGHT THERE BEHIND RAG RAG TIME IN THAT ONE PARTICULAR BLOCK. SO THAT'S PHASE ONE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS REGARDING THIS.

WE HAVE GOT SOME INPUT, AND IN ADDITION, WE HIRED TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS CRAWFORD, MURPHY AND TILLY.

AGAIN, THEY ARE, WE RELY ON THEM AS STAFF FOR OUR EXPERTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THEY HAVE, BASED ON THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND INPUT FROM STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT YOU SEE TODAY THEY DID HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL SURVEY WORK DONE.

THAT'S SOME OF THE LAG TIME IN HERE IN BETWEEN THE PROJECTS IN ADDITION, LATE THIS FALL, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING AT THE RAGTIME. THEY'RE GOING TO BE REDOING THEIR REAR PARKING LOT, AND AS A RESULT AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM NOT TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE ALONG AHERN, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REDUCE SOME OF THE TURNING CONFLICTS AND HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, BUT THE 30% PLANS DO SHOW A MULTI-USE PATH, WHICH IS ON BOTH THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THE NEXT PHASE GOING FORWARD, WE WILL START LOOKING AT DRAINAGE.

DRAINAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THE CONNECTION ACROSS THE STREET BOTH ON OCEAN BOULEVARD AND EAST COAST BRINKLEY DID MAKE A GOOD POINT AND WE HAVE ASKED THE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT IT.

THAT INTERSECTION AT AHERN AND EAST COAST IS AN OFFSET INTERSECTION.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER IN A VEHICLE.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THERE AS WELL WE'VE ALSO ASKED OUR ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SPEC OUT THE SAME TYPE OF BRICKS THAT ARE USED IN TOWN CENTER FOR A COHESIVE LOOK SO JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU A STATUS UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE THEY WILL BE 60% PLANS DRAWN AND THEN FROM THAT, WE WILL START PRICING IT PRICES DO GO UP EVERY DAY.

SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE WILL BE IN UPCOMING BUDGETS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY.

LET'S START OVER HERE.

GO AHEAD. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE RAGTIME PARKING LOT, THEY'RE GOING TO NOT HAVE ONE ENTRANCE, LIKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PARKING LOT OR YES, ON THE NORTH SIDE ON THE AHERN SIDE, THEY ARE CLOSING AN ENTRANCE THERE.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AN ENTRANCE ON EAST COAST AND ON AHERN.

SO IT KIND OF MAKES AN L, BACKWARDS L.

THEY ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE AHERN INTEREST AND HAVE TWO ENTRANCES.

THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REORIENT THE PARKING.

IT'LL GO EAST WEST INSTEAD OF NORTH SOUTH AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ENTRANCES OFF OF EAST COAST DRIVE.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLE.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A COUPLE TIMES, AMANDA.

THIS IS A THIS IS A NON-POROUS SURFACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

CORRECT THE SIDEWALKS ARE NON-POROUS.

WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT MAYBE ENGINEERING IT WITH GRASS BLOCK PAVERS FOR THE PARKING SPACES.

EXCEPT FOR THE ADA PARKING SPACE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT? YES. IS THAT WE TALK AND WE HOLD OUR CITIZENS PRETTY AND I KNOW YOU DO A GREAT JOB AT THIS TO OUR LIMITS WE'RE ADDING

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OKAY. I LOOK AT THAT AS LESS CONCRETE IS GOOD, AND IF WE CAN MAKE IT SAFE AND NO CONCRETE.

AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE WERE THE DRAINAGE IS PRETTY BAD IN THERE; THERE'S A LOT OF STANDING WATER AFTER HEAVY RAINS.

WE WOULD LOOK AT UPDATING THE DRAINAGE SO IT WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT, BUT WE WOULD IN TECHNICALLY BE ADDING ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS AREA.

YES. COMMISSIONER KELLY.

AT THE OTHER END OF AHERN WHERE IT CROSSES SHERRY.

THAT'S A HAIRY INTERSECTION AND I DON'T SEE ANY ADDRESS TO THAT.

I KNOW WE'VE ADDED THE LIGHTED WALKWAY WHICH WHICH DOES A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING ALL.

THERE'S A LOT OF WALKERS THERE BUT AS IN A VEHICLE TRYING TO SNEAK OUT BEHIND THE PALMS THAT'S RIGHT THERE, THE HOTEL, AND [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS THERE, IT NEEDS MORE ENGINEERING.

SO THAT WOULD BE PHASE TWO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE HAVING MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR ENGINEERING PROJECT, AND WE ANTICIPATE THE REST OF AHERN IN PHASE TWO.

SO THAT WOULD BE PICKED UP IN PHASE TWO.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY, I WILL BE WATCHING.

OKAY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

IN THE STAFF REPORT.

IT SAYS THAT YOU YOU'VE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM 299 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, WHICH INCLUDES RAGTIME AND HOMESPUN.

HAVE YOU MET WITH 42 EAST COAST AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT.

YES, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM.

THEIR MAJOR SIDEWALK IS WELL, THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE SPACE ON THE EAST COAST SIDE.

THEY'RE NOT WIDENING THE SIDEWALK, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING, I BELIEVE IT'S A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO WHICH IT WOULD BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT A CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR SIDEWALK AND THE ACROSS OF EAST COAST DRIVE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SAFER IN THERE.

SO THEY ARE PROVIDING A SIDEWALK, AND I KNOW BRINKLEY, MR. HARRELL MENTIONED THIS TOO.

IT IS A VERY HAIRY SITUATION, AS IT IS WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM 42 EAST COAST.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE BUSINESS, BUT IT WILL BE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES COMING AND GOING, AND IF YOU'RE ON A STROLLER OR IF YOU'RE IN A WALKING A STROLLER OR ON A BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO CROSS THERE THERE'S A BLIND SPOT RIGHT THERE.

IT'S DIFFICULT. YES, NOW, BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY AN OFFSET INTERSECTION IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY LOOK WORK WE DID, WE LOOKED AT MAKING SOME SECTIONS ONE WAY THAT WAS NOT DID NOT GO VERY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY BUT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY A STAFF CONCERN IN THERE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN POTENTIALLY RELOCATING A POWER POLE IN THERE SO WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK CLEARANCE AROUND THERE. SO WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE SIGHT LINES AND OTHER MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER TREATMENT THAT WE CAN DO TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT INTERSECTION.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THE BLIND SPOT WAS THERE BEFORE THERE WAS A HUGE BUILDING, AND NOW THERE'S A BUILDING AND THE BLIND SPOTS JUST IMMENSE NOW.

SO THE FOUR WAY STOP IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDER OR YOUR STAFF HAS LOOKED AT WE HAVE THROWN IT OUT THERE TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO VIOLATE ANYTHING IN THE GREEN BOOK, WHICH IS THE MANUAL ON HOW YOU DO TRAFFIC CONTROLS BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A SPEED TABLE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FOUR WAY STOP WE'RE LOOKING AT REALIGNING.

THEY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH AN EXACT PLAN ON THAT.

THAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE 60% COMPLETE DRAWINGS.

SO AS YOU'VE DISCUSSED WITH RAGTIME OF THE INGRESS AND THE EGRESS OF THEIR PARKING LOT, COULD WE DO THE SAME WITH 42 EAST COAST DRIVE? WELL, 42 EAST COAST DRIVE ONLY HAS ONE DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT, AND IT IS ON AHERN.

IT IS AS FAR AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION AS YOU CAN GET.

IT IS WESTERLY, SO THERE'S NO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, AND THEY WON'T THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLAN ON HAVING ANY PARKING RIGHT THERE ON A OR EAST COAST.

NO, THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS VERY NARROW THERE AND THERE IS NO, THEIR BUILDING IS ZERO LOT LINE, SO IT'S BUILT RIGHT THERE.

SO THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE PRIVATE PARKING ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

OKAY. GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER.

NO, YOU GO AHEAD. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK.

SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO, AND I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE RESTUDIED THE PLAN.

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42 EAST COAST ON THEIR PLANS, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ON STREET PARKING.

SO THERE WILL BE ON STREET PARKING THERE, WHICH WOULD BE PUBLIC.

THEY CAN USE IT, BUT SO CAN THE PUBLIC.

CORRECT. OKAY, AND HOW MANY SPACES IS IT? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

I'M THINKING 8 OR 9.

YEAH. WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK.

THE PROBLEM IS THE BICYCLE THEY CONVERTED.

YEAH. WELL, WE KNOW THERE WAS.

I BELIEVE WE APPROVED THAT WITH 43 BICYCLE SPOTS, GIVE OR TAKE.

YEAH. OKAY, SO HERE'S MY QUESTION, AND I'M NOT THE EXPERT AND I APOLOGIZE.

I AM NOT I FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL BUT I'M LISTENING TO MISTER HARRELL ON THE ISSUE OF BIKE PATHS, AND SO NOW I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE MULTI-USE PATHS ON BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF AHERN.

CORRECT? YES.

SO WHY CAN'T WE GET A PROPOSAL, A SECOND OPTION FROM OUR ENGINEERS TO PUT A JUST A BIKE PATH ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER? I MEAN, IF WE'RE APPROVING A BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WITH 40 SOMETHING BIKE SPOTS, THAT MEANS WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BIKE TRAFFIC.

SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PURE BIKE PATH AS AN OPTION IN IT COULD BE AN OPTION, DEFINITELY.

BUT GIVEN THE REST OF THE PLAN, THE CONNECTIVITY FROM THE OCEAN ALL THE WAY TO SHERRY AS A MULTI PURPOSE PATH, THAT SEGMENT BEING A BIKE PATH JUST WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE BUT IT DEFINITELY WE CAN HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS DO IT FOR US AND THE GREATER PLAN IT DIDN'T MESH WITH I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE STORY.

PHASE TWO AND SO ON BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER WATERS, I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BOLE SAID I AM MOST INTERESTED IN. WHAT ARE WE DOING? FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION.

WITH REGARD. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE TURF BLOCK, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN BRICK SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.

MAYBE WE SHOULD RETHINK THAT OR TALK TO SOME OF THESE CONCRETE COMPANIES THAT MAKE PERVIOUS CONCRETE INSTEAD OF USING BRICK, AND MAYBE WE DECIDE LATER IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES IN CHAPTER 24 IN TWO WEEKS AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS GOING TO BE PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS, AND I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BE THE LEADER ON THIS AND NOT ENFORCE RULES ON THESE CITIZENS THAT WE DON'T ABIDE BY IN THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOLE FOR THAT COMMENT.

COMMISSIONER WATERS, JUST I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.

THIS STARTED OFF MORE ABOUT THE AHERN AND THE SIDEWALK, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT QUESTION.

SO COOP 303, THEIR OFF SITE PARKING WAS WHERE THIS BUILDING IS GOING.

42 EAST COAST.

YES THEY USE THAT THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND ALSO GOT A VARIANCE FOR OFF SITE PARKING FURTHER OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SOME OF IT INCLUDED THE KMART PARKING LOT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

RIGHT, AND NEPTUNE BEACH, I DON'T KNOW, AND I WANT TO SAY THE CHURCH, BUT I CAN'T RECALL.

I KNOW THAT ABBQ HAS OFF SITE PARKING AT COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS WELL.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE BIKE RACKS.

THERE'S LIKE 40 SOMETHING BIKE RACKS, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER 24 IS WE WANT TO PUT SOME LIMITS ON THAT YOU WRITE CODES AND OFTENTIMES YOU TRY TO THINK OF EVERYTHING, BUT THEN PEOPLE COME IN AND FIGURE A WAY AROUND IT SO THAT IS A PROPOSED CODE CHANGE THAT'S COMING BEFORE YOU TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BIKE RACKS AND NOT JUST NOT LIMIT THEM.

WE WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF BIKE RACKS, BUT LIMIT THEM IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARKING REDUCTION THAT YOU RECEIVE.

SO THE BIKE RACKS ARE GOING TO BE WHERE A BIKE RACKS ON THAT PROPERTY ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO COOP 303.

ADJACENT TO COOP 303.

BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

SO CONSIDER AN ALLEYWAY.

YEAH. OKAY.

I'M ALSO THINKING FOR BIKE RACKS.

ONE PARKING SPACE TOO.

40 BIKE RACKS SEEMS LIKE A TON OF BIKE RACKS.

I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A TON THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED, BUT OKAY AND AGAIN, THIS BUILDING.

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IT'S NOT ZONED FOR RESTAURANTS.

IT IS RETAIL.

IT IS OFFICE SPACE.

RIGHT. SO IT TECHNICALLY IS ZONED FOR RESTAURANTS.

HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR RESTAURANTS.

SO THEY WOULD NEED TO FIND PARKING OFF SITE SOMEWHERE.

OH, I THOUGHT IT WASN'T EVEN ZONED FOR A RESTAURANT.

NO, IT'S LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THAT ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW RESTAURANTS.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, THAT BUILDING DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR RESTAURANTS, SO THEY CANNOT HAVE A RESTAURANT WITHOUT GETTING ADDITIONAL PARKING, BUT I JUST, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU IN A SECOND, COMMISSIONER, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR OFF SITE PARKING TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE, TO REQUEST A RESTAURANT.

SO WE AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY DISCUSS, MAYBE IN OUR MEETING AT ON CHAPTER 24.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLE.

QUICK ONE.

I'VE SEEN DOC WATERS DOWN THERE.

I'M A BIKE RIDER DOWN AT THE CORNER, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHERE PEOPLE PARK THEIR BIKES AS THEY PARK THEM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, YOU KNOW.

I'M NOT GOING TO PARK MY BIKE NORMALLY BACK THERE AND THEN WALK TO WHERE I'M GOING.

YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? YEAH, THEY THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL BIKE RACK AT THE FRONT, THE NORTH.

WELL, AT THE INTERSECTION OF AHERN AND EAST COAST.

YEAH. AMANDA, BELIEVE ME, I'M ALL FOR ANY BIKE BUT WE SEE THEM.

THEY'LL THEY'LL LOCK THEM UP TO PALM TREES AND WATCH THIS GO WITH THE PARKING SPOTS.

I CAN TELL YOU AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE OF BEACHES TOWN CENTER AGENCY.

OKAY, THERE ARE NONE TOO HAPPY, BECAUSE WHAT DO I HEAR? WE NEED PARKING SPOTS FOR NOT ONLY OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES.

OKAY? AND WE COULD WE COULD SPEND HOURS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EASE THE PARKING ISSUE WILL PAY DIVIDENDS.

JUST. I'M DONE.

OKAY, SO TO WRAP IT UP, THE 60% PLANS, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU GUYS IS, IS CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIANS CROSSING EAST COAST DRIVE.

LOOK AT THE OFFSET INTERSECTION TO LOOK AT STORMWATER AND LOOK AT THE PERVIOUS CONCRETE, AND LOOK ALSO LOOK AT ADDING A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR BIKE LANE. OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU, AND WHAT I HEARD FROM CITIZEN HARRELL EARLIER, AND I AGREE WITH HIS.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS MORE THAN ONE OPTION, AND I THINK POSSIBLY THREE OPTIONS, BUT BUT BUT YOU WOULD REPORT BACK OR BRING THE ENGINEERS BACK TO REPORT AS TO WHY ONE OPTION PREVAILS IN THEIR MIND OVER OPTION TWO AND THREE AND WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS? THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS MORE OPTIONS, BUT ADDITIONAL TO WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER BY THE CITIZEN IS THE PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS ISSUE.

THANK YOU AMANDA.

MR. KILLINGSWORTH THERE.

UH OH. EXISTING GOALS THREE C.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I'M GOING TO HAVE AMANDA COME BACK UP [INAUDIBLE] THIS PART BETTER? YEAH. SO SHE'S JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON SOME EXISTING GOALS THAT EXIST.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

REALLY? WE'RE JUST PLANTING SEEDS FOR WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO YOUR PRIORITY SETTING MEETING.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF PLANTING SOME SEEDS OUT THERE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT.

ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN, AMANDA ASKEW WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS IN THE CITY.

SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER, SOME OF THEM ARE NEWER, SOME OF THEM ARE MORE IN DEPTH THAN OTHERS BUT THESE ARE SOME OF OUR TOP PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THEY PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.

THEY'RE OFTENTIMES LONG RANGE, FORWARD LOOKING DOCUMENTS THERE'S NO MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DOCUMENTS, BUT YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THESE DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME VERY SIMILAR TOPICS THROUGHOUT THESE DOCUMENTS.

SO THE FIRST DOCUMENT THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING IT AS WELL OUR SECOND PLAN THAT WE'VE GOT SOME GOALS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT TONIGHT IS THE COASTAL VULNERABILITY RESILIENCY AND ADAPTATION PLAN, AND THEN A FOOTNOTE ON THAT IS WE'VE GOT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR PHASE TWO FOR RESOLUTION THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN AND THE SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCY AND COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS PULLED OUT SOME OF THE LARGER GOALS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS LARGE GOALS, AND THEN THERE IS OBJECTIVES, AND THEN YOU HAVE POLICIES WITHIN THAT PLAN I DON'T WANT

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SO IF YOU AND YOUR SPARE TIME WANT TO LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HAVE SOME FUN READING YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO GOAL THE VERY FIRST GOAL, AND THIS IS THE MAJOR GOAL THAT MOST PEOPLE PLANNERS, WE REFER TO TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS THE CITY SHALL MANAGE GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT IN A MANNER WHICH RESULTS IN A PATTERN OF LAND USES THAT ENCOURAGES, CREATES AND MAINTAINS A HEALTHY, UM AND ESTHETICALLY PLEASING BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AVOIDS BLIGHT, INFLUENCES, PRESERVES AND ENHANCES UM COASTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, NATURAL, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

MAINTAINS THE CITY'S DISTINCT RESIDENTIAL UM COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

PROVIDES FOR REASONABLE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COASTAL LOCATIONS.

THAT PROVIDES PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN A TIMELY AND COSTLY MANNER, AND THAT ENCOURAGES ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IS YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF THAT SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE TO YOU, BUT TO SUMMARIZE, GOAL B1 IS TO PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE ROADWAY SYSTEM GOAL C1, PROVIDE NEEDED PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

GOAL C2 IS PROVIDE ADEQUATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND PROVISION FOR DRAINAGE.

GOAL D ONE IS PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE BEACH IN THE DUNE SYSTEM, AND D4 IS PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY.

D5 IS ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY AND E1 IS TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT PARKS, AND AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LARGE DOCUMENT, AND IT REALLY IS A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT WE USE TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.

OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS COME FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE NEXT PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OR KIND OF GO OVER IS THE COASTAL VULNERABILITY RESILIENCY AND ADAPTATION PLAN.

IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PLAN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL READ IT, IT'S COLOR CODED RED WAS THE IMMEDIATE, UM THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED QUICKLY. THE YELLOW COLOR CODED WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN 12 MONTHS THE GREEN IS 12 TO 36 MONTHS, AND THEN THE BLUE COLOR IS LONG RANGE SO WE DON'T NEED TO FOCUS ON THE RED OR THE YELLOW BECAUSE WE'RE EITHER HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THOSE OR UNDERWAY OF THOSE.

SO I REALLY RECOMMEND FOR LONG TERM GOAL PLANNING LOOKING AT THE GREEN WHICH IS THE MID TERM AND THE LONG TERM SO THE FIRST GREEN GOAL IS POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNER RESILIENCY PROJECT AND THE ACTION IS TO ENHANCE POLICIES.

REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURES, INITIATE DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY APPRAISER LOW MAINTENANCE OOPS, SORRY.

MARSH RESTORATION.

PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, JAXPORT AND BEGAN PLANNING AND DISCUSSING RELEVANT AGENCIES TO DETERMINE FUNDING FOR THAT RESTORATION, AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE IS TO REVISE THE MINIMUM FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSED AREAS TO PREVENT FLOODING WE DO ALSO HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WAS FOUND IN THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN, BUT THE CONNECTIVITY PLAN IS PROVIDING FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS IS A PRIORITY.

SO THOSE LONG RANGE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED FROM THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE.

THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS.

THEY MADE PRESERVATIONS.

THIS IS QUITE LENGTHY GOALS.

I'M GOING TO READ YOU THE CATEGORY IN 1 OR 2 GOALS FROM THAT CATEGORY.

SO ONE OF THEIR FOCUS AREAS IS THE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND ECOLOGY AND A GOAL, AND THESE ARE VERY LONG TERM GOALS IN SOME REGARDS IS DEVELOP AND ENHANCE CONNECT CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY BETWEEN PARKS WITHIN CITIES AND THEN ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF OPEN SPACE A FOCUS CATEGORY IS ENERGY AND CLIMATE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND TO REDUCE OVERALL ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY 20%.

QUALITY OF LIFE AND LIVABILITY DEMONSTRATE THAT AN ANNUAL IMPROVING TREND FOR THE STANDARD FOR THE STATED THRESHOLDS IN THE LEED HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION ARE MET.

WATER YOU GUYS HAD A PRIORITY FROM LAST YEAR TO REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION THAT'S STILL ON HERE AND WE WANT TO MAKE A ATLANTIC

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INCREASE. YEAH. DIVERT WASTE FROM THE LANDFILLS BY 30%.

THE TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE CATEGORY WOULD BE INCREASED.

THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT RETAIN TREES ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN RATINGS FOR THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

IMPROVE MEASUREMENT, PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING YEAR OVER YEAR WITH THE RESULTS OF AN ANNUAL REPORT AND ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN BEST UM QUALITY BOND RATING.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE.

I DIDN'T READ EVERYTHING THAT'S WHY YOU DO HAVE A PAPER COPY IN FRONT OF YOU.

I THINK THE INTENT IS SO THAT YOU CAN FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF BEFORE WE GO INTO YOUR PRIORITY SETTINGS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.

I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT ALL THE WORK THAT ESC HAS DONE ON ON THE LEED COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN BECAUSE IT, IT IS AMBITIOUS, BUT IT'S WHAT LEADS ALL ABOUT IS REDUCING OUR IMPACT AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SUPPORT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY RECOMMEND.

THANK YOU. MR. KILLINGSWORTH ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? THAT'S ALL, MR. MAYOR SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR REPORTS AND REQUESTS FROM COMMISSIONERS STARTING WITH

[4. REPORTS AND/OR REQUESTS FROM CITY COMMISSIONERS]

COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

TOMORROW IS MY BEACHES TOWN CENTER AGENCY MEETING SO I CAN GO AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET OVER THERE.

I THINK THEY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT I'LL.

I'LL GET THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT TOMORROW ONE THING I THINK MAYBE JASON, CAN.

THIS FORM SIX IS A BIG DEAL.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT THAT THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE QUITTING OVER THIS.

THERE'S A WHOLE TOWN WHERE THEY BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S PRETTY INTRUSIVE, IN MY OPINION I HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANT TO FORM SIX BUT I'M NOT GIVING ANY ADVICE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY GET INTO THAT BECAUSE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT'S 1ST JULY.

IT HAS TO BE ON FILE.

THAT IS CORRECT. YES, AND MISTER MAYOR, AT MY CITY ATTORNEY PRESENTATION ALLOTTED TIME LATER TODAY.

I HAVE JUST A FEW THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT.

I COULD TALK ABOUT IT NOW OR THEN? I'LL WAIT FOR YOU. I JUST YOU KNOW, I IT'S A 45 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO CONDENSE TO ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO, SO [CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO MY NEXT ONE.

I TALKED TODAY.

YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME ABOUT THIS LIABILITY ISSUE OVER AND OVER.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME HOMEWORK WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AS FAR AS PARK SPOTS, TENNIS COURTS MY ISSUE WAS GET IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE THE WATER PARK I CAN SEE THAT AS A LIABILITY ISSUE, AND THE PEOPLE ARE MAKING YOU KNOW, A PROFIT ON CITY PROPERTY BUT SO ARE NONPROFITS. SO WE GOT WE'VE GOT TO COME UP, I THINK, WITH A POLICY.

I TALKED TO BILL, SO I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS.

SO I'M GOING TO COME IN HERE AND SIT DOWN.

I KNOW HOW IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING WHEN YOU DIG INTO THE CITIES.

THERE'S CITIES THAT JUST TOTALLY IGNORE IT.

THE CITIES SIGN A WAIVER, THE CITY, BUT WE NEED TO DO AT LEAST COME UP AND BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE UP.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER KELLY.

SO I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH, ASKING AROUND, LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING FOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEITHER CHILDREN NOR SENIORS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, PERHAPS, OF BUYING A BUILDING THAT HAS A DINING ROOM, A GREAT ROOM AND, AND 14 INDIVIDUAL ROOMS THAT, THAT WE COULD USE TO PROVIDE RECREATION OR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR AT LEAST PEOPLE IN BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND SENIOR HOOD SO BEEN LOOKING AROUND AND SEE WHAT THERE IS AND LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO OFFER.

SO THAT'LL BE FUN.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, OH, I, TOO, WENT TO THE I WENT TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES FORM SIX PRESENTATION, AND I CALLED MY BROKER.

[INAUDIBLE] YOUR CPA.

VERY GOOD. [INAUDIBLE]

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DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER SO WE HAVE AN EXTRA DAY OF CHRISTMAS BREAK.

SO SORRY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NOTTINGHAM'S COMING TODAY TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE DID DUE DILIGENCE KNOCKING ON DOORS DOWN MAIN STREET, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT A TOTAL OF 40, 58 SIGNATURES, 58 TOTAL SIGNATURES BETWEEN SIXTH ALL THE WAY TO 14TH STREET AND WE SUBMITTED THOSE PETITIONS OVER TO BILL.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU CITY MANAGER BILL, FOR COMING IN AND GETTING THE JOB DONE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I SURE, I KNOW ALL OF MAINE WILL APPRECIATE IT AS WELL, AND THE BONUS WAS REMOVING THAT FLOWER POT IS WHAT IT'S DUBBED AS IN MY AREA.

YEAH. OKAY.

WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER WATERS, JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN COVERED.

THE QUICK ONE IS IS CITY MANAGER.

CAN WE GET THE STOP COMMITTEE, RICHARD THE HEAD OF IT, OR YOU OR ONE OF THE TWO TO COME WITH LIKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION EVERY OR EVERY OTHER COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRESS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING? WE'RE NOT GOING HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. I JUST WANT TO HEAR, LIKE AN UPDATE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST ONE CONTINUUM TILL NOVEMBER, AND I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND I CAN'T MAKE THEM ALL, AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD IT'S A BIG AND IT IS A COMMITTEE.

IT'S LIKE THE ESC IT'S A COMMITTEE, AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO HAVE HIM JUST DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT NOW? WHERE ARE THEY? CAN WE JUST HEAR THEM OUT? THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHEN THE ATLANTIC BEACH RESIDENT TOLD LENNY JEVIC ABOUT ALMOST HOME BEING SOLD, LENNY, AS HE NORMALLY DOES WANTED TO REALLY, UM.

PUSH THIS FOR THE USE FOR VETERANS, AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS.

WE'RE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THIS ALMOST HOME, BUT I TALKED TO HIM TODAY AND I REALLY I REALLY WANT WHENEVER THIS BUILDING IS BEING BOUGHT AND PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT.

I MEAN, I REALLY WANT LENNY AND THE VETERANS TO HAVE, LIKE, FIRST PRIORITY, AND I TALKED TO LENNY, AND HE'S GOING TO HE HAS A BEACH'S VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK COMMITTEE MEETING HE ALSO HAS ANOTHER GROUP OF VETERANS HE WANTS TO TALK TO.

I KIND OF WANT TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FORESEE FOR THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF THAT BUILDING MR. KILLINGSWORTH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THAT.

THE YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S I KNOW WE HAVE FOUR MONTHS OR LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS NOW, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD COMBINE WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, WHAT THEY THINK, AND WHERE WE ARE.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HIM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'VE MADE AN OFFER THEY'VE ACCEPTED THE OFFER, AND WE'RE IN THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS.

SO LAST WEEK, BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE WENT TO THE SITE AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WENT TO THE SITE, AND WE HAVE TWO APPRAISALS THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW THE TITLE COMPANY HAS DONE THEIR RESEARCH, WHICH IS THE SELLER'S RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEY'VE DONE THEIR RESEARCH.

THERE IS A CLOUD ON THE TITLE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING THAT CLEANED.

IT'S PART OF THE PROPERTY WASN'T TRANSFERRED DURING THE ORIGINAL SALE.

SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE SELLER TO, TO GET A QUITCLAIM DEED FOR THAT, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH ANY GROUP ON A USE FOR THIS SITE, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY.

THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

KIND OF AS A SEGUE FROM THAT POINT, I ALSO HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. KILLINGSWORTH ABOUT SCHEDULING OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS TO PRESENT TO COMMISSION.

SEEING AN ABSENCE OF THAT IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN MAYOR, WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD PRESENTATIONS.

I THINK WE NEED MORE, AND TO THAT END EFFECTIVE TODAY, I'M DISBANDING ANY ASSIGNMENT OF COMMISSIONERS TO COMMITTEES NOW, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR RELATIONSHIP MR. BOLE WITH THE BEACHES TOWN CENTER AGENCY.

THAT'S NOT A COMMITTEE, BUT THE ESC CONNECTIVITY, THE CDB IF WE HAVE ANY OTHERS, I'M DISBANDING THAT EFFECTIVE TODAY, AND HERE'S WHAT I

[01:00:07]

I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CHAIRS OF THESE COMMITTEE WE DON'T I MEAN AND BY THE WAY, I ENCOURAGE COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND AS MANY OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS POSSIBLE, OPINE, BUT I DO HAVE A SPECIAL ASK AND THAT IS THAT WE NOT OPINE AS TO OPINION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL OR WON'T HAVE VOTES TO PASS SOMETHING.

FOR EXAMPLE, ESC IN THE MOST RECENT COMMITTEE MEETING THEIR ASK WAS WOULD THE THE COMMISSION APPROVE CERTAIN THINGS WITH REGARDS TO PERVIOUS, IMPERVIOUS AND I DON'T WANT OUR COMMISSIONERS OPINING AT THESE MEETINGS ON THAT TYPE OF THING. YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A PERSONAL OPINION ON SOMETHING, BUT IF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMISSION I WOULD THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT NOT BE DISCUSSED AND LET THEM BRING THEIR REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION.

SO EFFECTIVE TODAY I'M DISBANDING ANY ASSIGNMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS TO COMMITTEES OTHER THAN THE ONGOING RELATIONSHIP FROM MR. BOLE? YES.

QUESTION THE PENSION FUND.

YES. I WOULD ASK IF WE IN FACT, ARE DOING THAT, THAT SOMEBODY FROM STAFF CAN WATCH IT ON A LINK AND WATCH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A FINANCIAL ISSUE FOR THE CITY.

EVERY TIME THEY MEET THEY MAKE DECISIONS AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INVESTED IN.

THE POLICE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL.

THAT'S SOMETHING AT LEAST I WOULD LIKE.

THANK YOU. STAFF TO MONITOR, AND THAT MAKES SENSE MR. KILLINGSWORTH, CAN YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? YES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER RING, YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE.

YES, I'M ON ARC, SO I'M THE LIAISON FOR ARC.

I APOLOGIZE, I KNEW THAT AND SO AGAIN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND MEETINGS BUT WE'RE ALL FREE TO ATTEND ANY MEETINGS.

THIS IS OPEN GOVERNMENT AND AND SO PLEASE FEEL FREE, BUT AGAIN, MY ASK IS THAT IF YOU'RE ASKED AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS HOW THE COMMISSION WILL TAKE AN ISSUE AND VOTE ON AN ISSUE THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE DOING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION? YES. MR. KILLINGSWORTH, IF I CAN ASK TWO QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY.

SO IN TERMS OF THE CHAIRS, WOULD WE LIKE THEM? I MEAN, SO THE OPTIONS THAT KIND OF MAKE SENSE? THE FIRST ONE DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, BI ANNUALLY, I WOULD SAY BI-ANNUALLY THAT WOULD AS YOU WERE BRINGING THAT UP, MAYOR, AT LEAST BI-ANNUALLY, THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL WAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT MET IN 2022, AND I SERVED AS CHAIR ON THAT.

WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON UM AND HEAVILY INVESTIGATE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TOPICS THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR. AT THE END OF EACH MONTH, WE HAD NOTES WE HAD A FANTASTIC VICE CHAIR, STEVE PESCATELLI, WHO WORKED ALONG WITH OUR COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

NOW, WITH THESE COMMITTEES AS THEY MEET WHAT THEIR MISSION AND THEIR PASSION AND ALL THEIR TIME THAT THEY INVEST INTO THESE COMMITTEES AND WHATEVER THAT MISSION STATEMENT IS, FOR IT TO COME TO THE COMMISSION AND TO HAVE THAT GAP, TO HAVE THAT BRIDGE.

I DON'T THINK THE LIAISON ROLE REALLY HAS SERVED AS THAT, AS THAT ACTING BRIDGE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY HAVING THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, OR AT LEAST THE VOTING, A VOTING MEMBER FROM EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES TO COME AND REPORT ANNUALLY OR BI ANNUALLY TO DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER WATERS WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO STOP COMMITTEE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW RAPIDLY THINGS ARE CHANGING, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I THINK THAT'S UP TO RICHARD AGNEW.

I THINK IF HE SAYS WE REALLY HAVEN'T COVERED MUCH SINCE LAST IF IT'S EVERY MONTH I'M LOOKING AT, OKAY, WE HAVE LIKE NINE, TEN MORE MONTHS OF THIS.

SO ONCE A MONTH, I THINK ONCE A QUARTER IS TOO MUCH OF A LAPSE.

SO BUT I WOULD KIND OF WANT TO DEFER TO RICHARD TO SEE WHAT HE THINKS IS APPROPRIATE.

IF I MAY COMMISSIONER, THEY ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH BUT THEY ARE NOW ON A WORK SCHEDULE AND BASICALLY TWO MEETINGS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH PACKET OF WORK, SO MAYBE EVERY TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THAT WOULD GET THEM TO A POINT WHERE, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WORK LINE, THERE'S THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO BE AT THE BEACHES TOWN CENTER.

I CAN MENTION IT TO THEM TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CALL AND I'LL JUST ADD IN I THINK EACH OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF

[01:05:06]

SO BUT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE CITY MANAGER JUST POLL COMMISSIONERS AS WE BUILD AGENDAS, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THIS YEAR REPRESENTING ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES, BRINGING US UP TO DATE.

THAT'S MY ASK.

SO ORIGINALLY WHEN WE STARTED THIS, IT WAS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSION SO THAT THE LEFT HAND KIND OF KNEW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND WAS DOING.

SO IF WE WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT THE DESIGNATED COMMISSIONER, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION CONTINUES? I DON'T WANT THEM TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF WORK AND THEN BRING IT TO US AND US TO SAY, OH WELL, WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT.

I FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE THAT WE GET ENOUGH BY HAVING THE CHAIRS PRESENT ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT I THINK THE RISK OF HAVING ONE OF US, WE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH FIVE DIFFERENT BELIEF SYSTEMS, AND HAVING ONE OF US ALWAYS PRESENT AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS SUGGESTS THAT IT'S NOT BALANCED BECAUSE MY OPINION ON THINGS IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS, PERHAPS DIFFERENT THAN COMMISSIONER BOLE AND SO ON.

SO I REALLY WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CHAIRS ON THE FREQUENCY THAT THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY MANAGER SETTING AGENDAS.

IF I MAY, MAYOR. SO WITH THE MAYOR'S, WITH THE MAYOR'S COUNSEL IS THAT WE ALL VOTED ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SORT OF COMPILED REPORT WHERE EVERYONE IS AGREED, THEN IT ISN'T JUST WHAT THE LIAISON WHO IS A COMMISSIONER COMES BACK AND SHARES.

NATURALLY, EACH ONE OF US HAVE OUR OWN TOPICS THAT ARE WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OR THAT WE PICK UP ON, AND SO WE MAY ONLY BE HEARING PORTIONS OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES ARE SHARING.

SO I THINK BY HAVING A ACTUAL VOTING MEMBER OR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR COME TO THE COMMISSION DIRECTLY TO PROVIDE THOSE REPORTS, IT CUTS OUT THAT MIDDLE MAN WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME UNINTENDED NEGLIGENCE SHARED. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

I THINK WE PROBABLY WORKED THAT ENOUGH WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM.

[8.A. RESOLUTION NO. 24-01]

THREE W AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER THREE AT 902 ASSISI LANE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND AS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MR. KILLINGSWORTH THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WE'VE HAD A WELL CASING FAIL AT THIS SITE.

WE WERE ALREADY BUDGETING TWO NEW WELLS THERE BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS WELLS HAD FAILURE THERE WE WERE LOOKING AT TWO 12 INCH WELLS WE'VE TALKED WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT ONE 16 INCH WOULD BE CHEAPER AND PROVIDE THE VOLUME THAT WE NEED, AND SO WE GOT A QUOTE FOR A 16 INCH, WHICH WAS 302,000 AND SOME CHANGE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE 850,000 THAT WAS BUDGETED.

WE WILL STILL NEED MONEY FOR PUMPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT IN THE END WILL BE A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE THAN DOING TWO 12 INCH PUMPS.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-01.

I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-01.

SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? ITS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.

ITEM EIGHT B RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-02, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, EXTENDING THE TERM OF SUZANNE GREENE AS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR

[8.B. RESOLUTION NO. 24-02]

MR. KILLINGSWORTH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO RENEW OUR ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

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I MEAN, SHE'S IF YOU AGREE THAT SHE'S FACED SOME PRETTY TOUGH ONES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND PREVIOUS TO THAT.

SO I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF OF WATCHING HER WORK.

I THINK SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. I THINK, YES, UP UNTIL NOW I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS FORMERLY MY THE IT WAS FORMERLY MY COMMITTEE THAT I MONITORED.

SO SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND I KNOW THAT I, THE COMPLAINT THAT WE HAVE MORE, TIGHTER ENFORCEMENT OF SOME SITUATIONS IS NOT UP TO YOU KNOW, SHE WILL SHE WILL SEE OR HEAR WHATEVER CASES WE AGREE THAT SHE SHOULD HEAR.

SO SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.

I'VE ALSO ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND I FIND THAT MONEY WELL SPENT AND CERTAINLY ENDORSE THE CONTINUANCE.

COMMISSIONERS. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY HEARING NONE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-02.

LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24-02.

SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH I.

I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ITEM EIGHT, C RESOLUTION, NUMBER 24-03, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF

[8.C. RESOLUTION NO. 24-03]

MR. KILLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO IN ADDITION TO UPDATING THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH YOU KNOW, NEWER AND BETTER DATA COME OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE OTHER KEY ASPECT OF THIS IS THAT IT GIVES US A BASELINE REPORT ON THE MARSH SO THAT OVER TIME, WE CAN MONITOR THE MARSH AND HOW IT'S PROGRESSING. OKAY DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24-03.

I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24-03.

SECOND. MOTION, AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH I.

I OPPOSED.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUS--CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, AND WE'LL MOVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ITEM 11.

[11. CITY ATTORNEY/CITY CLERK REPORTS AND/OR REQUESTS]

FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE SAINT PETE BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RESIGNED, AS DID FOUR OF THE FIVE MACINTOSH MACINTOSH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A HEADLINE ON THE FORM SIX THING.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.

I'M NOT MAKING ANY COMMENT OTHER THAN I'M JUST READING FROM A EDITORIAL.

SO IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, CONGRATULATIONS.

AS OF JANUARY 1ST, YOU ARE NOW A FORM SIX FINANCIAL INTEREST FORM FILER.

IT USED TO BE A FORM ONE FILER.

NOW YOU'RE A FORM SIX FILER AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOW YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO AND THIS IS AS OF JANUARY 1ST TO WHEN YOU FILE YOUR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM JULY 1ST OR BEFORE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IT'S A MORE SPECIFIC FORM THAT REQUIRES YOU ESSENTIALLY TO PORTRAY YOUR NET VALUE YOUR NET INCOME VALUE BEFORE YOU WERE MERELY, I THINK, DISCLOSING SOURCES OF INCOME BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE TO, I THINK, $1,000 OR MORE DESCRIBING IN DETAIL YOUR INCOME SO THIS IS MORE IT'S A, IT'S A MORE DETAILED FORM TO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCLOSE MORE INFORMATION ON.

SO THERE'S A LINK TO A BUNCH OF HELPFUL INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES WEBINAR AND SOME INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THERE'S ALL IN THAT LINK.

THERE'S ALSO SOME SPECIFIC FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL.

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SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE.

I AM TELLING YOU THIS AS OF NOW BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE TO RESIGN.

IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING YOU'D HAVE TO DO.

SO IF YOU RESIGN TODAY, GOD FORBID YOU'D STILL HAVE TO DO IT FOR AT LEAST THIS YEAR.

SO, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK A CITY OF JAX BEACH COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY DID RESIGN AS OF DECEMBER 30TH, 31ST, WHICH I THINK IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, IT IS A NEW REQUIREMENT AND I CAN HELP TO, I THINK GUIDE AND THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE JUST BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, WHICH IS A CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FORM SIX FILER TYPE.

SO I DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THAT REALM BUT NOW MUNICIPALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE BEING REQUIRED TO DO IT IN ADDITION TO COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS.

SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR AS WE GO ALONG.

GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER BOLE.

DO YOU HAVE TO FILL IT OUT? I AM AN I ACTUALLY AND DON'T GIVE ANY YOU KNOW, DON'T GIVE ANY I DON'T KNOW, IDEAS TO OUR LEGISLATORS, BUT NO, RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, CITY ATTORNEYS ARE FORM ONE FILERS, SO I HAVE TO FILE THE FORM ONE THE LAWYERS FIGURED THIS OUT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OF COURSE.

OF COURSE THEY DID.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO I HAVE, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

IS THERE A MOVE BY ANYBODY IN THE LEGISLATURE, WITH LEGISLATURE, WITH A SESSION STARTING UP SHORTLY TO MODIFY OR OVERTURN THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HOOPLA ABOUT THIS.

AS YOU AS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESIGNATIONS.

THIS IS STATEWIDE. I KNOW THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS AWARE OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MOVEMENT AFOOT, BUT OKAY.

WE SHALL SEE. BY THE WAY, JUST FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH IF YOU GO ON THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS WEBSITE, EVERYONE WHO TO DATE HAS HAD TO FILE A FORM SIX HAS IT'S ONLINE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A FUN GAME TO PLAY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

NOT THAT FUN. [CHUCKLING] NOT FUN WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS TO DO IT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE CITY ATTORNEY CLOSING COMMENTS LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER RING.

[12. CLOSING COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGER]

I KNOW BILL HAS MENTIONED THAT IT'S TBA AT THIS TIME.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC THAT PLEASE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED GETTING EMAILS, BUT CONTINUE TO SEND US EMAILS OF WHAT YOU FIND AS A PRIORITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS PRIORITIZE THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER WATERS I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY SPECIFIC TO TALK ABOUT BUT I DO WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR.

ALWAYS DO OPTIMISTIC.

VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KELLY.

NO, NOTHING, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLE. ALL RIGHT, I KNOW WHERE YOU STAND CITY MANAGER FINAL COMMENTS.

I BELIEVE I'M DONE TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.