Jan 22, 2024 Commission Meeting

YEAH. OH, WE'RE MISSING ONE DOWN THERE.

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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WHEN EVERYBODY IS SEATED.

THE SPIDERS.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION AND A PLEDGE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY TO YOU TODAY THAT, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING THE DAY WITH.

[CALL TO ORDER]

NO RELATION. THAT'S FORD ON THE FIRST NAME, AND MULLEN IS THE LAST NAME.

HIS PARENTS ARE IN THE FRONT ROW.

LINDSAY, BRIAN AND SISTER ABBY, WELCOME.

BUT FORD HAS BEEN MY ASSISTANT AT MY ATTACHE ALL DAY.

HE IS THE MAYOR FOR THE DAY FROM ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON, BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT THAT, OFFICIOUS DUTY TODAY.

HE IS PREPARED TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING.

HE'S GOING TO OPEN US IN JUST A MINUTE.

HE HAS SOME, LEGISLATION THAT HE WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.

WE WON'T ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PASS ANY OF IT TODAY.

BUT, FORD SPENT THE DAY, TOURING OUR DEPARTMENTS, MEETING OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, CITY STAFF.

WHAT? I'LL ASK YOU LATER.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING WAS.

BUT, PROBABLY THE POLICE CAR.

SO, WE HAD A GOOD TIME THERE, BUT, THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB TODAY.

AND WELCOME TO THE DAIS OF THE CITY OF, COMMISSION OF ATLANTIC BEACH.

I PRESENT TO YOU, MAYOR FOR THE DAY FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH A INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.

COMMISSIONER BOLE. LET US PRAY.

AGAIN, LET US GIVE THANKS AND GRACE FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY.

WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GET ALL FOUR SEASONS IN ONE WEEK? LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOICE IS HEARD TONIGHT.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU, GET OUR MEETING STARTED, PLEASE? THIS MEETING OF.

SO MAYOR, DID HE SPEAK ENGLISH? YEAH. SPEAK CLOSE TO THE MIC.

ARE YOU ON? OH, THAT WOULD HELP.

THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH DATED JANUARY 22ND, 2024 WILL NOW COME TO..

NOW, COME TO ORDER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WELL DONE. OKAY.

DONNA, WOULD YOU, DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU DONNA.

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

LET'S SEE.

ITEM ONE A, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 8TH, 2024.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. THE MINUTES WILL STAND AS PRESENTED AND WE ONLY HAD THE ONE SET.

SO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM TWO, COURTESY OF THE FLORIDA VISITORS.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, KIND OF DEVIATE SLIGHTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR MAYOR FOR THE DAY, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO, RESIDENTS TO SPEAK.

[ADDITIONAL ITEM]

AND THESE, BY THE WAY, ARE ARE, REQUESTS FROM HIS PEERS, FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS.

HE WENT TO HIS CLASSMATES, AND, GOT THEIR, SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS CITY.

GO AHEAD. MAKE THE FIVE WAY STOP AROUND ABOUT.

OKAY, NEXT.

TURF FIELDS AT JACK RUSSELL PARK, MORE PUBLIC BENCHES, FITNESS CENTER.

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OKAY, SO, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON ONE OR MORE OF THEM.

OKAY. CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. WOULD YOU ALSO, IF YOU DIDN'T NOTICE WALKING IN? WE HAD SOME ART IN THE ENTRY LOBBY, INSIDE WHERE YOU PAY YOUR WATER BILL, AND WE HAVE SOME ART BEHIND US HERE.

AND THIS CAME FROM ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

BOARD, WOULD YOU, MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ OFF THE NAMES OF THE ARTISTS THAT ARE PRESENTING TODAY? SURE. EVA ELKIN, AMELIA BROWN, JAMIE JAMIE. JACKSON CARSON, MADELINE HYNES, ROGAN RUSSO, AMELIA WHITNEY, SAFARI CLAYTON, TOOT GABRIEL, ISAIAH GRANTIS, SKY HARLOW, KANE TAYLOR LOVELAND.

YOU COULD SKIP IT. AVA.

FLETCHER MOODY, OLIVIA JORDAN, COOPER HALL, ANN BRADEN.

VERY GOOD. SO THESE ARE THE ARTISTS.

I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE PRESENTED ART HERE TONIGHT AND IN ON YOUR WAY OUT.

I JUST WANT THIS, THIS COMMISSION AND OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OUR CHILDREN ARE TO OUR OUR FUTURE.

AND IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY.

WE FEATURE ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY TODAY.

AND AND I THANK THE PARENTS FOR BEING SO ENGAGED.

AND BY THE WAY, SISTER ABBY, WHO IS THREE YEARS OLDER, WAS MAYOR FOR THE DAY, I BELIEVE, UNDER YOU, MAYOR GLASSER.

SO, THIS IS, SEEMS TO BE A FAMILY AFFAIR GOING ON.

IT'S IN THE DNA OF THIS FAMILY, BUT, IT SPEAKS SO WELL OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

SO AS, MAYOR GLASSER, STARTED THIS, I'LL CONTINUE THE TRADITION AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY.

I DO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF NEPTUNE BEACH ELEMENTARY.

BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND MANY OF OUR OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL THERE.

SO, ANYWAYS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME, IN FRONT OF THE LECTERN SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE? YES. OKAY.

START. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON SUCH A GOOD JOB TODAY, AND I REALLY WISH YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE TIE, BECAUSE I HAVE ONE JUST LIKE IT.

I COULD HAVE MATCHED IT TODAY, BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME SO.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO FORD MULLEN, MAYOR FOR A DAY REPRESENTING ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON JANUARY 22ND, 2024, SIGNED BY CURTIS FORD, MAYOR, CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH.

FORD. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. WELL DONE. OKAY.

AND NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN GO INTO ATTENDANCE.

AND IF YOU NEED TO GO UP AND GET YOUR STUFF, YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT STICK WITH US.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS?

[2. COURTESY OF FLOOR TO VISITORS]

ELLEN GLASSER.

MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FORD.

MAYOR FOR A DAY FORD, COMMISSION AND STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

ABBY. IT'S IN THE FAMILY, I GUESS.

SO THIS IS COOL.

SO, I SPOKE AT THE WORKSHOP EARLIER ON THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO AND PROVIDED A POSITION PAPER TO ALL OF YOU ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY ATLANTIC BEACH PRESERVATION.

WE HAVE MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO REPEAT MYSELF, BUT I WILL MENTION THAT THE TOWN HALL WAS A GREAT FORUM.

MANY PEOPLE WHO SPOKE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS TO SAY.

SO, I MENTIONED SOME OF THEM EARLIER.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KILLINGSWORTH, FOR FINALLY GETTING US MOVING ON SPEED TABLES ON MAIN STREET.

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THERE WERE JUST SOME ISSUES THAT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PROCEED.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

SO SPEAKING OF THE TOWN HALL, I WANT TO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE UNILATERAL DECISION BY THE MAYOR, AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING TO TERMINATE COMMITTEE LIAISONS, PARTICULARLY THE ARC COMMITTEE AND THE SC, WHICH INVOLVE A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE AND, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PRO FORMA TYPE OF WORK.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IRONIC, GIVEN THAT THE TOWN CENTER LIAISON, COMMISSIONER BOLE, WHILE THAT'S NOT A COMMITTEE, IS UNIMPEDED AND HE CAN SPEAK HIS OPINION FREELY, AND THAT NEITHER IS OUR BOARD MEMBER, REVIEW CHAIR, THE MAYOR, IN TERMS OF, CHAIRING THAT COMMITTEE.

AND I REALIZE THAT'S BY BY CODE.

BUT STILL, THE CITIZENS SPOKE WELL, PARTICULARLY SARAH BOREN.

IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN ALL OF THE ISSUES THERE TO, THE CLEAR BENEFITS OF HAVING LIAISONS.

I HAPPEN TO AGREE THAT WE CANNOT OVER COMMUNICATE AND THAT WE COULD IMPROVE THE PROCESS IF IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, WITHOUT ELIMINATING IT.

IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO HEAR MORE FROM COMMITTEE CHAIRS, THAT'S AN EASY FIX.

JUST JUST SCHEDULE THEM TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

ENGAGE WITH THE CHAIRS ON YOUR OWN.

I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, OTHER THAN TELLING OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHAT THEY CANNOT DO.

SO, I THOUGHT THE ACTION WAS HEAVY HANDED.

AND IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR CHARTER, WHICH USUALLY REQUIRES THAT ANY ACTION BY THE MAYOR GET THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL GETS ONE VOTE, NO ONE GETS ANY MORE, THAT THIS SHOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS.

EACH OF YOU HAS A VOICE IN THIS AND I WOULD, I WOULD I, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU, SPEAK YOUR VOICE ON THIS ISSUE.

SO SPEAKING OF AGENDA ITEMS, I ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE COULD IMPROVE BY MAKING SURE TO PLACE ISSUES OF OBVIOUS COMMUNITY CONCERN ON AGENDAS. DORA DRIVE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED A LOT.

THE PURCHASE OF, ALMOST HOME NEAR VETERANS PARK HAS BEEN DISCUSSED A LOT, BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP ON AGENDAS, SO PEOPLE CAN'T PLAN TO BE ENGAGED.

THEY HAVE TO SORT OF SEEK SEEK THAT INFORMATION OUT.

IT'S REALLY NOT HARD TO PUSH AN ITEM AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS AFTER EITHER ANY OF YOU COMMISSIONERS OR THE CITY MANAGER ASKS TO BE ASKED FOR THAT AGENDA TO BE PLACED ON FOR THAT ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

FINALLY, I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL OR AT LEAST A FEW BIG PENDING PROJECTS LIKE THE LIFEGUARD STATION IMPROVEMENT AND THE BAKER CENTER UPGRADE, WHICH SEEMED TO NOT BE PROGRESSING.

WHILE THIS COMMISSION IS SPENDING AND EVEN TAKING MONEY FROM OUR RESERVES TO SPEND ON OTHER THINGS, THE MONEY THAT PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS PROCURED FOR THESE PROJECTS HAS FAR LESS SPENDING POWER NOW, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN GET THOSE JOBS DONE.

THEY NEED TO MOVE.

SO I SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ATLANTIC BEACH, THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE.

BUT ALSO, WE KNOW THIS IS A POLITICAL HOT POTATO.

THERE WAS A DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE ISR THAT WAS MADE IN 2019.

THERE'S BEEN NO, DIMINISHMENT OF PROPERTY VALUES SINCE THAT TIME.

YET WE'VE LOST A LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF GREEN SPACE, A LOT OF BIG HOUSES, A LOT OF STORMWATER.

SO AS CITY LEADERS, I THINK AT THIS POINT, YOU SHOULD KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION YOU BELIEVE IN.

AND I THINK THE CITIZENS DESERVE TO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS.

IN THE POSITION PAPER THAT WE PROVIDED FROM, ATLANTIC BEACH PRESERVATION, I ASKED, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT YOU COMMIT TO NOT INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS RATIO IN ATLANTIC BEACH BECAUSE ADDED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE MEANS ADDED RUNOFF.

IT MEANS ADDED COST.

SO, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.

AND DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN, TO, TO PROTECT OUR SMALL TOWN WAY OF LIFE.

AND I THINK WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS BECAUSE WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REASON TO NOT TELL US HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, MAYOR.

NEXT JANE STEPHENS.

JANE STEPHENS 2243, BEACHCOMBER TRAIL, ATLANTIC BEACH.

GOOD EVENING, LOSS OF COMMISSIONER RING.

AS THE REP FOR THE ART COMMITTEE DOES NOT HELP OUR COMMITTEE COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMISSION.

AT LEAST TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR, COMMISSIONER RING HAS OFFERED A TIMELY OPINION TO THIS COMMISSION, AT LEAST IN PART INFORMED BY HER QUIET,

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I AM GRATEFUL THAT SHE HAS BEEN HERE TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE RECREATION COMMITTEE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE ISSUE IS BEING DISCUSSED IN CHAMBERS AND NOT TWO WEEKS LATER OR THREE WEEKS LATER.

SOME OF THIS COMMUNICATION COULD BE DONE BY ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, AND I AGREE THAT A SCHEDULED PRESENTATION WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL METHOD OF ENHANCING THE COMMUNICATION, BUT IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ON THE SPOT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONER RING AT THE VERY MOMENT IN ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED AT THESE MEETINGS.

MANY OF THE ITEMS HAVE A LONG FLOW TO THEM AND BY FOLLOWING MONTH AFTER MONTH.

SOMEONE CAN OFFER A VALUABLE, INFORMED INSIGHT MORE SO THAN SOMEONE WHO IS JUST HEARING ABOUT THE ISSUE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER RING HAS A LOT ON HER PLATE AND ON OUR COMMITTEE.

WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT SHE WILL SPEND TWO HOURS WITH US EACH MONTH.

BUT THE SAME THINGS THAT MAKE HER BUSY HAVING THREE CHILDREN LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE WITH A HOUSE TO MANAGE, BEING A FULL TIME TEACHER, HAVING A SPOUSE WHO HAS AN EMERGENCY RESPONDER SO HAS WEIRD WATCHES.

ALL OF THOSE MAKE HER OCCASIONAL COMMENTS VERY VALUABLE TO THE ARTS AND REC COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE HAS SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

AS LONG AS SHE IS WILLING TO SPEND THE TIME WITH US, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HER AND WE WOULD LIKE HER TO RETURN.

SURE SHE COULD STILL ATTEND WITHOUT BEING OUR REP.

BUT IF EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT, NOTHING IS IMPORTANT.

SHE HAS MANY DEMANDS ON HER TIME, AND WE CHEERFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIMES SHE CAN'T MAKE OUR MEETING.

BUT HAVING HER THERE AS OUR DESIGNATED LIAISON WHEN SHE CAN BE THERE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMITTEE.

I DEFINITELY FEEL MORE AT EASE APPROACHING HER THAN I WOULD A COMMISSIONER WHO I DON'T NORMALLY INTERACT WITH, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN SHE HAS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON.

WHATEVER THE REASON WAS FOR TAKING THE REPRESENTATION AWAY FROM THE COMMITTEE, IT HAS LEFT A SHORTFALL.

PLEASE REASSIGN COMMISSIONER RING TO OUR COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STEVENS.

STEPHEN FOURACRE.

THANK YOU, STEVE FOR ACRE 387 SIXTH STREET, ATLANTIC BEACH AND BEING A PROUD GRADUATE OF ATLANTIC BEACH SCHOOL.

IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY.

AND AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BEING A MAYOR DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO EVERYTHING.

IT HAS LIMITED POWER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO, GO BACK TO THE LAST MEETING WHEN THE CURRENT MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, AND BE AWARE THAT EACH COMMISSIONER HAS A VOTE AND THE MAYOR IS JUST ONE OF THOSE VOTES HE CAN SIGN, EXCUSE ME, PROCLAMATIONS IF YOU'LL JUST ADDRESS. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LAST MEETING MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CURRENT MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FORD, HAD AN OUTBURST WHERE HE ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID, I'M BANNING ALL LIAISON.

THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

AND, BY ORDINANCE OR BY CHARTER, NOW, OF COURSE, THE ATTORNEY WILL SAY, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS GO BEYOND YOUR AUTHORITY.

AND I WANT THESE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO ENGAGE AND REACT WHEN AUTHORITY IS ABUSED AND NOT FOLLOWED, IN OUR MEETINGS AND IN OUR, CITY GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

HEATHER MARKAJ.

HELLO? SLIDE MY WAY UP HERE.

HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, I'M HEATHER MARKAJ.

I'M GOING TO SWITCH SUBJECTS A LITTLE BIT HERE.

BECAUSE I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD, ESC, THANK YOU.

TO DISCUSS CHAPTER 23, I KNOW AMANDA WAS KIND OF TOUCHING ON A FEW OF THOSE THINGS.

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SO WE WERE COMING UP WITH A FEW THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT COULD, USE SOME REVISION, AND I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER THOSE AS WELL.

WITH WE HAD FOUR OF THEM ACTUALLY, THAT WERE KIND OF GOING OVER.

ONE WAS WITH THE SC MEMBERSHIP TERMS, WE WERE WANTING TO CONSIDER REMOVING THE INAUGURAL MEMBERSHIP LANGUAGE THAT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE A TREE FUND USE THAT WE WERE HOPING TO, DEVELOP WHERE WE COULD WORK, TO BRING IN DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OTHER AREAS THAT WE COULD USE TO ASSIST US IN MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. SORRY.

WE ALSO HAVE A TREE PLANTING PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE WANTING TO REMOVE WORDING IN SECTION LIKE 23E2, WHICH WOULD, WHICH IS DICTATING WHERE TREES CAN BE PLANTED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S MAINLY IN THE FRONT OF YARDS OR IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT TO WHERE TREES CAN BE PLANTED IN THE BACKYARDS OR ANYWHERE ON THE PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULD INCREASE, YOU KNOW, THE SHADE COVERAGE AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE LAST ONE, TREE ROOT PROTECTION ZONES.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE ABOUT AMENDING SECTION 23, A TWO TO ESTABLISH A ROOT PROTECTION ZONE BY ERECTING AND MAINTAINING A DURABLE AND CLEARLY STAKED BARRICADE AT A SET PERIMETER FROM THE TREE BASE.

THE EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE LIKE TREES GREATER THAN 14IN.

AT BREAST HEIGHT IN DIAMETER, THE MINIMUM DISTANCE WOULD BE 1.5FT OF RADIUS PER ONE INCH OF THE DIAMETER.

FOR TREES UNDER 14IN WOULD BE A ONE FOOT RADIUS PER INCH OF DIAMETER TREE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT FROM, LIKE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

ANY DIGGING, ANY CHEMICALS, THINGS LIKE THAT HELP PROTECT THAT ROOT STRUCTURE SO WE CAN PROTECT THE TREES.

AND THAT IS.

IT. SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU HEATHER.

YEAH. SUZANNE BARKER.

GOOD EVENING.

THERE WE GO. A LOT DIFFERENT FROM SATURDAY.

MAYOR FORD, COMMISSIONERS, GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY.

AND NOW THE WEATHER IS A LOT NICER THAN IT WAS SATURDAY, FOR SURE.

I JUST, DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY, AT THE TOWN HALL.

HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF, AMANDA ASKEW.

WE HAVE SUCH A TREASURE IN HER AND THAT, WHAT HER DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

AND I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE'S SUGGESTING, THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE A SMALLER, HOMES, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE AND THAT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE ECONOMICAL FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

AND ALSO I, I LIKED VERY MUCH WHAT JOAN HORNE HAD TO SAY WHEN SHE MENTIONED THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON BEFORE.

AND I HAD BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES THAT WERE LOSING AND A LOT OF LAND AS WELL.

AND, I ON THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION, AND HAVING COMMISSIONERS ON THERE, JUST LIKE TO ADD A NOTE, I DID GO BACK AND I SAW WHEN, IT WAS INITIALLY FORMED IN 2017 AND THAT WAS UNDER, MAYOR GLASSER'S FIRST TERM, AND SHE HAD A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY FELT ABOUT BEING ON CERTAIN COMMITTEES, AND THEY ALL AGREED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

SO BECAUSE THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT BY COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COULD BE BROUGHT UP AND AND THE COMMISSIONERS COULD DISCUSS IT AND DECIDE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO KEEP COMMISSIONERS, LIAISONS OR NOT? DO WE JUST NEED TO TWEAK IT? DO WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BUT AS, SARAH HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HELP THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING AND THE SC HAS BEEN JUST SO IMPORTANT TO THEM AND IT HELPS THEM HAVE SOME READ ON

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AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT AT LEAST THEY THEY GET AN OPINION BEFORE THEY DO THAT.

AND SO, JUST MAYBE IT COULD BE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED, AS AN ITEM AND THE COMMISSION COULD VOTE ON IT.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM TWO COMMITTEES, NOW THAT THEY REALLY LIKE THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY'VE HAD.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS BARKER.

LENNY JEVIC.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

CITY MANAGER.

HERE FOR TODAY.

MY NAME IS LENNY JEVIC, 239 SEMINOLE ROAD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING A VISION OF THE FUTURE BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT 100 WEST FIRST STREET.

WELL DONE TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR NEGOTIATING A $200,000 REDUCTION FROM THE ASKING PRICE.

AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS RARELY COMES AROUND.

HOW COULD ANYONE ARGUE WITH THE PROSPECT OF EXPANDING OUR PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS? MY IDEA IS TO HAVE A PROPERTY USED AS A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER TO INCLUDE A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE MARSH OAKS COMMUNITY.

THE GAYLE BAKER CENTER IS TOO FAR AWAY FOR THE YOUNG ELEMENTARY CHILDREN TO WALK, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF SAFE SIDEWALKS TO TRAVEL UPON.

HAVING A COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH OFFERS AFTER SCHOOL HELP AND TUTORING WILL AID THE AREA.

CHILDREN BECOME BETTER STUDENTS GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, ALL WITH A CLOSER, ACCESSIBLE LOCATION.

ANOTHER IDEA IS TO HAVE AN OFFICE FOR A VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, A PLACE WHERE LOCAL VETERANS CAN FIND A NECESSARY RESOURCES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND OBTAIN THE HELP ACCESSING THEM WITHOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DOWNTOWN.

VETERANS RARELY ASK FOR HELP, BUT IF THERE WAS A PLACE LIKE THIS AVAILABLE, THEY COULD COME IN, GET SOME HELP, AND PERHAPS WE COULD HELP SAVE SOME LIVES.

HE COULD ALSO BE USED AS A SENIOR CENTER FOR OUR ELDERLY.

CITIZENS HAVE CLASSES ACTIVITIES.

NOT ALL OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS CAN GET OVER TO NEPTUNE BEACH.

THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS.

ALL IT TAKES IS A VISION FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MR. JEVIC.

THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE, MAYOR.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? BRINKLEY. HARRELL. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.

STAFF, I'M BRINKLEY HARRELL, 266TH STREET.

I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.

AS I SPOKE AT THAT MEETING AND I PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A, A BIT OF A CONSENSUS.

LATER ON, WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS WERE HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT DIRECTING THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH THREE OPTIONS FOR THE AHERN STREET PROPERTY THAT'S NOT CONTAINED AND THAT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO THE MINUTES THAT I READ, EARLIER TODAY.

SO I THINK THE MINUTES NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, BECAUSE IF NO ONE IS REALIZING THAT THE CITY STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO COME UP WITH TO TO GET THE CMT CONSULTANTS TO COME UP WITH THREE OPTIONS, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT CLOSELY.

SO THAT'S THAT FOR THOSE FOR THOSE, MINUTE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF JANUARY 8TH.

SO, REGARDING THE, THE COMMITTEE LIAISONS, I'M ON ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.

THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, ENSHRINED IN THE CHARTER.

I THINK MOST MANY OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES ARE DEEMED TO BE THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEES, WHERE THE MAYOR DOES GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE THINGS.

AND ALL THOSE COMMITTEES STILL HAVE A STAFF LIAISON.

THE STAFF COMMITTEE THAT I'M ON HAS KEVIN HOGENCAMP, YOU KNOW, AS AS OUR STAFF LIAISON THAT THE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS MADE TO ASKEW AS THEIR STAFF LIAISON.

YOU KNOW, SO HAVING A COMMITTEE MEMBER OR, I'M SORRY, A COMMISSIONER TIED TO EACH AND EVERY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERKILL.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY BEGAN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND SOMEBODY, BY ALL MEANS FACT CHECKED ME ON THIS.

THE COMMITTEE, I'M SORRY, THE COMMISSIONER LIAISON TO COMMITTEES ONLY BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2017.

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IT'S NOT ENSHRINED IN THE CHARTER.

IT'S NOT ENSHRINED IN CODE OR ORDINANCE.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO DO.

SO THEY DID IT. OKAY.

SO IT'S A NEW ADMINISTRATION.

YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN BE THINGS CAN BE CHANGED.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN ON THE STOP COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, I HAVEN'T SEEN REALLY MUCH, COMMISSIONER INTERACTION AT OUR PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, BUT OF COURSE, BUT ALSO WITH THE NEW CITY MANAGER, HE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THEM.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUR, OUR, OUR GREATEST MILEAGE FROM IS BY HAVING A STAFF MEMBER THERE RATHER THAN A COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THE STAFF MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGER, THEY'RE DEALING WITH THESE THINGS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS RATHER THAN, THE LIMITED INVOLVEMENT IN THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE. YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME IS MOSTLY SPENT, PREPARING BUDGETARY THINGS OR BEING AT THESE MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A BAD THING AT ALL TO, TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS HAVE LOST THEIR, ABILITIES, SO TO SPEAK, BY RARELY COMING BEFORE YOU AND TELLING YOU WHAT THEIR COMMITTEES ARE DOING.

WELL, NOW IT'S CHANGED BACK TO THE THE PREVIOUS WAY.

AND THOSE, COMMITTEE CHAIRS MAY BE COMING TO YOU ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS, PERHAPS QUARTERLY, OR MAYBE EVEN MORE OFTEN IF THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO BRING BEFORE YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATING THE COMMISSIONER LIAISONS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE TESTED OUT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

IT CERTAINLY WORKED FOR A LONG TIME PRETTY WELL PRIOR TO 2017.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. HARRELL.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES. PLEASE COME UP.

AMY ROSE.

AMY, THIS IS TWICE IN ONE WEEK.

I'M SORRY.

I'LL BACK OFF. I HONESTLY JUST CAME TO SIT.

PAY ATTENTION. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT.

BUT OF COURSE, AFTER WHAT MR. JEVIC SAID, I HAVE TO.

EVERYTHING HE SAID IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I'M 100% BEHIND WHATEVER THE PLANS ARE FOR THAT BUILDING FOR THE VETERANS.

MY FACEBOOK GROUP, WHICH IS ATLANTIC BEACH COMM, IF ANYONE WANTS, AT WHICH POINTS TO THE FACEBOOK GROUP IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP PARTICIPATE IN IDEAS AND GETTING THAT BUILDING GOING FOR WHATEVER THE USE, ESPECIALLY FOR VETERANS.

I'M ALL FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU, MR. JEVIC, FOR SAYING THAT AGAIN.

WHICH I ALREADY EMAILED YOU ALL OR MOST OF YOU TO EXPRESS MY OPINION ABOUT THAT.

I'M ONLY ONE PERSON, AS USUAL, AND GETTING EVEN A GROUP OF 7 OR 8 PEOPLE TOGETHER TO, BE IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING IN THIS TOWN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I DO SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE CITIZENS GETTING INVOLVED, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS BECAUSE I WAS AT THE TOWN HALL YESTERDAY, AND I APPARENTLY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE JANUARY 8TH, COMMISSION MEETING, THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THE LIAISONS TO THE COMMITTEES AND THIS BIG DEBACLE, AND NO ONE WILL TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT MEETING IT WAS IN, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I REALLY CARE, BECAUSE I SEE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ABOUT THIS, IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT OR IF THEY LIKED IT OR WHATEVER. AND I'M ASSUMING ALL OF YOU ARE FINE WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I'M NOT ALWAYS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR FOR SURE, AS I HAVE SAID PUBLICLY, BUT I DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND AND JUST LIKE A PREVIOUS, CITIZEN HAD SAID THAT THIS IS ONLY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY A FORMER MAYOR IN 2018.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS ANYTHING FORMAL AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS THAT WAS FORMALIZED.

AND, I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS EITHER POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOT COMPLAINED ABOUT IT.

THE CITIZENS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT FOR WHAT? WE HAVE COMMITTEE CHAIR PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPECTED, KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO I BELIEVE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, OR WE PAY MONEY BY THE CITY TO RECORD ALL THESE MEETINGS.

SO YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE A LOT TO DO FOR A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, YOU ALL SHOULD SEE LATER SOMETIME THIS YEAR,

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BUT MY POINT, I GUESS, IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS AT ALL.

THERE'S A LOT OF BIGGER PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH IN ATLANTIC BEACH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, LIKE I SAID, IT'S POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

IF THE COMMISSION IS FINE WITH IT, JUST LET IT GO.

LET THESE COMMITTEE PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB AND THE COMMISSION CAN DROP IN WHENEVER THEY WANT.

SO, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ROSE.

ANYONE ELSE? WE'VE GOT ALMOST EVERYBODY.

OKAY. HEARING NONE.

I'LL CLOSE, COURTESY OF THE FLOOR.

[3. CITY MANAGER REPORTS]

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE 90 DAY CALENDAR.

THE ONLY HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, AT 530, WE'LL HAVE THE PRIORITY SETTING MEETING.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THE 90 DAY CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 90 DAY CALENDAR AS PRESENTED, AS AMENDED? OKAY. MOVED AND SECONDED.

SECOND. I SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, I CAN'T.

YEAH. OKAY, GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DORR STREET UPDATE.

SO, PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE, TERMINATED THE CONTRACT BECAUSE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE TWO ANALYSIS CAME UP WITH SOME CONTAMINATION. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, SELLER OF THE PROPERTY TO SEE IF THERE'S A AN OPTION THAT ALLOWS US TO PROCEED.

UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES, LARGELY, WE WERE DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY UNTIL LAST THURSDAY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SELLER.

THERE, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH HE'S HIRED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST WHO DID OUR PHASE TWO.

THEY'VE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.

THE CONTAMINATION IS LOCALIZED ON TWO SMALL LOCATIONS, AND IT APPEARS TO BE ON THE SURFACE.

SO THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN CLEAN THE SITE QUICKLY AND RELATIVELY CHEAPLY AND THEN HAVE IT CERTIFIED.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'LL BRING THAT BEFORE THE COMMISSION, AND THEN THE COMMISSION CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE DORR STREET PROPERTY.

ON THE 100 WEST FIRST STREET, PROPERTY WE HAVE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAS BEEN DONE IN THE SENSE OF THEY'VE GONE TO THE SITE AND DONE IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE REPORT YET.

OUR BUILDING INSPECTION HAS TAKEN PLACE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE REPORT ON THAT YET.

AND THE TWO APPRAISERS ARE UNDERWAY.

SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL FOUR OF THOSE, PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THERE DID COME UP A FLAW IN THE TITLE.

AND SO THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY FROM BEHIND THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING TO THE FENCE ISN'T LISTED IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL SALE.

SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE, PRIOR SELLER TO GET THE A QUITCLAIM DEED TO CLEAR THE TITLE.

AS, THINGS GO, THE PRIOR SELLER HAS PASSED AWAY, SO NOW THEY'RE LOCATING HEIRS AND, TRYING TO DO THAT.

SO IN SOME WAYS, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE 120 DAYS MAY NOT BE MEANINGFUL TO US, BUT THEY MIGHT BE MEANINGFUL TO THE SELLER.

SO THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.

AND THEN ZERO MAYPORT, THAT PROPERTY WENT OUT FOR RFP.

WE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER.

THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY THE ONE BIDDER.

HE'S PUT FORTH A MINIMAL BID OF A $10,000.

THE PROPERTY IS APPRAISED AT ROUGHLY A 11 FIVE, I THINK.

MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. GIVEN SOME CHANGE.

THE FAIR VALUE ON IT IS 67,000.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS, DO WE WANT TO JUST ACCEPT THE 10,000, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO FORTH AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE A DIFFERENT PRICE? YES, COMMISSIONER.

SO WE OFFERED IT TO THE PARK AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.

IT'S SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY THE BY ONE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO IT'S NOT A BUDDING PARK AT ALL.

IT ONLY ABUTS ONE PROPERTY.

AND WHICH PROPERTY OWNERS IS? IT'S, THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THERE'S ALSO THE OWNER OF 18 SOMETHING MAYPORT ROAD.

LIKE. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

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SO I'M NOT INCLINED INCLINED TO CUT HIM A BREAK BECAUSE HE HASN'T DONE RIGHT BY US.

SO IF I MAY ASK A QUESTION, BECAUSE I'M NOT CLEAR.

YOU STARTED WITH THE VALUE OF 11,000.

SOMEWHAT. IS THAT ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS? SO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE ASSESSED VALUE IS 11.5 AND SOME CHANGE.

THE, JUST VALUE IS 67,000.

SOME CHANGE. I.

I'M SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO OFFER IT AT LESS THAN THAT VALUE.

ALTHOUGH IF AN OFFER CAME IN CLOSE TO THAT VALUE AND YOU PRESENTED IT BACK TO COMMISSION, I WOULD LISTEN TO THAT.

BUT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN SELLING IT FOR 11.

THAT'S JUST ME, COMMISSIONERS.

I WOULD AGREE AT LEAST 11-5.

BUT I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT THE FINES.

THE BACK FINES? IN THIS PARTICULAR PERSON WHO'S INTERESTED.

THE PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS OFF OF MAYPORT IS INCREDIBLY BLIGHTED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES.

THANK YOU. HE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING IT AS THE FOOD TRUCK LOT AND TRYING TO IMPROVE IT, AND HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH, AND I, I I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME LEVERAGE TO, TO EITHER BRING THOSE BUILDINGS UP TO CODE OR TO RELEASE THE PROPERTY TO SOMEONE WHO WILL.

SO, MR. KILLINGSWORTH, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THAT WE O OWN THE ZERO MAYPORT, IT'S SURROUNDED COMPLETELY BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER AND THAT HANNAH PARK.

HE WOULDN'T COULDN'T EVEN UTILIZE IT.

IF THEY DID OWN THAT ONE PORTION, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY WALKABILITY FROM ONE PORTION TO THE NEXT.

THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'D HAVE TO TRAVERSE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO GET TO IT.

SO I DON'T MEAN TO CHALLENGE THAT, BUT I I'M TRYING TO GET A VISUAL.

OBVIOUSLY. MR. KLOTZ WOULD BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST, TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

BUT I THOUGHT TO THE EAST WAS SHERRY DRIVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE, PROPERTY APPRAISER MAPS, FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, HE OWNS THE SLIVER TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL.

OKAY. AND, SO THIS PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE LANDLOCKED.

OKAY. I HAVEN'T HAD IT SURVEYED.

I'M GOING OFF OF, THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE PARCEL MAP, BUT, IT APPEARS TO BE LANDLOCKED.

SO, COMMISSIONERS, WHAT DIRECTION WOULD WE LIKE TO GIVE CITY MANAGER? FIRST, FIND OUT HOW MANY, HOW MUCH HE OWES AND FINES AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO THAT. ATTACK THAT RIGHT ON THE PRICE.

AND DEFINITELY WE'RE NOT GOING BELOW 11 FIVE I MEAN THAT WOULD BE MY VOTE, MY ONE VOTE.

OKAY. I THINK I'VE HEARD WHAT I NEED TO HEAR.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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

LET'S GO AHEAD AND START AT THIS END.

COMMISSIONER RING.

YES. JUST WHEN, HEATHER MARKAJ, PRESENTED FOR SC CHAPTER 23.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT PORTION IN THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

SO I HAVE A WRITE UP OF EVERYTHING.

I WAS TRYING TO WRITE DOWN, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER IN THAT.

SO HAVING THAT WRITE UP WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDY.

I'M NOT SURE WHY SHE WAS ASKED TO DO IT AT PUBLIC COMMENT INSTEAD OF AS A COMMITTEE REPORT, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST JOTTED DOWN.

ADDING A GOAL, FOR THE MARSH SIDE.

AND IT'S RENOURISHMENT AND IT'S PROTECTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE TOWN HALL IN AN ELOQUENT AND PASSIONATE WAY, BY JOAN HORN.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT, PETITION THAT SHE CREATED, AND PRESSING THAT ISSUE, AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, ALSO, SC IS HOPING TO KIND OF PARTNER WITH HER AND IN THAT REGARDS, AMANDA'S ALSO LOOKING INTO THAT.

SO I APPRECIATED THAT 100 WEST FIRST STREET, I SEE IT AS I ENVISION IT, NOT ABOUT PUTTING THE, FORCE OR THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT REALLY ABOUT ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF WHAT HOW WE CAN BETTER OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION.

[00:45:01]

THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.

IT'S NOT ABOUT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

IT'S ABOUT ENVISIONING THE FUTURE AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY COULD BE BETTER.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I JUST SEE US NOT WANTING TO MISS.

OH, ALSO ABOUT THE LIAISON.

I REALLY APPRECIATE JANE.

STEVENS BRINGING TO THE ATTENTION.

HER APPRECIATION FOR ME BEING AS A LIAISON ON THAT COMMITTEE.

I APPRECIATED MY TIME AND MY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IN ARC.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.

I THINK ALL OF US AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE A, A ROLE AND A DUTY TO MAKE SURE WE BRIDGE THIS GAP BETWEEN THE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMISSION.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN THROUGH ONE ASSIGNED LIAISON ROLE.

I WOULD SAY THAT EACH OF US SHOULD STAY IN THE KNOW ABOUT EVERY COMMITTEE AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EACH COMMITTEE, AND THAT WE EACH HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE BUILD ON EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES.

SO ARC IS VERY INVOLVED WITH, THE COMMISSION BEING NOT JUST THROUGH ME, BUT YOU HAVE THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND SC IS HAS HEAVILY INTERMINGLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY STAFF AND THE COMMISSION.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT AS A LIAISON ROLE DESIGNATION.

SO THAT'S JUST MY LITTLE PIECE ABOUT THAT.

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY THINK I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LIAISON ROLE, BUT I DID, SINCE JANE HAD THAT BEAUTIFUL, COMMENT ON ME IN THE BEGINNING.

I DID WANT TO JUST SAY THAT ONE THING, THOUGH, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER BOLE. YEAH, I GOT A LITTLE LIST.

NUMBER ONE, CITY MANAGERS HEARD ABOUT THIS LIABILITY FOR THE CITY.

I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH.

BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN.

BUT EVEN IF IT'S A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT THEY, IN FACT, HAVE INSURANCE INDEMNIFIED THE CITY.

MY GOAL IS TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE SPLASH PAD.

I THINK THAT'S A GOAL.

AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, I THINK.

I THINK YOU GUYS AGREE.

I'M AVAILABLE.

LIKE I SAID, I DID SOME HOMEWORK ON THIS.

I KNOW HOW THREE OTHER CITIES HANDLE IT, BUT IT'S A HOLE IN OUR OUR PROTECTION IN MY OPINION.

I'M GOING TO ANSWER A COUPLE COMMENTS THAT ABOUT CITY, COMMISSION LIAISONS.

I GUESS WHAT I DID IS I TOOK A KIND OF MYOPIC VIEW.

WHAT DO I DO? RIGHT.

WELL, I DO, BEACHES, TOWN CENTER AGENCY.

AND IT WAS ALSO THE PENSION BOARD GUY FOR THREE YEARS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO ME? I'M DOING THE SAME THING I'VE ALWAYS DONE.

OKAY. I'M INVOLVING WITH THE BEACHES TOWN CENTER AGENCY.

AND GUESS WHAT? I NOW THAT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PENSION BOARD, DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO SIT IN SIT IN THE ROOM.

BUT I'M WATCHING THE PENSION BOARD.

AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ON THE POLICE PENSION BOARD, FOR INSTANCE.

I'LL PROBABLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE THAT'S AN AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT I'VE BUILT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO I'LL BE REAL CLEAR.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ACCUSED ME OF NOT TELLING YOU WHERE I STAND.

THAT'S WHERE I STAND.

I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING, OKAY? AND HOPEFULLY BRING SOME THINGS BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO BEACHES TOWN CENTER AGENCY.

AND TRUST ME, YOU COULD TAKE YOU COULD TAKE AN HOUR'S WORTH OF NOTES IN HERE.

BUT THE IMPORTANT STUFF THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW, HEY, I'M THAT GUY.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE I LIKE I SAID, MAYBE I HAD A SMALLER TUBE VIEW WHEN I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHAT I DID, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

ONE IDEA I HAD AS I LISTENED, YOU KNOW, TO THE WHOLE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING DOOR STREET.

HEY, LIFEGUARD STAND WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT.

WELL, HEY, HOW ABOUT, SO, MISTER CITY MANAGER WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT EVERY MEETING, THAT WE JUST GO DOWN A ROLL CALL, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE AT ON THESE? OKAY.

AND MY LINE OF WORK, WE HAVE A CHECKLIST RIGHT? AND YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE PUT IT UP.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO PUT ANYTHING OVER 100,000 OR 200,000 OR BRING US A RECOMMENDATION AND WE JUST GO, HEY, WE'RE DOING THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.

WE'RE WAITING FOR A GRANT.

WE'RE HERE ON THE PLANNING PROCESS.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST, BIT OF DIRT IS BEING MOVED ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE I THINK SOME GOOD POINTS WERE MADE.

WE NEED TO HEAR WHERE THOSE ARE AT.

AND A COUPLE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ARE PROBABLY MY FAULT THAT I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THEM UP.

YOU KNOW, SOME MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE VOTED ON IN THE THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST HEAR A QUICK, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN DEPTH, BUT IT HAS TO GO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT TO WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, REAL TIME.

SO I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

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SO I HAVE STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND, AND THEN IN THE MIDST OF THAT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE 101ST STREET. SO IN IN OUR CITY, YOU'RE GOOD UP TO AGE 15 OR 16 WITH, WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

AND THEN IF YOU ARE INTO BINGO AND A COFFEE HOUR, YOU CAN GO TO THE SENIORS, MEETING.

BUT THERE'S REALLY ONLY SIX PEOPLE WHO GO THERE REGULARLY.

AND SO WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM TO BETTER FIT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WHO ARE LIFELONG LEARNERS AND ACTIVE PEOPLE, THAT 101ST IS A DREAM COME TRUE, THAT WE CAN DETERMINE ITS FUNCTION AND THEN MOLD THAT BUILDING TO BE WHAT WE WANT, BECAUSE THERE ARE 14 ROOMS IN THERE THAT WE CAN KNOCK DOWN WALLS, YOU KNOW, PER THE BUILDING MANAGER, BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOCK DOWN WALLS TO MAKE IT A SUIT, THE KIND OF THINGS WE WANT IT TO BE FOR US.

AND SO, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, AND WE WILL BE ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THAT BUILDING? AND I'M PERSONALLY NOT REAL NECESSARILY SOLD ON ON A LARGE VETERAN, PRESENCE IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S IN BETWEEN A LEGION AND THE FLEET RESERVE AND DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE VFW AND ANOTHER FLEET, AMERICAN LEGION.

SO, I CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN, IN PROVIDING AN OFFICE SPACE IN THERE IF THAT WAS NEEDED, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REST OF THE STORY FOR THAT.

SO IN REGARD TO THE LIAISONS, I WAS PRETTY TAKEN ABACK, THAT, WE WERE, SUMMARILY DISMISSED FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY BY ONE PERSON WHEN FIVE OF US SAT TOGETHER AND MADE THAT.

SO, THAT WITHOUT WITHOUT A CONVERSATION, THAT, THAT IT WAS SUMMARILY DISMISSED.

AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD, ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT OUT LOUD.

BESIDES JUST, UNILATERALLY DISMISSING IT.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMITTEES TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSION.

AND I DO THINK IT WE OWE THE OUR COMMITTEES, THE COURTESY OF, GIVING THEM THE RIGHT KIND OF GUIDANCE SO THAT WHAT THEY CAN PRODUCE IS, APPLICABLE AND, AND HAS A LIKELIHOOD OF BEING SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO, AT THE RISK OF GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR MENTIONING ESC, WE DID HAVE A TREE GIVEAWAY THIS WEEKEND FOR TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY.

ARBOR DAY IN FLORIDA IS WAY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PLAN OUR TREES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO WE GAVE AWAY SOME TREES.

WE HAD THE KIDS COME OVER FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAD A LITTLE CEREMONY AT THE FLAGPOLE.

AND SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BOLE SAID ABOUT, REALLY ADDRESSING THE LIABILITY AND THE INSURANCE.

AND I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY ASK THAT WE PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA WITH AT LEAST A SHORT REPORT, AND START REALLY GETTING INTO THAT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE WE OPEN THE SPLASH PAD. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT, AS COMMISSIONER RING DID, OUR CITIZEN JOAN, WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY? WAS IT TWO DAYS AGO? REGARDING THE MARSH FRONT, BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN A, A FOCUS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS.

AND HECK, WE'VE GOT A CHAMPION OVER THERE THAT'S WILLING TO RUN WITH IT.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT DISCUSSING THAT WHEN WE DO PRIORITY SESSION, PRIORITY SETTING ON THE 5TH OF FEBRUARY.

SO, WE SHOULD MAKE SOME HEADWAY THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE ISSUE OF, REPORTING FROM COMMITTEES AND SO ON, COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I HEARD I AS I MENTIONED ON SATURDAY, I MET WITH OUR NEW, CHAIR, SARAH, AND SPOKE WITH HER LAST WEEK ABOUT COMMUNICATION OR LACK OF IT AT TIMES, SILOS, DIFFICULTY GETTING ON THE AGENDA WITH, THE COMMISSION AND SO ON.

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BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.

SO, MORE TO COME ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

AND SO LET'S SEE, BILL, YOU'RE ALL SET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT A, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-04, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF

[8.A. RESOLUTION NO. 24-04]

MR. KILLINGSWORTH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO THIS COMMISSION GRANTED, FUNDING AND APPROVED CONTRACT FOR US TO SINK A NEW WELL WATER TREATMENT PLANT THREE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS MORE SPACE THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.

WHERE THE WELLS GOING TO BE SUNK.

SO THE SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH HAS GRANTED US OR IS WILLING TO GRANT US A TEMPORARY EASEMENT TO, STAGE OUR EQUIPMENT AND DRILL THE WELL, IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S 120 DAYS IN WHICH THEY'LL GRANT THAT.

AND I WOULD JUST SEEK THIS COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2404.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH I.

I OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. MR. KILLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE, WE NOW ARE READY FOR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT TODAY, SIR.

OKAY. CITY CLERK DONNA.

NEITHER DO I, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE GET TO GO BACK AROUND AND GET CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS.

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

I'VE SAID MY PIECE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER BOLE.

YEAH. I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

THAT MY DISTRICT AND JESSICA'S ARE ON THE PART OF IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MAYPORT.

I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT DOLLAR SPENT, DOLLAR SPENT ON THE MARSH SIDE, OKAY, WE HAVE DONE MORE ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD THAN WE'VE DONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MAYPORT, BECAUSE MY MY DISTRICT GOES ON BOTH SIDES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES FROM LAST YEAR, THAT FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE CAN TIE IT BACK TO ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES AS WE GO FORWARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PLACE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? AS MAYOR GLASSER SAID, YOU KNOW, THE FEDS ARE OUT HERE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON BEACH RENOURISHMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE I THINK WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVER THERE.

THAT'S IT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER RING.

I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.

OH, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT BOLE JUST SHARED ABOUT PRIORITIES AND AND KEEPING 1312 AND IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT PRIORITY SETTING FOR 2024, WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

MR. KILLINGSWORTH.

AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAVE, SCHEDULED THE CHAIR OF THE STOCK COMMITTEE TO COME.

THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN, ACTUALLY AGREEING ON THREE POLICIES THE OTHER NIGHT.

AND SO THEY'RE AT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE COMMITTEES GOING THROUGH, OCTOBER OF 2025.

WE HAVE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEES THAT THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY THERE, DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY GET AT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SO GOING FORWARD AT LEAST, EVERY COMMISSION MEETING, YOU WILL HAVE A CHAIR COME PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.