[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] THIS COMMISSION PRIORITY SETTING MEETING DATED MONDAY, MAY 12TH, 2025 WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. WELCOME TO SEVERAL CITIZENS FOR BEING HERE. ONE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO CARDS. MAYOR. OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. [4. OVERVIEW OF NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS, SMART FRAMEWORK FOR GOAL SETTING AND URGENT/IMPORTANT MATRIX (LINDA LANIER, FACILITATOR)] OVERVIEW OF NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS. SMART FRAMEWORK FOR GOAL SETTING AND URGENT AND IMPORTANT MATRIX. FACILITATED BY LINDA LANIER, I THINK. LINDA, I CAN'T. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING IT YET AGAIN. AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE APPRECIATE YOU. SO, KEVIN AND I FIGURED OUT THAT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS 2018. SO THIS IS NUMBER EIGHT. OKAY. OF THE CITY BEING REALLY YOU COMMISSIONERS BEING REALLY DISCIPLINED ABOUT WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE. SO, I THINK THAT'S ADMIRABLE. AND EVERY YEAR I'VE JUST BEEN IMPRESSED THAT THE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED, AND THEY'RE KEPT AT YOUR SEATS. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN ADMIRABLE THING. SO WE IDEALLY, WE COULD WRAP THIS UP IN TIME FOR THE COMMISSION MEETING TO START ON TIME. AND SO, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I'M GOING TO CUT THE INTRO SHORT. FOUR OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE INTRO MULTIPLE TIMES, I THINK. COMMISSIONER KELLY YOU COULD STAND UP AND GIVE THE INTRO BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IT THE MOST TIMES, BUT COMMISSIONER GRANT, YOU HAVE NOT. SO JUST IF SOMETHING'S NOT MAKING SENSE, JUST PLEASE SAY SO. BUT I THINK IT'S A LOGICAL PROCESS. SO JUST TO JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'RE ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES. PRIORITY IS A TOPIC THAT WILL RECEIVE PARTICULAR, UNUSUAL AND SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION DURING THIS NEXT YEAR. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ESTABLISH A BALANCED BUDGET. YOU DO THAT EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. THAT'S NOT A PRIORITY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DEFINE TODAY HOPEFULLY BECAUSE YOU SHOULD DO THAT AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO POP OUT FOR YOU. THAT'S GOING TO BE TIMELY. IT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE URGENT. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO THAT WILL BE YOUR PRIORITIES. THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO USE IS CALLED NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS. THE THEME OF NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS IS ALL OF US ARE SMARTER THAN ANY ONE OF US. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS WE'RE MINING YOUR IDEAS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ALL OUT. WE'RE USING THIS TERRIBLY A 1980S STYLE OF NEWSPRINT AND MARKERS, AND I HAVE THEM ALL OVER MY HANDS, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S VERY AUTHENTIC. AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO MINE ALL THESE IDEAS, BUT THEN YOU TOGETHER ARE GOING TO DO THE VOTING WITH YOUR LITTLE DOTS SO THAT YOU, YOU COME UP WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND SO, ALL OF YOU ARE SMARTER TOGETHER THAN ANY ONE OF YOU ARE ALONE. AND THEN WHY DO WE HAVE PRIORITIES FOR TWO REALLY BIG REASONS. ONE OF THEM IS YOU ALL ONLY HAVE SO MANY HOURS YOU CAN SPEND TOGETHER IN YOUR MEETINGS, AND YOU CAN'T DO YOUR WORK OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU'RE LIMITED BY THE SUNSHINE RULES IN FLORIDA. SO YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY HOURS, YOU GOT TO SPEND THEM THE VERY, VERY BEST YOU CAN. AND THEN IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONVEY TO STAFF WHAT IT IS YOU WANT THEM TO DO. AND YOU CONVEY THAT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF YOU, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY DOLLARS. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY STAFF. THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIMITED. IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET. YOU MAY WANT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY DOLLARS AT LEAST I ONLY HAVE SO MANY DOLLARS. AND SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE PRIORITIES. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S REALLY WE MAKE PRIORITIES IN ALL KINDS OF REALMS OF LIFE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TODAY. AND ONE OTHER THING. AND I AM THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT BECAUSE WE MICHAEL AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM ITALY. SO, WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU GO TO ITALY? PIZZA. PIZZA? YEAH. WE DID. BUT CATHEDRALS. AND I'D ALWAYS HEARD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE CATHEDRALS LEARNED ABOUT THEM. BUT HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN MADE IN THE 1500S. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AS I AS I LEARNED, IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT IT JUST TOOK TIME. IT TOOK SOMETIMES A COUPLE CENTURIES TO BUILD THESE CATHEDRALS. [00:05:04] AND SO, YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY BUILDING CATHEDRALS HERE IN ATLANTIC BEACH, BUT SOME OF YOUR PROJECTS ARE CATHEDRAL LIKE, BECAUSE YOU CAN YOU ONLY HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION RIGHT NOW, OR YOU ONLY HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO PUT IN THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LONG VIEW. AND THAT AGAIN IS BACK TO WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRIORITIES. YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT FIRST WE DO THIS, THEN WE DO THAT. SO IT'S TO KEEP YOUR WORK GOING IN A LOGICAL WAY FORWARD. SO WHY DON'T WE START RIGHT IN ON LET'S SEE. YOU ALREADY SAW THESE, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER THEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT THIS WAS THE THESE WERE THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE. AND SO YOU ALREADY HAD A PRESENTATION ON THESE AT A RECENT MEETING, I BELIEVE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME FROM ARTS, RECREATION AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. SO, I PUT THOSE ALL UP FOR YOU. UNLESS YOU SPECIFICALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ON OR YOU NEED TO REVIEW. I WAS REALLY NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE JUST TO SAVE SOME TIME. IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU? YES. ALL RIGHT THEN. SO WE HAVE THIS NICE VISION STATEMENT CAME ABOUT DURING COVID, AS I REMEMBER. [5. RE-CAP OF VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENTS] AND I LOVE THE WAY BILL HAS TAKEN YOUR VISION STATEMENT AND BROKEN IT DOWN INTO FIVE AREAS. SO ALL THE PRIORITIES NOW ARE GROUPED INTO ONE OF THESE FIVE AREAS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE OF THESE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE VOTING IN A LITTLE WHILE. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE IN PAST YEARS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMITTEES. SO THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST AREA THAT RELATES TO THE VISION IS CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AND SAFETY. AND SO, THESE CAME FROM SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU SUBMITTED PRIORITIES, AND THEY ALSO CAME FROM WORK THAT BILL HAS DONE WITH THE STAFF. SO, SO THEY'RE ALL KIND OF COLLECTED TOGETHER. I DON'T HAVE THEM SUSSED OUT. SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHICH ONES CAME FROM WHERE. FIRST ONE IS CONDUCT A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY. SO STOP ME IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY OR YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT. SINCE THAT ONE WAS PRESENTED BY MR. KILLINGSWORTH. YEAH. IS THAT ESTABLISH AN ONGOING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY OR CONDUCT A SIMILAR SURVEY. WELL, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT. YEAH, OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO WRITE THAT DOWN. SO. IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS WHAT I HANDWRITTEN AND I MADE IT, I THINK THE ONE DOWN THE NEWSLETTER. THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK. AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO ME, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT I HAND WROTE. SERVICE SATISFACTION SURVEY. I SUGGESTED GO ON EMAIL LETTERHEAD. SO WHEN YOU SEND OFF THAT, JUST AS I HAVE ONE FROM MY OWN PROFESSIONAL JOB THAT THAT GOES INTO. ANYONE CAN PULL IT OUT AT ANY TIME. YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE WERE THINKING IS THAT IT MIGHT LIKE THIS ON, BUT I'M SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH. HOPEFULLY. IDEALLY, WE WOULD HAVE LIKE A THIRD PARTY DO IT FOR US BECAUSE IT WOULD KEEP SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN US AND THE SURVEY RESULTS. WHAT I WAS THINKING IS THEY WOULD GO RANDOMLY OUT EITHER THROUGH A LINK IN OUR UTILITY BILL. AND THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE TRACKED IS WHAT COMMISSION SEAT THE SURVEY RESPONSE WAS FROM, NOT THE WHO IT WAS FROM, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE COULD GET SOME GEOGRAPHIC DATA, TOO. DOES THE ANSWERS ARE THEY DIFFERENT WEST OF MAYPORT ROAD VERSUS EAST OF MAYPORT ROAD, NORTH ATLANTIC BEACH VERSUS SOUTH ATLANTIC BEACH? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS. BUT BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE FLESHED OUT THAN THAT JUST YET. SO THE PRIORITY IS SOMEHOW SOME WAY THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT WOULD BE BUILT INTO THE CITY SYSTEMS. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT ONE IS, I THINK THIS IS AN ACQUISITION. A NEW PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. I ASSUME THAT'S OUR POLICE. THAT'S OUR POLICE? YES. ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? OKAY. NEW PERMITTING SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES PERMITS, INSPECTIONS AND [00:10:10] PAYMENTS. THAT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE SO THEY CAN TRACK. DID I SAY THAT PROPERLY? SO IT WOULD ALL BE ONLINE. SO EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE INSPECTION WAS DONE ONLINE, THE RESULTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. YOU COULD APPLY ONLINE, PAY ONLINE, SCHEDULE YOUR INSPECTIONS ONLINE. IT WOULD TAKE OUR PERMITTING PROCESS KIND OF TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN TERMS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. PERMITTING SOFTWARE MAYBE. YEAH. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. WE'VE INITIATED A CONTRACT ON THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PROGRAM, WHICH DOES NOT AT THIS POINT INCLUDE A PERMITTING PIECE TO IT. OKAY. I, I MISUNDERSTOOD TO I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING ALREADY GOING, BUT APPARENTLY NOT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PERMITTING SOFTWARE, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT INTERACTIVE WITH THE APPLICANT OR TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. CORRECT. SO THIS IS JUST BETTER. RIGHT. AND IT WOULD TIE INTO THE NEW ERP SYSTEM. SO IT WOULD BE ALL LINKED TOGETHER. WOULD IT BE ON THE COST SIDE OF IT. WOULD IT BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ERP ACQUISITION WITH THE SAME VENDOR? IT WOULD NOT BE WITH THE SAME VENDOR. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD. SO THE REASON THAT I PUT THIS IN, IF I MAY THOUGH, BUT IT WOULD BE A PRODUCT THAT WOULD INTERACT EFFICIENTLY WITH. OKAY. I THINK I COULD HAVE PUT THIS IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET FOR HAVING TO DO WITH FINANCE. BUT BECAUSE IT SEEMED SO MUCH ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, I PUT IT HERE. BUT IT COULD BE, I THINK, IN EITHER PLACE. CAMPAIGN FINANCE ONLINE PORTAL. THAT'S DONNA . OH, WHO IS NOT HERE? IT'S BASICALLY, I THINK, THE SAME THING AS THE PERMITTING. IT'S RIGHT NOW. YOU DO ALL OF THAT MANUALLY, AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE A PROCESS IN WHICH YOU CAN FILE YOUR ONLINE REPORTS AND DO ALL OF THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME IN AND GIVE A PAPER COPY. NEW POSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THAT ONE CAME FROM. IS THAT WHEN YOU WHEN THAT WAS UNDER MY COMMUNICATIONS THIS PARTICULAR POSITION WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE WEBSITE, NEWSLETTER, SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, PUBLIC SATISFACTION SURVEYS, THESE EVENTS AND MORE. FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH. THEY HAVE THEIR TAKE TUESDAYS AND EVERY TUESDAY THEY SUBMIT. MAYBE IT'S A MINUTE AND A HALF VIDEO ON SOME TOPICS SO IT CAN BE. MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS ONE PUT OUT LAST TUESDAY ABOUT A CITIZEN'S PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE HOLDING. IT COULD BE HIGHLIGHTING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ONE DAY AND PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ONE TUESDAY. ANOTHER TUESDAY COULD BE INTRODUCTION TO OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BUT THIS PARTICULAR POSITION WOULD BE SOLELY DEDICATED TO PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY, A QUICK QUESTION, BILL. HOW ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING THAT? YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WHAT JESSICA JUST SUMMARIZED, HOW ARE WE TRYING TO DO THAT TODAY? AND SO, CURRENTLY KEVIN HOGENCAMP, THE HOGENCAMP, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. HE SERVES THAT ROLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MONTHLY CITY MANAGER NEWSLETTER FOR CITIZENS. I THINK THAT WAS YOURS. OKAY. YES. AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF. I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THIS, COMMISSIONER BOLES. I THINK THIS WAS JUST. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE NEED COMPETITIVE PAY, YOU KNOW? OKAY. YOU COME AND TALK TO THE POLICE. YEAH. EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT KIND OF THING. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADD THAT COMPETITIVE PAY? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WAS EVERYTHING I HAD FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUCKET. THEY'RE NOT BUCKETS. WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? THEMES. THEMES? YES, THEMES. RIGHT. THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAD. ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING NEW? OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT I NOTICED WHEN I WAS PUTTING ALL THIS STUFF ON [00:15:03] NEWSPRINT BECAUSE ESC AND ARC HAVE ALREADY PUT OUT THEIR GOALS, YOU COULD REASONABLY TAKE MOST OF THOSE AND PUT YOU COULD PUT THEM IN THE FIVE THEMES, BUT THEY'RE JUST SEPARATED OUT. SO THAT MAKES THESE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THIS YEAR. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS PRESERVE COMMUNITY CHARACTER. DESIGNATE A RESILIENCY HUB WITH POST-STORM RESOURCES. WAS THAT YOURS? COMMISSIONER KELLY. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AS. WELL, IF WE CAN'T RECOVER FROM THE NEXT STORM, THEN WE DON'T EXIST. WE HAVE NO COMMUNITY; WE HAVE NO CHARACTER. AND SO ONE OF THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES IS BEGINNING TO BUILD THESE RESILIENCY HUBS. AND WE'VE ALREADY STRENGTHENED THE, THE, THE MARSH OAKS BUILDING. AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ELECTRICITY. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED WATER. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND TO RECOVER. AND HAVING A PLACE TO GATHER, YOU KNOW, TO GET RESOURCES TO RECHARGE YOUR PHONE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO BEGIN TO GETTING BACK ON YOUR FEET, YOU KNOW COMMIT TO LEEDS COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN OR DELETE IT. I THINK THIS IS SORT OF A DO OR DO NOT. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING MUCH WITH LEEDS AND IT WAS, THERE WAS A HOT ITEM AS YOU KNOW. YEAH. YEARS AGO. AND IT'S, I THINK, IT'S UP FOR RENEWAL IN, LIKE, TWO YEARS. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TO EARN THE POINTS TO EARN, TO BE RENEWED. SO AGAIN, LET'S EITHER, YOU KNOW, COMMIT TO WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE AGREED TO OR COMMIT TO STEPPING AWAY FROM IT. AND THAT I THINK IS THE SAME AS THIS. THESE ARE THE YES. YES, THAT'S THE SAME THING. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CHOOSE ONE PROJECT THAT COULD BENEFIT MOST NEIGHBORHOODS AND FULLY FUNDED. WAS THAT ALSO YOURS? YEAH, THAT WAS MINE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I KIND OF DID. SO. OKAY, SO WE GOT ALL THESE BIG PROJECTS, RIGHT? THESE ENORMOUS, GROSSLY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS AND, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S COMING AND IT'S GOING TO HELP THIS GROUP OR THAT GROUP. BUT I'D LIKE TO OFFER A GOOD FAITH OR A TANGIBLE EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR, FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO ACTUALLY, STEVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE EXPAND THE DREDGING OF THE CREEK OVER THERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD AFFECT A GREAT NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S NOT GROSSLY EXPENSIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND NEED A FUNDING AND MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CONCRETE, BUT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, THAT THAT WE COULD HAVE A SMALLER PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF. SO THEN THAT WOULD BE DECIDING WHAT THAT IS AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS UTILIZE ROW FOR MORE DITCHES ON, I GUESS, ON MORE DITCHES AND DRAINAGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ROW IS. RIGHT OF WAY. OH, OKAY. SO WHOEVER WROTE THAT. SO YOU'RE THINKING ADD MORE DITCHES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? THAT'S CORRECT. UTILIZING MORE OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY TO PROVIDE ONSITE STORMWATER RETENTION. NOT IN EVERY AREA, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE HEAVILY FLOODED AREAS. LAST FALL WE ALL WITNESSED EVERYONE WAS DROWNING. AND THAT'S NOT TOO GOOD LAST NIGHT EITHER. I KNOW WE CAN'T REPAVE ROADS AND RAISE HOUSES UP, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PUT IN MORE DITCHES CLEANING. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED CLEANING OUT DITCHES ON A ROTATION. AND I KNOW KILLINGSWORTH, MR. KILLINGSWORTH, OUR CITY MANAGER, HAS IMPLEMENTED SUCH A THING INTO PUBLIC WORKS ALONGSIDE ASPHALT AND ROADS AS WE CLEAN THOSE. WE'RE GOING IN TO CLEAN OUT THE DRAINAGE AND THE DITCHES WE HAVE RIGHT AWAY, AND IF WE CAN USE IT TO CREATE MORE DITCHES. SO MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE QUESTION. COULD THAT BE CONSOLIDATED? BECAUSE I, I GET THE POINT ABOUT CLEAN OUT. WHERE IS IT? CLEAN CLEANING CYCLE FOR CURRENT DITCHES. WHAT I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD SAY IS MAKE OUR DITCH MAINTENANCE MORE ROBUST. AND INCLUDED IN THAT COULD BE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE DRAINAGE AND DITCHES IN RIGHT OF WAYS SO WE CAN PUT THESE THREE TOGETHER. RIGHT? I THINK SO IF WE WRITE IT DIFFERENT. BUT IT COULD EVEN TIE INTO TO THE ONE ABOVE. [00:20:10] ONE PROJECT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE A CITYWIDE, IF YOU SEE A CITYWIDE EFFORT TO CLEAN OUT DITCHES, I, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU CONSOLIDATE THEM, I JUST I'M GOING TO GO ALONG AND SAY THAT COULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT JUST HITS SO MANY THINGS. IT HITS ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. AND WE. WHO SAID IT? WE WERE DROWNING LAST YEAR, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO BE DROWNING THIS YEAR. YES. COMMISSIONER. YEAH. JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. THIS IS MY FIFTH TIME, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT WE DIDN'T PUT RESILIENCY ON TOP OF THE LIST. RIGHT. AND INFRASTRUCTURE. RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE MILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH. AND I HAVE NOT SEEN US NOT BUT I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE SOMETIMES VOTE AGAINST IT. OKAY. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, AT LEAST FROM WHERE I'M SITTING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE MACRO AS MUCH AS THE MACRO. MICRO AS MUCH AS MACRO. MACRO TO ME IS WE FULLY FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN THE OUT YEARS, INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS NOT SEXY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BIG SIGNS, BUT IT'S WHAT THE HEART OF THE CITY, IN MY OPINION, NEEDS. IT'S WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT FROM THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. SO ARE WE OKAY PUTTING ALL THESE TOGETHER NOW? OKAY. I THINK SO. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S REALLY SMART. A NEW WAY TO REPAVE ROADS, STITCHES AND CURBS. WAS THAT ALSO YOURS, COMMISSIONER? THAT WASN'T, NO. NO. WHO WROTE. WAS THAT ONE? A NEW WAY TO REPAVE. OH, YEAH, IT WAS. IT WAS OKAY. OKAY. WHAT IS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT A NEW WAY? I'M TRYING. MAYBE ALL. YOU GET IT. AND I DON'T GET IT. NO. I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW. IS IT ALSO PART OF THIS? BECAUSE DITCHES AND CURBS. I THINK IT'S JUST A REPETITIVE SENTENCE, AND I APOLOGIZE. YOU JUST CROSS IT OUT. IT PRETTY MUCH WOULD BE COVERED IN THE ABOVE. OKAY, SO I SUPPOSE THAT AS YOU ARE CREATING NEW ONSITE WATER RETENTION USING THE RIGHT OF WAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD REPAY. COULD WE EVEN REPAVE ROADS AND CURBS, JUST DO MORE OF A SLANT? DO WE DO THAT ALREADY WHERE IT'S PUSHING IT MORE INTO THE STORMWATER DRAINS? WHERE WE'VE DONE THAT ON THE NUMBERED STREETS? THE NUMBERED STREETS DIDN'T USED TO HAVE DRAINAGE AND THERE WASN'T ROOM TO PUT, YOU KNOW, DITCHES OR PIPES ON THE CENTER. SO, WE DID INVERTED CROWNS. YEAH. SO, THE DRAINAGE IS IN THE CENTER. SO, THERE ARE SOMETIMES IN WHICH THAT OPPORTUNITY LENDS ITSELF AVAILABLE. YEAH. YEAH. THIS WAS ALL UNDER MY STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE. OKAY. SO YEAH. THE NEXT ONE, INCENTIVES FOR BUILDINGS THAT INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE, DISASTER RESILIENT FEATURES. WAS THAT YOURS? COMMISSIONER. KELLY. NO, NO IT WASN'T. THEN IT WAS YOURS. NO. WELL, WHOEVER IS THIS REFERRING TO? BUILDINGS OR RESIDENCES OR BOTH. COULD BE BOTH. BOTH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING? NO. IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY. OKAY. PROTECT THE MARSH FROM FURTHER EROSION AND DEGRADATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST. AND YOU TELL ME WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T STARTED ON IT WITH ANY KIND OF PLANNING. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT DEVELOP A MARSH FRONT PLAN, BUT DON'T. DON'T CHANGE IT UNLESS PEOPLE AGREE. BUT DEVELOP A MARSH FRONT PLAN THAT ADDRESSES EROSION AND WATER. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? INFILTRATION INTO THE UPLANDS. ISN'T THERE A MARSH PLAN COMING? OR A MARSH STUDY COMING? THERE'S A MARSH STUDY THAT WE'LL LOOK AT. THE LOSS OF THE SALTWATER MARSH AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE SHORE. SO, IF WE'VE ALREADY GOT A STUDY IMPLEMENT. I MEAN, IT'S IN PROCESS. IT'S IN PROCESS. OKAY, SO WE DON'T NEED THAT. BUT THEN TO TRY TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE SOMETHING FROM THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT A DOT ON THAT TODAY. WELL, SO THEN I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE PLAN. YOU'RE BACK TO THE CATHEDRAL, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A FOUNDATION WHEN YOU GET THE STUDY. THEN THE NEXT THING YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A COUPLE WALLS BY MAKING A PLAN. BUT MY, I'M SORRY, MY POINT, THOUGH, IS THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO GIVE A DOT OR GIVE LICENSE TO THAT TODAY. IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS. WELL, I LIKE TO PUT IT ON. YEAH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED ON HOW MANY THINGS YOU CAN PRIORITIZE. BUT. OKAY. YOU KNOW. OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE IT IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR IT. OKAY. WELL LET'S SEE ONE THING. YEAH. ONE THING THAT MATTERS IS THESE. THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS. YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE ALL OF THEM. BUT THE DOLLAR VALUE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO IT, WHEN YOU DO A STUDY, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHEN WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND WE PUT THE STUDY IS GOING TO AND IT COSTS THIS MUCH AND WE WANT THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO ALL THESE THINGS SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE DOLLAR SIGN BY THEM. [00:25:04] YEAH. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR SIGN IN AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE DOLLAR SIGNS ATTACHED TO EVERY ONE OF THESE IDEAS, YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE BETTER CHOICES, RIGHT? YOU DON'T KNOW IN MANY CASES WHAT THE DOLLAR IS ON THE NEXT THEME WAS CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES. AND THE ONLY ONE THAT I COULD DISCERN OUT OF WHAT YOU SUBMITTED WAS TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC PRIVATE INITIATIVES FOR STORM PREPARATION. AND THAT WOULD BE SWALES, TREES, DITCHES AND PERMEABILITY. WAS THAT ONE ME? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OKAY. PUBLIC PRIVATE INITIATIVE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SOME. THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE WHERE WE HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WANT THE CITY TO DO. OKAY. THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT IS WHAT WE LOVE OUR CITIZENS TO DO. RIGHT? SO IT SEEMS LIKE A ONE WAY FLOW OF I WANT THIS, THIS AND THIS. YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT OYSTER SHELLS IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GO AHEAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO A BIG EVERYBODY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ACTION. BUT THERE IT GOES BOTH WAYS. MAYBE WE NEED TO PUBLICIZE THAT. YEAH. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE I MEAN, I GET CALLS ABOUT, HEY, WE WANT TO PUT UTILITIES UNDERGROUND. AND A LOT OF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO COME IN HERE AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT IT COSTS AND HERE'S WHAT IT DOES TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS. YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK WE DO AS GOOD A JOB ON THAT AS MAYBE WE SHOULD AND MAYBE AS PART OF IT, BECAUSE THE CITY IS SO BUILT OUT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A DEVELOPER COMING IN WHO'S GOING TO DO X AND X. I THINK IT'S PART OF IT. BUT BUT IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE VERY DISTINCT COMMUNITIES. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO REACH OUT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THEME. CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES TOGETHER, OR WERE WE CONNECTING THEM TO THE CITY? WHERE ARE WE CONNECTING THEM TO THE VISION? HAS A IF YOU HAVE IT THERE, I READ IT. IT HAS A STATEMENT ABOUT CONNECTING OUR BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER. SO THAT'S WHAT CONNECTIVITY PLAN. YOU KNOW WHAT IT WHAT IT IS. I THINK IT'S MORE ALIGNED TOWARDS OUR CONNECTIONS IN TERMS OF LIKE SIDEWALKS AND ROADS AND BIKE PATHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE SHADY STREETS AND MULTI-USE PATHS CONNECT OUR WELCOMING NEIGHBORHOODS AND VIBRANT LOCAL BUSINESSES. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU PUT UNDERNEATH THAT? PERMITTING? YEAH. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING. JUST GO AROUND. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE THE BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE THE WHOLE AHEARN STREET THAT'S UNDERWAY IN VARIOUS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON ONE END, WE'RE STARTING DESIGN IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN MANAGE THERE. RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU MAY COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE, BUT YEAH FOR NOW. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE THAT INCLUDES THE FINANCES, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. MAINTAIN STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION. FINALIZE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THAT WAS YOURS. YES, THAT WAS MINE. AFTER FRIDAY, AFTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S DISCUSSION, I'M NOT SURE IT'LL HAPPEN, BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SETTLED. IMPLEMENT A NEW ERP SYSTEM. DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT ONE SEEMS TO BE REPLICATED SOMEWHERE? BUT THAT'S THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE. NO, THAT'S OUR INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER. PRINCIPALLY, IT'S HR, PAYROLL, ACCOUNTING, PURCHASING. IT WOULD ALL BE ON ONE SYSTEM. SO, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR IT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO IMPLEMENT. SO IT'S BUDGETED OR PARTIALLY BUDGETED. AND IF YOU SIGN A CONTRACT NOT IMPLEMENT WHAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY IF YOU BUDGETED IT AND YOU'VE SIGNED A CONTRACT IT'S ALREADY A PRIORITY. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. SO I WOULD SKIP THAT ONE. SO WE JUST TAKE IT OFF SO NOBODY. OKAY I AGREE. BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THAT. I MEAN IT IS A PRIORITY. I MEAN IT IS A PRIORITY. BUT IT'S ONCE IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND CONTRACTED, IT'S BEING DONE. SO WHERE IT RELATES TO YOU IS YOUR CITY MANAGER WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME ON HIS PROGRESS OVER TWO YEARS GETTING IT UP AND RUNNING. RIGHT? CORRECT. YEP. OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT UP HERE JUST FOR THE RECORD, BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T GO FOR IT. IMPLEMENT A PW AND PU ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO THIS IS A WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO THE ERP SYSTEM. WHAT IT DOES IS IT TRACKS ALL OF OUR ASSETS, ALL OF OUR MANHOLE COVERS, ALL OF OUR DITCHES, [00:30:05] ALL OF OUR ROADS, EVERY ASSET THAT THE CITY HAS. IT GIVES US INFORMATION ON HOW OLD IT IS. WHEN THE LAST TIME IT WAS MAINTAINED, HOW FREQUENTLY IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED. THEY GIVE US AN ABILITY TO KIND OF AUTOMATE AND PROJECT FORWARD MAINTENANCE AS OPPOSED TO ANNUAL MAINTENANCE. WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? IN HONOR OF DOC WATERS, WHO ALWAYS ASKS HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THAT CAR? I THINK WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S SO WE COULD CERTAINLY. YEAH. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT IT TIES BACK TO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ONES ABOUT THE DITCHES AND SO ON, AND THE TWO GO TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR POINT ABOUT INCREASING DITCHES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CLEANING THE EXISTING THE EXISTING DITCHES ARE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T THINK OF THEM AS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY ARE. SO DO WE SOMEHOW TIE IT TOGETHER THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO FULLY UTILIZE THOSE ASSETS AND DO THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO, I COULD TAKE THIS OUT AND MOVE IT INTO THIS BIG ONE SO THAT WHAT IT HAS WITH IT IS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU? I MEAN, YOU'RE CREATING WHAT COMMISSIONER KELLY IS TALKING ABOUT, A REALLY, REALLY BIG PROJECT, BUT DOING IT RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A VERY RESILIENT PROJECT. YEAH. BUT FIRST YOU GOT TO HAVE YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR ASSETS ARE, RIGHT. SO IS IT THE WILL OF THE GROUP THAT I MOVE THIS INTO THIS BIG ONE? I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. I'M GOING TO DO THAT WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT. THEN WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE? AND DO WE ONLY END UP BUDGETING THE SYSTEM INITIALLY, OR DO WE BUDGET THE SYSTEM AND INCREASE THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE OF THE DITCHES? PROPOSE SOMETHING IF WE CAN. WELL, CERTAINLY. YEAH. SO, WHEN YOU VOTE, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS, YOU'RE VOTING FOR A REALLY BIG DEAL. YES. YEAH. OKAY. A MULTI-STEP PRIORITY. IT'S WHAT? A MULTI-STEP PRIORITY. WE SHOULD REJECT CITY LINGO. OKAY. SO, YOU HAVE TO. MIGRATE TO AMI WATER METERING RESIDENTIAL. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS TROY'S. WHAT THIS IS, IS SO RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE METER READERS WHO PHYSICALLY GO AND READ ALL THE METERS. THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC METERS, MUCH LIKE WHAT COJ HAS, WHERE THE METER AUTOMATICALLY REPORTS BACK THE USAGE. SO IF I MAY LEAD OFF ON THIS, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THAT BEACH'S ENERGY HAS THAT. BEACH'S ENERGY IS NOT JUST ENERGY. THEY'RE THE WATER. FOR TWO CITIES. WELL, FOR TWO AND A HALF CITIES. THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS. AND I EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A SEVERE LEAK A BUSTED PIPE IN THE FOUNDATION, A LEAKY TOILET, WHATEVER. THEY NAIL IT INSTANTLY. WE DO NOT. OUR CITIZENS WILL END UP WITH A BILL FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS BEFORE THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEAKING FOR THE PAST MONTH. THAT'S ONE THING. NUMBER TWO IS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL METER READERS WITHIN THE CITY. AND PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, NOT LOOKING TO FIRE ANY METER READERS. BUT IF WE WENT TO THAT SYSTEM AS THOSE PEOPLE ENDED UP RETIRING OR WHATNOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOT BACKFILLING THE POSITIONS. THAT'S A NICE SAVINGS TO THE CITY. AND THEN THE ABILITY TO JUST HAVE THAT ALL ELECTRONIC, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. SO, YES. JUST WHAT WOULD THE COST BE INITIALLY? UPFRONT COST? IT DEPENDS. YEAH. SO WE COULD THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD ROLL OUT BY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING NECESSARILY THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. WE DO TRY TO ATTEMPT TO DO ALL IN ONE YEAR. SO, I'M GOING TO WRITE ON HERE ROLL OUT BY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT DO WE HAVE LIKE 6000 RESIDENTS. WE HAVE 14,000 RESIDENTS. WELL, NO, I MEAN RESIDENTS AS IN BUILDINGS, HOUSES. AND SO THE QUESTION ALSO BECOMES, DO YOU WANT TO EXTEND THIS? SO ABOUT 25% OR SOMETHING OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR WATER AND SEWER ARE NOT ACTUALLY AB RESIDENTS. THEY'RE ON THE WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF DUTTON ISLAND. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL SENDING METER READERS OUT THERE. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL A MANUAL PROCESS. SO YEAH, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COST AND WHETHER WE'D DO THAT AND HOW WE [00:35:07] PAY FOR IT. IT'S, I MEAN, DO WE JUST EMBED THAT COST INTO THE FEES THAT EVERYBODY'S PAYING, WHETHER THEY'RE CITIZENS OR NOT? RIGHT. YEAH, BUT IT'S A GREAT ONE TO ADD TO THE LIST. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY REDUCE THE CITY'S LIABILITY. THAT WOULD BE YES. WELL, THAT'S, THANK YOU. THAT'S ASPIRATIONAL. I LIKE THE ASPIRATION. BUT HOW? LIKE CLARIFY THAT FIRST OF ALL. YEAH. ON MAY 27TH, MAKE SURE YOU VOTE FOR THE PARKS. YES. YES, SIR. BUT MY POINT WITH THAT IS I SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED IT A LITTLE MORE. I'D LIKE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ACROSS CITY PROGRAMS, AGENCIES, PARKS. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH CITY? BECAUSE I THINK, IN MY OPINION, THAT WE'RE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME ORDINANCES, RULES, POLICIES LONG AGO TO PREVENT LIABILITY. NOW, MAYBE WE'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU SAY 14,000 RESIDENTS WHO PAY THEIR TAXES, I WOULD BET IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE CITY THEY WOULD WANT. AND THAT COST MONEY. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S CITY ATTORNEY TIME. THAT'S LOOKING THROUGH. THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO GO THROUGH. IT'S LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES. IT'S LOOKING AT OUR PRIORITIES. AND AS FAR AS WHERE OUR LIABILITIES ARE AT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A KID FALLING OUT OF A SWING? IS IT A CAR? BECAUSE THOSE ARE REAL COSTS TO A CITY. OKAY. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A REVIEW ACROSS THE BOARD. SO, IT'S PARKS. IT'S EVERYTHING THE CITY TOUCHES, EVERYTHING THE CITY OWNS. I'M JUST GOING TO PUT WHAT CITY OWNS. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD HERE? COMMISSIONER. GRANT, ARE WE DOING OKAY? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. AND LET'S SEE. THIS IS OUR LAST ONE. YEAH. THIS LAST ONE. OKAY. PROMOTE A SOCIALLY LINKED ATLANTIC BEACH THROUGH GREEN SPACES, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, PARKS AND PROGRAMING. THIS IS A FUN ONE, ISN'T IT? SO COMMISSIONER RING HAD TWO. ACTUALLY THREE. YOU HAD ALL OF THEM DONNA PARK TO UPGRADE THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THEN A SQUISH PAD. HOW'S THAT FOR THE SPLASH PAD? OH, SO IT'S JUST THERE IS A SPLASH PAD, AND THEN IT'S ALL CONCRETE. SO WHEN YOUR CHILDREN PLAY THERE, THEIR FEET GET COMPLETELY SCRAPED UP. SO SQUISH PAD JUST GOES ON THE BOTTOM. IT'S A SIMPLE FIX, BUT WITH CHILDREN RUNNING. SPEAKING OF LIABILITY, YOU KNOW, IT IS RUNNING ON WET CONCRETE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR THE SQUISH PAD, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN THE DOG PARK UPGRADES THE ONE IN ROSE PARK OVER. THERE'S ONLY TWO. THERE'S ONE IN AQUATIC GARDENS AND THEN ONE IN ROSE PARK. IT IS JUST A DIRT PILE. SO IF WE COULD DO MORE WITH TURF, AGILITY AND OBSTACLE COURSES FOR DOGS. I THINK EVERYONE ENJOYS THE TURF AND THAT ANYONE WHO HAS GONE TO BREW HOUND KNOWS THE TURF IS GREAT WITH DOGS. YOU COULD DO ON SITE STORMWATER RETENTION UTILIZING, YOU KNOW, THE NEW WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S THE WORD NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY USED OUT HERE ON THE ON THE PARKING SPACE FOR THE TURF SO IT COULD DOUBLE UP. IT WOULD BE COSTLY, THOUGH. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH, BUT I DID WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE MARSH OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER. I NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT THAT IS OVER HERE IN OUR. OKAY. SO OKAY. SO, THAT'S FINE. JUST A QUESTION THAT THE ONE THE DOG PARK AND AQUATIC GARDENS THAT DOES FIT INTO STORMWATER RETENTION ETCETERA. OH RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S GOT. RIGHT. EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY. THE LAKE IN AQUATIC GARDENS, RIGHT? YEAH. THE LAKE. YEAH. THAT IS LOWERED AND RAISED ACCORDING TO WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT. RIGHT NOW. YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT THE PARK ITSELF OVER THERE HAS A LAKE IN IT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE LOWER THAT ONE. WE LOWER IT GOES UP AND AROUND. YEAH. YEAH, IT ACTUALLY BUT I MEAN IF THAT IN FACT IS TRUE, WHAT COMMISSIONER RING WAS SAYING, YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THAT PART OF YOU KNOW, THE. SO. YEAH. GIVE IT ANOTHER REASON. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE WHAT I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER. RING THAT DEVELOPING OR MAYBE FROM YOU DEVELOPING THE MENU OF OFFERINGS FOR MARSH OAKS IS NOT THE SAME AS LOOKING AT THINGS TO UPGRADE AT MARSH OAKS. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS MAYBE ADD MARSH OAKS TO THIS LIST OF THREE. [00:40:06] OKAY, FOR FURTHER UPGRADES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. WELL, AND BUT THERE'S SO MANY CAVEATS FOR MARSH OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER. I MEAN, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMING, THE SENIOR PROGRAMING. S MENTIONED A ORCHARD OR WE COULD DO A RAISED GARDEN BED. I BUT, YOU KNOW, I THERE'S JUST SO MANY SO I DON'T. YEAH I THINK I'D PUT IT ON THERE FOR NOW. THE. OAKS. SO IS THE THINKING THAT EACH ONE OF THESE IS STANDALONE OR ARE WE DOING A BUCKET OF THESE. NO I, THOSE ARE THE THREE. THE TOP, THE FIRST THREE WERE THE ONES THAT CAME TO MIND THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND THEN THE MARSH OAKS. I DON'T HAVE A VERY ONE SPECIFIC THING WE COULD LOOK AT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT COULD USE OUR SENIOR AND VETERAN PROGRAMING AND ADULT PROGRAMING COULD USE SOME REVAMPING, BUT I THAT WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER ARC. SO, THEY CAN HASH OUT THOSE SPECIFICS. SO DO YOU WANT A DIFFERENT ONE HERE THOUGH THAT SAYS LIKE ASSESSED FACILITIES. I DON'T YOU COULD JUST SAY [INAUDIBLE] UPGRADES? YEAH, UPGRADES. I DID WANT TO BRING SOMETHING. I TAKE THOSE AS, LIKE, PHYSICAL. YES. CHANGES? YES. PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE THAT. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN MR. KILLINGSWORTH, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE HARDENING OF THE BUILDING AND ALL THE BASICS, BUT YOU DON'T YET HAVE FUNDING FOR FINISHES AND SO ON INSIDE THE BUILDING. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IT WILL BE COMPLETE AND USABLE INSIDE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE ONE BIG OPEN SPACE. THERE'S NOT ANY THE WHOLE THING WILL BE OPEN, BUT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR POSSIBLY PUTTING IN DEMISING WALLS FOR SOME OFFICES, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT FUNDED. I THINK THE CURRENT PLAN HAS 5 OR 6 OFFICES IN IT, AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS OPEN SPACE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KITCHEN. ANY APPLIANCES? THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY APPLIANCES ARE BUDGETED AS PART OF THE KITCHEN. OKAY. MAYOR? YES. SARAH BORNE, THE. YOU KNOW, SARAH BORNE. SHE SUBMITTED TO ME AN ADDITION TO ONE OF THESE FIVE, AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE. IT'S LISTED IN THE VISION STATEMENT. IT'S THE THIRD SENTENCE. WE ARE GRACED WITH THE FUNCTIONAL BEAUTY OF OUR BEACH, OUR MARSH, AND OUR TREE CANOPY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE LISTED WOULD FALL UNDER THIS, BUT IT'S JUST THAT ADDITIONAL STANDALONE THEME ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO INSTEAD OF FIVE, WE WOULD ADD A WHOLE SEPARATE. AND IT WOULD BE PROTECT FUNCTIONAL BEAUTY OF OUR BEACH, MARSH AND TREE CANOPY. IN WHICH CASE WE COULD SPECIFICALLY REMOVE NOT JUST SC THINGS, BUT SOME OF THE ARC THINGS WOULD FALL UNDER THAT AS WELL. THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE, THE MARSH EROSION WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WOULD BE MOVED UNDERNEATH THERE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF DRAINAGE WOULD BE MOVED UNDER. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT. YEAH, I CAN SUGGEST JUST IN TERMS OF PROCESS, UNLESS THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PRIORITY THERE THAT YOU WANT TO GET UP HERE, THAT ONCE YOU DO ALL THIS VOTING AND YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING CAST THAT, THEN YOUR CITY MANAGER WORKS WITH YOU TO ADD A SEPARATE THEME OR NOT, AND THEN SORTS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF SORTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE ANYWAY, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE TWO COMMITTEES. AND MOST OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE RE ORGANIZED INTO THESE FIVE AREAS, OR IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE SIX AREAS AND THAT SO THE SORTING OF THAT THAT THAT IS REALLY THE SAUSAGE MAKING FOR BEHIND THE SCENES AFTER YOU ALL DECIDE LIKE WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT. OKAY. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? AND WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY IS THE THEMES AS THEY ARE CRAFTED RIGHT NOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FINANCIAL ONE, ARE THE ACTION VERBS THAT COME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE VISION. THE VISION DOESN'T SAY PROTECT THE MARSH, BUT PERHAPS IT SHOULD. AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS WE'RE GRACED BY THE COAST AND THE MARSH. AND SO, THERE'S NOT AN ACTION VERB THERE. I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING THE VISION TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ACTIVELY PROTECT OUR MARSH AND OCEANFRONT THEN I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AS A POSSIBLE ADD ON HERE. KEVIN, YOU KNOW, DID ANYTHING COME FROM THE VISIT FROM THE USTA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING ANYTHING WITH THE TENNIS COURTS? [00:45:02] I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING RESPECTING THAT ASSESSMENT ANY DAY NOW. OKAY. SO, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION. SO, WE HAVE NO. OKAY. OKAY. SO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTHING TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE VOTING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR. [6. PRIORITY-SETTING EXERCISE] BECAUSE THERE'S A REQUEST TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TWO COMMITTEES HERE. SO LET ME GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN HOW WE'LL DO IT. AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT I'M GETTING MYSELF STUCK HERE. RIGHT? YEAH. SO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND THESE THINGS AND THESE THINGS WOULD ACTUALLY FALL UNDER THESE FIVE AREAS. SO DON'T GET HUNG UP IN THINGS HAVING TO BE TOTALLY SORTED BECAUSE THEY AREN'T. THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS MEETING. SO FOR THESE TWO COMMITTEES AND THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE BLUE YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR DOTS. SO, THESE ARE YOUR MAYOR. OKAY. IT'S LIKE SIX DOTS. I'M THE MAYOR. THAT'S TRUE. WE ALL GOT WAIT A MINUTE. YEAH. SORRY. STRONG CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE COLORS ACTUALLY DON'T MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR SEAT NUMBER WRITTEN ON THE DOTS. SO, THE IMPORTANT THING IS DONNA NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHO VOTED HOW. SO THAT'S HOW SHE'S GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IS JUST LOOKING AT THE DOTS AND THE NUMBER ON THE DOTS. BUT WHAT YOURS IS YOURS GOES LIKE THIS. OKAY, SO FOR FOUR YOU HAVE FOUR DOTS THAT YOU'LL SPEND HERE. OKAY. SO YOU CAN DO ALL FOUR OF THEM ON ONE COMMITTEE. YOU COULD DO TWO AND TWO. YOU COULD DO THREE AND ONE, HOWEVER, BUT FOUR OF YOUR DOTS CAN ONLY GO ON THESE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TEN, AND YOU HAVE TEN OTHER DOTS THAT YOU CAN SPREAD ALONG HERE. OKAY. I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING. FORCED CHOICE IS ALWAYS FRUSTRATING. IT'S JUST LIKE I ONLY HAVE SO MANY DOLLARS. DO I BUY A VOLKSWAGEN OR A LEXUS? I DON'T KNOW, BUY THE LEXUS MINIVAN? BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES. SO, IT IS FRUSTRATING BUT POP UP AND START SAYING WE CAN USE MORE THAN ONE. REAL QUICK, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. I KNOW YOU DO, TOO. THE IMPROVED WEBSITE INCREASED USER FRIENDLY SEARCHES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. THAT'S NOT JUST A ARC ISSUE, IS IT? I MEAN, AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVED THE WEBSITE FOR ALL CONNECTIVITY WITH OUR CITY. YEAH. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY GOES RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, COULD WE CONDENSE ANY OF THESE BEFORE WE START THE VOTE? I THINK WE ALREADY COULD. WE CAN DO THAT. COULD WE? WE CAN CONDENSE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. NEW POSITION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, MONTHLY CITY MANAGER, MANAGER, NEWSLETTER CITIZENS BECAUSE THOSE THREE GO TOGETHER WITH COMMUNICATIONS. RECREATION ACTIVITY. YEAH. OH, AND OUR PARADES. OH OKAY. SO, IT IS SPECIFIC TO JUST PARK AND PARKS OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. GOT IT. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS YOU WANT TO CONVINCE? I WAS THINKING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, SERVICE SATISFACTION COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO CITIZENS. THOSE THREE ARE ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. THAT I'LL TELL YOU WHY EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS A DOLLAR VALUE, RIGHT? SO, IF I'M WHEN I GO UP AND PUT MY I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE DOLLAR VALUE. RIGHT. WHEN YOU GROUP THEM LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GROUPING THREE VALUES, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU DO THAT RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT REALLY, YOU'RE NOT REALLY MAKING A DECISION. RIGHT? YOU'RE PUTTING THREE UP THERE. SAY THEY EACH WERE 100,000, RIGHT. I'D RATHER GO UP AND PUT THREE OF MY DOTS SOMEWHERE WHERE I REALLY THINK IT MAKES AN IMPACT. AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. WE CAN VOTE ON THAT. BUT I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK WE LEAVE IT. I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING, GO FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND YOU KNOW, AND WHAT YOU WANT. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I AM, I'M OUTVOTED. SO. OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. LIKE, WE ALL, ALL THE IDEAS COME AND THEN WE SORT THEM OUT, RIGHT? [00:50:06] OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE WHERE IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE TO KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW IN ONE LAST PLUG FOR CONDUCT ONGOING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY FOR TWO REASONS. ONE IS MR. KILLINGSWORTH HAS INVESTED A GOOD PART OF THIS PAST YEAR PUTTING ALL STAFF THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING. SO, HE'S SET THE STAGE. WE NOW NEED TO CONDUCT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS IF WE WANT TO FIND OUT HOW WE'RE DOING AND SEE GET, ESTABLISH A BASELINE AND START WORKING UP. SO, I THINK THAT'S A BIG ONE. YES. BUT IF WE DON'T VOTE FOR IT, HE CAN STILL DO IT. RIGHT. IT'S BUDGETED. WELL TRUE. I'M JUST SAYING YEAH. SO CLEARLY AND I THINK SHE MAKES A VALID POINT, IS THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WE WON'T VOTE FOR, BUT THEY'LL STILL GET DONE. BUT I STILL BELIEVE, AS I CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT SAY IT'S HARD DOING BUSINESS IN ATLANTIC BEACH BECAUSE OF OUR COMPLEXITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE PRIORITIES FOR YOU, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE THINGS THAT COME BACK TO YOU DURING YOUR MEETINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, TOO, BUT THEY JUST WON'T COME TO YOUR ATTENTION AS OFTEN. SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T SELECT CONDUCT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY, BUT YOUR CITY MANAGER STILL DOES THAT YOU MAY NOT HEAR AS MUCH ABOUT IT. YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING, BUT IT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT'S A DRUMBEAT FOR YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS PART OF THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO USE YOUR TIME. BECAUSE YOUR TIME, YOUR HOURS TOGETHER ARE SO PRECIOUS. THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF YOU, THANK GOODNESS. ALRIGHT, SO GRAB YOUR, OKAY STICKERS. AND REMEMBER THIS IS FOR YOUR STICKERS. AND THIS IS STICKERS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SANDWICHES, YOU GUYS? I JUST WANT TO COOK YOU ONE. JUST ONE. [00:59:15] HEY, ARE WE READY TO RECONVENE? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAS THREE OR MORE VOTES. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING ONE. INCENTIVIZED PROTECTION OF MATURE TREES. SURE. THERE ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR HOW PEOPLE HOW COMMUNITIES DO THAT. IMPROVE THE WEBSITE. AND THIS WAS SPECIFIC TO ARK. AND THAT WOULD BE SEARCHES FOR PROGRAMS THAT WHETHER THEY'RE GRANTING PROGRAMS OR CITY PROGRAMS AND TIMING AND CALENDARS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT GOT FIVE THIS ONE CONDUCT ONGOING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY. [01:00:08] SO, YOU GOT THAT NEW PERMITTING SOFTWARE, AN ONLINE SYSTEM THAT MANAGES PERMITS, INSPECTIONS AND PAYMENTS, AND IT'S SEARCHABLE BY THE CUSTOMER. THIS ONE GOT LOTS. AND I THINK BECAUSE WE GROUPED THEM TOGETHER, ALL THESE THINGS KIND OF MAKE SENSE AND HANG TOGETHER. SO THAT'S ONE PROJECT THAT COULD BENEFIT THE MOST. NEIGHBORHOODS UTILIZE THE RIGHTS OF WAYS HAVE A CALENDAR FOR CLEANING WITH THE DITCHES AND THE RETENTION PONDS, ETC. KIND OF PUTS ALL THAT TOGETHER. THIS ONE FINALIZED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. IT. GOOD LUCK. RIGHT. MIGRATE TO AMI WATER METERING. AND THAT WOULD BE ROLLING OUT BY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN REDUCE THE CITY'S LIABILITY. THAT WAS COMMISSIONER BOWLES IDEAS. AMAZING. I WAS GOING TO ASK, WERE THOSE ALL COMMISSIONER BOLES DOTS? THANK YOU. NO. THEY'RE REFEREES. WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE FROM. AND THEN DONNA PARK BASEBALL FIELD UPGRADE. THAT'S A BIG. AND THE DOG PARK. SO THE BASEBALL AND THE DOGS BOTH GOT MORE THAN THREE. DOES THAT RING TRUE FOR YOU? DOES THAT FEEL AUTHENTIC? DOES THAT FEEL LIKE JUST DURING YOUR DISCUSSIONS? THAT'S KIND OF FOR ME, I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GIVE AND TAKE. SOME OF SOME OF THEM ARE NOT MY THING, BUT I GET IT. AND SOME OF THEM ARE. BUT I THINK ALL OF US, I HOPE ALL OF US HAVE SOMETHING ON THERE THAT IS ACTIONABLE FROM THIS DECISION. BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE SMARTER THAN ANY ONE OF YOU, AND THE NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS MINDS YOUR GREATER WISDOM, AND THEN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT BUBBLE UP TO THE TOP BASED UPON YOUR WISDOM. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND WE GOT THIS DONE IN AN HOUR AND THREE MINUTES. YAY! I THINK THAT IS A THAT'S A LAND SPEED RECORD. WE'RE GIVING YOU A DOT. YEAH. GET SIX DOTS. WAY TO GO, LINDA LANIER. IF YOU KEEP DOING THIS, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY GET REAL GOOD AT IT. HE'S. I'M TEASING, I'M TEASING. I KNOW THIS IS CRAZY, RIGHT? WELL DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO, WE'LL CONVENE OUR MEETING IN APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 MINUTES. LET'S ALL HELP OUT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST PUSH ALL THESE UP AGAINST THE DAIS AND THEN BRING OUR LECTERN IN AND GET THE MEETING STARTED. WE'LL FOLD ALL THESE UP LATER. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.