[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] GOOD EVENING, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING, REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO ORDER AND ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. QUORUM. WE'RE HONORED THIS EVENING TO HAVE RABBI BELLA BOGART HERE FROM THE FIRST CONGREGATION, SONS OF ISRAEL. I WOULD ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY VICE MAYOR NANCY SIKES-KLINE. HOLY ONE OF BLESSING, SOURCE OF ALL CREATION, WE PRAY TO UNDERSTAND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS COMMITTED LEADERS AND EXPRESS OUR THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER AND PRACTICE OUR COMMON VALUES OF OPENNESS AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE WORK AND LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES. WE SEEK PATIENCE AND MUTUAL RESPECT AS WE STRIVE TO LEARN AND GROW AND THE STAMINA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE WORLD. WE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO MEDITATE IN PEACE AND FELLOWSHIP BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS MEETING. I INVITE YOU TO OPEN YOUR EYES, LIFT YOUR HEADS, AND AS THE COMMISSION TURNS TO ITS TASKS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND BEYOND. OPEN YOUR EYES. OPEN YOUR HEARTS. YOUR MOST SERIOUS DUTY IS TO REALLY LOOK. REALLY PAY ATTENTION. LOOK TO THE COMMUNITY WE SHARE. TAKE HEED OF THE EXAMPLES WE MAKE, AND BE MINDFUL OF THE LEGACIES WE LEAVE. THAT IS OUR GREATEST, MOST COURAGEOUS AND NOBLE INTENTION. WE PRAY IT IS OUR MOST CONSTANT SUCCESS, AND WE SAY AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, RABBI, FOR YOUR INVOCATION. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM TWO MODIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR AGENDA. [2. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS] MS. LOPEZ YES, I HAVE THREE SETTLEMENTS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS IN THE FLORIDA PLAN ON OUR OPIOID LITIGATION THAT HAS BEEN SPEARHEADED BY THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOSE THREE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS TO THE SETTLEMENT UNDER CITY ATTORNEY SECTION OF THE AGENDA OR ANYWHERE THE CHAIR. YES, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT UNDER ITEM NUMBER 11, THE THREE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. IS THAT OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? ARE THERE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE REGULAR AGENDA? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS MODIFIED? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE AGENDA'S APPROVED. WE'RE NOW IN PROCLAMATION 2022-10, WHICH PROCLAIMS APRIL 2022 AS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. [3.A. Proclamation 2022-10 - Proclaims April 2022 as National Poetry Month. (R. Horvath, Commissioner)] COMMISSIONER HORVATH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GRATEFUL THAT OFTEN I'M ASKED TO WEIGH IN ON ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE. THAT'S MY WHEELHOUSE, AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S POETRY. SO MUCH OF ONESELF IS PUT INTO POEMS AND SO MUCH IS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON LISTENING. THE POETRY EVENT WE HAVE HAD IN ST. AUGUSTINE NOT ONLY FOSTERS AND SUPPORTS THE ARTS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO BEFORE I INVITE CHRIS BODOR FROM ANCIENT CITY POETS, I'LL READ IT AND THEN WE CAN ALL GO UP TO WELCOME CHRIS AND TO GET A PHOTO OP. SO THE PROCLAMATION READS: WHEREAS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY AND ONGOING ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN POETS, INTRODUCED AMERICANS TO THE PLEASURES AND BENEFITS OF READING POETRY BRING POETS AND POETRY TO THE PUBLIC IN IMMEDIATE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS MAKE POETRY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, [00:05:06] AND WHEREAS POETRY AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE IN AMERICA TODAY, INCLUDING EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY PRIDE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND WHEREAS, POETRY HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING CREATIVE ARTISTS AND HAS INSPIRED OTHER ARTISTS IN FIELDS SUCH AS MUSIC, THEATER, FILM, DANCE, AND THE VISUAL ARTS, AND WHEREAS, ST. AUGUSTINE SERVED AS A HOME OR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION OF NUMEROUS LITERARY LEGENDS, INCLUDING RENOWNED AUTHOR MARJORIE KEENAN RAWLINGS, ZORA NEALE HURSTON AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER POET WILLIAM ROSE BENNETT, AND WHEREAS, THIS LITERARY TRADITION CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THE WORK OF LOCAL AUTHORS SUPPORTED IN THEIR EFFORTS BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE ANCIENT CITY POETS AND OUR LOCAL ARTS AGENCY, THE ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL COUNCIL. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022 AS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE THE LITERARY TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL AUTHORS DURING THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO, MR. CHRIS BODOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND RECEIVE THIS? GUYS NEVER GIVE A MICROPHONE TO A POET. [CHUCKLING] COMMISSIONER HORVATH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE OUT THERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US CELEBRATE POETRY. NATIONAL POETRY MONTH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 26 YEARS, AND FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING IT THROUGH OUR ANCIENT CITY POETS GROUP. WE WERE ACTUALLY CREATED GLENDA BAILEY MERSHON AND THE ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL COUNCIL SAID THEY WANTED TO DO AN OPEN HOUSE, OPEN MIC IN APRIL OF 2009, AND I SAID I COULD DO AN OPEN MIC BECAUSE I USED TO DO IT IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING AUGUST I SAID, COULD I USE THAT NAME TO DO SOMETHING IN TOWN? WE PICKED THE LAST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND THAT WAS 13 YEARS AGO. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE EVERY MONTH. WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE ON THE SIGN UP SHEET FROM ALL OVER WINTER BIRDS, LOCALS, TRAVELERS, AND AT LEAST 15 TO 20 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO POETS AND POETRY LOVERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS PROCLAMATION 2022-11, WHICH PROCLAIMS APRIL 2022 AS [3.B. Proclamation 2022-11 - Proclaims April 2022 as Water Conservation Month. (B. Blonder, Commissioner)] WATER CONSERVATION MONTH. COMMISSIONER BLONDER. THANK YOU. I AM HONORED TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND TO SPONSOR IT. WATER CONSERVATION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT--PUN INTENDED--FOR US IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES IN THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER, BUT IT IS AT RISK WITH THE OVERUSE OF WATER. SO ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MR. DOUGLAS [INAUDIBLE] UP AS SOON AS I FINISH READING THE PROCLAMATION TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS FLORIDA'S NATURAL BEAUTY, CRYSTAL BLUE WATERS AND WHITE SAND BEACHES ATTRACT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS, CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES ARE VITAL TO FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND WHEREAS, MORE THAN 90% OF FLORIDA'S DRINKING WATER IS SUPPLIED BY UNDERLYING AQUIFERS, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ECONOMY DEPEND UPON A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. WHEREAS FLORIDIANS CONSUME MORE THAN 7.9 BILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF FRESH WATER, AND THE FUTURE OF FLORIDA DEPENDS GREATLY UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER, AND WHEREAS, THE STATE OF FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS AND THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DESIGNATED APRIL, TYPICALLY A DRY MONTH, WHEN [00:10:02] WATER DEMANDS ARE MOST ACUTE AS FLORIDA'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP SAVE FLORIDA'S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED WATER CONSERVATION THROUGH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2022 AS WATER CONSERVATION MONTH AND CALLS UPON EACH CITIZEN AND BUSINESS TO HELP PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCE BY PRACTICING WATER SAVING MEASURES AND BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE NEED TO SAVE WATER, AND SO I HAVE ASKED MR. [INAUDIBLE] OF THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW EACH OF US CAN PARTICIPATE IN CONSERVING WATER WHEN HE COMES UP. PLEASE COME UP. THANK YOU. HERE YOU GO. THANKS SO MUCH. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT IN THIS AND GO NAVY, SIR. HAD TO GO RIGHT FOR THE FIRST PART EARLY. THIS IS A 24TH STRAIGHT YEAR THAT THE STATE HAS CELEBRATED APRIL AS THE WATER CONSERVATION MONTH, BUT IN REALITY, IT'S NOT A MONTH, NOT A DAY; IT'S AN EVERYDAY ENDEAVOR THAT WE SHOULD PRACTICE. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WATER CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP IS OUR BOARD, LED BY ROB BRADLEY LAST YEAR, MADE A BOLD DECISION TO WAIVE THE FEES FOR PLUGGING UNUSED OR ABANDONED ARTESIAN WELLS. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THEY HAVE PLUGGED 62 WELLS, WHICH IS MORE THAN ANY FULL FISCAL YEAR IN THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE DISTRICT'S HISTORY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, 10.4 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY ARE BEING SAVED, AND THE REQUEST FOR THREE SPECIFIC CONSERVATION IDEAS. WELL, IF YOU GO TO FLORIDAWATERSTAR.COM, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY IS OWNED BY ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND IT'S VERY PERTINENT SINCE WE HAVE TREMENDOUS GROWTH RIGHT NOW AND THIS GOES TOWARDS HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND YOUR EXISTING HOMES, BUT FOR A NEW HOME, IT APPLIES TO INDOOR THE APPLIANCES YOU CAN PUT IN THERE WATER SENSE, 20% SAVINGS ON YOUR ANNUAL WATER, YOUR IRRIGATION AND YOUR LANDSCAPING, WHICH CAN ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR ANNUAL WATER USE, AND IF YOU GET A CERTIFIED HOME FOR FLORIDA WATER STAR, YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE SOMEWHERE IN A 45 TO 50K GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR AND SAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO IT'S A WIN WIN. SO IT'S TREMENDOUS GROWTH. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. FLORIDAWATERSTAR.COM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR WATER CONSERVATION, SIR AND MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO I NEVER FELT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH READING PROCLAMATION, SITTING [3.C. Proclamation 2022-13 – Proclaims April 12, 2022 as Education and Sharing Day St. Augustine. (N. Sikes-Kline, Commissioner)] DOWN--IT'S LIKE PROCLAMATE! SO I'M GOING TO ASK RABBI VOGEL TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAND WITH ME IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM WHILE I READ. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING YOUR SON AS WELL? HE'S WELCOME. PLEASE. WE LOVE CHILDREN. WE LOVE YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S CHILDREN'S PROCLAMATION. OKAY. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. GOING TO TRY AND GET THE NAME RIGHT. WHEREAS EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY, AND IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, WE SEEK TO INSTILL EACH CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WITH A GOOD EDUCATION, AND WHEREAS, BY PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE FUTURE, EDUCATION DEVELOPS THE INTELLECT THROUGH LESSONS ON LITERACY, MATH AND SCIENCE, AND WHEREAS, THE RABBI MENACHEM SCHNEERSON OF RIGHTEOUS MEMORY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE, AND TIRELESSLY ADVOCATED FOR A BETTER EDUCATION FOR ALL AMERICANS, AND WHEREAS, RABBI TAUGHT THAT EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PREPARATION FOR A [00:15:06] CAREER, BUT ALSO ON CHARACTER BUILDING, WITH EMPHASIS ON UNIVERSAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES THAT ARE THE BASIS OF ANY PEACEFUL, CIVILIZED SOCIETY, AND WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS ESTABLISHED EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY USA AS AN ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY TO COMMEMORATE THE RABBI'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE LESSONS AND THE VISION HE SET FORTH ARE RELEVANT TO US ALL TODAY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 12, 2022, AS EDUCATION SHARING DAY ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, AND CALLS UPON EDUCATORS, VOLUNTEERS AND CITIZENS TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO WORK TO CREATE A BETTER, BRIGHTER AND MORE HOPEFUL FUTURE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE, YOU'RE INVITED TO DO THAT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, THE MAYOR, AND ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER SIKES-KLINE FOR SPONSORING THIS. ST. AUGUSTINE JOINS CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENTS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THE CITY LEVEL IN HONORING THE RABBI'S CONTRIBUTION TO MANKIND, TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE RABBI FLED EUROPE, WAR TORN EUROPE IN 1941 CAME TO THE BLESSED SHORES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ESTABLISHED A WIDE NETWORK OF CHABAD CENTERS BASED STARTING FROM NEW YORK CITY, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS PLACES OF EDUCATION, MORAL GUIDANCE, BEACONS OF LIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE. EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT WAS THE RABBI'S IDEA. SO THE RABBI WHOSE LIFE REALLY TOUCHES ALL OF US AND CONTINUES TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE NOW AT A POINT IN OUR AGENDA FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS OR FOR AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING] I DO HAVE THREE CARDS. IF THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND THERE ARE SPEAKER CARDS AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND IF YOU COULD COMPLETE THAT AND HAND IT TO CITY STAFF, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. SUSAN HILL. SUSAN HILL, 12. FLAMINGO DRIVE. VERY NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF FISH ISLAND. IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, A GROUNDSWELL OF CITIZENS CAME TOGETHER IN THIS VERY ROOM TO SAVE A LITTLE ISLAND FROM DECIMATION BY THE LARGEST HOME DEVELOPER IN THE COUNTRY. SOME SAID IT WASN'T POSSIBLE. THAT GROUNDSWELL TURNED INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL GRASSROOTS EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN RECENT TIMES. THE ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD CALLED IT A MIRACLE. ON MAY 5TH, 2022, THE FRIENDS OF FISH ISLAND WILL BE CELEBRATED BY THE ST. AUGUSTINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS THE 2022 RECIPIENTS OF THE HERSHEL E SHEPHERD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. OUR GROUP IS HONORED TO BE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF THE PERSISTENT EFFORTS OF THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO JOINED WITH US AND STAYED THE COURSE, SIGNING PETITIONS, WRITING EMAILS, SENDING LETTERS, MAKING PHONE CALLS, ATTENDING MEETINGS, AND SPREADING THE WORD FROM HERE TO TALLAHASSEE, ALL FOR THE COMMON PURPOSE TO PRESERVE FISH ISLAND TO PROTECT WHAT THEY LOVE. COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY, SAVE FISH ISLAND FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WILL ENSURE ITS PROTECTION IN THE FUTURE. NOW MARKED BY THIS AWARD, THOSE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS HAVE BECOME A PIECE OF THE CITY'S [00:20:05] HISTORY AND A FISH ISLAND'S LONG STORY OF SURVIVAL. AS SUCH, WE FEEL THAT THE HERSHEL E. SHEPARD AWARD BELONGS WITH FISH ISLAND PRESERVE. HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF A SECURE VISITOR CENTER ON FISH ISLAND, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE IN YOUR ROLE AS MANAGER OF FISH ISLAND PRESERVE, IF YOU WILL AGREE TO BECOME THE CARETAKER OF THE FRIENDS OF FISH ISLAND HERSHEL SHEPHERD AWARD SO THAT IT MAY BE SECURELY DISPLAYED FOR THE PUBLIC TO WHOM IT BELONGS FOR AS A LASTING REMINDER THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WHEN COMMITTED CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT COME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE. WE WOULD ONLY ASK THAT YOU SECURELY DISPLAY THE AWARD WITHIN THE CITY HALL BUILDING IN A VISIBLE LOCATION ACCESSIBLE FOR VIEWING BY THE PUBLIC. IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD A VISITOR CENTER EVER BE ERECTED ON FISH ISLAND PRESERVE OR A PERMANENT MUSEUM EXHIBIT CREATED BY THE CITY TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND ARTIFACTS FROM THIS REMARKABLE PLACE, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT OUR AWARD BE MOVED THERE FOR DISPLAY, AND MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO SAY PART TWO FOR ME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, JOHN [INAUDIBLE], 12 FLAMINGO DRIVE. THERE WERE 11 ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF FISH ISLAND. WE'RE ONLY TEN NOW. ERIN FINNY HAS PASSED. GOD REST HER SOUL. I BELIEVE THAT HER HER SPIRIT STILL IS OUT THERE ON FISH ISLAND, KIND OF WATCHING OVER THE PLACE, BUT NOW FROM THAT 11, THAT NUMBER HAS GROWN TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK YOU CAN SAY EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE IS NOW A FRIEND OF FISH ISLAND. IN ADDITION TO WHAT SUSAN HAS MENTIONED AND IN ANTICIPATION AND TO MARK THE CELEBRATION OF THIS AWARD, WE ALSO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ONE, TWO ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. ONE, DESIGNATING FISH ISLAND PRESERVE AS AN ARCHEOLOGY ZONE TO AFFORD IT. SOME LEVEL OF REVIEW UNDER THE ST. AUGUSTINE ARCHEOLOGY ORDINANCE GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND ITS INHABITED RECORD AND PREHISTORIC HISTORY DATING BACK 4000 YEARS, AND TWO, BROADENING THE DESCRIPTION OF FISH ISLAND'S HISTORY IN BOTH THE CITY'S CURRENT PRESERVATION MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT AND ON THE CITY'S FISH ISLAND WEBSITE. GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED BY US AND OTHERS DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE EXPANDED DESCRIPTION ADDED TO BOTH THE PRESERVATION MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT AND TO THE CITY'S FISH ISLAND WEBSITE. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WE CAN AND ANY HELP IN THAT EFFORT. WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION THIS EVENING AND ARE ABLE TO COME TO A DECISION THIS EVENING REGARDING THESE THREE REQUESTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. I HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER CARD. BEFORE I GO TO MY LAST SPEAKERS THAT ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO ONE ELSE, OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MS. BJ KALAIDI. BJ KALAIDI, WEST CITY OF ST AUGUSTINE. THERE WILL BE AN OYSTER CREEK CLEANUP SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022. IN ADDITION TO PARKING ON LEWIS BOULEVARD. THERE IS PARKING AVAILABLE ON RIO VISTA DRIVE, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OYSTER CREEK. REMEMBER, ONE MUST PARK WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS AS WELL AS ALL STREETS IN THE CITY. BUSINESSES AT NINE SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY CAN ALLOW PARKING AT THE PARKING LOT AT THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY CHOOSE WHICH BACKS UP TO OYSTER CREEK. HOPEFULLY THE OWNERS WHO LEASE 400 SOUTH PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD AND LIVE AT 49 VALENCIA STREET WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS CLEANUP AS WELL AS RANDY BATES. LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEIR HELP IN PROVIDING DUMPSTERS AND PICKING UP TRASH, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE SET OUT BY SOUTH PONCE DE LEON, US 1 AND DAVIS STREET DURING THE YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION OFFICE, MISS HORVATH HAS HAS TO RESIGN AS OF JUNE 3. THEN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE MUST LET MS. OAKS KNOW IF HER SEAT ONE WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. [00:25:02] MISS KLINE AND ALL OTHER CANDIDATES MUST SIGN UP BY JUNE 17TH FOR THE MAYOR'S SEAT, AS WELL AS SEATS FOUR, FIVE AND MAYBE ONE. VOTERS, PLEASE STAY POSITIVE AND VOTE EVEN WHEN CANDIDATES SEEM TO PLAY GAMES WITH THE SYSTEM. THE FACT IS, WHEN ONE BUYS ALLEGED MEDICAL POT, THEY DO NOT PAY SALES TAX, AND POT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RESOURCE FOR ALL THE SALES TAX OR PART OF IT ANYWAY. SO AGAIN, I WILL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE NO ON SALES TAX ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 AND AFTER LISTENING TO MISS SUSAN, MR. JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THEM TONIGHT, AND IF YOU CAN, WE'D APPRECIATE KNOWING IT AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT WANT TO STAY UNTIL WHATEVER TIME YOU DECIDE TO SPEAK ON IT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DECIDE TO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CAN, SINCE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER WITH AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL DO THAT DURING COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AS WE ALWAYS DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 7(A)(1). COMMISSIONER TRISH BECKER, VICE-CHAIR AND EDUCATIONAL CHAIR OF THE MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD, HAS A PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE ANASTACIA MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. WELCOME. HI, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. TRISH, IF YOU'D GIVE US JUST ONE MOMENT HERE. COMMISSIONER HORVATH IS VERY DUTIFULLY REMINDED ME THAT YET ONCE AGAIN, I'VE SKIPPED THE [5. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA, SO I'M GLAD FOR HER ASSISTANCE. MR. REGAN, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A REMINDER OF UPCOMING MEETINGS. APRIL 25TH, 2022 5 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING MAY 9TH 2022 5 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING MAY 23RD 2022 5 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE HAVE RELEASED A LEAN FOR UNIT CONNECTION FEE MORTGAGE. BERNICE AND MARVIN EVANS 924 COLLIER BOULEVARD. WE HAVE PROPOSED PROCLAMATIONS PROCLAMATION 2022-08 PROCLAIMS APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD 2022 AS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK. WE HAVE PROCLAMATION 2022-12 PROCLAIMS APRIL 18 THROUGH THE 24TH AS ANASTASIA MOSQUITO CONTROL AWARENESS WEEK. WE HAVE A NOTICE OF CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION 2022-03CR ISSUED RECOGNIZING THE ORIGINAL HOMESITE OF MARIA JEFFERSON, EB SHINE, FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EEO PLAN FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE NOTIFICATION THAT THE 2022 CITY COMMISSION CITIZENSHIP AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE APRIL 25TH, 2022 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND WE HAVE APPROVAL OF DAVID STREET REPLAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'D PLEASE, CALL THE ROLL. NOW, MR. BECKER, I'M SORRY, WE'RE BACK TO YOU. [7.A.1. Commissioner Trish Becker, Vice Chair, Educational Chair, Mosquito Control Board will give a presentation regarding the Anastasia Mosquito Control District. (M. Breidenstein, Assistant City Manager] OKAY, NO PROBLEM. OKAY, WELL, HI THERE. MY NAME IS TRISH BECKER AND I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE ANESTHESIA MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. WE ARE A COUNTY WIDE DISTRICT. CAN YOU SEE MY PRESENTATION? YES. OKAY, SO WE ARE A COUNTYWIDE DISTRICT AND WE ARE ONE OF 14 DISTRICTS OUT OF ALL OF FLORIDA THAT IS AN INDEPENDENT MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. SO I'M ONE OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS AND WE MEET ONCE A MONTH, THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME AND SEE SOME COOL TALKS. SO CURRENTLY OUR TAX RATE IS 0.205 AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON, WE'VE PASSED TO LOWER THE TAX RATE EACH YEAR. SO THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $20 A YEAR FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD TO RECEIVE MOSQUITO CONTROL WHENEVER THEY PUT IN A SERVICE REQUEST, AND THROUGHOUT 2021, WE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS HAPPEN. SO TODAY I'M JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE NEAT THINGS THAT WE DID, AND I MIGHT TALK A LITTLE BIT FAST, SO PLEASE EXCUSE ME. [00:30:05] SO WE STARTED IN 1949. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND WE ARE ONE OF THE NOT ONLY STATE LEADERS OR NATIONAL LEADERS, BUT WE ARE A WORLDWIDE LEADER IN MOSQUITO CONTROL. OUR DIRECTOR IS DR. RUDY XUE AND HE IS WORLD RENOWNED AND HAS WON SEVERAL AWARDS. HE'S THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF OUR PROGRAM. HE'S ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION. HE'S A REALLY BIG DEAL, AND SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM HERE. I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE IN ST JOHN'S COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST COUNTY? SO I THINK THAT KEEPS HIM HERE. SO WHY ARE MOSQUITOES SO IMPORTANT? WELL, MOSQUITOES KILL OVER A MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR NOW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD RAVAGES ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND HERE, IT'S MORE OF A NUISANCE BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM IS ABLE TO RUN SO WELL. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S SHARKS OR IT'S SNAKES, AND THOSE ARE REALLY MY NEW NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE MILLION PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY DIE FROM MOSQUITO DISEASE EACH YEAR, BUT THE MILLIONS MORE THAT ARE RECEIVING LIFELONG INJURIES FROM ONE LITTLE BITE. SO LOCALLY WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE BECAUSE DOWNTOWN WE HAVE THE HUGUENOT CEMETERY AND THAT IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE THAT DIED IN 1820 FROM YELLOW FEVER. SO IT'S. UNFORTUNATE THAT COVID HAPPENED, BUT IT'S A GOOD REMINDER BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW MOSQUITO VIRUSES WORK. IT'S ONE ON ONE, PEOPLE CONTACT, AND SO EVEN THE ZIKA VIRUS IS NOW TRANSMITTED SEXUALLY. SO WE HAVE TO REALLY BE ON TOP OF THE WAY THAT MOSQUITOES CAN HURT US, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS. SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND PIECES OF AMBER WITH MOSQUITOES THAT ARE IN THEM THAT HAD A BLOOD MEAL BEFORE IT GOT TRAPPED IN THE AMBER AND IT HAD MALARIA IN IT. SO THAT'S BEFORE HUMANS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. SO MOSQUITOES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WINNING THIS WAR ON ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN EAT, YOU KNOW? SO HERE WE'RE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT IT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PASSED AWAY AND THEY ARE BURIED AT THE HUGUENOT CEMETERY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. VISITORS CAN'T JUST WALK INTO THAT CEMETERY BECAUSE PEOPLE DIED FROM A PLAGUE. SO THIS IS A CLOSE UP PICTURE OF A MOSQUITO. THIS IS A MALE MOSQUITO, AND YOU CAN SEE HIS BEAUTIFUL EARS. THEY'RE NICE AND FLUFFY, AND THEN THE FEMALES ARE MUCH BIGGER, ALMOST DOUBLE IN SIZE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE BIG EARS. THE MALES HAVE THE BIG EARS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO LISTEN FOR THE FEMALES, LIKE MOST MALES DO. SO A MALE MOSQUITO LIVES ABOUT TEN DAYS AND A FEMALE LIVES ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 56 DAYS. SO, WORLDWIDE, THERE'S ABOUT 3500 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES. IN FLORIDA, THERE'S ABOUT 80, AND IN ST JOHN'S COUNTY, THERE'S 43. SO OUT OF ALL THOSE SPECIES, THOUGH, WE'RE ONLY WORRIED ABOUT A HANDFUL OF THEM. ABOUT FIVE OF THOSE SPECIES ARE DANGEROUS TO US OR PEOPLE. THE MOST DANGEROUS IS THE AEDES AEGYPTI. THAT'S AN INVASIVE MOSQUITO THAT WAS BROUGHT OVER DURING SLAVERY, AND THAT MOSQUITO IS REALLY DOWNTOWN. THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HERE, AND IT LOVES TO FEED ON PLASTIC, SO IT'S ALWAYS AROUND LITTLE TRASH CANS. SO IF YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS JUST ONE WATER BOTTLE CAP FULL OF WATER. SO AN AEDES CAN LAY HER EGGS IN A BOTTLE CAP. THE BOTTLE CAP CAN DRY UP OF WATER, AND THEN IN A YEAR IT RAINS, THE BOTTLE CAP FILLS UP WITH WATER AND IN FIVE DAYS SHE CAN GROW 200 FULL ADULT MALES AND FEMALES READY TO BITE US. SO IT'S KIND OF SCARY, BUT IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM HERE. SO HOW DO WE TREAT? SO WE USE RESEARCH PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE AND SURVEILLANCE AND TREATMENT. WITH OUR RESEARCH, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A GLP LAB, WHICH IS A GOOD LAB, PRACTICES LAB. THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF THOSE IN THE WORLD AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SIXTH ONE. ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH GOOD DATA. SO NOW WE'RE ALMOST ABLE TO PREDICT WHERE CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR COUNTY ARE GOING TO HAVE MOSQUITO OUTBREAKS. SO WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHEN A STORM COMES, WE KNOW IN FIVE DAYS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO WE CAN PRE-TREAT THE AREA, AND SO WHEN WE DO THAT, WE USE AN ORGANIC METHOD. IT'S CALLED BTI. [00:35:02] THE REAL NAME OF IT IS BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS AND IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM SOIL. SO IT'S HEALTHY, BUT IT MAKES MOSQUITOES STOMACHS EXPLODE. SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO WITH OUR RESEARCH IS WE WORK VERY HARD TO GET GRANTS. SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALMOST $1,000,000 IN GRANTS, AND SO THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS SPENT TOWARDS TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND SPENT FOR TREATMENT. THE RESEARCH PART OF IT, WE GO ON OFF OF ALMOST ALL GRANTS. SO THESE SCREENED IN HOUSES THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP WE HAVE... SO THAT IS ACTUALLY CLIMATE CONTROL. WE CAN TURN UP THE MOISTURE, THE HEAT, THE AIR, ANYTHING IN THE GREENHOUSE, AND COMPANIES PAY US A LOT OF MONEY TO USE IT FOR GRANTS SO WE CAN TEST PRODUCTS, NEW MOSQUITO PRODUCTS , AND BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE A GLP LAB, IT'LL BE LIKE HAVING A REALLY PRETTY ORGANIC OR A REALLY GOOD STICKER ON THEIR PRODUCT. SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS, WE HAVE OUR AERIAL PROGRAM, WHICH NOW WE HAVE THREE HELICOPTERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO DRONE APPLICATION AS WELL. OUR AERIAL PROGRAM SERVICED RAN 22 TIMES AND DID 388 ACRES LAST YEAR. SO IN PERSON WE DID 4270 ACRES AND WE FOGGED 1200 ACRES. SO OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO GET OUT THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN. SOMETIMES IT'S BY FOOT, SOMETIMES IT'S BY AIRBOAT, SOMETIMES IT'S BY A FOUR BY FOUR, AND A LOT OF IT IS IN RURAL AREAS BECAUSE MOSQUITOES NEED WATER TO GROW, AND WE ALSO DO A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TREATMENT LIKE OUR FISH HERE. SO ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OVER HERE, WE ACTUALLY GROW GAMBUSIA FISH AND WE PUT THEM OUT IN PONDS AND RESERVOIRS IN HORSE TROUGHS, ANYWHERE THAT THERE COULD BE STANDING WATER WITHOUT MOVEMENT, AND WE DO THAT FOR FREE, SO IF ANYONE NEEDS THEM. SO I'M THE EDUCATION CHAIR. IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE A LOT OF PASSION FOR. BEFORE COVID, WE DID 150 SCHOOL VISITS. WE'RE OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN BE BECAUSE KIDS REALLY LIKE HEARING THE INFORMATION AND THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS GO HOME AND SAY, HEY, THIS PLANTER IS HOLDING WATER, DUMP IT OUT OR HEY, DAD, CLEAN THE GUTTERS, THEY'RE FILLED WITH LEAVES AND ARE GOING TO MAKE MOSQUITOS. SO, LIKE, THEY REALLY LISTEN AND THEN TAKE THE INFORMATION HOME. WE ALSO WORK WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE, CITY OFFICIALS, STATE OFFICIALS, NATIONAL. WE'RE WORKING ON A VERY INTERESTING PROJECT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING A WAR FIGHTER PROTECTION PROGRAM. UP UNTIL RECENT YEARS, MORE PEOPLE DIED FROM MOSQUITO DISEASES WHILE THEY WERE IN BATTLE THAN THEY DID ON THE BATTLEFIELD. VIETNAM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE DIED IN COMBAT AND 75,000 PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF A MOSQUITO. SO FOR COMMON BACKYARD SOURCES, ANYTHING LIKE WAGONS OR WATER PLANTERS OR BIRDBATH, ANYTHING THAT HOLDS WATER THAT DOESN'T MOVE AROUND CAN BE A GOOD PLACE FOR MOSQUITOES TO GROW. SO YOU WANT TO DUMP OUT THE WATER? HERE'S SOME REAL PICTURES OF STUFF. WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOU TO WRAP UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. OKAY. REAL QUICK, SINCE IT'S EARTH MONTH, ONE OF MY BIG THINGS, THE SINGLE USE PLASTICS. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME MICROPLASTICS. THE MORE WE HAVE TO GIVE IN TO CAPITALISM, WE HAVE TO WORK HARDER AND WORK LONGER HOURS AND HAVE TAKEOUT FOOD ALL THE TIME, AND ALL THAT GARBAGE ENDS UP IN THE DITCHES WHERE OUR MOSQUITO TECHNICIANS HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO PICK IT UP SO IT DOESN'T GROW WATER. I DID AN INTERNSHIP STUDY AND I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO INTRODUCE COMMON HOUSEHOLD PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AND THE GREEN IS PLASTIC INSIDE OF BABY MOSQUITOES THAT I GREW. SO WE REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SINGLE USE PLASTICS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION. I WOULD ONLY SPEAK AS A CITIZEN. IN THE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN WE'VE HAD TO CALL YOUR STAFF HAS RESPONDED BEAUTIFULLY, QUICKLY. WE HAVE A LITTLE MONITORING SITE ON OUR PROPERTY AND YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS ASSET. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE. [00:40:04] MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? DON'T YOU HAVE AN APP? DID I READ ON SOMEWHERE THAT YOU HAVE AN APP OR I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL IN. YOU GO ONLINE AND REPORT AND ASK FOR SERVICE AT YOUR ADDRESS, RIGHT? YEAH, SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OUR APP WHICH IS THE MGIS APP AND I CAN KIND OF SHARE A LINK WITH THAT FOR YOU. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS AMCDSJC.ORG, AND THERE'S A LINK THERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE QUICK--YES. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK, AND MAYBE YOUR ANSWER CAN BE REALLY QUICK, TOO. IT COULD BE YES OR NO. IS AMCD LOOKING AT BEGINNING TO USE GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES AS OTHER COUNTIES ARE IN THIS STATE? NO, I HAVE A REALLY LONG STORY ABOUT THAT [CHUCKLING]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE ON ITEM 8(C)(1) RESOLUTION 2022-10. [8.C.1. Resolution 2022-10: PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED Per State law identifies City owned lands appropriate for affordable housing. (D. Birchim, Assistant City Manager)] MR. BIRCHIM, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. RESOLUTION 2022-10 IS A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW THAT EVERY MUNICIPALITY MUST ADOPT A LIST OF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AT YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU IDENTIFIED 450 NORTH HOLMES BOULEVARD AS THAT CITY PROPERTY THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHILE THE STATUTE IS SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION, WE BELIEVE THAT ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION IS A COMMITMENT TO THE SPIRIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE ASK FOR YOU TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE ONE CARD, AND ONLY ONE CARD. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN THIS ONE SPEAKER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, MS. KALAIDI, PLEASE COME FORWARD. BJ KALAIDI, WEST CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S RECORDS, THE CITY OF ST AUGUSTINE OWNS 220 PARCELS. THEIR RECORDS SHOWED THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE HAS OWNED 450 NORTH HOLMES BOULEVARD SINCE 1954. HOWEVER, THE MINERAL RIGHTS ON THE PROPERTY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 1954 SALE. SINCE 2007, FS 166.0451 STATE THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, WAS TO PREPARE AN INVENTORY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVERY THREE YEARS. QUESTION: WHAT WAS THE INVENTORY FOR 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019? RESOLUTION 2022-10 STATES THIS PARCEL IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS PARCEL IS NOT LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS OF ST. AUGUSTINE. ON JANUARY 24, 2022, THE CITY WAS CONSIDERING THREE PARCELS. ON JANUARY 31, 2022 MR. REGAN SIGNED PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR MINERAL RIGHTS AT 450 NORTH HOLMES BOULEVARD. ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022, THE SELLER MOSAIC SIGNED THE 60,000 SALES AGREEMENT. FOLLOW TAXPAYER DOLLARS. A PARTIAL SURVEY, NOT WETLANDS OR TREES. SFF CONTRACT FOR 30,000, NOT 45,000, AND PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS TOTALS 202,000 OF THE REQUESTED 300,000 RESERVE DOLLARS OF THE CITY. HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN RESERVES, MINUS THE 300,000? CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. FUNDS CONTINUE TO BE SPENT ON PROPERTIES IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, AS WELL AS FOR WATER BILLS OF SOME CITY EMPLOYEES AND OTHER PERKS. POLITICIANS RUNNING FOR ELECTION FORGET THE PRESSURES FACED BY CITY TAXPAYERS. REMEMBER JOY ANDREWS, A COUNTY EMPLOYEE SPOKE ABOUT THIS PARCEL WITH THIS COMMISSION LAST YEAR, BUT SINCE WE'VE GOT THE MINERAL RIGHTS NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S OUR SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS FINE. BUT I THINK THE CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR MONEY'S COMING FROM AND WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL THIS, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE TRANSPARENCY WHENEVER THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON RESOLUTION 2022-10? SEEING NO ONE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022-10. [00:45:03] SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HORVATH. FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. APPROVED. WE ARE NOW, MS. [9.B.1. Resolution 2022-09: Adopts the Land and Property Management Guidelines for the City's land and rental properties. (I. Lopez, City Attorney)] LOPEZ, ON RESOLUTION 2022-09, WHICH ADOPTS LAND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR CITY L AND RENTAL PROPERTIES. YES, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A GREATEST HITS OF POLICY QUERIES AND CRITERIA FOR YOUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY'RE EVALUATING THE BEST USE OF CITY LAND. SOME OF IT MAY BE TO SIMPLY LEAVE IT FALLOW OR CREATE ACTIVE PARKS, PUBLIC ART LOCATIONS, OR RENT THE PROPERTIES TO PRIVATE TENANTS. SO THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. HOPEFULLY I HAVE REMEMBERED EVERY CONCEIVABLE SCENARIO THAT WE'VE CHATTED ABOUT FOR THE LAST DECADE. I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE COMPILED THEM UNDER ONE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE, AND THIS IS RESOLUTION 2022-09 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR SIKES-KLINE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS APPROVAL NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSION? DO WE HAVE IT? I KNOW IT SHOULDN'T BE LISTED HERE, BUT JUST FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE. WE DID ADOPT ORDINANCE 2021-11, WHICH PROVIDED FOR A TIERED STRUCTURE ON WHAT THE CITY MANAGER COULD APPROVE IN TERMS OF PURCHASES OR SALES OF OF PROPERTIES. SO THAT WOULD BE A SCENARIO IF THE AMOUNT WAS ABOVE WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFF ON. THERE MAY BE OTHER SCENARIOS WHERE THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO THE APPROPRIATENESS OF OF A PUBLIC USE AND THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, COMMISSIONER BLONDER? I'M CURIOUS, AND I--WHAT I WAS WONDERING IS WHETHER THERE'S A SCORING OR RANKING SYSTEM FOR THESE ITEMS A THROUGH M WHERE ONE WOULD MIGHT WEIGH/TIP MORE HEAVILY AS A GREATER PUBLIC USE OR PUBLIC INTEREST, OR IS THERE CONSIDERATION OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR DO THEY ALL HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT? I JUST LAUNDRY LISTED THEM, BUT ONE OF THE POLICY OBJECTIVES IS THAT EACH PARCEL BE INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATED. SO FOR INSTANCE SOME PARCELS THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERWAYS MAY BE THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE, AND THEREFORE IN THAT SCENARIO, THAT PARTICULAR CRITERIA WOULD TRUMP OTHERS. IN ANOTHER SCENARIO, PERHAPS GETTING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN TERMS OF A TENANT THAT WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT, MIGHT BE UNDER THAT SCENARIO, THE BEST USE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. SO I DIDN'T WEIGH ANY OF THEM. IT WAS A LAUNDRY LIST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETING FACTORS AND DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, THE TYPE OF LAND THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF ITS ECOLOGICAL OR ARCHEOLOGICAL VALUE, ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA MAY NOT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE WEIGHED EQUALLY. THEY JUST SHOULD BE WEIGHED APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL. I GUESS WHAT I CAN SEE IS A SCENARIO WHEREBY THERE ARE TWO COMPETING INTERESTS FOR THE L AND THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND IS THERE A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE COMMISSION COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH-IN TO THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS? I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY A GOOD DIRECTIVE, IF YOU'D LIKE. I COULD ADD THAT EXPLICITLY. I BELIEVE THAT IN ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINE ONE, THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THAT OPENS UP THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER. IF THERE ARE TWO COMPETING POLICIES TO BRING THAT MATTER BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH HIS OR HER RECOMMENDATION, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WORDED SO THAT IT'S MORE EXPLICIT. CERTAINLY I CAN AMEND THAT SECTION. WHOOPS, I'M SORRY I CLOSED MYSELF OFF. IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS, TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINE ONE, I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT EDIT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CLERK FOR YOUR SIGNATURE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA. IF THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR THAT, I CAN WORDSMITH THAT. I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY. SURE. SO YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS TO PLEASE EDIT THE RESOLUTION. [00:50:06] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF IT WHEN IT'S FINISHED, THOUGH. CERTAINLY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PLACE IT ON A FOLLOW UP AGENDA OR ARE YOU FINE WITH ME JUST WORDSMITHING NUMBER ONE? I THINK IT'S NO REFLECTION, BUT I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH DELEGATION. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU PLACE IT ON A CONSENT AGENDA AT A FUTURE MEETING. FAIR ENOUGH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND SIMPLY HAVE THE EDITED GUIDELINES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, SO I MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2022-09, UNDERSTANDING THAT ACTUALLY THERE'S NO REASON TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT AT THIS POINT. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THE EDITS. ALL RIGHT, IT'LL COME BACK ON A WONDERFUL AGENDA IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [9.B.2. Resolution 2022-11: Modifies and updates Resolution 2017-08 by consolidating and establishing policies and procedures for the nomination, selection and presentation of certain awards by the City Commission. (M. Wissel, Director Communications)] WE'RE ON RESOLUTION 2022-11, THAT MODIFIES STATES RESOLUTION 2017-08 BY CONSOLIDATING AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION SELECTION PRESENTATION OF CERTAIN AWARDS BY THE CITY COMMISSION. MISS WHISTLE, WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MELISSA WHISTLE, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. AS YOU SAID, WE ARE CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 2017, SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITIZENSHIP AWARDS, DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY AND COORDINATION OF THAT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. PREVIOUSLY, IT RESTED ON EACH COMMISSIONER TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE HAD TRANSITIONED OR CHANGED UP THE WAY THAT WE WERE DOING IT, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND ASKING THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION SO THAT WE WERE PRACTICING WHAT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. MY ATTENTION'S ACTUALLY BEEN DRAWN TO SECTION TWO, ITEM A, THE ORDER OF LA FLORIDA. THERE'S TWO ISSUES. ONE IS, I THINK THAT MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE RAISED TO TEN LIVING PERSONS AS OPPOSED TO NINE. NINE STRIKES ME, UNLESS THERE'S SOME HISTORICAL, PRACTICAL REASON. THE OTHER IS THAT AT LEAST ON OUR MOST RECENT AWARD TO JEAN AND TOM RAHNER, WE REALLY GAVE THAT TO THEM AS A GROUP, RECOGNIZING THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR SHARED ACTIVITIES , AND SO I THINK THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT BY HAVING LANGUAGE THAT INDICATES THAT WHEN WE ARE GIVING IT TO SPOUSES THAT BE CONSIDERED ONE AWARD. THAT'S OUR PRACTICE IN THE PAST, AND SO HOW DO YOU INTEND TO COUNT? IT COUNTS TWO PEOPLE AS A MARRIED COUPLE PERSON. YES. OKAY. SO THIS ACTUALLY BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING POINT. I HADN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TELL CITY MANAGER THIS YET. MISS GUDRUN HALL PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. OH, I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO HER. OH, YEAH. DON'T LET ME STEAL THAT FROM YOU. WE WE HAVE A FLAG PROTOCOL. SO I BELIEVE THIS WOULD SHE WOULD QUALIFY AS LOWERING THE FLAG TO HALF STAFF, AND THAT WOULD. I BELIEVE THEY ALSO WERE BOTH AWARDED THAT. WELL, OUR WE DID? WE DIDN'T DO IT. NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE DAY OF HER INTERMENT AND I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH. WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OFFLINE, BUT SHE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT LOWERED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THAT AWARD TOGETHER. OKAY. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, YES, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT OFFLINE. OKAY, SO THEN WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2022-11, WITH TWO AMENDMENTS THAT THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ORDER OF LA FLORIDA WOULD BE RAISED FROM 9 TO 10 AND THAT SPOUSES WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS ONE PERSON FOR PURPOSES--COULD I ADD IN ONE POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT? IN THE CITIZENSHIP AWARDS, I SEE THAT THE RECIPIENTS ARE A GRADUATING SENIOR. IN THE UPCOMING AWARDS, THEY'RE ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO ADD HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE TWO WORDS IN FRONT OF SENIOR BECAUSE SENIOR CAN BE INTERPRETED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. HIGH SCHOOL. GOT IT. [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY, YOU'VE HEARD THE RESOLUTION WITH THE THREE ADDITIONS OR CHANGES. [00:55:06] IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 10(B) AND WE HAVE MR. [10.A. Discussion regarding the City's derelict vessel program. (J. Piggott, Director General Services)] JIM PIGGOTT TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S DERELICT VESSEL PROGRAM. WELCOME, MR. PIGGOTT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M JIM PIGGOTT, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON OUR DERELICT VESSEL REMOVAL PROGRAM, WHERE OUR PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ACCORDING TO FIND AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE CONTACTED US TRYING TO REPLICATE HOW WE MOVE OUR DERELICT VESSELS SO EFFICIENTLY WITHIN OUR WATERWAYS. OUR SUCCESS COMES FROM OUR FANTASTIC PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. OUR FUNDING PARTNERS INCLUDE OUR THE PORT AND WATERWAY BEACH DISTRICT, THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATIONAL DISTRICT (FIND), AND THE FWC, AND WE ALSO HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNERS IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES LED BY OUR CITY'S MARINE PATROL UNIT OFFICER PAT HARVEY, OUR COUNTY SHERIFF'S MARINE PATROL UNIT LIEUTENANT JOSH UNDERWOOD AND FWC'S, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LIEUTENANT STEVE ZUBOWSKY. HOWEVER, BEFORE I GET INTO A BRIEFING ON OUR PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY WAS 16 PLUS YEARS AGO DEALING WITH THE DERELICT VESSELS ON OUR BAYFRONT AND BEFORE OUR MOORING FIELDS WERE INSTALLED. THE FOUR YEARS BEFORE MOORING FIELD WERE INSTALLED, OUR WATERFRONT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SOUTH OF 312 BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE NOW. DURING THOSE FOUR YEARS, WE REMOVED CLOSE TO 30 DERELICT VESSELS, SPENT NEARLY $112,000, WHICH WAS ALL PORT AUTHORITY MONEY. MANY OF THESE VESSELS WERE ABANDONED AND BROKE LOOSE FROM THEIR ANCHORS AND FLOATED INTO THE BRIDGE OF LIONS. BETWEEN 2008 AND 2010, THE MOORING FIELD PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEGAN AND THE CITY HELD FIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. DURING THESE MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC VOICED TWO MAIN CONCERNS. THE FIRST AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THEY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY ALL OF THE FREE ANCHORING AREAS THAT WE HAD. SO THE BOATERS DID NOT WANT TO BE FORCED TO MOVE INTO A MOORING FIELD, AND I HAVE FOR YOU A SLIDE, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS ALREADY IN FRONT OF YOU. THE GOLD HASH LINES ARE THE FREE ANCHORING AREAS. THE YELLOW FREE HASH LINES ARE FREE ANCHORING AREAS, BUT THERE'S LESS WATER THERE. IT'S PRETTY SHALLOW. AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME GAVE THEIR FINAL APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONSTRUCT THE MOORING FIELDS, WE NEEDED TO REMOVE MORE BOATS FROM OUR DESIGNATED AND PERMITTED MOORING AREAS. WHEN THOSE AREAS WERE BEING PREPPED FOR THE MOORING INSTALLATION, WE THEN CLEARED OUT AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 BOATS. THOSE BOATS WHO DO NOT WANT TO RENT A MOORING OR ANCHOR IN ONE OF THE FREE ZONES IN THE DIAGRAM IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY MOVE THEIR BOAT GENERALLY TO SOUTH OF THE 312 BRIDGE. AROUND THE 2012 TO 2013 TIMELINE, THE COUNTY WAS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING MOORING FIELD OF THEIR OWN SOUTH OF 312 BRIDGE BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF BOAT INTO THE AREA. THEY WANT TO DISCUSS WITH US WHAT STEPS THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE TO DO THIS. SO ISABELLE LOPEZ, MYSELF OR THEN HARBORMASTER SAMMY DUKAWICZ WENT TO THE COUNTY AND WE MET WITH THE COUNTY'S ATTORNEY, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE COUNTY'S PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD IN INSTALLING MOORING FIELDS TO THE 312 BRIDGE AT THAT TIME. THE MOORING FIELDS HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS. AFTER 12 YEARS OF OPERATING IN THE MORNING FIELDS, WE HAVE VALIDATED SEVERAL OF THE BENEFITS THAT WERE MENTIONED 12 YEARS AGO. FIRST OF ALL, THE MOORING FIELDS ARE PROVEN TO BE SAFE ANCHORING PLACE FOR BOATS. WE WENT THROUGH NUMEROUS NOR'EASTERS AND HURRICANES, MATTHEW AND IRMA, THROUGH THESE MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS. WE NEVER LOST A VESSEL ON A MOORING DUE TO A MOORING FAILURE. DURING EACH HURRICANE, SEVERAL VESSELS BROKE LOOSE FROM THE MOORING, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE DOWNLINE, WHICH IS THE BOAT'S RESPONSIBILITY, ATTACHES TO OUR MOORING FAILED. [01:00:01] MOORINGS ALSO PROVIDE A COST BENEFIT COMPARED TO DOCKINGS. IT'S CHEAPER. TRANSIENT VOTERS WHO VISIT OUR CITY LOVE THE MOORING RATES COMPARED TO OUR DOCKAGE RATES. WE SEE SAILBOAT OWNERS TEND TO RENT MORE MOORINGS THAN MOST MOTORIZED BOATS. VOTERS ALSO IN THE MOORING AND ON OUR DOCKS LOVE OUR FREE PUMP OUT SERVICE. WE ALSO OFFER PUMP OUTS TO THOSE BOATS THAT ARE ANCHORED OUTSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR MOORING FIELDS, AND LASTLY, THE BOATERS LOVE THE SHUTTLE SERVICE WE OFFER FROM OUR MOORINGS TO THE MARINA. NOW MOVING ON TO THE PROGRAM. THE CITY WILL ACT AS A MANAGER OR A COORDINATOR OF OUR DERELICT REMOVAL PROGRAM. IN COORDINATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WE ASSIST REMOVING ALL DERELICT VESSELS FROM THE INSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS AND ALSO IN THE PORT DISTRICTS LIMITS. YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE THIS SLIDE THAT I PUT IN YOUR SEATS. ALTHOUGH THIS SLIDE IS SIDEWAYS, IT GOES FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. IT STARTS JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY ALREADY SOUTH TOWARDS MARINE LAND. THE POOR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AS I SAID, IS FAIRLY LARGE, AND WE ACT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND HELP REMOVE VESSELS FROM THAT AREA AS WELL. TO LEGALLY PULL A DERELICT VESSEL THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW. FIRST, WE NEED TO PAY PAPERWORK FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DECLARING THAT A VESSEL IS DERELICT, AND THEN SECOND, WE NEED TO DETERMINE A FUNDING SOURCE TO REMOVE THAT VESSEL. WE DON'T SPEND ANY CITY MONEY. IT'S ALL THROUGH GRANTS FROM PORT, FINE OR THE FWC. ACCORDING TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ON WHAT A DERELICT BOAT REALLY IS. ONE OF OUR MAJOR MISCONCEPTIONS, THEY TELL ME, IS THAT A BOAT LOOKS UGLY. PEOPLE THINK IT'S DERELICT. WELL, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. BY DEFINITION, A DERELICT VESSEL IS A VESSEL THAT IS WRECKED, JUNKED OR SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. JUNKED IS DEFINED AS A VESSEL THAT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY STRIPPED OF THE VESSEL'S COMPONENTS AND UNABLE TO GET UNDERWAY. NORMALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE MISSING ITS MOTOR, A SAIL OR SOME COMPONENT SO IT CAN'T STEER. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, SIX OF THE UGLY VESSELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ANCHORED SOUTH OF THE 312 BRIDGE ARE OWNED BY ONE PERSON. THIS PERSON TENDS TO PURCHASE VESSELS AS THEY ARE BECOMING DERELICT, AND THEN HE FIXES THEM UP SO THEY'RE NO LONGER DERELICT. OUR PROGRAM FOLLOWS STATE STATUTES WHEN REMOVING A DERELICT VESSEL WHERE THE LAW REQUIRES OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, ALL THREE OF THEM, AFTER IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL DERELICT VESSEL TO DO THE FOLLOWING. FIRST OF ALL, THEY MUST SEND A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE REGISTERED OWNER, THEN WAIT 90 DAYS FOR A RESPONSE. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER GETS THIS ADDRESS BY RUNNING THE FLORIDA REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON THE HULL OF THE BOAT. IF THERE ARE NO FLORIDA REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON THE VESSEL'S HULL AND THE BOAT IS NOT A HAZARD IN NAVIGATION OR A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, IT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE 90 DAYS HAVE EXPIRED BECAUSE ONCE WE TOUCH THE BOAT, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BOAT. IF THE BOAT IS AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD TO NAVIGATION OR PROVIDE SOME SORT OF IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, THE VESSEL WILL BE PULLED IMMEDIATELY AND PLACED AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE 90 DAY TIME LIMITS UP. MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE BOAT THAT WAS ON THE SEAWALL BY THE BRIDGE OF LYONS. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, PAT HARVEY, HAPPENED TO SEE KIDS WALKING ON IT DURING THE NIGHT OF THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE, AND THAT WAS A DANGER. SO WE PULLED IT WITHIN A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT. AFTER THE 90 DAYS ARE UP, AND NO ONE STEPS FORWARD AS THE OWNER OR CITY GRANTS PERSON, DENISE REYKJAVIK WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT IT'S OKAY TO PULL THE BOAT AND IT'S NOW CONSIDERED A DERELICT. WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES MENTIONED EARLIER WHO WILL PAY FOR THE REMOVAL, THE TOWING, THE REMOVAL FROM THE WATERWAY AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT VESSEL. DENISE WILL THEN CONTACT ONE OF OUR CONTRACTED MARINE TOWING COMPANIES TO MOVE THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL THEN BE TOWED TO ST. AUGUSTINE MARINE. PULLED OUT OF THE WATER AND BROUGHT TO OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHERE CITY FORCES AND CITY CREWS WILL DESTROY THE VESSEL. THERE'S A NEW BILL OUT THERE, SB 494. IF THIS IS PASSED, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WILL NOW ALLOW OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT [01:05:02] AGENCIES TO WAIT ONLY 21 DAYS TO MOVE A VESSEL. THIS IS HUGE. SO IF NO ONE RESPONDS IN 21 DAYS, WE'LL MOVE IT TO OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. BUT WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT THE FULL 90 DAYS BEFORE WE CAN DESTROY IT. AT LEAST WE CAN GET OUT OF THE WATERWAY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE PASSED THIS JULY. SINCE 2019, THE CITY HAS REMOVED 12 VESSELS FROM CITY WATERS, 16 VESSELS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, MOSTLY SOUTH OF THE 312 BRIDGE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN VESSELS THAT ARE WAITING TO BE PULLED BECAUSE OF THE TIME LIMIT, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE'LL BE REMOVING ONE OF THESE VESSELS FROM THE SAN SEBASTIAN RIVER TOMORROW, WEATHER PERMITTING, AND IT SHOULD BE A NICE DAY. WE'VE ALSO, SINCE TO 2019, SPENT $288,000 REMOVING DERELICT VESSELS FROM OUR WATERWAY. LESS VESSELS, BUT MORE MONEY. 185,000 CAME FROM FWC. 46,000 CAME FROM FIND AND ROUGHLY 56,000 FROM THE PORT DISTRICT. IN SUMMARY, THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED WITH OUR FUNDING SOURCES AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAS BEEN TOUTED BY MANY AS A GOLD STANDARD FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO FOLLOW WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE ONE. I WAS WONDERING, SINCE THE WEAK LINK IS THE CONNECTION TO THE MOORING FROM THE BOAT AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, WHATEVER THE LINE IS. DO WE KNOW WHAT A QUALITY LINE WOULD BE OR THE STRONGEST ONE? CAN WE REQUIRE THEM TO USE SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL WILL NOT BREAK DURING STORMS? WE HAVE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL LINES FOR THEM TO USE. HOW ARE THEY TIE THEM IS UP TO THEM, SO AND SO FORTH, BUT WE DO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LINES AS A DOWN LINE THAT THEY CAN USE. THANK YOU. IN THE PAST. COMMISSIONER BLONDER? THANK YOU, MR. PICKETT. WOULD YOU KINDLY PUT THE PREVIOUS MAP UP WITH THE FREE ANCHORING AREA? THINKS THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS MOSTLY COME FROM. FRANKLY, WITHOUT LEGENDS, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT OTHER THAN WHAT YOU DESCRIBED. ARE THE ARE THE DOTS MOORING BUOYS? YES, THE DOTS ARE THE MOORING FIELDS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO THE FREE ANCHOR AREA IS GOES RIGHT UP TO THE BRIDGE OF LIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? IT HAS TO BE 100 FEET AWAY, FEET SPACE IN HERE. THAT SEEMS INADEQUATE TO ME JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD AS MANY STRIKES ON THE BRIDGE AS WE'VE HAD DURING OUR JUST A WIND EVENT. IT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, A DOWN GUST FROM A REALLY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM, AND WE HAD A BOAT BREAK LOOSE OR TWO BOATS BREAK LOOSE THAT DAY, AND I WOULD VENTURE THAT THEY WERE BOTH REALLY CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE OF LIONS. IT SEEMED TO ME THAT WE NEED A MUCH GREATER BUFFER AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE OF LIONS. WELL, THIS IS BY STATE STATUTE. HOWEVER, MY 16 AND A HALF YEARS HERE, I'VE NEVER SEEN A BOAT ANCHOR THAT CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE OF LIONS. THE BOATS THAT BROKE LOOSE EARLIER. ONE WAS BY THE FORT, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT CAME TO HIT OUR BRIDGE OF LIONS. THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST NORTH OF THE U.S., IN A BRIDGE AND THEN WENT INTO THE BOAT RAMP OVER THERE. SO THOSE ARE STILL PRETTY CLOSE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE JUST UPWIND AND YOU'VE GOT A GOOD FETCH GOING TOWARD THE BRIDGE. SO I GUESS WITH THE STATE STATUTE, IF THE CITY, WHICH IT DOES, OWNS THOSE SUBMERGED LANDS THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, DOES THAT GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY? I'M ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT TO. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT, BUT TYPICALLY THE FLORIDA STATUTE PREEMPTS OUR REGULATION, NOT OUR OWNERSHIP. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY SEEING A LOT MORE BOAT STRIKES. AND I WILL JUST SAY THE FIRST FOUR YEARS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE HAD PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE BOAT STRIKES AND WE'VE HAD MAYBE FIVE IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS THAT I CAN REMEMBER HERE. OKAY, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER PROBABLY I'M NOT SURE HOW COMPLICATED THIS QUESTION IS, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE OR REQUIRE THAT THE BOATS THAT ARE EITHER USING FREE ANCHORAGE OR MOORING ARE REGULARLY USING OUR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR FREE PUMP OUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH LEAKY HOLDING TANKS OR WHATEVER AND IMPACTING OUR WATER QUALITY. IS THERE A WAY TO MANAGE THAT? WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER IS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THAT THE THREE AGENCIES I SPOKE [01:10:03] ABOUT, THEY KNOW IF THERE IS SOMEONE LIVING ON THE BOAT AND THEY FREQUENT THOSE BOATS, I WOULD DEFER TO ISABELLE, BUT I BELIEVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CAN DO AN INSPECTION AND DROP SOME TYPE OF DYE TABLET. AT TIMES I WAS TALKING TO OFFICER PAT HARVEY ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, AND I THINK HE HAS A PLAN IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE I IMAGINE WE DO HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES WITH THAT. YEAH. YEAH, AND JOHN, JUST WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S ON OUR MORNING FIELD, THEY DON'T PAY A DIME FOR A PUMP OUT. SAME WITH OUR MARINA. WE HAVE A PUMP OUT EVERY SLIP IN A MARINA. WE ALSO HAVE OFFERED PUMP OUTS TO BOATS THAT ARE ANCHORED OUTSIDE AND WE CHARGE THE MINIMUM OF $5 PER PUMP OUT, AND WE'LL SCHEDULE YOU WEEKLY, MONTHLY HOWEVER YOU WANT IT SCHEDULED, WHERE WE CAN GET SOMEONE OUT THERE TO SALT RUN OR SALT THE 312 BRIDGE OR WHATEVER THE CASE. SO ONE THING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GO TO A PRIVATE DOCK AND PUMP SOMEBODY OUT BECAUSE THEN WE'RE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY CAUSE THE BOAT OR THE DOCK. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. JUST ONE MORE. SO BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE FIRST DID THE PILOT PROGRAM AND BEGAN THIS ENDEAVOR TO DO THE MOORING FIELDS, I SEEM TO REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT MAYBE SOMEDAY DOWN THE ROAD, EXPANDING THE MOORING FIELDS. AND I'M WONDERING, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT? ARE WE AT CAPACITY? I MEAN, WHAT WHAT ARE OUR NUMBERS? WE'RE NOT QUITE AT CAPACITY YET. EVERY YEAR IN THE PAST 12 YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED OUR REVENUE. WE HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED OUR PRICES, AND I KNOW. SO WE HAVE NOT REACHED THAT CAPACITY LEVEL YET. I WOULD SAY THREE TO MAYBE FIVE YEARS WE WOULD, BUT THEN WE PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WE'D BE TAKING MORE FREE ACREAGE AWAY FROM LOCAL BOATERS. RIGHT. WELL WORTH CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE. IT IS. ONE LAST QUESTION. DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT WE, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, IN PARTICULAR THE PORT WATERWAY AND BEACH DISTRICT, ARE MANAGING ALL OF THEIR JURISDICTION? SO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM TO REMOVE BOATS FROM THE INTERCOASTAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MATANZAS INLET. YEAH. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT SEES A DERELICT BOAT, LET'S SAY, DOWN TOWARDS MARINELAND, WILL DO THE APPROPRIATE SENDING THE CERTIFIED LETTER WRITING IN 90 DAYS. WE WOULD GET THAT REPORT SAYING, AND THEN I'D GO TO THE PORT DISTRICT AND SAY, I NEED $5,000. THAT'S THE ESTIMATE TO PULL THIS BOAT, AND THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO US. WE'D PULL THE BOAT AND HAVE IT PULLED AND DESTROYED. WELL, I JUST I JUST APPLAUD THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION HERE. IT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S GREAT. IT'S WORKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JIM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MOSTLY OUT OF CURIOSITY. YOU'RE MENTIONING YOU'RE TAKING DERELICT BOATS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT? YES. HOW ARE YOU GETTING THEM THERE? THE ST. AUGUSTINE MARINE IS PUTTING ON A CRAWLER AND BRINGING THEM DOWN HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW ON ITEMS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO HAS THREE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS, MS. [11. ITEMS BY CITY ATTORNEY] LOPEZ? YES. AS YOU KNOW, ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, WE ENTERED INTO WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE FLORIDA PLAN FOR THE COORDINATED OPIOID SETTLEMENTS. THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL TOOK LEAD ON THAT MATTER. WE HAVE ALREADY IN THE PAST APPROVED SETTLEMENT, THEY'RE CALLED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH MCKESSON CORP, CARDINAL HEALTH INC, AMERISOURCEBERGEN AND JOHNSON, I GUESS IT'S JOHNSON AND JOHNSON KNOWN AS JANSSEN, AS WELL AS ENDO. SO THOSE WERE OUR PRIOR PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS. THIS EVENING I JUST RECEIVED A FEW HOURS AGO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS FOR CVS. FOR TEVA, AND FOR ALLERGAN. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE LATEST ATTORNEY GENERAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT ENTITIES. THE TEMPLATE IS WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AND APPROVED IN THE PAST FOR OUR PRIOR PARTICIPATION SETTLEMENTS, AND AGAIN, WE ARE PART OF THAT GLOBAL FLORIDA PLAN NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR THESE. WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. SO I'M TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. I KNOW SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD MENTIONED AT PRIOR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THAT [01:15:04] THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF LARGE OPIOID SETTLEMENT, AND THAT'S UNLIKELY. THERE IS A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FOR HOW THE ALLOCATIONS ARE DIVVIED UP NATIONALLY AND IN THE STATE. AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE TO EXPEND SUBSTANTIAL SUMS, WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL SUMS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE, IF YOU WILL DIRECT YOUR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THESE THREE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY? SEEING NONE IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BY VOICE. VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THEY ARE APPROVED. I SPY CITY CLERK. WE HAVE NONE. [13. ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER] MR. REGAN? MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, I JUST HAVE ONE THING. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE POPE FAMILY AND THE WOMEN'S EXCHANGE TO RESCHEDULE OR MOVE THE ADELINE SANCHEZ AWARD TO MAY 23RD. IT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN SCHEDULED ON MAY 9TH, I BELIEVE. SO WE ARE MOVING THAT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME SCHEDULING MATTERS, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON EVENTS BY MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. [14. ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS] COMMISSIONER VALDEZ? I HAVE NONE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BLONDER? I BRIEFLY JUST WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HOW PLEASED I AM THAT WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH EXPLORING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HOLMES BOULEVARD. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. EVERYBODY HERE HAS WORKED HARD TO MAKE THAT MOVE FORWARD. EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAS, AND IT SEEMS WE'VE CLEARED UP THE MINERAL RIGHTS AND ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT'S A GREAT THING. WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COUNTY. SECONDLY, THE STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE, WHICH WE WE UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE OUT THERE DOING THEIR SPRING PLANTINGS TO PLANT WITH NATIVES FLOWERING NATIVE PLANTS FOR OUR POLLINATORS. I'M SURE MS. BECKER WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL, AND BRING THOSE BUTTERFLIES ON IN, THEY'RE A JOY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR SIKES-KLINE? YES. SO MY REQUEST IS I HAD PROMISED SUSAN HILL THAT I WOULD BRING THIS UP TONIGHT ABOUT THE STEWARDSHIP, THE. FISH ISLAND AWARD IN OUR STEWARDSHIP REQUESTS FOR OUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE AWARD UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS THEY HAD A FACILITY IN WHICH TO DISPLAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL THAT WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. YOU HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT WITH HONOR AND. ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST I'LL LEAVE GORDON HALL FOR LAST, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID. IT IS BUDGET TIME. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DEVELOPING BUDGETS, SO I THINK WE NEED TO PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON SO THAT WE DON'T GET BUDGET REQUESTS OUTSIDE OF THE CYCLE. SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH. PLEASE THINK OF YOUR BUDGET REQUESTS AND GIVE THEM TO THE CITY MANAGER. MY BUDGET REQUEST, INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST WAS TO BRING BACK THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S WELL WORTH EVERY DIME SPENT. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS. SO I HAVE MADE THAT FUNDING REQUEST OF HIM. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE IT IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN MY LAST THING IS SO GUDREN HALL PASSED AND THANK YOU SO MUCH MELISSA WISSLE FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I WAS ASKED TO REALLY MEMORIALIZE HER IN A SMALL WAY TONIGHT. SHE WAS SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE THE AVILES AWARD WINNERS IN 2016, AND I NOMINATED THEM ALONG WITH WITH CARL AND PATTY RANG. SO THEY RECEIVED THE AWARDS AS COUPLES TOGETHER, AND IT WAS A LOVELY MOMENT FOR THE COMMISSION. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE REALLY GOOD FRIEND, ESPECIALLY AS WELL AS HER HUSBAND, AS REALLY BELOVED HISTORY LIVING HISTORY CHAMPIONS FOR OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT US THEY BROUGHT TO LIFE FOOD, THE SPANISH COLONIAL FOOD, THE CLOTHING, AUTHENTICALLY, THE MUSIC, EVERYTHING AUTHENTICALLY, AND THEY BROUGHT THIS CIVILIAN LIFE, THE SPANISH COLONIAL CIVILIAN LIFE TO US AND EDUCATED US. [01:20:03] THEY WERE ALSO. THE TWO OF THEM DID THAT TOGETHER. GUDRUN HERSELF, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE ENOUGH CREDIT, BUT SHE WAS A SEAMSTRESS, AND AS YOU KNOW, LIVING HISTORY, SO MUCH OF THE GARB THAT THEY WEAR IS SUCH SUCH A FOCUS DOWN TO THE BUTTONS AND THE FABRICS, AND GUDRUN WAS A TREMENDOUS SEAMSTRESS BACK FOR THE PRESENT WHEN THE PRESERVATION BOARD WAS RUNNING THE COLONIAL QUARTER, WHICH WAS A FABULOUS PROGRAM AND NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. AND THEN LATER WAS, IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, SOME OF US MIGHT REMEMBER FLORIDA STATE PLAY AND WERE INVOLVED IN IT, THE CROSS AND SWORD. SHE BECAME SEAMSTRESS FOR THAT. SO AND THEN LATER, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE HISTORIC FLORIDA MILITIA. SO I REALLY WANTED TO HOPE THAT WE COULD JUST THINK OF THIS THESE THESE TWO GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS VERY MUCH AND REALLY WILL LEAVE A HOLE IN OUR HEARTS, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. SO AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ADD TO THAT, CERTAINLY COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP FOLLOWING THE OPIOID THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL HELD A DAY CONFERENCE AT THE WORLD GOLF CENTER AND IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND IT REALLY SCARED ME BADLY HOW PREVALENT IT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO GET THE WORD OUT, BUT ON ANOTHER NOTE, THIS WEEKEND I SPENT TIME AT THE POET FEST EVENT AND SPECIFICALLY TO GO TO HEAR DR. DAVID AXELROD, WHO IS THE POET LAUREATE OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, SPEAK ABOUT WHAT POET LAUREATES DO AND WHAT WE MY THOUGHT WAS, IS I'D LIKE TO INVESTIGATE IT. BASICALLY, THEY DON'T GET PAID ANYTHING, NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T PAY THEM SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO WORK WITH TO RAISE MONEY FOR EDUCATION. BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY VALUABLE THING FOR OUR CITY, BEING THE OLDEST CITY TO HAVE A POET LAUREATE, AND IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO ME BY PAUL WILLIAMSON. SO HE'S AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO. I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR US TO LOOK INTO THAT. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR LONG RANGE VISION, THE CULTURAL ELEMENT, AS WE KNOW, MANY, MANY COMMUNITIES, STATES, THE NATION, OF COURSE, HAVE POET LAUREATES. IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S TYPICALLY ROTATED. WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF POETS TO ROTATE FREQUENTLY, BUT IT'S NOT, AND SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. SO I WOULD CERTAINLY BE. THANK YOU. I WONDERED, DOES POETRY INCLUDE RAP? IT'S A SERIOUS QUESTION. NO, SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IT DOES. THERE WAS NO RAP THAT I KNOW OF AT THIS FESTIVAL. NO, NO, BUT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DEFINE IT AS THAT. A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS BACK TO THE HILLS. I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSSED WITH DR. WHITE ABOUT THE ADVISABILITY OF EXPANDING THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONE TO ADDRESS FISH ISLAND. THERE CERTAINLY ARE IMPORTANT ARCHEOLOGICAL RELICS, AND THEN HER OTHER OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND THE MASTER PLAN, I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING AS A STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? IF NOT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.