All right. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. I would like to call to order >> myself. Oh, okay. >> Oh, I'm in the middle of something here. Okay. I would like to call to order the
Barrier Islands Government Council meeting for Wednesday, March 25th. Please stand for the pledge. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, we will start with the roll call. >> My name is David Will and I am lucky enough to be the mayor of Readington Beach. We will move to my left and then go around the entire room.
>> And Marie Brooks, I am the mayor of Madira Beach. >> John, the mayor of Treasure Island, newly commissioned mayor of St. Beach. >> Welcome, sir. Welcome. Bruce, director, mayor of the city of
Clearwater. >> Thank you. morning, >> Jennifer web. All right. >> Karen Marriott, vice mayor. >> Brent, Providence Hotels and Resorts.
>> Mickey Torres, board member of the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber. >> Margar Kerry, town manager of Readington Shores. CJ Hoy, commissioner, Readington Shores. >> Bill Lusk, resident, Bellar Beach. >> Larry Maynard, commissioner, Readington
Shores. >> Amy Davis, community coordinator with Penllis County. Lieutenant Commander Rich Weltz. I'm the executive officer for the Florida State Guard Maritime Response Squadron. >> Uh, Kelly Watt, Commissioner Elect for
Indian Rocks Beach. >> Nicholas Benise, town council member for Indian Shores. >> Good morning. Larry Shear, citizen of Indian Shores. >> Carla Bowling, resident of Indian Shores.
>> I I love this. Frederwin Sani Civic Association. >> Jerry Saka Sani Civic Association. >> Good morning, Charlie Justice, Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce. Inviting you to our annual tourism brunch on Friday, May 8th.
>> Ashley Aya, town of Indian Shores. >> Ellen Bower, council member, Indian Shores. Hillary Kane, Commissioner, Indian Rocks Beach. JR uh Penelis County Beaches Penelis Beaches Chamber of Commerce official photographer
the >> gentleman in the back there who's trying to hide fire department. >> Thanks sir compator Good morning. Diane, mayor of Indian Shores.
>> Wilson, vice mayor of Indian Beach. >> Jay Super, mayor of North Readington Beach. >> Tom Caber, mayor of Readington Shores. >> Good morning everyone. Dave Gatis, mayor of Bair Beach. >> All right, that's everyone. Um, moving on to approval of the agenda. I would
like to add uh after and new business after the Florida State Guard presentation, Miss Jennifer Webb is going to give us a legislative update. >> Can we get an approval? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> All right. Agenda is approved. >> Moving on to the approval of the minutes from our last meeting. >> I'd like to make one change. Yes, ma'am. >> Um the ending balance was 5 54054. >> Thank you for
Motion to amend. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Now, moving on to our treasurer's report. Mayor Brooks. >> So, we finally I thought that we had gotten all of our financials in order
last month. Um, but I did not have access fully to our bank. We do now. Um, it was my error. You have to log in under business, not personal. That's how you get to log into your account. >> Yes. >> So, I couldn't log in and it was user
error. However, >> wasn't my fault. >> Yeah, it wasn't. So, um the expense or the uh update that I gave last month on the treasurer's report would have actually been February's. Um January had no dollars. So, I want to correct that
and I've provided that to Adriana. Um the opening balance in January was 55801 and the closing balance was 55801. The $1747 that was spent was actually spent in February. So um we had a starting
balance of $55801. We had one expense to digital eel for website work with an ending balance of $540.54. >> Thank you very much for staying on top of that. And I understand we have a new bank now. So things should be easier in the future, a little more user friendly
for our next treasurer. Thank you for setting it up for them. >> They are much more user friendly. Um the bank is easy to deal with whether you're calling the 800 number or dealing with the branch directly. And when we transition to a new treasurer, the transition will be much simpler than the
previous bank. >> Thank you. That is the process that has always been holding us up for our $541. >> Uh speaking of new treasurer, Mr. status. I know you were working on a committee to uh see if to find a new a volunteer for a new treasurer.
>> Yes. Uh Mayor Hburg and I did not meet this month. Uh I was expecting to meet with her this morning to have that conversation. Uh but that did not happen. Uh so um uh it's my understanding that Mayor Doctor has
volunteered to be our next uh secretary treasurer. Is that correct? That's your understanding also. All right. >> Okay. But uh before we go forward, do we have any others that would like to volunteer? >> Seeing that we have none, then uh would
you like to uh go ahead and u >> can we make a motion for John to take over as >> treasure? >> Second. >> With John taking over as treasurer. >> Mayor Dr. Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I >> I.
>> Congratulations, Mayor Doctor. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. On to new business. Uh, first up is a presentation by Lieutenant Commander Welts of the Florida State Guard. Please take the podium. Thank you for being here. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mayors,
commissioners, appreciate your time. Um, as uh Mayor Will said, uh, you know, uh, we have been down here a few times over the last what about a year and a half now. We've been operating. I apologize if I'm talking my way my back towards you, but they kind of put me in the middle of the room. Um, we do like to give this brief to any of the local areas that will have us. Um, it's been
very unique to us having someone on our staff at the state guard that is actually a mayor. Um, it's become very interesting, but uh, what he's bringing to the table with us is a a great introduction to all the local, you know, heads of the of the county, heads of the area, and that's who we end up working
with anyway. So, it's good to develop those relationships before we actually go into a gray skies event where we're all, you know, thinking about other things with uh all the emergency stuff that's going on. So, it's also good for us to get around the state and to get to these areas that are high risk that we know we are eventually going to get to
sooner or later. We had uh similar operations up in Cedar Key. We had trained out up there a couple times over the years and actually have been back there three times for emergency services and with all the hurricanes that came in, especially in 2024 was obviously a big year for everybody. So, um, a little bit about myself. Um, I'm prior
military. I did, uh, started out in the Marine Corps, ended up in the Navy, uh, 30 years, uh, special operations. Retired out of SOCOM here in Tampa, and I reside in Safety Harbor, Clear Water Beach area, Clearwater area. So, I see the new mayor here. Um, appreciate y'all having me. Uh, without further ado, I'll
I'll kind of give you guys a little background and history of the Florida State Guard. So, uh, a lot of people confuse us with the the, uh, National Guard. We are the State Guard. So we work for the governor and the people of Florida. We do not work for the federal government. So uh the originally it was
started out back in 1942 I believe as a backfill for the National Guard. So mo as you know in World War II most of the National Guard was deployed overseas. There was nobody here in Florida that could help out you know for homeland homeland defense basically. So it was started up 42. It went on for about 5
years and it was disbanded in 1947. uh in uh 2022 uh the governor reinstated it back, gave us a $10 million budget and said, "Hey, we need to make this happen. Uh we we he want he wanted to have some kind of control because uh once again, you know, the the the National Guard was still being deployed
overseas to war." And he we wanted to use that as a gap filler, you know, for the state. Uh so we uh the second year we authorized a hundred million dollar budget. And uh now we're uh we are very uh heavy with uh we've got helicopters.
We've got uh a lot of beautiful boats now that we have with all kinds of capabilities. And I'll I'll run that through uh my brief here. So right now our mission is to protect and serve uh life and property, the people of Florida from all threats, public safety, and uh partnership with state and local
agencies. Uh we also we do work side by side with Coast Guard. A lot of what we do is with uh fish and wildlife. We end up tagging on with Delta's guys. Uh right now we've got people down in uh Miami doing uh Operation Vigil and Century which is a migrant interdiction um and patrolling uh the area in Miami
and helping out with them. So it's we're a force multiplier basically is what it is. And uh they are very glad to have us. Our boats are very capable. They're state-of-the-art electronics on board. Uh and we're we're very lucky to have those along with our helicopters that are they're uh they are we did buy used helicopters because they are very
expensive for those that know anything about helicopters. Uh we our one primary uh uh 60 is a former firefighting helicopter from Colorado I believe. So they were able to refurb it, repaint it with our logo on it and now we were flying that around too. So it's got a
bright yellow tail. So if you ever see in the sky, you'll know it's us. Uh so uh just a little bit of background, there's 23 states in territory. I don't know how many people know this, but and including Puerto Rico that actually have state guard or some kind of state defense force. Um, I'm not
going to name them all, but you can you can Google that. It's uh, and basically what they're done, they're utilized just in the states. It's that they can't deploy us overseas. We have been asked to help other states participate. Uh, we have had people down on the border in Texas for we had that go on for about 6 months, 6 to 8 months. We had actually
deployed down to the border to help out along with several other state guards. So, uh, that was quite an interesting time. Uh, obviously, you know, we're all here working and living in Florida. You know, we got 1350 miles of of coastline. Uh 12,000 addition miles of navigable
inland waterways and homes and businesses obviously throughout the state. Um these are some of the pictures. I believe this was Stein Hatchee that we responded to up there. And anybody that knows what happened to Stein Hatch, they they got hit extremely hard up there. Um this is kind of gives
you an organizational understanding of how we operate. This is at our deck plate level we call this. So basically we have right now we have three boat teams uh blue, gold and red. Uh and they're staffed by a lieutenant and then they usually have an enson and a chief which is uh our first uh first line of
our our uh enlisted and then from down there we try to fill that with 30 different per personnel. Each boat team has uh two metal sharks which is a which I'll you'll see later on which is a uh 32 foot uh enclosed cabin boat. Then we've got some open open bow. Um we'll
have a 28 foot define eventually. And then we've got sea arcs, grizzlies, and then we have what we call mud bows or gator tails that can actually get in real shallow to get in. And you know it it chops up uh lily pads and all that. It can get in real shallow if we have to evacuate people out of areas that bigger
boats can't get into. Uh and that's a duplicate there. So uh bottom line up front is we provide additional holes, train crews, modern comms, and increased patrol position positions. right now in persistence in right now in the straits and the keys.
Uh we have we have been hosting federal boarding teams and augment federal crews but only in the state of Florida. Our capabilities have already been proven. We've done four month four month joint operations with FWC out of Miami and uh all kinds of other details. We've had people down at the what do they call the
Gator Gator Alcatraz? Alligator Alcatraz. We've had a couple people down there. Uh but we we're standing ready to help out wherever we're needed. Uh yeah, same kind of thing. Operational, you know, the operational stuff that we've been doing out there. Uh we're definitely filling patrol gaps
with the state funded assets under federal tactical control is what they call it. Um how we basically are operating under federal funds, but it comes down to the state and then we get the funds from there. So we usually those a lot of those funds are reimburseable to us. We pay for our training and our maintenance, everything
else. when we actually deploy obviously some of you that have done EMS before know that a lot of those funds are re reimburseable uh same thing mission at a glance patrol and support for Florida augment federal partners uh proof of concepts uh so right now we've uh we are coming at
about we're about 50% right now of trained toxins I mean we we're sending people to uh toxin school coast guard boarding schools um and getting their captain's license because we we want our people that are driving boats and inter in integrating with all these other agents actually be certified. You know,
have some kind of a training program that says, "Hey, they are they are boating professionals. They're not just some young 18-year-old out there with a, you know, a boater safety course. Our people are highly trained and uh we do whatever we can to get them to the schools that they need to to become the professional that we expect them to be.
So, uh we have a staff right now of uh we have an S1, which is our admin. We have an S2 shop that's our intelligence that does our mapping, figures out, goes ahead, goes down, does recons, figure out where boat ramps are, where uh
people could possibly uh congregate uh where we need to evacuate them from. Uh we have an S3 operations which is overarching over our operational platoon. So, as I said before with our blue, red, and gold teams, we're having another boot camp coming up. I believe next week is starting and we're hoping
to uh increase our up to a silver team and have that way. We're going to have it we'll have silver team is going to take over most of the south of Florida. So, we have blue's kind of up in the uh panhandle, red is like the Jacksonville, Okal area, and then gold or no, gold is up there. Red is like the Orlando area
and then we kind of all augment to go down to Miami because it gets it's very busy down there. So, we're hoping that Silver Team will eventually take over that area and that way we can geographically uh train to that area and that augment from other teams. So, we have a a team that's been there familiar
with the area has interacted with people from uh from those local governments and then we'll augment from other teams there. So, we have we already have a footprint ready ready to go down there. Um some of our platforms obvious a fuel truck, one of the fuel trucks that we carry with us so we can be totally self-sufficient. You know, obviously
driving in a hurricane area, you know, we have generators. You know, there's power outages, there's no gas available. We come self-sufficient. So, we bring this huge thousandgalon fuel trailer with us. We have a couple of those. And then this is our Metal Shark spec. It's a twin outboard 300 horsepower. Uh can
do excess of 45 knots. Uh twin 300s, we carry about 200 gallons of fuel on there. And uh right now we're at 280 to 360 nautical miles. we can do. Uh not saying that we're going straight out to the ocean, but this is we consider this our blue water asset. Um obviously in a
hurricane, we're not going to be driving this in the shallow water because you just once you're in the black water, you don't know what your depths are. So that's when we'll bring in the smaller vessels. Uh right now we have this is actually outdated. We have more than this, but metal shark coxins 110 qualified deck
hands, which is basically all of our people at this point. We're right now we're we're pushing between 90 and 110 people. Uh people are transferring, people are going to different organizations. Um the overall breakdown we the maritime response squadron is one
battalion of the Florida State Guard. We have a crisis response battalion which is right now manned at a little over 360 people. We're at about 110. Uh we're hoping to take on about 30 or 40 more to fill us up. We're supposed to be manned at 200. I don't see us getting there
this year at all at this point. Uh statutoily we are uh capped at 1,500. We've been trying to get there for a few years, but recruiting, you know, people still come up to us all the time say, "But state, you like the National Guard?" No. No. So, we're trying to get the word out there and and and recruit
people. Uh we recruit from 18 years old to 60 right now. And that's also statutory. We're trying to get that switched because I think we're missing a we're missing a gap of, you know, 60 to 70 year olds that actually are, you know, retired industry people that are are have a lot of knowledge that we
could really use, especially in our headquarters. Uh we do man the EOC up in Tallahassee with some of our civilian counterparts. Um that way we have a a direct liaison to them. Um with that, um also requesting for services. Um those of you that worked in the EOC, web EOCC,
we use we utilize that. That's the best way to get a hold of us. We do take phone calls and we do take emails, but we will get we will get through you and help you get through the web EOCC because we've got to get a mission number and all that, but we will help you. We have guys up there. All you got to do is give us a call, give us an
email, uh reach out to the mayor, and we'll make it happen. We've done it before, shortfuse, what we like to what we like to advertise is that we can pretty much be on the ground anywhere within 12 hours with with enough assets to help out. So, that's that's our goal. Um, right now we're we're I think we've
done it what about eight hours I think is our best time. We got down to Cedar Key and that's because a lot of a lot of the time that it takes is transport. Uh, we keep a lot of our stuff up in Stark right now. So that's our bed down area. So most of our our mission assets stay up there. So it's a matter of getting people, you know, we have people in
Pensacola, we have people in Miami. So it's, you know, we've got to go to Stark, get our stuff, and then deploy. So if you're going from Miami up to Stark and back to Miami, that's a lot of driving. So, we usually try to get people that live in the Stark area to get the boats, get them on the trailers, get our equipment trailers, and go to
where we're needed. So, it's just a a lot of shell shuffling there to get it done the right way. Uh, a lot of our background, like myself, you know, prior military, law enforcement, a lot of fire rescue, we have a lot of EMTs, we have doctors, lawyers, corporate professionals. I think we had uh I was
talking one of the guys on the boat a couple months ago. He's a cashier at Publix. So, we take we have a lot of college students that are actually getting into the EMS field that are using this on their resume and get then getting their degree in M uh EMS and then going to work for, you know, FEMA or any of the other agencies. Our our
ops chief just left. He was a FWC officer, then moved over to state arson. He now just took a position up in uh Pennsylvania as the EMS director for the central region of of Pennsylvania. So, he he moved right up and got a good promotion. We hate to lose people like that, but hey, you know, gotta move on.
I just told him he better train his replacement just as good. Uh, we have a full complement of radios. We have the ability to talk to pretty much anybody. Uh, depending if they'll give up their frequencies. Uh, we'll talk to law enforcement. I know we talk with fire and rescue quite a bit. Uh, they are encrypted. So, we do have those
capabilities. Also, uh, Ray, we have Rayarine ProChart Plotters. We have Starlink. We can we actually bring Starlinks with us. We actually have network capability everywhere we go. Um, and then we have dedicated RTO and radio missions for uh for uh homeland security
and uh customs and border. Um, yeah, federally encrypted all that stuff. So, this is kind of just I don't know most of y'all are probably V people. We're all from Florida. So, this is typical screen that we screenshot that we have set up. Uh I won't bore you with all the uh technical stuff on that but uh and
like I said this is our S2 is intelligence S3 our operations S4 is our logistical people uh we have an S6 that is like our IT radio people and then an S7 uh which mayor will is a part of as part of our training. So we training is
a big part of what we do because uh it's very high risk boats on water people in the water we're doing rescues very high risk. So training is one probably one of the most important things that we do. We train probably at least once a month I would say at this point. It it seems to be non-stop and obviously once we go
into gray skies we're pretty much on standby for wherever we need to we need to go. Um obviously our our host platforms are the metal sharks with FS usually have a crew of at least minimum of four. I think we can fit about eight on there and then um you know we have different
deck hands that can embark. We usually if we are like if we are doing law enforcement operations we do have to need have to have a certified LEO on board. So either a fish and wildlife officer or a coast guard officer will have to come on board. We do not have arrest authority and we are not armed.
So we we can drive the boats, get them where they're going, but we cannot actually do the the arrest or anything like that. Um obviously yeah more of the cause concepts and yeah that's pretty much it. Um I'll open up for questions if anybody's got anything for me. Uh
any questions? >> You're talking about um signing up 18 to 16 is like you said you don't need a lot of training but we will go from let's say you think high school students are can they transition over to your team?
Is that a fulltime? >> It's it's a it's I probably should explain that a little bit. It's a totally volunteer. Almost everybody here has a full-time job. It's a It's a part-time. It's just like the National Guard. It's a a part-time job. Voluntary. There's not really like enlistment, open enlistment, not stand.
Some of us did sign three-year contracts, but it's it's not enforced. So, it's uh it's it's all voluntary. Um we get paid the stipen. I believe it's during non operational. It's about $165 a day. And then as we go into storms and
uh named uh as long as the governor signs an emergency declaration, it goes up to like $200 a day. and then pium for wherever we're at for the different areas. So, it is voluntary. So, like I said, it's you know, everybody I I've got I I have several part-time jobs. I'm
semi-retired from the military. So, I mean, yeah. >> Anybody else? >> Anybody from the commission have a question? >> Yes, Diana. >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, your main mission is saving people
in crisis situations, storm situations. Correct. that is your mission >> or anything the governor deems he wants us to. We work for the governor. Yeah, we we we don't wear a US patch on. We wear a state Florida patch on us. So that's we answer to the governor. So he we've had some kind of interesting He
actually sent he's the one that sent us to Texas to do, you know, I had guys moving Constantina wire, you know, and filling sandbags. Um we we the maritime squadron obviously we focus on water. Our crisis response battalion focuses on pretty much they'll deliver food. If we
have to do it by water, we will partner with them and deliver food by water. They'll fill sandbags. Um we've we've blocked we block we filled sandbags in uh Cedar Key to help you know the flooding areas and certain some of the storefronts down there. Uh we have special mission battalion also that does
a lot of more high-speed helicopter stuff. And then we have an aviation regiment also that that does helicopter rescues and stuff like that. So between the four of us, we do we do operate we actually uh not this last drill but two drills ago we actually cited a landing zone down here for our helicopter and
did some interoperability between the maritime and the aviation squadrons. So that went really good. So we do all work hand in hand together especially when we need people. So it's not everybody can get away. So especially the law enforcement side usually when you're when you're when you're Leo in your area you are you are locked to that that
department. You're not going anywhere. you're working 12 on, 12 off, if not 24 on. So, usually those guys have to stay. So, we will augment from other areas. So, like when the hurricanes hit here, I had to stay here. So, I could not deploy. So, uh but we had other people
from other counties come in to help us. So, as you know, from Pasco all the way down to Sarasota, basically. So, I hope that answered your question. >> Okay. All right. Anybody else from the board? >> Anybody else? >> Mayor, mayor. Commission. All right. Well, thank you very much. appreciate your time. Uh, Commander,
>> I do have some swag up here. If anybody wants a poker chip, feel free. They're good for uh marking golf balls at us. You might get your beer at the BFW. >> Commander, >> and I do have one business card. >> I just wanted to again say um if any of the communities uh need assistance after
a disaster, uh it's web EOC or we've done a lot of um like this weekend we are going to help security for the St. Pete boat races. We've did security for the gas barilla event. So any kind of events like that any where you need a force multiplier where your regular
staff is unable to handle such a large event. You will get a hold of us and we can come in or any other branch of the Florida State Guard >> and and that is actually actually part of our community engagement is though by doing all these little events here and there, we actually develop those relationships. So this last week when we went up to Pasco, we actually did a
transit from here all the way up to Pasco with the boat just to kind of get our ranges down and see where we're at with gas consumption and stuff like that. But it also builds the partnerships among among us in the community. >> And there's no cost to the municipality for >> we come fully funded. Yeah. >> Yeah, that's a big
>> Yeah, that's right. We got boat parades this weekend and it's uh it's starting to get busy. Uh we haven't had to say no yet to anybody. So, uh, I think we may get to the point where we we are going to get we're going to get swamped. We're starting to we're starting to get the schedule full up. So, if you want us ask
now, get on our schedule. >> And, um, I'd like to thank the city of Madira Beach and the fire department. Uh, the guard has been here for the last two weeks training in the area. Um, and they have been incredibly helpful with the marina and instruction on our uh, electronics. So, thank you guys for it's
a great partnership here. >> Absolutely. >> That I'm kind of >> You guys had a great fish fry this weekend, too. We really appreciate that. >> All right. Anybody else? Oh, good. Thank you, sir. >> Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. Next up, >> Jennifer Webb.
>> Please, if you could give us a uh a breakdown of what happened in Tallahassee during >> If I close this, is that a will that mess anything up? >> I don't think so. Does that close the laptop? >> Yep. Okay. >> Well, it's done. >> It's done. >> Okay. So,
>> just rip the band-aid off. I was like, "Ah, it's great to see everyone." Um, y'all, I'm Jennifer Webb. I um am what I'm presenting is something that I presented at the Sun Coast League of Cities. I know many of you are are members. Um, this year, the Sun Coast
League of Cities really honed in on three areas. On property taxes, on local business tax, and on sovereign immunity. We added in some land use use bills because what we were told by the Florida League and what bore out during session
is that during um times when the property market is slower, you start seeing more land use bills. So then we we started paying attention to that. Well, broad overview, there were 1,894
bills introduced this year. of that a whole 234 passed into law. So it wasn't an incredibly so so that's a very small percentage of bills actually making it through the
process. We also do not have a budget right now. So they're going to go back and do a special session. Of those 1,894 bills, 528 were being were made it onto the Florida League of Cities list. So either because they were being monitored
um because they were being supported or because they were being opposed by the Florida League. So that's about a third of the bills that were introduced were actually being kind of watched by the Florida League of Cities. Like I said, the Sun Coast League, we focused on
three areas. As we all know, none of the property um we had eight property tax bills and none of them passed. And I will give this to you >> chair. >> Thank you. >> That is if you find that helpful, I'll
make that available in an electronic form to everyone >> of paperwork. Oh, it is. It's a rundown of all eight bills and how they differ and what their impact would be and what their on like their timeline for like coming online would be because some of
them were gradual over a decade, some were immediate, some were, you know, an increase in homestead exemptions. I mean, there were all different approaches to property tax and and so it's important that's important
information to know. it is anticipated that they will be going into a special session about property taxes at some point. Um I think the more they hear from our cities um the more refined their approach can be. So um or
maybe they just can't agree on anything and that would also be um beneficial maybe beneficial. Um what passed this year? Uh the so local business tax that was defeated. That's the bill that says that you can't
collect local business taxes. I don't know if y'all remember the history of this, but many years ago DBPR no longer wanted to regulate local businesses. And so they gave that they gave that mandate to you and in in exchange they said you
can collect a local business tax in order to offset the cost of municipalities. Now they are trying to now um there's a bill that's come up three different times that would make it so that you can no longer
collect local business tax. Um that was that was defeated. It did not move at all in the Senate. Sovereign immunity that was passed this year. Um there were two different very different approaches. There was the and the they came together
and here are the final terms. So it's $350,000 a person, $500,000 in incident incident. So that is an increase and but the importantly the cap remains intact. There was a proposal in the Senate I
mean in the House that the you would be able to negotiate above the above the cap which is in effect why have a cap if you can negotiate above it. Um, in the final negotiation, they did uphold that cap, which is important. Uh, property
tax bills, of course, those were all defeated. The local business tax was defeated. I know that there were many communities that were hoping to see a cleanup bill from 180 from last year. That was the posttorm recovery bill that was
introduced by Senator Segley in the last um legislative session. the and it moved through the Senate. Senate Bill 840. It was a cleanup bill. It moved through the Senate. It did not get a single hearing in the House. Um this
is real. This is important because that means that we still have our comp plans and um that you still can't make changes to comp plan. So all of the things that were outlined in 180 are holding true. At one point, um, there was a hailmary pass of
like adding it on to a bill that Senator, uh, Gates and Representative Abbott had to carve out their bill, like as an amendment, but it didn't it didn't work. And so, they're going to have to revisit it next year. The Florida League of Cities thinks that there was a single
state rep that was blocking it, and so they're hopeful that it will finally be reconciled next year. and the 1566 that's Senate bill 1566 by Senator Dgley House Bill 1329. This is the one
that outlines budget and also had the information about whether you um how you need to display your information on websites. So where that ended up is you still have to follow the adhere to
the calendar in the bill, but most of our cities actually already do this stuff. Um the addition but there is an addition of a 10% ex exercise and reduce reduction. So like if you had to cut 10% where would you cut it? And that is now
required. So you have to do that exercise. It doesn't require that you actually cut 10% but that you go through the exercise of doing it. Importantly, they took off the provision or they excluded the provision that would require that you post it online on a
dashboard. Um, beyond that's a ve dashboards are places where you put data that you can then manipulate and ways for individual users. those are very costly ways of of um costly kind of ways
of interacting with the data. They took that off. So that's that's important. That's a cost savings to you. When um the Florida League and the Sunshine and the Sun Coast League pulled our members, they anticipated an additional cost of
like 25 to $50,000 just for that online just for the online data representation. not even the person that they would have to hire potentially to put all the information in because it's a specialized skill and so we that was
removed from the bill so you will not have that additional cost there is a workaround so you if you don't have your I think you all have your budgets and informations online for small small cities and rural counties they send
their stuff to the county and the county posts it on their behalf so That's something that that is allowed for in that bill. So it really looks the beginning bill and the ending bill look different. Finally and probably is oh
land use bills. So there were a couple of bills that um were so first the ADU bill um through great effort by some of you on this board on as who are members of this august body. Um there was an ADU bill that was amended onto the live
local bill that was moving that got in the final instance taken off. And so that would have said that you have have to allow that ADUs can be um can be short-term vacation rentals and you can't regulate them. So you're even if
you had a stat ordinance that related to short-term vacation rentals, it wouldn't apply in this instance to ADUs at all. And so that was taken off. Um, can I can I point to individual members who were uh Vice Mayor Wilson worked
really hard on making sure that that was taken off and um and she did a really good job of communicating to the right members to make sure to to educate them about how um the impact that that would have to our communities. There's also some transitoriented development bills
that were started really flying through the process. it uh and they we were successful in stopping them this year. They will be back. Um one of them doesn't really have to do with y'all um
because it's really about like bus rapid transit and things like that, but these are bills that preempt cities ability to regulate height and density. And anytime the state government tries
to impact our ability to regulate height and density, we should be paying like very close attention because that has ripple effects. And so we will be working with the bill sponsors and with the institute that brought this forward over the summer. So if this is something
that you are interested in, you can contact the Sun Coast League of Cities and get involved. um because we will see these bills. A lot of these bills are um they come back year after year and so it's important to pay attention. And
then finally, I think this is the last bill. Um every now and then we get uh what I call cause of action bills where the the state legislature decides that something's egregious and if you do that something then you will be removed from
office. And this year that showed up in um House Bill 10001 and Senate Bill 1134. The Senate bill 1134 is the one that passed. Um the press about it was related to like diversity, equity, and
inclusion. The provisions that are important to this body is that there is a cause of action and that it it says that if you don't follow this statute that you commit mal and misfeasants and those are
serious claims and you will be removed from office. Um that did pass. the bill changed so frequently and had so many amendments that I don't attorneys are going to work that out in court in terms of what it actually means
and you should probably and it doesn't go into effect until January 2027. So we you have some time to figure out exactly what that does. I don't even want to speak to what it does because there's so it's just like it was there was so many changes to it and it
references a lot of different state and federal statutes and it's just a kind of sweeping thing. What it but it doesn't go into effect until January 1st and um and that and importantly somebody did
ask if there could be a a cure period. So, let's say that some action that you took violated the law. Generally, it takes time for somebody to a resident in your city to file a suit. Um, and then for that suit to actually be heard
before a court. And so, a member, Senator Piso, asked if there could be a cure period where the city could rectify the error. And the um the bill sponsor like unequivocally said absolutely not. I will not entertain that. So there. So we'll see
what the I honestly think this will play out in the courts. That is any questions and I and I presented um chair or president will with uh president mayor will >> see that's a lot of syllables. President mayor will with uh
>> with all of the rundown on the on the um on the property taxes um the more you educate your members on that. Senator Hooper um is a has long been a big champion for local government. He's a very strong force up there. Um I think
the better the more information they have, the the more they the the better they can refine what proposals are coming before them. Yeah. Any questions, y'all? >> Sorry. >> All of that. There's no question. You
understand everything. You've got it under control, >> everybody. Well, you did such a great job explaining it that there are >> All right, >> Jennifer, thank you for being here. >> Yeah, happy to be here. Happy to see everyone. All right, >> thanks y'all.
>> Yeah, thank you very much. >> All right, next up we have Ed Scott from Duke Energy. Come on up, sir. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, sir. Welcome. >> Thank you. Thank you. I'll I'll start off with thank you. Thank you for your time and thank you for your leadership
here in these beautiful communities. Um so just I just wanted to have the the moment here just to briefly introduce myself and introduce some uh members of the Duke Energy team. Dana Collins who's with our um government and community relations. I think most of you in the room know Terresa Crane. She's my new
best friend um with this new role. Um so uh just as the agenda says, I'm the new vice president of zone operations for Duke Energy. Um, essentially my area is is uh Penllis County. Um, so, uh, just a little bit of background about me. I started in that role in January 1st, but
just a little background about me. I've, uh, lived in the, uh, Tampa Bay area for 26 years. Origin from the Cayman Islands, so if you hear an accent, that's that's where that's from. Um, but I've called, uh, the Tampa Bay area my home for 26 years. I've been with the company for 25 years. Um, spent all that
time on the, uh, large wires side of the of the business. So the transmission wires um doing a lot of stuff with Florida, the state of Florida. So I can I'm one of the guys that uh designed the system as well as operated it. So I was also responsible for operating the
system um all of our power plants, keeping the lights on for the entire state for Duke Canada, Florida. Um I'll tell you with that trend of 5 years um coming into zone operations, I knew about this much about the utility industry. Um, so that's just kind of the
the breadth of of what I'm stepping into here. But I'm bringing all that experience. I'm excited to bring all that experience and take it directly to the customer. Um, so that's what I'm trying to do. That's what my team does every single day. Um, so just give you a little couple of um um my priorities. So
my priorities is first and foremost my team. Um, so I'm responsible for 350 um linemen and trouble techs that respond to outages. So when the lights go out, those are the trucks that roll uh to bring the power back on. Um and we're also responsible for all the good work
that's going on here, especially in these communities. So I'll start by telling you safety is my number one priority for my folks and safety is our number one priority for the community. Okay? So if we're slow to do something, that's probably the reason why. Um, but I'll tell you, um, from my, uh,
experience, um, with Duke Energy, I've seen, um, um, this company grow in a lot of different ways, and the big thing that I've seen is the value that we provide to our customers. Um, so I'll give you a little bit of stats. Um, storm hardening works, undergrounding
works, right? I mean, it's probably not a big secret. Um, last Monday we had a front that came through. I think we all kind of experienced that front. start of the spring, great week. We had a little cold weather um in Penllis County, in my zone, 99.9% of the customers kept their
lights on, right? That's because of all the work that we've been doing um on the system um locally as well as across the state. Um and I'll just share one more thing with you. We are very busy at Duke Energy uh believe it or not, Duke Energy, Florida. Um so just a couple of
stats and I like sharing these stats because I think it it gives some perspective. Um our peak our summer peak load was set back in the summer of 2007. Okay. I mean that folks that was almost 20 years ago. Okay. Our winter peak was
set back in um 2010, January of 2010. Okay. Um we are just we just got this close to um tying that winter peak this past winter. don't know what it was. You know, we had a we had a good lull in and our our low
growth was essentially flat, if you can say that kind of decrease, but we are growing. Um Florida is growing. Um we can see that even with all the efficiencies and all of our new buildings, we are growing. So, because of that reason, we're very busy, right? But again, my team, um we're all about
providing that value, keeping the lights on when the lights go out and um doing our best to keep what the the good work that we've been doing. And that's the storm hardening work that we've been doing here across the state and especially in Penllis County and the beaches. Um so I just want to ask for
your patience and if you need anything please reach out to Teresa, please reach out to Danny. Um they'll they'll definitely call me. If you reach out to Melissa SAS, her first call will probably be to me. Um so um whatever whatever you need, I'm here. I'm here to support. So thank you again. Again,
thank you for your leadership here. >> Does anybody have any questions for Mr. Scott? No. Excellent. >> Thank you. Thank you for being here and welcome. >> All right, next up is our legislative update and I saw Representative Burfield come in the door. Would you like to come
up and speak? >> Thank you for being here and welcome. >> Well, good morning and it is a pleasure to be joining you all today. I will tell you I am truly grateful to be back home instead of in Tallahassee as I'm sure you can imagine. Um I would tell you
that um I I appreciate all the conversations that we've had and your willingness to truly be an active participant as we have worked our way through the legislative sessions over the last several years. Um, there are a wide variety of issues that have
significant impact to our community as a beach community that other areas of the state of Florida don't necessarily appreciate, nor do they value in the same way. And so that interaction I is great for me because it provides me
additional uh intelligence or um ammunition for lack of a better term in which to fight off some of the things that that have been proposed in the past several years. Um I I would tell you that in the past week I have been asked
on several occasions what exactly has been achieved in the past session besides not accomplishing a state budget. Um, I think council um council member Webb did a phenomenal job. So, I'm I'm gonna kind of alter my comments a little bit and focus in on some of the
specific legislation that really would have had an impact on our community. Um, the one thing I find interesting with the legislative process is a lot of times people like to talk about this is what I accomplished and this is the positive things that that were outcomes.
The one thing I have found is sometimes it's not what you're able to achieve from a proactive stamp or from a positive standpoint. In other words, meaning proposing legislation. It's more about what you're able to fend off and and sometimes coming in from the side,
sometimes coming in from the back end, sometimes just being totally unanticipated. And so I would tell you that this year's session, I think that type of strategy became even more relevant and prevalent in how things were achieved.
When I became aware of CSHB 1297, it was about beach management and it was one of the pieces of legislation that the council member had mentioned. Um it specifically would have undermined all the great work that had been done by
some of the members in this room as well as our county commission or congresswoman our elected a variety of elected officials from the standpoint of negotiations with the army corps of engineers and the gentleman who was proposing the
piece of legislation had a local issue is really what it came down to and so once I better understood that impact. What I did was I went to the sponsor. We had conversations and he wasn't willing to budge. And so what I then did was went to other beach
communities and said, "Hey, are you aware? Do you know?" And so we put together a small coalition and we went to the chairman and we basically said to the chair, "Do you understand as a person who represents a beach community, this is what you're doing to your
beaches?" He was mortified. And so fortunately, we were able to keep it off the final agenda in the House and make sure that that piece of legislation didn't pass. It It's one of those things where I say sometimes people look at the process and they say, "Well, how many
bills did you pass?" It's not necessarily what you pass, it's what you can fend off. And I think that's an excellent example because it really talks about the unique opportunities that we have as well as the unique environment in which we deal
with. Another piece of legislation was CS for CS for HB 1389 which dealt with affordable housing which the council member also mentioned. Um specifically I'm with you. Um, specifically it talked
about the permitting of the accessory dwelling units. And as the member who was proposing it and I was having conversations, I told him, "This is what you're going to do to my community. This is how you're going to impact it." He said,
"No, we're trying to find this and we're trying to do this." And I said, "I appreciate what you're trying to do from your perspective, but the impact is going to mean this, and the impact is going to mean that short-term rentals could become even more prevalent. We
won't have the ability in which to manage them appropriately. We won't be able to provide the proper level of uh public safety that we're required to be providing, and I can't stand for that." And so, as was mentioned, some of us got
together and we worked, and you're you may laugh at this, but actually worked with the Senate sponsor to make sure that that component was taken out so that when it returned to the House, it was a piece of legislation we could support because it had actually protected our home community.
Just another good example of sometimes it's about what you fend off, not what you actually create. And and I'm not sharing that because of pride of doing something, but showing you that sometimes the process is not as clean as we naturally think it is. And so as you
continue to engage, I want to make sure that you all know that you're heard, number one, and number two that there are people who are taking actions. And while it may not be seen from a frontal attack, which might be preferred by you, the reality is what is the actual
outcome? and is that outcome positive and does it protect us? So, I'd say those are two good examples of fending off some of the bad policies um and addressing pressing issues. Um, as we look at things, I would say this
year I was proud to present some legislation that was locally driven. I know frequently people like to talk about the fact, well, all legislation is brought to members by lobbyists or by large companies and and so they're not really
interested in what matters back home. But I'd like to share a couple of pieces of legislation that were brought to me by individuals from our community. One piece of legislation was actually brought to me by a St. Petersburg police officer in reference to stalking
penalties. Now, you would think in today's society those had all been addressed and we would be able to fend off individuals who needed to be protected from individuals who were committing crimes. Unfortunately, those individuals sometimes can find loopholes and they have found some additional
loopholes and so I was proud to work with the St. Petersburg Police Department in trying to address that issue. Um while we did not get across the finish line, we're already working um with our Senate sponsor to make sure
that they and staff in both the Senate and the House will understand where we're trying to get, make sure that it is structured in a manner that it will properly be able to be applied and protect those individuals in the upcoming legislative session. Another
piece of legislation that was brought to me was in regards to protecting a job security for an individual who is willing to become a living organ donor. I can tell you when I proposed this piece of legislation, I didn't
necessarily recognize the number of individuals we'd impact. The response to this piece of legislation, the number of people I had reach out to me was absolutely amazing. And I even came to find out that one of the members in the Florida House of Representatives is
searching for an organ donation. He's he's in or kidney failure. So, that was another piece of legislation that was locally motivated. The final piece I talked to you about was one that I found incredibly interesting. Um, House Bill
1399. It came from an issue that was identified by the off office office of insurance regulation. They had commissioned a study the prior year to review insurance premiums. Whether you're talking about homeowners, whether
you're talking about uh car insurance, I think everybody would agree across the board that insurance is one of those uh cost drivers that is killing a lot of people. And so with this piece of legislation, they had identified that in
homeowners insurance companies, they were taking in a number of situations the premiums that you and I are paying, that our constituents are paying, and they were leveraging those dollars to actually sustain, stand up, or support another affiliate
of theirs. So in other words, they're using your dollars to create a new business or to support their other business. But then they were turning around and running back to the state and saying we're poor and the premiums aren't high enough. And so this piece of legislation focused in on creating the
transparency to make sure that if an insurance company is coming to the state to the office of insurance regulation to seek an increase that that is a component that would actually be considered. So there would be transparency if you're being sent to a
roofer, let's say, for example, or you're being sent to somebody to do remediation because your house is flooded during a hurricane, you would have line of sight to know that the person that they're recommending is somebody that is actually their business. And so that piece of
legislation successfully moved its way through the House very quickly. Unfortunately, the Senate chose not to take it up. So, it is something that will definitely be on the forefront as we move into the next legislative session. Um, leading us into affordability. Um, I don't think if you
talk to anybody that they would tell you that gas, groceries, uh, child care, health care, or even taxes um, aren't too high. And as you talk about that and you discuss economic stability, you
can't just look at the expenses, which is normally where people quickly go. They're like, well, we just got to cut expenses. At the same time, you need to look at your revenues. And for the state, one of the revenue sides, as you all can appreciate, is taxes. And so,
with the House proposal, while it has not passed, it will be a component of what is negotiated with the budget. Some of the things that we had included were of course the no taxes on back to school supplies that would stand. No taxes on
outdoor gear for your family adventures. So if you're going fishing, fishing poles, things along those lines. So things that would have relevance once again to our community. no taxes on upgrades when you're protecting your home. As a number of us have um truly
felt the impacts and continue to feel the impacts from the hurricanes that hit our community just a month and not quite a half ago or I'm sorry, a year and a half ago. Um that is significant a as as we rebuild and as people are in a mode
where they recognize that we are not truly isolated or protected from that type of damage. The goal being um for the House as we looked at tax reductions of making sure that those dollars that
everybody works day in and day out, a minimum of eight hours a day to put in their pocket can stay more so in their pocket than going somewhere else. I would tell you probably the one thing that I get asked most consistently about when we start talking about taxes and
programs is the save our homes and save our condos initiatives. And that is something that we also chose to once again invest in as did the Senate and hope that as we continue to negotiate that will be a part of that discussion.
Now while most of us probably have what I would consider a traditional home there are those who have manufactured homes that live in Penllis County. We actually have a very high level of mobile home or manufactured home owners. Uh, one of the things that myself and
Representative Stark recognized is that through a state program, through an unintended consequence of how it was written, mobile homeowners could not seek rental assistance, whereas a homeowner or an individual who has that
traditional home could. Somebody who had a manufactured home could not. And so what we did was we worked to eliminate that unintended form of discrimination so that those individuals would also have that opportunity or right to pursue that assistance if so needed. And for a
number of people, especially our older population, that's where they find a lot of affordable housing today. So I would say that reflects just a little bit about some of the things that we did, some of the things that I was um pleased to be a part of. Um, in the next month,
um, we anticipate being called back to the to Tallahassee in which to address and finalize the appropriations bill. Um, I cannot and wish I could tell you if that's going to include a change with property taxes, if there will be a bill
specific to that. Um, whether or not that's going to include redistricting and a number of other things. But unfortunately, at this point in time, that is all part of discussions that are a little bit above my head. or my pay grade I guess you could say. Uh but the reality of it is um we ma remain an
active participant in those discussions and your input is critical to make sure that we are making the difference that's necessary. Uh currently the house and the sen senate stand approximately $2 billion apart. Uh to date there have
been, if I'm trying to make sure I get this right, there have been nine offers that have gone back and forth between the House and the Senate. Last year the legislature had uh actually made the most passes or offers. There was 11
offers between the two bodies. Uh this year we're already at nine. So I'm guessing we're probably going to hit 15 and break that cap. Once again, it's not something that I would say we should be striving to do, but I think at the end of the day, the critical point is making sure that we're always focused on the
principles that we believe in as we're looking to try and make sure that our state is a safer place and has the quality of life that people come here for or have lived here for all their life for and want to be here for. Um, in closing, I think I would share with you
of the 28 uh communitybased projects that I was brought and asked to uh pursue on behalf of constituents and some of you in this room. Uh, we are proud to share with you that 24 of those 28 were actually funded. And so we will
continue to work um as we we continue the appropriations or the budget process in the upcoming months. Um it variety it the variety of projects that we have uh been brought vary from everything from a backup emergency power generation to
infrastructure to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium um where we're driving businesses back to our beaches. And so I would say I I'll end where I began and that is thank you. Thank you for your active participation. It allows me to do
my job better and more effectively and I look forward to continuing to partner with you in that way. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> You does anybody have any questions for Representative Burfield? >> Comment. I'd like to thank you for being here today. Um, but I'd also like to
thank you for not falling into the one-sizefits-all uh mentality that most people in Tallahassee have. Um, the barrier islands are special. All of the beaches are special. and uh I I can't thank you enough for all you've done for our
communities uh the beaches and uh and looking out for us. Um I uh just so happy to have you uh here and uh I look forward to seeing what's going to happen in the next session. So thank you. >> Thank you. And if I may, Mr. chairman,
you know, mayor, as I commented, I I think the one thing >> that I have recognized in having this opportunity to have returned to the Florida legislature a number of years later um is that there are two ways of thinking and that is either you were
elected because you know better than everybody else or you were elected to be your community's voice. And the one thing that I have stood by since the first day that I ran for office and I stand by staunchly today is I believe we should be there to be your voice. And
while we may not always agree and there may be some strategy that has to go on, I normally try and share that with you if there is something along those lines and in decisions that have to be made. But that's what we want to do. We want to make sure that we're serving as your
voice and that your concerns as well as your successes are being heard and the needs that you need met are being met. So, thank you. >> Thank you for being here. >> Thank you. >> Yes, Bruce. Sorry, Bruce.
>> Um I I just want to really echo what Representative Burville said earlier. You know, I we've we've had some issues in my two years as mayor where um and and one in particular where I met with the representative in her office in
Tallahassee and told her how concerned I was about this piece of legislative we needed to make sure it went away and she assured me that she had our back. And I can tell you I walked out of her office in Tallahassee knowing this is not her
first rodeo there. This is her second stint as a representative and I could not have walked out of there more confident that she was going to she was going to take care of us and I appreciate that so much because we all have issues that we need help with and
and u and your attention of course Clearwater Beach and you know you've got part beaches as part of your district and and but I I I know for a fact you are fighting for all of our Penllis County beaches beach communities in Tallahassee and I can't tell you how
much uh I appreciate your service and uh doing what you shared with us that you do because it's very important and you're very effective and in Clear Water, we appreciate you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Chairman.
>> Okay, next up is city events. Uh Mayor Recctor, let's start with you. What's going on in Clear Water? Okay. Well, um, a lot, but, uh, the biggest thing right now is, um, as you've probably seen on the news, is the annual Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival starts Friday. So, they've
got a a sports theme this year and also a little bit of America 250 um, theme and part of part of the display. So, um I you know I got a sneak peek the other day as they were still finishing it off and it's going to be impressive. But
that um that that sand sculptures festival has grown to be so much more than just the sculptures. It's uh you know uh the Chandler family added music. So there's I think six live concerts. Um
this weekend the Black Honies are always out there. They have um a Latin orchestra which I'm going to Sunday night which is fantastic. We bring out a huge Latin uh crowd for that. So encourage folks to um to go out there and visit that if you haven't already.
It's I love the u the sand sculpture festival in the fall uh in Treasure Island. Um that's very unique and I love that it's outdoors and and uh this one is different and I love them both. But I
hope folks uh get up to Clear Water Beach sometime over the next three weeks to enjoy our sand sculpture festival. The um Yep. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> All right, St. Pete Beach. >> Yeah, thank you. We've got a number of interesting things going on in St. Pete
Beach. We have our spring concert series which goes on for the next three weekends. Um, we've got our spring fest with an underwater Easter egg hunt on April 4th. Kind of unique. And uh, as always, we have our
our Sunday Cory Avenue market, which is the >> Well, thank you. >> All right, Treasure Island. >> All right. Uh, one of my favorites that that I've been uh looking forward to is
seeing the uh opening of the Caddies uh restaurant on the beach. Uh that's going to be taking place here in April, April 9th. Correct. All right. So, uh we appreciate that. We also are going to have our traditional uh Rotary Easter
egg hunt that'll be taking place uh this next week. And uh couple of things I want to bring up. Uh just a special um recognition for uh our Treasure Bay. Um
we have a living shoreline on Treasure Bay and uh it it's uh going to be amazing. Um we also have a walking path that's going to open up that piece of property, a 14 acre uh park. Uh and that's going to be uh well actually it's
already open. We'd like to see a lot of people come over and see what what's happening over there. As well as we've uh fixed all of our tennis courts and we're building new tennis courts which would put us as one of the top uh rated uh tennis facilities uh in this part of
the state. Um so just a lot happening. Uh the infrastructure, you know, we're trying to make sure that uh things get rebuilt. We uh we had our fire and police department completely wiped out. Uh they're now in trailers uh in a parking lot. Um but we are moving
forward. Uh we've already now uh put down at uh our our payment and we're going to move forward and it's uh it's going to be on a little different uh location but just uh a little further north on 108th. So, um, all of those
things and all the infrastructure that we're working so hard to put back together, um, that's all taking place and I think that, uh, within the next, uh, 6 months, we're going to see a real turnaround, uh, in Treasure Island. >> You Madira Beach.
>> So, today we have the Wednesday market. If you are parked here, you can just walk right down to Madira Way and walk the market before you go wherever you have to go for the rest of the day. Um, Friday is our village. Friday starts at 6 o'clock in John's Pass. There'll be
live music at the bell tower. Saturday we have the little league is doing an egg drop over in the softball fields and even if you don't have kids, you can come out and watch. It's a ton of fun just to watch the kids. They drop the eggs from a helicopter. Um, and then we
have uh Rotary Rocks the Beach over on the beach at Archabald. It will start at 10:00 in the morning and run until about 7:30 sunset. And there will be live bands along with vendors. So come out and have a great time. >> All right. Thank you. In Readington
Beach, we will have our Easter egg hunt on the 4th. Um on the 11th, Santa's Angels is hosting their fundraiser event, Havana Nights. And on the 18th, we are having a sunset social.
>> Beller Beach. All quiet in Bair Beach. >> Readington Shores. Uh we're having a one of our other restaurants finally opening. Wahoo. Should be open within the next 30 days. Uh a lot of construction going on on our back streets. Uh so it's things are popping.
Thank you. >> Thank you. North Readington. >> All was pretty quiet. North Readington also. >> All right. All right. Well, tonight Indian Rocks Beach will be welcoming a new mayor and a new commissioner and letting me stay on the days. So, that's going to be exciting. Saturday at Cold
Park, starting at 8:30, we'll have our Easter egg hunt. And then coming up April 25th, the Taste of IRB will be held at Chick- Park from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. for Indian Shores. On Friday at 10:30, we're having a excuse me, a ribbon
cutting on our new facility. It's a police safety storage facility. 10:30, everybody's welcome to come. There'll be some refreshments as well as as always brings people in.
>> Uh, our police force has uh uh created a new Facebook page which is you should go check out. Uh it is uh Indian Shores Police Department Florida. So check out our new Facebook page and as always we
have our Sunday morning market which has uh become even more successful as we have new managers. So stop by the municipal center on a Sunday morning. And that's it for Indian Shores. >> Thank you. Right. So our next meeting we will be held Wednesday, April 29th right
here in MadiRaa Beach. So, um, I would like to thank, uh, Madiraa Beach for letting us use your facility for this event and also to thank Sweet Sage for providing the food for our breakfast this morning. And I understand there's plenty of food left, so please uh, feel free to take that home. Uh, and that
concludes our meeting. We are adjourned. Thank you everybody.