know found uh I don't I've ever seen got mine a break down it Isen am Council text me earlier and
said she's running behind said to go ahead and start she would be here when she got here she told we're going to call uh city council meeting to order it's Monday February the 10th 2025 and if you will join me and will stand for the invocation and pledge alleg Heavenly Father we thank you Lord for your love towards us this city this community the people here father we thank you th Lord all those that come and participate to try to better our
community our city help us Lord to be good stewards of what it is you've called us to do give us your favor and your will wisdom and understanding and we ask this all in the name of Jesus amen amen I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for
all all right we're going to as a customary we try to read all the proclamations that we do here in the city and this is the one for Arbor Day so I just want to read it to you to the council whereas in 1872 J Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that special day to be set aside for the planting of trees and whereas Florida Arbor Day was established in 1886 recording
it as one of the first Arbor Day holidays to be celebrated in the United States and whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world and whereas cities whereas trees can reduce the erosion of precious top soil by wind or water cutting heat cooling cost moderate moderate the temperatures clean the air produce lifegiving oxgen provide habitats for wildlife and whereas trees are a renewable source giving us paper wood for our homes fuel for our
fires and countless other wood products and whereas trees in our community increase prop property values enhance the the economic Vitality of business areas and beautify our community and whereas trees wherever they're planted are a sour source of joy and spiritual renewal whereas the city of Fan Springs has been named a tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation and this is the 12th year The Fan Springs has received the
national recognition now therefore I Bob count by virtual Authority bested me as mayor of the city of fex Florida do hereby and Proclaim January 17th 2025 as Harbor day and in City Phoenix Springs Florida and I urge all citizens to celebrate our day and to support its efforts to protect our trees and woodlands and further and further I urge all C to plant trees to gliden the heart promote the well-being of this and future Generations thank you thank you thank you
may all right we get assistance every year from the Forest steing department and also fishing game and and the uh our friends out here Fairgrounds Extension Office Extension Office yes I could even think but anyway they they've always actually furnish the trees and of course our uh streets department always comes out and
plants the trees so we're grateful for them as well uh okay we will I'll turn over to to Mr Townson and he will talk to us about the employee of the quarter thank you mayor so um every last year was our first employee of the year that I have done and so this is the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 so for October November and December and uh so we have multiple people submitted uh employees submitted to
me from their directors um some within the same Department some from different departments which is good and so submitted this year and and chosen as employe of the quarter is Denise Kane she is the grants coordinator for the city she's done a wonderful job uh working through every Department helping out assisting finding grants that otherwise we wouldn't have gotten they done a very good job on that really lending a hand to other people without without asking so we really appreciate her work here at the city and I want to recognize her for for this accomplishment okay you want to come on up
here and get your H cut with Kobe and the rest of the gang that's no you did this I'm stand with you get get all hugged
up here there we go you give my chair while
y okay y already asked Tony I said you how much time are you going to tag on tonight's meetings it looks short I what you want an hour two hours I mean he's ready oh my goodness all right we're going to go to the consent agenda and uh we would entertain a motion to approve
as written if you want something taken off uh please let us know at this time motion to approve second all we have a mtion second any questions uh we Mr beb all in favor say i i i i i as Carrie thank you very much and now we'll go to the regular agenda is there anything yes mayor I'd like to add um under forc3 Triumph Gulf Coast
request okay yes that'll be all motion to approve with changes second all right there been a motion of second all in favor say I I I hi hi I Carrie thank you very much and now we'll go back to Mr Townson with 4 C1 thank you mayor believe Tim is here any questions but uh Liberty Partners uh is
the the Grant Management for the usdot reconnect communities grant that the city had received through Liberty Partners agreement with the city they have the ability per grant that they submit on our behalf and if they manage to uh have a 1% grant writing fee and a 5% Grant management fee is my to my knowledge and to Liberties memo this is the first time they've asked for any of these fees to be instituted and so they're asking for the 5% fee on this grant um from the city
that would be roughly $ 37,50 based off 5% of the of the grant which was 741 th000 uh this would be over 12- Monon period we did not specifically budget for this um as it came up after the budget process but we did budget the full match for this grant at 140,000 which is a requirement of the city uh we would pay it out of that because I do not expect us to spend all that this fiscal year based on the speed of the grant right now but there are other opportunities happening in the city and I think
we'll see one tonight to potentially reduce the city's match to this Grand overall and so we're just asking for approval of the memo and the 5% Grant management fee for the usdot reconnecting communities Grant motion to approve second I have motion second question um I guess my only concern is that it's going all going under one Grant and and I guess the there's a couple questions but the first main question is what if we don't use and this is just an example one let's say we run into a different
situation what happens if we don't use the full Grant allotment because this one is a match base so we don't have to take it all we can take up to what we need so this might be more of a question in general the reason I treat it as more of a question in general is because obviously there's been a lot of funding that that's been provided by them they haven't SED it before so I understand it in terms of just applying to this one I hate it it's some one that I'm working on but that's just the reality of it uh but just what what happens in the future
like when we have one of these and we don't use the full of Grant or what if we don't use this full of Grant amount does that impact how they're going to be paid out does that pull it back I mean again this is just how are we managing it is it going to impact them if we don't discussion just understanding that process Tim I'd ask you to come up if you on mind well to the way it's written it's 5% of the grant so which would be the 741 I don't know if there's provision in there in the case that Grant is not fully spent so Tim
what would be Liberty stance on that um certainly um I I guess we didn't think there would be maybe a scenario especially with this grant that that the city would not be you know eager to maximize those funds um I think I think we can certainly look at those percentages and stuff and and comply to to the lesser amount um like I said I don't I don't think we've got experience where the municipality didn't use the full award man
yeah and so it's again y'all have done a lot of work and y'all have obviously earned a lot more than what you've buil I understand that and so it's not about that necessarily what it's really about is so what happens just procedurally I mean if we if we get a situation we're not spending it how does that impact you know what we decide today and on future cases you know how do we handle that because again if we we're not going to go beyond what we can match and you know there is the
possibility that we could outrun all the things that we could invest in to to utilize those funds because we don't want to we don't want to overmatch and then have a bunch of money left over from the pool that we could have collected from either so we're trying to be balanced and smart about this so again just trying to understand that if it's something you hav run into and you're not prepared I understand that too I haven't we haven't ran into that uh but certainly we would probably you know air on the side of of best interest of the city you know the
council whatever decision uh that you all made straight motion it was a motion to approve but I I just want to make the comment that um you guys have done an incredible job securing you know well over $10 million for us um you know relative to the to the amount that we pay for you guys annually that's an incredible return on investment um but I I would just ask that um there be a little bit of forecasting on Liberty's part that if if you can foresee that
there's going to be a request for this and and another Grant coming up that we incorporate that into our our budget discussion you know each year so that we can properly budget budget for that and I understand things come up and happen after we we've already locked in the budget but just you know always trying to think ahead certainly may I go ahead so in defense of that uh because I've been involved with this from the beginning so when it came to the US because this is federal once we got
into that us do discussion they advised not to include the repayment of the administrative component as part of the agreement because it was it would add a whole other layer of bureaucracy and complication to it so it was actually done in response to their requests that it be kept simple uh both for our benefit and for the benefit of of of moving it through the process so uh unfortunately this one happens to be Federal and has some other strengths attached so um so Tim
I think I understand this right but make sure I do so will will there be any other billing for any grants that y'all have secured and manag for us or or is this anything for this particular Grant yes but but but anything else that y'all have already gotten for us no sir will there be any any building to to anticipate that we can need to plan for no sir good okay thank you I just want
to make sure thank you I good yes uh any other comments all have say I hi I'm Carri thank you very much thank you no just you know focus on getting more money is all all we're doing it is literally uh you know stuff we go through every day just trying to we hope that there's some other grants coming out very very soon um water supply grant that we applied for last year that we're extremely hopeful for for the AC
water main project yeah the effluent line project whenever Congress you know can finally approve a budget this year uh you know rep Congressman dun's got a million dollars in there for the effluent line so it's just nice we're just trying to get it all we're very grateful for you thank you thank thank you all right Mr Kobe we go 4c2 thanks mayor um so mayor the uh Chief chefi the fire department has been working on this for a little while now and so
the Sheriff's Office came and met with me and kind of gave me an update on where we're at um with this and so the state has a new phase coming into the sler system the state law enforcement radio system in either April or May um and the radios we currently have in our police vehicle so five total three trucks and then a brush truck and a regular pickup those would become essentially inoperable when this change was to happen and so uh looking at this and looking at the cost of these currently
that was provided to us not to purchase from the sheriff's office but the quote they have graciously given us to look at roughly $9,200 a piece we um we were look at right now getting two to put into the two main fire engines number four and 406 and so with the city attorney if he would if he would weigh in on the potential use of impact fees for those purchases we look at that if we could use impact fees we would like to purchase two at this time if not the city does have uh funds available in equipment line items in the fire department that I've work with the chief
on that we can move around to to accommodate this purchase so Chief if you come up here Chief with regard to this radio system in your professional opinion is this something that is necessary to serve the additional growth we've seen in the type of buildings the
additional mileage covered with the city its annexations and the growth in those areas yes okay based on that it is my opinion that this would be proper in the impact P ordinance you've adopted in part um I believe the request was to acquire two of the radios is that correct correct that's well less than 60% of the overall value um would you Chief agree that um at least 60% of the total requirement of this is driven by that new growth as opposed to what the
city looked like say from when you took the job yes based on those I would agree that we have a leg per missal basis on the record we would need a motion to move forward the council is prepared so so Mo second just want to just want to clarify so are we going to use that the quot is for five so are we going to purchase five and then two of them are going to be paid for out of impact fees or we just purchasing two so right now we'll only purchase two from that and then we will readdress uh this as we go
further about the budgeting for next year to purchase other three or looking at um the time frame for the Sheriff's Office new system but this time we want to be buying two okay but so what so what you're effectively doing is committing that you know five are going to be approved you got to deal with the other three in next year's budget Cy okay so we're going to do those because we have impact fees available in this year's budget that is able to be used good that Chief yes questions comments anyone all say I I
I I I I car thank thank you Chief thank you chief all right we'll go to the Triumph thank you mayor so um I do apologize for adding this today um but we've all talked about this at our last Workshop uh Triumph has gotten back to us today working with li Partners to update some information that they need um they have a meeting February 26th and their intention is to have the city on there for the first review of this application
by the Triumph board and so they are requesting a letter um from the city on letterhead that that is our request of Triumph and the am of $ 4,229 th000 this is in support of the East hanger development project that we have been discussing and so I would have waited but Mr ainson did feel it appropriate that' be brought before y'all before we put that a letterhead and transmitted it so just asking for approval of that transmitted letterhead and a request of $ 4,229 th000 of GF Co Triumph GF Coast so moved second all right have
motion second questions and y'all have previously approved this I just told Kobe that because it's due Thursday in an abundance of caution because it was this afternoon when it came up might as well go and have your approval to it never hurts to get it but technically it is within his authority to go ahead and transmit good anyone else any questions or comment all in favor say I I I all I I Carrie thank you very much Kobe I think
you got uh I think we're gonna have Clay Han Mr Wallace's I am the yes sir I have the first item is 2024 sp10 the Arbors at Emerald Springs spinal plan this has previously been presented gone through planning Mr Wallace's memo to file is included as part of the agenda submission um they're requesting a preliminary plan for an 84 dwelling unit apartment complex that's located on North
20th Street um the city council previously adopted both a small scale map Amendment and a result in August of 2021 that would accommodate the proposed development this does constitute an affordable housing project and the city council previously waved the $5,000 amount as an offset to capacity fees as you would recall we are looking for a motion to approve and adopt the final plan for the arbor at Emerald
Springs as presented so moved second all right motion second questions comments yeah go ahead um so unfortunately Land Development code is clear it only requires one parking spot per unit I just had the question do we know how many bedrooms each of these are or how many three bedrooms might be in this mix it is not in the plans or the packets submitted I'm sure I don't know is the applicant
here come oner of record if he can answer come on up front if you don't mind please like just state your name if you will it does they double the required parking spots but are you able to address the bedroom bathroom capacity uh not this time uh I don't have that information with me um sorry didn't expect the camera um Co Granger Seaside engineering surveying
engineer record for this one um to answer your question at this time no I don't know that specific number I have to go back through my my packet at work to see what those numbers are do you do you know if there are three-bedroom units um I I can't say so um what do you have do you know what's the existing Arbors uh no
not this time I I apologize I didn't I didn't know I was going to get up to speak that's all right I would had all that information with me I apologize we good at ganging up on you I'm not sure how many the room tot over there 84 total units correct and they have 180 165 parking spots I believe including 10 handicap spaces in addition or including includes is the way it's written I looked at that I believe it is 155 plus 10 is that correct uh sounds
right yeah and and it also that actually is also encompassing the clubhouse U which has parking in addition now that's for us we've got to fix that I mean because it is too much uh if they have three bedrooms in there it's going to be a problem um especially if a lot of them can't use it because of the handicap spots or if they're for the clubhouse we could really overload facilities and this couldn't create serious problems depending on where it is if it's downtown and we have overflow parking that's one thing but when it's in an isolated area things start moving
out into the street now in defense of the community it's got sidewalks throughout it's got a clubhouse pool playground Pavilions picnic areas Green Space these are all things that we want in other communities that we're not seeing um but it's more of I mean I I don't feel like we can reject because our they're doubling up on required essentially from our Land Development code we only require one parking spot per unit is the problem and so we really
need to address this but I I do applaud theall design um long term we need to fix this other stuff that's going M okay anyone else yes um on the landscape plan the city has recently moved uh to try to eliminate Laurel Oaks okay and that's one of the variety of trees that you all have on here for the for the landscape plan so I just wanted to bring that up
for um what you uh you guys think I mean I if we're trying to get rid of them I don't really see planning more right um so that's I consider a relatively small change if if that can be done um a good variety of another Oak is a nut all Oak um oh beautiful trees oh quick is that on on the approved list of trees that
we are allowed to utilize okay yes sir but I'm not I mean I'm just throwing the suggestion out but uh but it doesn't have to be that but the Laurel Oaks we have found are are causing some damage to structures and they they don't live real long and they hollow out and break off and that kind of thing so okay I can pass that information along okay is that something you're agreeable too I you know at this point I don't think it'd be an issue I mean obviously I haven't sat down looked at the number that you're talking about that we need
to replace or cost or anything like that Association to it but we to the language the motion uh is this something you could just call back with us to see if confirm that it's okay yeah I can I can get with Chris on this and okay I don't think it'd be an issue they asked to replace Laurel Oaks with a similar similar tree approved by the city yeah because the these are the these are the canopy trees the you
also have yeah it's a wonderful Landscaping plan by the way I appreciate it the the whole development is is awesome um but these you you have smaller trees that would be planted more I forget what you called those in your plans but beautiful selection of trees maple trees and all that and then these would be the larger trees in the development um and they just happen to be what we have just recently determined to be fairly hazardous trees okay so I can pass that information along and you put it in a
S health and safety aspect like that you know you given what this community is going to be I don't think they're that thank you I have a comment all right go ahead um I I certainly agree with councilman Valley's concerns about addressing that the LDC on on parking and and I do applaud the applicant for going above and beyond um I did want to maybe just contemplate openly that this is a somewhat sister facility to what we're seeing
uh at the arbor at Shoemaker um I'm not aware of any parking issues over there so I think that bodess well I'm not saying that that's like for like and that that one one will dictate to the other but I think that bodess well for this being managed uh in a similar fashion so so maybe we I certainly agree we need to address it for future projects but maybe in this instance it's going to be okay because of how well that's the Arbors is managed over there off of Shoemaker would be my
thought given what they're investing in the design and the approach that they're taking I expect it to be well managed so I I agree also because it's an ourland development code I wouldn't object to it anyway because I don't really like getting sued and losing so clay do we need to modify the motion to include the the tree specification we do not ask a modification to include that okay so I'll amend my motion amend my second okay all right we'll uh well let's just take a vote any other comment is is this one just south of the apartment complex
there on North 20th as well exist okay that's what I was thinking all in favor say I I I all I I car and so we'll get this and let us know as soon as you're your people are good with it or yes sir we need to come back and huddle up again all right yes sir thank you okay thank you all right we got another one here clay uh yes sir Mr Mayor this
is the first reading of the downtown business district ordinance L the code L riew committee previously did did and um so it will be a ruming of the sections and the adoption of LD what would be if it goes through ld1 so I do need a motion to hold first reading advertised for second reading public hearing for adoption so moved second motion second questions comments
public questions comments all in favor say i i i i i i car thank you Mary this is an ordinance 2B number an ordinance of the city of Springs Florida amending the city codes code in the provisions of the city code pertaining the Land Development code thereby establishing a downtown business district requiring the insertion of downtown business district within the applicable zoning categories and renumbering
the applicable areas of the entire Land Development code to allow for efficient codification their providing for separability conflicts and an effective date thank you mayor thank you thank you all right we're going to open the floor up for citizen comments if you have a comment that you'd like to make please come to the podium state your name if you represent an organization please state that as well come on JB good evening JB helard uh I just wanted to come down and talk to you three minutes tonight
I appreciate your Indulgence when I was here before but I want to tell you about what happened today at the senior center uh that place was hopping it must have been close to 100 people there and it's almost like it's been Reborn the optimism out there is just is beyond anything I've seen a long time and uh I talked a lot of people and you know this thec is is the county seat with Central Walton but this Center is a
lot more than I even realized as far as the area that it serves and um I asked the question how many members do we have inside the city and how many outside well they don't know because as you know the UNC address can be G anyway I made I made some notes Here on what I know personally where they come from and I want to pass that on to you to show you how important
it is they have members from Samson Alabama Barony p and Westville and today b p and Westville that had three people come and join today it's like the mayor said before there's other communities that are envious of what we have here in Walton County I want to remind everybody this is a Walton County uh facility it's not just the PAC it's widespread but we also have people from cresview Okaloosa
drive over here Santa Rosa Beach down the valley mosy head argal Freeport it they're all over and uh it I'm I'm really excited about what uh I'm seeing from the city and support that you have people have and of course a lot depends on what happens tomorrow and of course I'll be there and if necessary I I'll have my three minutes maybe more but uh it is a a new day
under the city the uh uh the close cooperation oversight understanding Communications with the that whole area is is going to be much different than it has been in the past because you people know people we know you and the management will be right here in central Walton and that's going to be important for the future so uh the buzzer hadn't gone off yet but uh I appreciate it being here to talk to you about it and I appreciate all
your support yeah thank Youk thank you thank you anyone else yes sir thank you Mr May I'd like to endorse everything which Mr Hiller mentioned um I I'm very pleased the city is recognizing its employees I it's a very good initiative and I think Denise is a wonderful uh uh recipient for this for the last quarter what I wanted to ask Mr Mayor if you could uh give us an update ask Toby if you give us an upate
an update on the status for the um request for proposals for the library so I have edited that and I I thed that over actually um about three hours ago to Mr ainson so I'm sure he will review that here in the next week or so and once he's approved we will get it out on the street with the holidays and stuff I had received one from duberry needed some editing so I've been working on that but I believe Mr a can probably get that to me pretty soon and we'll get it out should have it by the end of the week then we get through tonight my meetings tomorrow but then otherwise we'll be good du to that
because of the estimated cost of it initially it'll be it'll have to be advertised in the local paper the breeze and it'll have to be advertised in the Northwest Florida Daily News and so um it'll be minimum 12 days will probably run at 30 to ensure that mul contractors have time to review it um so it'll start 30 days from initial advertisement so thank you anyone else yes ma'am Anna a Cogdell I
have three areas of concern first of all I've noticed in some of the communities there's some cameras and I wanted to know what it was based on how did they decide where to put them what the information going to be used to and who's monitoring there okay cameras in City it'll be C Marshall Harley if he's here Chief you in the house go and let her ask her three questions make sure we get them all all right he'll answer
that for the others concerning the signage we need some where the construction is being done especially right at bank because you don't know when you get there that all of a sudden you're going to have a single Lane and a turn lane whereas before you had the two lanes going through so I've almost been hit a couple of times there so I need to get that straighten out I believe we did reach out to D I know that I think I did and I think Kobe has as well and
you have and we can't we cannot do it locally uh but uh but we are going to push again yeah we can all hit them up again tomorrow see if we can get some attention over here because we told him it's serious it is you know citizens here might know what it is but somebody coming through town they don't realize that and all a they're trying to change lanes been here forever and I get tripped up yeah it it it it should be it
needs to be address yeah and then the other the last thing I wanted to know is what is the policy about cleanup after the raids downtown well I think we typically hope in 24 hours they they clean up but uh does the city assume in responsibility for that no we don't we usually end up having to but no it's actually those whoever put on the parade of the event but uh it's usually sadly lifting our hands to do one
may pull something up real quick I can be pulling that up if M you let Marshall come answer you first question I'll find this document I'm looking for no the uh cameras that I see throughout the city who who decided where to put them who gets the information and what is so when all right so just make sure we're on cameras that I deal with is it on like a traffic light no these are in communities the black
pole with the so that is our flock system we purchased through a grant six of them out of the city um the sheriff's office has put up the rest of them around so basically what it captures is um vehicles that come by that either the tags are out of dat wanted persons uh missing persons um just traffic type stuff so it's not necessarily recorded or
monitored but if somebody came through there with a warrant per se U it would send us an alert that that vehicle just came by and that person is most likely wanted so and how many is overall in the city limits 12 I believe I'm throughout so and they also help us with crime um we had a a theft at the dollar store yesterday and was able to solve it because we knew what kind of vehicle they were driving so it does allow us to
search you a black H mobile and we can see what black H mobiles were in that area if it went by a camera so they definitely have benefits I know some people are worried you big brother type stuff but they don't do speed they don't do that kind of stuff it's just it's basically Prime vention more than anything yeah I just was just I just wanted to make comment on that he's with the chair Department chief based on the comment you made those are Le are those leased or actual purchases um it's a two-year contract but the property
actually belongs to another company they right not okay and and then they're you've been successful or other agencies been successful Amber Alerts silver alerts various different things that yeah we've had a couple people with dementia that have been entered missing and come right through our town how they get here I have no clue stolen vehicles are a big hit on them for when they come through so like I said it definitely it definitely works um to me it kind of dumbs down law enforcement it makes their job too easy sometimes it does
it's a force multiplier wouldn't you say whereas your budgets are smaller and you can't afford we don't have as many people to to roll around just running tags you're really just focusing on what what you're actually looking for in those instances other than the Sheriff's Office there's actually private businesses loads they purchase one for their property so when they have theft they can see who's coming in out of their property so um I just notic they're in communities and I was just
wondering yeah you know you have a something bad goes off you know and you got a vehicle description it allows us to identified pretty quick so thank you okay all right remind me again I'm sorry but what were the other two things again oh the um the signage signage yeah we're going the clean up after parade ask what to do do you know what our policy is so in in uh
special event application under Section 17b uh the applicant will make provision for garbage and litter cleanup associated with a special event during and after the special event in the specified area so um is there a particular event you had if so you can get with me later and we can talk about it and we can address that with the applicant but they should all applicants should have to have some sort of litter of garbage plan in place either during and after the event um some will contact waste management like city does and get portable or disposable trash cans so um if there's that is in the policy but there's an issue we can get with me afterwards
thank you thank you ma' anyone else public comment all right we'll close the floor for public comment and we will go to our City attorney if you got in I have nothing tonight mayor okay all right then uh so we'll go to Mr Valley thank you mayor uh actually we have today is actually very exciting and I'm hoping that we'll be able to utilize it as part of our match uh for the uh
reconnecting uh communities um Grant and actually we have is uh Lee Moore from Scenic Walton I was going to have her come up and present this sure thank you all appreciate the the opportunity to speak um I'm Lee Moore executive director of Scenic Walton I've been here before um so I I'll tell you I'll get right to the heart of the matter I want to talk about everything we're doing but I'm not going to I'm gonna talk just about this um we
at over the last decade or so or more as we have pursued projects you know we focus on safety and beautification enhancement projects and initiatives and um as of late throughout the entire County and so as we've done this through the years um we had a an approach of just identifying a project that we thought would be a good one whether it was landscaping or pedestrian cyclist facilities and then
going to the the appropriate governmental entity and advocating for that project and one one thing that we decided um several years ago is that we wanted instead of just advocating to bring resources to the table to help get projects done and also to be honest we weren't doing a great job of this before to work more closely with the local governmental entity to identify projects and so
and so we um have been pursuing a project through which we do that very thing called Walton safe and beautiful and it's not a project that's the initiative and we pursue projects through that initiative and so we will work with the local government to identify a project e either um landscaping or we would like more to get into pedestrian cyclist facilities as well and that's one of the things we love about this project it
hits both um and identify that project we then go and raise funds um to private funds to hire a landscape architect or in the case of um if once we get in more into L um pedestrian cyclist facilities a designer in that field to design that project and then we turn that project after getting input um from if if it's if it happens to be on a state facility
we get F do of course their input and it has to meet all of their specs and then get the the local governmental entities input as well they if you want to see changes or whatever and then we in turn donate that design to the local governmental entity and if you would like we can offer to help pursue installation or construction funding for that project so I was working with council member Valley and um I told him
that we we really wanted to do a project in fiac and also we were talking about the fact that we we've done a few landscape uh roadway landscape projects through and are doing them through the program so we wanted to start venturing more into some pedestrian cyclist projects and so um council member Valley was working on this exciting project it's a big one and we are huge supporters of it um and so that's the
design that you see the draft design um we are open I want to say this right now we are are open and asking for input if there are any design changes we still we um we um contracted with Jim cypes who is a um a landscape designer licensed Landscape designer and architect and um he came and looked at the at the area met with council member Valley and me um
and he came up with this initial design and it includes both a Meandering multi path um and Landscaping also a playground area um so that this is sort of the first draft of the design that he came up with and that we um passed over to council member Valley and um so we felt like it was time to bring it to all of you um another thing that we love about this project is that and this
design is that um as council member Valley mentioned we hope that it might be able to serve as a match the value of the project design project um could serve as a match for you all in getting leveraging some other funds and that's what another thing that is a big strong point of this program we've used it to leverage F do install funds for um a project down in the South End um and so it can be the funding that we use
to spend on the design can hopefully our goal is to bring about further funding um for install and so that's an explanation of what this is and where it came from um again we are simply trying to bring resources to the table to help facilitate getting projects done more quickly um or more projects done um and we love the project we hope you do um we think it's really neat another component we
like about it is that we know that the county is interested in developing that back entrance to the golf course that this leads up to so we hope that this can tie into that project as well at some point um and I'm just here to answer any questions um and also to offer up the design and as I said we're still in contract with the designer so if if there are more change if there are changes that you would like to see made um we can absolutely still make that happen thank you Le and what I want to do
is I want to ask uh Is It Michael or Jesse in the back uh the ld2 hold right there for just what a second and I want to explain to folks what you're looking at so what you're seeing here is the intersection at 16th just across from City Hall and what we're talking about is that multimodal path that we're talking with do about which we got as part of a suntrail project this would be a portion of that project which would go basically from our future pedestrian bridge here next to
City Hall all the way to the back gate at the golf course which we've been talking to the County about opening that up for a long time and we're we're even talking about donating that right away so they can go ahead and do that and this path is basically we're calling it a linear park because at the end of the day this really becomes a linear Park that runs along the lengths of all of West defunc and it's actually a link between the golf course and everything to the West including uh the airport where we would come in with a lot of this stuff to begin with and the downtown so this
connects uh once this project is at its fuan it would connect the entire city you could go across the entire width of the city safely and comfortably and the only time that you ever really mix into traffic is when you're going in 15 and 20 M hour traffic in downtown where it's very safe and people are supposed to go slow in areas where people are supposed to go quicker we get the bicycles off the road onto what is just like what you see in South Walton the second most popular thing in South Walton uh number
one being the beach number two is the bike path the bike path is the thing that really everyone is utilizing kids utilize it adults use it and our residents use it because they get out there and they Jog and they exercise on a regular basis we can do that too and that's what we've been talking about for several years now that's what that suntrail project does what we're able to do with this is actually put some form to it so that when we meet with do we're actually coming to them like hey we've got this started this is the these are
some of the ideas that we have out for you to follow don't reinvent the wheel which we got a good start let's let's see what we can do with this but this starts to tie into reconnecting communities because it it starts to address that north south connection as well uh because we are crossing Baldwin and if you'll notice that this design also includes parallel parking pretty much the length of Baldwin along the south side of Baldwin which multiplies the amount of parking it takes care of parking at City Hall it takes care and if we ever do something in that front building we'll have parking right in front
of it uh it takes care of some parking closer to the ace and some of the and the church we just down the street that now parks in the grass and gravel and whatever dirt's left over we actually start to produce some of the same things that we've been doing for 160 years in downtown uh while creating a park amenity for an entire segment of our community so this one uh I was so thrilled when they when they brought this forward and uh asked it's like hey what do you have anything that involves
you know cycling or Trails like uh yeah we we got that checked so let's do it so what I'm proposing today and and actually Jesse or or or Michael if you could go to the next page and you can see a little bit of that Meandering path because we have a lot of space on liveo south of the tracks if we can just scroll down to the next one it'll be ld3 thank you a little bit more or it's just a delay yeah I think delay because it's size
the files maybe too far there you go three just a little bit so you can see the path meanders the plan took into account existing trees so that we're not starting from scratch the trees that are out there would stay uh they trim up and then they were augment with additional trees especially along the railroad tracks to give you some separation so you don't feel like kids are just going to walk over the tracks just a little bit of buffer but it's a natural buffer we're not talking about fences we're not talking about big berries we're just talking about subtle
soft edges that'll keep people from just wandering off uh and again it meanders between the trees um it's very low impact so you know we can duke it out with a railroad as as we see fit uh but again it's it's very low impact um and the one thing that I've mentioned a couple of times that I think this can transform and take it to the next level is what we've talked about in reference to the memorial uh wherever the Labyrinth goes I've I've thrown it out there a couple times and I'd
like to start really attacking it more aggressively in terms of speaking of it in this way I can see this being a memorial trail I can see that the airport when you come across where that first bike comes off a 90 on the west side of town where the airport is we've got a jet over there and we've got a a road that's open that jet why isn't that an Air Force Memorial that's accessible to everybody right now because the airport is so isolated it's it's it's cut off it's not really connected and we've allowed it to fade and and we need to you know we need to start talking and about setting aside a little bit of
money to restore it and get it cleaned up and Landscape around it why why would that be step one because now it's part of a network it's not just an isolated piece that one's there next thing is we come across to the back gate at the golf course well what's behind there the BFW why isn't there another Memorial right there and it can be very simple it could just be a flag a simple plaque Monument it doesn't have to be an end all Beall because we're talking about having multiple recognitions along the withd of
the entire city how fabulous would that be you can go across you can go Air Force let's say whatever they want to do back there maybe Army although I've got some competition people wanted Army down in dorsy at the intersection where it Forks off and there's a triangular piece and you know the Labyrinth wherever it falls again will connect to it and reconnecting communities will allow for that connection north south across the tracks to make it safe no matter if we're coming from Baldwin to the circle or if it happens to be somewhere closer to there again um I thought it
was a wonderful opportunity and the fact that we could have an opportunity to seek this as a match to a grant that we've already got um and I'm hoping that um you know Tim will be able to take it back and and again this is still on going and um and we're only now talking about receiving it uh so you know Tim and Liberty can can look in the details of that and how we go forward but my hope is that we adopt this uh allowing for future public input and modification uh provide some feedback to cic wton
so that they could fully executed and then we can present it to do is the concept basis of design and to reconnecting communities as part of that overall program and I will make that a motion to adopt second I have a motion second questions or comments I think it's beautiful I think it a good work um that looks really nice any any other questions or comment wonderful Mr I
thought I had mine on Robert M come on Robert Raymond for the record I actually have a couple questions I'll be as quick as I can the is the sun is this going to be the potential SunRail that we're talking about correct and so it's going to tie in the reconnecting
communities so all the all the different grants are going to be tied into this potential layout correct one of them is a grant so the grant is the reconnecting communities and that one mainly deals with north south but it it includes inclusivity and connectivity throughout the city so it works East West and north south the Centro one is fdot and that one's really more of a of a cycle once we're in that cycle it's really begin to kind of manage itself but we need to provide active input and if we're passive
we're just going to get what we get so we need to be aggressive in terms of being very clear in terms of the vision that we have as a city for what which is to be um to be clear the sun Trail is going to be uh rerouted off of 90 corre onto this corre has that come up with the fdot being that the the main purpose of the sun Trail is to go from Pensacola to Jacks correct and so it is part of that network but there are
places where that network will jog off of 90 because of the high traffic Corridor that it's become and so these these jogs into the community especially are part of that suntrail uh methodology and so it's not it's not that we have to stay right on N you are allowed to shift up and down within that Corridor they just don't want it to get so out of whack that it's not going to be part of a continuous Network so you'll see it places where it'll kind of come way down and around a municipality a lake not here here it'll it'll just
be uh basically two blocks off of 90 and then it shift over to Baldwin as well and then and and then go back to 90 and reconnect to 90 correct so once it gets to the uh East End of Baldwin where it merges back to 90 it will merge back to 90 now I am actually asking and hoping that we can use Anthony M Johnson Trail as part of an extension so we don't go up to 90 until we've reached the end of the dorsy district further down towards like where the emergency Operation Center is
so if we got all the way down there I mean it's free and clear you're off the road it's safe and then the cyclist can can shift back up when it gets to really low traffic areas now I I don't uh have all the documents but is it reconnecting back around the golf course because 331 extension North is the next fiveyear cycle which hopefully the north south 331 will be extended up to the high point so this one only goes so
this concept only goes to the golf course back gate but that's what they're donating the sun trail goes all the way to West West Westwood what's that road um the back of past the airport West Woodyard technically it goes all the way to Woodyard and it does cross uh or propose Crossing on the golf course and it does it run on the south or the North it runs on the south does it run on the south from theoretically from Jacksonville to Pensacola is it trying to
be kept to the South uh we're running it on the South because that's where we have available right away and that's going to vary by location because there's Parts along the Old Spanish Trail where they actually do have the brick in place Sun Ro County it is on the North yeah so it it shifts depending on where you are so there will have to be different parts along the trail you're going to react differently given what you have but you know the idea is to use existing Network so that we're not well we're not going to domain
and take something out for for for suntrail the reason I'm asking is I would think with the road diet I'm assuming that we're still pursuing the road diet we would already have a lane that could theoretically be used for a higher speed suntrail connectivity that correct that's why now we have the option you know with the road diet we can look at and we don't know how the road diet's gonna work I mean right now we have five Lanes it could go to three lanes with one side could be suntrail one side could be parking or something to give
us more sidewalk space it could be that they go to four lanes and it's really four lanes and a suntrail and you eliminate the turn lane as a possibility we don't know when we have to be very engaged as that process goes forward um but it's not it's not started yet so we don't know yet but this one would have it along Baldwin until you get to the end for the time being in the future if there is a possibility of re-engaging for both of them we'll look at that but I like it do you know and and I don't know the answer to this question but do
you know which side north or south of 90 the Emerald Coast Regional Council which is doing a big um I can't remember the actual name for it are they running that trail north or south of 90 I don't think it's been determined yet anything that they have right now is um it's beyond aspirational it's not it's not a pine Sky thing it's it's something being planned for but it's just determining the General locations but not the details in terms of where it is and then we need more public input this needs more public input so that process would
have public input as well but it would not be unusual to have a trail that deviated off the predescribed sun tril no sir no and that happens all over the place sometimes it's geography sometimes it's you know five Lane Highway that we're going to have for the west side of town for 331 um you know and sometimes it's just a neighborhood saying that they don't want it some neighborhoods don't actually that's apparently the biggest issue they have is that they
have people they have a difficult time getting citizens to agree on a lot of times it's passing through uh established communities that are you know private neighborhoods HOAs and so they don't a lot of times we see that see that in Bay County for instance where there's an HOA that's blocking part of that trail Network um the beauty of this one is that we're utilizing public lands so we're not we're not using any private lands in this case so we're extremely fortunate it makes it really really much easier to accomplish and much more realistic yes and the
road diet would be the same correct because we're actually trying to increase sidewalks and more benefit to the businesses and because there's just not that much traffic there thank you yes sir you did state that as a motion to adopt yes sir we have a motion a second okay all right um all in favor say I hi I all right I I Carrie thank you very very much I told you I could stretch it down good thank you
mayor um so obviously everyone can see M McDaniel sitting here with us tonight um I went through the process with Mr Ral three-month evaluation I determined that Mr Ral probably wasn't the best fit for the city I worked with him on that went through that process Mr Ral voluntarily resigned last Wednesday and so miss McDaniel has been made interim until we move forward with council's Direction and so just an update and clarification on that um number two uh the senior center is on the County's agenda for
tomorrow for the board to discuss and speak about I will be there to represent the city um for any questions they may have so just to give you an update on where we're at on the life enrichement Senor Center I have any questions all right thank you very much all right we'll go to Mr beerbom for Council comments none sir SC um Ju Just a real quick uh thank you to all those who are serving on our committees um this past week had some more feedback from one of our committee members and
it just made me realize how appreciative I am for the work that they do for us um they they spend a lot of time during the week getting a lot of questions answered and direction for us and preparation for these meetings so I want to tell them thank you thank you for that I've already express my condolences to miss Henderson at the beginning before the meeting started but um her husband you know as everybody knows just just recently passed away and he he did a lot for
this city for a long time and we appreciate him and I'm sure he will be Miss by many many people um I'll I'll Echo those remarks and and thank you for the work you do as well Dr Henderson uh and then uh JB already spoke to briefly but the senior cator was just busting that the seems I think they used every single chair in the house to do the potluck today and it was like that pretty much the last couple of potlucks before that so it's very busy very active and and honestly it's
like you know my my mom's not as active as she should be uh but I think if she had a place like that she would um so it makes a huge difference in in lives and and and tangible ways and so I appreciate the work out there and and I and I hope that um that we move forward with a positive result we will uh and I spoke with Dr Henderson today that we plan on presenting a letter appreciation her husband
was the mayor here in the city and so we want to be sure and do that at our our next meeting so uh and so we're very very grateful and not only what you've done but what you continue to do so thank you Miss Anderson all right well we will call this meeting adjourned and uh hope everybody has a blessed week