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to call this meeting to order on August 3rd, 2026, Destin City Council. And at this time, if I can get Pastor Steve Ferris, if you will come up from First Baptist Church of Destin and do the invocation, please. Sir.

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Father, we come to you again tonight just thanking you how you've blessed this city. And Lord, right now as I just watch the news, the fires out in Washington and the floods so many places, Lord, there's a there's devastation everywhere. Lord, from Japan

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to India, just all around the world. And so, Lord, you spared us a lot. And I'm grateful for that. And we thank you, Lord, for this nation, for these people who give their time in this city, Lord, to all that work together. And Lord, there's there's a lot of things we could all do individually to make it better,

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but Lord, ultimately you're in control and we're glad of that. So, we want to thank you and thank for Jesus's and we just ask your blessings tonight on their meeting in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. Please join me with your hand over your heart. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and

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to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. All right. First on is the agenda approval. I would like to withdraw item

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5D and approve the agenda without 5D. And if Miss Cop, you can explain what 5D is, please. >> Sure. Just for the public, 5D is the public hearing dealing with the sign ordinance. So, if the council should vote to withdraw that from the agenda,

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it will not be discussed tonight. Um, and it would be readvertised at some point in the future, not to a specific date as of now. >> I'll second. >> All right. You'll second it. All right. Can I Let's go ahead and >> Hold on one second. I've got one. Why

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are we doing this? >> Pulling 5D. >> Yeah. >> Be because it's not there's too much going on. There's not enough people here to vote. Got it. >> I think that uh some council members felt it needed more work. >> A lot more work. >> Yeah. If I may, mayor, I would comment. I think that's appropriate. We're

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missing two of our council members tonight. This kind of a rewrite needs to have everybody participate. So, I will support that motion. >> Thank you, sir. Are you ready? You want to just do a roll call? Let's just do a roll call. Um Rodney, how do you feel

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about that? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. The agenda approval is approved unanimously. All right. All right, for the public, if anyone's here for the sign ordinance, it will not be discussed at a public

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hearing tonight. >> We saved you a couple of hours. You're welcome. All right, with that, um, we don't have any Do I don't see any proclamations or special announcements, anything tonight? Nothing. All right. Well, at this moment, I'll open the floor to public

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comments. And anyone that wants to come forward, you have three minutes. Please state your name and your address, and your three minutes will start. I'll start from over here. All right, come on up. >> Press the button. It's got to be lit up. There you go. >> Good afternoon. My name is Ricky Lin

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Grand Jr. 175 Main Street, Dustin, Florida, 32541 USPS general delivery. And I am technically homeless. I didn't know if you guys knew that, but I've been coming to these meetings for probably I guess a year and a half now.

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And I think that's my tax status. So that is my involvement in government. And I just want to talk to the council today because I think that Destin could use more beach accesses, especially in between highrises for people that walk around like me. I don't want to walk

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around, but I walk around for a living. Um, and then uh I know they were doing talks with article 16 on the signs and I have some bandit signs that I would like to place for my real estate investment work. But

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I hope everything can go well with all of that and my uh involvement with the government and uh maybe try to get some bills passed in uh legislature cuz that's where I feel like I will succeed

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and I hope it goes well. Uh uh yeah, absentee owner friendly city uh with the beach accesses. There's more beach accesses cuz I go out there to look for stars all the time and I'm trying to study more of the atmosphere

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and uh do work with the National Association of a Atmospheric and Oceanic Association, but more beach accesses cuz I have to walk all the way down to Barnes & Noble just to go to the beach. And sometimes I just want to, you know,

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maybe go to the beach from McDonald's, you know, for a little while, maybe 5, 10 minutes. And maybe, you know, maybe other people in Destin want to go to the beach, too. So maybe more uh beach accesses like Walton County. They have so many great beach accesses. Is so nice in Walton

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County, but you can't walk to 3A. It's too far. Uh tax reform, and I hope that, you know, I don't know what what the Trump administration's going to do with tax reform. I tried to send in my taxes to the IRS,

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and I never heard back from them. I try to do my taxes. I try to do all of my business and I can't do it. It's on hold. Everything Everything is shut down from Google Ads to Docu Sign to The Lady asked me if I could read and

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write one time. I said, "Yes, I can read and write." You know, I know how to read and write. I don't know what's taking so long. I like y'all, but I don't know. Uh, and in the community center, I I saw

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the hours. I like to play some basketball, but I don't have any Jordans. I just got steel toe boots. My Jordans are in the woods. It got rained on. I can't find them. I hit them in the woods. I can't find my Jay's. I don't know what I'm going to do.

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>> All right. Anybody else? >> Just some food for thought. Might save a life. I was wondering if >> Give us your name and your address. >> Steve Ferris. >> Thank you. to uh 716 Spring Lake Drive. Sorry about that. I thought everybody here I know y'all know. But anyway, I was just thinking I don't I know we're

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Jim's working on the bicycle thing, but it might be something to think about with the existing pedestrian crosses to put one more sign on there pushing a bicycle because I see some of these guys come flying through there and they think they're invincible because there's a

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line there and they've got the rideway and you're supposed to stop or you're supposed to push it. Just something to think because that would be a pretty cheap fix I think to to do that because a lot of them don't know and you know we had somebody hit there there at the

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church. So just a thought and that's all I got to say about that. >> All right. Anybody else want to come up? Come on up. State your name and your address. Even if we know you, it's really for the public record. >> Can you hear me? >> Yeah. >> Hey, my name is Ben White. I live at 301

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Blue Marlin Court. how y'all doing? Uh, so I've lived there for about four years. I am a true local. Was born in Fort Walton Beach. Uh, grew up in Shalomar. I have two little boys. Uh, they're actually over at one's in football, one's at soccer. My wife's there with them and she sent me over here to do this. I think I think I got

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the better than deal cuz it's nice and cool in here. But, uh, so, but that kind of goes to what I want to talk about. Uh, our kids are able to play soccer, play football, uh, do all the stuff where we live because we don't have the thare on Pine Street. Um, it's really turned into a great place for the kids

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in the area, for kids even not in the area to come over and play. It's it's been a blessing to live there and we really would not like to see Pine Street expanded and made it through fair because it would really affect the way of life for a lot of the families that live there. Um, that's all I got to say. Thank you all.

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>> Thank you. All right. Anybody else want to come up? Got three minutes. All right. Nobody I see no movement. All right. From there, [clears throat] we'll move to the uh consent agenda. Can I get uh a motion to approve? >> I'll make that motion to approve the

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consent agenda. >> All right, got a motion. Got a second. Let's go for voting. All right, that passes unanimously. All right, city manager, you're up. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor Pertim. Um item 4 A on your agenda is regarding the uh

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undergrounding and the update on that um contract. On June 16th, the council voted to withhold $100,000 um against their final payment to the utility consultants of Florida um

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subject to Chef Wright's review of the substantial completion. Um Mr. right has done that and concurs that on June the 9th the project was substantially complete which put them 21 days past

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substantial completion um as provided for in their contract u subject to $31,500 in liquidated damages. Uh so Mr. right concluded that the council may either assess the 31,500 in LDS or may wave those damages based

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on ads's overall performance and good faith explanation. Uh so he agreed that they had reached substantial completion that was 21 days late and that the $31,500 health liquidated damages would be

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appropriate if council so chose to uh invoke that provision of the contract. So, any motion to release the $100,000 to remove that barrier and to withhold the $31,500 from final payment or not

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would be appropriate this time. >> I'll make a motion. >> There you go. >> I will move that we remove the 100,000 restriction and and settle for the 37 whatever >> 31,000. I'll second that. All right. Any

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discussion? All right. Let's make a vote of that. Ready for us, Lisa? >> All right. That passes unanimously by five. Go ahead, Mr. >> Thank you, ma'am. Next item is 4B is regarding resolution 26-20

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uh regarding city council procedures. Uh at a previous meeting, it was suggested that we amend uh the resolution uh dealing with city council procedures to allow for public participation at the time of discussion of an item before uh

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you vote on it. Uh so that would um in essence provide another opportunity for the public to speak on items uh during the um process of the meeting u in addition to the public comment section at the beginning and the end of the

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meeting. So once you had a an item before you, if there was a motion in a second, certainly council would have discussion, but before you vote, any member of the public could make comments u based on what they've heard and any recommendations they would make to council. >> All right. You waiting for a motion for

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that? >> Yeah, a motion. If you wish to get someone to make a motion and are we going forward with this? >> I'll go make the motion. I move to adopt resolution 2620. Motion dies without a second.

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>> So, we will not be moving forward with that. >> Okay. >> Item 4 C is an appointment to the Emerald Coast Regional Council. Um, in February of this year, Mr. Bagby was appointed to the as the primary board member to the Emerald Coast Regional

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Council. The mayor Wagner was appointed as the alternate. Of course, Mr. Bag is no longer on council. So, we need to appoint a replacement as the primary representative to that council. Um, and if if that happened to be the mayor, a

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an alternate to serve in the mayor's capacity as alternate. >> Did you have anyone during your discussions that volunteered for that position or that committee? >> No, ma'am. >> I will volunteer to be the primary if I can get a second. Thank you.

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>> Thanks, Dewey. So, Dewy's making the motion. [laughter] Who's going to second it? >> Yeah, >> I'll second. >> All right, with that, we'll go to the vote. >> All right, it passes five. I guess I'll be your primary ECRC. >> Thank you. >> All right, go ahead, Larry.

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>> Item 4 D is a mobility plan update. Um at the last meeting we had some discussion about removing Pine Street from the mobility plan. Um there was um we need to do a little more work and we've done that and because the Pine

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Street was not included in the six uh projects that were calculated for the fees and the mobility uh fee structure. uh you can remove Pine Street without um reworking the mobility

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plan fee structure or the fees associated with with the mobility plan. What you will need to do is a comp plan amendment because the comp plan calls uh refers to the mobility plan that was passed on that particular day. Um so we

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would need to amend the comp plan for um an approval based on removing Pine Street from that. Having said that, there may be other uh projects you'd like to see removed or realigned. So, we can certainly remove

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Pine Street uh tonight and prepare the appropriate comp plan amendment or we can remove Pine Street tonight and uh have a workshop or uh special meeting or address it during a council meeting at a later date if we want to remove any

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others uh from the mobility plan. Can I just remove Pine Street tonight and then we move for the next meeting when we have a full team up here for any other changes or removals that we might want to do. Do I need to make a motion to remove Pine Street from the mobility

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plan? >> All right. I'm going to make a motion to remove Pine Street from the mobility plan. >> I'll second it. >> Thank you. All right. Any discussion on that? All right. With that, we'll do the vote. Lisa, >> great. That passes unanimously. Those of

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you that are here waiting to find out about uh Pine Street, it's now off the mobility plan. You can go to your kids games. [laughter] Thanks [snorts] for being here. All right, keep going, Larry. >> Item four E is regarding the budget workshop. Uh at the last meeting uh we

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asked you if you would like to have the third optional budget workshop and um you voted to do that uh on the 10th of August. However, we realized after that vote there was a conflict on the 10th that that is our um ER e amendment uh

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for our comp plan workshop that's been highly publicized. So be probably difficult to move that. So, what we would recommend is we hold the budget workshop on the 17th of August at 5:30, just prior to your next council meeting.

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>> That's just a motion to move that from the 10th to the 17th at 5:30. >> I'll make that motion to move it. I'll second. >> All right. Dewy's going to second it. Any discussion? >> All right, Lisa, you ready for us to vote? >> All right. Passes unanimously. Keep

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going, Larry. >> Miss Cox, you want to lead the next one? >> Um, on the update for the state acquired land on Holiday Island adjacent to the city's Nora Point Park, I want to speak on behalf of myself on council and many

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citizens that have called and said, "Thank you for giving this 150%." And I want to make it public that we couldn't do this without your legal knowledge, expertise, cuz everything you're helping us get done. I don't know if anybody up

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here has this the knowledge that we would need to make sure we didn't not cross the right tees or dot the right eyes. So, thank you for all the hard work you've been carrying through for months now, I think years now, really on this project. So, if you can give us the update where we're at right now, but um

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thank you so far for all the hard work you put in for us and the citizens. Thank you. >> You're welcome. And um I work for you all. So uh your wish is my command. Um so pursuant to your direction, um Larry and I have sent the city's letter to the

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state advising it of the dispute with Okaloosa County, we also notified the state that notwithstanding the inclusion of city-owned property and appraisals or other documentation submitted to the state, the city maintains ownership of the rightofway. Um again, we formally

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initiated the conflict resolution process with the county. This is not an adversarial um process. It is to collaborate and work together to resolve any disputes. Uh the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has advised us

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that it will not participate directly in the conflict resolution process, but they did ask um to be kept apprised of how things go. and we have let them know we are quite optimistic that we will be able to resolve the issues. Um in addition the city has received a broad

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public records request related to the state park point mezzanine uh norgo point. So um we will obviously comply with Florida law on that and please let myself the city manager or the city clerk know if you have questions. Uh Dr.

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Jones and I will be attending the board of county commissioners meeting tomorrow. Following that, Dr. Jones um has been coordinating with the county administrator to schedule the initial conflict assessment meeting between the city and county administrators. That

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meeting, I believe, will be scheduled for August 19th and will be public. Council members, you may attend. It will not be a meeting where the governing bodies uh vote. Only if things don't get resolved at that meeting will there be a second meeting where both governing bodies will be able to meet together and

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vote. And with that, I will turn it over to Dr. Jones to give you the rest of the update. >> Thank you, councelor. Um, preparing for this process, um, I asked Mr. Hoffstead, county administrator, if

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he and I could sit down to have a preliminary meeting to look at the path forward. And he was gracious enough to grant that meeting. So, we met last Thursday, had a very cordial, um, productive meeting, I believe. Uh I'll

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and in your package you have a um kind of a the framework of that meeting where we laid out what led to us to get to where we are today um and [clears throat] what 164 um

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statute provides for. He was familiar with it because it went through it with the TDC a few years ago. So I laid out to him that the purpose was to to seek a constructive resolution between the the board of county commissioners and city

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council as to how this park uh was going to move forward. Um there are four principal areas of conflict I laid out to him that was control or who would lease manage and operate the park. Uh the development what would it would ultimately look like what amenities

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would be there. jurisdiction, whose authority governed and the process of how we get to an in play here. Um, so I explained to him that it was our position that it would be appropriate for the city to lease andor manage the

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property uh and to develop it um similar to that 14acre parcel line next to it. So I asked him two point blank questions. Um, one is does the county desire to resolve this issue? And he uh

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assured me they did. And the second one, well, what do you want? What's the county asking for? And that's where uh, you know, we certainly are asking for some clarity. And Mr. Hoffstead agreed that at their meeting tomorrow, he would ask the board of county commissioners to

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at least begin considering giving him some framework of what a negotiated settlement would look like. What what are they looking for? Um I will remind them that, you know, we've talked about parking. We've talked about a potential layout of a plan that would um play nice

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with the other 14 acres of some ideas of how the the docks could be used to minimize traffic and not burden overburden infrastructure but still give folks access to the beach. They want to launch a boat and come to the beach,

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come right ahead. So, um, so we'll we'll be there tomorrow to uh, you know, just make sure they're aware that we don't intend this to be confrontational. You know, we're not looking. This is not an escalation of an issue. It's a path forward to get our arms wrapped around a

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process that we can get to some resolution. That resolution may be we can't agree on something, but at least we'll know. So, uh, that's where we are. And again, I appreciate Mr. off his willingness to meet and look forward to

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good things coming from it >> and we don't need any action there. So then 4G is their draft minutes with standing boards and committ. >> Yes, Rodney, go ahead. >> Thank you. Um

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I think it's my understanding that this uh large public records request came from an attorney down south. >> Uh that's correct. Um, are we can we not ask or find out who this attorney represents or is the attorney himself

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asking for it or know who's actually asking for it? >> Well, they can certainly volunteer that information if they'd like to. Um, they're not required to tell us who's requesting the public records. I can >> I mean, I don't know who's requesting

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the public records. We it right >> it appears similar to a request we received a few years ago but >> regardless of who's requesting it um we will comply with the law. >> Yeah, I I agree 100%. I just didn't know if if legally or not if we could if we

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were could know who's who's requesting this. I know we get it get got it from attorney but who's he representing unless they just want to hide. >> I'd be happy to ask him. He's not required to tell me but if he'd like to tell me he can. Okay. Um, but I mean if you read it, I think you can speculate,

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>> right? I'm with you. Um, and other question is, uh, with the county, um, why are we in a settlement position? Why are we settling or trying to work out something with the

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county to it's like give them something. We want parking. We want this, that, and the other. How did we get to that? How did How did we get there? It just seems like every time something comes up with the city,

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we're going to settle. We're going to settle something that has nothing to do with the project, that piece of property out there itself. Now, they want parking all through the city and God only knows who what else. But, >> well, what I can say about that, I I

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wouldn't call it a settlement exactly because there's no litigation to settle. We do have a dispute to to collaborate on and the issue is that the state, specifically the Department of Environmental Protection, has already given the county the lease. Now, the

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county didn't approve it or even take it to the board of county commissioners. Um, again, we talked about this, but I can speculate that the reason is because of the land use provision. uh because we do know that the county redlinined the part that said they had to comply with

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city permitting and then the state came back and said no that needs to stay in you can't redline it out. Um there there may be other reasons, but for whatever reason the county has, they haven't moved forward. And so um the state has told Larry and I and we've communicated

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it to you all that if the city and county can come to an agreement on the handling of that park, the future development, keeping it conservation, whatever uh the council has directed us to do, which is keep it conservation, um

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then then the state is likely to support that. And so that is why we are trying to work with the county. Um, >> do you have anything to >> No, simply at this point, we're asking them to tell us what it's going to take,

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if anything. And again, we may not come to, you know, any resolution, but at least we can put it to bed and go forward. >> Yep. And if you recall, you all passed resolution 20265 months ago, and that was saying, "Hey, county, we would like to manage and lease the park. Would you support us?" and we haven't gotten an

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answer. So, the dispute resolution was to hopefully get those conversations just moving forward and see what can be coordinated. >> Thank you so much. >> So, tomorrow is just the regular BCC meeting. Is this going to be an item being brought up on this tomorrow's

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agenda at the BCC? >> I haven't looked at their agenda. However, I don't think it's listed as an agenda item, but uh Mr. Hoffstead assured me that during his time, he would speak to council to their board that we had a meeting and that if we're

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going to be have any success in this uh 164 process, then they're going to have to make some moves and tell us what it's going to take for them to get to the um folks that are going to make a decision. Right now, that's first step is D and

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wherever it goes from there. But until we know what they're asking for, you know, we certainly don't have anything to bring to you guys for consideration. >> Okay. Well, I was just trying to make sure if you needed any of us to be at this meeting tomorrow morning at 8:30, they're not going to be directly speaking to us, but he is going to speak

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to their their council on where we're looking for direction, what what we want them to tell us. >> That that's my understanding is that he's going to uh let his board know that uh he needs some direction. The 19th meeting is the statute says it's between

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the administrator of the the county and the city. So it'd be city manager and Mr. Hoffstead that would lead that meeting. U I've invited Miss Cop and he's invited Miss Hosshihara um to participate as well just to be sure we're covered from a legal standpoint there. And it'll be a public meeting

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open. Uh but my comment to him was if you don't have anything to bring then we're going to be nothing but exchanging ideas and positions and there will be nothing to negotiate or to uh say you take that back to your board. I'll take it back to the council and we'll go from

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there. The next meeting will be a joint meeting between this our council and his board. So it would be a fully um advertised meeting for both elected bodies to be there. >> Okay. Thank you, Larry. Carry on.

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>> H >> H. Um, what is H? >> Dr. Young, >> announcements. Miss >> Dr. T, >> good evening. The first announcement I have is a bit sad, but we do want people to be aware of it so that they can help

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and we can work together on this. We had 13 nests on Destin beaches so far, um, sea turtle nests. So far this um nesting season, we have lost 12 of them to tropical storm Bertha. And perhaps what is most unsettling is that the turtles

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have been nesting extremely close to the water. And that is due to human activity and the lighting conditions on the beach. So the turtles are moving up toward the water because of all the bright white lights. And then when the storm comes, it's very easy for those

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nests to be washed away. And again, we mention this because we actually can do something to work together and help on this with education. We do offer specialized flashlights at city hall that glow red instead of white. They're free to people to stop by and pick those

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up. So, basically the rule is amber, orange, and red is bright and white's too bright. And as you can imagine, one of the biggest offenders is uh cell phone lights, those bright lights. Um, it's also not just the uh what's on the

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sand with lighting. Beachfront property owners need to turn off those lights or have fixtures completely downward directed or mounted as low as possible. Please, and this one is not just for beach property owners, but it's anyone vacationing and staying beachfront.

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Please close your curtains or blinds after dark. It's not just the exterior lighting that's problematic. The interior lighting can confuse the turtles as well. Okay. And then my next announcement could not be more silly and fun, but we got a call this afternoon

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from the folks who drive the Planters Nutmobile. It's a 20 foot long peanut on wheels and they travel the country giving out peanuts and passing out stickers and just uh trying to bring smiles to different cities. So, they are going to be coming through the Dustin

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area in August. So, we're going to find a day and a place for them to stop by for a few hours and visit our city. That's great. Like I said, it sounds silly, but you know what? Those are usually pretty cool events. Yes, it'll be fun. Know. So, the more we can be there, you know, we want all of our

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sheriffs, we want everyone that helps us out, everybody come get in some free peanuts. >> Absolutely. We're going to have a lot of fun and then I'll post it on Facebook and Instagram as soon as we have the date. >> Okay, great. All right, with that, um, moving on to public hearings, Miss Cop. Thank you, Mayor Prom. And if it's okay

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with the council because 5 A, B, and C are related, I would like to read them together. Would that be okay? >> Okay. >> I don't see any objections. Go ahead. >> Okay. 5A is ordinance 2616LC, an ordinance of the city of Dest, Florida, amending article 3,

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definitions, and article 11 coastal management and conservation of the land development code to amend the definition of beach for consistency with the jurisdictional limits set forth within the city charter, providing for authority, providing for findings of fact, providing for incorporation into the land development code, providing for

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conflicting provisions, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. The next ordinance 5B is 2617C, an ordinance of the city of Dustin, Florida, amending chapter 14 of the code of ordinances to amend the definition of

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beach for consistency with the jurisdictional limits set forth within the city charter, providing for authority, providing for findings of fact, providing for incorporation into the code of ordinances, providing for conflicting provisions, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. 5C is 2618 PC, an

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ordinance of the city of Dustin, Florida. Amending chapter 13 glossery of the city's comprehensive plan to amend the definition of beach for consistency with the jurisdictional limits set forth within the city charter [clears throat] providing for authority providing for findings of fact providing for incorporation into the comprehensive

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plan providing for conflicting provisions providing for severability and providing for an effective date. This is second reading of all three ordinances. Again, the charter provides that the city's jurisdictional limits go to the meanh high water line and the

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LDC, the code of ordinances and the comp plan refer to the low line instead of the high line. So, this will make everything again consistent with the charter. Let me know if you have any questions. >> All right, this is a public hearing. So, if there are any comments the public

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would like to make, you this is your opportunity now to come forward and speak. I don't see anybody rushing up here. All right. Anybody on council want to say anything? >> Okay. You want to go ahead? >> It would be uh three different motions,

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please. And you could uh start with ordinance 2616 LC. >> Okay. Uh first one, I'll move to approve ordinance uh 2616 uh LC. >> Second >> on second reading.

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>> Lisa, did you get that? Dewey was the second. All right, everybody vote. >> All right, that passes unanimously. John, you going to read the second one? Thank you, sir. >> I'll move to approve ordinance 2617ccc on second reading. >> I'll second that.

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>> Thanks, Dewey. All right, Lisa. Ready? All right, that's unanimous. Wait a minute. It didn't pop over. There it is. Unanimous. >> Okay, next one is I'll move to approve ordinance 26-18 PC on second reading. And I'll second that also.

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>> Thank Thanks, Dewey. All right. Go to a vote. That passes by majority. All right. >> So 5D has been removed from the agenda, so you're on council member reports. >> All right. With that, we'll go to uh Council Member Braden. You have anything for this evening?

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>> Uh yes, ma'am. Thank you. Um would it be worthwhile for the for us city to send something to our state officials um in reference to these ebikes trying to get something done before I mean I don't

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know how many people's got to die and countless of family members has got to suffer um before something I know we've done you know beat it to death trying to figure out something that we can do but and we've been told it's got to come from the state level but would it be worthwhile to

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for the attorney and the city manager to >> Yeah. And um just to let you know the um LPA and specifically uh Mr. Jim would have put together an ordinance that will be coming to you soon. We did ask them

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to put it to the side until the LDC rewrite was complete because the LDC rewrite had multiple public hearings on most agendas and is supposed to become effective October 1st. But that brings us to something we were going to talk to you about, which was potentially

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extending that LDC rewrite date into 2027. I would have to bring back an ordinance to you all to change the effective date because we've passed several ordinances with an October 1 date. Um, so two different things here to the ebikes. Yes, we can do that, but it would probably be good for Mr. Jim

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Wood to present his ordinance to you soon. We can get that on uh the next agenda or two if that's your prerogative. >> Sounds good. Sounds good to me. Um, and Captain, is it um is it true that these ebikes, bicycles, whatever's got to push their bike through an intersection or

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through a crosswalk instead of riding it? >> No, they can ride it through the crosswalks just like bicycles and uh can you don't have to push it through a crosswalk. >> Okay. I was asked that a couple days ago that they they zip down the sidewalk and then when they get to an intersection or

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down the road and they get to an intersection, they whoop up on the sidewalk and around the red light and back in the road and try to avoid all that. So, I said I would ask. So, thank you. >> Is that all you got? All right, John. You ready? >> I have nothing tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Destin.

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>> Nothing tonight. Thank you. >> I have nothing tonight either. Go ahead, Mr. Morgan. >> I would like to congratulate everyone on the shortest meeting I've ever had here. [laughter] >> We know who needs to be [clears throat] here to make things happen fast. I know Dewey doesn't like charter uh revising

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our charter, but if we wanted to take the charter down to a five member board, you would have my vote. Thank you. >> Thanks, Chadam. All right. Um Miss uh Miss Cop, you have anything? >> I have nothing. Thank you. >> All right. With that, we now are at the

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public comment section. Anyone here that would like to speak for three minutes, you're welcome to come on up. give us your name, your address, and uh you'll have three minutes to talk on whatever subject you want to speak about. And if we've resolved all your issues, and you're just happy and ready for us to say good night, we will.

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I don't see anyone storming up here, so I'm going to go back to the city attorney. You have one more thing, please. >> Yes. And it was the question I had just asked. Would you all be amendable to extending the LDC rewrite effective date into 2027? If so, I will bring back an ordinance for you all to vote on.

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>> Do you need a B a headcount on this? Yes. >> Just a consensus and a legislative sponsor. >> I will move that we extend it. >> I'll be the legislative sponsor to move it to 2027. >> Thank you. >> We need a second on that move or I'll second it. All right. With that, we need

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to vote. Lisa, do you have time to type that in? Thank you, ma'am. All right, majority vote five is passed. Thank you very much, Miss Cop, for taking care of that. And with that, this meeting is adjourned.