here if you didn't make it this year. Thank you. Seeing no more lights, now we can move on. Um we're going to move on to courtesy of the floor to visitors. I've got two visitor cards. Um I ask you to come up, give your name and address, and
you'll have three minutes to address the council. Uh Melissa Settle, come on down. Hit that hit the little button right there. It'll turn green for you. There you go. Okay. Hi, my name is Melissa Settle.
Address is 1108 Third Street South. I am the wife of Steven, mom to Maggie, teacher of 16 years, licensed foster parent, and founder of an adoption ministry at Senior Tent. These are roles and titles that I'm most proud of and I've been looking forward to adding business owner to Jack's speech to that
list. I started Grazing Parlor LLC, a shakuderie catering company in October of last year to bring joy through food to people's celebrations. My family and I decided this summer to take a huge leap of faith and open up our own storefront. I chose Jack's Beach for lots of reasons. We are invested in this
area and want to invest more. This all may sound familiar to you, as it was the beginning of a letter that I sent each of you on Thursday, September 18th, explaining a huge predicament I find myself in after receiving news that my new shop would need to have a grease trap installed to operate. I want to remind you that I don't cook anything.
The food product that I prepare has minimal to no fog products. I'm here tonight to ask that you, as city leaders, revisit ordinance number 2019 8125 with two particular areas in mind. First is a line item in section 32181
ENF stating that the interceptor needs to be stalled and located on the outside of the facility. I would ask that you have discussions among yourself if that is necessary requirement to uphold the purpose and intent of this ordinance. Ask yourself why is Jack speech the only surrounding city municipality that
requires the unit to be placed outside. The only answer I have been given by city officials is for the convenience of the inspector. This little added line item makes it impossible for me to operate in compliance with this ordinance. Due to space constraints of the facility, there is not enough room to run piping outside to the interceptor
and then have enough slope to come back inside to properly connect to the common line of sewage located underground and inside my space under my new floors that will have to be ripped up, concrete that will have to be cut, trenches that will have to be dug, and reinforcement that will have to be installed. I'm talking
about structural modification because my knives touch cheese and my pans have residue of cooked cured meats. Which leads me to my second and final area I'm asking for consideration. The ordinance is grouping all food service industries into one scale of operation. A locallyowned small business shuderie
catering company should not have the same requirements as a big box franchise hamburger and French fry restaurant. Would you please consider implementing tiered requirements by type or scale of operation? Distinguish limit serve limited service low output food operations from full service how high
output kitchens use thresholds based on seating square footage number of fixtures or grease volume to apply more flexible standards to smaller operators. I think it would be a reasonable ask to consider adding an additional variance to this ordinance that could allow businesses to opt for inside interceptors based off of those
thresholders thresholds. Considering these two areas would have such a positive effect of the Jack Beach economy. It would promote local businesses sustainability, encourage new food service ventures, preserve infrastructure goals, and be more inclusive to the many innovative
business models that we're seeing being created today. I want to close by giving a quick update on where Grazing Parlor stands. We are still inoperable, still cannot open our doors to serve the amazing community of Jack Beach. We are turning away business, which has been detrimental to our livelihood. I feel
like I've been set up for failure, but I have been working around the clock to try to find a remedy, and there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. I want to thank each of you council members who took the time out of your busy schedules to reach out to the city officials when I initially contacted you. I want to thank Mr. Ascu, Mr. Baron, and Mr.
Stafis for being willing to consider an alternative to my impossible situation. I want to thank the dozens of plumbing professionals that have shared their expertise to try to find a solution. I'm working with an engineer and plumbing contractor to provide plans to the city that will prove there is enough not enough room to install this trap on the
outside and I'm hoping to have those submitted to the building department by the end of this week. My landlords requested utility site plans from the city last Thursday which we still do not have and are necessary to submit for the Greaser Trap application. Every teacher will tell you it is important to be a lifelong learner and boy am I learning a
lot right now. If you have any guidance to offer me, please give me a call anytime. I am at your mercy and I'm pleading for your help and direction. I want so badly to have my small business be successful and bring lots of celebration to this community. Thank you for advance for your attention to
amending this ordinance and being a helpful ally and advocate for small business owners like myself. Thank you, Miss um Mrs. Hoff. Just let it d If you give us your name and address, you'll have three minutes.
Kathy Hall, 1639 6th Street South, Jacksonville Beach. Thank you for the opportunity to address you this evening. My purpose is to request that you consider an alternative to the golf course bylaws and rate resolution as it
affects the women's e-league, which plays on Thursday. I won't read the memo I just passed out to you in the hopes that you will thoroughly read it on your own. Instead, I would like to highlight a few good key points and
propose an alternative to dismantling the e-league. ELeague has been around for over 35 years. It is part of Jacksonville Beach's history. There are about 100 women on ELeague, almost all of them senior citizens.
There are almost zero no-shows. In a month, e-league requests 1.78% of the total course time. In a year, this comes to 1.67 of total course tea times.
Merging with the e the Tuesday women's league as was suggested to be by Trevor Hughes would increase the Tuesday's league weight list from 30ome women now to 130 women. Signing up as a group that
plays after 10:00 a.m. increases the cost of 18 holes of golf from the proposed $34 to $53. Now that includes tax. I propose
ideally eague remain the same and not be dismantled. A viable alternate would be to continue ELeague as a group, wave the group sir charge out of $11 per player
per tea time and charge eague players $50 a year just like the Tuesday women's league players paid. I do not know who is complaining, how many are complaining, or to whom, but I
must ask, would they still complain if 32 le ELeague players as a group took one and a half hours per week in tea times after 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays?
In conclusion, ELeague has been a part of the Jacksonville Beach for over 35 years. It provides a physically and mentally healthy outlet for a 100 senior citizens and this does not include Tuesday's
women's golf league or the men's leagues. Elite contributes to the revenue of the golf course. It utilize and it utilizes less than 2% of available tea times available to the course each year.
Finally, I would like to thank you for your hard work, your devotion to our community, and your consideration of this alternative. If you have any questions for me, I'd be happy to answer them now or you have on my memo and and
uh from record my contact information and I'd be happy to either answer them or find out the answer. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Hall. Okay, moving on to our consent agenda. Can I get a motion? No agenda.
Oh, that's right. There's no but it's on my list. Uh, moving on to our one and only item, our ordinance. Uh, do you want to give us a a rundown of the if we just follow this procedure. So, we'll start with the clerk.
Okay, we'll start with the clerk. Uh, madam clerk, can you give us an ordinance by title? An ordinance of the city of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, amending chapter 2, administration, article 7, civil
emergencies, section 2-193, authority to declare and extend a state of emergency. Activation of disaster plans to update and clarify procedures for declaring or extending a state of emergency. providing for legislative
findings, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, scrier's errors, codification, and an effective date. Thank you, Mr. Attorney. Yes. Thank you. This is before city council on its second reading. Uh there
are there have been no changes since the first hearing. Just a reminder, there's two main points to this ordinance uh which relates to emergency management. It is clarifying language regarding mayoral powers during the first 72 hours of an emergency and then it is also adding language uh providing guidance on
extending of state of emergency in accordance with state law. Thank you. Okay. This ordinance is before the council for a public hearing and consideration on its second reading. I will now open the public hearing on ordinance number 2025-8227.
Do I have anybody that wants to speak in favor or against this ordinance? Seeing none, I close the hearing. Um, can I get a motion? I move that we adopt ordinance number 2025-8227
on the second reading amending chapter 2, administration, article 7, civil emergencies, section 2-193, authority to declare and extend a state of emergency. activation of disaster
plans to update and clarify procedures for click declaring or extending a state of emergency. Second. Got a first and a second. Uh any comments from the council? Miss Golding.
Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, it was brought to my attention by a citizen that the language in section two of the proposed ordinance is not exactly what the language in our charter says. And so
I've h handed out a one-pager for you to see what our charter currently says in section 4. And you'll note that the charter language doesn't have any uh gender references at all. Um, and I I
know that the city attorney was, you know, he had included uh gender reference just in modification to what was already in the ordinance, but um based on the suggestion that I received from the citizen, I thought it might be
good for us to consider just making section two actually mirror what the charter says. So we have the same language in our ordinance that we have in our charter. So you can see on the second in the second section how
it would read how section two would read. And it would basically just basically say pursuant to section four of the city charter and then insert the city charter language which starts with in time of public danger emergency, the mayor may by proclamation take command
of and govern the city for a period not to exceed 72 hours. If the public danger emergency requires that governance of the city by the mayor should be extended, this may be authorized for a period not to exceed five days by the affirmative vote of at least five
council members. So you'll see it's really no, it's not different from what is currently proposed other than the fact that it mirrors exactly what the charter language says. So, if there would if
there is no objection, I would make an or a motion that we um amend section two of the ordinance as I suggested. And so, we got a motion on the table. Second motion and a second. Any comments on
that motion? Madam Clerk, roll call. Council member Golding. Yes. Council member Jansen. Yes. Council member Sutton. Yes. Council member Waters. Yes. Okay. Back to the original uh ordinance.
Uh Mr. Waters. Thank you, Mayor Prom Jansen. I guess my question is for our city attorney, Mr. David. Um does this I want to be clear on this. Does this allow the mayor to take control of the police department?
So, no, it does not. And that was one of the proposed changes I put in the ordinance was to remove that language that is currently in our code because it conflicts with our charter. Now the ordinance as drafted is legally sufficient. Uh it is uh it cannot
conflict with the charter. So that was one of the two changes I tried to make to fix that. Um council member Golding's language is also legally sufficient. So there's no requirement that the language in the code mirror the charter language verbatim. it just can't conflict. So
either way, I think we are good if if if now that we have an amended motion that's on the table and easiest to vote. Uh I think we're legally in a good place if if you know that motion passes. Um but if it fails, I think the original motion is also legally sufficient. So
however you all want to proceed is fine with me. But to get back to your answer, no. This either way, either the original motion or now the amended motion would remove that language in the current code. uh and take that power away that's not contained within the cher charter. Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Yeah, I
recall our discussion to some degree and I just wanted to be sure that um that point is settled. Thank you. Would you like any other uh any other comments, questions? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, roll call.
Council member Jansen. Yes. Council member Sutton. Yes. Council member Wowers. Yes. Council member Golding. Yes. Motion passes. All right. This is down and dirty. Let's move for adjournment. I move I move that we adjourn.
Second. All in favor say I. I. Meetings adjourned. Go Jags. Thank you. Hey, good.