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Lord and close. Good evening. We will call our Monday, June 22nd, 2026, Greater Leburg CRA Commission

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meeting to order. Would you please stand for the invocation and the pledge? Heavenly Father, we come before you today to do the business of the city. We ask that every voice be expressed and heard with dignity, respect, and

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understanding. Guide our discussions and our decisions so that they continue to lead to economic growth, opportunity, and prosperity for our community now and for generations to come. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Um, we have our um approval of our minutes. Can we get them?

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>> I'll make a motion to approve the April 13, 2026 meeting minutes. >> Second. >> Roll call. Commissioner Reeseman. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ponder? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Sokal? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Peterson?

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>> Yes. >> Chairperson Barry? >> Yes. I'm moving on down. We'll have our resolutions. Um, may I get a >> Yeah, I'll introduce >> to introduce

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>> 3A to be read by title only. >> A resolution of the Greater Leburg Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Leburg, Florida, authorizing the chairperson and secretary to execute a resolution approving fiscal year 2026 facade sign and landscape grant awards

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and providing an effective date >> for approval. Second roll discussion is there any discussion forward please? >> Welcome

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Commissioner Ponder. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Sel. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Connell. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Peterson. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reeseman. >> Yes. >> Chairperson Barry. >> Yes. Any questions? Anybody comment? Okay. Well,

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if not, may we have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Reeseman. >> Nothing for tonight. >> Commissioner Ponder. >> Yes. I wanted to um double back on something that um I think that John had

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mentioned when we came back from the conference we attended. We were talking about a quarterly flyer recognizing CRA business. if something like that could be mailed out. I know that they frequently send out things like um events that are coming up or big happenings in the city. And um I think

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that that's important because a lot of times we don't get attendance to the meetings, but I think that if we got more people to know what we're here doing and what's going on, we may be able to get more people to come um to participate in what's happening. So just something simple like if we had that like right now we could um you know put

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in it that the contact information has been added. Thank you sir. of how to reach um John and I. Um just decisions regarding the facade and landscaping things, the decisions that have been made. Another thing, info regarding the upcoming budget workshop, a note that

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that's coming, you know, that that's what we're working on. And even regarding our next meeting so that people can know what's happening and it could be just a simple addition to with the flyer that already goes out, just a little quarterly addition of what's happening in the CRAAS.

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Um, I think that that would be >> pretty easy to do. So, I we'll get we'll get uh when the next the next newsletter goes out, we'll make a CRA corner or something like that. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> So, you want it in the newsletter as or the website or both?

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>> I would like it in both. I think that that would be really great because we do have some traffic that comes to the website, but if it could be um mailed out because there's some people who may never visit the website, but they open up that bill or if they do a e billill, whichever way they get it where they see the happenings, I think it would just be

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another way to get information in front of them about what we're talking about and what we're doing. >> I think it's a great idea. I know we had talked about it earlier and I'd like to see it come to attrition. >> Yeah. I think it was maybe like the second or third thing on that list of takeaways that we had just letting the

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you know the stakeholders know what's happening so that they can participate. Hopefully we can get more people to come and voice their their concerns and their needs. >> Commissioner Sok, >> I have nothing. >> Commissioner Conell, >> nothing. >> Commissioner Peterson,

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>> nothing tonight. Chairperson Barry. Um, I'd just like to say I thank you Mount Olive Progressive Baptist Church for being here in support of their signage. It's so good to see you all and thanks again for coming. That's it for me. >> Motion to adjurnn.

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>> Yes, please. Second. Good evening. We will call to order our Monday, June 22nd, 2026 city commission meeting to order. We have done the invocation and the pledge during our Greater Leburg

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Community Redevelopment Agency meeting. So, we will move forward with our proclamations. Um, Melissa, would you like to Oh, excuse me. My proclamation. I read Excuse me. I'll read the proclamation.

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By authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Leburg, Florida, I do hereby proclaim the municipal election of the city of Leburg, Florida to be held Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 for the purpose of electing three members of the city commission for terms of four years

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beginning January 4th, 2027. I specify that the office of the member of the city commission now held by Allison Eberry shall appear on the ballot as seat one district 1. The office of the member of the city commissioner commission now held by Alan

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Reeseman shall appear on the ballot as seat 2 district 2 and the office of the member of the city commission now held by Mike Peterson shall appear on the ballot as seat 3 district 3. Qualifying

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begins Monday, July 20th, 2026, and ends at 4 PM Friday, July 24th, 2026. All parties interested in qualifying for this election may do so at City Hall, City Clerk's Office, 501 West Meadow

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Street, Leburg, Florida. No person may qualify as a candidate for more than one public office. A written resign to run resignation must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the first day of qualifying for the office he or she

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intends to seek with the officer before whom he or she qualifies for office at Florida State 99012. The election will be held in conjunction with the county, state and federal elections and all precincts will be

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open. Witness made witness my hand and seal of the city of Leburg, Florida this 22nd day of June 2026. Now moving on, we will go with the employee service awards recognition. Melissa,

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good evening, mayor and commissioners. Melissa Ayaga, director of human resources. As always, it's a pleasure to be here with you all and to have family members and other staff here to recognize our employees in their years of service. So, we'll get started with our five years. We'd like to um

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recognize Miss Janelle Smith, who has been with the finance department for the last five years as our customer service specialist. >> Okay. >> [applause] >> Next, we'd like to recognize Robert Voys. He started with the library as a

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librarian and he is now a library program coordinator for the Leburg Library. Congratulations, Robert. [applause] >> [applause] >> Next, we'd like to recognize a 20-year employee, Miss Sabrina Mitchell. She has

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been with the city. [applause] [applause] Yes, she currently serves She's the smiling face. you see in planning and zoning. She serves as Dan's executive assistant and she has quite a bit of support here with her family and friends. So, we're so glad to have them

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here. Congratulations. [applause] And last but not least is a 25-year employee, Mr. David Lot. He has a lot to do with making sure that these meetings run smoothly. So, we thank you very much. [applause] I'd also like to mention that he started

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in IT 25 years ago and David Wilson, who is here with him today, is the one who hired him into the city. So, 25 years later, [applause] thank you very much. Thank you.

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Congratulations to all of you. Great job. Moving on to our public comments at this Oh, I'm sorry. Bike. >> Yes. Yes. We'll call Travis up for the

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bike fest presentation, please. I'm Travis. Can we wait until the crowd? >> Yeah. And we we'll need our Okay. Good. All right. Good evening, mayor, commissioners, city manager. I am

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pleased to present the end of Bikefest report for 2026. Uh if we could go to that. Okay. So, Bikefest 2026. Uh this is a look at the attendance from from 2021 to 2026

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with 2021 being the the November year uh and then the break in 2022. Um overall we were pleased with the attendance. What we're what we've really started to find out these and these numbers are come from placer AI. Uh and and always when we it comes to bikefest everything

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is going to be an estimate when it comes to attendance because we don't sell tickets. So there so um and one one new thing with Placer AI is is they now have a boundary around city government buildings that they can't count. Um and our whole event is basically around the

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government city building. So, um, what this does tell show us is is kind of the trend over over the last few years. And the trend is that it's very consistent. Um, the the numbers from from each day and then our total numbers uh have have held steady. Uh, we were uh we were

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really pleased with the crowd. We thought it was a large crowd, but it wasn't wasn't an overbearing crowd and it definitely wasn't slow. So, we were we were pretty pleased with it. Um, moving forward, this is what we kind of expect the crowd to be. um if we get four years in a row when and we're

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within the estimated five to 10 thousand um you know five to 10,000 people in a crowd I think that's probably a trend that that is going to continue on. Um of course we've had great weather the last three years that can always that can always make a difference. Um also want

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to mention for for downtown we we've got the vast majority of our downtown businesses have reached out with with great comments. We we have a couple of the of the quotes on there that that were sent in. The feedback has been phenomenal. Um we've also received

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really good feedback from LPD, Leburg Fire and our partner, county partners with Lake EMS and and the sheriff and and all the other groups that we partner with about the level of organization and preparedness that Maggie and Miguel have as they they went into the event. Um, so

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kudos to them as as that showed up in a lot of the business feedback and with the with our partners that the that we work with. Next slide. So as that last slide was our our local downtown numbers. This is this is the numbers we get from Discover

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Lake with the regional impact. And I think this is a this is a huge component of Bikefest. Um the the graph is the out of market the automarket increase of of people that come into to Leburg for um for that

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weekend compared to just normal a normal weekend the other the other 51 weekends out of the year. But the numbers that are really telling, I think, are um you know, the hotel occupancy, the the short-term rental occupancy, but 118,000

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total room nights, 209,000 visitor days, and an economic impact of over 46 million to the region. So, um again, those are numbers from Discover Lake and and those are those are really big numbers for a three-day a three-day event.

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Financials. So, I know this is this was the one everybody was was talking about and waiting for. So, big picture, brought in 53,000, spent 444,000 with a profit of of just under 59,000 with 5871. Um, that's a an increase of 128 from

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from last year. As we said in attendance, we also feel like this is this is what what would be our expectation from year to year. One of the things that I do every year since we've been running Bikefest is make a trip make multiple trips around downtown and just see how the the local

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businesses are doing. And um this year we counted there were 11 11 restaurants and bars that had indoor drink sales and outdoor drink sales. So um when I say that that is I say that positively. That's really good for downtown. That's

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really good for for the businesses. But I think that does that does have a correlation to what the profit's going to be. So, we think we think around that 60,000 is is going to be is going to be our goal number for for each year. Well, we'll definitely have a few um you

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know, give us a $5,000 leeway with that, but that's what that's what we think we'll hit. So, with that $58,000, there's there's multiple opt options that have been discussed. Uh roll it into the the leftover funds from from the partnership. That fund would then be

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about $175,000. Pay the inkind services to the to the general fund. So that would be your PD, fire, recreation, um special events, staff time, and overtime. Put it in in a restricted account that's just for

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future Bikefest events. Both one and three are kind of rainy day funds for for future events and bikefest. Uh and then number four would be some civic funding on a smaller level to the civic groups in Leburg. So, that's what I have. If anybody has any questions

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>> as far as the spending uh slide, that's just kind of a food for thought kind of thing. I don't think anybody's prepared this evening to direct or we're not looking for direction from you guys on that. Um but those numbers kind of fall where we projected. Uh and it probably be a carryover discussion to our budget

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workshops before any formal action needs to be taken. Go ahead. I just want to say thank you to Maggie, Miguel, Travis, everyone in recreation, everyone in the city who brought this to life and it was a successful event. I attended all three days. So, kudos to you guys. Thank you. >> Thank you.

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>> Y'all did a great job. Um, and it's nice to see a profit. Uh, I'm proud of the city for sticking with it, too, and trying different uh models, but you guys do a great job. Keep it up. >> Thank you. I'd like to add as well, great job and great to see the profit number looks

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really good. Thank you. >> We agree. >> Good. Thank you. >> Moving on to public comments. At this time, the public may bring matters to the city commission's attention. We will not discuss issues raised during this time. We will refer your comments to the

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appropriate staff or schedule them for consideration at future city commission meeting. If you are speaking about an item that will be considered later in this meeting, your comments will be heard during public limit to ensure equal opportunity for all participants.

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Are there any public comments? Yes. Please state your name and address, please. >> Good evening, mayor, commissioners, and city staff. My name is Demani Nettles. I reside at 10:14 Griffin Road, apartment 25, Leburg, Florida. Today, I'm bringing concerns. Well,

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first I want to acknowledge the thank you to Mayor Barry and the city commissions for the beautififications of the homes programs. Over the last several years, many homes have been improved um in the neighborhood have benefited from those investments. While I personally believe focusing on street

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by street could create a a even greater visible impact, I still believe the program has been a positive step to our community. However, that is not why I'm here tonight. Um, I am here because I have concerns about our home ownership opportunities in Leburg. According to

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information I have received, only one family has successfully transitioned from renting to home ownership through the city supported housing efforts over the past three years. If that information is incorrect, I would welcome clarification. But if it is accurate, I believe we need to ask

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ourselves whether we are doing enough. From fiscal year 2023 through 2026, millions of dollars have flowed through our CRA districts. We are also investing CRA dollars into projects such as Susan Street Sports Complex, which I believe is a tremendous asset to our city, and I

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support that project and the opportunities will create. My question is simple. If we can invest in a major project, why can't we dedicate at least 150,000 to 200,000 annually to to home ownership um incentive designed to help at least five or more families in home

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ownership each year. We spend approximately 344,88 of that 344,000 come from the CRA um budget for our housing employment. My questions are why we are not having regular first-time home buyer seminars

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throughout our housing departments, why we're not creating stronger local down payment assistance opportunities, and why are we solely um why are we solely processing on local down payment assistance through Lake County SHIP program when only one family in the last

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three years have successfully went through that program. I also raised concerns about our transitional housing efforts on Misspaw. The goal of transitional housing should not simply be creating long-term rentals. The goal should be creating pathway to self-sufficiency and eventually home

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ownerships. What measurable plans exist to help residents move forward from the part apartments into homes? And for the past three years, only one person has been successfully through that program. Um, tonight I'm not asking for perfection. I'm not asking for goals. Uh, I'm asking for accountability and

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measurable outcomes. Uh if we can measure beautifification, redevelopment, and recreation, we should also be measuring how many new homeowners we create because at the end of the day, one of our strongest ways to build wealth, strengthens neighborhoods, and stabilize families is through home home

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ownership. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Good evening, everyone. I'm Pastor Jar Christian 903 County Road 468 and that I'm here on behalf of the Christian Worship Center and the Florida Central Church of God in Christ um ecclesiastical jurisdiction here to say

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to the mayor Barry, the commissioners Al Miner and the city staff. Um, last week our church organization had about 64 churches represented here and their membership and the city was phenomenal in welcoming those those guests from Georgia, Tallahassee, Crest View,

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Panama, Kala, Jacksonville, and of course Leburg. We always go to Pine Street on Thursday night after church. Um, and we get so many compliments of how safe and how nice Pine Street is. is also this year because it fell on Junth that Friday, we put together an outdoor

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activity in combination with the city and and the um convention. Um we got so many rave reviews because there was nothing happening in Leburg except that evening I think um painting with a twist for Junth celebration. So I just want to commend the city for their support um

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with the with the barricades with the stage and those things and and having a positive attitude cuz all those guests were welcome. I don't have the name as Travis have had, but we have 48 rooms blocked off at the Marriott for four nights and I was I think 10 or 15 at the Best Western and that's where before the

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cutoff. Um, so we do believe we made a big e economic impact to the city. Once again, thank you to the city for opening arms and welcoming the convention. Thank you. >> Thank you, Pastor Christian. >> Good evening. I'm Gary Sly. I live and

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work at 1012 West Main Street. I come as the treasurer of the downtown Leburg Business Association with some good news. You guys gave us a grant from CRA last year, and our goal is to support and and do what we can to help downtown

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businesses. I don't know if any of you seen it, but we managed to uh create a contract for three electronic billboards and various locations around the city on the major thorough affairs. We have 12 businesses who are uh participating in

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the program at this point. You have to be a member of the DBA to do that. Uh I've got picture here of what mine looks like because it's the only one I I spent enough time staring at to take a picture of. But the nice [clears throat] thing about it is that a small business like

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mine could not afford an electronic billboard. But through this kind of cooperative effort, we're able to do it. and each business only has to pay $40 a month. And that gives us coverage in three locations around the city. So

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that's how we're spending your CRA grant that you gave us. And I wanted to report on that and let you know that we're doing uh good work and we're going to add more businesses if they'd like to be a part of it. >> I'll give you pictures. >> Thanks.

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>> Thank you, Mrs. Bye. [clears throat] >> No further comments. I'm moving on to consent agenda. Routine items are placed on the consent agenda to expedite the meeting. If the commission staff wish to discuss any item, the procedure is as

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follows. One, pull the items from the consent agenda. Two, vote on remaining items with one roll call vote. And three, discuss each pulled item and vote by roll call. Are there any items the commission would like to pull? >> Anything? Seeing none, may we get a

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motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Cono, >> yes. >> Commissioner Peterson, >> yes. Commissioner Reeseman. >> Yes. >> Mayor Barry.

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>> Yes. Moving on to public hearings and non-rine items. During public hearings and non-rine items, the commission requests that those in attendance respect and process and m proc respect the process and

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maintain order. As such in in accordance with Robert's rules of order, please refrain from speaking out, cheering, and or applauding during these proceedings. Your cor your cooperation helps ensure a fair and rep respectful hearing. Um

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please um >> Okay. >> An ordinance of the city of Leburg, Florida amending the boundaries for the county road 33 community development district established pursuant to ordinance 23-58

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providing a severability clause addressing conflicts and providing an effective date. >> Move for approval. Second. >> Do you need to swear folks in? >> She needs to swear. >> I was saying okay to speak this afternoon about anything

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further on the agenda. I'm going to swear you in right now. If you could please raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth? I do. I just heard Dan, if you would, please. >> Thank you, Mayor. Dan Miller, Planning

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and Zoning. Uh, this is a request for an ordinance which amends the boundaries of the existing county road 33 community development district, which was established um by this group in under ordinance 22-58, properties generally located south,

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excuse me, east and west of County Road 33 and south of the Florida Turnpike. Currently, this County Road 33 CDD includes the Preservation Place subdivision, which is just south. There we go. It's on the maps there, just

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south of the turnpike on 33 and uh the phase one and two of the Banning Ranch subdivision, which is shown right there perfectly. Um the change being requested is to add the Tiara Vista subdivision

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which is just to the north [clears throat] and increase the size of the and also the Banning Ranch three phases 3, four, and five which you can see to the left side of that map there. 3, four, and five and then Tiara Vista. This one increases its size of the CDD

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from 441 acres to about 1143 which is approximately 702 acres. Uh so the property owners and the CDD board are just asking to realign this into one community development district instead of two. Um and this uh the commission

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has made similar adjustment to boundaries like this in the past on other CDDs. Uh Miss Sarah Sandy of the law firm QTAC Rock and Tallahassee is here to answer any questions you may have. Otherwise, it's pretty straightforward.

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just this adding anything to the what's already I'm assuming been approved. >> Uh no sir, right now it's just a one CDD and they just want to add in the extra and keep it as one instead of having separate community development districts. It's just a little easier uh

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less paperwork, more acreage, less paperwork, more buying power when you go to buy things for the CDD. Okay. >> So it doesn't affect anything that already hasn't been approved. >> Correct. Yes, sir. >> Are there any further comments from

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anyone else? >> Okay. If not, welcome. Commissioner Peterson, >> yes. >> Commissioner Reeseman, >> yes. >> Commissioner Cono, >> yes. >> Mayor Barry, >> yes. Someone please introduce.

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>> I'll introduce 61 by read by title only. An ordinance of the city of Leburg, Florida, amending the city's code of ordinances, chapter 25, section 25-292 to create subsection parenthesis 26,

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historic structure density bonus outside design historic district and providing an effective date. >> First reading. We have a date for >> Thank you, mayor. This is the first reading for the historic structure density bonus. What we're trying to do

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is create a density bonus for a limited very limited number of structures which lie outside the current historic district. Um a couple of uh couple of three years ago, I don't remember exactly when, um we did a density bonus

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for structures that are inside the historic district. That way we're trying to get economic development and people to work within that. On this ordinance, it's essentially the same thing. It's just outside the historic district. has to be a historic uh building first of all which has to be at least 50 years

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old. Has to support compatible development and reinvestment. And there's a very very limited number of buildings that will meet the criteria of at least 50 years old sufficient historic integrity. has to demonstrate

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historical, architectural, cultural significance to the city and eligible projects be you would be reviewed on a case-byase basis and the and would remain subject to all of the city's standard development requirements.

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Specifically, this ordinance will be beneficial to 1502 High Street. Some of you are familiar. It's a I forget it's about 8,000 or more maybe 10,000 square foot two-floor structure built in 1880

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1887 have to ask my expert back there but built in 1887 and it was previously I believe Florida college it was a a learning in a univer a school and um right now over the many years development has come up around it well

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it's a large enough lot that we could split it we could increase the the increase the density, make sure there's enough parking and retention and utilize that that building and save it. There's a couple of buildings besides this one,

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but this is the primary point. Uh this particular structure, we have met with numerous people over the years who say I can't make it on the current limit of five units in this very large structure, but if I can get 10 or more, I I can

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make it financially work. And there's been separate people, separate developers who aren't talk who haven't talked to each other. So, uh, we came up with this. Melissa on my staff, Melissa Met Los Santos, um, worked with us on this and Candy and everyone else on my

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staff as well to try to put something together that would preserve the building >> and that's only a first reading. Okay. >> Okay. >> Thank you, mayor. >> Moving on to non. Would someone please introduce? >> I'll introduce 6C1 to be read by title

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only >> resolution of the city commission of the city of Leburg, Florida, authorizing the ratification of the collective bargaining agreement with the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc. for officers, detectives, and corporal sergeants and providing an effective

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date for >> approval. second. >> Do a quick debrief. >> Yes, please. >> Um, so, uh, as as kind of we've done here for the last few years, this is the collective collective bargaining agreement, CBA, with the police

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benevolence association, PBA. Um, we have uh, in the I think for the last decade or so, we've done a series of of CBA agreements. Typically the CBA agreements have been three years but for the last several years we've done

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openers for wages. So this this marks the the the first um in a little bit of a different pattern which I actually think is probably beneficial to the city as well as the union membership. So when the negotiation team sat down with the

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uh union, we provided you a red line of of what was negotiated. Most of the CBA issues were most of them weren't changed and and as you guys know the the CBA covers everything from discipline to to

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retirement benefits to management rights to promotions and uniforms and facial hair and you know you you name it. That's really pretty much the guideline for for the personnel operating policies for the police department. um very

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subtle changes to most of the nonop non-financial issues. Um the heartbeat obviously of this agreement was um the the articles that dealt with pay. Uh the biggest one was uh the pay for fiscal year 27 which is this one that's coming

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up in October. Uh we tentatively agreed to a 8% increase. Um really the logic behind that 8% increase is is the the region and the state continues to see difficulty hiring police officers. Um

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that's really uh making uh becoming a police officer I if you will uh difficult because pay and different agencies uh is um I don't want to say an issue but um it's a police officer's

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market I would say in terms of trying to be hired as a police officer. So you see lots of cities and and counties scrambling to provide competitive benefits. Um the magic number that this year is 70 grand about 70 grand to be uh

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a starting level officer uh around the region. Uh and so this 8% really mimics that. It increases our base pay to $70,000. That probably makes us in our region third in the totem pole, maybe even

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fourth. Lady Lake and some other agencies would still be above us at that. So, we really felt like getting up that that bottom pay or the that entry level pay to the to the $70,000 number was really critical, not just from a

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union standpoint, but also from us from a a hiring standpoint. Um, the the the the next pay item was, and this is the difference that I opened my statement with, is a is a 5% uh increase for year

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two, which would be fiscal year 28. um for a number of reasons. I think that's good for both the union as well as the city. From a union standpoint, I think everybody's uh concerned with where where the world is going and locking in a 5% raise is is probably reasonable

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from them and from us. It, you know, where we've seen cost of living, it it it fixes our expenses to a degree, so we know what to plan for. Um, and and as the market continues to shift, we don't see any shifting of it downward. Meaning, we don't think it's going to be

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any less expensive to hire police officers. So, if we can lock in a 5% increase for the second year, we honestly think that that's probably a good deal for us. Year three in the CBA then becomes open. Um, so it's actually

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the the the language is open for one um open for the police article. So that's a mandatory. We have to discuss uh the pay issue and then each side can open up an article. So technically we could talk about three articles, but our history in

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opening up articles on the open years is typically each side doesn't agree and we've shook hands and walked away and and changed the pay article. So really that's the highlight of the CBA. Um that I think um I I want to give a lot of credit to we we did the negotiations a

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little bit different this year. Um deputy city manager Rob Hicks was really our lead negotiator. He worked extremely well I think with the HR team. Um and and as always uh the PBA always shows up and they're professional. They prevent provide good data and I think the

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negotiations went really well very smoothly and really pretty quick. Um, so, uh, Rob and the team, uh, TA the agreement, tenative agreement. So, as you guys know, the the process is we we negotiate it, we TA the agreement, then the TA goes to ratification. Last week,

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the TA agreement went to the ratification for the the PD's uh, union membership and I believe the vote count was 29 to zero. So, I think there's two things you can take from that number. That was I'm gonna say although probably the chief and Rob would disagree with

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me. I think 29 was I'd like to seen more participation but I think that says two things. I think it says a they like the deal and and b it was unanimous. So I think you you've got as happy as you can get the the the force as as far so it

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was ratified by the union 29 to zero. So this evening is your turn. Um, so upon your ratification, assuming that you all ratify this tonight, uh, that closes the negotiations, that makes the CBA official. Um, and technically we

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wouldn't sit down again with the the PBA until that 27 28 29. So, uh, 27 28 29. So, it' be the fall the spring of of 30. Um,

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uh, that doesn't sound right. be the be the spring of 29 um when we go back into negotiations to do the open article for year three. So I I think it's a good deal. Um there in in all cander it was a little more expensive than the manage

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the than Brandy and I anticipated. We were trying to keep everything as as low as possible. Um but we are working extremely hard. I'm going out on vacation next week, but Bry's going to have the draft budget out to you probably sometime this week. Um, so the

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the new numbers that weaved into uh that are a result of this collective bargaining agreement are in the the the the draft budget that you're going to see, which is we're we worked really hard to get you a proposal at a roll back rate. Um, we can discuss all that

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in the workshops, but I think you can probably get to a roll back rate this year. There's a couple of give and takes in there we'll talk about in the workshops, but for the the the total increase is $720,000 for for police personnel,

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which is par for the course really. Uh where we've been at in the market these years. Um so I I will tell you I think what we what we're approving is affordable this year for fiscal year 27 and and again probably in fiscal year

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28. So obviously our recommendation is that you ratify the agreement. >> Are there any comments from the commissioner? >> Okay. Roll call. >> Commissioner Reeseman. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Conell. [clears throat]

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>> Yes. >> Commissioner Peterson. >> Yes. >> Mayor Barry. >> Yes. >> Um someone please introduce. >> Yep. I'll introduce 6C2 to be read by total only. >> Yeah, there there's there's actually no

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resolution on this. This is a discussion item. Every year you all venture off, I believe in August to the Florida League conference. Nobody has registered yet. So, make sure you get your registrations in, but when you do that, you know, there's always the voting delegate. So, we just wanted you guys to discuss

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amongst yourself who will be your voting delegate. >> I'd like to Okay. >> Are you going? >> Oh, we planned on going. I have a commitment that night, one of the nights, so I won't be able to attend. >> Okay. >> So, >> I make make a motion to approve Mayor Barry as the voting delegate.

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>> Second. >> Yes. >> All in favor? >> All in favor? Roll call. >> You want to separate >> or just consent is everybody's if everybody you're approved. >> Thank you. >> Mayor Bar will be the voting delegate. >> Thank you for attending.

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>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Um moving on then to um please someone introduce 6 D. I'll introduce 6D1 to be read by total only >> resolution of excuse me, excuse me.

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Resolution of the US Highway 44127 Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Leburg, Florida, authorizing the chairperson and secretary to execute a resolution approving fiscal year 2026 facade sign and landscape grant awards

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and providing an effective date. Move >> for approval. Second >> discussion. >> Yeah. Yeah. I just have a couple comments. Um, and I talked to staff about this. I was going to pull it. Where? Let me find it now. I just lost it. There's one applicant called

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Liquorland. Um, I'm not opposed to it. I just have a little bit of it. I mean, I am opposed to it. The sign he's doing is very specific to his business. Um, and it's a wall pack. It's not a It's not a monument sign. Um, I'd be a little more

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open to it if it was a generic sign that could be used for the next business that came in if he ever left that business, but it's specific to his business. And even in his application, he mentioned that he wants this sign versus using the existing sign from his old location. So, if he takes this sign, if we do this

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sign and he moves, he takes the sign and then get where I'm going with it? Like, I want it to be more of a permanent installation. >> Can you tell me the location of 14th Street? >> It's at the Southside Stropping Plaza. >> I can't picture it. next to Luna Zul save a lot all

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>> so based off his application it's very specific to his business um and not a monument sign so I wouldn't support that that one >> it's in the strip mall the southside yeah >> where would he put a monument sign on there >> say it again >> where would he put a monument sign

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>> it's not a monument sign >> I know what I'm saying if you you're saying a monument so where would he put one if he agreed to it >> it would be the b the property owner to put the monument sign up and we want them to come into compliance, but the property owner is not willing to. So, he's putting a generic sign on. >> Right. But, I mean, I don't know where

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he could possibly put a monument sign out there. >> He can't put them on the >> Exactly. So, what we saying anybody in a strip mall is not going to be entitled to these. No, >> what I'm saying is if it was a more of a generic versus the individual letters, like a flat sign that has his like

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printed logo on it or something versus generic letters. >> So So you're saying like a like a a wall cabinet that you just like you would just change the face on? >> Yeah. That a a future business that if he went out of business or something happened, a future business could use that. >> So it' be it'll be a cabinet. He could

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change the face versus the individual letters you're saying. Okay. I just want a clarification. Did you have a conversation with him about? >> Yeah, that that one and um Commissioner Reese spoke to to me and as as well as staff about this and and I think that

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you know it the it it got this far through the process because it met the letter of the code, right? It it it fit into the the the sign code. It fit into the FSL code. But I think the commissioner has a legitimate concern with that if that business goes down,

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they can pick their sign up and go with them where the intent of the FSL grant is to get compliance with our code and then that sign becomes a part of that property. So, I think if the if the remainder of the commission agrees with Commissioner Reeseman, you brought you

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all probably should make an amendment to the motion and approve the remaining grants and specifically pull that one and then we'll have planning and zoning staff get get back with the petitioner and we'll work with them specially to see what we can work out and perhaps bring that that specific business back

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to you. a big goal of the commission uh in your CRA capacity was to work on this 44127 corridor and get these monopole signs and these things into compliance. So, it's obviously something we want to do. Um so, if you guys agree with Commissioner Reeseman, I again I would

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make the motion or an amendment to pull that one and then direct staff to get back and then approve the remainders. >> Can I get a motion then please on the floor? I'll make a amended motion to pull liquor land and approve the remaining

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>> second. >> It's been moved and properly second that we will make that amendment by call. >> Commissioner Con? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Peterson? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Reeseman? >> Yes. >> Mayor Barry?

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>> Yes. And what date would we want to >> get back to? >> We'll we'll get back to you on that. We've got some homework to do with that that business owner. So, we'll be back to you. And if we're not back to you, that means we didn't find an accord. So, we'll we'll get it back to you as soon

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as we can. >> I'll tag just real quick. I know we're on the same Thank you, Diane, everyone in the planning and zoning department for all the hard work on this. I think the facade sign and landscape grant is doing wonders. I think there's a lot of businesses here tonight that have gotten it. So, congratulations and uh hopefully future businesses will come apply for

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that grant. Thank you. >> Okay. Um moving on to information reports. Any reports for grant city manager? >> I have I have none for you as well. Um other than you know, you've got we've

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got the budget the budget meeting start in two weeks. So, I think the 9th is our first one. Um then we roll into is it the seventh? And then we roll into the enterprise funds and a couple other things. And then we set up with the CRAAS differently on that last meeting

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on the 4th so we can get a little input from the CRAAS. So um I will be out the rest of the week. Um probably be serving in mystead but as always if you need me for anything call >> call please. Commissioner Conell. >> Nothing. >> Commissioner Peterson?

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>> Nothing tonight. >> Commissioner Reeseman >> I see a pattern. You save us for last. Uh [laughter] just this Thursday is the chamber breakfast at 7 a.m. And shortly after the chamber breakfast, we're going to transition to the library. The library is doing their ribbon cutting for the pollinator garden and their butterfly release at 9:30. Um also

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Saturday, Purple for a Purpose downtown. Hopefully everyone can come out. If you don't know anything about that, it's all over social media and I believe on the city website. So I encourage you to come down to all those festivities. And then on July 4th, our special events team is going to put on an amazing time down at Ski Beach. We have the flag pole

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dedication that night, that afternoon via the boat club. We have the baseball game going on, fireworks carnival, all that going on at Ski Beach. So, thank you to all the staff that puts that on and all of the first responders there keeping us safe that night. And that'll be it for me. >> Mayor Barry, >> I'd just like to piggy back on the

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rotator rotary clubs, please. 100year celebration, purple for purpose, Saturday the 27th. Please come out and bring your family for fun day with the kids and walk. And if you don't want to walk, we welcome all volunteers as well. There's also Saturday night there is a

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jazz in the garden at Vinition Center at 7. So, and that's not outside. So, it it will be indoors. So, adition center. Yes. Thank you. Tickets and all that information is online. No further. Can I get a motion to motion to adjurnn?

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>> Second.