time now is uh 700 p.m. I'm going to call this meeting into order now at this time if you can please silence your cell phones and any electronic devices that would be greatly appreciated your greeters at the door today is Airport Manager Steven Lichliter and Leisure Services director Robert Carolin to my far right and your far left we have recording secretary Taylor Lochert city clerk Susan Dauderis Deputy Mayor Zone one commissioner Lori Tolland good evening
everyone zone two commissioner Travis Sargent good evening welcome and to my right I'm sorry to my left and your right we have zone two or zone three commissioner Kristin Deaton good evening everyone zone four commissioner Harold Briley good evening everyone and welcome city manager Joyce Shanahan good evening everyone assistant city manager Shawn Finley and Claire Whitley is in a second row there waving her hand hello uh City attorney Randy Hayes and then to my far left and
your far right we have uh oh Captain Roos is here and Chief Bailey I am mayor Jason Leslie at this time I'm going to call Pastor Neil there you are to do the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance Mr Mayor there's a place in the New Testament where Paul talks to somebody in a Roman government environment he says it it's good he urged that supplications and prayers
and intercessions and Thanksgiving be made for all people for Kings we would say Mayors and for all who are in high positions our good crew of uh Representatives here and everybody about that serves them so that we can lead a deep and peaceful and quiet life Godly and dignified and everywhere every way I think that last part's a way to describe what I've found this place to be in the last 20 years you you all leadership are doing well father we thank you for your mercies to us thank you for the great mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for his people we
pray tonight that you would by your spirit give wisdom to those who govern us so well we thank thank you for every one of them all of us out here thank you for the beautiful place we live in for the police and the firemen for all the people and every part of this government in the mechanical stages the people that fix the roads everything we live in a good place thank you for the governance it assures that and we pray all these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen amen amen I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you Pastor Neal you may all sit moving on to presentation and Proclamation section of the agenda this is a time we have we can acknowledge and celebrate individuals organizations and other community successes of achievements within our wonderful city today we have one Proclamation and one
presentation at this time I'd like to invite Becky Parker to receive a [Music] proclamation well it's good to see you so at this time I'm going to have you hold up your and then just hold it everybody
you whereas whereas Ormond Beach is a vibrant and growing Community rich in history culture and entrepreneurial Spirit the success of the downtown district has been driven in large part by the tireless dedication of leaders and Community Advocates who believe in the potential of the downtown area area and one such leader is Becky Parker executive director at Ormond Beach Main Street and whereas Becky Parker joined Ormond Main Street in 2014 as the community engagement and
events coordinator and through her leadership has helped shape the organization into the vital force it is today and whereas under Becky's Visionary leadership Ormond Main Street has celebrated significant accomplishments including receiving national accreditation from Main Street America organizing successful events such as the Celtic Festival and updating a strategic plan and whereas Becky's dedication has brought numerous public art projects to life expanded the farmers market and led efforts to enhance the downtown district through initiatives like the new website
and public art installations and whereas Becky's leadership has impacted Ormond Main Street and the greater Ormond Beach Community including bringing the Florida Main Street conference to Ormond beach in 2022 which highlighted the city's potential on a state and National stage and whereas her outstanding contributions Becky Parker was honored with the 2025 leadership award at the annual installation banquet recognizing her unwavering commitment to Ormond Beach and her transformative role in the community's growth and development now therefore I Jason Leslie mayor of the city
of Ormond Beach do hereby Proclaim February 18th 2025 as a day to honor and recognize Becky Parker Becky [Applause] and on top of it I'm going also give you a coin to the city there I'm going to get away from me I like the crown on my head though
a that's awesome the entire commission and myself anyone else from the chambers come on down come on Dorian might let's go come on hello Mr Jones [Music]
all right congratulations back congrat [Applause]
[Applause] at this time I'd like to invite Zach Chauffer to the front did I say that right good evening yes you uh nailed it oh wow good Zach Chauffer partner JamesMoore company that the extreme the other way is cauliflower so again you I don't is your microphone on oh okay I can
try is that there we go that's better yeah yeah all right go okay all right so yes just in case you didn't catch it Zach Chalifour for partner James Moore and Company uh so we are here to review the annual audit for the fiscal year ended September 30th uh 2024 uh first and foremost as always want to thank the commission for the opportunity to work with the city as well as a big thanks uh to your Finance team uh Kelly and Chris are here uh this is a lot of work on our side but it's even more work on their side not just to get this done but to get this done as quickly as
it is uh this is kind of you know the the annual schedule second meeting in February and just from kind of an overall timeliness perspective I do like to highlight just the fact that of the 45 or so municipalities that we audit um you guys are the third this year in terms of being wrapped up and having the audit presented so that just speaks not just to the the results but the overall timeliness of getting this report out as fast as possible as you all look into the rest of the current year and then eventually next year's budget um so to summarize our let's see did that
go was it on or that that was not all right maybe I saw the light oh there we go are you doing it or okay all right uh so there are five reports that we issue uh these are Management's financial statements there's five
reports that summarize the results of the audit uh the first is the report report on the financial statements we did Issue an unmodified opinion that the financial statements are fairly presented uh effectively that the numbers can be relied upon so that's what you want to see here uh this year we also had a federal single audit looking at your FEMA dollars kind of a mini compliance audit we had a clean opinion there with regard to the city complying with those Grant terms uh and we also perform the audit in accordance with government auditing standards where while
it's not an internal control audit uh if we come across any deficiencies in the design of internal controls or functioning issues in performing our financial testing we would note those here we had no such comments this year and then the last two are really just catch all items and requirements from the state of Florida uh this year um we had no modifications to any of those reports uh mostly here just centered around Financial condition kind of just other red flags that if they were to exist the state would want us to highlight those um so no issues there uh then we also as in prior
years do issue separate audit reports on both of the CRA those all had the same reports uh and no modifications in those reports either and we are live this is working for me um from a highlight of the numbers always like to show a four-year kind of trend analysis of your general fund as you can see here uh it has been almost flat for the last four years right in that 13.5 to 4 million uh fund balance range and as I always like to do is to kind of put it into perspective on
the two numbers we take are your assigned plus your unassigned fund balance which are kind of just your available unrestricted general fund reserves uh relative to what you spent in the current year about 45 million uh you're at about 26% or approximately 3 months uh I always kind of Benchmark that to the the government Finance Officers Association kind of best practice recommendation which is a bare minimum of two months in reserves and they say if you know you're prone to natural disasters hurricanes things of that nature those are all
reasons to be uh some degree higher so just a little bit over uh that minimum recommendation and in compliance as well you have a a 15% rule when you look at your subsequent budget relative uh to your unassigned and you are in compliance with your internal policy um as well looking at your proprietary funds your water and sewer and solid waste uh primarily your water and sewer can fluctuate really just based on the timing of capital project activity um but the the notable
item here is your Solid Waste last year we saw a major decrease and that really was a timing difference related to um hurricane Ian as well as Nicole where you had all of your debris costs that were charged into uh solid waste a couple years later that money came back from uh FEMA bringing that from a negative 2.7 kind of artificial time timing difference back into a little bit over a million dollars in a positive uh net position number there and then lastly I always do like
to touch on the net pension liability uh this year it's in total about a $15 million liability that shows up in your financial statements I always do like to really reflect the idea that this is more so just informational the city will not have to cut a check tomorrow for that full amount it's really an exercise in in governmental accounting to show that live ability on your statements um but I also did just summarize kind of the high level how that unfunded liability has changed on the right side we have what percent are they funded and as I always like to say you know you're
never as good as you look you're never as bad as you look all of those numbers shot up about 10% this year just based on the performance of the stock market from last year September 30th um to this year but always kind of say it's about taking the proper steps in the long term to say okay for the next 50 years how do we ensure the long-term Health uh of these plans and again you're never as good as you look you're never as bad as you look as we saw in 2021 and 2022 where all those funded percentages shot way up and then came right back down as the market um kind of reset uh so
those are the highlights wanted to be at least as brief as I could but I'm more than glad to answer any questions or dive into anything deeper does anyone in the commission have any questions for Zach oh commissioner Briley Mr mayor not not as much a question just a comment um I just like to thank Mr Chulifor for for the the the the the fine audit and uh also Kelly McGuire and Chris B and our city manager Joyce Shanahan for uh keeping a tight ship and uh making sure we look good financially thanks sir Deputy Mayor yeah I just want to reiterate what um commissioner Briley just said you guys are
do a fabulous job and our staff is just amazing and um they make us look really good thank you I'm just going to echo on that you know when I hear we we run a lean budget I I appreciate that and um you know thank you for everything thank you for taking the meetings with us and answering all my questions any other questions no oh Joyce sure oh you want thank you I just wanted to uh give
a personal shout out to uh Chris Byle and Kelly McGuire they really are the backbone of that department and they work extremely hard they keep a very tight ship you can't get anything through them sometimes it takes an act of God but I love that because that means they are great stewards of our pocketbook um but both Chris and Kelly have been a remarkable team for our city and uh we are very fortunate to have their expertise I just wanted to say that publicly thank you for allowing
me okay thanks Joyce and I will say Zach thank you very much you did a great job and staff too I mean the numbers we went over yesterday U it was just phenomenal so great job for everybody on that if you have any other questions then we'll move on um other questions no okay thank you all right thanks y'all at this time we'll hear from those of you who have signed a card to speak about any item which is not on the printed agenda for the meeting including items on the consent agenda each person will given a total of three minutes first speaker will
be Amber Bobak well back I'm sorry looked like a d there one there's one more okay okay I'm very nervous so I apologize um I have never been to one of these meetings I would like to first of all say thank you to the planning department cuz they have been absolutely amazing on this subject I live in the neighborhood next to the proposed gas station
for 699 South Nova on all of my concerns they've helped me read and understand the zoning which is why I'm here tonight because I would like to propose that we do an overhaul of the commercial zoning of those residential abing districts because right now as it lays they have conditional which they get to go through have have to meet all the city requirements and everything but the safety suggestions are 500 ft from a residential
location to a gas station as far as emissions and safety concerns are compared to that also the Hand Avenue traffic that is already increased from the development that has started down on hand towards Williamson has increased there's no stop signs other than the stop light and then at the end so people cut through there all the time I live on Collins between Division and Hand and they cut from division over to there left hand turn in and out of that g gas station should not happen at all
otherwise we're going to be overrun by trucks and other additional cars that come through there um I'm also concerned about the additional lighting that it's going to produce because we do have the Environmental Center with the bird Trail through the Central Parks through there we have a lot of nightlife owl birds that inhabit the area and I'm worried about what it might do to their current environment as well as the 13 trees that they're going to remove even though they're going to be adding more trees I know that the um Landscaping has been absolutely wonderful I read through her
notes on the first um submitt that they proposed and she has a lot of changes to do for natural uh vegetation in the area which is absolutely amazing um but I I I would like us to please not just for for my commercial area but all of the residential areas in the city I would like us to re-evaluate and see if there can be something to amend the 500 foot recommendation for the kids there's at least two houses that have kids that live right there up next to that property so um I'm just
worried and I know I've emailed all of you so I I know you've read the email but I was told to come here and express my concerns so that it was officially on record with everybody so I am here I have started a petition I have at least 100 signatures in the area already and have no problem walking my neighborhood streets to get more consensus on what should or should not be done in that area okay thank you I know I got a couple seconds thank you Amber thank
you next is uh Jerry Valcik mayor Commissioners good evening I'm Jerry Valcik I live on the Ormond Beach side I'm here to mostly support continuing the safe and optimal fluoridation of our City's drinking water I devoted most of my 40-year professional engineering career to protecting Public Health by ensuring safe and healthy drinking water for large communities these included
the 1.6 million consumers in the metropolitan Baltimore area and millions of people on US Army installations worldwide I have an advanced degree in environmental health protection and a and a MA diplomate am Meritus in the American Society of American Academy of Environmental engineers and scientist I'm also a life member of the American Waterworks Association so I know a bit about safe and healthy drinking water including fluoridation I urge you to reconsider your recent decision to
eliminate fluoridation from our drinking water this was a dangerous and Reckless act with far-reaching consequences this decision could not have been based on the more than 80 years of proven me proven Medicine Science and fact but instead I presume on the political anti flation pressure exerted by the state Surgeon General Dapo this political pressure focused on the adverse effects of overexposure to excessively high levels of fluoride it disregarded the
tremendous beneficial effect of nominal optimal fluoridation I repeat nominal optimal fluoridation in community water supplies for reference optimal fluoridation defined as the recommended fluoride concentration in drinking water is 0.7 parts per million or about one drop in in a 55 gallon barrel Physicians and dentists take the hypocritic oath to do no harm you too took an oath as City commissioners to serve our citizens well knowing that let me State the facts about safe
optimal drinking water fluoridation Fact one the lack of safe optimal Community water FL fluoridation results in widespread and disastrous health effects from tooth decay take a look 2020 4 data from the CDC reports that already up to one in five children in the US suffer from tooth decay and cavities here in Florida it's worse one in four third graders have untreated cavities by age nine almost half of our kids have experienced tooth decay fillings or
missing teeth often with pain infections in mid school days these statistics were far worsen as fluoride is removed from drinking water furthermore untreated tooth decay can result in serious long-term health problems and can have adverse psychological effects on our kids such as a loss of self-esteem thank you Mr increased costs this is Fact Two it's expensive enough to pay for regular Dental I'm sorry at this point mayor I would respectfully request uh to have
another 3 minutes 3 and a half minutes to finish this presentation well I don't know if we can do that but um I can ask the commission here if they can maybe Grant another minute or so is that okay a minute I have a problem that okay um well we have one commissioner I'd like to be I'd like to be anonymous on that one you could do that or you could have you could sign a card and finish it up with the 3 minutes we might be setting up a precedent here I me because we do get these requests quite often and not trying to be disrespectful but keeping with
the rules so if you want fill up a card and then continue with that I think that would be a good Al the commission's okay with that you guys's okay with that okay all right we can do that then so okay so I'll I'll have her fill out a card and then I'll call her back after other people are speaking okay next speaker is Deborah stanton
hello my name is Deb Stanton and I've been living here on and off since 1969 and um I just wanted to address a few things um that can we have you just move over a little bit to the left there you go I've had a problem with lately um and uh I have contacted um I believe it was code enforcement and Home Improvement department and um I live in Woodmere uh South and it's
a lovely neighborhood but um a lot of things aren't being enforced with trailers and just junk on people's yards and it's it's like four houses on one street and it's really become a nuisance and um I have contacted and complained and taken pictures and spoken to to the deputy uh his name is Neil uh about it for 3 years and nothing has been done and I just wanted to bring
it to to your attention so we can just keep up our neighborhoods keep them clean and safe and you know things like basketball nets in the street and um they'll move them and then they put things back and you know I'm sure you're familiar with all of it and my second thing that I did want to address I do go to the beach every day at Granada and uh that new light that's there I'm sure you've
heard it it's very dangerous to cross A1A um it's got a turning signal while the cross light is on and just it's really bad and it's very dangerous and I'm I'm sure it's uh it shouldn't be that that way but um maybe we could look into that that's all thank you for listening thank you Deborah how good just real quick uh Shawn we I know we talked about that intersection a couple meetings ago um
do we know is there any other updates going on with that I I believe they finished all the the modifications to to bring back that nose of that Island I will get with do and talk to the about the signal timing there if if I could ask for just a clarification is it Crossing on the north side of the intersection or the South side of the intersection okay Mr Mayor we need to have I'm sorry you know what I didn't realize it was going to be that much chat uh can I just come up again just speak in the microphone so we have on
record just to be clear um as you're driving um East down Granada to A1A uh when you go to make a a a right hand turn there's a green signal to turn right but the the actual Lane has um both a turning arrow and a Straight Arrow so that's also a problem but uh when you're crossing the street from the beach to to uh across A1A um um the green turning
light is on and it's giving you the go-ahead to walk and that's that's the conflict I I I will personally take a look at it tomorrow and I'll get with the myself okay thank you you're welcome next we have uh Stephanie Mason Teague hello everyone I'm Stephanie Mason Teague director of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum
and Gardens I just wanted to take a moment to thank the city commission the Leisure Services the city for the partnership you have with the museum we uh benefit the community benefits our residents benefit and I want to thank you for that um we recently had our annual meeting and dinner and presented our annual report I did bring copies for everyone if I'm allowed to hand those out I would like to do that and just I have some good news and I was sharing it with Leisure Services director Robert Carolin as well um we recently applied for and received
a grant from the Daytona Beach Recreation and racing facilities District to put in tactile and physical signage to our Gardens to our botanical gardens that will have wayfinding components you know the garden is 2.5 acres most of our residents and maybe some of you didn't realize it was that large I didn't and I've lived in Ormond Beach 20 years um It's a Wonderful spot for so many recreational activities and we're going to add informational signage and way finding signage
as well as a turtle Sanctuary marker and sign and three butterfly observation zones the signs will be tactile for young children that can make rubbings and also for our site impaired visitors to allow them to tour the gardens and hear an audible recording of what they're looking at so thank you for that and also wanted to invite you we have an exhibition opening on Thursday night and it starts at 5 to7 and two of our artists will be in attendance talking about the exhibition thank you so much thank you Stephanie you could bring them okay congratulations
yes okay next up is uh Elena Kraft good evening everyone my name is Elena Kraft I live in Ormond Beach um so on February 17th I read a news article with this title massive mixed Youth Development set for Ormond Beach so this is referring to the Ormond Crossings now I know we've talked about it before uh we're all
sort of aware of it but when I saw that headline I was like okay it's coming we have to kind of you know start getting ready um so I'm here to Simply ask you to please engage our community every step of the way um with with over 2500 residential homes 2 million square feet of uh space set aside for light industrial office retail and warehouses this is going to have a huge impact we live in Ormond Lakes right there um we also have bike week we have a lot of traffic on US1 um
we understand that this is going to be probably a positive thing economically for our city um but I always believe that there's a way to uh make sure that the current residents are also taken care of so we have to be at the table as much as possible uh as various decisions are being made about this project uh we have to be informed about the storm water studies traffic studies um what measures are being taken to ensure that low impact development practices are being integrated um again this is
um if nobody says anything of course developers are going to take the easy way but if we um have higher expectations we might be able to get some compromises from them um so I would also request a dedicated page to be set aside on the Ormond Beach website uh that is updated regularly um there is a page there now and I'm I was looking through it it provides a good overview of it it has the history um but has no updates whatsoever such as the uh the amendment that happened on December 3rd so um please use social media that's that's where many of our residents get their news
um that's just the reality of it um use your website we will um you know pass that along on our various pages that we run such as the protect Volusia page um so I do assume that you all understand the magnitude of this project it is indeed massive um please respect our community include us communicate with us um just are on the side of overc communicating um so that we Can be able to again um make sure that this is a positive project for everyone thank you so
much um Amy Valcik but I think that we're gonna you're going to take the place of Jerry right that spoken for okay just want to make aware of that so good evening Mr Mayor Deputy Madam Madam Deputy Mayor Commissioners and City staff
my name is Amy Valcik I'm a resident beach side and I'll continue where my father Jerry Valcik left off I'm very proud of him as he is a leading Global expert on drinking water fact number two increased costs it's expensive enough to pay for regular Dental visits but think about the burden of the high cost of remedial Dental measures on young families many of whom live paycheck to paycheck and this financial burden will only worsen without optimal Community water fluoridation fact three
safe optimal fluoridation yields tremendous positive long-term health benefits fluoridation has literally revolutionized dentistry and health Care the proper optimal fluoridation process is safe it's not at all toxic optimal fluoridation prevents tooth decay in cavities strengthens tooth enamel protects against Decay causing bacteria area and increases bone density in fact Community water fluoridation is hailed as one of the greatest Public Health achievements of
the 20th century it's a Cornerstone strategy in the US and around the world for preventing cavities and improving health well-respected health organizations including the Florida Dental Association the American Dental Association the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC are adamant supporting appropriate fluoridation of community Water Supplies this has been a practice here for 67 years in Ormond Beach since 1958 in fact the Ada says quote Community water fluoridation prevents at least 25% of tooth decay in kids and adults throughout their entire lives
the scientific weight of sound evidence around the benefits is clear and compelling end quote have you all had a chance yet to talk to your dentist about the facts on optimal water fluoridation in conclusion our Public Health really depends on you fulfilling your oath to us this is an age of misinformation and disinformation and it's fundamental that you all research fact check and speak with various experts before making decisions that impact the health and well-being of our community these are precarious times we urge you to ignore the political noise
listen to legitimate medical professionals and heed the past 67 years in Ormond Beach of proven science-based fact-based positive health results we urge you to do no harm and promptly restore the safe and optimal fluoridation of our city water supply and if you feel further information is needed then we urge you to reestablish the city's environmental committee with legitimate experts to advise you first and foremost on this issue thank you all for your commitment to our city and for your serious attention to what is a Public Health crisis thank
you I don't have any more cards so I'm going to now close the audience remarks and move on to approval of the minutes the minutes for the February 4th 2025 City commission meetings have meeting have been sent to the commission for review and posted to the city's website does anyone have any corrections or changes at this time move approval second any uh
discussion okay all those that approved say I I I all those oppose okay that's approved move on to uh consent agenda items on the consent agenda are deemed routine and non-controversial the action proposed is stated for each item unless the City Commissioner removes an item from the consent agenda no discussion on individual items will occur and a single motion will approve all items does any member of the commission wish to pull any items from the consent agenda move
approv agenda second any discussion City cler please call the vote commissioner Tolland yes commissioner Sargent yes commissioner Deaton yes commissioner Briley yes mayor Leslie yes on yes we're going to um any comments on the agenda at this time uh sorry commissioner Sargent thank you Mr Mayor i' just like to comment on 7A just we're increasing the internet at the fire
stations part of the initiative with technology that continues to upgrade um another positive for our for our community D um I know that's a big number to increase the janitorial services but if you look at it they're doing a lot more work a lot um other locations um G I'm glad that we're getting the the gates at the Orman airport finally replaced they're about 30 years old
and it's nice that they're finally for safety reasons being replaced uh 7j the contracts for miscellaneous crafts and trades I'd like to you know talk about this for a second these are contractors that are vetted if you will with our staff for projects under $25,000 they don't have to come to the city commission for approval I think in the future we need to as a commission look at that number of 25,000 to possibly increase it because it's been at 25,000 for
probably 20 years and as we know with inflation we should probably increase that um and I think staff is looking at that but I just want to bring it up so the commission can know um that that's something because sometimes it takes a long time to get anything done in government when you have certain limits I think if we increase that it might streamline getting certain things completed so I just would like to bring that up and then on M the automated parking um for Andy Romano Park and and places and and just so our residents know that it's free to Residents it's
$20 for people that are non-residents of Ormond um just so that's clear on um and that's M and that is all I have thank you Commissioner Sargent is that I thought it was Volusia County residents well Volusia I'm sorry correct okay I just want to make sure uh any other uh comments I will uh just say that I I agree with commissioner Sargent about the 25,000 um even when I looked at the numbers um on what we've been spending the last you know 5 or 10
years you could see the inflation has really gone up so the cost of all these services and things that we need has really gone up and we all seen it even the stores that we go to and some of the shopping we do so I can I can agree on that as well Joyce um Mr Mayor uh we will um do a survey of what our other jurisdictions are are what their limitations are um you're correct in that that hasn't been changed probably for 30 or 40 years so it's it doesn't have the same purchasing power as it did back then so I will be happy to look at that and bring it back to
you for consideration we appreciate it thank you with that any other comments about the consent okay I will move on to public hearings and city clerk um please read title 8A ordinance number ORDINANCE NO. 2025-12: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING CERTAIN UPDATED SCHEDULES TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH UPDATES SHALL TAKE EFFECT; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. read by title only does anyone like to have come up and speak on the item
seeing no here move approval second second um before we do that I think uh I do not have any cards okay any discussion okay call the vote please commissioner Sargent yes commissioner Deaton yes commissioner Briley yes commissioner Tolland yes mayor Leslie yes 8B r title Please RESOLUTION NO. 2025-61: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND ISSUANCE OF A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN REGARDING THE PROPOSED "ART SIGNAGE" TO BE LOCATED AT 67 WEST GRANADA BOULEVARD, WITHIN THE B-4 (CENTRAL BUSINESS) ZONING DISTRICT, WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT; APPROVING OF ALTERNATIVE BUILDING SIGNAGE TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 104 SQUARE FEET; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS AND EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVAL; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this is resolution number 2025 61 read by title
only thank you at this time can Steven Spraker please come up and speak on the item good evening Steven spraker planning director with the city this is a request for a special exception Redevelopment plan at 67 West ganada the property buts West Granada and goes through to New Britain it's almost directly across from Lewis Street this is the building as it sits today um if the commission recalls there was a mural approval on this building
for foursided mural and they still undergoing that process for the mural installation this is the sign request that the applicant is seeking the special exception red Redevelopment plan has been used as a tool to allow um items that would not normally be allowed to be requested by applicants this is the detail of the sign the Land Development code will allow 24 Square ft the applicant is requesting 104 Square ft there have been several other examples of Redevelopment
plans um the neighborhood scoop sign is one that doesn't fit within the parameters of Our Land Development code The Pump House Barbecue um Pig sign is one that was approved the Ormond Art Museum had additional signage and the butterflies approved as part of their development plan and the Ormond garage has uh 14 signs totaling 246 ft so it a tool that is City commission monitored and um this application was reviewed by Ormond Main Street which it's recommended approval
the planning board also recommend approval and the applicant is here to address the commission if there are any questions anyone have any questions for Mr spraker oh commissioner Sargent I do have a question it might be for the applicant can we on this where it says are is there any way we could do like it as a vshape so when you're driving down Granada you'd see it one way and then the other way or am I just not looking at it the right way cuz when you drive by this you're going so fast you almost don't see it if we had it at a you know two that said art
as you're driving by you'd be able to see it from both directions knowing that it was a art gallery there that' be two my opinion I know it's just my opinion I just think it would look a little bit I like it I just something a little different are you really driving by that quick down there there is I do 35 but when you have that little part that stands up and you're driving by you're not going to see it unless you're I don't know just my thought I'm all for it I like it I just think it would a little bit more Mr Mayor um yes Mr I would just uh and I don't know if if
uh Miss bird or Mr Jones want to speak to this but I will um I'm in favor of this um I don't know if you all had a chance to see tonight but on Channel 6 News at 6:00 part of this meeting there was a great story about Mr Jones his Redevelopment work in our downtown uh over $10 million has been spent so far by Mr Jones and uh they highlighted some of the other things that we've you know that he's done that that we've allowed and I think you know when we looked at this originally as far as a downtime plan we also looked at a lot of flexibility for our downtown for redevelopment
and they've taken what was was 25 years ago a blighted downtown and really turned it into a vibrant and beautiful downtown so I commend you Mr Jones for this project and uh you have my support Deputy Mayor I feel like I'm copying on commissioner Briley again but um I agree with everything he said he is um you have personally made our downtown a very vibrant fun place to live and every time you come here with an outlandish idea of a pig or another LED sign
at Fugu I'm like oh my gosh but it always looks amazing and um I would be in 100% support of it commissioner Deaton I'll just Echo I appreciate the investment that you put in our downtown it it really is a spotlight for our our good community and um I trust your judgment on this one I will Echo everyone else here and say that you know you did a f fantastic job great I mean everything that we see is always fantastic uh this is fantastic as well um I fully support it as well
I like the idea that commissioner Sargent said with the angle I don't drive that fast to look but maybe it would be helpful but I think that just for the way it is right now it's probably just leave it the way it is I guess um but maybe if it later on if you think that that might work then maybe you could work with the city to try to figure that out um at this time I do have anybody have any more question questions for them before I call audience remarks no okay sure commissioner Deaton I know that it was discussed at the planning board meeting regarding the time of
night that the sign would turn off did you guys come up with the time for that by chance since then do you want me to introduce myself no we know you okay you know we didn't for the record you Dorian Burt 203 Pine Cone Trail Ormond Beach Florida I do notice that you don't ask for the addresses anymore but I learned that way 25 years ago our
engineer is here I'm assuming I shouldn't say that I should defer to him can we put that on a timer that doesn't go all night I think that thank you I was pretty sure that that so probably 2:00 in the morning you know Dust Till 2 o00 I think okay thanks okay thank you at this time I will call Mr Bill Jones well you know what it actually says if needed so if you don't need to speak then you
don't have to okay Mr Mayor fellow Commissioners uh I just want to thank you guys for letting me do what what I do all right uh yeah there was a uh thing on the news tonight about me and it kind of embarrassed me a little bit because usually I don't like the Limelight many people know me that well and uh what I've been trying to do downtown I really fall in love with this downtown I've said over and over again and if you look at that sign what you're looking at what's unfortunate is you're looking at just one little glimpse of what that's
going to look like what you really have to try and imagine is the entire esape from Beach Street all the way down to US1 so turning it would be a good idea it would be tough to figure out which way to turn it do we do east west or north I mean you know East West or west east but honestly if you let that's why the size was very important thing it's out there it's going to slow things down a little bit because I've been out there and honest to God yeah I've seen traffic fly by all hours a day night sorry but this I'm hoping that if we can put enough things
downtown that people will maybe hit the brakes and look at all right that's the big key to this stuff that's the idea with the pig and Fugu and this so that's that's what we're hoping for other words instead of just flying through you know because it used to be my filing was when I first got here downtown Ormond Beach was really just drive-thru you know just okay let's get through here go over the bridge and get to the beach all right let's go through here let's get to the other side of town and go someplace to live so what I tried to do is I try to put the brakes on downtown even before
we had the center medium which slowed things down and made it a prettier downtown so that's part of it and is sometimes they are Outlanders sometimes it has to be you know because you don't get noticed it's like the Empire State Building if the thing was four stories told nobody'd look at it you know it's it's got to be something that slows you down and really gives you some kind of an impression and this town deserves I mean the history in this town is absolutely beyond the pale and really we don't know about it and a lot of people need to read about it because
some of the most amazing people in the world has passed through these streets and I appreciate that I'm not born here but I'm right now I'm almost ashamed to admit that I'm not okay I wish I was but I really feel like the place is adopted me and I really want to be good son to it so thank you all for everything and I hope I said my peace anyway thanks again thanks Mr Mayor thank you Mr Jones um Mr Mayor if there's another comment I'll move um second well I just want to make sure Dorian didn't want to say anything else did you want to no okay okay just want to make
sure okay uh there was a motion okay um any other conversation no seeing none uh city clerk please call the vote commissioner Deaton yes commissioner Briley yes commissioner Tolland yes commissioner Sargent yes mayor Leslie yes I will now close the public hearings and move on to uh staff and commission reports suggestions and request starting with city manager thank
you very much Mr Mayor um just to give you a few highlights your next regular commission meeting is Tuesday March 4th we are going to have a goal setting workshop on March 12th and March 13th that's our strategic planning workshop someone should have talked to each of you about the date and whatnot so uh please be prepared for that I'm delighted to announce that um our wonderful City Clerk and her staff have launched a second Citizen Academy um The Academy will begin
on April 17th and we have just a very few spots open the program is 6 weeks on Thursdays from 6: p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with graduation at at the city commission meeting on June 3rd um the application is on the website so please hurry there and uh put your application in uh it's a wonderful um Citizens Academy you get to go to the police department the fire department you get to go to public works and see all that's going on in the city it's really fabulous she's done a great
job with that um just to give you an update um at Cassen Park the new bait shop Foundation has been poured uh the park will be closed during the week but open on weekends for the next month while underground utility work uh progresses the boat ramps will remain open on the weekends with parking behind City Hall Library um and they do that anyway in the really busy months of fishing they they park over there the bait shop remains open with parking available at Bailey River Bridge
and and access from under the under the bridge um a long time coming but finally the pavers are being manufactured for the NOVA community park I call them the thoughtful pavers where you can contemplate as you're walking um some positive thoughts and energy to um finally I know right just takes a while we had a hard time finding a good paver manufacturer uh 16 of the 18 inline storm water check valves have been installed to help alleviate FL alleviate
flooding in low-lying areas this project was funded by FEMA through the hazard mitigation Grant the remaining check valves should be delivered and installed by the end of February okay let's see what else do I have here um so I just want you to start marking your calendar we'll be sending you a copy of this schedule out in the email as I spoke we're going to be doing goal setting April 1st will be a workshop for public art um April 22nd we'll have a workshop on storm
water flooding issues June 3rd is our Capital Improvements plan Workshop that's for the budget ju July 22nd is our operating budget and then and if these dates don't work for some reason we'll you know circle back with you uh to be determined we're going to have some sunshine law training for City commission advisory staff's advisory boards and staff um so that's on the agenda um that's about all I have unless you have any questions for me
would you be able to send those um all those dates and thing to all of us please and again they're not set in stone we just wanted to that's what we're kind of penciling ahead so we need you to take a look at your calendars we'll send that out to you and then the next time we get together we can review what works for you all and what doesn't perfect thank you but not the strategic planning because that's already set thank you thank you Joyce uh assistant city manager uh Shawn you have anything uh yes um it's with uh great sadness that I share with you all today that we in public works
uh lost someone we dearly love yesterday Al wait our Water Reclamation facility's chief operator passed away after a short illness um in his time with us Al made an amazing impact on our plant um it's better today than when he came um Al's dedication to his staff to our residents and to environmental stewardship are things that inspired me and he will be very much missed wow I just had to take a breath on that one for a second uh City attorney Randy Hayes
nothing tonight thank you okay and this evening we'll begin with uh commissioner Briley oh y sorry okay well um just a few quick things um quick question I guess I can bring this up with Shawn U the ball bouts that do removed like over A1A and Granada and a couple of the other ones I've just noticed where they removed them there's some like loose debris in the in the road and I was hoping that maybe do if we can contact them about maybe cleaning that before bike week because I
know that's all always a hazard for motorcyclist I will do I will do I will do that when I call them tomorrow I'll make sure we mention that that any any of those those little things can throw a bike really th so I will make sure that they reminded that that they reminded they should not be doing any just for everybody's information dot does not allow work during special events so they shouldn't be doing any work during that period but I'll make sure that they get everything cleaned up that okay and when you're talking with DOT I've got I know we've I think probably most of us have received maybe an email I've had a couple of phone calls regarding the um the A1A uh actually the Ocean
Shore Boulevard construction north of Granada up around you know they're using Neptune as a detour um a lot of folks concerned about you know that being a residential street and the amount of traffic that will be traveling that road for quite some time so if we could just talk to them I don't know if there's any other options as far as you know Neptune that they could possibly use we've we've talked to them and worked with them on on that those detours it's going to it's going to move all the detour won't always be on Neptune it will move further north one of the things that
we asked them to impressed upon them typically when you do a detour detour you will move people to a side street and then move them back we've asked them once they've moved them to Halifax keep them on Halifax and not not don't move them on and then bring them back on Neptune and so so once once the the the the um disturbance on Neptune is is complete we we tried to dig the arterial roads or the the collector roads not in putting them down the smaller streets um and so we've we've tried to work out the best plan it's it's an unfortunate um but Neptune and standish and
amsden are those that are the most likely that they're going to be used here and we've asked them to kind of minimize it as much as they can do you know how long they'll be using that tune r i i i can find that out for you I don't know if to thank you sir um I'm glad Becky Parker is still here want to congratulate you on your Proclamation and also um the statues downtown have just I've gotten so many you know calls and and and text messages and emails about people that just really like the statues um I was asked a question this morning and I said I would maybe bring the subject
up tonight um I know those statues are on loan until next month is there any chance we can get them back next year we're already planning okay because I think it's just been wildly popular, we'll keep finding the sponsors just help sponsor right all right thank you um and then something was has been kind of talked we've talked about it before other commissions have talked about it um and we're you know in in the in the Reconstruction of Cassen Park um we're putting
in utilities for the future for the possibility of the future lighting of the Granada bridge is that correct Shawn and with the 250th anniversary of our country coming up next year I thought it might be appropriate to maybe put that as a goal for 2026 for lighting of the bridge I mean that is kind of the focal point in our community and if we can use and I'm pretty sure we can use C CRA dollars to do
that I don't know how much we have in our CA CRA coffers but I think that we could be something we could talk about maybe at a at a future meeting um I don't know if if there's interest in doing that maybe in the budget or in the budget Workshop that would be a great place we we could talk about to at our goal setting too think it's sure yeah it's a great idea and then and then lastly I just want to uh Bob pries has already left but uh Super Bowl Sunday I had a a little emergency at my house there was a a sewer backup on on the city side and uh Tanner budy I'm sorry is that we
buddy yeah so so Tanner and Tracy from the city I I talked to Shawn Shawn was great um you know and and and this is just how it it it's this is how our residents are treated Ormond Beach within half an hour someone was there they had the line cleared with 10 minutes and everything was great so I just want to give my my thanks and a shout out to our Public Works folks you know it it's not it's not easy on the weekends especially when you have some sort of special event but uh they are just great and I want to thank you all publicly and uh with that I will say good night thank
you good night. Deputy Mayor Tolland floor is yours thank you so much um mayor Leslie tonight I'm I'm going to use my comments um as an opportunity to speak on an issue that to me demands some immediate attention um I need to start by saying that I am very honored to serve on this commission and to represent the residents of Ormond Beach. We all took an oath with a commitment to serve with
Integrity, professionalism, and collaboration and it's essential that we work together as a body to uphold the principles of our commission rather than acting independently in ways that do not reflect our collective governance during our orientation we all received protocol training including guidance on media interactions Commissioner Sargent recently outlined the commissioner manager form of government using an organizational chart and
last meeting Commissioner Deaton emphasized the importance of ensuring that public statements about city economics are accurate to avoid misinformation and potential backlash. She also addressed the importance of maintaining professionalism by refraining from using public forums for personal business promotion or endorsing candidates as a mayor. Additionally, our City attorney Mr. Hayes has provided clear explanations regarding the authority and
limitations set forth in our Charter and our ordinances as Commissioners. We each have an equal responsibility with one vote per member and we are collectively accountable for all the decisions we make as one body. We're fortunate to have a very dedicated professional staff that supports us governing effectively. Our City Attorney provides the legal guidance, our City
Manager and our Assistant Managers oversee our daily operations. Our Public Information Officer ensures that external communications are accurate and reflect our City's values. These roles are in place to help us present Ormond Beach in the best possible light. It is in it is in the best interest of our city that discussions on community matters take place up here on the DAIS with input from all
members, rather than being presented publicly by one individual as if speaking on behalf of the entire commission. Recently there have been a few instances specifically the News 6 segment and the Ormond Beach Observer interview where inaccurate information was shared. In both cases it appeared that responses were made with full knowledge of the facts. When this happens, it affects not only your individual credibility but also the reputation of the entire commission, our staff,
and most importantly the residents of Ormond Beach. I understand that Mayor, that your time in the community has been relatively short and I recognize that sometimes that institutional knowledge isn't always there. However, that makes it even more critical that you use the professional staff that's made available to us to get that information, before making public statements. Our city's representation in the media should be factual balanced and reflective of the community's true history and accomplishments. I respectfully ask that you work
collaboratively with the commission and the staff, and continue with positive progress made by both the past and present leadership. While we may not always agree on every issue up on the DAIS, it is important that all perspectives are brought up for discussion before being shared externally. This will ensure that our city is represented fairly and accurately at all times. Thank you. you commissioner Sergeant thank you Mr Mayor last meeting I was absent uh first meeting
I've missed in 2 and a half years however long it's been um I was in Washington DC with the Florida League of Cities I was one of 51 elected officials on the federal action Strike Team um this year we lobbied for the following four items uh protecting the tax exempt status for municipal bonds addressing Pfas contamination which is um there's a you know pfas is the forever chemical in our Waters and the the problem that really with this one is the liability that
the municipalities didn't put it in the waters but we are responsible for cleaning it up and the potential lawsuits we we really need some liability protection for this and that was uh something that we were lobbying for uh strengthening the uh National flood insurance program the nfip Congress every year does these one-year extensions of the program when they really should look at it a little bit further and start doing five years so that every year we're not coming up to the expiration of the program not knowing if it's going to be extended
or not and then the last one was uh we lobbied for federal grants really this was to streamline the process for smaller municipalities that don't have grant writers that maybe potentially they could um partner with another municipality to get grants on different instead of just saying they don't qualify for it um we met with the following individuals we had a meeting with uh Senator Rick Scott representative Mike Heropoulos representative Byron Donald's
representative Dan Webster representative Neil Dunn and then the governor DeSantis Federal a she came in for a little while and met with us um I think it's very important that when whenever any of us go on um trips that we always provide the residents with an update of what we learned um and what was accomplished um wherever we go whether it's uh for the league of cities or anything and I know uh Mr Mayor you've gone on some and I I I would really like to have an update on some of the mayor retreats I know there was a legislative um event where you talked about
priorities but I I don't know what they were and I wasn't there so I just it would help us all as a commission to learn from each other to um really hammer on these uh I have a lot so I'm sorry but I'm trying to catch up here uh that is that one um I guess I'll move to this one um on February 10th um president Donald Trump signed an executive order to end the procurement and forced use of
paper straws the federal government is directed to stop purchasing paper straws and ensure that they are no longer provided within Federal buildings the order requires the development of national strategy to end the use of paper straws within 45 days to alleviate the forced use of paper straws and I'm sorry I'm just going to read this I know it's long but I think it's important that the residents understand this bringing back common sense the rational campaign against plastic straws was forced has forced Americans to use nonfunctional paper straws this ends under
President Trump cities and states across America have banned plastic straws carving into caving into pressure from activists and prioritizing symbolism over science paper straws use chemical chemicals that may carry carry risk to human health including forever chemicals pfas which is per and fluoride po Floric substance you you get it which are known to be highly water soluble and
can bleed from the straws into a drink a study found that while pfas was found in paper straws no measure pfas was found in plastic straws paper straws are more expensive than plastic straws and often force users to use multiple straws paper straws are not the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be. Studies have shown that producing paper straws can have a larger carbon footprint and require more water than plastic straws paper straws often come individually wrapped
in plastic undermining the en environmental argument for their use promoting a clean and healthy environment president Trump has made it a top priority to promote a clean and healthy environment for the American people um with that being said I would like us to look at our ordinance if the commission so desires to repeal our educational straw ban that we put into place um a few years back um I don't know if anyone else on the Dais would be interested in directing staff
to do that but I think that we don't need need that on the an educational uh straw ban on our on our um ordinances in the city of Ormond Beach so I don't know if anyone else is interested in I'd be interested anyone else I'd be interested in in looking into it I don't know where I'm at with it right now but I'd be interested in addressing it okay well I see the City attorney writing notes over there so that'll be something that we'll bring back and discuss right okay okay
thank you yeah thank you yeah the only question I have is you want us to to bring back a repealer ordinance or do you want to discuss it first and then give the staff direction can we discuss it first and then give staff directions to repeal the ordinance please perfect thank you um can I get the slide put up on the thing please I have a lot I'm very sorry but it's going to be a long night why that's coming up we've been hearing all about flooding and our community and you hear the
different solutions or proposed solutions and everything this is something I would like to discuss as a commission this property right here is right by the YMCA this is 20 acres about 10 of it is actually Upland so about 10 of it's developable developable excuse me I would like to see if the city might want to be interested in purchasing this to preserve this property because this is very special property you have Thompson Creek where everything I mean
this is low Li area that really could help mitigate I think some flooding issues that we have in Sanchez um and some of the other neighborhoods I just I I would like us to look at this because right now it is zoned we could put a uh adult living facility there excuse me it's currently Zone B1 which is multif family assisted living nursing home or hospital use so we hear about talking about solutions I think this is something that we really could
look into and preserve a very special piece of land I think in the center of our city from uh being developed and if you ever go by here this is very wet very very wet and we hear about the the fill and build and everything to build on this is going to be trouble and I just would like I don't know if we can look at staff have staff look at maybe uh different funding options whether whatever the mechanism may be just just to explore this option I don't know if did you have a comment just a question and I hate to you know bring
bring uh Steven up here but I guess my question would be with knowing what that property is like right now what would the chances that staff could support something being developed on that property given the current zoning given given the given the conditions of the property Steven spraker stevener planning director so you know without a survey and some additional analysis I think I heard you said there was 10 acres of Uplands so there is something that could be built on there what what
it is is unknown until you get into the specifics of of the site development B1 allows a variety of of uses that are allowed by right right but it be a very small portion of the property that could be developed is I think that's what commissioner Sagent was saying as well okay but when you fill and build like we hear all the time this is an opportunity for us to explore an option right I'm not I'm not no I'm just saying like this is an option that when we look around we don't have many Parcels like this that and when you look at Thompson Creek and everything that flows through
here we could even turn it into where you could paddle board through some of these you could turn recreational um and and make it more parks are friendly for our community so just I just want to throw it out there I don't know if anyone else want to direct staff to to potentially look at it but Christ I'd be open to looking into that um you know I'd love to preserve that area that would be a phenomenal option if it if it truly is an option I would like to look into that mayor yeah I I love that idea and actually I've looked at a few other areas already and um
and I think when we do our storm water Workshop this would be the right time to identify properties that might work um I'm not saying this isn't a great idea this one specifically but there might be other opportunities as well that we can use um to protect um flooding and storm water and all so I don't I don't I want to be not just incl want to be more inclusive and not just that one property I understand but I think this is a unique parcel that we sorry I was going to
ask a question I still was going but go ahead okay um see Mr you just come up for again for a second and you might have a question too with this by the way um I I with the uses of this property I mean you know obviously there's a lot of different things that can go into this um but I would agree with st uh the commission here about the workshop we're going to do with storm drain is there a way we can probably put that in there too in that Workshop just to discuss that property a little more right I I think the city manager is hearing what you're saying um we did a um we solicited
a properties a few years ago for Volusia forever so we went to property owners and we ended up buying 901 Airport Road a similar exercise could could be done trying to see which properties are interested and then either walk working through your your goal setting or the workshop so I think staff and the city manager is hearing what you're saying and then we can come with up with options okay any other questions or comments on that I'm still okay sorry um I have a lot more to go I just think that we need to act sooner than later I I I hate that we we delay delay delay
this is an opportunity where this person could come in and submit a plan tomorrow and now it's off the table and we can't do anything and this is a great this parcel a year and a half ago we cleaned out probably 75 homeless people that were living on it with about five or six full dumpsters of trash out of this they had roads cut out where they were living on little they had their own little sections it's just a great opportunity in the heart of our city to preserve something so I I just I hate to Kick the Can down the road but I'm I'm open
for if that's what yall want to do so what can we do right now um or is there anything this is well you're going to have to get um appraisals on that property before you can buy it you know we're going to have to survey it um that kind of stuff so it's not going to happen overnight it's going to take some due diligence has to do absolutely yes I understand that I just don't like kicking the can down the road so that's why I I guess I have a problem with government but thank you on to my next one um well I just hope that someone doesn't submit an application on it
cuz drive by it and you'll see what I'm talking about it's it would be perfect little gym for us to preserve in this the heart of our city and can really relieve a lot of flooding issues around the area so I'll leave that one alone um the dog friendly pilot program is coming up I have a lot to say tonight by the way too the dog friendly pilot program is coming up to expire and I only have one condo of a handful of people that really have an issue with this otherwise I hear so much positive of this part of the beach where people can bring their animals and enjoy
it and I just would like to see if the commission would be willing to send a letter um recommending that the council continue this after this pilot program expires the 18 month is coming up and I just think that it would be great if we could send a letter of support to the county uh to continue this program and I don't know if that's another ask um will we have another meeting before then I mean I'm with you on it I just don't know if we have another meeting we can send their meetings tonight so I think it would be best to have it go out in between this meeting and next
as soon as possible then I'm okay I've only heard one resident complain and it's the same one that complained before we started um and I only hear good things so I'd be on board with that thank you for bringing that up by the way I definitely appreciate you bringing it up as well I've gotten a lot of compliments on the program to be honest and um I I have not read a lot of complaints on it it is such a small portion of our rather large Beach that I think that it's instrumental and I
would be on board with that as well I'd be on board as well and uh I agree that there's only just you know maybe one person that doesn't like it but everyone else seems to be okay with it so I would support that as well I'd support that as well Mr Mayor um if it's okay with you what I would like to do is to draft a letter um for the mayor's signature to send to um the County Council and we'll have to rely on um my ability to write a letter about that so Jen's really good because
we won't you have no confidence in me I'm so disappointed um so if you're okay with that that would and I see heads are shaking yes do I need to vote on that no okay so I will prepare a letter for the mayor's signature and we'll send that okay in support of continuation of that program thank you is it going out a pilot program or is it going to continue to Pilot uh no it'll be the pilot 18month pilot program is ending so it just be a permanent then okay correct um well got something
done uh look at you y'all thought I was done uh I read last month that the Volusia County Council voted 4 to 2 to continue funding the firststep shelter um and I just this is just an ask for your comments Mr Mayor when it comes up I guess but as our representative on the board uh I would like to know what your thoughts are uh regarding the city to continue funding this is the city making good
use of this um this facility and also uh if we're not using how can we better use this facility so that's just an ask for you in your comments um then I have one more and I know also at the last commission meeting I wasn't here but I listened to it when I was in DC I know that you brought up Mr Mayor the uh councilman Kent's Sixpoint plan which I think uh chairman Brower had an additional point
in there as well so it was really seven um I would just like to know I don't know where we left that off but I'd like to know um more about those six points and also how they would be relevant to the city of Ormond Beach just so we can apply them and that's uh I'm almost there and then lastly I would like to just thank all of staff Kelly McGuire um I guess they already left all the finance department
for all they do to keep our budget in line never I know it's cuz they're here early um Claire uh Jen just amazing work y'all do on social media and everything I really appreciate it it's um really noticed um all of staff from the top down really has the city's best interest at heart and you know I met um who was where hold hold on give me one second it was he already left on me Ed Wilson
oh you are still there I didn't see you fourth generation Ormond second generation employee of Ormond Beach I mean that's pretty and he's doing it because he loves the city of Ormond Beach he told me earlier I mean that's that's the type of employees that we have here and I just want to say thank you also we have Michael Gentry thank you for stepping up to the planning board um your long history in Ormond Beach um leading Ameri Crown at the speedway um many other accomplishments you
worked with my mom in 1985 at the American Red Cross and um and thank you for stepping up to that and then I'll leave with this I had a phone call last week from an employee it was kind of disturbing to be honest with you that told me that someone on this DAIS was trying to get the City Manager fired and I just wanted to be clear we up here are only one vote we should not be out
there that kills morale kills uh employees morale and how they work and it's just uncalled for if you have a problem call that person and sit down with them or discuss it up here don't do it behind closed doors and think something's going to happen it's very unprofessional with that I say good night uh commissioner Deaton good evening um I would like to touch on the Ormond Beach
leadership program I know that we are about to get started on that I'm a proud Ormond Beach leadership graduate in 2019 um Debbie cotton leads a a good ship over there they are accepting applications if you are interested in learning more about the leadership in Ormond Beach we are happy to I'm I'm happy to answer any questions I know Debbie will be happy to answer any questions as well um hey congratulations to Becky Parker for everything you do in Ormond Main Street I know you're super helpful for me whenever I have questions and you love to support our local businesses I I really
do appreciate that um let's see in a very public News 6 segment the mayor stated that the Magic Forest Rainbow Park would be reopened within 2 to 4 weeks given these timelines I would like to confirm where the project currently stands if City staff can please advise on that the contractor is out there today um they've completed all the demolition of the old they are in the process of working on putting back the the structural portions of it that that the sustained
the damage um we're estimating probably closer to four to 6 weeks of of of of of to to getting it back up and what we're working on right now is trying to get as much of the structural portions the unsafe portions put back and then once we get to that point what we're going to do is um open it on the weekends so the kids can start enjoying it and then closing it Monday through Thursday so we can finish up those those parts of it that make um Magic Forest Special the the the the the painting some of the painting some of the the um the artistic endeavor you know you
know additions to it so we want to get it open as quickly as we can um it's going to take a little bit longer to get it back to the magic Forest playground that we all know and love but um that's does that help that definitely does help do you know will they be keeping those original names from back in my day please say yes I I let me know what the names you want to keep and we'll do our best my made name no just kidding um I appreciate that thank you for the could we get an update on social media just to kind of update that timeline for the public I
know we've seen some questions on there and I would just appreciate a quick update on social media if you don't mind just so the public can be aware regarding the half-mast tribute for Captain Campos while I appreciate the gesture I was troubled by the way it was communicated public recognition of a loss should always be prior should always prioritize the wishes and feelings of the grieving family rather than appearing self-serving every news article on the matter specifically highlighted who contacted the governor's office for a request which gave the impression of politicizing a death moving forward I
would like to ask all city leaders to communicate directly with the families before making public declarations in their name making sure the respect and sensitivity always comes first I have received multiple calls regarding the recent news six segment with the mayor to my knowledge city staff public information officer and facility Personnel were not informed ahead of time about the news crew's arrival it is protocol for the commission and the mayor to contact the city PIO if approached by the media and I want to ensure that is upheld I do not believe that this segment
best portrayed Ormond Beach in my opinion downtown Ormond Beach local businesses the casements and Memorial Gardens would have been optimal locations to Spotlight the gem that Ormond Beach truly is and perhaps with the seasoned locals who are familiar with with our town and its history many municipalities have ordinances in place stating that no actions should be taken by the mayor or me any member of the city Commission on behalf of the city unless it is approved by the majority of the commission this helps prevent Comm confusion among third parties whether statements including
news segment commentary made by elected officials reflect their personal opinions or official City positions if Ormond Beach does not currently have such an ordinance I would like to to propose that we adopt one tonight I welcome the input of my fellow Commissioners and the City attorney on this matter thank you commissioner Deaton is it all no it's not okay I would like to get the input of my fellow Commissioners and the City attorney on adopting an ordinance in regards to what we
heard that but there's no Randy is there anything that any input or anything you would like to do please well we we have Provisions in the city Charter and the and the code that discusses the commission manager form of government um and we've you know we've had discussions about this one-on-one in orientation sessions um and um um we do not have an ordinance um similar to that which commissioner Deaton um has discussed but I kind of view that as a kind of
a a gap filler so I can take a look at that um and um kind of as connective tissue uh and perhaps that might provide some additional guidance uh in the future on some of the questions that I've heard uh this evening so if that is your direction I'll be happy to do that just a question Randy would that be more of an ordinance or a policy it would be an ordinance okay yeah um do other are you familiar with other cities do other cities have similar ordinances
ordinance like like just generally speaking uh all of the jurisdictions are a little bit different um our uh form of government is really spelled out in the city Charter that's kind of the con the city's Constitution if you will and then the code of ordinances are the implementing regulations um under uh the commission form of government that has been adopted by the city um we have a strong um manager form of government the city manager is responsible for the administration
of um of of all City business um as commission members you're co-equal you each have your one fifth vote up here and provide direction to the city staff in terms of how you wish that to to to be implemented um so I can take a look at those provisions and try to clean it up a little bit if it might be helpful uh in the future to provide some additional guidance um I can certainly do that that's your direction so I do have a sample from the city of Daytona Beach Shores that does
have an ordinance to this effect if you guys would like to take a look at it certainly yes is that your closing comment you're done okay um I'm going to talk about the first step shelter I wasn't going to talk about that in the closing comments but I know commissioner Sargent brought it out because I do serve on the board um we only had one meeting and we were supposed to have a meeting last week and apparently Daytona Beach who manages this program um didn't publicly
notice it long enough so we had to cancel it the day before um you know we I rode with a police officer in town and got to just get a little more familiar with um the you know the amount of interest from people that want to participate in the program and I know there's a lot of concerns about that there's a lot of concerns about the direction the shelter is going with some of the uh things that you read about in the news and uh at this time I probably would say that I'm not
prepared yet to uh make any suggestions I was going to spend a little more time just uh go to more meetings discuss it with the other board members I mean we're Sunshine so the only time we can discuss things is and together as a group um but I think that once we get closer to the budget um there might be something that I might present to uh to every one of you about maybe some ideas and suggestions so that you know we can get the full maximization of this program um as far as
the uh Citizens Academy I'm glad to see that's uh uh going again I was actually a graduate last year uh it was a great program and staff did a really good job of um putting that all together uh got a really good tour of the city and uh it was really uh great um so thank you for that um and I I think that's sold out right or it's already filled or I think they have some vacancies oh there's still some vacancies okay Susan two or three yes it was full but we've had a few people unable to participate so those seats are open now okay can they just go on the website to do that how
they do that the packet is all on the website okay that's good to know it was a great program and uh I had a lot of fun and speaking of that I that's the first time I got to meet Al um so I'm really sorry to hear about Al's passing um if we maybe send something to his family as a condolence that would be greatly appreciated I'm sure we have something in the works with that um Bill Jones he already left but I wanted to you know congratulate him and thank him for everything he does uh the city you know this downtown wouldn't be looking the way it was without him uh I last week I got
to uh go with the U Chamber of Commerce and some other individuals to do teacher of the quarter uh as see debbie cotton still here uh that was a lot of fun and uh we got to visit a lot of schools in a very short time um but it was a we had we had a blast um as far as um the comments before about the trips um I did get with uh Joyce on the one trip in DC um about some of the things I brought back and I apologize that I didn't bring it to the commission here um but there was a lot of
things that were discussed um we actually talked about pfas um in the fire gear and uh there was a meeting about that uh about the concerns and uh they're thinking that pfas has links to uh other types of you know illnesses like cancer and things like that um so I did bring some brochures back and some information uh the city can look into as far as uh that that equipment goes and and and what we can do to try to uh mediate those uh those potential problems um other than that though uh
I will let everyone go because I know everyone's getting a little into the weather here so at that meeting journe Mr mayor before you do that I just want one point of clarification on um the shores ordinance um is that a by consensus of the commission that you want me to prepare that um up here listening to it I think what I can do is I could prepare a memo that will further explain the power structure as well with with that and kind of connect the connecting tissue if you will um
but before I do that I just want to make sure that that's a consensus of everybody up here yes okay yes yes yes thank you very much okay all right with that uh meeting adjourned.