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e e e e e e e e e good evening everybody Welcome to the city of Palaca City Commission meeting
on March 7th 2025 6m we're call a meeting to order starting with invitation from Pastor Mar the pledge of alleg L by commissioner let us look to god father again we thank you for how good you have been we brought us together once again
and we say thank you thank you Tre your blessing upon this meeting on tonight thank God that you would guide us lead us give direction instructions you look the name of Jesus father we thank
you once again for all that you're doing for us God this city continues to move us for bless leadership here give them Vision give them what to do them how to do it wisdom praise you and thank you it is in
Jesus name please Joes pres thank you approval of minutes has everybody had an opportun meeting minutes2 motion to approve say minute in
favor any opposition thank you Madame mayor and Commissioners thank you for this opportunity once again as we continually move forward to recognize um an employee each month here at the city of Pica for the duties that they're performing within their job and outside
of their job so that we can recognize them and let them know that either Community as well as um their co-workers um leadership looking at what they're doing and we like to recognize for the month of March Mr Courtney Jes be a long speech because he's on
Third Street so talk about two minutes about to bring you back up Jes the end of the day today lot things that go on throughout the city
every and for the most part James is one they called doors Commissioners and several people in the city have sent emails countless of how our St job that they have done so I think this reward was very
off coming uh we have a wonderful team over there but Courtney and Jessica and Reno had another so they want to know about the blue CB youing recording you're very welcome but you you you can
say you can say a few things by the blue CRA if you like please he's some photos Okay can somebody you deserve States affecting one children is an ENT
Public Health crisis thats response vision ex honest parp acceptance and World awareness aess 202 as well as
indidual move a second a motion a second all in favor the ladies like to come up well we like to say thank you for the city of Paka for recognizing us and recognizing Autism Awareness because it
is a growing um epidemic in all the community so we definitely would like everyone's support we do have any event on the second of April um that for the community and we would love for everyone to come
support event and it's going to be yes so any family that you know that may need any type of assistance any type of um you know guidance on how to uh when they get that diagnosis on how they can continue to grow and help each other
uh we would love for them to come out so we can give that information to support them okay administrative Court why she load that up y'all just want to say this is the Community Fair it was a 90day report turned out to be0
days what we even though Renovations going on in have a lot of things that uh we worked around the renovations so this is just some Renovations going on the M doing the contract that we got
high dis and daily doing some work ex slides right there all right so now the gym floor we got we have a temporary dungeon gym FL we've been utilizing for open gym and other programs in the gym and we have a
lot of things going on in our open gy night where the kids come in and they shoot two Thursday from 4 to 8 we have open gy for the older kids and Wednesday we have kids
coming and we had a partnership or a relationship with some of the high schools and they play some of the games in the gy and also we had a partnership and special event Department these are some events that we done throughout the years November you
November you know we have had some food club uh at Price morning Center we have done some engagement events class 76 drive next these events that we had through
November I can go through them but I know y'all got them in your package it's a long night so I'm not g overwhelm you but this was a a Spring Festival where the mar made me eat food that I didn't want to eat at question absolutely she decided that
she was vegan or presi or whatever all right next slide we had we had our jingle jam celebration which we had about 35 come back through there we was on naville TV station we also the bottom one is the
name of the fields uh over at par we had a great run out for that January uh that picture that you see earlier suppos been that's supposed to been the bridge and the meeting over there but you know we put a a template in there just in case next slide uh we
had a golf tournament uh in February it was excellent turnout the the breakout was like 13,000 some change the city got 5,000 change this actually one of the biggest on had since I've been here Le Tas and I
we had a honey golfers something teams it was a wonderful event we actually got a couple pictures of Chief Pro the tree the tree next slide and one of
theack a Wonder job it was the wonderful turn had a lot of wonderful faces there my St was there dressess they don't look like that on day on day-to-day basis but they look high we had the B Elite tournament also
going to f so these some things that we have done throughout next class um uh this some some the rers we have that we had going on through price m center so we had concessions we had Independent Living price America P bridge club is
there on on a monthly basis meet the candidates at Price par and the PD CRI watch prevention prr this special event te all the events that come through the
city say he before we bring it to y'all so this actually a wonderful group of guys we work together one people
have I want email no our chest CL we have right now 17 kids signed up on average we have about 9 to 13 on average from 8 all way up 14 and it's West actually looking growing it
into the summer next we do we had uh we had a Dante wierson I think his last name is he helped us lead our HB EU talk team talk we had one Summit this past summer and we're going to do another Summit another Summit this
fall and that's picture from it you see in there that looks the down on the far right tenness stuff on next now we actually implementing a senior program we have a few uh scen
that come every Wednesday have some coffee and some cookies um really let and now we actually going to start doing chairs this AF American mission team that we put together to kind of get the study for the history of the museum and
hopefully y v tonight one of the presentations that they had next slot black football one best coaches in America in that picture went four it was actually the kids
fault programs that's covered up now we Austin t-all it's GNA be a Panic instead of leave because we only had like 30 kids up next this is for pry staff and any Community miners want to join we're
going to do a 90day challenge starting in two weeks and it's if you've been in the Mir Challenge and other challenge we have had it's the same format where you gon weigh in it's be SEC among me
and if they do a public record reest program so hopefully we get everybody engaged and go if you see this fly use C code sign up and we going started the te that we're putting together you left out the line dancing re
so next just be it I don't want no hurt feelings on Monday nights 6:30 is and col 6:30 to 7:30 is the Dan and you know who's on the ground
pleas come you know we have a a good instructor and then we have a PR good all right the go the neighborhood Improvement team is something we put together to kind of help with commissioner C and all the Commissioners vision of trying to fight some of this
crime things we have in this community and some of the issues that we're dealing with this team has been made up of several staff members and once we get embedded we're going to present it to miss cardi for her to to y'all and then we're going to bring some outside Community leaders involved with it too but it's to
actually take B out app B out El one B at the time work neighborhood by neighborhood try to get engaged with some of the problem of the root of the problem not just and I can say bye bye bye cfor next these we had throughout
the mon test the demos that we that would be it thank you for giving me time uh look forward to my hopefully Day Report uh I just wanted to thank you man you you and your team y'all have done just a
fabulous job with um everything you've done across your whole spectrum of services to the city and U so code enforcement on down certainly help G well thank you thank you and I appreciate that and all I ask is just
continue to support continue to be the the beacon that I need to help bring this city back to the G thank you project updates please I'm man the and I'm here
to project that we currently so first we're going to start with the project the first we have Street the railroad this project is dividing the there service B the water we reive
around. million from water man completed project that we have is humble par Improvement um this project will include a do part P facilities wel and Trail new
Sage Sage landscaping and new irigation system we receive $50,000 from fdp and expect byun 202 is CH Park renovation project phase
one this upat this this is going to be a and the next one is this project includes GRS AG replacement suppression security upgrades Ada Improvement Fitness
CER we reive 6,000 from bos along with some funds that we are that we have rece next one affable housing this project will increase affordable housing through land action plan this funding a 5 plan
toiz reive $4,000 from expect to be completed by May 2025 Next plan is comprehensive plan this plan is funding technical assistance for the C's evaluation and
appraisal report andent com hasive plan object we receive 75,000 from the dep and expect to be completed by May 2025 next is collection resiliency master plan is
to develop a master plan to modernize the Ste system to ensure a longterm sustain 385,000 from nexton house restor deteriorated exor woodal comp components inst security
lighting and stude the upgrade of B doors windows and glass with hurricane fund to by 202 next we will have a list of some addal other projects that we currently
are working on on gr nonr project first we start with theing withing program the project will involve pement knealing purposing and application of back code to improve road
safety and durability in the north we million but here also going to include the and do you want us ask questions after you pass that's okay okay yes sir thank you
TS we completed on December 2025 next one is Brian restrooms it's to develop Ada accessible bathrooms and area with connection next one is Flashback flash on River
Front on April we are expecting to have a technical memorandum and by March 2026 expected to have project project 3,000
first on April 2025 and the project expected to be completed March 2025 next one is River Street retaining wall this is a study to determine if we need to we habilitate or replace 331 linear
feet of retaining wall St retain wall on PR Street of this project around 128,000 bye 2025 then have a list of non gr project listed in there that we Are CL
the first one going back to the affordable housing initiative back initiative it says that U I know we're gonna plan is to land build homes on to help people with Down assistance as well as help
residents bring their my question is the already have some land are we planning to use some of the land that City currently currently
own oh plan because it will save us on acquiring other land yes sir I'll answer that for you um we did have a concern and we did uh present to the grter if we could use property that we had already
purchased because what they want is the uh when we looked at the grant specifications we need to actually purchase new property but we are also uh hoping that he will be evaluate
that but this is where we are as of this moment I'm going to ask legal because I think have correct um we have at least six properties identified as part of the live local lack the legislation that was passed several years ago if anyone goes to the city of blacka website you'll see
the exact property locations for those parel I didar those Parcels would so would exact fund for the acquisition that we actually already resal and affordable
housing purposes unfortunately it doesn't like the that we're going to thank you I thought that it would be advantageous to leverage property that we already own so that you probably can do more with this amount of money
because $2 million not gonna go too far but if we had property already like it would be for to do so first are we still agree with you but unfortunately thus far they have not agreed with that they want the
to purchase with their but they'll be purchasing it from the city I know we we said the same thing but we will continue to pursue please do keep the update on that um that was question yes so the second
question I have is in reference to the two that we have for uming project resing the roads that really need it and I know that last budget cycle my
money taken out to go to Oak stre because they had some emergency repairs that done now just back here again to get more funding
how is that and why is that um because it's gonna take away from the 2.4 million why that happen Okay we did do some research on that I would prefer to come back to answer it more specifically but what I did have staff pulled was
theend itself and the agenda item did identify that it was a part of the section uh in the north but I would like to come back with a better and more complete response yes because I remember I was looking with Jackie my last commissioner
meeting from before I was here in the city and the commission instructed the city to go I don't know the th commission they were doing the the railroads to the St John Avenue project and start they
diverted from that project and there was that million dollars that we had uh that's why we didn't do any for road project on on the North side so they defered that money to go to Oak Street because it was obviously was
need but the 2.4 was that's right well commissioner feel would permit us to pull the information again we did pull it um I'm just don't have as memory but when we ped what we
saw is the actual writing uh of the book it to the4 that's what they oh so that's but we will research it again for you okay we did and I noticed that it is
no cost we don't know what that's actually going to cost that how much cost I would like to know the estim cost of that project on the yes it wasn't up unless I miss it I think it's it's going to be around
400,000 yeah it's around that so in sense I get it I do get it that's be on yes because we did the research because we were confused here that's where the
400,000 I remember they took 400,000 was from that makes more sense I just want to make sure we're not going over 400,000 de well and remember we have where the commissioner fled yes yes we have the
meeting thank you thank you for being Thor any question just one uh question with the South South 12 to 13th and River Street that park
there did I know you had supposed to had meetings with the see figure out where we are with with that piece you talking about the chu Park 13 and River Street uh remember that park over there is pretty oh the
little park should go up the street on is not representative we talked about yeah that's uh the that park right there since I took over Parks from uh Mr Clay one of guys we actually
work on that now the par set a lot of wash in the rain try to is to try to the plan is to put TLC in that and the other question was that did
we include the res in the we put back in there the composition of and so we don't want to put you know playgrounds gotot you know so you
want Recreation and the demographic yes and once we clean it out before we put anything new in there we're g to have Town Hall meetings in all the local parks that we have had to get a chance CAU up appreciate it and then the one last
thing on there when we have these updates then that's really good I like that but we put line okay any for the splash pad the $375,000 for the project does that
include installing it or or is that that's Ono or what is this price right now is the is the is the amount of money we have allocated for the project City have allocated for the project we're in the process get some got thank
you thank you have one more question one more yes one more and it's pertaining to just any of our projects because in the past we've always had projects that never really um when they were projected at
whatever amounts a lot of times they it went well over that am and so that's want to communicate that but anyways we need to start having some turn projects where we finish them on time and we also
finish them on or under budget if we can do that so that's where I think we need to starts um putting our focus and effort not running over all the time these tax that being grown up thank you yes um the the first thing I wanted
to thank caros for that project update that thank you for that effort as relates to verbal report first thing I'd like to do is recognize that we have
welcome thank you tell us a little bit about yourself can you go to the Podium so Place good game Peter kayas um current director of Finance fora came from I was and I
was for different cities Andor for work for Island and city of fin here Green Bay and Master on top that I have that's
about you WR a lot of jobs so total years of experience would be um in government um about 10 government Finance yeah about 10 years of experience with government but also I've been employed as engineer
this great welcome aboard thank you welcome welcome aboard thank you sir neglected to say that uh under two of those cities he did work to achieve the certificate of excellence in financial reporting and also in budgeting and
that's one of our primary goals for the finance department so we're hope that he will help us get within the next great code enforcement just give an update has now
Andor rise solution will be operative uh for what the Commissioners get or will be doing uh starting April 1st 2025 y
riverfront we have already commed a feasibility study as uh Mr Carlos mentioned and hopefully that by the end of April so we can know for sure how to move forward with that project also the
north side that 2.4 million we have been able to get that additionally we have 20 staff members throughout the city that is now enlisted in leadership employ Advance up the r
within the City Public Works building uh yeah just a quick update the C is at about 75% with our drawings we're hoping that in the next two months it'll be at 95% they contractor like I tolder Jones last we they're gonna work
together to try to keep the build within our budgetary rests which that's be four tues are done with the prince for two more months have some better news about as far as exced hopefully this will
be Mr Peter while that's been up um the annual budget is 76% and 19% 41.7% but a lot of the city of budget and transactions are
made so operationally should be before go ahead start okay so for Revenue Citywide weon so as of February 28 2025 is that we have 3,000
more than so this is the first month also that we are pres finan has requested on a monthly basis as fund we have actually receiv
42,000 million had a for the moment of 2 million airport fund hased 833 and spent 595,000 so airport has generated more Revenue than expenses as
of this 238,000 we've generated 55,000 they've spent 46,000 so the go course has a positive of $99,000 next page the better place so this is where we have
theal 74,000 but 1,1 192,000 both of that was there was an unexpected expend uh dealing with uh accounting you don't matter and the amount was about 400,000
so um we re more revenues from our discretion tax funds I expect that deficit to be covered with sanitation we realized 1, 523,000 is
spent or at least have more R expensive generated 4, 244,000 we spent 3,970 th000 sogin that is still profitable 274,000
tax increment we 931000 we've only spent the reason for that is a lot of the funds that were allocated were supposed to be for
Street also the water so as those projects are starting then we start spending more money from the test fund and so the most important thing is that this point for the five months and the
one month end in February 28 2025 the city has generated $3 million more than its expenses I have one what is the reserve sitting at right now so the reserves are sitting
at F it's at 5, 576,000 okay but what percentage 23 23.6% to that point uh the governmental funds the requirement is 15.7% so we are exceeding the
recommendations okay um on the on the betterplace pl plan um piece where um we talked about it before where the city is the county and we generate more fun
portion that we get I don't think representative of the fund I know they had this guess sometime and we try to go back but
um look at that and see how because we generate quite a bit here in the city of but all it goes I will look into that I know exactly what you were referring to the S attx okay okay thank you any additional
questions Miss count I do have a question was the street light study removed from the agend for the report oh that's supposed toay I had yeah it's on the agenda is on the agenda yes okay but
not this SE um so either Chief sh or assistant chief no it's not this ver it was under you yes there's a presentation good even guys um so we
this is our second update for the study we did a couple ago I one thing to be aware of is when we're dealing with the FPL C so we'll get into into that one once we
get further into into this um but toate you guys we have completed the Staffing study um [Music] City one St johen [Music] options so one we identified in zone one
32 High Time areas now what the different time to so repe that's what we're identifying for our cost areas and then low areas are just when we're driving through at night a t area even though it's of
5,000 it's bu so we identified all of those in zone one we have 32 32 areas that we Rec Bas they recomended that we go with a light called an
atv2 which is which we provide 33,000 the know is that the high primary B recommendation for the 33,000 176 a lot is is step for us would be to obtain a analysis
they where play is there's life expectancy on the current bus that we have and most those have only been up [Music] for areas that we have identified addresses as well as poll
numbers because every poll has a specific number and on that the second point would be to obtain approval for the replacement of the light based on and that takes Mons
police brakes just thank him for that comprehensive this excellent excellent report thank you open comment please Lim your public comment please be respectful and
a difference with SC treated they that address and I question last water
andage already on that proper you property around but not but it's already and you have it's up to you yeah I want I want to
know my we are in public comment we the public resp you ask all question oh yeah excuse me this is not a give and take please just finish your public why you all let do that I want to ask you ni why every
time I because com you do I show first thing do and lock him up but when y'all disrespect me I got to that's right question you was gonna ask a question no thank
you comment commission staff good lers 207 North 18 Street Florida thank you and first say welome to P manager yes sir thank you I a lot
to talk about but I found solutions to it by listen to to about with him thank thank you thank
you you just blew his P up too big now is there anybody else have a public comment say post public comment we can move on to commissioner response yes um
Miss West well before Miss West I'm I'm just going to say something that um Mr Clark have made several attempts to reach me to schedu their appointment you like to address the I will I didn't
yes so um basically Mr clock raed concernment or lack of involvement with the I changed any of my LLC names I personally have you can look this up on some have two Lemon Street Market
American child LC from my pocket downtown and Roberta El Tre for my state never changed those names they have been that way since prior to me becoming mayor I have no involvement with the any
Financial way or any way possible with swap of the center um honestly I don't even use this list for a closing attorney for Real Estate so I have had no involvement in any way and gain financially in any way um just
CL de offensive thank you okay thank you move on to the I'm sorry I do need um the director planning um has requested that 6 a be mov
cons and was request by the applicant to through okay 11 he want from and put on a future I just it was yeah you're right it's on the public hearing
items we haven't G active go back um we have a motion I make a motion that we subject in agenda excluding items a which will be mov yes H and I
okay thank you yes it's conversation church service program to try to at least a couple office spaces at J and our Workshop we had uh last Monday Tuesday yeah we
discussed this again in detail uh we have a slide actually for this item 6 you got pull can yeah us of knowled that IED
in Chambers and we had technical difficulties I did not interact as question that I had about the particular here's here's the question that I have
and I didn't where did we get the cost destination inir leing spaces to EXC
nonprofits at rate of $9 sare foot um and there's several questions that I have that was not addressed in this lease that I saw in this package maybe
address um this is that there will be three office in the Jin correct monthly at $300
each which to three offices at $900 amre so far yes plus a conference center at in which is an additional $400 BR grand total
$1,300 grand total three offices in and9 per square foot that right there is not at $9 square foot that is actually uh recation but the leas they came from is
what they was paying that so we tried to find somewh to keep it make that around about $800 that that right there that's that part of the region need church I mean service
soy to find the actual charge $300 per per okay so we also because miss m West actually kind of gave us a quote gave me a quote
the other day on facility leases that we have already in place if for one facility for a day one day some of our facilities cost $100 per day this Le make sense for
$300 for space for T 30 days for 300 so so all in essence you could at least if I want at least let's say price Mar
for that's $300 I'm just using around numbers I think it's more than that it's $300 for three days but we're going to actually at least square footage of a office for 30 days for $300 three days
30 a lot you break it down like speaking to the business Community have purchased buildings for leas for profit so we're competing they cannot comp with
that that type of Break um to least their office space so we have I think we should be considered that because that's not what we're in the business doing in addition to
that what ility is there utility split everything would be inside at $300 $1,300 a month so they get free lights free water and free internet which is costly
on that side of the building would be a they would have to get their internet we don't have Internet on that side of building but we can look at this again again I part of the thing was bringing a service to for theice that's here for the guidance you
got guidance but at the end of the day either you want us to bring Services toity or you want to bring proper I I I feel we discuss before service
soes people speak are M RO with a lot of traffic that's going to bring people to it TR space space so but again we're not in the business to make money the city we need to offset some of our cost no
argument about that but we here to provide services to and sounds we have discussion again uh fellow Commissioners and director I tried to attend the meeting I didn't hear these points and I have
portion and rather it it may hit a source part but I want the answers and I want to bring it out to the public what we're doing so we would know because it's nothing like better than understanding because when I get phone calls I don't you get them I guess you don't when someone is asking for the
same thing so we as as we as we make it clear right here today when someone else come and ask for the same police agreement that we're able to accommodate that's all I'm saying and and that's fair across the board it's not going to
be a well uh it's an exception it's no exception this is what we doing we're going to do it and you need to look at how we are leasing our other buildings you know uh so I just want to make that's it matters to me because
we're talking about taxpayers dollars now in not leaste is that tax included on that or not I just want this is a this is a question this is a question say it least I is it there's $300 a month per room
and $400 for the conference room uh and it's for Community for organizations that brings the service or need to community want to rent it just office space then we
situation come there and give a to the to the state talk to you about the need to the and if yall feel that whoever comes in there may
I go ahead I I I think one of the points that we as staff did not pick up based upon the recommendation that we received from the workshop and just realizing it now you all did it seemed like you did
agree to that 9 Square Fe however I think what we neglected to do was something that says okay we apply that it's
actually complicated that active's rights we have an secut um been able to delay their occupancy of the space because of construction renovation that is going on but they were supposed to actually take
occupancy back into so if decision to not honor a fully executed um so this this one is a bit of an anomaly um but it was amount have a binding contract and given
that we do have the binding contract I still and under this city manager I still want us to adhere to whatever recommendations we've got that now all it comes to the 1800 as Mr cartright is
saying then we should put something there say because of the services being brought to the community we bring it down to that 1300 but if we have the executed thing there's nothing I guess
we can do but go ahead well commissioner just I'm a motion so go ahead discussion after have discussion go ahead ahead I move we adopt resolution 2025
r-44 we have a motion second commissioner B yes my my comment was uh just following up with uy West what she said about the contract was in forced back in December was that something that
we had already voted on already I would need to take a look at how that was entered into commissioner but that was the rate that was agreed to by Episcopalian children's services and the former city manager and we do have an executed lease by I hear what you're
saying about an executed lease but there's no seated manager that can do that on their own without any movement that's day to day yes Yes actually the city manager can property yes yes okay well uh well we we
need to really look at that because if we got individuals who can enter into an agreement without Commission appr that's that's that's a problem we got we got we got
a actually at the meeting I brought that up at the meeting because I wanted to make sure that the direction we gave us to cut right would not come back to this point today so I asked if we could make a that we could because we were in a
workshop and then I specified that we are allowing the day-to-day operation to be done by the city manager and our department head so I don't want it to get miscon this was all cleared and said at the meeting understanding that you
were not able to attend the meeting but we left that meeting with clear Direction because I wanted to make sure that Mr cut walked away that had sound advice as to what we can do to this forward so that's on the record that's
public record so we are not doing anything and plus the conversations about a pistol this is not a new conversation come up before multi times as well as other individuals haveed in the reason I originally called for the
workshop was because Mr CL was being met with different we of his time with city of that he of what he has the perimet to do with
as legislator that is falling into the operation that we have if we want to create a policy then we create policy but still when it comes down to certain things I think there's a thin line between what
we can do as elected officials and what we do and one of those things that again it was commissioner well I don't know what where the conversation was going my question was the fact that I heard a
contract was entered into back in December I don't know all the rest of the offboarding conversation was going with that my question was the contract that was exed by um Mr B during December
that was nothing to do with what we've already Jones commission go ahead I have an answer to that question because you're saying about the contract is already
evident so why are we here this contract is already have been entered into legally we can't get out of a contract so why is Mr cut Mak some presentation on a contract that's already been
executed we shouldn't be taking action we should not be taking action this was a topic for discussion at the workshop yes and guidance was sought from the commission we did feel that it was prudent uh given that did make a presentation work to
address this but we are ining contract so at this point we have a motion in a second you're moving on mayor without questions so I said the question is why commissioner K saying day-to-day
operations it's day-to-day operations if if that is going to be the protocol or or what we decide from now on any contract between City and uh C up like if they want to rent a
lease agreement that should go to department head or the city manager city manager have final State we need go ahead like M why we waste time and bring it into the meeting uh is that what we're going to do that's a pleasure of this commission it me that
um I wanted to bring forth question that been asked to me so if constituents ask me a question about lease agreements I'm going to bring it up here as houd as you may be of hearing it and how many times it's been up here if they want Clarity I'm bring the point of clarity from this
guidance so uh we're up here and if person have come to this meeting to hear a point be made or an explanation that's what we're going to give them and again C the attorney it would be nice to know these things if we sitting up here and
two Commissioners didn't know that it had been a lease agreement already just well three didn't know that at lease had been executed uh maybe these questions wouldn't be asking we would look it wouldn't be such a disconnect so that would important to know this is not
going against this is going against what I was told when I heard the $9 first fo and then I come back today $4 person fo how we numers so all of that is going to come back and one form of B to us when
someone else come asking for that same so are we be consistent and have a same process and services and services whether they are doing a concession stand for a ball team and they want to they want to have rights to the concession but whatever may come up we
need to have protocol and sop standard operation procedures of going forward versus it depends on who it is depends on what service depends on who like organization or not okay so that's what I'm asking I think commissioner B asking
Val question without us KN so for for a little context here the whole reason why this is in front of you is because you just had a workshop on Jenkins specifically not regarding any other basis talking
about so talking about J because it was the subject of from episcop come here and that she was flexible the number of office spaces that they would be willing to take on
they could go as low as two they are in a desperate situation right now they do not have a home they are basically homeless as counted on into Dr much but construction so the whole just for
context is here because of the workshop and guidance was the commissioner value that guidance moving forward for other commissioner yes I want to go ahead and get moving so we can get this behind us but I think I'm voting on this
because it's not something that's in my purview to vote on so I have a a wasted vote so I can't vote on anything that I don't have no uh uh it's not something that is in my wheelhouse so there's no sense of me
voting on what we have a first a motion and the second voting is not optional unless there is a reason to recuse yourself that you're going to gain are you legally are you legally uh are you legally binded to vote on what divorce
if it's not in your question W yes unless you have a a conflict where you have to to recuse yourself from the vote you must vote and FC just did a webinar last
yes well I understand but help me help me understand the things for you said that we have the student manager has the freedom latitude to do the contract but you're putting for a
commission to vote on what what the commiss would have designer no you you have that option I'll have to deal with it on the tail end in terms of a breach and negotiating different terms with Episcopalian Children's Services
but if that's your prerogative that that is what I want to clean up on the side I understand it but what I'm saying is it's just it doesn't make sense and I Circle back around to it because it don't make sense anybody El want with that I'm going to open the
public comment comment all in favor any pleas yes yes N N I don't have no voice
on yes 2027 is requesting theing of the new town Museum and cultural be approve so I'm my question is maybe it was discussed before as well is that change the name Jenkins Center or just a
part or portion or something that is just a P that is just the museum portion of J inside the square footage that you see on the slid appro that would be that be the name that area right there's no need to pull that I
mean I just want to know yeah we we still gonna have a a community involvement to kind of get a name for the J facility as a whole but the mwn museum yeah no need for
that thank you go ahead commission Davis I move that we adopt resolution 2025 r-47 have a motion a second is anybody here for public comment St public comment all in favor any thank you
no we said no just went to the Okay we taking a break no no not you talk to um so as we to the old starting to bad
some some of it we're just at a point where we lay some direction of whether we'd like to Ren back to how it works or we like to she's working on moved over to Mr coverage
but WRA up so that would be new from Tye there's so many differentes colors andu that we choose from more knowe couple the other P so we're this we did put in the budget
for this year change andair all the equipments to get us back spe now talking Park stuff in andish the last just
that ASU I think you know there's there's the swing set will have accessibility add lar also have ACC but we're not okay the
zip M popular with you can take everything leave that zipline oh right okay any further questions okay moving forward thanks thank
you app that is um yes FD has the project off the kill the turn on kill that takes off into the city on coming that remove that um no but that would be great introduce
yourself I'm Justin Pro engineer Pro manager engineer to do let me start tell what we're do we going to basically take the curs down
intersection we started this project back in November 2023 concept to July 2024 com so basically what we're looking at is when we close down the
intersection we're looking at maintaining traffic while we do that we originally looked at he traffic on state 20 keeping two lanes open while we do that um it didn't work because we'd have to go down two 10 foot lanes and with the there we have some concerns about
safety issues so weing the detour so the detour planing is basically 13 street street effectively stairs
13 while we do the work um B to do this going logistically all the trucks that down that c that train be on road we know that they
are get to turn that L you get on 13 I mean he said they turn on 13th Street yeah is that enough clearance in in there 13 TRS are not supposed to
be we putes along the cures that basically give people the aess there's Cur okay yeah we know it's I'm just concerned about that right that turning on South
13 is it's going to be it's not good have a problem from3 cross 19 from 20 Crossing 19 or coming 19 North Mak making the
TR we just cated that last we celebrated that so now we traffic down that same area that's turn right but they getting people from yeah
my concern more safy for resents here it's it's more safety for our resident and then we're we just came talking about how our road such
State we we just put money back last year a million start doing our infrastructure so to to send these BS already rating Road it's going to further deteriorate what we currently
have we just talk about that last three days yes sir I understand your concern and safety yes sir I understand that um I think you're kind of stuck I solution to do
this yeah running yeah we want the traffic just like here here's my point you just now you closing off um from CRE when you get to cre and N you're closing out so they can't go
through the South historic district but now now you're rerouting you sending them up on South 13th and you're sending them across read and so that's my problem
yeah so in my opinion they should go further up so that they can be on a a road that the truck be oning off one are off you're going to CL they can't go in the neighborhood but then they still
going to go through a neighborhood a little bit further up West that's my that's my customer yes sir thank you and I don't know there another Sol so you said The Detour will be longer do are you under some obligation
to create shter detours make it as short as possible because we obviously do not like theour this is just speci how long do you estimate the project take yeah the time of project yes estim
construction will take 50 days that WEA days so I'm I'm I'm agreement with commission Borum I mean we're we're begging for money to fix our re and and I agree you know from one neighborhood
to another neighbor I almost want to say yeah and let the first and maybe tell his buddies don't come because it's too tight take the risk because I don't see because I understand that's the
least of my at Time scho 1 Street on both sides of the road that's my concern with the through traffic and
similar trucks then it's something just bound to happen and if we can prevent it from happening we don't want something to happen and then we look into it and I think that's where the concern again the r is least that's one but I want to make sure that it was
taken consideration espe once you make that left off of cre the whole just about right side once you pass all the city stuff they are they have kids that are outside at time or
two care less about the roads at that point I that stretch but I know how everything you've done and everything you tried was still getting as many or more it just doesn't seem to alleviate the issue because I think they're cutting through
to get to St John St Augustin then GPS may some more spe but um I don't know how we can do anything about that that's the problem the problem is still the trucks and people speak and trucks coming through where they don't belong
into I sorry I yes one minute Mr give me a minute please yes I don't have any other thought I know we're just the GPS like um getting Google and GPS program to redirect the that has
sucessful okay the commission obviously has overall concerns about the speed which for and just another you know alternative everybody where we send
everybody from 19 around solution soltion solution maybe you have law enforcement if you out then get get around to put say hey bro worke then DET the sound like a logical explanation to
me something simp to do yeah know people Sugg been I think that's going to be safe at all that's Commission 1 Street St
I agree concerns of and issu okay any questions appreciate you for taking into consideration thank you CH Allegra kitchens are FL for Florida
two points or several points actually first of all at the last meeting where the city commission discussed this and deal even need their presentation not the previous Workshop the last meeting Mr the late Robert Leon was standing up to make a comment because mron is brother Larry be was against this and Robert be was against it but no public
comment was asked for so he wasn't allowed to speak and he left and then truck the is not car there's a dayer car ser thank
you comment okay D discuss from yes uh normally uh the blue crab organization respons well I just say my PE um G
miss the fund we had requested and it was all includ all prior all PRI crabs and initi and for 50 gave her a 50 yes then she uh initially
requested for 75 and we settled on 50 and we had the fireworks no problem now she has bumped it up from not only 75 now she got another 38,000 so now she got a
98 $88,000 contract and we don't have no firworks and now you're asking the city to add on an additional 12,000 I gota say no I'm say no to it
and and I think the money is for the city services that we did agree I to clarify it that the 38,000 is the services money that has to be paid in the event in the put on an event
normally pay for so that's not that's not lick on the pig it's still Pig yes thank you commissioner G I move that we do not have City paid for fireworks at the 2025 Blue Crab
Festival a second we a discussion I don't want this is where I'm St I'm but it's come campaign that we possibly can take into consideration to
get members of our community to see if we can make this happen which is a major part of Festival I agree with all that we have expended that not being at the cost of
the city but I wanted to take consider the ability to have outside orations help this and one of the first ones to my commission I mean commissioner organizations thank you we have a motion
a second not to have City p s may I have Clarity please uh commissioner if you could allow pleas tell me how much special if weow the community to come inever is take
consideration yes thank you what was [Music] originally sorry hearing 202 property St joh singal motion to approve okay we have a motion
second we have a motion to Second anybody have a public comment comment all in favor any opposition thank you any anybody here for public comment on this item say comment all in favor I any
opposition thank you ordinance 20253 annexation of property 16 corporate of the city of reading any discuss
questions motion second anybody for public comment on this item comment all in favor to approve motion to approve in favor thank you 24-8 resing property located Place
subdivision okay okay approve second well anybody have public comment on this one close public comment all in favor say I I any opposition two three um three in fav on
to F 20251 school zone fraction second reading motion to approve comment all in favor any opposition thank you one
2026 yes can pull the slides please that's the one that was pulling I think you ought have a letter on that yeah 9 yes we not yet not yet not okay what is the letter
say yeah it's the same address the same address So Different Here is hi J it looks like hi J and yeah but jeez so G and there was a request to pull
them by the applic sorry why he just we just it well it's requesting to continue thisa yes I'll make a motion that we
uh M Madam Esquire should we table or because I there certain parts of certain things that right if you if you continue they're not going to have to read advertise so there's a benefit to continuing I make a motion that we
continue items G8 and I to our next anyos thank you yes this is a request for annexation for the purpose of uh obtaining City Water Services a s
home anation specified for statute yeah okay questions but I comment in a quick question please is there a requirement that the applic is at both readings we're going to be out of the
fun because month a so fine with the first okay all right very good so we just continue normally yes yes you will be after this thank you um thank you that is
correct it's a safe property it's the first one and the only being this future language amendment is a small scale plan Amendment okay do have a public comment on this item comment all in
favor opposition thank R1 yes anybody comment comment in favor M yes uh like you mentioned this a request to
change the feature line use stimulation and also to Res the property the is ask to to because tends to build Nu on the property and the current does not
allow 0.39 this request was considered by the planning board of February 4th and then March 4th for this approval of both meets the requirement for that
approval and then and okay does any have any questions of the applicant no I apologize he's not here he's not here okay he was here he was I do have a comment yeah go ahead
commissioner um I don't have a question on that particular thing but I do have a comment about PE our annexation and um we talk to managers looking at a comprehensive way
of bringing people people who are just that you know it's jagging and having to provide PL and fire and additional services to those areas we bringing people
in what I'm to ask for is I like to see and also uh all we to see everything that we're looking at and how things are coming in so that we look at ways to
start to bring people into instead of being spot right so that so that it's more continuous absolutely yeah we we're putting more stress on our law enforcement and firefighters you know for these
so we got more point is this property contiguous this property isn't within the city's talking about there is tool in the foreign statute right for what you you
proposing isba is ADV agreement which is plan between between the city and count right it has to be initiated by the
city the applicant is here now do we have any questions of the applicant I don't have a question would you like to come up please your name little out of breath nice to meet you um city of
residence please City residence St Augustine Florida okay thank you I interested in resoning this parcel and provided two renderings
potential models that thank you any questions well thank you for providing the renderings because my question was going to be would the duplex fit into the existing aesthetic of the neighborhood yes' certainly I would like
to maintain the aesthetic as much as possible and that's why I provided the two renderings to to honestly ask the commission between the two which they there two different staff yes
yes have they they're both very nice any neighborhood we appreciate thank you the VIS are always helpful thank you for provid I don't think we have any further questions do you have any further
questions not for this applicant but for planning direct after this yes ma it's all almost to uh I had notes about the annexation and one my questions
are are we or can we look into being partials receiving city services for those services without and I was asked this question
service reason they have to be tax sure with the city already but office well if it we've got finish this process first did we we didn't we didn't we've
got finish okay so my motion to approve ordinance last 25 257 I'm sorry come I'm sorry kit Florida and I spoke at the planning board on this I have no problem with the duplex what I have a problem
with this what city commission have had a problem with since it least 1987 and that's what we call spot zoning while it may not the legal spot zoning this is anal changing one
small that's R2 is Medi is so that any other neighborhood some come in medium or large density project one lot right I
live and happens in my neighborhood I really don't want to have expensive thank you thank you we have a motion a second I got a question with that being said you that's a good point and that's when we we see this it is a duplex and
if it's in that's why I say I like to see the the comprehensive plan or of the zoning whenever we have stuff like that so we know um if we're mixing something else in and um for Commissioners
spoke it brought to my attention in terms of like spot that's what I'm trying to with the ja annexation and that's we got only the annexation right this is not an
annexation though and it's not this this is the city you know there's there's no the spot zoning is the spot zoning this is not a spot zoning that's what def on plus the area is a mix is a mix use area okay if you know have
commercial down to right across the street the guard National Guard okay I think my estimation that uh putting a duplex will actually improve the neighborhood okay fit you know with
what is surrounding to it this is not a well defedis okay that would have been totally different very established established resal neighborhood and I would agree that the
our two and there a couple of multif families at the start of T pror to getting toie same side of road it is a mix yeah and that's why I like to kind of see see it on the map kind of know
what's close around so yeah motion second all in favor I any opposition thank You2 first so it's the same property that's correct do we have
questions have a motion to Second anybody have a comment on this this kitens I won't repeat what I what I previously said about it but I do have a problem with M family being in single family whether you call it call it the
still was 1979 and loing thank you thank you well all in favor we got more item one more yes commissioner this is a request for
this is a final plat of second anybody have a public comment on this comment all in favor any opposition everybody has to vote please comments I just have one I just
have one quick comment and I know we spoke to it but I just got a few Communications between this meeting and our last meeting with regards to our sound as it is being and and visual
um sound people arey proceed consider and we did does anybody else have any comments I I
since I would like to actually get the blessing of the commission to actually look into have the city manager look into uh as we talk from project um to see if there is a way that
we can actuallyy just want to City or city water store but do not want to we we do have that already in place connection conne
right that's that's her charge yeah that's so again so my question so you answer you kind of answer my question but you're not yes sir so I know that what's in place is the agreement says that you get it but if in fact it comes
close or it's available they must they must actually right it does talking about not annexing and receiving okay I will pursue that and we'll come back with the report
that's I want to know and I hope that the commission is friendly to that because it goes back to commissioner bour we have we have areas in the Rolling Hill area and we going this lighting project well they're some some people that that's in the county is
going to benefit from lighting it up it would actually benefit you know try to get those folks be double tax but I think people would
dou so we will follow up with thank you have that than anybody else have any comments yeah I had a couple here um just want to let everybody know over the past week we've had a a lot of uh visits to different
places tour so I've been to Tallahassee we went to County days uh had some very fruitful um meetings withi ways you know just a combination of
things that we've been working on R CID never missed meeting there since Bobby pay been there for about seven years and so um that's where you go you showcase your city u in this case City herea we are
the blue crb as well as the bass capital of the world that's what we did we brought we took our stuff up there and we show showcased the county was there as well so we got about 30 30 um small rural counties throughout the state make
up quite a bit of uh the GDP for the area for the state um so make contact with a a couple of uh people there a mar water and S they had like a system that
they would allow for you did locate U water line braks and different things of that nature so I got a couple cards I like to pass on to St we can make connection with that they supposed to be reaching out or what have you so make if
you want get get all of these taken care of so we had some fruitful conversation with a lot of other rural County individuals who showcase their thing some people bring in their strawberries they have different different things
that they bring to the um count so that was very I have been um elected to the going to Leal City's board of directors uh got um appointed to that board
On th Thursday Wednesday yesterday morning so got elected to that board that oversees the overall Bo Leal cities and all of your operations and budgets and all that so uh as part
of that coming out of that meeting we have five uh scholar ships that's available to uh individuals who are pursuing Bachelors Masters
PhD um it's called Public Service Pathways scholarship it was5 $5,000 um schs that's available and I've turned that over to you Miss cardi so you can put that in the record and um
can share that have we put that out and make sure that we get this this money to people who are truly deserving and that we want to make sure that plam County represent very well in in that regard um
they also highlighted and show that N I have it FL City president's initiative okay so basically a lot people don't know yeah a lot of people don't know they know the president they know the governor but they don't know
locally elected official and so that right there is kind of help our life control what we do every day we touch people's lives every day um last but not least they also have um funding available the ru um Renaissance which is
a $50 million initiative uh that the uh senators are pushing very hard for for Rural counties uh and they also have like another million dollars that's available for Rural counties who have uh
started to lose population so there's another million dollars on top of that so that's what uh I've kind of been blessed with last last not least but we're gonna um we got we're gonna take about 40 uh students to do the magic
game on April 8th uh coming up and we're going to have about 10 chaperon that we're going to be taking now to this is our uh seventh year we did five years in with the magic and we did two years with
the jagar so that's the experience uh that we are in wey to have with these young people that sometime never leave butam County so uh that's what I have to pres now if anybody want to give a th000 we got about
$1,200 that we normally um provide to the students um across the board we give about 2025 per student last year um Mr Bell graciously his father gave um $1,000 Y and um all the funds that were
not encumbered I returned them and I had um a young lady who who who did the uh she was my Treasurer so and she handled the money what I we to return that that's
all I and is that pal they going to the event no no no no we got the Pala High School okay High School SCH yeah okay that's what I was
asking is actually through P that's what I thought no this is not through P this is no come on come on we have well I let you answer but it's not
correct it's not this has been a venture that's uh been sponsored byr and Company of the high school and other that's out thank you thank you for the
qualification sir commissioner Davis do you have anything no I think um commissioner Bor it well for us we had a very productive trip to Tallahassee and it was a nice wrap up commissioner talk about we
[Music] did great what I will what I will say what I will say we have but very helpful to us that we were able to meet with legisl for the city and had
about eight me they were very very productive so I can tell you priori and we every and Alles for our city to be better support
when we St and and what did what did the legislator say that if you don't have any money basically don't come and money you're not if you're not contributing and again we have position the city to
being a very good place and so we want to continue that we have a dollar to give and they can match that's look got your money thank you I just real quickly want to say for those of you you know we went to Ru County days and it was a great support between
the city of politic and the county I want that relationship the same way put so I want us to reach out make sure that OPP to have a meeting with the county so that we can make sure that some of the
things or some of the meetings that we've had that we all can be on the same page as we go to tah and we're present the differ of but represent each other as a whole and we have started that process that meeting have something
specific to focus on it have some outcomes from it that are time certain that have a Time Absol we to do and not we need to stop so we stop we to get but to Mayor we also had
we had things that we we we talked to them before talking that we we need to come back and revisit when one of them would be I won't be labor to point but one of them was to help SP have over services with so that's
something at least one thank you do we have a motion toour thank you now you leave