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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING AND ASK TROY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
>> 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.
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
>> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR NANCY SYKES
[5. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]
>> COMMISSIONER PAUL WALDRON. >> HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER WICKS. >> HERE.
>> THANK YOU, KATHY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> SO MOVED.
>> ALL IN FAVOR? APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE
[7. ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS ]
PUBLIC COMMENT NOT HAVING TO DO WITH ANY AGENDA ITEMS. GOOD. ARTS AND CULTURE.
CHRISTINA, WHAT YOU HAVE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHERE WE ARE APPROVING THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR THE ARTS CULTURAL AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM. I WANT TO START BY THINKING A STAFF. THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT POOL FROM THE AMOUNT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY ALMOST 400 OR ABOUT $100,000-450,000 AND THAT IS UP A GOOD BIT FROM LAST YEAR AND ALL THE RECIPIENTS ARE VERY HAPPY. WE HAD 23 APPLICATIONS AND THE REQUEST, TOTAL REQUEST WAS FOR 656,000 IN THE GRAND PANEL SCORED THE APPLICATIONS AND THEY WERE USING THE REVISED GRANT GUIDELINES THAT YOU APPROVED AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THOSE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED A MAXIMUM FUNDING AMOUNT BASED ON THE BUDGET OF AN ORGANIZATION OR THEIR EVENTS AND THEN BASED ON THEIR SCORE DEPENDING ON HOW HIGH THEY SCORE, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THAT REQUEST. ONCE WE APPLY THE PERCENTAGES AND COME UP WITH THE FUNDIN ELIGIBILITY THEN WE JUST PRORATE THAT AMONGST ALL THE APPLICANTS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF THE POOL THAT WE HAVE. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NEVER APPLIED BEFORE APPLIED THIS YEAR AND ARE RECEIVING NICE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AND SOME OF THEM ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE TDC DID RECOMMEND US WORKING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SUCH AS THE LINCOLNVILLE MUSEUM SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE YOU ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO 100% OF THEIR FUNDING REQUEST. THE SECOND SLIDE SHOWS THOUGH WHO SCORED A LITTLE LOWER AND WERE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO 85% OF THEIR REQUEST AND FINALLY, WE DID HAVE ONE APPLICANT WITH A SLIGHTLY LOWER SCORE WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 75% AND SO THE TOTAL FUNDING AGAIN WAS $450,000.
ONCE WE PRORATED THAT AMONGST ALL THE APPLICANTS YOU END UP WITH THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATION THAT IS IN THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THERE IS NOT A SUMMARY SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE GRAND TOTAL BUT IF WE APPROVE THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN AT ALL THREE LEVELS THAT COMES UP TO A TOTAL OF $450,000, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT POOL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
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THE PROCESS OR THE RECOMMENDATION?>> YES. JUST A QUESTION, MAYBE IT IS ON TEAR, BUT TO ASK ANY DETAIL ABOUT THESE GRANT RECIPIENTS BUT EAST ALLIANCE, IS THAT A NEW ONE?
>> SO YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW APPLICANTS, ACE ALLIANCE IS A NONPROFIT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE EVENTS THAT RAISED MONEY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
THEY HAD AN EVENT THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO COVID.
THEY PRODUCED AN EVENT THIS PAST YEAR CALLED THE AS IF 80S FESTIVAL THAT WAS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND DID RAISE A LOT OF MONEY. THEY ARE PLANNING TO PRODUCE A WHOLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND AGAIN THEY ARE A NONPROFIT AND THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR EVENTS CREATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
>> I ALSO SEE THE OPERATIVES ON HERE AND IN PARTICULAR HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE THEY, FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN SAYING, WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. APPARENTLY, THEY GOT ELIGIBLE AND I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD.
>> WELL, AND SEVERAL OTHERS IF YOUR WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT NOT APPLIED IN THE PAST FOR THIS TYPE OF GRANT, FRIENDS OF LINCOLNVILLE, ACCORD FREEDOM TRAIL, AMER EMMA CONCERT ASSOCIATION, SAINT AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION HAS NOT APPLIED FOR MANY YEARS AND SAINT AUGUSTINE BALLET, QUITE A FEW VERY WORTHY ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL RECEIVE FUNDING THIS YEAR.
>> AND ONE FINAL THING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE LINCOLN BILLING MUSEUM AND OUR CONCERNS IN THAT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU. >> WELL THEY WROTE A VERY GOOD APPLICATION AND SCORED VERY WELL.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THESE EVENTS-I'M BEHIND MY PUCKERED. ON THESE EVENTS LIKE THE AS IF FESTIVAL AND SOME OF THESE OTHER FESTIVALS IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THE AMOUNT OF OR AMOUNT OF YEARS THAT THEY CAN QUALIFY?
>> THERE IS. THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE GUIDELINES THIS PAST YEAR AND I APOLOGIZE AND I'M TALKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS.
I WILL SAY BASED ON THE WAY THE GRANT PANEL WENT THIS YEAR I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO REVISE THE GUIDELINES FURTHER AS IT APPLIES TO LARGE MUSIC EVENTS. THE PANELISTS HAD VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SCORED AND BASED ON THOSE INSTRUCTIONS THE SCORING PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOWER ON SOME OF THE LARGE MUSIC EVENTS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TWEAK TO HELP THE PANELISTS WITH THAT BECAUSE, IN SOME CASES, THE FUNDING FOR THOSE EVENTS MAY BE A LITTLE HIGH COMPARED TO THE LINCOLN.
>> AS A HOTEL HE OR I WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE THEY BRING IN MORE PEOPLE AND DANNY AM SURPRISED YOU WEREN'T AT THE COOLIO CONCERT. THE RAP ARTIST, I'M SURPRISED YOU WEREN'T THERE. BUT THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND THEY DID A GREAT EVENT BUT THAT BRINGS IN PEOPLE TO US SO I UNDERSTAND THE ARTS AND WE HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS BUT I AGREE THAT IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED BUT ONCE THEY ARE
SUSTAINABLE WHICH- >> EXACTLY, YES.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. HOW MANY ALLOCATIONS DID YOU RECEIVE AND HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT GET
FUNDING? >> THIS YEAR REESE RECEIVED 25 EVOCATIONS. TWO OF THE APPLICANTS WITHDREW THE REQUEST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE GRANT PANEL MATS BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY COULD NOT HOST THEIR ACTIVITIES DUE TO SOME COVID RESTRICTIONS. THEY HAD EVENTS COMING UP FAIRLY SOON AFTER THE APPLICATIONS WERE BEING REVIEWED BUT THE REST OF THE APPLICANTS ALL DID RECEIVE FUNDING OTHER THAN THOSE TWO.
>> NO OTHER COMMENTS I WILL MOVE OR EXCUSE ME.
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, CORRECT?
IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> OKAY I WILL MOVE THE
>> MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE FUNDING, THE, THE FUNDING AMOUNTS TO THE ENTITIES RECOMMENDED BY THE ARTS, CULTURE
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AND HERITAGE GRANT RECOMMENDATION AS PERTAINED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I THINK THE MATERIAL YOU PUT UP ON THE OVERHEAD IS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, THE SAME MATERIAL THAT IS IN T THE, IN THE AGENDA PACKET SO IT IS THE SAME, ALRIGHT SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION THEN.>> SO I JUST HAVE A POINT OF ORDER QUESTION.
MY OWN ORGANIZATION IS IN THIS LIST AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT GRANT AND NONE OF THAT FUNDING WILL COME OF COURSE, GO DIRECTLY TO ME BUT DO I STILL VOTE ON THIS PROPOSAL OR NOT?
>> YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A CONFLICT.
MY SENSE IS PROBABLY NOT HOWEVER,.
>> PROBABLY NOT? >> PROBABLY NOT BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION IN MAY CHOOSE TO AND THEN WE CAN FOR AN APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT AND TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE, LOOKED ON THAT. I WOULD NOTE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE PRETTY FAST BUT IT MIGHT BE HOPEFUL MAY BE LIKE A DAY AHEAD AT LEAST TO LET US KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT BE IN ISSUE. THANK YOU.
>> SURE. >> ALRIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I SECOND. >> SECOND AND WE CAN GO TO ROLL
>> YES. >> KATHY, JOE FINNIGAN IS ABSENT. KATHY FLEMING.
>> ABSTAIN. >> MICHAEL GORDON.
>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR NANCY SYKES KLEIN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER PAUL WALDRON.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER WICKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE I SIT DOWN I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT YOU EACH HAVE A COPY OF A CULTURAL GUIDE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AT YOUR SEAT AND THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IN YOUR PACKETS BUT GIVEN THE LONG AGENDA WE PROBABLY WON'T BE PRESENTING ARM OF THE REPORTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS A DRAFT AND THERE ARE SOME
[8. SPORTS TOURISM GRANT APPROVALS]
TWEAK THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO IT WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT THAT IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST SIX-NINE MONTHS AND INCLUDE SOME OF OUR NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOME NEW INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE CULTURAL ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY.>> THANK YOU. >> ALRIGHT, ON TO THE SPORTS TOURISM GRANT APPROVALS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE,
TODAY-TEDDY MAYER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION HERE TO PRESENT THE APPLICANTS FOR THE SPORTS TOURISM GRANTS.
FIRST ONE IS THE AJGA BILLY HORSCHEL EVENT AT THE APRIL MEETING, RAV, THE R A B APPROVED $7,500 FOR THE OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH THE 11TH EVENT AT THE FUNDING ALLOTMENT OF $7,500.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] VALLEY COURSE.
IT'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT IS LISTED IN THE PACKET AND IF THERE ARE ADAM ROGERS FROM THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION IS HERE AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> MR. CHAIR, OF COURSE, AS THE TDC NOSE BEFORE THE TDC VOTES ON ANY PARTICULAR ONE OF THESE THAT WE NEED TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT THE BOARD COULD CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA NUMBER EIGHT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ANY OF THE PROPOSALS AND KIND OF GET IT DONE IN ONE SHOT OR ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN HIT ON IT FOR EACH PARTICULAR REQUEST YOU COULD HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME.
LET'S PROCEED HOW YOU FIRST OFFERED IT THERE SO WE WILL GO THROUGH AND THEN ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT?
>> YES. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHAIR I THINK AT THIS TIME COULD JUST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY
OF THE, ANY OF THE ITEMS OR IF- >> IF I MAY WE WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND LET TEDDY CONTINUE TO PRESENT.
THERE IS A SLIDE FOR EACH OF THE BULLETS YEARS WE HAVE FOR GRANTS AND WE WILL DO THE SLIDE FOR EACH ONE AND THEN WE CAN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN YOU ALL CAN TAKE A VOTE.
IF YOU ARE CONCURRENT AND THERE SEEMS TO BE CONCURRENT WITH ALL
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OF THEM HE COULD PROBABLY JUST VOTE ONCE AND IF IT FEELS THAT WE NEED TO PULL ANY OUT THAN WE CAN PROCEED IN THAT WAY AS WELL.>> SO AGAIN, ONE VOTE IS ACCEPTABLE.
>> ONE VOTE IS ACCEPTABLE. >> I THINK WHAT SHE IS SAYING LET TEDDY GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THEN WE WILL DO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE TO DO IT THAT WAY. SO TO HAVE THEM PRESENT IT BY MR. MEYER ONE AT A TIME AND JUST HOLD OFF, I THINK, ON PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL ALL ARE PRESENTED AND THEN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH WOULD BE ON THE WHOLE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
AND THEN IF THERE IS A VOTE WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, IS IF THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL IN THAT IS SECONDED THE BOARD CAN VOTE ON THAT AND THAT WOULD APPROVE ALL SORT OF IN SYRIA ADAM, ALTOGETHER.
IF THERE IS EVEN ONE NO VOTE THAN THE TDC WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN BOAT ONE AT A TIME ON EACH PARTICULAR ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SECOND EVENT IS THE PERFECT GAME BASEBALL.
TWO SCHEDULED AND ONE IS OCTOBES NOVEMBER 7TH AND REC ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED FUNDING OF 15,000 AND OBVIOUSLY TO ALLOCATIONS OF 7500 AND THOSE ARE THREE DAY EVENTS AND TAKE PLACE PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHEAST, ORTHWEST AND THEN THE CENTRAL AREA IS A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.
THE NEXT EVENT IS THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FLORIDA GEORGIA PICKLEBALL CLASSIC AND THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF THIS EVENT OCTOBER 29 THROUGH THE 31ST AT TREATY PARK.
REC ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED FUNDING AT $8,000 AND AGAIN A THREE DAY EVENT WITH MORE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET AND AGENDA. IN THE LAST ONE IS AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, ORCA WAS THE PREVIOUS SPONSOR AND THERE IS A NEW ONE. IT IS THIS ONE SHOULD BE ENTITLED THE PX A G MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE SO WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT IS A 12 DAY EVENT FROM OCTOBER 25 THROUGH NOVEMBER 7 AND [INAUDIBLE] AT TE SLAMMER AND A SQUIRE GOLF COURSE AND THE REC ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED FUNDING AT $30,000. WE HAVE THREE OF THE FOUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN OR CANNOT ANSWER FROM THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION WE HAVE TONY CARTWRIGHT FROM THE PICKLEBALL GROUP AND THEN WE HAVE MIKE [INAUDIBLE] FROM PX G GOLF.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SHOULD WE CHANGE WHEN WE DO THE MOTION SHOULD WE DO IN ADDENDUM OR AMENDMENT TO THE PX G, IS A
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE PAPERWORK IS CLEAN RATHER THAN
INSANE ORCA. >> PX G SO JUST SO ORCA CAN'T COME BACK AND SAY YOU OWE US MONEY.
WE KNOW THE EVENT IS RUN BUT IT'S A SPONSORSHIP SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PX G AND I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION IF
ANYONE ELSE HAS A COMMENT. >> I HAVE A COMMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THE PGA DOES HIM EXCITED ABOUT THEM DOING A JUNIOR TOURNAMENT HERE SO THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK.
>> ANY GROWTH IN THE PICKLEBALL YEAR-OVER-YEAR?
>> I THINK GROWTH WELL THE TOURNAMENT FOR YEARS HAS GONE FROM 200 TO ABOUT FORM IN THE 15 AND THEY TURNED DOWN SEVERAL ADDITIONAL WAITING LISTS AND OCCUPANTS MAINLY BECAUSE THE FACILITY CAN ONLY HOLD THAT MANY WHEN YOU DO A THREE-DAY EVENT AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT IN THE T TREATY PARK AND ITSELF BECOMES 20 QUARTS OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL EIGHT WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVENTS AND THEY USUALLY HAVE TWO EVENTS A YEAR BUT THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF KIND OF KEEPING THE PARK USABLE FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT TREATY PARK HAS.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL NEED TO EXPAND IT.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, YEAH.
>> CAN YOU MOVE A DIFFERENT DIVISION OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] OR
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I KNOW WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE.>> WE DISCUSS THAT WITH A GROUP AND NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT THE CENTRAL LOCATION PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE DEPENDING ON GROWTH AND OTHER FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY-
>> TAKES AWAY FROM THE EVENT. >> YEAH, SINGULAR LOCATION.
>> ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION WITH THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE NAME OF PX G INSTEAD OF ORCA AND ACCEPT THESE IMITATIONS FROM THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT READY FOR A
VOTE [INAUDIBLE] >> ENTHUSIASTICALLY YES.
>> COMMISSIONER PAUL WALDRON. >> YES.
>> AND MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] >> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> CHAIRMAN COULD I SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK? WE LOST ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF
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THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, BUT WATSON WHO IS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR DECADES AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HISPRESENTATION, TARA. >> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THE CD SEE LAST MET IN JUNE AND THERE WERE A GOOD NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON WITH TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX AND BUDGET AND SO THIS I ITEM IS REALLY TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHAT OCCURRED SINCE JUNE AND CATCH EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO JUST AS A REMINDER THE TOURIST OF ELEMENT COUNSEL PREVIOUSLY TOOK UP THE POTENTIAL ACTION OF LOVING THE FIFTH CENT OF [INAUDIBLE] TAX AND THE TDC SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEVY THE FIFTH CENT EVENT TAX AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT SOME CHANGES BE MADE TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE TDC PUT FORTH A SUGGESTED ALLOCATION FOR THAT FIFTH CENT OF REVENUE AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID MEET BACK IN JULY AND THEY CHOSE TO LEVY THE FIFTH CENT BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 OF 2021 AND YEAR 22. THEY ACCEPTED ALL OF THE TDC'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TOURIST OF ELEMNT PLAN AND I WILL GO THROUGH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THOSE CHANGES BUT MOST NOTABLY THOSE CHANGES INCLUDED CONSOLIDATING BEACH EXPENDITURES OUT OF CATEGORY FIVE SO WE NOW HAVE A CATEGORY THREE OR AN REVISED CATEGORY THREE WHICH IS PRICKLY RECREATION LEADER SERVICES WITH NO ASSOCIATED BEACH EXPENDITURES AND WE HAD A CATEGORY FIVE WHICH USED TO BE CALLED TOURISM ASSETS AND WAS A VERY BROAD CAST OF THE NET AND THAT HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN NOW AND CALLED BEACH ASSETS AND IS STRUCK LEE FOR BEACH RELATED EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A FIFTH CENT ALLOCATION AS WELL.
SO, WHAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD AS WE JUST TOUCHED ON IS WE NOW HAVE A PLAN THAT STILL GIVES US FIVE CATEGORIES AND GIVE US FIVE CATEGORIES BEFORE IN CATEGORIES ONE AND TWO STAYED UNALTERED AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS BUT AT THIS POINT CATEGORY ONE IS DESTINATION MARKETING WE PAID FOR THE CONTRACT FOR PROMOTIONS OUT OF THERE.
CATEGORY TWO IS ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ARE PAID OUT OF CATEGORY TWO INCLUDING THE CULTURAL COUNCIL'S PROMOTION AND GRANT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AND THE ARTS CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANTS PROGRAM AND WE PROVIDE SOME FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE AMPHITHEATER FOR THEIR OPERATIONS AND WE ALSO FUND IN PART THE SING OUT LOUD FESTIVAL WHICH TAKES PLACE EACH YEAR IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
CATEGORY THREE IS LEISURE AND RECREATION.
THE TITLE OF THAT CATEGORY STAYED THE SAME HOWEVER, WE MADE SOME TWEAKS TO IT AND AS I MENTIONED WE DID PULL OUT ALL OF THE BEACH RELATED EXPENDITURES AND THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN THE CATEGORY AND WE PUT THEM IN CATEGORY FIVE AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AND THAT BURNT ORANGE COLOR ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE ADDED AND WE KIND OF CLARIFIED THAT THESE ITEMS WERE INCLUDED AND WE INCLUDED BOAT RAMPS SPECIFICALLY, SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH PEER SPECIFICALLY AND THE PARK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
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PROJECTS. AGAIN, THE LANGUAGE WAS A GROUP HERE WE WORDSMITH THAT LANGUAGE A BIT IN OUR TDC MEETINGS AND WAS ACCEPTED AS THE TDC PUT FORTH THE RECOMMENDATION.CATEGORY FOUR ADMIN AND SPECIAL USES THAT WAS MODIFIED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE SPECIFICALLY PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE AND THAT CAME OUT AS LARGELY AS PUBLIC FACILITIES LANGUAGES AND THAT IS HOW THAT IS WORDED.
IN CATEGORY FIVE AGAIN WE CHANGE THAT FROM TOURISM ASSETS TO BEACH ASSETS AND WE PULLED THE BEACH EXPENDITURES FROM LARGELY CATEGORY THREE AND PUT THEM HERE IN THIS CATEGORY.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE ALLOCATIONS FOR TDT.
THE FIRST ROW WITHIN FIVE NEW CATEGORY SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP ROW LISTS OUT THE CATEGORIES WITH THE NOTE HERE OF NO BEACH EXPENDITURES FOR CATEGORY THREE AND ONLY BEACH EXPENDITURES FOR CATEGORY FIVE. THE PREVIOUS TDT ALLOCATION, THAT FIRST RATE ROW, THAT IS THE PRIOR ALLOCATION ADJUSTED FOR THOSE CATEGORY CHANGES BETWEEN CATEGORY THREE AND CATEGORY FIVE WITH CONSOLIDATING BEACH EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE APPROVED ALLOCATION OF THE FIFTH CENT OF TDT THAT'S WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO PLACE .1 PENNIES IN CATEGORY ONE, .1P IN CATEGORY TWO, .4 PENNIES AND CATEGORY THREE WITH NO ADDITIONAL REVENUE PROVIDED TO CATEGORY FOUR AND .4 PENNIES TO CATEGORY FIVE AND SO THAT GIVES US OUR NEW TOTAL ALLOCATION AT THE BOTTOM, THE LAST ROW OF THE STABLE SO MOVING FORWARD WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IS A CATEGORY ONE WHICH RECEIVES A RECURRING ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF 1.6 PENNIES OF THE FIVE PENNIES THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR TDT .6 PENNIES GOES TO CATEGORY TWO, .6, .6 GOES TO CATEGORY THREE, .8 TO CATEGORY FOUR AND 1.4 TO CATEGORY FIVE.
JUST AS A NOTE TO MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE ARE ANTICIPATING OR ARE PROJECTING THAT EACH CENT OF TDT TAX WILL GENERATE $3 MILLION OF REVENUE DURING FISCAL YEAR 22.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? SO THE BOARD, THE TDC WAS DENTED AND BUDGET AND IT WAS, YOU ARE PRESENTED A BUDGET AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON A BUDGET THAT WAS DID NOT INCLUDE THE FIFTH CENT BECAUSE THE FIFTH CENT HAD NOT BEEN PASSED IN JUNE SO I PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT LIST OUT WHAT THE CHANGES FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE TDC TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH WHAT THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE. SO, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR THE BCB PRESENTED A FISCAL YEAR 22 PROMOTION PLAN TO THE TDC AND THAT TOTALED AN EXPENDITURE OF $4,442,000 AND AFTER THE REVIEW OF THAT PROMOTION PLAN THAT TDC DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION DURING THE JUNE MEETING TO REDUCE THAT $4,442,000 TO ALLOW FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE CULTURAL COUNCIL PLAN AND THE BOARD DID REVIEW THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THEIR LAST BUDGET MEETING AND THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE GOING FORWARD AT THE MOMENT WAS TENTATIVELY IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BUDGET TO BE APPROVED BY THEM LATER ON THIS MONTH IS A CONTRACTUAL00 FE BCB FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROMOTIONS. AND THAT SHOULD SAY FY 22 THERE.
MY APOLOGIES. THERE IS A TYPO.
IN THE VCB I WILL ASK THEM TO PRESENT TO THE TDC AND UPDATE, UPDATED PROMOTION PLAN THAT SHOWS THE THREE HAD A THOUSAND DOLLAR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE TO YOU ALL AT THE OCTOBER 18 MEETING. THE CULTURAL COUNCIL ORIGINALLY PRESENTED A PROMOTION PLAN TO THE TDC FOR $911,250 AND AGAIN THAT WAS DURING THE JUNE 21 MEETING AND THE TDC MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CULTURAL COUNCIL BE AWARDED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AT A CATEGORY ONE TO EXPAND THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AGAIN, THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND IT WAS NOT APPROVED SO, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LEVYING OF THE FIFTH CENT WE WILL SEE THE CULTURAL COUNCILS BUDGET WILL BE INCREASED FROM THAT $911,250 TO $1,096,250. AGAIN, THE CULTURAL COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO PRESENT TO THE TDC AN UPDATE ON THEIR PROMOTION PLAN LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THEY WILL SPEND THAT ADDITIONAL $185,000. THE ARTS CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANTS PROGRAM, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, WILL BE FUNDED AT
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FORM OF $50,000 FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS JUST MADE FOR THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED. CATEGORY TWO FUNDING, FORCING OUT LOUD, FOR THE SIGNATURE, FORCING ABOUT AND THE SIGNATURE EVENTS OF THE CULTURAL COUNCIL WILL BE WORKING ON WAS INCREASED TO $300,946,000 AND THIS SPORTS TOURISM PROGRAM WAS INCREASED FROM $265,500 TO $415,500 AND AGAIN THAT WAS A RESULT OF THAT LOVING OF THE FIFTH CENT AND THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT CAME FROM THAT. OR AS IN DISSIPATED TO COME FROM THAT. THE GRANT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THERE WAS ORIGINALLY A REQUEST FROM THE TDC TO PUT $25,000 INTO THAT PROGRAM FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS A RESULT OF LOVING THE FIFTH CENT THAT $25,000 WAS INCREASED TO $375,000.THE ARTIFICIAL REEF PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED FUNDING OF $150,000 AND WE HAVE ALSO ALLOCATED $600,000 FOR PARKING IMPROVEMENTS GOING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE: BALLFIELD, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO SOME SELECT PLAYGROUNDS IN THE AREA, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
AS A RESULT OF LETTING THE FIFTH CENT IN AN INITIAL HUNDRED $55,000 WAS ADDED FOR BOARDWALK MAINTENANCE FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WAS PLACED INTO CATEGORY FIVE FROM THE LEVYING OF THE FIFTH CENT IS JUST BEING HELD IN RESERVES FOR NEXT YEAR UNTIL A FUTURE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE FUNDS CAN ACTUALLY BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS IT. AND SO, THAT IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS KIND OF OCCURRED WITH THE FIFTH CENT IN WHAT THE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY
BE NEEDED. >> TARA, THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS FOR TARA. >> THE TWO ITEMS THAT STAND OUT ARE THE BIG JUMPS IN THE BOAT RAMPS.
IS THERE A CIP THAT IS, ARE WE REDOING A BOAT RAMP OR IS THAT JUST IN GENERAL? THEY ARE IN BAD SHAPE SO I KNOW
THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO VERY FAR. >> SO, SO THAT MONEY UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T GO FAR BUT A BIG CHUNK WILL GO TO THE LLANO AND THERE IS A CIP PROJECT FOR THAT.
THE REMAINDER OF THE DOLLARS WILL JUST GO TO THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AS IT COMES UP TO THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, BOAT RAMPS TAKE A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR AND IT IS A VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE, INTENSE FACILITY JUST FROM USE AND THEN JUST FROM WEATHER AND WATER SO A PORTION OF IT WILL JUST GO TO FIXING IT AS IT GOES BUT [INAUDIBLE] IS A PRIMARY
EXPENDITURE. >> I DON'T THINK VOTERS WANT TO BE OUT THERE AND A LOT OF THAT GOES INTO ONE LOCATION WITH THE CIP AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE 600,000 FOR PARKS AND I'M ASSUMING IS THAT, WE GOT TO BE CLOSE FOR DOING THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS AGAIN, IS THAT CIP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT?
>> THERE IS NOT ANY, THE SIX ON A THOUSAND IS LARGELY JUST REPAIRS AND IT IS NOT FOR ANY TYPE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE BALLFIELDS. THESE OTHER FIELDS ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. I THINK GOING FORWARD, GOING INTO, GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 23 I THINK WE WILL LIKELY START TO LOOK AT CAPITAL AND PERMIT PROJECTS AND PART OF THIS IS A TIMELINE WITH THE FIFTH CENT. OBVIOUS HE, WE HAVE APPLIED THAT OR WE APPROVED FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE THAT IN JULY TO TAKE EFFECT IN OCTOBER AND WE HAD A SHORT TURNAROUND TIME BUT PARK STAFF THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A PRETTY ROBUST LIST OF THINGS THAT JUST NEEDED TO BE FIXED AND WE ARE GOING WITH THIS YEARS FUNDS BUT LIKE I SAID I THINK GOING INTO FUTURE FISCAL YEARS WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE MORE WITH THE CIP PROCESS AND THEN GET SOMETHING CEMENTED TO THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR
CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING OF. >> THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS THAT JUMPED SO I WANTED EXCAVATION ON THE.
THANK YOU. >> TROY, JUST YOU KNOW WE DID GET A PERMIT FOR THE BOAT RAMP. [INAUDIBLE]
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TARA?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT REPORT AND I APPRECIATED IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN I WENT TO THE MATERIALS FOR TODAY AND AS A NEW PERSON AND I'M JUST LEARNING BUT IS THERE SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL REPORT THAT SHOWS THE VARIANCE YEAR TO YEAR ON THESE THINGS? I RECKON EYES THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS THE FIRST ONE WITH THE FIFTH CENT BUT DO YOU LOOK BACK AND CAN WE COMPARE YEAR-TO-YEAR HOW MANY IS BEING SPENT AND WHAT VARIANCES ARE HISTORY MIGHT BE FINANCIALLY?
>> YES, AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR THE TDC CONSIDERS THE BUDGET IN JUNE AND USUALLY JULY AND DURING THAT I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS A COMPARISON OF A PRIOR YEAR IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE PROJECTED YEAR WE ARE GOING FORWARD AND I ALWAYS BRING YOU A DRAFT BUDGET THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO COMMENT ON AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THAT THREE YEAR FIELD
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OF WHERE WE ARE GOING. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO THAT HERE FOR THESE TODAY HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE MOVED EXPENDITURES BECAUSE WE RESTRUCTURED THE CATEGORIES, IT GOT PRETTY CONFUSING AND WHEN I TRY TO JUST EXPLAIN IT TO MYSELF ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN I THOUGHT I'M RAMBLING AND MAKING NO SENSE WHY CHOSE TO GO THIS APPROACH INSTEAD BUT YEAH, USUALLY WE WILL GIVE YOU A SET OF SPREADSHEETS AND CERTAINLY IF YOU WANT WHAT I DO HAVE AND WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD IS TO SEPARATE SPREADSHEETS. WE HAVE THE ONES THAT I PREVIOUS HE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BEFORE AND THEN WE HAVE THE REVISED ONES THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND AGAIN IT GETS VERY WONKY WHEN YOU TRY TO COMPARE THE TWO BUT YOU CAN HAVE THEM AND FLIP BETWEEN THEM. [INAUDIBLE]>> IS THAT RIGHT? >> WE WILL SHARE IT ANNUALLY SO EACH YEAR WHEN WE BRING, SO WE FIRST BRING YOU ALL THE BUDGET IN JUNE AND THAT IS WHEN WE BRING YOU THE SPREADSHEET LAYOUT. AND CERTAINLY WE GIVE YOU MONTHLY IN YOUR BINDER THAT YOU HAVE AND WE GIVE YOU A MONTHLY REPORT OF FINANCIALS AND SO YOU GET EVERY TIME WE MEET YOU GET AN UPDATE REPORT ON THAT. WHICH HAS A NOTE ON THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT LOOKED AT YOUR JULY REPORT WHICH IS IN YOUR BINDER YOU SHOULD DEFTLY TAKE A LOOK. WE DID REALLY AWESOME AND AMAZING ON THAT TAX COLLECTIONS IN JULY.
WE ACTUALLY BEAT OUR PREVIOUS RECORD BY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SO PEOPLE WERE COMING HERE AND STAYING THE NIGHT AND SPENDING THEIR MONEY SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING.
>> AGREED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AGAIN, BACK TO SLIDE ONE WITH THE NEW CENT STARTS ON THE FIRST
[10. MONTHLY REPORTS PROVIDED IN PACKETS ]
[11. MEMBER COMMENTS]
OF OCTOBER, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TARA.
>> AND WE WORKED WITH THE TAX [INAUDIBLE] OFFICE AND WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND NOTIFY ALL THE ENTITIES WHO COLLECT THE TAX SO IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SORT OF INSTRUCTIONS IT SHOULD BE COMING YOUR WAY BY MAIL OR BY E-MAIL.
MONTHLY REPORTS ARE IN THE PACKETS AND MEMBER COMMENTS.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO.
>> SORRY, PATRICK DO HAVE A COMMENT?
>> WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE DONE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW
>> MR. CHAIR AND ALL THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS PATRICK MCCORMICK AND I THINK I KNOW MOST OF YOU.
I HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HERE AND MS. FLEMING, WELCOME.
LET ME SAY I SHOULD HAVE, IN ADVANCE, WORKED WITH YOU ON THE ISSUE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A MOMENT AGO BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY I'M THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL.
I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE IS SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO BE MADE AND DELIBERATING.
I KNOW ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY AND THE BEACH, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER WALDRON, THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ON OTHER ISSUES TO SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE.
NEXT TO ME I HAVE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY JIL LISA FERGUSON, NEW TO OUR OFFICE. IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT SHE WILL BE THE COUNSELOR, LEGAL COUNSEL TO THIS TDC AND I THINK SHE IS ALREADY GAINING AN APPRECIATION OF THE COMPLEXITY AND IMPORTANCE OF YOUR WORK SO MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. JILL LISA, WELCOME.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> YES, THANK YOU.
TARA, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EXPRESS THANKS TO YOU IN TO CHRISTINA ABOUT AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE HAVE MADE SOME TRANSITIONS AND HOW THE GRANTS ARE DONE AND I AM HEARING LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS AND I KNOW IT MUST'VE BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO
MAKE THOSE CHANGES BUT- >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
[12. NEXT MEETING DATE – October 18, 2021]
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXTEND MY PER
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