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          READY? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          I'M LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST, LET'S DO THE 
          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>   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. F0 >> MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL 
          PLEASE? >> TROY BLEVINS? 
          >> HERE. IRVING KASS. >> HERE. MAYOR RUMRELL? 
          [4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
          >> HERE. MAYOR NANCY SIKES-KLINE. 
          >> HERE. >> LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO 
          [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
          APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. >> NOW I'M LOOKING FOR APPROVAL 
          OF THE MINUTES? >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. >> GREAT. 
          >> PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANYTHING NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA? 
          [7. REVENUE ANALYSIS REPORT]
HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON. WE HAVE THE REVENUE ANALYSIS? OOPS. MAYBE. 
          >> HI I'M DENA MASTERS WITH THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT THIS IS AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, A FOLLOWUP TO THE DISCUSSION FROM OUR LAST MEETING. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED INCLUDES TABLES DETAILING REVENUE DATA OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS BROKEN DOWN BY ACCOMMODATION TYPE AND ZIP CODE. THIS IS INTENDED TO OFFER A CLEARER PICTURE OF REVENUE TRENDS AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. THE FIRST TABLE IS A TOTAL OF THE NET REVENUE BY FISCAL YEAR STARTING FROM OCTOBER FISCAL YEAR '18 AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE CURRENT MONTH OF FISCAL YEAR '25. THE NEXT SLIDE IS BY ZIP CODE. THAT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO EACH ZIP CODE FROM FISCAL YEAR '16 TO '24 TOP TABLE. BOTTOM TABLE SHOWS CURRENT YEAR TO DATE FOR FISCAL YEAR '25. AND THE LAST TABLE SHOWS THE ACCOMMODATIONS -- BY ACCOMMODATION TYPE, AND THE TOP TABLE IS FOR FISCAL YEAR '16 FLU FISCAL YEAR '24, AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS FOR FIST CALL YEAR '25 YEAR TO DATE. AND THESE ARE JUST SUBMITTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR 
          DISCUSSION IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> GREAT. ANYONE HAVE ANY 
          QUESTIONS ON THESE? >> JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. 
          WHERE I'M LOOKING AT CONDO THERE, IS THAT MOSTLY AIRBNBS? IS THERE A BREAK DOWN ON THE SPECIFIC? 
          >> THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN TO AIRBNBS. MOST ARE CAPTURED IN THE APARTMENT CATEGORY. THERE ARE SOME AIRBNBS 
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THAT COULD BE IN THE CONDO, BUT THEY ARE NOT BROKEN DOWN 
          ACCORDING TO THAT. >> I JUST WANTED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION WHERE I COULD FIND THAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> WHAT YEARS WERE THE TAXES INCREASED? DO WE HAVE THAT? 
          >> TO THE 5-CENTS? >> RIGHT. 
          >> IT TOOK PLACE IN OCTOBER FISCAL YEAR '21. 
          >> 
          2021. >> HOW ARE WE TRENDING COMPARED 
          TO THE YEARS PAST? >> THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE PERCENT TOTAL. THAT IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL, AND THEN IF YOU CAN GO BACK IN TO YOUR PACKET, UNDER THE REPORTS, THERE'S A TREND FOR PRIOR YEAR THAT GOES YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          >> DENA, DO YOU MIND GOING BACK A PAGE FOR ME? I DON'T HAVE A 
          BOOK HERE, SO I'M TRYING TO -- >> I HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE GO AHEAD AND AT SOME OTHER TABLE SOMEWHERE, SINCE I'M KIND OF NEW, PUT HOW MANY TDC DOLLARS WE SPEND PER AREA? 
          >> PER CATEGORY? >> THIS SAME CATEGORY, JUST TO 
          SEE THAT? >> YOU MEAN BY ZIP CODE, HOW THE 
          MONEY WAS SPENT? >> YEAH, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY HAS GONE UP AND 
          DONE BETTER AND WHAT AREA -- >> I'M GOING TO DEFER TO JESSE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN EASILY -- 
          >> YES, COMMISSIONER, GOOD AFTERNOON, JESSE DUNN DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. WE APPROPRIATE FUNDS BY CATEGORY. 
          THE COLLECTION CAN BE MONITORED BY ZIP CODE, BUT THE EXPENDITURE, CERTAINLY WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE SOME TIME TO BREAK IT DOWN TO SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE, BUT WE DON'T TRACK 
          THEM BY ZIP CODE CURRENTLY. >> I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD KNOW IF WE ARE DOING WELL IN ONE AREA, WE SPEND A LITTLE MORE MONEY THERE, OR VICE VERSA IF NOT DOING WELL, MAYBE WE SPEND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. JUST CURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. 
          >> IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, WE COULD DO A SOFT APPROACH TO THAT. I DON'T THINK WE COULD REALLY LOCK IT IN IN TERMS OF BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S APPROPRIATED EXPENSE BY CATEGORY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE AN APPROACH IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD. 
          >> IT GET AS LITTLE COMPLICATED IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOKED AT MARKETING. IF YOU'RE DOING INTERNET MARKETING, THAT EXPENSE, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT PONTE VEDRA OR ST. 
          AUGUSTINE BEACH OR HASTINGS OR DOWNTOWN, I THINK IT WOULD BE A PRETTY DETAILED THING. I THINK LOOKING AT THESE REPORTS AND SEES TRENDS, LIKE I SAW A TREND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE SEGMENT THAT IS GETTING CLOBBERED IS BED AND BREAKFAST. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER NEGATIVE NUMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF BED AND BREAKFAST HAVE SWITCHED THEIR BUSINESS MODELS INTO DOING MORE AIRBNBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU CAN'T REALLY ANSWER IT, BUT THE IDEA OF THESE REPORTS WERE TO CREATE QUESTIONS AND START DIGGING A COUPLE OF LEVELS DEEPER TO SEE IF THERE'S AREAS WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION OR NOT. YES, JESSE? 
          >> AND TO FOLLOW UP WITH MAYOR RUMRELL'S QUESTION, CURRENTLY I'M LOOKING KIND OF POLLING THE DIFFERENT BUDGETARY REPORT, AND AGAIN, YEAR TO DATE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, RIGHT? WE ARE COMING UP ON SOME OF THE OBVIOUSLY SUMMER MONTHS, BUT TRENDING RIGHT NOW ARE OR LITTLE LESS THAN 2.5% HIGHER TO DATE THAN LAST YEAR. WE WILL MONITOR THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE CERTAINLY AREN'T GOING TO JUMP ON THAT AND MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT JUST YEAR TO DATE ON THOSE. 
          >> I WANT PEOPLE HERE TO SEE WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN I THINK WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR. 
          >> THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE HOTEL NUMBERS, SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE ARE AT ALSO. WE ARE BETWEEN 2% AND 4%. THE REASON I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THIS PAGE, I COULDN'T SEE WHETHER OR NOT 
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IT WENT TO JUNE, BUT THE TREND FOR AREA ZONE 30284, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO TALKABOUT IT CONTINUE OR TODAY, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, SPIKED THERE FOR THE PERCENTAGES OF THE -- BUT I WAS HOPING TO SEE, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE NUMBERS OF JUNE AND JULY OF WHAT ANASTAYSIA ISLAND'S PERCENTAGE SHOULD INCREASE? I'M WONDERING WHAT THAT BALANCE WOULD BE AND THE NUMBERS COLLECTED. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IN DECEMBER, AREA CODE 32084, DOWNTOWN WENT TO ALMOST 50%. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A JUNE AND JULY ON THE PEAK POINTS FOR ANASTAYSIA ISLAND? THEY GET THE GOOD SNOW BIRD BOOST IN 
          FEBRUARY. >> WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AVAILABLE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THOSE AGAIN TO THE TDC, AND THAT COULD BE CERTAINLY A FOLLOWUP DISCUSSION 
          FOR THE NEXT MEETING. >> NO I JUST WOULD KIND OF -- I'M CURIOUS, LIKE, YOU KNOW F THAT FLOW BECAUSE WE SLOWED DOWNTOWN A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO WHAT DYLAN'S NEIGHBORHOOD IS 
          LOOKING LIKE. >> TROY F YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE FOR FISCAL YEAR '25, YOU CAN SEE THE BUMP. 32084 HAS GONE DOWN A BIT. BUT 32080 HAS GONE UP. IT'S STARTING TO CORRECT. THIS WE ARE ABOUT PEAK SEASON STARTING NOW IN ST. 
          AUGUSTINE BEACH. SPRING BREAK ON WE COLLECT OUR LION'S SHARE. 
          >> YOU WILL DO WELL WITH THE SNOW BIRDS AND SPRING BREAKERS. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE WHERE. I KNOW THERE'S A BOOST IN JUNE AND JULY. HOTELS ON THE BEACHES DO BETTER PERCENTAGE WISE DURING 
          [8. SPORTS TOURISM GRANT POLICY]
          THAT TIME. ALREADY, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON TO, I GUESS IT'S ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. SPORTS AND TOURISM 
          GRANT POLICY. >> THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE TO THE POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE SPORTS TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM. 
          DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION ON THE SPORTS TOURISM WORKSHOP HELD IN FEBRUARY. THE REVISIONS WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE RECREATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD AND MR. TEDDY MEYER IS HERE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH THE UPDATES AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY 
          HAVE. >> AFTERNOON, TEDDY MEYER, PARKS AND REC. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE MET WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FROM LAST PHASE, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND REVAMPING THE TERMS AND POLICY, WORKING WITH CULTURAL COUNCIL TO GET IN THE PORTAL SYSTEM, AND THIS IS JUST THE BY-PRODUCT OF THAT GETTING EVERYTHING ON PAPER AS A POLICY. YOU WILL NOTE UNDER APPLICATION REQUIREMENT, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE. THE BIG THING THE TDC ASKED FOR EVENT NAME MUST ONLY REPRESENT ST. JOHNS COUNTY IN ITS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. THE ONLY THING WE ADDED, WE CHANGED THE NEXT ONE, WHICH WOULD BE F, AND SO NOW INSTEAD OF THEM PROVING ANY MARKETING, WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT, WE -- WHEN THEY APPLY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE VIDEO FROM THE BCB. IT'S LIKE A 25 OR 30 SECONDS VIDEO EMBEDDED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND THE LOGO BEFORE THEY CAN REQUEST A GRANT. WE HAVE DONE IT ON THE FRONT END, AND WE WILL DO CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE BEFORE, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AFTER THAT. THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS THINGS YOU'RE USED TO, AND IT'S JUST ON OUR END, GETTING IT MORE AS A POLICY AND WRITTEN 
          FORM. >> CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          >> YES, SIR. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHICH I HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT, AND TROY AS WELL. HOTELS. 
          I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME GIVING MONEY TO FOLKS WHO ARE SPENDING THEIR HOTEL NIGHTS IN JACKSONVILLE OR SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PURPOSE OF THE TDC IS TO RECOLLECT THE ALLOCATION WE PUT OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOTEL THE PLACED IN THERE AS 
          WELL. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE POSTEVENT REQUIREMENT, E., THERE'S A ROOM NIGHT VERIFICATION REQUIRED ON THE POSTEVENT. THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, SO THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE POLICY BECAUSE OF THE WORKSHOP WE HAD OF 
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PUTTING IT IN THERE IN A POLICY SO THEY KNOW YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THIS AMOUNT OR THAT AMOUNT OF ROOMS. AFTER THE APPLICATION, THEY HAVE 60 DAYS, TURN IN ROOM REPORTS AND SURVEYS, AND THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THAT IN SPECIFICALLY. 
          >> THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS AS WELL, 
          CORRECT? >> GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, AND USING THAT INFORMATION ON THE NEXT APPLICATION. 
          >> I JUST DIDN'T SEE HOTEL SPECIFIC, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I'M A NO VOTE EVERY TIME IF THE HOTELS ARE NOT IN 
          ST. JOHNS COUNTY. >> YES? 
          >> THERE IF YOU'D LIKE. I THINK IT'S A GIVEN, BUT WE CAN ADD IT. 
          SUBMITTED MULTIPLE HOTELS, AND WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT. WE KNOW THE HOTELS AND HAVE THE INVENTORY, SO WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER THAT AN OPTION EVEN IF THEY SUBMIT IT. WE CAN ADD THE LANGUAGE IF YOU WANT, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 
          MA'AM, NO. SURE. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 
          >> I DO HAVE ONE THING. THERE WAS A GROUP THAT WAS IN -- IN YOUR LITTLE MEETING YOU HAD, AND THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE VIDEO TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND LOGOS S THAT GOING TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE? THEY HAVE CALLED ME TWICE NOW? IS THAT GOING TO BE 
          EASY TO FIND AND DO? >> OUR STAFF HAS THAT, AS A JPEG. WE WILL RELEASE THAT TO THEM. 
          >> I THINK IT SAYS BEFORE THEY APPLY. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND IT BEFORE THEY APPLY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE OR SOMEWHERE EASY TO FIND. 
          >> WHEN WE PUT THE E-MAILS OUT, WE HAVE THEM ON OUR MAILING LIST, AND WE WILL HAVE THEM BASICALLY RESPOND TO THE E-MAIL SO THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING THE RIGHT WAY. 
          >> AND YOU WILL SEND IS TO THEM? >> WE WILL PROVIDE WHAT THEY 
          NEED. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THROUGH THE CHAIR? >> YES. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP, AND WHERE YOU GUYS WENT AND WHERE YOU'RE AT, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARKS AND REC STAFF. YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB. IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH RECREATION ADVICERY BOARD CHAIR, AND I THINK THEY KIND OF GOT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH STUFF WITH THE RIVER CITY AND THOSE. I THINK WE WERE -- DID A GOOD JOB LIKE MAYOR RUMRELL WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THOSE THINGS. 
          I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE HEARD, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT, CONGRATULATIONS ON WHERE 
          YOU'RE AT. >> APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? HEARING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. 
          >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPORTS TOURISM GRANT 
          POLICY UPDATE. >> SECOND. 
          >> FOR DISCUSSION -- DO WE ADD IN THE LANGUAGE THAT GAYLE HAD 
          IN THAT MOTION? >> YEAH, I MEAN I'M HAPPY TO DO 
          IT. >> I MADE MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPORTS TOURISM GRANT POLICY WITH ITEM E, HAVING HOTELS SO 
          THEY KNOW UP FRONT. >> UP FRONT, OKAY. SECOND. 
          >> PERFECT. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN 
          FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. 
          [9. NIGHTS OF LIGHTS UPDATE/DISCUSSION]
          >> MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. THIS IS A SUBJECT THEY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE AWHILE, AND I THINK SOME OF THE ATTENDEES HERE TODAY ARE HERE TO GIVE US SOME INPUT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DAVID BERSTROM HAS THE PRESENTATION, IS THAT CORRECT, DAVID? I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND SPEAK TO US FIRST ON WHAT HE HAS PUT TOGETHER. THEN I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, AND WE WILL HAVE AN AT-LENGTH DISCUSSION AS OUR TEAM. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? 
          >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON. MR.CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE -- THE 
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COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S INITIATIVES POST NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. STARTS WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT. ADDS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY HEAVY NIGHTS OF LIGHTS SEASON IN TERMS OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. THE MISSION STATEMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COMMERCE FOR BUSINESSES AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS WHICH IS ODDLY THE SAME AS MOST OF MY MISSION STATEMENTS. THE GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION DURING THESE MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS. THAT WAS THE MAJOR PROBLEM. TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE ARE CONSIDERING INCREASING OUR SHUTTLING SERVICE, INCREASING OUR SATELLITE PARKING FACILITIES, AND IMPROVING OUR INTERSECTION CIRCULATION IN HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREAS. I WILL GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE ALSO HAVE A GOAL OF IMPROVING OUR RESPONSE TIME FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, IMPROVING SECURITY FOR VISITORS DURING THE EVENT. AS YOU RECALL, RIGHT AT THE TAIL END OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, WE HAD THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS WHEN A MAN DROVE A TRUCK DOWN BOURBON STREET, AND THAT WAS AN EYE OPENER FOR US. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE, AND THAT INCLUDES INCREASING THE NUMBER OF RESTROOMS AND INCREASING OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WE SAW WAS ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADS COMING IN TO TOWN AND ALL OF OUR SECONDARY ROADS, AT A CERTAIN TIME BEING COMPLETELY BLOCKED WITH TRAFFIC. 
          WE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT BEFORE. WE HAD A SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER WAS FLYING OVERHEAD DURING THESE EVENTS AND MONITORING TRAFFIC, AND WHEN I MADE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, I SHOWED A VIDEO OF THAT. IT WAS REALLY ASTONISHING TO SEE HOW FAR BACK THE TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP. IT WAS BACKED UP TO STATE ROAD 16, ALL THE WAY DOWN ALMOST TO 312. IT WAS A HEAT-SEEKING CAMERA, AND WHAT WE SAW WAS THE PEDESTRIANS DOWNTOWN, SO MANY PEDESTRIANS DOWNTOWN AND THE PLAZA AND ON ST. GEORGE STREET, IT JUST REGISTERED AS ONE GIANT BLOB OF HEAT. YOU COULDN'T ACTUALLY SEE INDIVIDUALS ANYMORE. SO GIVEN THIS LEVEL OF VISITATION, WE SAW TRAFFIC SIGNALS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF THE SHEER LEVEL OF TRAFFIC. AND WE SAW THESE VISITORS ENTERING INTO OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND LOOKING FOR PARKING, AND A VERY IMPORTANT TIME WAS THE RESPONSE TIME OF FIRE IMPACTED. I'M NOT SUREIF YOU CAN SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH. ST.GEORGE STREET ON DECEMBER 28TH . A SOLID WALL OF PEOPLE. WE SAW THAT KIND OF CROWD ALL THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE BAY FRONT, PLAZA, ST. GEORGE STREET. WHEN YOU HAVE PEDESTRIAN CONGREGATIONS THAT LARGE, THEY DON'T RESPECT THE VEHICULAR INTERSECTIONS, SO WE SAW THEM MOVING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS EVEN WHEN GREEN LIGHTS WERE ON, AND THAT WOULD STALL OR STOP VEHICLES FROM TRAVELING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS PARTICULARLY AT THE BRIDGE OF LIONS AND CATHEDRAL PLACE AND THE INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF RIPLEY'S AND THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL. THAT REALLY BOTTLENECKED ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS GRAPH SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR SHUTTLING NUMBERS WERE. IT WAS RECORD SHUTTLING NUMBERS. WE SHUTTLED MORE THAN 19,000 VISITORS OVER A 12-DAY PERIOD, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR HEADWAY TIMES WERE STARTLING. COMING FROM THIS PROPERTY, WE USED THIS PARKING LOT, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PARKING LOT, AND IT OFTEN TOOK MORE THAN 45 MINUTES FOR A SHUTTLE TO COME FROM THIS PROPERTY TO THE V.I.C. THIS SHOWS HOW OUR PARKING GARAGE FARED. WE WERE CLOSED 29 DAYS BETWEEN LIGHT UP NIGHT AND DECEMBER 31ST . ON THAT GRAPH OR TABLE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE 
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DAYS OF THE MONTH, THE LAST COLUMN IS DECEMBER, AND THOSE YELLOW BOXES ARE DAYS OF THE MONTH WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE WAS CLOSED AT LEAST ONCE. WE SERVED OVER 61,000 VEHICLES DURING THIS TIME BETWEEN LIGHT UP NIGHT AND DECEMBER 31ST. 
          THAT'S A PARKING GARAGE THAT ONLY HAS 1100 SPACES. WE SAW DEFICIENCIES IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIMARILY PUBLIC RESTROOMS WERE A PROBLEM FOR US. THE CITY ONLY HAS 66 UNITS, AND BY UNIT, I'M TALKING ABOUT A TOILET. THAT'S SPREAD BETWEEN OUR VISITORS INFORMATION, THE CASA DEL GADO HALFWAY DOWN ST. GEORGE STREET AND THE MARINA. 66 TOILETS, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR THE CLOUDS WE SAW, AND THAT LED TO COMPLAINTS, VANDALISM, PUBLIC URINATION, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AND IN FACT, THAT LAST COMMENT ABOUT SUPPLIES FOR DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE SPENT MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH ON SUPPLIES JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEM CLEAN AS WE NORMALLY DO. FOR SOLID WASTE, WE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM. YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH. WE LEARNED A LESSON, DON'T PUT TRASH CANS NEXT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS DURING THE HOLIDAYS. WHAT WE SAW WAS OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS. WE COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME OF EMPTYING THE TRASH CANS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE WHEN OUR CREW WOULD COME OUT AND EMPTY THE TRASH CAN TO PUT THE BAG ON, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT ON A GATOR OR CART AND WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH THE CROWDS TO GET TO THE COMPACTORS. 
          COMPACTORS ON SPANISH STREET AND TOKES PARKING LOT. I WILL GET TO THE SOLID WASTE ISSUE LATER. HERE IT IS. WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT WORK TWO SHIFTS PER DAY DURING THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, AND ONE EMPLOYEE IS DEDICATED TO JUST PICKING UP TRASH ON ST. GEORGE STREET. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE IS DEDICATED TO ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS AROUND ST. GEORGE STREET, AND HE HAS A LITTLE GATOR, LITTLE VEHICLE HE DRIVES. WE HAVE A PRESSURE WASHING CREW OF TWO THAT WORKS EVERY DAY OF THE EVENT FROM 5:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. PRESSURE WASHING DOWNTOWN. I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN THEM PRESSURE WASHING ST. GEORGE STREET IN THE MORNING. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WE HAVE A STREET SWEEPER OR PELICAN A VEHICLE THAT DRIVES THROUGH THE STREETS AND DOES STREET SWEEPING. I'VE PREPARED THE SLIDE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH PREPARATION GOES INTO THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS EVERY YEAR. 
          WE REALLY BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS AT THE END OF JUNE AND BEGINNING OF JULY. THAT'S WHEN WE MEET WITH ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE, THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLS THE LIGHTS. AND WE START COORDINATING WITH THEM. WE START OUR INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE OUTLETS DOWNTOWN TO REPAIR OUTLETS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN OR VANDALIZED, AND THEN STARTING IN AUGUST, WE START ORDERING THE PORTABLE TOILETS. WE HAVE OUR LIVE MUSIC UNDER CONTRACT, OUR ASL INTERPRETERS FOR LIGHT UP NIGHT AND ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE BEGINS TO INSTALL THE LIGHTS ON THE BUILDINGS. THEY DO THAT UNTIL OCTOBER, AND IN OCTOBER THEY START INSTALLING THE LIGHTS ON THE TREES, IN THE PLAZA, AND OTHER AREAS DOWNTOWN IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM, AND THE CITY STARTS TO INSTALL DECORATIONS ON LIGHT POLES. IN NOVEMBER WE INSTALL THE CHRISTMAS TREE, THE MENORAH, ONE WEEK PRIOR TO LIGHT UP NIGHT, AND WE START DROPPING OFF THE 40 EXTRA TRASH CANS FOR THE LIGHT UP NIGHT EVENT. FOR LIGHT UP NIGHT ITSELF WHICH THIS PAST YEAR WAS NOVEMBER 23RD , WE HAD 27 POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY FOR THAT NIGHT. THAT REPRESENTED 70 HOURS OF OVERTIME, AND FOR THE ENTIRE LIGHT UP NIGHT EVENT, WE CLOCKED IN 767.5 HOURS OF OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A LITTLE OVER $40,000 IN OVERTIME FOR POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEN WHEN LIGHT UP OR WHEN THE NIGHT OF LIGHTS 
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EVENT CONCLUDES, WE WORK FOR A GOOD MONTH AFTERWARDS TAKING DOWN THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, WE REMOVE THEM. ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE TAKES DOWN THE ACTUAL STRING LIGHTS. WE REPAIR THE LIGHTS AND PACK THEM UP IN A STORAGE BUILDING WE LEASE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON SEBASTIAN HARBOR DRIVE. JUST TO TOUCH ON THIS VERY QUICKLY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A NORMAL WEEKEND WOULD STAFF TEN OFFICERS DOWNTOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT BREAKS DOWN INTO SUPERVISORS, OFFICERS, BICYCLE PATROL. AND ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. SO FOR LIGHT UP NIGHT, WE HAD 27 OFFICER. FOR LIGHT UP NIGHT WEEKENDS, THERE ARE 14 OFFICERS WORKING. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, WE HAD 17 OFFICERS WORKING. THERE WAS ALSO OFFDUTY REQUESTS FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS OFFDUTY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY SECURITY JOBS. AND THEY DO. SO DURING THIS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS EVENT, OUR OFFICERS HAD 204 JOB REQUESTS, AND THEY FILLED 192 OF THEM. 
          THAT'S WORKING THE EVENT, BUT WORKING ESSENTIALLY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND THAT AMOUNTED TO OVER 1200 HOURS OF OFFDUTY REQUESTS. THOSE WERE SECURITY WORKING, WORKING SECURITY DURING THE EVENT. WE ALSO HAD 259 HOURS WORKED BY CIVILIANS AND PSAS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAW DURING THIS YEAR'S EVENT WAS SOME PROBLEMS. WE HAD RIDE SHARES THAT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION COULD NOT EFFECTIVELY PICK UP THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DROP THEM OFF. SO THEY WERE DOING THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. WE HAD PARTY BUSES. I'M SURE IF YOU WENT TO THE EVENTS, YOU SAW THE BUSES AND GOLF CARTS SEEMINGLY APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE, TAKING PEOPLE THROUGH TOWN, AND ALSO BECOMING FROZEN IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION. WE HAD CARS PARKED ILLEGALLY. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THIS ON THE LAWN OF ST. DEMARCO'S. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT PEOPLE WERE SO INTERESTED IN FINDING PARK SPACES, THEY JUST PULLED RIGHT UP AND STARTED PARKING. WE HAD ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR PATROLS IN OUR PARKING GARAGE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T LEAVE THE GARAGE AFTER THEY WERE DONE VISITING, AND THEY BECAME FRUSTRATED. AND THAT GOES TO THE CONTROL OF PEDESTRIANS IN VEHICLES. I TOUCHED ON THAT EARLIER. THERE WERE SO MANY PEDESTRIANS, THEY WERE COMINGLED IN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, WHICH WAS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. WE HAD A PICKPOCKET GROUP THAT CAME INTO TOWN. BY THE TIME WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THEM, THEY WERE GONE. IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH INTEREST THERE IS, NOT JUST FOR VISITORS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY. GENERAL SECURITY CONCERNS WERE JUST CONSTANTLY COMING IN TO OUR CITY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND RESIDENTS. THEN AT THE END OF THE EVENT, THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK OCCURRED, AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER LEVEL OF ANXIETY. THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS WERE PRIMARILY NOISE, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND OVERCROWDING AND THEN CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT KING AND PONTS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF THE SHEER LEVEL OF TRAFFIC. AT RIPLEY'S IN FRONT OF THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL, WE ALSO SAW A BOTTLENECK OF CARS. IT STOPPED THAT INTERSECTION COLD. AND WE RECOGNIZED WE NEEDED A BETTER PROCEDURE FOR WHEN OUR PARKING GARAGE CLOSES AND REOPENS TO COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE MORE EFFECTIVELY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD CHALLENGES, PRIMARILY FOR SERVICE CALLS. ABOVE AVERAGE DELAYS DUE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THEIR RESPONSE TIME. IN DECEMBER ALONE THEY HAD 465 CALLS, ON A NORMAL AVERAGE WOULD BE 385 CALLS. WE ARE CERTAINLY BUSIER THAN ANY SIMILARLY SIZED AGENCY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND OUR POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE 
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CHIEF ARE HERE IN THE BACK. WHEN I TALKED TO CARLIS, OUR FIRE CHIEF, HE WAS CLEAR ABOUT HIS CONCERN TO A RESPONSE TIME, AND AFTER A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, WHEN THEY GO TO AN EMERGENCY, HELP SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED, THEY GO BACK TO THE FIRE STATION TO RESET. THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE A FIVE-MINUTE TRAVEL TIME FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE FIRE STATION ON MALLOX STREET. SOMETIMES THAT TOOK OVER 30 MINUTES. THEY ALSO SAW CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHICH CAUSED PROBLEMS GETTING THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH THEIR LARGE EQUIPMENT. THEY NEED MORE STAFFING. THEY WERE CLEAR ON THAT. INCREASED OVERTIME FOR THOSE SHIFTS SIMILAR TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE CAN SEE COMING UP QUESTIONS ABOUT REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, PART-TIME STAFFING, SEASONAL PART-TIME STAFFING, AND BETTER WAYS TO HANDLE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FROM OUR POLICE OR I'M SORRY FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAD CHALLENGES AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, WE ADVERTISE ONLY OUR SATELLITE PARKING AND SHUTTLE SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS EVENT. Y'ALL HANDLE THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FOR NIGHTS AND LIGHTS. WE PIGGYBACK HOW PEOPLE CAN GO TO OUR SATELLITE LOTS AND PICK UP A SHUTTLE TO COME IN TO TOWN. WE DO HAVE REALTIME MESSAGING FOR OUR GARAGE CLOSURES AND A PARKING SPOT COUNTER, BUT IT'S NOT INTUITIVE, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND AND USE, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT. WE DO HAVE A SMART ST. AUGUSTINE GRANT, AND THAT GRANT IS FULLY FUNDED. IT INCLUDES AN APP, WHICH WOULD TRACK OUR BUSES. THAT'S OUR SHUTTLING, PARKING SPACES, AND A DYNAMIC MESSAGING SYSTEM. THOSE ARE THESE READER BOARDS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD SO WHEN YOU COME OFF 95 AND ARE COMING IN TO TOWN, YOU WILL HAVE A BIG DIGITAL READER BOARD THAT SAYS GARAGE CLOSED, AND IT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE SATELLITE PARKING LOTS TO PICK UP A SHUTTLE. THAT'S ALL COMING OUT OF THE SMART ST. AUGUSTINE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS FUNDED AND UNDERWAY. 
          OUR ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE SIGNIFICANT. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TDC FOR DOING FUNDING FOR THIS EVENT. YOU GIVE US $100,000 FOR OUR SHUTTLING. OUR SHUTTLING COSTS ABOUT 105,000. YOU GIVE US $100,000 FOR THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR INSTALLING THE LIGHTS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 100,000, BUT YOU COVER MOST OF THAT. THOSE ARE REVENUES. WE GET A SLIGHT BUMP IN SALES TAX AND GAS TAX REVENUES, ABOUT $25,000. 
          IT'S NOT MUCH. OUR EXPENDITURES ARE THE LIGHT INSTALLATION, DECORATIONS, AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. I WOULD NOT UNDERESTIMATE ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. WE SEE VANDALISM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, SO WE REPAIR AS WE GO. 
          WE HAVE EXPENDITURES FOR SHUTTLING, OBVIOUSLY. OVERTIME FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND THIS YEAR, WHAT WE SAW WAS A $550,000 GENERAL FUND EXPENSES TIED TO THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. WE WERE IN THE HOLE FOR $325,000. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE REVENUES WE HAVE ACHIEVED FROM THE PARKING GARAGE, SO IF YOU SEE THE VISITORS INFORMATION CENTER FUND, THAT'S THE PARKING GARAGE. IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND, SO WE CAN'T JUST USE THOSE MONEYS LIKE GENERAL REVENUES. WE SAW AN INCREASE IN REVENUES FROM THE GARAGE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF ABOUT $400,000. THAT IS EARMARKED FOR GARAGE DEBT SERVICE, GARAGE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND TRANSFERS TO THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE BUILT THAT PARKING GARAGE IN 2005. AT THE TIME IT COST US ABOUT $22 MILLION. WE HAVE GOT $12.5 MILLION OF DEBT LEFT ON THAT NOTE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PAYING OFF THAT DEBT IN TEN YEARS. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THAT VISITORS INFORMATION CENTER 
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REVENUES WHICH I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE AWARE OF, WE ARE CLOSE TO BUILDING A NEW PARKING GARAGE ON THE CORNER OF KING AND PONTS, THE BROWDY SITE. WHAT WE SAW WITH OUR EXISTING GARAGE, IT DID TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF OPERATIONS BEFORE IT BECAME SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE HAD ANTICIPATED USING REVENUES FROM THE V.I.C. FUND TO COVER THE SHORT FALLS FOR THE NEW GARAGE UNTIL IT BECOMES SELF-SUFFICIENT. THE FUTURE LEVEL OF EXPENSES FOR '25-'26, AND I WILL GET TO THIS LATER, THE LEASE RATE FOR THE BANK OF AMERICA PARKING LOT. WE INTEND TO USE THAT PARKING LOT AS A STAGING AREA FOR PORTABLE RESTROOMS. THAT COSTS $3,500 A DAY. ADDITIONAL DAYS OF SHUTTLING, SO RIGHT NOW WE SHUTTLE EVERY SATURDAY DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS AND ALSO SHUTTLE DURING LIGHT UP NIGHT AND EVERY DAY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT SHUTTLING, SO IT'S EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. SHUTTLING COSTS $20,000 A DAY. 
          PORTABLE BATHROOMS WE CAN PUT DOWNTOWN, COSTS 11,500 A DAY. 
          CLEANING A GRAND A DAY. $1,000 A DAY. BARRICADES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS $5,000 A DAY. NOW. WE ARE ANTICIPATING $5,000 A DAY. 
          THAT'S NOT A HARD NUMBER NOW. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO ADD ALL OF THAT UP, IT LOOKS LIKE EXPENSES. WE SAW AN INFLUX OF UNLICENSED MOBILE VENDORS COMING IN TO TOWN WHO WOULD JUST OPEN THEIR TRUNK AND SELL MERCHANDISE ON THE STREET. IT WAS OBJECTABLE TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. THEY INSTRUCTED THE CITY STAFF TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THE VENDING, MOBILE VENDING ON THE BAY FRONT AND CATHEDRAL PLACE. ALREADY PROHIBITED ON ST. GEORGE STREET. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT EXERCISE, AND FIRST READING WAS APPROVED FOR THAT ORDINANCE ON APRIL 14TH . SO WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THAT INITIATIVE. 
          FOURTH OF JULY IS OUR NEXT LARGE EVENT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. HERE IS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO BLOCK VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON CATHEDRAL PLACE AND MAKE IT A PEDESTRIAN MALL. WE ARE GOING TO BLOCK THROUGH TRAFFIC ON TREASURY STREET. BELIEVE IT OR NOT TREASURY STREET IS STILL OPEN TO THROUGH TRAFFIC DURING THESE EVENTS, AND QUITE FRANKLY ANYONE WHO IS DRIVING ACROSS ST. GEORGE STREET DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY IS LOST. WE WILL BE BLOCKING OFF THROUGH TRAFFIC TO TREASURY STREET, BUT WE WILL NOT BE BLOCKING PEOPLE'S PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS ON TREASURY. THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTIES. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEASING THE BANK OF AMERICA PARKING LOT FOR PORTABLE RESTROOMS. WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET ABOUT 120, 113, 120 PORTABLE RESTROOMS ON THE BANK OF AMERICA PARKING LOT WITH ACCOMPANYING HANDWASHING STATIONS AND PERHAPS A COOLING TENT. WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY DROPPING OUT FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION. THERE'S ALREADY FIRST AID TENTS AND COOLING TENTS CLOSE TO THE BAY FRONT. IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DECIDES IT'S NECESSARY TO PUT ONE HERE, WE WILL PUT ONE HERE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE OF PORTABLE RESTROOMS ON THE BAY FRONT AND PLAZA FOR FOURTH OF JULY. WE WILL PUT SOME SIGNAGE ON ST. GEORGE STREET DIRECTING VISITORS TO THESE RESTROOMS SO THEY DON'T FALL INTO THE HABIT OF TRYING TO ENTER BUSINESSES AND ASKING PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO USE THEIR RESTROOMS. IMPORTANTLY WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT VEHICLE BARRIERS AROUND ALL OF OUR PEDESTRIAN AREAS TO PROTECT OUR VISITORS FROM WHAT WE SAW IN NEW ORLEANS. THIS IS ON TOP OF ALL OF OUR NORMAL FOURTH OF JULY PREPARATIONS, AGAIN, FIRST SAID STATIONS, ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE, AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES THE BRIDGE OF LIONS AS YOU KNOW. 
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WE CLOSED THE BRIDGE OF LIONS AND HAVE THE CEREMONIAL ASPECTS OF THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. SO WE HAVE -- I CREATED A STAFF LEVEL GROUP FOR TRAFFIC CIRCULATION TO LOOK AT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT NIGHTS OF LIGHTS COMING UP IN EIGHT MONTHS AND THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SO FAR. RUNNING SHUTTLES FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY EVERY DAY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. CONVERTING THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PARKING FACILITY TO RESERVATION ONLY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL FOR THAT SUGGESTION. IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND WE ARE EXPLORING IT. THE IDEA WOULD BE WE WOULD SELL RESERVATIONS TO THE DOWNTOWN GARAGE AND THEN ADVERTISE THAT THE GARAGE IS CLOSED. THAT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE 300 HUNTING PASSES OR PASSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN CIRCULATION. WE WOULD CONVERT THE GRENADA STREET TO WORKFORCE PERMIT BLOCKING, THE TOKES LOT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN BEHIND THE FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE, ON THE CORNER OF HYPOLA STREET AND ST. GEORGE. 
          WE'D LIKE TO CONVERT THAT TO WORKFORCE PARKING, AND THE GRNEADA STREET PARKING LOT IS ACROSS FROM CITY HALL THAT WE MANAGING. WE ARE CONVERTING THAT TO WORKFORCE PARKING. THAT WILL PUT 135 EMPLOYEES OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THEIR CARS. WE ARE ALSO TALKING TO FLAGLER COLLEGE ABOUT CONVERTING THEIR GARAGE TO WORKFORCE PARKING. I HAVE A CONTRACT DRAWN UP IN OUR LEGAL STAFF'S REVIEW RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE MET WITH FLAGLER COLLEGE ABOUT THIS. THEY ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA, BUT THEIR GARAGE PRIMARILY SERVES THEIR STUDENTS AND STAFF, SO IT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHT THE. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MORE STRICTLY ENFORCE SHORT-TERM PARKING. THAT GOES TO OUR STAFFING PROBLEMS OR LACK OF STAFFING PROBLEMS I SHOULD SAY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRITICISMS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT DURING THIS PERIOD WAS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DRIVING INTO AND PARKING IN OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO A PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A RESIDENTS' ONLY PARKING ZONES IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND, AGAIN, IT GOES TO STAFFING. IN ORDER TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE MONITORING THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. IN ADDITION OUR FINES FOR ILLEGAL PARKING -- THAT'S PARKING ON A YELLOW CURB OR PARKING ON THE FORT GREEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S NOT IF YOU LET YOUR METER EXPIRE. BUT ILLEGAL FINES RIGHT NOW ARE $35. WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY $35 TO PARK ILLEGALLY DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, SO WE ARE CONSIDERING INCREASING THAT ILLEGAL PARKING FINE AS A DISINCENTIVE TO DO THAT. WE ARE LSO ESTABLISHING RIDE SHARE PICKUP ZONES, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THAT. THIS IS CALLED GEO FENCING. IF YOU'RE IN A DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT OR BAR AND CALL UBER OR LYFT, THEY DIRECT YOU TO THE CONGREGATION POINT, LIKE THE AIRPORT, WHERE YOU PICK UP YOUR RIDE SHARE. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN THE BAY FRONT AND PARK IN THE TRAFFIC TO PICK YOU UP. OUR THOUGHT IS THE HUB AT THE V.I.C. THAT'S A COMPLICATION DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS BECAUSE THE TROLLEYS USE THAT AS PART OF THEIR ATTRACTION. WE WILL FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR THAT, AND ALSO PUTTING ONE SOMEWHERE ON THE BAY FRONT. THERE'S A TURNOFF WHERE THE WHITE LINE AND NO NAME BAR WOULD BE IDEAL FOR A RIDE SHARE HUB. 
          IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE ARE STILL TALKING TO THE OWNERS ABOUT THAT, AND PERHAPS A RIDE SHARE HUB ON CORDOVA STREET. 
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I'M ALMOST DONE. I PROMISE. FINALLY FOR THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE CATHEDRAL PLACE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON BUSY WEEKENDS AND EVERY DAY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. THIS IS IS ASPIRATIONAL. WE ARE NOT SURE WE CAN DO THAT. CLOSE VANHOLADA TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. WE WOULD CLOSE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DURING THIS EVENT AND SAME WITH TREASURY STREET. WE ALSO RETURNED FROM THE GREEN TROLLEYS THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB MANAGING THE PARKING GARAGE WHEN IT'S CLOSED, IN PARTICULAR, THE INTERSECTION OF CORDOVA AND ORANGE STREETS, AND WE TOOK THAT ADVICE, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO BETTER MANAGE THAT KEEP THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATING WHEN THE GARAGE IS CLOSED. AGAIN, LEASING THE BANK OF AMERCA PARKING LOT ON CATHEDRAL PLACE FOR ADDITIONAL BATHROOMS AND STAGING AREAS. SO RIGHT AFTER THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS WAS REALLY AT THE SAME TIME, I HAD A BUSINESS STAKE HOLDER MEETING ON JANUARY 23RD , 23 DOWNDOWN BUSINESS OWNERS ATTENDED. IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL. I HEARD THEIR CONCERNS AND SHARED THEM. THE CITY COMMISSION HAD A BRIEFING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT, SIMILAR TO THE PRESENTATION I GAVE YOU TODAY. 
          IT MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JULY FOURTH. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THEY ESTABLISHED THE DATES FOR THE UPCOMING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS EVENT. 
          OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION WITH BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS. I SHOULD SAY WE WOULD ALSO VERY MUCH LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY INITIATIVES THE TDC CREATES THAT LOOKS AT NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PARKING PLAN. WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM HIRING AN OMNIBUS CONSULTANT TO MANAGE THE PROJECT. IT WILL BE MANAGED AT A STAFF LEVEL. WE DO FEEL THE BENEFIT OF HAVING ANY TRAFFIC CIRCULATION OR TRAFFIC PLAN PROOFED BY TRANSPORTATION PLANNER OR ENGINEER, AND WE HAVE THOSE IN OUR CONTINUING SERVICES CONTRACTS, JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS IN THAT FIELD LOOK OVER WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND GIVING US FEEDBACK. AGAIN, LASTLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING ON ANY FUTURE TDC INITIATIVES FOR LARGE EVENT PLANNING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 
          ANY QUESTIONS. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY 
          QUESTIONS FOR DAVID? >> GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          >> GO AHEAD. >> SORRY. GO FOR IT. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT AN AMAZING REPORT. I JUST -- 
          INCREDIBLE. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I WAS GOING TO ECHO THE SAME THING. WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ASK, IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES WHERE YOU SHOWED THE SHUTTLE TRIPS, IT REALLY MIRRORS 2019, VERY SIMILAR. 
          >> YES. >> WHY THIS YEAR -- THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. I DON'T REMEMBER 2019 BEING REMOTELY LIKE IT WAS THIS YEAR, SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT FROM 2019 
          TO 2024? >> THE HEADWAY TIME. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHUTTLE A LOT MORE PEOPLE AT THE LAST -- THIS PREVIOUS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS SEASON IF IT DIDN'T TAKE US 45 MINUTES 
          TO GET TO DOWNTOWN. >> MOST PEOPLE STARTED DRIVING 
          PROBABLY AT THAT POINT? >> PEOPLE GOT FRUSTRATED AND JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE COULD GET DOWNTOWN BACK AND FORTH, JUST STALLED. IT WAS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PROBLEMS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. RIGHT BEFORE COVID WE SAW A BIG UPTICK, AND THEN COVID KILLED US. WE HAVE BEEN MOVING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION, AND I DARE SAY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN NORTH OF 25,000 OR MORE SHUTTLING THIS LAST YEAR IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 
          HEADWAY TIMES. >> AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. DO YOU GUYS HAVE STAGING STATIONS FOR THE TRASH? DO YOU HAVE TRASH TRUCKS WHERE THEY ARE RUNNING THESE GOLF CARTS TO AND COMING BACK SO THE TRUCKS CAN 
          UNLOAD THEM FAIRLY FAST? >> SO WE MOVE THE TRASH BAGS TO COMPACTORS. WE HAVE THREE AREAS WHERE COMPACTORS ARE IN PLACE. 
          TWO ARE ON SPANISH STREET. ONE OF THOSE IS THE TOKES PLACE 
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PARKING LOT. WHEN THOSE COMPACTORS BECOME FULL, WE BRING IN A TRASH TRUCK TO EMPTY THE COMPACTOR. WE -- OUR GUYS KNOW PRETTY GOOD WHEN THOSE COMPACTORS ARE FILLING UP, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE PLENTY OF LEAD TIME FOR THE TRUCKS TO COME IN, BUT IT'S REALLY GETTING THROUGH THE CROWDS THAT 
          WAS THE PROBLEM. >> I SAW YOU'RE WORKING ON THE SMART APP CURRENTLY, AND I THINK AS MARKETING GOES OUT, I'M SURE THAT HAVING KIND OF LIKE -- I WROTE IT DOWN KNOW BEFORE YOU GO AND DOWNLOAD THE APP, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. THE OTHER THING FOR MEDICAL AND FOR POLICE, ARE THERE STAGING STATIONS FOR THEM WHERE THEY COULD TAKE A GOLF CART, TRANSPORT SOMEBODY TO MAYBE AN AMBULANCE THAT IS OFFSITE LIKE THEY DO AT LARGER EVENTS TO GET THROUGH FASTER WITHOUT THESE BIG TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE NARROW 
          STREETS? I DON'T KNOW. >> I WOULD HAVE TO ASK. 
          >> IF THERE WASN'T, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER IDEA JUST TO HELP EXPEDITE THE TIME FOR THEM WHERE THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO GET BACK 45 MINUTES TO RELOAD AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO ON THESE TRUCKS. 
          >> SURE. >> APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THE FIRE CHIEF WITH THE CITY OF ST. 
          AUGUSTINE. WHAT I COULD ANSWER TO THAT, ON THE PEAK DAYS, FOURTH OF JULY, LIGHT UP NIGHT, AND THEN EVERY WEEKEND AND NIGHTS THAT WERE HOLIDAYS, CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS NIGHT, WE WERE BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL STAFFING, AND THEN WE WERE STAFFING SIDE-BY-SIDES WITH TRANSPORT CAPABILITIES THAT WERE PRESTAGED IN THE HEAVILY CONGESTED AREAS, AND SO ANY AMBULANCES WOULD ONLY NEED TO RESPOND TO THE DOWNTOWN STATION. 
          WE WOULD THEN REMOVE THEM FROM THE DOWNTOWN CORE, TRANSFER CARE AT THE FIRE STATION OFF U.S. 1 AND MALIGAS STREET TO CUT DOWN ON THE TRANSPORT TIMES WITHOUT THAT YOU WOULD SEE 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR BEFORE THAT UNIT COULD BE FREED UP AGAIN. WE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO MORE OF THAT HERE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE ADDED COMPLEXITIES OF KING STREET CLOSING THIS SUMMER 
          >>> YOU'RE ALREADY A STEP AHEAD. THAT WAS THE OTHER THING IN THE PRESENTATION, I WAS WONDERING IF THEY HAVE TRANSPORT STATION. IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. 
          >> IT'S NOT EVERY NIGHT OF THOSE EVENTS. AS WE CAN STAFF THEM, WE ARE DOING THAT. WE ARE NOT MANDATORYING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO 
          SUPPLEMENT THAT. >> THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE SEASONAL PEOPLE WOULD COME IN FOR THAT SITUATION? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, BOTH. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? >> CHAIR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO MAYOR, TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS HOTEL ROOMS STAYED THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. WE HAD AMAZING WEATHER THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I LIVE. I LIVE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THIS. I SEE MY NEIGHBORS OUT HERE WHO HAD TO LIVE THROUGH THIS, TOO, BUT EVERY WEEKEND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT, SO WE HAD THAT PROBLEM ADDED TO IT, AND ONE OF MY BIG -- SO IT'S OUR SURROUNDING AREA THAT HAS CREATED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD 31 YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED. WE HAVE 330,000 PEOPLE 31 YEARS AGO 100,000. IT'S MORPHED INTO SOMETHING, AND A LOT OF THOSE LOCALS PROBABLY ARE HESITANT TO GET ON THE SHUTTLE. YOU KNOW? I THINK THE OUT OF TOWNERS ARE LIKE, WE WILL GET ON THE SHUTTLE AND GO FROM THERE. 
          FROM MANDARIN, YOU'RE LIKE IT'S A NICE NIGHT. LET'S TAKE THE KIDS DOWN. THEY ARE NOT UNLOADING THEIR KIDS. I SEE THEM DOING THE LOOP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND SCREAMING AT THEIR KIDS. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST STRESSFUL YOU CAN SEE A FAMILY GOING THROUGH. IF YOU'RE A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CUSSING. THERE'S HOW TO MANAGE THAT AND HAND THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. DAVID, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE, THE NEXT TWO YEARS YOU HAVE EVEN BIGGER HURDLES WITH THE KING STREET BRIDGE CLOSING, SO THE BRIDGE THAT IS COMING FROM U.S. 1 IN TO DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO BE CLOSED, SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS YOU'RE HAVING TO SOLVE. IT'S NOT JUST RIGHT NOW YOU GET TWO YEARS OF HOLDING ON TO YOUR HAT AND THEN THE LONGEVITY OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS HERE. MY QUESTION IS, THE LIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE HILTON THAT ARE CROSS LIGHTS WHERE PEOPLE, LIKE 
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YOU SAID, JUST IGNORE THEM UNLESS SOMEONE IS THERE, IT'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO COME IN TO PLAY? I HEARD THIS SUMMER. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THOSE TWO LIGHTS THAT ARE BLINKING LIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STOPLIGHTS LIKE WE HAVE CLOSER TO THE FORT. DO YOU KNOW WHEN 
          THOSE ARE GOING INTO PLACE? >> I DON'T KNOW. 
          >> OKAY. I HAVE HEARD THIS SUMMER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO COME IN TO PLAY, IF THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE CHIEF. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE PEOPLE JUST NEVER STOP 
          WALKING. >> RIGHT. 
          >> OUR SOLUTION TO THAT IS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON LIGHTS, WE ARE GOING TO PUT AN OFFICER AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, DOING IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY WITH A WHISTLE. EVIDENTLY THAT WORKS MUCH BETTER WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING INTERSECTIONS THAN LOOKING UP AT A STREET LIGHT. WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. 
          >> BUT YOU'RE -- TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THERE IS A PERCENTAGE OF TRAFFIC THROUGH DOWN, DURING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS WHERE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WHO SAID IT'S A NICE NIGHT, LET'S DRIVE OUT AND SEE THE LIGHTS, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THE COUNTY POPULATION GROWS, THAT PERCENTAGE WILL GROW AS 
          WELL. >> I DO LIKE THE NOT OPENING THE -- OR NOT REOPENING THE PARKING GARAGE UNTIL IT'S CLOSER TO 200. I THINK THIS YEAR WE WERE DOING IT -- I DID A FUNDRAISER AND I COULD SEE THE TICKER, OKAY 35, AND AS SOON AS THAT OPENED UP AGAIN, THE LINE BACKED UP, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD SOME MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUES. I DEFINITELY LIKE THAT PLAN, AND DID I SEE WE WERE POSSIBLY USING FRANCIS FIELD? OR IS THAT NOT? THAT WASN'T A COMPONENT, JUST A SUGGESTION THAT SOMEONE HAD OR 
          SOMETHING. OKAY. >> THAT WAS A SUGGESTION. AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT PLANNING ON USING FRANCIS FIELD FOR PARKING. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          >> SORRY. >> YES, GAYLE? 
          >> MOST OF THIS IS CONCENTRATED. I KNOW THE LIGHTS CONCENTRATION IS MOSTLY THE PLAZA AREA, BUT WHAT I EXPERIENCED COMING FROM LIKE THIS PART OF TOWN TO GET TO DOWNTOWN TO THE RENAISSANCE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE PARKING AS FAR AS THE LIBRARY AND PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS WALKING, CROSSING IN THE STREET, AND SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN TERMS OF RESTROOS AND, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC? WILL YOU HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL, POLICE OFFICERS ON THE NORTH END FOR PEOPLE? BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SOMETHING AT THE RENAISSANCE WHERE THEY HAD FREE PARKING FOR GUESTS, AND IT TOOK ME AN HOUR FROM MY HOUSE, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE TO GET THERE. 
          >> RIGHT. OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY WOULD BE TO HAVE A DEDICATED SHUTTLE LANE THAT CONNECTS THIS PROPERTY TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THERE HAS TO BE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE POLICE OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PRESENCE, SIMILAR TO F YOU CAN PICTURE IN YOUR MIND WHAT THE JAGUARS DO IN DOWNTOWN TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC FOR A FOOTBALL GAME. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGIES. WE DID NOT ENVISION PUTTING RESTROOMS, YOU 
          KNOW, UP U.S. 1. >> I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT U.S. 
          1. I MEAN ON SAN MARCO. THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON 
          SAN MARCO IS EXTREMELY HEAVY. >> YES. 
          >> YOU KNOW THERE ARE BUSINESSES THERE, BUT WHAT I SAW, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WAS FAMILIES WITH, YOU KNOW, BABIES IN STROLLERS AND TONS OF PEOPLE JUST MINGLING IN THAT AREA, AND IT WAS ALSO CLOGGING UP THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY WERE CROSSING IN THAT AREA AS WELL AND OPEN COOING THE TRAFFIC FROM 
          FLOWING. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A GREAT COMMENT. MAYBE WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT MORE FACILITIES FARTHER FROM THE DOWNTOWN CORE. YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE SORT OF JUST BEEN FOCUSED ON THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AND THESE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND PEDESTRIAN PROBLEMS GO ALL THE WAY UP SAN MARCO, AND IN FACT TRAFFIC CONGESTION STARTS AT 312 ON THE SOUTH AND STATE ROAD 16 ON THE NORTH AND CONVERGES INTO THE DOWNTOWN 
          AREA. THAT'S WHAT WE SAW. >> I THINK THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO SHARE OUR PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH A FEW PEOPLE THROUGH JESSE, BUT IT'S TO CREATE EVEN MORE CONVERSATION TO TAKE THIS ONE ADDITIONAL LEVEL SO WE CAN UTILIZE ALL OF THE BEST SKILLS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND GO FORWARD. DENA, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE POWER POINT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN COMPLETE DETAIL. 
          SOME OF IT BECOMES REDUNDANT. I HAVE SHARED THIS PRESENTATION WITH DAVID. WE HAVE HAD AT-LENGTH CONVERSATIONS, BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. NEXT SLIDE. WHO 
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          HAS THE CLICKER? >> I CAN DRIVE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> FOR 31 YEARS OUR COMMUNITY ELEVATED NIGHTS OF LIGHTS IN HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND PRIDE IN DEVELOPING THE EVENT THAT HAS AN IMPACT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS AMAZING. WE ARE PROUD OUR COMMUNITY ENVISIONED THIS CELEBRATION. IT'S TRULY A HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY STORY. I ACTUALLY DID A QUICK MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, AND IT ACTUALLY IS ABOUT 2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS WHAT TROY WAS TALKING ABOUT. HOW FLORIDA HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. AND OUR RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, AND HOW OUR COUNTY HAS GROWN. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THE GROWTH AND THE IMPACTS, AND I THINK EVERYONE, BY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER KNEW IT WAS FAIRLY INTENSE. WE HAVE NOW DROPPED IT DOWN TO A 58-DAY EVENT. THERE ARE 19 HIGH DEMAND DAYS. IF WE ADDED THE TWO WEEKS BACK IN JANUARY, IT DOES NOT ADD ANY HIGH DEMAND DAYS, AND IT DROPS THAT IMPACT FROM 33 TO 27%, AND ADDS $134 MILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO OUR COUNTY. 
          DAVID TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS ALREADY ABOUT THE MEETING. THE COMMISSION HAD A TOUGH SITUATION. THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENTS. THE DECISION THAT THEY MADE OF SHORTENING TO 58 DAYS DIDN'T ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUE OF MOBILITY AND THE ROOT PROBLEM, SO I'M AFRAID OF ANYTHING, WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO DISAPPOINT THE RESIDENTS BY WHAT WE HAVE DONE. SINCE THAT MEETING AND HEARING THOSE RESULTS, I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE HAD PROBABLY A DOZEN AND A HALF ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS GETTING INPUT, DEVELOPING A PLAN, AND WE CAME UP WITH THREE AREAS WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON, WHICH ARE LOGISTICS IN PARKING, OPERATIONS AND EXPERIENCE, AND MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION. AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS MARKETING IS COMMUNICATING TO EXISTING PEOPLE NOT TRYING TO GROW THE EVENT. THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THEY THINK SHOULD BE ON THE FIRST LOGISTICS GROUP. WE SHOULD HAVE A CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE COMMISSIONER, A BEACH COMMISSIONER, ST. JOHNS COMMISSIONER, TDC BOARD MEMBER, CHAMBER BOARD MEMBER, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, COUNTY, BEACH, LOCAL STAKE HOLDER WITH TRANSPORTATION, A LOCAL STAKEHOLDER WITH EMPLOYEES, RESIDENT OF ST. AUGUSTINE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CHIEF OF POLICE OR ST. 
          AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND FIRE CHIEF. IF WE GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, WE WILL COME UP WITH SOME FABULOUS IDEAS, LIKE WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP GAYLE. IF THAT GROUP WAS TALKING, I THINK IN ONE AFTERNOON WE COULD COME UP WITH SIGNIFICANT THINGS, AND WE COULD LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EVERYONE HAS TO MOVE ALONG FASTER THIS IS A LOT TO PUT ON THE CITY'S PLATE, AND IF WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND IT, AND, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE PHONE AND GET SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE INVOLVED, MAYBE IT DIDN'T THE LONG-TERM PLAN. MAYBE IT'S A SHORT-TERM PLAN TO GET THE BUS LANE. THIS BECOMES OPERATION, THE SAME THING, AND WE HAVE FULL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THE SAME THING ON THE THIRD TEAM. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK 
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AT, MIRRORING SOME OF WHAT DAVID HAD. PAID PARKING FRANCISFIELD SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I KNOW EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LAWN, BUT FOLLOWED UP THE LAST MONTH WITH RHYTHM AND RIBS, THAT FIELD IS GOING TO BE IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE, SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOD AFTER THOSE TWO MAJOR EVENTS. I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE RESODDED ANYHOW. WE MIGHT AS WELL USE IT FOR PARKING. WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MORE THINGS HERE. 
          THESE ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS ON DAVID'S LIST. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE OPERATIONS, WASTE, ENFORCEMENT, SIGNAGE, PARKING FINES, VENDORS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, QUALITY. 
          THE THIRD ONE IS FIRST OF ALL FUNDING. WE NEED TO GET GRASSROOTS SO EVERYBODY IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS INVOLVED IN NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. BUILD THE BRAND. WE NEED SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATING FROM NOVEMBER 1ST ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE NEED A NIGHTS OF LIGHTS APP. WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE IN ADVANCE AND SET EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT PARKING AND THE EXPERIENCES BEFORE THEY ENTER AND LEAVE THEIR HOUSE, AND WE SHOULD GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BUY PARKING PASSES ON APPS IN ADVANCE AND PRESELL EVEN TO PRIVATE LOTS. THERE'S A WAY TO MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS AND REDUCE TRAFFIC JAMS THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. IT'S DONE ALL THE TIME WITH CONCERTS. IT'S DONE AT FOOTBALL GAMES. 
          EVERY RESTAURANT RESERVATION SHOULD HAVE A DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EXPECTATIONS FOR PARKING. I'M SURE THAT'S NOT ON ONE CONFIRMATION FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME DOWNTOWN TO EAT. SAME THING WITH ATTRACTIONS. THESE ARE VERY COMMON SENSE THINGS THAT A MARKETING TEAM COULD PUT TOGETHER VERY EFFECTIVELY AND IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR. THEY ARE COMPLEX, BUT THEY ARE SOLVABLE, BUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS WE HAVE TO GET THE BUS LANE NORTH AND SOUTH. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MOTIVATED. I WOULD THINK THAT THE COUNTY HAS GOOD RELATIONSHIPS. I WOULD THINK THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WHO COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THE GOVERNOR AND HAVE THE GOVERNOR SEND THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HERE TO HELP US GET THAT DONE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN ALLOW IT NOT TO HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY EXPERTS THAT IF WE DO THIS, THIS IS HALF THE PUZZLE. IT'S 50% BECAUSE IT CHANGES THE BIGGEST DYNAMIC WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT IS YOU NEED TO MAKE A BUS RIDE AN A. IF WE CAN MAKE THE BUS RIDE AN A. AND IT'S 5 MINUTES INSTEAD OF 45 MINUTES, WE CAN COMPLETELY MODIFY BEHAVIOR, AND WE CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BETWEEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, THE OLD JAIL, AND THE MARINA, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN USE ANY OF THOSE LOTS, THERE'S ABOUT 800 SPACES. IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF OPENING UP A GARAGE IF WE CAN GET THOSE THREE AND HAVE A BUS LANE, JUST LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S GETTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON BOARD. IF WE COULD GET 2,000 TO 3,000 MORE CARS OFF THE ROAD, A LOT OF THE ITEMS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS PROBLEMS ARE SYMPTOMS OF THE CORE PROBLEM, WHICH IS MOBILITY. THIS HAS TO BE SOLVED. 
          WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER. THERE'S ENOUGH TALENT IN OUR COUNTY TO GET THIS DONE. I TALKED WITH THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERSHIP TEAM. THEY ARE ALL ON BOARD TO HELP US AS MUCH AS THEY WANT. THEIR CONSULTANTS ARE ALL ON BOARD. 
          THEIR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE ALL ON BOARD. 
          THEIR UBER PEOPLE ARE ALL ON BOARD. EVERY CONTRACTOR THAT THEY USE IS AVAILABLE TO US. THEY -- THE CEO OF THE PLAYERS SET UP A CALL IN TWO DAYS, AN HOUR CONFERENCE CALL. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. THEY ARE ALL HERE TO HELP. THEY ARE PART OF OUR 
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COMMUNITY, AND THEY WANTED TO HELP, AND IT DIDN'T COST ANYTHING. HERE IS THE PART THEY THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE REALLY SURPRISED WITH. WE MADE THE DECISION TO SHORTEN NIGHTS OF LIGHTS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS' EXPERIENCE BETTER. HERE'S WHAT WE DID TO OUR COMMUNITY. I MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. HISTORICALLY ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. 
          JOHNS COUNTY RUNS 60% TO 65% OCCUPANCY IN JANUARY. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD BE SINCE THERE'S 31 YEARS WHERE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS HAS HAPPENED, AND I WASN'T IN ST. AUGUSTINE, I JUST ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD LOSE A THIRD OF THE BUSINESS WITHOUT NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. WE WOULD STILL HAVE BUSINESS PEOPLE WANTING TO COME TO ST. AUGUSTINE, AND TROY, YOU CAN HELP ME IF YOU THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD GUESS, 40% INSTEAD OF 60% IF THERE WASN'T 
          NIGHTS OF LIGHTS? >> YEAH, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY ABOUT 40% ON THE WEEKEND, OR 40% ON WEEKDAYS, AND PROBABLY STILL 
          BE AROUND 60% -- >> BUT IT WOULD BE ABOUT A THIRD 
          OFF? >> YEAH, PROBABLY ABOUT 30% OFF. 
          >> WE CAN ARGUE 3,500 OR 4,500. THE AVERAGE RATE IN JANUARY IS AROUND $200. ANCILLARY SPEND, IF SOMEONE SPENDS $100 ON A HOTEL ROOM, THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SPEND $140 BETWEEN ATTRACTIONS, RESTAURANTS, GIFTS, GAS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU BASICALLY -- I DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LOCAL SPEND. MEANING I LIVE IN SYMARON AND CAME DOWN FOR DINNER. ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS. THEN THE ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER. MOST ECONOMISTS SAY IT'S SEVEN TIMES. I USED FIVE TIMES, WHICH IS ON THE CONSERVATIVE. IF YOU SPEND A DOLLAR, THAT DOLLAR GOES THROUGH THE ECONOMY FIVE TIMES. THAT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. WHAT THAT MEANS, THE AVERAGE DAY IS $9.6 MILLION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN INCREMENTAL REVENUE HAVING NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. 
          THE AVERAGE BED TAX COLLECTION IS $40,000. ONE WEEK'S ECONOMIC IMPACT IS $67 MILLION TO THE COUNTY AND 280,000 IN BED TAX. I WENT BACK AND COUNTED THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF DAYS OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, AND IT CAME OUT TO 72 DAYS. IN '22 WE HAD 73 DAYS. SO USING THESE ASSUMPTIONS, WE EXCEEDED POTENTIAL BY $9 MILLION. IN '23, WE MISSED IT BY 9 MILLION. AND LAST YEAR, WE MISSED IT BY $67 MILLION. AND IN 2025, WE ARE LOOKING TO MISS IT BY $134 MILLION. WITHOUT THINKING FROM AN ECONOMICS, AT LEAST MY PERCEPTION FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING, IS WE DID NOT LOOK THAT WE WERE GOING TO IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF ST. 
          JOHNS COUNTY BY $134 MILLION. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, PROBABLY TEN THINGS, BUT JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, REAL QUICKLY, -- I WANTED TO BACK UP. I MISSED ONE. 
          OOPS. OKAY. ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I TRULY BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO 78 
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NIGHTS OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. THAT WOULD GENERATE $201 MILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 840,000 IN ADDITIONAL BED TAX. I'M RECOMMENDING TO OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION THAT ALL $840 MILLION -- I MEAN 840 -- I'M SORRY $840,000 BE AVAILABLE FOR MATCHING FUNDS TO THE CITY TO HELP FUND NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. BUT IF WE DECIDE TO DO LESS THAN 78 DAYS, EACH DAY WE TAKE $40,000 OFF. SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE 58 DAYS, THERE'S $40,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT I WANT TO PUT OUT ON THE TABLE TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MATCHING FUNDS. HERE ARE THE REVENUE PRODUCING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT THEY SEE THAT ARE EASY. FRANCIS FIELD ABOUT 400,000. SURGE PRICING FOR THE CITY LOTS, METERS, EVERYTHING ELSE, 400,000. SPONSORSHIPS, I HAVE ALREADY HEARD OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO WRITE A CHECK TO HELP WITH POLICE. THAT SHOULD FOLLOW UNDER SPONSORSHIP. AND THEN IF WE HAVE AN APP WHERE WE ARE SELLING ALL OF THE PRIVATE LOTS, THERE COULD BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND WE COULD GENERATE MONEY THERE ALSO. HERE'S WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH IF WE WANT TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, BRINGING THE WHOLE COUNTY TOGETHER TO WORK AGGRESSIVELY, AND TO PUT THIS BACK TO FULL. WE COULD GENERATE $1.6 MILLION TO MANAGE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS AND ADD $201 MILLIONIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THAT'S IN MY MIND HOW WE SHOULD BE THINKING IF WE WANT TO BECOME WORLD CLASS. AND SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'M NOW OPENING THE FLOOR TO DISCUSSION. EVERYONE CAN TAKE MY PLAN AND SAY IT'S WORTHLESS OR GREAT. IT IS NOT GOING TO HURT MY FEELINGS. IT WAS DONE SOLELY TO CREATE DISCUSSION AND EXPEDITE THE PROCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. I WANT THIS TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE, AND NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING BUT AN A. THANK YOU. 
          >> TROY. >> THANK YOU, CITY AND IRVING FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M STRUGGLING WITH AS A RESIDENT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND THAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, THE BRIDGE AND OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS I'M IN, BENEFITS FROM NIGHTS OF LIGHTS GOING LONGER. WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IS AT LEAST GET PAST MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND, JUST FOR THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND IN JANUARY, I THINK THE CRITICAL DAYS IS WHAT THEY WERE CALLED OR WHATEVER, I THINK THE TERM THEY WOULD USE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE 19 DAYS IN JANUARY. JANUARY WASN'T WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TOOK AN ASPIRIN TO WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUTTING A BAND-AID ON. I'M CONFUSED ON THAT PORTION OF IT. AS FAR AS ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THOSE, I WAS DOING THE MATH OVER HERE TO SEE -- I WAS DOUBLE CHECKING. YOU DID PRETTY GOOD. YOUR MATH WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT ON. SO IT IS IMPORTANT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO HAS A RESTAURANT OR ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY OF THOSE THINGS, THE KIDS THAT ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, THAT'S JUST WHERE THE HURT IS FOR ME IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          OUR HOTELS ON THE WEEKENDS ARE GOING TO BE FULL IN JANUARY WHETHER WE DO IT OR DON'T DO IT. DURING THE WEEK, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE FULL AND THAT. I HAVE -- I'M TORN BECAUSE I SEE WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I THINK THROUGH WAYFINDING AND WHAT DAVID IS DOING AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK -- I THINK THOSE ARE VERY GOOD IN HOW WE CONTROL 
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THE TRAFFIC, BUT I SEE THIS AS TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS. THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE THE NEXT TWO YEARS ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THREE YEARS FROM NOW AFTER THAT BRIDGE OPENS BACK UP. THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE ALL GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS WORKING WITH THE STATE, CITY, COUNTY, EVERYBODY INVOLVED. WORKING WITH THE STATE OF HOW TO GET THOSE SHUTTLES IN AND OUT OF THERE, TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE. OUR MESSAGING, GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE CIRCLE THEY GO THROUGH. I WILL SEE THE SAME CARS TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES FROM MY FRONT PORCH, AND IT'S GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. IT'S GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING, BUT ALSO IF YOU HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE AT NIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IF YOU HAVE TO LIVE DOWNTOWN, YOU HAVE TO PLAN YOUR DAY, AND IF YOU HAVE TO GET MILK AT 4:00, YOU ARE SCREWED. SO THAT, MAKING THOSE SHUTTLES MORE APPEALING IS SUPER IMPORTANT IN CREATING ON FRANCIS FIELD. 
          THAT'S WHERE I SAW IT, ON YOUR PRESENTATION, NOT DAVID'S. 
          SORRY, DAVID, I MIXED THE TWO TOGETHER. ON FRANCIS FIELD, THEY HAVE, WE USED IT AT THE GOLF COURSE FOR OVERFLOW PARKING. 
          IT'S A GEOWEB SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW THE GRASS TO STILL GROW THROUGH, AND YOU CAN PARK CARS ON IT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY INVESTIGATE THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY STILL HAVING IRRIGATION. I KNOW THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POPPING THE IRRIGATION. IF YOU DO A GEOWEB SYSTEM IT WILL ALLOW FOR PARKING FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS. I'M SURE WE COULD GET ANOTHER 200 CARS THERE WHICH EASES THE PAIN. THE PROBLEM WITH US RESIDENTS DOESN'T START UNTIL THE PARKING GARAGE CLOSES. WHEN IT CLOSES, WE KNOW IT IMMEDIATELY. WE KNOW WHEN THE PARKING GARAGE CLOSES. WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SIGNS. WE KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT CLOSES. IF WE COULD MAXIMIZE THAT WAITING FOR THE PROPERTY TO COME ALONG AND OPEN UP THE LANE ON SAN MARCO, I THINK -- I THINK WE CAN HANDLE A LOT OF WHAT THE 
          PROBLEM IS. >> IF WE OPENED UP THE PROPERTY ON SAN MARCO, YOU HAVE A LANE GOING SOUTH AND PROBABLY ADD ANOTHER 500, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WITHOUT GOING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HAVING LOTS THEY PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHERE WE COULD ALSO DO ADDITIONAL 10,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD HOW IT WOULD CHANGE THE EXPERIENCE. 
          >> WHEN THE PARKING ORDNANCE OR NEW ST-PL WAS TRYING TO COME THROUGH IT'S NOT JUST DOT WE HAVE TO TALK TO IT'S THE BUSINESSES IN SAN MARCO TOO. DAVID, WHEN YOU DID YOUR PARKING STUFF THOSE NEW BUSINESSES HAD A REALLY TOUGH START WITH THE WAY THE BUSINESSES PROPOSED. I THINK THE MAYOR WILL TALK ON THAT TOO. 
          WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THOSE BUSINESSES BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY PARKING ON SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES TOO. SO IT'S, IF WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, OUR ARGUMENT WILL BE WE'RE NOT GETTING TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE BACK UP. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG PUSH BACK ON THE PARKING THAT YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO PASS THAT I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD PLAN. 
          >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. >> YES. 
          >> I JUST, WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. THE ROLE OF THE TDC IS NOT TO RUN THE PROMOTIONS BUT TO GIVE THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE PROMOTIONS, CORRECT. AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH DAVID, THE CITY MANAGER, I WOULD IMMEDIATELY WHATEVER HE ASKED FOR IN A MATCHING. WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WAS AWESOME. FRANCIS FIELD, GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT. I WOULD PUT BATHROOMS ON IT. BUT THAT'S THE IDEA WE HAD WHEN WE WERE THERE. I'M JUST CONCERNED. 
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YOUR IDEAS WERE FANTASTIC A YEAR FROM NOW MAYBE PUT THE DEAL TOGETHER. WE'RE ON A SHORT SPAN AND THIS NEEDS TO HAVE BEEN STARTED YESTERDAY. HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. 
          >> NO. >> I DON'T WANT TO SEE A PUNITIVE ON A TIME OF IT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON, HOW O LONG -- LONG IT'S GOING TO BE. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARD. WE NEED TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. HIS PLANS ARE AWESOME. THE POG DOES DO SOME PLANS FOR THE DROP OFF OF UBERS MAYBE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND PEOPLE LOVE TO WALK. I THINK YOUR IDEAS ARE OUTSTANDING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD BE PLANNING I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED. I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. ON WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PAY FOR OR NOT. LIKE 
          SHERIFF OR JESSE. >> COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU ASKING IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE, TDT DOLLARS PRIMARILY MAY NOT BE USED. I KNOW THE EXAMPLE WE'VE COME ACROSS IN THE PAST HAS BEEN WITH THE BEACHES AND PAYING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE BEACH THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY THIS AREA IS USING IT. AND WE LEARN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE EX EXPENSE. AS THE PLAN COMES TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO CHIME IN. AS WELL AS THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY. BUT CERTAINLY ELIGIBILITY IS GOING TO BE A FACTOR IN ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD. 
          >> THANKS, JESSE. >> I'M NOT AGAINST YOU PUSHING WHATEVER YOU WANT TO THE BOARD FOR OUR DISCUSSION TOO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WORRY THAT THIS IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE TDC. THAT'S MY ONLY THING. THANK YOU. 
          >> IT'S NOT FOR THE TDC TO RUN OR TAKE OVER. THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION. THE INTENTION WAS TO START THE DISCUSSION. IN PRIVATE BUSINESS. EVERYTHING WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. I BUILT A SPA, A CLUB AND A PARKING, THEY ALL OPENED IN TIME. YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK AND EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE. THERE'S NOTHING SUPER COMPLICATED IN THERE. WE'RE MAKING IT HARDER THAN IT SHOULD BE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 100% OF IT BUT EVEN 75%. AND I'M NOT A BIG BELIEVER IN WAITING FOR THREE YEARS. 
          BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIVID IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR IF WE DON'T HAVE THE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE BUS LANE. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. WE ADD MORE BATHROOMS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIVID BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED MOBILITY. UNTIL WE CHANGE BEHAVIOR IN MOBILITY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHAT EVENT MANAGEMENT IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S HOW YOU HANDLE PEOPLE CHANGING BEHAVIOR. IT'S FUNDAMENTAL. IT'S WHAT DISNEY DOES. IT'S WHAT FOOTBALL GAMES DO, IT'S WHAT CONCERTS TO. IF YOU DON'T MANAGE THE BEHAVIOR BEFORE THE EXPERIENCE, VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE IS CRUISE LINES. CRUISE LINES CHECKS YOU IN, MAKES YOU DO ALL YOUR PAPER WORK. AND JOIN YOUR EXPERIENCE TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU SHOW UP, YOU'RE PARANOID NOT TO BE READY. THEY'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB ELECTRONICALLY TO CHANGE EVERYTHING FROM HOW IT USED TO BE 20 YEARS AGO. BEHAVIOR IS MANAGED, PARKING IS MANAGED. ALL EXPECTATIONS ARE MANAGED. IT'S SO SMOOTH THAT YOU CAN LOAD 4,500 PEOPLE ON A CRUISE SHIP IN LESS TIME THAN YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO LOAD 1,000. IT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE IS BEHAVIOR. THE ISSUE IS NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENCE THAN THAT. 
          >> CHAIR. >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE IS SAYING WE'RE WAITING THREE YEARS. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR HELP FROM US, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP THE CITY. JESSE IF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU. IF WE DESIGN THIS AS AN EVENT. IN THE 
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EVENT WE CAN WHEN WE DO AN EVENT WE PROVIDE SECURITY AND FUNDING FOR THOSE. THIS IS AN EVENT. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY OPERATIONS THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU WERE SAYING WE CAN'T REALLY DO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DO THAT IF WE RECOGNIZE IT AS AN EVENT. I THINK WE'RE OKAY THROUGH 125, WHATEVER IT IS. WHAT I'VE READ. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF RESEARCH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. IF WE CAN DO IT, IF WE RECOGNIZE IT AS AN EVENT AND NOT DAY-TO-DAY, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS UNIQUE AND ITS AN EFFERENT. -- EVENT. I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TRYING TO HELP. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU CAN DO THAT RESEARCH FOR ME. IF WE RECOGNIZE IT THAT WAY, I THINK WE CAN HELP THE CHIEF WHO'S SITTING BACK THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR HER TO DO HER JOB. 
          >> WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S A VIABLE SOLUTION. 
          AND COME BACK AND REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THE DISCUSSION, YES. 
          >> MR. BERCHUM WERE YOU THINKING THE SHUTTLE ROUT OR U.S. 1 AS WELL? IDEALLY 1 SOUTH WARD AND SAN MARCO NORTHBOUND. 
          >> I THINK YOU WOULD GET MORE SUPPORT FROM GOING SAN MARCO FROM MAIN STREET IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. I AM ABLE TO TALK TO MY CONTACTS. I THINK IN PAVED LOTS, MAYBE THEY CAN RESELL THAT LOT AS VIP PARKING OR SOMETHING AS WELL. THEN OF COURSE RESIDENTS. YOU HAVE THE SOUTH OF SAN MARCO TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MAYBE A PASS DURING THE MONTH OF NIGHTS LIGHTS OR 58 DAYS OF NIGHTS LIGHTS. I THINK SAN MARCO MIGHT BE THE EASIEST ROUT. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM SHUTTING DOWN U.S. 1 BUT I SEE THEM SHUTTING DOWN A SECONDARY ROAD LIKE SAN MARCO. 
          >> WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ASK THEM TO SHUT IT DOWN. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A TRANSIT LANE ON SAN MARCO. THAT LANE WOULD HAVE REMOVED STREET PARKING FOR MERCHANTS AND THEY OBJECT. HUDSON IN FACT, WAS THE ONE THAT INTERVENED AND STOPPED THAT PROJECT FROM HAPPENING. IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE SOUTHBOUND SAN MARCO AND NORTH ON ONE, IT WOULD JUST TAKE THE STREET PARKING OFF DURING THAT EVENT. THAT WAS OUR THOUGHT NOW 
          IT'S UP TO DOT. >> I WILL MENTION TO THEM ABOUT SAN MARCO. THE REASON I THINK ABOUT SAN MARCO, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS A SHUTTLE STOP. IF YOU SHUT THE STREET DOWN, PEOPLE CAN WALK DOWN, YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE ON THE BUSINESSES IN SAN MARCO. BUT YOU'RE PUSHING TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AND NOT HAVING THE SHUTTLES OR TROLLLIES INTO THE CITY. I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW TO REMOVE THE CARS FROM SAN AUGUSTINE AND WE CAN KEEP SAN MARCO. 
          >> YEAH, SAN MARCO WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE. 
          >> I'M THINKING SOUTHBOUND COMING BACK, DO YOU HAVE A TIME OF WHAT IT TOOK TO GET BACK NORTHBOUND OR? 
          >> NO. >> I DON'T SEE AS MUCH RESISTANCE COMING THIS DIRECTION. 
          >> NORTHBOUND WOULD BE LESS TRAFFIC. RETURNING WITH CUSTOMERS, YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT. IT'S A SYSTEM. YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP THE SYSTEM MOVING SO YOU MAY HAVE TO STAGGER VEHICLES GOING. BECAUSE THEY COME INTO TOWN QUICKER BUT RETURN BACK TO THIS PARKING LOT, IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER. 
          >> TROY I WAS THINKING BECAUSE IN MY MIND, IF YOU GO TO THE 200 SPACE RULE ON THE PARKING GARAGE WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. 
          NOW YOU'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE HAVING TO FIND THAT ONE SPOT THAT OPENS UP. IN MY MIND YOU OPEN CASTILLO. YOU CAN'T TURN IN ON 9 OR SAN MARCO ON TO CASTILLO. SO I THINK IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HANDLE THAT SIDE OF IT, I THINK THAT'S 
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ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. KEEP THAT SO THEN THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE SAN MARCO FOR TROLLIES IN MY OPINION. 
          >> IF YOU DO PARKING PASSES, WHERE IT'S RESERVED PARKING THEN PEOPLE KNOW THERE ISN'T A PARKING GARAGE AND THE APP IS, I KNOW THREE PEOPLE IN SAN AGUSTINE THAT HAVE THE PARKING LOT THAT WOULD WORK. THE PLAYERS, THE AMP, AND OLD TOWN TROLLEY HAS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT WITHOUT EVERYONE DOING THIS. WE CAN PRESELL EVERY PRIVATE LOT, EVERY CITY LOT, EVERY LOT IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN SELL 3,000 PARKING 
          SPACES. >> HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE TURN OVER FOR SOMEONE WHO HANDLES A PARKING SPOT. IF YOU OVERBOOK IT, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. I'M SORRY. I CAN TELL YOU FROM SOMEBODY WHO DOES A PARKING LOT WHO'S TRIED, AND YOU'RE AT THE AMP. AND TALKING TO YOU. THE PRESALES AT THE AMP, THE AMP CHOICE ARE ALWAYS OPEN. AND THEN IT'S WASTED PARKING LOTS BECAUSE THEY'LL SIT THERE AND THEY'LL SIT THERE AND THE AMP AND THESE TYPE OF EVENTS DON'T COMPARE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. WE HAVE A TURN OVER AT THAT PARKING LOT PROBABLY FIVE TIMES A NIGHT. SO IF WE PRESELL, WE JUST LOST THOUSANDS OF PARKING PLACES. AND JUST, SO YOU UNDERSTAND, I'M WITH YOU ON EVERYTHING ELSE YOU PUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT PRESALE. IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVER AND WE LOSE THOUSANDS OF PARKING LOTS BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVER. YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR BILLS. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE PARKING LOT, IT WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IF YOU DID PRESALE. 
          >> RIGHT, SO WHEN WE LOOKED INTO IT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE WERE LOOKING AT SELLING A RESERVED SPOT FOR THE COST OF TURNING OVER THAT SPOT TWO AND A HALFTIMES. BUT WHAT WILL YOU LOSE IS THAT INVENTORY OF PARKING. SO, THAT'S WHY WE, OUR GOAL IN THIS PROGRAM IS TO MAKE PEOPLE PARK OUTSIDE OF TOWN AND SHUTTLE THEM IN. YOU WOULD BE LOSING THAT TURNOVER AND INVENTORY WITH THE PRESELL, RESERVE SPACES IN THE GARAGE. 
          THIS IS A VERY VALUABLE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING RIGHT 
          NOW AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> OTHER COMMENTS? MAYOR. 
          >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. YOUR PRESENTATION IS OUTSTANDING AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU SPENT ON IT, WHICH I KNOW IT'S A LOT. THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT I THINK IT SHOWS THE LEVEL OF WORKLOAD THAT IS ON THE CITY TO PULL THIS OFF FOR EVERYONE AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY JUST LIKE, THAT IT'S COMPLEX. IT'S A COMPLEX THING. BUT I WANT TO SAY, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT THE LAST TDC MEETING. I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE A DISCUSSION. I GOT TO READ ABOUT IT AND HEAR ABOUT IT. BUT DAVID AND I WERE ACTUALLY IN POLAND AT A CONFERENCE FOR LOCAL ELECTIVES TALKING ABOUT TOURISM AND CULTURAL AND HERITAGE TOURISM IN POLAND. THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY WITH OTHER CITIES. ABOUT THE TROUBLES THEY HAVE AND SUCCESSES THEY HAVE TOO. I AGREE WITH WHAT TROY SAID. I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A WHILE. THE URBANIZED AREA OF SAN AGUSTINE. WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REAL TERM. IT'S A TERM. THE URBANIZED AREA AND THIS IS A FIGURE THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN AGUSTINE CONSISTED OF 104,000 PEOPLE. THE CITY ITSELF IS ONLY ABOUT 16,000 OF THAT. THE URBANIZED AREA BASICALLY IS REALLY KIND OF A BLOB AROUND THE CITY. AND THE BEACH. THE BEACH IS ALSO CAUGHT UP IN THIS, 104,000 PEOPLE. SO IT REALLY IS. YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT UNDER ESTIMATE THE COMMENT THAT TROY MADE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND 
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THE WAY THE POPULATION CHANGES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE, EVERYONE IN THE CITY THINK THEY'RE SAN AGUSTINERESIDENTS. 
          I THEY EVEN THINK THEY'RE CITY RESIDENTS. I GET THE CALL ALL THE TIME. AND THE COUNTY ALSO GETS THE CONFUSION OF THE RESIDENTS. SO WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT, TROY IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WHEN THINK THINK ABOUT THEM COMING TO ST. AUGUSTINE THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THEIR SECRET PARKING SPOT AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME AROUND AND DRIVE AROUND WITH THEIR KIDS AND DOG AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE THINKING. THERE'S JUST NO CHOICE. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINKING TO CHANGE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME ARE OUR OWN PEOPLE. THESE ARE OUR OWN ST. AUGUSTINIANS WHETHER THEY'RE CITY POPULATION OR NOT. AND THIS NUMBER IS GROWING. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AS MUCH, THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING AND WE MAY NOT SEE AS MANY NEW RESIDENTS, BUT I DOUBT IT. I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE STILL GROWING AT A 4% YEAR RATE. THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR WONDERFUL IDEAS SUPPORT AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS THINKING POWER. IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO WATCH ALL THE LIGHTBULBS GOING ON IN EVERYBODY'S HEADS ABOUT WHAT DAVID HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THE COMMISSION HEARD THIS PRESENTATION PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AFTER KNIGHTS OF LIGHTS WAS OVER. I THINK WHAT IS IT FEBRUARY 10TH WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS. JANUARY 23RD, FEBRUARY 10TH. APRIL 24TH. NOW THIS DISCUSSION. THERE'S BEEN A NUMEROUS MEETINGS. HE'S MET WITH COMMUNITY PEOPLE, I'VE MET WITH COMMUNITY PEOPLE. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH IRVING THAT THE TIME IS TICKING. AND THAT THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE, THE CLOSURE OF KING STREET BRIDGE. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. SO, BUT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST MOVING FORWARD IS, TO ONE UNDERSTAND THE TDCS ROLE IN MOVING TOWARD. I HAD A LOT PUT ON TO THE TABLE. SO IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR ABOUT SAFETY BEING REIMBURSED. 
          OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SAYING NO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FRAME IT OR DEFINE IT DIFFERENTLY OR HOW CODE ADDRESSES THAT. BUT WE'LL SEE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON THAT. I HOPE WE HAVE A FINAL DECISION ON THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN BUMPED AROUND QUITE A BIT. WHETHER YOU CAN OR CAN'T. I WOULD LIKE TO. 
          WHEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ASKED. I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE T DCS ROLE IN THIS. AND CERTAINLY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE TDC. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE ROLE, WOULD BE MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW. 
          >> I THINK I CAN, HELP THAT MRS. KLINE. MAYOR, THE TDC IS AN ADVISING BODY. IT ADVISES THE BCC AND IT HAS, A POPULATION THAT IS, THE EXPERTS APPOINTED TO BE HERE AND TO ADVICE. YOU HAVE LEADERS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE LEADERS IN THEIR INDUSTRIES AND WHAT I HEARD HERE WAS UNANIMOUS, WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT, CONNECTIONS TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ANSWERED. MY GUESS IS, BECAUSE I DID RESEARCH IT SOME. AND MY, I CAN CONFIRM THAT JESSE IS RIGHT. 
          THERE'S NO NEW COURT CASE OR ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE USED WITH TDC TKR-RS. I WILL LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OR NOT AN EVENT CAN BE FOUNDED AND BUT THIS BODY HAS SOME THINGS THAT IT CAN PAY FOR. THAT POTENTIALLY 
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BE MORE THAN THE TDC HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING IN PAST YEARS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ASK FROM THE CITY CAN BE MORE FOR PARKING DAYS AND THAT'S CLEARLY LAWFUL. IF THEY'RE NOT PARKING BUT THE SHUTTLES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE THINGS THAT THE COUNTY COULD COVER THROUGH TDC DOLLARS. SO I THINK LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT THE ASK WILL BE. I WILL FIND OUT IF I CAN GET EVENTS AND DO SPECIFIC EVENT COVERAGE IF POTENTIALLY THERE'S A PACKAGE OF DAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EXTRA FUNDING FOR. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL FIND MORE THAN I COULD FIND BUT I WOULDN'T BE AGAINST LOOKING FOR IT. 
          >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GOOD OUTCOME FOR YOU WOULD BE IF TDC WOULD ALLOW US TO WORK WITH STAFF. WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS 
          AND COME UP WITH FUTURE FUNDING. >> I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE SAYING MAYOR. IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE $104,000. NOT DOLLARS. BUT RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, URBAN AREA. AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN ONE OF THE EARLIER MEETINGS THAT I MADE WAS, THIS IS A HYBRID OF WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, IRVIN AND WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING, I THINK. WOULD BE TO OFFER AN INCENTIVE AND USE SOME OF THE TDC DOLLARS TO PROMOTE LOCAL INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU HAVE A BALL NIGHT OR A NIGHT FOR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO COME INTO THE CITY. MAYBE ON SOME OF THOSE OFF PEAK NIGHTS THAT YOU COULD OFFER A BUS SHUTTLE INTO DOWNTOWN ST. AUGUSTINE. SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN INSTEAD OF BRINGING 1,000 CARS ON A WEEKEND SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO THAT. 
          TO COME UP WITH A PROMOTIONAL PLAN. WHICH IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT IS WITHIN OUR WHEEL HOUSE THAT WE CAN SPEND FUNDS. 
          >> ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH CHAD AND DAVID IS THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL EVENTS THAT THEY ALREADY DO. AS PART OF NIGHTS OF LIGHTS. THERE'S NOT MANY THINGS THAT ARE COGNIZANT WITH WHAT IS ALREADY SIMILAR WITH THIS. AFTER MEETING WITH ED FOR PROBABLY AN HOUR AND A HALF, MY THOUGHT PROCESS CHANGED PROBABLY 40%. THEN AFTER I CONTINUED TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE, IT CONTINUED TO BE SHAPED. ED SAID IF WE COULD HAVE ONE THING AND IT WAS NOT EXPENSIVE AND IT WOULD SOLVE 50% AND HE'SIN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS AND MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN PROBABLY ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTY. HE SAYS WE NEED THE BUS LANES. HE SAID, NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING. BUT IT WILL SOLVE MORE ISSUES THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND THAT, BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE THE WHOLE DYNAMICS, WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IT'S GOING TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE EXPERIENCE AND I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS FUNDAMENTALLY THAT'S, REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A CONVERSATION OR A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WITH DAVID IN HIS OFFICE. I THOUGHT IT WAS, YOU KNOW GREAT IDEA OF USING FRANCIS FIELD AND MOBILITY AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF AND HE SAID, I HAVE THAT PLAN NAILED DOWN. WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT APPROVED. THROUGH AS YOU MENTIONED THE STATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS OUT THERE. WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM OVER THE GOAL LINE. AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH 
          DIFFERENCE. >> THE OTHER THING IS, AND I DIDN'T HEAR THIS BUT I HEARD IT AT TWO MEETINGS AGO. WAS THAT EVERYONE FELT GOOD ABOUT FUNDING THINGS BUT THERE WAS A CONCEPT OF SHARED EXPENSE OR EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, SEE IF PEOPLE STILL FEEL THAT WAY. 
          >> I DON'T THINK IT WAS ME THAT HAD THAT STATEMENT. BUT I THINK WE BENEFIT AS A WHOLE COUNTY FROM WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO 
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DO. SO IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP, DEPENDING ON WHAT LEVEL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THE CONVERSATION WITH THE SHUTTLES IS WE HAVE TO HAVE. I WOULD SUGGEST WITH DAVID, THE CITY AND THE MAYOR YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE DOT. WE GET IN THAT ROOM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OBSTACLES AND DAVID, YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY, THERE'S CROSSWALKS ON SAN MARCO TOO. AND THEY JUST PUT THEM UP WITHIN LIKE THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THOSE ARE LITTLE BUMP OUTS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KNOCK THOSE DOWN TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THAT CONVERSATION AND I DON'T KNOW. 
          IF YOU GUYS EVER DEALT WITH DOT A WHOLE LOT, THEY DON'T MOVE QUICKLY. THEY DON'T MOVE QUICKLY FOR A REASON. SO THEY DON'T GET THEMSELVES IN A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE. WE NEED TO START THAT CONVERSATION AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. IF THAT'S AN AVENUE WE NEED TO MOVE IN. BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY A WORKING PLAN AND THEN, YOU KNOW THE CITY COMES TO US AND SAYS THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. THEN WE START THAT DISCUSSION ON IS THE CITY GOING TO KICK IN THIS MUCH, WE'RE GOING TO KICK IN THIS MUCH. BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY OUR ROLE AS A TDC LIKE THE CHAIRWOMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT. WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S OUR ROLE HERE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR ROLE AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN 
          HELP. SO,. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, TROY, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR SAN MARCO IS SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADS. NOT THE PARKING ON THE SIDES. LEAVING THE CROSSWALKS UP BECAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS A TEMPORARY. IF WE'RE PITCHING IT AS AN EVENT WE CAN'T DO ANY PERMANENT CHANGES. I WOULD HATE TO LOSE THE CROSSWALKS FOR THE CITY ON SAN MARCOS. SO I'M SAYING SHUT DOWN THE ROADS, LEAVE THE PARKING ON THE SIDE FOR EMPLOYEES, PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THOSE DIFFERENT SHOPS, RESTAURANTS ALONG SAN MARCO BUT SHUT DOWN THE ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH, ALLOW THAT FROM MAY STREET TO, TO WEST CASTILLO AND ALLOW THAT TO BE THE SHUTTLE LANES BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND OF SAN MARCO TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. WHAT STOPS, MAYBE IT PICKS UP IN FRONT OF ABBOTT STREET. MAYBE IT PICKS UP ON THE MISSION GROUND. MAYBE THERE'S RESTROOMS, MAYBE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED ON THE MISSION GROUND. THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING LOTS AS WELL. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF AVENUES OF DOING THIS BUT I THINK IF WE'RE PITCHING IT AS AN EVENT I THINK IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO GET REIMBURSEMENT IF 
          YOU'RE DOING PERMANENT CHANGES. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          THIS PLAN LOGICALLY LIKE WE LOOK AT IT FROM 30,000 FEET IT LOOKS. 
          BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE MINUTIA OF IT. YOU THINK, I'M JUST A DUMB BASEBALL PLAYER AND I FOUND FIVE FLAWS WITH OUR PLAN ALREADY. THEN THE DOT IS GOING TO DO IT TOO. I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN THAT ROOM, AS SOON AS WE CAN SO DAVID CAN COME TO US AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GUYS AND HERE'S THE NEED, WE NEED. FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE OF IT. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE AS MANY DAYS AS WE CAN. BUT IT'S SET FOR THIS YEAR. I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO SET IT DIFFERENTLY FOR NEXT YEAR AFTER WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. THEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S GOING 
          TO BE AN EVOLVING CHANCE. >> FOR THE CHAIR. SO I, I AGREE THAT, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PARTS OF THE MOBILITY PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS. AND OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS CHALLENGED AND DEFEATED. WHEN WE DID TRY TO DO THE MANAGE LANES OR THE TROLLEY LANES AT THE TIME IT WAS REALLY ABOUT TROLLEYS TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE THROWING COLD WATER ON ANY OF THIS. I THINK THAT, WE HAVE TO PRESS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITH THE DOT. AND I THINK THAT THE MOST, FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RIDE ASPECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MISSING IN THIS DISCUSSION IS THE CITY HAS FOR YEARS HAD PARK AND RIDE INITIATIVE. AND THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT BRING THEIR CARS DOWNTOWN DURING PEAK PERIODS. AND IN FACT, WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING, WITH REMOTE PLAN WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING PEOPLE BRING THEIR CARS DOWNTOWN. THAT 
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INCLUDES PARKING ON FRANCIS FIELD. THIS IS A PLAN THIS BOARD AND THE BCC HAS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM. 
          THROUGH THE PARK AND RIDE PROGRAM. SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. I'VE SAID THIS MANY MANY TIMES. YOU'RE PROBABLY SICK OF ME HEARING ME SAY IT, BUT IT IS THE 16TH CENTURY STREET SYSTEM AND IT'S NOT BUILT FOR CARS. SO, WE HAVE THIS OVERARCHING PHILOSOPHY AND PLAN AND THAT'S MOVING AWAY FROM ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN COME DOWNTOWN ANY TIME THEY WANT. LOAD THE KIDS UP THE AND LOOK AT THE PRETTY LIGHTS AND ETC., ETC. YOU GET THE PICTURE. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THERE. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST IN THE DISCUSSION THAT IT IS, WE, WE REALLY TACKLED THE BIG ONE THIS TIME. I THINK THE TDC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN THIS DISCUSSION AND I JUST WANT TO 
          SAY THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENT? 
          >> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          >> IRVIN I DON'T FLOW IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON IT. 
          >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON NIGHTS OF 
          LIGHTS. PLEASE SIR. >> I THINK I HAVE TO READ THIS. 
          HERE'S OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE HAVE TO READ THE RULES. 
          SPEAKERS WILL COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. 
          COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE NOT INDIVIDUAL. 
          NO PERSON WILL ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH PERSONAL OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WITH BOISTEROUS BEHAVIOR. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WILL REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF ANY COMMENTS, ANY PERSON THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE AUDITORIUM. 
          IS THAT ENOUGH LIKES? OKAY. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. 
          MY NAME IS STEVE KNIGHT. I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF. 
          >> GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. >> 50CARRERA STREET ST. 
          AUGUSTINE. >> TROY YOU NEED TO START THE 
          TIMER. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> SO THE PROBLEM OF NIGHT OF LIGHTS MY FAMILY AND I SORT OF LIVE WITHIN IT. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND ALSO HIS CHALLENGE TO THE COUNCIL TO REALLY LEAN INTO THIS PROBLEM WITH URGENCY. I THINK IT REQUIRES THAT AND CERTAINLY DOING THIS IN EXPEDITED FASHION I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK LETTING IT GO WITHOUT LEANING IN REALLY AGGRESSIVELY MEANS REALLY BAD SCENARIO. YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AS WELL. THE COMPRESSION OF NIGHT OF LIGHTS I DON'T AGREE WITH. ALTHOUGH UNDERSTAND WHY THAT DECISION WAS TAKEN. I THINK IT WILL COMPRESS THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK ADDING EXTRA SHUTTLE BUSES IS THE ANSWER MORE THAN HAS ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT. THAT HE'S DEDICATED IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DEDICATED BUS LANES. GIVE AN EXPERIENCE. IT JUST SIMPLY WON'T STOP THE PROBLEM WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC. 
          IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO FIND PLACES TO PARK. 
          AS THEY MAY HAVE POINTED OUT. IT'S ALSO JUST PEOPLE LOOKING TO SIGHT SEE IN THEIR VEHICLES. AND YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE SAME CARS GO AROUND THE BLOCK AND AROUND THE BLOCK AND AROUND THE BLOCK. AND, THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD SORT OF MENTION IS, AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE DAVID OUR PRESENTATION AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY APPRECIATED BY THE RESIDENTS. AND CERTAINLY, I DON'T KNOW IT CAN BE ARTICULATED ANY MORE STRONGLY. BUT THE RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE IS JUST, HORRIBLE DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. CERTAINLY NIGHT OF LIGHTS I THINK IT. NOT BEING ABLE TO EXIT YOUR HOME 
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AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY EVERY DAY DURING NIGHT OF LIGHTS ISN'T SUSTAINABLE. WE'RE SEEING RESIDENTS PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR OF OUR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS LEAVE THE CITY. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'VE HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER I WILL END UP LEAVING AND MY HOME WILL BECOME AN AIR B & B AND I'M AN OPERATOR OF AIR B & BS. SO NOBODY WILL WANT TO STAY AS A RESIDENT IN THE CITY. I WOULD DISCOURAGE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE OF BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE CITY IF THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BUS. 
          YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT MORE THAN INCONVENIENT. YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL THE CITY AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE COMMENTS, ANYONE ELSE. YES, SIR. 
          COME ON US. >> NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS TOM DAY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN AUGUSTINE MODEL ANNE COMPANY. AND I'M A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED THAT SAFETY IS BEING THROWN UNDER THE BUS HERE. IT'S LIKE IT'S SOMEBODY ELSES JOB. I THINK EVERYBODY'S JOB IS SAFETY. UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE ANOTHER NEW ORLEANS, AND HAVE SOMEBODY DRIVE A CAR DOWN THE MIDDLE OF ST. GEORGE STREET, AND TAKE AWAY 35 LIVES, THEN I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTROL ALL OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO. AND I WOULD SUGGEST, THAT SOME MONEY BE SPENT TO HIRE PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM WEAR RED JACKETS. WE HAVE TO TRAIN THEM. IF SOMEBODY, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A PLAN TO OPEN A ROAD, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE GET TO THE END OF THAT? THEY'RE GOING TO GET JUST DUMPED INTO THE CITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCATTERED BRAIN AND PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WHEN THEY WANT TO DO IT. AND THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL A BEHAVIOR IS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY AROUND THAT CAN TELL THEM NOT TO DO SOMETHING. AND I WOULD SUGGEST, WHAT'S THE RED JACKET PROGRAM. SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT'S PART OF A PLAYERS CONTROL. THAT MAY BE A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN DO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE A POLICEMAN. I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE EIGHT POLICEMEN. THAT MAY BE WRONG BECAUSE I JUST HEARD A LARGER NUMBER. BUT, AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY SINCE 2010. THE KNIGHTS OF LIGHTS IS SPECIAL. NOBODY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE SAY THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH IT. BUT AS STEVE SAID, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS ADDED TO IT. LIKE THE CARTS, AND THE GOLF CARTS AND THE LITTLE TOURS AND THEY JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND EXPLAIN SOMETHING THAT AND THEY CHANGE THE EXPLANATION THE NEXT TIME THEY STOP. BUT, IT'S, BUT THE SAFETY THING REALLY BOTHERS ME. AND I THINK IT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO PAY FOR SAFETY. BUT IT CERTAINLY IS OUR JOB TO PRESENT IT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN COMING THROUGH THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS SAFELY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVID BERCHUM FOR ALL THE WOR YOU PUT TOGETHER IN THAT PROGRAM. THAT WAS TERRIFIC. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. 
          >> NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. >> MARTHA MIKL ER, 30TH STREET. 
          I WANT TO THANK ALL THE OFFICIALS, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD FROM THE TWO PREVIOUS RESIDENTS, WE HAVE A BIG ISSUE DOWNTOWN. AND THE SAFETY THAT, BOTH OF THEM MENTIONED A HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE FOR MANY YEARS. THIS YEAR WAS THE WORSE. SO THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING ON NIGHT OF LIGHTS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY PROUD OF NIGHT OF LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING BRINGING THE VISITORS IN. I'M OUT ON SPANISH STREET DAILY AND TALK TO VISITORS FROM ALL OVER 
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THE STATE. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND YES, ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL FOLKS THAT ARE COMING DOWN AND THEY WANT TO ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING WITH THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO ONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. 
          >> I THINK FOR SAFETY SIDE AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF Y'ALL, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE IS, I THINK THE CONCERN IS HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT. FOR THE SAFETY. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO HOW TO PAY FOR IT SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A TAXPAYER BURDEN. I KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE MAYOR BUT AS THE MAYOR OF THE ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME PROPERTIES ON THE BEACH AS WELL. TAXES ARE A BIG DEAL AND THEY SHOULD GO FOR CORE THINGS THAT HELP THE CITY. I THINK THAT WE DON'T END UP ON THE MUSE -- NEWS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT, SO. 
          [10. MONTHLY REPORTS PROVIDED IN PACKETS]
          >> GREAT, WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT DISCUSSION. LET'S MOVE ON TO MONTHLY REPORTS. 
          >>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, IT'S SUSAN PHILLIPS I'M WITH THE BDC. I THINK ERE TIME I LISTEN TO ALL THE COMMENTS MADE I LEARN SOMETHING NEW. CERTAINLY NIGHTS OF LIGHTS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, YOU CAN READ THROUGH THE REPORT AND I'M CERTAINLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS. WE ARE LOOKING AT FLATNESS FOR OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. WE'RE HOLDING ON OUR BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GROWING. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EFFECT THE TARIFFS AND ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS ARE HAVING ON US. WE KNOW THE CANADIANS ARE NOT TRAVELING HERE. WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A NEGATIVE E-MAILS JUST FROM SOME FOLKS SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MEXICO AS WELL. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. WE'RE ON BOARDING OUR NEW ADVERTISING AGENCY. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT IS A TINSLEY AGENCY OUT OF MIAMI. WE'RE OFF BOARDING PETER MAYOR WHO WAS OUR PREVIOUS AGENCY. SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT TRANSITION PERIOD. THE TINSLEY AGENCY HAS STARTED, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON APRIL 12TH. WE HAD THEM OVER FOR SOME WORKSHOPS, WITH SOME DINNERS AND MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE INPUT TO LEARN ABOUT OUR DESTINATION. 
          I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE AND I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THIS. AT OUR MAY 8TH THAT'S A THURSDAY, STATE OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY EVENT IS THE ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE HAVE. 
          THIS YEAR IT'LL BE HELD AT ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH. WE'RE STARTING BRIGHT AND EARLY -- AND I'M AN MORNING PERSON BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. THE PROGRAM STARTS AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING. THERE ARE SEVERAL GUEST SPEAKERS, WE WILL CONCLUDE BY 9:45 IN THE MORNING. IT'LL A LITTLE SHORTER PROGRAM THAN USUALLY. BUT I WILL HAVE THE ADVERTISING COMPANY AT THIS MEETING SO YOU CAN ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND GREET AND CHAT WITH THEM AS WELL. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN TOWN ONCE A MONTH JUST TO CONTINUE ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. CERTAINLY, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL SCHEDULE SOME TIME FOR YOU. WE STARTED THE TRANSITION TO WHERE THEY PICKED UP ALL OF THE ADVERTISING FROM THE PRIOR AGENCY. WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FROM SOCIAL, DIGITAL, ALL OF OUR PREP AND WE WERE ABLE TO FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHEN WE MADE THE TRANSITION, WE STARTED OFF WITH 40 MILLION IMPRESSIONS FOR ALL OF OUR PAID MEDIA. AND THAT WAS UP A BIT FROM 20 MILLION WHICH IS WHERE WE HAD BEEN AT THE PRIOR MONTHS. WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT TREND MOVING FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ON OUR STATE OF THE TOURISM EVENT IN MAY. AND, WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT A CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WITH THEM. THIS IS NOT GUILTY GOING TO BE THE NAME OF IT. BUT JUST OUR INTERNAL 
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CODING IS CALLED SAVE THE SUMMER. WE KNOW THAT SUMMER IS COMING UPON US VERY QUICKLY. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE HOPE. WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR MOMENTUM. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW, THAT WILL GO TO MARKET, THAT WILL GO MARKET WITH. AND THE AGENCY I HAD A CONVERSATION FOR YOU TOMORROW TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          WE HOPE TO ROLL THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT 45 DAYS OR SO. 
          HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT LESS. WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON THAT. IN ADDITION WE WILL HAVE THE ADVERTISING AGENCY COME IN PERSON. I WILL WORK THIS OUT WITH THE CHAIR JUST TO HAVE THEM COME IN PERSON TO GIVE SOME PERIODIC UPDATES MAYBE ONCE A QUARTER. BASED UPON WHATEVER YOU ALL WOULD LIKE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THEM AND ALSO FOR THEM TO OBTAIN INPUT FROM THEM AS WELL. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> JEFF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS JEFF POTS I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. THE TIMING WAS SUCH THAT WE WERE DUE FOR A QUARTERLY REPORT. SO I AM GOING TO UPDATE YOU WHAT I'VE DONE JOINING THE TEAM MIDSTREAM THAT. I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY FOR OUR MISSION. WE'RE HERE TO PROMOTE OUR COUNTY AS A PREMIER DESTINATION TO WHERE OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE ENRICHED. ON DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AKA TELLING OUR STORIES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OUR COUNTY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY CULTURAL PLAN AND OF COURSE CONTINUING THE COMMITMENT TO OUR BRAND PROMISE AND MISSION WHICH I JUST READ TO YOU. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, POINTS OF PRIDE FOR US RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN THIS CULINARY GUIDE. I RECENTLY WAS IN TALLAHASSEE AND THE STATE VISITOR CENTER AT THE CAPITAL THE GAL WORKING THAT DESK SAID THIS IS THEIR MOST POPULAR PUBLICATION AND THAT MEANT A LOT. AND IT MEANS THAT THAT'S GETTING OUT TO HANDS. AND THE SPANISH GUIDE IS THE MOST REQUESTED TO REFILL AT STATIONS. 
          WE'RE DOING VERY WELL WITH SPANNIC LANGUAGE PROMOTION. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS TWO POINTS OF PRIDE FOR US. 
          ANOTHER POINT OF PRIDE IS THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL. ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THESE HISTORIC SITES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS GOING TO COME TO FRAU -- FRUITION A LITTLE LATER ON. THERE'LL BE A COMPANION WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTY AND VISIT THESE SITES AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF THAT BUT THAT'S ALL COMING TO A HEAD THIS SUMMER AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON THAT. ONE OF OUR OTHER SIGNATURE PROJECTS WAS ROGERS. THAT WAS LAST WEEKEND. ALMOST A THROW PEOPLE CAME AND THAT WAS A GREAT TRIBUTE AND IT WAS OUR FIRST ROGERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT. OTHER TDC FUNDED EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST QUARTER ARE LISTED HERE. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, I'VE ATTENDED ALL OF THESE EXCEPT FOR LAND LIGHT. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE GREAT WITH HELPING WITH ADVERTISING AND SUPPORT. RELATED TO THAT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WE LAUNCHED THE GRANT WORK SITE FOR OUR TTC FUNDED GRANTS SOME WHERE AROUND 60 TO 80 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED THOSE WORKSHOPS. SO WE'RE EXPECTING SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR. AND THEN TELLING OUR STORY, WHILE SUSAN DOES THE BULK OF THE LISTING WITH MARKETING IN OUR AREA. WE DO DABBLE IN SOME OF IT ESPECIALLY. THE SPECIALIZED START WITH CULTURE AND A LOT OF THAT WILL FALL INTO CULINARY. WE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD PLACEMENT ON YAHOO LIFE, TRAVEL AND LEISURE, TRAVEL AND POSTAND SOUTHERN LIVING. TOTAL OUR PR EFFORTS, 70 NATIONAL PLACEMENTS, A WHOLE LOT OF IMPRESSIONS AND A LOT OF VALUE FOR THE MONEY WE SPENT IN THERE. SO WHILE SUSAN HAS A LOT OF BIG NUMBERS WE DO PULL OUR WEIGHT IN HERE AND IT'S EXCITING WHEN IT WORKS. THE CULTURAL PLAN, THAT WAS A 
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BIG PART OF OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU GUYS. YOU'RE ALL AWARE WHEN CRISTINA LEFT THIS POSITION, I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T START THIS PROCESS WITHOUT ME. NOW THAT I'VE BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS I'M UP TO SPEED ON A LOT OF THINGS AND THIS PROCESS REALLY GETS GOING QUICKLY. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, EXPECT US TO FINDS RFQ AND FIND THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HELP PULL THIS TOGETHER. AND THAT'S IT. I WANTED TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU NEW TO THE COMMUNITY I CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THE ASSETS WE HAVE AND THINGS GOING ON. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME TO CONTINUE TO HELP MAKE ST. JOHN'S COUNTY AWESOME. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEFF? 
          >> I HAVE ONE. WHERE ARE WE ARE WITH THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AND THAT PUSH WE HAD GOING. IT SEEMS THAT IN THE FALL IT WAS VERY BIG. DO WE STILL HAVE SOME MOMENTUM THERE OR WHERE ARE WE 
          AT. >> THE NEXT EXTENSION HAPPENS THIS COMING WEEKEND IN HASTINGS. THE POTATO HAS A AFFILIATED DINNER GOING ON WITH THAT. WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH TRYING TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM WITH PULLING THE EVENTS WITH ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. 
          >> SO WE'RE STILL PUSHING. >> YES, JUST LAST WEEK ON OUR CALL. GETTING INTO JAMES BEARD AND GETTING THAT REPUTATION IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BIGGER GOALS WHICH WOULD BE THE MICHELIN GUIDE. FLORIDA JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED STATEWIDE, ALL THE CULINARY INSTITUTIONS THAT GOT RECONITION. I'LL BE HONEST, THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T START SNEAKING INTO THAT LIST. BUT, THESE JAMES BEARD THINGS REALLY GIVE YOU THAT CREDENTIALS TO CATCH THE EYE OF THE MICHELIN PEOPLE. ONE STEP AT 
          [11. MEMBER COMMENTS]
A TIME BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY A PRIORITY OF OURS. 
          >> GOOD. >> GREAT. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MEMBER COMMENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO START. ANYONE AT THIS END? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, WELCOME ON BOARD MRS. MASTERS NOW HAS A DIFFERENT ROLE. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. BUT WELCOME ABOARD. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. AND JESSE, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN LEX AND THE REST OF THE STAFF. I THOUGHT TODAY'S MEETING WAS EXCELLENT. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS I'VE BEEN ON SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE TDC WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THE MAYOR AS FELLOW CITY PEOPLE, I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING Y'ALL WITH NIGHTS OF LIGHTS AND ANY DIRECTION I CAN DO. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> I ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A VERY POSITIVE MEETING AND I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL THE HELP IS WELCOMED. MY REQUEST WOULD BE IT OCCURRED TO ME AND EVERY TIME I HEAR THE REPORTS ON THE FINANCIALS AND THE REPORT OUT ON THE NUMBERS, I THINK OF THIS AND THEN I DON'T BRING IT UP BY THE END OF THE MEETING. BUT, THE WAY THAT THE DATA IS COLLECTED BY ZIP CODE ON THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS OF THE BED TAX OF TDC. I FEEL THAT IS THE ZIP CODE CATEGORIES ARE VERY BROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SEE MORE, IF WE COULD LOOK INTO LOOKING AT A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. AND THE MAYOR KNOWS THIS AS WELL. IS THAT, IN THE 3284 AND 23080, THERE ARE, THEY EXPAND ACROSS THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. THERE MAY BE HOTELS BEING KOUPBTSED -- COUNTED IN THE 3284 THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CITY LIMITS. I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HIS COMMUNITY IS COLLECTING AS WELL. AT LEAST THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW THAT IS REPORTED TO US. 
          >> MR. CHAIR. >> YES. 
          >> MA'AM MAYOR, I AGREE WITH YOU. I ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          THE TAX COLLECTOR WAS THE ONE WHO COLLECTED IT BEFORE. WE NOW HAVE A NEW TAX COLLECTOR. SO NOW OUR NEW TAX COLLECTOR MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US NAIL THAT DOWN. BY MUNICIPALITY, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE SAME QUESTION BEFORE BECAUSE THE WAY THE CROSS OVER IS KIND OF BROAD. FOR MY MEMBERS COMMENT, LEX AND JESSE I WAS 
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JUST QUICKLY TRYING TO PERUSE. HOW DID I GO WITH THE BEACHES BUT IT FELL IN ITS OWN CATEGORY WITH THE BEACHES. BUT THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT DECADES AGO. 
          >> GOOD. >> ANY OTHER MEMBER COMMENTS? 
          >> YES, I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING I THINK. 
          A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO A WORKABLE SOLUTION THAT WILL HELP US TO HAVE A WONDER NIGHTS OF LIGHTS THIS YEAR AND ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT I'M INVOLVED IN. 
          WHICH IS THE 100TH CELEBRATION OF THE EXCELSIOR. IF I COME IN LOOKING FRAZZELEK IT'S BECAUSE I'M IN THE MIDDLE F CONSTRUCTION. I'VE BEEN SWEATING BULLETS. BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION HAS TO BE FINISHED. SO ANY WAY. THAT'S, WHERE MY LIFE IS RIGHT NOW. HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR TDC. AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE PERSPECTIVE AND SEE THE THINGS, THE CHANGES I'VE SEEN OVER TIME WITH THE CULTURAL COUNCIL AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN MY SHORT TIME HERE ON AT TDC. SO THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ONE LAST THING TO KIND OF PARLAY TO EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR FORT MERSELLE IS GOING TO BE, I 
          ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THAT. >> I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THIS TABLE. MAKE SURE WE ALL REACH OUT WITH ADVICE, CONCERNS, ASSETS THAT WE HAVE TO DAVID AND THE CITY TO HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT IS VERY SOLVABLE AND I THINK THE CITY THROUGH THE DEMONSTRATION THAT WAS VERY WELL DONE TONIGHT BY DAVID. I THINK HE'S ALREADY TICKED MANY OF THE BOXES THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE MEETING. I THINK THAT'S POSITIVE. WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT'S SOLVABLE AND I THINK WE CAN CLEAN IT UP A BIT WHICH I THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR BOTH THE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> I AGREE. FANTASTIC MEETING. I WAS UP HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, ONE OF THE BEST. A LOT OF PREPARATION, A LOT OF INFORMATION WENT INTO EVERYBODY'S PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING YOURS IRVIN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT'S GOING 
          TO HAPPEN WITH THIS. >> GREAT. 
          >> THANK YOU, I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. GREAT MEETING. I LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY GETTING ALONG AND MAKING PROGRESS AND WE'RE 
          MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> YES, JESSE. 
          >> IF I MAY, MAYOR BEAT ME THROUGH IT BUT I WANTED TO FORMALLY PRESENT THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT DINA MASTERS HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE WHICH WILL INCLUDE MCING THESE MEETINGS. DINA BRINGS A LOT TO SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL. SHE'S A FAMILIAR FIGURE WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S BEEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT WELL OVER 20 YEARS. SHE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT. AND SO, THANK YOU VERY 
          MUCH DINA. >> THANK YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO 
          [12. NEXT MEETING DATE]
          WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. >> WELL DESERVED. 
          >> WELL DESERVED. >> AND THE NEXT MEETING IS LOOKS LIKE IT'S MAY 19TH AND AT THAT MEETING, WE SEND OUT A NOTE MAYBE A MONTH AGO. THAT WE GOT CUT OFF WHEN ALL THE MICROPHONES WEN OUT. SO YOU DIDN'T MISS MUCH WHEN YOU WERE IN POLAND. WE LOST THE MICROPHONES AND HAD TO END QUICKLY. BUT, I HAD BROUGHT UP THAT IDEA OF THE FIVE BUCKETS. THE FIVE DIFFERENT SEASONS. WE SORT OF WANT TO WORKSHOP THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING AND START SEEING IF THAT CONCEPT HAS MERIT. AND IF IT 
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DOES HAVE MERIT. WE CAN GIVE DIRECTION TO SUSAN WHEN SHE'S BUILDING HER MARKETING PLAN FOR 2026 AND INCORPORATING THAT WITH THE AGENCY IF IT DOESN'T HAVE MERIT THEN WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE GOOD FEED BACK FROM IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT SUBJECT OF LOOKING AT HAVING FIVE BUCKETS WHERE WE SORT OF FUNNEL EVERYTHING THROUG TO HAVE MICROBRANDS. AND SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR MAY 19TH. BESIDES THAT, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR A GREAT MEETING. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OH, YES, JESSE. 
          >> SO MAY IS THE ADMINISTRATORS BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND IT MAY ALSO BE IF THERE'S TIME AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON IT. WE CAN PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET IN MAY AS WELL. JUST KIND 
          OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. >> WHEN IS THE WORKSHOP SOME OF 
          US? >> THE WORKSHOPS, GOODNESS. 
          >> JUST SEND US OUT A NOTE. >> YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DATES ON THAT. BUT IT MIGHT BE OF CERTAINLY, GOOD IDEA UP HERE. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? 
          >> AND THEY'RE SO MUCH FUN IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE. 
          >>
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