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CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 · Government meeting record

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>> MAYOR >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> GOING >> GOING TO >> GOING TO CALL >> GOING TO CALL THE >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE MEETING TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 18th, WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 18th, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORK 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO START OUR MEETING WITH THE START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JEN, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JEN, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE OF >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, WE HAVE >> OKAY, WE HAVE >> OKAY, WE HAVE A >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE PEACE AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE PEACE POLE PROCLAMATION, AND I'M GOING POLE PROCLAMATION, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO TO TURN THAT OVER TO COMMISSIONER WALKER. COMMISSIONER WALKER. >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP TO IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM? THE PODIUM? SO WELCOME. SO WELCOME. ONE OF THE GREATEST POSITIONS ONE OF THE GREATEST POSITIONS THAT I FILL IS AS A ROTARIAN, THAT I FILL IS AS A ROTARIAN, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO READ THIS AND I'M VERY PROUD TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION. OUR MANTRA, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, OUR MANTRA, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, DOING GOOD, AND HAVING FUN. DOING GOOD, AND HAVING FUN. AND I WOULD'VE BROUGHT MY ROTARY AND I WOULD'VE BROUGHT MY ROTARY PIN, BUT I PANICKED THIS PIN, BUT I PANICKED THIS MORNING, COULD NOT FIND IT, SO MORNING, COULD NOT FIND IT, SO I'M WEARING MY POLIO PLUS PIN, I'M WEARING MY POLIO PLUS PIN, SO. SO. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] SO HERE WE GO. SO HERE WE GO. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN, 2025. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN, 2025. WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE PROJECT WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE PROJECT INITIATED IN 1955 BY JAPANESE INITIATED IN 1955 BY JAPANESE TEACHER, POET, AND PHILOSOPHER, TEACHER, POET, AND PHILOSOPHER, MASAHISA GOI IN THE AFTERMATH OF MASAHISA GOI IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II, HAS BECOME A WORLD WAR II, HAS BECOME A GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PEACE, AND GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PEACE, AND WHEREAS, THE PROFOUND MESSAGE WHEREAS, THE PROFOUND MESSAGE MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH WHICH MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH WHICH AROSE FROM A MOMENT OF AROSE FROM A MOMENT OF INSPIRATION FOR GOI, CONTINUES INSPIRATION FOR GOI, CONTINUES TO RESONATE AND INSPIRE TO RESONATE AND INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD. INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD. WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE FOUND WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE FOUND ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES IN ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1986 DURING THE YEAR OF 1986 DURING THE YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE, MARKING A INTERNATIONAL PEACE, MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE GLOBAL PURSUIT OF HARMONY. GLOBAL PURSUIT OF HARMONY. WHEREAS, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, WHEREAS, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING PEACE AND GOODWILL PROMOTING PEACE AND GOODWILL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, RECOGNIZES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY AMONG UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY AMONG DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS DESIGNATED THE WEAK DESIGNATED THE WEAK DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF THE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY'S FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY'S FOUNDING ON FEBRUARY 23rd, 1905, TO BE ON FEBRUARY 23rd, 1905, TO BE KNOWN AS WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWN AS WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE WEEK. PEACE WEEK. WHEREAS ROTARY CLUBS AROUND THE WHEREAS ROTARY CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD WILL CELEBRATE ROTARY WORLD WILL CELEBRATE ROTARY SERVICE, REFLECT UPON PAST SERVICE, REFLECT UPON PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FOCUS ON ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FOCUS ON PROGRAMS OF PEACE, PROGRAMS OF PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. WHEREAS DUNEDIN'S THREE ROTARY WHEREAS DUNEDIN'S THREE ROTARY CLUBS, THE ROTARY CLUBS OF CLUBS, THE ROTARY CLUBS OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN WATERSIDE IN ALIGNMENT DUNEDIN WATERSIDE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE IDEALS OF ROTARY WITH THE IDEALS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL HAVE COLLECTIVELY INTERNATIONAL HAVE COLLECTIVELY EMBRACED THE VISION OF A MORE EMBRACED THE VISION OF A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD. PEACEFUL WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT JAMES NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT JAMES WALKER, BY VIRTUE OF THE WALKER, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION, DO ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 23rd HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 23rd THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR AS THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR AS PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN. AND TO COMMEND THE ROTARY CLUBS AND TO COMMEND THE ROTARY CLUBS OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN WATERSIDE FOR THEIR DUNEDIN WATERSIDE FOR THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT P COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT P LANTED A PEACE POLE AT THE LANTED A PEACE POLE AT THE DUNEDIN COMMUNITY CENTER IN DUNEDIN COMMUNITY CENTER IN HIGHLANDER PARK AND THEIR HIGHLANDER PARK AND THEIR CONTINUED FOCUS ON PEACE, CONTINUED FOCUS ON PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS TO REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT UPON THE UNIVERSAL REFLECT UPON THE UNIVERSAL VALUES OF PEACE, GOODWILL, AND VALUES OF PEACE, GOODWILL, AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO STRIVE UNDERSTANDING AND TO STRIVE TOWARDS CREATING A MORE TOWARDS CREATING A MORE HARMONIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE HARMONIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO THE BIG EVENT TOMORROW YOU TO THE BIG EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, AT THE COMMUNITY NIGHT, 6:00, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE HAVE 33 NOW CENTER, AND WE HAVE 33 NOW CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS COMING. CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS COMING. WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY DO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY DO AND FOR US AS ATTENDINGS TO SEE AND FOR US AS ATTENDINGS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY DO AND GIVE THEM SUPPORT. SUPPORT. SO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, SO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PEACE POLE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PEACE POLE EVENT IS ON. EVENT IS ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WALKER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WALKER. THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS GREAT. OKAY, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS OKAY, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE GOVERNMENT GOING TO BE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY, AND I'M COMMUNICATIONS DAY, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THAT PROCLAMATION GOING TO TURN THAT PROCLAMATION OVER TO COMMISSIONER DUGARD. OVER TO COMMISSIONER DUGARD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO THIS WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO THIS RIGHT. RIGHT. ALL THE COMMUNICATION ALL THE COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS, PLEASE COME PROFESSIONALS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. FORWARD. THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO THIS. THIS. AND ANYBODY THAT THINKS THEY'RE AND ANYBODY THAT THINKS THEY'RE A COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONAL CAN A COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONAL CAN ALSO COME FORWARD. ALSO COME FORWARD. >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON FACEBOOK. FACEBOOK. WHEREAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WHEREAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IS COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IS TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, ROBUST AND WHEREAS, ROBUST COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT CREATES TRUST AND IF SPIRES CREATES TRUST AND IF SPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION -- RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION -- INSPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE INSPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION AND BE INVOLVED. ACTION AND BE INVOLVED. AND WHEREAS, GOVERNMENT AND WHEREAS, GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS CREATE COMMUNICATIONS CREATE RELATIONSHIPS AND CALLS TO RELATIONSHIPS AND CALLS TO ACTION, BUILD AWARENESS, AND ACTION, BUILD AWARENESS, AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STORYTELLING, ENGAGE AND FOSTER STORYTELLING, ENGAGE AND FOSTER ENGAGEMENT ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON CIVIC COMMUNICATIONS AND USE ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND USE ALL CHANNELS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN CHANNELS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN CRITICAL DECISIONS. CRITICAL DECISIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE ROLE OF AND WHEREAS, THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS IS AN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL PART OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES AS EXPERIENCED IN 2024. AS EXPERIENCED IN 2024. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS BEGINS BEFORE THE COMMUNICATIONS BEGINS BEFORE THE STORM, DURING THE STORM, AND STORM, DURING THE STORM, AND LONG AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. LONG AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE STRONG COMMUNICATIONS IN STRONG COMMUNICATIONS IN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF LIVING FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY. IN A DEMOCRACY. WHERE CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM WHERE CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DUNEDIN AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DUNEDIN IS PROUD AND HAS DEEP GRATITUDE IS PROUD AND HAS DEEP GRATITUDE AND RECOGNITION FOR GOVERNMENT AND RECOGNITION FOR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS, PROFESSIONALISM, COMMUNICATORS, PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, HARD WORK, DEDICATION, HARD WORK, COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM, AND COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM, AND SACRIFICE. SACRIFICE. NOW, I, TOM DUGARD, BY THE NOW, I, TOM DUGARD, BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED IN ME THROUGH THE MAYOR OF THE IN ME THROUGH THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21st, 2025, AS FEBRUARY 21st, 2025, AS GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY IN DUNEDIN, FLORIDA. DUNEDIN, FLORIDA. IT UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF IT UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHOSE DEDICATED EFFORTS UPHOLD DEDICATED EFFORTS UPHOLD EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND CRISIS STRATEGIES AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY OF DUNEDIN. CITY OF DUNEDIN. THANK YOU THANK YOU >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW WORDS. WORDS. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS IMPORTANT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IMPORTANT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND THE VALUE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND VERY TALENTED TEAM ARE THE VERY TALENTED TEAM ARE THE ARCHITECTS BEHIND OUR PUBLIC ARCHITECTS BEHIND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, INFORMATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, OUR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, OUR RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS MONITORED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, IS MONITORED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND THE CREATIVITY BEHIND THE AND THE CREATIVITY BEHIND THE CONTENT, VIDEOS AND MESSAGING, CONTENT, VIDEOS AND MESSAGING, WE INFORM, EDUCATE, AND WE ALSO WE INFORM, EDUCATE, AND WE ALSO TRY TO ENTERTAIN. TRY TO ENTERTAIN. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO BE DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO BE BORING. BORING. BUT THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE BUT THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS THAN DURING THE COMMUNICATIONS THAN DURING THE CRISIS EVENTS AND EMERGENCY CRISIS EVENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS. RESPONSE SITUATIONS. THE STORMS OF 2024, DEBBIE, THE STORMS OF 2024, DEBBIE, HELENE, AND MILTON PROVED HOW HELENE, AND MILTON PROVED HOW CRITICAL PUBLIC INFORMATION IS CRITICAL PUBLIC INFORMATION IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS VITAL BEFORE THE STORM AS IT IS VITAL BEFORE THE STORM AS A PROCLAMATION SAID, BEFORE, A PROCLAMATION SAID, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER, AND IN 2024, DURING, AND AFTER, AND IN 2024, THE POST-STORM COMMUNICATIONS THE POST-STORM COMMUNICATIONS LASTED FOR MONTHS. LASTED FOR MONTHS. THIS WAS OUR SUPER BOWL. THIS WAS OUR SUPER BOWL. WE WERE NOT JUST GETTING WE WERE NOT JUST GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC. INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC. WE ARE SAVING LIVES USING SOCIAL WE ARE SAVING LIVES USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS, AS AN OUTREACH TOOL MEDIA AS, AS AN OUTREACH TOOL BUT ALSO AS A CRITICAL SOCIAL BUT ALSO AS A CRITICAL SOCIAL LISTENING AND RESPONSE TOOL. LISTENING AND RESPONSE TOOL. TODAY PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE A CALL CENTER, AND LIKE A CALL CENTER, AND ACCORDING TO DATA FROM OUR ACCORDING TO DATA FROM OUR DIGITAL ANALYTICS, OUR RESPONSE DIGITAL ANALYTICS, OUR RESPONSE TIME DURING THE STORMS TO TIME DURING THE STORMS TO CRITICAL QUERIES WAS BETWEEN 15 CRITICAL QUERIES WAS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MINUTES. AND 30 MINUTES. OUR COMMUNITY SENTIMENT MEASURED OUR COMMUNITY SENTIMENT MEASURED BY COMMENTS WAS 87% POSITIVE AND BY COMMENTS WAS 87% POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. SUPPORTIVE. WE GAINED MORE THAN WE GAINED MORE THAN THUNDERSHOWER FOUN NEW FALL -- THUNDERSHOWER FOUN NEW FALL -- MORE THAN 4,000 NEW FOLLOWERS ON MORE THAN 4,000 NEW FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK AND WE PRODUCE A FACEBOOK AND WE PRODUCE A DIGITAL HURRICANE E. NEWS UPDATE DIGITAL HURRICANE E. NEWS UPDATE FROM SEPTEMBER 24th THROUGH FROM SEPTEMBER 24th THROUGH MID-OCTOBER. MID-OCTOBER. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE GAINED THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE GAINED MORE THAN 1,000 NEW DUNEDIN NEWS MORE THAN 1,000 NEW DUNEDIN NEWS SUBSCRIBERS AND AS YOU'RE HEARD SUBSCRIBERS AND AS YOU'RE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, ME SAY MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY INFORMED, BECAUSE IT IS INFORMED, BECAUSE IT IS DELIVERED TO THEM, THEY DON'T DELIVERED TO THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THEIR NEWS. GET THEIR NEWS. AND OFTEN THE MISINFORMATION AND OFTEN THE MISINFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE, EXCUSE ME, ON THAT IS OUT THERE, EXCUSE ME, ON THOSE PLATFORMS. THOSE PLATFORMS. OUR CITY OF DUNEDIN CRISIS OUR CITY OF DUNEDIN CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE DURING COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE DURING TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE, TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE, DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS AND DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS AND STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGE. STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGE. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THESE WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THESE EFFORTS. EFFORTS. IT WAS HARD BUT WE KNEW AS IT WAS HARD BUT WE KNEW AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, IT WAS THE PUBLIC SERVANTS, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WAS RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WAS THE VALUABLE THING TO DO. THE VALUABLE THING TO DO. AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT THAT PLAYED. ROLE THAT THAT PLAYED. WE KNOW, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE, WE KNOW, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE, AND THE GROWTH ENGAGEMENT OF OUR AND THE GROWTH ENGAGEMENT OF OUR PLATFORMS WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN PLATFORMS WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN OUR REACH FOR THE FUTURE. OUR REACH FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY BROOK BECAUSE SHE WAS ESPECIALLY BROOK BECAUSE SHE WAS HERE WITH ME DURING THAT TIME, HERE WITH ME DURING THAT TIME, KATE, AS YOU KNOW, JOINED OUR KATE, AS YOU KNOW, JOINED OUR TEAM RECENTLY, AND ALREADY DOING TEAM RECENTLY, AND ALREADY DOING AMAZING THINGS TOGETHER. AMAZING THINGS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALWAYS. ALWAYS. >> MAYOR FREANEY: PICTURES NOW? >> PICTURES NOW? >> PICTURES NOW? [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR FREANEY: SO WHILE >> SO WHILE >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS TAKING COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS TAKING HIS SEAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I'VE HIS SEAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I'VE BEEN AROUND THE TRACK AND A LOT BEEN AROUND THE TRACK AND A LOT OF VENUES WITH THIS CITY FOR 35 OF VENUES WITH THIS CITY FOR 35 YEARS, AND THIS COMMUNICATION YEARS, AND THIS COMMUNICATION GROUP IS AMAZING, AND I ALWAYS GROUP IS AMAZING, AND I ALWAYS SAY INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, SAY INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, BUT I'LL INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. TELL YOU WHAT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T. JUST CAN'T. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH OUR COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH OUR 37,000 RESIDENTS. 37,000 RESIDENTS. SO I THANK THE TEAM. SO I THANK THE TEAM. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE SMALL AND MIGHTY. SMALL AND MIGHTY. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CITIZEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CITIZEN INPUT, SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME INPUT, SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON A TOPIC THAT IS COMMISSION ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS WOULD BE NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT? TO DO THAT? OKAY. OKAY. SEEING NO RUSH TO THE PODIUM, SEEING NO RUSH TO THE PODIUM, I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN INPUT, AND WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT INPUT, AND WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. AGENDA. SO TODAY WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OF SO TODAY WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR 12/17, 12/19, 1/7, MINUTES FOR 12/17, 12/19, 1/7, 1/9. 1/9. WE HAVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE WE HAVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR HAMMOCK APPOINTMENTS FOR HAMMOCK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB WE HAVE FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELERATION ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELERATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE DOWNTOWN DUNEDIN WE HAVE DOWNTOWN DUNEDIN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 2025 MARDI MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 2025 MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. LICENSE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE AWARD OF GENERAL WE HAVE AWARD OF GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICE AUTHORIZATION TASK TO JONES AUTHORIZATION TASK TO JONES EDMUNDS AND ASSOCIATES INC. OF EDMUNDS AND ASSOCIATES INC. OF TAMPA FLORIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF TAMPA FLORIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,500 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS $88,500 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND POST DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND POST DESIGN SERVICES. DESIGN SERVICES. WE HAVE APPROVAL TO AWARD WE HAVE APPROVAL TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND RESURFACING SERVICES AT RESURFACING SERVICES AT EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK PROVIDED BY LANIER PLANS, INC., PROVIDED BY LANIER PLANS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS KORKAT OF DOING BUSINESS AS KORKAT OF CAROLLTON, GEORGIA, FOR THE A CAROLLTON, GEORGIA, FOR THE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $227,737.05 DUE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $227,737.05 DUE TO DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY TO DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. AND WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF AND WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY OF MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY OF DUNEDIN FOR POST-MILTON DEBRIS DUNEDIN FOR POST-MILTON DEBRIS HAULING ASSISTANCE. HAULING ASSISTANCE. SO FIRST OF ALL DO I HAVE SO FIRST OF ALL DO I HAVE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL. TO PULL. >> 2C AND 2F. >> 2C AND 2F. >> 2C AND 2F. >> >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY COMMISSIONER >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBEGEN. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBEGEN. OKAY. OKAY. AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL ANYTHING? ANYTHING? >> 2E. >> 2E. >> 2E. >> >> 2E. >> MAYOR >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, 2E. >> OKAY, 2E. >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY PULLED OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY PULLED THAT. THAT. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: BECAUSE >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: BECAUSE YOU >> BECAUSE YOU >> BECAUSE YOU SAID >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E AS >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E AS WELL? SAID 2E AS WELL? >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OH, >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OH, OKAY, >> OH, OKAY, >> OH, OKAY, SORRY. SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO 2E BY COMMISSIONER WALKER, 2F SO 2E BY COMMISSIONER WALKER, 2F BY COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN. OKAY, ANY OTHER THINGS? OKAY, ANY OTHER THINGS? THAT WE WISH TO PULL? THAT WE WISH TO PULL? OKAY, SO EVERYTHING BUT 2C, 2E, OKAY, SO EVERYTHING BUT 2C, 2E, AND 2F, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO AND 2F, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? APPROVE? >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> >> SECOND. >> MAYOR >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. MOTION, >> OKAY. MOTION, SECOND. MOTION, SECOND. AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVE, NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVE, NOT THE ONES THAT ARE PULLED. THE ONES THAT ARE PULLED. AND YOURS IS PULLED. AND YOURS IS PULLED. OKAY. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? SO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NOW WE'LL GO TO FIRST 2C, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO FIRST 2C, FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB S FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB S T. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION T. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN, WAS COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN, WAS THERE A QUESTION? THERE A QUESTION? >> IT WAS A QUESTION AND JUST >> IT WAS A QUESTION AND JUST >> IT WAS A QUESTION AND JUST CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION. I RECEIVED THE ANSWER YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED THE ANSWER YESTERDAY, BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED AS TO -- THANK YOU. AS TO -- THANK YOU. I HAPPEN THAT BOTH -- I KNOW I HAPPEN THAT BOTH -- I KNOW THAT BOTH, THE MUCHNTS AND THAT BOTH, THE MUCHNTS AND FLANAGAN'S DO -- MERCHANTS AND FLANAGAN'S DO -- MERCHANTS AND FLANAGAN'S DO A LOT FOR THIS FLANAGAN'S DO A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT JOINT VENTURE TO COMMUNITY, BUT JOINT VENTURE TO SAY -- BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M A SAY -- BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M A LITTLE KNOCKED OFF MY GAME IN LITTLE KNOCKED OFF MY GAME IN THE DIFFERENCE WHAT IT'S COSTING THE DIFFERENCE WHAT IT'S COSTING THEM. THEM. I KNOW ONE IS DUE TO NONPROFIT I KNOW ONE IS DUE TO NONPROFIT STATUS AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR STATUS AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR PROFIT BUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD PROFIT BUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR PRICING. WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR PRICING. I MEAN $150 VERSUS THE GUY DOWN I MEAN $150 VERSUS THE GUY DOWN THE STREET PAYING $3,000. THE STREET PAYING $3,000. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HAD I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT I'M JUST A IN THE PAST, BUT I'M JUST A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE AND LITTLE LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE AND LITTLE UNSETTLED WITH NAT. UNSETTLED WITH NAT. >> WERE YOU LOOKING FOR A >> WERE YOU LOOKING FOR A >> WERE YOU LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE? RESPONSE? >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, YES. BUT IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, YES. >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK IT >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK IT WAS >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK IT WAS POINTED >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED AND I THINK IT WAS POINTED OUT THINK IT WAS POINTED OUT YESTERDAY, WHEN WE DID OUR FEES YESTERDAY, WHEN WE DID OUR FEES BACK IN 2013, WE'RE TRYING TO BACK IN 2013, WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES SUPPORT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES BUT OUR NONPROFITS, WE'RE REALLY BUT OUR NONPROFITS, WE'RE REALLY HAVE A LESSER, LESSER FEE HAVE A LESSER, LESSER FEE BASICALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY BASICALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. DO FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. AND I KNOW FLANAGAN'S ALSO DOES AND I KNOW FLANAGAN'S ALSO DOES A LOT FOR THE BUSINESSES, ALL A LOT FOR THE BUSINESSES, ALL THE BUSINESSES DO WELL ON THAT THE BUSINESSES DO WELL ON THAT EVENING, BUT WE'VE SEPARATED EVENING, BUT WE'VE SEPARATED NONPROFIT FROM PROFIT AS FAR AS NONPROFIT FROM PROFIT AS FAR AS OUR FEE STRUCTURE GOES. OUR FEE STRUCTURE GOES. >> IF I MAY ADD, MAYOR. >> IF I MAY ADD, MAYOR. >> IF I MAY ADD, MAYOR. THANK >> IF I MAY ADD, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS DESIGNED >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS DESIGNED TO >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE FULL >> SO THE FEE PROPOSAL IS, IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE FULL COST DESIGNED TO ENSURE FULL COST RECOVERY FOR A FOR PROFIT EVENT. RECOVERY FOR A FOR PROFIT EVENT. WE HAVEN'T AMENDED THOSE FEES WE HAVEN'T AMENDED THOSE FEES SINCE 2013, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SINCE 2013, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDER MARKET AS FAR ASTHOSIS UNDER MARKET AS FAR ASTHOSIS FEES GO -- AS THOSE FEES GO. FEES GO -- AS THOSE FEES GO. WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY DO AN WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY DO AN ANALYSIS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ANALYSIS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH INCREASING THOSE FEES IN THE INCREASING THOSE FEES IN THE FUTURE AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FUTURE AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION BUT AT BE A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE THIS POINT IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE OUR COSTS ARE COVERED. SURE OUR COSTS ARE COVERED. >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE $150 >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE $150 FOR >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE $150 FOR THE >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE $150 FOR THE NONPROFITS >> YEAH, AND ALSO BESIDES THE, THE $150 FOR THE NONPROFITS THEY THE $150 FOR THE NONPROFITS THEY ARE PAYING FOR EVERY MAN HOUR ARE PAYING FOR EVERY MAN HOUR THAT'S WORKED TO SET UP AND TEAR THAT'S WORKED TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN AND CLEAN UP THE EVENT. DOWN AND CLEAN UP THE EVENT. SO THEIR BILL COMES OUT TO SO THEIR BILL COMES OUT TO CLOSER TO LIKE $10,000. CLOSER TO LIKE $10,000. >> I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. >> I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. >> I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. THANK >> I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> >> YEAH. >> MAYOR >> YEAH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> YEAH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: YEAH, >> YEAH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: YEAH, JUST >> YEAH, JUST >> YEAH, JUST GIVE >> YEAH, JUST GIVE ME >> YEAH, JUST GIVE ME A >> YEAH, JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE. GIVE ME A MINUTE. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOU? FROM YOU? >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> MAYOR >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> MAYOR FREANEY: OR >> NOT ON THAT ITEM? >> MAYOR FREANEY: OR ANYBODY >> OR ANYBODY >> OR ANYBODY ELSE >> OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE >> OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A >> OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION >> OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION ON >> OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS? ELSE HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS? SURE, COME AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO. SURE, COME AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO. >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, OWNERS >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, OWNERS OF >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, OWNERS OF FLANAGAN'S >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, OWNERS OF FLANAGAN'S IRISH >> MY NAME IS JASON SIBERT, OWNERS OF FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB, OWNERS OF FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB, 7156 RANCHWOOD DRIVE SOUTH, 7156 RANCHWOOD DRIVE SOUTH, DUNEDIN FLORIDA. DUNEDIN FLORIDA. THERE IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW IN THERE IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY. THE CITY. THESE, THESE FESTIVALS ARE GOING THESE, THESE FESTIVALS ARE GOING AWAY IF THE FEES ARE NOT COVERED AWAY IF THE FEES ARE NOT COVERED BY THE CITY. BY THE CITY. IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW THE DDMA IS TALKING RIGHT NOW THE DDMA IS TALKING ABOUT DISSOLVING OVER THIS. ABOUT DISSOLVING OVER THIS. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THEY'VE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THEY'VE LOSTED OVER $100,000 BETWEEN LOSTED OVER $100,000 BETWEEN THEIR TWO FESTIVALS. THEIR TWO FESTIVALS. MY FESTIVALS PROFIT HAS BEEN CUT MY FESTIVALS PROFIT HAS BEEN CUT BY THREE-QUARTERS. BY THREE-QUARTERS. THEY ARE GOING AWAY IF THE CITY THEY ARE GOING AWAY IF THE CITY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND ON THE BLUE JAYS, LOVE THE BLUE ON THE BLUE JAYS, LOVE THE BLUE JAYS, IS FANTASTIC, BUT IF YOU JAYS, IS FANTASTIC, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOLLARS FOR WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOLLARS FOR DOUGHNUTS, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DOUGHNUTS, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE FESTIVALS TO THE OF THESE FESTIVALS TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS ABSOLUTELY DOWNTOWN CORE IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS DOWNTOWN. DO BUSINESS DOWNTOWN. YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE COMING IN AND TALKING TO YOU COMING IN AND TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO WEEKS, BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO YOUR POINT, I UNDERSTAND BUT MY YOUR POINT, I UNDERSTAND BUT MY FEES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FEES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SHERIFF FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY SHERIFF FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY ARE BETWEEN 15 AND $20,000 A ARE BETWEEN 15 AND $20,000 A YEAR. YEAR. I TAKE THE ENTIRE COST OF THE I TAKE THE ENTIRE COST OF THE FESTIVAL AND I MAKE SURE FESTIVAL AND I MAKE SURE EVERYONE BENEFITS, TALK TO EVERY EVERYONE BENEFITS, TALK TO EVERY BUSINESS OWNER IN TOWN. BUSINESS OWNER IN TOWN. I GO DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE I GO DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE WHAT CAN I DO FOR EVERYONE. WHAT CAN I DO FOR EVERYONE. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE FESTIVALS IS ABSOLUTELY FESTIVALS IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS, SO I JUST WANTED TO ENORMOUS, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THERE WILL BE LOT SAY THAT AND THERE WILL BE LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING TO TALK ABOUT MORE PEOPLE COMING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BUT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BUT FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT, IF YOU FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT, IF YOU EVER -- THIS IS A EVER -- THIS IS A 30-PLUS-YEAR-OLD FESTIVAL, THE 30-PLUS-YEAR-OLD FESTIVAL, THE OTHER THING THAT COULD BE DONE OTHER THING THAT COULD BE DONE HERE IS TO ALLOW LIQUOR TO BE HERE IS TO ALLOW LIQUOR TO BE SOLD AT THE FESTIVALS. SOLD AT THE FESTIVALS. WE'RE THE LAST MUNICIPALITY IN WE'RE THE LAST MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY, IN THE TRI-COUNTY THE COUNTY, IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA THAT DOESN'T ALLOW LIQUOR AREA THAT DOESN'T ALLOW LIQUOR AT THEIR FESTIVALS. AT THEIR FESTIVALS. THERE'S A HUGE COST TO THERE'S A HUGE COST TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIQUOR AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIQUOR AND BEER AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS BEER AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF LIQUOR, BUT LOOK AT MY AFRAID OF LIQUOR, BUT LOOK AT MY TRACK RECORD. TRACK RECORD. I'VE HAD PLANGON'S NINE YEARS -- I'VE HAD PLANGON'S NINE YEARS -- FLANAGAN'S NINE YEARS, OF THOSE FLANAGAN'S NINE YEARS, OF THOSE SEVEN I WAS ABLE TO DO A SEVEN I WAS ABLE TO DO A FESTIVAL. FESTIVAL. I HAVE NO HISTORY OF ARRESTS AT I HAVE NO HISTORY OF ARRESTS AT MY FESTIVALS. MY FESTIVALS. I UNDERSTAND FEAR, I HAVE FEAR I UNDERSTAND FEAR, I HAVE FEAR TOO, AND I ALSO KNOW HOW PEOPLE TOO, AND I ALSO KNOW HOW PEOPLE ACT ON ALCOHOL. ACT ON ALCOHOL. I'M PRETTY GOOD AT KNOWING THAT. I'M PRETTY GOOD AT KNOWING THAT. SO ANYWAYS, THERE WILL BE MORE SO ANYWAYS, THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE COMING, BUT THIS IS A PEOPLE COMING, BUT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE, AND IT HAS BEEN AN REAL ISSUE, AND IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME. ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, THANK >> OKAY, THANK >> OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME FORWARD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? OKAY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD OKAY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? ANYTHING? >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION, >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION, I >> YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION, I JUST MAKE A CLARIFICATION, I JUST CHECKED WITH JORIE. CHECKED WITH JORIE. THE FEES FOR MARDI GRAS THIS THE FEES FOR MARDI GRAS THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $18,000. YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $18,000. PLUS THE SHERIFF COSTS IS PLUS THE SHERIFF COSTS IS SEPARATE. SEPARATE. AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER $10,000. ANOTHER $10,000. SO THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SO THERE IS SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES, WHETHER IT'S PROFIT OR EXPENSES, WHETHER IT'S PROFIT OR FLAN PROFIT. FLAN PROFIT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THERE IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE LICENSE FEE. A DIFFERENCE IN THE LICENSE FEE. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M VERY >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M VERY PRO-SMALL >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M VERY PRO-SMALL BUSINESS >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M VERY PRO-SMALL BUSINESS AND I'M VERY PRO-SMALL BUSINESS AND I WANT MIKE SURE THE PLAYING I WANT MIKE SURE THE PLAYING FIELD IS AS LEVEL AS WE CAN MAKE FIELD IS AS LEVEL AS WE CAN MAKE IT FOR BOTH SIDES. IT FOR BOTH SIDES. THANKS. THANKS. >> MAYOR FREANEY: RIGHT, AND I >> RIGHT, AND I >> RIGHT, AND I OBVIOUSLY, >> RIGHT, AND I OBVIOUSLY, JASON >> RIGHT, AND I OBVIOUSLY, JASON AND >> RIGHT, AND I OBVIOUSLY, JASON AND I >> RIGHT, AND I OBVIOUSLY, JASON AND I RESPECT OBVIOUSLY, JASON AND I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THERE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON WITH A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON WITH DDMA THAT ARE BEYOND THE SCOPE DDMA THAT ARE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT THIS ISSUE IS, BUT OF WHAT THIS ISSUE IS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS COMMISSION IS OBVIOUSLY THIS COMMISSION IS ALWAYS OPEN TO DISCUSS, BUT YOU ALWAYS OPEN TO DISCUSS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO WEIGH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO WEIGH, YOU KNOW, THESE SPECIAL EVENTS KNOW, THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AGAINST THE CITIZENS OVERALL AND AGAINST THE CITIZENS OVERALL AND THE TAXPAYER. THE TAXPAYER. BUT APPRECIATE IT, AND OBVIOUSLY BUT APPRECIATE IT, AND OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO DISCUSS. OPEN TO DISCUSS. SO OKAY. SO OKAY. SO IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON SO IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT, I WOULD TAKE TAKE A MOTION THAT, I WOULD TAKE TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FLANAGAN'S IRISH TO APPROVE THE FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB ST. PATRICK'S DAY PUB ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. AGREEMENT. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT REAL >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT REAL >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK. QUICK. >> MAYOR FREANEY: SURE, GO >> SURE, GO >> SURE, GO AHEAD. AHEAD. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING A >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING A LOOK >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING A LOOK AT, >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU START TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT MAKE THIS CITY THINGS THAT MAKE THIS CITY GREAT, AND THE EVENTS THAT WE GREAT, AND THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON ARE AMAZING. PUT ON ARE AMAZING. AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR IMPACT TO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR IMPACT TO OUR BUSINESSES. OUR BUSINESSES. I THINK THERE WOULD BE BENEFIT I THINK THERE WOULD BE BENEFIT TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING THIS TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING THIS GOING FORWARD. GOING FORWARD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE I'M I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND YOU A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND YOU KNOW, MARGIN'S IMPORTANT, KNOW, MARGIN'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOUR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOUR REVENUE RAISING FOR THE MOST REVENUE RAISING FOR THE MOST PART HAPPENS IN SEASONS. PART HAPPENS IN SEASONS. SO ANYWAY, JUST, I'D LIKE TO SO ANYWAY, JUST, I'D LIKE TO JUST GET THAT ON A AGENDA AT JUST GET THAT ON A AGENDA AT SOME POINT TO DISCUSS. SOME POINT TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, WELL, >> OKAY, WELL, >> OKAY, WELL, EVERYBODY >> OKAY, WELL, EVERYBODY ELSE >> OKAY, WELL, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS >> OKAY, WELL, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTED? EVERYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTED? COMMISSIONER DUGARD OR COMMISSIONER DUGARD OR COMMISSIONER GOW, ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GOW, ANY COMMENTS? YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE WITH >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE WITH OUR >> I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE WITH OUR EVENTS, CHALLENGES HERE WITH OUR EVENTS, AND I THINK JASON'S REMARKS ARE AND I THINK JASON'S REMARKS ARE SOMETHING OF A CAUTIONARY TAIL SOMETHING OF A CAUTIONARY TAIL FOR TALE US FOR AS WE LOOK AT FOR TALE US FOR AS WE LOOK AT COSTS. COSTS. I THINK WE SHOULD EXAMINE WAYS I THINK WE SHOULD EXAMINE WAYS TO OFFSET THESE COSTS, MAYBE A TO OFFSET THESE COSTS, MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, AND THIS IS NOT, HAS VERY LITTLE TO THIS IS NOT, HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH THE MOTION OTHER THAN DO WITH THE MOTION OTHER THAN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS I'M IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS I'M IN SUPPORT OF, BUT I THINK THAT SUPPORT OF, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SIT BACK AND LOOK WE'RE GOING TO SIT BACK AND LOOK AT THIS OVER THE LONG-TERM. AT THIS OVER THE LONG-TERM. >> MAYOR FREANEY: AND I'M GOING >> AND I'M GOING >> AND I'M GOING TO >> AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME >> AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME CITY >> AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME CITY MANAGER >> AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME CITY MANAGER IF >> AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME CITY MANAGER IF WE'RE TO ASSUME CITY MANAGER IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME WOULD BE DURING THE BUDGET. DURING THE BUDGET. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE FACING. THAT WE'RE FACING. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, GREAT, >> OKAY, GREAT, >> OKAY, GREAT, THANK >> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AGAIN, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON AGAIN, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON 2C, FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB 2C, FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB REVOCABLE LICENSE. REVOCABLE LICENSE. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, >> OKAY, >> OKAY, COMMISSIONER >> OKAY, COMMISSIONER GOW. COMMISSIONER GOW. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> >> SECOND. >> MAYOR >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: COMMISSIONER >> COMMISSIONER >> COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN. SANDBERGEN. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> >> AYE. >> MAYOR >> AYE. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> AYE. >> MAYOR FREANEY: AND >> AYE. >> MAYOR FREANEY: AND ANY >> AND ANY >> AND ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO TO 2D, DOWNTOWN I'M GOING TO GO TO 2D, DOWNTOWN DUNEDIN MERGENS ASSOCIATION 2025 DUNEDIN MERGENS ASSOCIATION 2025 MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. LICENSE AGREEMENT. >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> MAYOR >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> MAYOR FREANEY: NEVER >> THAT WAS NOT PULLED, MAYOR. >> MAYOR FREANEY: NEVER MIND. >> NEVER MIND. >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, WE >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, WE DON'T >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, WE DON'T WANT >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, WE DON'T WANT TO >> NEVER MIND. GOOD, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK GOOD, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? THAT MUST'VE BEEN DEJA VU. THAT MUST'VE BEEN DEJA VU. OKAY, LET'S GO TO 2E. OKAY, LET'S GO TO 2E. AWARD OF GENERAL ENGINEERING AWARD OF GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES CONSULTANT SERVICES AUTHORIZATION TASK JONES EDMUNDS AUTHORIZATION TASK JONES EDMUNDS AND ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF AND ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF 88,000 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS 88,000 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PERMITTING AND DESIGN PERMITTING AND POST-DESIGN SERVICES AND THAT POST-DESIGN SERVICES AND THAT WAS PULLED. WAS PULLED. COMMISSIONER WALKER, DID YOU COMMISSIONER WALKER, DID YOU WANT A FULL PRESENTATION OR JUST WANT A FULL PRESENTATION OR JUST QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST KIND >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF >> NO, NO FULL PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF WE'VE I DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF WE'VE GONE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GONE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS IN THIS HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS IN THIS BUT IF YOU COULD JUST REALLY BUT IF YOU COULD JUST REALLY GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT THE GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT ENTAILS. SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT ENTAILS. >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- EXCUSE >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- EXCUSE ME, >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- EXCUSE ME, GOOD >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- EXCUSE ME, GOOD MORNING, >> SO, SO FOR, SO THE SCOPE -- EXCUSE ME, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. CLAY WATKINS, CITY ENGINEER. CLAY WATKINS, CITY ENGINEER. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WHAT WE'RE SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS WILL BE THEIR LOOKING AT IS THIS WILL BE THEIR DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND POST-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, SO POST-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, SO WHAT THE PROPOSED SORT OF, I WHAT THE PROPOSED SORT OF, I GUESS FIX IS THE BEST WAY I CAN GUESS FIX IS THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY. SAY. THE, AS THEY DID THE ANALYSIS WE THE, AS THEY DID THE ANALYSIS WE RAN PREVIOUSLY THEY, WE GAVE RAN PREVIOUSLY THEY, WE GAVE JONES EDMUNDS A TASK ORDER TO DO JONES EDMUNDS A TASK ORDER TO DO THE ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS. THIS ONE DETERMINED A BASICALLY THIS ONE DETERMINED A BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO USE A TIED VOWS WHICH GOING TO USE A TIED VOWS WHICH IS WHAT WE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE IS WHAT WE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USED IN THE BAYWOOD USED IN THE BAYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE WOULD GO IN THE NORTHERN THOSE WOULD GO IN THE NORTHERN FOUR CURBED INLET CATCH BASINS. FOUR CURBED INLET CATCH BASINS. THOSE WILL SIT THERE IN THE THOSE WILL SIT THERE IN THE 18-INCH PIPES BUT IN ADDITION AS 18-INCH PIPES BUT IN ADDITION AS YOU GO TO THE NORTHERN YOU GO TO THE NORTHERN INTERSECTION AS SORT OF SAN INTERSECTION AS SORT OF SAN MATEO AND NORTH DOUGLAS LOOP MATEO AND NORTH DOUGLAS LOOP AROUND ON EACH OTHER AND EXIT AROUND ON EACH OTHER AND EXIT OUT OF THE PARK, BASICALLY THE OUT OF THE PARK, BASICALLY THE EXIT FROM THE PARK WILL SORT OF EXIT FROM THE PARK WILL SORT OF RISE AND CREATE A BERM AREA THAT RISE AND CREATE A BERM AREA THAT WILL RESTRICT THE TITLE FLOW TO WILL RESTRICT THE TITLE FLOW TO THE MEAN SORT OF MEAN HIGH TIDE THE MEAN SORT OF MEAN HIGH TIDE IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CONTROL JUST THE TIDE. TO CONTROL JUST THE TIDE. IT WILL NOT, IF IT'S A KING TIDE IT WILL NOT, IF IT'S A KING TIDE OR ANY STORM EVENTS IT WON'T OR ANY STORM EVENTS IT WON'T CONTROL THAT. CONTROL THAT. IT'LL HELP JUST KEEP THE IT'LL HELP JUST KEEP THE SALTWATER OUT OF THE STREET SALTWATER OUT OF THE STREET DURING REGULAR TIDE EVENTS. DURING REGULAR TIDE EVENTS. >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN THIS >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN THIS IS >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN THIS IS GOING >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO >> AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT, I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO BE I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER SOLUTIONS AS LOOKING AT OTHER SOLUTIONS AS WELL, RIGHT? WELL, RIGHT? OTHER THAN THE CHECK VALVES. OTHER THAN THE CHECK VALVES. >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY DID >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY DID OTHER >> SO WE PREVIOUSLY THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY DID OTHER SOLUTIONS, PREVIOUSLY DID OTHER SOLUTIONS, I THINK THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY I THINK THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY WELL THEY STARTED WITH LIKE WELL THEY STARTED WITH LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT AND ENDED UP WITH SEVEN OR EIGHT AND ENDED UP WITH FOUR, AND THEN THIS WAS THE FOUR, AND THEN THIS WAS THE SOLUTION THAT THEY DETERMINED TO SOLUTION THAT THEY DETERMINED TO BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR THE CITY. EFFICIENT FOR THE CITY. >> SO IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE >> SO IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE >> SO IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE CHECK >> SO IT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE CHECK VALVES. CHECK VALVES. >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE BASICALLY >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE BASICALLY THEY'LL >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE BASICALLY THEY'LL DAM >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE BASICALLY THEY'LL DAM UP >> IT'S THE CHECK VALVES AND THE BASICALLY THEY'LL DAM UP THE BASICALLY THEY'LL DAM UP THE TWO, THERE'S THE POND THAT IS A TWO, THERE'S THE POND THAT IS A TREATMENT POND THAT SITS JUST TO TREATMENT POND THAT SITS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE POND. THE NORTH OF THE POND. THAT HAS A 16-INCH PIPE SO THAT HAS A 16-INCH PIPE SO THAT'S A CONDUIT FOR WATER SO THAT'S A CONDUIT FOR WATER SO THAT'S WHERE THE TWO 18-INCHERS THAT'S WHERE THE TWO 18-INCHERS WILL CONTROL THAT AND THEN ON WILL CONTROL THAT AND THEN ON THE SIDE WHERE THE DITCHES ARE THE SIDE WHERE THE DITCHES ARE WE'RE GOING TO BERM UP THOSE WE'RE GOING TO BERM UP THOSE DITCHES, PUT IN A NEW CATCH DITCHES, PUT IN A NEW CATCH BASIN THAT'LL CATCH THE ROADWAY BASIN THAT'LL CATCH THE ROADWAY DRAINAGE FROM SAN MATEO, PUT IT DRAINAGE FROM SAN MATEO, PUT IT INTO THAT DITCH, THOSE PIPES INTO THAT DITCH, THOSE PIPES ALSO WILL HAVE THE TIDE VALVES ALSO WILL HAVE THE TIDE VALVES TOO. TOO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT ANSWERED >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT ANSWERED MY >> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR FREANEY: ANYONE ELSE >> ANYONE ELSE >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE A >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION, >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION, VICE >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION, VICE MAYOR? HAVE A QUESTION, VICE MAYOR? COMMISSIONER DUGARD? COMMISSIONER DUGARD? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY, SO IS THERE ANYONE FROM OKAY, SO IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, AND I KNOW WE TO THIS ISSUE, AND I KNOW WE DEFINITELY HAVE JANETTE, COME ON DEFINITELY HAVE JANETTE, COME ON DOWN. DOWN. GOOD FOR YOU, YOU'RE ON IT. GOOD FOR YOU, YOU'RE ON IT. >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE CORNELL, >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE CORNELL, 1858 >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE CORNELL, 1858 DOUGLAS >> HI, MY NAME IS JANETTE CORNELL, 1858 DOUGLAS AVENUE. CORNELL, 1858 DOUGLAS AVENUE. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FR JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FR BRINGING THIS TO THE AGENDA BRINGING THIS TO THE AGENDA TODAY. TODAY. I WANTED TO ALSO EXTEND MY I WANTED TO ALSO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOU'VE CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR PRAYERS. BEEN IN OUR PRAYERS. >> MAYOR FREANEY: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I JUST, >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS NORTH >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS NORTH DOUGLAS, >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS NORTH DOUGLAS, YOU >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS NORTH DOUGLAS, YOU KNOW, >> YEAH, I JUST, WE, YOU KNOW, AS NORTH DOUGLAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS NORTH DOUGLAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S 9:00 A.M., PEOPLE ARE WORKING, 9:00 A.M., PEOPLE ARE WORKING, TRYING TO FIND THEIR CONTRACTOR TRYING TO FIND THEIR CONTRACTOR FOR THEIR HOUSES, SO I MADE IT A FOR THEIR HOUSES, SO I MADE IT A POINT TO BE HERE TODAY. POINT TO BE HERE TODAY. IT'S STILL IS, YOU KNOW, ONGOING IT'S STILL IS, YOU KNOW, ONGOING FOR OUR STREETS AND OUR DUNEDIN FOR OUR STREETS AND OUR DUNEDIN ISLES AREA. ISLES AREA. NEW CONTRACTORS FIRING SOME, NEW CONTRACTORS FIRING SOME, GETTING NEW ONES, IT'S BEEN A GETTING NEW ONES, IT'S BEEN A PROCESS. PROCESS. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THIS. BEING ON THIS. WE DO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE WE DO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE SOME, AS THE DESIGN COULD HAVE SOME, AS THE DESIGN GOES, A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FROM GOES, A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FROM US SINCE WE'VE HAD EYES, EARS, US SINCE WE'VE HAD EYES, EARS, HEARTS ON THIS FOR YEARS. HEARTS ON THIS FOR YEARS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE BERM, WE UNDERSTAND THE HEIGHTS BERM, WE UNDERSTAND THE HEIGHTS OF IT AND ALL THAT. OF IT AND ALL THAT. WE WERE HOPING AS THE DESIGN WE WERE HOPING AS THE DESIGN GOES FORWARD IF IT COULD BE A GOES FORWARD IF IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR PHOTOS OF LITTLE MORE CLEAR PHOTOS OF MAYBE RENDITION OF LIKE WHAT MAYBE RENDITION OF LIKE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE ALONG THE SOUTH PART, BECAUSE ALONG THE SOUTH PART, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GRADING IT SO YOU KNOW, KIND OF GRADING IT SO IT COMES ACROSS A LITTLE BIT IT COMES ACROSS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS WHERE THE BOARDWALK IS TOWARDS WHERE THE BOARDWALK IS WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID ANSWER MY EMAIL AND WE DID ANSWER MY EMAIL AND WE OPENED IT UP AND LOOKED AT THE OPENED IT UP AND LOOKED AT THE PHOTO. PHOTO. IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR TO US HOW IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR TO US HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK. THAT'S GOING TO LOOK. AND I KNOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE AND I KNOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE FOUR VALVES. FOUR VALVES. AND I WILL BECAUSE NORTH DOUGLAS AND I WILL BECAUSE NORTH DOUGLAS GOES BEYOND THOSE VALVES. GOES BEYOND THOSE VALVES. THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF VALVES THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF VALVES FURTHER UP THE STREET THAT WE DO FURTHER UP THE STREET THAT WE DO HAVE HISTORY OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO HAVE HISTORY OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF WATER COMING OUT OF THEM. OF WATER COMING OUT OF THEM. AND I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE FOCUSING AND I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE FOUR BECAUSE OF THE ON THE FOUR BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT AND WHATEVER. HEIGHT AND WHATEVER. I WILL TELL YOU WATER DOES COME I WILL TELL YOU WATER DOES COME OUT OF THE ONES UP THERE, NOT AS OUT OF THE ONES UP THERE, NOT AS MUCH AS THE LOWER ONES, BUT YOU MUCH AS THE LOWER ONES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SOLVE KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SOLVE THIS MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND NOT THIS MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND NOT JUST HAVE A BAND AID. JUST HAVE A BAND AID. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO PUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THAT OUT THERE. SO AS WE GO ALONG, WE APPRECIATE SO AS WE GO ALONG, WE APPRECIATE CLAY, EVERYONE'S BEEN VERY CLAY, EVERYONE'S BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE TO US AND WE COMMUNICATIVE TO US AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT'S IT. APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT'S IT. I JUST, WE APPRECIATE THIS IS I JUST, WE APPRECIATE THIS IS OBILITY AGENDA -- ON THE AGENDA OBILITY AGENDA -- ON THE AGENDA TODAY. TODAY. I DID LOOK AT THE PDF ANDED ITS I DID LOOK AT THE PDF ANDED ITS SEVEN MONTHS OUT, A REAL SEVEN MONTHS OUT, A REAL TIMELINE OR LETTING US KNOW TIMELINE OR LETTING US KNOW HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING. HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING. WE LOOKED AT THE TIDE CHARTS, WE LOOKED AT THE TIDE CHARTS, KNOCK ON WOOD. KNOCK ON WOOD. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED NOT TO HAVE WE'VE BEEN BLESSED NOT TO HAVE WATER IN OUR STREETS FOR AWHILE. WATER IN OUR STREETS FOR AWHILE. AND THE LIFT STATION, PRAISE THE AND THE LIFT STATION, PRAISE THE LORD, IT'S BEING RAISED. LORD, IT'S BEING RAISED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, THANK >> OKAY, THANK >> OKAY, THANK YOU, >> OKAY, THANK YOU, JEANNETTE. YOU, JEANNETTE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: SO >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: SO BEFORE >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR FREANEY: SO BEFORE I >> SO BEFORE I >> SO BEFORE I TAKE >> SO BEFORE I TAKE A >> SO BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION. TAKE A MOTION. JENNIFER, I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL JENNIFER, I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN COMMUNICATION AS THIS THING COMMUNICATION AS THIS THING MOVES ALONG. MOVES ALONG. >> WE WILL, YES. >> WE WILL, YES. >> WE WILL, YES. THANK >> WE WILL, YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY I NEED A >> OKAY I NEED A >> OKAY I NEED A MOTION >> OKAY I NEED A MOTION FOR >> OKAY I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> >> SECOND. >> MAYOR >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER DUGARD. COMMISSIONER DUGARD. COMMISSIONER WALKER. COMMISSIONER WALKER. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO APPROVAL WE ARE GOING TO GO TO APPROVAL TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND RESURFACING SERVICES AT RESURFACING SERVICES AT EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK, EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK, AND I THINK COMMISSIONER AND I THINK COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN, YOU PULLED THAT SANDBERGEN, YOU PULLED THAT ITEM, QUESTION OR YOU WANT A ITEM, QUESTION OR YOU WANT A FULL PRESENTATION? FULL PRESENTATION? >> YEAH, IT'S REAL -- NO, JUST A >> YEAH, IT'S REAL -- NO, JUST A >> YEAH, IT'S REAL -- NO, JUST A COUPLE >> YEAH, IT'S REAL -- NO, JUST A COUPLE OF >> YEAH, IT'S REAL -- NO, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE VINCE, THERE WAS A IT LOOKS LIKE VINCE, THERE WAS A CHOICE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE OF CHOICE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE OF COLORS FOR THE SURFACE. COLORS FOR THE SURFACE. WHAT COLOR, WHAT COLOR WILL THEY WHAT COLOR, WHAT COLOR WILL THEY BE? BE? >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, WEAVER >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, WEAVER PARK >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, WEAVER PARK PLAYGROUND, >> WEAVER IS GOING TO BE FOREST, WEAVER PARK PLAYGROUND, VINCE WEAVER PARK PLAYGROUND, VINCE FIRST OF ALL VINCE GIZZI, PARKS FIRST OF ALL VINCE GIZZI, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. CAN, MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND IF I CAN, MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND IF I JUST TOOK A MOMENT TO JUST TOOK A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE -- INTRODUCE -- >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH ME >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH ME IS >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH ME IS JOE >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH ME IS JOE Mc >> ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. SO WITH ME IS JOE Mc LEMORE SO WITH ME IS JOE Mc LEMORE III, AND JOE JUST RECENTLY GOT III, AND JOE JUST RECENTLY GOT PROMOTED TO PARKS PROMOTED TO PARKS SUPERINTENDENT, PARKS AND SUPERINTENDENT, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. RECREATION DEPARTMENT. JOE'S TENURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT JOE'S TENURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS 10 YEARS AND HAS HAD A IS 10 YEARS AND HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT AND LEADERSHIP POSITIVE IMPACT AND LEADERSHIP ON THE PARKS DIVISION. ON THE PARKS DIVISION. HE'S ALSO ADVANCED VERY QUICKLY HE'S ALSO ADVANCED VERY QUICKLY FROM A PARK WORKER I, II, III, FROM A PARK WORKER I, II, III, CREW LEADER, FOREMAN, AND NOW CREW LEADER, FOREMAN, AND NOW SUPERINTENDENT. SUPERINTENDENT. HE'S GOT A PROVEN HISTORY AS HE'S GOT A PROVEN HISTORY AS HE'S EXHIBITED STRONG WORK HE'S EXHIBITED STRONG WORK ETHIC, WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON ETHIC, WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL DUTIES, INCLUDING STREETIVE FUNCTIONS, CAPITAL -- STREETIVE FUNCTIONS, CAPITAL -- ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, CAPITAL PROJECTS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS

PRESENT: City Commission: Also Present: CALL TO ORDER DUNEDIN, FLORIDA MINUTES OF THE CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 18, 2025 CITY HALL, 737 LOUDEN AVENUE 9:00 A.M. Mayor Maureen "Moe" Freaney, Vice Mayor Jeff Gow, Commissioners Tom Dugard, Steven Sandbergen, and Robert Walker City Manager Jennifer Bramley, City Attorney Jennifer Cowan, Deputy City Clerk Michelle Wells, Deputy City Manager Jorge Quintas, Finance Director Les Tyler, Human Resource/Risk Management Director Theresa E. Smalling, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Utilities/City Engineer Clayton Watkins, P.E., Parks & Recreation Director Vince Gizzi, IT Services Director Michael Nagy, Communications Director Sue Burness, Public Works Director Sue Bartlett, Utilities Director Janice Bennett, Sanitation & Recycling Superintendent Bill Pickrum, Recreation Superintendent Jocelyn Brodhead, Community Center Special Events Program Coordinator Jorie Peterson, Parks Maintenance Foreman Joe Mclemore 111, Public Works Assistant Director Brian Anderson, Public Works Business Analyst Tanya Hart, Communications Manager Cait McVey, Multimedia Public Info Coordinator Brooke Nolan and approximately twelve people in the audience. Mayor Freaney called the February 18, 2025, Work Session to order at 9:00 a.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE City Attorney Cowan led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1. PRESENTATIONS 1.a. Peace Pole Proclamation - February 23, 2025 Commissioner Walker read the Peace Day in Dunedin 2025 proclamation, commending the Rotary Clubs of Dunedin, Dunedin North, and Dunedin Waterside for their collaborative efforts that planted a Peace Pole at the Dunedin Community Center in Highlander Park and their continued focus on peace, understanding, and goodwill. Beverly Fisher, Dunedin Rotary Club, invited everyone to the big event tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. at the Community Center . There are 33 charitable organizations coming; the Rotary Clubs are very excited for them to show what they do for the community. 1.b. Government Communications Day - February 21, 2025 Commissioner Dugard read the Government Communications Day proclamation, sharing how it underscores the vital role of the Communications Department. Communications Director Burness accepted the proclamation and expressed appreciation to the Mayor and Commissioners for the proclamation and recognized her team. She related some data regarding Communications' response times during the recent storms to critical queries, noting it was between 15 and 30 minutes, with 87% positive and supportive comments and more than 4,000 new followers gained on Facebook. Also, more than 1,000 new Dunedin News subscribers were gained, which is the number one way they would like for residents to stay informed because it is delivered to them and they do not have to go on social media to get the news. CITIZEN INPUT Mayor Freaney advised now was the for anyone in the audience who wished to speak on a topic that is not already on the agenda. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to speak, Mayor Freaney moved to the next agenda item. 25-1

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 2. CONSENT AGENDA 2.a. Approve the Minutes for the: A. 12/17/2024 Work Session B. 12/19/2024 Regular Meeting C. 1/7/2025 Work Session D. 1/9/2025 Regular Meeting 2.b. Board and Committee Appointments A. Hammock Advisory Committee - Reappoint Meghan Doherty to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 - Reappoint Alan Veach to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 B. Library Advisory Committee - Reappoint James Funk to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 - Reappoint Ross Stonefield to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 Dunedin City Commission 2.c. Flanagan's Irish Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration Revocable License Agreement 2.d. Downtown Dunedin Merchants Association, Inc. 2025 Mardi Gras Celebration Revocable License Agreement 2.e. Award of General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Service Authorization Task to Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., (JEA) of Tampa, FL, in the amount of $88,500 for the North Douglas Avenue Flooding Alternative design, permitting, and post design services 2.f. Approval to award contract for playground resurfacing services, at Edgewater Park and Weaver Park, provided by Lanier Plans, Inc. dba KorKat, of Carrollton, GA, for a total amount of $227,737.05 due to damages sustained by Hurricanes Helene and Milton 2.g. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and the City of Dunedin for Post-Milton Debris Hauling Assistance MOTION: Motion was made by Commissioner Sandbergen and seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve the Consent Agenda except for items 2.c ., 2.e ., and 2.f. Public Input Mayor Freaney opened public input on any Consent Agenda item. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to speak, Mayor Freaney closed the public input. VOTE: Motion carried unanimously. ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA - 2.c. Flanagan's Irish Pub St. Patrick 's Day Celebration Revocable License Agreement Commissioner Sand bergen expressed concern regarding the difference in fees for different organizations and suggested a review of the fees in the future. Parks & Recreation Director Gizzi explained when the fees were set in 2013, the City was attempting to support all the businesses ; for non-profits, there is a lesser fee basically because of what they do for the community in general. Flanagan's also does a lot for the businesses because all the businesses do well on that evening; however , profit has been separated from non-profit in the fee structure . City Manager Bramley also advised the fee proposal is designed to ensure full cost recovery for a for- profit event. Those fees have not been amended since 2013 ; therefore, the City is actually under market for those fees . Staff would like to move forward with an analysis and increasing those fees in the future, which would be an administrative function. Mr. Gizzi noted in addition to the $150.00 for the non-profit organizations, they are paying for every man- hour of work to set up and clean up the event, so the bill comes out closer to $10,000. 25-2

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Public Input Dunedin City Commission Mayor Freaney opened public input on this Consent Agenda item. Jason Seibert, Event Promoter/Owner of Flanagan's Pub and resident at 1756 Ranchwood Drive S., commented: There is a crisis right now in the City. These festivals are going away if the fees are not covered by the City. Currently, the Dunedin Downtown Merchants Association (DDMA) is talking about dissolving over this; in the last few years, they lost over $100,000 between their two festivals. Flanagan's festival profit has been cut by three-quarters. The festivals are going away if the City does not do anything about it. While he loves the Blue Jays and they are fantastic, if the City wants to talk about dollars, the economic impact of these festivals to the downtown core is absolutely essential for continuing to do business downtown. Many people are expected to come and speak to the Commission about this issue in the next few weeks. His fees between the Sheriff and the City on St. Patrick's Day are between $15,000 - $20,000 a year. He takes the entire cost of the festival and makes sure everyone benefits. He goes door-to-door to the downtown businesses to make sure of what he can do for everyone. The other thing that can be done is to allow for liquor to be sold at the festival. Dunedin is the last municipality in the tri-county area that does not allow liquor at their festivals. There is a huge difference in costs to get sold between liquor and beer. Hearing and seeing no one else wishing to speak, Mayor Freaney closed the public input. Mr. Gizzi advised the fees for Mardi Gras this year were approximately $18,000 plus the cost for the Sheriff's Office, which is approximately another $10,000. There are significant expenses, profit or non- profit. The only difference is in the License Fee. The Mayor and Commissioners discussed the issue and were in support of reviewing the issue, and Mayor Freaney noted the appropriate time would be during the budget process. MOTION: Motion was made by Vice Mayor Gow and seconded by Commissioner Sandbergen to approve Consent Agenda item 2.c. VOTE: Motion carried unanimously. 2.e. Award of General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Service Authorization Task to Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., (JEA) of Tampa, FL, in the amount of $88,500 for the North Douglas Avenue Flooding Alternative design, permitting, and post design services Assistant Director of Utilities/City Engineer Watkins explained the scope of these services in terms of the use of the tide valves, similar to what was used in the Baywood neighborhood. He explained the details of the project that will restrict the tidal flooding in terms of the mean tide, not a king tide or storm event; however, it will help to keep the saltwater out of the street during regular tide events . This alternative was among many explored and was determined to be the most cost-effective and efficient for the City. Public Input Mayor Freaney opened public input on this Consent Agenda item. Jeanette Cornell of 1858 Douglas Avenue commented: She asked if there could be input from the community in terms of design since they have been watching these issues for years. Especially , when it comes to the berm, they understood the heights ; however, going forward, they asked if it could be clearer with photos or renderings of what it will look like ; the photo that was provided was not clear to them as to how it will look. 25-3

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Dunedin City Commission There is another set of valves further up the street that they have history, photos, and video of water coming out, but not as much as the lower ones. They are trying to solve this more efficiently and not just have a band-aid solution. She noted everyone has been very communicative and that is appreciated. Hearing and seeing no one else wishing to speak , Mayor Freaney closed the public input. MOTION: Motion was made by Commissioner Dugard and seconded by Commissioner Walker to approve Consent Agenda item 2.e. VOTE: Motion carried unanimously. 2.f. Approval to award contract for playground resurfacing services at Edgewater Park and Weaver Park, provided by Lanier Plans, Inc. dba KorKat, of Carrollton, GA, for a total amount of $227,737.05 due to damages sustained by Hurricanes Helene and Milton Parks & Recreation Director Gizzi introduced Park Superintendent Joe Mclemore Ill, who was recently promoted after ten years of tenure with the department and having a history of positive impact and leadership. He has advanced quickly through the department with a proven history of a strong work ethic. Mr. Gizzi provided information on Mr. Mclemore 's work history, education, and qualifications. Mr. Gizzi advised regarding this agenda item : Weaver Park Playground surface will be forest green. Edgewater Park Playground surface will be aqua blue. Regarding the 8-foot critical fall height, the rubber surface has a cushion of 3 ½ to 4 inches, and around the highest areas of the playground, if someone falls that cushion will lessen any injury; that is the critical zone. In terms of the useful life of this material, it has a 5-year warranty. It will last approximately 10 years. This project is replacing previous surface material with a better surface. Mr. Mclemore advised staff did not see any materials in the research in terms of hardening against storms; the cushion in the selected materials were found to give the best result. Mr. Gizzi advised the cost has been tied to the FEMA recovery and reimbursement, and Finance Director Tyler could answer any further questions on that aspect. He noted the surface material is about ADA accessibility in addition to safety. Commissioner Dugard inquired regarding the wide range of costs in the bidding process, and Mr. Gizzi explained regarding the assessment of the materials and companies that bid compared to the selected company; in this case, the low bid met all requirements. Mayor Freaney confirmed with Mr. Gizzi the completion of the projects should be 60 days once the company receives the purchase order. MOTION: Motion was made by Commissioner Sandbergen and seconded by Vice Mayor Gow to approve Consent Agenda item 2.f. Public Input Mayor Freaney opened public input on this Consent item. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to speak, Mayor Freaney closed the public input. VOTE: Motion carried unanimously. 3. ACTION ITEMS 3.a. The proposed agenda for the March 4, 2025, Work Session Mayor Freaney inquired if there were any changes to the March 4, 2025, Work Session agenda. 25-4

Work Session Minutes Dunedin City Commission February 18, 2025 MOTION: Motion was made by Commissioner Dugard and seconded by Vice Mayor Gow to approve the proposed agenda for the March 4, 2025, Work Session. VOTE: Motion carried unanimously. BREAK approx. 9:42 A.M. - 9:52 A.M. 4. WORKSHOP ITEMS 4.a. Public Works Efficiency Evaluation Results and Recommendations Staff Presentation Public Works Director Bartlett introduced the workshop item and reviewed the staff memo, noting the past actions, bid process , and selection of LA Consulting, Inc., and Associates, as well as the scope of the project and award. She explained: The consultant is on the last task of the proposal, which is to present to the Commission the draft final report and taking any feedback to be incorporated into the report as appropriate and then producing the final report. There are 75 recommendations in the report; the Consultant would review a few in detail and the process for those recommendations. City employees have been very engaged in the process recommended, and the changes will impact the organization as a whole for the better; they will also set up process improvements that will be continual. Implementation of the recommendations means employees will be able to plan, track work, and communicate that to the Commission and the public and be accountable for all the time and efforts. She introduced Harry Lorick, Principal, LA Consulting, Inc., and Associates as well as Nikhil Chowdhary, Project Manager, and Peter Cavalli to weigh in on the safety aspects. Ms. Bartlett noted she had provided additional hand-outs with information, cost estimates, etc. Mayor Freaney clarified with City Manager Bramley that staff was seeking consensus direction today to support the work product and move forward with these recommendations, understanding some of the recommendations will have to come back to the Commission with more detailed information. Deputy City Manager Quintas commented the intent of this project is to move toward a high-performing organization and a strategic plan that could be implemented, moving from a response-based activity to a program of more scheduled work and reporting and efficiency. Mr. Lorick thereafter referred to the PowerPoint presentation, Dunedin Public Works Efficiency Evaluations Facility Services, Fleet Management, Public Services and Solid Waste Divisions - Recommendations Presentations (Attachment A to the agenda item). He acknowledged the involvement of the City employees, noting the 75 recommendations and their input on implementation. Information on LA Consulting was provided, including history, work and clients. Project Purpose Evaluate current processes, systems, and methods of each Public Works Division's operations. Facility Services Fleet Management Public Services Solid Waste Identify opportunities for improved efficiency and effectiveness for future operations. 25-5

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Project Schedule - Page 3 - Table Dunedin City Commission Mr. Lorick explained some details of the schedule, including members of their team physically going out with various employees and crews to evaluate. Baseline Findings Input from Employees - four separate group presentations , three times : Findings Recommendations Review of draft report Approach Employees have been involved in the process. A minimum of three meetings with every employee and interview(s) with all managers and supervisors occurred, plus onsite observations. Employees have now concurred in general with all written recommendations. Surveys - Details and graphics on Page 4 Employee Survey Handed out and filled in at the group presentations and taken up Anonymous and controlled process Indicated they could do better and more work; employees saw the opportunities Dunedin Efficiency Evaluations: ManagemenUSupervisor Survey Management Survey Done electronically General Savings Opportunities from the 75 Proposed Recommendations-Details- Page 5 Mr. Lorick noted the big summary of this is why do this if it does not bring value. Business Process Improvement~ 4-15% of Budget Can take up to a year to complete Optimizing Equipment Some equipment was under-utilized and possibly not needed Work for County Unincorporated Customers Evaluation determined these customers were not charged enough Staffing Optimization Some positions were identified that they thought were not warranted Total - $2.1 Million (Net $1.7 Million in the first year) Additionally, they identified further savings opportunities of at least $38K through (Page 5) • Optimization of overtime scheduling. • Changes to the utilization of the Pavement Management System. • Potential undocumented savings from adopting a five-day a week schedule. Resource Allocation Opportunity - $148,358 - Page 6 Park and Recreation Department Utilities Department 25-6

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Six Categories of Recommendations: General for All Groups Facilities Fleet Public Services Solid Waste General Themes General for All groups - Detailed on Page 7 14 overarching recommendations addressing: •Enablement of direction • Systems implementation • Rate determination • Safety/training • Involvement of employee teams Dunedin City Commission Recommendation- An action to improve work, process, or resource availability for both efficiency and effectiveness. Mr. Lorick thereafter went through the PowerPoint presentation; the following are observations made for each of the categories. The recommendations in detail are provided on the pages as noted, and Mr. Lorick elaborated in his comments. Recommendation: An action to improve work, process, or resource availability for both efficiency and effectiveness. ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 8-9: Matrix - Staffing and Organizational Assessment (2023) - Recommendation 2 Public Works cannot use some of the data input into the system. Spreadsheets are being used for tracking. Work Planning - Recommendation 3 There is no planning in advance. Overhead Rates - Recommendation 4 The overhead rate was found to be off dramatically. Costs are being underestimated, possibly leading to wrong decisions. FEMA rates are used when there is an emergency declared; that rate is only for a portion of the cost. Performance Metrics - Recommendation 12 Measurements are of projects completed. All the performance measures are not being done. Facilities Services 11 recommendations that address (each recommendation detailed - Page 10): • Improving the division's work process • Interaction with division clients • Establish accountability 25-7

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 • Staff for work • Accurately cost work done Dunedin City Commission Full implementation of these recommendations could result in efficiency savings and accountability ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 10 - 13 : Facility Services Activities - Recommendation 15 Time is not being tracked for all work , equipment , and materials. Main Facilities - Recommendation 16 Tracking pay for facilities is by square footage; the actual costs and allocated costs do not match. ISF Documents - Recommendation 17 Internal Service Funds is different for different groups. 2024-25 Custodial Contract - Recommendation 20 The biggest contract for facilities still seems reasonable for cost, and it seems in-house would cost more . Inspection Related Work - Recommendat ion 23 There is some inspection with a daily schedule done that day. Special Events - Recommendation 24 For about 50% of special events, Facilities gets involved and much of their time is not counted , including at the meetings for the events . Fleet Services 14 recommendat ions that address (each recommendation detailed - Page 13): • Improving the organizational structure , assigning and scheduling work • Establishing asset management tools communicating/training employees • Optimizing staff • Monitoring work metrics • Establishing replacement and service policies Full implementation of these recommendations could result in efficiency savings and accountability. ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 14 -16 Proactive Actions - Recommendation 26 Some of the work should be checked to see that it makes sense economically. Fleet Work Overview - Recommendation 27 The rates used are ones set up 10 years ago. Allocated Charge by Department - Recommendation 29 Almost 51% of all costs for Fleet is going to Solid Waste; the allocation was set up almost 10 years ago. Chatham Consulting - Fleet Size and Utilization Study (2004) - Recommendation 30 LA Consulting agrees with many of the findings; that recommendation was for a Most-Recently- Used (MRU) analysis , which is basically looking at standardization of life expectancy, for example of a sanitation truck , and determining how many people are needed based on the standard 25-8

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Dunedin City Commission LA Consulting did a small analysis and it looks like staffing levels in Fleet are adequate; the people they have now are getting the job done. However, there are vacancies, and there are other things that could be done to make it more efficient. Fleet Current Workflow - Recommendation 35 Scheduling is done on an ad-hoc basis; currently, work orders are created and there is not always a priority. Fleet Organization Structure - Recommendation 36 There are two positions where there is a question who is in charge; direction is coming to mechanics from two different people. Mechanics go in and pick up the parts they need; there is no structure or recording. Public Services 17 recommendations that address (each recommendation detailed - Page 17): • Scheduling assignments • Identification work • Tracking of hours and accomplishments • Reimbursement • Time accounting • Organizational structure • Optimization of equipment • Business processes improvement Fully implemented recommendations in this category will allow the Division to optimize the mix of resource assignments to achieve expectations and directives ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 17 - 19. Activities - Recommendation 40 About 80% of their time is tracked; about three activities account for most. Activity Guidelines - Recommendation 41 All activities are not clearly defined and no measurement unit is established. PS Fleet Usage (2023 -24)- Recommendation 51 Public Services has 64 pieces of equipment in Fleet; of those, 25 use less than 150 hours a year, and 12 use less than 15 hours a year unless the usage is not being recorded. Special Events - Recommendation 54 Public Services sets up the traffic control, and time is not recovered as well as equipment costs and so forth. Public Services is already short-staffed, and this is two less people to do the department work and takes away from preventative maintenance. Work Units - Recommendation 55 79% of work orders have no units while 21 % do; however, projects have multiple work units. Solid Waste 14 recommendations that address (each recommendation detailed - Page 20): • Tools to improve the control of work and accountability of staff • Decision on County support 25-9

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 • Establish productivity monitoring • Optimize fleet • Benchmark activities for continuous improvement Dunedin City Commission Fully implemented recommendations in this category will allow to optimize the mix of resource assignments to achieve expectations and directives. ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 20 - 22. Services - Recommendation 58 Scheduling is sometimes in conflict, resulting in some lost time. Yard waste is picked up manually and sometimes weight rules are skipped, which can cause problems in this most accident-prone group. Externa l Accounts are 9% of total - Recommendation 59 Unincorporated areas cost was determined to be underestimated at approximately $166,000. Unincorporated areas pickup is inconsistent and takes more time than normal. Use of the trucks is not tracked by the year ; two vehicles found were not used at all. Vehicle Inventory - Recommendation 63 Vehicle replacement determination is done by Solid Waste, not involving the Fleet Manager and Assistant Manager of Public Works. Crews and Types of Vehicles - Recommendation 66 Currently , there are people who can drive only one type truck and might not have work. General Themes 5 Recommendations that address (each recommendation detailed - Page 22) • Impacts for all groups • Best business practices • Developing managers • Obtaining the resources to do the work • Configuring/establishing appropriate database systems ❖ Recommendations for each of the following are detailed on Pages 23-24 APWA Certification Programs - Recommendations 71 , 72 , 73 City Maintenance Management Process - Recommendations 74 - 75 General Savings Opportunities - 75 proposed recommendations - Details Page 24 In summary, Mr. Lorick reiterated and elaborated many of the recommendations made throughout the presentation. Where Do We Go From Here? +Examination of Services and Field Review (October) +Evaluate Opportunities for Improvement (October/Nov) +Employee and Management Survey (Nov) +Document and Present Initial Findings (Nov December) +Document, Present Draft Recommendation (December) +Final Report and Action Plan (February) 25-10

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Dunedin City Commission Mr. Lorick explained they cannot finalize the report because they want the City Commission's input. Comments can be discussed now or at a later time if the Commission wants to take time to review the report and then provide comments, which they will review and then send the final report. Commission questions, concerns, and comments were addressed to include: In response to the questions from Commissioner Walker: Ms. Bartlett explained that in terms of implementation, there would be a plan, noting the recommendations are in suggested order of implementation. She advised she was hoping there will be support to have LAC help staff with implementation, as she is confident in their advising regarding recommendations that can be done in-house by City staff. The plan will be task by task and one step at a time; some will be done parallel that are low-hanging fruit, and City staff has already started working on them. Ms. Bartlett advised they have been working with IT Director Nagy all along in looking at the current systems, capabilities, and so forth. IT would be integral to any software that needed to be acquired. The processes need to be in place for staff to learn how to use the analysis and make decisions continually. In terms of costs for the software or systems, those are included in the estimate, which is why there is a net in the implementation cost. City Manager Bramley provided additional information, noting when the City went to Tyler in 2015-2017 for the ERP, this efficiency study was not envisioned or rolled into the work order program the City has. She has asked Ms. Bartlett to work with the Project Manager from Tyler next week to find if there is any interface and any steps to use Tyler as the software program for the work flow reporting; however, if that is not possible, she thought it crucial to go to a program that will robustly report what is needed and accomplish the goals of this program. Deputy City Manager Quintas provided additional information regarding the implementation of the recommendations in relation to the software and systems. Ms. Bartlett explained regarding the Facilities and the Internal Services Funding, including capital replacement, maintenance, and custodial. Regarding the Allocated Charge by Department, that was mentioned as being set up almost 10 years ago; Mr. Lorick advised if the actual number is used, those could be updated every year using the previous year numbers. In reference to the City being short-staffed in departments with unfilled positions, Ms. Bartlett advised staff has identified some improvements that can be done internally through some process mapping; one of the recommendations is clearly to focus on hiring. Some of the positions have been reclassified as to the immediate needs, which fits into this analysis in terms of becoming more efficient. Deputy City Manager Quintas added in terms identifying a position not needed, that position could be allocated toward a position that is, for example, focused on safety improvement across the department; this would not be eliminating a position, but allocating it toward an identified need. In response to the questions from Commissioner Dugard: In terms of how best for the Commission to support these recommendations in implementation, Mr. Lorick stated he has found these systems work if leadership wants it, and it is reported back to the City Manager and to the City Commission. It is key to have regular status reports. In this case, there was unanimous support because the employees want to get better; he has never had that amount of support with the survey, noting almost 60% said they could do better. Normally he sees maybe 20%. Regarding the reference to "feeding the beast" that was mentioned in the report, Mr. Lorick explained their understanding that, for example, in the accounting system, staff is trying to get more than the software does; they will try loading the data and for some reason they are unable to get the data back from the 25-11

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Dunedin City Commission system. This might be a training issue, or it might be the City does not have rights or it is the wrong system; City staff should have the capability to pull the data out. Mr. Lorick explained the 75 recommendations are in somewhat of a sequence. The first are to set up some of the management processes that Ms. Bartlett spoke about. The first thing would be to identify those things the City does a lot of, define what they are, who does it, what is expected, the costs, etc.; specifically, they would have to get all the supporting information ready. Some things, like excess equipment , could be worked on now. He noted a process needs to be set up to plan, organize, schedule, and control the work ; however, those processes are not currently in place. Right now, there are good people trying to work with a broken system. Regarding the questions and comments from Vice Mayor Gow: Vice Mayor Gow commented on Fleet, suggesting looking at vehicles being used before moving with eliminating ones just sitting or being used very little. Vice Mayor Gow commented regarding the recommendation of hiring drivers certified to drive more than one vehicle and giving time for new hires to acquire those certifications ; he suggested that should be required of existing staff as well beginning that process. Mr. Lorick responded, noting there are a group of independent people within the departments who will review equipment from Fleet, including the Fleet Manager, the Assistant Director of Public Works, and the Business Analyst. He acknowledged there are many factors to consider and there needs to be some flexibility. In response to the questions from Commissioner Sandbergen: Ms. Bartlett advised the departments being discussed have about 72 positions; currently with the vacancies, there are about 58-59 people on staff. In terms of whether to celebrate 75 recommendations or acknowledge how bad that is, Ms. Bartlett commented on looking ahead and celebrating the improvements that will be obtained, as well as celebrating that employees want to improve and provide ideas. City Manager Bramley advised the Commission would have access to the employee survey when completed, which is expected the first part of March. Ms. Bartlett noted it is part of the final report. Mayor Freaney advised the Commission would not be hearing from some of those employees directly; that would be communicated to the Commissioners through the City Manager's Office. When Commissioner Sandbergen asked why they are reviewing this now, he noted that before being on the Commission and looking in from the outside, he thought the City was well-run; he asked why they would fix something that may not be broken. City Manager Bramley acknowledged the good question and noted on the Citizen Survey, the percentage who view City services as good or very good was about 93%; however , City staff knows that the systems are very inefficient, particularly in Public Works. In other departments as well, there are areas for improvement, and more work can be done more efficiently; new systems and processes need to be brought to them to make them more eff icient. In terms of why now, it is because of having the staff with the expertise of Deputy City Manager Quintas and Public Works Director Bartlett. She thought now was the time, having been through COVID, three hurricanes, and other issues; employees are tired and ready for change in those terms. The fact that the employees are so enthusiastic in this particular department about this study and implementation before it was even ready to be presented speaks volumes to their support. In response to the questions from Mayor Freaney: Mr. Lorick explained how long it will take to implement all the recommendations; some things can be implemented almost immediately, but to get everything in place takes about a year. Improvements can be made along the way; it is not about waiting until the end of the year to get everything working. He noted 25-12

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 Dunedin City Commission his experience that additional improvements begin happening after that through the initiatives of the employees themselves. There should be improvements and reports on those. In terms of the costs after a year, including continuing to use LAC services, Mr. Lorick advised they estimate $135,000 and it takes a year. He discussed the issues of whether or not the existing software will be sufficient or if additional asset management is needed at $150,000 plus $30,000 a year for updating. Ms. Bartlett explained some of the recommendations are choices; whether they be savings, a cut, or a reinvestment, there is still savings. Allocation of costs is not going to save the City any money; it will be declared transparently, and then decisions will be made on how that is supported. City Manager Bramley advised City staff wants to fully review this assessment and program and then analyze the other departments as far as implementations. First, they want to make sure this is up and running efficiently and is meeting the City's needs; then, they need to survey the employees and look at other departments on a larger scale to implement as well. It is too early to determine any timeline for the rest of the departments in the City. City Manager Summary City Manager Bramley made the following comments: In terms of why now, she thought as an organization it is always the right time to improve. As the City embarks on the next chapter of the strategic planning process and how this work effort is going to fiow up into that, they will eventually be able to create objectives for employees in terms of their two-week work plan and whether they accomplished 95% of items on that plan. Eventually all employees will be able to understand exactly how it is that what they do contributes to the City's Goals and Strategic Plan. This is really the first step toward streamlining that to become the organization that the City needs to become to stay competitive for employees and deliver services to the Commission, customers, and constituents in the way they expect. She realizes and thinks this is a very crucial moment for the City itself. This is a departure from the normal operations, standard operations that have been used for a hundred years. The City has been reactionary in the Public Works Department since she came to the City, and it has probably been that way for much longer before. This will change the culture within the department. If it is a failure, it is because of leadership; however, this will not fail, as Public Works Director Bartlett has her complete support in implementing this assessment and ensuring success . Maybe not all 75 recommendations will be implemented for various reasons and changing conditions. Depending on the Commission consensus today and support , City staff will provide quarterly reports on the progress; sometimes there will not be that much progress and sometimes there will be significant progress. The Commission will be kept in the loop as to what has been attained , and in a year, they will come back during a workshop and report fully on how this has been implemented. She thought it very important to note that the message to employees is this is something the City needs to embrace, support enthusiastically, and implement. She thought everyone would be very happy with where the City is in a year . Commission Comments The Mayor and Commissioners made closing remarks in support, expressing some concerns and reiterating some suggestions regarding moving forward with this initiative. Public Input Mayor Freaney opened the item to public input. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to speak, Mayor Freaney closed the public input. 25-13

Work Session Minutes February 18, 2025 5. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 5.a. Commission Discussion - None 5.b. City Clerk's Update - None 5.c. City Manager's Update - None 5.d. City Attorney's Update - None 5.e. Commission Comments Dunedin City Commission Mayor Freaney noted staff needed to address the June 19, 2025, meeting, as that looks to be the date of the Toronto trip. ADJOURN MEETING The Work Session adjourned at 12:00 p.m. NOTE: The meeting was completely recorded and the recording is in the officia l file. Attest: ~ - -~ QY?SL t~ _c~ C _ :-X ~rd _,,\{ £~ Rebecca Schlichter City Clerk -~ 'J.N\. , , • ' ..,4.,..,;y-...._ - , '~ Maureen "Moe" Freaney Mayor 25-14

1. PRESENTATIONS 1.a Peace Pole Proclamation 1.b Government Communications Day 2. CONSENT AGENDA 2.a Approve the Minutes for the: A. 12/17/2024 Work Session B. 12/19/2024 Regular Meeting C. 1/7/2025 Work Session D. 1/9/2025 Regular Meeting 2.b Board and Committee Appointments NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION DUNEDIN CITY HALL, 737 LOUDEN AVENUE FEBRUARY 18, 2025 9:00 AM AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Staff recommends reading of proclamation EXHIBIT: A. Peace Day in Dunedin 2025.pdf Proclamation EXHIBIT: A. Government Communications Day 2025.pdf CITIZEN INPUT Staff recommends to approve the minutes for the meetings identified above. EXHIBIT: A. 12-17-24 WS Minutes.pdf EXHIBIT: B. 12-19-24 RM Minutes.pdf EXHIBIT: C. 01-07-25 WS Minutes.pdf EXHIBIT: D. 01-09-25 RM Minutes.pdf A. Hammock Advisory Committee - Reappoint Meghan Doherty to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 - Reappoint Alan Veach to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 B. Library Advisory Committee - Reappoint James Funk to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 - Reappoint Ross Stonefield to a regular term ending 3/1/2028 EXHIBIT: A. HAC Roster.pdf 1

2.c Flanagan's Irish Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration Revocable License Agreement 2.d Downtown Dunedin Merchants Association, Inc. 2025 Mardi Gras Celebration Revocable License Agreement 2.e Award of a General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Service Authorization Task to Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., (JEA) of Tampa, FL, in the amount of $88,500 for the North Douglas Avenue Flooding Alternative design, permitting, and post design services. 2.f Approval to award contract for playground resurfacing services, at Edgewater Park and Weaver Park, provided by Lanier Plans, Inc. dba KorKat, of Carrollton, GA, for a total amount of $227,737.05 due to damages sustained by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. 2.g Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and the City of Dunedin for Post-Milton Debris Hauling Assistance. 3. ACTION ITEMS 3.a The proposed agenda for the March 4, 2025, Commission Meeting. EXHIBIT: B. LAC Roster.pdf Staff recommends approval of the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Flanagan's FC MGT CO Revocable License Agreement EXHIBIT: A. 2025 FLANAGANS REVOCABLE LICENSED AGREEMENT.pdf Staff recommends approval of Downtown Dunedin Merchants Assocation, Inc. 2025 Mardi Gras Celebration Revocable License Agreement. EXHIBIT: A. 2025 MARDI GRAS REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT.pdf Staff recommends the award of a General Engineering Consultant (GEC) Service Authorization Task Assignment for the North Douglas Avenue Flooding Alternative design, permitting, and post design services to Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., (JEA), of Tampa, FL, in the amount of $88,500; and to designate Jorge M. Quintas, P.E., Deputy City Manager, as the City's authorized designee to execute the Service Authorization, as detailed herein. EXHIBIT: A. GEC Service Authorization - JEA with Scope & Fee (N. Douglas Ave Alt. Dsgn).pdf EXHIBIT: B. Purchasing Agent Memo (02-04-25).pdf Request City Commission approval to award contract for playground resurfacing services, at Edgewater Park and Weaver Park, provided by Lanier Plans, Inc. dba KorKat, of Carrollton, GA, for a total amount of $227,737.05. EXHIBIT: A.Purchase Agent Memo - RFQu 2502.pdf EXHIBIT: B. Lanier Plans, Inc. dba KorKat.pdf EXHIBIT: C. Notice of Intent.pdf EXHIBIT: D. Bid Tabulation.pdf Staff recommends Commission ratification of the Post-Milton Debris Hauling MOU with FDEM, authorizing the City Manager to execute the MOU. EXHIBIT: A. Debris Hauling MOU (btwn FDEM & COD).pdf Staff recommends approving the proposed agenda for the March 4, 2025, 2

4. WORKSHOP ITEMS 4.a Public Works Efficiency Evaluation Results and Recommendations 5. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 5.a Commission Discussion 5.b City Clerk's Update 5.c City Manager's Update 5.d City Attorney's Update 5.e Commission Comments 6. DUNEDIN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & DECORUM RULES Commission Meeting. EXHIBIT: A. March 4, 2025 Proposed Agenda.pdf Consensus Direction on implementing efficiency recommendations for the Public Works Department. EXHIBIT: A. LAC - COD Draft Final Report Recommendations PPT Presentation.pdf EXHIBIT: B. Agenda Item #2e - Award of RFP #24-1270 - (Public Works Efficiency Evaluation) - [08-06-24].pdf EXHIBIT: C. Additional Services - (088-001) - Addendum Request [11-08- 24].pdf The Commission share topics of concerns or future issues they wish to address. City Clerk's Update City Manager's Update City Attorney's Update The Commission shares events attended, announcements, liaison updates, etc. ADJOURN MEETING Note: Please put cell phones and pagers on silent or vibrate during the meeting. This meeting is televised; therefore, you may appear on TV at any time. Public Appearance: CITIZEN INPUT is for comments from members of the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda for this meeting (please give name and address and limit all comments to a maximum of three minutes). AS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA individual speakers are limited to a maximum of three minutes. A Representative of a group consisting of 5 individuals who are present during the meeting may speak on behalf of the group for up to 10 minutes at the Chair's discretion. To do so, the individuals must have waived their time to the representative by providing their name and address on the back of the comment card. Appeals: Per Florida Statute 286.0105 - If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such 3

purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Disability Provisions: It is the policy of the City of Dunedin not to discriminate against disabled persons in employment or the provisions of services. If you have a disability that requires accommodation, please notify the ADA Coordinator 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting at (727) 298-3042. COPIES OF THIS AND ALL COMMISSION AGENDAS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, 737 LOUDEN AVENUE, ON THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE. COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE AT WWW.DUNEDINGOV.COM. 4

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>> MAYOR >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> GOING >> GOING TO >> GOING TO CALL >> GOING TO CALL THE >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO >> GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE MEETING TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 18th, WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 18th, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORK 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO START OUR MEETING WITH THE START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JEN, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JEN, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE OF >> THANK YOU. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, WE HAVE >> OKAY, WE HAVE >> OKAY, WE HAVE A >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS >> OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE PEACE AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE PEACE POLE PROCLAMATION, AND I'M GOING POLE PROCLAMATION, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO TO TURN THAT OVER TO COMMISSIONER WALKER. COMMISSIONER WALKER. >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP >> CAN I HAVE ALL THE ROTARIANS IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP TO IN THE AUDIENCE COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM? THE PODIUM? SO WELCOME. SO WELCOME. ONE OF THE GREATEST POSITIONS ONE OF THE GREATEST POSITIONS THAT I FILL IS AS A ROTARIAN, THAT I FILL IS AS A ROTARIAN, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO READ THIS AND I'M VERY PROUD TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION. OUR MANTRA, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, OUR MANTRA, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, DOING GOOD, AND HAVING FUN. DOING GOOD, AND HAVING FUN. AND I WOULD'VE BROUGHT MY ROTARY AND I WOULD'VE BROUGHT MY ROTARY PIN, BUT I PANICKED THIS PIN, BUT I PANICKED THIS MORNING, COULD NOT FIND IT, SO MORNING, COULD NOT FIND IT, SO I'M WEARING MY POLIO PLUS PIN, I'M WEARING MY POLIO PLUS PIN, SO. SO. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] SO HERE WE GO. SO HERE WE GO. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN, 2025. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN, 2025. WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE PROJECT WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE PROJECT INITIATED IN 1955 BY JAPANESE INITIATED IN 1955 BY JAPANESE TEACHER, POET, AND PHILOSOPHER, TEACHER, POET, AND PHILOSOPHER, MASAHISA GOI IN THE AFTERMATH OF MASAHISA GOI IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II, HAS BECOME A WORLD WAR II, HAS BECOME A GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PEACE, AND GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PEACE, AND WHEREAS, THE PROFOUND MESSAGE WHEREAS, THE PROFOUND MESSAGE MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH WHICH MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH WHICH AROSE FROM A MOMENT OF AROSE FROM A MOMENT OF INSPIRATION FOR GOI, CONTINUES INSPIRATION FOR GOI, CONTINUES TO RESONATE AND INSPIRE TO RESONATE AND INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD. INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD. WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE FOUND WHEREAS, THE PEACE POLE FOUND ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES IN ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1986 DURING THE YEAR OF 1986 DURING THE YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE, MARKING A INTERNATIONAL PEACE, MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE GLOBAL PURSUIT OF HARMONY. GLOBAL PURSUIT OF HARMONY. WHEREAS, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, WHEREAS, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING PEACE AND GOODWILL PROMOTING PEACE AND GOODWILL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, RECOGNIZES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY AMONG UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY AMONG DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS DESIGNATED THE WEAK DESIGNATED THE WEAK DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF THE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY'S FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF ROTARY'S FOUNDING ON FEBRUARY 23rd, 1905, TO BE ON FEBRUARY 23rd, 1905, TO BE KNOWN AS WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWN AS WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE WEEK. PEACE WEEK. WHEREAS ROTARY CLUBS AROUND THE WHEREAS ROTARY CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD WILL CELEBRATE ROTARY WORLD WILL CELEBRATE ROTARY SERVICE, REFLECT UPON PAST SERVICE, REFLECT UPON PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FOCUS ON ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FOCUS ON PROGRAMS OF PEACE, PROGRAMS OF PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. WHEREAS DUNEDIN'S THREE ROTARY WHEREAS DUNEDIN'S THREE ROTARY CLUBS, THE ROTARY CLUBS OF CLUBS, THE ROTARY CLUBS OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN WATERSIDE IN ALIGNMENT DUNEDIN WATERSIDE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE IDEALS OF ROTARY WITH THE IDEALS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL HAVE COLLECTIVELY INTERNATIONAL HAVE COLLECTIVELY EMBRACED THE VISION OF A MORE EMBRACED THE VISION OF A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD. PEACEFUL WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT JAMES NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT JAMES WALKER, BY VIRTUE OF THE WALKER, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION, DO ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 23rd HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 23rd THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR AS THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR AS PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN. PEACE DAY IN DUNEDIN. AND TO COMMEND THE ROTARY CLUBS AND TO COMMEND THE ROTARY CLUBS OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND OF DUNEDIN, DUNEDIN NORTH, AND DUNEDIN WATERSIDE FOR THEIR DUNEDIN WATERSIDE FOR THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT P COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT P LANTED A PEACE POLE AT THE LANTED A PEACE POLE AT THE DUNEDIN COMMUNITY CENTER IN DUNEDIN COMMUNITY CENTER IN HIGHLANDER PARK AND THEIR HIGHLANDER PARK AND THEIR CONTINUED FOCUS ON PEACE, CONTINUED FOCUS ON PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. UNDERSTANDING, AND GOODWILL. LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS TO REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT UPON THE UNIVERSAL REFLECT UPON THE UNIVERSAL VALUES OF PEACE, GOODWILL, AND VALUES OF PEACE, GOODWILL, AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO STRIVE UNDERSTANDING AND TO STRIVE TOWARDS CREATING A MORE TOWARDS CREATING A MORE HARMONIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE HARMONIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO THE BIG EVENT TOMORROW YOU TO THE BIG EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, AT THE COMMUNITY NIGHT, 6:00, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE HAVE 33 NOW CENTER, AND WE HAVE 33 NOW CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS COMING. CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS COMING. WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY DO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY DO AND FOR US AS ATTENDINGS TO SEE AND FOR US AS ATTENDINGS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY DO AND GIVE THEM SUPPORT. SUPPORT. SO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, SO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PEACE POLE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PEACE POLE EVENT IS ON. EVENT IS ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR FREANEY: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WALKER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WALKER. THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS GREAT. OKAY, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS OKAY, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE GOVERNMENT GOING TO BE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY, AND I'M COMMUNICATIONS DAY, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THAT PROCLAMATION GOING TO TURN THAT PROCLAMATION OVER TO COMMISSIONER DUGARD. OVER TO COMMISSIONER DUGARD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO THIS WHEREAS, WELL, LET'S DO THIS RIGHT. RIGHT. ALL THE COMMUNICATION ALL THE COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS, PLEASE COME PROFESSIONALS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. FORWARD. THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO THIS. THIS. AND ANYBODY THAT THINKS THEY'RE AND ANYBODY THAT THINKS THEY'RE A COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONAL CAN A COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONAL CAN ALSO COME FORWARD. ALSO COME FORWARD. >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON >> THERE'S LOT OF THOSE ON FACEBOOK. FACEBOOK. WHEREAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WHEREAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IS COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IS TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, ROBUST AND WHEREAS, ROBUST COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT CREATES TRUST AND IF SPIRES CREATES TRUST AND IF SPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION -- RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION -- INSPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE INSPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION AND BE INVOLVED. ACTION AND BE INVOLVED. AND WHEREAS, GOVERNMENT AND WHEREAS, GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS CREATE COMMUNICATIONS CREATE RELATIONSHIPS AND CALLS TO RELATIONSHIPS AND CALLS TO ACTION, BUILD AWARENESS, AND ACTION, BUILD AWARENESS, AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STORYTELLING, ENGAGE AND FOSTER STORYTELLING, ENGAGE AND FOSTER ENGAGEMENT ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON CIVIC COMMUNICATIONS AND USE ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND USE ALL CHANNELS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN CHANNELS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN CRITICAL DECISIONS. CRITICAL DECISIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE ROLE OF AND WHEREAS, THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS IS AN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL PART OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES AS EXPERIENCED IN 2024. AS EXPERIENCED IN 2024. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS BEGINS BEFORE THE COMMUNICATIONS BEGINS BEFORE THE STORM, DURING THE STORM, AND STORM, DURING THE STORM, AND LONG AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. LONG AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE STRONG COMMUNICATIONS IN STRONG COMMUNICATIONS IN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF LIVING FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY. IN A DEMOCRACY. WHERE CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM WHERE CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DUNEDIN AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DUNEDIN IS PROUD AND HAS DEEP GRATITUDE IS PROUD AND HAS DEEP GRATITUDE AND RECOGNITION FOR GOVERNMENT AND RECOGNITION FOR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS, PROFESSIONALISM, COMMUNICATORS, PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, HARD WORK, DEDICATION, HARD WORK, COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM, AND COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM, AND SACRIFICE. SACRIFICE. NOW, I, TOM DUGARD, BY THE NOW, I, TOM DUGARD, BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED IN ME THROUGH THE MAYOR OF THE IN ME THROUGH THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21st, 2025, AS FEBRUARY 21st, 2025, AS GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS DAY IN DUNEDIN, FLORIDA. DUNEDIN, FLORIDA. IT UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF IT UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHOSE DEDICATED EFFORTS UPHOLD DEDICATED EFFORTS UPHOLD EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND CRISIS STRATEGIES AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY OF DUNEDIN. CITY OF DUNEDIN. THANK YOU THANK YOU >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW >> WELL, FIRST, YIVE A FEW WORDS. WORDS. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS IMPORTANT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IMPORTANT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND THE VALUE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND VERY TALENTED TEAM ARE THE VERY TALENTED TEAM ARE THE ARCHITECTS BEHIND OUR PUBLIC ARCHITECTS BEHIND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, INFORMATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, OUR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, OUR RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS MONITORED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, IS MONITORED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND THE CREATIVITY BEHIND THE AND THE CREATIVITY BEHIND THE CONTENT, VIDEOS AND MESSAGING, CONTENT, VIDEOS AND MESSAGING, WE INFORM, EDUCATE, AND WE ALSO WE INFORM, EDUCATE, AND WE ALSO TRY TO ENTERTAIN. TRY TO ENTERTAIN. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO BE DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO BE BORING. BORING. BUT THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE BUT THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS THAN DURING THE COMMUNICATIONS THAN DURING THE CRISIS EVENTS AND EMERGENCY CRISIS EVENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS. RESPONSE SITUATIONS. THE STORMS OF 2024, DEBBIE, THE STORMS OF 2024, DEBBIE, HELENE, AND MILTON PROVED HOW HELENE, AND MILTON PROVED HOW CRITICAL PUBLIC INFORMATION IS CRITICAL PUBLIC INFORMATION IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS VITAL BEFORE THE STORM AS IT IS VITAL BEFORE THE STORM AS A PROCLAMATION SAID, BEFORE, A PROCLAMATION SAID, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER, AND IN 2024, DURING, AND AFTER, AND IN 2024, THE POST-STORM COMMUNICATIONS THE POST-STORM COMMUNICATIONS LASTED FOR MONTHS. LASTED FOR MONTHS. THIS WAS OUR SUPER BOWL. THIS WAS OUR SUPER BOWL. WE WERE NOT JUST GETTING WE WERE NOT JUST GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC. INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC. WE ARE SAVING LIVES USING SOCIAL WE ARE SAVING LIVES USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS, AS AN OUTREACH TOOL MEDIA AS, AS AN OUTREACH TOOL BUT ALSO AS A CRITICAL SOCIAL BUT ALSO AS A CRITICAL SOCIAL LISTENING AND RESPONSE TOOL. LISTENING AND RESPONSE TOOL. TODAY PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE A CALL CENTER, AND LIKE A CALL CENTER, AND ACCORDING TO DATA FROM OUR ACCORDING TO DATA FROM OUR DIGITAL ANALYTICS, OUR RESPONSE DIGITAL ANALYTICS, OUR RESPONSE TIME DURING THE STORMS TO TIME DURING THE STORMS TO CRITICAL QUERIES WAS BETWEEN 15 CRITICAL QUERIES WAS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MINUTES. AND 30 MINUTES. OUR COMMUNITY SENTIMENT MEASURED OUR COMMUNITY SENTIMENT MEASURED BY COMMENTS WAS 87% POSITIVE AND BY COMMENTS WAS 87% POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. SUPPORTIVE. WE GAINED MORE THAN WE GAINED MORE THAN THUNDERSHOWER FOUN NEW FALL -- THUNDERSHOWER FOUN NEW FALL -- MORE THAN 4,000 NEW FOLLOWERS ON MORE THAN 4,000 NEW FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK AND WE PRODUCE A FACEBOOK AND WE PRODUCE A DIGITAL HURRICANE E. NEWS UPDATE DIGITAL HURRICANE E. NEWS UPDATE FROM SEPTEMBER 24th THROUGH FROM SEPTEMBER 24th THROUGH MID-OCTOBER. MID-OCTOBER. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE GAINED THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE GAINED MORE THAN 1,000 NEW DUNEDIN NEWS MORE THAN 1,000 NEW DUNEDIN NEWS SUBSCRIBERS AND AS YOU'RE HEARD SUBSCRIBERS AND AS YOU'RE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, ME SAY MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY INFORMED, BECAUSE IT IS INFORMED, BECAUSE IT IS DELIVERED TO THEM, THEY DON'T DELIVERED TO THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THEIR NEWS. GET THEIR NEWS. AND OFTEN THE MISINFORMATION AND OFTEN THE MISINFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE, EXCUSE ME, ON THAT IS OUT THERE, EXCUSE ME, ON THOSE PLATFORMS. THOSE PLATFORMS. OUR CITY OF DUNEDIN CRISIS OUR CITY OF DUNEDIN CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE DURING COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE DURING TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE, TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE, DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS AND DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS AND STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGE. STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGE. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THESE WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THESE EFFORTS. EFFORTS. IT WAS HARD BUT WE KNEW AS IT WAS HARD BUT WE KNEW AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, IT WAS THE PUBLIC SERVANTS, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WAS RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WAS THE VALUABLE THING TO DO. THE VALUABLE THING TO DO. AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT THAT PLAYED. ROLE THAT THAT PLAYED. WE KNOW, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE, WE KNOW, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE, AND THE GROWTH ENGAGEMENT OF OUR AND THE GROWTH ENGAGEMENT OF OUR PLATFORMS WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN PLATFORMS WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN OUR REACH FOR THE FUTURE. OUR REACH FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY BROOK BECAUSE SHE WAS ESPECIALLY BROOK BECAUSE SHE WAS HERE WITH ME DURING THAT TIME, HERE WITH ME DURING THAT TIME, KATE, AS YOU KNOW, JOINED OUR KATE, AS YOU KNOW, JOINED OUR TEAM RECENTLY, AND ALREADY DOING TEAM RECENTLY, AND ALREADY DOING AMAZING THINGS TOGETHER. AMAZING THINGS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALWAYS. ALWAYS. >> MAYOR FREANEY: PICTURES NOW? >> PICTURES NOW? >> PICTURES NOW? [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR FREANEY: SO WHILE >> SO WHILE >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS >> SO WHILE COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS TAKING COMMISSIONER DUGARD IS TAKING HIS SEAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I'VE HIS SEAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I'VE BEEN AROUND THE TRACK AND A LOT BEEN AROUND THE TRACK AND A LOT OF VENUES WITH THIS CITY FOR 35 OF VENUES WITH THIS CITY FOR 35 YEARS, AND THIS COMMUNICATION YEARS, AND THIS COMMUNICATION GROUP IS AMAZING, AND I ALWAYS GROUP IS AMAZING, AND I ALWAYS SAY INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, SAY INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, BUT I'LL INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. TELL YOU WHAT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T. JUST CAN'T. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH OUR COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH OUR 37,000 RESIDENTS. 37,000 RESIDENTS. SO I THANK THE TEAM. SO I THANK THE TEAM. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE SMALL AND MIGHTY. SMALL AND MIGHTY. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CITIZEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CITIZEN INPUT, SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME INPUT, SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON A TOPIC THAT IS COMMISSION ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS WOULD BE NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT? TO DO THAT? OKAY. OKAY. SEEING NO RUSH TO THE PODIUM, SEEING NO RUSH TO THE PODIUM, I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN INPUT, AND WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT INPUT, AND WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. AGENDA. SO TODAY WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OF SO TODAY WE'VE GOT APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR 12/17, 12/19, 1/7, MINUTES FOR 12/17, 12/19, 1/7, 1/9. 1/9. WE HAVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE WE HAVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR HAMMOCK APPOINTMENTS FOR HAMMOCK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB WE HAVE FLANAGAN'S IRISH PUB ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELERATION ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELERATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE DOWNTOWN DUNEDIN WE HAVE DOWNTOWN DUNEDIN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 2025 MARDI MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 2025 MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE GRAS CELEBRATION REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. LICENSE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE AWARD OF GENERAL WE HAVE AWARD OF GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICE AUTHORIZATION TASK TO JONES AUTHORIZATION TASK TO JONES EDMUNDS AND ASSOCIATES INC. OF EDMUNDS AND ASSOCIATES INC. OF TAMPA FLORIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF TAMPA FLORIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,500 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS $88,500 FOR THE NORTH DOUGLAS AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE AVENUE FLOODING ALTERNATIVE DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND POST DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND POST DESIGN SERVICES. DESIGN SERVICES. WE HAVE APPROVAL TO AWARD WE HAVE APPROVAL TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND RESURFACING SERVICES AT RESURFACING SERVICES AT EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK EDGEWATER PARK AND WEAVER PARK PROVIDED BY LANIER PLANS, INC., PROVIDED BY LANIER PLANS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS KORKAT OF DOING BUSINESS AS KORKAT OF CAROLLTON, GEORGIA, FOR THE A CAROLLTON, GEORGIA, FOR THE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $227,737.05 DUE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $227,737.05 DUE TO DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY TO DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. AND WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF AND WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY OF MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY OF DUNEDIN FOR POST-MILTON DEBRIS DUNEDIN FOR POST-MILTON DEBRIS HAULING ASSISTANCE. HAULING ASSISTANCE. SO FIRST OF ALL DO I HAVE SO FIRST OF ALL DO I HAVE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL. TO PULL. >> 2C AND 2F. >> 2C AND 2F. >> 2C AND 2F. >> >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND >> 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY COMMISSIONER >> OKAY, 2C AND 2F. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBEGEN. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBEGEN. OKAY. OKAY. AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL ANYTHING? ANYTHING? >> 2E. >> 2E. >> 2E. >> >> 2E. >> MAYOR >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, >> 2E. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY, 2E. >> OKAY, 2E. >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY >> OKAY, 2E. OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY PULLED OKAY, WELL, YOU ALREADY PULLED THAT. THAT. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: BECAUSE >> I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR FREANEY: BECAUSE YOU >> BECAUSE YOU >> BECAUSE YOU SAID >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E AS >> BECAUSE YOU SAID 2E AS WELL? SAID 2E AS WELL? >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OH, >> NO, I SAID 2C AND 2F. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OH, OKAY, >> OH, OKAY, >> OH, OKAY, SORRY. SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO 2E BY COMMISSIONER WALKER, 2F SO 2E BY COMMISSIONER WALKER, 2F BY COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN. BY COMMISSIONER SANDBERGEN. OKAY, ANY OTHER THINGS? OKAY, ANY OTHER THINGS? THAT WE WISH TO PULL? THAT WE WISH TO PULL? OKAY, SO EVERYTHING BUT 2C, 2E, OKAY, SO EVERYTHING BUT 2C, 2E, AND 2F, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO AND 2F, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? APPROVE? >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> >> SECOND. >> MAYOR >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: >> SECOND. >> MAYOR FREANEY: OKAY. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. MOTION, >> OKAY. MOTION, SECOND. MOTION, SECOND. AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVE, NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVE, NOT THE ONES THAT ARE PULLED. THE ONES THAT ARE PULLED. AND YOURS IS PULLED. AND YOURS IS PULLED. OKAY. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? SO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION

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