City Council Meeting

Joe Meek, Mayor Chris Ensing, Vice Mayor/Council Seat #3 Gabrielle Satchell, Council Seat #1 Mindi Hastings, Council Seat #2 Robert Holmes, Council Seat #5 Audra Curts-Whann, City Manager Rob Batsel, City Attorney Mia Fink, City Clerk Agenda Crystal River City Council Meeting Regular Meeting Agenda Monday, October 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM Citrus County Welcome Center 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call B. Invocation C. Pledge of Allegiance D. Recognition of Elected Officials in Attendance 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA NOTICE TO PUBLIC Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Governing Body with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to provide that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. (Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes) Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the City of Crystal River, City Manager's Office, 123 N.W. Highway 19, Crystal River, Florida, 34428 (352) 795-4216, at least two (2) days before the meeting. GENERAL MEETING PROCEDURES 1. In consideration of others, we ask that you follow a few basic rules: A. Please turn cell phones off, or place on vibrate. If you must make a call, please step out into the hallway. B. If you must speak to someone in the audience, please speak softly or go out into the hallway. C. Personal comments/remarks, directed to Council or the public, are not allowed and are considered out of order. 2. Public Comment: A. The general public will be allowed three (3) minutes to speak during the Public Input section at the beginning of the meeting and five (5) minutes to speak during the Public Input section at the end of the meeting.

3. PRESENTATIONS A. CRFD Quarterly Report B. Draft WWTP Pre-Design Study 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5. PUBLIC INPUT 6. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA A. Motion to approve minutes of the City Council meeting held October 12, 2026 B. Monthly Departmental Report Summary for the month of September C. Motion to authorize the Mayor to accept the "Grant of Sidewalk Easement" between The First Baptist Church of Crystal River, Inc. and the City of Crystal River. D. Motion to approve Resolution No. 27-R-02 to amend items in the City's Fee Schedule, Exhibit "D" Special Event Permit Fees E. Motion to approve Resolution No. 27-R-03 appointing a Special Magistrate, Richard David Mutarelli, Jr., McGraw, Rauba & Mutarelli, PA., as the City's Alternate Local Hearing Officer through an Administrative Code Enforcement Hearing Officer Agreement, and if approved, authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement. F. Motion to authorize staff to accept Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $10,945.00 for Bid No. 25-B-05 "Stormwater Drainage Clearing Areas" for the emergency repair of embankment erosion on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 7. PUBLIC HEARING 8. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES 9. CITY ATTORNEY 10. CITY MANAGER 11. CITY COUNCIL A. Motion to approve "Employment Agreement for the City Manager of the City of Crystal River, Florida" 12. COUNCIL MEMBER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS (Three Minute Time Limit) A. Mayor Meek B. Vice Mayor Ensing C. Council member Satchell D. Council member Hastings

13. PUBLIC INPUT 14. ADJOURNMENT E. Council member Holmes (Five Minute Time Limit)

Joe Meek, Mayor Chris Ensing, Vice Mayor/Council Seat #3 Gabrielle Satchell, Council Seat #1 Mindi Hastings, Council Seat #2 Robert Holmes, Council Seat #5 Troy Slattery, City Manager Rob Batsel, City Attorney Mia Fink, City Clerk Agenda Crystal River City Council Meeting Regular Meeting Agenda Monday, October 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM Citrus County Welcome Center 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call B. Invocation C. Pledge of Allegiance D. Recognition of Elected Officials in Attendance 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA NOTICE TO PUBLIC Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Governing Body with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to provide that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. (Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes) Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the City of Crystal River, City Manager's Office, 123 N.W. Highway 19, Crystal River, Florida, 34428 (352) 795-4216, at least two (2) days before the meeting. GENERAL MEETING PROCEDURES 1. In consideration of others, we ask that you follow a few basic rules: A. Please turn cell phones off, or place on vibrate. If you must make a call, please step out into the hallway. B. If you must speak to someone in the audience, please speak softly or go out into the hallway. C. Personal comments/remarks, directed to Council or the public, are not allowed and are considered out of order. 2. Public Comment: A. The general public will be allowed three (3) minutes to speak during the Public Input section at the beginning of the meeting and five (5) minutes to speak during the Public Input section at the end of the meeting.

3. PRESENTATIONS A. CRFD Quarterly Report B. Draft WWTP Pre-Design Study 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5. PUBLIC INPUT 6. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA A. Motion to approve minutes of the City Council meeting held October 12, 2026 B. Monthly Departmental Report Summary for the month of September C. Motion to authorize the Mayor to accept the "Grant of Sidewalk Easement" between The First Baptist Church of Crystal River, Inc. and the City of Crystal River. D. Motion to approve Resolution No. 27-R-02 to amend items in the City's Fee Schedule, Exhibit "D" Special Event Permit Fees E. Motion to approve Resolution No. 27-R-03 appointing a Special Magistrate, Richard David Mutarelli, Jr., McGraw, Rauba & Mutarelli, PA., as the City's Alternate Local Hearing Officer through an Administrative Code Enforcement Hearing Officer Agreement, and if approved, authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement. F. Motion to authorize staff to accept Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $10,945.00 for Bid No. 25-B-05 "Stormwater Drainage Clearing Areas" for the emergency repair of embankment erosion on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 7. PUBLIC HEARING 8. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES 9. CITY ATTORNEY 10. CITY MANAGER 11. CITY COUNCIL A. Motion to approve "Employment Agreement for the City Manager of the City of Crystal River, Florida" 12. COUNCIL MEMBER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS (Three Minute Time Limit) A. Mayor Meek B. Vice Mayor Ensing C. Council member Satchell D. Council member Hastings

13. PUBLIC INPUT 14. ADJOURNMENT E. Council member Holmes (Five Minute Time Limit)

Meeting Date: October 26, 2026 Agenda Item Number: 3.A. CRYSTAL RIVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING Agenda Item Summary Requested Motion: CRFD Quarterly Report

Meeting Date: October 26, 2026 Agenda Item Number: 3.B. CRYSTAL RIVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING Agenda Item Summary Requested Motion: Draft WWTP Pre-Design Study ATTACHMENTS: Description Crystal River WWTF Facility Plan Council Presentation_10.26.26.pptx

Crystal River WWTF Facility Plan October 26, 2026

Agenda 1. Structural Assessment Review 2. WWTF Alternatives Review 3. Existing WWTF vs New WWTF Discussion 4. Funding Opportunities

Structural Assessment - Headworks 1) Significant deterioration of the channel walls • Recommended Improvement: Surface clean concrete, spray layer of cementitious mortar, apply thick epoxy coating.

Structural Assessment - Headworks 2) Undermining of exposed foundations • Recommended Improvement: Fix site drainage and fill eroded soils. Use flowable fill or structural foam injection beneath the foundation in undermined areas.

Structural Assessment - Headworks 3) Cracks in the channel walls and deck. Transverse cracks with algae on the underside of the walkway (evidence of active leakage). • Recommended Improvement: Repair with crack injection and then patch from inside of tank prior to coating.

Structural Assessment - Headworks Tank replacement is recommended due to the prohibitive costs associated with downtime, the extensive surface preparation required for rehabilitation, and the application of cementitious mortar. The existing concrete was likely designed and constructed using durability and reinforcement requirements that predate current code provisions. Should the existing Headworks structure remain in service: • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 10 - 15 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 2 – 8 years

Structural Assessment – Surge Tank 2) Horizontal cracks on the exterior of the walls near the base all around the tank. • Recommended Improvement: Monitor existing cracks widths and inspect new crack formation in applied coating. 1) Failing coating on the inside of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating to the interior and exterior faces.

Structural Assessment – Surge Tank • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 20 - 30 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 10 – 20 years

Structural Assessment – Anoxic Basin • Failing coating on the inside of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating to the interior and exterior faces. • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 15 - 25 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 8 – 15 years

Structural Assessment – Aeration Basin1) Discoloration in exterior concrete coating. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating system. 2) Exterior coating bubbling and peeling. • Recommended Improvement: Properly clean surface and fill voids, bugholes and other cavities in the concrete to prevent entrapped air from being released into the coating. 3) Vertical and diagonal cracks visible on the exterior of the walls.

Structural Assessment – Aeration Basin • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 10 - 20 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 5 – 10 years

Structural Assessment – Oxidation Ditch1) Isolated areas of coating failure on the inside of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating to the interior and exterior faces. 2) Rebar corrosion bleeding through concrete cover and paint as seen from exterior as stains in the concrete. • Recommended Improvement: Coat interior tank walls with multiple layers of epoxy. 3) Cracks with efflorescence on the inside face of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Monitor existing cracks widths and inspect new crack formation in applied coating.

Structural Assessment – Oxidation Ditch • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 10 - 20 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 5 – 10 years

Structural Assessment – Clarifier No.11) Surface corrosion of walkway beams. • Recommended Improvement: Surface clean steel then apply coating. 2) Failing coating on the inside of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating to the interior and exterior faces.

Structural Assessment – Clarifier No.21) Surface corrosion of walkway beams. • Recommended Improvement: Surface clean steel then apply coating. 3) Horizontal cracking on exterior wall. • Recommended Improvement: Monitor existing cracks widths and inspect new crack formation in applied coating. 2) Failing coating on the inside of the tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Clean and prepare the concrete surfaces, then apply a protective coating to the interior and exterior faces.

Structural Assessment - Clarifiers • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 15 - 25 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 8 – 15 years

Structural Assessment – Chlorine Contact Tank1) Tank leaks when water level is higher than usual. • Recommended Improvement: Identify locations and repair cracks with cracking injections and patching from inside of tank. 2) Vertical cracking in tank walls. • Recommended Improvement: Repair with crack injection and then patch from inside of tank.

Structural Assessment – Chlorine Contact Tank • Remaining Useful Life with Improvements: 10 - 20 years • Remaining Useful Life without Improvements: 5 – 10 years

Alternative #1: Minimal Modification to Existing Site

Alternative #1: Minimal Modification to Existing Site Total Construction Cost = $49,112,000 Design and Permitting = $4,911,200 Contingency = $4,911,200 Total = $58,934,400

Alternative #2: MBR at Existing Site

Alternative #2: MBR at Existing Site Total Construction Cost = $66,836,000 Design and Permitting = $6,683,600 Contingency = $6,683,600 Total = $80,203,200

Alternative #3: New MBR WWTF at Sprayfield Site

Alternative #3: New MBR WWTF at Sprayfield Site Total Construction Cost = $65,856,000 Design and Permitting = $6,585,600 Contingency = $6,585,600 Total = $79,027,200

Existing WWTF vs New WWTF • Cost Effective Expansion for the Future • Constructability Concerns • Maintenance of Plant Operations (MOPO) • Site Access (Crane) • Lack of As-Builts • Risk • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) • Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) • Dewatering • Well Point • Schedule • General Conditions • Cost Escalation • Existing WWTF 30-36 months • New WWTF 24-28 months • Remaining Useful Life of Existing WWTF • Structural Assessment

Funding Opportuni ties • Grant Funding Awarded to Date: • Legislative Appropriations = $750,000 • FDEP Springs Protection = $12,700,000 • SRF Milton and Helene = $19,166,503 (Fully Forgiven) • Potential $4,400,000 Additional Funding • State Revolving Funds (SRF) • FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program • Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) • FDEP Water Quality Improvement Grant Program

Meeting Date: October 26, 2026 Agenda Item Number: 6.A. CRYSTAL RIVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING Agenda Item Summary Requested Motion: Motion to approve minutes of the City Council meeting held October 12, 2026 ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes 10.12.26 MF Final.docx

Minutes Crystal River City Council Regular Council Meeting Monday, October 12, 2026 5:30 p.m. Citrus County Welcome Center 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Meek called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Council members present: Mayor Joe Meek, Vice Mayor Chris Ensing, Council member Mindi Hastings, Council member Robert Holmes, Council member Gabrielle Satchell Staff present: City Manager Audra Curts, City Attorney Jimmy Gooding, City Clerk Mia Fink, Finance Director Michelle Russell-Maynard, Growth Management Director Carly Hanson, Human Resources Director Mary Helprin, Visitors Services Director Andrea Hullstrung, Community Engagement Director Madeline Scarborough Council member Holmes led the invocation, and Mayor Meek led the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion to adopt the agenda as amended was made by Council member Holmes; seconded by Council member Hastings. Motion carried 5-0. 3. PRESENTATIONS A. Amendment Three Presentation Vicky Iozzia of the League of Women Voters presented (presentation attached under item 3A of agenda packet) and addressed Council questions regarding provisions of the proposed amendment. 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5. PUBLIC INPUT Peter Webber Crystal River- Discussed Ordinance No. 26-O-11 and access for local fishing charter boats. Charlie Kish- Crystal River- Discussed 579 Crystal River LP legal negotiations and resident pass program. Dylan Ayala- Crystal River- Discussed Ordinance No. 26-O-11and access for local fishing charter boats. Justin Dymond-Crystal River- Inquired about provisions of Ordinance No. 26-O-11 (Ms. Hanson addressed). Council addressed questions and discussion was held regarding resident pass program rates. 6. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA A. Motion to approve minutes of the City Council meeting held September 28, 2026

B. Motion to approve modification to the wage range exhibit included in the Human Resources Policy Manual dated October 1st, 2026 C. Motion to adopt Resolution No. 27-R-01, to reassign the Fire Chief’s current command vehicle, a 2022 Ford F-250, as a replacement Brush Truck, approve the purchase of a 2017 Ford Explorer to utilize as the new Fire Chief command vehicle and purchase and installation of a skid unit for the existing 2022 Ford F-250 to be used as the replacement brush truck for the total amount not to exceed $30,000. D. CRHS Homecoming Parade and Scarecrow Fest Road Closure Rescheduled Motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Council member Hastings; seconded by Vice Mayor Ensing. Motion carried 5-0. 7. PUBLIC HEARING A. Consideration of Ordinance 26-O-11 amending Chapter 11, Licenses and Business Regulations of the Code of Ordinances to create a new Article V, Waterway Rental Vessel Vendor Safety, establish a local permitting and safety program for livery vessel rental vendors and operators, and providing for amendments to Section 11, hold a public hearing on October 12, 2026, at 5:30 p.m, and if approved, authorize the Mayor to execute the Ordinance. Staff Presentation: Growth Management Director Carly Hanson presented and addressed questions regarding inclusion of “Bump-n-Go” proposal. Public Hearing: Peter Webber- Crystal River- Read Florida Statute § 327.60, (prohibits counties and municipalities from enacting certain vessel and marine standards, etc.). Monte Asti- Crystal River- Inquired about applicability of certain provisions. Ms. Hanson and Mr. Gooding addressed questions and provided clarification regarding potential statutory conflicts. Motion to adopt Ordinance 26-O-11 amending Chapter 11, Licenses and Business Regulations of the Code of Ordinances to create a new Article V, Waterway Rental Vessel Vendor Safety, establish a local permitting and safety program for livery vessel rental vendors and operators, and providing for amendments to Section 11 was made by Council member Hastings; seconded by Council member Satchell. Motion carried 5-0. B. Consideration of Ordinance No. 26-O-12 Amending Chapter 12, "Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions" of the Code of Ordinances, by Amending Section 12-10, Same-"Certain Acts Prohibited", Prohibiting the Use of Jake Brakes, Defining the Term, Providing for Signage, hold a Public Hearing for October 12, 2026, at 5:30 p.m, and if approved, authorize the Mayor to sign the Ordinance. Staff Presentation: Growth Management Director Carly Hanson presented the item. Public Hearing: Dr. Anthony Oliverio- Crystal River- Inquired about enforcement, which staff addressed, with City Attorney Gooding noting need to research signage requirements.

Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 26-O-12 Amending Chapter 12, "Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions" of the Code of Ordinances, by Amending Section 12-10, Same-"Certain Acts Prohibited", Prohibiting the Use of Jake Brakes, Defining the Term and Providing for signage was made by Council member Holmes; seconded by Council member Satchell. Motion carried 5-0. 8. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES 9. CITY ATTORNEY 10. CITY MANAGER A. Motion to approve the "State Lobbying Services Agreement" with The Southern Group in the amount of $50,000.00 City Manager Curts presented the item, with City Attorney Gooding noting term expiration of 09/30/2027. Motion to approve continue the "State Lobbying Services Agreement" with The Southern Group in the amount of $50,000.00 was made by Council member Hastings; seconded by Council member Satchell. Motion carried 5-0. Vice Mayor Ensing inquired about legislative priorities and reporting obligations, which City Manager Curts addressed. B. Motion to award a contract to Purvis, Gray and Company for Professional Independent Auditing Services for a three-year contract with the option of an additional two-year renewal, with the initial fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, at a cost of $50,500. Finance Director Michelle Russell-Maynard presented the item and introduced team members, Mayor Meek discussed the selection process. Motion to award a contract to Purvis, Gray and Company for Professional Independent Auditing Services for a three-year contract with the option of an additional two-year renewal, was made by Vice Mayor Ensing; seconded by Council member Holmes. Motion carried 5-0. 11. CITY COUNCIL A. Motion to approve the Crystal River City Council meeting schedule for calendar year 2027 Motion to approve the Crystal River City Council meeting schedule for calendar year 2027 B. Consideration of Engagement Letter with Tom Ankerson for Crystal River Boating and Waterway Legal, Policy and Strategic Advisory Services Mayor Meek introduced the item and Vice Mayor Ensing discussed purpose of request. Council member Hastings discussed Kings Bay Focus Group efforts and Council discussion was held regarding need for services. Council member Holmes inquired about previous services provided by Mr. Ankerson and related presentation and discussion was held regarding past efforts to address issues in the bay. Council also noted need to itemize a list of specific needs associated with the legal services.

Motion to authorize the Mayor to execute the Engagement Letter with Tom Ankerson for Crystal River Boating and Waterway Legal, Policy and Strategic Advisory Services was made by Vice Mayor Ensing; seconded by Council member Hastings. Motion carried 5-0. C. Betz Farm Attorney - hiring outside council - T/M Council member Hastings introduced the item and request. Council discussion was held regarding County application status and process and timing; City Manager Curts noted procurement process. Council discussion continued regarding County application and potential outcomes, potential legal service scope of work, and potential resources for assistance (FLC). 12. COUNCIL MEMBER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Mayor Meek announced resignation letter received from City Manager Curts and Council discussion was held regarding resignation and process moving forward. City Clerk Fink was directed to schedule a special meeting, with City Attorney Batsel to advise on non-disparagement clause. B. Vice Mayor Ensing inquired about status of Three Sisters Springs Visitors Center transition (Train Depot) and City Manager Curts discussed need for revenue source for City Hall redevelopment. C. Council member Satchell discussed recent incident and damage caused by mudding and Lieutenant Fisher discussed actions taken and related consequences. D. Council member Hastings provided an update regarding Kings Bay Focus Group activities (list for Mr. Ankerson), and discussed loss of institutional knowledge due to staffing changes. E. Council member Holmes discussed need to revise the Community Development Code and recent CRHS fundraiser participation. Ms. Hanson noted current statutory provisions limiting ability to adopt certain types of code revisions (if more burdensome). Mayor Meek noted CRHS parade rescheduling. 13. PUBLIC INPUT Charlie Kish- Crystal River-Commended City Manager Curts. Gail Kostelnick- Crystal River- Discussed City Manager resignation and her qualification and related recruitment, streaming issues, and potential caused. Bo Braccio- Crystal River-Discussed City Manager resignation and Assistant City Manager capability. Perter Webber- Crystal River-Discussed community influences. 14. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Meek adjourned the meeting at 7:52 P.M.

Meeting Date: October 26, 2026 Agenda Item Number: 6.B. CRYSTAL RIVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING Agenda Item Summary Requested Motion: Monthly Departmental Report Summary for the month of September ATTACHMENTS: Description 2026 Summary Report- September.docx

Departmental Monthly Report Summary September 2026 THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE During the month of September, the office clerked 2 public meetings, coordinating the agendas and drafting 12 agenda items. The Clerk’s office also facilitated 26 public records requests and performed 14 notarizations on various legal documents. Recording items included 1 variance order. Ongoing responsibilities include the beginning of the 2026 election season completing qualifying and reporting, as well as contract management/facilitation for DPW, grant coordination/reporting, audio/visual equipment operations/coordination, budget-related obligations, scheduling for City Manager, Riverwalk permitting and easement coordination/processing, records management duties including facilitation of public records requests, ordinance and resolution drafting, as well as assistance with items related to the Crystal River Concert Series. The Clerk’s office participated in consolidation and dissemination of past and current initiatives related to Kings Bay. The Clerk has also continued with Leadership Citrus participation. THREE SISTERS SPRINGS Three Sisters Springs had a total of 969 visitors for the month of September. In September Fiscal year 25’ the Three Sisters Wildlife Refuge had a total of 1,093 visitors. This is a 11.3% decrease from previous year shy 124 visitors. There were 109 online admission tickets purchased totaling $1,373.00 in revenue. Gross revenue for the month totaled $9,930.25. Commission paid to USFWS totaled $3,151.84. September marked the end of fiscal year 2026. Three Sisters had a total of 104,936 visitors to the refuge. FY 2026 increased 24.9% visitation from the previous year with an additional 20,911 visitors. This is the highest number of visitors to the refuge ever. This month on social media: Facebook:  Facebook Viewers: 61,901  Facebook Views: 105,850  Facebook Content Interactions: 671  Facebook Follows: 152  Facebook Visits: 2,970 Instagram:  Instagram Reach: 3,041  Instagram Views: 5,585  Instagram Content Interactions: 76  Instagram Follows: 200  Instagram Visits: 272

PLANNING, COMMUNITY SERVICES, & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Future Land Use and Zoning Map Amendments – PCA26/PZM26-0003 – 519 NW 7th Avenue – The applicant is requesting a Future Land Use and Zoning Map Amendment to change the property from Suburban Neighborhood (SN) and SN-1 to Urban Neighborhood (UN) and UN-1. The Planning Commission will hear this item on November 5, and the City Council will hold a public hearing on December 14. 2. Annexation with Future Land Use and Zoning Map Amendments – PA26-0002 and PCA26/PZM26-0004 – Multiple Properties South of Venable and to the East of Suncoast Blvd – The applicant is requesting to annex approximately 300 acres into the City of Crystal River for a mixed-use development including commercial and residential uses south of Venable and East of Suncoast Blvd. The Planning Commission will hear this item on November 5, and the City Council will hold a public hearing on December 14. 3. Bed and Breakfast Conditional Use – PSU26-0004 – 1051 NE Citrus Avenue – The owner of the subject property is requesting to have a Bed and Breakfast as a conditional use in the Urban Center 2 Zoning District. The Planning Commission will hear this item on November 5. 4. Variance Request – PV26-0003 – 824 SW Kings Bay Drive – The applicant is requesting a variance of the Community Development Code to allow a dock to have a waterward projection of greater than 22% in a waterway of less than 100 feet. The Planning Commission will hear this item on November 5.

>> Everybody ready? Good to go? All right. Yes sir. All right. All right come on good evening everybody. Welcome. We'll call this meeting to order. It's Monday October 26th 2026. It is right at 5:30 p.m.. This is a Crystal River city Council meeting and this is the start of a new day for Crystal River. Officially welcoming for the first time our new and permanent City Manager, which will put on the official thing in a little bit, but welcome sir. We're also glad that you Are here. Great. Madam clerk, will you please do a roll call? [calling roll] >> As we do every meeting come up we'll start invocation. (inaudible) he does such a great job. Council member will lead us in the invocation. >> Dear heavenly Father I'm thankful that we (inaudible). Hope the decisions we make are good for all. I pray for this city, I pray as a county and for the state. And especially pray for this nation. I pray for the men and women in armed forces, wherever they may be. And protect them come and pray for their first responders that they may take care of us day in and day out. In Jesus's name I pray Amen. >> Please face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you everybody. All rights. Moving right along, the adoption of the agenda -- if we want to I will entertain that. If not, I will entertain a motion -- >> Second. >> Is there any discussion on the motion? All those in favor? Please signify by saying aye. Any opposed? All right we have two presentations this evening. The first is Crystal River Fire Department quarterly report. Welcome. Thank you for all you are doing. >> (inaudible) So as always come on I like to go over some of the numbers and -- our July numbers were -- 106 and September 88th. (inaudible) That is huge. (inaudible) are less than five minutes. And that's a big deal. So as I mentioned, every time I get an opportunity to do this, that is whether it's 1:00 in the morning or -- (inaudible) so that's a really critical time to be on scene. (inaudible) I'm very proud of that I'm very proud of that and something you described -- but that's a good number. (inaudible) we'll continue to work on that as well. So our -- (inaudible) we had 146 -- we see a lot of stuff. (inaudible) As I mentioned to the council, in past county and city had mutual agreement with all the -- (inaudible) or maps. (inaudible) Just want to outline some of the things that happen outside of city minutes as I talk about with -- these are just some photographs of some Recent -- (inaudible) They keep showing up and they keep going after it and get training done. This is what -- they're coming into shift, ready to go, getting dirty. They really impress people With -- it's awesome. As you know, we talk about us enhancing our medical capability. We do have a medical director on staff, great guy. He works as a trauma surgeon at Palo Regional and he comes out and sits with us and that's the top left there. He's a tremendous resource to us and -- on the bottom left the photograph is fire rescue -- we continue to improve our relationship with the county. I think it's crucial not only for our presence but the presence of -- that we all work together within the same skill set and provide the same services. (inaudible) same service, just different clowns. You have to have unity. This top left photos are basically about how to get -- people will donate homes to us that -- that's a great opportunity for us to get in there and do some realistic training and we really can't do those things in training center. To this scale. So this has been great. Carl has been doing a fantastic job of -- so these photographs you're looking at are all -- (inaudible) so our engagement for the third quarter -- the fireworks -- we did the flag for National Guard which is -- the bottom picture. We also did the primary school celebration. (inaudible) And one half There are nine over 11 we did our nine over 11 stair climb. (inaudible) so we did that. (inaudible) they donated again to our -- we're just so proud of our partnerships. And of course (inaudible) is beautiful. Emotional day but -- did a great job there. Appreciate it. So this was cool. We talked about the fire cadets and how much -- we wouldn't be able to do this after -- by our community. (inaudible) the kids had a blast there. The kids had a blast there. And so for them it's all -- it's not just firefighter stuff. Just an opportunity to -- you might recognize this face. Don't let that cap fool you though. It's a typical firehouse cat. Her real name is Ember by the way. It's always in the trash. You have to constantly get her out of there. She is mischievous. (inaudible) So honestly that's all I have. I appreciate the opportunity to -- a little snapshot of what's going on at the station. If anybody has questions -- great job. All right. >> (inaudible) Which is required. (inaudible) >> Welcome. Thank you guys for being here. >> It's going to be our biggest project. City Hall and Riverwalk is like chump change. But we are glad you are here. >> Happy to be here and excited to be a part of this. It's been a good while coming. (inaudible) I'm Alan and this is -- 1700 South East 17th Street. Like Troy said, this is the first step is a requirement of the hurricane -- they recently -- over the summer I put it into the -- this planning document is the first -- and our objective with this document was to analyze three things and Savannah's going to go into the details of that. A high level is we're looking at your existing plan and improvements that could be made there potentially or -- (inaudible) and the service life of the plant and then the next step which really isn't what the grant is looking at, but what you're looking at from the city is expandability.a (inaudible) so those are the major components we're looking at and then we have a third. We have to have three alternatives in the plan. The third one is looking at a new plan -- and I'll turn it over to Savannah. >> Thank you for letting us present today. Agenda for this presentation comment we'll start by walking you through a structural assessment that we did at the existing facility. We did prepare a few different alternatives for you guys, some of which involve -- some of which would be a new facility out of the -- in order to do that I thought it was good for you all to have a good understanding of the structural mission of the existing facility. Obviously we're looking at a lot of the dollars that would go into the existing facility or new facility, so understanding what does your current plant look like if we did invest dollars into that plant, how much additional life would we get out of that plant versus a brand new facility with obviously -- associated with that? We want to start by walking you through the high level results of that structural assessment that we completed and then we'll jump into different alternatives come and walk you guys through -- what's included in each of those as well as the cost associated with those alternatives. After that we wanted to run through the main pros and cons of working on your existing facility versus treatment plant of the Springfield site and then we'll wrap it up with some funding opportunities that may be beneficial to you guys. So starting off with the headworks come up which is the first part of the treatment process, it's typically where we'll see the most wear and tear over time. This is concrete that's exposed to the highest amount of gas. So this is typically where like I said you would see walls that would start to deteriorate and that kind of stuff. So the biggest takeaway here is in your main channel there was significant deterioration of the channel walls. I'm not going to spend too much time (inaudible) [no audio] >> Which would require some injection below the foundation to fix those (inaudible) And specifically with this Kraken we did start to see deep growth which was evidence of -- so something that we do want to pay close attention to, again if you do -- overall the structural engineers who were on site this recommend replacement. This is largely due to the associated downtime and work that would be required to make these improvements in the first place. However should you want to move forward with -- if you did make the improvements we would be looking at the additional 10 to 15 years of -- versus if you didn't make the improvements we're looking at probably another -- of useful life. I think moving on to the surge tank, here the main takeaways we did see some -- on the inside of these walls in addition to some horizontal cracking around the exterior walls near the base of the tank. Similar to the Headwork structure, if you did move forward with rehabbing those -- move forward with rehabbing the tank that we identified and you'd be looking at -- 20 to 30 years out of the structure and if you didn't we're looking at 10 to 20 years. The -- which is one of the biological treatment tanks here, similar to the surge tank we did see evidence of -- on the inside of the tank walls and recoating com you're looking at another 15 to 20 years of useful life and without improvements you're looking at 8 to 15 years of useful life of the structure. (inaudible) what's this one in the same time as -- we saw some discoloration of the exterior concrete coating and that coating we saw evidence of peeling and bubbling and then we also as you can see in these pictures noted some vertical and diagonal cracking visible on the exterior. If we move forward with improving those things that I just mentioned come up we're looking at another 10 to 20 years with this structure versus remaining useful life without improvements would be the 5 to 10 year range. Oxidation which is another one of your biological treatment tanks -- the coating on the inside of these tanks. We also saw evidence of corrosion -- on the tank as seen from the exterior. So you can see on that top picture, white vertical lines running down -- the exterior side that's where it was corresponding with that corrosion. (inaudible) we also saw cracking on the inside, which was not necessarily evidence of failure but evidence of leakage or buildup of moisture, which again is important to address if you want to -- the longevity of these structures. So here remaining useful life should be making these improvements and we're looking at 10 to 20 years and without improvements you're in the 5 to 10 year range. Clarifiers -- this is your settling tanks. We saw some surface corrosion of the walkway beams in addition to some of the coating on the inside of the tank walls. And clarifier number two come a very similar. We also noted some horizontal cracking on the exterior as well. For Clarifiers, we wanted to -- remaining useful life should be improvements of the structures, 15 to 25 years. We don't make improvements you're looking closer to 8 to 15 years of remaining useful life. And finally, here we did note that this tank also does leak where you get to a certain level. (inaudible) we also noticed some vertical cracking on the tank walls as well. So similar to Headwork structure here, remaining useful life if we address those would be 10 to 20 years and without those improvements you're looking at 5 to 10 years. I thought it was important to go through these different structures like I said, because I'm about to jump into the alternatives and you're going to see some numbers associated with these come as was mentioned earlier, this is a larger scale budget. I think it's important to understand from an investment standpoint what useful life you would be looking at should we go with alternatives one and two. I'm excited. >> (inaudible) you may cover this and I apologize, but if you do go with renovating and fixing the existing plant, what happens while that's being renovated into the plant is shut down? Do we have a -- is that part of -- there's got to be a cost to it. >> (inaudible) >> And you'll hear that commonly referred to as a -- where contractors will typically refer to that as and it is critical because this is -- like Allen said, it's repurposing something it's coming bringing some temporary equipment to handle some of the treatment processes. For alternative, this is looking at minimum of the patient's existing site. We wanted to provide an alternative that really focused on what's the minimum improvements that we could make to this site to meet the requirements of your grant while still keeping costs as low as possible. It's important to note here when we're looking at the three main objectives for these alternatives, one is flood mitigation. (inaudible) which we can get to in a little bit, we have certain requirements that we need to meet. All mechanical equipment needs to be raised above that floodplain level and we need to make sure that all improvements that are required per the grant like -- that building, fixing some equipment that was damaged during the hurricane, all of those items are addressed. In addition you have received some additional funding which requires -- nutrient limits. Now you have to be affluent -- so as I mentioned, if you're going to be spending all this money to improve your existing facility, I think it's important to look to the future. We want to make sure what we do now to set us up for success in the future when you need to expand capacity. You don't want to spend a ton of money now only to then spend a ton of money later on when we can just -- (inaudible) so I think it's important to note before we jump into alternatives, alternative one really checks those first two boxes. It meets the nutrient requirements and it also mitigates the flood. However it doesn't really set you guys up well for expansion. This is continuing with your existing treatment plant processes which is conventional activated sludge and all this is really doing is improving some mechanical equipment, replacing some electric equipment or responding without mechanical equipment upgrades and then adding some tankage that is really required due to the condition of the existing site. It's condition driven. So here for this first facility we are looking at a total of almost $59 million and a lot of this cost is driven by -- I did want to jump up as your point, maintenance of plant operation is a big one and another thing to note is when we're looking at the west end of your facility here, there's not a way to drive a truck back there. From a constructability standpoint, you talked with multiple contractors to kind of understand the implications that go along with this. We're pretty much the duration of the site. Since the site is located entirely within the floodplain, you're also looking at how do we water this entire site -- and there's a lot of just constructability improvements that are large portion of the cost that I shared. So jumping back into here, you have the mobilization, demobilization, site demolition. The mechanical and structural improvements that I mentioned, electrical improvements -- and towards the end this is when we start getting into the -- maintenance and plant operations general conditions. Specifically with that -- that was mentioned earlier, that is almost $3 million of the total cost. There's significant cost associated with needing to keep this plant operational while at the same time making the improvements required that we just went over. Alternative to -- this is the alternative at the existing treatment plant site that checks all three of those boxes. So here we're able to meet our new nutrient requirements and we're able to mitigate for flood impacts and this improvement also sets you up well in the future should you need to expand capacity. The way we do that with this improvement is going from conventional treatment to what's called -- treatment. And B are, membrane bioreactor, it's advanced filtration. So instead of relying on settling, you're able to run it through advanced technology and it really does two things it's. Number one it produces a really high quality (inaudible) Besides being better for the environment -- better and cleaner and all that -- doesn't present any additional opportunities with what we could do with that? Could we sell that or -- different than what we can right now whether that be reclaimed or something like that? >> It does help with the reclaimed conversation and how you can dispose of it. It will also help your conversations -- (inaudible) their main objection if you want to call it that come they take your reclaimed water right now and -- it takes a certain amount of it. You think of it as two tanks of the power plant, A and B. A, they use -- B they use just in their --. Because the water is coming from a treatment plant, they are viewing it -- the guys don't want to use it. So it only goes to B. With this advanced filtration you'd be able to have -- revisit the conversation and definitely convince them -- that with the membrane system treatment that effluent what you're getting out of it double dashes nutrient water -- you'll be able to use it so -- >> (inaudible) >> Similar to alternative -- one and two -- (inaudible) from that first alternative still would apply to this alternative. So you can't drive a truck back to that west end for the improvements that would be looking at making. Additionally you're having to keep this plant operational while making some pretty significant changes here. There's going to be cost associated with that. You're looking at a longer construction duration and that is driven by the fact that this needs to remain operational. You're still within the floodplain, so you can flood proof and make improvements to this building but at what point is it kind of putting a band aid on a problem? We're still entirely located within the floodplain whereas we can raise it mechanical equipment and put it on -- we can't really do that to the building. There's still some situations that come up we'll jump into some of the details of that at a later slide. But still associated with this improvement. However, alternative two is preferred to alternative one for the really important fact that we're able to -- and meet higher capacity and do that cost effectively because this is a big project and you guys probably don't want to do a separate big project when you have to expand your capacity to this facility. >> With this second -- I don't know anything. But how much of the maintenance on this are we able to do versus does any of it require specialty maintenance that -- outside? >> It's a great question and something that's really considered during the design phase. When it comes to mechanical equipment, I think it's -- it's important to have that conversation with operators. NVR technology is not a new technology. It's something that has been around for a long time and it's -- a lot of facilities -- or the simple fact that you get great quality effluent and you can keep your -- to reduce capital cost. From an O and M standpoint, a lot of operators will say it's actually easier compared to conventional treatment because a lot of things are automated. But during equipment selection phase and confirming the process you want to move forward with, there's a lot of -- between city and US water and the design engineers and in my experience we like to go to a lot of different treatment plants and talk to operators and -- operator to operator come those conversations -- I think that's really important to kind of understand when this breaks coming because all mechanical equipment will eventually break or at least require regular maintenance. What does that look like? Is that something you can handle in-house? Are you going to call out a specialist every time? Generally I think that's something you would want to avoid. So to answer your question, it depends on that equipment selection. But I think it's really important to have a lot of conversations during that phase to make sure that selection is -- >> For what it's worth, US water -- >> (inaudible) >> We don't have to get somebody in there that -- >> Yeah. And to Allen's point, they have lots of experience running at the VR plants like we talked to the operators and they were totally on board with this type of improvements. So in conventional treatment, you run through your biological treatment and then you settle the solids and that effluent -- all amber does is it consolidates the -- and that secondary filtration phrase into a much tighter -- it really is nothing new and it's pretty well established and something your operators are -- and so jumping into the cost associated with this improvement, you're looking at -- I should have mentioned that this alternative -- the breakdown is right there. Your total construction cost is just shy of $67 million and when you take into account -- that's what's making up this total cost. >> I wasn't joking when I said this makes City Hall look like chump change. It's just how it is. Very expensive. >> It isn't walk you through the methodology of how we arrived -- it's important. This is not just projects -- it's not communication with a single contractor. We worked out to multiple contractors and looked at facilities that have recently finished construction and we looked at facilities that are recently undergone expansion whether -- there's also been a lot of close coordination -- with multiple vendors and multiple types of -- to make sure these numbers are backed up with -- and we really want to avoid is showing you guys a number and then you go through the design of the process and you get -- and it's much higher than what you would expect. It's important to be prepared for that worst case scenario, this is what you could potentially be looking at, and then we could look at funding and prepare for this project, which Allen's going to jump into in more detail. >> I'll stop talking because -- >> Please ask the >> These are huge numbers obviously but -- (inaudible) there's huge numbers that are out there with regards to funding and grants and -- what we already have right now, both from a grant standpoint -- so don't be too freaked out. They're unbelievable but -- thank God there's substantial amount of funding that's out there if we do it right. We're the poster child for why you should have a state of the art sewer plant that treats our sewage and does so in an environmentally sensitive area. >> Looking at alternative three, this would be a brand new facility out at your site. This mock up here is obviously not set in stone. It was based on a previous design that we previously completed. What we are trying to do here is to give you an idea of what a new NBR facility could look like. Should you go with a new treatment plant at the site, it doesn't need to be an NBR facility. I think there's a lot of benefits associated with NBR plants. I mentioned you could reduce capital costs by keeping your tank smaller and I think that's a huge pro in addition to just the water quality that you're getting on the back end of this treatment plant process. Also maximizing as much construction -- that's going to reduce cost as well, but you can see here it's not outrageously large and obviously there's a lot of -- just want to give you an idea of what this facility could potentially look like at your site. Also from an access standpoint, this gives you a lot of benefit with large trucks coming in and out making deliveries. Is just a lot more accessible and this is probably the biggest pro, it's entirely outside of the floodplain. When it comes to the flood mitigation standpoint come the solution is there literally constructing a new facility entirely out of the floodplain permit that concerns you have with those large storms coming in are not really an issue with the location of this facility. Obviously with it being