SCENT  THE CITY OF  CRES(ENT CITYFLORIDA  CORPORATEDY  TO: CRA Board  FROM: Charles Rudd, City Manager DATE: June 28, 2024  RE: Approval of Survey Costs for Market Square Site  Just as we needed a Design Survey for the proposed Ambulance Station on the Fire Station site, we need a Design Survey for the Market Square site. In order to negotiate stormwater issues, parking, etc., we. need accurate data on the site, no matter who is proposing to redevelop the site. We are in the process of receiving quotes from surveyors and will have them available at the  Commission meeting for your consideration. Wer received two proposals for Design Surveys:  Steven Speaks William Synder  $5,000 $2,900  Staff recommends approving William Synder to do the survey. This expense will come from the  Central CRA Professional Services budget, which is intended for this purpose.  City Hall: (386) 698-2525, Fire: (386) 698-1212, Gas Dept: (386)6 698-1486, Waterl Dept: (386) 698-2525, FAX: (386) 698-3467    CENTO  ORPORATEDV July 11, 2024, City Commission Meeting City Manager's Report  Administration More Grant Awards!  We were recently notified ofa $1,000,000 appropriation we will receive from the legislature to go toward our Ambulance/Fire/Law Enforcement Facility. As you recall, it was nearly $1M to just add al bay, dorms and a common area for the ambulance sol If feel confident that we may be able to construct this as a first phase and apply for more funding next year. When you combine this with our $1.5M Natural Gas grant and our water infrastructure grants, we will receive $6,350,000 in  funds for improvements to the city! Congratulations.  Christmas Events  The Christmas festivities in Crescent City, known collectively as "Light Up Crescent City," are comprised of several events. The major events in the celebration include the Christmas Parade, The Christmas Fireworks, and the lighting of Eva Lyon Park and the community Christmas Tree. In2 2023, we lit up the park and Christmas Tree on November 24th, the day after Thanksgiving, and held the Parade and Fireworks on December 2nd. The Parade and Fireworks have traditionally been held on the first Saturday in December. The lighting of the park was moved to the day after Thanksgiving to kick off the Christmas holiday season but not interfere with the Thanksgiving festivities. For 2024, there is discussion ofholding the lighting oft the park and the Christmas Tree on either November 22nd, November 29th (the day after Thanksgiving) or moving it to the night before the parade and fireworks. This would bel Friday, December 6th. Iwould like to find out the  consensus of the Commission on the dates.  Audits  The annual audit of all of our funds is anticipated to be completed by the end of. July. We have The IRS has randomly selected our Employee Pension Fund for an audit. The audit is to see if the plan is functioning as it isi intended. An agent will be on-site in July to conduct the audit. In the recent past, the Commission has had discussions on why businesses may not be moving to Crescent City. Some folks complaining about it were also simultaneously discouraging businesses from coming to town themselves at that time. The harassment of local businesses has continued on social media, at Planning & Zoning, and through email by the anti-Crescent City folks. Ihave included an email sent to the folks representing McDonald's threatening them ift they proceed with  notified the necessary state agencies of this and have received an extension.  Local Business Concerns    their schedule. It appears that whenever elected officials appear at or show support for local businesses, the business owner will be targeted, harassed and attacked. This is unfortunate but I encourage the Commission to continue their support of local businesses and entrepreneurs that  want to set up businesses in Crescent City.  Finance Department  Attended Cybersecurity training in Jacksonville on 6/12/2024.  Worked on 2022-2023 audit tasks and answering auditor comments with Julieann Klein, Attended GFOA Beginner Boot Camp in Tallahassee on 626/24-6/2724.  CPA.  Completed month end revenue entries. Completed Pooled Cash bank reconciliation.  Code Enforcement Department Address 191 NJ Main St Ave 936 Lake Argenta Dr 2390 Hwy 17  Code/Violation  Status Open Open Open Open Open Open Open  Chapter 10 Section 10-20 Property Maintenance  810 Grove Ave Ch 16-Section 16.17 Excavation in streets- Permit required Open  3061 Eucalyptus Chapter 3 Section 3.4.2 Permitted uses  Chapter 10 Section 10-20 Property Maintenance Chapter 4 Animals & Chapter 10 Section 10-20  197 Chestnut St Chapter 4 Animals Sec 4.11 Keeping undomesticated animals Open  809 Randolph St Chapter 10 Section 10-20 Property Maintenance 429 Central Ave Chapter 6 Section 6.4 Permit required 236 Central Ave Chapter 10 Section 10-20 Property Maintenance  Open Closed Total 21 44 9 0  65YTD June  Attended the Florida Association of Code Enforcement Annual Conference in Orlando Special Magistrate meeting for. June went very well. One case was presented.  CRA/Main Street  Florida Main Street/Downtown Partnership: Red/White/ Boom Street Market:  Acquired and coordinated event vendors collected payments for same; confirmed instructions to all vendors; continued communication and calls from vendors; coordinated music, layout of event, advertising, drafted press release and confirmed receipt of same; secured Xfinity sponsorship and coordinated extras such as face painting, photobooth, etc.; multiple correspondence with Xfinity re: event; drafted w9 sent same to corporate; drafted sponsorship invoice; designed yard signs and Xfinity banner for event, picked up same from Palatka; applied for and secured alcohol permit; arranged/paid forj portalets, met portalet worker on site to show him    where to set it up, any all facets of bringing the street market aspect of Red, White & Boom to life. Booked, coordinated and staged all vendors; cleaned up event at the end; Managed event in its entirety; Sunday morning cleanup at Central ave. remove all signage from around town; counted event sales w/ VP deposited same  tol bank;  Multiple meetings, calls and texts with Promotions committee re: upcoming event.  Continued communication w/ Executive Committee. Attended EV meeting; Prepared for and attended board meeting; Updated website; Continued social media posts;  Went through bank statements and identified transactions for this fiscal year;  Paid all outstanding bills, insurance, gottago, etc. Picked up disposable event cans from Waste Pro in Palatka;  Continued communication w/ committee chairs re: ideas, strategies, procedure, workplan,  etc.  Attended organization meeting; Attended design meeting; Attended promo meeting;  Attended grand opening ofr new restaurant w/ President and dropped off Welcome gift.  CRA/OTHER  Continued meetings and communication w/ City Manager;  Received grant application; smooth event for all;  Met with new business owners downtown re: upcoming event and flow ofs same; continued communication w/ owner re: event, event setup and coordination w/ them to ensure a  Attended Zoom meeting re: development of Market Square.  Met and conferred w/ code enforcement;  Conversations with downtown property owner re: intent of their use ofl land; Communication w/ public works; coordinating of barricades and cones for RWB. Continued communication w/ citizens re: negative social media posts, etc.  CRA Business Update North CRA  Lochside Restaurant is finalizing their site plan for submission.  McDonald's site plan has been approved. They still need to get approval from FDOT, FDEP, and the Water Management District, in addition to their building plans. St. Johns Recovery Place has submitted revised PUD, which was recommended for approval by the Planning & Zoning Commission and now goes to the City Commission for final approval. Their site plan will be reviewed by the Planning & Zoning Commission in  July. Central CRA  Windstream's plans to add a parking lot on the north side of their building have been  approved.    "Down Da Hatch Pub and Grill" had a successful soft opening for June 7th and a full a AI response to our RFP for Market Square is being refined for presentation at a workshop  week later. They had ai ribbon cutting on June 29th.  with the City Commission.  South CRA  Moonshine Acres RV Resort has received final approval and construction will begin soon. The former Circle K site is being remodeled and renovated into another convenience store.  We do not yet know when they plan to open.  Gas Department Service calls Gas leak calls inside/d outside Cut gas service lines. Bad bill turn offs /turn on from bad bill's CCNG installed no new gas services this month. CCNG has three new service deposits.  Line locates from the 811 Call Sunshine system/emergency locates  Welaka Regulator Station Reliefis still leaking on and off. Will be rebuilt with Grant CCNG has received notice from PHMSA regarding our $7,680,000 Pipeline Restoration Grant application that we. have been awarded part of the Grant. On May 6th, PHMSA announced grant is for 1.5 million dollars and it will replace the following regulator stations: Crescent City, Lake Como, Pomona Park, Welaka and San Mateo. The grant will also build CCNG ai new farm tap for the nursing home on Hwy 17j just north of Crescent City. Money to be released in August of2024. FPLi is getting ready toi install streetlights down! Hwy 17 in Crescent City between Vernon Ave and FDOT has started a repaving /turn lanes project form Hwy 100 in San Mateo to CR-207 in East Palatka. Most of this ditch work and directional boring is being done just a few feet off of our 6- inch-high pressure gas main. JTI has been working with multiple contractors. Project is about 85% In October of 2023, the PSC conducted CCNG's yearly safety evaluation. One of the PSC violations was inactive gas service's for more than 10 years. PSCi rule requires. that any gas service that has been inactive for 10 or more years mustl bet terminated: as close to thes service tap as possible. CCNG has been working on these servicel kills on and off for thel last 7 to 10 years. Thel PSC shows a violation of 72 services. My records show 121 inactive gas services that need to be terminated. Supplies have been delivered and service kills will start back up around July 10th. Putnam County started a large water main project on San Mateo Road in the House landing area. This project will affect seven streets that CCNG has gas mains on. Project is still on going and Yearly inspection went well and should be closed out sometime during the first week of. July over Saint John's Rehab buildings to use natural gas and has asked CCNG to reroute gas main on north Moonshine Campground to use natural gas. Should break ground early August. A new gas service will be going into the old south end Circle K store on Hwy 17, CC. They will be using gas fryers to cook with. No activity in the last few weeks.  Old Hwy 17/Light poles are starting to be installed.  complete.  slowing down PSC service kills. the phone with Charles and myself. side of! property due to new construction.  New PSC inspector for 2024/ /1 Inspection started June 10th.    Ihave been working on a cost estimate for the 13 new homes tol bel built on Cherry Street. Gas main CCNG received 351 new: rebuilt gas meters this week from Precision Meter Repair. Iwent through all of our gas account files and wrote work orders tol have all accounts with outdated gas meters that were off final pulled to save time for Corey reading meters through each month. Ialso went through all ofc our gas accounts and made al list ofa all gas accounts that have been inactive for more than 10 years. This information was not transferred from the old) IMS computer system to CCNG is currently dealing with contractors doing water, sewer, communication and road work in five of our gas systems. Crescent City, Lake Como, Pomona Park, Welaka, and San Mateo. This  1,00', 13 new services andl labor $14,000.  our current computer system due to cost!  has caused the PSC service kills to stop for the time being. Finalizing billing and billing reports for May.  Utility Billing  Working on the write-offs, moving the balances to special charges. Batch has been created and isi now being balanced with write offtotals. The batch for thel balance transfer has been created and is now balanced with the special charges batch. However, the balances match between reports they do not match the total written off. The difference is due to the Processing the billing for May 31, stuffing envelopes, and getting the bills out. Added the City update to the bills. Also added the information sheets to the email billing customers. Processed work orders and fees for work orders meter change outs and helped customers.  payments made between batch dates.  Disconnects processed and completed for May's past due customers. Working with customers, solving issues, processing work orders. Setting up new gas services that have been completed.  Fire Department  In. June, the Fire Department responded to 66 calls for service, with 49 being medical in  nature and 17 fire related.  The fire boat is back in service and ready for Red, White, and Boom. County engine repairs have been made and is back in service.  For the month of June, the volunteers logged 611 hours. They signed up for 66 shifts of which would equal 264 hours. This identifies the volunteers worked 347 more hours than Wel have a few blue markers left to install and we will be conducting hydrant inspections Wel have continued general building and apparatus maintenance as is done each month. US17 Highway Lighting - Power lines are currently being installed underground for each Fire Hydrant Repair/Replace Project - Replacement phase is underway with ordering parts. CDBG Grant for water main on N. Main Street - In environmental review. Prospect St. water line projects - Prospect Street started on June 17th.  the minimum required for the shifts. on ai new application from the county.  Public Works  light pole from Vernon to the northern city limit.  Working on estimates for Cherry Street for sewer.  Had sewer back up at the miller school between prospect St and park St on cypress Ave.    Working on quotes for storm drain repair on Main and Central. The contractor finally got the radios up working at the water plant.  Been working on pricing for CIP items.  Getting prices on new mowers. Gravely are too hard-to-get parts for and it takes weeks to  get them. Planning & Zoning  Land Development Code Update  The approval of the final draft is scheduled tol begin in August. Plans approved. Awaiting FDOT, FDEP and SJWMD permits. They have been approved to proceed with construction. Waiting for them to resubmit their site plan forreview.  McDonalds Moonshine Acres Lochside Restaurant St.. Johns Rehabilitation Center  PUD at Commission for approval  Site plan is anticipated to appear at the P&Z Commission in July.  Windstream New School Site  Plans approved. Awaiting SJWMD permit.  P8Zrecommended approval toi rezone thej property for school use and doa Comprehensive  Plan Amendment to change thel Future Land Use for school use. P&Z recommended approval for annexation of the remaining site.  Cherry Street Housing Market Square consultant Karen's questions, etc. Exhibits -SJRP  Property being replatted. Submitted request for rezoning ofj parcels. Scheduling a workshop to present response to RFP  Rezoning SJRP agreement rework for Jason Shepler comments & PCSB guidance to Prepare Agenda Back-up, draft ordinances, titles for notices, agenda blurbs, answered  Site Plan Review - McDonalds, Windstream, SJRP Prepare Notices - Ad Map for SJR Prepare Staff Reports for P &Z Comm  Land Use & Zoning Counseling - Buildable lot question on Walnut Street.  Prepare Presentation Meeting preparation  Meeting, Board -P&Z Commission Pre-application meeting Sav-A-Lot outparcels Pre- Public Notices/Ads - proof City Comm ads Land Use & Zoning Counseling- - Vending machines as standalone uses Application Review - 600 Cherry St completeness review Land Use & Zoning Counseling 833 division nonconforming lot    Meeting - Center Ave RFP Prepare Staff Reports - City Commission  Building Department File! Permit#  Crescent City Permit Applications JUNE 2024  Permit Type  Subtype Address Residential 520NLAKEST Residential 1110NSUMMIT: ST  Parcel#  Issue Date  24-003355 E24-000394 Electrical Permit Residential 106LAKE GROVE DR 24-003368 M24-000201 Mechanical Permit Residential 849BAYLN 24-003092 M24-000171 Mechanical Permit Residential 715NPARKST  19.778335007300050 06/03/2024 191228.33500180.000 06/05/2024 1912283990.000.691 06/27/2024 19-12-28-3 3990-0100-0202 06/13/2024 19.427833500540000 06/28/2024 Residential Permits Issued  24-003640 RF24-000444 Roof Permit 24-004131 RF24-000489 Roof Permit  Permits Issued  Commercial Permits Issued  BuildingPermit RoofPermit ElectricalP Permit MechanicalPermit mPlumbingp Permit Gasp permit "Generator Permit  BuildingPermit "ElectricalPermit *MechanicalPermit PlumbingP Permit Gasp permit Generator Permit  Commercial Residential  IT  Assisted various staff members with desktop PC and application questions. Maintained desktop PC hardware and software by installing latest Dell and Microsoft  updates as needed.    From: Kev T <kewek321120gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 20241:03PM Cc: Kev T kewes21zemmal.om Subject: McDonalds in Crescent City Dear Ms. Ferretti,  To: Kristen Ferretti yisteneropporatepronervservtesne  l'am a concerned Citizen in Crescent City Florida.  Ispoke in opposition to the McDonald's site approval at yesterday's Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. As you may already know, your corporation is being used as a political tool by Cynthia Burton, a Crescent City Commissioner who was recalled back in May 2023 and refused to vacate her seat. As a result the majority of residents would paint McDonald's withi the same lens if construction were to start before November 5, 2024. Backi in February 2024, Cynthia Burton made a political post on My position on McDonald's coming to town is very simple. Iwelcome the construction ofal McDonald's in Crescent City after November 2024. However, I am strongly opposed to the politicization of McDonalds at this location in Crescent City and your current anticipated timeline for construction. lam hoping we can both save each other al lot of time and money by coming to an agreement for McDonald's to simply delay breaking ground on construction of your restaurant by several months, until Aslmentioned yesterday, along with other Citizens, we expended over $100,000 of our own private money to successfully oppose an applicant's permit from being approved by the DEP/SIWMD to come to Crescent City. l'am prepared to do sO again, but it is my hope that we can come to a simple agreement Ihope you will consider this small simple request to delay breaking ground until after November 2024 reasonable, compared to the alternative possibility of litigation which may delay construction further llook forward to receiving your response. Please feel free to reach out to me by email or phone.  Facebook that she has played a rolei in for McDonald's coming to town.  after November 5, 2024.  and avoid being tied upi in proceedings.  than November 2024.  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