City of Mexico Beach Meeting Minutes TUESDAY MARCH 12, 2024-9:00AM  The City of Mexico Beach City Council met in a regular meeting on Tuesday March 12, 2024, at 9:00 am at thel Public) Works Building in Mexico Beach. Mayor Miller and the following Councilmembers' were present: Linda Hamilton, Adrian Welle, Jerry Smith and Richard' Wolff. Also present were City Administrator, Chris Hubbard, City Clerk, Tammy Brunson and City Attorney  Clint McCahill.  Call to order: Mayor Miller called the meeting to order at 9:00 am.  Consent Agenda: Mrs. Hamilton motioned, and Mr. Welle seconded to approve the meeting minutes for  February 27, 2024, and March 7, 2024. Motion passed with unanimously.  II.  Other Business: for February 2024.  1. Employee of the Month - Tommy Davis presented Nic Nicodemus with the Employee of the Month Award 2. Discussion on food truck control was brought to the table. Several citizens and food truck operators brought up concerns such as location of trucks, parking, traffic control, possible central location for all trucks, like a food court, change of use notifications to neighboring property owners, limiting the number of trucks allowed and the difference between at food truck and at food trailer. Options discussed were using Parker Park, the old fire station location on 14th St or the city owned property on 37th Stf for a food court like location. All agreed the 27th St truck location is noti ideal and possibly limiting the number of truck and location allowed in the cityl limits. Comments continued with leave the currents locations alone since they are not causing issue and restrict newl location coming onboard. Forming a special committee to review the process was also an option. City staff was directed to make sure any change of use is noticed correctly. Consensus was to have Planning & Zoning Board revisit the Food Truck Ordinance and bring recommendations back to Council by May 1, 2024. Task for P&Z to consider are rules and locations, zoning district allowances, parking, seating, safety and traffic site lines, difference between current and future food 3. Discussion Planning and Development was brought to the table. Mayor Miller stated she would like to put a temporary moratorium on PUD'sto allow time to plan for development. This would not include a single house being built, just future large development. All agreed and commented on the need for a Development Plan. Development may need to be slowed to allow time for the city to get ahead oft the developers and have a long-range plan for 5 or 10 years down the road. Also discussed was changing commercial zoning to no longer allow residential building. Consensus was to wait until the next Visioning Meeting on April 2 and 4. Letter to 37th Street property owners was brought to the table. Mr. Hubbard explained he would like to send al letter to the property owners on 37th St to see if any oft them are interested in selling their lots to the City. Especially the lots next to the ones already owned by the city to expand plans for 37th St. All agreed to send 5. Update on internal controls was brought to the table. Mr. Hubbard was asked to bring back the findings from the last few audits showing commonly cited internal controls issues. After much discussion, Mr. Hubbard suggested updating Council with a flow chart showing the internal control and processes. All 6. Monthly financial report was brought to the table. Mr. Hubbard went over the financial reportand  trucks and comparing the current ordinance to the Florida Statute.  add a possible moratorium discussion to the April 9, 2024 meeting agenda.  the letters and see what response we receive.  agreed to have this on the April gth meeting agenda.  answered questions.    City of Mexico Beach Meeting Minutes TUESDAY MARCH12,: 2024-9:00AM  III. Department Reports:  1. Tommy Davis updated Council on the Public' Works Department 2. Glenn Davis talked about the Utilities Department. 4. Mr. Hubbard gave an update on Code Enforcement. regulating UTV's and e-bikes at an upcoming meeting.  3. Chief Walker reminded everyone about Leave No Trace and their patrols on the beach starting. 5. LtWilliams reported that July 15t UTV will be legal on public streets. He suggested Council look at  VII. Citizens Comments: Sue Hogan asked about Toucans and when they are going to start re-building. Lisa Logan asked about the status of the contract with Toucans for using the beach parking lot. She encouraged  Council to make the monthly rent more than one dollar per month.  VIII. Mayor Comments:  Mayor Miller stated these items are important to the community. We need to be prepared for the future  and planning is a good start. IX. Council Comments:  Mrs. Hamilton asked for Chris Shortt to give an update on the beach side parking lot and asked for pricing of flag poles for each park be presented at the next meeting. She also asked about the plan for Arbor Daya and line repairs due to thet fiber optic installation. Mayor Miller asked Mr. Hubbard to make sure the fiber optic contractors are not working past 7pm. She stated a new fuel tank for public works should be added to the  budget for next year. Mr. Wolff asked about the SunStop annexation timeline.  X.  Staff Comments:  1. City Administrator - Mr. Hubbard said Arbor Day is tentatively schedule for April 26th, more information will 2. City Attorney - No additional comments at this time. A special meeting was: set for March 29, 2024 at 9am to  be presented at the next meeting.  discuss Legal Services RFP and possible hiring of an interim legal counsel.  XI. Adjournment: Mr. Welle and Mrs. Hamilton motioned to adjourn the meeting at 12:28 pm.  By: aBlE Mayor, Michele Miller  Attest: Jaa/Bnpon City Clerk, Tammy Brunson