I call to order. I call to order this April 7th, 2025. Routine City Council Meeting. Roll call. Mayor DePueh. President. Councilwoman Gillis. Here. Councilman Thomas. Here. Councilwoman Dalbo. Here. Councilman Rainbird. Here. City Attorney Wolfe. Here. Interim City Manager Thurman here city clerk's Latin president please say it for the pledge of allegiance Please remain standing for a moment of silence. Item 2, approval, changes or modifications to the agenda. Item 2, we're going to move item 10B to 8E. A bar, you can't look there. All right, and then, item 2B, add water conservation month population is item 4A. Seeing those changes, is there a motion to approve? 10 B is going where? 10 B is going to item 8E. Okay. Can I change? And adding water conservation month proclamation. Okay. Make a motion to move 10B to 8E and add water conservation month to proclamations. Second. Okay, roll call. I know. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. Mayor DePueh. Yes. Before we move on, as item 10B is that second reading order, December 2025, guest year, or guest 02? I do not have item, I do not have this item on this my agenda. Those print. I already move the point. Okay. Yes. Item three approval of the minutes. Item 3A, regular meeting, October 2, 2023. Item 3V, regular meeting, February 5, 2024. Item 3C, regular meeting, April 1, 2024. Item 3D, regular meeting, May 6, 2024. Is there a motion to approve these minutes? Make a motion to approve. Order meeting minutes of October 2nd, 2023, February 5th, 2024. April 1st, 2024. On May 6, 2024. Second. Roll call. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes, Councilman Reenberg. Mayor DePueh. Yes. I have four presentation for accolmations plaques, certificates, and donations. For a water conservation. Water conservation. Okay, water conservation. We're asked water is a basic and essential need of everyday living creatures. And whereas the state of Florida water management districts and the city of Edgewater are working together to increase awareness by the importance of water conservation. And whereas the city of Edgewater and the state of Florida has designated April, typically a dry month. When water demands are most acute, Florida water conservation month to educate citizens about how they can help save Florida's. Freshness water resources in whereas the city of Edgewater has always encouraged and supported water conservation through various educational programs, special events, and whereas every business industry, school and citizen can make a difference when it comes to conserving water and whereas every business, industry, schools and citizens can help by saving water and thus promote a healthy economy and community. And whereas efficient irrigation, design, programming and maintenance can conserve water and the city of Edgewater will encourage citizens and businesses to evaluate their irrigation systems for potential efficiency and enhancements. Now therefore, I, diesel to Peo on behalf of the City of Edge Water, do hereby proclaim April 20th, 25th. As water conservation law and call upon each citizen and businesses to help protect our precious resources by practicing water saving measures and becoming more aware of the need to save water. For this, the 27th year of water conservation month, there will be a special focus on the irrigation system evaluations. It witnessed, therefore I, here in Deuce, set my hand the 7th day of April 2025 and cause this seal to be affixed. Is there someone here to collect this proclamation? Okay. Item 4B, presentation by James Moore, served by Public Accounts and Consultants on the to count for comprehensive annual financial report for fiscal year and its September 30th 2020. Good evening everyone. James Haller and here with James Moore in company also have Nell Ann the boy. She's an edgewater resident started with us back in January as an autoclwork so she was interested in coming to see what our final product looks like that she helps a little bit throughout making it. As always, this is for the audit for the year end in September 30, 2024, like to thank Bridget and her finance staff for providing your information and working with us to complete this audit. So independent audit reports. So that's what we're going to discuss first. And you guys are subject to a number of different regulations. You're subject to US auditing standards, government auditing standards. Federal award standards for great, you receive greater than 750,000 federal awards. So we have all those different reports. And what I'm like to highlight first is the unmodified report on the financial statements. It's the best opinion we can give us independent certified public accounts. It's that your financial statements present fairly in all material specs, your financial position and results of operations for this year ended September 30th, 2024. You guys go above and beyond which required by Florida statutes. So you prepare what's called an annual comprehensive financial report, and you'll take that report and you submit it to the government finance office association. And as in prior years, we anticipate you'll be receiving your certificate in financial reporting excellence. So congratulations to the finance staff of that work to do the extra steps to accomplish that each year. Internal control of a financial reporting, happy report we had no findings and no material weaknesses required to be reported. Your major program in your federal awards courses the four little word we don't like to talk about FEMA, but you did have about $2 million in FEMA expenditures. Overall, federal awards about $2.4 million. We had no issues that we noted with the compliance related back to those federal awards. There's also letter required by the Florida Auditor General and they have us look at a number of areas, but some of the ones to highlight is the Financial Condition Assessment. We go through and we compare the city of Edgewater to itself over a five year period and then to comparable size cities and rank goes by the Auditor General criteria and you're're considered average or inconclusive of your financial rating. That's similar to what you've had in the prior years as well. New disclosures for this year is the PACE program. It's a funding mechanism for solar production where you use that and it's done through your property tax assessments where there's added on to an individual's property tax bill to pay those solar investments. And this year they require disclosures in that letter of any agencies that are able to do that in your jurisdiction. So there's six agencies that are disclosed for that. We also look at Florida investment statutes and compare that to the city's policies to make sure you're compliance with the city and state statutes and we had no findings related to that report. The CRA of the city is required to receive a separate audited financial statements and with that there's a separate audit we had no issues no findings related to the CRA audit. So kind of boring from an auditor perspective but something you want to hear from an elected official standpoint. Some big highlights on the numbers for the year. Governmental activities is your general fund, your impact fee funds, capital project funds, everything, but your enterprise funds. You'll see about a $4 million increase in revenues, $4.4 million increase in expenses. There's expenses related back to public safety, about $2.1 million there of increased salaries salaries and related benefits and governmental services as well of about you know 1.5 million related back to salaries and benefits and and outside services rendered there. They were paid for by course by increased revenues from property taxes and charges for services investments as well you guys got a nice increase in your investments as the investments are primarily related back to government-backed securities, is those interest rates rise on those securities, you receive a little bit more investment income from them. Your business type activities, that's your water and sewer, solid waste, and so those activities. So you have your normal rate increases that are, guys use external rate consultants and based off of those rate consultants you're the side with that rate increase each year. So that's part of your increase in charges for services. There's a reduction in capital grants. In the prior year you use some of the ARPA money to pay for some projects on the sewer side. Again, investment income increased for the year. And then expenses were down in your solid waste fund for last year. This year, of course, we have Milton that will increase it. But for last year was due to not being a storm in the physical year 2024, where we had increased expenditures. So now let's take a look at where you're at at the end of the year. So it's September 30th, 2024. Your general fund, which you had left over in that fund at your end, of course, that's right at September 30th. It's sub... where you're at at the end of the year. So it's September 30th, 2024. Your general fund, which you had left over in that fund at year end, of course, that's right at September 30th subsequent that. You guys of course have made other decisions and there's additional expenditures that might have been incurred. But at the end of the year, you're about 19 million dollars. You do have a large portion of that. You know, that's restricted. That's primarily a building permit money as those monies are collected you can only spend it on building permanent activities. So it was about 516,000 of that 600,000 that's restricted for building permit Then you have assigned you guys also use some of your your balance from leftover from the prior year to fund the 25 budget About $4.3 million and the remainder is related to city hall We got some set aside some money for City Hall construction in the future. Your other governmental funds that your impact fees and your CRA is to mix up the $7 million impact fees about $5.4 million of impact fee monies have been collected and not expended. Of course you can only spend those related back to statutes. So only for increased capacity, new capital projects, you can only spend. You can't use it to replace an existing capital asset. Then you have your ARPA funds making up the remainder of that committed and the assigned fund balances that's set aside for capital projects. So then we look at your enterprise funds, your solid waste, your stormwater, water and sewer, your internal service funds. And you'll see a nice steady increase there on the water and sewer side. As your rate study has had you building that up over time to help pay for those infrastructure needs that are projected, as well as paying for those increased costs that are going to come along with that as well. Solid waste, as I mentioned before, you had a slight reduction in the FEMA expenditures from the previous year and also some open POs at the end of the year that needed to be that work was not done until this fiscal year. Stormwater sitting at right at $3.7 million, like most people, stormwater funds, those have already set aside for projects in the future. And then your internal service fund, that large increase you're seeing from 2.3 million to 5.8 million is you did a transfer of $3 million out of your ARPA funds to help with the public works complex. So getting that cash over there as that project gets going. So you do have a charter reserve requirement that says you can't go below 15% of your annual expenditure budget expenditures for any of your major operating funds, that's your general fund and the three enterprise funds, and then you also have an operating cash flow policy about 17%. So between the two those about 32% and if you think about that in number of months, about four months of operating expenditures that you're setting aside for cash flow purposes as well as what your city charter reserve has. So you can see there, you're above that in each one of your funds. Some of the note disclosures to look at, if you're looking at your financial statements, I always focus on the liability side. So you have leases where you've entered into leases that you have a responsibility as a less source. So you have a building lease and copier leases of about $800, $79,000 lease liability. No new debt for the year. So you're a long-term debt for the current year. For the 930, 2024, you don't have any 25-year-date energy into a loan of up to $20 million for the public works complex. So that's been not drawn on much at all for the current year, so that's out in the future. OPEB of the post-employment benefits is related back to retiree health insurance, and that's actually calculated each year, and since at about $6.7 million increased about 890 for the year. You only had one tax abatement and that was for the Boston Whaler property. It's the last year of that. So you rebated back to them $11,250. I'm going to end the talking about pensions. Everyone always asks about pensions. So you do have liabilities out in the future on both your general, your fire and your police, your general employees You know no new employees coming in as a general employee go into that to find benefit plan They're all in a defined contribution plan But you do have the payments you know still existing for retirees to pay out into the future So that general employee plan's got about 7.4 million dollar liability your police 3.88 million, and fires just about even on their investments compared to that liability. So with that, I know I met with all of you individually except for the newest member of the council. So if you'd like to meet individually as well, I'll offer that and you can get with Bonnie or anyone at the city and they can arrange that meeting. But take any questions you guys might have. Thank you. Questions? What you want to know in light in the public what we did today. I mean, all four of us met with this more individually and we got to ask questions and said this set of length least on the city all property. I still have not seen that. I don't know what we're responsive for, not responsible for. And I think that that was done through a separate manager. So maybe if you could just get that out to each of the council members. So we know. They'll be in your box. But I know the baby. I'm not going to let you know. was done through a separate manager so maybe if you could just get that out to each of the council workers so we know. Go be in your box But I ended the day tomorrow. Thank you my friend and we also Do you remember correctly we gave consensus of putting in the budget last year for a sub fire station? So we'd love to see the progress on that. Mayor may I have to the end of the day on Wednesday? Oh Sir, do happened tomorrow. Sure, just speaking out loud we can wait till the next meeting. Just would like to know not to do because that's something that I'm eyeing the people I think are pretty passionate about. It'll happen. Thank you. This is only two comments I had. Any other questions? All right. Thanks for all mine, At the meeting. Thank you for taking the time. You're very welcome and see you around town. Thank you. Item five, Citizens comments. This is your time to come. The public may come forward with any comments they may have So this is comments related to any agenda matter may be made at the time the matters before the council Please state your name address and please limit your comments for three minutes or less. Please no personal Hi, Wendy Wagner 1703 Royal Palm and this is Lisa Jasmine 1523 Royal Palm. We're just inquiring about the house at 1603 Royal Palm. Mr. Thomas I understand you might be aware of that property. I know all the police are. There's been just so many drug bus and SWAT team and Narcan and I was rated again last week but it's been four times they've had three times they've had SWAT out there The owner was arrested one time I think they have like a legal boarding house going there We see bicycles there all the time, there's gotta be at least 12 Constant traffic up in Downer Road. I'm on the more southern end. It's on the bushes and then... I have a special needs son and 14 year old twins and I'm just concerned that he's going to find something. Touch it. I don't know. You know about the fentanyl mess. Yeah, they... It was... We did finally make the news. on the 24th, they had to about 11 there. I'm curious. They arrested, sorry. They arrested seven people and they had fentanyl and meth. And I guess that's why it made the news this time, because it was a big drug bust. But we're just curious if there's anything they could do about, they said they can't. He's the house, but as I say, the owner was arrested one of the times too, but is there anything they can do about running a legal boarding house? I mean, we're really not supposed to go back and forth to the dialogue, but since this is something that I've received a lot of comments about and it's something I'm passionate about, I'm most certainly answer your question. Chief, who's a fire chief who's also over at Code Enforcer Department, I think there's how many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of code finds on that house if you just take an estimated guess possible. So it's very tough. We're doing everything we can from a city standpoint. It's terrible. EPD always does a tremendous job, like you said. They busted it last week. They've taken care of several houses like that in our community. It's sad. But we're basically from a city standpoint. We're between a hawk and a rock and a hard one. It is tough. And we're doing all that we can to make sure that the drugs are kept out of our streets. It's a problematic house. Should we be making more reports or they have contacted I think they've tried to cut the power off correctly. If I'm wrong, they have hundreds of dollars of daily fines on the home. We're doing everything we could do on a city standpoint. Finally took care of the one on needle palm that was an I-sword for years. So hopefully we'll have some solution there. But, practically if I'm wrong, I don't think there's a mortgage on that home either. Oh no, there's a... There's a... There's a... The mother of the drug, one of the drugies, she owns it. So it's tough because there's no company that has an investment in it. So it's tough. But we understand it's an issue. Well, the one across the street, they closed. They boarded that one up. So we had two. We moved across the street. Yes, yes. And they just moved. You're talking about 1603. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I, I notified the chief about that long time ago. I guess. And they did an excellent job. And they went in there. But it takes so long to, you know, get somebody in there to buy some drugs and, you know, get the evidence on that we need. So, but they did, they did an excellent job. And we're working on the rest of it. Okay so as homeowners it's just best if we just wait it out. Man my liver I down the street. Yeah it's two houses away from me and I have grandkids that come over all the time that you know. We're on it I guarantee you. Okay thank you. Thank you for your comments and attending. Okay. Good evening. My name is Zlat Slack at 3031 on Breloch Re-Drive, Edgewater Florida. I Crunch some numbers here now, basically everybody's concerned about flooding and And I crunched some numbers the first quarter of this year, how much the residents paid into edge water for flood control. Broke it down into two categories. Florida is shores, which for the first quarter is 263,752,020. The balance of edge water comes out to 280,240,218. Now the two-edum grand total is $500,430,433,994, and $38. It's a lot of money for the first quarter. We're seeing results of let's flooding and war activity movement on the water. I would like to get a breakdown where this money went for the first quarter. Salaries, equipment, manpower, everything. thing. this is the first quarter I'm doing this. And I'm going to keep doing it until there's better results. But right now we're doing better. We had rain a while back a week and a half ago. And it came up and flooded. It can now behind me. Three quarters it away, but in a no time and that was probably pertaining to the tide at that time Also that was feeding it A little while after that everything the roads being flooded the canals in the front of the houses God everything is gone and the canals started going down That means we got an issue with Riverside and Indian River that we cannot beat the intercostal. We have to beat it. But I'd like to know where all this 500 and $1,000 went. You don't have to give it to me tomorrow or next week, but I'll be having the numbers next month. Now, another thing is we bought new equipment and you're looking to buy more new equipment. We bought a new non-Z, correct? And one of the best items to buy along with it is the claw. Now you could turn around when a tree comes down in a canal. Thank you sir for your comments or we'll be more time in the end of this meeting. Yeah I will. Thank you sir. Good evening. Jim Lovegren, 182 Jones Fish Camp Road. I sent an email to most of you should have got it anyway last week concerning the construction problems that were facing in Riverfront of States that regards basically constructing concrete walls three to four days after a slab was poured not allowing enough time for this concrete to cure. Consequently, a number of other houses here are already suffering cracks. These houses aren't even a year old and we got cracks in the walls. I can vouch for my house there. I got three stair step cracks, which is a foundational settling. That's a serious problem and And some of the I mean, these are hairline cracks, but it's through, you can see one in my garage. So it's true to mortar, it's true to bricks. These are serious problems that are going to get worse as to how settles more because they put two feet of fill, two, three feet of fill on sandy bottom, and did not compress it afterwards. They let it sit. This was Lenore who did this because Aunt Taylor Morris purchased it from them. So there's been a lot of shading this going on and a lot of lack of oversight. Who's checking to see when they're constructing these walls if their slab is poor? I don't know what the building code is here, but you should be really waiting two weeks to four weeks before they do that. I don't see what the should be pretty easy to do that, you know. I'm requesting there that the town or the city sends a building inspector to our development and check over every one of these houses. There's some houses that have slab poured and that slab set for over a month or so before they start constructing it. But there's a lot of them there that we just recently watched. The last two houses they built there three days later they're throwing up the walls. This is serious stuff here and I don't think it's just related or just riverfront estates. This could be going on throughout this city here, which it's like a gold rush for shisters here to cut every corner they can to make every penny they can out of it. We got other issues here with Parking as WWE saw there. Our driveways are not wide enough for two cars. You open up the inside doors and you're gonna hit the cars. You can't put a second car behind. Otherwise, you're blocking the sidewalk. There's no parking allowed on the streets. So we got people speeding up and down Jones Fish Camp Road at 40 miles an hour. We need speed bumps there. I understand it's a city and county issue, but there's so many problems there. Really, we had a lot of stuff. We got a new Eagles Nest here. It's replacing VO 136 according to the ODA bonds society. That tree that Nest was in was tore down. We don't know there was a permit. The person said they got a permit from the city. I don't think the city issues permits for removing Eagles Nest. That's a county state issue. So something's going on here. Thank you, sir. Thank you. I did receive your email will be in touch. Hi, Frank Snyder, 180 Jones Fish Camp Road. I can confirm everything that this gentleman just said as his neighbor. He's absolutely right. So I'm not going to reiterate all of that to you. I really have two concerns I'm going to bring up because I'm going to be followed by several other people, people I'm sure. We have just recently, they built a little wooden, what they refer to as an observation deck. Much smaller than we were all told it was going to be built. And it's actually not even as wide as a sidewalk. It was built by Myelin are not by Taylor Moore's. We didn't know that either until after the fact. We never saw a permit posted. We don't even know if there was an inspection done on it. There was no, it's only made out of pressure treated lumber. I understand there's a requirement that there's a certain type of lumber for saltwater use for pylings. This actually goes into the water. The pylings that they did use are just six by six square like a four by four post and they're all cracked all down the side of it. Some of them they cut in a half. Can everybody hear me? By the way, kind of move away from. Sorry. And some of them are cut in half a little bit. And so the water intrusion on these pylings that are meant to hold this thing up is ridiculous what's going to happen within a year or two. We were told how far it was going to go out in the water and beautiful pictures and everything. that are meant to hold this thing up is ridiculous what's going to happen within a year or two. We were told how far it was going to go out in the water and beautiful pictures and everything. None of this ever took place, okay? It's not going to be safe to walk on within a year or two. We don't even know how many people or how much weight it's supposed to hold. We have no idea. We haven't been told anything about this. You walk on it, all the boards creak between the different deck boards, there's five foot span between bracing under the deck boards. I think there's like maybe 18, 24 inch requirement when you're talking outdoor decking. I'm not quite sure what the code is here in Edgewater. But a five foot span between deck boards is a bit much, especially when you consider they bow about a half inch each when you step on them individually. And I only weigh 185 pounds, so I'm sure there's folks that weigh more than me that are going to be out there on it. And when you get a number of people out there, it's very unsafe. So I really wish someone from the county that's qualified would come and inspect that and let us know the status of it. and if it's safe to use, do they need to rebuild it? What needs to be done? The other concern I have has to go with Joe's Fish Camp Road. There's plans for a new development between Alice Street, Jones Fish Camp Road, which is going to bring more traffic. Down a little farther on Jones Fish Camp Road, they're planning on putting in a marina and I better talk faster. They're going to put in a marina and things in there which is going to bring a lot of other issues. But the plan is they want to put a turning lane in a road that's not even wide enough for two cars. You can't even park a car along the road and barely get room for another car to go by. Making an area that's already on safe for kids to play even worse. They built a development, no parking, play parks for the kids, nothing. We have a play park for the dogs, nothing for the kids, nothing at all. They get to run on a sidewalk or they get to stand out and street on their little scooters and wait to get hit by a car. Thank you, Senator. That's very common for me and Tyler. Thank you all very much. Kim Long 3312 mango tree drive. I come before the council today to ask you all to take care of an error that took place quite a few years ago. I have in this book here and and I'm gonna, I brought this up before, but I'm gonna repeat it, and I'm sorry some people left, because a lot of people don't know about this. I have the original deed for this piece of property, and I believe it includes the property across the street. The deed is from 1948. It was deeded to the citizens of Edgewater in perpetuity, in trust. To be held, used, managed, administered for the use and benefit of the people of Edgewater, it is being intended that such building shall and be used for a town hall or public meeting place, a public library, a place of social functions. The town agrees to maintain the public library if it still exists in this building, or at some other location in the town. It is specifically understood and agreed that the building on said property may be remodeled, added to, enlarged or altered. But that said property, including the aforementioned library books, cannot be sold, bartered, or exchanged. Now, it came to my attention that at the City Council's request many years ago, I believe in 2015, our City Attorney, Mr. Wolf, who sent me a letter confirming this, asked that the city attorney go to a judge and take this property out of our hands and put it in your hands so you could sell it. That was not the original intention of the person who gave this property to the citizens of Edgewater, and I received this letter from Mr. Wolf. Dear Ms. Long, the city clerk paralegal asked me to provide you with an explanation regarding the city hall property. In 1948, the property on which the city hall was located was deeded to the city, but it says city was deeded to the people of edge water by the village improvement association. The deed included a restriction that the city could not sell, barter, or exchange the property. In July of 2015, the city council, not you, it was a different council back then, of course, directed me to initiate a lawsuit to avoid the deed restrictions. After a hearing before the court, a final declaratory judgment, boating the deed restrictions was entered, the judgment was recorded. The way I've been, it's been explained to me, you now have the right to sell this. And I am here to request that you once again ask Mr. Wolf to go before a judge and put this property back in the citizens' hands so they can never be sold. Thank you, it's appreciated. Thank you. Hey there, Coruscine Camp 339 Riverfront Way. Also in the Taylor Morrison Riverfront development. I'm following up Jim and Craig's comments. Right there, Jones Fish Camp Road in Highway 1, there's 196 apartments going in. It's directly behind or by close to Boston Whaler. All these trees are going to be coming down and within months of people living there, they're going to complain about the noise at Boston Whaler. So that's going to be an issue between Boston Whaler. And we can hear the motors and everything at Boston Whaler right now, there's trees in front of that. But once you get apartments right there, there's going to be a complaint to that and that's going to come back to the people. On that property or close to it, on it was the eagles nest that they referred to that somebody cut down, the neighbor that lived there and saw them cutting down said they had to permit the person who cut it down said they had to permit from the city of Hedgehog. So that's the first issue is the eagles nest, the apartment complex with the noise. The third is Joan's Camp Road. Like Craig was saying, it's inadequate. The traffic study said 8,000 vehicles a day in a neighborhood. So how many people would like 8,000 vehicles a day going in front of their house? And it's not 35 feet from their front door. So the planning or whatever zoning was done on that needs to be reviewed. And it needs to decide if The marine is down in there how it's how it's going to be accessed because it's right in front of 20 houses right Right in front of people's houses That's the biggest thing so I'll just leave it at that Thank you, ma'am for your comments will be in'll be in touch. Good evening. Maryland Bennett, 194 Jones Fish Camp Road. I do not live in the Riverfront, Estates. Could you just raise your seat? Oh, I'm sorry. That's OK. Sorry. Is that good? Can you hear me now? OK. Maryland Bennett, 194 Jones Fish Camp Road. I'm not a resident of the Riverfront Est States. I'm a joining property there. But I have concern in regard to the traffic. I know this is a repeated thing that you're hearing here tonight. But there's children that are on that road. I see the skateboarding. These are young children. And the electric skateboards, they're trying to play kickball. And there's little kids that's running across the street back and forth. And you've got workers that are coming in that are still doing things and people that are getting into their homes. So there's trucks and everything constantly. There is a lot of, the traffic is way, way too much. But this has been from day one, whenever we first started talking that that road was going to be very difficult. And my concern is for the children that are on that road that you put speed bumps, put up signs or do something, to at least protect them until something can be done for that. The other thing, this is small compared to that issue, but the residents of the Riverfront Estates are great people. And they, along to the Fish Camp Road on the north side, there's trash and everything that's all up and down that road. It was really bad. And I saw a resident that's out there that's picking up the trash almost I see him doing it often. And I don't know who controlled that as far as cutting the grass or maintaining it picking up trash because now there's wires that are down they're not dangerous wires but their wires that's been left down. So I don't know if the county or the city was responsible for maintaining that, but maybe they might be able to get someone, find out who is responsible and get a jump on that and make that development even better. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am, for your comments. We'll be in touch. Chuck Martin, two of five, Chair Woodland. It's kind of a two-part question. I'm not sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you're sure if you they put water in. I think that would be for Sean. That a little later after my comment. But the first thing I would like to address, and then after asked this question, I would ask that he's council member, please comment, as well as the city attorney. It's very important, and it's and I'm getting a lot of questions about it. It's about our newly formed city of edge water Chamber of Commerce. There was an article that it was illegal and that there could be, you know, fines, stuff like that. I know it was free to join, Now it's a dollar. I just want to know if it's legal because I mean transparency is what us residents need to gain the trust of our city. And I think that's a trouble a lot of us have is transparency. We want to know what's going on. So I would ask at this time if Bonnie would stop the clock so I comment after and please could I get some clarification? Is it legal? Not legal? Can we join? What's what's going on with it? Thank you, sir. I'll be addressing that in council comments. Okay, go ahead. Right after a citizen's call. Council reports. Okay, go ahead. Right after Citizens' Commons. Council reports. Okay, that'll be tonight. And whenever Citizens' Commons has finished item six on the agenda. That's about the Chamber of Commerce. Yes sir. Okay. Thank you. Sir, we just asked for you to comment at the end of the meeting since you've already come it's a different item Well, if it's a different item it'll be on earth agenda items But we only ask for citizens comments once and then at the end of the meeting there's more time hearing item. Well. Good evening, Honorable Mayor, Council Members. It was our intent. Sorry, my name is David Dixon. I'm the legal advisor to the newly in the process of the edge water chamber commerce. It was our intent not to address the issue unless someone brought it up. So we just want to put on the record that we saw that article. That was floating around on Daytona News Journal. And the chamber has been complying with state law. They only formed maybe about a few weeks ago. And they're in the process of, we have the paperwork here also to make it as a public record as well. The last thing that's pending is the approval of the 501C for the tax exemption. But besides that, the organization has filed their state of incorporation, articles of incorporation as a non-profit. We also have the directors, which is Mr. James Rose, Pamela Vandergriff, and Esherah Acabult. Excuse me if I mispronounce that. We also have the state of Florida's and we have the tax filing as of the first. And we also are, also they're now charging membership on April, as of April 4th, they now charge a $1 fee. So it's the intent of the, soon to be fully formed, formed edgewater chamber of commerce to comply with all the law. And we would put on the record that it just formed a couple of weeks ago. I mean, Mr. Rose is the president. He just started to form a chambers of commerce. He's not a, well, I mean, he's very educated, but this is the first time he's doing this. So some of that publicity needs to be made in context that they are trying to comply with it, but it takes time. As with any business formation, it takes time to have everything lined up. But yes, it's our position that it is legal and we're waiting for the final confirmation of the IRS. But we're in the process and their intent was always to comply with every aspect of the law. That's all we have. Well, thank you, sir, for your comments and clear information. Thank you. Good evening, Cheryl Davis, 356 River Frontway, also in River Front of States. I just wanted to remind you that we were here four or five months ago and we had met with Charlotte and recently they've met with Debbie regarding the situation in River Front of States. And I wanted to remind you that we had brought to your attention that there is an entrance. It isn't a road yet off of Alice. That's going to go into the new development that they're going to build the 196 apartments. And we asked you at that time to ensure that the construction vehicles were not going to go down Al, John's fish camp and turn left toward North on to Alice, but they would use that other entrance on the other side of the dollar general store. I just wanted to remind you about that. That's all going to start happening. And the other thing I wanted to remind you of that we had also mentioned, and I don't know if anyone mentioned it tonight about the Gofer tortoises nest that are on that property. And since there doesn't appear that there was any permitting done for removing a tree that had an eagle's nest, and there wasn't any permitting for the river walkway, and possibly it wasn't the foundation or the buildings weren't inspected properly. I don't know. I'm just saying you get to keep an eye on these guys. Okay. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am, for your comments. Please fill out a contact card so I can get your cell phone number to come out as well. And if any other members would like to, as well and if any other members would like to as well. Good evening, my name is Dr. Kurt Scherlinger and I'm the owner of the 201 commercial plaza at 201 Southbridge, Wood Avenue. I've been the owner there for 38, I've been in practice here for 38 years. I've been the owner of that building for the last 14 and we've never really had any flooding issues. This is a flooding concern I have. There's a new lot being developed at 108. He's pine bluff and years ago I inquired about that lot. I was told the city was keeping that lot for water retention and now I understand it's been sold to habitat for humanity and they're now in the process of clearing that lot. I've witnessed over the last couple weeks of trees being removed, which is understandable and I've seen dozens of field dirt being put in and now the grade of that lot is now four feet above my parking lot. I've got severe anxiety and concern if that is allowed to happen that I'm going to have major flooding issues at my commercial plaza and I just wanted me to counsel on the city attorney to be aware of the concerns I have. I understand that that the you know owner has a ability to take the trees down but to fill the lot for P for feet above the grade is really putting my personal property at peril for the next flood or water. I've never seen flooding and I'm certain that four to five feet above existing level is going to be a problem in the future. I contacted the Department of Environmental Sciences this morning and talked to Ryan. He told me that there was probably a mistake of letting that four feet of dirt been put in. It was supposed to be one feet above the road and it wasn't East Pine Bluff. It was supposed to be US one. So we now have a existing structure that's going to be built four feet above the land and with a foot of Foundation, we're going to have five feet. It's going to look like a castle compared to my adjacent commercial building. So I have the east part of the west part of the building that would flood. And to the south where the Parkinson's gym is, we'll flood. I'm certain I don't know what the site plan is going to say about that. Are we going to have retention palms? Are we going to have swales? I was expecting call back from Sean or Ryan later this afternoon and I've never heard anything back. So I have grave concerns at the new lot being built at 108 East Pine Bluff, which is going to be 4 to 5 feet of the existing grade. It's going to cause major flooding to my commercial plaza. And I do not want to see that happen and I want to make sure that it's permitted to be that high and if it does happen in the future then it'll be legal ramifications involving that. Thank you sir for your concerns and comments if you could please leave your phone number in the back will be in touch. Are there any further citizens comments? I'm going to leave the gym link so I'm going to follow the customer cycles and good fellow beer and wine here on Ridgewood. Congratulations Eric. Thank you city council for letting me get up and speak and staff of Edgewater. I just wanted to talk about the event we're getting ready for this weekend. I'm stoked about getting that going. Just want to go up. Thank you guys again. I'm hoping it's a great turn out. Hope we impress the city as much as I expect to. I just want to kind of give you all a feel I'll talk to the teachers morning and happen without their own street. We uh... Impressed the city as much as I expect to I just want to kind of give you all a filler. I'll talk to the teachers morning We got their own street We As of this afternoon we've had 20,000 views on our social media ever this event We're expecting that many of course in our social media worldwide we have a national following so I got so cheap. I said don't panic. We have about 50,000 people out there But we did we do got a lot of traction on them. I'm excited about that You know when we when we got social media, we look at that and we see them kind of you using we see that kind of traction That means that we're probably doing something right now if we control it well Mr. Perity or I'm glad you hear him. So let you know we are gonna work our best to to keep forward off your parking lot this weekend. Just so you know, publicly I'm telling you that. So we'll drive us, right? So he's asked me not to let people park on his plows of properties just for the liability issues of it. We like bike week, we drive our best. We still have a few slip through so we're going to try to control that. if we got a chain off. You're into the parking lot to keep people coming in. We'll do our best. But anyway, I just want to tell everybody thank you and as far as the citizens are concerned, we don't want the stigma being a quote unquote, biker bar. We do have a lot of stuff that involves stuff for all walks of life. We're doing stuff for golf carts coming up. We're doing stuff. We got a lot of plans in future events that Goodfell isn't got by the custom cycle. So I would like to welcome everybody to come in and check us out. See what we got. We do not allow collars into the shop. So you don't have to worry about the bike clubs being there. And we're not that type of established. We are national when we take pride in what we do. And we're just motorcycle enthusiasts looking to have a good time and good business here in Ed Waterloo. Thank you, guys. Thank you, sir. What time does a lock party here on Park Avenue, which includes a car and bike show star on Saturday? We're going to start at nine. Start registration at nine. We run to six. We will have loud music in the back at the bar on our new deck. We got out there. So we will have that. Probably had the bike show a little bit closer to this end. On this side, the way we discussed the police department and then the cars will be dressed the way up towards the river side of closer to Beggobar. We will start bringing in vendors and setting up possible about 7, 7, 30. Start taking registration at 9. We will have food trucks there. We do have some local small business set enough to sell product. Plano keeping, like we discussed this morning, we're keeping it open to where we get emergency vehicles down through the center of the street. If we need to be, hopefully we don't, but in this area, just in case. So yeah, I'm just stoked, I'm ready to get this thing on the road, so you won't be able to do it. I'm gonna continue doing it on them, hopefully annually or monthly, or just keep making head water bigger and better. Thank you, sir. appreciate you having a business here and having an event on park average. Thank you. Thank you. See you. Okay item six council report councilwoman Gillis I did do a short wait so I attended a FLC advocacy committee meeting I went to telehassy and met with our local legislators and advocated for edge water issues as well as against other issues like live local that all municipalities are facing right now. I attended a League of City's dinner where small businesses were celebrated. I attended a TPO executive committee meeting. I attended the Central Florida Safety Strategic Plan Steering Committee meeting. I attended a Bernside Tech volleyball fundraiser. I met with several residents about issues. I do want to say thank you to Dan Whirl for some of the issues that he was helping me sort through. I attended the annual EPD police award ceremony. I want to thank Sarah Geiger and the office staff for all they put into the event and I want to congratulate Tristan Ingram as being officer of the year. And then last but not least, the animal shelter posted they are in need of detergent and bleach. If there's anyone out there, I would like to draw some off and help the shelter. And that's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Dalba. Well, I have no report, but I do wanna put out there that the gifts of love It's on Park Avenue. They're in need of us, cereal. The second more of this food bank has run out. They'll replenish, but it might be two, three weeks. And the families can on their groceries weekly, so if anyone, any clubs, organizations want to get together and do some kind of a cereal fundraiser, that'll be fantastic. The gifts of love are located at the Alx's lodge, or right beside the Elk's lodge on Park Avenue. Perfect. And do they have any kind of hours? So they could help out? Yes. Well, Thursdays, either they're every Thursday from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. So you can drop off at any time. And if you have something you wouldn't drop off before that, getting contact with my city cell phone number, I'll come to your house pick it up and then I'll take it there myself. Oh great. Thank you. Thank you for volunteering for that. Councilman Thomas. Yes. with my city cell phone number I'll come to your house pick it up and then I'll take it there myself. Oh great. Thank you. Thank you for volunteering for that. Councilman Thomas. Yes, as you will know, the last meeting I missed and then I got sick for about two weeks. But I still answered complaints on the phone and tried to investigate them. But just possible, one complaint I had was the night, two weeks ago, it rained so much. And this is going to make a point. I think we can work as a team. Because I was still sick and I couldn't visit the woman's house. I wanted to see which weather, the water flowed because it was coming up in the yard. And so I call Mr. Rainbird and he was out and about and he went by there for me and I think he took the mayor with me and so I think we can really work as a team on that. And then I attended Thursday nights meeting with Ryan. He did a very good job. Just unfortunate. What we have like 17 people there. But we're getting them to talk more and translate. Another thing that I like to express is you got some good concerns. And it's all I can do to keep my mouth shut, but we were trained at the ethics committee on how to run an efficient meeting and we can't go back and forth. And I mean, the people on the Jones Fish can't spread, you know, we're with you on that. one one of the, the man about the drainage, that's one of the things I asked James more, that's more under about the stormwater drainage. And he says, this was exact words. You can never have enough money for stormwater drainage. So we're putting some band-aids but this stormwater plan is going to come back when? November 19th we should ever see ICP master plan for the final report on 19th of December. Great. And I met with Mr. Thurmond Friday about some of the drainage issues and I met I met with the auditor's this morning and I'd like to preach to you a little bit It's only 54 days hurricane season Don't wait to the last minute If you need to go by generator go out there and buy one now while you still got a choice of which one you want to buy Flashlights, batteries, water. If you've got trees, you need to have them trimmed now. You can't wait to the last minute. Those three people are in business. And I'm going to tell you, if you call them when the weather's cooler, you're going to get a better job. You need to clean out your swells. You need to clean out your culverts, where it flows properly like it's designed to. Take those empty milk jugs, put water in them, and freeze them. Because before we had fridulators,idrators they called them ice boxes and what they did they went to the ice house got a big block of ice and they stuck it in there and that's how they kept their food cool. So if you've got two or three jugs full of milk jugs full of ice you're going to keep that fridrator cold for several days. And, um, let's see here. Oh, the flashlights, this one right here, how many, when the electricity is set up, how many of y'all do like I do, and going to flip that switch? You know it's all, I'm going to be honest, how many do it? So anyway, I bought, you can buy these little flashlights. You get five of them for 10 bucks. And what I do, I sit them by the light switch, and it'll light up the whole room. So, but you need to think about that now and not wait to the last minute. Thank you Mayor. Thank you. Councilman Rainbow. Still a game or no. I would just like to thank the people of Edgewater for trusting me. And I'll never forget that I work for you. Election night, the weight of this hit me. I like to thank Renee Sortman for also running. This wasn't easy for either of us, I guarantee. I'm sure she's gonna continue what she does with the animals and the crime watch. This is scary, but I'm not afraid. You know what I mean? There's a lot of weight here. I went on a tour today of the facility. Bonnie escorted me last week. I met with all the other girls and this is they're making this easy and I feel welcome here. Chief Laracy. Just want to let you know. In the last two months, your guys came and saved my mother in law three times down in Haseyanda. We just moved her into a facility. You shouldn't be bothered by her anymore. But I just want to say that one of those calls, one of those calls, your guys were there in 11 minutes. It was amazing. Well, I think the second time they knew where the building was. But 11 minutes, they got from high biscuits through the gate. They were at my mother-in-law's. Professional is all-heckers. And you guys got, I believe, a perfect score in your inspection. Chief, I think you're going to be great Saturday. You got a problem with edgewater PD. just slow down folks. But I think we'll get things figured out. We got a great team. Ryan, you sleeping yet? It'll come. Thank you for your trust edgewater. I won't let you down. Well, I want to congratulate Council member Rainbird. I think we're all going to work together as a team and we'll get a lot of accomplished. We all have similar values and views and we will work for the residents to continue to work together for a better edgewater. I'm going to start off, got some sad news and some happiness. So a gentleman named Tom Alcorn was named known all throughout Southeast Volusia. He was a great member of the team Volusia economic development for the Chamber of Commerce's all throughout Volusia County, actually known all throughout the state, a well-known entrepreneur in our. And he passed away this month, last month. And I would like consensus for all he did for the city of Edgewater to have a well known Tom Alcorn day in the city of Edgewater. I think that he deserves it. I think that his family would really appreciate it. If there would be consensus for that, I would appreciate it. I could just answer. I wouldn't be. Just soon. What day would you like that to be? Oh, it doesn't. No day in particular. I think his birthday was towards the end of the year in November, So there's no milestone this year to celebrate. Sorry. He was really involved in the Qantas. Maybe there's a Qantas day that we can tie into that. Now I'm going to start with a great happiness. I'm happy to report that after 32 Tallahassee trips, right in the state appropriations, myself, along with the city manager this year, we're in the state house for funding, for canal armoring project and toward ashores. The first time in Edgewater's history that we've ever hopefully received a state appropriation if we can get through the governor's desk. We all work very well as a team. Several council members have talked to our state representatives various times spoke about our needs and where we have a great name at the state right now. I'm very very happy that we were able to get this done. It really is a milestone and we can help our residents for stormwater needs, hopefully on a state level. I want to thank Representative Traymont for getting us through and that is all I have to report. I want to add some I asked Mr. Thurman this morning I'll say well what about all the other cities at Flutty? And he says, we had our name in there first, so we're going to be first third. And I'm so happy about that. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. And I want to thank our lobbyist, Georgia. She always does a tremendous job. She keeps everybody in the loop. All right. Item item seven, consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda as listed? Make a motion to approve the consent agenda as listed. Second. Roll call. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yeah. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes, Councilman Rainbird. Yes, Mayor DePio. Yes Item 8 public hearing ordinances and resolutions item 8 a second reading orders number 2025-0-01 amending in Restating the police officers pension plans staff reform Should I read it into the record? Yes, okay, ornice summer 2025- dashed out. Show one in the city council of Edgewater Florida. We peel in ornith 2016, dashed out. Showed as 34 in its entirety and a meeting we stayed in and adopted in the city of Edgewater Florida. Police officers, pension plan, providing for filing with the division of retirement of the Florida Department of Management Services, providing for conflicting provisions, providing for I'm writing for an effective date. Thank a providing for an effective. Thank you staff report. There's no additional additions to the second reading. Great. Open a public hearing citizens comments. Council comments. What is the public hearing is their motion to approve? I move that we approve second reading. order number two 2000 25 gas zero gas 01 amending and reinstating the police officer. Second roll call. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. Mayor Depue. Yes. I'm eight. Second reading. Ornus, summer 2025. of the city of Edgewater for 0. Yes. I'm 8b second reading ordinance, number 2025-0-0-2 request for annexation in the city of edgewater for 0.4 acres located at 131 points in a row, partial ID number 841-3-0400-3960. Please read into the record. On December 20, 2025-0-2 in ordinance annexing point 4 plus a minus acres of service of property located at 131 points in C and a road Partial ID number eight more one three zero four zero zero three nine six zero blue shakounding to the city Vegetable Florida subject to the jurisdiction obligations benefits and privileges of the Some outing and many description of the city of edge water corporate Let's provide for following with the purpose of the circuit court for the city county property of blazer and department of state provide for provision severability and provide for the day recorded and Thank you staff report. This is a second reading city staff don't have any additional information. Stand ready to answer any questions. Thank you. I'll put a public hearing, citizens comments. Kim Long 3312 mango tree. I'm glad you put the picture up. I can see all the trees on the property. It's a very small piece of property. Seems like your next reading is going to be about building on it. So pertaining to that, I would like to say that edge water is a tree city. I don't know how we got the designation with what we're raping the land of every tree on it. But I sat on the tree committee for almost a year. I don't know what we're going to do. on the Tree Committee for almost a year. I don't know how we got the designation with what we're raping the land of every tree on it. But I sat on the tree committee for almost a year. I don't know what happened to the ordinances that we wrote up. But here's what we originally said in this town. The intent of this section is to protect certain trees to avoid in the or to aid in this stabilization of soil by the prevention of erosion and sedimentation. Reduce stormwater runoff and assist with the replenishment of groundwater supplies the Provisions in this section are intended to provide a haven for wildlife protect and increase property values and provide a noise buffer and enhance the city's physical and aesthetic environment. Somewhere we lost our way. I mean even a single lot I saw on 30th today. Every tree was taken. I mean it's a celebration if you pass a lot where they save two trees on the lot. We've got to do better. the amount of water that we are getting that is flowing into people's homes, people's yards, trees, you guys know how much trees absorb. Not just their roots, but the canopy of the tree, and even just a single lot like that. If they were to save two of the old growth trees on there, it going to prevent a lot of water from running down into someone else's neighborhood. So I'm hoping I have another request from my city council. Let's get some tree ordinances if possible that we're just not letting the developers scrape everything off and then bring in the fill. Thank you. Thank you, man. For your comments. Council comments. So Ryan, what could they build there right now? So the property is in the county. It's single family. It's got a residential feature land use destination. So they could build a single family home. They're essentially just asking to get annexed into the city of edge water. So they're on water. So they're not charged at 125% because if you're in the county and you're not on in your on city utilities, a 25% 125% of the utility bill. So that's probably the real incentive why this person wants to annex into the city. What percent of the tree is the absolute? So the code is 1 tree per 1500 square feet of lot area. And so typically they clear cut and then they replan. How many? Well typically so the code says you have to have 1 tree for 1500 square feet. The code is not specific that it says. Typically that's only for large subdivisions, if you have to do the 15% tree preservation site-wide, on a single family home lot. As long as you replant the required number of trees, it's acceptable. They could cut down the whole thing. Yeah, as long as there's no historic trees on the site, yes. And that's one thing we discussed at the meeting other night. Correct. It's using natural vegetation. Yes. And that's one thing we discuss at the meet another night. Correct. Is using natural vegetation. Correct. Everybody wants a floor of Tam grass from on. If we use natural vegetation, the natural vegetation goes stuck up more water than a floor Tam on. I'm getting. But what is the county's name? That's basically the same. It's actually a little bit easier in the county that take out trees than it is in edge water. So we have a stronger tree ordinance in the county. Yeah. In the county you can basically, kind of, it's pretty carpalant. And Chiefs correct me if I'm wrong, but we have a mutual aid agreement, so we would service in any way for emergency response. So, you know, we're already providing utilities in this area. It's really a matter of whether or not we want to- It's safe for a senior professional opinion to have an interrupt control. Correct, I believe it is, yes. Okay, close the public hearing. is there a motion to approve without any further comments or questions I just think it's just be one more one more time on a tax roll with this I think is what we're talking about here is just bringing it into the city not that they're allowed to. If there's trees on there that they have to ask to cut down they're going to come to us for this. We should probably discuss and hold a workshop because we're looking at their codes as a whole a difference between a commercial and a residential street code ordinance. We had like this and we had a house under each canopy. But if they want to cuddle this thing, they can see you saying they want to cuddle this and they have to replant what tree trees. On this property it will actually require quite a bit so it's 1 for 1500 this is 0.4 acres so half an acre would be 21,000 square feet or so, give or change. So that's 43, 56 divided by 2. So they would probably be required about, I don't know, at least 12 trees on their site. They'll be required to replant, because it is almost half acre. It'll almost be better to ask them if they can not vet their trees or not have some of this original growth. It'll be great. I agree, I think part of it too, I think with, yeah, I mean, we could obviously reach out to them. It's not something I can require of them, but I can reach out to them. I think two part of it is especially with some of the larger trees, avoiding when you start putting up the drip line protections, right? So if it's kind of a catch-22, right? We want people to preserve trees, but if you do preserve the trees on site, then you're going to have to put up a drip line around the base of the tree and that's based on its diameter. And then that's coming a bubble on your site. And then the more trees you have, the more bubbles that you can't build in. And if you look at the aerial, not saying it's correct, but traditionally we can see that pretty much everyone there clear cut it So but that is what the code is currently What's the public hearing is our motion to approve make a motion to prove the second reading ordinance number 2 0 2 5 dash 0 1 Roll call. 0 2. I'm sorry 0 2. Thank you. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Davo. Yes. Councilman Raidbird. Yes. Mayor DePueh. Yes. Item 8c, reading ordinance summer 2025-0-03 request for a small scale comprehensive plan amendment. Future land use element for Volusia County Urban Medium intensity to the city of Edgewater Medium density residential for 0.40 acres okay 130 one point and a row. Parts on D, number413. slash 04 slash 0 0. slash 396 0. Please read to the record. For this number 2025 that showed that. So three in order to the city of Ed Water, amending the comprehensive plan is amended by amending the official future land use in the African-Polish County Urban Meeting and Mintensity to City Meeting and Density residential for 0.4 plus a minus acres is certainly a property. Look at that 131.C and a road. Partial ID number 841-30400-3960, to water floor to provide for public hearings. Find it. the residential for point four plus a minus acres of surplus property. Look at that one 31 points in a road. Partial ID number 841-300-300-360H water floor to provide for public hearings, finance consistency, provide for complete provisions, severability and the voting and provide a foreign effective date. Thank you, staff report. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is a second reading. I will say the only difference between of Lusha County's urban meeting in Tensady, future land use, as far as the density is, it's a range in Lusia County so their urban medium intensity is 4 to 8 the city of edge waters medium density residential is 8 units an acre the woman is just building a single family home. Thank you open a public hearing citizens comments council comments what the public hearing is their motion to approve? I can motion to approve the second reading ordinance number 2025-0-03. Second. Roll call. Councilwoman Gillis? Yes. Councilman Dommas? Yes. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. Mayor Depieu. Yes. I name AD second reading or December 25-0-04 and request for a change to the zoning map in Volusia County R4W to the City of Edgewater R3 residential for 0.40 acres located 131 points in a road partial ID number 4, 8, 4, 1, 3,-4-0-0-0-0-3-9-6-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0 the R4 R4 R4 R4 R4 R4 is way larger than what our minimum standards are for R3. However, with that R3 rezoning, he basically codified that the site is simply for single-family residential as the R3 zoning district only permits single-family residential. And with that, staff is recommending approval. Thank you. Open public hearing, citizens comments. Council comments. What's the public hearing? Is there a motion to approve? Thank you motion to approve. Second reading, ordinance number 2025-0-04. Second. Roll call. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Delbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. Mayor DePueh. Yes. Item 8E which was moved. Request to approve the application for assistance 2025 under the Florida and the Navigation District Fine Waterways program in authorization for the mayor to sign the fine resolution staff report. The City of Edge waters applying for funds from the fines, waterways assistance program, develop a boat ramp facility north of Boston, Wailer. The DMC, the consultant, provided a quote for services related to the design and engineering of a boat of police boat house. Police impact fees have been identified as the funding source. A budget amendment will be needed to in the amount of $45,000. Approval of the resolution for assistance under the Florida Inland Navigation District, which is required as part of the fines financial assistance application is separate agenda is a separate agenda item our request is the approval of additional services with DMC the consultant related to the design and engineering of a police boat house with police and pack fees is funding source in the amount of $45,000. Thank you, sir. Open a public hearing citizens comments. Well, I want to thank Joe and Sandy and Buddy Davenport who's our representative on the fine board for meeting and getting this going. And I think it'll be a great thing. I can't wait to hopefully see it come to fruition. If we score high, I'll win the fine authority. Are there any other comments? You took the words out of it. I don't want to disinx the same three people. I'm very appreciative for all the work they put into this. Is there a motion to approve? Make a motion to request to approve the application for assistance 2025 under the Florida and land mitigation district. What a waste program. Authorize the mayor to sign the fine resolution. Second. Roll call. Councilwoman Gillis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. Mayor DePis. Yes. Councilman Thomas. Yes. Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes. Councilman Rainbird. Yes. May I appeal? Yes. I don't mind board appointments none of this time. I don't tend other business. I don't Florida in the navigation. Oh, five hope. Yeah, that's okay. Item 10A, Florida in the Navigation Disprime Waterway Assistance Program, Additional Service related to the design and engineering for police programs. Stop. 10A Florida in the Navigational District Fine Waterway Assistance Program additional service related to the design and engineering for police programs staff reform Mayor that was my mistake what I had read related to that additional services design by that consultant so I can reread that. So was there a separate staff report for AD? There was a 10A and a 10B1 was for the design and engineering for the board house, police and then, and then B10B was the request for the approval of the application for assistance, 2020-500 under fines. So do we re-take a vote? Yeah, no, they're two separate items, they're connected. They're connected. But two separate items that we moved, 10B, because find is calling their document a resolution. But it's not our resolution. So we just moved it to have a public hearing on it. So which one and what do I read into the record? So 10A, what's up on the screen is the item that we're on now. OK, all right. So we're going to open a Citizens' Comments. Council comments? I just wanted to add a question on it. And I'm excited for this to get underway right now the planning and then the construction. I was reading under the description it says along with other things we're going to have it's going to say I says a designated restaurant site with a working additional fishing pier. Is there a plan to have a restaurant at that location? I know a year and a half or so ago I had talked just to me, I think about a beautiful piece of property but the fear was there was enough parking for the five-foot ramps, the parking for all the trails or 100 trails I believe it is, something like a restaurant. I just kind of went to follow up to see if that was still in the plan. So initially, they had talked about possibly putting a restaurant to help reduce the funds or price, but then I think that got wiped out. Am I correct? Yes. So initially there was a walk of a restaurant being included in the project, but speaking with Mr. Hell who's here, I invited him so that there's questions regarding the design. So regarding engineer, we were asked, but we removed that. And he speaks more to us and we were talking about phase and the one. So just to let you know, yeah, So when we started the project, there was a potential talk of our restaurant. Right now, the directive has been to take that out. Leave it as a green space for future considerations. So that's where we are currently. So everything you just said about the boat ramp still stands. So the modification has been made in the sense of this one is that now we've talked about adding a police dock facility So that's pretty highly ranked on the F&D agenda Buddy Devon Porthead asked at the city consider this as part of this project So that's why we went ahead and put in an application for that to get 50% matching fund for the design and then just so you know once we get the design done and the permits Jason has asked that we come back in the future for all the design. And then just so you know, once we get the design done and the permits, Jason has asked that we come back in the future for all the projects and come back for construction dollars so we can get matching funding from FIND 50% of the construction dollars as well on items that apply to FIND these mission, which is access to waterways. Perfect. We should potentially get 50% grants for both cases. Correct. Thank you. Thank you. Any further questions? Is there a motion to approve? Make a motion to approve the Florida and Lynn Navigation District Waterways assistant program Visual services related to design and engineering for the police Second roll call Councilwoman Gillis yes, Councilman Thomas Yes, Councilwoman Dalbo. Yes, Councilman Rainbird. Yes, Mayor DePueh. Yes. I am 11 officer reports. I am 11 a city clerk. So the only thing that I have and I put this off since January because of the election. We have a couple of boards and committees that council members are on. So every time we have an election, I do like to go over them. That way, new members can be on those. So we actually have a total of four. One is the elected officials round table, which that is the mayor and then the vice mayor is the alternate. We have the River to CTPO, the YMCA board and the school concurrency advisory committee. So those are the other three boards committees that council members sit on. Currently councilwoman Gillis is the city's appointee on the TPO. Mayor DePue is on the YMCA board and they do not have anybody on the school concurrency advisory committee, it's an oversight committee. That one only meets once a year. So I'll know if anybody wants to switch anything or just want to kind of consensus and appoint someone to the school. Do you guys what you would like to do? I would like to stay on TPO. I serve on the TPO. I'm the executive committee as well and part of the steering committee is a I'm very involved in that. And I think you're doing an echoing job. I'd like to stay on the wine. So the only one we would have is the school concurrency advisory. We have three members that. It's in the evening. I don't. I think so. No, there's consensus of council for that. I give consensus. That is all I have. Thank you. Item 11 B. City Attorney. Nothing at this time. Item 11 C, City Manager. Yes, thank you. Beyond what was placed in your boxes this morning, I did want to make mention I also was privileged to attend the Edgewater Police Annual Awards banquet. I brought my wife with me, and it just, it just, there are police officers that put their lives on the line daily to protect my family and everybody out there. When is that? It was last Friday. I don't know. I know. It was just wonderful. I was glad to go. Also, I have been appointed to serve on the National American Public Works Association subcommittee on Operations and Maintenance. That's a great honor. It's 40 years of public works experience. But I did ask, do I have to go to Kansas City that said, no, you can do it all virtually online for meetings. So I was good with it. Let's see. We have development review has had a soft opening, if you will, to their new facility in the next couple of weeks. We'll have a ribbon cutting for Council and officially dedicate the new facility. I do want to take it to pleasure to Council the read a letter that I received today. This from Sharon Gordon of 125, Rio Vista Drive, Edgewater, Florida, regarding Brian Solstice, director of building, planning, and economic development. Jeffrey Thurman,, City Manager 104, North Riverside Drive, Edgewater, Florida, 32132. Dear Mr. Thurmond, I want to take a moment to commend your dedicated planning, building, and economic director Brian Salsons. He is caring, informative, and wonderful. His excellent, helpful staff also do whatever they can to abide, are able to assist residents and answer questions. I needed his help years ago, and he still provides the same thoughtful care today. I am 84 years old. I recently made the decision to move to an assisted living, moved to assisted living, and I'm currently selling my home. My questions, potentially, potential buyers wanted to answer. I went to your planning, building, and economic development director's office for information. The staff answered most of my questions, but I was referred to Mr. Salsus when he walked in. I did not have an appointment, but he took me in his office immediately. He answered my questions in minutes, and I could not ask for more thoughtful, knowledgeable, and consider it to the director to help me. I am very grateful. Both he and his staff deserve recognition for their efforts. They truly put their residents first and stop what they are doing to provide help. Thank you for this wonderful city building planning economic development department. All my best shared in board. Great. It's so hard to get a complimentary. That's the best you put in writing. Right, and I just had one question not related to that. But I've been asked a couple times about the PA system. Does anybody happen to have an update on that? The next three days, I was wanting to happen before the Scalpel meeting, but because of the contractor, for the RO, Wednesday and Thursday, they will be doing speaker hardware and software updates for systems. And I think you can hear us a little bit better, which was hold on. Great. Are there any further council comments before we move on to citizens comments? Yes, I want to comment at the mayor for going to Tallahassee and getting us some funds. You don't realize how many cities in Florida flooded. And for us to be way up there top of the list to get the funds for the stormwater, I just... Well, thanks Mike, I appreciate it. It's monumental. It is monumental to get that. Because that's one of the questions I have to order today is about stormwater energy says no city can have enough money for that. We're putting band-aids on right now, but we're going to get it fixed one way or the other. I made myself a promise that these people that flooded once, they flooded twice, and And now their anxiety rises to the roof when a thunderstorm comes. And I made myself a promise that I would not let that happen if I can do it because that's not quality of life. You can't live like that. So anyway, we're going to work on it Appreciate it. Thank you. Okay, I do have one more question for gentlemen from Fine. Thank you. I was also reading through the documents and it said, and this might not be the proper time to ask, and you can tell me if we need to wait. It talks about dredging. Do we know how many feet or how big an area that will be dredged? No, so let me, excuse me, let me correct you. So I am actually your consultant, Shailesh Patel, dredging and marine consultants. So we have dredging as part of a consideration. So once we get a bathymetric survey, we'll get a sense of exactly how many cubic yards we're going to go. and depending on of the boat ramps will decide how much will actually come out if anything, right? So we have to do resource surveys etc and try and minimize any impacts to resources So once we get all that we've just started the project So hopefully in a couple of months we'll have a better answer for you on that one. All right. All right, thank you. Yep. OK. I thought, thank you. OK. I know 12. Citizens comments. OK, if I may, sorry, again, Shaylish Patel, Dresing and Marine Consultants, wanted to just kind of make sure we have the right resolution. And this is for, I think, item 10b, which was the other FIND application, correct? Just want to make sure. Yes, so you had in your packet of FIND cost share of $113,989. Let me just explain to the City Council what happened was after Buddy Devon Port had talked about this project, he said, hey, I want the city to go ahead and put in an application. So Jason called us and said, hey, what can you do so we can start and put in engineering design dollars now. So in essence by doing this, first and foremost, the city has just gained an additional dollar amount that before was coming out of your funding. So that's first and foremost, kudos to the staff and the city for considering that. Second thing is we talked to FIND and after we had gone through the process before we signed or sent in the application, we were able to acquire an additional $24,000 to the total. So now you've got even more money coming from FIND. So I just want to make sure that you have $137,100 on your resolution. That is the money that we're asking for FIND. Mr. Attorney? And I'll be happy to give you that amount. I will give'll give you the application so you have the right amount on the resolution No, 137,000 $100 yeah, and I'll be happy that Sorry, so I just wanted to make sure you've got the right amount and you were getting an additional 24,000 on top of what was previously on the application. So just want to correct that. We have the correct resolution adopted. The resolution I have is $365,000 on it. That's what was given to me. $365,600. How much? $365,600 is the total estimated cost and then the fine cost are you showing one thirty seven one hundred and thirty seven thousand one hundred. Where is that in the resolution? Well, on page 16 of 22 it's's showing a different amount of resolution. That's any agreement, not the resolution. The application. Yeah. That's different. Two different things. Resolution itself doesn't have any of this time item well citizens Tallahassee doing all you do for us You do a lot many you go up there all the time and Getting branches great. We got one four years ago 15 million dollars just about and well Haven't seen the first silver ready job yet a branch or great, but we just got to move forward with it. That's about all I'm going to say about that for the canals. I want to thank Charlotte Gillis for certifying the election without her. I don't think Mr. Rainbow to be up there right now. I'm grateful for her as vice mayor stepping in and traveling to Delan twice to certify this She's a great asset and I'm thankful that she's vice mayor cuz Mayor de Pue was have has a lot on his plate and we understand that and We're we're very appreciative that that. As far as the the the Chamber of Commerce and Medjwater, thanks for clarifying that we're all good to go. You know, on that with that turning up there, that's good. I would like to hear y'all speak a little bit about it. Let us know kind of, you know, at some point what's going on with it and stuff like that is like nobody wants to talk about it now But it'd be good at some point to talk to the public and let us know you know some things about it You know other than what we read on Facebook or You know news article But I'd like my question answered about because I've been monitoring the water level over a mega tree lake and And there's a constant flow of water in that canal out in front. We haven't had much rain and are we releasing reclaimed water into that lake? Would you like to address that? Bonnie, can you just stop the clock, please? Mayor, can you please stop it? No, we currently are not releasing. We're using it as a surcharge to fill our things, but not releasing into it. It's not designed for that. Thank you. And Mr. Murrow, now I wanna thank you for your job that you're doing. Thank you, you're being very transparent with the public. And that means a lot to us. And I think that's all we ask is we just kind of want to know what's going on. You know, we want to know what's going on here. And we got a good full team now. Then I see great things ahead of us. Again, I want to thank Mr. Rainbird. His professionalism and his commitment to the city of Edgewater is on wavering. It's a pleasure to see this man up there. He was very, very polite and cordial through this whole thing. Thank you, Mr. Rainbow. Thank you, sir, for your comments. It's a pleasure. Seeing no further, citizens comments. So I Don't make David 12-1 bond street. I have some questions that have been, that have been coming from residents about the mailers that went out. There's not enough explanation. So if you don't mind, I have a list of questions that have come about and maybe you guys can answer them tonight. So the residents are wanting to know what specific grants that the city is planning on applying for. Are they going to be matching fund grants? They want to know who's going to be in control of the funds. And they want to know who exactly will be receiving and having access to the personal information that we are providing. And if that information is leaked out or released somewhere, some way, how are we guaranteed to be protected? I was just about to ask that question before you adjourned. We adjourned if you are finished with your comment. That's the list of the questions. Thank you. I had that written down. I was going to ask for we adjourned. If you could, I have received several calls about this. If you could just one more time address the grant, address why it was sent out and why the questionnaire is that way. I have received several calls from several residents and see and tagged on a lot of questions on Facebook about it. It was brought before you, even before we applied for it, but I'm going to ask Dan, kind of, that spearheads this grant initiative. Sure. This is a community development block grant. It's a, it was brought up to us in a very short notice. Normally, you're only allowed to have one of these going as CDBG grant one at a time. This one came about regarding the Hurricane Milton, the communities or the counties that were involved with the hurricane. It is, it is, they've eliminated the $750,000 max. We are going for approximately $1.5 million worth of funding to be put towards water and wastewater infrastructure eliminating some of the two inch galvanized lines that are in the water system and replacing antiquated air relief valves in the wastewater system. As far as matching, this is a $50,000 that the city will put up towards the $1.5 million worth of funding. Thank you and is the information secure? Do we handle the information that was sent out? The information is delivered to our grant writer, Cornerstone Consulting. From there, they compile it and they only, they use it to provide answers to the questionnaires and questionnaires gather total or go for points and the higher scoring applications receive the grants. Can I comment on that please? Unless this because those are city records unless there is a specific exemption and Florida statutes it is public record if somebody asks for it I'm legally obligated to provide it. Thank you. Okay, are there any further citizens comments? Seeing none, we are adjourned.