##VIDEO ID:6nen26vDKVE## on Wednesday October 2nd 2024 we usually meet on Tuesdays but last night was National Night Out I  don't know if any of you had the opportunity to head over to the Casements but what an  incredible turnout by our Police Department our fire department uh with a assist from our Leisure  Services folks and the community showed up in droves which was fantastic for a really really  special night it seems like it gets better every year we've outgrown the NOVA community  center and and now we're in the the Casements and the weather held out as well so thank you  to everyone who was involved in that and uh made it a success uh I hope you felt welcomed  when you came in tonight as I call this meeting to order I want to uh recognize our greeters Public  Works Deputy Public Works director Kevin Gray and Police Captain Chris Roos served as our greeters  this evening um I'm going to introduce the folks who are sitting up in front of you to my right  your left is Justin Isaacs recording secretary next is City Clerk Susan Dauderis then we have Zone  one Commissioner Lori Tolland good evening everyone and welcome zone two Commissioner  Travis Sargent good evening welcome to my left and your right we have Zone 3 Commissioner Susan  Persis good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome and then our Deputy Mayor and zone four  Commissioner Harold Briley good evening everyone welcome then we have city manager Joyce Shanahan  Assistant City Manager Shawn Finley and in the audience is Assistant City Manager Claire Whitley  and then City Attorney Randy Hayes and then uh way to my left I see our Fire Chief Howard Bailey  and in the back is Police Chief Jesse Godfrey for those of you listening online I'm Mayor  Bill Partington and uh if you would at this time please silence your cell  phones and rise for the invocation given by Reverend Larry Temple from Life Community Church dear Lord we thank you for your presence in this place for wisdom for peace for order  not only for these affairs that transpire here but for our city in general thank you for your  protection and wisdom as we go forth through these days everyone in agreement say Amen am Amen I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America  and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right as many of you know uh who come here regularly particularly staff uh this  is a special time of the meeting where we take an opportunity to recognize exceptional  people uh in our community and exceptional events that are happening in our community  Ormond Beach is an incredible City because we have great residents uh great neighborhoods  great activities and we're blessed in that regard uh our first recognition tonight is a  proclamation for retiring judge judge Terry Perkins and I'll ask judge Perkins to come up you're honor thank you for being here sir uh I saw an article yesterday online  uh written by Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten before I read the proclamation I just wanted  to to pull a couple quotes out of that because it was so eloquently written judge Totten uh  considers judge Perkins a mentor to her uh she worked for him in the Civil Division I believe as  a law clerk uh here in Daytona Beach and what she wrote here is that the same characteristics that  had made judge Perkins such a great mentor to me judge Totten are those that make him a great judge  and administrator he understands that there can be more than one approach to a problem that different  people and she writes and judges are people too can see the same facts through different lenses  that all of us make mistakes sometimes despite our best efforts and that none of us has all the  answers another quote she said was as a mentor judge Perkins temperament was his most important  quality what was so so important to her in her new responsibilities as a judge was that judge Perkins  calming influence his wit and his good humor that she learned from working with him so really just  an incredible testament to the great man that he is and your honor I'm going to present you with  this Proclamation and ask that you hold it while I read it whereas a native Floridian and graduate of  Seabreeze high school judge Terry R Perkins proudly earned both his bachelor's and jurist degrees  from the University of Florida jurist doctor from the University of Florida graduating with honors  admitted to the Florida bar in 1981 he devoted 30 years to practicing law representing a diverse  array of individuals and corporate clients across the state as a board certified Civil Trial lawyer  and whereas prior to his judicial appointment in 2010 judge Perkins was a founding shareholder and  director of Smith Hood Perkins Stout bigman and Brock PA where he excelled in personal  injury and insurance defense his exceptional legal expertise earned him an AV preeminent ranking for  professional ability and ethics for marale Hubble attorney reviews and ratings a distinction that  he maintained for over 15 years and whereas upon joining the circuit court judge Perkins resided  over a wide variety of cases including civil criminal drug and mental health matters ensuring  Justice was served with fairness and diligence his commitment to teamwork and justice earned him the  respect of his peers leading to his election as chief judge of the seventh judicial circuit in  both 2013 and 2015 where he directed case assignments and upheld justice across four  counties and whereas during his tenure as chief judge he spearheaded the transition from paper to  electronic files making the court more efficient and accessible he also expanded his expertise by  serving on esteemed committees including the Florida courts technology commission  and the executive committee of the Florida Conference of Circuit Court judges  and where as deeply committed to his community judge Perkins has coached Youth Sports in Ormond  Beach served as a deacon at Christ Presbyterian church and has been an active member of several  other local organizations and whereas the city of Ormond Beach is immensely grateful to judge  Perkins dedication leadership and contributions to the Judiciary field and the community we wish  him all the best as he embarked works on this journey to enjoy the fruits of his well-earned  retirement pursuing woodworking flying his plane and exploring the world now therefore  I Bill Partington mayor of the city of Ormond Beach on behalf of the entire commission to  hereby Proclaim October 2nd 2024 as a day to recognize and honor judge Terry R Perkins  in the city of Ormond Beach and encourage All City staff and residents to join me  in expressing congratulations and gratitude for his service and dedication to our community congratulations and they're here to listen to you speak not me so nothing I need onsite don't go anywhere now this is the part where we say but wait there's more  uh be your honor because you had such an exceptional career uh because you are our  local uh jurist made good everybody's so proud of you I think Commissioner Persis  actually was a schoolmate if I remember correctly awesome that's right good stuff  but we wanted to present you uh with a key to the city of Ormond Beach along with all right it also happens to be domestic violence Awareness Month uh with a Judicial theme and I  would ask Courtney Fraine Daisy Gonzalez and Emma Sanders to come forward if yall are here present to you and have you hold it and then I'm going to read it'll do pictures Perfect all right thank you guys no that's perfect  whereas domestic violence includes violent or aggressive behavior within the home that targets  a member of one's immediate family and undermines the very foundation of our communities and  whereas domestic violence devastates relationships disrupts lives and erodes the core unit of society  the family homes should be sanctuaries of comfort and stability where love and mutual  respect flourish instead domestic violence creates environments fraught with fear and  danger leaving individuals in unsafe situations and whereas domestic violence affects individuals  across all income levels races genders and socioeconomic backgrounds women still make  up a disproportionately higher number of victims of domestic violence with nearly half of female  homicide victims being killed by a current or former male partner and whereas October  is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month a time to renew the city's commitment to ending this  cycle of abuse this year the theme heal hold and center emphasizes the need to heal from violence  and oppression hold space for survivors and center those most marginalized and whereas Ormond Beach is  a vibrant City with over 44,000 residents and more than 5 million guests annually extends  and reaffirms unconditional compassion respect support and protection to victims and survivors  holding perpetrators accountable and providing hope to those in unsafe and unstable living  conditions now therefore based on all of that I Bill Partington mayor of the city of Ormond Beach  on behalf of our entire commission do hereby Proclaim October 2024 as Domestic Violence  Awareness Month in the city of Ormond Beach and urge all residents agencies and champions to  support efforts preventing and ending domestic violence thank you all very much for being here chief chief Godfrey Captain Roos if you guys  will come up for the picture Captain Smith as well and then I'll let you sometimes hello hello everyone I'm Emma Sanders from domestic abuse Council Volusia  I'm the Outreach manager a couple things I just want to invite you all to our 5K  run walk run on October 19th if you follow our social media we do have a registration  link for that 5K walk link you can donate you don't have to run also we have a town  hall next week Monday October 7th at 8:00 at Brown and Brown so please join us for a  very important discussion this about the Dynamics of domestic violence um we have  Chief Jakari young that's joining us and also state attorney Lisa on the panel with our CEO we'll put it on the internet we'll post it on social media so everybody knows but  yes thank you all for being here and thank you for recognizing this month good to see you all right last but certainly not least if Chief Bailey come forward that's wonderful that is wonderful bring your team up you it is fire prevention week and uh we try not to miss every year I think we recognize  fire prevention week and the important week that you guys do every week uh men and women  of the Ormond Beach Fire Department and so I'm proud to present this Proclamation whereas the  city of Ormond Beach's fire department is dedicated to reducing home fires injuries  through prevention and education aligning the 2024 Fire Prevention Week theme smoke alarms  make them work for you and whereas working smoke alarms are essential for alerting residents to  fire significantly increasing survival chances modern homes burn hotter and faster due to the  synthetic materials used limiting escape time to just 2 to 3 minutes and whereas the National Fire  Protection Association NFPA States smoke alarms reduce the risk of fatality in home fires by  over 50% yet three out of five fire deaths occur in homes without functioning smoke alarms and whereas  every household should ensure smoke alarms are installed in sleeping areas and consider  automatic sprinkler systems in high-rises and whereas residents should take proactive measures  such as testing smoke and carbon monoxide alarms monthly and participating and community outreach  programs to promote fire safety Fire Prevention Week provides an opportunity to educate families  on creating fire escape plans and ensuring their smoke alarms are operational and whereas we honor  the brave First Responders and firefighters who risk their lives for our safety and remember those  who have made the ultimate sacrifice now therefore I Bill Partington mayor of the city of Ormond Beach  on behalf of the entire commission to hereby Proclaim October 6th through October 12th as Fire  Prevention Week in our city and urge all residents to implement preventative measures within their  homes and support Public Safety efforts promoting fire safety awareness thank you all very much congratulations of course yeah he's been want to do it for so long audience remarks uh Miss Jennifer bright will be first up miss bright you have three minutes well I was concerned about a couple of things on the consent agenda because um  they weren't very transparent to the to the people reading the agenda for example uh  172 referenced an auto renewal that you had to dig back into contract back from 2021 and  I had to pester my councilman to find out what the dollar amounts were cause there was no current  listing for how much it was going to cost we had to go back to look at the um 2021 and supposedly  I want to make sure it's in the record that God forbid we need to use those resources they were  paying the rates that are in the 21 contract that's what I told been told that that that's  what they were that they aren't going up also the city puts in um an example on uh item o and  P that the staff report we can view the city manager staff report to see the information  related to those items and the uh links in the website are over a year behind uh hopefully the  city can get all these things corrected so they be more transparent in what they're doing and  what the city is spending our tax dollars on thank you thank you next up is Connie Colby good evening Connie Colby 108 Robo Lane in Ormond Beach um first of all I would like  to acknowledge Kelly McGuire she was so sweet last last two weeks ago she walked me out to  my car when you had thousands of people here and every car between here and there was a big pickup  truck we had to park all the way over by the library and I couldn't see anything in  the dark um two weeks ago you had the item on the agenda about landing fees at the airport um to me  I thought that was a no-brainer yay let's finally do something about paying back the money that they  owe to the general fund um I've since talked to a couple of people whose opinions I respect and  I guess there's more to the story that I I don't understand but I hope that this will be some way  of looking at different ways to pay that money back and keep this going as an open um plan for  doing something up there and looking around I also see that many of the airports around this area are  considering that 3% Landing fee so it's going to be kind of a a troubled area to work with I guess  um I saw a lot of different ways of doing that too they were talking about maybe  giving discounts to the schools for the landing fees um and I I don't know about  the other things like if you buy a gallon of gas you don't have to pay a landing fee  they had different scenarios out there that need to be looked at too but please  include the public in this discussion as well thank you thank you and Cynthia Costa I'm coming no problem no problem hi I'm Cindy Costa six Walen Lane Ormond Beach I'm here for some of my friends who don't  come to the these meetings but would like to talk about these homes that are abandoned I have three  homes on three different streets that are going to be causing problems and here's the first one  and these people who in that neighborhood won't call code enforcement because they are required  to leave their name and when the the neighbors call in they find out who calls and they wind up  fighting each other there's this one at 170 putam it looks abandoned the pool water is completely  black the screens over the pool you know what I'm talking about are gone the frames are there  that's dangerous and there's a car that has been parked there that has not been moved at least for  one year that the vines from the driveway are growing into the car there's another one at  103 Lincoln that also looks abandoned the trees and the vegetation are growing over the complete  right hand side of the house over the windows and up onto the roof and the last one is 978  Parkwood it looks abandon and unkempt just to me why doesn't code enforcement see this how can we  say Ormond Beach is charming when we cut some child can walk in there and drown in their pool there's  no screens around it that's bad and very very dangerous ous okay another thing is I complained  last time I was here about the roots that are growing under the road on North Beach Street but  I was told that is not our problem here but Shawn I talked to Shawn and he said it was I think he said  it was County he was going to call me back on a Monday cuz he was going to proceed calling them  and keeping on them I have never heard another word and it's still there and I know Shawn had his  men go out and see it and said yes it is dangerous but he can't do it because it's not his problem so  would if you could have Shawn call me back and give me some numbers to call to the county is that who  I call the county that would that would be in my I would appreciate that my guess is he's already  done that but yes ma'am we'll have him call you back thank you I leave these addresses here or  uh sure you can if you'll give them to the clerk she'll record them and make sure the right folks  get them thank you for your time thank you iiz we did we did reach out to the county we're trying to  get it in motion and try and get it taken care of um again you know our hands are tied with what we  can do but we we we're continuing to urge them to get it done as quickly as we can they're going to  take care of it we're trying to get them to do it I can't I can't make them get out there and do it  but I'm we're urging them as as as often as much as we can well can I have a phone number so I can  I will gladly I will gladly accident waiting to happen I'll get you some app numbers thank you  no problem thank you excuse me commission uh approval of the minutes from the regular City  commission meeting of September 18th 2024 they've been sent to the commission for review also posted  to the city's website any additions deletions or Corrections approval second moved and seconded all  those in favor please say I I oppose like sign and we'll show those passing unanimously we are  now on the consent agenda does any commissioner wish to pull any item from the consent agenda  I move approval of the consent agenda second seconded please call the vote Commissioner Tolland yes yes Commissioner Persis yes commissioner Briley yes Mayor Partington yes would any  Commissioners like to comment on any of the consent agenda items Commissioner Sargent  thank you Mr Mayor I'd like to comment on uh P the temporary Information Technology staff and  I think this it's great that we're moving this forward and I think this um ties into what Mrs  bright was was talking about transparency updating our technology our website our um social media  technology the chambers speakers so everyone can hear see uh and find information more more easily  accessible I guess I should say um so I think this is a step in the right direction for what  you're you're looking for and this was one of my um initial platforms I ran on um two years  ago and it's nice to see that within the first two years it's being implemented so thank you  nice Commissioner Persis yes I just wanted to uh make a comment on item C uh I'm very  excited that you know we're replacing this Main Force main Crossing and expansion and we are  increasing our reclaimed water system to new customers I think that's great for our city  so just want to comment on that and good for the environment and good for the environment  that's right absolutely Commissioner Tolland and mine is just a general comment I had um reached  out to staff I was just a little concerned and questioned why we quite a few items we were um  voting on for a soul source provider and you know theoretically that I felt that that was wrong  that we should always bid things out for a higher ticket item but I was told and I  agree that in this is a very special most of these were very specialized services and it  it just made sense to um do it that way so I just thought I would just point that out perfect thank  you Commissioner and I think a lot of people agree with you obviously we like to bid when  we can there's just certain areas uh where there's no other product that will work and so we're stuck  this is the right way to do it we advise it we let people know right give people the opportunity  to come and say oh we found this other person that's doing it you know they're in California  but maybe you should think about it whatever the situation um but that's the right process  to follow so Joyce thank you and your staff for doing that and thank you for for bringing it up  I just wanted to comment on uh K the contract with Crowder Gulf I'm so proud of staff for making sure  that those contracts are in place so that you know we dodged a bullet this last week with the storm  uh that came through and caused so many problems on the west coast and up in Western Carolina and  we didn't have to have a contract in place but uh when it's in place and you have an event and these  folks know that we need them we've paid for them uh we're solid in our ability to uh perform on the  contract and they'll come to us first versus cities throughout the state who don't have a  contractor in place they their residents can wait months for this debris to be cleared whereas in a  matter of days usually after the event our roads are starting to be cleaned up already and it's  because of the forward-thinking work of staff to put these contracts in place with reputable firms  and I'm I'm grateful for that so that's all I had Commissioner Persis yes ma'am I just wanted to add  on to what you were saying um one of my residents called after the storm and we did have a few trees  down for I don't think anyone got too much damage but that tree was re was removed within 3 hours I  mean that's how quick everybody works so um these people couldn't get out of their street but they  were able to get out in three hours so that's just wonderful what a tribute to our workers  and our staff thank you great than thank you and if there's nothing else on the consent agenda  we'll move to public hearings I'll open the public hearings and we'll start with 8A ordinance number ORDINANCE NO. 2024-26: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, DISTRICT AND GENERAL REGULATIONS, ARTICLE IV, CONDITIONAL AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION REGULATIONS, SECTION 2-57, CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF SPECIFIC CONDITIONAL AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION, SUBSECTION (37), HOUSES OF WORSHIP, OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING THE CONDITIONS FOR HOUSES OF WORSHIP; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this is the second reading of ordinance number 2024-26. Please call the vote, Commission Sargent yes Commissioner Persis yes Commissioner Briley yes Commissioner Tolland yes Mayor Partington yes 8B ordinance  ORDINANCE NO. 2024-27: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE “BRADFORD LAKES†SUBDIVISION, SHOWN WITHIN PHASE 4 OF THE PLANTATION OAKS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS AND EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVAL; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this is a second  reading of ordinance number 2024-25 read by title only thank you I don't have any cards  on this second reading either I move approval of ordinance number 2024-27 second rud and seconded  any discussion or questions I'll just say uh I appreciate that we put these in the public  hearing section and do give our residents a chance to speak on them I notice a lot of  governmental agencies put these on consent and people never have the chance to even comment so  that's a trans transparency measure that our city goes through and I've always been proud of that uh  if there's nothing further please call the vote Commissioner Persis yes Commissioner Briley yes  Commissioner Tolland yes Commissioner Sargent yes Mayor Partington yes 8C ordinance number ORDINANCE NO. 2024-28: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE “BRADFORD PARK†SUBDIVISION; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS AND EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVAL; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this is the second reading of ordinance number 202 24-28 read by title only thank you I don't have any cards  move approval second we've been seconded any discussion or questions please call the vote  Commissioner Briley yes Commissioner Tolland yes Commissioner Sargent yes Commissioner Persis  yes Mayor Partington yes 8 D ORDINANCE NO. 2024-29: AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF “HALIFAX STREET†TO “CLIFFHAVEN COURTâ€, AND “MATANZAS STREET†TO “RIDGEHAVEN AVENUEâ€, SAID STREETS BEING LOCATED IN THE RIDGEHAVEN SUBDIVISION AREA; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL AND RECORDING IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. an effective date this is the second reading of ordinance number 2024-29 read by title only thank  you uh again I don't have any cards approval second who've been seconded any discussion  please call the vote Commissioner Tolland yes Commissioner Sargent yes Commissioner Persis  yes Commissioner Briley yes Mayor Partington yes 8e RESOLUTION NO. 2024-176: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND ISSUANCE OF A PUBLIC ART ORDER APPROVING AN ORIGINAL PUBLIC ART PROJECT TITLED “GREETINGS FROM ORMOND BEACH†ON THE WEST FACING WALL OF THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 200 EAST GRANADA BOULEVARD, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 18, PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM IN THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT, OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC ART BETWEEN THE CITY AND MDSS, INC; ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF PUBLIC ART FROM MDSS, INC.; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this is resolution number 2024-176 read by title  only thank you and uh I will ask our planning director Steven Spraker to speak briefly on this item excuse good evening Steven Spraker planning director this is a request for public art  within our downtown overlay District the property is at 200 East Granada and the  mural is planned on the Western Wall uh the swillerbees doughnut shop is located right here  the uh public art went to the Ormond Beach Art District board and they had a healthy  discussion as was included in the minutes um they suggested some changes to the second o and to the  last D and the applicant and the artist agreed to it so they' they've made some change based on the  Art District board both the property owner and applicant are here as well as the artist the Art  District board unanimously recommend approval and staff is also recommending approval thank  you Steven any questions for Steven Deputy Mayor Briley actually not a question Mr Mayor but just  more of a comment yes sir um I got to say this is probably one of the neatest looking murals  I've seen I love how it incorporates the the history of our of our city into the mural and  uh kudos to uh Mr Sing The Artist thank you yep I loved it too uh Commissioner Persis yeah I just I  just think I don't know the audience I just blew it up on my on my iPad it's just amazing I know  it's up there but I just love it and I agree with what Deputy Mayor Briley said I think it's so so  representative of our city I think it's fabulous and I'm so excited to see it displayed thank you  Commissioner Tolland yeah I just reiterate what you all said but also what I want to add is the fact  that it did go through our um not our but the Arts board and and that's why we have advisory boards  they they provide good valuable input and those changes that were suggested make sense and um so  I'm really proud of the process and I really do like the fact that it's very inviting and it does  add to the charm of our downtown area so thank you Mr Selby for doing that I appreciate it absolutely  and Commissioner Sargent thank you Mr Mayor and I'll be last I guess but Kudos uh Commissioner  Selby this is a great uh addition in your building looks fantastic after the severe damage that it  sustained during the last hurricane and I'm sure you're obviously happy to have it up and run it  and and this is just a a welcoming addition thank you thank you uh Dwight Selby 200 East Granada  Ormond Beach um Travis we miss you as a tenant you used to be a tenant in the building and um well  first of all I just want to say thank you to uh Randy Hayes because um I had this concept actually  when I was sitting in that chair so it's been three or four years ago that when it first came  up with the idea which is not an original idea you see murals like this all over the country um  however our mural ordinance prohibits words and so Mr Hayes came up with the license agreement public  art process and uh so the city will actually own this artwork and they're licensing you know you're  we're licensing the space we're going to pay for it and uh we're creating it at your um at your  discretion and uh under your guidelines so we're very excited to do it we hope that a lot of people  will take pictures in front of it and they'll post it on social media and a lot of people  will say wow I wish I was in Ormond Beach instead of uh shoveling snow here in Chicago or Michigan  or wherever they're from so thank you very much appreciate it and um my the artist Sean Johnson is  here I was going to ask you to introduce yeah Sean if you stand up and of course he was great job  approved by the arts district that's part of the process the artists their work have to be approved  by the arts district and um uh he's committed to begin uh producing the artwork uh very shortly  within a week or 10 days so hopefully we'll have it done soon thank you and I just want to say  Commissioner Selby I could I see this on not cards postcards I mean I see it can go on mugs I mean I  just see this going viral so it's going to be so exciting who gets Randy who gets the licensing  right oh so yeah oh well thank you that's great thank you appreciate it have a good evening you  too right May other discussion I'll move approval second moved and seconded any other discussion  please call the vote Commissioner Sargent yes Commissioner Persis yes Commissioner Briley  yes Commissioner Tolland yes Mayor Partington yes and we will close the public hearings move now to  reports suggestions and requests starting with city manager Joyce Shanahan thank you Mr  Mayor um first of all I want to remind you that probably don't need to remind the mayor but um Tuesday October 15th is the mayor's last meeting and so uh we wish you um great success Mr Mayor  and we're going to miss your leadership here and um uh you were instrumental in in hiring  me here in the city of Ormond Beach and I just want to say thank you for that thank you best decision  I ever made one of them um top five um from the home office way on Wednesday uh October I  mean November the 6th the meeting will be moved um to Wednesday um due to election day so octo  November 6th is our meeting date in the first meeting in November and then Tuesday October  19th uh that's the new Commission's oath of office and general organizational meeting  and we'll send those dates out to you just so you so you know no um as you know we had a fire in the  PAC shortly after it opened but we're down through the home stretch right now the carpet drywall and  paint and Concession areas are all nearly finished the upgraded fire system is being finalized and  the decorative touches like the art Rail and donor wall are under construction we remain  on track for an opening in November and shows in early December so we're really excited about  that um co-ed youth basketball will be starting uh you can contact the Leisure Services Department  for registration or you can register online movies on the Halifax um will be Friday October 4th and  that's in concert with trunker treat I believe is that correct so um that features Haunted Mansion  um at Rockefeller Gardens um the trunker treat it's free for everyone there is is sponsored  and has been annually the idea of reality Pros assured and they are sponsored again this year  so we're really excited about that uh Tuesday October 15th is Once Upon A Story Time this is  an enormously popular program it's free for our children ages four and under and you can enjoy a  short story and um and a snack and just have some they usually do a craft as well SPAC is extremely  limited so please call ahead um lastly and certainly not least um uh commissioner elect  Kristin Deaton called me uh earlier this week and asked how can we help with um donations for um  the hurricane relief effort and I explained that the city usually allows um not for profits to step  up in that role and so she um got together with Main Street her and uh Michelle U pavala and uh  they donations can dropped off at Ormond Main Street Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.  to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment with Becky Parker monetary donations can also be made via venmo at  kdeaton3 and 100% of these donations will be used to purchase goods for those in need we will be  accepting donations through 10/18 with with a team headed up to North Carolina so some of the items  that they're looking for are cases of water non-p perishable foods toiletries diapers and  wipes towels chainsaw clothing blankets cleaning supplies and sleeping bags of course monetary  donations are also accepted you know there but by the grace of God go we we've been uh hard hit  with some storms here but the devastation I think in in the Carolinas and Tennessee was certainly  beyond what anybody really expected up there and it's a critical situation we do have a few staff  members that have had family members affected up there and so we just ask you that you keep them  all in your thoughts and prayers and I can answer any questions that you may have thank you tonight  Joyce commission any questions for the city manager thank you very much thank you all right  Assistant City Manager Shawn Finley brother have a good night thank you City attorney Randy Hayes  tonight thank you thank you Randy and tonight we start with I've got it here Commissioner Persis  Oh I thought it was commissioner I thought it was Commissioner Sargent gee but that's fine  Save The Best For Last oh that's right Save The Best For Last that's exactly right well  good evening everyone um I just have a few comments for this evening um I wanted just  to say also say National Night Out last night was absolutely fabulous great crowd lots of fun  DW out there I are you are you like sick of making hot dogs say you were really involved  with those hot dogs but it was just a great event and it does seem to get better every single year  so that was just wonderful um I also wanted to um uh say Joe Daniels thank you for being here  haven't seen you here in a couple of weeks or a couple of months so it's nice to see you sitting  in the audience good good to see you and um I'm so excited um Commissioner elect Deaton thank you  for getting involved in these donations it's wonderful and I already talked to some people  and a a friend of mine that's a dentist they're already don't they're going to be bringing 15  toothbrushes and toothpaste to you um at Ormond Main Street to you all so that'll be awesome so  and there'll be a lot more coming I know that but great job great I'm so happy that you're  doing that there are there is such devastation up um in Tennessee and North Carolina so that's  just wonderful and then I have I have a couple of requests um with with staff so If my first  one is um uh gentleman Tom Fitzgibbon who lives on South St Andrews has again questioned about  the traffic or speed bumps or something and I didn't know Shawn where we were with that we had  we had commissioned one of our consultants to take a look at our craft cing plan we just got A draft  copy of their evaluation so we're in the process of reviewing that I'm hoping to get through that  review and and and make some constructive changes to our our our traffic coming program um we'll  bring it back to you all to make sure that we're all on the same page and then as soon as we can I  think that that that group is one of the first ones we'll want to you know address address  okay wonderful thank you I'll let Mr Fitzgibbons know that's wonderful and then my last um I have  a request for the commission and I was hoping that we could um uh you know look at the tennis  courts that we have you know right up the street on Granada that are so popular these days I mean  the tennis courts there have been there a long time their clay courts are wonderful tennis is  a great sport um it's pretty much free you get great exercise you're outside in the  fresh air and you you know have camaraderie with your your teach teammates and it's just  a wonderful um you know sport for all ages to participate in and I was wondering we had some  speakers here last week um I believe her name was let's see um what is Alicia Alicia Simmons  and I was hoping that maybe we could help direct them to do a race a Daytona Beach um uh racing  and Recreation facilities District request and have help her contact Barbara Kelly who  in charge of that because I think it's something that we really need to work on for our citizens  so many people are playing there they have so many more teams they need showers they need um a place  where they can you know change and then walk down our streets go out to lunch just you know be part  of the City visitors even play out there so I was hoping we could um talk about that real quickly so  I also spoke with um trishna uhuh and suggested you know because this is this is similar to I  think the city leases Trista leases that property please correct me if I'm wrong um and then she  runs her business there so it's I think it's our obligation as a city to to maintain that but um I  talked her about the racing district and when we did vadner Park and we were partnering with the  city you you kind of do that as a private citizen and and you you do that grand thing it's not a  really difficult no application um she just needs to do it right and the next one comes up I think  January will be the next time January you know I don't think it's fair for us to ask staff to  write it no I wasn't asking staff to write it but just to get the guide help guide her and just all  of us you know be in agreement that's something that we are in favor of them doing and anything  we can do help if she reaches out to Barbara Kelly she Barbara will hold her hand through  that process and tell you exactly what to do right um anyway I believe if I'm correct that staff has  to because staff has to apply for it because they are not a nonprofit so I think there's do  do you know that an I don't know that but we'll be happy to reach out to Barbara and to trishna  and help them through that process we're not going to write the grant but we'll just point them in  the right direction no absolutely not no thinkable have been not for profit but I just don't know the  details so i' have to talk to Barbara Kelly okay good well thank you all I I appreciate appreciate  that very much and that's all I have this evening I hope everyone has a safe evening and be and uh  good night thank you Commissioner Deputy Mayor Briley thank you Mr Mayor I'll be brief um  I will echo the sentiments of Commissioner Persis regarding National Night Out it was a great event  um and Mr Mayor you mentioned the same thing uh it was great our our fine folks in uniform Captain  Smith saw you you and Chris Mason give out hot dog saw saw Captain Roos out there and of course  a lot of our other um City staff volunteering for that it was great to see everyone and it was  just another a great event um Commissioner Tolland and the mayor and I had the uh had the honor  of attending the Halifax Health lunch today at Halifax Hospital which was very very informative  um a lot of the stuff they discussed uh kind of hits home with the the mayor Partington with with  his wife and myself um but it's just fantastic hearing the news about how they're teaming up  with UF Health in the cardiovascular and uh uh cardiovascular and aneurysm uh field it was just  really really good to hear and it gives gives us a lot of uh gives us a lot of promise of the the  medical facilities we have here in in the greater Daytona Beach area and uh finally I do know that  and I think uh Miss Shanahan touched on it you know next meeting is uh our mayor's last meeting  and uh we're going to miss his leadership of this city commission well Bill we want to thank  you obviously for the the great you know 20 plus years you put in on the city commission and uh  we appreciate you thank you thank you apprciate it Commissioner Tolland I'll let Travis Sargent  go before me because he was last last time I'll be really nice go ahead first last time oh wow  you do want to say the best for last I guess uh thank you Mr Mayor uh echo um National Night Out  was great but in the next year can we work on getting grilled hot dogs instead of boiled hot  dogs um I know am not in charge of hot dogs I know uh Captain Smith does not like boiling hot dogs  even though he does a fantastic job just grilled would be a little bit better um I'll leave that  one alone uh the Nova baseball fields are in great shape we've been out there a lot lately when the  rain has not been present and um just the comments that we get of the condition of the fields thanks  to Commissioner Tollands leadership on adding the dedicated millage rate for leisure services and  and having that applied this year to redid those fields look forward to Hope hopefully having some  tournaments and bringing um outside people into to enjoy our facilities um the reports I know Miss um  brght about the reports they're not a year behind they're only a couple months behind on the the  website I looked um June of 2024 was the last one just a little correction for the record um  excuse me I also saw at the county yesterday and I believe on Daytona Beach's agenda is at uh Avalon  Park they're approving the traffic plan for that development so I think we need to see where we  are providing water sewer where the city stands on that I just maybe an update coming forward because  I know that it seems like this project is it's it's a go um and then in the future I know that  last week we bid out or approved the insurance and saved the City money on that large contract and  potentially next year maybe look at Yellowstone I know as the mayor said it's certain ones you have  to be careful on because you don't know what vendors are out there however the Yellowstone  contract is approaching $2 million and I think that large of a contract maybe it is time to  maybe explore I mean they do a great job but maybe we just need to to to look at that option for our  residents to make sure that we're we're getting the best deal that for the taxpayers money and  and my last thing is that October 1st the new law went into into place where it is now illegal in  Florida to sleep on sidewalks in parks on beaches or other public spaces um so just wanted to let  everyone know with that I'll say good night thank you, Commissioner and Commissioner Tolland,  thank thank you um so a couple weeks ago they had the coastal cleanup um all around and I um I  think some of of you all participated in different ones I was up at Tom Rennick Park and um I was just  really amazed that what I picked up the most were those little plastic straws to juice boxes they  were absolutely everywhere in every seaweed thing there was so you know there's there's nothing we  can do about it right now but to educate um but anyway I thought that was an interesting  observation baseball field fields are absolutely gorgeous played tennis up at the Nova and driving  in my daughter hasn't been there in a while looked over and said wow these things look great so kudos  to Leisure Services for getting those done and just how beautiful they are um congrats to the  police department for all their promotions and all their swearing ends I what I wanted to just  say mostly was that I really applaud the whole Police Department for creating an environment  of of a caring family atmosphere and it's very evident when you go to these functions and you're  and each officer is lifting up sometimes in a very sarcastic comical way but they're still lifting up  each other and you can just tell that they really care about each other um National Night Out was  amazing I think the venue of Rockefeller Gardens as opposed to Nova was is the right choice and I  hope that that continues over at Rockefeller was spread out nice um I will come back so this Friday  is the heartwalk and I do want to thank those that have donated to the American Heart Association I  know and I'm going to give you a free pass to all of those that in your heart really wanted  to walk but I also know that we have conflicts and schedules um we have the trunker treat um  with the community night out um hosted by Pros um and I'm sure there's other events going on  so I'm personally going to give you a free pass to not walk that night and but if anybody wants  to walk that night um I will meet you at the um after you go through there's the entrance exit  where the beginning and the end of the race is I will be there and I will walk that with whoever  shows up you can always make donations anytime um on through the American Heart Association um  tomorrow I mean not tomorrow I'm sorry Saturday at 9:00 a.m. at the EDC Volusia County um particularly  Troy Kent will be celebrating native plant month which is November um so I'm really glad  that he is embracing that and bringing attention to native plants and also an update that um  planning department and uh Cara our landscape architect is um accepting public input on round  two of their landscape ordinance changes and that will be held at 2:00 on October 8th in room 103 so  if anybody is interested in um the updates or has information they want to present or comments they  want to make this is when the public is invited to make their recommendations and I really applaud  staff for going through this process ga Gathering the public input and you you have those that are  environmentalists speaking as well as developers that may not be as much environmentalists to Crazy  Commissioners to everybody else and they're they're taking all of our input and um are  going to come back to the planning board and then to us later in the year or actually beginning of  2025 I think so anyway thank you for the process and thank you and everybody have a good night  thank you, Commissioner and Commissioner Sargent, had one more announcement completely I don't know  how I forgot it there's a fishing tournament for the kids Saturday I'm sorry Robert I can't believe  I forgot that and I I'm hoping the Sargent boys take first place which one is is this  the river this is one of the river okay thank you awesome um thank you all I think you you pretty  much covered everything the heartwalk I can tell you we have started a massive search in my house  for the t-shirt that you gave me Commissioner Tolland I know I have it somewhere uh I'll give you a pass  we will find it and I'm going to try to be there um and then you brought up realty Pros they do an  incredible Community Appreciation Night that's Friday evening and that'll be a huge crowd as  well um National Night Out I think I pretty much covered that at the beginning of the meeting just  incredible spirit there and seeing the young people interacting with our police officers and  firefighters that's what it's all about really uh making those introductions um I saw one young lady  I think she's 15 interested in in law enforcement uh and Engineering at that age anything's still  possible I guess but she took one of the younger officers in the department took the time to talk  to her a little bit about what's involved in uh becoming a police officer how you can get involved  with the cadets all the different programs that we have and so I was thrilled to see see that the  the community involvement the businesses that came out and supported the event Outback was  giving away entire free meals I was blown away by that healthy as well um so yeah it was it was  really wonderful and then Deputy Mayor the um event today and Commissioner Tolland was there as well from  Halifax we're lucky to have incredible healthcare organizations in our community whether it's  Advent or Halifax but uh Dr feaser uh Robert feaser who is a vascular surgeon spoke about  the complex aortic aneurysms that they treat in a way that is non-invasive you know people who  normally would be in the hospital for a week or 10 days and then go home and take six to n months to  recover before they actually felt back to being themselves uh are home the next day after having  the non-invasive surgeries that's incredible Dr kanana who's an incredible cardiologist uh  spoke as well and then Dr Bender Who is a uh Chiropractic and pain management doctor  focusing on using nonopioid ways to treat people and prevent pain uh really really impressive  Halifax is our community hospital if you will and the amount of personable and professionals  that work there is just uh wonderful for our community you can go to their website learn  more about all the different things that they're doing they have some incredible state-of-the-art  equipment that very few hospitals in the entire nation have and how Halifax has it so it was great  to learn about that and thank you to them for offering that and thank you commission for being  able to be there to uh to experience that and with that uh we are adjourned thank you all very much