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May 8, 2025
MINUTES
ESC Special Called Meeting
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 8:00 AM
City Hall, Commission Chamber
800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Present: Bruce Andrews, ESC Member
Sarah Boren, ESC Chair
Daniele Giovannucci, ESC Member
Absent: Amy Palmer, ESC Member
Anastasia Houston, ESC Member
Todd Miner, ESC Member
Also Present: Amanda Askew, Neighborhoods Department Director (NDD)
Kevin Hogencamp, Deputy City Manager (DCM)
William B. Killingsworth, City Manager (CM)
Candace Kelly, Commissioner - Seat 4 (District 1306)
Donna Bartle, City Clerk (CC)
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Meeting was called to order.
2. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR (5 MINS.)
There were no public comments.
3. OLD BUSINESS
A. Discussion of Ordinance No. 95-25-124 (Board Standardization)
Reviewed and discussed compromises to current version of Ord 124 at that time
Conclusions reached included:
Nine ESC members
Appeal process makes Administrator have final say so Tree Subcommittee
members are not required to complete a Form 1 Financial Disclosure form
Keep terms as they were originally set up
Quorum based on filled seats because ESC has no control over vacancies
Two meetings a month plus Tree Subcommittee meeting
Active parks added back in. City Manager will just add to ARCC duties as well
Two-way channel for priority suggestions between ESC and Commission
Attendance requirement adjusted to three meetings in three consecutive months
Beautification of blighted properties limited to public properties only
Clarification of how to fulfill ESC’s purpose #2 to serve as a motivating and coordinating
body was delayed to another time.
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Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC)
May 8, 2025
4. ADJOURNMENT
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