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Item 1A - 2-22-16 Commission Meeting MinutesMINUTES REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING February 22, 2016 IN ATTENDANCE: Mayor Mitchell E. Reeves Commissioner Mitchell R. Harding Commissioner Jimmy Hill Commissioner John Stinson Commissioner M. Blythe Waters Invocation and pledge to the flag CITY HALL, 800 SEMINOLE ROAD City Attorney Rich Komando City Manager Nelson VanLiere City Clerk Donna L. Bartle Recording Secretary Nancy E. Bailey AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Commissioner Harding gave the Invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Reeves explained the process for public comments. Call to Order: City Clerk Bartle called the roll and Mayor Reeves noted that a quorum was present. Mayor Reeves called the meeting to order at 6:33p.m. Item 2 was taken out of sequence and acted on at this time. 2. Courtesy of Floor to Visitors Mayor Reeves opened the Courtesy of the Floor to Visitors. Kevin McLaughlin, 272 Camelia St., addressed the Tideviews Park improvements, stating he and his wife were in favor of the purchase and like what is being done with the space, with the exception of the proposed parking. He stated his thought of the property was actually having it as a neighborhood access point. Dick Hilliard, 338 11th St., distributed to the Commission the police report and pictures of the accident he had when he hit a boulder in the right-of-way that was hanging over the street. He addressed the boulder in the street stating there seems to be no control over what residents put in the right-of-way in front of their homes. He stated he would like to see somebody find out what authority the City has over people putting things on the right-of-way. He stated he was told to get the money from the insurance company and pay his deductible. He stated he had $900 in damage to his car. He stated the City needs to quit looking the other way and do something about it. Chris Jorgensen, 92 W. 3rd St., addressed Tideviews Park, Sunshine Laws, parking for Beach Diner and thanked Commissioner Stinson for his article in the water bill. Lorraine Smith, 112 Poinsettia St., stated she has petitions signed by 1500 people against the Gate station and believes they prove almost no one living in Atlantic Beach wants the station. Glenn Shuck, 104 Sylvan Dr., addressed his opposition to the Gate station and asked that they refer the issue to the Community Development Board. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #lA MARCH 14,2016 Page2 Diana Townsend, 266 Poinsettia St., thanked Commissioner Hill for his responses to her about the Gate project. She asked that the Commission vote to put the Gate project before the Community Development Board. Mike Whalen, 1420 Mayport Rd., stated small business owners are under assault in Atlantic Beach due to the developers. He stated he is opposed to the Aquatic Drive development. John November, 271 East Coast Drive, thanked the Commission for acquiring the Bennett property and addressed what he would like to see out there. He stated he is also excited about the hens, stating he believes it will increase sustainability for our community. He further thanked City Attorney Komando, stating he has displayed nothing but professionalism and courtesy. He stated he also looks forward to working with the staff on enforcement of the tree ordinance. Genora Crain-Orth, 2922 Forbes St., Jacksonville, stated she came in support of the hen ordinance and explained the project in Jacksonville. Commissioner Hill asked if she would stay for questions during this issue's discussion. No one else from the audience spoke, so Mayor Reeves closed the Public Hearing. 1. Approval of Minutes A. Approve the minutes of the Commission Meeting of February 8, 2016. Mayor Reeves asked if there were any corrections to the above minutes. There were no corrections, so Mayor Reeves stated the minutes will stand as submitted. 2. Courtesy of Floor to Visitors This item was taken out of sequence and acted on earlier in the meeting. 3. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings A. Aquatic Townhomes Site Proposal and Contract. City Manager Van Liere explained that the attorneys for Tribridge and City Attorney Komando are still working out some legal language on the contract and asked that the Commission defer this to the next meeting. It was the consensus of the Commission to defer this to the next meeting. 4. . Consent Agenda ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION IN THE FORM LISTED BELOW. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON THESE ITEMS. A. Approve utilizing $737.99 of State Forfeiture Funds to purchase the Blackhawk Tactical Entry Kit. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING Motion: Approve Consent Agenda Item A as written. Moved by Waters, Seconded by Harding Votes: Aye: 5-Harding, Hill, Stinson, Waters, Reeves Nay: 0 MOTION CARRIED 5. Committee Reports None. 6. Action on Resolutions None. 7. Action on Ordinances A. ORDINANCE NO. 40-15-22, Public Hearing and Final Reading AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page3 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO PEOPLES GAS SYSTEM, A DIVISION OF TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A NON-EXCLUSIVE NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SAID FRANCHISE MAY BE EXERCISED; MAKING FINDINGS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REPEALING PRIOR ORDINANCE. City Clerk Bartle read the Ordinance by title. Mayor Reeves opened the Public Hearing. No one fi·om the audience spoke so he closed the Public Hearing. Motion: Approve Ordinance No. 40-15-22 as read. Moved by Hill, Seconded by Harding Votes: Aye: 5-Harding, Hill, Stinson, Waters, Reeves Nay: 0 MOTION CARRIED Mr. VanLiere acknowledged that the TECO representative was here in the audience. Mr. Jeff Whitson, 4040 Phillips Hwy., representing TECO, thanked the Commission and stated they look forward to serving the City as they have done over the past 30 years and stated if anyone has questions or problems, please call them. B. ORDINANCE NO. 20-16-136, Public Hearing and Final Reading AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2015 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 FOR APPROPRIATING FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION E-CRASH IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Clerk Bartle read the Ordinance by title. Mayor Reeves opened the Public Hearing. No one from the audience spoke so he closed the Public Hearing. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING Motion: Approve Ordinance No. 20-16-136 as read. Moved by Hill, Seconded by Stinson AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page4 City Manager Van Liere explained the grant, which requires funds be spent out of a special account which they have set up. He stated it has revenue and expense so it is a net, no increase to the City. Votes: Aye: 5-Harding, Hill, Stinson, Waters, Reeves Nay: 0 MOTION CARRIED 8. Miscellaneous Business (Discussion only) A. Tideviews Park Improvements Discussion. City Manager Van Liere stated they are working on improving the park and are suggesting that they bring this plan to the citizens who live in that area and have them help consider what they might want to put in that plan. He stated he has discussed with Commissioner Harding holding a meeting on location on a Saturday, so they could get some input from the community. Commissioner Harding stated there have been citizens who are concerned they will not have any input and he agrees they should have a community forum on the site, stating he is more than willing to head that up. Commissioner Hill stated he believes it is counter-intuitive to add parking to that end of the park; it is a community-based park. He stated he wants to make sure that doesn't happen without a very in-depth conversation. He stated he wants to address any safety hazards and make it a usable facility. He stated, however, any big improvements, he was hoping to do incrementally. He stated he also believes this is a natural park and not a baseball, soccer, etc. park. He stated he believes it is important they maintain as much natural feel to it as possible. Commissioner Waters agreed with Commissioner Hill, stating when they purchased the Bennett property it was to improve ingress and egress from within the community. She stated there is parking that is underutilized at the main entrance to Tideviews Park and whatever they can do to direct car traffic to the existing parking would be beneficial. Commissioner Stinson asked the City Manager to discuss the cost of $500,000 for development of this area. Mr. Van Liere stated these improvements are not in the current year's budget. He stated they would have a community meeting to get ideas and decide on the amenities they would like to have in the park, if any. He stated the $500,000 is not so much a makeup of a list of projects but an amount of funds that has customarily been approved in the past by FIND as an upward limit. He stated those funds may or may not become available to us so we would have to come up with our match for those funds and then go through the budget process and hope we get FIND funding. He stated this will be a pay as we go and, hopefully, with grant help. Discussion ensued. Mayor Reeves agreed that $500,000 is a lot of money and believes they need to have a citizen meeting on site. He stated he is concerned about the improvements they need to make to the parks, currently. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14,2016 Page 5 Commissioner Stinson asked for an overview of the timeline. City Manager VanLiere stated he was looking at March 12 or 19 for a community meeting, which could give some time to knock the house down. He stated regarding the grant, he believes they can outline some ideas, without being exactly specific about what they are doing. He stated they would hopefully have enough to put in the grant application to get our name on the list to get some funding. He stated, if not, they can always reapply the next year and try again. Further discussion ensued. City Manager stated this item does not need to come back to the next meeting. He stated after they have a town meeting, then they can come back with some ideas/suggestions. Commissioner Hill stated they should give staff clear direction to make the site safe. Commissioner Stinson stated he believes they need to give a clear directive of a target budget. He also stated based on our Marsh Master Plan, this has to be a natural preserve and park. Commissioner Harding stated they have already allocated the money to raze the house, make it green space, remove all the structures and fences and make the property safe. He stated he believes the money they are speaking of now, in terms of the grant and any future monies that may be allocated, are going to be strictly dependent upon the plans they get from the community involvement. He stated he isn't sure what they need to put on the agenda until they decide exactly what it is that they are going to be talking about, at a future date, trying to accomplish and what kind of plans they are going to put together for the property. Mayor Reeves stated he would like the City Manager to do a staff report with Chief Deal regarding the safety out there. He also would like staff to send a notice to all homes in the area regarding the meeting. He suggested perhaps using the Chiefs sign to announce this meeting. Mr. VanLiere asked if they want to set Saturday, March 12, as the date, with a back-up date of 19th. Mayor Reeves asked that the Commission get back to the City Manager on the date. It was the consensus of the Commission to move this item forward. B. Consideration of Hen Permits. Commissioner Hill explained this is mostly driven from a County initiative to look into this issue. He stated the County has done a permitting experiment to see how this would work and it came out with no major flaws. He stated he has had citizens asking about this since he has been in office. He stated he would like to remove the governmental restriction to do this. He stated the challenge is how they do this. He suggested doing this in an ordinance form through the regular process. He stated he would like to trust the County's test and move it forward after they answer some of the questions. He stated he would like to have an open discussion to see if this is something the Commission is interested in and bring an ordinance back later. Commissioner Waters stated she is in support of this. City Attorney Komando stated Commissioner Hill had recommended skipping the pilot step and asked, in drafting an ordinance, if that was the preference of the Commission. He stated the City of Jacksonville has a training program and asked if that was an aspect they are going to incorporate as well. He also asked how they would revoke a permit and what is the limit on number of permits. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page6 Mayor Reeves stated he believes the Jacksonville ordinance is done well. He stated he has done some research on chickens and noted some pros and cons he found in his research. He stated he spoke with the instructor in Jacksonville who said he could also provide training instruction here for no charge. He expressed concerns about enforcement. Commissioner Hill stated his envision of this would be an Ordinance that was extremely heavily weighted and crafted that would allow the removal of the permit and, in lieu of a long test period, he would like to make it clear that you could lose your permit for various reasons, which will need to be discussed as they go. He stated he would not consider this without a training program. He stated the permit fee should recoop any additional costs it creates bureaucratically for the City. He stated chickens provide one of the best test beds for a community for viruses/diseases and asked the previous speaker if she knows if there is a test bed for the new virus sweeping through Central America and in Florida pretty heavily. Ms. Crain-Orth stated she is not aware if the Zika virus is or not, but stated there are flocks of sentinel chickens strategically located around the City in undisclosed locations where blood is sampled from them on a weekly basis. She explained when a chicken is bit by a mosquito that is infected with encephalitis or similar disease, the antibodies in that chicken go through the roof; and when they test that chicken they can see that has happened. She stated if a subsequent mosquito bites that chicken and extracts blood, the chicken doesn't transmit that virus. Commissioner Stinson stated he would be in favor of a pilot program that limits the number of permits and believes a training program should be required. He stated the permit revocation process may be much more complex than they imagine. He stated he believes they should go to Jacksonville and ask what this has cost them. He stated if they are going to introduce another aspect into the management and enforcement issue for our police and code enforcement staff, how much of a larger burden will it be, what will it cost to enforce, etc. Ms. Crain-Orth explained the way the City of Jacksonville handled this was that the Animal Care and Control does not respond to calls on chickens; their purview is basically dogs and cats, due to their budget. She stated written into the ordinance language is, if someone decides they want to surrender their chicken, they can't surrender it to Animal Care and Control but have to take it to an approved location. She stated Standard Feed was the approved location named in the Jacksonville Ordinance. Commissioner Stinson asked what about the people who don't want to get rid of their chickens, but don't want to take care of them. Ms. Crain-Orth stated that is managed through municipal Code Enforcement. Discussion ensued. Ms. Crain-Orth added Neptune Beach is treating a coop as an accessory structure, which she believes may work in Atlantic Beach as well. She further stated related to enforcement, Jacksonville's is enforced by complaints. She stated if a neighbor complains, Code Enforcement can visit the backyard on a noticed visit to ensure that they are abiding by the rules and, if they are not, their permit is subject to be revoked. Building and Zoning Director Jeremy Hubsch stated they would likely want to add something in the accessory structure section of the Code for the chicken coops. He stated there is also the issue that they would not want the coops in the front or side yards and would want to have some standards there as far as setbacks go. He stated even the Jacksonville Code was put into their Zoning Code and their supplementary regulations where they put a whole separate section of criteria that if they are not met, code enforcement action can be taken. He stated we have a supplementary regulation section of our code where we could put February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page7 something specific to backyard chickens in there and create a set of standards including setbacks, which would require amending our zoning code and would have to go through the Community Development Board. Mayor Reeves stated he would like to recommend staff check to see if there are any enforcement problems in Jacksonville. Mr. Hubsch stated he is friends with some Jacksonville staffers who have been dealing with this Code and will reach out to them to see how it has worked for them. Further discussion ensued. It was the consensus of the Commission to direct staff and the City Manager to work with the City Attorney and the Commission and, once the City Attorney has enough to bring it back, staff will bring it back to the agenda. C. Budget Calendar and Strategic Planning. Mr. Van Liere explained the budget calendar and strategic planning. He stated strategic planning is a long- tetm vision, which considering how loaded their schedule is, they may or may not want to do every year; it is not necessary that they do it every year. He stated he could find a facilitator to go through this strategic planning process again if they want or he could offer to have pre-budget meetings with each of the Commissioners to get feedback. He stated he needs direction if they want to go through that process. Commissioner Hill stated rather than a facilitator he would like to see our HR Director and Department Heads have a strategic planning discussion in an open format. He believes it would be beneficial for the new Commissioners to get their thoughts and plans out because there is no other opportunity. He stated he would like to see it facilitated internally and department heads engaged. Commissioner Waters agreed it is financially unnecessary to do outside strategic planning every year and seems reasonable to keep some of it in-house. Commissioner Stinson agreed they do not need an outside facilitator for this process. He believes strategic planning for a city is a little unique in that this Commission changes its face every two year and the next Commission may have a much different perspective/direction they would like to take the City. He stated he doesn't believe it has to be a ten-year plan but believes they do need to have a plan; if they don't have a plan they will fail without it. Commissioner Hill clarified he was leaning more toward our HR Director for facilitation because she has handled things similar to that but if that is not a fit, he is not making that a recommendation. Commissioner Harding stated he also agrees that an outside facilitator is not necessary; he believes we have competent staff. Mayor Reeves discussed the budget, stating one of the Commission's most responsible duties is how the City's money is being spent. He stated he does not want to see a millage increase; he wants to see a millage decrease for the citizens, but doesn't want to see a budget that makes somebody lose something if they reduce the money. He stated he doesn't believe in that type government. He believes they can tweak the current budget and not take any services away from our citizens. Commissioner Waters clarified that even with the rollback in place, we still have the lowest millage rate of all three beaches cities. She agreed it makes sense for each of the departments to present their budgets. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 PageS Commissioner Hill stated the City expects and anticipates a higher level of service so they are not dollar for dollar the same as every community around them. He stated when you cut the budget to the point where citizens feel it, they will come and push back in the other direction; it is a balance. You have to make sure you are not wasting money and he gives current staff a lot of credit. He stated they have made some unique adjustments as the writer of the budget for many years. He stated they are seeing some savings and he wants to make sure they are giving clear, big picture directions to staff. Mayor Reeves agreed with Commissioner Hill, stating every citizen should get the best and everyone who works for the City works for the citizens. He stated one reason he is so strong about reducing our millage rate, and Commissioner Waters is correct that we do have the lowest, is that right now with the new development in Atlantic Beach Country Club it will bring us another $425,000 of new taxes. He stated that doesn't mean we take that and go out and spend it. Further discussion ensued. City Manager Van Liere explained the budget workshop process, stating it has always been the City Manager's job to propose the budget to the Commission and then have staff give the presentations on the individual items that are in it. He stated he believes it is important that each of them understand all of the budget, not just a section of it because the funding sources are very intertwined. He stated the past 2-3 years, they haven't had a directive to cut taxes or cut the budget. He stated instead they have been trying to rebound and they finally had some tax revenues to work with and were able to give employees some raises. He stated he knows that they have an increased thirst for a higher level of service, especially in park maintenance, etc. He stated it will be a challenge to do more with less revenue but he believes that his task is to put that proposal together as best he can and present it to the Commission. Discussion ensued. 9. City Manager A. City Manager's Report. • 90-Day Calendar (March 2016 through May 2016). Mr. Van Liere reported the City Attorney selection process begins and he will get with the Commission on the meeting date for Tideviews Park. He pointed out some of the events on the March calendar. 10. Reports and/or requests from City Commissioners and City Attorney Commissioner Harding • Excited to meet with the citizens, stating there have been a lot of misconceptions that hopefully this meeting will clear up, and he is looking forward to get their ideas and plans. • Reported on the FLC dinner/meeting last Thursday and encouraged the other Commissioners to attend. • Will be unavailable from March 24-28 and will not be at the March 28 meeting. Commissioner Waters • Congratulated the Donna Hicken Foundation on a successful marathon. • Thanked the other Commissioners for working around her schedule with the Special Called Meeting. February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING Commissioner Hill AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page9 • When the audience presents items that are not on the agenda he believes they need to address them. He believes they need to address the issue with the rock and the damage to Mr. Hilliard's car. Stated he would like a report at the next meeting on a solution to the right-of-way encroachment. • There is some serious drug paraphernalia being sold in our convenience stores that he wants to have some action taken to move toward removing. He stated he would like to make that a priority. • He believes the City Attorney should speak briefly to where we are at with the Gate issue. • Discussed the deterioration of the small business environment and believes they need to make some effort to encourage these businesses and would like the Planning and Permitting Department to look into this to see if there are some solutions on the table that other communities might be using. Commissioner Stinson • Concurs with Commissioner Hill's comments about Mr. Hilliard's car. • Referenced a resident who spoke tonight who stated it appears they do not care. He stated he apologized because he believes they all do care very much. • Heard more comments on chickens tonight than he has had on multiple requests for the Commission to reevaluate our emergency management program and that bothers him. At the request of the City Manager, Chief Deal gave an update on the police building stating the general contractor, Auld and White, sent out the bid packages to the subcontractors last week and they have scheduled March 1 to do a walk-through of the Police Department to get a scope of the project. He stated they hope to have a GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) to the City on March 17 and they will bring it to the Commission on April 11. He stated after Commission approval they hope to commence construction around May 1. He stated when construction starts the Police Department will have to vacate the building. He stated the Fire Department will stay. He stated the plan is to have the majority of the Police Department staff relocate to the City Utility Plant off of Assisi Lane; the patrol division will operate from Water Plant 2 on Mayport Road next to the Dollar Store, with the mobile command vehicle set up there; administrative staff (records clerk and administrative assistant) will be at City Hall in the North Conference Room, which will allow citizens to come to City Hall for police business, records, or services; Animal Control has been relocated to Adele Grage; communications center will be at the back-up communications center in Jacksonville. Commissioner Hill asked that the City Manager train his staff to prepare them for the potential new customer, including threat recognition. Chief Deal stated he will meet with City Hall personnel and go over different things they can do to be alert for and watch out for and also some protocols they should do if they have a concern. Chief Deal also reported on the records management system. City Attorney Komando • Gave an update on Gate gas station permit approval, stating Mr. Adeeb and Mr. Eakin have filed an appeal of the Planning Director's decision to approve the preliminary site plan permit. He stated at this point he has reached out to the applicant and to Mr. Eakin to determine how much time they need regarding presenting their case. He stated Mr. Hubsch is compiling all of the City's documents which will be distributed to all parties so they are all working off of the same set of information. He stated at the point that they have consensus from the people involved as to how much time they need, he will ask the City Manager and City Clerk to check with the Commission about when they would like to schedule the hearing. • Reported Commissioner Stinson initiated a meeting with the City Manager, City Clerk, HR Director and himself to try to make sure that the Ordinances conform to the job duties of what each department is doing, specifically about business tax receipts. He stated they are proposing an ordinance that will February 22, 2016 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM #1A MARCH 14, 2016 Page 10 come before the Commission, as long as there are no objections, which is why he is bringing it up now. He stated the plan is to present an ordinance for discussion at the next meeting. Mayor Reeves • Reminded everyone that Atlantic Beach Elementary received an A and they will have an open house on May 3, 1-2 pm. • Also reported on the FLC dinner/meeting. • Stated March 5 is opening day for ABAA and he has purchased a $500 banner and, if it is okay with the Commission, it will be from him and the Commissioners. He encouraged the Commission to attend to let them know they support them. • As Clyde Bradley brought to their attention, the City is in the process of putting a national marker at the location for the 1942 camp that was here during the war, near the golf course. • Wants to set up a business summit, in the future, to meet with the business owners. • Stated he is knocking on doors each Saturday, to get feedback from our citizens. • Supports Commissioner Stinson on our emergency plan and wants the training exercise. He stressed that he wants the City Manager to act on this. • Stated he wants to see Parks and Recreation start giving committee reports. Mr. Van Liere stated they are supposed to give two reports a year, one of which they give during the budget meetings, but he has not seen them give the mid-year report. He stated he spoke with Timmy Johnson and he is having issues in finding a quorum for the next meeting and they believe that structure needs to be restructured to allow fewer members to be a quorum. Commissioner Stinson stated one of the things they are doing now is trying to put together a meeting with the Board Member Review Committee and all the Chairmen of the various boards to discuss membership, what they need to do to attract membership, how they can evaluate the members they have, etc. • Discussed the Town Center Board and the possibility of the City Managers attending in place of the Mayors. Commissioner Hill stated, as Mayor Pro Tern, he would be willing to attend those meetings in the interim. • Asked the City Manager to begin attending the monthly meetings of Beaches Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to represent our City and to give the reports. • Has a meeting with the Secretary of DOT in Tallahassee on the 24th to discuss Mayport Road and funding for the ferry. He will also testify before two committees in Tallahassee on February 25 on the elections and keeping home rule and in support ofthe Better Jacksonville Plan. • Reported the Defined Benefit Pension for General employees will be totally funded within 10 years and the City could be totally out of debt in 16 years. Adjournment There being no further discussion, Mayor Reeves declared the meeting adjourned at 9:13p.m. ATTEST: Donna L. Bartle, CMC City Clerk Mitchell E. Reeves Mayor/Presiding Officer