First of all, welcome to the District 1 Town Hall Meeting Fall this 24th, 2026. Thank you for coming out and devoting your time to have a conversation about this community that you and I follow. A lot of exciting things that are taking place. I don't know if you've had the opportunity to drive you around. Of course, some transitional work is already taking place. But it wouldn't be a community without your involvement, without your participation, without your voice. So, tonight I'm here to hear from you. Tonight you hear from me as well as some of the city departments that serve our community and what they're doing to improve quality of life and make life better for each and every one of us. I'd like us to begin with some invocation and a pledge of allegiance. My big buddy will do the pledge. Let us pray. Almighty God, we thank you for the end of the day. We thank you for this opportunity to assemble this community, unity, as one voice for this community we call. Thank you for gracing us for life and strength in our life. Thank you for this opportunity to assemble as one. Hear our speech, give us wisdom in the things that we say. Give us a receptive ear to hear what has been said. And give us wisdom to move forward. The objective here is to make our community better, not just for us, but for our children and grandchildren. We thank you for hearing over. We're praying to you. Sir, presenters this evening, and we will try to, it's not an overwhelming number of questions, we'll try to answer questions after each presenter, but our goal is to try and get you as much information as possible and get you out of here by 7-30. That's the objective. Since we have started a new school year, I thought it would be appropriate to have our school board member that covers District 1 to come and share with us tonight. Those of us may not have kids in the school system, but we do have neighbors and grandchildren. District 1. So please receive Tony Ricardo, who goes on his school board, District Number 1, representative. Senator, I appreciate you all attending and attending and interested. I figured I'd start out first with one of the hot topics of the last two weeks. As you know, any commercial building usually has to run a piece of machine in order to be asked. We do run those during the summer. That's a question that's been asked quite a bit. There are some, just three things that happen. Wires being run raw and up against cabinets and short things out. Lightning strikes and those kind of things. This year has been an unusually high number of incidents on air conditioning units. So yes, there's been quite a few. And they are all being taken care of. As far as I know, we're on top of all of them as I speak right now. Tomorrow could be a good day. As far as attendance, we're doing very well. But as you know, or maybe don't know, the birth rate is going down. So our attendance rates in most of the schools are declining slightly. This is not due to just charter schools or choices. Yes, those choices are out there. But our attendance is declining very, very slight. Most of the schools are just losing maybe 20 students or so. And that's been consistent over the last few years. We're working to rectify that. Again, my position when I campaigned was to make public schools very competitive. And I'm a firm leader in competition. So we need to offer the best products so the kids will come to us. We have a few projects. I'm not going to spend any time on it because I know it's coming up later. But we do have arts in public parks coming up and we're working on it. I'm trying to engage the students at Fort Carolina School of the Arts, the middle school, to participate in that. I have a background in commercial art and done several murals in the past. And I just want to have the students get the opportunity to experience something like that. So that's what we're trying to do is use the students at Fort Carolina to do the project as much as possible. Last item, the one mill. It's coming up on November and there's a lot of misinformation out there. And I'd just like to make sure that everyone understands what it is and where it came from, why it's there, and what the results have been over the last four years. The one mill, I'll take you back to 2022. We had a very severe teacher shortage at that time. I don't know if some of you remember that. We had a hard time retaining our teachers. So the board at that time in 2022, I was not on for it. The board at that time asked for one mill referendum. That's a dollar out of every thousand dollars of your own value going to the schools. Strictly to benefit teachers and their salaries as an added bonus. It also goes to arts programs and athletics. So all the fields, turf fields that you see out there, all the new tennis court surfacing and playground equipment, that all things from that one mill. And every dollar has a purpose. And it again came about as the result of 2022. What we're asking for or what's going to be on the ballot this time is a renewal of that one mill. It's not a new tax. Well, Tony, how much is that? Well, if you have a $350,000 house and you have a homestead, it's going to be around $30 or so. That's how much that one mill amounts there. Probably a little less than $30. But what does that mean for the teachers? For the teachers, it averages $8,600 or so per teacher and 7,054 teachers in the district last year. It's an incredible retention rate on our teachers. We have a plus 96% retention rate on our teachers coming back. We're not losing them like we were before. Also, as a result, you've got two years as an A-graded school, which is a big deal. It's never happened in Newark County. And so those people that are in direct contact with their kids, children in the classroom, they're having the biggest impact. They're the ones that are affecting the kids the most. They're the ones that are actually getting these dollars. We also have 98% DCPS rate of A-B or C schools throughout the county. And we have a 97.6% graduation rate. Arts programs have 16 schools and 223 teachers have been impacted through the arts programs and athletics programs. And in closing, the other, the last thing that I'll ask you to consider when considering this one mill approval. Consider the fact that all the counties around us have the one mill also. So it's not a very far jump to think that a teacher who lives in Newark County could actually go to another county and teach and receive that extra $6,000, $7,000 a year. Because the other counties will offer that extra pennies. So it's a very competitive market out here for teachers. It's just one of those things I'd ask you to very carefully consider when you go to the ballot this year. Okay. And do we have time for questions? Yeah, yeah. Any questions for a yearly fee? $3 a month or so. It's average. It depends on a lot of different variables, but it's round. Yes. Thank you. This is the caboose at Bruce Park. We're going to get into what's that look like. State going down, going steady going up. Yes. Everybody's in a decline right now. Fortunately for Florida, we actually have tourists, people moving into the state. Otherwise, it would be a lot more obvious. But yeah, our folks here are not having as many kids. We're not replacing them. Thank you. Yes. 2025-0867 was the Duval County Public School CIP joint venture with the city of Jacksonville. Have you identified a CIP capital improvement project for your school board district and working with any council members on trying to advance any type of a CIP project? You know, for the school board. Yes. We have, Council Member Merrill and I have talked about several safety projects in the area. Primarily, the biggest one is Merrill Road Elementary and right down the street, Don Brewer. The floor of Don Brewer. Right now it's Gratz McCann. Those are identified as very dangerous situations as far as traffic and quick traffic for the students. As you know, it gets very, very crowded in the school time. We're trying to alleviate the healing in the background. Go ahead. And what about the upcoming where to be located? The things that were pretty, like Bay Meadows was dealing with, was that the 15 mil, but yet the 15 mil to renovate one of those projects? That doesn't make a logical sense of any loss. So, these are only items being discussed at the time, okay? So, there's a lot of variables in that to get into real deep, but in just real short, there are four projects that are being considered to move to. One of them is super duper expensive, probably not going to happen. The other one is the old Prominence Parkway where we were slightly moved the last time there was an offer. That's a little too far away for most people's taste. I like the building, but it's too far away. The other two being considered are Town Center, which is where the parent center is right now. We have the option to buy a couple of buildings in there. We're still studying that. It's also a park museum drive. The other one is the development in the building of Regency Square, which is what I kind of like. Because it's in our district, it's actually a development. And it moved that whole development along, I think. That's still under consideration. But like you said, we'd only get 14 for downtown. It's going to cost us more than that to move. However, something to consider is that we have other office people in two other buildings. So if we were to move all of us into the one building, we can sell it with the other two buildings if we're new. Between seven and ten buildings. So that's something that you have to consider adding to the pot. Let me expound on the Grask Academy and the, I mentioned it earlier, some in the community between Don Brewer and Maine. Yes. So we had a conversation over the weekend and again today with the superintendent. The school name goes with the students. So Don Brewer, actually the kids all went to Merrill Road and there was a consolidation. So Grask Academy, the school, the students, moved from Justina into the former Don Brewer. We will be having meetings and I would encourage you to go if you have feelings on this. We will be satis committee meetings over at the Grask Academy to voice your opinion. We're going to have a placard, I believe, and this is all subject to vote. We're going to have a placard to, for the libraries, to commemorate Mr. Brewer. And the name of Don Brewer will exist there. It's also going to be a motion, I would believe, that Grask Academy would be known as Grask Academy at Don Brewer. So the name would return, but again, that needs your public input at the section and school board meetings. Or if you want to email us, that would be good to you too. How much money would it cost to change the name? It's not, it's probably a few thousand dollars on the signs. It's just in selection of the signs and the station. They've already changed the name. Yeah. They just want to revert it back to Brewer, Arlington Residence. City Council, that feeling is don't just erase. Yeah, we're going to want to lose history there. One more thing I'd like Tony to explain. He touched on the extension of the one bill. I don't want that to be confused with amendment. Note today, you're going to be on the last page of your ballot. So don't forget to flip over your ballot. There's more items on it. This might be a free to pay for this time. So it will be on top. When is the second? It hasn't happened yet. The school just started. They don't even have the committees up yet. I will try and see what I can do about getting posted on social media. I don't know, maybe I missed something. But my understanding is that the paper is sold. No. No. That's not going anywhere. I didn't understand why we were selling a fairly new school. Yeah. Bringing the students into an older school that's already a little crowded. No. That was never under consideration. What's made sold is grass. Yes. Justina Elementary. That's on the block, correct? It's been surplus. It has not been surplus yet. That makes an official action of the board. So that will be coming up shortly. So Justina Elementary. Justina Elementary is the one that would be on the block. And it would go through. It would have to be declared surplus on its own. And then sold at a separate action. A microphone. But the Merrill Road Elementary is going on Hartsville Road. Let's just install the new crosswalk. Yes. Is that crosswalk going to have crossing guards? Well, that's up to the city. I mean, that is so dangerous right there with all the parents. Yes. Parking across the street in front of Woody's. I'm not Woody. So, anyway. Yes, I heard of you. I heard of you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But anyway, I mean, and they just, they go across there randomly at different locations. Yes. I'm aware, and I have been aware the last few years I've been in office, that that has been a source problem. We talked to the teacher. I was actually there at orientation. Talking to the parents, trying to get them to understand that it's a very dangerous situation to go from that parking lot and cross the middle of the road without the signal. And it's just a busy intersection. It's just a grim van. Is that going to be a flashing light thing? We're... There is. Yeah. In meeting with traffic engineering, I think that's the last piece that's going to go in there with that transformation. And I drove it today, and folks look like they're acclimating. Trust me. I've seen it. The day I saw them, I saw them minimize the risk of a kid getting hit or something. Stop it. Anyone else? We're moving on. Yes. On Townsend, great in the speed table on our neighborhood. Do you plan to do anything down on Lone Star between Townsend, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and Townsend, great in the speed table on our neighborhood. We plans to do anything down on Lone Star between Townsend and, say, Tracy. The same issues over there, I'm not sure, by the park, between the park and Tracy Road. Um. And Lynn's down for two ways down. Lynn's down. Yeah. That's complicated. Yeah. It's basically the same egress from Terry Park. It's the school complex, but on the south side instead of on the west side. Because you have Parkwood Elementary right there coming down. Right. Right. And Arlington Middle School. Right. Believe that, just a few sections are, and I'll take a look. Terry Park is sitting at, and we were concerned as to how it's approaching. Um. One lady on the way to school was crossing the road and got there. And, grace of God, she was okay, of course, she shoots me an email. I called her. She was in the hospital bed. How are you talking to me? But, with her experience, reached out to traffic engineering, and they saw the urgency. And so, right away, they came up with this solution. And I do believe that, given how weird that intersection is right there, with the crossing, with the speed hops, through there knowing that it's 30, but we're going 50. And so, we're going to get to the traffic engine. And so, we're going to get to the traffic engine. One thing that, maybe I need to bring this to traffic engineering, but when you're going north on Townsend, and you're coming around the curve with that first speed bump, you don't see that sign until you're on top of it. There's a tree block in your view. Plus you're on the curve. Okay. So, some logistics there need to be done for safety because they've already wiped out some of the... Well, visibility is a major concern. They won't be sure of the signage. It's not blocked by tree limbs or things like that. So, it would have been a slide. All right, moving on. Thank you, Tony, for coming out tonight and sharing with us. Our next presenter is Daryl Joseph of the Parks and Recreation, the Park 90. He touched on some of the things that are taking place in Arlington as well as in the work. A collaborative effort that's now taking place with Comfort Garden, School Board, and Frost. We all agree that Blue Cypress is an awesome park. Someone sent me an email a few days ago about a gator. So, Daryl has been on top of that as well. And they're finishing the clubhouse, the 12-volt golf course. Victory Park is in good shape, but there are some other facilities here that... So, Daryl, come on. Daryl Joseph of the Parks Department. I thought the councilman was going to get my update. So, we wanted to do it all over. Well, first of all, thank you all for being here tonight. Daryl Joseph of the Parks, City of Jacksonville. Been coming to this meeting for many years. So, thanks to the councilman for inviting me. So, we're going to start out with a question that I've asked you all before. So, if someone should know this answer in this room. How many parks do we have here in the city of Jacksonville? Four hundred. Four hundred. You guys are going to listen. So, we have over 400 parks here in the city of Jacksonville. That's a lot. I often say parks. We've never done. There's always something to do. But I do want to commend the work of coming to these meetings. And then, take lessons that I think for councilman Lomiro. What Gallivan has done over the years that he's been in office. So, thank you councilman for that. I provided a sheet. Hope you guys have this. I've got this more on the table. That you can take with me with these updates. I won't know a lot about one of the Mormon Studios. It's been a project we've been working on for years. That work is going to the next phase of design. To get more work done in that location. So, it will truly be the attraction that we've all planned for the need for many years. Justin Rowe Park is another facility. Recently we've completed a fence project here. There's a loop walking trail that's been completed. We are going to be planting trees this fall. As well as rig figuring parking lots. So, those projects are set to come. Blue Cypress Park. I can't say enough about that facility. There's a lot of work that's been done at Blue Cypress. The councilman alluded to the new clubhouse. We're working with JU, their golf team. They can raise private dollars to make that improvement. So, we're working through that project. We look forward to construction happening next year on that. One of the things that we started at the Blue Cypress swimming pool. I don't see any seniors in here, but we actually started a senior swim program. One of the things that we've learned from listening, seniors didn't like being in the pool at the same time as kids. So, we've opened up early. Lots of days during the week. And we actually had the swimming just allocated times for seniors to be in the pool. And I will tell you that they're successful to the point that we've opened up pools around the city that allow the senior swim offers. So, thank the seniors for participating. It happens past Friday. They had a pool party with about 150 people. Really? Yes. Bruce Park. Bruce Park. I've been working with Council Member Romero as well as School Board Member Ricardo. Bruce Park. There's a train capoose at that location. But for many years, they've been putting coats of paint on it after someone has marked it with graffiti or tried to set that location on fire. Studies show that when you actually put art on facilities, they don't get randomized as much. So, they're not going to work with the school board and some of the kids to actually do something that connects back to the Arlington area from an art project standpoint. We will work with the committee before we do it so we can select something that's in school, something that we all can do broadly. That project we anticipate happening next year. I won't build a lot of projects that have been completed. But again, Bruce's group, Blue Cypress, Cherry Park and Poole, Fort Carolina, Jarrett's Park, Red Point, Victory Park, and Norman Studios have all had projects completed over the last three years. Projects that are underway. We actually have a Fort Carolina volume-worn playground that's been designed. We expect that to be installed spring of 2027. Lake Lucena, the actual rice rules are getting upgraded at that location. And then Roddenham Park, we're actually looking to do term infills at that location. A couple of things I would want you all to know about and potentially get involved with. We actually have an adopt-a-park program. Again, having a whole bunch of parks. This allows more individual organizations to actually adopt a park in a trench. So we have a criteria in this case on it. So far we had 60 groups sign up all around the city. We also have a park partnership program. This allows for donations. We created a trust fund that allows you to write a check and there's a tax deductible donation that you can find for that. So if you want to buy a bench in recognition of a family member or a cat, dog, we can accept that and actually do that education. Not in town, so just with one. Friendship Fountain, anyone heard of that? Friendship Fountain, the first year when we opened back up, we had about 600,000 visitors. Last year we had 750. You see what I'm going to score in that trend? The number of people that are visiting Friendship Fountain is going up every year. With that, we do a night show at 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, and 9 o'clock. So if you have any members in town, please take them to it. Or if you want to just go down here and take a date and fix it up, please go and visit. Lastly, we've been trying to activate our record. We do have an event open downtown now. Jax. JaxJax.com You can take a look at it. They're going to be brought to. They're actually doing private events and other activities. With that, I'm answering your questions. How much is it available? Blue Cypress. At times it has a very large bloom. And then other times it has all kinds of things floating in it. Does the city monitor that? Thank you for that question. So, yeah. Blue Cypress are retention pods throughout our park system. We're actually having them on a maintenance schedule. As you can imagine, the amount of trash that gets put into our parks. Because our parks are getting a tremendous amount of use. So, if you have new neighbors, please make sure they're putting the trash where they're supposed to go. But yes, we do have those legs on a schedule for events. They're all great stuff. Thank you very much. And Justina Road Elementary Park. That image, the picture you're showing there. It's great things going forward. And that, in the upper right hand corner of that picture, just beyond the play field, is the spring head up there for the creek. That's the creek that runs through Jim Tom and on out to another cliff. And so, that's where it would be well. A lot of trash in that and so forth. So, if you all are kind of doing work in that area, you can kind of clean that up. Like I said, that is the spring head that needs that creek. Thank you. I work closely with Dana Stigler. The public works here. If it's outside of my park mountain, we will work together to make sure that it's looked at. But we do focus in on Westwood and the park mountain. But thank you for bringing us a lot of attention. I appreciate all the upgrades that you've done to Cypress Park. However, for 10 years, I was trying to get a swing set at Cypress Park. And with all the upgrades, there is one swing, not even a swing set. And I just wonder if there will ever be a swing set at Blue Cypress Park. So, one thing I will say, playgrounds look a little different than the playgrounds that we all grew up on. And there are safety requirements that we actually have to follow as well. And we do have a swing, you know, a traditional swing set at Blue Cypress just based on the footprint. But I will look at it. I was out there on Friday. I will look at it again to see if there's any room that we can expand that footprint out that will allow us to safely put in a traditional swing set. We recently, I didn't mention this, but we recently put in a picnic pavilion at Blue Cypress as well. And we look forward to what that will be moving. I will look at the swings that involve that building. Mr. Dennis of Blue State, I have for years unlocked and locked Ready Point Preserve on trying to limit various activities in the park after hours. Conservation there, there is a colony of being maintained and housed by some of our citizens. Placed shelters there and feed those cats on a regular basis. Those cats compete with the natural resources that park was created. Bugs and bunnies are pretty cute too. We would like the Parks Department to lean in on that if they would please. Thank you for that. And yes, we work closely to properly have the groups that provide, you know, eating of the cats. We came up with a process for that. But as you know, we do have some that kind of do their own thing. But we'll follow up on that location. And second, an observation. The city is tearing down the Museum of Science and History. It's great to hear that 750,000 visitors have enjoyed Friendship Fountain. Wouldn't it be nice if that property was added to the Friendship Fountain Park? That's District 5, but it's a good thought. I don't know if the permit was being shot by DIA. Currently, DIA, actually, all of that property is not parked. In the short term, they did parking for the air. Long term, we have plans of hotel and other things at that location. Well, green space would really be nice downtown, wouldn't it? I agree. I have one complaint. As you're coming out of Blue Cypress and you look south, you can't see the traffic coming. All that grow from the fence right there. Which location? By the center or down by the golf course? By the golf course. If you come out, you look to the right. Growth has grown back over the fence. But you have to almost come out of the university to see what's coming down off that hill. That's exactly right. I've almost been a head coming up. All right. Thank you. Thinking back on the issue with the swing sets at Blue Cypress, I have three grandkids. Two and three. We visit a lot of playgrounds. Not so much lately because of the heat. But I have been amazed at the types of swing sets that are available for the smaller kids, but also for the physically challenged children and older children. They've got swings that an adult can sit with their child, whether their child is five years old or 15 years old. We really like to have something like that at Blue Cypress for our kids as well. Because down around the beaches area, Southside area, Orange Park, they're outpacing us in ADA compliance for swing set equipment and playground equipment for kids. Thank you. One more and we'll try to move on to my hands. I have two questions actually. I am wondering about the gator since we have a friend that's feeding the gator now. And the other thing is that the removable bollard that's right there at the entrance by the tennis courts has been gone for a long time. And now people are pulling in to pull their cars up by the soccer field. And we had the food truck there on Saturday that had pulled his truck up by the soccer field. So I'm wondering if that's going to be repaired or not. But the gator is quite upsetting because he is getting fed down by the tennis courts. And like this lady that has her three little grandchildren over there, we've caught him sunning on the bank a few times. And he's not little. I've already called. She called in about the gator and we actually have a permit with FWC who actually removed gators from public facilities. Not only that, but they can find the people there. Correct. Yeah. So we've already called that in. They've come out to the park. I guess the gator was hiding the day that they came out. But they had to come out and they aren't aware of it and they're working on it. So I'm going to call back up with them on time when they have a permit to remove that gator. As far as the bottlers, one thing for those just for clarity, the bottlers are things that we do to keep people from driving in areas that they shouldn't drive. And you would be amazed the number of people that take the time to remove bottlers that we put in. So we constantly put those back in. In certain locations, we have to put them in economically. Is your plan to add parking at Blue Cypress? That would be the problem solver. Well, no. I mean, honestly, there's a result of the problem. There's plenty of parking that people don't like to walk. So they have plenty of parking out there. Yes. There's not enough parking. So there's no plan to add any additional parking at this time. But we are working with that association that uses it to make sure that they do use the parking from it. I just look at one more. A joint question for you, Mr. Joseph, and also to address JSO. Back at Brady Point Preserve, there has been an influx of surrogative activity with homeless people camping out in that area. Also, some gunshots have been fired and the gate is not locked and unlocked on a consistent basis. That does deter a lot of people. But at the end of Cutwater Lane, the 5400 block, there's a back entry there, I believe, where workers accessed the preserve. It just has a lock and a flimsy gate up there, but it's a walk around. And you can see teenagers going in there with cases of beer, doing other things, maybe small campfires. And again, that's starting to create a big litter problem in the park. So I don't know if it's public works or you guys that would take care of that and JSO to probably control more and go through there. We'll check that out. Well, thank you for bringing this to my attention. We work closely with JSO, as well as the FRD pad, too, regarding this homeless camps and activity that's not permeated within the park. So we'll take a look at this and make sure we follow them. All right, JSO will be up in a few minutes. And folks, if you had done recently, there was some CRA work done. I'm just glad to hear that the fence is finally getting repaired. And it's really looking good at business and tree planting and some of the things of that maybe we're trying to address in the corridor. And there are one thing with a quick question. On the trust fund, is that the one that I, this is that station? What Darrell was suggesting there, and you know, there's no pressure here, but if you guys want to send in whatever, keep that fund lily. It's there to maintain our park system. And the reason it came into existence is that government has a paradigm where they do the work, but then the main thing is to get to it. Nina Sickler, she is the Director of Public Works. Come on, Nina. So, Pat, happy to be here. And as you may know, I'm also a resident of District 1. So, a lot of the projects that we're working on here are near and dear to my heart. So, Darrell always comes with something colorful, and, but this time he has copies for everybody. I do have some colorful things to show you, but I did make copies for everybody. But afterwards, I'd be happy to walk you through some of the things I'm going to talk about this evening. So, first thing I want to address is the traffic engineering questions that came up. Traffic engineering is a division of public works, and so we've been working closely with Kathleen from the Department of Commerce, as I mentioned, on those school safety projects. My team had 15, a mid-stress list of 15 projects, school safety, that they wanted to do over the summer. So, that's two months. And so, they completed 10 of those, and there's five in the bar that are at the lower time of the year. Those two that we talked about, Perry Parker High School. So, they are waiting on the flashing lights, the RFVs, the parks to come in, and it takes some time for them to get here. But everything else should be finished, and we're waiting on those to come in and not finalize that project. Meryl Elementary, our understanding is that we'll work with JSO to look at Boston Birds without location. I don't know if there are any out there now, but that was the understanding that Boston is in. That we'd be able to coordinate with JSO to be across the board to that location. So, with that, on to four projects that we've been working on for some time. And we had a meeting earlier today that they're open to progress. So, the first one I'd like to remember is the University of Boulevard to Blue Streets project. That is the enhancements on Peterson Boulevard from all of his restaurant up to Merrill Road. And we have a local meeting coming up on Wednesday evening from 5 to 6.30 at New Cyprus. And we will have a brief presentation and some bigger displays for you to see up about that. I have a few things with me today to talk you through it. But where we have been on that project is what's called the Project Development and Environmental Study, PD&E. And that has been to evaluate things like traffic, environmental impacts, impacts to businesses, to develop four alternatives. And so we'll bring those four alternatives on Wednesday. Essentially, the first two, one and two, keep the roadway with the same number of lanes that we have now. The difference between one and two is that one increases signals. And alternative two has some relative times a little bit. And then alternatives three and four include a lane repurposing between Arlington Road and River Road, which is just south of Merrill. And so that provides a little bit on the sidewalk. And then it has to keep wider pedestrian paths. And so you'll see those alternatives. Same group for those two alternatives. Alternative three uses signals mostly. And alternative four includes American paths. So I look forward to hopefully you guys come on today to take a look at that in more detail. And again, I have a few displays here for you to look at. They're interesting. Let's see. The next thing I've got to talk about is our Arlington, welcome to Arlington South. So Council Member Amaro has graciously agreed to put some of his moving events, agreement dollars towards that. It is at the southwest quadrant of University Boulevard in the Loch Ness Restway. So if it comes to downtown, it's the first interchange. It'll be the ramp on the right. It will be an unlimited sign with some things keeping around it. And we put that out to bid. And we have a bid that we're working through. And hopefully we'll be able to get that started very soon. Council Member Amaro has, I guess, encouraged us to be done by the end of the year. So we are working towards getting that done. And really one of the reasons for that is because we have another project that we've been working with DOT on. And I'm really happy to say they have agreed to partner with us to provide the escaping through a segment of Arlington's investment. That is essentially from west of University Boulevard up to State Street. And we've worked through that. They put a billion and a half towards that for construction. And happy to say that we've got to report today that FUT intends to let that construction remember this is our thing about that we're going to do next year. So we want to keep that sign installed. And I have a rollout plot here that I can show you as to where they have a rollout. Another project that DOT has agreed to do for us is incremental roundabout. So, of course, at University Boulevard, we have that roundabout that's sort of to the south along the expressway. And in order to go downtown when you're in Clifton, you've got a daily ramp that you're weaving in order to go west. And so DOT is changing that northern movement to another roundabout. So you have to go around the roundabout and then into downtown when you're coming from the Clifton side. So that project is under-designed right now. On top of that, they have agreed to include improvements to the median along Arlington Expressway, all the way out to the south side of the road. So for many, many years, as you all know, that fencing and the old handers, people are cutting the fence. And, you know, it's a big safety issue. So DOT will be putting in a concrete barrier with landscape. Hopefully on either side, we can put that in to improve safety and also, hopefully, to eliminate the look of having a parallel fence. Throughout that section. So to look on that, they've allotted $10 million to that roundabout leaving project for us. And they expect to put that out for construction in 2028. So those are the projects that we have going on right now. And we'll give them any questions. Statistics on the roundabouts and how much trouble or non-trouble that they cause. There are. And I would ask for our tracking attorney folks to provide more details. We'll provide that to the council. The primary thing about the roundabouts is that any crashes that do occur are happening at a much lower speed. So the folks who run signals, they may be traveling at their main crew speed, which is 35 miles an hour. When you get to a roundabout, those types of incidents are happening at maybe 15 miles an hour. So the severity and injuries in a roundabout are much less. Also, typically in a roundabout, you don't have a full constant place. So when you're at an intersection of a signal, you may have three moving. You may have a left turn from one direction, another turn from the off street. And so at a roundabout, when you're trying to join that roundabout, you're only looking at either maybe a pedestrian and maybe one vehicle. So it creates less real-to-gen walk out of the world. That's the type of engineering science behind it. But the problem is people don't know how to drive them. And that's my thing. It's horrible. I would rather send a signal and know I can be safe than to go in a roundabout and you have all these people cut you off because they don't know where to go. Yeah, we challenge them. But the other part about roundabouts is that they operate better in storm-heavy environments because we're not dependent on the signal or the signal head or anything structural in order to control traffic. So I understand the challenge with the roundabouts. We don't use the regular, but we do value making more reasonable. We don't have that. I have a student from one that is around about in Hartsdale in Fort Caroline. The pavement in it is tearing up our pavement. Yes. Captain Temple never brought that up to us every day. Now, other windows, one of the big storms that came through lately, got the whole bunch of limbs on university from Fort Caroline all the way to Great Point. They've been sitting in the ditch for two months. They say they don't pick up yard waste in front of people's house. This guy cut a tree down, put it in front of his house. It's been sitting there for two months. They haven't picked it up. You go right into the State Farm agent guy. He's got a pile there, put it in there for two months. Nobody's picking up this yard waste or limbs down. Are they cut to the size that's in the yard waste? The ones that nature falls down in the ditch, it's not in front of anybody's house. And nobody's going to go out there and cut it up. The other challenge is that when in front of a business or something where you see things that pile up so neatly, the question is, did that guy get it? Did that guy do it himself? Or was it a commercial contractor? And if it's a commercial contractor, then should the taxpayer pay it? The other challenge is that when in front of a business or something where you see things that pile up so neatly, the question is, did that guy do it himself or was it a commercial contractor? And if it's a commercial contractor, then should the taxpayer pay for a commercial contractor's work be taken away? And so that's kind of the challenge. How would the city know that? Yeah. That's the problem. That's why it sits there. Because they don't know. They assume that it's a commercial contractor because it's from a commercial contractor. But maybe it sounds lower aware. You can also reach out to the public doors and we'll make sure that it's handled. They are investigating. Absolutely. Go ahead. I'm here today. With the growth of our understanding, especially along the North Carolina road corridor, it's getting extremely fast. Don't be congested along that roadway. Is there any plans to widen that roadway or to deal with different traffic that's on that roadway along with North Carolina road? Or are there by a business drive, you know, where the public is, by Spanish blocks? If you're coming out of there, you look to the right. You can't see anybody coming from the signal with narrow unless you kind of almost jolt out in front. Because the way the road curves, there's trees. There isn't. You can't see paths. So I'm just saying to you how to do it. If for any site-based issues, we will, if we're made aware, we'll have some out there and we'll check that and improve your education to accommodate that. So, yeah. What is that? What about the roadways? The roadways. Say that again. The roadways. The roadways. We don't currently have a plan to widen the road. We can look at operational improvements. Whether that means the roadways or changing the signal timing of the time to date that are closed. But, you know, that we can certainly get there's continued issues with the level of service along those roadways. We can evaluate that from the future soon. Good question. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You stated that the concrete barrier down on the expressway, how tall is that going to be? It's about five foot four inches. Okay, so it's not going to be one. You sit down like 95. It's all right. It's not a 20 foot high sound wall. It's five foot four inches. We're talking about ways to put vegetation on it so that it looks like a removal structure. The second is you talk about putting all this landscape. The second is, you talk about putting in all this landscape, the problem is you don't put irrigation in, and then it doesn't get campaigned and it's hard. So, I mean, I appreciate beautifying, but we've got to take care of it and we have to work. Absolutely. So we work with the DOT, those plant materials are warranted for the first two years for plant establishment. And so depending on the vegetation that's put in there, we will either, you know, they're either going to be appropriately specified so that after this outfield area, then it will last, you know, weed irrigation or we will work with cedars to make sure that it can properly irrigate. If I can piggyback me, it's been in the meetings as well. The landscaping university roundabout, there's been conversation about irrigation and apparently there's already sourced there for that particular area. Legitimate thought about the rest of the corridor. I understand that there's going to be a meeting Wednesday night on the complete streets project, but I did have a quick question for you. Is this in conjunction with the CRA or working jointly with CRA on the streets project? You know, we are, we are coordinating with CRA. The expectation is that a lot of CRA projects will be complete before we move into the construction of this university project. So we are doing, we are working with them, for instance, we're hoping to underground as much electrical as we can in the corridor, depending on if we're federal miles. And in order to help accommodate that in the CRA projects, we are, they are putting in sleeping for, for the conductors that might need to go to the building. So, so we're trying to put the best we can to make sure that we are moving into the CRA. Will there be people from CRA at Wednesday nights maybe? Um, I will have to check and see, I would expect so, but I will go there. Thank you. Two more again, one more one. Go ahead. This is a joint question from Mr. Joseph and Ms. Sickler. Um, at Red Point Preserve, from University Boulevard to the entrance of Red Point Preserve, on the north side of Yachtman's Way, uh, the Brutnuckery, uh, vegetation is overgrown onto the street of Yachtman's Way, and it's turned a two-lane street into a one-lane street. However, recently, uh, I don't know if it's public works or if it's under Joseph's, uh, a contractor or a, uh, backhoe has come through and scraped that street and cleared out the second lane, but it left a lot of the scrapings and debris and leaves, and it's blocking the sewer drain, and, uh, it's just, it's done, but it's not finished. Who would be responsible for finishing and cleaning that, uh, that street? I think it's one of the bigger, but that's going to be it. What about the access road? The park, so we maintain, once you get it, so the road leading up to what we call the road. Well, if, when you say scraped, what do you mean by that? Do you mean to cut the overhanging vegetation? What are you talking about? Vegetation has grown into the street, excuse me, vegetation has grown into the street, and then, uh, the, uh, backhoe or bulldozer or whatever has scraped up the vegetation that has grown over and pushed it back, but now it's just, uh, dead leaves, branches, um, it's, it's not, it's, it's not cleaned up, it's been pushed back, but cleaned up. And you're, you're concerned it's not helping the board. Exactly. We will definitely take a look at it. Two items, both, the crosswalk issue. I would suggest, now, they cross, cross Hartsfield down at Merrill, since they have that new crosswalk end up by Mundo's. I'd cross all the students there for sending them down to cross Hartsfield, um, to cross Hartsfield up at the school. I'm pretty sure they have two crossing guards there. There may be something statutory about that, but it seems to maybe move one of those ladies up to the other one. So, now, uh, secondly, what the heck's going on with, uh, with the turn lane at Hartsfield? The, uh, I think it's one of the clean-out drains, you know, turned into a sinkhole. There was some, to the, to the credit, got on pretty quick, fixed it, but the fixed lasted about ten, five days. We had a big lay, but we're back out there now. So, it looks like there's a broken line, is it? What are the, the like-so keeps going away in the corner at Hartsfield? Well, hopefully you don't get it. On Olsen Road, where they did revisions, where they made, oh, I'm okay. Where they made a lane, I'm not going to get close. Where they made a lane into a bike lane. The only thing, you're at the turn lane. If you're not careful, it's now, it's both ways. If I don't keep an eye out, people speed through the bike lane. This is big enough for cars. I wish somehow they would have made it smaller, because as many people who live there, I've never seen one bike lane. There is this, for all I'm doing is really, uh, universal. It has to be the turn lane to my parents. I, I, I understand that challenge. I think at some point that was meant to be part of the port to the coast's portrayal, and that's why they should do that direction. If you're telling why, there's more, or at least they could put more time to live, you know, I almost think they'd hit twice. Thank you. If I don't want to show this to go on that. All right. Thank you, Nina. Uh, Nina has been very responsive. Woo! We have all the works, the record, and, uh, when it comes to the issues, the wrong thing, gives it a higher priority. And again, uh, she's an officer and resident. Uh, coming up, thanks, Nina. You know, you took my paper from me, but. Come back with, uh, Ricky Valentine from, uh, District 2, JSO. Come on. That's all right. A lot of familiar faces. Thank you for coming out. Thank you for being an active member of your community, working with us. It's the only way we can do this. If not, we're not going to be able to fix near the things that we want to get to. So, as a reminder, I know you, for Councilman Ameris, District 1. But when it comes to JSO, you actually split between District 1 and District 2. I'm the commander of District 2. And I'm better than the commander of District 1. So that's why they said that. And that's on this side of the bridge, so I'm over here. So I'm going to go over a couple of statistics, because I know I'm going to give you a bunch of, uh, questions after that. So I'm going to go with Echo, Foxtrot, Delta. Those are the different sub-sectors on this. And what I ask you to do is go to Jackshare, Colorado. Go to Neighborhoods. And when you go to Neighborhoods, the second paragraph, it will tell you to access the mapping tool. I challenge you to go on that mapping tool and put your address in there. No, we're not following you, and all we're doing is, it's allowing you to know exactly what sector you live in. So then when someone asks you what area you live in, you live in Delta, Echo, or Foxtrot, but then you also know how to follow those traits. For instance, the Echo sector right now, for the month, it's running down about 4%. The year today, it's doing very well, it's down 10%. Now the Foxtrot, or F1 sector, is right now up 50%, but that's when you had 18 or 12 incidences before. Now you've got 18 incidences. But for the year, it's down 30%. And Delta II, it's down 37%. For the month, it's down 11% year-to-day. And then the Delta VI is up 19% when it's got 31 incidences, 26%. Year-to-day, again, you're down 22%. So overall, District 2, which incorporates all of Echo and Foxtrot, right now we're down about 3% in total crime. District 1 is also right at 3%, because I pay attention to their numbers. And we also go to meetings for the sheriff. And when it comes to the two-day up, what I have right now is Foxtrot 1 increase is because of retail thefts. A lot of that's what we have. Once again, I'm going to go back to my challenge with you at JackShare.org. Go on our Unidentified Persons and Wanted page. Those are extremely important for you to go on there. And what those are, and years ago, Director Mark Ravonna, who's the director of the patrolling, we used to put out those bolos we were on the lookout for. Someone would go in Home Depot, and they would steal a generator. They'd get a picture of them, and they would put that out, and it would just go out into the atmosphere. And no one ever, it was like years ago when people said, well, you can tell who we are by our face. We didn't then, we're getting back now. So what happens is you pull that up, and you're like, wait a minute. That's so-and-so who used to live down here, or I know who that is, or that's Jimmy's son. You call to let us know, and we're going to find that individual. Identify them first, and then we go and get warrants. And that's why we do wanted Wednesdays and soft Sundays if you follow us on our pages and our, you know, on our different social media platforms, which is another challenge. So the Delta 6, we had a repeated murder release at the same business, but that suspect has been arrested. So that's a positive thing when it comes to that. Now, I know that's just a bunch of numbers and a bunch of letters and all that stuff, and you're going to get to the 40 things, and I guarantee the first person is going to raise their hands, it's going to tell me about speeding, which I absolutely agree. That's one of the things that we're doing. Not only when the sheriff promised you that he is trying to add to our traffic units, what we did is Nick Damone, you've probably seen him on TV or on our social media a lot lately, he took over that one. He reached out to me because I was the lieutenant of the violent crime area and helped do a lot of different things in that area. So he said, hey, let's do that same mentality. So what I did, and I'm happily, I'm warning you now, I have my officers, whenever they work, like for instance, the roadside is working right now. Wednesday is their last day, but they work for five days. In that five-day period, whenever they have a roll call, I mandate them to go out one day, and they're going to go out for one hour to the areas that we've been having the worst traffic crashes and the worst incidences, and they're going to instead of coming in to roll call and for us having conversation, they're going to go out there with the traffic unit, and they're going to work on traffic. So think about that, folks. I'm not telling you. But then again, you let everybody know, because I have friends that tell me this all the time. You know, then it's a trap. It's not. I promise you, ever since you took the test, it's a three-by-a-five sign about this big. It's always white. It always has a white letter in it, and it says speed limit. We're not putting it in any different words. Those are the same ones, I promise you. Ever since I was 16 and I, I mean, started to learn. So we haven't changed it. Okay? So it's not a trap. That's what the limit is. And then we do that in the super speeder vault. If you're going 50 miles an hour over the post speed limit for over 100 miles an hour, you won't go to jail. And if you own your car, you're probably going to seize your car. So that's what I got for the traffic stuff. But I want to take your question. Yes, sir. I live in Turner Point. Yes, sir. I live in Turner Point. I'm off the road quite a bit. I can still hear those guys hitting the rails. I mean, they're just going fast. Going down University. It looks like there's a lot of police officers there. They went down that way, too. So I don't understand that these guys are just like, you can hear them changing gears. And I live, you know, two blocks, three blocks away from University Boulevard. No, I absolutely agree with you. And I will say this. You know who else lives in my area that I hear that from? Your sheriff. And the people that are on Beach Boulevard is the same thing. Now, don't get me wrong. What absolutely frustrates me is when you've got the 1987 Suzuki four-cylinder nothing that has a muffler in the back that sounds like they're part of basketball. And the lottery gets, and it literally goes zero to 63 minutes. I don't understand that. But it makes these sound like they're, they're, and there are many that do. You can hear them. You can hear them. Oh, no, no, no. I hear it from everywhere in Jacksonville, but I'm not guessing. But we can't grab them a ticket for the sound. We have to be able to get out there. They hit them. They hit them. Two, three, four. They hit them here on the left from one side to the other. My share of courage is every time I say this, and I promise you. If I put an officer, if I put 10 officers on a wonderful drive, I could write 100 tickets a day. Does anybody want to know how many I'll write tomorrow? Probably 110. No matter how many I'll write the next day, 130. And I'll have review defenders. So we're doing what we can do. What we need is our neighbors to look at each other and say, hey, statistically, let's prove a point. When you're on your way home, when you first get in your house, I think statistics show it's like the first three to six minutes, somewhere in there. You're not doing anything that's so important. You know, maybe you're trying to get to watch that last episode of some show. You're going to do what everybody says. I'm going to use the bathroom. So will we. Just relax. Slow down. Matter of fact, just slow down enough to start paying attention to your surroundings. Start paying attention to the other individuals. And when somebody cuts over. See, I've asked this before. No one's been able to answer me. Does anybody here own a road in the city of Jacksonville? Because I get confused because all of a sudden people get phone calls and they're like, they cut me off. It's a public road. They're idiots. I've made that. So quit getting mad because then if you pull up to them, you know, and you tell them number one, which I'm not going to show that finger. And guess what? Now you've got somebody and they're going to fight you over a public road because they cut in front of you. Just give grace and be happy and go home and just enjoy your family and friends and don't run off. Yes, sir. We've got a school district stop. How do you guys focus? We're focusing on that work. And I'm glad you brought up school buses. I want to make sure everybody passed this word. School buses now have cameras on them. So it's just like a red light camera. Now, where they took out the studies of red light cameras is the concern of that. We talked about roundabouts a while ago. As individuals, what they were doing is because of the red light cameras, they were slamming on bricks too early. And then they started seeing the average of citations going up. I get it. You know, I tell everybody, you can argue both sides of the fence all day long. All you're doing is arguing at each other over a fence. But I will say this. When it comes to the school buses, a lot of people don't understand that. Like those tickets. So whenever you're passing that, that camera catches on you. Your vehicle, that's going to start getting those. But yeah, we never not stop when it comes to the red light stop. Which brings me to another topic is our traffic homicides. Traffic homicides. And I say that again. Traffic homicides. Here's where there's a big misnomer. If a person is shot in the middle of the street and is dead, the homicide unit comes out. Understand this. Every crash in a motor vehicle on any street is a homicide. It's a traffic homicide. It's a traffic homicide. So everything has to get shut down. They have to map everything out. That unit does the same thing as a homicide unit, but they're bringing cars into the issue. They're bringing, you know, you have to make sure skid bars, rate of pace, how it was going. There's a lot of stuff to do that. So when I've had people before going, hey, we know this happened and this person was probably drinking. That was two weeks ago, a lot of the arrest were trying to homicide. It's like a red rod on the side. They had to take everything in order before you step forward. It's a big investigation. I want to add a thing before you begin to press the inside. I talked to council member of all about this and the politics center, Clay Barber. Yes. Because among the younger generation, this is something you're going to hear a lot about. I'm sure that all Sherp walks through a lot about it and so have you. It's the license plate readers. Now, me personally, I have a big issue with them. And my issue is more maybe the company itself. And these are the things that I've heard that, again, he's looking into and the senator's looking into, is the claims of they may be inactively storing data or it's easier to share than some other companies. Some people, and I know that here, Florida, I don't see things as egregious as other places where they are putting them in parks and things like that, in places they shouldn't be. One constituent claimed that she had near 14 within 300 yards of her house. So, I just, I think that Jay is so easy to definitely, um, that we're in the public, you know, we're not filing your enforcement right. We are not trying to just retract you. A lot of people are worried about how long their data is going forward. So, can you do this to speak to the topic of a lot of news? All right, so here's when it comes to Flock. And I know Flock is an extreme, here's where the internet is extremely great. It puts out information very quick. Let me, let me take you back a little bit when it comes to cell phones when they first came out. And it was funny because Mark Zuckerberg, the mayor of Facebook, was mad because he said, China's spying on you. But that's funny, even if you're at Facebook, every time you mention something like, click the payment, all of a sudden you start, well that's kind of weird. That sounds like it's listening to you. Then it came out every single electronic device that was inside your house, which is private. They were listening to you. The Flock cameras are not private, folks. The reason why is, it's out in public space. As soon as you walk out of your house, and I pointed this out on my CPAP meeting, I said, it's funny because a lot of my people that are just dead mad about that. It's violating my rights. But you're using an express lane, sir. An express lane or a toll lane takes a picture of your license plate so they can send you a bill. When you walk into any bank, when you walk in here tonight, there are security cameras everywhere. And AIMR, we've got to where we can pull that information up. Now, are officers abusing them? Have their bill? Yes. That's like our sheriff says, when you do an audit on that. I'm talking about throughout the nation. Whenever you do that, because of your role and your responsibility, you can be suspended, fired, and arrested. Think about that. We have what's called a payment system, which what that is, that's your license plate. That's your license plate, or your license information. So if you didn't have your license with you, you gave me your information. And I've been doing this for 30 years, as you can see by the one right here that's popping on my hand. So I was able to go back to my computer, pull up your information, pull up that data program, and I can pull up your picture on your license. We've been doing that for years. But now the Flock Hammer, and I've got a lot of individuals saying it's a violation of my privacy. Privacy is. But I can tell you this. Number one, our sheriff is committed to make sure that our people do it right. Number two, for somebody who mentioned the violent crime area, which we are vastly pushing those numbers down, those things are extremely helpful. It matters. It matters when we have somebody that's 82 years old and has dementia, and they drive away in a vehicle, and we put that system in there. It matters when somebody comes into your neighborhood, and they commit violence against your neighbors, whether it be a gun or a knife, and they leave, and we get that tag, and we put that information in there. And in a matter of minutes, it doesn't matter because before, if you committed a crime in Arlington, you jumped over that bridge, you were in the downtown or west side of Montcrieg or Silver Crossing. We didn't know. Now we do. Because those cameras are catching you. And that means we know where to go. So, but other than that, I've asked other people before when it comes to privacy. If I get behind you, I'll run your tag and know what your car is and know your address. But I can tell you that, hey, I saw you get to go to church on Sunday because I checked the clock cameras, and you didn't go. And I went by your house and went, I may buy it with folks, but I can tell you this. The technology that we're using, yes. It's like everything that we have out there that some people want to do better with. These are not bad items. These are items that are helping do the number one thing you've always wanted, which is to get out of being the murder-ranked capital for it. And we've done the sheriff and his administration, and what he has put into play, and helping the city council, giving us the tools. These are some of those tools that we really catch what we need. They matter. We've got one more. Okay. Yes. I live off of a race track. But if we want to ask the police to send out traffic control, what do we do? I mean, I've got, trust me, I've got those. And here's the thing is, and plus, not everybody sees when we go out. And that's, you know, I hear all the time of, hey, by the way, and then we come back, and I'm like, well, we wrote 22 tickets during this time to this time. Oh, I was at work that day, so I didn't see it. So, trust me. I'm putting my people out as many places as I can. We do focus in on the areas that are the worst traffic crash areas. Because that's what we're trying to do. So, but I will absolutely, I'll bring that up. I can tell you, I walk my dog at 5.30 in the morning, and I hear him racing at 6 a.m. and a 3.1. I got you. The other thing is, the plates that are, they have that dark tint over it. Are you guys stopping them now? So they. Right. Are you stopping people? Yes. I've never, I've seen them all the time. I've seen a few officers where it's right there, and they don't. And I'm just wondering. And I'll say, remember, whenever you see officers sometimes, give grace you don't know what they're doing. Right. No, no, you're aggravated. They're not doing that. But they're going to one of your neighbors and to write a report or something like that. So, no, I get it. But, no, absolutely. That's why they became the people. It's because of that. You know, because just like the people that dress up with rob banks, he's going to figure you out. So, yeah, one more. Yes, ma'am. Okay, so the roundabouts that have the flashing street, they don't stop at all. If they're constantly pedestrian crosswalk, you have to stop for that. Now, get with it. Okay. Bring that my attention to absolutely what we'll do with that is I will get my traffic units on. Now, mind you, and it happens, I have people give me this information, and we'll put undercover officers out there. St. John's County just did this, and they went out there and pushed that button, and they go walking. Everyone that drives through there, they stop them. And they give them my health and satisfaction. No, I agree. I mean, we absolutely don't want that. Yeah. I will not be here. I've got two amazing officers in the back. Anything that y'all want to get with them, they'll write it down, and they will send me an email or any other complaints or anything that I didn't get to. Again, thank you very much for coming and participating. I'm sorry, it's just numbers. And I have, in fact, I had a conversation with Sergeant. Is that right? Thursday. Thursday? Yeah. Which Sergeant? I was just going to say, hang on, hang on. Holiday? Holiday. Yeah, traffic Sergeant. Yeah. Yes. Yep. Got it. Thank you. Thank you. And listen, folks, you can, as citizens, you can go to District 2, office, which is in a big lot. These guys are receptive. They'll listen to these tickets. Before I get into questions and to give a quick update, I have Trisha with Old Arlington 8. Just give me some questions. We have Old Arlington 8 sponsors the Arlington Modern Home Tour. How many beds in the home tour? All right. We need to get one here. That's great. It's coming up October 10th and 11th. We have a number of homes that are from very cool mid-century modern homes, which our business is known for, of course, to this year we will have an historic Samus house on the tour. It has been purchased by even a couple who is, they are committed to restoring that home. So we're going to be able to see it for the first time in decades. So very excited about that. One of the highlights this year will also be a book signing by Tim Gilmore to kick off the tour on Saturday morning. His new book, which will be released right at that time, will be about Memphis Wood. And so it's going to be at the church. So please go to Old Arlington.org. Make sure I want tickets. But it's October 10th and 11th and we would love for you to come. We have two homes that have been on the tour before. The Butterfly House, which is probably going to be on the tour ever, never, forever. Because it's like walking back at 1957. Also, Geodesica will be on the office here. All the rest. Checking will be at Mormon Studios. So, and we also, you know, have amazing classic art, which is a little kind of strong, nice sentiment. So we would love to have you join us and October 10th and 11th. Tickets are $25 plus fees. Thanks. Yeah, I had a couple of cards, but before I get to the cards, I just want to point on one together. Because of one of the tours, we went to the Clifton. To my amazement, the cemetery in Clifton, and it's a late, very late presentation. So I got with Thurby, Marker, and Darryl, which is Darryl, and we have now have a marker there. That's there. And I'm signed to the Clifton area to drive by. On Fort Caroline Road, Ed had been in conversation with traffic engineers to cause us a real problem. Westbound Lane, where folks are, it winds into a two-lane road, so they run into the turning lane, and they bypass the traffic, and then they try to duck back in. Traffic engineering is now looking at some traffic calming measure just west of Common Cope entrance that would deter that kind of habit. So hopefully we'll see something there. Many of you know that they've already begun the demolition work at Regency Square. Just quickly, they, uh, the tour contract became a pass, but I think we're going to kick out that second-year-old history. The, uh, fire station 66, it's not quite in this regional, at least it's right on the, it's not staffed. Long, most of the time, most of the time in the 7-8-Agros Park. So unless we keep the park, why don't we use the rest of the land for this fire station? Temporary facility there. What does that mean? Now it's fired much quicker. And, and they also tell me that it impacts our rates, our station, traffic response. Um, I have conveyed to the, uh, Stephen and Citizen Center, I presume, Daryl, that had to put cards in the back. We'll get those, uh, someone, uh, asked me the other day about the work on express wind when I think that's finished. Developers at the amenity center, their concern now is, uh, what do I do with the case? Where should we tear it down? It's remodeling those. But they didn't learn from remodeling them. Yet, we gotta build them. See if it could cost over a minute. We want it too bad. Questions, uh, and then it's, uh... Okay, so we have, uh, two stupid cards right here. Uh, Tom Hollenbein. I'll hear our first one. A pin cannon rope right now in the corner of a pin cannon or a Herald. We've got a house across the street that's had numerous cars in their yard since I moved in that house in 2016. They don't ruin. They haven't ruined. I'd like to know what's gonna happen. It is. Yeah. And, uh, not only that, the, uh, people that have lived in that house, I don't know where they are. They haven't lived there for the last six months. The house is vacant. All right. We will, uh, give Joe the information. We'll get the, uh, news for the class. One more back here. John Mayne. John, it's off in three minutes. We gotta be out of here. So, I just want to give props to Councilman Canavera. You know, he was the former chair of the Tax and World Waterways Commission, who's also serving on the North's Florida Council. And he was, uh, responsible for 2026-0004. That is the Parks Trust Fund. It's real. And I've been making some donations to it. Also, I have to give it to Daryl Joseph. And the reason I wanted to say something to all of you here. You know, this is the Resilient Jackson World. You know, and, um, I've been going to them. Uh, the bottom line is that public access are our waterways. And so, right now, the Northeast Florida Regional Council, their next meeting is September 3rd in seven counties. This is the agenda from St. John's County. I'll be in Clay County tomorrow. Boat, ramp, building. All right. Okay, okay. Well, the bottom line is, you know, um, amendment three. All right. And I hope that the parks and the city will realize, you know, that the, uh, potential money-making. Uh, one, one final thing before we get out of here. And you just reminded him. I had a conversation with O.R. and James. And there's a, what I'd like to give this initiative to look like in my next phase. Just shoot me some e-mail with ideas to help formulate this event. I love that idea. I think it's fabulous. Thank you. But we have to also remember that we have citizens who are neighbors that live next to us that might not be able to take care of them. That's fine. That's fine. That's what we have to find out. How we can help them. Yeah. That's fine. I get all that. But, but I, I would, I would wager that the number of those are far fewer. The affordable housing townhouse that they're talking about building at Justina. And I think it's Tracy that they were. Oh yeah. Um, and I forget it's like 20 units, I think. Yeah. Anyway, here's the bottom line. Tracy had become a, uh, a place of illegal dumping. Robert. There's Robert. Robert's quite appointed with, uh, illegal dumping. And I think it's JWB or property. And so they're going to turn it around, put it into. Put it into good use. Now, uh, affordable has become a misnomer to me. You know, a lot of folks think that affordable and being subsidized and things of that nature. It's whatever percentage of the median, uh, income. Uh, they're now characterized as, uh, workforce housing for teachers. And, and even some part. So the rank is going to be probably 80% of whatever the median rank is. And I don't remember the, uh, number of units. But the project is, uh, JWB. Hopefully. On that clearing. Nina! Well, two things on that. The phase of stabilization. Number one. At Mill Creek and Lone Star. The ground values need that position. As for the, uh, area that you're speaking of that needs, what, clearing? Well, it's, it's, in the process of being cleared, it's already being, I heard that it's going to be, uh, again, affordable, maybe a park. Is that on Mill Creek? It's on Mill Creek. It's on Mill Creek. Yeah, on the, if you're going to. There comes in, uh, automotive, uh, parking shop in that vicinity. That's right before. I think that's, uh, that's been zoned a while back for our apartment. Conference? If my memory serves me correctly. I believe, I believe it's a three-building studio apartment. Yeah, apartment complex. Uh, I haven't been buying a run-off at all. Um, but that was approved three, four years ago. And perhaps, if my, if my memory features the wreck, it's just, uh, south, uh, Lone Star. Right, 46 Square Boulevard. Yeah. Yeah, 42. I, I think that's what's done. Yes, sir. You got a recommendation. I'm pretty sure that we've got about a 95% chance that property taxes are going to go away, go away this coming level. It's going to be tight. Yeah. I believe it will. But that's fine. I don't want to give it. I want the property taxes. How's the, how's the city going to survive? Well, it's just. The problem is to alleviate that problem. I have a recommendation. How about the collector and the Lord in the end? Yeah, it's all. And that we'll be able to, as I'll ask, to see what it's going to say. Okay, well, just a recommendation. Yeah, all right. So, listen. Go ahead. Just back to the Mill Creek. Will there ever be a sidewalk on Mill Creek? I see so many people walking. And I know they haven't agreed to some both sides. But those people, I feel so bad when they're helping them. I have no idea. Well, I wouldn't be able to do that. Maybe I'll say. We'll have a conversation. All right. We'll have a conversation on it. Let's see. You guys. One of the things that would sign them off is right away at positions and things of that nature. I mean, I brought that issue up to me. About the traffic signal and Lone Star and Mill Creek and also sidewalks for the children to walk over. What? The kids coming out of those schools back there cannot access those subdivisions unless they go all the way down to and around to Hill Creek. So the sidewalk will be on Lone Star? Yeah. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.