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LAST MEETING. I AM SORRY? >> THE LAST TWO MEETINGS. >> OKAY . THE LAST TWO MEETINGS. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST TWO MEETINGS SAY CRPT
SEVEN. >> ANY OPPOSED? >> THERE SHOULD BE SOME SPACE
FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE FINALIZE. >> WE NEED A MOTION AND THE
SECOND FIRST AND THEN A DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES .
>> I SECOND. >> WITH THE SECOND, WE WILL DISCUSS .
>> IF THERE IS ANY MERIT . >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THEY WOULD LIKE TO
BRING UP ABOUT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS? >> THAT WAS THEIR CHANCE. NOW
YOU CAN CLOSE THE TRAP. IT IS DONE. >> OKAY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS WAS THAT THE LAST MEETING , THERE WERE ONLY TWO PEOPLE HERE, MYSELF AND MELISSA, AND GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO PUT MORE EFFORT INTO GETTING PEOPLE ENTHUSED ABOUT COMING TO THE MEETINGS. WITH THAT SAID, APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES HAS BEEN DONE. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ARE HEREBY APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THE COMMENT ABOUT? NO? WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE MOVING ON THE OLD BUSINESS. DO WE HAVE ANY OLD
[1. Nominations and Selection of a new Chairman]
BUSINESS WE NEED TO DISCUSS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS . NEW BUSINESS? WHICH IS THE NOMINATION AND SELECTION OF A NEW CHAIRMAN AND THE SELECTION OF A CHAIRMAN TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30 OF 2023 .■ DO HAVE A QUESTION TO YOU ABOUT THAT. JUNE 30, 2023 IS ONLY FOR LIKETHREE MONTHS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND TO UPDATE MR. STUBBS, CHRIS STUBBS WAS OUR VICE CHAIR. WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHAIR BECAUSE FELICIA WAS IN THAT ROLE, AND SHE HAD TO RESIGN AND UNFORTUNATELY MR. STUBBS HAS HAD TO RESIGN FOR OTHER COMMITMENTS. WILL BE LOOKING FOR A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME. THIS IS TO SERVE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN IN APRIL WE WILL SELECT A NEW GROUP OF CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH YOU DO VOTE ON IN
JUNE. >> OKAY. WITH THAT SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS -- DO I
DO VICE CHAIR OR CHAIRPERSON? >> DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRPERSON?
>> CAN I DO IT? I LOST TRACK OF WHAT THE LEGALITIES ARE HAVING DONE IT BEFORE.
>> I AM NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE. >> I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU CAN IF YOU BREAK IT, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO YIELD THAT HONOR TO ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO DO IT.
>> I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO NOMINATE MAUREEN AS CHAIRPERSON . WOULD YOU BE
ARE OUT OF NOMINATIONS. >> WHAT IF WE PICK ON DEIRDRE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT MY PLATE IS REALLY TO FULL WITH SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I AM --
>> WE ARE SPREAD THIN AROUND HERE. AND MELISSA IS SORT OF IN THE SAME BOAT.
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>> IF SOMEONE WOULD COME FORWARD TO BE CHAIR, I WOULD BE VICE CHAIR FOR THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS. AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. >> OKAY. I DO HAVE SOMETHING
COMING UP IN MARCH. >> I GUESS I CAN ACCEPT A TWO-MONTH NOMINATION UNTIL WE
CAN FIGURE OUT -- >> IT WOULD BE UNTIL JUNE. BUT YOU HAVE -- THE VICE CHAIR
WOULD FILL IN. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A NOMINATION .
>> OF COURSE WE COULD STICK DEIRDRE WITH A SIMILAR TENURE, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. YOU WOULD BOTH SERVE UNTIL JUNE. >> YES. GOOD.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF JERRY BECOMING CHAIRPERSON SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? JERRY IS NOW CHAIRPERSON OF THE CLAY COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. CAN WE NOW HAVE A NOMINATION
FOR VICE CHAIR? >> I NOMINATE DEIRDRE, WHO GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTERED TO FILL
THE POSITION. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. OKAY. MS. DEIRDRE, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY THE VICE CHAIR. WITH THAT SAID DO I HAND OVER THE GAVEL TO JERRY AT THIS TIME?
>> WE COULD START WITH THE NEXT MEETING. THAT WOULD BE FINE. >> OKAY. THAT WOULD BE FINE.
WE TOOK CARE OF THAT. CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL . DO WE HAVE ANY?
>> NO CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL? PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DON'T
[Staff Comments]
HEAR ANY. WE WILL MOVE ON. STAFF COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF COMMENTS?>> I HAVE A COUPLE. FIRST, MR. STUBBS WAS WORKING ON THE SLIM WHITMAN MARKER, SO I WON'T PUT YOU ALL , YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON THIS ONE. I WILL BRING THAT BACK UP FOR HOPEFULLY A VOLUNTEER WHO WOULD WANT TO WORK ON THAT WHEN WE HAVE A FEW MORE MEMBERS AND THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BACK NEXT TIME. SO I WILL ASK AT
THAT TIME. >> AT WHAT TIME DO WE NEED TO FIND A PERSON TO TAKE OVER THE
PROJECT? >> WELL, PROBABLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN KEEP THAT PROJECT MOVING. IT HAS KIND OF STALLED QUITE A BIT WITH A CHANGE OF HANDS.
>> OKAY . IF I AGREE TO TAKE OVER THAT PROJECT, YOU WOULD UPDATE ME WITH ALL THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE THUS FAR? >> IF I HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY STARTED, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. I
WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND MR. STUBBS. >> I CAN'T THINK OF A WHOLE LOT OTHER PEOPLE THAT IS AS DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION IS MR. SLIM WHITMAN AND HAS BEEN GOOD TO THE COUNTY AND THE PRESERVATION BOARD -- EXCUSE ME, THE HISTORIC MUSEUM AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THAT OVER.
>> I THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE TO DO THAT WORK. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS BILLY GOULD'S HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS FINE DEPARTMENT . I KNOW AT ONE POINT YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT SIGNS OF FOR THE CEMETERY AND THINGS OFF OF COUNTY ROADS. I TALKED WITH HIM AT ONE POINT . I WONDERED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET UP AND SPEAK OR ASK QUESTIONS ? YOU WILL NEED TO COME UP TO EITHER THIS MICROPHONE OR THIS MICROPHONE.
>> BILLY GOULD , SIGNED DEPARTMENT AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT SIGNAGE ALONG THE COUNTY ROADWAYS AND IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME SORT OF MARKER SYSTEM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, I WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION YOU NEED.
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>> WELL , I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE BARE-BONES OR THE RULES FOR SIGNAGE ALONG
COUNTY RIGHT OF WAYS. >> IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR INTENTION IS WITH THE SIGNAGE.
IF YOUR INTENTIONS IS TO GIVE A WHOLE PARAGRAPH FOR A FEW PARAGRAPHS OF INFORMATION ON SIGNAGE, THAT IS A LOT TO PUT ON A ROAD SIGN MARKER. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO LIKE HISTORICAL SITE TYPE OF THING , NUMBER ONE, AND HAVE SOME PLACE FOR THEM TO GO AND LOOK IT UP AND SEE WHAT IT IS, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR SIGNS DOWN TO A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WORDS AND MESSAGE , ESPECIALLY FOR A
ROADSIDE SIGN. >> MAINLY I WAS INTERESTED IN WHETHER THERE WERE SETBACK
RULES AND THINGS LIKE THAT . >> THE SETBACK RULE IS WE CAN'T LEAVE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT HAS TO BE AT THE CURB OR WHETHER THERE IS A CURB OR NOT AND WE NEED TO TRY TO BE IN WHAT IS CALLED A CLEAR ZONE WHICH IS ABOUT 6 FEET OFF THE ROADWAY.
>> DOES THIS VARY IF YOU HAVE A SPACE LIKE A CEMETERY? THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO LOOK INTO MARKING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROFUSELY THAN WE HAVE UP TO
NOW. >> AGAIN , IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE ROADWAY , AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE ON THE SIGNAGE.
>> YOU ARE DOING A BASIC HISTORICAL MARKER, WOULD WE NEED TO THEN CONTACT YOUR DEPARTMENT TO GET THE EXACT VARIABLES BASED ON OUR LOCATION?
>> YES, MA'AM, BECAUSE EACH LOCATION WOULD PROBABLY PRESENT ITS OWN UNIQUE CHALLENGES. AND I BELIEVE I GAVE HER SOME EXAMPLES OF SIGNAGE THAT COULD BE WORKED UP. BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE AN ALTERATION OF WHAT THE FLORIDA STATE HAS DONE , YOU KNOW, --
>> I AM NOT SURE WE CAN USE THAT LOGO . >> WHAT WE CAN DO IS REPLACE THEIR LITTLE SYMBOL WITH CLAY COUNTY SYMBOL. AND IT SAYS CLAY HERITAGE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP WITH. HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE WILL BE UPGRADING THE SIGNMAKING CAPABILITIES IN THE SIGNAGE SHOP , SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMMERCIAL TYPE SIGNAGE INSTEAD OF JUST STRICTLY A STREET FIND TYPE THING THAT WE ARE DOING. AT THAT POINT, IT MAY BE EASIER TO MAKE A PROTOTYPE OR EVEN A FEW PROTOTYPES FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
>> WITH THOSE SIGNS BE THE LIGHT BROWN WITH A WHITE LETTER TYPE SIGNS?
>> YES, SIR. IT WOULD BE THE BROWN AND WHITE SIGNS. LIKE I SAID, WE COULD HAVE THE COUNTY SEAL OR THE SMALL TOWN BIG DREAMS LOGO ON IT . WE COULD ALSO HAVE CLAY HERITAGE SITE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHATEVER WORDING THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH.
>> THIS BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING THING I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE MYSELF ON. SOME TIME AGO WHEN WE WERE REPLACING A FEW OF THE COUNTY SIGNS, WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT FOR SOME REASON THE COUNTY HAD SAID WE WERE RESTRICTED AS TO THE AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS OR SIZE OF THE LEGEND LIMITATION BEING VERY STRICT IN TERMS OF INFORMATION. HAS THAT CHANGED
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AT ALL? WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE CAN PUT ON A COUNTY SIGN?>> IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF SIGNAGE YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THE BIG CAST ALUMINUM MARKERS WE HAVE PUT FOR YOU ALL A FEW TIMES IN THE RECENT YEARS, THAT HAS LIKE A PARAGRAPH ON IT , THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T REALLY DO. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT THIS IS A HISTORICAL SITE , AGAIN , IT WOULD BE SOMETHING KIND OF SIMPLE WITH EITHER THE CLAY COUNTY SEAL, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WITH CLAY HERITAGE , OR YOU COULD EVEN DO THE CLAY CIVIL WAR HIGH -- SITE OR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITE. YOU CAN DO VARIATIONS ON THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO A
MORE SPECIFIC TYPE OF WHAT A HISTORICAL AREA IS. >> SO IF WE DID WANT SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC , WHAT IS THE CURRENT MAXIMUM FOR INFORMATION WE CAN PUT ON SUCH A SIGN OR
TRY TO PUT ? >> IT DEPENDS ON HOW BIG YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT A BIG SIGN , WE COULD PUT IN A FEW DECENT SIZE SENTENCES, BUT I WOULDN'T GO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES. BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR OR A 3 I 4 SIGN AT THAT POINT WHICH IS MORE OF THE HISTORICAL TYPE MARKERS WOULD BE OR SOMETHING SMALLER LIKE A 30 X 30 SIGN OR
SOMETHING ELSE. >> I THINK YOU SAID THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS WERE 24 X 30 TALL?
IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE? >> YES. 24 INCHES WIDE BY 30 TALL.
>> THE SMALLEST LETTERING YOU CAN DO IS 1 INCH? IS THAT IT? SO THAT ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT CAN GO ON IT. WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH KIMBERLY MORGAN WITH THE TOURIST OFFICE AS WELL IS LIKE THE PARKS AND RECREATION. AND MAYBE WE CAN WITH A COMBINED EFFORT COME UP WITH SOMETHING. I BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER BRANDING EFFORT MAYBE
TO DO ALL OF THIS. >> SO IF WE WANTED TO SEE ABOUT INCREASING THE INFORMATION , WE GO THROUGH MS. MORGAN I GUESS TO SEE ABOUT MODIFYING THE GUIDELINES?
>> PROBABLY WOULD GO THROUGH ME AND I WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH HER, AND WE WOULD WORK ON IT
TOGETHER. >> OKAY. GOOD. >> ARE YOU FINISHED?
>> I DON'T WANT TO RUN THIS INTO THE GROUND, BUT IT IS GOOD NOW AND THEN HAVE AN UPDATE ON
WHAT IS DOABLE AND WHAT IS STILL NOT. >> A LOT OF THOSE SIGNS STAY UP THERE IF THEY ARE RUN TO THE GROUND. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WE GET TO THAT POINT.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID THAT. >> THANK YOU.
[Board Member's Comments]
>> THANK YOU, JERRY , AND THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK WE ARE AT BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS NOW.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE EVERYBODY INFORMED OF AN EFFORT THAT I WILL PROBABLY BE PURSUING NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE RESIDENCE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET NEXT TO THE AUTO APPLIANCE CENTER. ANYWAY, THE INSIDE OF THAT PLACE WAS INCREDIBLY AMAZING. EVERYTHING WAS EXACTLY HOW THEY LEFT IT.
THE TABLES WERE STILL SET , AND THE BEDS WERE STILL MADE AND THERE WERE STILL CUSHIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES. I ALSO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
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WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY . SHE WAS NOT RECEPTIVE TO DISCUSSING ABOUT IT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WHICH IS IN THAT TIMEFRAME NOW AND THERE ARE ALSO A FEW LAND DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WANTING TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY. I SPOKE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPER AND MISS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF RESTORING THAT HOUSE HISTORICALLY AND HISTORICALLY PRESERVING IT SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT . AND DEPENDING ON HOW THAT GOES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN AT A LATER DATE, WE MAY DISCUSS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX IT UP AT THIS TIME. WHEN I WENT IN THERE, THERE WAS SOME PLASTER CHIPPING OFF THE WALL AND SOME PEELING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG FORTUNE TO PRESERVE IT HISTORICALLY. TO ME IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST HISTORIC OR ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC CHARACTERS IN THIS AREA. SO AT A LATER DATE WE WILL DISCUSS IT AND RING IT UP AGAIN. FROM THAT POINT WE CAN VOTE ON WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO DO FUNDING OR WE MAY OT EVEN NEED TO DO THAT. BUT IF WE COULD GET A FINE OR SOMETHING OF THAT AFFECT , AT LEAST THIS PLACE WOULD BE PRESERVED HISTORICALLY. I WILL REALLY TRY MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT PLACE DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. BUT THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO BRING UP TO ANYBODY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THATPARTICULAR PROJECT IF WE COME UP ON THAT? >> I IMAGINE THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THAT FORWARD IF IT CAN BE. HAVE YOU HAD ANY RECENT CONTACT WITH THE DARREN STUBBS, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS KIND OF WILLING TO STEP IN AND
ACQUIRE OR AT LEAST MANAGE IT? >> YES. HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO. IN FACT, HE
WAS THE ONE WHO LET ME IN. HE IS THE CARETAKER. >> HAS HE SAID ANYTHING
RECENTLY ABOUT HIS OWN EFFORTS? >> HE WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THE HOST TORN DOWN. HE WANTS TO DEVELOP THE ACREAGE AROUND THAT PROPERTY, BUT HE HAS EXPRESSED TO ME HE WANTS TO PRESERVE THAT AS WELL.
>> HAS HE MENTIONED ANY ACTION ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE IT?
>> I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM IN A WHILE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE AND
IT MAY COME UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. >> THAT IS GREAT AND THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD MOVE IN AND SAVE A HISTORIC STRUCTURE FOR A CHANGE BEFORE
IT GETS BULLDOZED. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO IT AFTERWARDS, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TURNED INTO A MUSEUM OR IF IT'S JUST PRESERVED HISTORICALLY FOR SPECIAL GROUPS TO TOUR OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT AT LEAST WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT ENDED BUT HE IS AWARE ABOUT IT. WHEN THE TIME COMES, WE CAN MAKE MOTIONS OR MOVEMENTS OR WHATEVER. AND IF THERE ARE ANY HISTORIC SITES THAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE FADE-AWAY, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SITUATIONS OR MEETINGS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM. AND SO I AM GOING TO SUGGEST, IF POSSIBLE, A FEW HOURS MAYBE BEFORE THE MEETING OR THE DAY BEFORE, IF WE COULD EMAIL BEST TO SAY WHETHER WE ARE ATTENDING OR NOT . I THINK THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. THAT IS ALL I HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT JERRY IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN AND YOU'RE THE NEW VICE-CHAIRMAN. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB IN GETTING WELL QUALIFIED REPLACEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS. SO NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JERRY, FOR YOUR
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CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING. >> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ESCAPE UNTIL THIS MEETING IS
CONCLUDED. >> YOU CAN JUST ADJOURN US. >> IS YOUR INTENTION TO WRAP IT
UP ? >> YES. THAT IS IT FOR THE AGENDA.
>> I WOULD MENTION FOR THE RECORD THAT AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO SEE IF WE COULD KEEP CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER DURING THESE WINTER HOLIDAYS RECENTLY . AND WE DIDN'T MANAGE TO GET TOGETHER FOR A SUPPER, WHICH HAD BEEN A TRADITION AROUND HERE, BUT DEIRDRE HAD GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AT THEIR PLACE AT KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, WHICH THOSE OF YOU WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT, YOU MISSED TO TREAT. BECAUSE SHE IS A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED HOME ON ONE OF THE LAKES IN KEYSTONE. SHE HAS A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS A FANATIC ABOUT COOKERY AND WONDERFUL HORS D'OEUVRES AND EVERYTHING AND IT WAS A FULL GEAR FOR THAT OCCASION.
AND EVEN THOUGH MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THE ITALIAN BACKGROUND, I NEVER PLAYED BOCCE IN MY LIFE , BUT THIS IRISH GROUP THAT CURRENTLY OWNS THE PLACE TOOK OVER A BOCCE COURT AND IT HAS THE USUAL ELABORATE RULES THAT BAFFLE ME, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN SO THE NEXT TIME YOU GET AN OFFER LIKE THAT TRY TO PAY MORE ATTENTION BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT
OF FUN. >> I PLAN ON HAVING ANOTHER ONE THIS SPRING.
>> KEYSTONE HEIGHTS IS AN AMAZING AREA AND THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE THERE.
WHEN I WAS A KID, WE USED TO GO DOWN TO KEYSTONE LAKE. THAT WAS A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT ANYWAY, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. AND KEEPING TRACK OF THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THINGS. ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS? ANYBODY ELSE?'S OKAY . WITH THAT SAID, I HEREBY ADJOURN THE MEETING , AND WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH FOR THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH? FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. BEFORE WE ALL GO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TERESA HERE FOR ALL OF THE WORK SHE HAS DONE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE KEPT THIS ORGANIZED AND KEPT THE WHEELS MOVING SO TO SPEAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, THE MEETING
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.