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>> HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING MINUTES? ANY CHANGES, CORRECTIONS? ADDITIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 5TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES . ALL IN FAVOR . ALL OPPOSED ? CARRIES.
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THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS . OLD BUSINESS . HISTORICALMARKER PROGRESS . >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE TEXT . WE'RE CLOSING IN ON A VERSION THAT WE WILL PRESENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND THE TWO PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN FACING SOME HEALTH ISSUES.
WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOW DOWN BY THAT. THE OTHER THING WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND IN THE COUNTY RECORDS ARE THE DATES FOR THE CLOSING OF THE ORIGINAL MIDDLEBURG COLORED SCHOOL WHICH WAS ITS REPLACEMENT . SO FAR THAT HAS ELUDED ME, BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING.
>> OKAY. NEXT UP IS FORT 11. >> FORT 11 HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SET ASIDE SO WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS MARKER.
JERRY HAS ADDED A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO FORT 11 BUT AT THIS TIME WE ARE STILL WORKING ON WHERE THE ACTUAL FORT WAS LOCATED AND WE ARE TRYING TO NARROW DOWN THAT LOCATION. WE HAVE IT WITHIN A BLOCK OR SO, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PUT A PIN DROP ON TO EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS.
>> OKAY. SINCE YOU HAVE KEYSTONE YOU WANT TO DO WHAT
WE'VE GOT GOING ON? >> KEYSTONE HEIGHTS IS MOVING ALONG MUCH FASTER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OF KEYSTONE IN OCTOBER . UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH I DID PRESENT THE ENTIRE MARKER AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THEY HAD IT ON THE AGENDA AS JUST A LINE ITEM AND NOT AN ACTION ITEM. AS A RESULT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO VOTE ON IT. HOWEVER , I DID ASK THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME IF THEY WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE MEMBERS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ME SO THAT WE COULD EXPEDITE THIS AND WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW. AT THIS POINT WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS ON CITY GOVERNMENT PROPERTY TO SIGN OFF AND THEN WE CAN PUT THE REST OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO GATHER. WE ALREADY HAVE THE GPS MARKER LOCATIONS, EVERYTHING IS WRITTEN UP. WE HAVE PHOTOS OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. WE JUST NEED TO PRESENT AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL.
NORMALLY WE MEET IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH BUT BECAUSE THAT LOCATION ALSO WAS A VOTING STATION THAT DATE HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY THE 18TH. I WILL BE PRESENTING AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME SINCE AUGUST.
THERE'S JUST BEEN ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER. FOR TWO MONTHS WE HAD HURRICANES ON THE EXACT DATES. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS
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ADDRESSED. HOPEFULLY ON THE 18TH I WILL HAVE EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER SO WE CAN SUBMIT FOR THE MARKER.>> OKAY. NEXT WOULD BE THE MIDDLEBURG MUSEUM CIVIC CENTER . JERRY HAS THAT AND HE'S NOT HERE SO WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING. SO, THAT'S ALL FOR THE HISTORICAL
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MARKER PROGRESS. ANY NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. YES.>> NEW BUSINESS AS IN REFERENCING, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE WOULD LIKE? OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE. ONE IS THE DUNBAR SCHOOL. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF FACTS ON THAT YET, BUT SOMEBODY ASKED ME HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED AND CAN YOU RESEARCH A SCENE ABOUT PUTTING UP A HISTORIC MARKER OR SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT AT THE DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL TO PRESERVE HISTORY IN THAT RESPECT AND IN THAT AREA?
>> WHAT AREA ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> I WAS GOING TO DRIVE BY IT TODAY BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT.
IT WAS ANOTHER COLORED SCHOOL. >> A HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YEAH. CURRENTLY IT IS HOUSING THE FOOD PANTRY AND THE
AUGUSTUS SAVAGE CENTER. >> OKAY.
>> SO IT WOULD BE TO HAVE A STATE MARKER THERE OR SOME SORT
OF RECOGNITION. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL IS? >> I HAVEN'T DONE ANY RESEARCH OF ANYTHING BECAUSE SOMEBODY JUST MENTIONED IT TO ME TODAY.
>> THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS COLORED SCHOOL ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST COLORED SCHOOLS STARTED. IT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL , BUT INITIALLY BEFORE THE NAME OF DUNBAR IT WAS THE COLORED SCHOOL LATER SPLITTING INTO OTHER GRADES. INITIALLY, IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IT WAS THE ONLY BLACK SEGREGATED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
>> OKAY. WOULD YOU KNOW IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT? OKAY.
>> OVER AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE , THOSE BIG BOOKS. THEN YOU PROBABLY WANT TO CHECK THE ARCHIVES WITH THEIR MATTER OF MATERIALS FOR THE SCHOOL THEY AREN'T COMPLETE IN THE SERIES AS THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE BUT WE WILL FIND SOME VALUABLE
INFORMATION ABOUT IT. >> OKAY.
>> ANOTHER PLACE I THINK WOULD BE WORTHY OF A RECOGNITION FOR THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE IS THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY . THAT IS A PLACE I FOUND A FEW YEARS BACK AND I FOUND THIS PLACE BECAUSE THE ENTRANCE TO THE CEMETERY IS A HUGE CONCRETE ARCH. IT LOOKS LIKE A BRIDGE SUPPORT OF SORTS BECAUSE IT GOES UP ABOUT 12 FEET AND IT'S GOT ABOUT A 10 FOOT WIDE OPENING TO GET BACK INTO THAT CEMETERY. INITIALLY I WENT BACK AND SAW SOME HEADSTONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I SHOWED A GUY, STEVE GRIFFITH, ON THE HISTORIC SOCIETY BOARD . HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF LET'S START CLEANING IT UP. THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU KNEW WHERE THE TUMOR GROCERY STORE IS GOING INTO GREEN COVE SPRINGS THE LAST LITTLE CONVENIENCE STORE BEFORE YOU HAD IN, ANYWAY , ABOUT HALF A
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BLOCK PAST THAT THERE'S A ROAD THAT GOES BACK BEHIND THE PLACE AND IT GOES WAY BACK THERE AND JOINS INTO 16 , WAY DOWN THERE.ANYWAY, IT'S GETTING ON THAT ROAD AND GOING DOWN ABOUT A MILE OR SO. YOU LOOK OVER TO SOME PARTS IN THE WOODS AND EVERYTHING, YOU SEE THAT HUGE CONCRETE ARCH WAY.
>> HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN THERE? >> IT IS A BLACK CEMETERY.
THERE ARE MEN BURIED THERE WHO DIED FIGHTING IN THE CIVIL WAR.
IT GOES BACK QUITE A WAYS. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED RESEARCHING IT. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THERE THAN WE ORIGINALLY FOUND OUT SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND GETTING NAMES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO AT LEAST OPEN UP THE TOPIC OF THAT AREA AND THEN LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD ONCE WE GET THE PLACE CLEANED OUT THERE WAS A LOT OF HEADSTONES AS IS TYPICAL WITH A LOT OF OLD CEMETERIES THAT WERE KNOCKED OVER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO WE HAVE A GROUND PENETRATING PROBE . WE FOUND THE HEADSTONE, WE BRING IT UP AND THEN WE CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT. WE DON'T GO AS FAR AS USING ANY LIQUID TO CLEAN UP THE HEADSTONE OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT AT LEAST WE FIND THE HEADSTONE CAN GET THEM BY THE GREAT WE FOUND THEM BY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT IS GOING TO GO ON FOR A WHILE TO GET CLEANED UP. THERE'S THREE OF US THAT GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP.
>> CAN YOU GUESS HOW MANY ARE BURIED THERE?
>> I THINK IT IS 30 TO 32 PEOPLE. LIKE I SAID , IT IS A COLORED CEMETERY AND , LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS GUYS THAT DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR THAT ARE BURIED THERE. A COUPLE FORESTERS ARE BURIED OVER THERE . WE ARE GOING TO RESEARCH ON THE NAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I WAS TALKING WITH A LADY ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TOLD HER ABOUT ALL THE NAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SHE BELIEVES IT'S PART OF HER FAMILY. SHE SAID THAT IS MY FAMILY LINE. OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH TO DO, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PROMOTE THAT PROJECT
WE ARE GOING TO DO IT. >> WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE
CEMETERY? WOODLAWN. >> IT'S BEEN CALLED TO THINGS.
DOESN'T POINT CEMETERY AND WOODLAWN CEMETERY. I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED PLEASANT POINT CEMETERY BECAUSE THERE WAS A ROAD BY THEIR THAT WAS CALLED PLEASANT POINT. PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT THAT JUST A REFERENCE WHAT AREA THEY KNOW IT TO BE HAD. ANYWAY, THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE CEMETERY IS WOODLAWN
CEMETERY. >> DO WE THINK IT IS CONNECTED TO MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST? SOME CONNECTION?
>> THERE IS STILL INFORMATION. EVERY TIME WE FIND OUT SOME REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING ONCE WE GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN ON THAT PLACE WE ARE GOING TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WE CAN FIND AND PUT IT IN A FOLDER OR DOCUMENTATION OR WHATEVER TO WRITE UP A PAPER AND KEEP THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN COPY IT OVER TO THE COUNTY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN GOING THROUGH THE NATIONAL CEMETERY REGISTERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING US YOU HAVE FOUND QUITE A FIND. ONE OF OUR TEAM IS WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF INFORMATION. ANYWAY, IT'S ANOTHER CAUSE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO DO. ANYWAY, THAT
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IS IT. CEMETERY CLEANUP AND SEE ABOUT THE HISTORIC MARKER FOR DUNBAR. WE CAN GET SOMETHING OUT FOR THAT.>> ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. WE HAVE NO CERTIFICATE
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FOR APPROVAL. PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TOSPEAK FOR OR ON ANY SUBJECT? >> HI. JUST FYI, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A MARKER DEDICATION BY THE COLONIAL JAMES ON NOVEMBER 19TH , 2024 AT 10:00 A.M. BECAUSE THE MARKER FOR THE FLEMING PLANTATION SO I'VE GOT LITTLE FLYERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PERMITTED TO SHARE THAT. THEY CAME TO THE BOARD SOME MONTHS AGO AND STARTED AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND SHE WAS APPROACHED TO DO THE MARKERS SO IT'S
ALREADY BEEN DONE. >> OKAY. ALL OF Y'ALL WERE ALREADY INVITED TO THIS I THINK. JUST TO REMIND YOU AND I
HOPE YOU CAN COME. >> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. I WAS JUST WONDERING AS YOU BROUGHT UP A NEW BUSINESS IS THERE A CRITERIA THAT WOULD MAKE THAT TRANSFORMED FROM NEW BUSINESS TO ACTUAL WHERE IT GETS ONTO THE PROGRESS OF THE MARKER? LIKE THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY FOR INSTANCE? RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING YOU STARTED TO ESTABLISH, BUT WHAT IS THE CRITERIA TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY
GET THE MARKER AND WHATNOT? >> NOW THAT IT IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WE WILL DISCUSS IT QUITE A BIT AND SEE. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION. HOPEFULLY A STATE MARKER OF SUCH TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE WAS PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THERE IS SOME WAR HEROES, ACTUAL WAR HEROES . IT NEEDS MORE RESEARCH. WE WILL RESEARCH IT MORE AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE THERE JUST RECOGNITION.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION. IF WE STUMBLE ONTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND DECIDE TO RESEARCH IT CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL? HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING NOTIFIED TO WHERE WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FOLLOW COMPLETELY UNTIL WE FIND OUT IF IT IS SIGNIFICANT OR NOT?
>> WITH RESPECT TO WOODLAWN? >> RESPECT TO HISTORIC MARKERS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE THOUGHT WAS SIGNIFICANT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FOLLOW UP TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT? >> WE HAVE AN ONLINE APPLICATION FOR MARKERS AND ASKS FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. CERTAINLY WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANYTHING SUBMITTED YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO. WE ASK FOR AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN HELP PROVIDE, GPS CORNETS, THERE'S A LOT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT WHEN WE ARE SUBMITTING THESE APPLICATIONS. LOTS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION. WE HAVE TO CREATE A FLORIDA MASTER FILE RECORD FOR IT WHEN WE SUBMIT SO WE CERTAINLY NEED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN SHARE AND IF THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES TO PURSUE FURTHER WE HAVE A LIMITED BUDGET. I THINK WE ARE KIND OF COMMITTED A LITTLE WAYS OUT FOR OUR BUDGET BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO WORK ON IT FURTHER
THEY CAN DO THAT. >> HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT --
>> SORRY I LEFT YOU OUT. >> THIS GENTLEMAN HAS APPLIED
TO JOIN YOUR BOARD. >> I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST.
>>'S APPLICATION IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I THINK AT THEIR NEXT MEETING THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO HOPEFULLY LET YOU KNOW IF YOU'LL BE JOINING THIS CROWD IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
>> I HOPE SO. I BRING YOU GOOD ENERGY AND WHATEVER I CAN GIVE.
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THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING FRIENDS IF YOU HAVE OTHERS. WE
HAVE 11 MEMBERS. >> I'M A GOOD FRIEND OF SEAN'S. MY FAMILY IS FROM HERE.
>> THERE YOU GO. >> IS IT SOMETHING YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN AS WELL? >> ORIGINALLY I APPLIED FOR
CLAY HILL AND MIDDLEBURG. YEAH. >> AND WE HAVE YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE? WE WILL NEED YOU TO GET A LITTLE CARD FILLED
OUT. >> I ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR CLAY HILL. I LIVE IN MIDDLEBURG. SHE NOTIFIED ME SAYING THESE WERE FILLED SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING FOR SURE. I HAVEN'T FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION YET.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. >> OKAY.
>> EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN HISTORY. YEAH.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN. >> YES.
>> IS AT THE PIONEER FAMILY? >> I'M FROM GREEN COVE.
>> FANTASTIC. >> OKAY. ANY MORE? GOING ONCE,
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TWICE. ONTO STAFF COMMENTS. >> FIRST ITEM WAS THAT THE BOARD IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS BUT I THINK WE COVERED THAT ONE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DIRECTOR AT THE CITY REGARDING THE ST. MARY'S MARKER AND WE ARE STILL WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THAT APPROVAL SO WE CAN SUBMIT THAT MARKER.
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT THE MAGNOLIA LAKE MARKER WAS DOWN AND HE WAS OFFERING TO GO AND PICK IT UP. I GUESS HE WAS OUT OF TOWN. OUR CHAIR HERE, BILLY, I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD SEND OUT SOMEBODY TO PICK IT UP . I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WENT AND GOT
IT YOURSELF. >> I HAD PEOPLE DO IT.
>> HE'S PICKED IT UP AND IT IS NOW IN SAFE PROTECTED CARE THERE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE. IT CURRENTLY HAD SOME DAMAGE TO IT. I'VE SENT THE PICTURES OFF UNFORTUNATELY JUST TODAY I COPIED YOU ON IT TO THIS DATE SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET EITHER THE CONTACT FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT COMES AROUND FOR REPAIRS OR AT LEAST GET ON THE LIST.
>> THERE IS A CRACK RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF IT FROM WHERE IT SITS OVER THE POST AND RUNS UP. IT IS A SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK AND THERE ARE SOME SCUFF MARKS FROM WHERE I GUESS IT WASN'T TAKEN DOWN AND HANDLED TOO GENTLY. THOSE ARE THE MAIN
DAMAGES . >> THERE WAS SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE AREA. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO THAT. WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YOUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE THE JANUARY MEETING. THE FIRST THURSDAY WOULD BE JANUARY 2ND WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAY SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE TRAVELING. WE HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE LATELY GETTING QUORUMS OR CONCERNS ABOUT QUORUMS SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO OR WILLING TO SWITCH TO JANUARY 9TH WHICH IS A WEEK LATER.
>> THAT'S FINE WITH ME IF THE REST OF THE BOARD IS GOOD WITH
>> WORKS WITH ME. >> OKAY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR BOTH BUT I WILL CANCEL OUT THE SECOND AND WE WILL MEET THE NEXT TIME ON THE NINTH. IT WILL GO BACK TO THE FIRST THURSDAY AFTER THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> DID YOU HAPPEN TO GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT CEMETERY CLEANUP AND STUFF LIKE THAT? OR WHAT OTHER PROJECTS COULD THE BOARD'S LIMITED
FUNDS BE SPENT ON ? >> SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. I WILL GET CLARIFICATION. WITH MISSING THAT MEETING I HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT WE NEEDED.
>> WE HAD THAT WHEN MEETING WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR.
IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE MONTHS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. OKAY.
>> DON'T WE USUALLY DO CEMETERY CLEANUPS IS SEEING HOW FAR WE CAN TAKE IT BEFORE WE NEED ANYTHING THAT WOULD
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REQUIRE ANY KIND OF FUNDING OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.>> YEAH. WELL IT GOT BROUGHT UP BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER CEMETERY THAT SOME GROUPS OF CITIZENS WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND THEY HAD PUT OUT ON FACEBOOK THEY COULD USE HELP WITH SUPPLIES AND STUFF AND I REACHED OUT TO BETH TO ASK IF WE MIGHT PROVIDE A GRANT OR SOMETHING FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HELP THEM BUY THE SUPPLIES. SHE TOLD ME THAT WE COULDN'T. OR SHE DIDN'T INC. WE COULD. AT THE TIME HE
DIDN'T THINK WE COULD. >> I THINK THAT QUESTION KIND OF CAME UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR THE HOUSE AND I CAN TALK WITH OUR TEAM THAT WORKS ON DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MAYBE WE CAN ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY . WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR APPROPRIATE USES, SO MAYBE LIKE HOW THE TBC HAS GRANTS THEY GIVE FUNDING AWAY. I WILL CHECK
INTO THAT FURTHER. >> TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THE CEMETERIES HAVE THAT CEMETERY TRAINING?
>> THESE PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD COMPLETED THE STATE TRAINING, THAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH YOU ENOUGH FOR THE TRAINING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WE PUT INTO IT . THE MAIN PERSON REQUESTING THE FUNDS SHOWED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETING THE COURSE YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT IS ON SITE THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
>> YEAH. THAT WAS HOW THE CONVERSATION GOT STARTED AND THEN IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE BOARD MEETING. WHAT OTHER PROJECTS COULD STUFF BE USED FOR? THERE'S JUST MARKERS THAT MIGHT HELP PRESERVE HISTORY AROUND HERE. WE HAD ASKED FOR
SOME CLARIFICATION. >> YOU NF HAS A CEMETERY CLEANUP CLASS AND THEY HAD IT APPEAR ONE TIME. I ATTENDED THAT. IT MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO CONTACT THEM AND SEE. THIS ONE HAS BEEN A YEAR OR TWO. MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T MIND HAVING ANOTHER ONE. GETTING SOME GOOD WORD OUT
THERE. >> I THINK THE ARCHIVES JUST HAD ONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THEY SPONSORED ONE. YEAH.
[Board Member's Comments]
>> OKAY. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK I JUST LOST IT. IT'S ABOUT OUR TRAININGS. THE ONLINE TRAINING.
I WENT TO SIGN UP FOR THE LEGAL ISSUES FOR STAR PRESERVATION AND I DIDN'T SEE A PLACE WHERE I COULD PUT IN ANYTHING IN ORDER TO SIGN UP I WOULD NEED TO PAY THE $15.
>> BECAUSE IT IS A GROUP MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN WATCH THEM NOT LIVE UNLESS YOU COME INTO OUR BUILDING AND I SET UP THE ROOM WHERE YOU SIT AND WATCH THEM TOGETHER. WATCH IT
AFTERWARDS. >> YES. YES. THAT WAY THEY ARE
FREE. >> IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THE CLASS OURSELVES WE CAN DO IT AND HAVE IT AT OUR
HOMES AND STUFF? >> IF YOU WANTED TO. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE FREE WEBINAR ON THE WEBSITE . SAVE YOUR MONEY.
IF IT IS A TIMELY PROJECT YOU ARE WORKING ON AND YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE IT NOW PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IF YOU WANT YOU CAN COME IN AND I WILL LOGIN. IT'S A MATTER OF I WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WAS THE APPROACH RATHER THAN HAVING DIFFERENT LOGINS.
>> CURRENTLY I DON'T KNOW ANY PEOPLE WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WE HAVE NOW. THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT MIGHT NOT COME TO THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET INTERESTED BECAUSE SO FAR ALL WE HAVE DONE OUT TO WOODLAWN IS
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YOU ALMOST COULDN'T SEE IT AT ALL. THERE WERE SO MANY LINES AND IT WAS COVERED . I GOT CAUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO COME OUT OF THEIR. PRIMARY THINGS I'VE BEEN DOING IS GARDENING TOOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND GETTING THAT STUFF OUT SO WE CAN START CONCENTRATING ON THE NEXTLEVEL. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> I HAVE A COMMENT. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS ACTUALLY. THIS PAST SATURDAY KEYSTONE HEIGHTS HERITAGE COMMISSION HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL HISTORIC ROUNDTABLE. WE INVITED GREEN COVE SPRINGS, ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG, MELROSE. WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM ALL FOUR COUNTIES . WE HELD THE MEETING AT THE PAVILION IN THE BEACH IN KEYSTONE. IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED. EVERYONE JUST SHARED IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH REGARDS TO PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE TOOK A LOT OF NOTES. I LEARNED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THESE FOLKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 10 YEARS, SOME OF THEM. WE SHARED A LOT OF THAT. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING. WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN KEYSTONE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING OUR 100 YEAR CELEBRATION, OUR CENTENNIAL. I PASSED OUT THIS LITTLE FLYER BROCHURE. BASICALLY, IT TALKS ABOUT ARE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE A SEPARATE 501(C)(3) FOCUSING ON OUR CENTENNIAL. WE DO HAVE A GALA THAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND SO YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS BY GOING TO THE WEBSITE ON THIS BROCHURE. THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS HERITAGE COMMISSION IS ALSO HAVING A TOUR OF HISTORIC HOMES. WE HAVE SIX 100-YEAR-OLD HOMES THAT WILL BE ON THE TOUR THAT WILL BE ALL DOLLED UP FOR CHRISTMAS. IT SHOULD BE WONDERFUL. WALKING TO WORK, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB. THERE ACTUALLY SELLING THE TICKETS. I DO HAVE TWO TICKETS, THEY ARE $25 EACH YEAR IF ANYBODY WANTED TO PURCHASE A TICKET TODAY. IF NOT, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK AND PURCHASE TICKETS THERE. THEY WOULD MAKE A REALLY FUN CHRISTMAS PRESENT AND THERE'S LIMITED TICKETS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO DO WITH ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS I WOULD GET GOING ON IT. THE TOUR WILL BE ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 21ST FROM 11:00 TO 3:30 WILL BE THE LAST ENTRY INTO THE LAST HOME.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE. >> OKAY.
SEEING AS THERE IS NO OTHER BU
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