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According to the report, a pick- up truck – driven by a 41-year-old Fernandina Beach man – was traveling east on State Road 200 and “failed to safely stop or slow” at the traffic light at Wildlight Avenue. A 22-year-old Hudson man, in a sports utility vehicle, was ahead of the Yulee man’s sports utility vehicle at a stop light, attempting to make a left turn. The 22-year-old drove forward and then stopped, leading to the Yulee man’s vehicle to collide with the back of the vehicle in front of him. The 41-year-old Fernandina Beach man’s truck overturned. According to the report, the Yulee man was pronounced dead at the scene by Nassau County Fire Rescue. Florida Highway Patrol did not release the identities of any of the driv- ers or list whether any charges pending. PHOTOS BY JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER A crowd gathered outside Fernandina Beach City Hall on Tuesday to show city commissioners they want changes made to the city’s noise ordi- nance that would allow venues to continue to feature live music. JULIA ROBERTS News-Leader ▼ WHAT DO YOU THINK? City leaders he Fernandina Beach City What do you think about potential changes to Commission heard from more Fernandina Beach’s noise ordinance? Email Letters ttoo backpedal than a dozen speakers and the Editor to [email protected]. Letters musmustt many more outside City Hall T include the writer’s name, address and daytime phonphonee chambers who said live music is not noise but rather part of the culture of number. on ordinance the city. ? Before the Tuesday City places, such as the Green Turtle enforce a bad law.” Commission meeting, commissioners Tavern, a popular bar that has live Bean suggested changing the noise for e-bikes hosted a workshop, and commission- music every day. ordinance to give a specific sound ers discussed the recent controversy At the workshop, Commissioner level that would be acceptable and JULIE ROBERTS concerning live music, which is played Bradley Bean called the noise ordi- measured using a decibel meter. News-Leader seven nights a week in various ven- nance unreasonable. “We need to use that to remain ues downtown. “I think our current noise ordi- impartial,” Bean said. “As we move Once again, the Fernandina Beach Recently The Boat House, which nance has one of the most subjective forward, I want to see that. By that City Commission has reversed its posi- is situated across the street from City terms I’ve ever heard: plainly audi- same token, we shouldn’t objectively tion on electric bicycles, and by a split Hall, has received citations for viola- ble,” Bean said. “When a complaint say something is plainly audible. We vote, approved an ordinance that would tions of the city’s noise ordinance, is called, our police officers go out to need to grab the right tool for the job.” ban them from Egans Creek Greenway. which prohibits noise that is “plainly 100 feet from the establishment and He said St. Augustine and St. In February, an ordinance came audible” from 100 feet away after 10 determine if the noise they hear is Simons Island use a decibel meter before commissioners to ban e-bikes p.m. Monday through Thursday and plainly audible. reading to determine what was an from the greenway, trails and city beach- after 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday. “Who determines what is plainly acceptable noise level, and he wants es. That ordinance Musicians and bands have played audible? Is it hearing the lyrics? Is Fernandina Beach to adopt a similar passed 3-2, with for years in the city, and residents it hearing the bass? There are many law. Amy Nixon said she was playing Commissioner and businesses have coexisted, but different ways to determine what is Commissioner Chip Ross said he Irish music with her son, Dylan, Bradley Bean lately the Fernandina Beach Police audible. I think that’s very subjec- when The Patio Place was cited and Mayor Mike Department has issued citations to tive. I don’t want our police to have to NOISE Continued on page 4 for a noise ordinance violation. Lednovich dis- senting. Then later in February, the ordinance was passed on sec- ond reading, with Bradley Bean ‘Personal care attendants’ eyed in nursing homes additional lan- guage that allowed CHRISTINE SEXTON warned that nurs- a staffing shortage and to help build a hour course taught by registered nurs- e-bikes on the beaches and trails, but News Service of Florida ing homes would future long-term care workforce es to work at nursing homes for four placed a 10 mph speed limit on them. hire less-qualified Florida law requires nursing homes months as personal care attendants. The That ordinance was approved 3-2, with TALLAHASSEE – Florida nursing workers and pay to provide a minimum weekly average nursing homes can count the training Vice Mayor Len Kreger opposing due to homes would be allowed to operate them less without of 3.6 hours of direct care per resident time toward the state-mandated staff- concerns about damage to the greenway apprenticeship programs and use partici- running afoul of per day. It requires a minimum of 2.5 ing hours. and Lednovich opposing because, “I go pants’ on-the-job training to meet state staffing require- hours a day provided by certified nurs- The bill is needed to make the pro- faster than 10 mph.” minimum staffing requirements, under ments. ing assistants and one hour provided by gram permanent because current law At Tuesday’s City Commission a bill approved Wednesday by a Senate “This is a road licensed nursing staff. doesn’t allow nursing homes to use meeting, Kreger moved to approve health committee. toward mediocri- The bill would make permanent what non-nursing staff to meet the minimum the amendment, but with the provi- Sponsored by Fernandina Beach Aaron Bean ty, and mediocrity is now a temporary apprenticeship pro- requirements. sion e-bikes be prohibited on the Egans Republican Sen. Aaron Bean, the is not a virtue,” gram for “personal care attendants.” “Attracting and retaining front-line Creek Greenway. measure (SB 1132) was approved by Florida Long- The state Agency for Health Care caregivers continues to be one of the Bean objected to the second change the Senate Health Policy Committee Term Care Ombudsman Mike Phillips Administration approved the temporary biggest challenges for Florida’s nursing to the ordinance, saying he would stay in an 8-1 vote. It was opposed by the told members of the committee. program last year at the behest of the centers, and the pandemic only made committed to the position he has taken state’s top advocate for long-term care The bill is supported by the nursing- nursing home industry to help during things worse,” Deborah Franklin, senior throughout the process – that e-bikes residents and a lobbyist for the state’s home industry, which says the appren- the COVID-19 pandemic. The program largest health care union, both of whom ticeship program is necessary to address allows people who complete an eight- CARE Continued on page 4 E-BIKES Continued on page 4 INDEX LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS CLASSIFIEDS, 12 SERVICE DIRECTORY, 12 COMMUNITY, 9 SUDOKU, 8 Nassau County Supervisor of Elections Dorothy Balogh announced EDITORIAL, 6 SCHOOLS, 9 14 18-year-olds had registered to OBITUARIES, 2 SPORTS, 14 vote in Nassau County after the age RELIGION, 10 WEEKLY UPDATE, 2 limit for voting was lowered. March 18, 1971 News-Leader, 167th year. No. 23, Copyright, 2021 FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2021 NE 2 WS News-Leader OBITUARIES to a wide range of military and civilian audiences tinual promotion and advancement through various Tim enlisted in the U.S. Army, Frank E. Dully Jr. and published numerous articles on aeromedical positions associated with the company’s nuclear where he served for 10 years, ris- Frank E. Dully Jr., MD, MPH, captain in the aspects of aviation safety. His professional affilia- engineering programs. While much of his time with ing to the rank of captain. During Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy (ret.), 89, of tions were many, including The Aerospace Medicine Westinghouse was spent in Pittsburgh, the remain- his military career, he served in Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully Association (Designated Fellow), Society of U.S. ing nine years of his tenure took him to the Pacific Vietnam, where he received the Friday evening, March 12, 2021, at the Jane and Bill Naval Flight Surgeons, Space Medicine Branch Northwest to manage the company’s nuclear energy Purple Heart. While in the mili- Warner Hospice Center for Caring in Fernandina – Aerospace Medical Association, International activities at U.S.