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WEEKEND Road tour A Doll’s House EVENTS today Part 2 at ACT PAGE 1B PAGE 2B SET CLOCKS AHEAD SUNDAY $1.00 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 / 18 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS • fbnewsleader.com City’s conservation fund grows, but is it enough? JULIA ROBERTS Advisory Committee, Historic District the proposed greenspace, he said, but ating a final plan is to hold a meeting to News-Leader Council, Marina Advisory Board, and some feedback was that more parking receive public input about the park plan. Fernandina Beach Main Street. He said needs to be preserved in the immediate That meeting will be held either March The waterfront, funding for land con- the feedback he received shows consen- vicinity of the marina to support marina 28 or April 4. servation, and the marina were all topics sus for four components of the plan: an operations, especially in parking lot B. The commission also discussed a at the Tuesday, March 3, meeting of the outdoor event space, an indoor event The proposed indoor event space potential referendum that would ask vot- Fernandina Beach City Commission, and space, a parking plan for North Front generated the most comments from ers to extend the one-year-only half-mill thousands of dollars were donated for Street, and greenspace in the location of the boards and committees, Martin rate currently on city property owners’ land conservation that will be matched the current parking lots A and B. said. The concept was not rejected ad valorem taxes. That money goes into in accordance with an agreement with Support for the outdoor event space but several concerns were raised. The a Land Conservation Trust Fund to be an anonymous donor. is strong, including a performance facil- Martin Ross scale of the facility is a key factor, as is used to purchase land in the city for con- City Manager Dale Martin said the ity, Martin said. The primary concern the introduction of commercial uses on servation. waterfront park concept plan approved regarding reorienting parking on North the waterfront. Parking capacity for the Commissioner Mike Lednovich by the City Commission at its January Front Street has been the desire to concern that, as it is currently depicted indoor event space and the process of noted that, while the commission had visioning session has been seen by maintain parking capacity. on the plan, the concept does not pro- how such a facility is to be developed is discussed putting a referendum on the a steering committee made up of Another issue is the configuration of vide for adequate capacity or circulation. also a concern. the chairs of the Parks &Recreation boat trailer parking. He said there is a Most comments were supportive of The next step moving forward in cre- CITY Continued on 6A Callahan City adopts citizens’ woman, report 2 horses on how killed in Comp Plan accident should be revised AMANDA REAM Community Newspapers Inc. JULIA ROBERTS A Callahan woman died Feb. 27 while News-Leader helping another motorist. Kenneth Roden, 70, of Callahan, At this week’s Tuesday, March 3, struck two horses that were standing meeting of the Fernandina Beach City in the middle of the southbound lanes Commission, commissioners voted of U.S. 301 around 6:45 p.m., accord- to adopt the Evaluation and Appraisal ing to a news release from the Florida Report on the city’s Comprehensive Highway Patrol. He was driving a sil- PEG DAVIS/NEWS-LEADER Plan with the intention of amending the ver 2004 Toyota 4Runner with Bobbie Gooding & Company’s senior specialist, David Brynan, starts at 5:30 p.m. A second RM Sotheby’s auction will be plan in accordance with the wishes of Roden, 68, as his passenger. looks at a “preservation-class” 1969 Lamborghini Miura held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The auctions are restricted to its citizens. Mellisa Nault, 38, was driving a white P400S with a V-12 engine and less than 17,500 original bidders, consigners, and registered media, but admission The state of Florida requires com- 2013 Hyundai Genesis behind Roden miles. to the preview is free and open to the public. Previewing munities to review and assess their and stopped to render aid. She exited The landmark supercar could be yours if you bid around is 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Comprehensive Plans periodically. her vehicle while her daughter, Victoria $1.4 to $1.8 million at today’s 11th annual Gooding & Bidder registration is $300. An online catalog is avail- The city held a series of meetings to Lindsey, 15, remained inside. Company auction. able at http://bit.ly/AM20DigCat and printed catalogues gather public input about the current As Nault was walking over to Roden, On Wednesday, Brynan gave the News-Leader a sneak are $80. plan, including what was working and a red 2019 Kia Forte driven by Alton preview of the classic, exotic, and beautiful cars assembled The RM Sotheby’s events take place at The Ritz- what requires change. The Northeast Branning, 54, of Middleburg, was also at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort’s Racquet Carlton, Amelia Island, 4750 Amelia Island Parkway. Florida Regional Council was engaged traveling south. Branning struck one Park, one of the events attracting car enthusiasts from all Highlights of the RM Sotheby’s auction include a racer to facilitate those meetings and produce of the horses that lay in the roadway, over the world to the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance from the collection of Rock-and-Roll Hall of Famer John the EAR. which caused the Kia to overturn and this weekend. Oates and his wife, Aimee. The 1984 Tiga SC84 Sports The report is available online at strike the rear of the Hyundai as well as During the tour, Brynan pointed out some of his favorite 2000 has been restored and race-prepared. All proceeds http://bit.ly/2IjqZTX. Nault as she walked. The impact caused vehicles, like the most expensive car to be auctioned today, from the sale will benefit the Amelia Island Concours The meetings and subsequent report Nault’s death. a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, which could d’Elegance Foundation, and the auction estimate is $35,000 focused the following elements of the “Mellisa is my best friend of 20 go for $9 to $11 million. He also showed the News-Leader to $45,000, without reserve. city’s Comprehensive Plan: years, my wife for 11,” her husband, several stunning collections of rare and classic Porsches, Another car worth a look at the RM Sotheby’s auc- • Future Land Use Element: Robert, wrote on a GoFundMe page. BMWs, and Mercedes. tion is an extremely rare 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet, Public input indicated that adaptive “While attempting to help others in The Gooding & Company auction takes place at 11 a.m. “the only example built in a three-seater body style by reuse should be incentivized over new need, she was ripped from this world today, with previewing available from 9 a.m. Admittance is coachbuilder D’Ieteren, retaining numerous original com- development. Resiliency to wind and and from our lives. I can only say she $30 per person. Purchase of a $75 auction catalogue admits ponents, and formerly owned by the renowned Fauvist flooding should be required in new con- died as she lived, with the biggest heart two. Children under 12 are free. painter André Derain,” according to a news release. The struction and significant retrofits. Low- of anyone I have ever met. She healed The Racquet Park is located at 6800 First Coast Bugatti is estimated to go for $1.5 to $2 million. impact and sustainable development Highway. Go to goodingco.com for more information. For a full list of 2020 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance ACCIDENT Continued on 3A The first RM Sotheby’s auction is also today, and it weekend events, go to ameliaconcours.org. COMP PLAN Continued on 5A Burke says farewell to county’s development PAMELA BUSHNELL ty with the background and professional- ways of getting things done, and will demand News-Leader ism that Adrienne Burke has,” Mullin said. increasing professionalism in local govern- “When you have people with talent, there’s ment. As February faded, Nassau County bade always someone out there saying ‘Come join An adjective frequently used by co-work- Adrienne Burke, farewell to longtime public servant Adrienne us.’ … We, the board, I as the county man- ers to describe Burke is “hard working,” ACIP, Esq., Burke. Alternating positions in local govern- ager, and the citizens of Nassau County can’t and Burke attributes her commitment to has resigned as ment between the city of Fernandina Beach thank Adrienne enough for everything she community service to her parents’ example. director of the and Nassau County for the past decade, has done. She made great advances in that She grew up in the suburbs of county’s Planning Burke most recently served as direc- department. We are very grateful for that Washington, D.C., where her father worked & Economic tor of the county’s Planning & Economic and she will do well in Miami.” with the federal government in the depart- Opportunity Opportunity Department. Burke is mov- “I think the county is moving in the right ments of education and justice and later with Department to ing on this month to a planning position in direction,” observed Burke. “We’re at a crit- the Library of Congress. Her mother is a accept a planning Miami-Dade County.