Johns County. She is proud of the fact that her grandfather, Stephen R. Middleton, grew up in Lincolnville on Washington Street and her great grandfather was the St. Johns County Tax Collector. Nancy lives with her husband, Roger Kline and Max Wilson, the family puggle. Nancy and Roger raised two sons in Davis Shores, Jacob and Luke. Jacob is a businessman and lives in St. Augustine and Luke is a
4th generation University of Florida student in Gainesville. Their family home in Davis Shores was rebuilt at a higher elevation after being flooded by Hurricanes Matthew and Irma. Nancy is a native Floridian. She received her B.A. in Geography from the University of Florida and is a retired land planning consultant. Nancy has championed many special projects benefiting residents, businesses and visitors: the Smart Parking Initiative, Downtown Freight Loading Zone Management implementation, Bike Share Program, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, and the city's own Flood Mitigation Assistance Program, the Long Range Mobility Plan, the preservation of the historic Waterworks and lease to the St. Johns County Cultural Council, body worn cameras for police officers, establishment of the Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Area, the 2018 Historic Preservation Master Plan, revitalization of Aviles Street, the San Marco and May Street intersection redevelopment, re-opening of the Galimore Pool, the Riberia Street reconstruction, Valencia Street reconstruction, Downtown Streetscape Improvements project, expanded historic preservation tax credit, brick street preservation, city-wide Water Main re-construction to address "red water" problems, Lake Maria Sanchez Stormwater Project, Tide Check Valve Capital Program, Resilient Heritage in the Nation's Oldest City, renovation of the historic Visitors' Information Center, citywide recycling program, promoting the City's outstanding Archaeological Program, establishing the Adelaide Sanchez Historic Preservation Award, designation and establishment of Robert T. Hayling Freedom Park, Coquina Park, Fish Island Preserve, Herbie and Annette Wiles Park, and the Sociable City Assessment for nightlife. She has also initiated zoning code updates and provisions for early public notice to the Neighborhood Council for Planned Unit Developments and other code changes for publicly owned property, and context sensitive design criteria for HP Districts. She also championed establishing the expanded Capital Improvement Plan and policy to maintain four months of reserve funds in the General Fund. Nancy has used her experience to bring state and federal funding dollars to benefit the City, resulting in millions of dollars in transportation improvements to keep our city safely moving, including repaving, drainage improvements, sidewalks, bike racks, new Interstate 95 signage, Bridge Closure Notification System, Dynamic Messaging Signs at the Municipal Garage, landscaping and intersection improvements. She is responsible for bringing new transportation improvements, planning studies and programs including the St. Augustine Lighthouse Neighborhood Traffic Circulation Study, St. Augustine Bicycle Plan, the City's Mobility Institute, St. Augustine Bicycle Safety Awareness Program and the St. Augustine Freight Mobility Study, the City Vehicles for Hire Study and the FDOT Planning Development & Engineering (PD&E) Study for the San Marco/ May/San Carlos/U.S. 1 intersection improvements, Anastasia Boulevard Complete Streets Corridor Study and Smart St. Augustine Master Plan. She has been successful in working with state legislators and key city staff to secure state historic preservation funding for the historic Alcazar Hotel/ City Hall roof repairs and for the rehabilitation of the historic Water Works. Nancy continues to use her contacts and strong relationships to seek additional state and federal dollars for the preservation of St. Augustine's historic structures. Nancy's long term commitment to the City of St. Augustine includes over 23 years of service on city boards:
Vice Chair, St. Augustine Parking and Traffic Committee;
Historic Architectural Review Board; and the
Heritage Tourism & Historic Preservation Advisory Committee. She has also served as the City's delegate to the Florida League of Cities, the St. Johns County Intergovernmental Committee, the St. Johns County Visitors and Convention Bureau and St. Johns County Tourist Development Council. Her past community service includes her appointment by Governor Lawton Chiles to the State of Florida Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board and San Antiguo Foundation; Past President of Junior Service League; founding board member and past Chairperson of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum; founding Chairperson of the Archaeological Maritime Program; founding board member, St. Augustine North Davis Shores Neighborhood Association; Trustee, Florida National Guard Historical Foundation; board member, Cross and Sword, Florida’s Official State Play; St. Johns County Vision Task Force; Urban Land Institute Reality Check First Coast, board member of Save Our Bridge, Inc. and past President of the Citizens for the Preservation of St. Augustine. Nancy's Service Awards: Leadership Award for Public Service from the Enterprising Women’s Leadership Institute, Inc.(EWLI, Inc.) in 2011; Award of Service, Junior Service League of St. Augustine, Inc.; Award of Service, Lighthouse Museum of St. Augustine, Inc.; Special Recognition Award, Drug Education and Prevention Center (now EPIC), City of St. Augustine Adelaide Sanchez Award and has been recognized by the Florida League of Cities for the last 5 years as a Home Rule Hero. Since her election, she has continued training in order to be a more effective leader with the Florida League of Cities and John Scott Daily Florida, Advanced Institute of Government for Elected Municipal Officials, the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council Training Institute, the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Certified Local Government Training Workshop program, Florida League of Cities University Summit Series for Community Redevelopment Agency Basics and Budget Best Practices training and the 2021 Active People Healthy Nations Champions Institute by Smart Growth America. She participated in TEDx Jacksonville in 2013 and has received training for the St. Johns County School Board Great Leaps Reading Fluency Program. She currently serves as the City's representative on the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization Board of Directors, the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, Lightner Museum Board of Trustees and is the Florida League of Cities designated voting representative. Nancy currently also serves on the University of Florida, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Historic Preservation Program Board of Advocates and as a Trustee of Historic St. Augustine Research Associates, Inc.
