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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL PRESENTATION SENT THINGS TO DO TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND THEIR LIVES ON MEMORIAL DAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WANT TO HAVE YOU ALL STAND TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION.

>> GOD OF OUR FATHER, GIVE US THE WISDOM TO KNOW YOUR WILL, AND THE COURAGE TO CARRY IT OUT

HERE ON EARTH. AMEN. >> I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE CLAY COUNTY ROY S. GEIGER JOE 17 WHO WILL PRESENT THE COLORS.

(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). >> THIS AFTERNOON THE PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COURTNEY GRIFFIN.

>> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). >> SILVIO HOWARD WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

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SOCIETY WILL COME UP AND DO THE FLAG FOLDING FOR US. >> AFTER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

TODAY THE HONOR GUARDS OF THE FILIPINO VETERANS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JACKSONVILLE WILL PREVENT -- PRESENT BUT FOLDING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG CEREMONY A NORMAL -- IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY. THIS IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND INSPIRATION FOR MILLIONS OF CITIZENS (SPEAKING AWAY FROM MICROPHONE) 1960 THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY WITH 13 STRIPES IN THE ORIGINAL COLONIES THE STARS REPRESENT THE 50 STATES OF THE UNION.

THIS IS SYMBOLIC AS WELL. RED SYMBOLIZES HEART AND POWER. WHITE PURITY AND INNOCENCE.

BLUE REPRESENTS PERSEVERANCE AND INJUSTICE. TRADITIONALLY, A SYMBOL OF LIBERTY THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS CARRIED THE MESSAGE OF FREEDOM AND INSPIRED AMERICANS HOME AND ABROAD. IN 1814, FRANCIS SCOTT SOUGHT THE STARS & STRIPES WAITING AFTER ( INDISCERNIBLE ) THIS WAS WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG LANDED. TODAY, THE FLAG FLIES THE CIRCLE OF THE GLOBE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. 67076, NOTE GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN SPARED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEFENDING FREEDOM.

TODAY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES REMAIN COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE FREEDOM OF OTHERS WON FOR US AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE

STAND TO HONOR THE FLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> YOU MAY BE SEATED.

THE FIRST FOLDER IS THE SYMBOL OF LIFE. THE SECOND FOLD IS A SYMBOL OF

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OUR BELIEF IN ETERNAL LIFE. THE THIRD FOLD IS AN HONOR OF REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GIVE A PORTION OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY TO OBTAIN PEACE.

THE FOURTH FOLD, REPRESENTS OUR WEAKER NATURE FOR THE AMERICAN CITIZENS TRUSTING IN GOD AND IT IS TO HIM WE TURN TO TIMES OF PEACE AND DEFINE GUIDANCE. THE FIFTH FOLD, IS A TRIBUTE TO OUR COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY AND DEALING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES MAY SHE ALWAYS BE RIGHT BUT RIGHT OR WRONG. THE SIXFOLD, FOR THOSE WHERE OUR HEARTS LIE, IT IS IN OUR HEARTS THAT WE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THE SEVENTH FOLD, IS A TRIBUTE TO ARMED FORCES OR IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT WE PROTECT OUR COUNTRY, OUR FLAG AGAINST ENEMIES WHETHER THEY ARE WITHIN OVER WITHOUT BOUNDARIES OF THE PUBLIC. THE EIGHTFOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO ENTER INTO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH THAT WE MAY SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. THE NINTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN AND MOTHERS, IT IS THROUGH THEIR FAITH, THEIR LOVE, LOYALTY AND DEVOTION THAT THE CHARACTER OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT HAS BEEN MOLDED.

THE TENTH FOLD, IS A TRIBUTE TO THE FATHER FOR HE TOO HAS GIVEN SOMETHING DAUGHTERS SINCE THEY WERE FIRST BORN. THE 11TH FOLD REPRESENTS THE LOWER PORTION OF KING DAVID AND SOLOMON, GOD OF ABRAHAM AND JACOB. THE 12TH FOLD REPRESENTS AND GLORIFIES BOOK CHRISTIANIZE, GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE 13TH FOLD OR WHEN THE FLAG IS COMPLETELY FOLDED THE STARS REMIND US OF OUR NATION IN GOD WE TRUST. AFTER THE FLAG IS COMPLETELY FOLDED AND TUCKED IN, IT TAKES ON THE APPEARANCE OF -- AND REMEMBER SOLDIERS WHO SERVED AND THE SAILORS AND THE VEREEN SPIRIT THEY SERVED UNDER AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES GIVING US THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGES WE DESERVED TODAY. VEREEN WHO SERVED UNDER THE UNID STATES MARINES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE STAND TO HONOR THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HONOR GUARDS. I'M UNITED STATES NAVY RETIRED.

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST MR. JIM STEELE FROM SQUADRON 137. THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

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PRESENTATION TODAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, WE WANT TO GET A FEW WORDS FROM HER. SHE SERVES AS THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE A PROUD ALUMNI AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS NOT EVERY DAY THAT I GET A PODIUM THAT IS MY SIZE.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I CAN SAY TO FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS AND THAT VERY MOVING FOLDING OF THE FLAG CEREMONY BUT I WILL TRY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.

I RECOGNIZE IT IS NOT MEMORIAL DAY, BUT YET WE ARE HERE HONORING AND CELEBRATING THOSE WE HAVE LOST. I HAVE BEEN IN THE WASHINGTON D.C. QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE IN FLORIDA AND HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, REALLY GOD'S COUNTRY. FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TOO BE HERE TODAY. I DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS A SOLEMN AND SPECIAL DAY IN OUR COUNTRY. YOU DON'T NEED ME TOO TELL YOU THAT IT IS MORE THAN JUST A DAY IN THE BACKYARD COOKING HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS.

IT IS NOT JUST A DAY FOR SALES OR BUYING A NEW CAR OR WHATEVER ELSE MEMORIAL DAY HAS BECOME.

IT IS NOT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER. IT IS MORE THAN THAT.

MILITARY SERVICE IS SO IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY, MY TEAM AND MUCH LIKE YOU ALL IN THE ROOM.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS A POW IN NAZI GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II. MY FAMILY WAS NOT SURE IF HE WOULD MAKE IT HOME BACK TO AMERICAN SOIL BY THE TIME THE WAR WAS OVER.

THANKFULLY HE DID RETURN HOME. UNFORTUNATELY, MILLIONS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. WHEN I WAS SWORN IN EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY, I TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE WITH MY GRANDFATHERS DOGTAGS TOOK BETWEEN THE PAGES OF MY FAMILY BIBLE.

FOR MOMENTOUS OCCASIONS. NO OTHER ITEM WOULD DO. FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, MY GRANDFATHER'S MILITARY SERVICE HAS MADE ME AND DEATH WILL BE OUR.

IT ENCOURAGES US EVERY DAY TO REMEMBER OUR DAYS ARE NOT HARD WHEN MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION. JUST LAST WEEK I HAD THE HONOR OF HONORING WOMEN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN LOST DURING LINE OF DUTY DURING A CEREMONY AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NEVER HAVE GONE TO WASHINGTON D.C., ARLINGTON IS 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM CAPITOL HILL. 5 MILES.

ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THERE IN NO TIME FLAT.

AS WE PULLED UP, THE BUS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, FELLOW CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, GREW SILENT.

IF YOU WERE WATCHING THE NEWS RECENTLY YOU KNOW THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF BEINGS THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE TO SAY, SO SILENCE IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS WAS RARE.

WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS ( INDISCERNIBLE ).

ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES WENT TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE SERVICE

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AND SACRIFICE OF THOUSANDS OF PATRIOTS WHO DIED SERVING THE LAND THAT WE ALL LOVE.

ARLINGTON CEMETERY OVER THE YEARS HAS CONSISTENTLY REMINDED ME FLYING INTO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, VISITING ON OCCASION, THAT THE PRICE OF OUR FREEDOM IS NOT WITHOUT COST.

IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE TODAY AS POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, AND THE WHITE HOUSE TRY TO CHANGE SO MANY THINGS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY THAT THEY FORGET WHAT MAKES IT THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH.

WHAT MAKES IT SO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IS THE FACT THAT MEN AND WOMEN, ARE WILLING TO DIE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHOM WE DON'T AGREE AND TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHOM WE MAY. THESE FREEDOMS OF SPEECH, OF ASSEMBLY AND PRESS AND RELIGION AND PETITION AMONGST DOZENS OF OTHERS AFFORDED TO US BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. OUR FREEDOM. THE IDEAS OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS ARE WORTH STANDING UP FOR. THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

THEY ALL WAYS WILL BE. ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE REMEMBER OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DID NOT MAKE IT HOME. WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO REPORTED FOR DUTY FOR THOSE WE LOVE KNOWING THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK HOME.

FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE WORLD WARS AND GOLF WARS TO THE CURRENT CONFLICTS TODAY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, MILLIONS OUTPUT SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ABOVE SELF KNOWING FULL WELL WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR. I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND REMEMBERING THE IMPORTANCE AND GRAVITY OF MEMORIAL DAY. THIS IS NOT JUST THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY, IT IS NOT A SALE FOR POOL SUPPLIES. JUST THAT WE FILE TO PROTECT.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HEROES HERE TODAY WHO HAVE WARNED -- WORN THE UNIFORM.

ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, MY TEAM, THANK YOU THAT WHEN HIT ME. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR HEROES THEIR FAMILIES AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE UNITED STATES THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE A MEMBER FROM MARK RUBIO STAFF.

WHERE ARE YOU SEATED. YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM THE SENATOR FOR US.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR ( INDISCERNIBLE ) MAY WE NEVER FORGET THE PRICE THAT HEROES PAID IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR NATION.

FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MEN AND WOMEN WHO JOINED THE ARMED FORCES TO DEFEND US KNOWING FULL WELL THEY MAY NOT RETURN HOME. AS WE GATHER IT IS IMPORTANT SACRIFICES ARE NEVER TAKEN FOR GRANTED. THIS IS A REMINDER OUR FREEDOMS CAME WITH A PRICE. IT ALSO HONORS THE MANY FAMILIES WHO LOST A SON, DAUGHTER,

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HUSBAND OR A WIFE AND IT ALLOWS US TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THESE FAMILIES DURING THEIR TIME OF SORROW. THE FAMILIES SACRIFICE SO MUCH AND WHILE THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE GONE TO BE WITH GOD I AM GRATEFUL TO SEE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA JOINING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY SPIRIT JEANETTE AND I OFFER OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU FOR MAKING TODAY'S CEREMONY POSSIBLE DURING THESE TIMES. THANK YOU AND WE WANT TO APPRECIATE THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SINCERELY SENATOR MARK RUBIO. .

>> AT THIS TIME I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ASK FOR THE VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY PEOPLE TO STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AND SALUTE YOU AT THIS POINT.

SPECIAL CELEBRATION THANKING YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US. I ALSO WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KAREN AND KIM FROM THE OFFICE FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THEY DID BRINGING EVERYONE HERE TODAY. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ARE INTENDED FOR SOMEONE ELSE. WITH THAT WE WILL END OUR PRESENTATION PRESENTATION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. WE WILL CALL THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING TO ORDER. THOSE OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY, I THINK THERE IS A GATHERING IN CONFERENCE ROOM B, KIM WILL LEAD YOU. YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO STAY AND JOIN US FOR THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL GIVE EVERYONE A MOMENT TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE DOOR. THIS IS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR MAY 25, 2021

[CALL TO ORDER]

ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH TO THE AGENDA THOSE OF YOU IN THE MEETING ROOM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING TO THE BOARD, PLEASE FILE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD WITH THE STAFF. THAT IS THE WAY WE WILL CALL YOU IN ORDER THEY ARE TURNED IN.

I ALSO ASKED THAT EVERYONE TURNED THEIR CELL PHONE OFF AND WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO.

[PET ADOPTIONS]

WE WILL GET STARTED WITH PET ADOPTIONS. TERESA HAS THE LINEUP FOR TODAY.

>> OUR FIRST ANIMAL IS DOBBY. A SPADE FEMALE, 14 WEEKS OLD, 2. SHE IS A SWEET AND PLAYFUL PUPPY THAT WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN YOUR ATTENTION. SHE IS YOUNG SO SHE DOES NEED TO LEARN BASIC COMMANDS AND POTTY TRAINING. SHE LIKES TO CUDDLE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE HER NEW FAMILY THE TIPS ON HOW TO TRAIN HER TRAIN HER.

SHE IS UP-TO-DATE ON ALL OF HER VACCINES AND SHE IS MICROCHIP. NEXT WE ARE PURELY A SPADE FEMALE HUSKY ABOUT ONE YEAR END A HALF, 54 POUNDS, SHE IS A SWILLEY GIRL THAT LOVES HER TREATS AND PLENTY OF ATTENTION. SHE COMES TO US AS A STRAY SO WE DO NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT HER.

WE RECOMMEND BRINGING YOUR DOG TO MEET HER. SHE IS UP TO DATE ON HER VACCINES, MICROCHIP AND HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. EASY A NEUTERED MALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR, 3-YEARS-OLD. HE IS SWEET AND LOVES ATTENTION ON HIS OWN TERMS. HE WILL NEED A FAMILY THAT UNDERSTANDS HE NEEDS TIME TO BUILD HIS CONFIDENCE.

HE LOVES TOYS AND WILL DO WELL WITH OTHER CATS. HE IS UP-TO-DATE ON HIS VACCINES AND MICROCHIP. OUR LAST CAT IS HUBBLE A NEUTERED MALE DOMESTIC MEDIUM HAIR 12 WEEKS OLD. HE IS A BOY BUT LOVES A SNUGGLE. HE IS STILL A KITTEN SO HE NEEDS A HOME WITH LOTS OF TOYS AND A FAMILY THAT UNDERSTANDS HE WILL BE VERY ACTIVE.

IS UP-TO-DATE ON ALL ON ALL OF HIS VACCINES AND MICROCHIP. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING

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PLEASE E-MAIL US AT KELLY ADOPTIONS A CLAY COUNTY CLUB.COM OR YOU CAN CALL US AT 904-269- 2642. THE CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES HOLD A COMMUNITY RABIES AND MICROCHIP CLINIC THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 3-5:00 P.M.

LASTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR KITTEN CREW WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF FOSTER SPIRIT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT US AT CLAY COUNTY FOSTERS AT CLAY COUNTY CUP.COM.&

THAT CONCLUDES THE ANIMAL SPIRIT >> CAN I GET THE BOARD TO JOIN US DOWN FRONT I HAVE A

[1.  2021 Military Service Day - City of Green Cove Springs]

PROCLAMATION AND AWARD TO MAKE SO IF YOU COULD JOIN US IN FRONT >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET MARRIED TO JOIN US THE PROCLAMATION TALKS ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE DAVE WHICH WE WILL BE CELEBRATING ON MONDAY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENT AND YOUR NEW ROLE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONER READ THIS SO HE IS THE VETERAN ON THE COMMISSION AT

THIS POINT. >> BEFORE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT DURING MEMORIAL DAY, WE SAY -- TRACKED SOME OF THE UNIFORMS YOU SAW, I SAW INSIGNIAS THAT INDICATED SERVICE UNDERGROUND, SERVICING THE AIR, SURFACE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND SURFACE UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.

IT REALLY SHOWS ME, THE WHOLE COMPLEXITY OF THE MILITARY SERVICE AND WHAT IT TAKES TO PROTECT OUR NATION. FOR THAT, WE WILL MEMORIALIZE A FEW PEOPLE.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE GAVE IT THEIR ALL. LET ME READ IT.

WHEREAS MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES HAVE GIVEN A PART OF THEIR LIVES TO SERVING THE ARMED FORCES AND WHEREAS MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND WHEREAS THOSE SERVING NOW AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST, SERVE WITH PRIDE AND HONOR AND WITH RESPECT, AND WHEREAS SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE CITY , FOR THE TRIBUTE TO FALLEN SOLDIERS DISPLAYED IN SPRING PARK AND FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE THE END AND WOMEN HAVE BRAVELY SERVED, MADE SACRIFICES DEFENDING FREEDOM IN OUR PUBLIC AND HAVE RETURNED HOME AS A WOUNDED VETERAN WITH HONOR AND PRIDE. WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION OF THE 33RD ANNUAL RIVERFEST CELEBRATION, IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS, HONORING THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE MANY WOUNDED WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DEFENDING FREEDOM, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA TO PROCLAIM MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS FLORIDA AS MILITARY SERVICE DAY. IT IS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THIS 25TH DAY OF MAY, 2212I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALDEN PAPER. CONGRATULATION CONGRATULATIONS . >> GREEN COVE IS A MILITARY TOWN AND WE RECOGNIZE THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE WELCOME EVERYONE TO COME TO THE PARK IT IS A SPECIAL PLACE AND ENJOY THE CELEBRATION. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL WE LOOK FOR TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU ON SOME GREAT THINGS.

IT IS A. EXCITING TIME IN CLAY COUNTY. THANK YOU.

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10:00 A.M. AT SPRING PARK ON MONDAY AND IT GOES ALL DAY WITH ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY WILL HAVE MUSIC AND VENDORS AND ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS. WE WILL SEE YOU DOWN THERE.

[Update on Cecil Airport/Cecil Spaceport - Kelly Dollarhide, Director, Cecil Airport/Cecil Spaceport]

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>> WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM IT IS A PRESENTATION OF AN UPDATE ON THE CECIL AIRPORT AND SPACEPORT. KELLY DOLLARHIDE THE DIRECTOR IS WITH US AND WILL GIVE US AN

UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING. >> COMMISSIONER I THANK YOU FOR SITTING ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU HELP OUT. I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK.

WE ALL KNOW WHERE CECIL IS LOCATED, OUR DEVELOPMENT SITES ARE TO THE NORTH OF THE FIELD.

STARTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. WE WILL START THERE AND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT TO SHOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. BEHIND THE FIRE STATION, WE HAVE A HAGER DEVELOPMENT SITE. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD THIS IS CLEARED AND FILTERS ARE GOING IN FOR A 39,000-FOOT . LOOK AT WHAT THE HANGAR WILL LOOK LIKE.

WE FEEL THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH ONE. THIS ONE IS A TINY BIG DUST TRAP BIGGER. MOVING TO THE SIDE, WE DO HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE BOEING COMPANY AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WILL BE ON 50 ACRES ON THE SITE. IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT AS WE GET THIS DOWN. THIS IS A LOOKED FROM THE AIRSIDE.

IT IS RATHER LARGE. 363,000 SQUARE-FOOT. WITH THAT, THAT WILL MEAN MORE JOBS COMING. CURRENTLY THE 400 JOBS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST SIDE BUT THEY ARE GOING UP TO 600 JOBS THAT IS ADDITIONAL JOBS FOR THE AIRPORT AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT.

MOVING INTO THE OMEGA SIDE WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.

WE DID LOOK AT THE FLOODPLAINS TO SEE HOW WE COULD USE THIS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE RENDITION OF BUILDINGS AND THAT SITE AND THAT EQUALS ONE OR 2025 OF ACRES IN THAT SITE. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT. WE ALSO DID AN AERONAUTICAL STUDY. WE NEED TO MAKE A WAY FOR THE WORKERS TO GET TO CECIL WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THIS ALL OF THE TIME. WE DO HAVE TO GET FOOD WHICH IS NEEDED. WORKING WITH HASKELL WE DID A NON- AERONAUTICAL STUDY AND ON STATE ROUTE 23. THIS IS DOWN TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT CONNECTS FURTHER DOWN TO THE TOWN CENTER LOCATION. WE DO HAVE PLANS GOING THROUGH THE SITE.

WE ARE HOPING FOR THE GAS STATION. WE DO HAVE TRUCKS 13 OF THEM.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, WE HOPE TO GET INTO EXPERIMENTS COMING BACK AS WE LOOK TO THE SPACEPORT. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS THE ROAD CONNECTING TO THE EAST SIDE OF CECIL. THE CITY DID PASS AND ORDINANCE AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT CONNECTION. THE DEVELOPER WILL BRING THIS DOWN. MOVING INTO OPERATIONS WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WE DO 100,000 OPERATIONS PER YEAR AT THAT IS A LOT OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

WE ARE MORE OF A MONDAY-FRIDAY OPERATION. YOU WILL SEE THEM FLYING THROUGH AND TAKE THEIR LUNCH BREAK AND IN THEIR DAY AT WORK. THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF IT.

WE JUST LAUNCHED CECIL SPACEPORT.COM WEBSITE IF YOU& HAVE A CHANCE CHECK IT OUT.

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WE ARE A LICENSED SITE. WE TAKE UP HORIZONTALLY NOT VERTICALLY.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE WEBSITE. IT GOES THROUGH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROOM WHICH IS AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER. HOPEFULLY BACK TO MISSIONS IN JULY IF THE FAA ALLOWS TRAVEL. WE DO HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT THIS IS AVAILABLE SO THAT THE TENANTS YOU THINK THE SPACE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT SUPPORT THEY WILL GET.

MOVING INTO CURRENT ACTIVITIES WITH THE SPACE ENGINE SYSTEMS IS A COMPANY OUT OF ALBERTA THEY CAME TO VISIT US. THEY ARE LOOKING AT WORKING ON ENGINES AND TESTING.

WE DO HAVE A PROCESSING STUDY CURRENTLY GOING ON WITH THE SPACEPORT A DOUBLE TELL US WE NEED TO LOAD FOR OPERATING VEHICLES THAT SEEK -- CECIL. THESE ARE SMALLER.

THIS IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LOAF OF BREAD. WE WILL HAVE PROCESSING FOR THIS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A LARGER PAY FOR SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR.

I LIKE FOOD. SPACEPORT IS ALSO WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT STUDY CURRENTLY WE HAVE TEMPORARILY FACILITIES. I WILL SHOW YOU THE VEHICLES AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE SIZE VARIES. WE ARE LOOKING AT A SECOND TEST FACILITY AT CECIL.

AND A SAFETY PLAN. THIS LOOKS AT THE VEHICLE AND HOW IT WILL DEPART AND IF IT NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. MOVING ON, WE ARE ONE OF 12 IN THE UNITED STATES. OUR VEHICLES ARE CARRIER AIRCRAFT VEHICLES.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY DID THEIR FIRST LICENSE. THE FIRST VEHICLE IS JUST LIKE AN AIRPLANE. IT TAKES THEM UP TO 40,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE AIR AND THEN THE VEHICLE LAUNCHES AND IMPARTS. THE SECOND VEHICLE YOU SEE, IS JET. IT HAS A ROCKET ON THE BACK. IT WILL GO UP TO THE SAME ALTITUDE. THE ROCKET WILL FIRE AND THE ENGINES WILL COME BACK DOWN.

THE LAST VEHICLE IS FULLY UNDER ROCKET POWER. THAT MEANS IT WILL TAKE OFF AND FLY BACK AND FORTH THAT WE DO HAVE FLIGHT CORRIDORS. MOVING INTO THE MARKET.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SATELLITE DEPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE SECOND MARKET FOR THE SPACE INDUSTRY. IF YOU CAN GET TO THE LOWER AREA YOU CAN DO ALL OF THE REST ON THIS LIST FROM THIS POINT TO THAT POINT BEING THE LAST. AND THEN, CAPITAL PLANNING I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE CAPITAL DOLLARS LOOK LIKE. SO THEY HAVE SPENT A TOTAL A $.7 MILLION AND YOU CAN SEE THE CASH AND WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE TEMPORARY FACILITY. HE SAW THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLES THEY RANGE FROM THE SIZE OF A CESSNA UP TO A 747. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT BRICKS AND MORTAR IN UNTIL WE KNOW THE TENNANT WANTS TO COME LIVE. THEY COME DOWN FOR TESTING AND THEN THEY GO HOME. WITH THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A ROAD.

WE HAVE SOME BUNKER ROADS THINK TO THE NAVY. WE HAVE NEW ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN INTO THE FACILITY. SO WE ARE SEEKING DOLLARS FOR THAT.

MOVING INTO OUR OPERATORS. WE HAVE THREE CURRENT OPERATORS WE ARE WORKING WITH AN THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THEY ARE COMING IN. GENERATION ORBIT IS OUT OF ATLANTA GEORGIA THEY OPERATE A GULFSTREAM AIRPORT. THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN DEPLOY.

WE HAVE DONE ROCKET ENGINE TESTING AND YOU CAN SEE A VERSION OF THE ROCKET THERE.

THIS IS OUR NEXT COMPANY THEY ARE THIS IS ACTUALLY AN UNMANNED VEHICLE THAT HAS THE ROCKET

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UNDERNEATH. THIS IS THE CONCEPT WITH THE ROCKET DEPARTING.

THEY DO HAVE SOME BROTH TO DO ON GETTING THE LICENSE AS WELL AS GETTING THERAPY LICENSE TO LAUNCH. THEY HAVE TO HOLD OF MONTHS -- LICENSE AND WE DO AS WELL.

THESE ARE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTED ENTITIES. AND THEN, THE LAST TENNANT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIS SPACE PERSPECTIVE. THEY ARE A SYSTEM WITH A GONDOLA AND IT IS SPACE TOURISM. I WILL DEPART WITH THE BALLOON AND GLITTER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN THEY WILL COME BACK JUST LIKE THE DRAGON CAPSULE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS? >> THE ROCKET TEST, MY QUESTION

IS NOISE. >> WE HAVE DONE CURRENT ROCKET TESTING AND WE ACTUALLY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOISE COMPLAINT CALLS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE ROCKET AWAY FROM OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE OTHER LOCATION THAT IS BEING LICENSE RIGHT NOW IS THE OLD SITE WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT TOWARDS JENNINGS.

>> THE OTHER THING IS, THE DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL CARS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO NOT INTERFERE

WITH COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC. >> COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS AT THE STUDY

FOR HOUSING. >> IT LOOKS AT THE CENSUS STUDY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

>> VERY THOUGHTFUL. >> COMMISSIONER BOLLA. >> CAPS ON CALLS ABOUT NOISE ISSUES WITH THE SPACE PROGRAM. MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. THESE ARE THE VERTICAL

HORIZONTAL STOP. >> YES, THE ENGINE YOU SAW IS UP BY THE THOUSAND POUND.

THIS CURRENTLY MARCHES FROM THE TAKEOFF. IT TAKES OFF AND THEY ARE ABOUT $15,000. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THE ROCKET ENGINE IN ITS NOISE WE DEAL WITH THEM TURNING THEIR ENGINES FOR 30 MINUTES AT A TIME.

THESE ARE THE RUNS FOR THE ROCKET AND IT IS EQUIVALENT TO. >> WE HAVE THOSE OVER THERE NOW.

GUESS, CURRENTLY RUNNING. AND THE LAST THING I HAVE, THERE WERE QUESTIONS OR A PROPOSAL FOR CLAY COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE ROAD THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE JACKSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL INTO CLAY COUNTY TO LET THE CITIZENS ACCESS THE AIRPORT. I KNOW I HAVE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE UP THERE. COULD WE DO SOMETHING SO WE CAN GET TO WORK EASIER INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO OUT ON THE EXPRESSWAY.

I THINK YOU SPOKE TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. >> THE ORDINANCE WILL BE PUT IN BY THE CITY. IT'S HAPPENING THERE. AND ON THE AIRPORT SIDE, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WE DO AVIATION DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE THE STUDY AND WE WILL HAVE A DEVELOPER TAKE DOWN THE SYSTEM INSIDE.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KELLY AT THIS TIME? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE COULD WE APPRECIATE YOU CONDENSING AND GETTING US TO THE GOOD STUFF.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> MOVING FORWARD ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON MAY 11.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE IN THE OPPOSE, IT CARRIES 5-0. WHEN WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT I

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

HAVE THREE CARDS. THIS WILL BE FOR THE 5:00 P.M. TIME CONCERNS.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, PLEASE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A CARD AND TURN IT IN WE WILL CALL YOU UP AND GET YOU IN. WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM INTRODUCERS YOURSELF THE FIRST

[00:50:07]

CARD UP, MR. FARBER. COME ON DOWN. >> WEB FARBER.

SAVE OUR LAKES. TALKING ABOUT THE WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

>> GOOD TO RANGER MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT IT'S FLASHING THE RED LIGHT THAT ONLINE THEY CANNOT HEAR YOU. I WAS NOT? AS SHOWN IN THIS REPORT FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THERE HAS BEEN DECADES DUE TO REGIONAL GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS.

THIS PHOTO WHICH IS NOT UP, IT'S A PICTURE OF A PICKUP TRUCKS THAT IN THE MUD OVERNIGHT FROM A BIG MUD RALLY SOME DISTANCE FROM SHORE. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON.

THIS PHOTO TAKEN EARLY ONE SUNDAY DEPICTS CONDITIONS WHEN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ARE STRESS. THIS SHOWS IMPACTS OF JOHN DOWN ON GENEVA AND SEVEN THEATERS WERE MUCH IS 11 FEET, THESE ARE AVERAGE ON BROOKLYN. 543 ARE THEIR AVERAGES.

THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT ON THE SHALLOW LAKES. THE DRAWDOWNS CONTINUED AS WE SPEAK. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS COMMUNITIES LOSS OF THESE ONCE NATURAL AND HEALTHY LAKES ARE UNDERSTOOD OR APPRECIATED BY THOSE WHO WILL ALLOW THE HARM TO PERPETUATE. AFTER MANY ITERATIONS OF ST. JOHN'S RIVER, WE HAVE NO ADOPTIONS OF MINIMAL LEVELS FOR THE LEGS. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST VERSION YET OF THE LAKES BUBBLE SPECIFICATIONS ALTHOUGH THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DISAGREEMENT OVER THESE LEVELS BEING TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW. NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS A PRACTICAL SOLUTION IN THE WORKS THAT CAN EASE RESTRICTION OF GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS.

THE BLACK BRIEF PROJECT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.

THE PROJECT IS ALREADY 50% FUNDED AND THE REMAINDER CAN BE OBTAINED BY ALL WATER USERS AS IS PROPER, RESULTING IN LITTLE EXPENSE. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH TO KICK ANY CAN DOWN THE ROAD. STRESS ON THE WATER SUPPLY WILL NOT FIX ITSELF.

ATTENTION SHOULD BE BENEFICIALLY FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLACK CREEK WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COME DOWN.

VIVIENNE JAMES, SAVE OUR LAKES ORGANIZATION. WE ARE HERE BASICALLY FOR AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. THERE ARE SOME UTILITY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND ST. JOHN'S FOLKS IN THE ROOM. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE SPEAKING.

THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS LAKE REGION WAS ONE STARVING BIT STARTING IN THE MID- 70S THE LAKES STARTED TURNING DRY WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS WE ARE THE GOLDMINE, LAKES BROOKLYN AND GENEVA REFLECTS THE HEALTH OF THE OCEANOGRAPHER BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE MAJOR RECHARGE IN ORDER TO PROTECT IF THE WATER DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO SET THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THESE LAKES HAVE BEEN REEVALUATED A NEW NUMBER SEVEN BEEN ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED BY THE ST. JOHN'S GOVERNING BOARD.

THIS IS NOT NEW IT HAS BEEN IN PROCESS AND IT STARTED IN 2010 AND MOVED TO THE FRONT BURNER IN 2017. THE WATER DISTRICT ACTIVELY ENGAGE ALL INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE HAD INPUT AS WELL AS THE UTILITIES GROUP WE HAVE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR INPUT. IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD TO ACCEPT IT THAT IS APPROVED. THE FORMER DIRECTOR ONCE TOLD ME, VIVIAN, IT WILL TAKE NEW WATER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THAT MEANS FINDING WAYS TO CONSERVE, USE AND REUSE RAINFALL THAT GOD PROVIDES. THOSE WHO PUMP LARGE QUANTITIES MUST PARTICIPATE IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE BLACK CREEK DEVELOPMENT.

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THIS WILL BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION. I HAVE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL LEADERS, THEY ALL AGREED THIS PROJECT WILL BRING RECHARGE AND IT WILL MEET MFL'S.

THIS IS SOME OF THE NEW WATER TAPE WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE UTILITIES DO NOT LEGALLY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT IT IS SIMPLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

PETITIONS ARE NOT THE ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS UNDERSTANDING THEIR PART AND RESPONSIBILITY IN PROVIDING WATER FOR THE CUSTOMERS NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

BUT AS PARTNERS IN MANAGING THE RESOURCE. WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO ENCOURAGE THE NORTH FLORIDA UTILITIES GROUP TO NEGOTIATE NOT LITIGATE.

THANK YOU. >> ALSO, THE LAST CARD I HAVE. SCOTT, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, YOU DO HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I JUST WANT TO COME TO YOU TODAY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

IN A WHILE YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE UTILITIES AS WELL AS THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT I HOPE YOU HAVE TAKEN TIME TO EDUCATE YOURSELF SO HERE I WILL SAY COMMISSIONS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE KEYSTONE AREA I WOULD HOPE THAT SUPPORT CONTINUES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO GET THE LAKES POOL.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. >> LAST CALL, ANYONE ELSE, IF NOT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE TIME CERTAIN CENTER ON THE AGENDA WE

[13.  5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard - Vacation of Clark Road Right of Way]

WILL START WITH NUMBER 13, WHICH IS THE VACATION OF CLARK ROAD AND RIGHT-OF-WAY.

THERE IS RICHARD WAS UNDER, WE ALL HAVE THE ROOM FOR A CERTAIN TIME.

ARE WE DRAWING STRAWS? WHEN WE DOING WORKS. >> JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> NELSON, I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT RELEASING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR CLARK ROAD, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DRAINAGE OR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLOSING IT WOULD NOT HURT THE COUNTY RESIDENTS ANYWAY. THE ROAD WAS PREVIOUSLY PRIVATE. IS MY COMMISSIONER HERE TODAY?

>> WHEN DID IT GO FROM PRIVATE CRACKS. >> ARE YOU GOING TO ASK THEM

MORE QUESTIONS? >> SO THE ROAD WAS ORIGINALLY PRIVATE SEVERAL DECADES AGO.

IT WAS MADE PUBLIC AND THEY WANT TO RETURN IT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS THAT EVERYONE IN AND AROUND THE AREA HAVE SIGNED OFF?

SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE VACATE THIS CRACKS. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS FOR NELSON AT THIS TIME? >> LOOKING FORWARD, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK BEHIND HIM HIT LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. WE ARE GOING FROM A RURAL COUNTY TO A SUBURBAN COUNTY, VERY RAPIDLY. THIS IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WHEN WE GET TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT

[01:00:03]

AS OUR COUNTY CLERKS. >> JUST LIKE THE CURRENT UTILITIES, THEY WILL, THE UTILITY COMPANIES WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN UTILITIES THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS IN

THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> IF I DON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW THE

OPERATORS OBTAIN THIS THIS IS ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE LONG. >> IT SHORT.

>> WHAT IS THE VALUE WHAT VALUE DOES CITIZENS WILL PLAY LESS MOVING TOWARDS THE ROAD THAT IS

SOLELY BENEFITING THE RESIDENCE OF THE ROAD. >> THE LAST QUESTION IS WHAT IS

THE BENEFIT? >> TO CLOSE IT? >> THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

>> ARCTIC GROUP ON CLARK ROAD MY PARENTS HAVE A HOUSE THERE. BACK IN THE LATE 50S WHEN MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THE LAND. IT WAS A SINGLE DIRT ROAD AND HE DEVIATED TO THE COUNTY.

WE MAINTAIN THE ROAD AND WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE MAY BE ABLE TO GAIN SOME PROPERTY THAT IS ON IT. WE ARE NOT TALKING VERY MUCH AND THAT IS THE MAIN REASON.

IT TURNS INTO A DEAD-END DOWN THERE. ACROSS ST. JOHN'S RIVER.

WE. >> ON THE ORIGINAL DEED BACK IN THE 50S, THE EASEMENT WAS OVER HERE. WE USED THE ROAD WE HAVE NOW AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT ROAD A PRIVATE ROAD AND GET RID OF THE EASEMENT SO WE CAN GAIN 16 FEET. 16 FEET OF PROPERTY, IT IS A FAMILY OWNED PLACE DOWN THERE. THE ROAD WE HAVE NOW IF WE MAINTAIN IT, WE CAN PUT STUFF ON IT. BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO. I KNOW IT HAPPENED IN 1950.

I'M LOOKING AT 2050. THAT IS, WHEN I LOOK AT RESIDENCE BUYING THE PROPERTY,

[01:05:02]

WE ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM PRIVATE ROADS AND WE WILL GETAWAY.

THIS IS GOING BACK THE WRONG WAY IN MY OPINION. >> WE HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT MAKING THE ROAD PRIVATE GIVING BIRTH COUNTY 10-FOOT, SO AS YOU SAY, 2050 THE COUNTY WANTS TO GO DOWN THERE AND PUT WATER AND SEWER IT THEY WILL HAVE THE EASEMENT.

INSTEAD OF THE 40-FOOT OR WHATEVER IS ON IT NOW. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM 10-FOOT AND THE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL BUILD OUT THERE.

YOU WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO DOWN THERE. >> WILL WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT OF WAY AFTER THE FACT OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE ON THE SAME ONE

CRACKS. >> I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE. >> I THINK THE COUNTY -- I DON'T THINK THEY NEED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEY DON'T NEED THAT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. JUST LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE ROADS, THEY CAN'T WORK

TOGETHER,. >> THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE ROAD. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY.

HOW MUCH SHOULD WE SPEND ON MAINTENANCE? >> I THINK I HAVE THAT FIGURE,

SINCE 1997, 1995, WE HAVE SPENT AROUND $4,000. >> WE HAVE GRADE IT IS AN ADDED

TO IT. >> SO. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? ALRIGHT, BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU STANDBY WE MAY

HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. >> RICHARD DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING QUICKSAND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT ANY UTILITIES GOING IN THERE WILL BE PRIVATELY NEGOTIATED WHETHER THROUGH OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY OR PRIVATE PROPERTY IT IS AN ACCESS ISSUE AND WHETHER WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS OR IF WE WANT TO VACATE IT. A TYPICAL VACATION WILL TAKE PLACE.

THE OWNERS SAY YOU GET ONE HAVE ANY OTHER SIDE THE OTHER HALF. I THINK THERE'S FIVE.

IT ADDS UP TO FIVE OF THEM. >> HOW MANY WILL GET FIXED? AT THAT AREA WHERE IT IS, IT COULD BE VERY LUCRATIVE. GOT IT. SO WE HAVE FOR WITH ONE MORE, WE

WILL SEE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE EASEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A NEGOTIATED ISSUE, IS THAT CORRECT.

I HAVE A MEETING SO THERE COULD BE COST INCURRED TO THE UTILITIES IF THIS IS PAST.

>> THEY GOT IN THE WAY OF GIVING EASEMENTS BUT IF IT'S NOT PAST, IT'S OUR PROPERTY.

>> WE DON'T CHARGE THEM TO GO INTO OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY.

I RECOMMEND WE NEGOTIATE AND EASEMENT TO THIS BEFORE IT WILL BE AT COST TO ONE OF OUR UTILITY OPERATORS. OUR CITIZENS OWN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR ITS PRICE. THROUGH A COST I CAN'T GUARANTEE

[01:10:06]

THAT. 'S THEY WILL DO LIKE THEY DO ANY OTHER CUSTOMER THEY HAVE.

MY POINT IS, LET'S LOOK FORWARD AND STOP LOOKING BACK. WILL HAVE BEEN THERE, AND IF THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO MAKE IT A PRIVATE ROAD, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THIS IN HIS FAVOR.

IT WILL BE TO OUR FAVOR. >> I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD OWN AN EASEMENT THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT EASEMENT TO ANYONE. AND I THINK, AND THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR RICHARD, I DON'T THINK THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WE CURRENTLY OWN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE TO THE STANDARDS WE

REQUIRE BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN ENOUGH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> EVEN RIGHT NOW, I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT INCORPORATING THE INDOOR EASEMENT. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEALING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ARE THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THEY DO IT WITHOUT CHARGING OR RECEIVING PAYMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL

LAST BUT IT HAS LASTED FOR YEARS. >> WHAT ABOUT UNDERGROUND, CLAY

ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC, SAME THING. >> UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.

THEY WOULD DO THE SAME THING IF IT IS WORTH THEIR TIME, THEY COULD END UP BEING MULTI FAMILY AND AT THAT POINT, ABSOLUTELY THEY WOULD SEE THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF IT AND WHO PAYS FOR IT. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THEIR OWN, IT WOULD NOT BE DIRECTLY --

INDIRECTLY WE WOULD PAY FOR BUT. >> INDIRECTLY, THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO PAY FOR.

IT WOULD BE AN ECONOMIC DECISION. I HAVE 50 CUSTOMERS WILL

EXTENDED. >> WHY DON'T WE NEGOTIATE THIS TRANSFER WITH AN EASEMENT?

>> SO, NO MATTER WHO OWNS IT THEY WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE PRIVATELY WITH THE OWNERS.

>> BUT THIS DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE OWNERS IS WHAT I AM

HEARING. >> RIGHT NOW, IF THEY SAY NO, IF THERE'S A RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE WE CAN FIND A PLACE FOR THEM IN THE ROADWAY IF IT FITS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD GO FIND A ROUTE TO GET TO THEM AND IF IT IS WORTH THEIR WHILE, ON THE RIVER OR SOMETHING, SURE.

>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM NOW FOR US TO HELP THEM. >> RIGHT NOW THERE IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY IN OUR GUESS IS WE DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT ANYMORE.

I HEARD THE OWNER STATED THEY HAVE NOT SEEN COUNTY EQUIPMENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE DEFINITELY MAINTAINING IT, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. I THINK THAT IS A

MUTE.PERSONALLY. >> I THINK WE DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT IT WAS

MAINTAIN. >> WE CONFIRMED THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

>> THAT WAS, THAT WAS SURFACE TREATMENT. >> ANYTHING ELSE FOR RICHARD AT THIS POINT? AND THANK YOU, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> JUST MAKE SURE YOU OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

>> HOLDS ... IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? I SEE NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION QUICKSAND CHART MOVE WE APPROVE THE REQUEST OF

THE PROPERTY OWNERS. >> SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THE CHAIR VOTES AND THE POSITIVE

SO WE WILL MOVE THE MOTION 3-2. >> NUMBER 14 THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TUMOR IN THE FUTURE LAND

[14.  5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard - Final Public Hearing to Consider CPA 2021-04 to Amend the Future Land Use Map for 5 acres from AR (Agriculture/Residential) to COM (Commercial) (District 4 Commissioner Condon) (PC Voted 7-0 to Approve)(B.Carson)]

USE MAP FROM AR TO COMMERCIAL. BETH? >> GOOD AFTERNOON BETH CARSON.

[01:15:09]

AT THIS TIME STOPPED WOULD ASK THAT THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE JUNE 8 MEANING.

THERE'S A POLICY THAT WILL COME TO YOU THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS PERSON.

ON THIS APPLICATION. CAN YOU GIVE ANY MORE DETAILS. IT IS A POLICY THAT WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE REGARDING THE EDITION OF COMMERCIAL LAND.

IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR POINT FOR A WHICH DEALT WITH, AND FILL COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL EXPANDING IN AN ALREADY MULTIPLE PARCEL MULTIPLE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

>> I GUESS I AM CONFUSED BECAUSE IT DID NOT COME ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR AT OUR

LAST MEETING. >> THAT POLICY WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE WE DID NOT REALIZE IT HAD COME BACK TO THE STATE SO DUE TO ADVERTISING WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK.

>> IT WAS BROUGHT BACK LIKE THREE MONTHS AGO AND THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING AND I THINK IT IS REALLY LITERALLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS THREE DIFFERENT ZONINGS ON IT. I DON'T THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THE PROPERTY OWNER WAIT FOUR MONTHS AND HE SAID WE WILL GET THIS POLICY TAKEN CARE OF AND FEBRUARY.

>> BUT WE HAD TO TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE. >> IT DID NOT COME UP THE LAST

TIME WE HEARD THIS ON MAY 4. >> YOU DID NOT HEAR IT ON MAY 4. WE LOOKED AT THIS ONCE BEFORE,

THE WHOLE PROCESS YOU HEARD AND IT COMES BACK TO YOU. >> THE SIGN ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY AS THE DATE FOR THIS WEIRD THAT DEALS WITH ITEM 50 BUT THEY BOTH GO TOGETHER.

>> THIS ITEM WAS HEARD FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE DID NOT KNOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON IT AND WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE BEFORE YOU HAVE THE OTHER POLICY ADOPTED AS WELL. MEANWHILE THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOTHING TO DO BUT WAIT. I THINK THAT IS WRONG. WE KNEW, WE TRANSMITTED THE POLICY AND WE DID NOT KNOW WE HAD THE POLICY BACK. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ADVERTISE IT WAS TRANSMITTED AND RETURNED BACK BY E-MAIL I DON'T HAVE ACCESS I HAD TO GO AND FIND THEM. I ADMIT THERE IS CONFUSION, THIS WAS FOUND TOO LATE TO ADVERTISE

ON THIS AGENDA. >> WILL WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> WE WOULD HAVE TO SERVE A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. INCREASE -- IN CASE ANYONE IS HERE. WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE EFFECT? IF IT IS NOT CONTINUE THE POLICY CHANGE ADDED, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, IT WOULD IT WOULD EXEMPT PROPERTIES FROM BEING ABLE TO DO A PUD DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE REGULAR STANDARD. IT WOULD NOT MEET THAT POLICY.

IT IS CONFUSING, I AM SORRY. THE POLICY REQUIRES THE PLAN PORTION APPLIED TO AND SO THIS WOULD NOT. DO WE COMMUNICATE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER?

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I IMAGINE THAT IS NOT -- THAT IS THE REASON THEY ARE NOT HERE TODAY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BETH? DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? I SEE NONE SO WE WILL CONTINUE THE FIRST MEETING OF JUNE. WILL CONTINUE THIS ON JUNE 8?

[15.  5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard- Final Public Hearing to Consider Rezoning Application Z-21-01 AR to BB-2 (District 4 Commissioner Condon) (PC 7-0 to approve)(B.Carson)]

WE WILL DO THE SAME THING WITH 15. IF YOU COULD, TELL US ABOUT

THAT. >> ITEM 15 IS THE COMPANION ZONING REQUEST WHICH WAS TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY TO MATCH THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY. THAT REQUEST, STAFF IS

REQUESTING THAT IT IS CONTINUED. >> LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEE NONE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JUNE 8.

ON JUNE AID, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ISSUE? LET'S MOVE AHEAD, THE FINAL

[16.  5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard- Final Public Hearing to Consider a Land Development Code Change to the Conditional Use Requirements for RV and Boat Storage (PC Voted 7-0 to Approve)(B.Carson)]

PUBLIC HEARING THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. ARTICLE THREE SECTION THREE -- FIVE, RV AND BOAT STORAGE WAS APPROVED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BACK IN APRIL.

THEY HAVE PROPOSED SOME CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONAL USE STANDARDS.

VERSUS THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 ACRES. THE SECOND CHANGE IS IT BE ALLOWED TO BE ACCESS FROM THE ROAD IF IT IS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND THE MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY OR VILLAGE CENTERS WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN.

ITEM THREE CLARIFIES WHAT CONSTITUTES OPEN SPACE TO INCLUDE SETBACKS AND OTHER EXISTING AND VEGETATION AREAS. ITEM FOUR, ATTIC CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT THE MATERIAL IS REQUIRED WITHIN THE BOAT STORAGE FACILITIES. THERE WAS A 6-FOOT FENCE REQUIRED AROUND ALL OF THE FACILITIES. THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IT MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND BOUNDARIES WHERE IT IS VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUT WHERE IT IS, IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE 6-FOOT BARRIER BUT NOT OPAQUE. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BETH AT THIS TIME? THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HEARD THIS OR DISGUSTED. DID YOU HAVE ANY THINK YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MILLER AT THIS POINT? DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME, HEARING ON WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED IT CARRIES 5-0 AND WE ARE DOWN WITH THE TIME CERTAIN TURN WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE AGENDA WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYONE THEY -- DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO PULL OUT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE IT CARRIES 5-0. WHEN WE GET TO OUR DISCUSSION UPDATES JON WARD COME DOWN WITH

[5.  COVID Update]

A COVID UPDATE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, YOU DO NOT GET BLESSED WITH HEATHER'S PRESENCE TODAY. I WON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DATA TO PRESENT BUT I DO WANT TO TALK

[01:25:06]

ABOUT, WE HAVE RECENTLY CLOSE OUR COUNTY POD SITE THAT MADE MS. ANNIE REALLY HAPPY.

WE HAVE ALSO CLOSE DOWN PHONE CALL CENTER. WE TRANSFERRED EVERYTHING FROM THERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE VACCINES THAT ARE BEING DONE AT THE CLINIC.

THEY ARE SET UP FOR 25 PER DAY THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN DOING TEN PER DAY.

WE DO HAVE A CURATIVE SITE ON THE SECOND ROUND. THEY DID THE FIRST THOSE THREE WEEKS AGO. WE WILL FINISH THE REST THIS WEEKEND THEY WILL PICK UP NEXT WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS. THEY ARE BOUNCING AROUND THE COUNTY.

A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE WILL BE HAD AND WITH THE THREE WEEKS LATER THE SECOND DOSE WHICH WILL PUT THEM AT THE MIDDLE OF JULY. THEN WE WILL EVALUATE AS WE GET TO THE END OF JUNE. THEY ARE SET UP TO DO 250 PER DAY.

INTEREST IS DWINDLING. WE HAVE MANY PRIVATE SECTOR SITES WHERE.

WALGREENS, EXPERTS, THIS SHOWS MY AGE. WE HAVE WALGREENS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS YOU CAN WALK INTO ANY OF THE SITES AND WALK IN AND GET IT.

I AM DATING MYSELF. >> THEY ARE NOT DOING VERY MANY. >> I THINK, ONE OTHER THING I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER, THOUGH TO THE SITE TO GET INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE AND I WILL CARVE-OUT THAT AGAIN. WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT IT STARTS WITH NEXT WEEK. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GROUP TO PUSH THE MESSAGE OUT, NOT THAT I'VE BEEN COUNTING, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE RESIDENCE PREPARED WE ARE EXPECTING THE

BUSY SEASON. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYBE YOU CAN UPDATE US ON THE REORGANIZATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I WAS FORTUNATE.

I HAD ONE OF MY LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES TRANSITION TO CERISE SHOP AND TOOK THE POSITION WHICH OPENED UP A POSITION. I DID STEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON AND I ADDED TO THE COUNTY. WE JUST ADDED A DEPUTY DIRECTOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW HE HAS BEEN A PARTNER. HE CONTROLLED ALL OF THE CIVILIAN DEFENSE WHEN THEY CAME IN AND ASSISTED THE CIVILIANS HE ASSISTED THEM. THEY WERE VERY CLOSE PARTNERS

AND HE WALKED RIGHT INTO THE DOOR AT THE BEGINNING. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN QUICKSAND TWITTED BE POSSIBLE TO ADVERTISE WHERE YOUR CLINICS WILL SET UP FOR THE DAY?

LIKE IN THE PAPER? >> I WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM ON FIVE.

WE ARE FINALIZING THAT AND WANT TO GO SO WE WILL PUSH IT OUT AND HIT OUR MEDIA PARTNERS WILL BE FOUND THAT GETS A LOT OF TRACTION THAT IS BY US GETTING THERE WE WILL DO THOSE EVERY DAY ALSO. I WILL PUT IT OUT FOR IMMEDIATE PARTNERSHIP.

>> THIS IS OUR LAST EFFORT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE.

KNOWING THAT THE SITE IS THEIR WILL HELP. I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KNOW THE COUNTY WEBSITE. FOR PEOPLE WHO DO THAT SORT OF THING, EVER PEOPLE WHO DON'T, MAYBE RADIO OR MAYBE A SPOT ON TELEVISION. REALLY CHARM ONE TIME AND SEE IF

IT WORKS. >> I WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM. >> WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE MEDIA TO DO THAT. WHETHER WE CAN EFFECTIVELY DO IT BECAUSE THEY DO IT SO MUCH BUT CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN USING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SAM IS NOT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW BIRTHDAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD BASED SOCIAL MEDIA

[01:30:04]

AND WE LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE IN THERE. >> SHE WAS CHEERING FOR YOU, SHE

IS SO PROUD OF YOU. >> SHE KNOWS ME, I'M NOT THAT GOOD.

>> THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR SEND AN E-MAIL. IF SOMEONE IS REGISTERED, THEY

CAN LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, SO IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL MEDIA. >> I THINK THOSE OF US WHO THINK

THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS, WE MAY NOT BE CHECKING. >> AND ALSO IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE TO PUT IT OUT. BUDDIES ASKING IS TO EXPLORE THAT AND IF WE COULD UTILIZE SOME GOODWILL, LET'S DO IT. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN HITTING THOSE OUTLETS ALREADY.

IS TIME TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE. >> I WILL GO GET THE NEWSPAPER. >> WE HAVE A QUESTION.

>> IF YOU COULD REITERATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THE PARENTS NOT BEING IN

SCHOOL. >> AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS. THERE WAS A CLIP THAT WAS PULLED OFF MS. HEATHER DID A FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION, A CLIP THAT SAID WE WERE GOING TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS TO GET A SHOT. THAT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE ONCE THEY GET THE APPROVAL.

ONCE WE ARE UNDER EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION SO THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE STANDING THERE.

ONCE THEY GET FINAL APPROVAL IT WILL BE JUST LIKE THEY DO THE FLU SHOTS IN THE SCHOOLS.

THEY WILL SEND A PAPER HOME, THEY WILL SEND IT BACK AND WE WILL NEVER GIVE A SHOT WITHOUT PARENTS APPROVAL. THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

>> THANK YOU JOHN. THERE WAS CONFUSION BECAUSE IT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT STARTED AND WE DID NOT QUESTION IT BECAUSE WE HAD THE ANSWER. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS IN TERMS OF

[6.  American Rescue/CARES Act Update]

CLARIFYING THAT. ON TO NUMBER SIX AND THE CARES ACT UPDATE.

>> IT SO, THERE YOU GO. YOU WILL SEE MUCH CHANGE THE FINAL INVOICE CAME IN.

THEY ARE NOW PROCESSING THE FINAL THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOT CHANGED BUT THE GOOD NEWS ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS VICTORIOUS TEAM HAS PUSHED REALLY HARD AND WE HAVE PAID OUT $618,000, WE ARE STARTING TO GET EVERYTHING GOING WITH THE DOCUMENTS COMING IN.

PROBABLY COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ASK ABOUT REOPENING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS IN THE BANK, WE DO HAVE THAT MONEY HERE AND THEN LAST WEEK YOU APPROVED FOR US WE APPROVE THIS ONE WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS. IT IS A $900,000 GRANT IT WILL BE IT WILL MATCH EXTENSION OFFICES AND CURRENT STAFF AS PART OF THE MATCH ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THAT IS IT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE BUTTS IN THE BANK.

>> WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO BRING TO THE BOARD A PLAN TO GO OVER A PRELITERATE BASED ON THE

FEEDBACK AND WHAT IS ALLOWED ON THE RESCUE PLAN. >> WHAT IS THE CUTOFF?

>> YOU GET HALF OF THE MONEY THIS YEAR AND HAVE NEXT YEAR IT CAN ACTUALLY BE SPREAD OVER

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SEVERAL YEARS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN,.

[7.  Animal Shelter Update (T. Nagle)]

>> ANIMAL SHELTER, WE DID THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND WE DO HAVE CHANGES COMING.

THE OTHER ITEM WAS THE SHELTER DESIGN. SO, WE ARE ASKING FOR FLEXIBILITY. THE COUNTY HAS ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR WHAT WE DO ARCHITECTURAL PLANS. WE ARE ASKING FOR MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL PUT EMPHASIS ON FIRMS THAT DO ANIMAL SHELTER DESIGN. RIGHT NOW THE CRITERIA IS OPEN.

WE ARE SEEKING PERMISSION TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IT THAT SAY YOU MUST DESIGN MEDICAL SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS KIND OF WORK.

>> CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS WORKS. >> IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, IF WE

DON'T HAVE IT UPFRONT, WE CANNOT USE IT AS A SCORING CRITERIA. >> I NEED TO HAVE HER EXPLAIN IT FURTHER. DH I AM RELUCTANT TO CHANGE THE POLICY.

>> THIS WILL SELECT A DESIGN FIRM FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND GENERAL SERVICES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE BOND PROJECTS, AND WE WERE ADDING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WOULD FIT WITHOUT BOND PLOT JACK SO IT IS THE SAME CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK FOR IN OUR CURRENT, BUT WE ARE WANTING SOMEONE WHO HAS THE DIRECT EXPERTISE MORE IN THEIR APPROACH AND QUALIFICATIONS.

EMPHASIS ON A FIRM THAT HAS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. >> HOW DO WE DECIDE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB. THAT IS PART OF THE CRITERIA WHEN WE SCREEN THE GUYS.

THIS ONE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIFIC CHOICES THAT HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE DESIGNING.

NO DIFFERENT THAN IF WE WERE SELECTING SOMEONE TO DO A FIRE STATION.

WE WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED. IT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. JUST BRINGING IT BEFORE YOU FOR KNOWLEDGE.

IT'S NOT CHANGING THE POLICY OR CRITERIA. WE LOOK FOR WORKLOAD FINANCIAL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND FOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MINORITY BUSINESS AND THE PLAN AND BUDGET AND VOLUME. THIS IS WHY CANDIES ARE WORDING THIS IS ALSO YOU WON'T GET

SOMEONE WHO HAS THE COMPETENCE TO DESIGN. >> WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THEY

ARE DOING IN THE PAST. >> THE UTILITY GROUP INCLUDING CLAY COUNTY UTILITY FILED

[8.  Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva MFL's (J. Johnston/CCUA and M. Register/SJRWMD)]

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PETITIONS CHALLENGING IT FOR THE LAKES AND THE STRATEGY AND WE ALSO EXPECTED TO RECEIVE, A

PETITION ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE, WHAT FL IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT. I HAVE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION

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WE WILL GET TO IT IN A SECOND PERIOD FIRST OF ALL, I AM SURE EVERYONE HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND IT IS SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP WITHIN THE NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL SUPPLY PLAYER. HERE IT IS SLIGHTLY ZOOMED IN. THIS IS PART OF A CHAIN OF LAKES AND THEY ARE SANDHILL LAKES AND THEY ARE NOW WITH ALL OF THIS WORKS AMONGST THE MOST STUDIED.

THE MINIMUM LEVELS WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN JANUARY 1996 BUT WERE DONE SO WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OR WITHOUT THE MODELS. THIS ALLOWED FOR ASSESSMENTS AND CONCERNS WERE RAISED AND THE DISTRICT COMMITTED TO A REEVALUATION.

AFTER WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS THE DISTRICT COMPLETED THE EVALUATION IN 2020.

AS YOU REQUESTED, TO TALK ABOUT BACKGROUND ON FLOWS AND BUBBLES, THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS IT SET THE LIMITS WHICH FURTHER DRAWS AND ECOLOGY IN THE AREA. WHETHER IT CAN EFFECTIVELY AND THOSE LAKES THAT ARE CONNECTED WITHIN THE LAKE ITSELF. IT COULD BE A DIRECT WITHDRAWAL.

>> IT COULD GO ALL THE WAY OUT. THE GROUND MODEL EXTENDS TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD REACH THAT FAR BUT WITHIN THE DEMAND WE WANTED TO COVER AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT WHO WAS LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS AND NOT HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE PREVIOUS ESTIMATIONS.

WHEN WE ESTABLISH THOSE LIMITS, DISTRICTS MUST CONSIDER NON- USES AND LIKE THE GROUPS AND THE SAVE OUR LAKES ORGANIZATION WERE CONSULTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THESE ARE THE LISTINGS THAT OCCURRED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR A DECADE.

THE FINAL CRITERIA FOR THE RECOVERY STRATEGY INC. STAKEHOLDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME OF THE MOST RECENT CHANGES TO THE STRATEGIES WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF COMMENTS RECEIVED. OR FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS. AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITERIA, THESE ARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDED FOR THE BLUE THE BLAKES WHICH PROTECT THE RELEVANT WATER RESEARCH VALUES FOR THE LAKES. THE OPEN WATER METRIC WAS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE THIS IS ONLY AN AESTHETIC METRIC THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDES PROTECTION OF HOW IT HAS NOT AFFORDED BY THE OTHER METRICS THAT MARCH FOR SHOES TO ESCAPE PREDATORS AND FOR RESTING. SOME GAME SPECIES SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE PROFICIENT PROTECTION. BUT IT DOES ENSURE ADEQUATE PROTECTION THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT STATUS ASSESSMENT WHICH IS A COMPARISON OF CURRENT PUMPING CONDITIONS WITH THE MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR EACH OF THE METRICS.

POSITIVE NUMBERS HERE MEANS THAT MORE PUMPING COULD OCCUR BEFORE THE CRITERIA IT WOULD NO LONGER BE MET. NEGATIVE NUMBERS MEET THE CRITERIA IS ALREADY NOT BEING MET. AS I'VE MENTIONED THE MOST CONSTRAINING METHOD IS THE OPEN WATER. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OTHER METRICS ARE NOT BEING MET OR ARE CLOSE TO NOT BEING MET. THEREFORE THE LAKES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN RECOVERY AND

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IN A RECOVERY STRATEGY THAT HAD TO BE RECOVERED SO THEY COULD MEET THE RECOMMENDED LEVELS.

AS PART OF THE RULE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, STAKEHOLDERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE.

>> AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RECHARGE TO THE AREA AND SURFACE TO THE LAKE SYSTEM SO IT RECOVERS. THE IMPORTANT THING AND THE THING PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS IT IS NOT AN IDEAL CONDITION. IT IS THE BREAKING.BETWEEN WHEN HARM WILL OCCUR LOWERING THE LAKE MORE THAN THAT. IT IS NOT AN IDEAL RECOVERY BUT BECAUSE THIS IS AN IDEAL SITE FOR PROVIDING RECHARGE TO THE AREA THE BENEFIT OF THAT LET'S GET GERMANY JOHNSON OF HE ALSO

HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US THIS AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS GERMANY JOHNSON CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY. LET ME MAKE SURE I OPERATE THIS CORRECTLY.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I WANTED TO SET THE TABLE REGARDING THE MISSION FOR YOUR CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY. WE ARE A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FOR THOSE WHOSE MISSIONS CENTER ON GENERAL WELFARE.

CENTRAL TO THAT MISSION IS DELIVERING SAFE, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER TO THE CUSTOMERS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. AS PART OF DELIVERING SAFE AND RELIABLE DRINKING WATER, WE DO HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE CUSTOMERS, AS THE LEGAL COUNSEL WILL TOLD ME REPEATEDLY WHEN WE ARE SETTING BUDGETS WE HAVE A DUAL RATIONAL NEXT IS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND HOW WE SET OUR CHARGES. THAT MEANS THOSE CHARGES AND RATES HAVE TO BE TIED TO THE

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ACTUAL COST THAT IT REQUIRES TO DELIVER SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS. WE ARE USING THE SAME PRINCIPLE IN NAVIGATING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT, TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICTS WITH THE IMPACTS.

WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS TIED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY. ALL OF YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT IT. THE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LED THE WAY IN THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, BEFORE IT WAS NEEDED, AND THIS AS REAP THE BENEFITS OF INVESTMENTS AND THIS ENDED UP BEING AN 8 MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND IT OFFSET INVESTMENTS FOR $25 MILLION IN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. CLEARLY, WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE ACADEMIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE OVERALL WELFARE OF CLAY COUNTY.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE CONTINUED TO OR WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT STAFF.

THEY ARE CLEARLY -- WE WANT TO RESPECT THEIR MISSION AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM TO RESOLVE THIS TO EVERYONE'S BENEFIT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SOME STARTING POINTS, AS MIKE HAS POINTED OUT, BUT LAKES BROOKLYN GENEVA SENTHIL EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VARIABILITY IN THE LAKES. THE WATER DEMAND FROM PEOPLE USING THE OCEANOGRAPHER DOES AFFECT THE BLAKES AS MIKE HAS POINTED OUT. WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THAT IS PART OF THE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE AND THE EFFORTS TO TAKE WATER OFF OF THE ( INDISCERNIBLE ) TO OTHER SOURCES. THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS DEVELOPING A GREAT PROJECT. THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT THAT WOULD TAKE WATER FROM BLACK CREEK UP TO THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS LAKE TO ADDRESS LAKE LEVELS AS WELL AS THE MFL.

I HAVE BEEN VERY PUBLIC IN MY SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. I THINK, ALL OF YOU HAD A MEMO THAT I GAVE TO MY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND I DID RECOMMEND PARTICIPATING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. AS THE INFORMATION WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THERE IS A FUNDING SHORTFALL FOR THE OVERALL FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT OVER A FAIRLY LONG WINDOW. SOME EVENTS, A TIMELINE OF EVENTS, YES, THE MFL'S HAVE BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND DEVELOPMENT OR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS LED TO THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES, OR BEFORE I GET TO THAT, WE SAW THIS COMING. WE DID ENGAGE THE TEAM LAST NOVEMBER FOR PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WERE NOT ONLY TIED TO THIS BUT THE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS. JUMPING TO RECENT EVENTS, WE WERE FIRST APPROACHED ABOUT THE DISTRICT ON MARCH 23, REGARDING FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT. MY NEXT BOARD MEETING IS NOT WE DID SEE 83RD REVISED STRATEGY THAT WAS SENT TO US. I DO HAVE A DUTY TO UPDATE THE BOARD REGARDING FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO PARTICIPATE.

BETWEEN MARCH 23-APRIL 6 WE WERE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY EVALUATE THAT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER APRIL 8, THE UTILITY COORDINATION GROUP MEMBERS WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT PARTICIPATED, ST. JOHNS COUNTY, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE DISTRICT REQUESTING MORE TIME TO WORK THESE ISSUES OUT.

THE SAINT JOHN BOARD MEMBER DID SET A NUMBER OF TIMELINES AND MOTION OF WHICH, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FILE PETITIONS IF WE WERE TO PROTECT THE CUSTOMER'S RIGHTS.

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THAT IS IN A LARGE PART WHERE THE FOCUS IS PROTECTING THE CUSTOMER RIGHT AND THE FIDUCIARY DUTIES. ON APRIL 20 I TOOK A MEMO THAT I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IMPOSED NEGOTIATION DIDN'T GO THROUGH I WAS AUTHORIZED TO FILE PETITIONS TO PROTECT THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PETITIONS WAS TO FIND IN THAT MEMORANDUM, TO SEEK A SOLUTION TO THE MFL'S AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT.

SINCE THEN THE PETITIONS HAVE BEEN FILED. ON APRIL 20 SEGMENT 28 THE MEMBERS IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT GROUP MET TWICE, THE UTILITY GROUPS DID PUT TO FINANCIAL OFFICE ON THE TABLE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS WORK WE DID HAVE -- WE DID HAVE A SET MYTHOLOGY WITH THE COST OF PROJECTS AS WE UNDERSTOOD THAT SITUATION AND WE OFFER THOSE TO THE DISTRICT. WITH THE SECOND OFFER THERE WERE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRESENTED, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS NOT.

FURTHER, THE LAST COMMUNICATION THE LAST FORMAL COMMUNICATION WAS JUST THIS LAST FRIDAY, WHERE THE LEGAL COUNSEL DID SEND A LETTER TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SEEKING TO HAVE A MEETING TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. FURTHER, WE PREPARED A DRAFT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT TO THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEETINGS WILL BE FRUITFUL, I BELIEVE THERE IS A MEETING COMING UP ON THURSDAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. SO, I THINK THE ENTIRE GROUP INVOLVED IS HOPEFUL TO RESOLVE

THIS ISSUE. >> OKAY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT, B IMPACTS TO THE LAKES IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF WATER USES THAT IMPACT THE LAKES. THIS IS DATA FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT THE LEGAL AND TECHNICAL TEAM PUT TOGETHER. THIS REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE AREA CONTRIBUTING IMPACTS TO THE LAKE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACT THAT THE CUSTOMERS HAVE. WE DO HAVE A DUTY TO ADDRESS THOSE IMPACTS.

WHAT WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH, WE DO NOT SEE WHERE WE NECESSARILY HAVE A DUTY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE CUSTOMER IMPACTS ARE. WE ARE BEING VERY DILIGENT TO TIE OUR SHARE OF PARTICIPATION TO WHAT THE CUSTOMER IMPACTS ARE. THIS IS A REPRESENTATION PREPARED BY THE LEGAL AND TECHNICAL TEAM, GIVING REPRESENTATION OF LAKE LOOP THE PROJECTED LAKE LEVEL UP TO THE MFL RECOVERY AS THEY CALCULATED THE 3.9 FEET OF LIVE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROPORTIONAL RATIO OF THAT OF THE LIVE. THIS IS AS WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE FUTURE.

THE PROJECT GOES WELL BEYOND THE MFL, THEY ARE PROPORTIONAL, AND THIS IS RELATED.

WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT AS LONG AS THAT PARTICIPATION IS PROPORTIONALLY RELATED TO THE CUSTOMER IMPACTS. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN FROM A PLANNING EFFORT, THEY DO NOT SEE A PATH FORWARD BASED ON INFORMATION WITHOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT.

THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SO INTERTWINED. THE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE WHEN

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YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF OTHER OPTIONS, THEY ARE EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE AGAIN, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT, THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT ADDRESSES THE MFL AND THE LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLY AND PLANNING. OBVIOUSLY IT IS A TREMENDOUS VALUE FOR THE UTILITIES AND THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO THE BOARD AND THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT VALUE. SUMMING IT UP, WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS.

WE WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. WE ARE PREPARED AND WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE EXPECTATIONS. >> EACH WON'T GIVE YOU A

DIFFERENT ANSWER. >> BUT ARE WE TALKING BETWEEN A QUARTER PER MONTH TO 12 CENTS PER MONTH PER USER? -- I'VE HAD NOT HAD ANY CALCULATIONS BUT THIS IS NOT AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT. I AGREE WITH YOU BUT WE HAVE A DUTY, WHATEVER IT IS THERE HAS

TO BE RATIONALE AS TO WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR. >> I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT LARGE DOLLARS IN THEIR WATER BILL.

THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING PUMPING THE WATER FOR FREE. YOU CHARGE FOR YOUR SERVICES BUT NO ONE HAS PAID FOR THE WATER. SO NOW, IT IS TIME THAT WE GO BACK INTO THE RECOVERY AND WE

ARE NOT TALKING HUGE DOLLARS PER USER PER MONTH. >> CORRECT.

>> IF YOU ARE ASKING PERCENTAGES OF THE BILL I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT YOU ARE NOT TALKING DOLLARS PER BILL. YOU'RE NOT TALKING THOSE TYPES OF NUMBERS.

THERE HAS TO BE RATIONAL CALCULATIONS WHATEVER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE STAKEHOLDERS THERE IS A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND A REASON AND LOGICAL MATHEMATICAL SUPPORT FOR WHAT

THAT BILL IS. >> ARE YOUR SENTIMENTS, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK BUT ARE THEY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SENTIMENTS OF THE UTILITY COMPANY QUICKSAND I SAY WE HAVE GREAT BROKING -- WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GROUP. WE COORDINATE OFTEN.

I WOULD SAY, ALL OF THEM THAT I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH HAVE EXPRESSED A SIMILAR SENTIMENT OF TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. EVERYONE ENGAGE WILL BE AT THE MEETING.

>> THERE IS NO ANOMALY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO RESOLVE. ALL OF THE PROBLEMS ARE SIMILAR.

>> WE ARE SHARING THE SAME METHODOLOGY ON HOW WE SHARE NUMBERS.

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PIE CHART I WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE UTILITY PORTION. WHO ARE THE OTHERS?

>> I WILL START WITH THE BLUE, THAT IS THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY THAT IS MORE THAN JUST ST. JOHNS COUNTY'S UTILITIES. THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC SUPPLIERS THAT WOULD BE IN THE PIE CHART.

I THINK THAT MAY BE INDUSTRIAL TYPE USERS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN STANDALONE, OUT-OF-STATE USERS,

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AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA, THERE ARE OTHERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 9.8%, LOCAL USERS WHICH IS THE DOMESTIC SELF SUPPLY I THINK IT IS THERE THEY HAVE A 10-11% IMPACT ON THE LAKES AND CLEARLY THE USERS WITHIN THE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE AN

IMPACT. >> THIS IS JUST ANOTHER QUESTION, WHEN I THINK OF A WELL

DOES IT GO DOWN THERE, ANYONE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM? >> ANY OUTPUT FROM THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE INFLUENCE IT COULD BE VERY SMALL BUT EVEN SMALL INFLUENCES WHEN YOU ADD THEM UP,

THEY CAN ADD THEM UP TO A DECENT IMPACT. >> WE HAVE A UTILITY SYSTEM, I DON'T HAVE A WELL BUT I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE HAVING A SHALLOW WELL, DOES THAT TAKE SURFACE

WATER? >> THERE IS ONE NEAR THE SURFACE BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE YOU VERY LONG TO GET TO THIS, THIS IS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO D. YOU TO END UP TOUCHING AT SOME

ASPECT. >> >> I WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS

COMING FROM THERE. >> THIS IS DEFINITELY COMING FROM THE --

>> AND ARTESIAN WELL THAT IT ALLOWS THE WATER TO FLOW. >> THAT IS PROBABLY ONE 100%.

>> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER BOLLA. >> BOTH LEVEL, THE 9 FEET, ARE WE SAYING THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT WOULD PRAISE THE LAKE 9 FEET QUICKSAND THAT IS THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD RAISE THE LAKE LEVELS, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

>> THAT INFORMATION IS FROM THE DISTRICT. WE WERE USING THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MODELS TO CALCULATE THE SHARE, AS WELL AS THE ONE-POINT ONE FOR THE

SUPPLIERS IT DEPENDS ON THE PRESSURE. >> THE DISTRICT WILL TALK IN

DETAILS ABOUT THIS. >> WE WILL RUN THIS WHEN BLACK CREEK FLOODS.

(SPEAKING AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). >> THE OPERATING PARAMETERS FROM WHEN IT WILL BE TAKEN, WHEN IT IS PUMPING AND LOOKING AT RECORDS OF WHAT THE LEVELS ARE AND HOW MUCH CAN BE WITHDRAWN.

WHAT IS IT CAPABLE OF? >> THIS IS A VERY SMALL IMPACT AND THERE ARE TIMES IF THEY GOT LOW ENOUGH THAT DESIGN WOULD NOT PULL FROM IT THAT IS WHY ON AVERAGE IT WOULD BE THAT.

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>> IN GENERAL IT WILL BE PUMPING EVERY DAY, IT IS NOT AT THE FLOOD LEVEL STAGE.

>> IT WOULD BE PUMPING AT THE FLOOD LEVEL STAGE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS.

BUT WE CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE PERIMETERS AND WHEN IT TURNS ON AND WHEN IT WOULD TURN OFF. BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND THE RUNOFF, BUT CREEK FLOWS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE THE PLANNING IMPACTS WE'RE SO, THIS WOULD SKIM WATER OFF OF THE TOP SO IT IS NOT NOTICEABLE BY ANYONE.

IT WOULD THEN BE BENEFICIAL FOR RECHARGE FOR THE GENERAL AREA. >> HOW OFTEN DO THEY REACH FLOOD

STAGE? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION, WE USUALLY HERE, IT DOES NOT SEEMED LIKE IT'S THAT POSSIBLE.

I NOTE YOU HAVE SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, BUT TO PUT BLACK CREEK WATER BACKEND, THOUGH WATER INJECTION, THEY USE THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

>> THE PROJECT IT CAN GO THROUGH A RECHARGE THIS WILL MAKE ITS WAY DOWN SO THERE'S NO INJECTION

INVOLVED. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WITH THE WATER BEING CONSIDERED, HOW MUCH COMES FROM VIEW? PROPORTIONALLY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT MY FINGERTIPS BUT WE SERVE 55% OF THE POPULATION IN CLAY COUNTY. THAT IS A ROUGH NUMBER.

>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, WE URGE YOU TO FIND COMMON GROUND.

CONTINUE YOUR TALKS. >> I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH GENERAL COUNCILS ARE HERE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I SET ON MY BEHALF AND ON HALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE MADE IT CLEAR I WASN'T SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION BUT AT THE BOARD MEETING THIS MORNING, AND JUST EXPRESS THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TOGETHER. WE WANT RESOLUTIONS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND IT'S NOT TIED UP IN COURT. I SHARED THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FROM BEING THE 800-POUND GORILLA TO BE THE HERO. I WOULD SAY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT CCUA. WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS BUT JEREMY AND CELESTE, I SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE AND COMMANDED YOU, THE PROJECT IS GOOD. I JUST WANT TO REALLY SAY, WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE HOPE THAT RESOLUTION CAN'T COME SOON AND THESE PETITIONS CAN BE WITHDRAWN. IF WE GO TO WHAT WAS SHOWN EARLIER, EVERYONE IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS IS BANKRUPT FINANCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY, THE REST OF YOU WHO PUMP WATER WON'T BE PUMPING LONG. THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ONTO OLD BUSINESS BUSINESS NUMBER

[9.  Authorization for CR 218-Cosmos Avenue to Pine Tree Lane Design-Build for the Bonded Transportation Program Project #1 Agreement to be executed by Chairman (E. Dendor)]

NINE WITH SUCH IS THE DESIGN BUILD AND STEP IN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THROUGH THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SORRY.

IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO BASICALLY EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR THE COUNTY ROAD

218. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED AT THIS TIME?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I STRUGGLE WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN BUT I HEAR THINGS LIKE, THEY GO TO REPAVE THE ROADS, THEN THEY KEEP THE MAILINGS AND WE BUY IT BACK, I KNOW YOU DON'T DO THAT WORK, I KNOW THAT IS PUBLIC'S WORK.

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I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO START WRITING THESE AGREEMENTS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYERS AND TO WHERE WE GET THE MATERIALS BACK. IT IS WRITTEN TO THE BENEFITS OF THE TAXPAYERS AND THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN ANY MATERIAL BUILT IN IF THEY CAN USE IT BACK IN THE PROJECT THAT IS PART OF THE SCOPE SO WE HAVE TO REMOVE DIRT AND THAT IS STILL BUILT IN SO IT'S NOT LIKE, THE CONTRACTORS MAKING OFF WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY WILL PUT A LOT MORE

BY GOING INTO A FOUR-LAE ROAD. >> WE JUST HAVE THE GUN RANGE PROJECT COMING UP.

WITH THE UC IT IS NOT A LOT OF DIRT, I WOULD RATHER BE USED OR THE CONNIE -- COMPANY ALREADY EARNS. ANYWHERE WE CAN COHABITATE ORACLE USE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE QUANTITY ARE PART OF THE OUTPUT. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PRODUCT. SOME PRODUCTS, CAN BE USED. I DO HAVE A LOT OF AREA THAT

WOULD BE HAPPY WITH ANY PRODUCT. >> RYAN SUCCOP HERE. >> DID YOU WANT TO SAY

SOMETHING. >> I'M SORRY I'M TERESA GARDNER. AND THEN I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE TOPIC LAST WEEK. WE MEET WEEKLY. IT IS ON HIS RADAR I DON'T KNOW IF RICHARD IS HERE. IT IS ALSO ON OUR RADAR AND HE WILL DEVELOP PRODUCTS THAT HAVE MATERIALS AND IF IT MAKES SENSE TO GO TO MASTERS, THAT IS WILL BE ABLE TO.

I DID EIGHT YEARS AGO BUT IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY -- FRIENDLY. BUT IT IS A GREAT PARTNER. WE WERE CONSTANTLY TALKING AS HE

MENTIONED, HE WILL KEEP US IN THE LOOP. >> WE WILL TAKE ALL GOOD IDEAS.

>> DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS. I SECOND THE MOTION. IT CARRIES 5-0.

[10.  Request for Lien Reduction for Northeast Florida Land Company, Inc. (C. Stewart)]

THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATED. >> WE MOVED TO NEW BUSINESS NUMBER TEN REQUEST FOR LEAN

PRODUCTION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA LAND COMPANY. >> WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE

COUNTY MANAGER TO BUY PIZZA. >> REALLY QUICK, I HAVE A PERSPECTIVE BUYER WHO FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION FOR A LEAN PRODUCTION. MS. WHITLEY REPRESENTS THE LAND COMPANY. YOU GUYS HAVE A MEMO THAT HAS ALL OF THE DIRTY DETAILS, ESSENTIALLY IT IS AN ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE. IT IS A HOMESTEAD PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS WORKING WITH US. THIS CASE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY WERE MAKING PROGRESS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THEN THE PROGRESS STOPPED. EIGHT LONG STORY SHORT THERE IS AN ACTIVE LEAN ON IT.

I THINK $75 PER DAY. AS OF MAY 18, IT IS NORTHEAST FLORIDA LAND COMPANY HAS IT UNDER CONTRACT. THEY ARE DUE TO CLOSE ON MAY 31. SHE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN ORDER TO ASK FOR A LIEN REDUCTION TO THE LOWEST AMOUNT. IF YOU READ IN HER

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DOCUMENTATION, SHE IS HERE, IT SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY ONCE WE CLOSE AND THEY WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY WORK. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.

>> THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP YET? >> NAPOLI.

IT HAD A FEW THINGS WRONG WITH IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT FIX THE MOBILE HOME PROBLEM. WE TOLD THE PROPERTY OWNER THEY HAD TO GET A REMODEL OR DEMO. THEY DID A LOT OF OTHER THINGS LIKE CLEANING UP THE YARD BUT

THEY DIDN'T GET TO THAT PART,. >> WHAT IS IT WORTH? >> 50,000.

>> THERE IS MONEY THERE IN THE SALES TRANSACTION? >> MONEY IN THE SALES

TRANSACTION TO COVER? YES. >> THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING IT

WILL CLEAN IT OUT. >> YES. >> IF WE CAN TRUST THEM TO DO

IT. >> THE GOOD THING IS, THEY ARE A CLAY COUNTY COMPANY AND THAT

MAKES ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE FOR. >>HEARD THE LIEN REDUCTION AGREEMENT, IF THEY FAILED TO CLEAN IT UP THEY NEED REVERTS BACK TO THE FULL AMOUNT?

>> CORRECT. >> SHE SAID THIS IS THE LOWEST. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS

TIME? >> THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, CAN GO UP TO 100,000 RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHAT THE PROPERTY LIKE THAT IS GOING FOR.

I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WE ASSIGN $5,000 AS A MITIGATION, AS OUR OFFER.

>> OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM MS. WHITLEY FIRST? >> I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE THIRD

FLOOR, I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER. SHE IS PROBABLY LAUGHING. >> YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY

DAY EVERY DAY. >> WE JUST WANT TO BUY THE PROPERTY, CLEAN IT UP AND RENTED

OUT. >> WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURES ON THERE RIGHT NOW?

>> MOBILE HOME. >> YOU WOULD KEEP THAT THERE IS PART OF THE STRUCTURE?

>> CLEAN IT UP FIRST THEN COME BACK AND TALK TO US. >> WE WILL GET IT CLEANED UP.

THAT IS WHAT WE DO. >> I HAVE TO OWN IT FIRST. >> MAYBE THE OWNER COULD CLEAN

IT UP. >> IF THEY DON'T SELL THE PROPERTY.

>> DOES ANYONE OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. WHITLEY AT THIS TIME?

>> NO, I SECOND THE MOTION. THE MOTION MADE IS TO REDUCE THE FINE TO $5,000.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, IT CARRIES 4-1.

MAKE YOU SO MUCH. WE HOPE NOT TO SEE YOU BACK. >> I GUESS SHE TOLD ME.

[11.  Consideration of business incentives for Chemours Company (J.J. Harris)]

>> NUMBER 11 IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE BUSINESS INCENTIVES, MR. CHAIRMAN'S, ON BEHALF OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WE HAPPILY PRESENT THIS APPLICATION.

WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, 93 MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT. FIFTY NEW JOBS TO CLAY COUNTY, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT. THEY SEEK TO MYNA DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE A PROCESSING

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PLANT. IF THEY CAN PROCESS, IT PRODUCES A THOUGHT OF CHANGING.

WITH THAT THEY RETAINED 72 JOBS. WE HAVE HAD THE COUNTY STAFF LOOK OVER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION THAT SCORED 26 POINTS. THEY ARE PURSUING THE GRANT AND

A FIVE-YEAR, 50% REDUCTION. WITH THAT, HERE IS STUART. >> THIS WAS LAST APPROVED BECAUSE OF COVID. I AM JOINED BY JODY WHO IS THE RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. WE ALSO HAVE ON WHERE PROJECTS TEAM.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT.

AS JJ MENTIONED AND THANK YOU, THIS IS CRITICAL TO THE INJURY -- WE ARE TWO COMPANIES IN THE U.S. THAT MINE RAILROADS. THESE RAILROADS ARE CRITICAL. CURRENTLY CHINA DUMBEST -- DOMINATES THAT INDUSTRY WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER COMPANIES TO KEEP THOSE AND COUNTRY AND WE LARGELY KEEP IT ALL IN THE U.S. WE DO HAVE APARTMENT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH.

WE EXPECT THAT TO BE APPROVED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. WE WILL START EARTHWORKS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AUGUST NEXT YEAR.

WE WILL COMMISSION THE PLANT AND BRING ON AT LEAST 50 ADDITIONAL JOBS WITHIN THE REGION SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. JUST TO TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE COMMITMENT. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT BACK INTO THE REGIONS WHERE WE OPERATE.

ALSO IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ALSO AS PART OF GOD, WE DO HAVE AN AREA ABOUT THE BLACK CREEK PROJECT AND HOW WE COULD PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THE REGENTS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND. THIS PROJECT, THAT WE INITIATED HERE, IS A REPLICA OF THE PROJECT AND ON THE BACK OF THAT PLAN OF LAST AUGUST WE HAVE CONFIDENCE AND WE HAD 0 NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. ALSO WE CAN SUPPORT ANY QUESTIONS AS A SPONSOR AND ONCE WE HAVE COVID BEHIND US WE WILL WELCOME ANYONE TO TOUR OUR FACILITIES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS IS PART OF YOUR OPERATIONS NOW. AND THE ADDITIONAL 50 JOBS. WHAT KIND OF JOBS ARE THOSE CRACKS AND WE DO HAVE SOME TECHNICAL ROLES LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS AND

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THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE HARD WORK ARE THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. WITH THIS WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL MINING.

MOVING TO MUNICH TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS A LOWER IMPACT AND NOISE WE ARE USING A PUMPING SYSTEM. THIS IS MOSTLY OPERATORS AND THE PLANT OPERATORS.

>> COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE WATER RECYCLING OF THIS TYPE OF MINING VERSUS YOUR TRADITIONAL MINING?

>> I WILL HAND IT OFF TO JODY. >> I JUST THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PUMPING WATER AND I KNOW YOU HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR US.

>> THAT IS WHY I HAVE JODY. SHE KNOWS MORE THAN I DO. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT WE ARE AND A 98% WATER RECYCLE USAGE.

OUR PRIORITIES TO USE THE LOWEST WATER QUALITY FIRST THEN MOVE THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES.

SOME OF BID WILL COME FROM RAINWATER AND SUPERFICIAL WATER THAT SEEPS INTO THE AREA THEN WE WILL USE TREATED DISCHARGE WATER AND AS A LAST RESULT FRESHWATER. THE CONFIDENCE IS THAT WE HAVE A

PLAN OF 98% RECYCLED WATER. SO, GOOD DATA TO SHOW. >> WHEN YOU ARE DONE DOING YOUR

THING. >> WHEN YOU ARE DONE MINDING YOUR MINERALS.

>> YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. I WORKED ON THE RAILROAD FOR A LONG TIME. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN TO PUT IT BACK TO PRE-MINING CONDITIONS. THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAND, THE REST OF IT WOULD BE A PLAN PLANTATION. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN THERE AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN AN ADDITIONAL WETLANDS AND THEY WILL BE IN THE PLANTATION.

SO WE TAKE OUT 2-3% OF WHAT WE MINE AND WHAT WE KEEP. WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND SURVEY

TECHNOLOGY AND CERTIFY WE ARE BACK. >> FINALLY, I NOTE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF STEM PROJECTS WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. IT'S KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.

IT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND SOMETHING WE BELIEVE IN INVESTING BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE

TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT OF FUTURE EMPLOYEES. >> IN TERMS OF TIME IN, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS FACILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? SENT SEWARD MENTIONED THIS IS NEWER TECHNOLOGY AND THAT IS FOR THE EXTRACTION BUT THE PLANT ITSELF IS BUILT IN A MODULAR FACTURE THIS WILL FIT ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK SO YOU CAN QUICK CONNECT IN ANOTHER SECTION.

>> WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT IN THE AREA WHICH WOULD USE THE SAME WORKFORCE THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO DO NEXT. PART OF MY ROLE IS TO DO EXPLORATION AND DRILLING SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS SO IT

IS EXCITING TO STAY. >> JUST TO ADD TO THE DETAILS OF THE APPLICATION.

THINGS SUCH AS LETTING US CUT OFF AT A LOWER GRADE (SPEAKING AWAY FROM MICROPHONE) IF WE LEAVE BEHIND WE CAN'T COME BACK AND GET THE REMANENCE. IT ALLOWS US TO EXTRACT THE MINERALS WHICH EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THAT PARTICULAR DEPOSIT WHICH MEANS JOBS FOR A LONGER PERIOD

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OF TIME. WE MINE ON WHAT WE CALL THE CUTOFF GRADE.

IT IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTIES AND THEN MAXIMIZE WHAT THEY NEED.

>> WHAT WILT THIS LOOK LIKE AS I AM DRIVING THROUGH? >> THERE IS A REALLY GREAT VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. IT DEMONSTRATES WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE.

WE CAN SEND IT THROUGH JJ AND GET IT INTO YOUR HANDS. WE TRY TO KEEP THE FOOTPRINT AS LOW AS WE CAN. BECAUSE WE ARE EXTRACTING 2-3%, THERE IS NO VOID, SO THEN WE

WANT TO KNOW WITH THE MAN OWNERS ON HOW TO DO IT. >> THIS IS ON CAP LANDING SO YOU

CANNOT SEE IT. UNLESS YOU GO ON TO LANDING. >> I THINK YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING.

>> IT WILL KEEP TRUCKS OFF OF THE ROAD BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE MINING OPERATION.

>> CORRECT. >> THE EXTRACTION PROCESS, IS IT A PHYSICAL, OR CHEMICAL PROCESS

QUIRKS. >> GREAT QUESTION. THE MINING ITSELF HAS EXCAVATORS FEEDING INTO THE UNITS WHICH READ THE MATERIAL AND PUMP IT TO THE PROCESSING PLANT.

THE OTHER PLANTS USE THE& PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE GRAINS ITSELF.

I KNOW THE CHEMICAL PROCESSING TO EXTRACT THE MINERALS. WE USE THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY, THE SIZE, WHETHER IT IS MAGNET OR NON- MAGNETIC. SO, AFTER MINE ITSELF, IT IS SEPARATION AND FROM THERE, WE SEND IT TO OUR DRIVE MILLS WHERE WE USE THE OTHER METHODS.

>> NO PHYSICAL PROCESSING REQUIRED. THE ONLY CHEMICALS WE USE OUR

WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES. >> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, 98% OF REUSED WATER, HOW MUCH

QUIRKS. >> DO YOU KNOW THE MATH QUIRKS. >> OUR ANNUAL CONSUMPTION IS

ESTIMATED AT 40 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR. >> WHAT IS YOUR CAP?

YOUR PERMIT? >> I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. BUT THEY ARE CURRENT.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW. >> WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURE.

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN THE OTHER PIPE BACK ON. >> I DO WANT TO BRING THAT FORWARD. WE DO HAVE THAT PIPE IN USE. WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO THAT WE WILL PUMP TOWARDS KEYSTONE. WE LOOKED AT 2005-2 -- 2020 AND WE ESTIMATED THE GALLONS PER YEAR. WE ARE ACTUALLY PUMPING WATERS TOWARDS POUPON AND WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE CHAIN TO BROOKLYN.

>> WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE COULD GIVE THEM A LITTLE LESS.

THERE PIPE IS HUGE, OURS IS SMALL, YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE MORE.

>> ANYTHING ELSE, DID YOU WANT TO WRAP UP? >> THEY DO HAVE LINE PONDS.

THEY ARE NOT PULLING DIRECTLY OUT, THE SPECIFICS ON THE APPLICATION, THE AVERAGE WAGE ACROSS-THE-BOARD WE ENCOURAGE THE PROJECT WE KNOW THIS IS A GREAT COMPANY AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY WITH A LOT OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT. AND THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE TO WORK

WITH. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. >> A GOOD COMPANY TO WORK FOR

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BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES. I WORKED WITH THEM AND IT IS

GENERATIONAL THROUGH MANY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY. >> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT

WHO YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT. >> WELCOME TO CLAY COUNTY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> WE COULD DO A MOTION OR MORE DISCUSSION. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> A MOTION BY BOLLA AND A SECOND. >> CAN WE MAKE SURE THE MOTION

DEVELOPMENT GRANT. >> YES, FOR THE PERSONL PROPERTY.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL GIDDY -- ANY OPPOSED?

IT CARRIES 55-FOOT 0. >>IT CARRIES 5-0. >> WE ARE WRITE DOWN THE ROAD SO

YOU NEED TO FIGHT FOR US. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.

[12.  First Amendment to Agreement #2020/2021-125 with Evans Contracting Services, Inc. (T. Gardner)]

>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 12 WHICH IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT WITH EVANS CONTRACTING SERVICES.

>> HELLO AGAIN. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WAS BROUGHT AS AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY ISSUED THE PO TO DO THE WORK OF 281 FEET OF PIPELINING, A 30-INCH PIPE AT ANGORA ALONG 220. WE PROCESSED THAT FOR ROUGHLY 39,000, THEY ORDERED THE MATERIALS. WHEN WE HELD THE PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING MIKE WAS WALKING AND HE NOTICED NEAR THE SALVATION ARMY, THE SIDEWALK WAS HAVING ISSUES AS WELL AS THE PAVEMENT. WE REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR EVANS AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD ORDER ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND HONOR THE PRICE, THEY AGREED SO WE WOULD DO AN ADDITIONAL 20E 80 FEEDING AREA. ADDITIONAL CHANGE BROUGHT US, THE $50,000 THRESHOLD WHICH NORMALLY THE COUNTY MANAGER ( INDISCERNIBLE ) WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS COMFORTABLE WITH US DOING THAT ADD IN. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE A PAVEMENT FAILURE AND SIDEWALK ISSUES WHERE WE WILL DO THE ADDITIONAL WORK AND IT MAKES

SENSE BECAUSE IT CUTS DOWN ON THE MOBILIZATION COSTS. >> DO YOU WANT TO TELL US AGAIN

WHEN YOU WILL DO THEIR QUIRKS. >> IT IS A PIPELINING PROJECT. IT'S GREAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISTURB A LOT OF THE PAVEMENT OR SIDEWALK. THEY GO IN THROUGH THE BASINS AND DATELINED THE PIPE. THAT GETS RID OF THE VOID ISSUES AND IF NECESSARY, MIKE WOULD COME IN AND CLEAN UP THE SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT WORK. IT IS A SMART, QUICK WAY AND

MINIMAL EFFORT TO FIX THE ISSUE. >> ARE WITH THINK YOU COULD NOT DO THIS WITH EVERY SITUATION.

>> I RECALL MICHAEL SAYING, THE OTHER WORK THEY HAD DONE WAS PRETTY DEEP THERE.

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO GET IN-AND-OUT AND FIX THE PROBLEM. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM? >> WHEN I READ THIS I THOUGHT IT

WAS ON ANGORA BAY. >> THIS IS ON 220. THIS IS ACTUALLY AT ANGORA HEADING EAST AT THE SALVATION ARMY ENTRANCE. THE NEXT PIECES PAST THE

SALVATION ARMY. IT IS CATCH INTO CATCH. >> THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT

IS THE LONGEVITY OF THIS REPAIR? THIS IS A BAND-AID FIX. >> NO, I DON'T KNOW THE SERVICE LIGHT BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS COMPARABLE TO AN INSTALLATION.

YOU'RE GETTING RID OF THE JOINTS. IF THAT IS WHERE YOUR FAILURE

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IS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SERVICE LIFE, BUT THE FIRST ONE I PUT IN

WAS 25 YEARS AGO AND IT IS STILL THERE. >> ADULTS ARE PRETTY GOOD.

>> WE ARE USING THIS SYSTEM IN THE CONCOURSE. I KNOW,.

>> I THINK THAT IS A DRAIN SET UP. >> WE USE THIS A LOT ON MIKE'S MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. VOICES WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS ISSUES.

BUT IT IS SPECIFIC TO GET IN-AND-OUT OF THE BASIN AND HAVE A SENSIBILITY.

AGAIN, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS AND SOMETIMES IT MAKES SENSE TO DO A REPAIR OR A LINING. THAT IS WHAT MIKE DOES WHEN HE BETS THESE.

THE PROJECT RICHARD WILL ADVERTISE IS A DRAIN PROJECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE MY REINFORCEMENT HERE. >> I WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GOES IN THEY WILL EITHER

HEED IT WITH STEAM OR HOT WATER. >> CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE TOWARDS YOU.

>> MIKE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I WANTED LET YOU KNOW IT IS A LINER THAT GOES IN. IT IS ACTUALLY A FIBERGLASS WHEN THEY PULL IT OUT.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I AM PROVE THE MOTION TO THIS

CONTRACT. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE ANY OPPOSED? IT CARRIES 4-0. THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. WE HAVE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE CLERK OR COMPTROLLERS OFFICE? COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING FROM YOU TODAY QUIRKS COUNTY ATTORNEY?

[COUNTY ATTORNEY]

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT I WANT TO TAGTEAM WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER.

>> SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> I'M SORRY IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD MANY AGREEMENTS WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH FIRE STATION 13 FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS THAT WERE A LITTLE OVER 83,000. NOW THAT THE CONTRACTORS DOING THE WORK THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,000 DUE TO THE NATURE WE JUST RECEIVED WORD OF THIS LAST WEEKEND WE ARE JUST REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SIGN THE AMENDMENT TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL 18,000.

>> WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE WORK THEY FOUND? >> THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY

THEY FOUND ADDITIONAL WORK. >> JAME IS THE EXPERT BOAT WHEN THEY WENT INTO THEY NOTICED OTHER AREAS WE SAVE MONEY BECAUSE THE CONTRACTORS ARE ALREADY ON SITE.

>> THIS WASN'T EXACTLY THE PART WE WERE PREPARING, BUT IT IS BETTER FOR THEM TO DO IT THAT

WAY. AND THE BREAKDOWN WAS 3,400. >> A LITTLE OVER 14,000 FOR THE

APPARATUS BAY. >> SO THIS IS A IN A DIFFERENT AREA THAN WHERE THEY WERE

CONTRACTED TO WORK BEFORE. >> WHILE WE HAVE EVERYONE OUT THERE IT IS BETTER FOR THEM TO

FIX IT. >> ONCE THEY BEGAN THE DEMO, THESE SHOWED UP.

>> THEY CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. IT WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE. WHAT THEY DID, DID NOT CHANGE THEY FOUND ANOTHER AREA.

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>> WHO VERIFIES THAT. DO THEY GET ON THE ROOF? >>

>> OUR GUYS LOOKED AT IT AND SIGNED OFF. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION, I GUESS

THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER. >> DO WE HAVE THE SECOND? >> SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS?

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE ANY OPPOSED IT CARRIES 4-0. >> WE WILL GO ON TO THE COUNTY

[COUNTY MANAGER]

MANAGER. >> I HAVE NOTHING FOR THE BOARD THIS EVENING.

>> IS STILL BASKING IN THE GLOW OF THE GRADUATION. WE WILL GO TO LETTERS FOR

[LETTERS FOR ACTION]

ACTION. WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AND FINANCE SEEKING REELECTION TO THE BOARD. LISA DANIELS AND LINDA LONG. I GUESS WE NEED TO REAPPOINT.

>> MOVE TO APPROVAL. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I WAS JUST WAITING TO SEE.

WHAT NUMBERS TO APPROPRIATE THERE. IT WAS SLUGGISHLY 4-0.

>> YOU AVOID CONSEQUENCES. NUMBER 18. THE APPLICATION THAT WAS RECEIVED. THIS WAS A VACANCY (ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE ANY OPPOSED IT CARRIES 4-0. ALSO, THEY VOTED THIS PAST WEEK TO A CITIZEN OPENING SHE IS A REALTOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND WE HAD NO REPRESENTATION,.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ANY OPPOSED, IT CARRIES 40. LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PLANNING

[LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION]

COMMISSION, ANYONE IN THE BUILDING THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS?

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE GREEN ARROW BITE, THANK YOU.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT. >> WE DO HAVE BEEN INVOICE THAT WILL BE, THE CHECK WILL BE ISSUED AND THEY SHOULD PUT THE POLLS UP WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

WE DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT ANALYSIS. >> WE HAVE THE CHECK BUT WE NEED

THE INVOICE. >> THE CHECK HAS TO HAVE THE DIRECT ADDRESS, NOT THE SERVICE

ADDRESS BUT OUR ADDRESS. >> THAT IS IT. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

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>> I DON'T MEAN TO PUT ANY PRESSURE ON YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE SIDEWALK REPAIRS ON CAM JOHNSON ROAD. IT WAS A MAJOR LIVED THERE. THE CEMENT IS STILL CARING.

I HAVEN'T NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TRY IT OUT YET. I GOT AN OFFICIAL GOOD JOB FOR A PROJECT I TOOK CREDIT FOR BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD ONE. IT WAS FIXING UP THE WALKWAYS OVER IN MR. PREMINGER'S AREA. HE WAS SITTING THERE AND I THOUGHT, GREAT, THAT IS A GREAT PROJECT. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THE PUSH BEHIND IT.

>> WE WILL GO BACK. I DO HAVE ONE THING. I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY CONSTERNATION ABOUT PRIVATE ROADS. WE HAD AN INCIDENT LAST WEEK WHERE A CONSTITUENT HAD AN EMERGENCY WHICH REQUIRED EMS SUPPORT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS ON A PRIVATE ROAD. ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT THERE. IT CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTY CODE.

LIKE I SAID, WE ARE RAPIDLY MOVING FROM A RURAL COUNTY TO A SUBURBAN COUNTY.

I FELT THAT ACTION TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN STEP BACK. THAT EXPLAINS MY ISSUE.

THANK YOU. >> SHE HAD TO LEAVE SHE HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT TO GET TO WE WILL THANK YOU ON HER BEHALF. THANK YOU STAFF OREGON IN THEIR. COUNTY MANAGER.

WE CAN TAKE THE MINUTES I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. WE THANK EVERYONE FOR HELPING

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