[00:00:07] >> CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND OPENING UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? IT TAKE THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE [1.  RFQ No. 21/22-67, General Engineering Consulting Services for Planning and Design of Radar Road Improvements from SR-17 to Town Center Blvd (R. Smith)] PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. GET RIGHT INTO BUSINESS, AND ONE IS RFQ FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING FOR RIGAR ROAD. >> GOOD ENGLAND, SO THIS IS THE RFQ FOR RADAR ROAD. AND WE HAVE FIVE PROPOSALS. WE HAVE A ECONOMY OF THREE STAFF MEMBERS EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS AND RANKED NUMBER ONE AT 98 POINTS, THERE WAS A GOOD SPREAD BETWEEN THE OTHER 2-5. SO WE RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH NUMBER ONE, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR PRESENTATIONS. >> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. ALFRED BENECH HAD A VERY LOW SCORE AND THEY HAVE A BRANCH IN JACKSONVILLE? >> THEY ARE WORKING ON OUR BOND. AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SO I DON'T THINK THEY LISTED ANYTHING. >> IT JUST SEEMED WAY OUT IN THE OUTLYING. ETM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING IN THE REGION AND DOING GOOD WORK AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE WAS A FAIRLY LARGE SPREAD BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND THE REST. SO I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH [2.  Bid No. 21/22-74, Deceased Persons Transport and Accompanying Agreement (K. Smith)] GOING CONSENT ON THIS ONE. WE'LL GO CONCEPT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TWO, DECEASED PERSONS TRANSPORT. >> THIS IS THE CURRENT VENDOR THAT WE HAD, HAD TO TERMINATE THEIR AGREEMENT AND THEY HAD TO HAVE STAFF TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, SO WE ISSUED A BID. AND WE HAD ONE BIDDER, AND THAT'S NORTH FLORIDA CLEANING AND IT USED TO BE NORTH FLORIDA TRANSPORT. THEIR BID CAME IN AT 300-DOLLAR PER TRANSPORT AND WHAT THIS IS USED FOR, THE SHERIFFS' OFFICE HAS SOMEONE, THEY GO INTO A SITUATION AND THE BODY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE ME'S OFFICE, AND THEY WOULD CALL THE SERVICE AND DO THE TRANSPORT. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR, THE SERVICE EXISTEDDED BUT IT WAS SENT TO 8 PEOPLE? IS THAT HARD TO FIND? >> IT IS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY AND RESPOND QUICKLY. SO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED TWO BIDS. THE YEAR PRIOR, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE WHEN IT WAS AWARDED TO ANOTHER COMPANY. SO WE DID CONTACT NORTH FLORIDA TO BE TRANSPORT IN THE INTERIM UNTIL WE COULD GET THE BID OUT AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SERVICE FOR US AT THE SAME PRICE MANY BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT TYPE SERVICE, AND NOT A LOT OF BIDDERS. >> IN THE CONTRACT. IT HAS DAMAGES IN CASE THEY DON'T PROVIDE, AND INTH SINGLE BIDDER, WHO WOULD WE GET TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE IF THEY CAN'T MEET THE OBLIGATION? >> START CALLING OTHERS IF THEY DIDN'T RESPOND. I KNOW IN THE ME'S OFFICE, THIS IS WHO JACKSONVILLE USES A LOT. SO START CALLING THE OTHER COUNTIES TO SEE WHO THEY USE. >> GETTING INTO SOLE SOURCE, THOUGH THERE ARE OTHERS IN JACKSONVILLE. >> THEY DID IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO DOING, IT'S DEFINITELY A SERVICE WE WANT TO OUTSOURCE AND FIND OTHER OPTIONS IF WE HAVE TO. >> RECOMMEND CONSENT ON THAT ONE? THANK YOU. FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT, [3.  First Amendment to Agreement No. 2021/2022-146 with Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc. dba Certified Control Systems for Automated Logic Control System (J. Harsey)] 2021/2022, 146 AND WAITING FOR MY COMPUTER TO COME UP AND TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. WE'RE HERE TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR [00:05:01] AMENDMENT 122 AND 126, AND IT'S AN AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH CERTIFIED CONTROLS TO INSTALL NEW AUTOMATED CONTROLS AT GREEN CODE AGE AND TRUE. WE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO CHANGE THESE CONTROLS BECAUSE THEY WERE OBSOLETE AND WE NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OF THE SYSTEM. THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE OVER, FOR THE 10,014, WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ADDED TO THE KITCHEN REMODEL AND WE HAD TO ADD THAT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE LIGHTING CONTROLS WERE ALSO OBSOLETES AND QUIT WORKING SO WE'LL GET THOSE INTO ONE PROGRAM. WE'LL HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS REMOTE CAPABILITY. THESE FUNDS WILL COME FROM THE BUILDING MAINSTREAM MNE CAP ACCOUNT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHO WILL HAVE REMOTE MONITORING CAPABILITY? SOMEBODY HERE IN THE STAFF WILL? >> MYSELF AND MY LEAD H-VAC TECHNICIANS. >> NOBODY OUTSIDE. ORGANIZATION? LIKE THE MANUFACTURER? >> WELL, IT'S WEB BASED AND THE COMPANY THAT CREATED IT AND UPGRADES IT, OF COURSE THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT, BUT NO ONE ELSE. >> ANC.>> BUT THEY'RE NOT GOINGO MONITOR IT? >> NO. >> NO CHANGE ORDERS, BUT THINGS HAPPEN WITH MODIFICATIONS SO I [4.  First Renewal to Agreement No. 2021/2022-174 with 904 Junk Removal, LLC for CDBG Junk/Debris Removal Services(V.Hapner)] RECOMMEND CONSENT. THANK YOU. FIRST RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT. 21-22, IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE JUST DID? NO, 221, 22, THIS IS AN ENTITLEMENT BLOCK GRANT? >> YES, VICTORIA, THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR THE CDGB GRANT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING TO HELP MITIGATE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. >> AND THIS IS THE PROVIDER THAT WE USED LAST YEAR? >> YES. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO CONSENT AND ONTO THE [5.  First Renewal to Agreement No. 2021/2022-175 with Conner Construction and Demolition, LLC for CDBG Demolition and Removal Services (V. Hapner)] NEXT ONE, WHICH IS SIMILAR. >> YEP. SO THIS NEXT ONE IS JUST FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WITH THE SAME PROGRAM AND AGAIN, THIS IS IF WE HAVE TO DO ANY REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES OR HOLMES, PART OF THE CBG PROGRAM. >> AND THE SAME PROVIDER AS WE USED LAST YEAR. [6.  FY22/23 Funding Agreements with Non-Profit Corporations (V. Hapner)] RECOMMEND CONSENT ON THAT ONE AS WELL. ITEM NUMBER 6. AGREEMENT WITH NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS. >> YEAH, SO THIS IS THE 22-23 FUNDING AGREEMENTS WITH OUR LEGACY AGENCIES. SO THIS WILL COVER CHALLENGE ENTERPRISE AS WELL AS CLAY BEHAVIORAL EPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND QUIGLEY HOUSE. A FEW OF THESE, SUCH AS THE BEHAVIORAL AND QUIGLEY HOUSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND. AND WE HAVE AWARENESS, BASKA, KID'S FIRST, THE COMMUNITY BAND AND THE FIRST COAST HIGHLANDERS THAT ARE ALL ROUTED TO THE COUNTY MANAGER BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD. BUT AS YOU'RE AWARE, THOSE WILL ALSO BE FUNDED. >> AND THIS IS AS DIRECTED BY MISSION -- >> YEP. >> RECOMMEND CONSENT ON THAT ONE AS WELL. [7.  Construction & Maintenance Agreement with State of Florida Department of Transportation and Accompanying Resolution RE: SR 15/US 17 From Water Oak Lane to Eagle Harbor Parkway (R. Smith)] >> THANK YOU. CONSTRUCTION MAINSTREAM AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH FDOT ON HIGHWAY 17. >> THIS IS THE WORK THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS DOING ON U.S. 17, STATE ROUTE 15 AND THE ADJACENT ROADS THAT WE OWN THAT TIE INTO T WATER ROAD, VILLAGE SQUARE, BALD EAGLE AND COUNTY ROAD 220. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GO ONTO OUR PROPERTY TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE MAINTAIN IT ONCE IT'S COMPLETED. >> MY QUESTION, AND I STARTED WORKING THIS WHEN THAT PORTION OF FLEMING ISLAND WAS ON DISTRICT 3 ON WATER OAK. AND THAT'S A RIGHT TURN LANE, AND I KNOW ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FDOT, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONSULT HIM WITH THE PUBLIC. [00:10:01] BUT I THOUGHT THAT HE HAD WORKED OUT A TURN LANE ON WATER ROAD. >> WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. CURRENTLY THERE'S NO CHANGE TO -- >> THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP. >> THE CHANGE IS NEW STRIPING, NEW PAVEMENT AND THE PLANS, THEY'RE WIDENING ON THE ROAD AND IT'S WHAT WE DESIRE. IT'S JUST THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ACTED ON OUR REQUEST. WHICH IS A DUAL LEFT-TURN LANE FROM EASTBOUND TO NOBODY TRAFFIC, FROM VILLAGE SQUARE, AND A RIGHT TURN LANE ONLY FOR WATER ROAD TURNING NORTHBOUND. AND A SHARED LEFT THROUGH FOR WATER ROAD SOUTHBOUND AND THROUGH. SO WE'RE NOT GIVING UP YET. THE PLANS ARE 90% COMPLETE. AND IT'S REALLY JUST STRIPING AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER. >> YEAH, I KNOW, AND IT'S NOT MEETING WHAT I THOUGHT OUR REQUIREMENTS WERE. >> WELL, IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION, NOT REQUIREMENTS. THE REQUIREMENTS, IT'S THEIR ROAD SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE CHANGES ARE NOT WARRANTED. THE WAY IT'S PERFORMING NOW, WHICH IS A SINGLE LEFT TURN FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AND A SHARED RIGHT THROUGH LANE FROM NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC FROM WATER ROAD IS ADEQUATE. WE DON'T -- THE COUNTY DOESN'T AGREE. >> OKAY, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE SEND THIS TO THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR WHAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALREADY WORKS OUT. >> IF THAT GOES THE CASE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CONSULTANT THAT'S WORKING FOR FLORIDA DOT AT THE MEETING. >> OKAY, I RECOMMEND THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON THIS THING. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR CONSTITUENTS, TURNING RIGHT NORTHBOUND WITH ONLY ONE LANE THERE. SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO GO WEST OR SOUTH, SITS THERE AND HOLDS UP THE RIGHT TURN FOREVER, AND IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX IT. >> YES, SIR, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. >> HAVE YOU ALL SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT THE MONTHLY MEETING YOU'RE HAVING? DOES THAT COME UP? >> NO, THAT MONTHLY MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS WEEK. EXCEPT THURSDAY. BUT NO, WE HAVE NOT, BUT IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AT THAT MONTHLY MEETING BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL REPEATEDLY, DIRECTLY AND THROUGH OUR CONSULTANT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME CHANGES KIND OF OFF SUBJECT AT BALD EAGLE. THE BALD EAGLE CONFIGURATION HAD TWO THROUGH LANES WESTBOUND TO 20, WHERE WE REQUESTED TWO LEFT TURN LANES GOING SOUTHBOUND, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL? GETTING THAT CHANGE MADE. AGAIN, THESE ARE OPERATIONAL CHANGES THAT DON'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS STRICTLY STRIPING AND MAYBE CHANGE THE WAY THE TRAFFIC SIGNALING WORKS, A MINOR REVISION TO IT. SO IT CAN BE DONE. >> IF WE MEET THIS WEEK, MAYBE WE CAN BRING IT UP. >> ABSOLUTELY, AND I'LL HAVE THEIR CONSULTANTS, WGI. I'LL HAVE ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS NEXT WEEK. I'LL HAVE THEM AT THE TUESDAY MEETING. >> OKAY. I RECOMMEND THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE COMMISSION TO IT DISCUSS. [8.  BlueMedicare Group Master Agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. for 2023 (J. Bethelmy)] IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX IT. ITEM NUMBER 8 IS THE BLUE MEDICARE MASTER AGREEMENT WITH BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD. >> JENNIFER, SO ON THE RETIREE INSURANCE PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE ONE MEDICARE PLAN FOR RETIREES, AS WELL AS TWO PRESCRIPTION PLANS SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN. THE RATES DID INCREASE, ABOUT A 9% INCREASE OVER EACH PLAN, AND THEY ARE EFFECTIVE 1/1 OF 23. AND THIS IS WHAT GIVES OFFER TO OUR RETIREES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 42 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMBINED PROGRAM. >> DID THIS COME TO US BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE? >> IT'S AN ANNUAL RENEWAL AND WE TYPICALLY DO IT YEAR BY YEAR, AND IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL PLAN THAT GETS OFFERED TO OUR RETIREE. AND THEY CAN ALSO GO SHOP OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. BUT IT OFFERS AN IN-HOUSE PROGRAM IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. >> IT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS FOR THE RETIREES, AND THE COSTS DID GO UP, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT [00:15:05] MEDICAL CARE AND COSTS, THEY'RE USUALLY A LOT MORE THAN 9 PERFECTION. IT COULD EASILY BE 20, 30% SO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD NEGOTIATION FOR A PLAN FOR RETIREES. SO RECOMMEND CONSENT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AND NUMBER 9, STAFFING FOR [9.  FY 2021 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant (M. Mosley)] ADEQUATE FIRE SAFER GRANT. SMALL LITTLE GRANT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEGAN MOSLEY OF THE GRANTS DIVISION AND THIS IS A REQUEST TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE FY21 SAFER WORD FOR THE COUNTY, $4 MILLION TO HIRE 15 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE ON THIS IS THREE YEARS, AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE AG GRANT THAT WE PRESENTED LAST YEAR, THIS REQUIRES ACCEPTANCE FROM THE FEMA GO PORTAL AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CHIEF TO GO IN AND ELECTRONICALLY ACCEPT THE WARD AWARD IN THE PORTAL. >> I THAW THAT THERE WAS NO MATCH REQUIREMENT AND THAT WAS AN EXCEPTION. IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE A MATCH WITH SAFER GRANTS =STPH STPHAOEUFPLT NO, NOT THE ONES THAT I'VE DONE. >> FIRE CHIEF, IT HAS BURIED IN THE PAST, SOME OF THE PREVIOUS SAFER GRANTS DID HAVE MATCH REQUIREMENTS. TYPICALLY WHEN THERE WERE MATCH REQUIREMENTS, IT WAS NOT IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE OUT YEARS, IT HAD AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE WITH IT, BUT THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE GRANT PROGRAM HAVE SEEN A RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS GRANT REQUIREMENTS OF NO MATCH. >> THIS IS TO HEM COMMUNITIES MEET THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF FIRE SAFETY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IT REALLY PLAYS INTO OUR HAND WITH THE GROWTH WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND THE REQUIREMENT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STANDS UP MORE FIRE STATIONS AND EMS TYPE BEING WORKERS, SO THREE YEARS OF SALARIES PAID FOR, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF OUR OWN COUNTY FUNDS, IT'S REALLY A BLESSING, QUITE HONESTLY, THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. >> COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF. >> AND I RECOMMEND CONSENT ON THIS ITEM AS WELL. >> HOW MUCH? 14 MILLION -- >> 4,029,000. >> I LIKE YOUR VERSION BETTER. >> SORRY, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [10.  Grants Division - Live Update (M.Mosley)] MOVING TOP GRANTS UPDATE. >> YES, THE GRANTS DIVISION IS WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF AND OUR PARTNERS TO COLLECT COSTS RELATED TO HURRICANE IAN. BASICALLY SO FAR, WE DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL MEET FEMA DISASTER THRESHOLD, WHICH IS $494,000. BUT WE'LL COLLECT ESTIMATES TO VERIFY. WE DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM THE PET FINDER FOUNDATION, WHICH WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL SMALL GRANTS FROM IN THE PAST YEAR AND THEY WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, SO WE HAVE 2,500-DOLLAR FOR CRATES AND WE'LL SUBMIT THOSE THROUGH PET FINDER FOUNDATION, AND JUST LOOKING AHEAD WITH THE GRANT POLICY, WE'LL BE BRINGING IN A REPORT TO THE BCC. THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH. WHICH I BELIEVE IS OCTOBER 25TH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> IS IT A GOOD REPORT? IT IS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY. [11.  Public Works Projects - Live Update (T.Gardner)] >> THANK YOU. PUBLIC WORKS. THERESA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THERESA GARDENER, PUBLIC WORKS, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND ACKNOWLEDGE HOW PROUD I AM OF THEM, OF THE EFFORT THAT THEY DID. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS VERY MUCH A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR HOW WE HAVE OPERATED PREVIOUSLY, BUT I CAN SAY THAT EVERYONE IN OUR GROUP PARTICIPATED IN SOME WAY. PRE EVENT, DURING EVENT OR AFTER THE EVENT. ALSO, IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, I'VE WORKED IN NUMEROUS STATES IN DIFFERENT LEVELED OF GOVERNMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH FIRE AND [00:20:01] SAFETY, EOC FOLKS, SHERIFFS' OFFICE, IT JUST WAS EXCITING TO BE PART OF AN EVENT WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER. BOTH WITH OUR INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND OUR EXTERNAL DIVISIONS. SO VERY PLEASED. DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LESSONS LEARNED BUT I THINK OVERALL AS AN OPERATION, WE LIKE IT, AND WE'LL TWEAK IT AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS OF WHAT WE DID HAVE A TRAGEDY PERSPECTIVE, PRE EVENT, WE WENT DOWN AND PUMPED DOWN COLLEGE ROAD POND. THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HELP US AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S TIDAL IN THAT AREA DURING A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT. BUT IT MIGHT HAVE DELAYED THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA WHERE WE SUFFERED SOME ISSUES IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE PUMPED DOWN THAT LOCATION AS WELL AS PARKVIEW POND, AND THEN WE DO PLAN ON STRATEGIZING OVERALL ALL OF OUR PONDS IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHERE THAT COULD BUY US SOME CAPACITY LIKE BLISS POND. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE BLISS BUT WE NEED MORE HOSE, AND IN THE FUTURE, HOW WE CAN DO BETTER. ALSO, WE INCLUDED -- AS SOON AS JOHN CALLED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE EVENT, WE WENT INTO A PREPLANNING MOLD. OUR TEAM MET AT PUBLIC BEING WORKS EVERY MORNING TO PREPLAN WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. WE ALSO -- SHERIFF COOK ASKED HER FOLKS TO COME OVER SO THEY CAME OVER, THE SHERIFFS' OFFICE AND ENGINEERING AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM LOOKED AT STRATEGICALLY WHERE THE GENERATOR SHOULD GO FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRE EVENT PLANNING. LUCKILY AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IMPACT. BUT I THINK WE WERE PREPARED, AND WE HAD A STRATEGY THAT SUPPORTED HER TEAM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESSED TO MAKE COVERAGE. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. AGAIN TO SEE PARTNERSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH OURSELVES INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEAM. WE ALSO DID OUR SANDBAG OPERATION. THIS YEAR, IF ANYONE SAW THE PICTURES, WE BOUGHT THESE LITTLE PLASTIC CONE THINGS THAT HELPED THE CITIZENS LOAD THE BAGS. WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE SITES, EVERYTHING WAS ORG AND WE HAD NO FIST FIGHTS THIS YEAR, SO WE WERE TICKLED PINK. AGAIN, THE SHERIFFS' OFFICE WAS THERE HELP US, SO GREAT PARTNERSHIP. AND WE SURPRISINGLY GAVE OUT VERY FEW BAGS. THEY GAVE MORE OUT IN ORANGE PARK, BUT GREEN COAST SPRINGS, KEYSTONE, ORANGE PARK, AGAIN, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. WE WERE ALL IN COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS KENNY IN IT KEYSTONE OR KYLE IN ORANGE PARK, WE WERE ALL TALKING AND HELPING EACH OTHER SUCCEED. SOING SOMETHING GREAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE EVENT AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MYSELF AND THEM AS WELL AS MY TEAM. SO VERY GOOD TAKE AWAY. I SHOULD HAVE PUT MY GLASSES ON, BECAUSE I CAN'T READ MY NOTES. AFTER WE WENT OUT WITH THE PLANNING, THE FIRST THING FOR US WAS TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY CALLED RAPID ACTION TEAMS, THE GOAL OF THOSE TEAMS, IF YOU HAVE A FIRE AT YOUR HOME DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT, OR WHERE YOU NEED AN AMBULANCE TO COME TO YOUR HOME, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES OUT WITH FIRE AND SAFETY AND THE SERVICE OFFICE JOINS US ALSO TO GET THE ROAD OPEN SO THAT AMBULANCE OR FIRE TRUCK CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE, MY UNDERSTANDING, LUCKILY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, BUT THAT WAS THERE IF NEEDED. SO AGAIN, VERY POSITIVE, AND CHIEF HELPED US, AND AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT FROM HOW THOSE TEAMS LOOK AND WHAT WE DO. BUT AGAIN, VERY POSITIVE. AFTER WE GOT DONE SUPPORTING THE RAPID ACTION TEAMS, WE WENT INTO WHAT WE CALL CUT AND PUSH, SO I BELIEVE I HEARD ABOUT 100 CALLS CAME IN THROUGH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBERS AT THE EOC. AND IT WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO NOT ONLY CUT AND PUSH, BUT WE NEED TO CAPTURE THAT DATA. SO WE SET UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE CUT AND PUSHED, WE GOT. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THAT AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME IN THROUGH THE CITIZENS. WE ALSO, THANKS TO MILTON, WE -- THE LANDFILL WAS CLOSED ON FRIDAY, AND HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE TRAFFIC WHEN IT OPENS UP AGAIN, AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS HAVE BROUGHT THEIR STUFF TO THE LANDFILL. MILTON WAS KIND ENOUGH TO OPEN IT FOR US, AND WE HAULED DIRECTLY TO THE LANDFILL ON FRIDAY FOR FIVE HOURS, WHICH WE [00:25:02] WOULD HAVE NOT DONE. WE STAGED OUR MATERIALS IN THE YARD AS OF SATURDAY BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD BE THERE IN FULL FORCE, SO ONCE IT CALMS DOWN, THEY WILL GET FROM OUR YARDS. BUT AGAIN, MILTON STEPPING UP AND HELPING US, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A DEBRIS EVENT. BUT MILT AND NOT CHARLIE STEPPED UP AND HELPED US, AGAIN, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S ALL MY NOTES THAT I CAN READ, BUT AGAIN, JUST -- WE WENT IN AFTERWARDS, AND A DISCUSSION SUGGESTION THAT WE HAD TO GET OUR EYES ON THE HARDEST-HIT AREAS, SO THE FOLKS WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION GROUP. WE FOCUSED ON THE HARDEST-HIT AREAS, GREEN SPRINGS AND ORANGE PARK, FEEDING INFORMATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO AGAIN, WHILE WE HATE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HIT OUR COMMUNITY, FOR US AS A TEAM, IT WAS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO LEARN SOME STUFF OF HOW WE CAN DO BETTER TO SERVE. SO WITH THAT, WE ALSO, THE WEEK OF THE STORM LAST WEEK, WE RUSHED OUR PIPELINING JOBS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET 11 DONE. WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT AS WELL AS WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH ARP, AND WE'LL FIX A LOT OF LONG-TERM ISSUES THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH. WITH THAT, LONGER THAN NORMAL, BUT TICKLED PINK AND VERY LEASED ABOUT HOW THE EVENT WENT. AND HAPPY THAT IT WAS NOT AS CATASTROPHIC AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. EVEN AS LATE AS LUNCHTIME TODAY, MR. STILLERS ON DUCKS LAKE DRIVE, COMPLIMENTED PUBLIC WORKS ON THEIR JOB. AND I WANT TO COMMEND NOT ONLY FOR THE EXERCISE WITH IAN, BUT IN GENERAL, THE RESPONSIVENESS, AND THE PROFESSIONALISM FOR WHICH THEY WORK, IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. >> THANK YOU, IT'S GREAT TEAMS FROM THE LABORERS, UP THROUGH -- WE'RE VERY SHORT STAFFED AND THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM. THEY DO THEIR BEST AND THEY CARE [12.  Engineering Projects - Live Update (R.Smith)] ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE RICHARD. >> RICHARD SMITH, CLAY COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT MISS GARDENER HAD ON THE HURRICANE RESPONSE, WE HAD 11 CALLS TO OUR SIGNALS DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LEFT AT 9:00 ON THURSDAY. SIGNALS BEING AFFECTED AND MOST OF THEM WERE WIND RELATED, ALL RESPONDED TO AND RESOLVED. SO IT WASN'T -- IT WAS WHILE THE COUTY WAS CLOSED, I HAD THE SIGNAL FOLKS, THEY WERE FULL-TIME. AND FRIDAY, WE GOT A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CALLS, ONE WAS A LIGHT BURNING ON 17 WHERE THE WIND HAD BLOWN SO HARD, IT TURNED THE LOIT AND IT WAS FACING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, SO THOSE WERE RESPONDED TO AND WE HAD ENOUGH TIME ON FRIDAY TO GO AROUND AND CHECK EVERY SIGNAL IN THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE OPERATIONAL AND THE BATTERIES WERE UNTO DATE AND SUCH. THE SIGN DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO ACTIVATED ON FRIDAY TO DO THE SAME. VERY FEW SIGNS WERE DOWN, BUT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO CAN VAX THE COUNTY AND IT WAS TAKEN CARE. SO ALL IN ALL, IT WAS I WANT TO CALL IT A NON EVENT. BUT FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDS POINT AND SIGNAGE, WE WERE EASILY ABLE TO HANDLE IT. OUR CONTRACTOR, SUMMERVILLE IT SYSTEMS, THEY HANDLED TWO CALLS IN THE ORANGE PARK AREA, HAVE HP BUT THEY RESPONDED TO THEM. KEEP IN MIND, GREEN COVE, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WELL. >> I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO SEE PROBLEMATIC AREAS, AND I WAS LOOKING AT CEDAR ROAD. THAT WAS A PROBLEM AREA THAT WAS AMPLIFIED THROUGH THE STORM. AND AS SOMETHING WENT THROUGH OUR STORM WATER STUDY AND REMEDIATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO FIX THAT KIND OF STUFF, IT HAS HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF OUR PROBLEMATIC AREAS. >> AND TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT MISS GARDENER SAID, YOUR TOE MIGHT HURT. BUT CALL US ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF YOUR NECK. OUR BIG TOLL WAS CASSIE GARDENS, AND THAT PONDS OUT THE DAY [00:30:01] BEFORE, THAT POND FLOWS OUT NEXT TO BRICKYARD AND DIRECTLY AFFECTS CEASAR ROAD. SO WITH THOSE THINGS THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED, SOMETIMES IF YOU FIX THIS, IT CAN HELP SOMETHING ELSE. THE. >> WELL, THIS STORM BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT MAYBE FLOODING DIDN'T COME FROM CASSIE, AND IT MAY HAVE, IN THIS CASE, COME FROM DOCTOR'S LAKE. >> AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT THE PESSIMIST IN ME, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WATER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT'S COMING OUR WAY. I CAN REMEMBER, WE HAD 20 INCHES ONE TIME, I THINK IT WAS HURRICANE OPAL CAME THROUGH ATLANTA, 20TH AND PEACHTREE CITY, BEAUTIFUL CLEAR DAY LIKE TODAY, AND WEEKS LATER, 200 MILES SOUTH, WE HAD CASKETS FLOATING. SO THIS WATER ISN'T JUST STAYING IN SANFORD AND ORLANDO. IT'S COMING UP HERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS CATASTROPHIC AS IT WAS ON THE FLINT RIVER 20 YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE HOMES ON THE RIVER AND DOCTOR'S LAKE FOR THE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE DRAIN OUT. >> HALF OF THE POPULATION DOESN'T KNOW WE'RE DOWN STREAM FROM A ORLANDO. >> GEORGIA SUCKS. >> SO WHEN IT RAINS THERE. YOU'RE CORRECT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, NON-BE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RELATED? I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHERS. THANKS. [13.  Facilities Projects - Live Update (G.Price)] >> THEY'RE IN ON THAT. >> OKAY, FACILITIES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY FACILITIES, AND TALKING, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OUR BUILDING MAINSTREAM PROFESSIONALS. HURRICANE IAN, THEY WERE ON STAND BY AND IAN DECIDED TO GO SOUTH AND NOT EAST AND STAY AWAY FROM OUR BUILDING MAINSTREAM PROFESSIONALS. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THE FACILITY PROBLEM THAT WE HAD, THE OVERHANG AT THE SLEEPY HOLLOW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, THAT CAME DOWN, $15,000 IN REPAIR, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR. PARKS AND REC, ASSESS THOSE AND KEEP GOING WITH THE CLAIMS FOR THAT AS NEEDED. IN REGARDS FOR THE FUTURING PROJECT UPDATES, STOTTER SUPPORTING THE GENERAL ELECTIONS COMING UP IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. MOVING VOTING BOOK AROUND WITH THE SUPERVISORY OF LEAKS, AND THEN SHANNON'S PIER. EVERYTHING IS REMOVED BUT THE ONLY THING NOW IS CLOSING OUT THE PERMITS AND THE FINAL INVOICE AND WORKING WITH MEGAN AND HER TEAM. THE NEXT ONE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DRIVES THAT WE'RE WAITING ON TO COME OVER THERE AND GET THOSEEL INSTALLED AND TEST THEM AND IT WILL BEING COMPLETED. THE LAST ONE, KEEPING IT ON THE RADAR. THE ANIMAL IT WILL SHELTER SERVICE HAS ONGOING. DECEMBER 12TH, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DESIGNED AND WORKING WITH KAREN AND HER TEAM TO GET THAT OUT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. >> OPERATION GREEN LIGHT ON SCHEDULE? >> IT IS, AND PLANS, CIRCUMSTANCE, I THINK YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED. [14.  Parks & Recreation Projects - Live Update (J.Pierce)] >> HERE IT IS. >> PARKS AND REC. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JEFF, PARKS AND REC. PARK ASSESSMENT FROM IAN T. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, GROUNDS MAINSTREAM AND STAFF BEGAN PREP WORK TO TIE DOWN ANY POTENTIAL ITEMS THAT COULD COME INTO THE STORM AS WELL AS PULLING IN TRASH CANS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE DID HAVE SLIGHT DAMAGE ON FRIDAY. WE WENT OUT AND DID SEAS WANTS OF BOATS RAMPS, DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNOR'S CREEK. THE WATER LEVELS IN ST. JOHNS AND DOCTOR'S LAKE ARE STILL HIGH, BUT WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE DOCKS WERE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER AT THE LAKE AND GOVERNANCE CREEK. AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE WATER LEVELS TO SUBSIDE TO DO DAMAGE ASSESS THE. BUT TO GET CALL ASSESSMENTS FOR DOCK REPAIRS AND FUTURE MITIGATION FOR WHEN THE WATER RISES. THE PARKS, WE HAD TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN. AND ON FRIDAY, BEGINNING SOME OF THAT. MINOR FLOODING AT THE TREEHOUSE LOOP. AND THE TRAIL WAS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER DURING THE STORM AND THE TREE FELL THROUGH THE TREEHOUSE. CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT REMOVED. AND THE DAMAGING ASSESSMENTS. TO GLOW OUT AROUND THE POPPED, THE SAME AS BEFORE, CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED BY THE GROUNDS [00:35:02] WORK AND MAINSTREAM TEAMS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH AN ENGINEERING FIRM FOR STABILIZATION FOR THAT POND. AND THAT EFFORT WILL BE RECTIFIED IN MONTHS TO COME. ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC PARKS, WE GAVE THE GO AHEAD ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PLAYING ON SATURDAY. SO WE HAD KIDS BACK ON SATURDAY WITH OUT ANY ISSUES, AND WE'RE GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE BACK IN THE PARKS. I WENT OUT TO MOCCASIN ON FRIDAY, AND THE PARKS WILL FULL. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE HEALING IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER THAT IT STORM. SO MOVING ALONG TO PROJECTS, THE PLAYGROUND RF PERFORM, ON OCTOBER 8TH, FOR THE REMOVAL OF OLD PLAYGROUND UNITS AT WE BARNS AND FOREST PARK AND INSTALL NEW PLAYGROUND IN THOSE SPOTS. NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS 60 TO 90% COMPLETION AND THAT BID IS TO GO OUT IN NOVEMBER. THE PICKLE BALL COURTS, AWARDED IN THE CONTRACT AND ROUTED FOR SIGNATURES. AND PURCHASING AND WORKING WITH THE VENDER CORE SERVICES TO MAINTAIN PERFORMANCE BOND TO SEE THE CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE. WE DID RECEIVE TWO NOTICES FOR THAT. THE AWARD IS FOR EIGHT COURTS AT WE BARNS, 174K AND 6 COURTS AT 2459. AND THAT INCLUDES COMPLETES DEMOLITION ABOVE THE TENNIS COURTS THERE, AND GRADING ANDASEL FAULT AND BUILDING NEW FENCING AND PICKLE BALL COURTS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE. THE 300 OR 1,000 AT COURSE FOR TWO PARKS FOR PICKLE BALL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE GROWING SPORTS IN THE COUNTRY AND DEFINITELY WELL NEEDED FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND THEN, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE AM MEGA PARK GRAIN AM, AND WHY WE'RE DOING PICKLE BALL PARKS, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? >> YOU ARE CORRECT. PICKLE BALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE OVER 5 MILLION PICKLERS CURRENTLY. AND IT HAS DOUBLED FROM THE 2.5 IN 2004. SO IT SHOWS YOU HOW FAST IT'S GROWING, BUT IN REFERENCE TO OMEGA PARK, THE EAST END OF THE PARK, TO INSTALL 5 FEET CONCRETE APRONS, IN 2019, WE DID A MAJOR PROJECT AS WELL AS A CONCESSION STAND AT THAT SITE. SO MINOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE KIDS CAN GET OUT THERE ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF THE PARK. WITH THAT, WE HAVE OVER 50 PARKS IN THE COUNTY. SO WE TRY TO SPREAD SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, ON TOP OF FOCUSING ON THE YOUTH THE PARK BENCHES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DRAINAGE PROJECTS AT ALL OF THEM AND LOOKING AT ACTIVITIES FOR THE ADULT POPULATION AND SENIOR POPULATION, AND THAT'S WHY PICKLE BALL IS ONE OF THE TARGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO PARKS WITH OWED -- OLDER TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED. SO TRYING TO CONVERT THOSE TO AMENITIES THAT THE CITIZENS WILL ASK FOR AND ENJOY IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ATTACKING HEAVILY, AND AS WELL AS KEEPING SAFETY IN MIND FOR THE YOUTH. AT SEVEN ATHLETIC PARKS, WE PUT OVER $360,000 INTO SAFETY NETTING AT VARIOU PARKS AND OF THAT, 71,000 WENT TO OMEGA PARK, ON TOP OFF THE DRAINAGE, ALMOST 42, $43,000. SO WE STARTED THAT PROJECTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WE HAD TO PUT IT ON HOLD AND IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE QUOTES ARE ACCURATE AND GET THE PROJECT GOING GOING OUT. >> CAN YOU ADDRESS WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FOR THE PICKLE BALL COURTS? IT'S NOT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS. 6. >> JUSTIN, ARE YOU THE WUM THAT TALKS GOOD PADDLEBOARDS? >> WHAT WAS THAT? >> PADDLEBOARDS, IS THAT -- >> YES, WE HAVE TWO PADDLEBOARD STATIONS AT MAIN STREET BOAT RAMP AND DOCTOR'S LAKE. [00:40:01] AND WE HAVE A CONCESSIONING THAT MANAGES THE STATIONS AND THE COUNTY SHARES A RIBBON FOR THAT. FOUR STATIONS AT EACH. I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SUNDAY THAT I WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND I SAW PEOPLE OUT USING THE PADDLEBOARDS, SO THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED. >> WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, ARE YOU THE RIGHT PERSON TO TALK TO? I HAD THE EXPERIENCE TO E BIKES ON TRAILS IN A PLACE FAR FROM HERE. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE DEVELOPING TRAILS AND I TELL YOU WHAT, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND EXERCISE AND HAVE FUN, I THINK AN E BIKE, YOU CAN GO CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. BAKE LABIKE LANES, AND IT'S CONO BIKING IN THE PAST. >> THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH E BIKES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE NATION AND THE STATE ARE DEBATE AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK INTO. >> THEY'RE COMING. >> DID THEY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING AT KAYAKS? >> YES, I WENT DOWN TO THE FLORIDA PARKS AND RECREATION CONFERENCE, AND RAN INTO A MAN TALKING AT THE EXPO, THAT HE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT KAYAKING AT THE TWO PARKS, AND IT MAY BE RECREATION THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS WOULD ENJOY. PERSONALLY, I WOULD RATHER STAND UP IN THE WATER THAN STANDS UP ON IT, BUT I WOULD TAKE KAYAKING OVER PADDLEBOARDING. SO THAT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THE NATURAL RESOURCES. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NO PROBLEM. >> I GUESS THAT WE HAVE MILTON COMING UP NEXT, SNARK? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON CURBSIDE COLLECTION AND ROSEMARY HILL. AND LIKE THE OTHER STAFF, I HAVE TO REALLY THANK THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF. WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH EXTRA VISITORS BOTH LEADING UP TO THE STORM AND SINCE THE STORM. SO OUR PRE STORM, THAT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, OUR VISITOR COUNTS WERE UP BY 4% OVER WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE. THIS SATURDAY, WE HAD ALL HANDS ON DECK. OUR OFFICE MANAGER, CHRISTINE AND MANAGER JAMIE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD PLAN AS WE OPENED BACK UP ON SATURDAY. WE HANDLED 928 CUSTOMERS WITH LOW WAIT TIMES, AND THAT WAS 132% MORE THAN WE NORMALLY HANDLE ON A SATURDAY. YESTERDAY, WE WERE STILL RUNNING AT 46% HIGHER THAN NORMAL. SO WE'RE VERY BUSY AT ROSEMARY HILL, THE EECS WERE ALSO FLOODED WITH VISITORS WHEN THEY OPENED ON SATURDAY. AND MORE PARTICULARLY DOCTOR'S INLET. THEY SAW OVER 900 VISITS AT DOCTOR'S INLET DROP OFF-SITE ON SATURDAY. WITH 65% HIGHER THAN NORMAL. I'M TOLD THAT LINES WERE ON THE ALMOST TO 220. BUT REMINDING FOLKS THAT THEY COULD COME TO ROSEMARY AND WE COULD HAVE VERY LITTLE LINES THERE AND ALL, AND THE FOLKS CHOSE TO WAIT. I CAN SAY THAT MOST OF OUR VISITORS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND WITH THE TRASH, THAT HELPED TO SPEED UP THE VISIT. BUT MOST OF THE VISITOR'S RESIDENCE ARE BRINGING GARBAGE. RATHER THAN YARD TRASH. DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF YARD TRASH. AS FAR AS WE SUSPENDED THE CURBSIDE SERVICES AND CLOSED ALL OF THEM ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WITH MULTI-DAY CLOSER, THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE THAT UP. WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THAT. [00:45:03] SO WE RESTARTED THE GARBAGE AND THE YARD TRASH ROUTES ON MONDAY. WHICH RAN THE EXTRA ON WEDNESDAY, AND CARRIED OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT, A COUPLE OF HOURS WORTH OF WORK FOR TWO TRUCKS, AND THAT WAS FINISHED EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY RAN IT EXTRA EARLY AND THE CLAW TRUCK, THEY WILL HAVE IT OUT THERE EACH DAY. AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY, WE'LL EVALUATE WHERE WE GO. AND WE ARRANGED WITH SPRINGS AND WE'LL HAVE TWO CLAW TRUCKS JOINED IN THE EFFORT TOMORROW AND SATURDAY. 6 AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE STILL PICKING UP CURBSIDE YARD DEBRIS, YARD TRASH, AND NOT STORM DEBRIS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNDER THAT TYPE. SO IT WILL BE NORMAL CLAW TRUCK COLLECTION, BUT THE CLAW TRUCKS, WITH THE TILES, GET THOSE CLEANED UP MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN HAND LOADING THAT MATERIAL IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. BUT BY AND LARGE, WE'RE STILL COLLECTING THAT MATERIAL MANLY, SO WE NEED IT TO BE PREPARED PROPERLY TO BE COLLECTED. AND THE TREE SURGES, THEY'RE HAULING OFF THE DEBRIS FOR THE JOB SIGHTS. WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> YOU MENTIONED CLAW TRUCKS, AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? >> WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT OUR PLAN IS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO LOOK AT HOW MANY WE WOULD LOOK TO PURCHASE ONE OR TWO. AND WE ALSO PUT FEELERS OUT FOR ANY USED ONES THAT ARE USE TO US. TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. WE WERE CONCERNED WITH LAST YEAR'S REQUEST FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, IF THE NUMBERS BECOME MORE FAVORABLE, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO LOOK AT TO BUY ONE. BUT IT WILL BE PART OF NEXT YEAR'S CIP REQUEST. >> IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD PLAN. >> YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. THIS YEAR'S SWEEPER, NEXT YEAR, RAFFLE TRUCK. >> I MIGHT GO THE OTHER WAY AROUND. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MILTON. AND I THINK LAURA IS NEXT. IS THAT CORRECT? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LAURA CHRISTMAS, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS. DURING HURRICANE IAN, I WAS OVERALL VERY PLEASED WITH OUR RESPONSE OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS, WE HAD OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACEBOOK PAGE, AT 1,000%, JUST IN THE LAST TEN DAYS ALONE, WE REACHED 407,740 PEOPLE OVERALL OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS, AND THAT'S JUST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALONE. WE HAD MORE THAN 130 MEDIA HITS RELATING OUR STORM MESSAGING IN THE LAST TEN DAYS. WE DID THREE LIVE FEEDS BROADCAST BY OUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND COORDINATED MESSAGING, WE ASKED THE PIOS FROM THE OMICRON VARIANT ACCOUNTS TO GET IT TO SAS MANY RESIDENTS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. MADE UP OF A MULTIAGENCY TEAM BETWEEN THE BBC AND WANT COUNTY SHERIFFS' OFFICE. WE HAD THOSE TWO MAJOR PLAYERS, THE RESPONSE FOR THE SHIFT IN ALL OF OUR MESSAGES. THIS WEEK, OUR MESSAGING SHIFTED TO NORMAL OPERATIONS AND TODAY WE SHIFTED MILTON'S YARD WASTE PICKUP AND UPDATES AND SWITCHED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. SO OVERALL, JUST VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE AND HOPEFULLY OUR COMMUNITY SAW THAT AS WELL. >> I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU IN COORDINATING THE CONSISTENT MESSAGE ACROSS ALL OF THE AGENCIES, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE DON'T NEED WHO IS WHO, WE NEED ONE CONSISTENT AND I WANT [COUNTY MANAGER] TO COMFROM TIME TO TIME YOU ON THAT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> WITH THAT, ONTO COUNTY MANAGER. [00:50:02] >> CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR ADDING MILTON TO THE NORMAL AGENDA HERE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR THE BACKGROUND AND BE DETAILS OF THAT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, I CALL THEM THE FANTASTIC THAT SCUM HERE EVERY MONTH, WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN GETTING THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY AND THROUGH THAT. I THINK THAT WE HAD -- IT WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE BBC MEETING ON TUESDAY TO WAIVE THOSE FEES, AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FILLED UP THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK AND IT WAS 220 POUNDS OF VEGETATION, AND I WULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT. SO THAT WAY, IT SAVED GOING OUT ONTO THE CURB AND THAT, BUT I KNOW OTHERS WERE THERE TOO, AND REALLY HATS UP TO MILTON AND TEAM. IT WAS VERY SMOOTH. AND I THINK THAT THEY MADE THREE TRIPS ON SATURDAY. SO IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT THING WAS IAN BROUGHT SOME COOLER WEATHER WITH US, IT'S ALMOST FALL-LIKE, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THE YARD WORK AND THAT, AND THAT'S YI I WANTED MILTON TO DO THAT, WITH THE CLAW TRUCKS AND THE MUNICIPALITIES. ONE IMPORTANT NOTE. ST. JOHN'S AND DOCTORS LAKE LEVELS. WE WERER FORTUNATE ON PRECIPITATION, FLOODING, STORM SURGE AND YOU'RE SEEING A RICE IN ST. JOHN'S AND DOCTORS DURING NORMAL HIGH TIDE DUE TO ALL OF THE RAIN THAT OCCURRED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. FOLKS SHOULD TAKE HEED ON WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RIVER OR THE LAKE, THERE COULD BE FLOATING DEBRIS THAT'S THERE. AND I'VE SEEN IT PERSONALLY. AND JUST THE HEIGHT OF THE WATER THAT'S GETTING AND OVERCOMING SOME OF THESE DOCKS. SO YOU HEARD JUSTIN BRIEF, THAT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SOME DAMAGE. BUT THANK GOODNESS, THE RAMPS ARE STILL USEABLE AND I WOULD CAUTION PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL IF THEY'RE ON A DOCK AND THERE'S WATER COVERING THAT. ALSO, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION IN THE TROPICS, AND WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARDS DOWN. WE'LL BRIEF THE BOARDS AND THE COMMUNITY IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHOULD POP UP. I HOPE THAT THE COOLER WEATHER WILL CUSHION US IN THAT AND PROVIDE A BARRIER PERHAPS TO ANYTHING FURTHER AND THE WEATHER IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. IT'S FORECAST NOW INTO THE WEEK, AND IT'S 72° IS THE HIGH PREDICTED TODAY. PENDING ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN, JUST VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY AND ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE ACROSS THE BOARD. I KNOW THAT THEY CALLED ME UP, AND WE HAD TO EXIT OUT OF THE SHELTERS AND THEN FOR HIM TO TAKE FRIDAY IT LOOK AT HIS FACILITIES, HE POINTS OUT TO ME ALL THE TIME THAT HE HAS THE MOST SQUARE FOOTAGE OF FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, YES, HE DOES, AND HE HAD VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE, AND SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO START. SO THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE. PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> I JUST WANT TO COMPLEMENT, NOT ONLY THE STAFF BUT THE AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE AGENCY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS DURING THE STORM, I WAS UP AT ONE OF OUR SHELTERS, ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND I SAW THE OPERATION, AND IN THE FIELD, THE MARINA WAS UNDER WATER AS WELL AS AREAS AROUND DOCTOR'S LAKE, SEVERE FLOODING, NOT FROM THE RAIN, NOT FROM IAN, BUT I GUESS IT WAS FROM IAN, BUT THE WINDS THAT BLEW TIDES UP TO S ST. JOHS AND DOCTORS LAKE AND UP TO PEOPLE'S LAWNS. IT WAS A GOOD EXERCISE, IAN MISSED US, AND WE GOT SOME OF THE EFFECTS BUT NOT NEARLY WHAT SANTA BELL ISLAND EXPERIENCED AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO IF YOU HAD YOUR EYES OPEN, WE SHOULD NOTE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON, SO I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WAS OUT THERE DOING THAT THAT I SAW. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFFS' OFFICE AND THE SCHOOL BOARDING AND THINGS * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.