Mar 14, 2023 BCC Agenda

[CALL TO ORDER]

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READY, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. COMMISSIONER BETSY CONDON , HAS OUR INVOCATION THIS AFTERNOON.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOW YOUR HEADS. DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS WE ENJOY. I PRAY YOU GO BEFORE US THIS EVENING A WE CONDUCT COUNTY BUSINESS. I PRAY YOU GIVE US WISDOM, THE KNOBS, THE UNDERSTANDING WE NEE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR THIS COUNTY. HEP US, LORD TO HAVE EYES THAT SEE COMING YEARS THAT HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GUIDANCE THA YOU WILL GIVE US. I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL, SMOOTHLY, AND THANK YOU GOD FOR OUR EVER MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT MAKES IT BETTER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE RESCUE TWO, OUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, GOD. MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO , IN TH NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY. AMEN.

>> OUR VETERAN LET PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON IS BROUGHT TO US BY SGT JAMES L. BURSE, U.S. ARMY. SGT JAMES L. BURSE, U.S.

ARMY SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR 10 YEARS AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND RE-ACHIEVE THE RANK OF SERGEAN HIS CAREER. HE EARNED HIS PURPL HEART IN THE BATTLE OF FIELD SWITCH, AND HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE HIS LEGS AGAIN TO SUCCESSFULLY FINISH THE TOUR WITH AN AUTOMATIC TURRET. ON HIS SECOND TOUR, HE SUSTAINED A WAS MEDICALLY RETIRED AFTER TW

MORE IED EXPLOSIONS. >> HE HAS A MIDDLE BERG RESIDENT, AND VOLUNTEERS , AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANKFUL YOU ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

>> IF YOU WILL LEAD US THAN TH PLEDGE, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY A

FEW WORDS IF YOU'D LIKE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANC TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FO WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY , APPRECIATE BEING ALLOWED HERE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BARNABAS, IT IS HARD TO COME BACK AND BE DENIED VA BENEFITS, SO IT WAS REALLY HARD WHEN I GOT OUT. I HAD NOTHING AND I WAS HOMELESS FOR A WHILE, AND WANTED TO GIV MYSELF, BUT A HURRICANE HIT. I GOT IN TOUCH WITH RAILING , TH HEAD OF OPERATION BARNABAS, AN HE TOLD THE GOT ON HIS WORD, THAT I NEEDED TO BE DOWN THERE AND SAID JAMES HELPING WITH THE HURRICANE. THROUGH THAT, I WAS ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE MYSELF, AN GET OFF DRUGS, AND CAME BACK FOUR MONTHS LATER DOING STUFF LIKE THIS . I GO TO EVERY VETERAN EVENT AND I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY OF LIVING LIFE AGAIN BEING WITH ALL THE GUYS AT BARNABAS, THE BROTHERHOOD BACK IN THE MILITARY, SO IT'S LIKE HAVING SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE, TELLING GUYS YOU LOVE THEM. I' LEARNING TO DO THAT. SO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO, I LOVE LIVING HERE. YOU KEEP THE KNUCKLEHEADS OUT OF TH JOB, KEEP GOING. THANK YOU.

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[PET ADOPTIONS]

WE WILL MOVE INTO PET ADOPTIONS >> OUR FIRST DOG TODAY IS TUESDAY. SHE'S A SPAYED FEMALE MIXED BRING, FIVE YEARS OLD,

WHERE 73 POUNDS. >> HI, MY NAME IS TODAY, AND FO HOME WHERE I CAN RELAX WITH MY PEOPLE. I'M A PRETTY LOW-KEY GIRL, BUT WHEN I GET OUTSIDE A PRAY TIME, I REALLY SHINE. I LOVE TO BE THE CENTER OF YOUR WORLD, I LOVE TREATS AND COZY BEDS. I HAVE REAL DESIRES TO LIVE A LIFE WITH YOU. I HAVE M VACCINE, FOSTER CHIPPED, AND MY MEDICAL IS COVERED BY THE FRIENDS OF CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. NEXT WE HAVE

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DINO IS A SPECIAL BOY, HE LOVED YOUR ATTENTION SO MUCH SO THAT HE WILL REACH OUT FOR YOU AS YO WALK BY THEM. DON'T YOU DARE CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF WALKING PAST HIM WITHOUT SPEAKING TO HIM, EITHER. HE WON ALLOW IT. DINO IS UP TO DATE O HIS VACCINES, AND IS MICROCHIPPED.

>> KITTEN SEASON IS HERE. IF YO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR KITTEN CREW, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOSTERS. YOU CAN CONTACT US .

LASTLY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED I HELPING, AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER AND YOU CANNOT ADOPT, GO TO AMAZON.COM: YOU CAN DONATE FRO

OUR WISH LIST. >> THAT COMPLETES THE PET

[1.  National Vietnam Veterans Day (March 29, 2023)]

ADOPTIONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> WITH THE COMMISSIONERS JOIN ME DOWN FRONT, WE HAVE A NUMBER

PROCLAMATIONS. >> OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TODA IS NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERAN'S DAY , ON MARCH 29TH, 2023, THE LAST TROOPS WERE WITHDRAWN AND PRISONERS OF WAR HELD IN VIETNAM ARRIVED ON AMERICAN SOIL. AS A FIRST DATE THAT WAS CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT NIXON. THE CLAY COUNTY VIETNAM VETERANS DAY RECOGNITION SUNDAY WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 25TH AT THE TAP MONUMENT IN GLEN COVE'S RINGS. WE ARE PARTING WITH THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA TO RECOGNIZE, HONOR, AND THANK OUR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. WE WILL HAVE SOME LOCAL VIETNAM VETERANS HERE THI MEETING DOES JOIN THE MEETING AND PRESIDENT COMPERE, WILL ACCEPT THE READING OF THE

PROCLAMATION FORCE. >> COME ON UP.

>> WHEREAS BETWEEN 1955 AND 1975, OVER 3 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED OVERSEAS IN A SERIES OF BATTLES AND CONFLICTS THAT HAVE COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE VIETNAM WAR, WHICH IS DEFINED AN ENTIR GENERATION OF AMERICANS, AND WHERE IS JUST OVER 58,000 BRAV HEROES GAVE THEIR LIVES IN COMBAT, OVER 300,000 WERE WOUNDED, AND MORE THAN 1500 ARE STILL MISSING IN ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE VIETNAM WAR. AND, WHEREAS THE RECOGNITION IS THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF VIETNAM VETERANS DAY ON MARCH 29, WHICH IS THE DAY THAT THE LAST U.S. COMBAT TROOPS WERE PARTED FROM

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MOTION? >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> MOTION APPROVED. 5-0. >> ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I WAS, LE COMMISSIONER JIM RENNINGER SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE END. BUT WE HAVE OUR ARMY SPECIALIST HERE, AND HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR HONORED GUEST RESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, COLONEL WILLIAM J BURNS CHAPTER 1059, IN CLAY COUNTY.

>> HERE. I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST. ON THE LOWEST RANK. THIS IS COLONEL WILLIAM G BURNS, BILL BURNS. BILL BURNS, 50 YEARS AG

ON -- RAUNCHY PAPER, SORRY. >> MARCH 28, 1973 , WAS RELEASED FROM THE HANOI HILTON. HE WAS A FORMER VIETNAM P.O.W.

TO HIS LEFT, IS THE FOUNDER OF THE CHAPTER 1059, AND CURRENTL FIRST VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE FLORIDA STATE COUNSEL, GARY

NEWMAN. >> I'M GOING TO RUN DOWN THE LIST OF THESE OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS THAT ARE PRESENT. I

WILL GIVE YOU THEIR SERVICE. >> MARINE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR, GIN BOWL, ARMY SPECIALIST FIVE, JOHN GILL DON, NAVY LUTE UNIT COMMANDERS PAT SHURMUR, NATE DECEMBER CHIEF, RICE

INAUDIBLE - STATIC ] >> NAVY CHIEF RICHARD J WELLS, MARINE CORPS SERGEANT HARRY SILVERS, AND WE CAN'T FORGET THIS ONE, NAVY CAPTAIN JIM RENNINGER.

>> WITH A STATEMENT THAT THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL PRESENT NIGH -- PRESENT POLICY INITIATIVES FOR THE JOINT HEARING OF THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AFFAIR --

VETERANS AFFAIR. >> DREW THE APPLAUSE OF THE ROOM, WHEN HE ASSERTED, ALL-AMERICAN VETERANS IS AMERICAN VETERAN, REGARDLESS OF HOW OR WHEN THEY SIR. KEEP IN MIND, THE 1500 UNACCOUNTED FOR, AND MISSING STILL IN VIETNAM. I KNOW THERE ARE 80,000 OVERALL, BUT KEEP I MIND, IN YOUR MEMORIES ABOUT THOSE FROM VIETNAM. THANK YOU.

>> VERY EMOTIONAL TIME BACK IN THE 70S , AND WE ALL WERE SCHEDULED TO SERVE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO OUR COUNTRY. SOME OF US ELECTED TO GO IN THE MILITARY. BUT LIKE SAID, WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL THAT NEVER CAME HOME, AND ARE STILL MISSING. IN FACT WE HAVE OVER 81,000 MISSING IN ACTION STILL IN THE HOLE IN THE UNITED STATES. EVERY DAY, OUR DEFENSE SEARCHING THE WHOLE WORLD WITH ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, AND UNDERGROUND RADAR WITH DNA TESTING, THEY ARE ABLE TO REPATRIATE A LOT OF THOSE MISSING WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. WE DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET

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>> SAID THANK YOU. >>

>> I SURE HATED THAT I HAD TO MISS THE VETERANS THING ON

[2.  Mt. Zion AME Church 150th Anniversary (March 25, 2023)]

GREAT EVENT. >> NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MT. ZION AME CHURCH 150TH ANNIVERSARY . MT. ZION AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS FOUNDED 150 YEARS AGO IN FEBRUARY OF 1873 , AND IS THE OLDEST STANDING AFRICAN-AMERICA CHURCH IN CLAY COUNTY. HERE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION THIS AFTERNOON IS REVEREND JAMES'S PERNELL SENIOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE HER WITH YOU. COMMISISONER KRISTEN BURKE, IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR YOU ALL, AND THEN WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

ALL. >> DON'T BE SHY.

>> WHERE IS ESTABLISHED IN AND 73 MT. ZION AFRICAN-AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN GREEN COVE'S BRINGS FLORIDA IS THE OLDEST STANDING AFRICAN-AMERICA CHURCH IN CLAY COUNTY, AND WHEREAS THREE RESOLUTELY FREE MEN AND SIX WHITE INDIVIDUALS BEGAN THE CHURCH AND SERVED AS ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, NAMELY, THOMAS JENKINS, DANIEL BRUNSON, HENRY BRANT, MR. AND MRS. A.L.

SHIPMAN, AND DR. KERRY ALLEN TRIMBLE, DR. JOSEPH W APPLEGATE THEODORE T EDGAR SENIOR, AND MAJOR J HOUSTON FINCH, RESPECTIVELY WHEREAS MT. ZION AME CHURCH PROVIDED PEOPLE WIT NEWS REGARDING THE WELFARE OF THEIR LOVED ONES WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY, AND WAS THE INTERIM DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL AT THE FIRST DUAL BUILDING WAS LOCATED WHERE SAVAGE PARK NOW STANDS CAUGHT FIRE. WHEREAS WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATE WITH AME E CHURCH, INCLUDING E FAILS, WHO WAS ELECTED CONSTABLE OF WRINKLES CLEAN IN 1890. MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH MULDROW, WHO OPERATED THE MULDROW HOTEL, ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN HOTELS OPERATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. HE SERVED AS THE FIRS AFRICAN CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF, AN HIS SON MATTHEW JENNY JUNIOR STILL LIVING, WAS ELECTED TO TH CITY COUNCIL IS GLENCOE STRINGS, AND SERVED AS MAYOR.

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CHURCH MEMBERS WILL HOLD A HERITAGE WALKING TOUR ON MARCH 25TH, AND ARE PUBLISHING A MAGAZINE CALLED, " GLEN COVE SPRINGS AND CLAY COUNTY ARE BONDING TOGETHER." WE DO HEREB ACKNOWLEDGE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MT. ZION AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LONG HISTORY OF THIS CHERISHED CLAY COUNTY CONSTITUTION.

>> DULY ADOPTED BY THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONED ADOPTED THIS DAY, MARCH 14, 2023. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> >> ARMOR, PASTOR, YOU HAVE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU HAVE HERE WITH YOU THIS

AFTERNOON. >> TO MY LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, I SISTER SANDRA PERSONS. SISTER ANITA BARTLETT, SAUSALITO JACKSON, BARBARA CARNER, THESE LADIES REPRESENT THE LEGACY AN GENERATIONS OF FAMILY CONNECTIONS AT MT. ZION AND AFRICAN MESKILL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. WE REPRESENT THE UNITY THAT WHEN BLACKS AND WHITES COM TOGETHER FOR GREATER CAUSE, PUT ASIDE OUR BIASES, AND OUR DISLIKES, AND COMING TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMONALITY, THE UNITY OF PEOPLE CAN DO THIS IN THE COMMUNITY. PSALMS GRATEFUL TO SANDY OR TO REPRESENT 150 YEAR OF ONGOING LIFE AND MINISTRY IN CLAY COUNTY. I THANK YOU ALL FO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THE RECOGNITION. WE INVITE YOU OUT MARCH THE 25TH A 10:00, WE ARE DOING A HISTORICAL WALK WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERE IN CLAY COUNTY AND GLENCOE STREET . WE ALSO WANT TO INVITE YOU OUT TO OUR HUNDRED 50 OF CHURCH ANNIVERSARY ON MARCH 26, AT 3:00. EVERYONE IN HIS BODY. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY GLENCOE'S BRINGS, BECAUSECLAY COUNTY AT LARGE, BECAUSE WE AR THE BEDROCK OF WHAT PEOPLE BEIN UNITED CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

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[3.  National Procurement Month (March 2023)]

INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO US. >> TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, OU BUDGET HERE IN THE COUNTY IS ABOUT $701 MILLION THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, HOMILY CONTRACTS, HOW MANY DOCUMENTS WE HAVE TO READ. THEY HAVE TO READ. THEY HAVE TO SUPERVISE SCRUTINIZE, AND EVALUATE. IT'S A PRETTY ARDUOUS TASK AND QUIT HONESTLY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY YOU GET YOURSELF IN TROUBLE , PROFESSIONALLY, IS THROUGH MONEY AND CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU TALK ABOU THE IMPORTANCE OF DARTING EYES, AND CRESCENT IS, THIS IS WHERE

IT ALL STOPS, SO TO SPEAK. >> WHEREAS OUR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS PLAY A SIGNIFICAN ROLE TO ENSURE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SECURES TH BEST POSSIBLE PRICE FOR

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MOTION? >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> PASSES -- FIVE-NO. WE HAV OUR TEAM HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE EACH OF THEM. LISA, OUR CONTRACTS MANAGER, AND TAMM WHO WEARS MANY HATS IN THE DEPARTMENT, SETTING UP SUPPLIERS, REQUISITION, HELPING WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS, JESSICA, SENIOR FISHERMAN OFFICER, WHO CAN BUILD ALMOST ANYTHING. SHE DOES A LOT OF OUR INVOLVED BIDS, AND DOES A GREAT JOB FOR US. STEPHANIE IS OUR NEW EMPLOYEE, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON THE TEAM. SHE DOES A LOT OF OUR BIDDING," AND SYSTEMS AND THINGS. DONNA FISH HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SHE WEAR MANY HATS, AND HAS REPRESENTED THE THE COUNTY VERY WELL FOR NUMBER OF YEARS. SHE DOES A OT OF OUR PROCUREMENT. SHE IS ONE OF OUR BUYERS. AND THEN WE HAVE ELLIS, LISA IS NOT HERE, DON' MISS HER, BUT LISA HAMILTON DOE MANY HATS. CSR ASSISTANT ANALYST CONSIDERS A LOT OF OUR PROCUREMENTS. SHE IS OUR WORKDAY CLEAN, BECAUSE WE JUST WENT TO OUR WORK THE SYSTEM, AND SHE'S REALLY PICKED UP ANOTHER WELL. SHE DOES COMPLIANCE, ARE CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE, AND BONDS, AND IS VERY IMPORTANT WE HAVE THOSE AN MONITOR THOSE. AND THEN JULIE WAS NOT HERE TODAY, WAS AVAILABLE, BUT JULIE AGAIN WEARS MANY HATS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WORKS VERY WELL FOR US. I APPRECIATE THE WHOLE TEAM, THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK, AND LIKE YOU SAID, JUST TODAY GOING OVER THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, YOU GET A GLANCE AT ALL WHAT COMES TO OUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK SPEAKING O BEHALF OF EVERYONE, WHAT WE ENJOY THE MOST, IS GETTING TO WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL O THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY COMING GET TO BE PART OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THEM. AS WE WRAP UP THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE DO HAVE SOME FUN THINGS IN MIND, WHERE TO GO OUT AND VISIT DEPARTMENTS. WE WILL SEE THEM, AND KILLED BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, KEEP PROVIDING TRAINING AND SEEING HOW WE CAN CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THINGS

BETTER. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >>

>> I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY PERSONAL COMPLEMENT FOR WHENEVER SHE HAS A REAL HARD QUESTION, IT IS USUALLY COMING

FROM ME. TRENTON TRENTON >> IS A REASON YOU GOT PICKED

FOR THAT ONE. >>

[4.  Government Finance Professionals Week (March 20-24, 2023)]

>> LAST , BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE GET TO RECOGNIZE OUR COVENANT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WE, MARCH 20TH THROUGH THE 24TH

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>> TO HAVE A TEAM HERE? LET'S GET THEM UP HERE. WE WERE TESTED AND HAVE THEM INTRODUCE YOU AFTER WE GET THEM UP HERE.

>> YET, WE WILL HAVE YOU SAY A COUPLE WORDS AFTER WE'RE DONE, WE WOULD JUST TELL EVERYBODY AN ASK WHAT THESE FOLKS DO, THESE PROFESSIONALS, THAT WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, THEREBY COMING YOU'RE PAYING FOR WHAT THEY'RE

BUYING. >> LETS BE THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION I A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1937, AND SERVES MOR THAN 3300 PROFESSIONALS FROM STATE COUNTY, SITTING GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOL DISHES, UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE FIRMS. AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENT PRIVATE PROFESSIONALS, ARE BOUND TO A GOVERNMENT CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT IF IF A MAILMAN OF THEI RESPONSIBILITIES. DEBRA FINAL PROFESSIONALS WEEK IS SPONSORED BY ALL MEMBER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATED AS AS A WEEKLONG SERIES OF ACTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS, DURIN THIS WEEK, GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND LEADERSHIP. NOW BE IT RESOLVED, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA, DOES PROCLAIM MARCH 2224 2023 IS GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY, AND EXTENDS OUR APPRECIATION TO ALL GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOU THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND HERE IN CLAY COUNTY FOR THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND LEADERSHIP. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA, THIS 14TH DAY OF 2023. DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> OF EMOTION, AND A SECOND.

PLEASE SAY AYE. IT'S OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS.

>> RICK, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS RICK DINGLE, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIV OFFICE FOR THAT CONTROLLER. I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS. I OVERSEE THE CLERK FINANCE, AS WELL AS THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, WHICH AMY IS A FINANCE OFFICER, AND SHE WILL INTRODUCE HER STAFF. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION. I BE REMISS IF I WITH OUR COUNTY CLERKS ON THE BCC SIDE HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING, AND THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, RICK. BEFORE I INTRODUCES STUFF, DO WANT TO ALSO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN OMB PER THE DEPARTMENTS, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT EVERYBODY'S HELP. I TRULY IS A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP. I'M GOIN TO START HERE TO MY LEFT. WE HAVE KATHY BURTON, AND SHE IS ONE OF OUR RECEIPTS CLERKS. SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING TH MONEY INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT, AN INTO THE COUNTY.

THAT'S AN EMPLOYEE IS, LOVE THIS, BUT CINDY ATKINSON IS HEA APPAREL. SHE PROCESSES PAYROLL EVERY WEEK. SHE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HR STAFF TO GE THAT DONE CORRECTLY.

>> THEN WE HAVE DENISE CRANE, ALWAYS MESS UP HER LAST NAME, BUT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE AS ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE THE PROCESS INVOICES. ACTUALLY WITH OUR MANAGER WHO IS OFF ON SPRING BREAK WITH HER SON THIS WEEK, S SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT. BUT SHE PAYS FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE WENT OVER THIS MORNING, AS WELL AS JUST DAY-TO-DAY INVOICE FOR THE COUNTY.

>> KATHY MILLER IS OUR DEPUTY MANAGER , SHE ACTUALLY SEES THE OVER DEPARTMENT THAT BRINGS IN THE CASH. SHE NOT ONLY BRINGS I IN, BUT HELPS WITH OMB TO HELP MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYTHING WE

ARE DUE. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT >> OVER HERE, BUT TO START WITH LILLIAN AT THE FAR END. LILLIAN IS OUR STAFF ACCOUNTANT. SHE I

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ARE DONE. >> THIS IS CHERYL, SHE IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT PROCESSES INVOICES. AGAIN SHE PROCESSES -- I THINK WE DO ABOUT 2500 INVOICES A MONTH. WE DO A LOT OF VOLUME. LAST BUT NO LEAST, WE HAVE DYLAN AVERY. HE IS OUR SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT, IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES. HE DOE EVERYTHING FOR US. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE SYSTEM, OR IF YOU NEED TO KNOW AN ACCOUNTING ENTRY, IF YOU NEE TO TEST SOMETHING, IF YOUR COMPUTER IS BROKEN, YOU GO TO DYLAN. SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM. THESE ARE THE GUYS AND GALS THAT REALLY DO THE HEAVY LIFTING. SO I COULDN'T BE MORE

PROUD OF THEM. >>

>> ALL RIGHT. I DID NOT SEE AN OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES

[CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS]

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 28, 2023. . APPROVAL

OF THE MINUTES. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A

SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> CARRIES 5-0. PUBLIC COMMENT I FIRST-PERSON THIS AFTERNOON I RICK NELSON. WHILE HE IS COMIN UP, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE T SPEAK FOR PAPA,, WE CAN GET TO A PUBLIC COMMENT NAME CARD, AND YOU CAN JOIN US. GOOD AFTERNOON

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I LIVE AT 2200 MARSH LARK LANE.

>> RICK NELSON. I'VE LIVED HER 20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN ON THE PLANTATION BOARD. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE, THE THINGS THAT I'V NOTICED, AS IN BUILDING CONTRACTOR, IS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IN CERTAIN AREAS, NOTIC THE ROADS GET EATEN UP A LITTL BIT MORE OFTEN THAN I THINK THE SHOULD. MY OBSERVATION IS, AND

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SOMETIMES IT'S A LONG NIGHT. >> SO, THANK YOU.

>> TAKE YOU, AND SHARE, IF I COULD, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT, WITH THE BOARD AND THEIR OPERATIONS STAFF, METAPHOR, BRICK BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MET RICHARD SMITH, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY HI TO RICHARD, HIS DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AT LEAST SO, YOU HAVE A FACE WITH THE NAME.

>> SAY HI. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE

STANLEY FINNING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON , MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THERE ARE FAMILIAR FACES APPEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO CLAY COUNTY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS, COMMISSIONER VINEGAR, INC. YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GROUP THAT WAS HERE TODAY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FRIDAY, AND I REMEMBER EVERYBODY DEPLOYED. THERE ARE VIETNAM VETERANS SUFFERING DEARLY OVER AGENT ORANGE THAT WE FELT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES DOWNSTREAM.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK YOU TODAY. I STAND TO DISCUSS THE MANNER IN WHICH COD ENFORCEMENT IS DOING BUSINESS. I THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD IMPROVE UPON THE MANNER IN WHICH CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES THINGS. WHEN THEY SEND A LETTE OUT, THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE THIS.

IN THE SPIRIT GENERIC. IN THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT IS IN THE COMPLAINT IS NOT ATTACHED. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, IT IS A REQUIREMENT BY STATE STATUTE THAT NOBODY CAN MAKE AN ANONYMOUS CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT. IT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. WHEN I CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE, AND I ASKED ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS FOR COPY OF THE COMPLAINT, SHE SAID I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT, THE PERSONAL INFORMATION ON IT. WELL, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE COMPLAINT FORM, IT DESCRIBES THIS AS A PUBLIC RECORD. NOW, I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY THEN A DISCIPLINE ISSUE, SO I'M NOT MENTIONING THE NAME OF THE PERSON YOU TODAY. BUT I NOTICED THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CODING FOR THE OFFICE, DOES NOT JOBS WORKING THE PHONES. BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GO ALONG. I' A GRADUATE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SPEAKING, SO I CAN GO ON FOR 10 MINUTES WITHOU GRABBING A BREATH. I WANT TO SE IF WE COULD PUT THE COMPLAINT IN THE MAIL, SO IT GIVES A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COMPLAINT IS, THE PERSON THAT MADE THE COMPLAINT, LACKS CLEAN HANDS.

DOCTORS HAVE A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING THAN THE CLEAN HANDS DOCTRINE THAT ATTORNEYS DO. THERE'S A DOCTRINE THAT LAWYERS USE , THE UNCLEAN HANDS DOCTRINE. BUT YOU CAN'T POINT FINGER AT SOMEBODY ELSE IF YOU'RE DOING SIMILAR THINGS.

YOU CAN'T SUE SOMEBODY FOR HAVING TALLGRASS , AND JUNK IN YOUR YARD, AND IF YOU'VE GOT TALLGRASS AND JUNK IN YOUR YARD I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SUGGESTION THAT WHEN A CLAY

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>> THANK YOU MR. FINNING, WE APPRECIATE IT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS

AFTERNOON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH FO BEING HERE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR

DISCUSSION? >> IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> MADAME CHECK MY MAC MOTION

TO APPROVE. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

[17.  Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program (E. Dendor)]

>> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD, ED DEN DOOR. IT'S GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO 5:00, SO THANK YOU. WITH ME THIS EVENING IS JOSH MADDOX WITH DEB CGI IS, W ARE HERE TO UPDATE THE PROGRES OF THE TEAM IS MADE OVER THE LAST MONTH ON PRODUCT NUMBER ON COUNTY ROAD 218, WORKING WITH MICHAEL BAKER. INTERNATIONAL FINALIZING THE COMMENTS WITH RESPONSE RESOLUTION. THE DESIG BUILD TEAM REVISE THEIR CPM SCHEDULE. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION IS NEEDED WITH SOME DESIGN PREVENT MODIFICATIONS ON INCORPORATING THE UTILITY ORDER. WE HOLD A BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING, THE CLAIM THAT THEY HAD SUBMITTED LAST MONTH, FEBRUARY 6, WAS DENIED. FOR GROUP NUMBER TWO, OVERALL THE KAREN LEIGH, SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION JACOBS DESIGNED THE BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS, APPRAISALS AND ALL PULSE CONTINUE FOR MULTIPLE POND SITES IN RIGHT AWAY EXPIRATION. PERMIT PRINTER RIGH AWAY DUE FOR PROJECT TWO, AND PROJECT FIVE. PROJECT TO PROJECT SIX A CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF 96 DESIGN PLAN. PROJECT FIVE, THE GUARANTEED NATIONAL PLANS UNDER EVALUATION FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, AND THREE, GIA IS WORKING TOWARD FINAL PLANS AND PERMITS FOR TH ULTIMATE CONDITION. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR RIGHT AWAY AND POND SITE REQUIREMENTS. WITH VALIDATED THE PRICE AGAINST HISTORICAL DATA WITHIN OUR REGION AND FOUND IT TO BE REGIONAL. HOWEVER, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS OVE THE BUDGET, THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE REDUCTION IN SCOPE TO PREVIOUSL MENTIONED OPERATION AND SAFETY FOR THE QUARTER FOR THE THREE-YEAR SECTIONS. Q WHAT CONSTRUCTIONS CONTINUE THE MOBILIZATION TO THE SITE WITH FIELD OFFICE, EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONNEL. CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, IT STARTED AT THE WES OF THE SANDRIDGE ROAD NEAR HANLEY ROAD, WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON COMPLETING THAT WOR IN FRONT OF THE LAKE ASBURY SCHOOL BY THE END OF THE SUMMER

>> HEAVY COORDINATION CONTINUE WITH THE CLAY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, A NATURAL GAS LINE WILL BE INSTALLED, AHEAD OF THE ROADWAY FOR THIS CORRIDOR. MOVING ON TO PROJECT 6B, ALSO KNOWN AS HOLD THEIR BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING. THE DESIGN TEAM SUBMITTED THEIR 90% MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLAN UNDER REVIEW.

FINAL ROADWAY, LIGHTING, SIGNALS, SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKERS, AS WELL AS THE DRAINAG AND BRIDGE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.

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PROJECT CORE DOOR. >> SINCE THE WRITING OF THIS UPDATE, ACTUALLY, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE UPDATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED SAINT JOHN'S ROW WATE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SINCE MARCH 10, WAITING ON THE ARMY CORPS PERMIT. THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITS, WE HAVE PAID WAS REFUNDED TO THE COUNTY, AND DUE TO THE SLO RELEASE OF MITIGATION CREDITS FROM MITIGATION , A NOTICE TO PRESERVE THEIR RIGHT FOR AN EXTENSION TIME IF THE COUNTY CONTINUED TO NOT RECEIVE THOSE WETLAND MITIGATION CREDITS. WE HAVE NOW. WE ARE EXPECTING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL PERMITS BY EARLY APRIL WHIC WILL ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION AND THAT EFFORT. THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> DID I HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT?

>> YES, THAT IS ONE OF THE THRE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WE AR GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE, TH ROUNDABOUT AS WELL AS WATKINS, AND OAK STREAM. THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE OPERATIONAL PROOFS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE EVEN WITH THE REDUCTION AND THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

>> SO WHEN YOU THINK THAT WILL BE ON THE WAY?

>> WE ARE WORKING ON THE 90%, AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO BREAK THOSE DRAWINGS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE ENTIRE DESIGN PACKAGE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT. SO WE ARE RAPIDLY WORKING

ON IT AS QUICK AS WE CAN. >> SO THIS SUMMER THE END OF CENTERS, MAYBE THEY WILL BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME? YOU

THINK PROBABLY NOT? >> NO.

>> AND AS WE LOOK AT THE SANDRIDGE PROJECT, WE START GETTING TOWARD THE END OF IT, THAT WOULD BE THE TRANSITION TO CONTINUE THAT WORK ON THROUGH THROUGH THE SWOOSH, AND THE

ROUNDABOUT AREA. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR IT?

[18.  Lien Reduction (C. Stewart)]

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT WE HAVE ARLENE REDUCTIO CASE WITH STUART.

>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A REQUESTED LIEN REDUCTION. CASE NUMBER 19-007, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS MR. AND MRS. BRINKMAN, AND I BELIEV EITHER THEM OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIRS IS HERE TODAY. ESSENTIALLY, THIS ACT IS CASE FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU WILL SEE ON THE COMMENTS ON THE MEMO PAGE, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HARDEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE $32,945 LIEN BE REDUCED TO 70 GOING TO $60 WHICH IS STAFFS COST. HER DECISION WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE TENETS CREATED THE VIOLATION, WERE NOT PROVIDING THE MAIL TO THE OWNERS.

THEREFORE THE OWNERS WERE UNAWARE OF THE VIOLATION. ALSO, THE OWNERS OF SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPAIR OH DAMAGES CREATED BY TH TENANTS.

>> ALL THE OTHER PICTURES AND INFORMATION IS INCLUDED, AS

WELL. >> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME

OR THE OWNER OR REP ? >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> IF YOU WOULD JUST DATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS RYAN BOYD, I'M HERE FOR GARY AN

ADRIANA BRINKMAN. >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU

WANTED TO ADD. >> I THINK JUST THE MAIN POINT IS THEY ARE REQUESTING THE REDUCTION OF THE RELEASE OF THE LIEN, BECAUSE I HAD NO KNOWLEDG WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL THE HOME, AND THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WAS THE ONE TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS THAT THEY HAD THE LIEN. WHEN THEY WERE MADE AWARE THEY IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO ACTION TO CONTACT COUNTY ENFORCEMENT, AND MS. HEATHER ROSS GOT TO WORK, THEY GOT TO WORK IN THE HOUSE WITHIN CODE. AND THEN IT'S NOW IN COMPLIANCE AS OF OCTOBER 20, 2022, THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE.

ALSO, I THINK THE FACT THAT THE BRINKMAN'S WERE PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAX ON YOU TIME EVERY YEAR, THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, THE TENETS COVERED THE CAR WITH THE TARPS.

SO THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE TRYING TO COVER IT UP. BUT THE OWNERS COULDN'T RECTIFY THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS ONE. AGAIN, SOON AS THEY WERE MADE AWARE, THEY IMMEDIATELY ACTED TO RECTIFY TH PROBLEM, AND THEY HAVE NO OTHE CODE VIOLATIONS . THE REASON TH BRINKMAN'S ADDITIONAL REASON T SELL THE HOME WAS DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AS THE HUSBAND, GARY BRINKMAN HAD AN EXTENSIVE ANKLE BONE REPLACEMEN SURGERY WHICH IS HAD AN IMPACT

ON THEIR INCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR

CONSIDERATION. >> THEY ARE CONTRACTED

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CURRENTLY? >> NO, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SELL THE HOME AT THIS POINT. NO BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE ITEMS, WASHER DRYER TICKET, THE 10TH TENANT LEFT I IN POOR CONDITION, IT'S UP TO CODE, BUT THERE'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

>> SO THEY ARE UNABLE TO SELL IT AT THIS POINT.

>> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR M STUART, OR FOR THE APPLICANT

AGENT? >> I DO. I WANT TO COMMEND THE ON THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT. IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE . HOWEVER, ALL THESE VIOLATIONS WERE EXTERNAL. IN PART OF 42 IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT SAYS THE RENTER IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE YARD IN DECENT SHAPE. ARTICLE 44 SAYS THAT NO DERELICT CARS OR TO BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, AND I THERE IS EXTRA CAR, IT HAS TO B

IN THE DRIVEWAY. >> I THINK 46 IS ALSO AN ISSUE YOU THE OWNERS HAD AN INSPECTION REQUIREMENT ONLY UPO VENT, AND TERMINATION OF THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IN THI CASE, WAS 11 YEARS LATER. ONE OF THE NORMAL STIPULATIONS OF THE RENTAL CONTRACT IS, THE OWNER USUALLY HAS THE RIGHT TO GO INTO THE FACILITY AND CHECK IT ONCE A YEAR, OR SOMETHING FO A PEER ARCTIC. I FEEL FOR THEM THAT THEY WEREN'T NOTIIED, BUT MY GOODNESS. THEY OWNED THAT PROPERTY FOR 11 YEARS AND DIDN' NOTICE THE CAR THAT WAS DERELIC OUT FRONT, DIDN'T NOTICE THE YARD WAS NOT KEPT UP? IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE RENTERS. SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY, TO BE

QUITE HONEST. >> OTHERS?

>> NOT SO MUCH THEM, BUT IS STILL EASY TO SAY I DIDN'T GET MY MAIL. YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY CA SAY THAT. IS THERE NO OTHER WAY WE CAN DO THIS? LIKE SAND CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT,

SOMETHING ? >> BUT WE HAVE TO GO BY THE ADDRESS ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE

LEGAL ADDRESS. >> SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX BILL, IT WAS GOING TO THE HOME.

>> WHILE THEY WERE PAYING THROUGH THEIR MORTGAGE. THE PROPERTY TAXES BEING PAID TO TH MORTGAGE COMPANY.

>> YOU STILL CAN HAVE THAT UPDATED.

>> IT'S UPDATED NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AFTER THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHEN THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T GETTING IT. THERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE T RENT PROPERTIES, THEIR LANDLORDS, DID THEY NOT GIVE

THEIR ADDRESS? >> IS USUALLY THE HOUSE THIS BEING RENTED? IS THAT USUALLY WHERE MAYOR MEL GOES?

>> HONESTLY, IT SHOULD BE WHERE THEY ARE LIVING. SO IF YO OWN RENTAL PROPERTIES, IT SHOULD BE COMING TO YOUR

ADDRESS. >> BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THIS ONE WAS. ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE IS THAT TH

LUMINAL PROPERTY THEY HAVE? >> I MISS HER. I CAN ASK.

>> DO THE BRINKMAN'S LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY?

>> THEIR ADDRESS IS JACKSONVILLE. BUT YOU CAN HAVE A JACKSONVILLE ADDRESS AND LIVE IN CLAY.

>> IF YOU LIVE WHERE I LIVE, THAT'S AN OPTION. SO WERE NOT AWARE WHETHER THEY LIVE THE 11 YEARS THAT THEY LIVED OUTSIDE O CLAY COUNTY? AND THEY NEVER HA A PROPERTY MANAGER TAKE CARE OF

THE PROPERTY? I'M ASKING. >> OKAY

>> YOU DON'T KNOW THEM VERY WELL, YOU'RE JUST AN AGENT?

>> I KNOW HER. I BELIEVE THEY LIVE IN DUVALL COUNTY, NOW. DID THEY LIVE IN DEUEL COUNTY DURING THE 11 YEARS THEY OWNED PROPERTY HERE? I DON'T KNOW HO LONG, THEY LIVE IN JACKSONVILL FLORIDA, NO PROPERTY MANAGER, THEY MANAGE THEMSELVES. SO IN THOSE 11 YEARS AND NEVER ONCE - I'M SURE THE INSPECTED. MAYBE WHEN THEY DO, THERE WASN'T AN ISSUE, OR BUT DEFINITELY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS GOT THE LETTER FROM THE -- I CAN'T

REALLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE. >> WE HAVE THE LETTER. AND THE LETTER INDICATES THAT THEY MAD $38,000 OF REPAIRS INSIDE THE

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>> NO. THEY HAVE MADE THOSE. BUT THERE ARE STILL OTHER THING THAT NEED TO BE DONE. THEY HAV TO RESTART THE BACKYARD, THEY HAVE TO BUY APPLIANCES, THE WASHER AND DRYER WAS TAKEN, SO I GUESS YOU GUYS GOT THE INVOICE?

>> YEAH, WE HAVE IT, IT'S 39 PAGES OF WHAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, I KNOW ALL OF US SEPARATED. BUT SPECIFICS OF IT ARE NOT -- IT IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES IN TH PAPERWORK THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY -- THE RENT THAT THEY PAID, INCLUDED CHARGES FOR PARKING. SO I THINK THAT MAYBE -- IS EVERYBODY CONFUSED?

>> A GENERIC CONTRACTOR >> YES, THEY INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, THE CAR WASN'T THERE DURING THEIR INSPECTION, SO MAYBE THEY MOVE THE CAR DURING THE TIMES OF THE INSPECTION.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I THINK I STRUGGLED WITH MAYBE, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME, BUT I'M STRUGGLING WITH RECONCILING THE FACT THAT THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, AND IT'S AN EASY ADJUSTMENT IT'S ONE APPEARANCE, OR MAYBE EVEN NOW, AND ONLINE FORM TO HAVE YOUR MAIL SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU ON PROPERTY THAT YOU OWN. THE ONU DOESN'T SHIP FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO THE TENANT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE TENANT IS OCCUPYING THE SPACE. SO, THAT I STICKY FOR ME . THE COMPLAINT HERE IS THAT THE TENANTS CREATED THE VIOLATION, AND WERE NOT PROVIDING MAIL TO THE OWNERS. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHERE THE OWNERS WANT TO HANG THEIR HAT . AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW WHERE WE ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH IGNORANCE AS A DEFENSE. I STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE THI IS A SIMPLE -- LAST MONTH IT WAS A TITLE SEARCH THIS MONTH IS, YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR MAIL FORWARDED TO YOU WHEN YOU COULD HAVE.

>> MAYBE I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING THINGS, BUT IF YOU CAN HELP ME MAKE SENSE OF THAT, THEN MAYBE CAN GET OVER THAT HURDLE. BUT IT REALLY THE TENANTS PROBABLY CLEAN, MOMS CLEAN, TIDY UP, OR WHATEVER. IF THEY COME I MEAN THEY HONESTLY DID NOT KNOW THAT AND I KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S IGNORANCE. THEIR BIGGEST MISTAKE I GUESS, WAS THEY DIDN' CHANGE THE ADDRESS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE IT. DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE CAR IN THE GRASS TOTALS UP TO $33,000 OR HOWEVER MUCH IT WAS. AND THE NOBODY ACTUALLY TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OWNERS ARE AWARE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT ALL WORKS HONESTLY. SO I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO BE HERE. BUT, HAVING --

>> I SENSE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNER WHO HAS NOT PAID THE FORWARDING ADDRESS.

>> NO, THEY'RE PAYING THE PROPERTY TAXES, THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY, THE ARE NOT AN EXPERT LANDLORD, BU THEY'RE PAYING THE PROPERTY TAXES, AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT THROUGH THE MORTGAGE COMPANY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AT SOME POINT FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S A LIEN . IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD BE SOME OTHER WAY T FIND OUT THERE WAS A LIEN ON TH HOME, I DON'T KNOW.

>> SO THE PROPERTY TAX OFFICE, THE CLAY COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR IS A SEPARATE OFFICE AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

THE WHILE WE BOTH HAVE CLAY COUNTY IN THE BEGINNING, AND W ALLOCATE THEIR BUDGET FOR THEM, THAT'S THE ONLY CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE. SO, THEN PAYING THEIR TAXES, AND THEM HAVING A LIEN O THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT'S PU THERE BY THE BOARD OF COUNY

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WHO IS THEY? >> THE COUNTY OFFICE SINCE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT TO THE ADDRESS ON RECORD. SO THEY ACTUALLY GO AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ADDRESSES OF THE OWNER UNDERSTANDING THERE COULD BE TENANTS. SO THE CODE ENFORCEMEN LETTERS, WERE SENT TO THE HOME, BECAUSE ON THE CLAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE, AN THE CLAY COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, THE ADDRESS IS NOT LISTED AS SEPARATELY. I JUST LOOKED IT UP AGAIN, STILL ON TH PROPERTY TAX. IT STILL LISTED A THIS -- THAT THEY ARE THE OWNERS, AND THE PROPERTY IS THAT 3653 RED OAK CIRCLE. SO THAT IS WHERE THAT -- THAT IS HOW THAT IS ASSESSED. SO REALLY THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES REALLY HAS NO BEARING ON THE COUNTY PUTTIN A LIEN ON IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PAYING THEIR CODE

ENFORCEMENT FINES. >> I GUESS IN MY MIND, TO ME THAT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THEY TRULY HAD NO IDEA, LIKE WHY WOULD YOU LET YOUR PROBABLY HAV A BIG LIEN ON IT. WHY WOULD YO CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR TYPE PROPERTY TAXES IF YOU CAN LET SOMETHING LIKE THAT GO? YOU KNO WHAT I MEAN? TO ME THAT JUST SHOWS WE KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

>> ON THE COUNTER, I COULD SAY, WHY DID YOU LET YOUR TENANTS THAT WERE THERE 11 YEARS CREATES SO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE COST $38,000 TO REPAIR IT. IN ONE YEAR, GOING OUT THERE AND VISITING, WE DETERMINED THEY WEREN'T DOING WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED BE DOING. OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T LOOK TO MAKE TRIPS OUT TO CLAY COUNTY TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.

>> I CAN SEE THERE'S A MORTGAG ON THE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW WHAT

IS OWED? >> I DO NOT. THE PROPERTY --

MATT CALL HER? >> NO.

>> THEY COULD'VE BEEN HERE TODAY, AND UNDERSTAND, THAT TH LETTER THAT SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMEONE APPEAR BY PHONE OR BY VIDEO. BUT THERE ASSESSED VALUE, THIS IS THERE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOME IS UNDER $78,000. ACTUALLY IT'S HUNDRED

AND 10,000. >> IS THAT WHAT THEY OWE?

>> SO, THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HUNDRED 70,000, I WOULD CFO IMAGINE

>> I GUESS -- THE MARKET VALU IS UNDER 78?

>> BUILDING VALUES 153 , 377. IN THE LAND AS THE REST. BUT

THEY COULD SELL THE HOUSE -- >> YEAH, THEY CANCEL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE ROOF. THEY WENT AND HAD DONE, AND THEN THEY SENT SOMETHING WITH CODE SAYING THAT WEIGHTIER BEFORE THEY CAN

SELL THE PROPERTY. >> SO THEY HAVE TO PUT -- THAT'S NOT THROUGH US THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T SELL. WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE YOU CANCEL, WHICH IS OF LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. SO WHEN THEY SELL IT, OUR LIEN GETS PAID. MAYBE THEIR MORTGAGE

COMPANY? >> SO IF THEY ALL HUNDRED AND 10,000, AND THEY'VE PUT 38,000 IN. THEN, THAT'S WHAT ?

>> THEY STILL HAVE $50,000 IN EQUITY.

>> CHAIR, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE ROOF PROBABLY WON'T PAS INSPECTION FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY, OR MOCHAS COME PICK U SOPHIE KANAB IF YOU'RE ROOF HAS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIFE ON IT. THEN THEY PROBABLY CAN'T. I THEY HAVE NOT KEPT THE PROPERT BEFORE THIS, THEY COULD VERY WELL BE THE CASE.

>> I BELIEVE THEY JUST PUT A NE ROOF ON. TRYING TO FIND THE

PAPERWORK. >> YES MA'AM, YOU JUST KEEP

GOING DOWN THE WRONG PATH. >> I HAVE A COMMENT.

>> YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE 33,000 IN FINES AGAINST THE PROPERTY. IN IT, WE HAVE A PROCESS TO LOOK AT ALL THE FACTORS INVOLVED, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE MAGISTRATE. IN THE MAGISTRATE RECOMMENDED A REDUCTION, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION DOWN TO 1 , TO 16. ALL THESE OTHER FACTORS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNE ARE IMMATERIAL. THEY HAD FOUR

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AND IT'S THEIR PROPERTY. AND THAT STIPULATIONS WERE, IN THE CONTRACT, THAT THEY DID NOT WAN TO ENFORCE, COULDN'T ENFORCE, DIDN'T SEE TO ENFORCE. SO, WIT THE INTERESTING. IT'S KIND OF - WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A HOME, YOU ARE A BUSINESSPERSON. AND YOU GOT A USE BID BUSINESS PRACTICE. AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS. THIS FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY. SORRY. BUT THE MAGISTRATE DID REDUCE THE FEES. SHE DID , AS A

RECOMMENDATION. >> SO THAT'S WHAT'S COMING TO US. AND I THINK SHE CONSIDERED ALL THE FACTS OF COMPLETELY NO KNOWN, THE TENANTS, TRYING TO COVER UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS, AND THEN THE BRING FRIENDS WERE IN A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF WORK FOR SIX MONTHS WITH HIS TRANSPLANT . AND MAYBE SHE TOOK ALL OF THAT INTO

CONSIDERATION. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, OR FOR THE APPLICANT . I NOT, IRELAND INTO AN EMOTION.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MAGISTRATE'S RECOMMENDATION

OF $1760 FUNDS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE

SECOND, ANY SECOND? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE

[19.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Bonded Transportation Program, more particularly described as Tax Parcel Nos. 28-05-26-014367-000-00 and 28-05-26-014367-001-00, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (E. Dendor)]

I'LL LET YOU FINISH. >> TAKEN AWAY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BORED. ED DIDN'T DORF, CLAY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. ITEM 19 IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY I REFERENCE TO PROJECT NUMBER TWO WHICH IS CANNERY ROW 2094 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

>> QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED?

>> OKAY, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLI HEARING.

>> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IS WELCOME TO

APPROACH THE MICROPHONE. >> SING THEM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BAC TO THE BOARD FOR MOTION

DISCUSSION. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE

PURCHASE AGREEMENT . >> SECOND.

>> WE'LL HAVE MOTION AND SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IS

[20.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Bonded Transportation Program, more particularly described as Tax Parcel Nos. 05-05-25-009022-001-00, 05-05-25-009022-002-00, 05-05-25-009022-003-00 and 05-05-25-009022-004-00, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (E. Dendor)]

MOTION CARRIES. 5-0. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ENTRY INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ALSO FOR THE BONDAGE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

THIS AS WELL. ITEM 20. SECOND ITEM FOR PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY A SEPARATE PROJECT, PROJECT NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS CANNERY ROW 220. THIS IS FOUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED ON THI ONE? OKAY. I'LL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ON COUNTY ROAD 20. SING THEN, I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR

MOTION AND DISCUSSION. >> WE'LL HAVE MOTION. TO HAVE

SECOND. >> WE'LL HAVE MOTION A SECOND,

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE

BY SAYING I. >> THOSE OPPOSED, MOTION

[21.  Public Hearing on the Town of Orange Park's Application for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Ambulance Service (J. Boree) This item was continued from February 28, 2023.]

AMBULANCE SERVICE. CHIEF MARK. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THI IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAIR ON FEBRUARY 24 CONSIDERATION OF A CPC AT RENEWAL FOR A CLASSY AN CLASS FCO CPN , YOU RECALL FROM THAT RATHER LENGTHY DISCUSSION WE HAD CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF OPTIONS. ONE OF THE OPTIONS THA CAME VERY LATE IN THE DISCUSSIO WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY RELOCATING THE PEAK TIME UNIT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF STATION 18 IN MEADOWBROOK BEL AIR INTO THE TOWN FIRE STATION 19. IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT, I WORKE

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IN THESE DELIBERATIONS. >> THANK YOU CHIEF, WE HAVE WITH SR ORANGE PARK TOWN MANAGERS, AND ARE FHIR. WELCOME

THIS AFTERNOON. AND MAYOR. >> SORRY MAYOR, DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE. SORRY. NOT TO SLIGHT YOU.

>> WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US ANY INPUT ?

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> OKAY, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLI HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ISSU OF I'M NOT CAN ASSAIL THOSE WORDS AGAIN, THE CO CPN BETWEE THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK AND CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. SING THEN, WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND -- AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT, SORRY KELLY, NOT TO PUT ON THE SPOT -- BUT IT INCLUDES BOTH, THE CO CPN APPROVAL IN THE INTERLOCAL

APPROVAL. >> I MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION,

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> MOTION AND SECOND, FURTHER

DISCUSSION? >> COMMISSIONER JIM RENNINGER?

>> HAVE A COMMENT. I'M GET ASIDE THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING, AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL THE COUNCILMAN UP IN ORANGE PARK, AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THAT WE ENTERS INTO WITH CLAY COUNTY AND ORANGE PARK AS WELL. SO, I THINK THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

>> I WOULD AGREE. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS A WHEN /WHEN, FOR BOTH, AND MEETS A NEED FOR BOTH THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK, AND THE COUNTY. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.

>> ANY OTHERS? >> WE'LL HAVE MOTION AND SECOND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION AL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING COMMISSIONER MIKE CELLA. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED?

>> IT CARRIES 5-0. >> NO, WE NEED YOU TO SIGN THE DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO THE TOWN BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.

>> OH YES, SURE. IT'S IMMINENT. TOMORROW ?

>> I THINK IT'S THE 19TH OFFICIALLY, SO WE ARE GOING TO GET IT IN UNDER THE WIRE, BUT W WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR

[22.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)]

I'S DOTTED, AND T'S CROSSED. >> NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

>> NEXT WE HAVE OUR BIT OPENINGS. WE HAVE THE BID TABULATION FOR THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE CHILLERS. THIS IS FO THE CHILLERS ON THE NEW COURTHOUSE.

[23.  Minutes from TDC January 11, 2023]

>> AND THEN, MINUTES FROM THE TDC MEETING. NEXT WE ARE AT OU

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ANYONE -- YES SIR, COME ON UP. >> I KNOW YOU WEREN'T READY,

IT'S EARLY. IT'S FIVE : 20. >> I'M TO STICK AROUND TILL

NINE. >> YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE

TIME YOU WANT AT NINE. >> OF IT WRITTEN DOWN REALLY QUICK. MY NAME IS RYAN MARCY'S, I LIVE AT 6099 SHEDD ROAD. I KNOW I MAY SOUND LIKE I'M IN NO CLASSY GUY, BUT FOR

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FOR WILLER OPERATORS ARE UNDERAGE UNSUPERVISED, DESTROYING DIRT ROADS THAT THE COUNTY MAINTAINS. ALSO THE SPEEDS POSTED ARE ABOVE THE POS A SIGN OF 25 MILES PER HOUR. TH SECOND THING, IS THAT WE ARE ONLY GETTING MAIL DELIVERED ONC A WEEK DUE TO THE ROUGH ROADS. IT HASN'T RAINED FOR A MONTH OR SO . UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE RAIN IT'S BECAUSE POSSIBLY, BECAUSE VEHICLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WANT TO PUT INTO RECORD, I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR, CALLED TH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT KAREN I'VE ACTUALLY I WAS A MORE. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND ANY HELP OR GUIDANCE WOULD BE AWESOME. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK. YOU.

>> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AWARE, THEY HAVE SENT PATROL OU THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT CATCHIN THEM AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO, IT IS KIND OF A HARD DEAL, WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY THEY COULD CLOSE OFF THE EXIT THAT GOES BACK TO WILLOW SPRINGS, BU THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD ANSWER, BECAUSE RESIDENTS STILL WOULD HAVE THAT OPENING. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS.

WE ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE MAIL THOUGH, I'VE ALREADY

CALLED SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT. >> WAS AN ESSAY WE EVER PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, AN THAT IS A FEDERAL FUJIKAWA SO MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING CONGRESSMAN'S BEINGS OFFICE

CAN LOOK INTO IT FOR US? >> YES.

>> THE POSTMASTERS TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DELIVER. BUT YOU ARE NOT ON A PRIVATE ROAD. THAT YOU PART YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A PUBLIC PART OF SHEDD ROAD,

CORRECT? >> YEAH, IF YOU'LL COME ON OUT

>> IT'S NOT TOTALLY PUBLIC RIGH CHARISSE, IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE.

>> WE GRADE THE WHOLE THING. >> THE GREATER WAS JUST OUT

THERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. >> THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFEREN THAN -- I'VE HAD MAIL DELIVERY ISSUES IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, MIDDLEBURG, AND CLAY HERE . THOSE A PRIVATE DATE ROADS, SO

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. >> ALSO, THAT'S WHY SAY I OWN TWO DIRT BIKES AND A QUAD. SO YOU KNOW , I DON'T WITH A CRUST OLD MAN. BUT IT'S UNBEARABLE SOMETIMES.

>> YOU'RE NOT THE GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU ARE JUST, LET'S DO IT

RIGHT. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT ROAD A LITTLE BIT KINKY FOR A LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THE BEGINNING OF IT IS PAID. THEY ON THAT PIECE OF IT, PART OF IT, THEN THE PARTIES COUNTY OWNED, A SMALL PIECE, THE REMAINDER OF I IS PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT ALL THE PARTS THAT ARE DIRT WE MAINTAIN ME TELL YOU, THEY HAVE A PROBLE GETTING A MALE DOWN THAT ROAD, THEY CAN GO AND GET MAIL TO 80 OF THE ROADS WE HAVE. THAT ROAD

IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. >> IF ME AND MY HONDA ACCORD CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD ALL DAY LONG. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS THAT THEY SHOULD DELIVER MAIL TO, BUT THE CONGRESS IN MAY

NEEDS TO HEAR THAT. >> YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONGRESSMAN. IS THAT GLEN COVE

[COUNTY ATTORNEY]

SPRINGS POST OFFICE? >> YES.

>> ANYONE ELSE. COMMISSIONER AUDITOR.

>> COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> I DO NOT, BUT IT'S AN HONOR SITTING HERE TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU.

>> WE WANTED TO GIVE OUR COUNT ATTORNEY A NICE SPRING BREAK SO

[COUNTY MANAGER]

>> MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, TWO ITEMS. VETERANS EVENT MENTIONE HERE OVER THE WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, KNOWN HER TO ATTEND THAT, I HONOR AND APPRECIATE AL OF VETERANS AND CLAY COUNTY. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KAREN, GABBY, TAMIKA, AND TROY, FOR PUTTING ON THAT EVENT . EVERYON ELSE FROM THE THRASH HORN CENTER, TO DC ENTERTAINMENT, WHERE THEY WERE THERE. WE HAD

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>> SECOND CIP WORKSHOP, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK A LOO AT A 10 YEAR PLAN BY STATUTE, FIVE-YEAR PLAN WHICH IS BALANCED IN THIS INITIAL DRAFT AND TAKING ALL THE WORDS THAT W PUT INTO OTHERS IN WORKING WITH THE ESPECIALLY CONSTITUTIONAL'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE COMING BACK T THE BOARD AS WE PREP FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

>> I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK TROY, OMB, INCLUDING DEBBIE, RICH, LISA , FRAN, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR INPUTS. IT SEEMED VERY COMPLICATED THING AS SOMETHING TO PREDICT OUT, AND ADDRESS ALL OF THE NEEDS REQUIRED THROUGHOU THE COUNTY WITH THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AGAIN A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEM, AND TAKE YOU TO TH BOARD FOR THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

WORKSHOP. >> THANK YOU MA'AM, PENDING AN

QUESTIONS THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU. WE ARE AT COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER MIKE CELLA, DO YOU WANT TO START?

>> I'D LIKE TO COMPLEMENT THE COUNTY MANAGER THE CAME UP WIT THE GAME PLAN TO GIVE US A WORKSHOP ON THE CIP. THIS IS TH FIRST TIME WHERE WE'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND THE FIRST TIME WE'VE LOOKED AT 10 YEARS. I THINK THAT PROBABLY AT SOME POINT, WE MIGHT EVEN WANT TO DECIDE WE WANT TO STEP EVEN FURTHER OUT IN TERMS OF THAT. I CERTAINLY HELPS IN THE PLANNING SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON TAP, WE CERTAINLY NEED THAT KIND OF A GLANCE PLANNING TO BE ABLE O PULL THAT OFF. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT WE WON'T BE SEEING ANY MONIES LIKE ARPA, O THE CARES ACT MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANYTIME SOON. CDI, THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE, WE'VE GOT A FOOD TRUCK NIGHT COMING UP ON MARCH 24TH, SEE IF THERE. WE GOT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, WE'VE GO MORE LIGHT IN THE EVENING TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS. WE HAD ONE IN FEBRUARY TO SAY BIG MONTH FOR THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. ALL O OUR INITIATIVES, THE GATEWAY T CLAY HIRING, AND THE BALLPARK, THE FIRST OF OUR URBAN LAND PANELS WILL TAKE PLACE MARCH 20TH, 29TH, AND 30TH. I THE TIME THAT THEY GET DONE ON THE 30TH, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPORTANT REPORT COME BACK TO US IN A BRIEF FORM WHICH WILL GIVE US AN INDICATION AS TO WHA COLLEGE DRIVE MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE. AT LEAST IN THE EYES O THIS PARTICULAR PANEL. THAT'LL ALSO HELP US WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING RIGHT AFTER US, THEY ARE STACKED UP JUST LIKE AIRLINERS ARE IN THE AIRPORT. ONE IS IN LINE AND TH OTHER TAKES OFF. SO THAT WILL HELP US WITH HAVING THE RIGHT PATIENT AS, AND THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO OFFER TO THE PANEL SO THAT THEY GIVE US THEI VERY BEST THOUGHT ON WHAT WE CA DO WITH THOSE AREAS THAT WE ARE LOOKING ON IMPROVING HERE IN TH

COUNTY. >> I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT COUPLE OF PEOPLE OF ALREADY DON SO, THAT COPCN, THE END OF THE YEAR WE CAME UP AND APPROVED TONIGHT, I THINK IT STEPS OFF A NEW AREA BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK, AND THE COUNTY. I' HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE CAN PUT TO BED SOMETHING THAT WAS BOTHERSOME, AND HURT THE TOWN . I'M PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE ALE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT BENEFITS NOT ONL THE TOWN, BUT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY, BECAUSE ADDITIO WHICH IS THE KEY THERE. OUR JO ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS. GOOD JOB, ALL THE WAY AROUND. I AM APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISISONER KRISTEN BURKE, DO YOU WANT TO G

? >> YES. I WANT TO GIVE A VERY HUGE APPRECIATION TO THE BOARD FOR THE LETTER HAT WAS SENT TO FTP REGARDING SO LIGHT . I THINK IT'S LONG, LONG, LONG OVERDUE THAT WE ARE BRINGING MORE AWARENESS TO THIS.

SOMEBODY PEOPLE STEP FORWARD IN THE PAST, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, WHEN NONE OF US WERE AROUND. THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH PUSHED ASIDE, AND MADE TO FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T MATTER. SO AGAIN, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING THAT. AT THIS TIME, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE LIKE TO WRITE LETTERS THAT LIVE BACK THEN, OR WORKED AROUND INDISCERNIBLE ], AND WERE GREATLY AFFECTED. THE LETTERS ARE JUST HEARTBREAKING, WHEN YOU READ THEM.

>> THEY WERE ALL SENT TO FTP D COME IN SENATOR BRADLEY, AND

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THEY KNOW ABOUT OUR LETTER, THE KNOW THE CONTENTS OF IT, THEY KNOW WHAT OUR ASK IS, AND I KNO -- I TRULY BELIEVE WITH THE NEW EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE WILL LOOK AT POSSIBLY TESTING THE OTHER ACREAGE, AND MAKING SURE THAT SO LIGHT IS STILL HEL RESPONSIBLE, SO TAXPAYERS AREN' IN THE FUTURE. SO, THANK YOU AL

AGAIN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> COMMISSIONER JIM RENNINGER?

>> JUST A COMMENT ON THAT SUBJECT. THAT LETTER I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE OPENING BELL OF A LONG-TERM PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF DATA, IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND GRANTS AND FUNDING. BUT IT IS A BELL THAT HAD TO BE RUN. SO I THINK I COMPLEMENT THE COMMISSION, AS

WELL. >> THE COUNTY MANAGER FORGOT TO MENTION ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS O THE VETERANS EVENT ON SATURDAY WE HAD A GUEST THAT WAS THERE -- ALTHOUGH YOU THINK I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE BEING, BUT I'M NOT. IT WAS AN AMERICAN BALD EAGLE THAT LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYBODY.

NOW, THAT WAS THE GOOD PART. BUT IT ALSO HAD A CARCASS WITH

IT. TRENTON >> TRENTON BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, I HAD A YOUNG LADY THA TOLD US, SHE ASKED US WHETHER

WE SCHEDULED THAT? >> OF COURSE WE HAD NEVER SCHEDULE THAT. BUT SHE HAD NEVE SEEN A I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT A COUPLE OF THE FACILITIES THA WE GATHER OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE. THE FIRE STATION, ANIMA SERVICES, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT PORTS TO SEE THE HARD WORK THAT IS BEING DONE DAY IN, AND DAY OUT , THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SEE, THAT NOT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY GETS TO SEE.

>> THESE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING AMAZING WORK WITH THE RESOURCE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THERE WERE THESE WONDERFUL HIGH POINTS, WHERE WE WERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS OVERLOOKING AND SEEING HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT VIEW IS. TO BEING REALLY SET ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO REMEDY. I WANTED TO BE A PART OF HELPING REMEDY THAT. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO BEHOLD. SO I D APPRECIATE HOWARD, AND TROY, PULLING THAT TOGETHER, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEE PART OF THAT ORGANIZING. I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE FIELD TRIPS. THAT IS THE REQUEST. MOVING FORWARD, IT REALLY IS AMAZING TO PUT THINGS IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN BEING ON OTHER ISSUES ARE TOLD TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE. I RECEIVED A LETTER, FROM HIM, AND I JUST WANTED TO READ YOU ONE PARAGRAPH OUT OF IT, BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH SO LET. HE UNDERSTANDS THE PRIMAR SUBJECT OF PUBLIC CONCERN, THIS WAS WRITTEN ON MARCH 1ST, YESTERDAY'S MEETING WAS A PROPOSED SALE OF THE FORMER SUPERFUND SITE. I KNOW THE BORDERS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE DECISION WHICH IS BEST FOR THE COUNTY. IF MY OFFICE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK. IN NO WA DO I WANT TO INTERFERE WITH YOU LOCAL PROCESS, BUT IF I CAN HEL THE BIG EFFORT BY BRINGING FEDERAL SUPPORT TO THE ISSUE,

I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. >> I HAD A PERSONAL

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>> I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO SAY, SO THE DAY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, FTP, ACTUALLY HAD A ZOOM CALL WITH THREE OF THE PRIOR EMPLOYEES ALONG WITH HOWARD AND COURTNEY AND ME. SO, IT WAS VER EYE-OPENING I THINK TO THEM. I WANT TO ADD THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD NOT DONE IN THE PAST, SO AGAIN VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY ALLOWED THEM TO SPEAK, AND LET THEIR FEELINGS BE HEARD. AND WHATEVER WHAT THEY SAW BACK THEN AND WITNESS, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABL TO SAY . THAT WAS A GREAT DAY

TO SEE. >> THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK, THE CLAY COUNTY TRAVELING FOOD TRUCKS ARE MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT KEYSTONE BEACH. IF YOU ARE HUNGRY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IS

GUARANTEED TO RAIN. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FORECAST WEATHER IS, I'M JUST TELLING YOU IS GUARANTEED TO RAID ON FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY. I GO TO TAKE A FOOD THE TRIP AS WELL TO THE COUNTY MANAGER, AND FLOYD AND CHARISSE ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER'S. I WENT OUT WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM WGI, WE WENT DOWN TO NONA, MAYB A WEEK AGO -- A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, LAKE NONA IS A SUPPER ABOVE THE ORLANDO AREA. IT'S IN THE CITY OF ORLANDO, AND IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST -- BY PLANNING EXPERTS, IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE IN THE COUNTRY. WE GOT INTRODUCED TO SOME PRETTY CREATIVE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE. ONE OF THEM, CHARISSE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON, SO THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME FORWARD THINKING WAYS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING. NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING , NECESSARILY. BUT AFFORDABILITY. SO, WE LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS TO COME, THEIR LAN DEVELOPMENT CODE IS VERY STRICT ON WHAT THE EXTERIORS OF BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE, WHAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THERE, THEY HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. SO LAKE NONA WAS 11,000 ACRES OF FARM POSTURE, AND STILL HAS COWS GRAZING A PARTS OF IT TODAY. ONE GENTLEMAN OWNED THE 11,000 ACRES. HALF OF THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY A COMPANY CALLED THE TAVISTOCK GROUP, AN THEY ARE VERY FORWARD THINKING THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THAT IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR, BUT STILL ALSO MEETS THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE DEVELOPER, AND THE CITY. SO REALLY SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE. FROM THAT, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE LOOKED AT HIS COMPANY THAT'S CALLED BEEP. THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND SHUTTLE SERVICES , ELECTRIC SHUTTLE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE, AND THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JTA THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP TO CLAY COUNTY IN EARLY APRIL, AND I THINK WE'LL MEET WITH ANY OF YOU ARE AVAILABLE. WE WANT TO KIND OF INTRODUCE THAT, BECAUSE THE J TIA IS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH AUTONOMOU VEHICLES, POSSIBLY IN THE WELL ROAD KIND OF AREA. IT'S 3 TO 5 MILE RANGE. SO PRETTY

INNOVATIVE, THERE. >> THEN ALSO I WOULD MENTION THAT I THINK THE LEFT, BUT COMMISSIONER JIM RENNINGER, WER AT THE CLAY EDC MEETING LAST WEEK. ONE OF THE FOCUSES FROM THE LAKE NONA BISSETT AND DISCUSSIONS WITH CRAWFORD POWELL, AND CLAY EDC, AND FROM THE BOARD MEETING, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY MOVE FORWARD IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTY THAT ALL OF THE SPOTLIGHTS I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, ARE REALLY ON CC UA. AND REALLY TO MOVE OUR COUNTY FORWARD FROM INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO HAVE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH CCUA. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT STAFF, AN ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY -- WE REALLY NEED TO GET MORE INTO THEIR STRATEGI PLAN AND REALLY HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THERE, BECAUSE THA IS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PRESSIN FACTOR ON ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING FORWARD.

>> THE FINAL THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, IF YOU HAPPEN TO RESIDE

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LAW TO ALTER A LAKEBED. >> YOU CAN GET INTO REAL TROUBL WITH F DEP. SPECIFICALLY ON GENEVA, AND LAKE BROOKLYN.

RIGHT NOW, IN FACT LATER TONIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE TIME W ARE FINISHING UP -- EARLY , I WILL BE ATTENDING THE SAY BAR LEGS MEETING , BUT WE HAVE A DIRE SITUATION ON LAKE GENEVA.

HAPPEN TO WITNESS IT FIRST-HAND WITHOUT WATER MEDICINE STAFF, WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT AND I NOTICED A STRAIN OF WATER FLOWING PRETTY FAST FROM ONE AREA OF LAKE GENEVA INTO THE BIG LAKE. AND I SAID, I'VE NEVE KNOWN THIS CREEK TO BE HERE BEFORE. AND, IT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. IT'S BEEN CUT THROUGH.

IT'S BEEN DUG ON STATE LAND WHICH IS ILLEGAL. AND IT HAS STRAYED MORE THAN A FOOT AND A HALF OUT OF ONE PART OF LAKE GENEVA. SO, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT. BUT, IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THAT IT HAPPENED FOR YEARS, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN -- AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN, CERTAIN CHANNELS HAVE OPENED UP, BUT THIS IS PRETTY DRASTIC. SOMEONE WENT IN WITH A TRACTOR AND THE GUTTER TRENCH. JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THAT IS ILLEGAL, AND IF YO ARE CAUGHT, YOU WILL BE FINE BY

F DEP. LET'S NOT DO THAT. >> WE ARE TRYING TO FIX THEM, AND WE DON'T NEED THAT KIND

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.