[00:00:09] >> ALL RIGHT, IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE, UM, STAND, WE'LL HAVE [INVOCATION] OUR INVOCATION BEFORE WE GET STARTED. >>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ALL HERE TO OUR WONDERFUL COUNTY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE. PLEASE BE WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE SERVING THE MILITARY, PLEASE BE WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, NAMELY OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BE WITH THOSE FAMILIES RIGHT NOW, A AND LIFT THEM UP TO YOU, LORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING US WITH SO MUCH HERE AND FOR THE GIFTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY, WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE ON STAFF AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE RESCUE AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU, SO MUCH, AGAIN, FOR BRINGING US HERE TONIGHT AND HELP US ALTOGETHER HOME SAFE AND BE WITH OUR FAMILIES. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. >> (AMEN) >> OKAY. OUR VETERAN-LED PLEDGE TODAY IS PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS JASON CLARK. PETTY OFFICER CLARK SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR 10 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. FOR EIGHT OF THOSE YEARS HE SERVED AS A SHIP SERVICEMAN ON ACTIVE DUTY AND FOR TWO YEARS HE SERVED IN RESERVE DUTY. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN THE NAVY, PETTY OFFICER CLARK RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS, INCLUDING THE JOINT MERIT TORIOUS UNIT AWARD. ADDITIONALLY HE WAS RECOGNIZED TWICE AS THE COMMAND JUNIOR SAILOR. TODAY, OFFICER CLARK RESIDES IN WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE WITH THE NAVY AND WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE THIS AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." >> >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> YEAH, YES. HI, EVERYBODY, I'M JASON, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO JOIN THE CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAM. AND JUST DOING ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COUNTY. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. >>> (APPLAUSE) [CALL TO ORDER] >> . >> CHAIR: YOU MAY ALL BE SEATED. I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE BORED OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR MAY 23RD, 2023. LET THE RECORD [PET ADOPTIONS] REFLECT, THAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS NOT PRESENT. ALL OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE. PET ADOPTIONS. >>> TODAY OUR FIRST DOG IS TWIZZLER, SPAYED FEMALE MIXED BREED, 6 YEARS-OLD AND WEIGHS 23 POUNDS. THIS PINT-SIZED GIRL IS PERFECT FOR A CALM FAMILY. SHE LIKES TO BE WERE YOUR, AND SHE WOULD BE JUST FINE SNELL SNUGGLING ON THE COUCH WITH YOU. TWIZZLER SEEMS DOG FRIENDLY. WHO KNOW, MAY BE SHELL SURPRISE US ALL AND BECOME A PLAYFUL PUP. TWIZZLER IS UP-TO-DATE ON HER VEXES, MICROCHIPPED, AND HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. OUR NEXT DOG IS MASEY SPAYED FEMALE, A HUSKY MIX. MASEY IS THE SWEETEST GIRL THAT LOVES EVERYONE SHE MEETS, INCLUDING OTHER DOGS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADD THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL TO YOUR HOME. PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE SHELTER SO WE COULD INTRODUCE YOU. MASEY IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. OPAL IS A LOVELY LADY THAT JUST WANTS A CALM, QUIET HOME TO REST HER HEAD. NOW THAT HER KITTENS FOUND THEIR FOREVER HOMES, IT IS HER EARN TURN. SHE LOVES LOUNGING AND SNUGGLE TIME WITH HER HUMAN. OPAL IS UP-TO-DATE ON HER VACCINES AND IS MICROCHIPPED. LASTLY, WE HAVE OMALLY, NEUTERED MALE, AND HE'S THE SWEETEST BOY AND READY TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, HE STRUTS AROUND LIKE THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN THAT HE [00:05:01] IS. OMALLY MEETS NO STRANGERS AND IS READY TO NOSE BOOP ANYONE READILY. OMALLY IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND IS MICROCHIPPED. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN OUR KITTEN GROUP, YOU CAN JOIN US AT CLAY FOSTERS AT CLAY COUNTY GOV.COM. WE'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR OUR FOSTER KITTENS AND SHELTER ANIMALS, JUST GO TO AMAZON.COM. AND THAT COMPLETES THE PET ADOPTIONS. >> THANK YOU. IF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WOULD JOIN ME DOWN FRONT, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO TAKE CARE OF IN THE FRONT. [Building and Zoning Staff] >> OKAY. THE FIRST THING WE'RE STARTING WITH TODAY IS SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION. OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, STEVE SHOUFF, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE YOUR TITLE RIGHT, BUT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO ME. CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR IS HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE 10 STAFF MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE DURING THE ROLLOUT OF THE NEW TYLER PERMITTING SYSTEM. STEVE, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR STAFF, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WHERE EVER YOU WANT TO FILL IN. >>> OKAY. WE'VE HAD A NEW PERMIT SYSTEM ROLL OUT. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT, IT'S BEEN TRYING, LIKE, ANY OTHER SYSTEM IS. AND THIS PARTICULAR GROUP HERE HAS BEEN STELLAR IN THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND, THE WAY THEY PERFORMED, CONSTANT THANK YOU. IT DOESN'T, A WEEK DOESN'T GO BY THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T TELL US WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING. SO, WE'VE GOT TERESA, OUR CASHIER, AND A PERMIT TECH, LISA IS A PERMIT TECH, RUTH IS A ZONING TECH, AND ROBIN IS IS OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, ME INCLUDED. NICKY, MARY, ROBIN, AND LAURA IS ANOTHER ZONING TECH. AND THESE GIRLS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM. >> (APPLAUSE) . >>> EVERYONE SCOOCH IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S FACING FORWARD. . >> CHAIR: I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL TOO, BECAUSE, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF USING YOUR SYSTEM PERSONALLY, AND IT WAS EASY TO USE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> IT WAS EASY. >> THANK YOU. >> SO, OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION, WE DID NOT ORGANIZE, IF YOU'LL NOTICE WE WERE NOT ALL HERE [1.  National Safe Boating Week (May 20-26, 2023)] PRESENT AT 4:00. WE HAVE ONE DOWN TODAY AND WE SEEM DISCOMBOBULATED. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR SAFE BOATING WEEK. NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IS FROM MAY 26TH, 2023, SAFE BOATING TAKES PREPARATION. CHUCK WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD AXILLARY IS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE, JOIN US UP FRONT AND INTRODUCE ANY GUESTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU. [00:10:13] >>>I'M CHUCK WHIPPLE, COAST GUARD AUCTION AXILLARY. WE HAVE INSTRUCT YOU ARES IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WE'RE ALL VESSEL EXAMINERS, WHICH MEANS WE CHECK BOATS AND IF YOU HAVE ONE, WE WILL CHECK IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND MEETS REGULATIONS. AND WE WOULD ISSUE YOU A NICE STICKER THAT HOPEFULLY, ON THE WATER, WOULD KEEP THE GUYS WHO ENFORCE LAWS FROM STOPPING YOU, BUT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. >> DIDN'T HEAR A THING, CHUCK. >> I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS, BOATING CONTINUES TO BE A POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY. AND WHEREAS THE U.S. COAST GUARD ETIMATES HUNDREDS OF BOATING FATALITIES COULD BE PREVENTED BY FOLLOWING SAFE BOATING PRACTICES. WHICH INCLUDES BASIC BOATING SAFETY PROCEDURES SUCH AS CARRYING EMERGENCY DISTRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, WEARING LIFE JACKETS, ATTENDING SAFE BOATING COURSES PARTICIPATING IN FREE BEATING SAFETY CHECKS AND STAYING SOBER WHEN NAVIGATING. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IS OBSERVED EACH YEAR IN MAY, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER BOATING SEASON, TO BRING ATTENTION TO THESE CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING TIPS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS SO THEY CAN HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE TIME ON THE WATER. CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HERE BY PROCLAIM MAY MAY 20TH-26TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. JOINS THE U.S. COAST GUARD IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SAFE BOATING PRACTICES AND ASK RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY CLAY COUNTY'S WATERS RESPONSIBLY. CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY 2023. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> AND IT IS, UNANIMOUS, AND IT IS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY. LET'S GET THE BOSS TO SAY IS A FEW WORDS FOR US. >> [LAUGHTER] >> OKAY. BOSS, I'LL COVER YOU. MY NAME'S DAN HASS, I'VE BEEN HERE EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE COAST GUARD AXILLARY IS, ACTUALLY, THE COAST GUARD IS THE ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT MILITARY PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATION, THAT HAS A VOLUNTEER FORCE THAT'S IN THE REGS, WHERE WE'RE SET UP IN THE FEDERAL REGS. WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THE CIVIL BRANCH OF THE COAST GUARD. WE HELP THEM WITH ALL THE BOATING SAFETY THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THE PUBLIC T WE ALSO HELP THEM PAINT THEIR BARE RACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP THEM OUT. AND WE COOK FOR THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT. SO, IF IF YOU SEE US OUT THERE, WE ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THE COAST GUARD, EXCEPT, WE'RE CALLED THE SILVER SIDE, ALL OF OUR MARKINGS ARE SILVER, OF COURSE, WHERE THE REGULAR COAST GUARD IS GOLD. AND WE DON'T GIVE TICKETS, WE'RE THE FRIEND OF THE BOATERS, SO, WE'LL HELP ANYBODY THAT WE CAN IF WE'RE OUT THERE. WE DO PATROLS WITH OUR OWN VESSELS. AND WITH OUR OWN AIR PLANES TOO. SO, AND IF ANYONE IS EVER INTERESTED IN THIS GROUP, IT'S A GREAT GROUP TO BE INVOLVED WITH. IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE, OF COURSE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION, BUT, IF YOU HAVE ANY INCLING ABOUT BOATS SAFETY AND LIKE TO BE ON THE WATER, COME SEE US. >> YOU DID A GOOD JOB. GOING TO KEEP HIM AROUND FOR ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHERYEAR. ALL HAVE HE >> (APPLAUSE) [2.  Military Service Day/Memorial Day (May 29, 2023)] . >> HAVE A SAFE SEASON. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR MILITARY SERVICE DAY, MAY 29TH, 2023, IS MEMORIAL DAY AND MILITARY SERVICE DAY IN CLAY COUNTY. AND THE 35TH ANNUAL GREEN COVE SPRINGS RIVER FEST IS HELD EVERY YEAR ON MEMORIAL DAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PAST AND PRESENT. WE HAVE HONORED MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY SERVICES HERE TODAY. PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS JOHN ROUKE, HE HAS 40 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE [00:15:06] WITH THE U.S. NAVY AND GOVERNMENT. AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR FAVORITE COMMAND MOSTER CHIEF, MACK ELLIS WHO HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY SERVING AS A SOUTHEAST REGION MASTER CHIEF AND A FOURTH FLEET MASTER CHIEF, AND YOU STILL SERVE, DON'T YOU, SIR? >> YES, I DO. >> AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. >> AND WE HAVE, GREEN COVE SPRINGS VICE MAYOR CONNIE BUTLER HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION WHICH WILL ALSO BE READ AT RIVER FEST, SO, COME UP, AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. >> CHAIR: I HAVE AN APOLOGY AND CORRECTION TO MAKE, AS OF LAST TUESDAY, I WAS ON VACATION, THAT'S HOW I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE MAYOR CONNIE BUTLER, SO, CONGRATULATIONS! >> (APPLAUSE) . >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER COMPERE WILL BE READING OUR PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. >>> WHEREAS COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE GIVEN A PART OF THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND OUR GREAT NATION BY SERVING THE IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY SERVICES, AND, WHEREAS MANY OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE RETURNED HOME AS WOUNDED VETERANS, OR HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND WHEREAS, THOSE SERVING NOW AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST DESERVE OUR GREATEST RESPECT, AND WE SHARE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THEM, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THAT WE CAN NEVER FULLY REPAY, AND, WHEREAS, IN CLAY COUNTY WE'RE UNITED BY A LOVE OF COUNTRY. A PROUD MILITARY HERITAGE, AND THE CONVICTION THAT OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT DESERVE TO BE HONORED FOR THEIRSELFLESS ACTIONS. AND WHEREAS TODAY WE'RE PLEASED TO EXTEND A SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS FOR ORGANIZING THE 35TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY RIVER FRONT CELEBRATION THIS EVENT IS DEDICATED TO HONORING THE VALOR AND SACRIFICE OF THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR ARMED IT FORCES AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND PRESERVING THE LIBERTY OF OUR GREAT NATION. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOPHERED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNT COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HERE BY PROCLAIM, MAY 29TH, 2023, AS MILITARY SERVICE DAY IN CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. DUALLY ADOPTED ON THE 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023. >> ALL IN FAVOR, VOTE AYE. >> IT'S UNANIMOUS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND I KNOW THAT ALL TOGETHER, OUR, MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE IN OUR MILITARY, WE CAN NOT THANK THEM ENOUGH, AND TOGETHER, EVERY CHANCE WE GET, WE WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU". AND THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO OUR ANNUAL RIVER FEST, MAY 29TH, ON MONDAY, I ORDERED FAIR WEATHER. MAY BE THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THE RAIN THIS WEEK. BUT, I ORDERED THE WEATHER SO HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES WELL. WE HOPE THAT YOU COME OUT AND JOIN US, IT'S A GRAND DAY. WE WILL HAVE A FLYOVER BY THE DREAMLAND S SQUADRON, THEY WILL BE THERE. THERE'LL BE FIREWORKS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'LL BE OVER ONE HUNDRED VENDORS, INCLUDING FOOD TRUCKS AND CRAFTS, YOU NAME IT. THERE'LL BE KID ZONES, AND, JUST COME OUT. AND OH, THE RUBBER DUCK RACE, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT AND THAT'S PRETTY FAMOUS. SO, COME OUT AND ENJOY THE DAY. AND OUR HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY, ACTUALLY, IS THE, HONORING OF OUR VETS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND EACH BRANCH WE HAVE, UM, THE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN, THEY COME FORTH WHEN THEIR MILITARY SONG IS PLAYED AND THEY COME FORTH AROUND THEY GIVE US A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR LIFE IN THE MILITARY. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION. >> (APPLAUSE) . >> WELL, SINCE YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT, NO PROBLEM. BUT, SERIOUSLY, JUST, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, GETTING SUPPORT HAS TO COME FROM THE TOP. YOU GET SUPPORTED FROM [00:20:06] THE TOP, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, EVERYTHING JUST RUNS A LITTLE SMOOTHER. SO, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING OUR MILITARY FROM THE YOUNGEST TO THE OLDEST. >> (APPLAUSE) >> OKAY. IF YOU'VE NOTICED, [3.  FHSAA Boys Weightlifting State Championship] OUR, UM, AUDIENCE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGS OUR AVERAGE AGE WAY DOWN AND WE LOVE HAVING THEM. AND COMMISSIONER BURKE AND I MADE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BREAK YOU UP SO THAT WE GIVE BOTH OF YOU THE LIMELIGHT. SO, I GUESS I'LL DO IT ALL IT ALL ALPHABETICALLY. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE, THE FLEMING ISLAND, BOY'S WEIGHTLIFTING TEAMS FOR THEIR RECENT WINS AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THEIR COACH IS DAMION SPRINGS AND IF HE COULD COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIS TEAM MEMBERS. WE'LL READ THE SAME PROCLAMATION TWICE, BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM SEPARATELY. THEY BROUGHT THEIR HARDWARE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> COACH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR TEAM? >> COACH SPRINGS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOVE, AND MR. PITMAN, OUR PRINCIPAL WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE HERE BUT HE WAS OUT OF TOWN, TOO. FIRST WE HAVE TYLER BEVERLY. I'M JUST GOING TO PASS THE MIC AND LET THEM ANNOUNCE EACH OTHER. >> I'M TYLER BEVERLY. >> TYLER WAS THE STATE CHAMP IN THE OLYMPIC DIVISION. >> (APPLAUSE) >> BRAIDEN CUNNINGHAM. >> GAUGE ISBO, AND I PLAY SECOND AND TRADITIONAL AND THIRD IN THE OLYMPIC CATEGORIES. >> (APPLAUSE) . >> KEVIN REYES, AND I IT ALSO WON AN OLYMPIC. >> (APPLAUSE) . >> HADEN COMPTON. >> I'M JERRY RODS AND I WON IN THE OLYMPIC AND GOT SECOND IN THE TRADITIONAL. >> I'M JOSH LONGSTO IN, >> I'M ADEN RUCKER. >> I'M NATHAN DONAHUE >> (APPLAUSE) . >> WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHES OF THE FLEMING ISLAND GOLDEN EAGLES BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM LEAD BY COACHES LANCE -- EXCUSE ME, DAMION SPRINGS FOR THEIR RECENT VICTORIES AT THE 2023 BOY'S USA WEIGHTLIFTING FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND WHEREAS THE STRONGEST MOST TALENTED WEIGHTLIFTERS IN FLORIDA, BRINGING THE CLASS FHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES BACK TO CLAY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, THE FLEMING ISLAND BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM WON THE TRADITIONAL AND OLYMPIC [00:25:02] COMPETITIONS IN THE SECOND STATE TITLE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND WHEREAS ALL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM MEMBERS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SUCCESS AND THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN SHOULD BE. CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HERE BY RECOGNIZE THE FLEMING ISLAND BOYS, HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAMS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE 2023 BOY'S USA WEIGHTLIFTING FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPING. DUEL BY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023. AND DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> AND I SAID AYE, ALSO, IT IS UNANIMOUS. >> (APPLAUSE) >> BEFORE WE TAKE PICTURES, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROSKY, AND THE DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, JOHN. AND IF ANY OF THE OTHER FLEMING ISLAND ADMINISTRATION IS HERE? YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PICTURE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN IT? >> OH,GOING TO TAKE THE PICTUR DON'T WANT TO BE IN IT? >> OH, OKAY, >> >> AND, THE PAPER SAYS, TWO, BUT, ISN'T IT A THREE-PETE, SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, BOY'S WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM. AND WE HAVE THEIR PRINCIPAL AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, THEIR PRINCIPAL, LAURIE BURKE AND THEIR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, CHUCK DICKINSON, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE NEW FOOTBALL COACH AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEMORIZE YOUR NAME. >> STEVE REYNOLDS, AND I APOLOGIZE, SIR, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. >>> FOLLOW THE SAME. I'M WYATT VAN ZANDT >> I'M BRYSON WESTER. >> I'M BRIAN OVERTON, COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BO". >> I'M JAYDEN GOODMAN. >> I'M CHAD TISDALE. >> I'M BRAYDEN WESTER ONE. >> I'M TYLER DUNN KIN. >> I'M DEVENESTER ONE. >> I'M TYLER DUNN KIN. >> I'JESTER ONE. >> I'M TYLER DUNN KIN. >> I'WESTER ONE. >> I'M TYLER DUNN KIN. >> I'M DEVENWESTER ONE. >> I'M TYLER DUNN KIN. >> I'M DEVEN ADAMS. >> THREE PETE IS PRETTY CRAZY TO GO OUT AND COMPETE IN ANY SPORT AT ANY LEVEL AND TO WIN THREE IN A ROW IS KIND OF CRAZY. AND THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT NUMBER FOUR, SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. BUT, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS, AND I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WIT SUPPORT OF MY WIFE. UM, MARY IS AMAZING. >> (APPLAUSE) . >> REAL QUICKLY, I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO STAY THIS, I'M THE COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND LET ME SAY THAT SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2020, UM, WHEN WE STARTED BACK WITH ATHLETICS, CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN THE STANDARD IN WEIGHTLIFTING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. KEYSTONE'S WON THREE STATE TITLES, FLEMING ISLAND WON TWO STATE TITLES, GIRLS HAVE WON TWO STATE TITLES. AND WHEN THEY SEE CLAY COUNTY ON THE MAP, FOR WEIGHTLIFTING, THEY START TO SHAKE. THIS YEAR, COACH LOWRY, WAS THE CLAY COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR AND IT WAS VERY WELL-DESERVED. >> (APPLAUSE) . >> SO, LASTLY, THOUGH, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH, WITH, WITH, OUR FAMILIES, BUT, MOST OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AS A WHOLE IS LIKE NO OTHER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. [00:30:05] WE APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES, SO, THANK YOU. >> AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT, BECAUSE, THIS IS MY SISTER-IN-LAW, AND NO BIAS, BUT THE BEST PRINCIPAL IN THE COUNTY. >> WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE KEYSTONE HATHS INDIAN BOY'S WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM LEAD BY COACH LOURY FOR THEIR RANT VICTORS IN THE WHEREAS TEAM MEMBERS PROVED TO BE THE STRONGEST AND MOST TALENTED MALE WEIGHTLIFTERS IN FLORIDA BRINGING HOME THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES TO CLAY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS TEAM WON IN STATE, A THIRD CONSECUTIVE TITLE. AND WHEREAS, ALL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SUCCESS AND THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOZE HERE BY RECOGNIZE THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAMS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, DUALLY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023. DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT, THAT IS UNANIMOUS. >> AND... >> (APPLAUSE) . >> I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY, THAT THESE ARE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES, BUT, THEY'RE EVEN BETTER YOUNG MEN. THERE ARE ROLE MODELS IN OUR SCHOOL, EVERYDAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE IN A SMALL COMMUNITY IN KEYSTONE, THESE BOYS ARE WELL KNOWN AND VERY WELL RESPECTED AND I'M JUST GLAD TO HAVE THEM AT MY SCHOOL AND EVEN AS STATE CHAMPIONS AS WELL. LEAD BY AN AMAZING MAN AS WELL. SO, ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I THANK YOU ALL FOR REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL SO WELL, AND THANK YOU COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING US TODAY. >> (APPLAUSE) >> THAT WAS EXCITING, A LOT OF THOSE BOYS I'VE WATCHED THEM [4.  Lupus Awareness Month (May 2023)] GROW UP SINCE BABIES. WE HAVE TWO DECLARATIONS THIS MONTH, LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH. LUPUS IS A CHRONIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSIS. LUPUS APAIRNESS MONTH IS EACH MAY TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE, IT'S SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS. WE'RE DECLARING MAY, 2023, AS LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THE DECLARATION, IT'S ON THIS MEETING'S, ONLINE AGENDA. LAST [5.  Mental Health Awareness Month (May 2023)] BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE DECLARING MAY, ALSO, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. MANY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP. IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH [00:35:05] ISSUES, PLEASE HELP CONNECT THEM WITH LIFE-SAVING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR THE 9-8-8, SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. WE HAVE DECLARED MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT DECLARATION, IT IS ALWAYS ON THIS MEET'S, ONLINE AGENDA. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND DECLARATIONS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT CAME OUT FOR THOSE TODAY. WE'RE NOW AT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT BROSKY, I DON'T SEE ANY OF OUR OTHER -- CLERK OF THE COURT AND COMPTROLLER GREENE IS HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO US. YOU SNUCK IN OVER THERE, BEHIND ALL THE WEIGHTLIFTERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OF THE MINUTES, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS NOT HERE, SO, SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO. >> MADAM CHAIR I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONER RENNINGER APPROVED. SO, I FEEL CALM AND STRONG IN MAKING A MOTION TO AACCEPT AS SUBMITTED. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION [PUBLIC COMMENTS] CARRIES 4-0. >> WE NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU MAY COME UP FOR YOUR THREE MINUTES. >>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: MR. OTTO, MAY I ASK YOU TO REMOVE YOUR HAT. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> JAMES OTTO, 29308, BLAINEBOULEVARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CALL OUT THE VOTES, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE'S NOT HERE, LIKE, 3-0, FOR THE RECORD, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE VOTE. AND, THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS GOT THE WRESTLERS UP HERE, THEM KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT MA'AM, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON OUT THERE OVER THE YEARS. IT STILL AMAZES ME AFTER 20 YEARS OF AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW THAT WE STILL HAVE AN ATTORNEY AROUND HERE WITH A LICENSE. THAT WAS YOUR OWN ATTORNEY THAT WAS HIRED THAT SAID THAT ORDINANCE WAS AT 0% IN FEDERAL COURT. SO, UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SE THAT. I LEFT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING AND GOT REAR-ENDED. THEN, UM, BRINGS TO MIND ALL OF THOSE RED LIGHT TICKETS, I MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S OFFICER'S CHOICE IN CLAY COUNTY WHETHER THEY WRITE A TICKET WHEN THAT PERSON'S AT FAULT OR NOT. I MEAN, I'M SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, AND SOMEBODY REAR-ENDS ME AND THEY DON'T GET A TICKET FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING IS IN THE POLICE REPORT AND I CAN SHARE COPIES WITH YOU, THEY CALLED NOLAN ROAD GOING TO TWO 18, A STRAIGHT AWAY. THERE'S NOTHING STRAIGHT ABOUT THAT ROAD, THAT'S BEEN A HORRIBLE ROAD IN THIS COUNTY AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED WAY LONG AGO UNDER PRIOR BOARDS. YOU MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN TO GO INTO A 45-DEGREE TO THE LEFT. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THIS POLICE REPORT NEEDS TO BE REDONE. THEY DIDN'T HIT THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF MY TRUCK, THEY HIT THE WHOLE REAR-END OF THE TRUCK. SO, OKAY. YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, SO, I MISSED A LOT OF MEETINGS BECAUSE I WAS FALSELY ARRESTED IN MARION COUNTY FOR A GUN. AND WHEN THAT CHARGE DIDN'T HOLD UP, THEY FALSELY ARRESTED ME FOR THREATS ON A COMMISSIONER. AND GUESS WHAT? THEY STILL HAVEN'T GIVEN ME MY GUN BACK. NOW, HOW CAN THAT BE? THERE ARE NO CHARGES THERE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE KEEPING MY GUN. THIS RED FLAG STUFF NEEDS TO STOP. THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT RIGHT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MARION COUNTY'S JAIL SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN PERIOD. >> THANK YOU MR. OTTO. >> AND TALKS ABOUT WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING, YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO PRIVATE JAILS. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD [CONSENT AGENDA] [00:40:03] TO OUR CONSENTAGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? COURTNEY? >> THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE PULLED, BUT, JUST FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT, ITEM NUMBER 8, THE AGREEMENT WILL BE REVISED FROM WHAT IS IN THE BACKUP JUST TO REFLECT THAT IN THE WHEREAS CLAUSES THIS IS A CONTINUING PROGRAM AND THE AGREEMENT IS JUST TO REFLECT THAT THE PROGRAM'S MOVING FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY, ITEM NUMBER 16 WHICH IS A PLAT, THE ACTUAL PLAT THAT YOU WILL BE APPROVING HAS SOME REVISIONS, JUST TO TIE SOME EASEMENT BEARING AND DISTANCES TO THE ACTUAL PLAT LINE AND THOSE WERE PROVIDED TO YOU EARLIER. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS? >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION [21.  Northeast Florida Regional Council Board's upcoming leadership] CARRIES, 4-0. NOUS WW WE'RE ATM 21 AND THIS IS THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL BOARD'S UPCOMING LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE WITH US TODAY OUR DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ERIC. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, COUNSEL AND MANAGER. I'M THE MANAGERS OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE REGIONAL COUNSEL'S LEADERSHIP. GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEES AND SOME STATE AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES. IN 2019 THE BOARD APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING AND A ROTATION OF COUNTIES INTO THOSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND WHEN CLAY COUNTY REENTERED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN 21, 22, CLAY COUNTY WAS PUT BACK INTO THAT ROTATION. WE'RE COMING TO YOU THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, BUT, WE'RE SLATED AND CLAY COUNTY IS DUE TO HAVE A PERSON NOMINATED FOR THAT FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT POSITION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT PERSON WOULD I SEND TO THE BOARD CHAIR POSITION IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS A POTENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THAT, BUT, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WANTED TO BE SURE THERE'S DISCUSSION HERE AT THE BOARD TO DEVELOP CONSENSUS ON WHO THAT NOMINEE WILL BE FOR THE COUNTY. I STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE BACK THE CONSENSUS FROM THIS GROUP IN PREPARATION FOR A JULY TRANSITION OF LEADERSHIP. >>> SO, THE TIMELINE IS ESSENTIAL? >> WELL, THE TIMELINE IS MOVED UP DUE TO OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP POSITION, COUNCILWOMAN FROM THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IS TERMED OUT OF HER POSITION AND THEY JUST WENT THROUGH RECENT ELECTIONS SO AT THE END OF JUNE THEY WILL END THEIR TERM, INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL FALL, WE'RE HAVING TO SPEED THIS UP A COUPLE OF MONTHS SO THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT GAP IN TIME. SO, AS IT CURRENTLY STOPLIGHTS RIGHT NOW, JULY FIRST, COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST FROM ST. JONES COUNTY WOULD ASCEND TO THAT POSITION. AND WOULD ASSUME THAT ROLE FOR THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE SHORTENED TERM AND FOR THE ADDITIONAL YEAR AND AS COMMISSIONER WHITEHURST, FINISHES THAT POSITION, CLAY COUNTY WOULD TAKE ON THAT POSITION FOR A YEAR. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? MR. ANDERSON? >> WELL, MY ONLY QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, YOU SAID JUNE FIRST, AND COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS NOT HERE, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO ACCEPT, BUT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT WITHOUT HIM BEING HERE TO SAY, OFFICIALLY, YES OR NO. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS, BUT, I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE IN VOTING FOR HIM TO DO THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW HE REALLY WANTS TO DO. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER IN BETWEEN TIMES, SO, I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE STANDS ON IT. >> IS IT JUST A CONSENSUS, OR DO WE NEED A VOTE? >> IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE VOTE, TYPICALLY, THIS IS ELEVATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WE HOPE THAT PERSON ACCEPTS THAT NOMINATION IF GIVEN THE VOTE. >> HE WOULD BE A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE AND GO A GREAT JOB, AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH HIM, IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WHEN HE COMES BACK, [00:45:04] THEN, HE CAN GIVE US THE YES OR NO OR WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. >> ANY OTHER CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION? >> OKAY. I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER SEEMS TO TAKE ON A LOT AND HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY IS FAR BEYOND WHAT HE'S TASKED WITH, OR COMPENSATED FOR, SO, WE JUST WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. BUT, IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. HE SERVES YOU VERY WELL, I SIT ON THAT COUNCIL AND HE SERVING VERY WELL, THAT'S CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND I THINK THAT HE'S GONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND CERTAINLY I THINK HE'LL BE AN ASSET TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. . >> ANYTHING ELSE? THANKS FOR [22.  Bid No. 22/23-50, Sidewalk Replacement for the Community Disaster Block Grant Entitlement Program (K. Smith)] COMING. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING INTO NEW BUSINESS, ITEM 22 IS BID NUMBER 22/23-50, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY DISASTER, I'LL SAY CDBG LOT ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM. >> WE PUT OUT A BID FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND WE IDENTIFIED 13 LOCATIONS, UM, ALLOTTED FUNDING AVAILABLE IS $312,000, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AWARDING SEVEN OF THE LOCATIONS, THAT KEEPS US WITHIN BUDGET, CNC IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AWARDING THIS PBID TO THEM. >> CHAIR: OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAREN? >> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> [23.  RFP No. 22/23-52, Design-Build of Signal Light at County Road 315 and Spring Park Elementary (K. Smith)] (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. >> MOVING INTO 23, RFP 22/23 -- 52, DESIGN BUILD OF THE SIGNAL LIGHT AT COUNTRY ROAD 315 AND SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY. >> WE PUT IN A BID FOR THE DESIGN BILL AND RECEIVED ONE BID, TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AWARDING THAT TO THEM AND NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT. WE'RE ON A QUICK TURN AROUND TO GET THIS IN PLACE HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SO, WE ASKED THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT ONCE THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS. >> WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? >> WE DO. YES, SIR. THIS IS FUNDED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL, ONCE WE FINALIZE OUR NEGOTIATIONS THEY'LL BRING BACK A REVISED INTERLOCAL TO APPROVE THE CURRENT CONTRACTED AMOUNT. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: SO, THE FUNDING SOURCE ON THE AGENDA SAYS IMPACT FEE DISTRICT 2 FUNDS, SO, DO WE NEED A CORRECTION THERE? >> SO, IT WILL BE PAID FOR AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL REIMBURSE US. >> MAKE MORE WORK FOR REG, HE'S BACK THERE, SHAKING HIS HEAD. >> BUT, WE WILL BE BRINGING A REVISED, INTERLOCAL BACK. >> CHAIR: OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. >> WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR WHAT DO I DO? WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK? >> ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE PEACE THING NOW, WE HAVE TIME. >> CHAIR: OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNTY ATTORNEY. >> SURE. >> SO, QUICKLY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A SITUATION THAT'S OCCURRING NOT JUST WITHIN OUR COUNTY, BUT, WITHIN THE THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AS COMMISSIONER CONDON AND COMMISSIONER CELLA KNOW, BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2014, THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ENTITY BY THE NAME OF FLORIDA PACE FUNDING AGENCY, THAT PARTICULAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT -- IT WAS NOT INTERLOCAL, IT WAS A PARTICULAR AGREEMENT. IT AUTHORIZED THE FLORIDA PACE FUNDING AGENCY TO PROVIDE ENERGY [00:50:04] EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENTS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY. SO, THOSE WOULD BE, EXAMPLES, WINDOWS, SOLAR PANELS, ROOFS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO, FAST-FORWARD, AND THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR AWHILE, AND IT'S A STATUTORY PROGRAM. SO, IT'S AUTHORIZED BY FLORIDA STATUTE, AND WHAT IT DOES UNDER THE STATUTE IS IT ALLOWS FOR THE COSTS INCURD BY THE HOMEOWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE TAX BILL. SO, IT'S BASICALLY A LOAN AND IT'S PUT ON THE TAX ROLL AND IT'S PROVIDED FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO BE PAID BACK. DUE TO CONCERNS SOME COMMISSIONERS HAD IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS, THE BOARD DETERMINED TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO ELIMINATE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE AGENCY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS. SO, IT WAS LIMITED AND ONLY ALLOWED FOR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. SO, RECENTLY, AND THE PROGRAM'S BEEN OPERATING UNDER THAT FRAMEWORK SINCE THE 2020. SO, RECENTLY, THE, UM, THERE WAS A JUDGMENT ENTERED IN LEON COUNTY IN THE FALL OF '22, AND IN CONNECTION WITH THAT JUDGMENT, THE PACE PROGRAM HAD BROUGHT A BOND VALIDATION PROVIDING, AND IT WAS FOR, I BELIEVE FOR $5 BILLION FOR A BOND REVENUE. AND IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, SUIT THEY INCLUDED WITHIN THE JUDGMENT THE PROVISION THAT SPECIFICALLY HELD THAT THE FLORIDA PACE FUNDING AGENCY WAS IT'S OWN SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENT AGENCY. SO, THE FLORIDA PACE FUNDING AGENCY HAS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT AS A AS A RESULT OF THAT THEY NO LONGER NEED TO HAVE THESE INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTIES. THAT THEY, UNDER THE STATUTE, BEING THEIR OWN SPECIAL PURPOSES GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ARE ABLE TO ACT, MAKE THESE ARRANGEMENTS, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL AND INCLUDE THEM ON THE TAX BILL. SO, THE, IT'S PROPELING TO MOST COUNTIES, WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR COUNTIES THAT HAVE OUR COUNTY DID RECEIVE A NOTICE SAYING NON-RENEWAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE. THEY ASSERTED THAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD END IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD UNDER THE JUDGMENT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT OUR AUTHORIZATION. UM, WE BELIEVE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THEY'RE WRONG IN THE SENSE THAT IT DOESN'T EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S ACTUALLY FEBRUARY, BUT, PUTTING THAT ASIDE, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THIS ENTIRE SITUATION, THE, UM, STATE'S TAX ASSOCIATION, TAX COLLECTOR'S ASSOCIATION HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON A RESPONSE AS WELL AS IN CONNECTION WITH FAQ, THE TAX COLLECTORS HAVE HAD A RLEGAL OPINION RENDERED THAT SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT AND WOULD ENCOURAGE THEIR LOCAL TAX COLLECTORS NOT TO ACCEPT JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE TAX BILL. SO, UM, IN A MINUTE, I THINK COMMISSIONER CELLA CAN ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONWISE OUR TAX COLLECTOR. WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNTIES, THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO FORMULATE A RESPONSE AND TO RESPOND TO THE NON-RENEWAL LETTERS AS WELL AS TO THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS WHICH ARE BEING TAKEN. PALM BEACH COUNTY AND PINELLAS COUNTY HAVE INITIATED LITIGATION BECAUSE OF THE ACTION THAT THE FLORIDA PACE HAS TAKEN WITHIN THEIR COUNTIES AND THE AMOUNT OF LEANS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY IMPOSING ON, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL HOMES. SO, WE WILL FOLLOW THOSE CASES, UM, ALONG WITH FACA, AND BEING A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE AND WE'LL RESPOND AND REPORT BACK TO YOU. UM, BUT, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A RESPONSE TO THAT NON-RENEWAL LETTER AND WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, SORT OF BIG PICTURE, WHAT'S HAPPENING, SO THAT I'M SURE YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IN OTHER COUNTIES WILL BE REACHING OUT REGARDING THE ACTIONS HAPPENING WITHIN THEIR COUNTIES AS WELL. SO, WE'LL BRING BACK A DRAFT TO YOU ONCE WE FORMULATE THAT AND ARE IN SYNC WITH THE OTHER COUNTIES FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND AUTHORIZE FOR US TO SEND OUT. >> AND IF I COULD, UM, THE PACE DESIGNATION, DON'T GET THAT CONFUSED WITH THE PACE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, PACE IN THIS CASE IS PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY. [00:55:04] THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE PROGRAM, WE SPOTTED THAT IN 2020 THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO DROP THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND JUST GO WITH THE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE WE FELT THE FOLKS RUNNING BUSINESSES ARE A LITTLE MORE AVAILABLE OF RESOURCES AND SOPHISTICATION IN TERMS OF DOING LOANS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND SO THEY CAN HANDLE THAT. WHEREAS IN THE RESIDENTIAL, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHING THE LOANS ARE ACTUALLY DOING SO, DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER AND NOT TELLING THEM ALL THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LOANS ARE ABOUT. NOW, THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN THREE STATES, CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, AND FLORIDA. AND IN EACH STATE THAT'S DRAWN A LOT OF SCRUTINY, INVESTIGATIONS, LAWSUITS, AND CERTAINLY COMPLAINTS. A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONERS IN OTHER COUNTIES ARE CRITICAL OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S ZERO OVERSIGHT IN FLORIDA ABOUT THE PACE LOANS AS OPPOSED TO A CAR LOAN OR HOME MORTGAGE, THERE ARE OVERSIGHTS, THERE ARE NONE WTH PACE. AND GENERALLY, THEY'RE IN FRONT OF YOUR MORTGAGE LENDER AND YOU BASICALLY RISK FORECLOSURE EVEN IF YOU MAKE THE REGULAR MORTGAGE PAYMENT BUT NOT THE PACE, THEY CAN STILL CLOSE OBJECT THE LIEN AND FORECLOSE ON YOUR HOME. ADDITION NAIL, PACE LOANS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE BY FAN ANY MAY, ORPHAN ANY MAC OR HOME LOAN ENTITIES. WE GOT A TEXT OR AN E-MAIL FROM NANCY GARCIA, THEY STAND FIRMLY AGAINST THESE LOANS BECAUSE OF A PERSON THAT HAS ONE OF THESE IN PLACE AND THEN TRY TO SELL THE HOME, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S A DETERRENT FROM SOMEBODY COMING IN AND BUYING THE HOME. A $30,000 ROOF ON A HOUSE APPRAISED AT 300,000 DOLLARSIOUS AND THE LOAN IS A 30-YEAR LOAN AT 9% INTEREST AND THE TAX COLLECTOR WOULD BE COLLECTING THAT. SO, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY THAT WE COULD HAVE BACK IN 2020, THE REASON WE MOVED WAS THAT IN FLEMING ISLAND, WE HAD A LOT OF CONTRACTORS PUSHING THIS ON RESIDENTS AT THE FRONT DOOR, TELLING THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEYS UP FRONT, NOTHING, THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT ALL AND THEN THEY GOT SADDLED WITH THESE HLONG LOANS WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES. I WANT TO BE SURE THESE GET KNOCKED OUT. AND AS COURTNEY INDICATES, PACE IS PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT HERE LOCALLY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I TALKED TO DIANE HUTCHINGS, OUR TAX COLLECTOR, THE OTHER DAY, THEIR TAX COLLECTOR'S ASSOCIATION IS ON BOARD AND ON THE SAME PAGE, AND WE WILL WORK WITH HER AND SHE INDICATES THAT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THOSE HERE IN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL WE SEE ALL OF THIS GETS IRONED OUT. >> . >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. WELL, PLEASE KEEP US POSTED. I BELIEVE I WAS IN ATTENDANCE ON THE MEETING, BUT, I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DID BACK THEN WITH NOT ALLOWING THIS FOR RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. SO, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, FOLLOW UP WITH COURTNEY. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAD ON YOUR LIST, COURTNEY? >> ON WHAT MAP? IT'S NOT A MAP, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE GET LIENS PUT ON THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY PUT IN, LIKE, SOLAR WATER HEATERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE RIGHT AT [24.  Public Hearing on Ordinance and Resolution to Amend the Capital Improvement Plan (R. Kantor)] 5:00, SO, I'LL MOVE TO OUR 5:00 TIME CERTAINS. OUR FIRST IS ITEM 24, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >>> I ASSURED REDG THAT I'M IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY. >> OKAY. REDG KANTOR, I'M THE BUDGET MANAGER. STATE ROAD 23, FRONTAGE ROAD AT TRAIL RIDGE OR TO BE KNOWN AS OAKLEY PLANTATION PARKWAY, FOR A STUDY BY THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN INTERCHANGE MODIFICATION REPORT. SO, I'M HAVING TO PULL MONEY FROM RESERVES IN ORDER TO COVER [01:00:01] THAT REPORT. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, WE FUND OUR PART OF THE STUDY AND THEY REFUND US THAT MONEY? >> YES. THIS IS A $3 MILLION GRANT FUND PROJECT AND SO, IT WILL BE REFUNDED. >> REGGIE SAID IT WAS $112,000 THAT WE WOULD BE? >> NO, THIS WAS ABOUT 250 TO 300. >> OH, YES. >> OKAY. >> THAT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC HEARING. >> SO, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. >>> MOTION TO UM, MAKE THAT REALLOCATION, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE, FROM OUR RESERVES TO UM HAVE THAT STUDY CONDUCTED. >> SO, THIS IS FOR ITEM A, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> OKAY. >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? >> MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. ITEM B, THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE NON-C I.E. PORTION OF THE CIP PLAN. >> THE NON-CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT PROJECT IS THE REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX AND WE WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH A TURN LANE PROJECT WHICH WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE COMING THE NEW FISCAL YEAR FROM THE STATE AND THAT'S $112,000. >> I MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. AND FINALLY, THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FQ 22-23 BUDGET. >> GOING INTO EFFECT JUNE FIRST AND THIS IS FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? THAT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, YOU DON'T GET QUESTIONS. >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. >> AND NOW, WE MOVE TO, WE ONLY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM A ON THAT ONE. OKAY. SO, NOW [25.  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 No. 39-05-26-015164-001-01 and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (E. Dendor)] WE'RE MOVING TO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ENTRY INTO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND, WE WILL I WILL DEFER TO ED TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE. >> GOOD EVENING, ED DENDOR. AND JOSH WITH ME, THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE COUNTY FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IS LISTED, THE PURCHASE IS NECESSARY FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, POND SITE HARMIZATION, THE RECORD, AND COMPLIANCE ON A PORTION OF THE BOND PROJECT 6-A, OR COUNTY ROAD 315. ANY QUESTIONS? >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 25, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION? >> I MAKE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT AND ALSO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) [26.  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 a portion of Tax Parcel No. 46-05-26-010226-000-00 and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (E. Dendor)] >> THOSE OPPOSED? >> MOTION CARRIES 4-0. ITEM 26, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTERING A LITTLE DIFFERENT PART OF THE PROGRAM, THIS IS FOR PROJECT NUMBER THREE ALONG COCOUNTY ROAD 209. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED? >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO [01:05:08] SAY ON THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ON THE COUNTY ROAD 209 PROJECT. ARE YOU COMING UP? >> YES. >> COME ON UP. >> THAT'S FINE, NO PROBLEM. >> I DID REVIEW THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, BUT, I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY FOR WHAT I JUST FOUND OUT WAS A RETENTION POND FOR THE PREVIOUS PURCHASE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY VALUES FOR THAT AREA THERE, I THOUGHT IT WAS 200 OR 300 AND SUM THOUSAND DOLLARS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS RATHER HIGH. JUST MY THOUGHT ON THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WENT INTO DECIDING THAT. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, SIR. IF YOU WILL FILL OUT THAT CARD, WE'LL RETURN IT TO ANALISA, JUST, FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR REAL ESTATE THESE DAYS OR... >> JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS IS BASED ON APPRAISALS THAT ARE DONE AND THEN IT'S NEGOTIATED. THERE WERE APPRAISALS DONE ON BOTH SIDES AND IT WAS NEGOTIATED. >> WE AGREE, PROPERTY IS OUTRAGES RIGHT NOW, BUT, WE DO GET APPRAISALS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. >>> THANK YOU, MR. DENDOR. >> FINALLY, OR, NEXT, WE'RE [27.  Public Hearing to consider ZON-0123-00002. (District 1, Comm. Cella) (M. Brown) Continued from April 25, 2023.] GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 27, THIS AS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING APPLICATION WE CONTINUED FROM APRIL 25TH, MR. BROWN? >> MADAM CHAIR, AND BOARD, THIS ITEM, AS YOU'VE INDICATED WAS CONTINUED FROM THE MAY OR, THE APRIL 25TH MEETING. THERE'S BEEN A STAFF PRESENTATION ALREADY ON THIS, SO, IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD, I JUST TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT OR THE AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BROWN BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER? IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE FEELING BETTER. >> MUCH BETTER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUSHING THIS OFF THE MARCH AGENDA. I WAS IN DISPOSED, BUT, AND THEN OUR PRINCIPAL COULDN'T BE HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING. UM, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE IT AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND REWORK SOME LEGISLATION THAT WILL... >> CHAIR: CAN YOU PULL UP THAT MICROPHONE A BIT? THANKS. >> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT REVISING THE REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE, AND SEPARATE OUT SOME THAT REALLY PROBABLY DON'T BELONG IN THAT DISTRICT. AND SO, WE'RE THINKING, IT WILL TAKE PROBABLY 90 DAYS TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND HAVE IT RUN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BACK TO YOU. SO, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE IT TO THE MEETING ON AUGUST 22ND. THAT WILL GIVE US TIME AND I'LL ASK THAT IT BE READVERTISED, MIKE, AND THAT MAY BE WE COULD PUT OUT NEW SIGNS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF PREPARE THE SIGNS SO THAT WE COULD JUST START ALL OF THAT. AS OPPOSED TO WITHDRAWING AND REFILING. THAT'S THE PLAN, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCURBIE? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SINCE WE ADVERTISED. ALL RIGHT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. NOW, MAKE SURE TO STAY ON THIS ITEM. >> JAMES OTTO, 2908, CLAY COUNTY, HOTELS. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, I THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS WERE DONE WITH THIS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS WOULD STOP CONTINUING AND CONTINUING, AND CONTINUING. >> CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE OFF YOUR HAT. >> CHAIR: THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TWICE, WE HAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY AND WE'RE ENTERTAINING IT TODAY. [01:10:04] >> I KNOW THERE WERE A FEW OF THEM THAT WERE BEING PUSHED OFF AND PUSHED OFF, AND, YOU SAID YOU JUST WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE IT ANYMORE, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, THOUGH. >> CHAIR: YEAH, THAT WASN'T THIS ONE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, M MR. OTTO. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS, SOME THINGS THAT WE HADN'T DISCUSSED BEFORE AND SO, WE WANTED TO SEE IF THOSE COULD BE WORKED OUT AS ATTORNEY INDICATED. SO, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST 22ND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. [28.  Public Hearing to consider ZON-0223-00008. (District 5, Comm. Burke) (M. Brown)] >> THANK YOU. ITEM 28, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING APPLICATION TO REZONE .64 ACRES FROM BB 2, COMMUNITY BUSINESS TO BB 3 SPECIAL BUSINESS IN COMMISSIONER BURKE'S DISTRICT. >> MADAM CHAIR, AND THE BOARD, THIS APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT IS YORK CREAM PROPERTIES, THE AGENT IS TROY CARTER. THIS IS ZONING CHANGE AS YOU INDICATED 0.64 ACRES FROM BB-2, TO BB-3. IT IS LOCATED AT 1747 VERDAD STREET. AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS PLANNING DISTRICT AND AS INDICATED, COMMISSIONER BURKE'S DISTRICT. PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM MAY 22ND AND VOTED 4-0, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. JUST A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, THE PARCEL IS DESIGNATED SPECIAL ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GREEN COVE, NORTH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WHICH IS AROUND 17, RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 315. UM, COUNTY ROAD 315, PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY ARE ALL BB-2. UM, ACROSS, US 17 IS COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY. UTILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED BY GREEN COVE SPRINGS WHICH HAS ADEQUATE CAPACITY. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING IS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUICK LUBE SERVICE STATION WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE EXISTING BB-2 ZONING. THAT SHOWS YOU, THE ZONING MAP ON THE LEFT AND THE AERIAL ON THE RIGHT OF THE PARCEL. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREA. THE BB-3 ZONING IS ALLOWED IN THE COMMERCIAL USE DESIGNATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ZONING APPLICATION 0223-0008. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> CHAIR: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> NOT AT THIS TIME. >> I DO. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS? >> TAKE 5 OIL CHANGE. I'M TROY CARTER, MY ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IS 904 TOMLYNNSON DRIVE, I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THIS PROJECT. >> SO, YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER BUT THE ENGINEER ON RECORD. >> I HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT, I THINK THAT MIKE COVERED THE MAJOR BULLET POINTS ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE? >> CHAIR: ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE A COMMENT. I HAPPEN TO BE A CUSTOMER OF THE TAKE FIVE LOCATION ON LANDING BOULEVARD IN ORANGE PARK, AND IF THAT OPERATION IN GREEN COVE, IS RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS THE ONE ON ORANGE PARK, (INDISCERNIBLE) TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> SEEING NONE, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A MOTION. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THOSE OPPOSED? >> CHAIR: MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. [29.  Final Public Hearing to consider adoption of COMP0323-00002 and PUD- 0323-00003. (District 5, Comm. Burke) (M. Brown)] [01:15:07] DRIVE SAFE. >>> ITEM NUMBER 29, FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMP 0323-0002, AND THE ASSOCIATED PUD-0323-00003. >> MADAM CHAIR, AND, BOARD, THIS IS A JOINT APPLICATION FOR A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND A REZONING TO PCD, PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPENT. THE APPLICANTS ARE CHARLES TAYLOR, AND THE AGENTS FOR BOTH APPLICATIONS ARE FRANK MILLER AND RICK WOOD. THE REQUEST IS FOR A SMALL SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. AND A COMPANION ZONING MAP CHANGE FROM AG RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT IS IN THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS PLANNING DISTRICT AND THIS IS ALSO IN COMMISSIONER BURKE'S DISTRICT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ON MAY 2ND AND, AND VOTED 4-0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. AND, VOTED 2-2, ON THE PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REZONING. THE TWO PARCELS, TOTAL ARE 7.5 ACRES. TOGETHER THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON COUNTY ROAD 315. AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, COUNTY ROAD 315 IS BEING WIDENED UNDER THE COUNTY BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND IT WILL BE RENAMED CATHEDRAL OAKS PARKWAY. EAST OF THE PARCELS, IS PROPERTY WHICH IS ZONED AND LAND USED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. THE RAIL LINE BORDERS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PARCEL. AND, THEN, JUST NORTH, WEST OF THIS PARCEL IS WILL BE A TRIANGLUR PARCEL THAT HAS AN EXI EXISTING DWELLING ON IT. STAFF IS AWARE OF THE PROPOSED REZONING. AND THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE LAND USE AMENDMENT IN THE ZONING CHANGE, TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL FLEX SPACE WAREHOUSE PROJECT. HERE SHOWS THE LAND USE AND ZONING. FOR THE PARCEL, OR THE TWO PARCELS. AND, AS YOU COULD SEE, YOU'VE GOT THE, IT'S NOT FAR, JUST EAST OR WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 315 AND U.S. 17. AND, SO, WITH THE BORDERING OF THE RAIL LINE TO THE WEST AND THE SOUTH. MAXIMUM INTENSITY SET FORTH IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT IS 40% RATIO WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 130,680-SQUARE FEET. LOOKING AT THE TRIPS GENERATED FROM THAT SIZED DEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY 111 PEAK HOUR TRIPS. WATER AND SEWER WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS WHICH HAS ABLE CAPACITY. THERE'S NO SCHOOL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHANGE. AND, NO IMPACTS TO REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT HABITAT. PARCELS ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE NOISE LAND USE IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH CAMP LANDING. THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN FOR THE SITE. THE PROJECT, PART OF THE, BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY IS THIS PROJECT IS ASSISTING IN PROVIDING SOME OF THE RETENTION FOR THE WIDENING OF COUNTY ROAD 315. SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED CHANGES. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CHANGES WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT YOU SENT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT BY STAFF [01:20:05] THERE WERE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED IN THAT CHANGE, BUT, I BELIEVE THEY DID GET A COPY OF THE NEW ONE, I'LL GO OVER ALL OF THOSE FOR YOU. TWO ITEMS CHANGED FROM WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND IN PARTIAL TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE REZONING TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS TO 35 FEET REDUCING IT FROM WHAT WAS PROPOSED AS 40 FEET AND ALSO REDUCING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE SIGNAGE TO A MAXIMUM 30 FEET THOSE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RAISED. THE OTHER TWO ITEMS THAT, AGAIN, STAFF HAD JUST AN OVERSIGHT ON STAFF THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE WERE TO, UM, INCLUDE IN THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH, THE WORDING THAT THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT YOU SAW EARLIER IS DESCRIPTIVE IN NATURE AND MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE APPLICANTS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS. IT WOULDN'T INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT JUST MAY TAKE ANOTHER FORM, INSTEAD OF TWO BUILDINGS, IT MAY BE THREE OR FOUR. BUT, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD STAY THE SAME AND IT WOULD NOT INCREASE. AND IN SECTION 9-N WHICH IDENTIFIES THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, UM, INCLUDING, THAT DOWN LIGHTING WILL BE AS WELL AS OTHER METHODS OF SHIELDING LIGHT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE LIGHTING PLAN SUBMITTED WITH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE PROJECT. SO, QUICK OVERVIEW IS THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LAND USE CHANGE FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. AND, A COMPANION REZONING FROM AGRICULTURE RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 7.5 ACRES, ADEQUATE UTILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED BY GREEN COVE SPRINGS THERE IS DIRECT ACCESS TO COUNTY ROAD 315 WHICH IS BEING WIDENED BY THE COUNTY. STAFF BELIEVES TO BE A LOGICAL EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST AND BORDERING TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WITH THE RAIL LINE AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CCSX RAIL LINE IS COUNTY PROPERTY WHERE THEY HAVE THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE FACILITY. STAFF BELIEVES THERE'S COMPATIBILITY BUILT AROUND THIS PROPOSED CHANGE IN LAND USE AND ZONING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SMALL SCALE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT 0323-00002 TO AMENDMENT THE 3.5 ACRES FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THE ZONING CHANGE 0323-0003, TO AMEND ZONING MAP OF THE 7.5 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURE RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINGENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE APPROVAL OF THE LAND USE CHANGE AND ALSO ADOPTION OF THE PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WRITTEN STATEMENT WITH THE CHANGES THAT I HAVE PROPOSED AND READ THAT YOU SAW. ALL THE OTHER ONES WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR ORIGINAL PACKET. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> DID I MISS ONE? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION. OKAY. SO, UM, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> NO. >> CHAIR: OKAY. AND, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A REZONING -- WELL, THE FIRST ONE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM A, ON THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PART ONLY, NOT THE REZONING, WE DON'T HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU SPEAK ON THE REZONING, AND THAT INCLUDES THE APPLICANT AS WELL, COURTNEY, THEN WE NEED TO DO THE SWEARING IN. SO, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT. SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN. >> MR. MILLER, ARE YOU GOING TO [01:25:04] SPEAK ON THIS? >> NO. >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, I'LL JUST SWEAR ALL OF YOU IN AT THE SAME TIME. >> DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? >> I DO. >> I DO. >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. MR. MILLER, DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD? OKAY. MR. OTTO, YOU MAY GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. JAMES OTTO, 2908, BLAINEY BOULEVARD, COULD YOU PUT UP THAT MAP? THAT WAS LOOKING AWESOME FOR SOME OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT. I KNOW THAT YOU GUY THE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT MONEY TO HELP OUT WITH THAT IF THEY CAN MAY BE LOOK AT THAT. I SEE YOU TALK ABOUT 40 FEET, CAN YOU GO 40 FEET UP? YOU GOT THE FIRE TRUCKS, UP THERE, AND ALL OF THAT. IT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT IF YOU COULD KEEP ALL OF THAT UP THERE ON THAT SIDE OF THE COUNTY, MA'AM. THAT PUBLIC HOUSING AND STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO PUSH. AND YOU GOT BOTH SIDES, TWO MAIN ROADS, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE SO AWES TO JUST PUT SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT THERE WERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT ROAD BEING, YOU KNOW, WORKED ON AND SIDEWALKS GOING IN. AND, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RAILWAY OR THE BUS STATION THAT THEY BUILT YEARS AND YEARS AGO. AND PEOPREALLY USE IT. I SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE ANY TREES. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I MEAN, LET'S TRY AND SAVE SOME OF THESE TREES, WE ARE IN FLORIDA. BUT, HONESTLY, IF YOU COULD KEEP THAT UP IN CELLA AND JIM'S AREA, WE DO NOT WANT THESE LAWS PUT ON THERE. >> CHAIR: STAY ON THE ITEM, PLEASE. >> YES, MA'AM. WE WANT THE LAWS TO STAY UP THERE, SO, IF THIS IS A PROPERTY TO GET THESE FOLKS TO BUILD THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU'VE GOT ALL OF SH THOSE PIECES RIGHT THERE FOR IT TO WORK, OKAY. AND YOU HAVE THE SPRING-FED PARK DOWN THERE. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU MR. OTTO. MR. MILLER, ARE YOU READY? >> MY NAME IS FRANK MILLER AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 INDEPENDENT DRIVE SUITE 2300 IN JACKSONVILLE. MIKE, CAN YOU PUT UP THE LOCATION MAP AGAIN? I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW THAT BECAUSE, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE ASKING FOR A LAND USE CHANGE AND REZONING AND I JUST WANTED TO ORIENT YOU AND FOCUS. UM, ON THE LAND USE MAP SHOWING THE SITE, IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST IS THE PURPLE WHICH IS THE INDUSTRIAL SELECT. BEYOND THAT, IS A TREMENDOUS NODE OF COMMERCIAL I'VE MEASURED IT OUT, AND THE TOTAL OF ALL THAT IS OVER 40 ACRES. ON THE ZONING MAP, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE GRAY, I THINK IS BB, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LIGHT PURPLE IS, BUT, AGAIN, THERE IS A COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL HEAVY BUSINESS NODE THERE. AND, THIS PIECE WILL REALLY SIMPLY ADD TO THAT. UM, THE ZONING MAP SHOWS PRETTY CLEARLY THE COUNTY'S MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHICH IS ON THE OTHER WHICH FRONTS ON 315 BUT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK FROM THIS PARCEL. AND, SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SITTING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, WE'RE REALLY EXPANDING COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS NODE. IT IS A UNIQUE PROJECT. THE, USES ARE INTENDED TO BE A BUSINESS WAREHOUSE/LIGHT INDUSTRIAL KIND OF THING, LIKE, ASSEMBLY, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO TENANT ASKING TO BE HERE. SO, RIGHT AT THE MOMENT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL BE DESIGNED AND BUILT BASED ON WHAT TENANTS SHOW UP. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VARIOUS USES WHICH WILL NEED TO BE MADE COMPATIBLE WITHIN THE PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPER WILL DO THAT. THE DEVELOPER IS NOT [01:30:03] GOING TO PUT ONE THING THAT DOESN'T MEET WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN THE PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TOO, THAT IN THE SITE PLAN THERE'S A RESERVATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CATHEDRAL OAK, SO, AT LEAST FOR THIS MOMENT, THE RESERVATION FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WILL BE ON THE SITE PLAN AND THAT WON'T BE CHANGED. UM, AS UM, MIKE POINTED OUT, WE REDUCED THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS FROM 40-FEET TO 35-FEET, BECAUSE, AT LEAST ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONED THE 40-FOOT HEIGHT. AND WE REDUCED THE SIGNAGE FROM 40 FEET TO 30 FEET. AND I NEED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT 40 FEET IS THE HEIGHT THAT'S ALLOWED BY YOUR CODE IN A BB CATEGORY. SO, WE HAD JUST TAKEN THAT AND PUT IT ON HERE, BUT, WE'RE FINE REDUCING IT TO 30 FEET. AND I BELIEVE IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE, WHAT'S JUST TO THE EAST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARCEL IS THE 315 BUSINESS PARK. AND, I'M ONLY GUESSING, BUT, IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE THAT SIGN IS AT LEAST 40-FEET TALL. SO, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE A BILLBOARD AS THE TERM WAS MENTIONED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT YOUR CODE ALLOWS FOR A 40-FOOT HEIGHT SIGN. SO, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HEARD WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SOME FOLKS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID AND WE'VE INCORPORATED THOSE CHANGES INTO OUR PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S A GOOD LOCATION, AND, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A GOOD PLACE FOR JOBS TO BE ADDED IN CLAY COUNTY. AND, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. MR. M COMMISSIONER BURKE? >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR IT. AND OF COURSE, I'M EXCITED ANYTIME WE THINK ABOUT ANY JOBS IN THIS AREA AND PEOPLE STAYING HERE TO WORK. THE SIGN DEAL, I THINK IT WOULD LOOK WEIRD IF WE HAD A 30 FOOT AND THEN A 40 FOOT. DO WE HAVE A WAY OF KNOWING, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE SYMMETRICICAL, IF I HAD A BUSINESS, I WOULD WANT IT TO BE AS TALL AS THE ONE NEXTDOOR TO IT, HOW ABOUT THAT? >> ANY OWNER CAN, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT, THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE. SO, THE OWNER OF ANY PARTICULAR PARCEL OR BUSINESS CAN PUT THE SIGNAGE, HOWEVER THEY WANT WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SIGN CODE. >> WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY THEY WANTED IT TO BE 30? THE PLANNING COMMISSION? WHOEVER SAID THAT, DO YOU KNOW? >> I DON'T WANT TO -- >> WAS THERE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT OR... >> FROM WHAT I RECALL, IT WAS JUST, A OVERALL SIZE OF THE SIGN HEIGHT VERSUS THE OVERALL SIZE. THE HEIGHT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY THE APPLICANT, BUT, THE OVERALL SIZE IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE CODE. IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER THAN WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED OTHERWISE IN THE CODE. >> SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE HEIGHT HERE? >> YEAH. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHOICEOF THE PROPERTY OWNER, OR THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE AS TO WANTING TO GO TO A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED TO BE A LITTLE LESS INTRUSIVE; I I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE REASON OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER THAT VOTED AGAINST IT, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE OBJECT OBTRUCIVE IVE OSIVE OF THAT HEI >> YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DIMINISHED AS COMPARED TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. MAY BE WE COULD SAY THE HEIGHT [01:35:04] CAN BE NOT GREATER THAN THE SIGN NEXT DOOR, UP TO 30 FEET BUT NOT GREATER THAN? >> CAN WE DO THAT? >> CHAIR: I'M FINE WITH THAT -- IS THE OTHER PROPERTY, IS THAT THE SIGN THAT DIFFERENT TENANTS ARE LISTED ON? YES >>> YES. YES. >> CHAIR: YEAH, THAT ONE'S PRETTY BIG AND BECAUSE IT HAS THE DIFFERENT TENANTS LISTED IT'S BIGGER, SO I WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO MINIMIZE, I AGREE, IT'S A GREAT COMMERCIAL LOCATION, IT'S NOT A. >> I DON'T THINK IT WOULD LOOK NICE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT HEIGHT. >> YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE TINY. >> AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU GET THAT SIZE IS BECAUSE YOU DO WANT TO PUT THE TENANT'S NAMES OUT THERE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THEY'RE THERE. >> I WISH I KNEW THE HEIGHT OF THAT SIGN, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY GREATER THAN 30. >> SO, WE COULD LOOK THAT UP AND CONFIRM IT IF THE MOTION IF THERE'S A MOTION TO TIE IT TO THAT HEIGHT OR LIMIT IT TO THAT HEIGHT, WE COULD FIND OUT FROM OUR RECORDS THE HEIGHT OF THAT SIGN. >> GREAT. SO, NO GREATER THAN THAT SIGN. >> YEAH. OKAY. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MILLER? >> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION? >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. >> CHAIR: AND DOES YOUR MOTION INCLUDE BOTH ITEMS A AND B? >> WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. >> CHAIR: OKAY. IS YOUR MOTION FOR ITEM A? >> FOR ITEM A. >> I SECOND THAT. >> CHAIR: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE TWO PARCELS OF LAND FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 4-0. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE REZONING OF THE TWO PARCELS FROM AR DISTRICT TO PCD. >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF B. >> SECOND. >> AND WITH THE CAVEAT FOR THE SIGN? >> YES. >> CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIR: THOSE OPPOSED? [30.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)] MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 30, WE HAVE BID OPE OPENING TABULATIONS FOR THE CMR FOR THE CLAY COUNTY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FACILITY THAT WE HAVE WE NEED TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS FOR AND THE RFP FOR [PUBLIC COMMENTS] THE SIGNAL LIGHT AT 3 FIFTEENTH AND SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK. SO, BEFORE I CALL ON YOU, MR. OTTO, I'LL CALL ON THIS GENTLEMAN WHO HAS WAITED PATIENTLY. IF YOU WOULD COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. >>> EVENING, MY NAME IS TOM RIDDLE, I'VE LIVED IN CLAY COUNTY FOR 43 YEARS, I'VE LIVED ON WWEST OVER ROAD FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME. SOMETHING HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I THINK Y'ALL OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT. MANY RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD COMPLAINED ABOUT STANDING WATER IN THE DITCHES, LIKE, FOR TWO YEARS. WELL, THEY FINALLY DID GET DOWN THERE AND CLEAN OUT THE DITCHES AND DID A REASONABLE GOOD JOB, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STANDING WATER. HOWEVER, ABOUT FOUR DAYS LATER, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, I THINK IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, THEY RAN A MACHINE IN AND TORE, NOT CUT, TORE, TREES ALONG THE ROAD. AND DUMPED ALL THE TRASH BACK DOWN IN THE DITCH. NOW, APPARENTLY SOMEBODY DOES IN THE SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF STORMS, HIGH WATER, AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT TRASH IS GOING TO WASH DOWN THAT DITCH, PLUG UP ALL THE CULVERTS UNDERNEATH OUR DRIVEWAYS, SO, ONE HAND, APPARENTLY, DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER HAND IS DOING. MY GRIPE IS, WHY? WHY DID THEY TEAR THE TREES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ELECTRIC COMPANIES COME AND TRIM DOWN THE TREES FOR THE POWER LINES, THEY CUT THEM AND TAKE ALL THE TRASH AND GRIND IT UP AND THROW IT IN A TRAILER AND TRUCK IT OFF. AND THEY DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE DITCHES. NOW, I DID CALL MR. CELLA, A FEW DAYS AGO, AND THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER MY CALL, THERE WAS A GROUP OF WORKMEN [01:40:04] DOWN THERE WITH A TRUCK AND THEY CLEANED UP ONLY THE PORTIONS OF THE DITCHES THAT WERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ESTABLISHED PROPERTY. NOTHING ELSE. SO, EVEN THOUGH, THE FOREMAN ON THE JOB, I REMINDED HIM, YOU KNOW, START AT THE FRONT OF THE ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 17 AND JUST WORK YOUR WAY DOWN. WELL, THEY DIDN'T. SO, WE STILL ENDED UP WITH A BUNCH OF TRASH IN THE DITCHES ON THE ROAD. SO, I JUST THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. THOSE TREES THAT THEY SLASHED AND TORE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO PROBLEMS WITH BEETLES AND ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF. THEY DID NOT DO A NEAT JOB EVER. COMING DOWN HIGHWAY 17 THIS EVENING, COMING DOWN HERE, I NOTICED THEY DID THE SAME THING ALONG 17. THEY DIDN'T COME IN THERE WITH CHAIN SAWS AND NEATLY TRIM THE TREES BACK FROM THE DITCH, THEY JUST CAME IN WITH A MACHINE AND LITERALLY TORE DOWN THESE TREES. I GUESS THAT'S MY COMPLAINT. MY OBSERVATION. WE TRY TO KEEP THE ROAD LOOKING NICE. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> CHAIR: AND I'M SURE THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER. >> THANK YOU, MR. RIDDLE, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU IN-PERSON. I DID CONTACT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND THEY WERE GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT, NOW, WETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE, I WAS UNABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HER TODAY, BUT, THE COUNTY MANAGER'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. >> WHAT'S THE POINT OF EVEN TREES INTERFERING WITH POWER LINES BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE ROAD, NOT ON THE EAST SIDE. NOW, THEY DID DO SOME ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST LEFT A BIG MESS. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE GOAL IS, BUT, WE'LL HAVE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO ADDRESS IT. >> MY THING IS, CLEAN OUT THE WHOLE DITCH ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 17 DOWN TO THE SWAMP. >> RICHARD SMITH IS OUR CHIEF ENGINEER, MR. RIDDLE, SO, MAY BE HE'LL HAVE ANSWERS WITH US. >> RICHARD SMITH, CLAY COUNTY DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS AN OPERATION BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, A LOT OF IT ON THE WEST SIDE WAS DUE TO THE TRAIL, IT LOOKED TO ME THEY HAD BAD WING MOWERS DOING EXACTLY WHAT MR. RIDDLE SAID AND THAT'S THEIR WAY OF CONTROLLING THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE TO TAKE UP WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OUR CONTACT IS A LADY NAMED SARA PLEASANT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT HERE DIRECTLY. >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, RICHARD. >> OKAY. >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. MR. OTTO. >> YES, MA'AM. JAMES OTTO, 2908 BLAINEY BOULEVARD, ALSO MARION COUNTY. UM, I GUESS IT WAS JUST FOUR VOTES TODAY, BECAUSE, I NOTICED SHE SAID 5-0 ON ONE OF THE VOTES, IS HE VOTING? >> I CORRECTED THAT. >> OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR COMMISSIONER IN THE SOUTH. I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THAT $500 FINE FOR REMOVING IT TREES THAT ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED, THAT'S WAY TOO LITTLE. THE SHERIFF SAID THAT THERE'S NO CAR BODY CAMERAS, AND NO CAMERAS ON THE OFFICERS, CAN WE FIND OUT WHEN WE WOULD START TO GET THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO BACKUP THE SHERIFF'S ON WHAT THEY DO OUT IN THE FIELD, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. BECAUSE, MOST OF ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE THE CAMERAS, SO, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WHY CLAY COUNTY ISN'T? WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT CONFUSED, I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET BEING HERE SO MANY YEARS, THE WAY THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE. BUT, AGAIN, MA'AM, UM, PLEASE, HIGH IMPACT FEES FOR OUR SIDE OF THE COUNTY, WE DON'T WANT THE GROWTH. IF THEY WANT TO COME, WE WANT THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS AND THE OTHER THINGS THEY MESSED UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY WITHOUT COLLECTING THE IMPACT FEE AND NOW WE'RE PAYING WITH THE $132 MILLION BOND THAT HAS GROWN TO A HUGE AMOUNT. IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A 5% [01:45:04] DIFFERENCE IN THAT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE STORAGE BUILDINGS ARE POPPING UP LIKE CRAZY EVERYWHERE, AND THEY LOOK LIKE HELL. HONESTLY, I MEAN, IN MIDDLE BERRY, THEY CLEARED ALL THE TREES DOWN AND AT LEAST IT'S TUCKED IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, HONESTLY, DO WE NEED ALL OF THESE STORAGE UNITS ALL OVER THE PLACE? I MEAN, COME ON. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE? THE TRUCK PARKING, THANK GOD I SENT YOU THAT E-MAIL AND THEY FINALLY CAME AND GOT THAT TRUCKER, FOR YEARS, HE'S PARKING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THEY HAVE CON STRUKT UP THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME SHUT TOWN A LANE LIKE YOU GUYS DID FOR THE 5-K RUN THAT HARDLY ANYBODY SHOWED UP FOR, YOU SHUT DOWN THE ROAD THERE. THIS PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS, BUT, IT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM MINE, SHE'S DOING TRUCK PARKING THERE, SO, THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSES, THERE'S TWO 18S GOT SEMI PARKING OVER THERE, HOW CAN THE SHERIFF SIT THERE AND DRIVE BY A TRUCK THAT'S ALL BLACKED OUT. WE HAVE NO LIGHTS ON OUR COUNTY. THERE'S NO LIGHTING THERE, PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT AND KILLED WALKING ACROSS THE STREET. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, MR. OTTO, SO, YOU GUYS BUILDING LIGHTS ON PARKS IS ABSURD. >> THE PRIORITIES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ROADS, MA'AM. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU, MR. OTTO, IMPACT FEES GO INTO EFFECT JUNE 1ST. >> LONG TIME COMING. >> CHAIR: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. >> I'M VAN LUDIVICH AND I LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED ORANGE PARK. I FILED A COMPLAINT, CODE VIOLATION ROAST YEAR IN APRIL, AND THEY COULD NOT ENFORCE IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAD SIGNED SOMETHING ABOUT, A, ACTUALLY LET ME GET THE INFORMATION, IT WAS AN HB 403-2021 WHICH BASICALLY ENABLES A BUSINESS FROM HOME TO HAVE CERTAIN ABILITIES TO HAVE VEHICLES TO BE PARKED NEAR THE HOME. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS A VIOLATION AND IT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ZONED. UM. >> CHAIR: SIR, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? >> I'M SORRY. >> CHAIR: THAT'S FINE. >> 'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND HOME BUSINESSES SHOULD NOT BE SUCH THAT WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET OR MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY COMES TO VISITOR OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE VOLUME OF VEHICLES IN FRONT OF IT. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A CAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE OF THEM. BUT, MAY BE YOU GUYS WITH SHARE, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SEE THIS? >> THE TOP PICTURE IS PERHAPS THE WORST, THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES AND WE HAVE A PRESSURE WASHING BUSINESS THERE. WE HAVE A ROOFING BUSINESS IN THERE, WE HAVE A LANDSCAPING BUSINESS IN THERE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE AN EYE SORE AND IT'S CAUSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DIMINISH TO A POINT WHERE IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN WEST SIDE JACKSONVILLE THAT'S TOTALLY RUN DOWN. I'VE LIVED IN CHICAGO IN A COMMUNITY THAT I COULD SHOW YOU PICTURES OF IT RIGHT NOW, THAT LOOKS IDEAL, IT IS JUST NOT NEGLECTED, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, IT SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. I THINK IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL PARK RIGHT NOW. I SPEAK FOR MYSELF RIGHT NOW, BUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THERE WHO COMMENT ON IT, BUT T THEY WILL NOT GO ON A SOCIAL SITE TO MAKE MENTION BECAUSE THEY GET SLAMMED, THEY WOULD NOT COMPLAIN TO THE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY SAY, THEY CANNOT MAKE IT PRIVATE, THEREFORE THEY'RE AFRAID. AND I'VE READ IN SOCIAL COMMENTS AND THEY SAID, I COMPLAINED AND NEXT THING I KNOW MY YARD WAS TRASHED AND THIS OR THAT WAS DAMAGED. I THINK IN CLAY COUNTY WE NEED THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE THESE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO WHERE IT'S NOT AN EYE SORE AND IT DOES SNOT DIMINISH, NOT ONLY THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT, ALSO THE WHOLE NATURE OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LET'S FACE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS LIVE, BUT, YOU WOULD NOT WANT THAT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE OR NEXT DOOR, YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS YOU WENT OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO DRIVE BY [01:50:04] IT, IT IS A COMMUNITY, NOT AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE ORDER SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND, OR, WE CAN ENFORCE AND PUT SOME LIMITATION TO THIS. AGAIN, IT'S A LAW THAT LEGISLATOR SIGNED, THERE'S A LAW THAT THEY CAN TAKE OFF THE BOOKS, JUST THE SAME. OKAY. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR IF I MAY, THE ADDRESS OF THE PICTURES? >> I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION, I CAN MAIL IT TO YOU, AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE LATEST PICTURES, BUT, THEY'RE JUST LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT. SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE SOME, I THINK THE MIDDLE PICTURE MADE EFFORT INTO MAKING LOOK A LITTLE NICER, BUT, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT WITH THE TRAILER, AND, PARKED IN THERE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. AND AS YOU COULD SEE, THE WIDENING OF THE ALREADY DOUBLE-WIDE DRIVEWAY. >> RIDGE CREST AVENAVENUE AND SANDALWOOD CIRCLE. >> OKAY. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. OUR AS ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY HELPED ME WITH SOME THE ISSUES. THAT FIRST PICTURE, THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT ENFORCE ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE HB 2023 SIGNED. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. >> SECOND COMMENT. FOYR 15 OR 20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPOUND ON THE FACT THAT APPARENTLY, THERE'S A SEWER LINE AND A WATER LINE AND A NATURAL GAS LINE THAT RUNS RIGHT DOWN HIGHWAY 17. I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE AT THE WATER WORKS, AND SAID WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SEWER AND A WATER LINE DDOWN WESTOVER ROAD AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A FIRE DOWN THERE, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO RUN FOUR OR FIVE TANKERS DOWN THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FIRE HYDRANTS. WE LIVE ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT THOSE PROPERTIES ADJOINING THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER NEED TO GET RID OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS. DUVALL COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE THE LAST 10 YEARS. WHEN I TALKED TO THE WATER PEOPLE, THEY SAY, WELL, WE RAN IT DOWN THOSE AREAS BY RAGGEDY POINT, BUT, THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO, WHO WRITES THESE GRANTS? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET SOMEBODY IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT HERE TO WRITE A GRANT TO RUN SEWER AND WATER AND EVEN NATURAL GAS LINE DOWN WESTOVER ROAD LAST TIME I TALKED TO THEM AND THEY HAD THEY DID A SURVEY AND OUT OF THE 35 FAMILIES THAT LIVED ON WESTOVER ROAD, ONLY THREE FAMILIES WANTED IT. OKAY. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. THE PRICE OF REPAIRING A SEPTIC SYSTEM TODAY HAS GONE FROM FOUR OR $5,000 TO PROBABLY AROUND $15,000. SO, ANY OF THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS WHICH ARE FAILING AND DUMPING SEWAGE INTO THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, IT'S GOING TO COST THE HOMEOWNER A LOT OF MONEY WHICH COULD BE RESOLVED BY JUST, YOU KNOW, A SEWER LINE DOWN. THE FELLOW THAT RUNS THE AUTO AGENCY OVER THERE, TOLD THE WATER PEOPLE THAT HE WOULD GIVE THEM AN EASEMENT THROUGH HIS PROPERTY FOR A WATER AND SEWER LINE, ALL HE WANTED OUT OF THAT WAS TO ALLOW HIM TO HOOK UP, THEY SAID NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. THEY ALSO SAID, WELL, 15 YEARS AGO, THEY SAID, WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A PUMP STATION IN. PROBABLY, WELL, IT WOULD COST US $75,000 TO PUT A PUMP STATION IN. TODAY, 15, OR 18 YEARS LATER, IT'S GOING TO COST THEM PROBABLY THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT. BUT, I'M JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WOULD BE AT ALL INTERESTED IN PROVIDING A SEWER, WATER, AND GAS LINE DOWN WESTOVER ROAD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT [COUNTY ATTORNEY] [01:55:13] THERE'S A MEETING FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ON JUNE THE 6TH. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMEMBER. >> YES, IT'S ON OUR CALENDARS. >> CHAIR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [COUNTY MANAGER] COUNTY MANAGER? >> MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, JUST A FEW ITEMS, I WANTED, TOO, TO MENTION ABOUT THE GRANTS, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRANT'S TEAM. WE APPLY FOR GRANTS AND THOSE TYPES OF MONEYS AND WORK HND IN HAND WITH BOTH CCUA AND ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WITH REGARDS TO SEPTIC A TO SEWER, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN THAT MR. AREA AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE. I SEE THE E-MAIL HERE, SO, SHERICE IS WATCHING AND SHE HAS HER TEAM LOOKING AT WESTOVER ALSO, AND THE GENTLEMAN FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT BEING SAID, THE TWO ITEMS I HAD ONE WAS THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT. WE HAD TWO SO FAR, ONE LAST WEEK AND ONE YESTERDAY AND ONE WAS IN FLEMING ISLAND, AND YESTERDAY WAS HERE. GREAT PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY CAPTURING WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CLAY COUNTY IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW. I CAN ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GROUP WILL MEET IN THAT MEETING AND TOMORROW AT UM WEDNESDAY 24TH, OF MAY, AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE MIDDLEBERG CLAY HENRY LIBRARY. AND THE NEXT IS THE EXPRESSWAY SUBMIT IS THIS THURSDAY 9-11:00, AND JUST REPORTING ON THAT AS THEY DO QUITE REGULARLY BIYEARLY ON THAT REPORT. PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> CHAIR: ANYONE HAVE ANY [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS] QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO START? >> SO, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF, THIS PAST FRIDAY I GOT TO DO ANOTHER TOUR AROUND THE COUNTY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE WRAPPED UP OUR VISITS OF THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WILL BE REPLACED. JUST SO SUMMARIZE THAT EXPERIENCE, IT IS AMAZING, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WHAT OUR FIRE-FIGHTERS ARE, UM, THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY HAVE DESPITE HOW LITTLE RESOURCES THEY'VE HAD TO WORK WITH AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN THINGS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COUCH IT IN THAT WAY. THEY'RE JUST SOME OF THE MOST GRACIOUS PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPFUL IN SHARING WITH THE COUNTY. I'M EXCITED THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN INCORPORATING THOSE IDEAS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THEM. I P ESPECIALLY ENJOYED OUR VISIT TO ONE OF OUR LIBRARIES, I BELIEVE IT WAS FLEMING ISLAND LIBRARY AND I THINK THAT I WAS SHARING WITH SOME OF OUR GUYS ON STAFF ABOUT HOW IMPRESS IT HAD I WAS THAT IT WAS MORE OF A GOVERNMENTAL NO FACILITY BUT A SPACE WHERE MULTIFACITED AGENDAS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE YOUR YOUNG KIDS USING A SPACE THAT I REMEMBER MANY, MANY YEARS AGO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MOST EFFICIENTLY USED. AND THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES MADE THAT GIVE THE CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED, THE TEENAGERS THE SPACE THEY NEED. I WAS SO PLEASED TO SEE A PODCAST STATION WHICH IS BEING SET UP, AS WELL AS WHAT LOOKED TO ME LIKE A GREEN SCREEN FOR MAY BE SOME RECORDINGS, TV PRODUCTIONS, IT LOOKED REALLY NEAT. THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE KINKS THERE. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. BUT, MY FAVORITE PIECE OF THE WHOLE THING WAS THE BUSINESS SECTION THAT THEY HAVE WHERE YOU COULD RENT OUT SPACES IN THE LIBRARY TO DEVELOP YOURSELF PROFESSIONALLY. AND, UM, THERE ARE THE RESOURCES AND THERE'S THE SPACE FOR WHATEVER REALLY, I THINK IT'S A QUIET SPACE FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO, JUST TO STUDY, TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN SERVICE AREAS. EVEN TO HOST MEETINGS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NEAT. SO MANY ADJUSTMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTY, I'M SURE, TO ADJUST POST-COVID AND I'M JUST, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. ESPECIALLY, AT FLEMING ISLAND [02:00:07] LIBRARY. AND, A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO GENE PRICE, WHO DROVE. AND TO (INDISCERNIBLE) WHO LIKES TO SIT BEHIND ME AND GIVE ME THE PLAY-BY-PLAY. AND OF COURSE, OUR COUNTY MANAGER. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WE HAD ONE OR TWO MORE PEOPLE THAT GOT TO GO ALONG AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. THOROUGHLY AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. I LOVE TO GET OUT AND MEET THE FOLKS WHO MAKE OUR COUNTY AS WONDERFUL AS IT IS. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL AND HOPING, VERY SOON, TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IN MY OWN DISTRICT. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BURKE? >> ALL RIGHT. SO, I WAS, HONORED TO ATTEND THE LAKE LOT OWNER'S ASSOCIATION ON LAKE AS BURY. I HAD A TON OF QUESTIONS, SO, I WANTED TO DIRECT A COUPLE TO RICHARD, PROBABLY, UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, WANTING TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT BRANSCOMB AND LAKE ASBURY DRIVE. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY WONDERING IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AT 218 AND HENLY, THE DIRECTION IT MIGHT AFFECT THEIR AREA LIKE IT DID WITH HAZELWOOD WITH DRAINAGE AND SETTIMENT AND THAT THERE. MAY BE YOU CAN GET WITH ME ON THAT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN TELL THEM TO EASE THEIR MINDS. >> THE LIQUOR STORE, FOR MANY PEOPLE LISTENING, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR, UM, HAVE HAD THE EXIT CUTOFF THAT WOULD GET THEM TO THE LIGHT TO GO SOUTH ON 17. AND I JUST WANTED TO, LET AS MANY OF THEM KNOW AS POSSIBLE, THAT WE, SPOKE TO DOT AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN TRYING TO FIND A QUICK SOLUTION FOR THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS UNSAFE AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY IN AN INTERSECTION, THAT PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS, AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY, NOT THE BUSINESS OWNER'S FAULT, I MEAN, IT IS THEIR PROPERTY, WE KNOW THAT. BUT, WE DO WANT TO TRY AND FIND SOMETHING FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THEIR KIDS AND ELDERLY AND WHOEVER ELSE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I WANTED, I'M EXCITE ABOUT THE RIVER FEST, AND I'LL BE THERE, REMEMBER THAT, 10:00 A.M. MONDAY. LET'S SEE, AND I WENT TO THE AMI KID'S LUNCHEON, AND THAT WAS REALLY TOUCHING ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS YOUNG BOYS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL AND THEY GO THROUGH A PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE A 97% GRADUATION RATE AFTER THAT. I WAS NOT TOLD I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING MY TISH TISSUE SHOE, BUT, I NEEDED IT. IT WAS SO TOUCHING AND THEY'RE JUST AN AMAZING NON-PROFIT IN OUR COMMUNITY AMONG ALL THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAKE OUR COUNTY WONDERFUL. SO, ANYWAY, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CELLA? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT YOU SEE HOW INVOLVED THE WHOLE THING WITH THE PACE FINANCING GOT, SO, KUDOS TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND ALSO THANK THE BOARD FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT TO HAVE OUR THE PROGRAM WAS STARTED WITH HIGH HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FOLKS GETS HURT THE WORST ARE THE POOREST OF OUR HOMEOWNERS IS WHO THINK THIS IS A WAY TO FUND IMPROVEMENT FOR THEIR HOME AND IT TURNS OUT IT PUTS THEM IN A HOLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND AT THE SAME TIME IT MAY DETER THEM FROM SELLING THAT PROPERTY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD PROGRAM BUT IT'S FALLEN FRAY TO UNSCUPULOUS OPERATORS PREYINGRUPULOUS OPERATORS [02:05:10] PREYING ON OUR COMMUNITY. >> THE FUNCTION I WAS OUTBID ON THE FUNDRAISER AGAIN. ALSO, MAYOR BUTLER, THANK YOU FOR HANG OUT TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ONE OF THE MORE MOVING ELEMENTS OF THE MONDAY RIVER FEST IS AT 10:00 WHEN THEY CALL ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE PRESENT, THEY ALL GET HANDED A SMALL AMERICAN FLAG AND THEY ARE ALL ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TELL ABOUT THEIR SERVICE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY MOVING CEREMONY. SO, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN, AFTER THAT, THEN, THE FUN GETS STARTED. BUT, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO START MEMORIAL DAY AND REMEMBER THOSE FOLKS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN BATTLE SOMEHOW OR IN SOME WAY AT LEAST IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. SO, THANKS, AND, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, VARIOUS STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS CONTINUE TO GO WELL. WE HAD OUR IN FLEMING ISLAND, DISTRICT ONE A WEEK OR SO AGO, EIGHT DAYS AGO AND RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE PLEASED WITH THE ABILITY TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT AND SHAPING THEIR COUNTY AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THEY ARE QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, MANY OF WHICH WE HAD THE ANSWERS TO, THANKFULLY, AND SENT EVERYBODY HOME HAPPY AND IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO ONE OF THESE SESSIONS, PLEASE DO SO, I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT TO BE REWARDING. AND I THOUGHT GABBY AND PAYTON DID A FANTASTIC JOB TO BE SURE THERE WAS A GOOD ENVIRONMENT SO THAT PEOPLE FELT FREE TO OFFER THEIR SUGGESTIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER BURKE AND I ATTENDED, I GUESS, ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO, 10 DAYS AGO WE ATTENDED THE TPO MEETING. AND TPO HAS POTS OF MONEY THAT THEY COULD ADD TO PROJECTS TO KIND OF ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE ON. AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE U.S. 17 PROJECT AROUND 220 AND WEST, NO, IT'S NOT WESTOVER. >> WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PROJECT FROM WATER OAK, TO JUST NORTH OF OF EAGLE HARBOR PARKWAY. >> TPO HAS ADDED MONEY COMING UP FOR WATER OAK PROJECT, AND I HAVE, AND I'LL LEAVE OUT ON MY TABLE LIKE I ALWAYS DO, THAT BOOK THAT LISTS THE AMOUNTS THAT THEY ADDED SO THAT THAT PROJECT CAN CONTINUE ON. SO, I KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE FLEMING ISLAND 3 SO, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL. I WANT TO COMMEND OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM LAST NIGHT, IF YOU HAVE THE SAFER WATCH APP YOU GOT NOTIFICATION OF A SINK HOLE THAT HOPED UP ON CREEK DRIVE, AND IMMEDIATELY, LIKE, AS SHERICE AND I WERE CONTACTED ABOUT IT, WE WERE ON THE PHONE ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE AND PUBLIC WORKS WAS OUT THERE, ON IT, TO REPAIR THAT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT IT COULD BE REPAIRED SAFELY THROUGH THE NIGHT SO THAT NO ONE DRIVES THEIR VEHICLE INTO IT. AND SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M SURE THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE THIS WAY. I'M SURE YOUR DISTRICT IS THIS WAY WHERE WE HAVE THE GRATED ROADS. RIGHT NOW, WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAIN THEY'RE ALL WASHING OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR COMPLAINTS ADDRESSED WITH PUBLIC WORKS. I KNOW THEY WERE OUT ON A COUPLE THAT I HAD GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ON OVERNIGHT THIS MORNING. GET US YOUR COMPLAINTS, USE THE CLAY CONNECTED APP, YOU CAN E-MAIL YOUR COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN CALL US, ALTHOUGH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH OUR VOICE MAILS, THERE ARE A LOT COMING THROUGH, BUT, WE'LL GET TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. GIVE US THE INFORMATION AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE TO BRING THE MATERIAL AND REGRADE WHEN WE NEED TO. AND THEN, BUT, WE ARE WATCHING THOSE AS WELL AS UM, I KNOW THAT I SAW ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING, THEY'RE WATCHIN BLACK GREEK -- CREEK WATER LEVELS. WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT, WE'RE NOT QUITE AT HURRICANE SEASON YET FOR ANOTHER WEEK, BUT, WE'RE AWARE THAT IT'S COMING. AND THE FINAL THING THAT I'LL SAY IS THAT COMMISSIONER COMPERE AND I WERE CONTACTED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. WE DON'T TALK POLITICS ON THE BOARD FLOOR, THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE JOB OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND THAT IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CANDIDATES ARE STARTING TO FILE [02:10:03] FOR REELECTION IN A LOT OF LOCAL RACES. AND ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS THAT WE FUNCTION AS THE CANVASSING BOARD FOR THE COUNTY IN COUNTY ELECTIONS. AND NEXT YEAR, IN 2024, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACTUALLY THREE ELECTIONS COMING UP NEXT YEAR. AND BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT COMMISSIONER COMPERE AND I ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE WE WERE ELECTED LAST YEAR, WE ARE BY DEFAULT THE CANVASSING BOARD FOR THE UPCOMING. SO, WE HAVE BEEN COUNSELLED BY THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE THAT WE CAN NOT ATTEND A POLITICAL EVENT, WE CAN NOT HAVE A POLITICAL SIGN IN OUR YARD FOR CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. WE CAN NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES, IT'S FUNNY, THE LAW DOES ALLOW YOU TO GIVE A DONATION, THEY CALL IT A PASSIVE ENDORSEMENT. THEY ALLOW YOU TO GIVE AN ENDORSEMENT BUT THAT'S ALL THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO. IF ANYONE IS WONDERING WHERE COMMISSIONER COMPERE AND I ARE TAKING A BACK SEAT ROLE IN THOSE THINGS, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S OUR DUTY AS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I'M SURE THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IS HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE, PLEASE HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY, REMEMBER WHY WE CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY. WE DON'T CELEBRATE, WE MEMORIALIZE THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. ATTEND THE EVENT IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS MAYOR BUTLER, I SHARE COMMISSIONER CELLA'S COMMENTS, WE'RE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.